Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-17

white and yellow. They also differ in
their courses, some running straight,
others curved
1T is within a comparatively short
time that the moon has been consid-
cred other than a cold, dead world,
burned out cinder. The reason for this
was that the men who wrote astrO-
nomica1 textbooks were not students
of the moon. They took things for
granted. Now all selenographers, or
moon students, as the name implies,
agree that there are occasional
changes of volcanic or other origin.
Three Glasses of Changes.
"My investigations in Peru, Jamaica
and California convinced me that these
changes may be classified under three
transforming and melting of boar
frost, volcanoes and vegetation. The
water given off by these volcanoes is
not rain water, but water that either
is being expelled from the moons in
terror for the first time or by heat from
the rocky materials of the crust with
which it was previously united in crys-
utilization. If the earth is still dis
charging vast quantities of water from
its interior, it is only fair to assume
that the moon may be doing the same
earth, but it is also younger. The
earth retains it's water because of it's
size; the moon is too small, and its
water is therefore widely scattered in
the form of boar frost before dissipat-
ing into outer space. Erosion, in the
form of dry river beds on the moon,
proves presence in the past of large
quantities of water. Capillary attrac-
ton may hold some free water beneath
the surface, and this would sustain
plant life
Besides the light streaks, there
are also canals on the moon, just as
there are on Mars. They are not like
earthly canals, but great black
streaks, which show in the photo
graph. l hope to learn something
about these, too, from the old world
volcanoes, some phenomena that may
explain some of the things we do not
now know. If it is but little thing
ON either of these two points the trip
will have been well worth the while;
if nothing should be learned, some
things may be eliminated.
Certainly, the old world land of
perpetual volcanoes should tell us
something of the changes in the
moon"
Place of Perpetual Volcanoes.
Prof. chickering's description of the
Mediterranean district, whittier he
goes as a student, fits it very neatly,
the group he will study consisting OF
Vesuvius, Aetna, Stromboli and Vul-
cano. the latter giving it's name to all
the fire mountains of the earth OF
the group, Vesuvius is the most i'm
portant and most easy of access from
Naples. where he will land, and, nat
urally. it will be the first visited.
Up to the time of the Christian era
this volcano is not known to have
been active, though tradition says it
gave forth fire prior to that time, and
early writer's tell of evidences OF
eruptions. The first recorded disturb
ance was in A D. 60, when severe
shocks were felt These continued six
teen years, and on August, "A, 79, 1t
broke forth in eruption The next
day Pompeii, Herculaneum and Sta
biae were overwhelmed, thousands
perishing. After this there was no
great eruption until 203- In 1881 an
eruption and great tidal wave killed
hundreds. F'ifty-four years later an
other great eruption gave 1T is pres
emf shane. Since then, though ever
active. and at times very threatening
there have been no very serious dis
turbances.
Aetna. ever a burning mountain,
will next be visited, and from there
Prof. Pickering will sail to the Lipari