The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-01

New York Times.
 The skies present an attractive picture on a cioudless night at any season of the year. but there are certain constel- lations which by the peculiar confgura- ton of their constitutent stars and their brilliance enhance the intrinsic beauty of the celestial dome. To the latter un- occasionally belongs the zodiacal con- stellation Scorpio. which in the early hours of July evenings is situated imme-
 Among the, twelve constellations that constitute that remarkable belt. the xo- diac. it is to scorpio that the palm of beauty must needs be conceded. The general conhguration of this constella- ton Is that of a boys kite-not the mod ern shaped kite. but one of the good old-fashioned kind. when you and were boys. unless perhaps you happened to be 8 girl. I mean the kind with a long. streaming tail. having a whole lot of bobbins on it. The brightest of the stars of Scorpio is Antares, Q word that means the rival of Mars, whose Greek name is Ares. .,
 The name Is not inappropriate, as at times it certainly rivals Mars in the fiery red tinge with which 1t shines. An tares is a first magnitude star and Is a double one. the companion being of green color, but hardly visible to any but those having rather powerful tel escope.
 The second magnitude star Beta is in the arch of the Kitebow, about 8 degrees northwest of Antares., The star Gam ma is so near the constellation Libra that one would be in doubt as to which of the two cancellations 1t belonged. In fact there prevails considerable confus- l<.~ A the exact line of demarkation separat- ing several of the star groups.
 Besides the stars mentioned Scorpto possesses a considerable number of sec ond and third magnitude stars-a fact that renders 1t such a brilliant star pic- ture. North of it and also on the meri- dian are the cancellations Ophiuchus. the Serpent Bearer. the Serpeus, which are so closely connected as to justify Ophiuchus probably refers to the great physician Aescuiapius. and was possibly applied to him at the time he so bitterly offended Pluto.
 He stands with his feet on scorpio and grasps with, both hands the huge ser- pent. the stars of the latter forming a large semi-circle. The shoulder of Op- hichus Is marked by Q triangle. whose vertices are Alpha or Ras Abhague.
 
 is marked by the two stars. Delta and Epsilon, both being at a very short dis tance from one another, Alpha Serpen- tis. or Umill. is east of the head of Ophiuchus. and is of the second nagni- tude.
 There is a group of stars in both op- hiuchus and Serpeus that certainly form a striking picture resembling 'hang- ing lamp" The topmost star in this group is Delta Serpentis. to which the imaginary chains are attached. while Junk forms the principal star in the lamps chimney. The lamp itself Is marked by Delta Ophiuci and the pene dant by Zeta, Eta and Theta.
 North of Ophiuchus and close to Lyra is the fine constellation Hercules. which is most readily recognized by a large keystone shaped quadrilateral and by a still larger triangle south of 1t. The tri- angle marks the head and the two shouI- ders and the quadrilateral part of the demigod's back. Alpha Herculis is fine double star.
 Arcturus and the Crown are still high up. but bending slightly toward the west. while Leo is closely approaching the western horizon. Spica is about mid