The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-31

We we're accustomed IN cur infancy b.
fairy tales 20 believe In the sap44 iocosne-
tea Afforded By ssven-'eaess booss But
ssven-seagus boots are nowhere nova
days Bicycles. railroad trains and ssear,
vessels have made Up for sAs imperfect
pevers Of ioconosson Of man, ana al
mcss annfhsiase6 space. The drum Of
the ear Il rot sensitive enough 70 Us
.snsuish sounds a. . v.ry great distance.
bus By the construction Of the autlphone
mans ear has been 90 much improved
that IL can clearly distingussa sounds
made hundreds Of niles Away. The hu-
man eye has had It's limited capacity
wonderfully sxtenf.d by the invention q
the telescope and microscope. ana nov
rev instrument enables him 20 pe-eerats
objects Which have always heea conxsd-
cred opasus- The voice could reach be.
a short distance Until ne Invention Of
the telephone enabled . man to speak to
hss neiztbor almost a Thousand mfie1
away. The rssiEs Of tn. eye photo
sraphed objects upon which the vision
was turned. hn. untrained memory
proved inadequate 20 IL the t-anstsory
soe,e. The photographic camera has SUP
piem<nted this ~ fixing for future ref
sTence upoa an artificial retina al hat
e - 6.ssret 20 presery.
So much has been accomplished that u
,rrpts or@ to give creesncs 70 the sheo-
RES Of Ffarnrnar.on with reference 10 the
conditions On Mars
We make a gross siunaer" says he.
~ ~s assume tia: the inhabitants Of
Mars. whatever sort CT creatures they
may -. must have she temperature Of
Nosco~ or Caracas n order 20 Be com
sor,ahl. They may hare temperatures
entirely Different, lower or higher. and
ye. feel themselves 20 hs under natural
conditions With Normal SURROUNDINGS"
n ri. srecrIa,iocs - 70 -. Kind Of
reasoning beings that trhahi. Mars. n
Flansnartca says tha: With q nahum Cla-
minated ~ an entirely csIeren. light
frorn oars. more distant from In. sua
or receiving ,hs rays from . sus Of color
red. hlae. green or violet. CT Ia which In.
rays ara .rfrsred Or ultraviolet, our eyes
would not be ~ al shat they row are
tt. sense Of sigh. woul: b replaced by
another. which would see what re cannot
nov see. We might have t-o eyes Ia IN.
eountenance. bat perhaps three. or only
one. or even. doubtless. = wholly elre--
snt kind OF erSza-
He leans 20 the op,rtcr trait she srhze-
Ba1.s e Mars have wig. Il. says !.
wouis not ee scientific heresy to s,sppcse
that the remarkable nxhtness c. their
hoGs.. may have developed n. winged
race. and that the inhshitsnts CT TIC
plane; my have resolved the prtvrers
o. rl<h,
n Cur .rrtisn re ear easily see he~ we
eoala have Been improved Il ray rot se
say tlsscvantars tAat re cannot walk
ssckz a. vel .s forward. s~csss. ~.
car ;arz srosnd 50 Easily. but Il certainly
would se a great improvement 70 have
eyes n TIE back os or heats 7, would
- ssttsr y our teeth lasted longer srs
there sse-rs 10 reason why re should be-
e0ns ssi.- But these ere uttle natter.
s--e- az. ard v-ssa shis wo-is 1. as sls a,
Mar ne probably ell - p-opc-tsoaz;xly
s.v.reec toward perfection
Bu; shan wer TIA; ee7ez.s --s- ws..h-
er TIE .zAsa.tant. - planet asxanc. ara
t-ella. WIKI re maturity azs eecsy ..
TIRE planet We know ,Aat & Marian sav
3 only vevy slightly ioagtr than ours. rot
nu-s mere than hAls ar henr longer. hs.
year e twsos ss long. Mars IS clee-
tsas -. earth Il cAsezolsxical orssr. Ia.
eoclse rsore eHs-kir Or accouz, c. n,
iesser vola-ue a.. Is mere ADVANCED IA T..
r,A7s.ary i.se. TIE r-ooa s 10. eAro-o;ox-
icasiy oste- ;A2= re e,rtA. But o. ss~ou,,
e rs being 50 mach smaller. i arrive. a.
--stu-.sy carter. ana . row saa :, -
ee&G II csc sense s; has Progressed
further :. the eT.er Of is aesn< ia,
MAJ ne. IS Inhabitants Szvv,sn xs.s
Ire maturity Of Ire snooz. attain a s-sa,,-
ssvsnoe-ens As re zscoe -.2ensd- .rs
ssa Trey the. tSe out.
TIE AzzsA= fesA. Ike that 9. al o.A.-
Eviar ss-ngs ca eArrA Is 4 con-os-t a.
eA-eo2 via sy11-oSsa &=2 oxygss. u,