Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-02

Ou TUG o~tu VI S0uualy N Z. deWICt m30e An
application for permit 10 erect three-story brick
building on the northeast corner OF 7th and Q
streetA The plans submitted were drawn with q
regulations were not sufficiently explicit upon this
subject the Engineer Commissioner directed the
inspector Of buildings to state the regulations and
MS views for the consideration or the board. In
TINS statement as reported in yesterday STAN, the
inspector says that he would recommend
corner towers, limited, as specified for rV certain
portions OF Pennsylvania avenue. l3here all pro-
Lotions except shoM,windows are prohioitedl to
says, are certainly the principal feature In beaut-
Iylns the city. and can be placed those limited
streets, on the corners, without detriment TO ad-
Joining business property their projection is not
-FOUR inches more than is allowed show windows
and, being the OF the lot are sufficiently
distant from Improvement adjoining lots, and
II allowed viii, In my opinion, greatly adorn these
business streets In August last suggested Ger
tam changes In the regulations TO projections,
one or these being 10 allow those towers on
business streets limited in projections PennSyl
sania avenue" These suggestions have met the
approval OF the District Commissioners, and all
otnef Kind of brick projections 9TH street have
been dlsapproyed
THE SUNKEN TANK AT rHR NAVY YARp.-Commo-
dore Semmes decided to abandon further attempts
TO raise the sunken ayfiower at the Washington
structor Pool. That officer arrived here to-day,
and II Is expected that he will at once make some
recommendations for raising her. and that the
WORK VIII be renewed early next week.
To ATTEND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONTENTION
Ex-Mayor l. B. Ballane, OF Kansas city; Major
VIM Warner, United States district attorney at
Missouri Col r II. Hunt and W. H. Miller, secre-
tary OF the Kansas city board OF trade are In the
city, to attend the Mississippi convention and urge
an appropriation for the improvement OF the Mis-
souri, river near Kansas city.
DECLINED THE COMMAND OF THE RELIEF ExrRpI-
TION.-Qu1te sensation has been created In naval
circles by the announcement that a naval officer
who was selected to command the proposed Greedy
RELIEF expedition had declined the honor. for such
selection is considered an honor among naval OH
GERS generally. Particular pains are taken TO keep
Inc o1ncerS name from the public, fearing that il
1t were known he would be the object OF a good
deal OF unfavorable comment.
Planets i'm February.
From the Providence Journal
Neptune is evening star. II the planets are
Classified In the order of rising, he wins the first
place, for, being the first to rise, he heads the
stately procession Of the outer members OF the
system
Saturn is evening star and the second OF the
outer planets In the order of rising He Is beaui-
full object I'm the heavens, and may readily be
recognized shining with serene light from a point
nearly between Pleiades and Aldebaran. He is
near MS greatest northern declnatiOn. near peri
heion, and near the point where his rings are most
widely open. These favorable positions eulmina-
conditions are repeated.
Jupiter is evening star, and the third OF the
outer planets In the order OF rising. Although he
poSoOu llS
from the earth in his apparent course he is mag
nlilcent object In the star-spangled canopy that
nightly unveils its glory overhead. He is now
more than an hour high at sunset and traverses the
SKY with Stately step till an hour before sunrise,
when he slowly sinks below the western horizon
HIS position In the sky may be recognized at a
giance for he 0utShineS his sparkling companions
Mars Is evening star, and the fourth In the order
OF rising. He reaches the interesting epoch In
DIS course his opposition with the sun. This occurs
on the LIST, at o Clock in the morning Mars then
turns TO us his broad round face planet directly
Intervening between him and the sun, bringing the
The present opposition Of Mars must not be neg
lected. He Is now, and will be during the month"; a
vgfg SS1eG5 shining IN the northeast
and SO striking In its character suggest TO the
poetic Greeks the distinguishing epithet OF the God
now in the northeast rising about sunset and max
Ing his transit at midnight
Venus is evening STAR and by far the loveliest OF
Che brilliant quartette OF planets that shed their
radiance on the winter nights She holds a charm
That surpasSeS the majestic bearing OF JUPITER the
war-ltke aspect OF Mars and the serene light of
Saturn. She is also increasing in radiance. while
they have passed their elimination, though the
diminishing ulster Will hardly be observable during
progress during January did not fail to admire her
Dewitchng grace In the glow of twilight, her pres
ence being revealed almost as soon as the sun had
sunk below the horizon. Sometimes she hung
tremulous on the dark edge of sunset clouds Shin
Ing through the riffs that revealed the sky and
sometimes she challenged admiration in twilight
OF golden glow But she was surprisingly lovely
when her light OF pure gold was seen in the GRIM
son afterglow that Lit up the western sky on some
OF the unaccountably beautiful sunsets that have
shed glory not OF earth upon the path OF the
departing sum
Venus is moving rapidly northward, reaching
northern declinatiOn the 18th and at the end OF
the month being II degrees north OF the sunset
point This northward progress is easily discern1-
BILE, and brings her into more favorable position
for observation
Mercury is morning star throughout the month.
ne reaches bis greatest western eongation on the
18th, at II O'Clock in the evening" and Is then 26 de-
grees IL minutes west OF the sun. At that time
and for week before and after he would be favor
ably situated for observation as morning star If t
were not for his great southern declination Sharp
eyes may pick him up about an hour before sun
rise, for he rises nearly hour three-Quarters
before the sun at elongation. He must be looked
for degree and half south OF the sunrise point
In the constellation Capr1cOrnua The atmosphere
must be exceptionally clear to lure him from his
hiding place.