The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26

The first sight of Mars thror.,
observatory telescope is alnos, - a.
ing, even for person Of good ny
1t is as if one saw the whole earth ,,',
its icy poles. as a solid globe an
overhead. One distinguishes cle,,rl-.,A-s
dark blue seas and the brilliant Ne
ing, many-hued dry land-and ON ~
the dry beds of "A multitude % 4. @
bays, CULTS, streams and canals 81
latter either parallel to each o,l.-
crossing one another At right a.,
As You continue TO look, you NOT :.
variations of color and Of ligb, @
shades; and, further, that the ou,l'-
on one edge of the disk pass out of ,i,.
while on the other the landscana
pands; you see that Mars rcvoly.
its axis and that the ends Of tho ID
are the frozen poles, as with us. IT.
is a further resemblance in tho ir,r..
ton in the axis, which provides tb.,
this planet also the seasons follow -
other in regular succession. Tbs
crust at the poles diminishes in SUNNI.
and Westcrmann's Manot s. Hcftacr.;-
that this affords demonstration 80
rays precisely as we are, but alSo ~,
the air and water are identical v.;.,
ours. In fact the meteOrologv of NJ
i now being reduced . a Sei.ro.
judging the two planets by saI,-4-..,
characteristics, however, one nlp,, a.
nit a condition implying a higb..
degree of development in NJ
The continents of the earth. a..
from a distance, present very ,,.-
appearance, and occupy scarcely thf,t
of as surface, while Mars Is girle5 hi,
both sides of the equator by one en-.
tiuuous mainland, intersected byar.
work of canals and rivers the land,
cupying approximately ee-f0urthSa a,
the whole area Of the planet and,t.
water only one-fourth, as a consequ.rs.
of which il may be that its atmosDbs,-
is less clouded and vapOr laden than
ours. Peculiarly characteristic is IL.
ARRANGEMENT in which the geologis,
nature of Mars has laid the stresr.
(canals?) All our streams, withou, ~.
ception. are tortuous, and all incrrs-
in width as they near the ocean
ON Mars. on the contrary. the STREAM,
flow in straight lines. and are OF ur.
form width from source 10 mour
These streams, from seventy o. %,
hundred kilOmctcrS apart, have th-,
banks so well defined az 10 suggest t..
idea that they are subject 20 intellig-r.
regulation. 1t il hardly possible oc7-
ccive that two parallel canals. iuter,., Z,
| ed at right angles by third a. il
| Ophir land. can bc the work II the sg-
mentary forces Of nature. The quest. b
suggests itself again 10y the two cana,
which flow from ocean % oc-as
through the island Hellas. crJ,,n.
each other at right angles in the ccnie.
Not less questionable Is the origin o,
the great blue lake Of the sun il u.
center of Keppler land, with It's thru
rectilinear canals connecting il within.
| ocean.
But what most eXcites our ast0nt.
ment in connection with these canal,
that almost every one Of them is d0ut.
i. G., il has its parallel canal alougSs.
of il, but visible at intervals only. il
has thoroughly perpleXed all inyesln
tors. The earth has nothing analogls
10 aid us 10 a solution. On this aca51-.
he return Of Mars is looked forward ..
with considerable interest The T..
provement in optical instruments wil-
in the past decade may probably A.y
TO solve the riddle, or, what is perhz'
still more probable, may present ln.
riddles of solution. The occasion 4
Mars next return will be the frst IN.
for fifteen years that we shall have H
opportunity Of examining his Sgl
polar region. Apart from the sciells
interest which attaches 70 these 0bs.
vations, il is an immense gain 70 our ri
tellectual culture TO overthrow p
pride, born Of ignorance, which 4
earlier centuries prompted men 20 r
gard this earth as the one inhsbhl
sphere of the universe. Equal r.g-i
for all planets appears 70 be the Law i
nature, which certainly has not q
pended all her forces on this dark -.
| of ours.