, 1881-05-08
Astronomical. a

IL deg. 3ctu. 1!S.. WeSt LONGITUDE t@tu les. 19ou
| Washington, and "a. 53fn. ja, from Greenwich.
| Tue s,,bjoiucd table shows the tiue Of sing
or suttsng OF tho moons lower limb. and the Of
| ticiul time for lighting tho first stroet-!anp IN
| each circuit in this city, durlnK tho coming
| week, unless ordered sooner on account OF bau
wcathor Also tho following times for cxttn-
guIshtns the frat lamp:
Day. MnnH sets. Llght- Ectn.0A'Ms
May s:.... d:S m E:99 :!9 D. m. s:o q. H. H.
Tnestlty .... 5::sx a. IN. 1:to u. NJ. 3:u' L. H.
4hurs'i'y.:.: :$:i: Il N. ....:-..::.
Friday 4:as!s a. H. -.'.'.-.:-' .''''''''-.
satt,a.; sstaay s !. I'm. m: I'D D. n Yt5 pm.
The moon will be full at 0:34 y. In. Friday.
| The GUNS uppor limb Will rise on Monday Mt
I;+5H H. H., south ut ILL., BIN. Isis. a. H., and
| SGT ut 7:91ti p. III.
The suns upper limb rises Friday next at
+:4l. IT, H.. soutas IL, 1lh. 53ul es.5s, L. H.. and
| sets at 7:lltz =. m.
| The sldcrca, tlrae Thursday mem noon will be
| 81. ::c,tr. :l.C3s.
| Mercury will rise Thursday at 4:31 n. H1., and
| south ut II ~ a. H. He is now nenrinK the sun.
| His superior conjunction willoccur May IT,
| Venus i,us pissed to tho place OF morning
| star and will soon eo CONSPICUOUS object III
| the morning twilight, but Is at present near
to the sun. Next Thursday sha will rise at 3:o1
| a. 11., and south at 1858 Il. Ii.
Mars will rise Tnt,rsda; at :42 Il. H., and south
| at $40 H. III. lie is visible Us lnornsns star IN
| the constellation Pisces, few degrees south
! from the eastern side OF the Square OF Pegasu5.
Jupiter aud Saturn are still nearly together. rs
referred to the earth. They now rise before the
! SUM- but are too near him yet to be conspicuous
t as morning stnrs. Next Thursday Saturn Will
rise ut II. H. H.. and south ut 1u:;o a. m Jups-
! 4 i.ftAn MI
| 10:59 &.
| Uranus will south Thursday at IL. p ua., be-
| ing then in right ascension 10 hours IL minutes,
a1,d north 1ecfinatiou degrees Al minutes. 11o
| is arlo:1r the sturs Of Leo little west from NO
c. and little eastof south from No. 81, both or
| TINT constellation
| Ncptune will south Thursday Mt 11:s7 d. III.
| Right ascension hours ~: minutes. and north
! dec,sniion II degrees " minutes he WAS III
t conjunction viii. thu sun last Wednesday.
! All tho major Dlancts of the solar system. ex-
| ccpt Uranus, are nov morning stars, as flc"co
| fro1u tho earth. 4 few weel5 hence they Will
! l=tt up the zaornus sky rs brilliantly us they
| recently Gid tho cronus armament. end viii
| make even gra:1der display. On the 18th OF
! this month tho moon will ba with Venus. sa-
! turn md Jupiter, two days before she ec!ipses
the sun. Early next month Venus will DC ut her
| greatest brilliancy, and near Saturn on the
mcruii Of tho It'll, while thirteen dujs latcr sho
| will bu buncaed with Jupiter and Neptune. and
| Murs will shine aboyo thom. Tie planet Msr-
/ curry will however, by that time, have moved
| around to tho eastern silc OF tho SUI. setting
| after him.
