Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-04-13

do not require it, There being no night on
the side of the moon fronting the sun, and no
day on the opposite side, all the inhabitants,
apparently at a given signal of some kind,
form into vast armies and flock in myriads
to the sleeping grounds on the shadow side of
the planet. They do not appear to go very
far over the dark rim, for they reappear in
immense platoons in few hours, and soon
spread themselves over the Illuminated sur
face. They sleep and wake about six times
in one ordinary day of twenty -four hours.
Their occupations can not be ediscerned-they
must be totally different from anything upon
the earth
! THE SURFACE OF TIE MOON
is all hill and hollow There are but few
level spots, nor is there any water visible.
The atmosphere is almost as refined and light
as hydrogen gas. There is no fire visible,
nor are there any volcanoes. Most of the
time of the inhabitants seems to be spent in
playing games of locomotion, spreading
themselves into squares, circles, triangles OF
other mathematical figures. They move
always in vast crowds. No one or two are
ever seen separated from the main bodies
The children olso flock in herds, and seem to
be all of one family. Individualism is un-
known: They seem to spawn, like herring
or shad, or to be propagated like bees, from
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normal condition. The moment after a
mathematical figure Is formed it is dissolved,
and fresh combinations take place, like the
atoms in Kaleidoscope. No other species
Of animal, bird, or being exists upon the
| Illuminated face of the moon
THE sIRUBCERY AND VEGETATION OF THE MOON
are all metallic. Vegetable life nowhere ex-
lists; but the forms of some of the shrubs and
trees are exceedingly beautiful. The highest
/ trees do not exceed twenty-five feet, and they
! appear to have all acquired their full growth.
The ground is streWn with flowers, but they
| are all formed of metals-gold, silver copper
and tin predominating. But there is new
kind of metal seen everywhere on tree, shrub
and flower, nowhere known On the earth. 1t
is of a bright yermillion color, and semi-trans-
parent. The mountains are all of bare and
burnt grarite, and appear to have been melted
with fire. The committee called the attention
of the boy to the bright " sea of glass " lately
observed near the northern rim of the moon,
and inquired of what it is composed. He ex-
amined it carefully, and gave such minute
description that it became apparent at once to
! the committee that it was pure mercury or
quicksilver. The reason why it has but very
| recently shown itself to astronomers is thus
accounted for: 1t appears close up to the line
of demarcation separating the light and shad-
Ow upon the moons disc; and on closer in
spectlOn distinct cataract of the t1uid-in
short, metallic Niagra was clearly seen fall
ing from the night side to the day side of the
luminary. 1t has already filled up a vast plain
one Of the four that exists upon the moons
surface-and appears to be still emptying
itself with great rapidity and volume. 1t
covers an area of five by seven hundred miles
in extent, and may possibly deluge one-half
the entire surface OF the moon. 1t does not
seem to occasion much apprehension to the
inhabitants, as they were seen skating, so to
speak, in platoons and batallions over and
across it. In fact, it presents the appearance
OF an immense park, to which the Lunarians !
flock and disport themselves with great gusto !
upon its polished face. Thus has been solved !
one of the great astronomical questions of !
the century.
THE WONDERS OF MARS.
There is but one large telescope properly |
mounted in San Francisco and that is the
property OF J. T. Marrow, Esq. The COM
nllttee procured an interview with that gentle
man, and it Was agreed that on Saturday
evening, FEBRUARY, Is, the boy should be con-
yeytd to his residence, picturesquely situated
on Russian HE, commanding MAGNIFICENT
view OF the Golden Gate and the ocean
beyond.
At the appointed hour tie boy, his parents
and committee presented themselves at the
door of the hospable mansion. They were
cordially welcomed, and were conducted
without further parley into the lofty obserya-
Ory on the top of the house In due time
he magnificent tube was presented at the
planet, but it was discovered that the power ]
t was set for was too low. 1t was then t
gagged for 20O,O 900 diameters, being the full ,
strength of the telescope and the eye of the 8
10Y observer placed at the eye-glass. One t
;ry of joy and unaloyed delight told the q
tory: Mars, and its mountains and seas, its /
ivers, wales and estuaries. its polar snow
APPS and great plains, its inhabitants, pal f
ces. ships, villages and cities, were all re- ,
ealed as distinctly, clearly aud certainly as 9
be eye of Kit Carson from the summits of y
he Sierra Nevada range beheld the stipend q
us panorama Of the Sacramento Valley. and -
be snow-clad SUBMITS of Mount Hood and +
hasta Butte In concluding the present 2
aper it may be said the committee took steps !,
to proceed with the investigation :.
n a grander and more scientific scale, the re- y
1lt of which will be eagerly anticipated. =
HINTS ABOUT MEAT.-Pepper is prevent a.
i've OF decay, in degree; it is as WELL there ei
)re, 10 pepper hung joints. Powdered char s,
,al is still more remarkable in its effect. 1t re
i'll not only keep the meat over which it is CO
'rnkled good, but will remove the taint in
ON already decayed flesh. A piece of char le
'al boiled in the water with ''high" meat fc
: fowls will render it or them quite sweet. 81
piece of charcoal, or powdered charcoal,
lould be kept in every larder. Ham, after 81,
ling smoked, may be kept for any length of DC
ne, packed in powdered charcoal. Meat yo
ould be wiped with clean, dry cloth as Ike
on as itcomes from the butchers; fly blows, fe
found in it, cut out, and in loins the long th
ne that runs hV the hone ShONId ho TO | N