Evening journal., 1898-08-02
THE AUGUST SKIES.
Meteoric Showers May BE
Seen Evenings at 9 O'clock.
CONSULTATIONS OF THE MONTH
SATURN is STILL IN SCORPIO AND
IT'S PRESENCE IN A CoNSTEI,-
LATIoN RENDERS IT A CON
sP1CUoUS sTAR-PICTURE.

During the month OF August the
moon was full ON thle list and will be
full ON THE 31st, in last quarter ON the
9th, NEW on the 18th and i'm her first
quarber on the 18th, six minutes past
m1dnight, and i'm apogee ON the 2Sth.
eighteen minutes past 8 O'Clock D. m.
AT the beginning of the month the sun
will be II degrees 81 minutes 81 sec
onds north of the equator, and win
sweep through am arc OF 9 degrees 4s
minutes 30 seconds in declination DUR
ing the month, an arc nearly twice as
large as that Of last month. While cn
the first Of the month the sun rose
p degrees II minutes north of THE
true east joint it will rise at it's termina-
tion little more than IL degrees north
OF it.
THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE SEA
SONS.
White the SUMS motion in the plane
Of the equator or in a circle parallel or
perpendicular to it, would render cai-
cu.aIhons far simpler, 1t would do away
with the seasons and a uniform climate
would prevail in all places OF
THE same latitude. If thls path OF the
sum were in THE plane or the equator
the sum would shine in the tropical
ZONES throughout this year with the
same intensity, the temperate zones
would have the same temperature all
the time, and in and nl,ar the polar
zones the same degree or cold would
obtain, and a considerable portions Of
THE earth's surface would be eternally
covered with ice that would never
MELT, t,makingthese regions utterly unin-
habita'ble. BY the SUMS motion in
circle, inclined at am acute angle to the
equator, THE hot temperature in thls
tropical regions is tempered and whole
regions SITUATED even beyond the con-
fines OF the temperate zones are made
habitable No wiser and more prac-
tical arrangement than the actually ex-
listing one can be imagined, and no
human ingenuity could possibly im-
prove it. The wonderful laws on which
the SYSTEM OF the universe, in its
whole and in its "details, are based,
make a chance" creation, even from q
scientific point OF view am incongrllty.
The marvellous harmony that Itaigns
throughout the universe is more than a
common evidence OF a divine origin Of
il, and renders such am origin an all
most, if not am entirely, incontrouerti-
bic axiomatic truth.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PLANETS.
The planet Mercury will stay within
the boundary lines of Leo during tho
whole extent of the month, and during
THE earlier portion OF it may be seen
by means OF a telescope as an evening
star On the 9th it will have it's great
est eastern elongaition, and will be
in tthe most favorable position for OBJ
servation, and the attentive observer
MAY then get a glimpse OF it oven
without the aid OF magnifying glass.
While Venus will also be in Leo dur
ing the entire portion of August che
will enter Virgo about the 18th, nn1
toward The end be near Spica, the
brightest star in khat constellation.
This ever beautiful planet, acting at
present as am evening star, will at this
beginning of the month set at nearly
$50 and toward this end about ten
minutes after that hour.
Mars is in Taurus and will rise about
midni ghit. 1t may be seen ais a morn
ing star before the morning twilight
ushers in THE king OF the day. The
great pianist Jupiter is still in Virgo
On the 10th OF the month the two most
brilliant OF All THE planets, Jupiter and
Venus, will approach each other With
in distance one-half OF THAT OF the
two Pointers I'M the Great Bear. AS
soon as the evening twilight has suf-
ficienh.y deepened, these two planets
will flash forth their refulglant light
from THE same constellation at a shorf
distance from each other, thus adding
lustre not alone to THE samh constel.a-
tion, but TO the whole western sky
The presence OF these two glorious
PLANETS in conjunction with the finst
magnitude star Spica viii make Virgo
for a short time the most brilliant Oh
all the consultations, at present shin.
ing in the evening skies. Saturn il
still in ScOrpio, and the presence O.
this fine planet in a constellation, in
trinsically brilliant, rnders it am ex
ceeding,y conspicuous star-picture. Thu
< red star An;ares and Saturn, in th'
sams constellation, cannot fail TO ar
rest the attention OF everyone to whom
y there is beauty i'm the sky.
THE AUGUST ADETEORS.
y We have had occasion. to speak O
Those meteoric showers when shooting
stars. instead OF appearing at intervals
OF several minutes In amy portion o
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