Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10
The Latest News From Jupiter.

on the surface of the giant planet Jupiter seven
years ago the astronomers were non-plussed.
The prince of planets had never worn quite so
gorgeous a decoration before. With its pecu-
liar color-variousy described as purple, pink,
blood red and deep orange-and its curious
aureole of creamy hue, the spot, covering an
area about equal to the whole surface of the
earth, was plainly visible with small tele-
scopes, while with large glasses it presented
a succession of interesting and beautiful
phenomena. The spot was in the southern
hemisphere of the planet, and the astronomers
were not long in discovering that it took
luton around the planet than did white spot
Which mad in the meantime made its appear
ance near Jupiter's equator. So evidence was
obtained that the visible surface of this huge
globe does not consist of a solid shell like the
earth.s but that it is either vaporous or liquid,
ana that it moves with Il greater angular velO-
city at the equator than in the middle ATTITUDES.
1t Is just as Ii upon the earth Mexico rotated
faster than the United States. Of course. no
such motion would be possible in solid globe
unless 1T were sliced through in such way that
the different parts or disks could slide past one
another, an inadmissible supposition in the
case OF IL planet.
But while the great spot was thus giving
clue TO the constitution of Jupiter surprising
changes were noticed in its appearance Two
or three years ago it quite suddenly grew dim.
Still it retained its regular of rotation and
It's oval form The observation increased until
only u few observers, armed with exceptionally
powerful telescopes, were able to see it. Many
drawings OF the planet made during the past
year or two show only IL blank space where the
merry spot formerly existed
But il is there yet, and lately a still more re-
mafkabie change has taken place. The spot is
now covered by huge white cloud many mil
Mons OF square miles in extent, which, lying
centrally over the red wonder. hides all of it
circlns the edge of the cloud. The concealing
Veil is shaped exactly like the spot underneath,
but looks as if it had been cut too small. Ii the
red spot is a haf-molten mass thrust up from
the Iery bowels OF the planet. the possible
nucleus and Framework of a future continent,
as has been suggested, then the smoke of its
burning may have gradually gathered over it
unit thick enough to conceal it, If, on the other
hand, it is, us some think, merely a cloud in the
planets atmosphere possessing for some I'M
known reason a different color from surround
ing vaporS, then another cloud, no less remark
able, has been suspended over it-an astonsll-
Ing display of meteorological forces visible to
us in the atmosphere of this distant planet. Ii,
again-and this seems in some respects the
most probable hypothesis of ali-the red spot
is merely part of the crust of the planet re-
Nealed to our eyes by the formation of an OPEN
ing in its enveloping cloud shell, then the
forces that parted the curtain and gave
glimpse of the unfinished world beneath have
ceased to operate, and the drifting vapors
shutting the wonderful spectacle once more
from sight.
In any view, these gigantic phenomena. WISH
bic in a foreign planet across 400, o0o. 900 miles
OF open space, must possess absorbing interest
LOT All WHO love to carry their thoughts Occ;-
sionally beyond the narrow boundaries of this
little earth. The existence of other worlds is no
longer a mere speculative question, as it once
was. We know that they are real, as sub
stantlal, as our own globe. There is as little eX-
cuse Tor ignorance Of the facts that astronomers
have discovered about Jupiter, Mars. or Venus,
as there Is for not Knowing what modern travel
ers have learned of the interiorOf Africa or the
,G iat approaches to the pole. These other
be from ours in respect to habitability
or geological development, are worlds all
the same, and must henceforth be adj
est. The light reflected from their surfaces
which are Illuminated by the same sunshine
that Hoods our landscapes carries to the astron-
omer, with more than Geographic speed, intelli-
gence OF their condition and their changes. In
the case OF such phenomena as those that Jupi-
ter now presents there can hardly be Il doubt
tn;lt we are witnesses OF what no human eve
could ever have beheid upon our own planet
the development Of a world out of chaos. With
our telescopes we can see, as ii were the future
globe of Jupiter glowing under the shaning
hammer of the Almighty World-smith, and de-
tect the Imprint OF the blows that are slowly
1ashlonlng the grandest planet of our system
out OF the cooling mass of an extingushed sun.
