| Show AM J ITS iTH CANALS OlUS The Tho surface of t this the planet Mars Mats has hau hUl again recently boon Lon carefully studied by I On the tho of ot July that orb 1111 tho the earth sur in Iii II opposition ui lion tion ton That fiat hat l Is II tho surface of n Mars Mam lor a 1 au Hf soon cn from hue earth eurth wa wn fully tul Ilium ium Intuit Ineil InI ld time the opportunity fur for ob orvn lion Uon win was Wl therefore favorable Tho feature of ot greatest Interval at t In Is II what J Is known p i lImo tho canals of o Mars Mar lan TJi rime 1 y erR crA in 1517 1 1 by y or of or Milan While executing n a lureY urvey of ot thus thi rl l i tills this was Ila la t find that tl I ho hr portions were traversed by hYI a number of oC r dark lines liumes Ills HP Ht th so c In 8 lie ho discovered cl that some of or the canal e nJ had become mo double lothie nail and In 11 1881 1St ho huru In tho the number of tr known canals cnn ls by ly fresh discoveries The ho dl was inui disbelieved Just Justas as its tie th discovery of o tho the satellites ot of Jupiter was ridiculed by ly the time scientists of ot tho the time Ume and an It was as 3 not till tl ISS SG When I of Nice observed observe tho lie canals canaly caral that tho the of ot the world of lt science na ns to their reality was WaR dis dispelled polled Out flut then tho the have havo lulo been seen and studied by many nany astronomers of note nolo Among these Pro Professor fessor Lowell occupies the time chief place In 1894 ho h Erected uh un observatory at Flagstaff Arizona for tor tin tho purpose o of at studying studyinG Mara MaPs In clear and steady stead air antI and since that time tinie every OVer opposition has found Professor Lowell and amid his hil little band of or assistants at nt work worl at Flagstaff Ono One scientist regents regards tho lie canal as optical Illusions but Professor Lowell maintains that they aa as l well 01 ns us thin tho ti so s scalE called calE oases are ar subject to seasonal changes chan and If It that Is a 1 fact the tho Illusion lol theory must be bc discarded Time Tho he canals Prof Lowell says depend on en the tho inciting of ot the time snow of at the tho polar caps cap As s we haye explained before In Iii these columns he regards the tha lh tInes linos In which wo we call catl cal the lie canals ns os the thu th sti ship ipa of at ground grund fertilized ed by b the th canals As 9 Iho tho polar caps melt mol the canals be become come darker A wave of or verdure passes pases ho says S from the tho poles down to 10 th equator and into the lle opposite hemi hemispheres spheres s herC Protes or Lowell Lowen Is rt of Ion that tho the canal canni system system Is 13 tIme the work of r time the Inhabitants ot or Mars the planet is older than tho h earth curth and tind as aa much of ot Its Is surface appears to tobo be b desert land It suffers sufers from a 0 scarcity of atwater otate water To T remedy this tho the Inhabitants havo con constructed this system of ot canals mind and It have havo havo mado rondo their abode abdol In the tIle various vamIous oases which aro believed to o bo be 1 cen centers C tars tors of ot population whore where the tants driven from tho the deserts de by b scar scarcity sar scarcity city of or o water cluster duster around the time for fer fertilized tel regions Tho question Is not without interest t to the earth earh If I the fate of our ow own n plan planet plant et t fa is I Indicated In that thal of Mars ars man unan manwill will il some sonie day haye to solve the tho problem of bringing the tho moisture from the tho poles to other othel parts of ot the tho parched earth erh It J will wl l 1 b e a I long thune yet before brOo that will willbo wi willbe bo be b an important Issue In the th councils of nations If It I It should ever come como it would overshadow every other issue for tOU up upon upon on its Is solution would depend the ex cx existence of ot the th race |
