COMMUNICATION WITH MARS

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12428, 18 February 1901, Page 2

COMMUNICATION WITH MARS

The above subject has attracted- a good deal of attention from time-to time, and anything that tends to show the possibility of such commußdcaion has considerable interest for us. Two aerolite, which were - discovered some two years ago, bore supposed evidence of artineial, [.hough unintelligible markings: these were attributed at the time to a laudable zeal on the part of the Martians for attaining .a closer acquaintance with their inferior neighbours, the inhabitants of thi3 planet, who are not gifted with their own' godly attributes. Now, as we- took no notice, of their .little billot dous in the shape of Martian bricks, " which, by the way, are a trilie (heavy as compared with our own, they h< ve rebuked our seeming indifference by mildly shaking -our shoulders, so to speak, which-shaking is described, by M. Tesla, as- three "mild earth vibrations," accounted for as, being a--alight galvanic-shock sent by the irritated .inhabitants of Mais.. Now/.it appears to us that if these same -Martians, ea«li-oaa of which, according to scientist's a little god unto himself,- and struts abeaVhis back yard with an ordinary stature of soma 20ft, and at -.their annual Caledonian sports, throws the hammer, weighing 5., couple of tons a distinct of some two miles or so, we think it would be very undesirable to cultivate their acquaintance to say extent,, such accomplishments as compared with our own little efforts would 'be bound sooner or later to cause heartburnings and jealousits, and no • doubt from their superior height, they would look down upon us, and treat us as being very much Beneath them, and who knows they may be gifted with a very captious spirit, but-, as a worthy doctor put it the other day, if ihey would ■ shown their good feeling and bonne cama'raderie towards us by.sending us an aerolite, carriage paid order to land -.in Cathedral Square-for a .pound of "Arab" or-*'Shah" tea,- the .tiavcur- oi- which is enough-to de- - light"" the:.-palate -of even u.-wooden god, there is'no. doubt-it- would-be a veiy-strong - argument in favour of a closer acquaintneeehip and conducive to a better mutual understasd&ff of each other, 1988