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Show Hot Days la lb Tear II. SOI, At tnost reader srcll knowr, dor days Inclndo tho lariod from Jnly 3 to Aug. II, And tako their nai.-. from f-Urlus, known a tho "Dog HUr." Hlrlo I tlio most brilliant of tho Bird star, and Is at the hesd of the constellation CanieMajor, or Orcat Dog Thlt itar, dnring tho ftloil which wo nfer to at dug days, ifses with tho sun or within tlio eauie hour. Owlog to this, tho astronomer say llutt tho dog star rise "lteli-vally" from July 3 to Aug, II. Tlio lytthms, who worshld tho dog a a encrcd 1-rast, aa dl 1 several others of tho sndnil!, altribntcil tho el trrmo heat of aumnitrto the lafluencocf the Canl Major consttllattoni the pre-cnt pre-cnt lyptlans, however, knew nothing of thl myth, with tho ctccptlon of tlio sect known at the CVl'U. Dul with other nations It It dllfen at With many tho sii-atatltlon hat ln pcrpctnateil and handed down to genratlmi aft r genet v lion until tho present Ilia-, when Iho most Intelligent pro la if the realm speak of dog day aa a toiaon of baleful glare and brcciea. Hut In tho far ftitaro thl will all bo changed. Ily a regular shifting of the point where tho tun crosace tho equator, which I cansl by what It termed tho "procession of the equlnoxf the time will come. In about 11,000 years, when Oil evil designing Ortat Dog consult v tion will only rl with tho son In mid winter Wonderful, Indeed, Is groat Damo Nature, which cause tho hngo planeta to awing to and fro like glgvitki pendulum strong on Invisible wire, brtnitni tlio seasons In rrguhr rotation with nucrrlng certainty. SU Ijuls Ho puhlla |