| Show W Still till Searching For the Inhabitants of Mars I Some Recent Developments Are Rather Encouraging 1 T Is II now forty years jears since Ince IT was lIas so certain that he had and discovered canals on inn Mars that he ho proceeded to describe them The astronomers of those a number of or oril them il m received his deductions with grave grae and polite Incredulity but time has proved that the clever Italian saw caw only ani that which may be he seen s en by h others Since Sinco that day canals or channels as termed them have been seen by hy many astronomers astronomer both bOlh professional nod and amateur and anel at nt atthe atthe the present time no one doubts their existence nce except perhaps those who ho hoMill still Mill cling to the sun do move moo theor ot of o L lele Jasper I Lut Iut ui those canals arc not the less mys mysterious on account of their willingness to show themselves to dwellers on an the earth at tit seasons and under certain tail tain conditions They are a n fruitful and thus fur far fruitless of ot con coin conjecture conjecture jecture both to the tho astronomers and to those tho e whose Imaginations go fur beyond the observations of tho the astronomers who are ure us n a class the he most prudent men alive For Tor twenty years tho the Amer American lean ican astronomers have havo been milking Wonderful appearances In the planet Mar a special study s at nt tho the observatory Bt at l Ariz Aris Arl This observatory Is provided with A tine Inch telescope leCore t the thc largest In the world at atUs atIt Us Its It elevation foot cot above the sea It lt Is on account of this altitude and tho the remarkable il clearness arne s and dryness of the tho atmosphere that this Arizona tor tI Jinn ban long been heen regarded by b ex cx exports ports parts as tie the point at w which some seine of tho the most roost battling nC or the questions concern concerning big ing Mars ore are likely to bo ho settled Foremost In tho the Quest Lowell director of oI o othu the thu observatory nt lit Flagstaff 1 has hils long b been heen cn foremost III In this effort tn to solve tho tha hj Martian secret For Tor l or n II long time ills hili ded were not accepted by the this mom scientists end and hl his hIli photograph r of the he of or Mars Mors were di ills diN tilted Tn In time chile however other othel othelo cl ob o i ns ems seemed secured successful photo f r All hn ran and Lowells LIvellI t Lna in WON ere confirmed d both hoth In ht America uI u I abroad One of or the tho most scholarly cud cod d trustworthy trus worthY has hAil been I toll iu Abbo Albe director of tho the oh rv of who lm has conti con conte ti ii te d l n 0 neap of ot Mars which IB IS u n 11 of or Ingenuity II I 1 11 II II y Professor Prore lor Lowell lieu hUll one which shows shown no lays Icu than too OO and oases cases The best beat l only about forty canals std mill four oases onsen but bUl the Iho eye oe In Is to tu photographic platen In Or dr The greatest advance In recent s made In our knowledge of Mars Mors oc occurred occurred occurred In May and Juno June of last year jear ear at nt atthe atthe the observatory at nt Flagstaff A good many extremely Interesting photo photographs ph photographs to I graphs were were secured by Professor Low Lowell Lowell ell and his assistants One of the tho most valuable points established by these thelle re recent recent recent cent observations Is the similarity bc her beI I and that we may some time find Und out a great deal about the tiro planet and d Its geography And now that these various nod and sun sundry sundry sundry dry canals are arc found what are they the after otter all nil There seems to he n a arc re remarkable remarkable difference of opinion on this point Some Somo astronomers regard them themas as actual waterways s on such lIuch n a compre them great reat rifts ss on the surface due lu to the cooling and consequent contraction of the planet Having established by b actual photo photographic photographic graphic proof that the tho canals do exist It Il Is on the tho discoverers to tell us all about them It Is to Profess Professor s sor or Lowell that the tho world looks for an nu Intelligent clearing up of the tho mystery startling conclusion len In regard re t to tho the conditions on Mars Lowells Startling Theory For Tor I this man has devoted his strength and his lime and his bin money mOil 0 to to the thes solution of or the