The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07
discove, ed fact that there Is a scarcity

discover ed fact that there Is a scarcity
OF water in the planet. Necessarily the
planet must be irrigated in that manner,
and as there are canals, the conclusion
is that there must be people there.
How the Canals Look.
The canals of the planet Mars are be-
lieved to have been cut for thousands OF
miles across the land TO connect with
the seas. They are green in color, like
the water, and, in order to be visible
through our telescopes. they must be
from 100 TO 400 miles in length. They
must also be about 300 miles wide.
They mostly run from north to south,
for the seas divide the land from east 10
west.
1t is difficult to conceive of such en- r
nous public works, but nothing el.e will
answer Our little canals would dry up
in crossing thousand miles OF desert.
Conceding that the people who may
live in Mars are such wonderful Ell In
GERS and SCIENTISTS it is easy to allow
them any amC unit OF SKILL and it is easy
TO suppose that on the vast canals they
build floating cities, where they may
enjoy the climate near the water, while
the interior is uninhabitable.
Wonderful Cities.
A city built on steel or iron hulls-for
iron is the metal OF Mars chained
closely together and built upon wood
where, but would be necessary in a
world where the land is dry and arid.
If there are people in Mars, they must
possess much skill and intelligence. So
they would probably have wit enough to
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tudes in summer. AS the winter sea-
son approaches they would obviously
float them southwark, following up the
climate, as tho American Indians do
with Their skin lodges and women and
children.
If people can construct such enor-
nous works as canals OF the dimensions
told in the foregoing, it would be i'm
possible to tell where the limit of their
skill would reach. They must be far
ahead Of Americans as engineers and me-
chanios. What other astonishing tri-
umphs as mechanical originators they
have achieved must be left TO the future
to discover.
what Astronomers Think.
"One circumstance, says Professor
Proctor, that may at first excite sur
prise is the fact that in a planet so
much farther from the sun than the
world there should exist so close re-
semblance to the earth in respect to
climatic relations.
But if we consider the results of
Tyndale's researches on the radiation
OF heat, and remember that very mod
crate increase in the quantity Of certain
vaporS present in our atmosphere would
suffice to render the climate OF the
earth intolerable through excess of heat
just as glass walls cause n dollhouse
to be warm long after the sun has set
We shall not fail 10 see that Mars may
readily be compensated by correspond
ing arrangement for his increased dis
lance from the vivifying center OF his
solar system.
Professor Swift says that there is
certainly something that is mysterious
in the topography OF the planet, as
viewed from the earth.
Some OF its markings" he adds, "are
changeable, and appear as clouds, while
others seem stable and are indicative of
solidity. AS, however, Mars rotates on
its axis so slowly, no belts like those
environing Jupiter and Saturn are
visible.
stood fat. That it was created to that
IN is verify, but whether it is or not
is only question that we can judge by
understanding its availability for the
giving OF life to human beings. No
telescope has yet been discovered that
truly tells that fact"
Prof. Schiaparelli is the on'y astron-
omer that has managed to draw chart
~ hot yDlanct aviGtc only IN,
the minds Of other not quite so famous
astronomers.
Aside from the discoveries of the
Italian professor, tho credit Of finding
that Prof. Schiaparelli is correct must
be awarded to the famous Lick OBJ
servatory at San Francisco. The money
to build this magnificent observatory
was furnished by Mr.. Lick, and it has
well demonstrated his faith that it was
needed 10y the fact that it has told the
world that Mars is probably another
planet like ours.
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