Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 201, 3 September 1894 — ASTRONOMERS EXCITED. [ARTICLE]

ASTRONOMERS EXCITED.

They Think the People of Mars Want to Have a Talk With Them London, Aug. 5 — There is something going on in Mars just now which greatly excites astronomers. So far as laymen may penetrate these mysteries, it seems that some shining specks, quite unlike anything ever seen before, have been discovered and that the circumstances are exceptionally favorable to the hypothesis that Martians are tryiag to signal us. The only otber conceivable theories are that these specks are the effects of an aurora or of forest fires on a gigantic scale, but scientists appear actually to regard these as less probable than the first explanation. The mere suggestion of such a thing sends a thrill of fascinated expectancy through the whole academic system of Europe, and men of weight are already reviving the old scheme aud propounding new ones, by whieh an effort at aending back an answering signal through space may be made. OUR OWN WIGGINS'S OPINION. Prof. Ezekiel Wiggins, the Ottawa weather prophet, concurs in the opinion expressed in some quarters that the bright projection in Mars, seen by M. Javalle at the Nice Observatory on July 28 is a signal from the Martians to the people of the earth. He said: “There is the best scientific evidence to prove that man is a native of Mars and lived there millions of years before he was transplanted to the earth, leaving the greater part of the human family behind. The Martians regard us as their lost brothren and have been especially hopefuI since they saw the electric lights in our cities. We will be able to converse with them by signals before another century passes. “It is much easier for the Martians to see our signals than for us to see theirs, for the earth appears to them to wax and wene like the moon, so that they ean easily see lights on our dark hemisphere, while their planet always has its lights side towards us.” — Montreal Witness. [By latest mail it is learned that the astronomera of Lick Observatory, California, have demonstrated by spectroscopical experiments that the atmosphere of Mars is not sufficient to sustain human life. — Ed.]