The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-06-14
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SCIENTISTS WINK COMMUNICATED
MAY De EsrAIllshEp. q

MAY BE ESTAetlShEo. G.
Strange Noises Which Have Ass1ssA 1e'
Presos ~ England aaa OR ows Kaas
wonderfal Dsveiep~s.Ss Ass xzpssAso
Within the Next Few Years. ~
Cam we open mp electric oommunice
ton with the inhabitants Of Marsa That
Is question recently considored 1t :
meeting of the Society Of Arts in Lon-
don, where Mr.. w. II. Precce, engineer
to the telegraphs department Of the
British postof.icc. read a paper ON "Eloc.
trio Signaling Without Wires.'' Er.
Precee -explaSnesli how he had recently
demonstrated that wires wcrc not at all
necessary to establish telephone com.
mmiication.
Under the supervision Of = royal cON,-
mission appointed tn inQnire into clees
tic communication between the shores
and lighthouses, he had conducted 4
series OF experiments which amply tieis
onstratcd this fact. There Was no diff
Guilty in speaking between the shore a,sli
the place OF experiment Mr.. PreecG
then Went on 10 say that strange, mysa
terious sounds" are heard ON al long
telephone lines when the earth igrusede
as q return, especially In the cAam still
ness Of the niaht. ..EaYth ,,ourrenSu ssse
said he, fare found In telearaph Cir.
cults, and the aurora borealis Mehts M
our northern sky when the sun,e phote,,
sphere Is disturbed BY spots Tho sun'ii
surface must at such times DO yiolentlyl)
disturbed BY electrical storma and ~
oscillations are set up and radiaAedI
through space in sympathy with tho
required to affect Telephones. dt il not y
wild dream to cay that we mas, hear en-
this earth thunderstorm "a. tho sun. 'sp
After further describing tho mystsRifl,,
GUS sounds which had attrsctsd his aA,.
tention in the still watches Of the nisiS,
Mr. Preece said:, f.n Snr-af thee,
planets be populated with beiass Mhs
ourselves, having the Rift Of lansuaapg
and the knowledge to adspt tho nsof
forces Of nature TO their wsuts then n
they could oscfllate immense stores a
electrical energy to and fro In tele-g
graphic order, 1t would be possible Tor
us to hold commune BY telephone With
the people OF Mara, - N.. >s;fss-,.A ~
These mysterious sounds which 90
puzzle Mr.. Preece seem to correspond
with those noticed BY Thomas A. Eat
son, who has turned OGDEN naeua*ain In
New Jersey into a areat MAGNET and
coiled miles of wire about IL At The
time of the last opuoaition If Mars ho
noticed an increase ~ tha .aium;c rout.
terinos which have recently - -
violent Mr.. Edison And M praac. ara
only two ~ the sc;art;.t. 10 .,. No.
experimenting along thee lines and
the whole scientific world il vatchino
the progress being made NAithsr Nr
Edison nor Mr. Preeca has ha.,, m Mia
as To saw that the strnno;.a i.o,,nas refarrad
to are messages sent,bv the inh.b;t.rt.
Of Mars to those Of earth lint thcv:have
not otherwise explained them,,
On the other hard there, ara many
scientists firm In the belief that the next.
few wears viii witncss tho odn.ninr rs
Of communication between tha ncorIe
Of the two nlanets Th;s conv;ction -
been enormouslv stren1htoneA IN -
strange lights seen at the Idok obeeuve-
tory when Mars was under Observation
during its opposition-. over ~. vear ssog
The three lights were arranged, III s;tri-
angle. Nightly as the great FED orb roses
from her ocean bed to the vault Of heay.
en- the lights flashed ont "a soon "A dark
ness had set in, and in the immense Ions
Of the Lick telescope they slowod with
steady and continued efRulgenoe. Was
this an effort of the inhabitants Of Mars
to attract the attention Of those on
earth?
Such had been the opinion Of Flam-
marion. who had argued in favor OF
earth signaling back with triangle Of
lights 80 miles across It was shown
that the conditions Of Mars were moro
nearly those of earth than Of any other
planet. Both Of the snew caps could b
plainly seen and may be seen now In
any first class telescope, for Mars ID now
to be observed in the morning about %,
degrees west and IA degrees southsfrom
Venus in the constellation Ca}eicesA.
The well defined atmosphere Of Mars Is
also plainly visible, and astronomers
can tell by the increase or decrease q
its snow caps and its position inrsea1d
to the sun the progress Of its seasons
and whether or not the Marsians a1o
having cold winter. The canal theory
Of Schiaparelli has likewise many BE-
levers, who assert that the strange
straight lines on Mars are canals built
by its highly civilized inhabitants.
Mr.. Preece says he has kept record
Of the strange, mysterious sounds which
have attracted his attention while Edi-
son has done likewise. These will ro-
quire much study to decipher II they
are messages from Mars. The Preeoe
discovery, on the other hand. puts it in
the power Of the people Of earth to send