Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-16
OTHER WORLDS THAN OURS.
Movements OF the Planets In October
Jupiter Meets Venus.

Abridged from the Providence Journal
Uranus became morning star on the lst,
when he was in conjunction With the sun
aud passed to bis western side, joining
Neptune and Saturn, who have already
passed the same goal. On the llth the
latest conner among the morning stars
meets Venus 10 her course an hour before
sunrise.
Jupiter is evening star until the 9th.
and then commences his course az morn
ing star. On the 9th at noou-day. the
most important parsonage In the solar
community is In conjunction with the
great luminary whom he SO closely re
sembles Jupiter IS the last of the four
giant planets to reach conjunction. and
after his advent they are ali on
the SUMS western side. ON the 22d
at O'Clock In the evening,
Jupiter meets Venus on the celestial
track. The most powerful and the most
beautiful of the planets then hang side by
side, separated by only Isl of blue Sky.
The Two planets rise on the morning of
the 22d, about quarter after 3 O'Clock.
nearly an hour before sunrise, and will
then be near together. Bright eyes will
detect these brilliant harbingers of the
SUMS approach. On the Sd, at 3 O'Clock
10 the evening, Jupiter Is In conjunction
with Mercury, beng 22' north.
Saturn Is morning star He is the most
ellglbiy situated for observation of any of
the planets during October. On the 18th.
at 10 O'Clock In the morning, he is In
quadrature on the suns western side
lie then rises before midnight, makes his
transit about 6 O'Clock, and continues
visible until the approaching sun eclipses
the stare. Before the month closes he
Will pc easily seen before 10 O'Clock In
the evening, and will be in admirable no
sition for observation throughout the
night.
Venus is morning star. On the 22d
she encounters Jupiter, and having safely
passed his borders is left uudisturbed
during the remainder of the month. NO
brother planet interfering with her
course as she approaches the portals of
the sun.
Mars Is evening star. He presents
neither important nor interesting fea.
lures during the month. Indeed Il Ia
difficult to Imagine from his present in
significant appearance that he is the same
planet who looked down upon us with
such beaming radiance In the opposition
OF 1877, or who will present a similar
aspect In the opposition OF 8g2.
Mercury Is evening star throughout the
month, vending his way In an easterly al.
rectlon, or rather osclllating eastward
from the sun. Although his distance
from the sun is increasing, he is moving
rapidly southwark.
Neptune IS morning star. At the close
OF the month Neptune, Saturn, Uranus.
Jupiter and Venus are morning stars
Mercury and Mars are evening stars.
me october moon fulls on the 10Th
On the 10Th she pays her respects 10 Men.
tune, and on the Goth she is In canine.
ton with Saturn. On the Goth she IL In
conjunction with Jupiter, and on the same
day, about eighteen hours before the new
moon, she is In conjunction with Venus
at III. som. a. m.
The farther the sun moves to the south.
the shorter Is the circuit he makes in the
heavens, and the less in the meridian altI.
tude. The days will decrease. the SIM.
rise and sunset points move south. and
the sun will each day be lower In the
heavens until the winter solstIce. when
the sun reaches hiR extreme southern
declination and turns his face slowly
northward. Those who watch closely the
movements Of the great lumlnsry, SO com.
pick In appearance, so simple In reality
VIII more fully comprehend his SOVEREIGN
sway over the brotherhood of planets
VINO SHINE in his borrowed light, Weld mn.
swetvingly to his all-powerinl influence.
ana reflect every pulsation of his huge
mass.