Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-31

ble aspect. For his rings are opening wider,
 his northern declination is increasing. and he | is approaching perihelion. These conditions will culminate in 1885.
 Jupiter is the next object to test the space
 annihilating glass. The prince of planets is superb, larger than the full moon, though
 but little larger than we have seen him many times in telescope of eight inches aperture He is, however, much brighter, on account of the Eght-collecting power of the glass. Though by no means as magnificent as Sa- turn, he far exceeds him in mass and volume,
 and, as he is twice as near, we see him on much larger scale. The giant of the system
 takes on grand proportions, the flood of light irradiating his surface brings out every mi mute detail His broad belts are delicious in coloring, suffused with pale rose, mottled with soft gray, purple, brown and delicate green We have seen Jupiter when the def- milton was much more perfect, but never with the variety of tint and tone we behold this night; never before did he seem so near, so grand in proportions, so symmetrical In equipoise. His four satellites are in line on his left and bear witness to the power of the telescope by presenting disks instead of points. We find it difficult to decide which of the two pictures is the more beautiful. Saturn is more magnificent, more complex, more curious, but Jupiter is more majestic, more like the great sun himself.
 We have time for only one more view, and this is to be the great nebula of Orion. In a moment in the twinkling of an eye. the little wisp of cloud haze around the star in the sword of the Mighty Hunter that is visible to the unaided vision becomes one of the most glorious spectaoles that ever breaks upon the entranced eye of an observer The most wonderful nebula the northern skies reveal is before us, filling the field of view, and suffused with celestial light suggestive of the holy city that had ''no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it for the glory of God did tighten it." The deli cacy of the celestial glow prevailing the scene is beautiful beyond expression. The central point of interest is the famous tra- pezium consisting of four bright stars and
 two smaller ones. Around this sextuple group radiate what seem to be the head and
 branching horns of some huge animal, the trapezium occupying it's open mouth, and surrounding space of sky within which reigns the blackness of darkness, unillu- mined by the suspicion of star. Spiral curves of nebulous haze fill in the field of vision, the radiating mass being of delicate green tint, while dotted over the shadowy haze, and mingling with it in mysterious un- ion, are numerous bright stars, imparting an element of life to the formless void and help ing to light up this scene of indescribable 1 grace and grandeur which no pencil may | paint, no words describe. The fascinating | picture holds us spellbound. We realize the l power of the mighty piece of mechanism that brings to our eyes this amazing creation of distant space, this incomprehensible blending of stars and star dust. Definition 1 is of little consequence in observing the shadowy nebulse. Light is the element need l ed, and nearly every ray that falls upon the4 great objective is faithfully transmitted to ! the observing eye
 Imagination seeks in vain to fathom this | mystery of mysteries, this choatic mass so beautifully fashioned, this lovely blending of tints of gold and delicate green, this food of light that started from distant space hundreds 1 of years ago, this spiral form that reveals the | quickening pulse of material life. We feel | as we gaze upon the celestial scene, that we | are standing upon the threshold of the gold | en portal that separates the earthly from the heavenly. We have glimpse of the glory to be revealed.
 The Russian objective will soon be trans ported to it's destination in the Pulkowa Ob- servatory, founded by the Ozar Nicholas, and overlooking the city of the Czars from it's lofty position on the Pulkowa hills, nine miles south of St. Petersburg