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| Not often do the starry heavens show Gs
four strongly shining, bright planets in one
night; but this Las been FOX some time past
the position of Jupiter. Mars Saturn and
Venus First comes into view the giant planet
that vast orb, whose diameter is eleven
times and his volume about 1900 times That
of cur globe-Jupiter. the planet Of the
mighty cloud-envelopes. whose continued
overshadowing of the planet himself has led
astronomers to dOubl II telescope vision
has ever yet really penetrated these enor-
nous layers ot vapor % the surface of the
planet itself. Jupiter i seen socn after
dark almost directly il the zsnith-Lis posi-
tion at : o clock being a little west and
south OF IL: and his slow and majestic
sweep around the sun, which requires
twelve OF our years, scarcely better cola
ports with his vast dlmenSI1G~ tnal does
his apparent journey every night through
the skies OF Earth. he sets rr- far from
midnight Proctor believes Jupiter - he
still mass OF seething Internal volcanic
fire. irving out heat lake sun. anG
having but a very slight crust cooled - Jet,
and that subject 90 coutlnua. fiery outhurst~
and overh rhow- while the vast c.0ud-hllt~.
a thousand miles deep, are either partly OF
volcanic origin. or are discharslns upon
the planet Itself such fluids 81 sulphur
charged rain - we cannot uazine-
Mars next comes IN sight. lie ri-e- I'D
away in the southern part Of the eastern
horizon. soon after dusk. and ty nine
O'Clock j. a conspicuous object in the hCag-
ems. and easily distinguished by his ru1dy
hue Ii j. good time To sean Mars through
a good telescope. for II Will h- tNJ years
before be is again N ~ favorable position
as he has been IN Tor the last mon-h. aud
viii be tor a little time Longer. In'.i uli- lt
star with the rudfy hue tdi-r comes up a.-
NEST in the southeast >10a alter DARK. - tue
neighblr world which, OF all the planetary
system. has presented the most interesting
field for astronomical study. ami best gc-
warded such studies it's pretty definite
" decided that this rIddy hue Is due 81
some quality OF Characteristic OF Li- sol.
Mars. "a smaller planet than TIE Firth,
presents a number Of features that seem u
warrant the conclusion that MS more general
laws ard features are something AKIN t.
those of our own world. lie has al at
mOsphere he ha> bis seasons oi winter and
summer-the region of snow and ice around
the southern pole. annually and visioiy &c
creaSing ard Increasing, IN What must be
his summer and winter.
There are on that distant world oceans
and continents this much aI least l. Ger
tain. Not such oceans A. the iaclhc and
Atlantic. bur >trGugc. notile--haped seas.
of no grea: extent compared Wita Earth :
greatest W hether they are ever frozen or
not, nobody on Earth yeE knows hGt it Is
ilr. Pructor's belief that Mars, an older
planet than our, has gone Tar past hi-
period OF greatest life, and i fast approach
M. II he be not already entering, the cold
and lil5less condition OF sgeh hpcIes a our
moon. whose internal heat Is exhau>ed.
Later. rising wan and far. a pale but
luminous g5o>t Of 4 planet IN the eastern
SKY. come- up great Saturn-the rInged
world. Thi-. on some accounts, = the
most interesting study of all the planets
chiefly because OF the mJbility and uneer-
taintv uf iiS occasionally shifting shape. AMI
because 0iIt~ great Illuminated rigs ani
it, eight attendant moons. L. euorIuous
distance also invests it with a certain IL
terest which would be wanting 10 near
object. ID j. a.certaiued that itS density
does not exceed that OF water and the
probabilities seem 10 favor the conclusion
that Saturn l. still globe ot mui,cn
matter-a world Ot liquid FIRE Is as-
pect. seen on IL clear night through good
glass. as the great ltm0n-cllurtd planet.
gird!ed with Its vast elliptic riEg>, gcC~
Sliling silently across the field of vision, Is
beautiful anc interesting ttycnd That o.
any other
Mnch later-ia llct in the early dawn ot,he
coming mOruing--Nenus comes re>p.endenIly
into view VI = brilliant of al the planets
to Us. because She J. Italtr to IL ami %
the sun. TINS remarkable sister world, near
est and apparently mu>t like our n~n word.
i never more brilliant. never meIe heauu-
ful than " ben. a. the moruirs star, she
sheds the lustre Of h-r COLDER (bat borrow
sd) beams upon the Earn IN the stiffness OF
the clear morning. Venus Will probably al
ways be a difficult object 10 study. tecause
of her proximity to the sun, but II l. l"unt
that there are reasons for believing some OF
her mountains to 9e equal in height 10 the
highest OF OGr osE world - Hartford
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