, 1862-06-19

Until quite recently, tue surface Ot tne
moon has bean supposed to he ARast lifeless
desert. AstrppOners have abused the moon
iu every pGssibIe way. They have said
there was 20 b at in mOOnshine, They have
denied the maJOR an atmosphere, and cOnseA
quently water and organic life. They have
inside Us believe that rrsidenCe in the ROa'n
would be sxceednigly undesirable The old
faith IN the goddess 81 che Illsh' was quite
overturned On scientific circles, and the las.
cmaIions of moonlight were departing day
b. day. -, . So, -. 70,
lani have shown, by very excl ObservaIlEns,
;hat there is beat in the m'0n's rays. Zant'
adeschi has discovered that this heat P'O-
dloes sensible effect upUn the miinOsa.
Aa English philosopher has found that the
earth Is colder during the first quarteTOf The
nlon than Il Is 10 the seoOnd., p1s1
Upo1 he growth Of plants the moon ex'
ercises 4 remarkable influence. The chemi.
caIsoidulrf light Is neeessAFy to their ptin.
cipal work, the absorption Of carbon from
the carbOnic acid gas Of the atmosphere.
This work all plants carry on during the
day, and in the night they sleep, except when
the mDOn shines. She wakes them and sets
them At work. So the farmers who plant
only lust before the full nnIun are right, and
the scofers who cAii them slpefstitious are
thensel.es the fDOlish Ones. For il sOwn
before orvnpar theFneW moon, The young
plants get boYe krqhna j 1 atthe fdl when
the trnder things need sleep. But u soWn
Just before the full, they cnme up about new
meOd. Pgss h5if baPyhS'd undPr ~ pYqOth
ing hiiaened Df dark lhightS md Ihea tie
full moun comes are sturdy urchins, able To
work night and day.
The nioon.worshipPerSaF right, also, in
regard 10 the influence Of the moon on the
weather. Herscheli AragB and Whcwell
recognized that the moon has some slight
p0Wer in dispensing clnnds. The sailors 81
fnrtheE abdlSf BE 6odh eSla up plmda
Al the last meeting 0f the British AsSOcia
ton il was shown that the weather, through
q long series Of years, depended . httle-a
very little-upOn The phases Of the moon:
and now Quelelst, the Director Of the Brus.
sells Observatory, has shown that between
the frst and last quarters Of the moon more
and n, lea rain,fib shal daring the re-
maihdes IL thstifhe.i HOSsVet, dns westAer
and greatef rainfall may go together.
Finally, Webb, afiar careful comparison
of The present appearance Of the mOOn with
he verv precise maps made By Nader some
twentN gesla aal hal khdah IN lhen have
been considerable changes Some Of the
small craters, In particular, have notably die
ferent fonn from what they had when Nader
observed them. These changes show the ex.
istsncao unipr mdan ptmqsphere, fathsF
Secchi. Direci0r 0f the Roman Observatory,
aller much observation, has cons ~ the Gun
clasion that thepsakaafsthn hlgbest mum
tains on the m00n are cnvered with snow.
And 10 make us still more q home on the
mnod, DerlA Rive, tls owner suf sho ooAet'
vaiory az Crawfnd, near London, gives L
g bis opinion, that whatHare At first marked
down as ssas, aud afterWard suppo ed TO be
barrrn plains. are N fact extensive Ere.ts
IN support Of this cUhies up' = great astruu.
oalic authority, Schuabe, the discDverer It
the perindic timy.. II The sun'a- spi'ts. Be-
sides ID =. Ellsl siinshih ldIal. which hlWets,
called sea-, there are number 9f fdrrows
or wrinkles, nearly . hundred, the nature
of which was entirely nnknovn, Ihelr
lengih vnrioa ffum thrUa afu thirty.tive mile,
and fhuir rroufasl broadih ! ahSus Eve th0u
snndfs nu,si IL them ars considerably mar.
rover. Their side are parallel and smUlh !;
soine run in sIraI lines and some are gently
curved. Ordinarily they are separate, hip
sonniiuies they cross each other; 0ilen they
crusstrateIs. hut occasionally they seem o.
Be eul oE b bs1 K ~ I, .llil pll over
the surface AZ ihe nhidn, except On the high.
esi mountain chains.
OF thsse fhrruws Schwabe has made care.
fnlIslniy a virnpstmca. He fnpd theml
10 tlutSl u ftryI fhe parallfl fark lines
separated by clear spacea. A feW mouths
laier the lines or stsa bad disappeared,
but alter a while they returned, again 70 dis
appear. In THE periodic change be thinks
be finds pronf that these lines are rows Of
trees. and the clear strsaks between them are
the baloannnd 'loI a1epl taGtiess afs loik
les. When he trees are In fhll leai, the
ground is 90 covered Is 70 produce uniform
shade. and ~ E6ts disappoafs of ir1t
Nothing b more natural dian 70 suppose
thai IN darh spots on the nanpu are iprests;
bat bu ihall We accilnnt ,lr the Rf0wih Of
these n g h right linesl This hypothesis
We must for he present consider TO Be only
ahyputbesis. Wliblk & eiidf phutography.
which will secure foF rs sCsaPaie pictures Of
the mon from nms q H. loeAay hope
that he a eslion viii Be solved, and that We
ma fstllf fn1 ,,tt SIIl,Is gl'ihS dnS tp0
the surlhce Of our satellite.
Cheese Making.
Elisha Pea, bf Uho0daea county N. y,
IN iha. ,frinsactions of ,ths lsisis sOcieiy,
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