The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-03


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their real nature and in regard to this
| Question several thaoriee have heen adj
Vanced some of which have been dis
proved Will others have q certain
| plausibilitv in thoir favor There is still
a certain rnvstar,+ connected with This
| intares+ino, Question and tha Droblem
! cannot he considered solved vet There
! Is hardly anv doubt +bat the SIM spots
are caused nv eruntions from beneath.
| bur If is hard "a tell which is cause and
| which Is effect or whether both are due
to some EXTERNAL action A very curious
| fact DERIVED from, carefuI observations
| is that SIM snots ara most abundant
about every eiaven Years What causes
| this neriodIcit,r hos NOT yet baen dis
covered thoush several more or less
Ingenious theories have been suggested.
Some ascriba II ia planetary influence,
others TO rneteoric streams moving
with a nariod IF eleven wears While
however tbera eti11 oravai1s an 1Incer-
taintv ebout the nature of SIM snots and
the cause Of their neriodicitv. there is
at least one thing certain VIZ. fine in
fuence of srn snots uo0n t1e earth It
has incontrovertihIv been proved that
when +be snots aTa numerous mag
netic storms On Tho ea,.tb are also most
numerous and violent
BEFORE va entar unon q brief descrin-
+ion of +,a nrircipoI cone+eI1ations that
will adorn The avenino. slv during the
month of AnriI we wish TO make a few
remarks as r. The freouencv Of the
great Easter festivaTs falling on a day
in ApriI as II does again this wear.
For reasons into which We need NOT en-
ter here the ca arraneement was made
that Easter was to he ceIebrated nv
the Christian world on The first SUNDAY
following the fun moon which hap
mems upon or next after tha DIST daV Of
March. and II the fun moon should
hannen on : Sunday TGastar was To he
the sunday aftar In consequence of
This ARRANGEMENT if NAV fail ON anv
dav between the 21st Of March and the
26th of Anri1. Hence, there are ten
davs in March and twenty-five DAYS in
AnriI on which Faster NAV fan and as
la matter of course the occurrence of
Easter on q dav in Anril must needs he
.rorr fra.,,e7l han its occurrence in
March In tbe nineteenth century
which will end With the year 1900, Eas-
tar will ba,,a Fallen INCONVENIENCE times
ON a March dav and seventy-seven
times on an Anril day II fell only
once an the earliest dav possibIe the
29d of March and only once on fine
Iatast dav nossibIe the 25fh dav Of
AnriI In the twentieth century which
will begin with the wear 1901 and close
Nth tho yeaY 9O00 EaStpl will fall
tyventv-t,vo times on March dav ana
sevarfv-eiqft Zines on an AnriI dav
while II agai,, will fall hut once on tha
95tb dav Of Anril c1943) IL will during
that century nor once fan on the 29d
Of March
The most brilliant Of the consteI1a-
+ione +bat come To the meridian at
about q o.cIoclx in the AnriI evenings is
Leo or the Lion If is one Of the con-
stella lions of the zodiac and distin-
ouiehed nv lie neculiar shane that Of a
3sickIa :, which constit,Ites the greater
portion If the constellation. The han
dIe NJ the sickle ia marked nv Alnha
TeonIe or RepuIus star that nv
SONS ia recl,oneG among the first mag
nitIda stars thouph II Is not ms bright
az PolluV VIII Which usually +he LIST
~ frst n,agnitude etars closes The
had ~ tbe eicEIe is distinctly marked
hv Ave stars whose names beginnino
u.itb Tho ONO naareet pag11Ii,s are Eta
Carna ~. Al Ctiebe zete Mn or IA
Al Asa apd E,nsiIor Tba last three
n1ari, tbe he'd of tbe Iion
A1r,o.t 80 oo,+ ~ pr,n,.o,, in Car,is
Mn, fiy1o eta,s nav he esen that form
snail nentayon Theec marx the
nod If var7, extensive though bv
No means briiIjant Generalization Hv-
dra no,y,T,a,,1o.s tirs, tbe bnndred-head-
"a T. ar,,ao,5 s,a-rla,7+ +bat HarcuIee
i,il1ad as Lis saoo,,d Iabo II extends
~ - .o,,+bnas+a,i1, t1iractiC1 a,d mean