' OTJK FRIENDS OF THE SKY 



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Mercury, Venu.s, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, ' 

 Saturn,, Uranus and Neptune are the 

 eigrht greater planets of our solar system. 

 Our Earth Is one ot the smaller planets 

 of this system. If we could travel 

 around the world from North Pole to 

 South Pole, we should Journey about 

 24,860 miles, and at the equator about 

 24,900 miles. This should be compared , 

 with the clrcumferenco of the moon, 

 about 6800 miles. In other words, our 

 terrestrial diameter approximates 7918 

 miles. Respecting size, the eight plan- 

 ets rank In the following; order: Jupiter, 

 Saturn, Neptune, Uranus. Earth, Venus, 

 Mars and Mercury. Jupiter's diameter Is 

 about 89,000 miles, equatorially, and 

 Mercury's diameter 3000 miles. 



Our earth possesses one moon. Saturn 

 possesses ten moons, and three rings ot 

 Innumerable lunar particles. Titan • of 

 Saturn is a satellite much larger than 

 our own satellite. Ganymede ot Jupiter 

 Is also much larger than our own moon. 



Miss Bumstead was a lover of artTScT 

 music. She was a pupil of Abbott 



I Graves, and a member nf tho Copl-y So- 

 ciL'ty of Boston. She enU'rrd into sooial 

 work for a number of years, and to the 

 end of lior lite no appp.Tl for lielp or 

 symjiathy, from frifnd or .sfransor, failed 

 10 lind a ready response from Iier. She 

 is survived by two sisters. Miss Jose- 

 phine F. Bumstead, and Mrs. George P,. 

 Gogrswell, both of Cambridge. 



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