Evening journal., 1898-07-06

the most beautiful Of all the Summer
consultations. Its striking resemblance
to a boys kite with a long tail rem
ders it one Of the most easily recog-
nized consultations in the heavens.
The brightest Of its constituent stars is
in the kite portion and especially dis
tlnguished by its fiery red color, which
lends It a strong resemblance to the
planet Mars. It's name is Antares,
meaning the rival OF Mars, the Greek
name OF Mars being the Ares. It is OF
the first magnitude and a double star;
it's companion being of green color,
though not easily seen with a small
telescope The second brightest star
in this constellation is Beta Scorpio 1t
is at q small distance northwest Of An
tares, and situated in the arch Of
the kite bow. Northwest of Scorpio
we see the constellation libra. There
prevails some confusion among uranO-
graphers as to the boundary between
the two consultations Scorpio and
Libra. In no case the boundary lines
OF the different consultations are so
automatically definite as not to pro-
duce sometimes an uncertainty as 20
which OF the two constellation stars
very near the boundary lines are to be
reekCned.
North of scorpic are the two con-
stellations Ophiuchus and Serpens,
which with great propriety may be
treated as one constellation. The
meaning Of Ophiuchus is serpent
holder" and in all probability COM
memorates the great physician Aescu-
lapius. Ophiuchus is standing with
his feet on the Scorpion and taking
hold of the serpent With his two hands
The head OF the serpent-holder
marked by a triangle, the northern
ve1tex OF which is Alpha Ophiuchi, or
Ras Alhague, forming with the two
first magnitude stars Vega and Altar
an equilateral triangle. The stars IN
the Serpent form an extensive circular
arc from east to west. The whole con-
sieilation occupies a large space in the
heavens, and, though the stars consti-
uting It are for the most part OF c
lower magnitude, it is sufficiently
prominent to be recognized withou;
any difficulty. Some conscientious are
Distinguished by some brilliant fixed
, stars, others by their peculiar contour
others again may be recognized BY
= some neighboring consultations OF {
more striking form.
To make one self thoroughly familia
with the geography Of the heavens
frequent contemplation Of the stars be
t comes indispensable. Between Ophi
e uchus and the circumpolar constellation
! Draco, we see the fine constellation
I CT Hercules, whose distinguishing fea
tures are a quadrilateral and some
e wha. larger triangle south of it. Tn
e yertices CT the triangle are Alpha, Bet
e and Delta Hercules, the first two bein
p also, respectively, called by the specia
i names OF Ras Algethi and Rutilicul
Alpha marks the head of the giant an
i is a fine double star Of blue and OF
{ ange colors. The stars of the quadri
s lateral are Epsilon, Zeta, Eta and P
e The constellation Hercules is Of spt
d cial interest and Importance for III
a as it has conclusively been proved tina
8 the sun, with all his noble retinue {
n planets, is sailing toward that cOnste'
q, lation. The point in Hercules towar
l. which our whole solar system Is mo-
: moving is called the "apex Of the sun
/ rays" whose right ascension is 267 d,
n grees and decMnation 81 degrees. Yer
le close tc the star Pi, in the northeas
Is ern corner Of the quadrilateral is sts
ie Rho, OF the sixth magnitude, which
g this "apex."
70 The orbit OF the sun is so immen.
h that as yet no curvature in its pat
'r has been detected. though it came
IS admit OF any doubt that the sun, III
AZ our planets and satellites and the
nary stars, move in a slight curve aT
-s not in a straight line. Many age
ie however, will elapse before any chang
At in the direction Of the suns motion vi
H. be detected, when, unless the 81
e. Rho is moving in the same directio
OF another star viii become the APEX
le the suns way" Cygnus, with
$ cross-like shape, is high up, viii
IN Iyra, with its beautiful star Vega,
1r near the meridian. In the southea
Is Aouila, with the bright star Altar,
CT approaching the meridian. The ma
6 nificent star Arcturus is half way dow
i0 the western horizon, and Leo not 4
. from its edge.
us THERE Is A CLASS OF PEOPL