The guu enters Sagittarius on tho 22ad of the month. Mercury, nu evtning star during tho month, tut not easily observed was ut his greatest distance from the sun on the s:h Venus ia also an evening star but is gradually growing fainter and sets about 9 p in. Mara may he observed ririog in the north 08>.t about 10 p m. aud comas to the meridian about 4 am. 9 Jupiter is a morning star rising betweeu 4 and sam Saturn is un eveuing star low down in tho N W. Meteors are small bodies not scattered uoiformaliy through space but collected 10 groups travelling as comets travel. What is called a shower of meteors is due to the earth breaking through odo of these groups. Two of tho best of them are encountered iu August and November each year. Notable showers were seen on November 27th, 1897, November 27th, 1885 and November 23rd, 1892, and their return this month is highly probable, but the moonlight may interfere with their observation.
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