American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The October Evening Stars.

The October Evening Stars.
| THREE brilliant planets shine in the October
evening sky Jupiter heads the list, for he
passed his perihelion, or nearest point to the
| sun, on the 18th of September, and reached
his opposition, nearest point to- the Garth,
| on the 9TH OF October. He is now forty-siX
| million miles nearer the sun, and one hundred
| and eighty million miles nearer the Garth than
when ut the most distant point from each.
| Nearly twelve years must pass before he will
again b. in AS favorable conditions for obser-
Walton. Therefore every lover of the stars
should watch the movement. of this superb
planet as he comes darting above the eastern
horizon as soon as the daylight fades, beam
ing like young moon and casting percepti-
Die shadow. He now reaches the meridian
about midnight and sinks in the west the
sun rises in the east, being visible throughout
the night. He is so near that his moons may
be seen in an opera glass, and his telescope APP
pearance rs beautiful beyond expression. The
ruddy spot still marks the commotion agitat-
ing his surface and his belts are painted in
radiant hucs of purple, pink and blue which
far outshine terrestrial tints This planet now
rises about six O'Clock, but at the end of the
month will rise about four.
Saturn is next in interest, following closely
in the footsteps of Jupiter, few degrees to
the northwest of his rival, and rising "a half
hour later. He is trav cling slowly toward per
iheion, which he does not reach till 1854, and,
as his neriheIia occur nj in,ary,ls Of oh,ut
thirty wears fow ohservcrs soo hin, NOR. thar
once or twice at his hrightesr nhaso during n
lifetime. saturn reaches his oppostion ON the
18th OF October, and is then at his nearest
point to the earth. being in n line with the
earth and sun, with the earth in tho center.
He is not nearly so brilliant rs Jupiter, but no
observer will fail to recognize him. or note his
fine appearance for his usual murLy tint has
given place to n soft pale yellow This as
well "a his increased size ia due tn four c,uses
his opposition his annroacb 10 neribe,ion the
nearly wide-open PRESENTATION of his rings
and his northern defamation He NAV now
be seen coming up in the east about half-past
six: MT the end of October at half-past four
one other planet divide, the evening bonors
with Jupiter and Saturn. This ia Venus. and
very bright-eyed observers may now pick her
up shortly after sunset i'm the glowing west.
She has passed her superior conjunction with
the sum- and is now coming toward u.s. She
sets about three-quarters of an hour after the
sun; in the evenings of late October she will
linger above the horizon for about an hour and
a quarter after the sun has disappeared. But
while Jupiter and Saturn will soon be on the
wane, she will increase in briliiancy and pro-
long her stay in the west. Before November
closes, she will eclipse them in the brightness
of her shining, reigniny during the winter
months the most radiant star In tho armament,
the acknowledged queen of the shining host
that stud the sky.-fout's Companion
Death of n Victim of IIydrophobIa.
ANOTHER painfuI case OF hydrophoDia is re-
R,izabctb I which occurred Monday night
from hydrophobia is said by the attending
physicians eight in number to have been the
most rapid on record from that cause the