The Meeker herald., 1888-11-17
on TIE PLANET MARS.
THE CANALS A LONG KNOWN hYS'
Terry OF THE HEAVENS.
sJsrs Favorsbiy sitns:cd fos AAtrono'ni'
cal ObserSation-soms Rather Curioa'
pN1ts What life On Our Neichbos
Planet L. Supposed To lie Like.

Gal
UY.ts What Life On Our Neichbo'
Planet 1. Supposed To lie Like.
NJ Ilsrthelot. one OF the aoadcmleians.
Is evidently light hearted savant. for he
at once asked N de L>,sseps. who was
present 1T the meeting Iii he had by
chance brother protector In Mars.
wnercat all tho learned astronomers
smiled solemnly This Is. surely. the
first time tim, joke ha, been iuiporie;
from a spot 5000 600 miles oil, which Is
about tie distance OF tho planet Nars
from our earth Tho canals perceived b.
81 Tcrrotin upon tho surface Of our next
outside neiehtnr IN the solar system,
however. ARE a long known mystery OF the
heavens. ard one tina, Is probably as far
as ever from belns solved by the face
tious wizard
Man happ ms Ia bs betiar situated for
observation by astronomers than any
other body In ,ho ky except the moon
lie Is more than hundred times farther
oil than tho moon nj bis very closest ap
pfoaeh. and measures only AGO miles
through a, his equator. but. unlike the
n,Oon. he exhibits Ia turn every portion
oi his surface. rD,ating In a day which II
about hall an hour longer than our own
Thus It's entire face of the planet Mars
has been pretty accurately niapIcd. and
presents n diversified aspect OF large
patches Of alternating lighter and darker
markings which may naturally suggest
the divisions Of land and water ~ the
f-Dlca of Mar are extensive white regions.
which sometimes show up In tho l.li of
ID. TELESCOPES with siFiiins brisianey and
elearnc-s 81 definition and since these
undergo p-Tiodie changes occasionally
NaRH@lfHsssF agfI sNssIl .lfafaAuH fort Ia
agsin at Just th- Seasons when II would
h. winter with the MaTiiars. astronomers
had teen i..i To enll them ''ic. caps and
30 bcli.vs that w- actually t-hold III.
Arctic aud Antarctic polar seas of I'll.
plane, In tile form of these little white
.aue.rs STUCK on each end OF tho star Of
saf
As TOT tho canals with which " Per
rr.in f-oss-i ,rieaiins fun al ~ dc l>-zssps
they ar. eeriainly very curious offsets
trum s-s u ga OF whA, looks like II
r'iu thee straight Is-aagc.. wearing nj
atf-arune- ~ doubi Of rDtnc iniIn-n.c
artificial @ork Panama OF sgrI
canal on = colossal Krai- They DO not
al!ei ct extend -thrTt they always Arvi-
sHnir 81 them eonpic;-.l other. ariaI
.niiy imI-If,sst. a. II the Marian chan
b--i Of d~pu,l.- had refused to sanction a
iuti-f, Lsn lot the fuliillm-nt Of iitr
original design bat ~h.n NM fcrru,in
and tay- t-sin To talk of ''.nsin-uFs
and men h.. Mar II Ia n..-ssAry TO 70
uiruit-t that q L. scvu at all. even Is a
hair Iins. these canals tn Nars would have
TO Is at lrssi 200 times A. broaj a. III.
Tham-s-sa, thirty OF forty mlics aeTu-s
and a. th-if length IN TO hc r,-kanHi In
hundreds OF miles ia" navsies In Nafs. u
they ex.a,. niglt CERTAINLY 10 wonderful
t-eius.s'
Asirnnfner.. admirable on 40 many
rolnts. aF- ngv.r - stupid and uniniasiH
ativ. a. when ui~,litatins un tho prbta
bllili-- IT .lf- ts-yuai tlls earth. tia, old
and fascinating topie Of more worlds
than ono The, take their ;.rr-sirla!
u1iiun- aud experiences much to- blindly
Into sip4r-. they -AA " there tr an s,inos
pisrf- iu tho moon. OF ssi-f Ia Nars and
II any duaL;s rsist about tb~so clcm~uis
they .olrsnuly eogsiuIe that these and
o,..rf lovely Ard eligible CELESTIAL aLs-i-.
arc t-nsn,i.-.s A. " life ~c,v not Gun
". aus, alsa,s carry .bout With us into
tho glorious prpta1'lons OF iu'ef stellar
space ia. den;lsi, the anti bilious PILL and
bruuehItts
II /. truo tina, for beings constructed
q. ~. nrv al present Mar, would Is
novel and rsiiicr . surprising Kind Of
s'%It-t-sEts W" sN
enough 10 truE;Lc ,hc-u. and wafer su.1
oi-a, ipf ,-, ard ~sskins-uhich sr~
10th dubious t-olr,.-,h, diminished
s,Eayiiaiiaa Of the little plane; Ii So graf
that I, no.iii iadgeu a physical and
mental lsyiiy fatal 10 dn.lness anil Tot
bidding sonap Of fatigue VIA; " a
hgulry,l veish, hero 9og!i ,hrru weigh
oaly tfiy sls poga,.s. al! ~. could all s.
up stairs 6vo steps at 'lfnc. OF iutnr
tNteu og' own b.tsh, with case and TSsrr
Thea IL valid .ssgr.,!ly 10 very alsc. u
No Wgru ltsins Ia tho right latitude on
Mars To have = quick moon and o slow
moon. always enrccfins round Ike spisn
did Chinese lanterns, tsvisg ras biIis and
encouraging long wslss Of lovers and
Martha. poy,ry a Iall from . horse
would seldom OF never prove a; all scri
.a. In tho Martial hunting GcIis. the
rider would rebound FROM ih. s1n soil
like an India rubber cushion Aerial
navigation has quite possibly bcon solved
lon. a,;c by tho foFtsua,c y.uplc o. I'll,
rcd planet. the conditions l-ius 80 q,
,rrnirly favorable. and uho knows. TIA
iry,i whether tho 10 called canals sr-
me-; vast iotoEsanins slides. where the
cntlro population enjoys tho un~on'-,i
scnss Of swlI descent. and somr little
spice Of PERIL lisi NO may 10 SUR OF
this that u there 10 r,nti-n, eyaturs
on tho silver and pearl surfaces OF Nafs
the, an, Of very different typc from out
ierFrsiriai frames. for life Ia AWAY. the
equation Of hs surrounding conditions
anil Nc Jcniscni Of the earth have lungs
aud a larynk simply because No live al
the bottom Of an aerial sea- jus, as hst
possess gills because they breathe the
water London Telegraph.
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