Show A MAT MAP OF THE 1 hesicih K W a x aa JEL JB jsu P Ais fil for the P 7 ere erent month copyright 1301 1901 by C de saint germain with april the days are growing much longer loneer and it will bo be somewhat later in the evening before the firmament will yield to the observers gaze the wealth of its bidden treasures however from 8 9 to 10 every night will be the proper time to watch to seek and to find during these two hours the skies on clear nights will reveal the stars and planets in the arrangement shown in our illustrations the later hours horns being chosen during the first brat week in the month while tho the identical panorama will be visible between tween 8 and 9 in the last two weeks in april today I 1 take great pleasure in answering partially at least the many queries received from my interested readers and which may be summed up in these few words are the stars star and inhabited this Is a question which has passionately siona slona tely excited the bright intellects of all generations and races books innumerable have been written on the subject either in the form of at more or less serious scientific essays or as aa mere nights of fancy such as aa the immortal swift indulged in in his gul livers travels cyrano de bergerac berjerac Ber gerac whom rostand the dramatist and co and mansfeld the actors have hava made so suddenly famous over both hemispheres owed hla his notoriety tn in the seventeenth century solely to his mo travel to the moon wherein he be pretends to visit with the aborigines and collect information of a semi satirical character but let us ug put aside the fairy tale writers and examine in sober earnest whether besides the man in the moon whose cheery and prosperous face gazes down upon us on full moon nights there ire are reasons to believe that looking northward no star of importance at our zenith further down we meet first then buhbe of the great dip or er 11 the pole star oc almost the center of the north rn orn horizon the rest of the little dipper to the right on the oh boulder of the little bear the other name of ursa minor alinor Is close to of draco the dragon years ago the star gazers guide to the north it stands midway be and alloth of the great dipper A little above shines solitary one ane of the few stars of cor car caroll the heart of charles another small constellation Is here in evidence although our map does not show it it la Is canes the hunting dogs in that same vicinity notice another remarkably fine nebula con listing of a bright center surrounded by a hazy ring below along tho eastern direction behold the square alon now let us ua turn about face atna begin looking Io oklie southward the zenith is bare of interesting revelations the first object ol of somo some importance we meet with is comm coma Beren tees queen hair a few ath and eth magnitude stars arranged pyramid wise underneath the stately zodiacal asterism leo the lion forms two trapezes trape zes one above the other with first magnitude regulus at the base of the first arst one ajeet and L showing up in the order I 1 have just named them another admirable zodiacal constellation virgo the virgin is seen here at its best early in march but few of its beauties were in 8 sight ight this month not only spica the ear of wheat ot of the first magnitude shines magnificently but also third magnitude at the other lower corner of the trapeze with continuing the line I 1 below virgo we behold two new acquaintances quain first corvus Cor vua the crow with its four principal stars la in perfect quadrilateral order and at the base both luminaries of the third magnitude and on cased so to speak within one of the folds of hydra the sea serpent which climbs up in fanciful designs to the middle of the sky in front of us the square of crater the cup Is clearly outlined close to another told fold of the reptile to the left of corvus shine brightly the two scales of 11 libra the balance a zodiacal constellation stel lation whose leaders 0 of o the second secand magnitude are called zuben el and zuben el chamball greek mythology claimed that themis the goddess of justice despairing of ever teaching honesty and fair play to zenith 13 GREAT EAT DIPPER ov 0 T P ju 0 cor CorCi carol roIi i 13 4 a x 0 0 1 AURI G aa LITTLE DIPPE cippera DIP PERa cepal ale able afif S I 1 tf e 9 obo O bo 0 0 ka rn DON gj f f 4 A w corona i 0 C epheus cepheus I 1 bo reas 3 t V t f 1 4 41 A 41 FRI U S r edi 03 a CUL cules l 1 l a a C s anus 3 1 gerpen 14 s W emr NORTH J formed by the magnitude stars bakkar izar of bootes the herdsman whose gem arcturus Is out out of our horizon this month underneath derne der neath alls corona borealis Bore alls the northern crown in the shape of a circle Is adorned with 11 tho the pearl a star of the second magnitude it was said to be the crown of Ar ariadne ladne placed alc plc iced there by bacchus the god of the good feA aws whose priestess she became after theseus had bad so shamefully deserted her below hercules the kneeler Kneel pr with its third magnitude star Kor leads us to Un kalai kalal of the serpent close to the eastern horizon following the line of the hills westward we meet the two first magnitude stars stara vega ot of lyra the lyre and ot of cygnus the swan the latter Is as we all see ase the gem ot of this splendid cross gradually gradual y lifting our gaze upward we meet in a vertical row alphire and erral or oc cepheus anti anil to its left the live five stars ot of cassiopeia Casslo pela tiie the elated lady ranged 3 and 2 in at shape more afore wre westward still clown to the horizon shines the second magnitude of andromeda the chained lady all we see of this constellation stel tell atlon lation above perseus the Oham plon shines in all the beauty of and the waggoner bestons bestows upon us the splendor alendor pl endor ot of the first magnitude capella the she goat coat with tier her kids kide and Mon NIon hallnan kallman 6 i second the V shaped taurus the bull appears to the extreme west with aldebaran shedding upon us its ruddy light at the base aae of this fine trIal triangle igle the shine to the right 0 ot f taurus close to the horizon we have ve finished our first lan insen afa anith zeni h corna coma Barene ces bl poi c e ia LEO 0 0 geml r M to ie n 1 k 30 cancer amer I 1 1 I 1 e 9 6 av tai A 0 1 B 0 if r JAM ebli 19 3 17 A I 1 LL var pico 4 a chalet cram I 1 0 ORION R 10 N V ik f ar A L I 1 44 X 04 LIBRA loowns HINO SOUTH t ija wicked humanity had obtained at 0 jupiter the privilege ot of being changed into the constellation libra I 1 suppose if she lived in our day she could not think ot of thus deserting our much improved race I 1 shall now inspect the western limit the perfect square of gemini the twins castor and pollux nearest to the zenith welcomes our charmed eyes to its left the comparatively ively unimportant zodiacal constellation stel lation cancer the crab deserves a passing glance while we are attracted by the superb the first magnitude glory of canis minor allner 11 tile the little dog next to it Com gomelia Go melsa eisa its faithful companion underneath behold orion tile tho hunter wit with eight splendid stars among them betelgeuse euse rigel and beauties of tho the noblest order canis major the great dog comes forward with another diamond of the first water the incomparable sirius heading the triangle close to the horizon that includes Ali and adara both of the second magnitude wo we may truly say that our survey tonight closes with a feast of unique splendor C do de SAINT GERMAIN |