The Brinkley argus., 1912-12-13
WORLD OF REPTILES1
VENUS PICTURED AS OGiN0 rHG
 ABODE or MoNsrERS.
French Astronemsr. Swppessd to es Fiammarion, Paints Lurid oesnee of Young PiaNst-covsred With stifIino Mlst of Ar
 and Hot Water.

Paris.-'Life on the Planet Venus" is the title of . remarkable article which has just appeared in the Paris magazine. Lectures Pour Tous. and has attracted widespread att sntton from the boldness of its theories.
 According to the writer. who. sL though anonymous. is believed to be Camille F1smmarion, Venus. which is younger than the earth and older than Mercury. is now passing through the equivalent of what is called the secondary period by geologists.
 Tt is." he says. "a nightmare plan ct. . nest of reptiles. and . swarm of monsters. Under the still1ns mist of air. saturated with hot water, lies . vast miry swamp. covered with rot ting vegetable matter. From this spring forests of toaAot0Ols and ferns a high as date palms. and forests in which all creeping and slimy creAr lures that are vermin here take gl santic proportions.
 Insects arc m0nsterS there. Cen tipedss yard long trail on their soft feet. Enormous spiAsrs. black and velvsty. posses jaws like wolftraps. nlled with poison.
 "Ia the prairiss of giant moss- grass" continues this writer. lives the diplodoccus. as high as . house. always endeavorinS to appsase its insatiabls hunger and keeping lookout for . swtft onsianght of the carnivorous trioseasops. which 1t can not hops to escape.
 "Everywhefe arc sinister cr0akings. whistlings. forksd ton6lss and the slaughter of 0iant saurians, which light for the supremacy of ths world. There are no flowers among the riot ous fern-like vegetation and no birds. but in the flery air are seen constant ly the msmbranous wtngs, ten yards across. and the snappinG jaws of pterodactyls.
 "Ths hot seas. HlisA with floating weeds. are above sll fall of innum erable living bsings. oc4opi. with livid tentacles. colossal Ash and s00phytes like living nowsrs. while here and there in the madAensd whirlpools fearful dragons rise from the abyss, raising the masts over the sDasm- shaken backs and swollen necks sur mounted by vipers' heads.
 Twilight on Venus is blood red. The angry san. e biz as millstone. descends to the horizon in the smoke of volcanoes and storm clouds. And nls vSn AAhtAA hu m moon and full of clamors and horrors
 But when the ichthyosaurus rises on the crest of the waves to roar in the darkness he reflects in his eyes. pupillees and hard q glass. . beau tiful star. accompanies by little luminous point. which ts the queen of heaven of Venus. It b our sartb and the moon. her satellite.
 This writer thinks that owing to the relative warmness of the poles Of Venus while this period of evolution is proceeding in the torrid zone which occupies the greater part of the surface of the planet. 1t ts possible that at the poles species are already appearing which did not come until after the secondary epoch on the earth. such a great pachyderms GOV cred with hair.
 And perhaps near those poles dwells already in caves hairy be- ing with projecting jaws, brutal and savage. but within whose thick skull pass some glimmeripgs of reason. and who is busily engaged in striking sparks from Hints t0 protect his food from great. carnivorous animals"