St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26

not know the distresses and soerows u
which the unhappy countries Of ouz
earth are still shuddering. You will
Inot Be moistened with the blood oi
mArtyrs. which he's been 50 many times
shed here in tie name of 20 many con-
Trajectory godA Yoa will not bear
tumultuous aruies Of brothers who Pc
riodically slsughter each other at the
order Of . few infamous potentates!
You will not be defiled BY the crimes
that hunger, ambition, or pride Is COM
hitting tvefy day here below. But yo1
will prepare in the heavens the united
states of an immense republic, blessed
of The Creator, floating calmly in the
luminous, ether, bathed in the tepid
Temperature Of an eternal apring, with
ont winter and without summer. and
slowed growing in the breast Of peace
and harmony toward . state At perfec-
tion which our imperfect and miser-
able little planet will never approach
1t Is impossible for MS to imagine that
the existence of the stars can have any
other objeo. than that Of receiving
or giving life Life! Such IL the grand
object which we see shining in the des.
tinies of the creation. The absence Of
life Is to MS . synonym for death and
nothingnesA Our logic refuses to be-
lieve that the millions of suns which
are burning In infinite space are Of no
use and they nsi thor illuminate. warm.
NOR govern anything. And. il they are
usefal fox something for MS, this '-some-
thing" Is life, under whatever form Il
may be. from the simplest blade Of
grass up to &he highest, most intelli-
gent, most powerful mind. This dec.
laration. which Is forced upon us by
our logic. is also the declarati on
fecundity hsG eown ,A1b around on
every spot capable Of receiving it:
whose singular foresight gives things
and beings even double and multiple
! rarrose for existence: who produces
several effects thro ugh the same cause.
and who goes SO far - t0accumulste
lSe At the expense Of living beings
themselves.
II the gigantic world Of Jupiter Is
now undergoing those conditions of
Temperature that marked the primitive
epochs of the earth we cannot consider
i ~ being at present the seat Of intel
lectual life. It is the land Of the
icthyossurus. but not that Of man; not
the calm and tranquil world which 10
necessary for the manifestations Of Q
delieae. nervous system and Of con-
tempeative thought II 10 only later. in
the future ages that Jupiter will b
inhabited BY. an Intellectual race. and
who knows whether, perhapA II may
not be ourselves? Its situStion then
viii be incomparably superior to that
Of the earth. An Immense empire, .
perpetual spring, long years and .
mid. anvsrying Temperature will form
10 abode Of peace snd hsppiness truly
worthy Of our ambition and our hopes
. This majestic world travels in spaoe
accompanied BY four enormous sat-
elites. In what condition are these
four worlds? Are they not themselves.
and have they not been for . long time
the seat Of organic life and even N in
tellectnal ouee Does mot Jupiter's
globe furnish them with . modicum of
heat and is it not to them sscarcely ex-
tinct sun? The superior volume and mass
of this planet rs It moves on surround.
ed BY these satellites, h . reproduction
Of the image of the sun itself in the
midst Of Its four nearer planets-Mer-
curry, Venus, Mars and The earth-for
the distances and r:lative yolumes of
Jupiter's II ur satellites form . system
which is singularly analogous to that
Of the four first planets Of the great
solar system. ..e..,.s
; Each ono of the four worlds of tho
Jovian system has its special years, its |
days. and doubtless also its seasons; |
and the iuhabitants of each of them
have also the came reasoCs for believ. |
ing themselves at the center Of the en- |
tire universe as the Inhabitants Of our |
little earth who. during SO many ages,
them Jupiter's globe has the aspect of
. gigantic moon which il capable of /
compensating for the small |
Quantity Of light they receive from the |
sun. Regarded from the first Of the
satellites his immense globe appears /
fourteeo hundred times greater in
surface than our full moon.
What . colossus! Even from the |
satellite the apparent surface
Of Jupiter still excseds By seventy-iave
times that which the moon exhibits to
rs What magnificent sights are to be
from these observations
Colossal Jupiter 10 the most marvellous
object Of their heavens; 70 him he ID
The sovereign OF the universe-the true
they admire him no leas
the sun. For 70 them
he snn b only small, brilliant disk.
while viewed from the first satellite the
immense globe Of Jupiter exceeds it by
.hirty-five hcudred timeA
Let. % add the magic cclorations
which decorate this with glowing
;ints. from orange and red 70 violet
Ind purple; let d sdd also the rapid
:hanges produced in its appearance BY
ts rotatory motion, and We shall have
N approximate idea Of the mag
Of the picture q seen from
hese four worlds Is they are carried
,long BY the giant star into the far-o6
lepths of immensity.
And noWaslAstQueati@, -ond eD4 OF
PERSONAL interest: What effect does the
.arth produce as seen from up yonder?
Assuredly . very ordinary effect as 70
ards our vanity. II tis very probable
hat the inhabitants Of Jupiter and
he planets beyond consider the region
4 the solar system in which We live
s empty. II Jupiter and the earth
sere to exchange situations the inhsb-
kants Of the former would see our
lobe - pale star Of the sixth nag
'itude, and scarcely perceptihae TO the
'alecd eye, just - Uranus appear: -
y But in the positioa that We oe.
upy with respect 70 Jupiter. the earth.
{ the moment Of conjunction. b. like
'enus. subjected TO phases which rem
er the whole or greater part OF it
isk invisible Almost always lost
mid the solar rayA t. would appear
Ike . black point when IN observer On
JUPITER ehaAced TO 80 Il pess scross
he disk Of the sun. and mot. - Eo0te-
ellie supposed. with the asPeet ct .
tar visible at night This little blsek
oint has not as much Importance ID