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uiid arc, therefore, conclusive oyidonco that th
atmosphofen Of those two planets contain fin
YApor Of wntol. We may motto l,oro, that Thu
complete abacnco Of tlloso lines In tho lnoon'
nortal on,yclopo; md thoro Ia acarceya trace O
thonl III tito spectrum Of Baturn's rings,
1t Ii only. within recent period that tho tolo
Hcoro lsas ocon improved sufficiently to giyo Il.
anythng like satisfactory vlows Of snturii. w
now haow that tho surface Of tho planot IL
1narkoa with changing lctB oyon more oxten
sivoly than IL tho clso With Jupiter. Tllost
nolia Gro evidently In tho atmosphere, which Il
probably 30 lotHo aa to prevent llB froin seeing
tho body OF lilo planet at all. III otlor ,yor,ts
they aro donBe clouds, the movements Of ,yhicl
aro go rapid as to give ovldcnco of yiolcnt STORMS
ii Saturn, which find but fcoblo parallol II, gu,
wildcat Hurricanes,
Though our nc1t-iloor noIghbor In tic ont.
Nard,boud journey from the nun, worry little
W., Wns @ Known OF t!lo plsyslca condition Of Slara
noemod, ;SSxl,a'la{voy True, the observations
mate " Iycho nral!o, tho. Danish astronomer,
purpose by Koplor ns' to lead to tho onunclatiotI
Of tho first, n,,l then tho SECOND, OF tho troo
great 1--WE which boar tho namo Of tho man
nnni 0k many M MIrt'plaees sar n this WY aars to
mort great enough to compensate for tllo evils
mid at his door as tho God Of War, But ho was
unnvitng in tho telescope, except as tho locus
Or Or point to 10 found IN sl,aco. Especially was
|
! Destitute OF . single attendant, whore Kronoa
Las eight without tho vcstigo Of ring, and
| presenting Scarcely dstinEushnbto' marking
on On Ills disc, whoroby eyon movement Of rota-
tlon could 20 dotcctod It Mas no wonder tint 20
many scr,tinoers passed him by thukfng TINT
tho moro remote planets, tho liked stars, and
oven tho nebulm, presented richer fields for re-
searel. The faut of his rotation, discovered
hy Or. Hook, IN 1865, loft acareoly auy-
our knowledge Of Mars, till nearly a
century and Il half afterwards, whom op-
ties llutl bcou elevated to tho rank Of a dlta-
.inct aclonSo, an practice as we'll rs theory Ind
maae possible tho construction Of instruments
distorted though 1nagniliel ilnage. Tho yo,lng-
or hcrBcicl gnlnod the first known in1<ting OF
the fect that Mars ia q world exhibiting many Of
tae conditions which hcrtain to our globe mud
ona Of alars. lie noted patches ol w,to at op-
Ioslto edges OF tho planotu disc, md watched
thom gradually increase or diminish, ns tloy
we're turned away from tho sun or towards him.
.; mGre @as tact Which, thoroughly studied, not
on!y proved that Alars rotatcs On au axis
WITCH, Ike o',rs, ls inclined to tho plane OF tho
orbit but also TINT these whito cans wero
patches Of snow, Or Ice, around tho poles Of ro-
tstloa. tI From tha followed the inevitable con-
elusion TINT Mrs has an atmosphere which
takcs up and roloascs moisture, being III this ro-
Al'cct similar TO OUT own. The BpeotroscoDo has
recently doinonptratcd this 10 bo true and by
modo m OF PROOF almost independent Of the other.
ccan in ahsooonti ivn. sa.seu "'I 1nis sac.
io snw ronrrantcai aa %.'uvnilou ~ o lioo?1 tnat
listiuctly Ihat ho wua ahlo r. H,A..lGn n,sieo W
tulnrahle man of tho Vs. ar,f"no ~ e,a "'aho .e. =
It av his BELIEF tint tho soas wnro su ssaiea
hnc md to i.nI ~ ~ nu;' ,. oa greohlbn
to Tie quality nf tn rnva;,;nn RoAips n'a,, OWING
RECENTLY tho enrle.ovca 1,aSoS" aa auon ,,o.S
out tho conilgurationa Of Tho martial surface.
bottloucclod seas m,,rl, n,oro roo"i ao,,u1 nnu
1s tLo case on our en,t ilodncoI Sn2,es .na
maps witt, fully tiescrnt;yo at;cip uero tuso ',s
lished In The TnBuNE about fo,,r yoarS S oro pun
tcso mans hoa haor iGM f't,,s soala 1n9 accuracy OF
lontally. tho observations tayn xon tnc.-
.ablo evidence oT tIo fcmnor, g, e~;atn',ao -,
clouds iu tho atmosuhero of Msrs ti,n ,,nnar VI
o.,a Of formation aud dispersion bainr % Idcntica1
Of our owl, planet, Viii, div II ttS Io,,na tba
orr own {lcss than Is hours1 vcar ,,c,IIv onni
to two carth yeurs jifrorci'co ~ acasan3 ua4
what creator than is experienced by o,1raolros
cloul-boarng atmosphere ike o;'rs ' an a1er,'
nation Of land aud Zen. without tc tiaai r 1'Gs Ss
turbancos duo to tho attraction ~ on,, nd u.s.
digtributon Of s,rfaco scarcn, aa,,ai W na1u
our great raciao Ocean into tornd tonneroto I ~
md frigid zones, tic planet Marx M. nro,
sents to us rango Of conditions
and lead us, almost irrosiatihiv. To tho on. con.
clusioii, that moi only il nnimatcd ar;steuoo
possible on lis surfaco, but thnt n,ar,v ~ IT,
forms OF life which exist there nro yery ein,ar
to those with which wo are ncoaintci 1,1na 9,hIf
If we accept tic Lnplaco theory Of format;ou
with its inevitable congeouoncc, that Mrs homs,,
much smaller body. MKT In forthcr 1u
than is our earth. nud romeni,cr TINT h;n1,sr
orders of nunatod bt.ine havn anncoro , ~, na
Lanot With oac acccasivc soc; csr o our
iy reject tie inference thnt Mars IL noon1ol 1I
With race of hn;nra for an. a,o,a rp - 10 pooploa
III point Of intclcsnco md aiilitv to onnrocaio
tile wonderful woYks of God. lsov n,av eo,asS ov"n
be 30 far ndyanccd m tn ho Mia - 3;sonr !'n
We aro doinr NJ this ~ nanot luovth .in,,nI "aas a
telesconaa mist hn n,no Il, o1 t;,,os ,,.se oma
erful before wo can retnrn tbo comn1mont I p po"4
rhose co,,o1,,.io,,, ,r;.,, us ~ tt ~
litv oe a1e Miah regata TO tho habta-
ny t,t " n,s W. H. aIs .s ~ y copason We
no"assarv ~ 'ea nare ea,'1 eui'a1r cohaltons are
rhon w. a,I ~ ~ Soitnm a tolns o. e1lstonee aud
,laowhnra nuu W. tuo nro ;"v; y aaE codtlons
nnsaho fi,oro "u "'o Jns.uu ~ snj!ng 1aat nio IS
,rganzc hnnca IL 4t'a say ansula.e4y tna1
, nrnccse oos1 ~ no ~ onsa .nolo out mere again,
,ne ot IT,, ., aaIoss eonea TO our ai Wo
.ountIcsa s 70 5 tnu 'nD1tlo o. vitality
,osa;Iio 3i,nt ~; si n1is HneIoEer u seems