Keely Shows Some Power
BUT A NEW YORK ENGINEER SHOWS scEpT1-
ClSM IN THE MINDS OF THE ONLooKERS.
From the y. Y. Herald eth
Half dozen newspaper men went to Phila-
delphia from this city yesterday, and, after
climbing short staircase in "a one-stOrv and a
half brick house in north Goth street, were in
troduced to a tall, dark-leatured man, who
weighed two hundred pounds. There was crime
in his black side whiskcrs and mustache and
he wore no collar. He said the white shirt he
had on was the first lie had INDUCED in for six
weeks. A dozen prosperous looking men called
formed that he was Mr.. keeIy, who is said 10
have been developing q wonderful motor for
several years past One of the prosperous look
ing men said that he and his felow-drectors in
the company had supplied Mr.. keeIy with
S2oO,OOO during these years, and that they had
great expectations.
Mr. keely was to show what h;s motor oo,ld
do. BY demonstrating that the thing was not
a fraud. as it had been alleged to be, it was ex-
which would enable Mr. Kelly to continue his
experiments. The inventor let the fire die out
OF his cigar while he built up his generator
piece by piece. He put Il heavy steel globe on
top of it, which, he said, contained nothing.
one of the party desired TO examine it, and Mr.
keely became very indignant. The directors
them told Mr.. keeiy to go ahead Mr. Keely
went ahead. He put in a brass rod here turned
a stopcock there, attached some hollow wires to
lever in the corner. and said he would raise it
with the heavy weights attached to it. A large
tuning fork was set in vibration bya violin bow,
We're raised. Mr.. keely said the force exerted
was $4,000 pounds. \ New York engineer of
big reputation, who made the calculations from
the figures furnished by Mr.. Kelly, said it was
only $4,000 pounds. Then the New York enpi-
neer went out into the other room and re-
marked, while he tried not to laugh so as to be
heard:
That's the blankest humbug ever saw. All
that folderol business about the generator is
bosh Any engineer with half an eye could see
take away those cylinders with the compressed
air in them and see how it will work,
Then Mr.. keely revolved a brass globe on an
iron rod. He said it was done by the vibration
of the tuning fork. The New York engineer
whispered that it was done by cloclSwork and
signals and he could prove it. A large globe
was next revoived, and betting from its Wheel
turned turned shaftng. Two shots were fired from a
cannon, and two bullets fattened against an
iron plate. Mr. Keely said it was all done bv
his mysterious force. The directors apDlauded
him. The New York engineer showed i'm pri-
waite how 1t could all be done by compressed
air, and the New York party sided with him
This is what Mr.. keey said in response to the
reporters query Of"What is it?'
at is the liberation of interatOmic ether nv
vibration. The atomic ether vibrates ali around
all the molecules of matter. 1t has a magnetic
force attached to it az the same time and il rs.
Stimulates with the molecular aggregations and
atomic aggregatons-assimila with Il GER
tain attractive force that it is hard to tell what
it is. 1 call it vibratory negative, 1t don't
act like magnet drawing metals toward it,
There Is a certain magnetic effect about it that
causes It to adhere by Migratory rotation to diff
ferent forms of matter-that is molecular
atomic and etheric. The impulse is given by
metallic impulses. The rotary power that is
formed by the etheric vapors is greater than
the force that holds it in position"
The reporter hasn't the slightest idea what It
all means, but he took in shorthand the words
as they fell from MIR. keely's lips.
From TWcnty.Six to Seventy.Thrce.
The ages of some notable women are as
follows: Nine. Adam, 49, Miss Alcott, SO; Mary
Anderson, 60; Miss Bateman, 81; Sarah Bern
hardt, IL: Mrs Besant, 80; Rosa Bonheur, 60;
Miss Braddon, AS; Miss Cobbe, &c; Eliza Cook.
81; Mrs. Craik, 40; Miss Gordon Cumming, 4S:
Lady Eas;lake, SO; Miss A, B. Edwards,