Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-05-18
HELLO. EARTH.

EdttiSon has turned Ogden noun.
tain, i'll New Jersey, intOa great
magnet and coiled miles of wire
about it, AT the time of the last
opposition of Mars he noticed an in-
ere sc of the seismic mutteringS,
which have recently been so vinleut
Mr. Edison and Mr. Preece. of Eng
land, are only two of the scientists
who are now experimenting along
these lines and the whole world is
Watching the progress being made.
Neither Mr.. Edison nor MIR Freeze
has been SO bold as to say that the
strange sounds referred to are mes
sages being sent by the inhabitants
OF Mars to those of earth, hut they
have not otherwise explained them.
On the other hand, there are
many scientists firm in the belief
that the next few Years will witness
the opening mp of communication
between the people Of the two plan
cts The conviction has been rnor
mOusly strengthened by the strange
lights seen at the Lick observatory
when Mars was under observation
during its opposition Il little over a
year ago The three lights were
arranged in a triangle. Nightly as
the great red orb rose from her
otean bed t9 the yaaJtof heaven,
tile lfghts flushed cut as, sN0nii in
darkstess la.l Set b and fts he iin-
,nense lelsg D he lick talsscoi,s
hes giDwesl " Il stead and lon5
tinuetl etfulgence Was tlliSl iii Ell
fort of the inhabitants OF Mars 10
attract the attention of those on
earth3
Such had been the opinion Of
Flammarion, who had argued in f;,.
vor of earth signaling back with IL
triangle of lights thirty miles across.
1t was shown that the conditions of
Mars were more nearly those of
earth than of any other planet.
Both of the snow caps could be
plainly seen and may be seen now
in amy first class telescope, for Mars
is now to be observed in the morn
ing about 30 degrees west and ii
degrees south from Venus in the
constellation Capricorn. The we'll
defined atmosphere OF Mars is also
plainly visible, and astronomers can
tell by the increase or decrease of
its snow caps and its position in re.
gard to the sun the progress of it's
seaeons and whether or not the
Mnrsians are having cold winter.
The canal theory of Schiappurclli
has likewise many believers who
assert that the strange straight
lines on Mars are canals built Ivy
it's highly civilized inhabitants.
Mr. Preece says he has kept
record of the strange, mysterious
sounds which have attracted his at
tention. while Edison has done
likewise. These will require much
study TO deciphcr if they are mes.
sageS from Mars. The Preece dis
covery, on the other hand, puts it
in the power of the people of earth
to send direct electrical currents to-
Mars, whose inhabitants are so
much in advance OF ourselves that
they may be able to help us out in
the work of opening up converse.
A pantOmimic electrical interchange
will be necessary for some time, but
what will he the emotions of the
scientific world when the message
is sent out that communication has
been eStablishedY
There are those who firmly assert
that this is an experience of the i'm
mediate future; that electricity is
the universal force and the one
whereby the planets will come into
communication with each other it
they ever do. The mystery of elec
tricity is the strange fluctuations it
undergoes. II it were an earth
property solely it wonld he steady,
as it would be were it common to
all the universe and not interfered
with. But its strange goings and
comings, it's apparent relations to
the sun, and yet it's known sympa
thy with other heavenly bodies,
seem to show that somebody some.
where is loolDg with the dynamo
and cutting off and turning OH the
current.
An exchange tells of Johnnie, who
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