The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-10-25
PROVES MARS
IS INHABITED.
Is Abode Of IntslASsnt Constructive
Life.

Is Abode Of LnteIh8ent COnstHeStiNS
Life.
London Dispatch to the Chicago Tri-
bune In answer TO a request the editor
Of Nature for an authoritative state
rnent Of his observations of Mars, Prof
Percival Lowell communicates to that
publicatiOn what he believes are the
Tire most important results obtained.
PROT Lowell declares the planet 10 at
present the abode Of ihteliigents con.
structive life. ''The results obtained, !"
ne writes. exceed what seemed likely
in view OF the unfavOrable deeliuatton
Of a planet TO q position so southern as
to render it practically nnobservabie N
England. France, or the northern part
of the United States. The first OF these
relates to the polar caps. from the tact
that the observations were begun IN
March. three months and half before
Opposition, it was possible to catch both
cans at an interesting phase Of their ca
reers. the southern one at its maximum
and the northern at the minimum ex-
tent.
stretched across 95 degrees latitude,
counting from one side to the other, the
northern only over eight. Since that
date the dwindling of the southern cap
and making Of the northern has been
carefully watched TO the confirmation or
the curious manner in which the latter Is
formed. as witnessed here at two pre-
vious oppositions.
1.-The next observed was the develop
ment of the canal system in the antarc-
tic and south temperate zones. After
the melting of the south polar cap had
cot well under way the canals began to
make their appearance about 1t, run
ming thence down the,disc. Ti,en the ca
mails left its edge and joined The rest OF
the system in the lower ATTITUDES.
''Those on the south, such az Ambro7
sia and Bathys, were darker and more
pronounced than those running north.
Tithonlus. for example, which evidence
of being IN its dead or skeleton condl-
ton. while the former were in the full
tide of development.
meantime the equatorial canals were
steadily fading out. The process Of evo,,
luton was in keeping with the method
of development found here for the north
ern canals in 1903. In fact, it is OF the
nature of prophecy fulfilled, and not
only supports previous observations, Dut
proves the theory deduced from them 10
nave Oeen COIFcCL. IL ID hlLOSb oCHNiSNA
from this that the planet is at present
the abode of intelligent and constructive
life.
81 may say, in this connection, that
the theory of such life upon Mars was in
no way on a priori hypothesis on my
part, but deduced as the outcome OF OBJ
servation, and my observations since
have fully confirmed it. No other sup
nosition IS consonant with all the facts
observed.
Another result of this opposition has
been the success of the photographs Ia
ken of the planet. have already
counted fifty-six canals on my plates.
The twin Gihon have been photographed
double, and such delicate markings as
Fons Juventae and the little canals lead
ing TO it appear Enthusiastically in The
prints. Such greater markings as the
dwindIing of the southern snowcap
shows beautifully, and it looks as if the
result of positioning the points OF Mar
tian topography was in process of real
izaSjon.'