Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-28
TELEGRAPHIC.
GRASS ON THE MOON.
Gathman Again Asserts that He Has
Seen Signs Of Ye'slaliOl
on The FACE OF OUR SATELLITE
A Model Of His Sectional Lens Telescope
Exhibited-Obj ctlons
Answered.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2s.-Boiore n com.
many Of twenty-five or more friends
and nelghtors who met 1T bis fesidence
last night, Louis Gathman exhibited a
model Of his sectional lens telescope.
He also answered tbs objections made
by Astrouomefs Hale aud Butnham to
his announcement that he had die.
covered what seemed 10 be slgns Of
vegetation on the moon.
In answer 10 the objection that
astronomers with excellent telescopes
had never seen green spot on the
moon, Mt. Gathman said:
"Thefo eau be but two reasons for
this fact. First, no frs, class telescopes
were In use for making observations
the night | saw the spot. SeoonI, II
observations were mauU the telescopes
ere inferior 10 mine"
Mr.. Gathman said bis section lens
la teen examined by Prof Coluert
Who said II was oxcolleat and would
.rove OF great interest TO the whole
scientific world. Many eminent for.
eignuTs had pronounced tho sectional
lens instrument superior TO any inslfu-
ment Of tno same Size. ~ twenty
inch built up lens" Mr.. Gathmnn
said, "with clear glass Of even density,
viii he equal In power % any telescope
that has a forty Inch solid lens"
lie then epOko Of his observation Of
u green spot on the moon. about .
O'Clock In the evening u August ~,
In sweeping with my telescope over the
iacu Vi the moon, cav a spot Of vivid
green IN the midst Of mountains In the
valley Vt Sinus Rorls. Green IL hither.
~ unknown among the shades Of tue
moon, 1 thought there might be
an error somewhere, but alter
changing the eyc.pioco six
tunes Il was there each time,
well defined space OF green. The
idea Of u ueing an error Of the tslu.
scope h out ol the question because
when allOwiAg the moon 10 pAss
through the whole field tue eta nge
spot kept stationary on the moon with
every magniiying power utei. Seven
persons brsi 20 myself saw II, and II "
not 10 be suspected that all VI us were
color blind.
~ Luna uAH u upIA " must 90 lhf
different from ours, because the con
dHi.ns on tho moon are vastly different
irJm ours ON earth. Science has not
Ifusresscd 20 far NJ 10 know the atmos-
phyfin ait prevailing on the moon. In
act, all the elements OF the earth's
stmJ,phefe are not positively known.
to Say that vegetation caunOt exist on
.urh large planet IN 10 make An 49,
,ur,iou winch cannot be- proven. Lunar
vegetation must be very different from
that OF the earth. That Luna should
ue without animal life 1 cannot under
stand. On eaTth, In the arctic region,
mere the cold In intense tho year
AROUND, We mud tho polar bear, the
whale and other animals suited 10 the
climate anu the conditions. n
men had never known oi the
cEisteucs OF these animals And
n we common men were asked n such
animals could exist there We would
say we do not know But mO,t
scientific men graduated from our
universities would simply say 'NO.'
BscAuse scientific men did not know Of
their existence they would conclude
that such animals could not exist
there. That Iuefe IL vegetable on the
moon II highly probable. but u does
not follow that tho color should be-
rreen. The gfeenish tint observed
August ., may have been rare ex-
cupuou."
la conclusion Mr.. Galhman said he
believed the Inhabitants OF Mars were
making signals 10 the earth, ana no
thought communication between
neignbOring planets by means OF sig
rails would eventually be established.