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tance, and distinctness, and doarnees
OF tho simtlo words, "Our Father,
which art in ueavcn."-Ruskin.
Interesting Planetary Discoveries.

! oAo""AuO idhctttly DlSCUVtIleS.
Tho planet Mars is the only obiec
in tho whole heavens which is know
10 exhibit features similar TO those Q
our own earth. And the accumulate Ct
explorations and discoveries Of asLro
nomcrs during tho last two hundred
years havo resulted in tho construc
lion of globo representing tho char
actoristics Of this planet as astronom,
ors believe them to exist. Alta recent
meeting of tho Astronomical Society
of Engla a globo Of Mars was ex-
hib;tcd, on hich lands and seas were
dcpictured rs uron an ordinary ter
rcstrial globe. BY far tho larger part
Of these lands and seas wcrc laid do " n
as we'll known entities, cspccting
which no moro doubt is felt among
astronomers than is felt by gcogra-
piers concerning tho oceans and con.
lihcnls Of our own globo. An inter
| csting description of this globo appears
in Fra=cr's Mugo=ine. 10 tho lands
and seas developed in tho planet arc
applied the names Of those astrono-
rners whose res arches havo added to
our knowledge on the subject. Each
pole Of Mars, it seems, is capped by
ice, which va,ics in extent according q
to tho progress OF tho seasons -
Around each cap there is polar sea,
q nol thern Sea being termed the
S:hrotcr's Sea !hc southern, Phillips
Sea. Tho equatorial regions Of Mars
are mainly occupied by extensive con-
tinents, four in number, and named
Dawes Continent, Nader Continent,
Sccchi Continent, and Hcrschcl l.
(Sir w Continent. Between Dawes
and Hcrschel Continents flows sea
shaped lake at hour-glass, called Kai-
sor Soa, tho large southern ocean ouL
of which it auws being denominated
Dawes Ocean. Between Nader aud
Dawes Continents flows Dawes Strait,
connecting large southern ocean and
L northern sea, named after Tycho.
ie:echel Coa,iucat is separated from
Sscc::i Continent by Higgins I.,let,
h'win5 from a large southern sea
termed Mu.u!Ii Sea. In like manner
Bcsscl Inlet, lowirg out OF Airey Sea
e. northern ecs) separates tho Nader
and S,cchi Cont, tents. Dawes Ocean
separates into foar largo seas, and
large tracts OF land liz between thom,
but whether they are islands OF not is
uncertain. In Dvlarnc Ocean there is
q small island, which prcssats so
bright ami g'i.tering an aspect as to
suggest The probability Of its being
usually covered With snow. These
seas, separated by lands of doubtful
extent, reach from DcIarne Ocean TO.
ward the South pole.
O'o Of tho most singular fcoturcs Of
Mars is the prevalence Of long wind
ing lnlc1s aud botlIc-neckei seas
T"esc features arc wholly distinct
from anything on our earth. For
example, Higgins Inlet, is long
forkcd stream extending for about
three thou aat u,iIcs. Bcsscl In!e! is
nearly as long, and NasmyLh Inlet
st:fl more remarkable in its FORM. On
our earth tho oceans aro about three
times as extensive as tho continents
On Mars very different arrangement
prevails. In tho first place tbore il
little disparity between The cx!cnt of
oceans and continents, and then, these
arc mixed up in most complex man.
ner. A traveller by either land or wa
ter could visit almost overy quarter of
tho planet without leaving tho Gle
ment in which he began his journey
ings. If he chose to go by water he
could journey for upwards of 10000
miles, always in sight of land, gcner-
ally with land in view on both sides,
in such intricate labyrinthine fashion
are the lands and seas of Mars inter-
twined.-Boston Journal.