/ THE London Spectator. i'll an article TO
| which reference Is made elsewhere. holds thHt
the disadvantage OF birth in England. so fur as
| political SUCCESS IL concerned, Is very Slight
mot half 80 great that Of II poor presence or
slight stu1ter. defect of vision, or Il tnrs-
| tIun name which recalls ridiculous recot!ecuons
| or proyokcs inyilions comparisons. letter oy
| far be born Levi lnboEer than posScss 4
su;,jEt or he litto lame, be called Alcih1ases
| Tomkins" Rank is still III advantage though
/! a slight one, to III English politician The de-
sire TO be or to seem to be nearer to the pcoplo
! is constantly growing. Many members OF Par
! Lament haLttualiy drop their coats OF arms fn
I,cbrett. and the tendency Is always in tho
direction of democratic equality. IN France tho
! successful puhc men are conspicuously men Ut
! tho people, GumbcttI WAS tho som OF Il Clothes
; seller and ThierS the son Of Il ocksIaith. in the
United Sratos !" family" or @hlrth' is positive
! disadvantage. Tho -sdurnscs have becn hurt not
| helped by belonging to family Of Presidents
I It wns Hancocks misfortune III the last cnn-
! puign that he was believed to bo an aristoc:at.
| jackson, johnson, and Lincoln were poor white
| " crackers" Garfield was the son OF widow In
! indigcnt circumstances. Grant was the tanner
| boy.
! THERE is not much use in arguing the
| North Side boulevard ordinance seriously. as it
| seems to be forc.oomed TO Il veto aud ultimate
defeat. HUT 1t IS at least permissible to direct
| tho attention of those who arc denounc!nS the
| scheme us an ''outrnge" and mn "aris;ocrntlc
| grab" to certain facts which put 4 morc fnvor-
ni,le light OH it. II it should go through it wonld
| provide the North Side with really tine prnul-
cnadc,-somcth!ny it has not now Ind never has
| had,--whicll would be lis much Il benefit to tho
| poor MIN ns to the rich. There Is no reason why
| tho keeping UP OF such A promenade ut public
| expense would he any more OF m "outraGe'
| than tho maintaining OF !" Cutcl den Linden, or
| tho Eois dc Bn!ugue, or Hyde Park In London. or
ary of tho public parks In this country. 1t would
| he getting n promenade cheaply to be charged
| only with tho cost OF keeping 1t up. There arc,
of course, other objections 10 tho boulevard, tho
| forco Of which it would DO foolish not to rccng
| nze und admit. And whether the defeat OF the
| ordinance will be misfortune or not. it is l1l-
| uucstionabiy" true that very considerable nun-
| bcr of persons OIL the North Side, property -own-
ors and others, are opposed to the whole project.
THE movement in Boston in favor OF
Worlds Farin that city in 1856, saysa New York
paper is growing and STRENGTHENING. 1t IS pro-
posed to use as u nucleus tho grounds and build
| in:s now being prepared for minor exposlticns
| this fal thus saving Ill important item Of OK
| pense 4 rough estimate has been made, show
| InS that tho total cost Of tho enterprise would
not exceed - 000, ,000 and business men con-
fldent that such an Investment would be repaid,
| dollar for dollur Boston is TOO small u town for
| 4 "World's Fair" and lSs5 Is too soon. New
York ought to hold one IL 1880, and Chicago one
in 800, wh!ch would eclipse NIL thut had pre-
| cedeIit+
PHILADELPHIA had its doctor-mill where
any one could purchase doctors diploma from,
DR.. Buchanan FOR q small consideration. The
City Of London can boust Of an agency
where tho urders and decora lions of potentares
can be obtained to trder ut different prices.
fho Tuntsian Nisham- Isttkar order cnn bo had
fur 25oU francs: the Tunisian orIer Of tho
Cross OF Honor for officers costs 1900 francs;
these decorations -nrc worn red and green
ribbon thrown in free OF chnrxo to the pur-
chaser Of Que both OF the orders. The Per-
sian order Of tho Lion and Sun eau be had