The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-11
-Four Worlds Co be Seen.
FROM the New York Sun

FROM the New York SUN
Four of the worlds, that, together
with the earth, are lighted, warmed and
governed by the sun, can now be seen
at the same time in the evening sky.
Venus appears in the west, long before
twilight ends, so bright that no one can
fail to recognize her. In a line stretch
ing up the eastern slope of the heavens
are Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, Saturn
being highest and Mars bringing up the
rear. At the same time the majority of
the first magnitude stars visible in this
latitude are above the horizon-Sirius,
the king of the suns, placed beside
which u sun would be almost invis-
ible; Rigel concealed in whose flashing
white rays the telescope reveals a little
star of the purest blue; Betelgeouse,
which glows in a good glass like a fiery
topaz; Procyon, whose stag
gering motions have shown to the eye
of science the existence of a dark star
| close to the bright one, although no
telescope has yer yet caught a CLEAN
of revealing light from 1T; Aldebaran,
the rose hued star that marks the eye OF
Taurus, Gapeifia, as - a diamond,
and several others less brilliant.
Al practiced eye quickly distinguishes
the planets before named from these
stars, but when a telescope Is used the
similarity of appearance which soiae-
times puzzles the observer with the
naked eye at once vanishes. The stars
remain only points of dazzling light,
even with the highest powers, while the
planets lose their resemblance to stars
and shine in the telescope, even with
low magnifying powers, like moons.
Venus now resembles the moon when
near her first quarter. Saturn appears
as a round globe, surrounded by abroad
het ring. Jupiter presents his great
oval face, streaked and spotted like q
harlequin, while his four moons circle
around him, their motion being easily
~perceptible during q single evening,
Mars shows the glittering snow fields
around his poles, and the outline Of hi'
continents and seas, covered sometimes
by clouds.
"A few years ago there was an extraor'
binary commission of Jupiter, whose Of
fects Acre shown BIZ the sudden appear
ance ispon the planet Of c fiery red spoi
which covered an area equalto the whole
surface Of the earth. Lately this spo'
has almost completely faded from view
but other singular spots have madetheil
appearances. and the surfaced of the equa
torial regions Of the planet 9 to have
undergone a similar shifting towarsli it
south pole. It is most interesting Il
watch these gigantic commissions o.
Jupiter, for it is evident that In tina
planet we behold q globe which is nov
undergoing some OF the vast physica
changes dimly limited at in the begin
ming Of the the book Of Genesis as hay
ing preceded the qualification of tn
globe upon which we dwell.
Saturn too, has of late exhibited III
dicaticns Of the operation of enormous
forces which show that it is in q condi
ton very different FROM that Of the earth
A new belt has appeared nearits equator
which can be seen with 8 comparatiyel'
ssaaH telescope, and which strikinglJ
recalls the appearance ofthe belts Of ii
giant brother Jupiter.
The astronomers have only begun Tia
conquest Of these worlds.
uon,nn lfvin8 with Grin Farrell at WeJIf