The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-11
The CELESTIAL WORLDS.
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great DIAL has been snid and much
speculation been indriwed IN with refer
encp 60 tho question whether the celcstial
worlcn nre Inhabited BY intellectual be.
ings similar 70 tho earth iniinhiting man.
u Hcarcely admits % any doubt chat this
interesting question WIN ever remain n
mere mntter Of Apcculaiion but lot IN
suppose that beinsta resembling man ia
Stature were dwelling on those gloriceE
orns wc 500 10 the VAST vaa.t OF the heav-
ems, and let ia Investigate what propot.
tiona they wptlld bear 10 90 prsyidca the
length Of their bodies were Ia the sa,,le
ratio 70 the diameter OF their r.speotiye
globe as Ours 10 the diameter OF tho earth.
For this reason we have chosen the LARGEST
orb OF orr solar system, tho central body
q that system itself and tho most brilliant
fixed star in thn sky.
The average inhahitant OF the planet
Jupiter would stand about 90 feet in his
shoes We're such u Joviau 70 visit our
eerth he would be able. without the dan.
ger OF dislooatlng his neck, to look into
the topInost stories OF our metropolitan
buildings AJoyian infant'a cradle would
be considered hyu very comfortable bed
20 rest "a. The hugo toldicrs OF Arrows.
tus. whose mere sight stiSck terror into
Cesets lcgions, would dwindle into vcry
pygmies wcTo they 10 he compared with
che Joyian soldier Nay, the latter would
ccolly pick up King Arlovlstus himself
with three or four Of his hodyguard and
put them into his kaapsaok 10 keep them
~ animated toys 70 play with during tho
hours Of rest.
The solar inhabitant Of average else
would nieaaure a height OF over 600 feet.
50 TINT were be TO visit tho earth the most
capaoious building ever orocted bv man
would betoo small 70 offer him hospitality,
Three or four dozen fattened oxen would 1
torm hut a maagcr breakfast for TINT ca |
paaous cavern his stomach on tho |
raln Of his hand . whole company 81 tsr- |
restrial soldiers would have sufficient room |
TO 80 through their military drill aud ovo-
luitona What dsatoninB sounds would I
emerge from those enormous hellows--a
solar mah'siungs- IL no were to keep
tho pitch Of his voice within the limits Of
ordinary speech
The distances OF the fixed stars from us
are 10 enormous that IA yet, ito absolute.
y reliable means havs been found OF as.
pertaining there,il magnitude OF these 90
lossal orhs. Still, II Is 70 be preaumed
that some 81 them. BY dlnt OF frequent OBJ.
serNations and h. applying 10 them TINT
powerful lever ia the hands of the astron,
omer, spectrum analysts. may be With Ger
AMY considered as being 1T least Ger.
ain number OF times as great as our sun.
70 most Of nstho sun is the very quintgs
ience Of what is large, but compared with
most flxed stars II becomes small for wele
I removed 20 tho distance OF the nearest
liked star II yculd shine with The bril-.
ianoy Of only u star Of tho Hecond mngni
pdc.
sirius, tue king among the fixed stars
7 our hrrnnmsnt, Ia at least 40 large chat NJ
itwess kinhahiteG by beings similgrytol;j
ncMpnf Of average sire would attfdto5Hi
he dezzling height Of l X miles, that II /
respectable mountain peak. Here va
save u 20 the imagination OF the reader
. picture 70 hlmsalf n world peopled with
leh gigantic beings. compared with
hon we poor terrestrial mortals sinls into !
tier insignificance. Still thcra IS ono
1nsoling thought--ylz, that IN a small
odg there may dwell large soul md ,
igorous mind. tho one immortal and tho .
ther capable % graphing With the alb !
ausesi questions OF philosophy and sci
uce. Baltimore sun. I