The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-11
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|arh % ,se MS she would always
=, por iposee, ~ from the earth.
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pr wv ,.,bx Of all celestial bodies
sblhi ~ hs in ellipses of greater
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~ revolving Vou' ~bicb Joins the
u,rrular. The ilne NUN and mini
{, d The moon l. : al in the case Of
Sstanre = sa to the sun. the line
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|s'th WA IA Il Is singular fact, though
r.,sn,ly natural ,, Tns ~ ~ ANALYTICAL and
"a in the Pr. .s hat this line of APP
khl ne y he case of the earth and OF
CIV 4 10 continual mot ,e,,,. on H., H.,
/ s,bt moon Tar NOR ,i,ns s% Of q comnletc
Il tie earn o,r,s line Of apsides is nine
\ d the HULL
I ,.,, and south motions.
4 ,un, 10 its no'sA ~ winter .olstice
KS tpproaeh.ne No Dist If tho month
kH vii reaen y" It'll ha % degrees 81
s declinatioh ..,,,,a a. the hegiunjnc
s Is secohus. ., degrees SO minutes
sonih II was vas, -, the shortest day
ils The iens ,.,,.,nre vii, he Q hours
ahtude OF nal' . y, oourse docs nor
les, which tinle' y, ard even
3 he time OF u. ,,,,nner ~ tho
lvlghts me NE, rnnar is p,inu,es
"a twilight WI VIII, nd tho last H.
al; before ''oe"' ra,it will
\ spot In Tue ceie 30, q n,,,ocL
a minutes AZ seeoi'us pass
4, ssening.
oa,or a.,
I, the month Oh De'oi"''' wy
u.,..ry will traverse the constel-
,. sanittarius and Capricor-
sV'P'', rhar NIGHT soor
any c'ea, ,.z.,o,
IA king Of the DAY mas uesoeu'e'
4. horizor, and considerable while
4. evening twilight has been alb
y ,he darkness Of the night, one
;.,l m see Venus shine forth with
~, iustre. which makes the ihorn-
4 sy.ning star par excellence about
F,amk During the carly part or the
vsrus will be In the constellation
An, And during the remainder
! r,pricornus. Mars. like his sister
al figure as an evening star. not
Ca,nt As the latter, but outshlning
M Stars that are visible. with the
m al Sirius. This plane VIII form
N brilliant first magnitude stars.
md Aldebaran, n very conspicuous
4 tSat can not but arrest the htten-
"a admiration Of any one that looks
a. sky in a northeastern direction.
Sri The distant planet. Neptune, Will
y ,oec,her about the middle CT the
N 4 distance equal to Phad and Meg
4 h, Great Dipper. Both are in Tau
Ah.sr is In Leo, while Saturn and
81 tr In Scorpio at the short distance
Mess from each other. Close con-
MI q planets, at least of the lighter
ass never failed to attract the at
u the bebolder. elicit his admira-
riinprnt themselves upon his NOM
a November. 1924. the three bright
h Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, were
)w ,csether as to- excite at that age
vstltion and ignorance feeling of
tNiion that this phenomenon might
" great catastrophe. Until A more
b diffusion of knowledge gradually
liicn, which forms such peculiar
anuc Vi ,hs 'heuiaeVa' age NOT IN
4, destIny of man was attrih,.ea :,
Ias1 and stars that never existed
q could exist ANA even NOW there
Mrsons who look at those astral
'na tna' leeilne oil awe whlch Is
nv ny 'nr ihaJ9s,y Oh me
4. -. =! pucI'ie 'ear 81 Sup'rstl-
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Il ,.,.h y, s's ~. VI Hishtai power
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