The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-21

The Beautiful star Of Love Il old. Life
teas and Cold.

less and Cold.
A paper on Venus in the Light OF
Recent Discoveries" In the Atlantic
shows how observations AZ Flagstaff.
Ariz.. have led TO the conclusion that
the planet Venus always presents the
same side 10 the sun and Is. therefore
llfeless. Here are some Of the dedue-
lions about the condition Of the planet;
II there were water present on the
planet. and. We will suppose, original
~ on both sides alike, Il seems probable
that liz career would DO as follows: As
the heated air assembled from the center
OF the Illuminated side II would BE-
come chilled as II expanded. and. being
unable 10 hold Us moisture, would pro-
coed 10 deposit Il In the form OF show
ors Most Of the moisture Il held would
thus at once be parted with but not
an. a little would be carried round BY
the air 10 the dark side. where. expert
encing a yet greater degree Of cold, II
would be felt as ice. and a. Ice there It
would remain; for the amount OF mois-
ture which the exceedingly cold air on
rs return Journey. could support would
be a minute quantity. 80 that although
the ice would tend slowly 70 evaporaie,
very little Of the water vapor would
find It's way back 10 the bright side.
There would thus be a constant drain
OF water from the bright side 10 the
dark. for however little might 90 over
a. a time practically none would ever
come back Eventually. therefore. UNI
der this continued state Of things. all
the water would be Withdrawn from
the Illuminating side and piled up on
the dark one 10 the form Of glacier Ice.
On the bright side Of the planet there
would thus be no oceans or seas or
rlyen or ponds. not even water vapor
In the air. while glaoiation would more
or less completely cover the other,
The side we see would be one vast
desert: the side We do not. fields OF
/ perpetual Ice. Some oorollarlea from
this are interesting One OF these q
that there should be- no visible polar
caps. since there would be. not polar
caps. but a polar hemisphere. And
this would be forever hid from ne. Tor
nothing but orbital or axial hbration-
that Is. a swing Of the portion OF the
disk under illumlnation-could bring
Il into view. and 10 the case Of Venus
the orbltal filtration Ia insenslble and
the aHial one apparently 20. Another
Ingenious corollary has been suggested
Il h that the phosphoresccnce, as II
is called. Of the dark side. a faint light
upon Il which has hitherto evaded ex'
PLANTATION. may be caused by the rehec'
ton from the ice fields there Of the
light received from the earth. the Other
planets and the stars. In Venus. then
we gaze upon a world which as a world
has run rs course. Beautiful az she
appears 10 as. as she glows and spark
les on the twilight sky. Il Is distance
alone that gives her her seeming love
Illness and endows her with eternal
youth. In truth she IL far otherwise
All the comeliness she may have had
In the morning Of her prime. when n,
solar system itself was young. hAi
gone from her never to return. Al
the japanese pretilly put Il o. won
an. the cherry blossom has passed into
the leaf For she is no longer young
she o. old. wrinkled dead or shall vi
not better say she sleeps. though Il b
with the sleep from which there Il NJ
awakening For Il h fitting that All
should still seem 80 fair TO ne. whei
she glows athwart the cleaning in III
slowly fading sky-ftiing that IN
planet OF love should seem lovely 4
the end.