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Show When AVlnter Will IlcSuinmer. The piano of the earth's orbit crosses the equator at an angle of about 23 degrees. The attractive force of the sun, moon aud star constantly exerted upon the earth has a te ndency to tilt the pole away from thi sun and to draw the equator away from It. As a consequence, conse-quence, the sun crosses the equator each year a little farther west than the point where it crossed the last time before. In olden times It was said that the equinoctial point, or place of crossing; went forward to meet the sun. Hence the phenomenon phenom-enon was called the "procession of the equinoxes." JSut from the fact that the equinoctial point really falls backwards on the celes tlal equator towards the w est, each time about 50 seconds of a degree, astronomt rs frequently speak of the "recwalon of the equinoxes," Instead In-stead of procession. In consequence, of this recession our seasons twgin a liltio earlier eery year, and tbe time will come In about 11,00p years when the sun will cross the equator in midwinter. Then the seasons will be completely reversed: the Fourth of July will come In the month of blizzards, and Christmas In the hct wave elch. f. Jjoui Eepubtie. |