Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-04

standing 20 much has been saii about
tht.o things recently that laymon in
general commenced TO look upon them
90 fic,a. Pro'e sor Campbell himsslI
rcgat.s II ~ very aaii1faoiofy 10 hav'
been able TO sweep away what he calls
= fabric Of assumptions barring tie
pa'h 10 true knowledge, Lui whether
he approached his sciun, ili ias,fu-
ments wish urJcjnccivoi ideas or per.
testify uuprJulloGi not quite appar.
en-. from t4o published accounts OF
hDnd.
Pefcival Lowell, another eminent
a7tr3n-m"r, takes different view.
Ire qunitio7, How u Ies % Tor aiI3
lU answers IN tle iii 4n,iye and gives
wha. hu calls lIygf positive iOt his
opiai0n. Changes take place, he
says, VAT enough 10 be visible from
tle oagih. Tns supposed snow round
tho poles ms,ls ami pgain assumes
larger dimunsl1ls with tins regularly
Of annual se1s5us This phcu1men1n
aui othsfs could not occur except
for tie Ira'once u on atmosphere.
THIS aiG however, Is much thinner
than that on our earth, becautc rs faf
As observed II carries nv clouds. There
can therefore, he says, be no rain, mo
hail, no snowfall on Mars, only dew
and irol', ami tue snow oaps At ihs
poles mui be formed By tbs deposition
Of dew. Pfo. Lowell sums up by
stating:
We have proof positive tina. Mars has
an Atmosphere we have reason to bUliUyo
that tAis atmosphere BE- very thiu,-
thinner no lcast by haifthiu tho air upon
th0 summit OF tho liimaiAyas, shat iu
constitution 10 doc, not dinor greatly
from our own, aud that 10 is relatively
heavily charged with water yapor.
a writer In tho New York Hcfad
claims 10 have made discovery Of %
particularly slaf,liug nature. IL l.
vol known that the idea has been 81.
vaucod by some Of the moro daring
speculative astronomers VI the worii,
'Eal not only IL Mars Inhabited by iu.
iolligent beings, but lhc-o ATE actually
tndeavlrlng 10 attract the attention "
tho dwrl'1ip on tbs cat,H. 1. l.
claimed shat serlos Of light ilshgs
have been observed AMI that these o.
one time assumed tho torm ut - regular
triangle. This Get great many scl.
ou,isls 10 work looking TOT further
manifestations. a few evenings ng0,
student Of Mars In Washington
closely scanned a mop showing the
canals anu iaEC- on the planet, when
TO his ast3nishmcn! the Hebrew le,ton
"ialeth" AMI "yol" caught hIs
eye among tue outlines Of the moi.
work. Tracing the outlines preceding
lac soon found another Hebrew letter
"shln," making the word complete,
The writer says
To bis amlzoment aud 10y thorn np.
pOarOd plainly traced out In the artificial
canals " tho sister planet tho words sig
nlfyiug God. tho svli same word ordered
TO DO writton ou tho duurpnsts " UNUry
israelitc. There DO stood ia bold lottprs,
traced beyond question By Intelligent
beings, and traced there, too. beyond
question by those hOiugs rs grU6iug
aud nn overture 90 the people " our
earth Tor mutual study aud friendship.
| THIS observer was no. devout believer.
lilo was frank agnostic. and bis obsor-
WALTON was, therefore, unbiased by any
religious zeal, Hut thl. discovery, when
subsequent examination only confirmed,
Impressed him a. most remarkable, sup.
porting, ~ 10 did, tho generally accepted
theory that Intelligent ho.ng. have por-
haps Tor ages boon sooNiug 10 give us
some sign Of recognition.
IhiSsllegod discovery music course,
be placed among the curio,itio. Of
speculative deductions, but II IL never
thel,ss not entirely vIii Of interest.
FlammHtlon recognizes tho work OF
rofcIy7l lowell NJ the most Import.
nnt thus ar Ia regard 10 Mar. lie
lake. tho view tina, tho planet Is Boz.
haui,si and, there hsiuR no rain, the
cauals were devised Tor tno purpose VI
distributing the water Tor irrigation
purposes. rhu climate OF Ai,t., tho
Frouon astronomer says Ia bis latest
work, resembles clear day on a high
mountain. Tie condition there .s
such tHat events aro taking place quite
uniutolligibls ~ our human reason. II
is world Ia every physical respect
more favored than ihu c,Tgn. A. Ia
the possibility u communicating. vi!h
Mas Examination says!
"SJm1 unexpected new discover y
perhaps u physical ordor--wlll plac,
~ In conaul.ca,iun with the iu'
hbOiiEn,u Of Mas aBd viii At last be-
sin the solution OF the great problem,
Foe dss,Ini,s Of Zach OF u, that OF Ia,
eutiTe human race, sre united 81 "a,
dcsliuirs Of the other dwellers Of Oul
,ys,om."
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