, 1875-11-11

Turned OH the TIunis, and the Dts.
c0*erics That svere 1lale-'1 hu Great
Mirror.
Ids.s Correspondence n Tie .S<,s Fork Graphic.
II. Daetiea process Of toughcnlng glass hAs
already been productive OF valuable results in
the arts It has been rcrervcd for II. LastnaG-
Corean to make it still moro valuable in tho
sciences BY employing glass troatedin II. Ba~:lo's
way for optical pusposee. uc has constructed
thore~ith tho lens Of n largo Georgian telescope
With which he Ina thus fur reaoiyed aud, bv
employing tho Rutherford method, las photu-
grabbed three hitherto UNKNOWN nebuln in Argo
aud four 10 acorpio, besides tho results Of which
l laye npokan, Of tho revolution OF nebuIo
not previously Hoou, the discoveries in TO-
gard to lunar Topography, and in general
to selenograpby Of all kindy are Of the utn,oss
Importance. When in Russia astronomers
Ing surface Oh the moon which wnH supposed
by them To bo hugo mirror erected by tho lunar
inhabitants for tho purpose Of establishing
sort Of teicgrAphic communication with tie
people Of tho earth, 1t happenod that n Last
nai-Coreau was supervising tho near completion
Of his Telescope At tho works Of M. E,ehens. tho
contractor OF tue new instrument for the Parts
consersatory. II. 1aatnat-Cor has turned
Ills telescope Upon tue uoou, and haR fonn1, in
decd, tbs glitseriug surface, but haB vesy cou-
clnsivelv shown that ta use III not that which has
been attributed to it. Without entire!y conslu.
atve evidence. 1t Inns long bcon thought that tile
moon ts without ~ atmosphere, although many
have asserted tllst, On account Of tho fact that
the moons contro OF gravity Is some & nca away
from its centre Of !sphcE1city, tho air and wator
Of that planet had gravNatea 10 shat siio Of
the moon which ia never turned toward the
earth. Able Investigators hare shown tho falsi-
ty OF both propoaltioos there IL All atmosphere
OIL the n,ooD which onvclopB It az ours lobs tho
earth. From his Investigations With Lila ugtru-
snens, which practically brlngs the MOON within
10 miles OF the earth for purposes Of obscrva.
ttrsh iEx,ikn III af
has shown that In the moon thore arc beings
shaped generally like men. but much larger, and
that Thousands Of thaM arc working towards
soEne common end with mirror which. instead
Of being loo foct IN considerably over 1.o0g foot
in diameter. 1t Ia SWING on gimhatB or giBan-
tio suppor 8 in such way III 10 tnrn Ia any DE-
BlFed direction. hnl aeema to servo many pur-
10000. or At least be abto to servo them.
II il concayo. and from tho fact that
1t is generally turned in such direction
that its rays strike over IN enormous 1ald
Of what seomB to be growing grain, it seomA
evident tllat it ia Used to concentrate tho rays
Of tho 6ln III such war As to render possible
tho growth Of cfopB on the moon, which il cold
and in most placss barfeu, as it haa hitherto
been supposed to la in all places. What a hot.
house is in nluter % the earth the mirror OF
tho lunar mon IL to them. save that it supplies
them With food by concentrating tho rays of
light and heat and throwing them uron tho
fields. As 1t turua, often ueafty unbsarablo
light like that ct tho sun las been thrown % TIC
eSaa Of tue observer, 10 thAt At sinlcs lie Ia
forced to obsesvo With calorcd glass over tho
the men ~ looking Ike colony Ut gigantic
miners living In huts, upon ~hch, 4. stated
hours,--henca tho Observed regularity Of this
signaling, tho light and warmth aro permitted
are concentrated on What looks like black earth.
perhaps with tho purpose OF warming it and max
ing Ii suitable for tue future raising OF other
crupa.
Il IL indubtable that thero is = lun.r asmo+-
pl.oEe, siuce not Gully do ptsnss gyow-Rnl thiA
ncceaeitatss an atmosphere like our owu-~anl
mtn live, but II, Lastnai- CoreaN las seen gtgau-
tic birdn wheo1lng around tho awful ctags and
ahoyo the mighty chAsR,s Of the moon. Ho has
seen them descend III foekB toward the grails-
tIods, I'M sso llas eoon at such tinlos tI,e rayn
OF the mirror turned directly u1os tAem-nos
santingly aa on tho grain. but directly 80 that
thcy have fallen lfeless to tho earth xna esees!y
bsen dosouted ~ the nen. Il IL y. Lsstua!-
EoTgaE'H opinion that ttlase are couVicts or men
xho for come reason have boon bAnisbod trom
tue warmer end u1oro hAbitabse lunar ha1lih-
phsre 10 to . sort Of 6ibeHn, where they must
worx out their own PURPOSES aud live ouly
through tAelr own inc4tculAble exegtious.
II this Bupposit,op be correct it shows that
On thnt portion OF lha lnuAr surfaca which II
hidden forever from us high degree Of ciy!li-
zatlou must have bcon Eeschsd: Il seetna impos-
Aible that the luRe mirror could have been con-
structoti bv those beings who uAo it, under ths
circumstances n which they are now placed, for
70 construct such coatHvAnos prosupposea tho
existence Of vast foundries and skilled wo1kmen,
Of food 70 support thou, IN their work. Of diys-
ion Of labor, and, In shost. Of all that We kuov
undor the naue Of clvi'lx&t,on,-but civi!ika-
ton Of degreo Of perfection which Te II lsaat,
h&ys not Jst 1cached.
There are other conaideratlous which render
this great. diacoresy highly pEob4lie., LII.
.uoou, during tIu long ages sit!eo it WAS
dist cut on from the Earth. has passed.
through all Tue phases Of the earth. Me-
teorlo stones which have fallen on the earth
show that tAe celestial bodlas alo composed Ut
The same substances ~ the earth. The moon
must bays passed through changes analogous
with tho o which baya taken place III the earth;
it mu4t have hsd its azolc. psluzoic, aud meso-
zolo agen aud, as time passed on. aud 1t grew
into sucn coL,d!lun ~ that Which OH earth
Feodeled poss!ble the e1is&sucs VI mai, Lelnps
like hun must have appeared on tho moun.
Where We no" sre tho lunar upen ware aRes ago.
aud il they have hAd that peculiarly hu1nan
ability to adapt themselves to their si.rrouud-
iugs, 70 thst, through, climatic ch.uesa which
kill on 1ess Intelligent beings, We ar6 enabled to
lire OIL, they would certainly, iu rpos1iHod form
b. atlo 70 eope with such .dvcrse circutussauees
~h;cll, uttlout hun,Au intclus euce, xould crush
OF QtAer animals excopt those which, lfks tho