Martian problem Is IH the tho chief advocate of the thc theory theor that the canals are arc elaborate engineering have hae n been Ileen t dug lug by Intelligent beings perhaps far ar In advance of man In gen general general eral oral knowledge and special attainment These Inhabitants of Mars naturally must live along the strips of vegetation bordering the waterways H for all nil the re remainder re remainder remainder of or Mars ars surface must be des desert desert desert ert Tits This means that these oases are aro centers of population oven even cities I I b C t I t sW Y t a i vi tAl j A r Vf 1 tt p r y 7 r t f i J Jart r art arti i I i l r os i t it itu Q ii p t t l 1 u In A 1 50 iSo J t 1 oo o 0 zo za 40 ISO eo 80 60 J I c hITRI ERI OANIA J 51 s 5 d J qu I PH 11 t E 0 A SO U ELL AS dy t I f e l i ICARIA 0 r rj 7 6 it 1 J NO ft j l I t of 2 O vA A r L n a I R 11 I fi l jay iq eti rh y 1 1 iX I J tc 1 lC y r W l I r r j 1 I rl it M 1 lIi 10 to Yf K 3 BE IC i I t 1 L d yla 7 I L i IO Jr v 1 a G f IE u te leu la r I I i ri r y h r 10 0 lIm tu j F f q i J F 1 J t O 0 1 j fo Y ELV U M iL W 1 I I i i j I Y 0 lO 30 Uil I glar A nl A i i v J w L J r 0 a Ht v V a I 4 i 9 i I k 01 II I Io 1 fill J i r 5 t 1 I tS eu 10 J o 0 i T I I j I rt td rv nee 1 b OU 0 0 tS T J 1 t 1 1 a 0 J tI b J P I I I Ir t rt I 1 W r It l ci q r if i bar f tt find ao 40 w if tat JI d i t Jr i t r I r t I TE PE I I h j yh l I j Sri 50 r 1 t r J al no t II f fa r ri 1 w a N tr 1 I N I c ot t i a I n yi I y fe II w 7 r x a 1 I 6 I 4 1 1 1 or a TI 14 0 I J 1 t 1 o r t tle IJ ff r I 1 t le O NOrd o fir e I w I 1 21 f i t t ri N i ru I T Ti l rL f c I 11 y in i v rs ec r 4 Ji l A t V 1 a w 1 rJ r rf f J jg ABBE MAP MAl OF OP THE TUE SURFACE OF MARS lIARS PEROIVAL LOWELL tween Mars and our planet pIli net Its III sea seaSons Sons axis of ot rotation nUll and other oth r phe pho phenomena present ninny lu to those of or Urn the earth Tho ihu ho discover In 1671 1617 that Mais Mas lies him two satellites to All these things suggest to astronomers a tow Low Lowell towell ell In I now the Iho most moat advanced lt In ii his hll Mum Mars may inny bo be Inhabited le scale that In ht comparison the greatest canals on earth would leem seem Insl Bonio observers notably the tho Abba old Ind his liU school havA suggested that thio Ihlo appear dices may 1111 ho be merely tracts of laud land regard than OH as lineR linos of or vegetation than lion growing along big Irrigation work HUH school secs In ii InI I It Jl be lie skid of him that he IB is everything that Iles IN within Ids liU to In product what wo we of Or him alne 1691 1892 the Iho year In width pa rd II insured from actual R I work Lovell hUll hits been h bu his neat mom is 1111 II Id HD tu took tank up 1111 II p the Itie 1 work orl lint hut the tho old iii as I laid down mill ho hl ha lies hall ii nt lit olio forks for tor Or of ot Iril Whitt the telescope I ho a 11 ahe he lie IN is not I Ill but lion that lies been beun by br to the ho In III clinti nel eels inn loo lienow in to bo Itt semi front from flO tin time r has mn oven more inure ii 1 He us 11 e IH is of lit ih I Ibe h opinion that maple main nil I thin tab deduction alums rn en III In ho highest degres de i Lowell dwell it by till this moat mo t of tit the of the tho that scans tu to bu by mi so Ilke our own He lie ettl mM that lost the thu ore lire fifteen or twenty In width and this tho lira ills ut tit limit a II Bundled In III diameter He Ha bun even enn measured tho the twY courses of ot tho UIO canals and has found that t one 0 of f them Is s 3 50 miles In length Be lie Beside Beside side It the Panama curial and ln nil mill the Ir Irrigation canals now under construction In this country countr are indeed It is for tut the tho sake of his theories tint that Percival Lowell Lovell has made this study of ot Mara his hili lire life work worl It was for this t purpose that he tie established c hell the ob er atory ator In Arizona the tho subsequent stA in Mexico and more recently the thu th Andean point of or observation from roni which some Rome of at the most moat satisfactory t photographs have just been taken by Professor Todd his enthusiastic assist assistant ant Endowed J with money mone brains and anI the tho ardor of an enthusiast no III man mall Is hotter better equipped for or the iho taking The rhe world expects great t things of or Pro Professor j fessor Percival Lowell J JAMUS K E I T TAYLOR |
