Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-01-18
Life On the Moon.

; line QH6c0Ver1eS OF scleuce ate peconinS
more more 'astonisEiug every day and in 20 dc;
partmsnt are sthese more interesting than
the recent researches Of astronomers in lu.
mar geography. 2'A s,,.!. -, Z. -
Until quite recently, the surface Of the
moon was supposed to be- vast lifeleas des.
ert. Asttonomes Have abused the moon ID
every possible way. They have said that
there was no heat il noonshine, They have
denied the moon an atmosphefs, and conse:
quently water and organic life: They have
made us Believe that rssidnee ID the moon
would Be exceedingly undesirable. But
Knox and Melfoni have shown, by very ex.
act pobssrvstions, that there is heat in the
moons rays" = = s.
8 zadtsdesohi has discosssafed shat CHS heat
produces sensible eject upon thetminosa.
An English philosopher has found that the
earth is colder during the ffss quarter of the
moon than it IS in the second ] S:s5. .3, ga
:. Upon the growth : Of plants 'ths moon ex.
ercises remarkable influence, fhs ehemi!.
! calac6onsof Hight b necessary 10 their prin.
cipi work, the absorption Of carbon fOm
t6e' 'cafbonic acid gasof tie stmosphssSrs!-
This work an plants carry on dining tile
day; and ID the hight thsy sleep, except
when the moon shines. STE wakes them
and sets them at work 50 ths farmers " Who
plant only Just before the full moon are
rigbt, and ths saoifars who dsif them super:
stitioas are themselves ths foolish onss:<
For ifsown before Sor nsssr new moon, tie
young plants gee Shove ground Just at The
full when the tender things need sleep
Buff soWSn Just before the fdll, they come
dp about new NOON, pass their babyhood
under the soothing influence dark nights,
add when the full moon comes are sturdy
ufcHins ableto work night and day: go 3,
The mool.worshippsrs are light also, ii
regard TO the ainHne1ce of ths moon upon
heWeather. Herschs Afago, and WhsS.
eIfteCoglized thatths moon hadsome Slight
powers IN dispensing clouds. hssaiIofs 30
fasthsf; aud ssyt the moon estsnp The clouds.
Af the aast meeting of the British Associa::
tiioait Was SHOWN sfiat the weather. through
along series of ysars, depended a.littfs a
very little-1pon the phases Of the moon;
and Qaeteist, the Director 6f the Brussels
Observatory, has shown that between the
irsssand last quarters Of the moon more aud
no. less rain falls tdan ddringthe remainder
Of che time However, Hfne syeatbsf, and
greater rainfall may go together. 81 hsses Is.
Finally, Webb, after q careful compari.
sonEof the present appearance Of the m6on
with the very precise maps made BY Muller
SOME twenty years ago, 6as shown that there
have been considerable changes . Some Of
tie small cfatsfs; in particular, have q no.
tabiy different form from what they had
when Muller observed Them. These chan
ges show the existence of water and an at
mosphsre. Father Seechi, Director of the
Roman Observatory, after much observation
has come tothe conclusion that the peaks
On che. highest mountains on the moon are
covered With snow. And TO make 2ns still
more as nome on tne moon, De la fise, the ne.
London, gives Il as his opinion that what
were at hrst marked down as seas, ana after.
wards supposed 70 be =, barren plains, are , 70
fact ,aa extensive FORESTS IN support o. TINS
comesnp great astronomicsl ,a. autnority-
senwape, tne dlscoyerer' ot .tne perlodic
times OF the suns spots pots, BESIDES .nese s'
grsas smoo'n plains wnlen~e ere, ealiea ssas'
'nele mere are '' turloWs s anu 9lshkles'
nearly an1lelee' 1me nature re, y WINCH ~ =
ouuneiy .A a,ie' i,on.
tnfee so'aarsy,nse mles, anu .e .hslr grea'es1
osesasn s, y aDousnse snoosana lees mp Mos0
o.,saem areounsleesaDiy bsrro"st: iaeir as
SUES ate pa:s,'si suu snoosn aoue s ORC l., lau
IN s'sa'ghs igh' anes, aoa some are gen''y
ou.a: 10y 80 -. p.. ~
Io W.. I.o's 20 p' az -. II. .so.. os M
80 al S.ss.L - 80 - - .ae 81 A.. .ss.r
ale ioano ~ Io =. ''ls, '1e .''D,'t' -'O
eAeeps ou ele noausalp 0aail'' x..,.,a
~. 'se'e .u,to"S s0u""O0 NC Ia' ss naI1 .n Sae
ful study at various times. ne Iouno them
to consist OF Very-nne pafailef dark ines'
separated oy clear spaces; a reW months
iaser sne itaes 9. Oh ssaeasshaa = alsappealea,
Oue,slser "a, h!ue eWa,ie sney resufnea' asatn
70 oisaPpear u enis periouic onange ne
thinks that ne hnes proor tnas these hnes
are rows Of trees, andthe clear streaks De,
tween them are the bare ground seen when
the trees areleafiess;; when the trees are IN
fulkleaf the ground is 80 covered as to pro.
duce uniform shade, and the lines disap-