Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-17
THE pLANEr nrprrrR

In our solar system Jupiter Is next IN
Importance 10 the sun, and among the
causes Of weather changes is third, the
moon being second.
When al perihclion-in the same direc
ton from the sun that the earth is about
October Sit is about 2i.OOO.UOO miles
nearer the sun than when in the oppOs.
lite part Of It's orbit
For the above reason when Jupiter ia
near pcrholion It's influence OH tie earth
y largely Increased, and to that fact IS
due many Of our serious drouths from
July to December.
HE sun and planets are uuqucstionahly
great natural magnets, electrified bodies,
ana their changing distances from each
other crrtninly keep up a constant chang
ing in tier electrical conditions. Volatile
mutter-wlter, ptc-rcgdilv cylpOrtes
when the amount of electricity is in
creased, and ridily condenscs and pre-
ciplutcs when electricity Is withdrawn,
nnd as Jupiter comes twcnly-One million
miles ncGre' to the sun and earth in a
little loss than six years, and recedes the
sune distance IRON the earth and sun
dring't the same length Of timc next fol-
loving. II is n powerful factor in bring
ing excessive rains and excessive drOuths.
invite study Of Jupiter not so
much because If It's astronomical interest
rs because of It's great influence upon TIE
weather of our earth; from II we can
learn much about tie nature Of our own
atmosphere md climatic changes. Tho
average distance ut Jupiter from tho SIM
Is ubont four hundred ana Ciglty-oue mil
Hon niles, or about three times the dis
fnnce of the earth from the sun. II
makes II revolution around the sun in
llSU years ana the earth passes be
tween ii and tie suu every 800 days
JupitcTs diameter is about eleven tines
its surface about ITO times and lis vol
ume 1900 times that of the earth. Its
NX.HtfrhI nr kgfltuf lie 10
the surface Of our eRrtl, Is reckoned at
BIG times that of the earth.
The great distance Of Jupiter from tho
earth largely decreases its influence, it,
pull, ms astronomers call II. ON the earth
and only mention this here IN order 10
caution reuders against the idea that the
planets AFFECT our weather through their
attraction Of gravitauon, or their pull on
our atmosphere, IL is The magnetic or
electric stream lines that 20 ont from all
bodies, and Therefore, distance, or such
distances as we have in the solar system.
have hut little effect as compared with
grayitatiOnnl distances | will discuss the
nature Of planetary influences upon our
weather further on.
The astronomers all try TO prove that
Jupiter Is II boiling. rcdhot body. Nom
sense They see unaccouutablr activity
IN the clouds of that plauet-uOthnc OF
the planet can be seen hut its clouds
and they conclude that as sufficient heat
cannot reach the planet from Inc sun
TO cause such activity, therefore the heat
must come from within the nlanet. ii
they would explain how heat could reach
the earth from the sun when an spacc
between the two Is ten thousand times
colder than Tee. common mOrtals qnirht
think Of accepting their theories about
Jupiter.
O. II. Swan OF Potwin. Kan, who has
kent a weather record for hfiy-siN years.
claims that we will have a warm omen
winter with only few days cold nj n
time, and that next summer viii bring do
structive hot winds and serious drOuth.
The uninformcd often imagine that
storms come from the cast, northeast
or southeast. because with fhp rain or
snow, tho wind comes from those points.
but storms in these attitudes alwava
move from west 10 east across the con-
tincnt aud to claim otherwise Is likep.1
to believing ihnt the sun reyolyes around
the earth daily.
II must be remembered that there are
two great classes OF clays One Is n
mineral called kaolinite In It's Original
and pure state as II probably fol on
rounded our moon when IT was a comet
The agricultural clay that plays i'm.
portant parts IN the production Of erons
Is OF decayed mineral clays that arr
probably Immensely older than those ont
OF which wares are manufactured Arid
climates have mrrth Of this Agricultural
cav, and the soil is remarkably looss
and light With abundant water rrnps will
grow almost without cultivation.