Mexico Missouri message., 1903-03-12
I HAD FUN.
The Missouri Legislature
Is the Sun Inhabited?


pense of Prof. Alexander Young,
an astronomer of La Porte, Ind.
The legislators Of the Missouri
general assembly, at a time when
the wheels of the legislative routine
ground slowly, sought to create a
diversion by introducing a resolu-
ton providing for a trip to the sun,
and, in short, reciting in abbreviat-
ed form some of the strange declar-
ations set forth by the Indiana as
tronOmer.
However, Prof. Young is in
earnest. He is sincere in his de-
clarations and persistent in his as
sertions. According to his discov-
cry, the sun is inhabited by race
of exalted beings. The HoOsier
stargazer has startled the entire
scientific world and set at naught
the theories of astronomers that
the sun is a ball of fire throwing
out tongues of flame thousands of
miles in length, by the announce
ment of his astounding discovery
that the fiery orb is the abode Of
men.
With the aid of the solarscope,
an astronomical instrument in
vented by himself, Prof. Young
claims to have made the most inn
portant discoveries of the age, and
has revealed the hitherto unknown
relations between the sun and the
elements of the earth aud earthly
life. Prof. Young declares that
in the depths of his solarscOpe he
beheld on the surface of the sun
"land with extended slopes of
mountain sides, with grand and
precipitous heights, whose peaks
are crowned with precions gems
that glow with prismaiic colors
mingled with the green freshness
of perennial vegetation and floral
radiance with which the most
beautiful natural objects of the
earth cannot compare, and from
which come the cOlOrs of the rain
bow"
Beyond these wonderful noun
tain slopes are great valleys and
plains where vegetation is eternal,
and where are located the dwell
ing places of exalted 'sun-beings"
who live at the fountain and source
of all that The mortals of the earth
enjoy, aud drink at the solar
springs the sparkling water of
endless life and bask in the life
giving rays of an atmosphere IL
Illuminated by the light of an eter
nal day"
These solar beings, Prof. Young
declares, belong to a race of men
who are intellectual giants, and
whose stature is awe-inspiring.
They are entirely the best there is
in mOrtals mentally, morally and
physically. They are all of one
nation. Harmony dwells supreme.
Wars are unknown and peace is
never interrupted.
Prof. Young makes the start
ling announ cement that on the
lower portion of one of the sun
spots he has discovered undisput-
able proofs of the presence on the
orb of fire men. This he says, is
in the form of two h uge shafts
which have the appearance of
monuments or signaling towers.
Prof. Young says these shafts
are constructed of what appears to
be red sandstone. They are so, 900
miles in height, the pinnacle of
each shaft being surmounted by a
huge crystal, probably diamond
five. miles in diameter, which
flashes out for thousands of miles
its cleaning rays.
This Indiana scientist claims to
have discovered in his solarscopic
observations two particular mon
ster spots on the surface Of the sun
the strange part Of which is that
but one is visable at one time, be,
ing seen by the right eye, the
other by the left eye only.
Prof. Young makes the state
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