The sun., 1881-11-27
sense In which the moon is dead. Jupiter has
not yet begun to live.

sense In which the moon Is dead. Jupiter has
not yet begun to live.
1t Is only recently, however, that many
persons outside OF the observatories have
paid much attention to the earth's sister
worlds. They were SO far away that no.
body troubled himself about them. What
the school books said Of them was regarded
as SO many scientific statements to bo
learned by rote. and not worth thinking
shart outside tha school room. Even now
most persons, when they get their first look
| " Saturn through q good telescope, cxclam :
why, it's Just Ike tho pictures in tho
boolisl 1 never thought there really was
any suoh thing in the sky"
or late. however, tie study Of astronomy
at least OF observational astronomy, has
wonderfully Increased. People have found
out--what good old THOMAS DICK was at
such pains to assure them forty or fifty
years ago-that 1t doesn't require very
large or q very costly telescope to reveal
the chief wonders of the heavens. So tele-
scopes have become popular, like pianos,
and mons thoughts arc going out to the
spheres around us with wonder and ever
increasing interest. Tho successors OF
COLUMBUS have pushed on until almost
every attaipable spot on the earth has bcen
explored and now tho successors OF GALILEo
have their turn, for tho curiosity Of men is
boundless, and having become pretty IA
miliar with this world. they feel desire TO
pry into the secrets OF other worlds People
are beginning to look for news from these
other worlds as part of their regular men
tai supply. AS the inhabitants OF different
continents become familiar with one an
other, and learn to appreciate their re-
lntions to each other and to tho earth as a
whole, the thoughts OF men arc enlarged.
So the study of tho other worlds that con-
stitute the great family to which our earth
belongs. yet more expands the mind. That
study Is yot in its beginning; what its ulti-
mate results may be nobody can tell.
Those who wish to sec some OF these
worlds for themselves, can have no better op-
portunity than now. All that any one needs
for this journey into space is good three
| inch telescope, or even a two-inch will prove
| far from contemplate. The first world In
| the sky that will attract attention is Jupiter.
| This planet is now, in tho absence OF tho
moon, the most conspicuous phenomenon
| in the evening heavens. BY or 10 o'clock
| it is sufficiently high above the haze OF the
| uOElLOu W De u SpLeIlulu lclCSCOpiC ouJcSt'
1t is only little way from the cluster OF the
Pleiades, and from its brightness it cannot
be mistaken. Tho things for the amateur
| observer to look for are the four moons OF
| Jupiter, the great belts that ring his globe
| in the centre, the shadowy bands about his
| poles, and tho hugo rcd spot that has ex-
| cited SO much speculation. If VIC timc our
observation right, We may see one OF the
| moons passing between the sun and the
| planet, and throwing a little round shadow
| upon tho broad surface OF Jupiter; or We
| may see moon disappear as If snuiTcd out.
| when it enters the enormous cone OF shadow
that tho great planet throws into space be-
hind him.
| A little way to the right hand OF Jupiter
| tho observer will notice q blight star
| with pale, steady light. 1t is Saturn. The
| wonderful rings of Saturn, OF the beauty OF
| which no description can convey IN idea, he
| will see easily, for they arc now widely
| opened. II the air is steady and the glass n
| good one lie will also see three or four OF the
! eight moons that encirclc Saturn. After his
| ego has become accustorn ID TO the telescope,
| he will perceive many other interesting
| things in this wonderful planetary system.
Further to the ca st and lower down Is Mars,
recognizable by his bright, ruday light and
his proximity to the two brilliant stars,
| Castor and Pollux or tho Twins. 4 three
| inch telescope should show the great snow
fields about the poles OF Mars, and the
shadowy outlines OF some OF his continents
| and oceans. Only the largest telescopes are
! able to show his two little moons.
| Aftcr the observer has tired OF viewing
these objects. II his astronomical appetite
Is not vet satisfied, he can contemplate the
| uncountsd suns that people space, around
which, astronomers say, revolve worlds SO
remote that they do not make even gleam
in the most gigantic OF telescopes. Then he
can turn back to the affairs OF this world
with renewed zest, for he will feel sure that
he can never reach those other ones. at least
| not until his business here Is finished.