The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-08

1rcnor BEINGS LYING on MaRs.
They Can DO More Work Much Easier
Than Man on Ltrth.


r., tar, Of Marian beings is not to
mean Marian men. Just as the proDa-
,,,t.,.s ,,oipt 70 the one. so do they point
o,,.,,. IRON, the other. Even on TINS eallh
man is Of the nature OF an accldeh- ne
a. tho survival of by no means the hs"es1
,,i,,.eic.1 oreanfeIn lie is not even iibi
form Of mammal. Mind has peeh mas
making For aught we can see So'iV
lizard or batracian might Just as ven
name popped into his place IN the race
and been now the dominant cI'd'u'e VI
tbie earth Under different physical CIR
cumetances he would have been certain
~ do so. Amid the physical surround
in,s that exist on Mars We may DE prac-
tfoally sure other organisms nave beeh
evolred which would strike Us as cN-
r,iisitolv erotcssue. What manner OF
b'inoe thov may be We have no data
TO conceive.
How diverse however, they doubtless
are from us viii appear from such oe-
finite deduction as wc are able 10 make
from the physical differences between
Mars and our earth. For example the
mere difference OF gravity on the'suflace
Of the two planets SIS much more iaf-
reaching I'm its effects than might a. first
be thought. Gravity on the surface Of
Mars is only a little more than one-third
what il is on the surface or the earth.
This would work in two ways 10 very
different cOndiudns Of existence from
those TO which We are accustomed. To
leein with. three times as much work, as
for example in digging q canal, couid
be aonc by the same expenditure OF
muscular force. II We were transported
TO Mars we should be pleasantly sur
prised 10 find an our manual labor SUD
denly liehteued threcfold. But indirectly,
there might result yet greater gain 10
our capabilities. for. If nature chose, she
could afford there 20 build her inhahi-
tants on three times the scale she does
on earth without their ever finding II out
except 10y interplanetary comparison.
AS We all know, q very large man is
much more unwicldy than a very small
one. An elephant refuses 10 hop Ike
flea: not because he considers IL ~ gni-
fed 10 do so. but simply because he cam
not take the step. il we could, we should
all jump straight across the street, In
stead of painfully padding through the
mud our inability TO do so depends
partly on the size Of the earth and part
49, on the size of our own bodies, ~ not
at am on what it at first seems entirely
10 depend on-the size of the street.
TO see this, ht US consider the very
simplest cause-that of standing erect
To This everyday feat opposes itself the
,yofpbt az the hoav sirnri,. a thing Of
three dimensions. height. breadth and
thickness while the ability IN aocomnlfsh
il resides I'm the cross-seetiou of the mus
clos OF the knee thing Of only two
dimensions breadth and thickness. con-
scouentlv. a person half as large again ms
another has about twice the summarizing
carqoifv of that other buf abonf three
times ms muoh to slnporf Standins-
therefore tires him ONT moro oYiclslv IF
mis- size were 10 go On Increasing he
would at last reach n stature at which
ha vould mo- loroer he abla to stand AZ
an but vould have 20 lie down Won
shall sec thc same effect i'm ouito inanf-
rnato. objects Take two Cylinders Of
rar,f8ne way ono made into am orai-
nary, candle. the other into q rip4utie
fac-simile of one. and then stand botb
iiron their bases TO the small one moth
INK happens. The big one. however be-
gins 10 settle: the base actually made
visrous by the pressure OF the weight
above.
Now apply this principle 10 q possiblo
inha1itanf of Mars and e.,r,oeo MIN IN
Doe constructed three times as laree as a
human boir,- I'm e.,r,. di,,ension II bo