El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

rising Of the Nile-has 20 times the mass
Of our sun and IS times the brilliancy- It
is a young sun, whereas ours is approach
ing decreputude- Distant 100 ,000, 00O, 100000
miles away from US mot very far in a cos
mic Sc 1se), is made additionally interest
ing by the fact that IL has a dark COM
paniOn half its own size-another Of those
giant worlds which suggests such pic
turesque possibilities wnen their habit abil-
1ty is considered The two swing about q
common center Of gravity
A Few such monster worlds as already eX-
planned, have attracted attention because of
their great size Some OF them are seen
from time to time by the reflected light Of
the suns in whose neighborhood they move
IN olner cases they nave made themselves
manifest by shutting off at intervals the
light Of the suns about which they revOlve-
as in the instance Of Algol
But it is obvious that wuere planets Of
moderate size, belonging to other systems.
are concerned, we could get no glimpse Of
Iql telescope Nor is IL likely that we ever
snail But we may take It for granted that
az least great majority Of the billions Of
suns IN the Milky way possess families Of
planets And, such being the case. where
temperature and other conditions are suit
aoie 9' tney must support planet life and ami
It is an accepted truth in logic. as well
az IN LnaLhematics, that where thing be-
comes INFINITELY improbable, il must be re-
garoed as impossible To suppose that the
speck or star Of dust which we call the
Il ~ - slie ouIy BODY IN the universe which
~ 'SLlal5u Dy conscious and reasoning beings
IS IN view Of the facts here set forth. an
minnie lnprobahlltty. Hence we NAV take
IL TOT granted beyond the slightest perad-
venture or a doubt, that other worlds than
ours are inhabited. And the overwhelming
iiEeuhood Is that billions on billions OF them
are occupied by living and thinking crea-
We may even go step beyond. and with
confluence that mere imagination does not
mlsiead US We do not know, and probably
never shail know. what these fellow crea-
lures on other spheres are like. They NAV
De altogether unlike human beings in form
an physical structure. But it is reason
able TO suppose that the inhabitants OF
many OF the planets in other systems are
Iar superior to ourselves in all ways-even.
perhaps approaching in type such creatures
as from our humble earthly point OF view
we should term celestial Creatures. that
Is TO say endowed with attributes and now
ers incomparably beyond those which Dsr-
tam 20 the most highly developed human
This. OF course is mere sDecuIa+fo1-
hazard OF a thought that seeks to reach out
ana grasp what is likely to remain forever
UNKNOWN Bur II is based upon entirely
rational ana common sense grounds Per-
maps at future day some of this norton
OF me seemingly unknOwabIe may resolve
ttselI INTO the known. Who can tell7 In the
meantime, taking the fabric already dis
covered we have some consider NE cor
talntles 70 90 upon. Although the depths
or the universe are not as vet beyond our
ken, we can look out upon the beIf Of r,r1-
ttudinous suns which we caU the NTiIIv
way, and be sure that sprinlzled tbrone5
its crowds Of stars are fnnuT1e~abIe orbs
that are the home Of beings who IKE o1rr
selves, think. and love, and hone. and asnira
to happiness. E-