Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-01
KIvERs IN LIE pLAMEr ME.
Wherein They Differ From Those to he
Found ON This Earth.

Found ON This Earth.
Tho first sight OF Mars through an
observatory telescope is almost terri
Tying. according TO the Chicago
Herald. even for a person OF good
nerves. IL is as IL one saw the whole
earth. with its icy poles as a solid
globe. floating overhead. One dis
tinguishes clearly the dark blue seas
and the brilliant beaming many
hued dry land-and on this the dry
beds Of multitude Of lakes bays
gulfs streams and canals these latter
either parallel 10 each other or cross
ing one another at right angles. AS
you continue TO look. you note the
variations OF color and OF light and
shades; and further. that the outlines
on one edge OF the disk pass out OF
sight while on the other the land
scape expands; you see that Mars re-
wolves on its axis and that the ends
OF the axis are frozen poles as with
us There Is a further resemblance in
the inclination in the axis which pro-
vide that on this planet also the sea-
| sons follow each other in regular sue
cession. The ice crust at the poles
diminishes in summer and Wester-
mann's Manot' s. Hefte claims that this
affords demonstration not only that
Mars is influenced by the suns rays
precisely as We are. but also that the
air and water are identical with ours
In fact the meteorology OF Mars is now
being reduced to a science. Judg-
ing the two planets by superficial
| characteristics however one must
admit condition implying a higher
| degree OF development ia Mars The
| continents OF the earth. seen from a
distance present very torn appear
ance and occupy scarcely a third OF
/ It's surface while Mars is girdled on
both sides OF the equator by one con-
tinuous mainland. intersected by a
/ network OF canals and rivers. the
land occupying approximately three
fourths OF the whole area OF the planet
and the water only one-fourth. as a
consequence OF which II may be that
It's atmosphere Is less cloudy and vap.
or laden than ours Pc uliarly
characteristic is tho arrangement in
which the geological nature Of Mars
has laid the streams (canals?) All
our streams without exception. are
torluous and all increase in width as
they near the ocean.
On Mars. on the contrary the
streams, flow In straight lines and
are OF uniform width from the source
10 the mouth. These streams from
seventy 10 100 kilometers apart have
their banks SO well defined as 20 sug-
gest the idea that they are subject TO
intelligent regulation. II IS hardly
possible 70 conceive that two parallel
canals. intersected at right angles by
third as in Ophir land. can be the
work Of tho elementary force OF ma
ture. The question suggests itself
again by the two canals which flow
from ocean to ocean through the is
land Helias crossing each other at
right angles in the center Not less
questionable Is the origin OF the great
blue lake OF tho sun in the center oil
Keppler land with its three rectili.
near canals connecting it with tn G
ocean.
But what most excites our astonish-
ment In connection with these canals
IS that almost every one OF them is
double. J. @. II has parallel CANA
alongside OF it but visible at interval,
only. This has thoroughly perplexed
all investigators The earth has no.
thing analogous TO aid us 10 a so.
luton.
Apart from tho scientific interes
which attaches TO these observations
1t Is an immense gain TO our intellec
tual culture 10 overthrow the pride
born OF ignorance which in earlier
, centuries prompted man 10 regarC
this earth as the one inhabited
sphere OF the universe. Equal right
for all planets appears to be the Law
OF nature which certainly has no
expended all her force on this darl
clod OF our.