Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-03

ference. Think how very small its in
habitaits would have to be in order to
stand up under the face Of its gravita-
tion."
sPEcULATIoNs ON SIZE.
''Blt we would rather think of the
natives of Arcturus' planets as being
very large"
'Well, although all the scientific
probabilities are in favor Of their being
small in proportion as their worlds are
large, vet it is impossible for us to say
that nature may not have provided in
such cases for the existence of people
proportioned for the size of the globes
on which they dwell. Little micro
scopic creatures few hundredths Of an
inch in height would scarcely be suited
to the conquest and development OF
mighty worlds as large as or larger
than our sun itself, that's a fact.
"Let us suppose then, as being more
accordant with our own ideas OF the
fitness Of things, that the inhabitants OF
these big planets bear some proportion
to the globes which are their homes.
ut does not follow that they should
walk upon two legs and move about
perpendicularly as the inhabitants OF
the world do. Nature could readily
provide for the introduction OF intelli-
genee, the comprehension Of wit and
humor among creatures having no legs
at all and crawling on the face OF their
planets as DR.. Whewell imagined that
the inhabitants of the planet Jupiter
might do"
"Athlectic sports must be carried on
under peculiar circumstances up there;
don't you think SOP"
TITANIC BALL PLAYERS.
Eyes, 1 should think so. Imagine
what a sensation ten-mile-tall Arctu-
rian, who was for instance, the pltcner
OF a base ball team, would make II ne
could drop down upon the earth. The
slight force of gravity on the earth
would make him feel as he could Jump
over the moon, because ninety-nlne one
hundredths, to speak within reasonable
bounds, of his weight would fall away
from him like magic as soon as he placed
his foot on our little earth. One OF his
curves would sweep Father Arson over
the center field fence into the Infinite
bevond before he could shout Play
bailp There would be limit to feats OF
strength that such a fellow would be
able to perform when freed from the
thraldom of the attraction of his own
planet"
"What sort Of atmosphere do you
! think the Arcturians breathe"
"A variation in the atmosphere OF
these planets might lead to wonderful
variety in the workings and forms oil
/ animal life upon them. 1t won't DO 1oi
/ us to assume that our atmosphere oil
oxygen and hydrogen is the only one
capable of supporting life. There might
be a Thousand forms of vegetation more
wonderful. more beautiful than any
thing existing on earth. The peculiar
color of the light of Acturus and OF some
/ of the other stars is in itself an indlca'
| ton that there must be great variety
in the forms and conditions OF life ex
listing within their rays.
THE BROADER VIEW.
"That has always been.a point OF dis
agreement between those who nave
speculated on one side or the other upor
the question of life in other worlds
Some insist that there can be no intel
Ugent life except in bodies like those O.
man, but the broader view and the ont
that seems to me far more probable anC
reasonable is that there can no more o'
a limit to the forms and constitution o
the bodies in which life may be con
tanned than there is limit to the mum
Der and variety Of the heavenly orb
( themselves.
CAT the same time it is difficult u
mat would vary very much from the In
tellectual life of man.
eve can readily imagine that the In
habtants Of the planets Of Arcturu
might possess a breadth of intellect,
brilliance of imagination in proportion
to their own stature, so that thei
achievements in many respects might b,
as far more wonderful than anything
we are able to do, as the sun is mor'
wonderful body than our own deUenden
/ globe"