Evening journal., 1898-07-06

CONSULTATIONS.
In course OF the month OF July the
moon was full on the Sd, win be in her
las. quarter on the 10th, new on tine
18th, and IN her first quarter on the
26th. She viii be In perigee on the Sd
and on the S1st. and In apogee on the
10th. While the perigee and apogee OF
the moon fail on different days Of the
year, the positions Of the maximum
and minimum distance of the sun from
the earth, or, as they are technically
called, the Aphellon and Perlhelion
fall, respectively, on the 1st Of July and
the 1st OF January. 1t may appear
strange to some that we are nearest the
sun in the cold month OF January and
remotest from It in the hot month OF
July. Although the nearer a body isl
20 the source OF heat the more heat III
will receive, the ellipticity Of the earth's
orbit is too small to produce great DIFF
ference in this respect.
The temperature, not to take into ac-
count elevation and other local infu-
ences, depends upon the obliquity OF
the suns rays. In Summer the sun is
high up in declination, and its rays
fall less obliQuely on the surface OF
the earth in our latitude, while in the
tropical zone they fall twice year
vertically upon any one place. II stands
20 reason that we receive the most heat
per day when the sun is at the Summer
solstice, but, nevertheless, this is really
not the hottest time Of the year, be-
cause the accumulation OF heat at that
time is still going on. In our latitude
the warmest time is about the 1st Of
August. Winds and currents, however,
often affect the temperature, and In
such cases we can never with absolute
defndteness determine the exact time
OF the warmest or OF the coolest day in
the year.
On the LIST OF July the sun will be a
little over % degrees minutes north OF
the equator, and during the month
sweep throughan arc Of s degrees Smin-
utes Of declination. The sun Is the
original cause OF life and energy on the
surface OF the arth. There is not a
form OF energy manifesting itself on
and within the earth. but may be traced
back to the sun. Although the ancients
entertained but very primitive ideas ol
the sun as an astronomical body they
nevertheless, could not but venerate II
as something divine. The ancient As.
bytiahs worshiped the sun under the
name OF Baal, meaning the Lord, ant
the famous tower OF Babel was de.
voted to his worship. The god Belui
OF the Chaldeans was only another
name OF the sun. The ancient Greeks
the most intellectual Of all the nations
Of antiquity, assigned the sun to Apollo
the god OF poetry and music and thi
master OF the nine MUSES.. This life
giving and life-maintaining body, tn
sun, is wen worthy OF our observation
and study.
Soon after the setting Of the sun W
may see pretty high above the wester'
horizon a star which, by its grea
brilMancy and beauty, will at once b
recognized as the planet Venus. 1t Wi
be in Cancer during the earlier part c
the month, but in Leo during the re
mainder. About the middle of tn
month it will be close to Regulus, tn
brightest star in that constellation. Tn
constellation Leo bears a strong rt
eemblance to a sickle, the handle {
which is marked by Regulus. Venu
will not set before 8 o'clock, so thl
it may be seen for a considerable pai
Of the evening. Mars will be in Aris
during the greater portion OF n
month, but viii enter Taurus towar
dts termination. This planet rises
little after midnight and will shine Z
q morning star; though inferior
brightness toVenus, Jupiter and Satur'
The peculiar red color however, rel
uCIb MARS tNNn Mntn AoNfNAAb AZ AAei
nitude, always a sufficiently conspic'
Gus object in the sky. Jupiter is still
Virgo and does not set until a lit
past 10 O'Clock. shining like Venus
an evening stor. Although its volun
is 760 times that Of the earth, malviI
It the largest but one In the who
group OF planets, its density is so sma
being only five-seventh that OF wat
and one-eighth that Of the earth,
90 reduce its mass to only 50 times th
of the earth.
During the month of July two eclips
will occur, a partial eclipse OF q
moon on the third, and an annul
eclipse OF the sun on the eighteent
both being invisible in our latitud
The reason for an annular eclipse
the moon being impossible lies in &
fact that the breadth OF the earth
shadow at the place where the mo'
passes through it is always great
than the moons diameter, so that II