, 1875-01-31
THE WEATHER.
poosons for the Recent Reported Cold
Weather.
r. ia All Due to the Rivalry OF OPP
ticians.


There is nothing Nnlcn "oFAs t"oAe 4ue~AA1
,noouslv upon spleen and gau and olie anu all
,,a susceptible parts OF man. than 70 receive
.ood advice OF valuable information @hen II 10
-. 1.+a for him to avail himself Thereon. Els
r-., tora,d the cirec are generally those OF
!celngs V"""'" ~:,,.,,, a. 10 he told
deep hatred' ano no' on1a''., ,,,,r.,..d
nouth after the purchase, a'""s1 o"Sp'~
.,,4 bo,se g7ss not sound; TO be told = 1uuntu
49, ..r-;,ca uIf lad known you intended
o''A - ,x;,, cou4d have told YOU 6t that
ua71s1ng ta@' =, ha +o,d ofta- ror,r house
Adalf II dSoo aA ~ 1..s,,r,, ,,o1, .ver, in
y consumed - WELL LUZ Ano"A ' ~,
~ sa,d,t;on n. to be told after your clerk hxs
No ~. hsd roet vo, should hive
soscoaaeo, m1s.eo. hod roned him
mentioned ena& Tue nAoAeee - e., g.
~.,,>,,r irr;t,ted With the teller, because ne 1a
-, ,ata erd vas o,a,nas almost II much
~. 80 r. ha had haeu wise in time.
So it is douptsess 1a.oo' r.;.
yrsteful task to give to tue peop4a u elaeAo
SOME INFORMATION
.a;, ho.n irnnartod to them one month
WHICH, nsa - pee1 tta,n r,rch ra;n pivsic.l
ago. Woula na'e n9so0 -A-o o., ns.,,1 ~
and mental: anu AAse sp"'9a
nausea, THIS valuable kno"leuse WEE aeqot1
sro vaars sgo hut was not used then, slnce
a LII
came , ,4As4o =. r.;na and ret anoxR
mild, YES soch seseou " 1as - ~ ,s,.t
tast it was uBelets to glso II tueo' rpi 1.s post
,onemeut to SO late day this gear thoze Ii httle
ss1c1,sa 10 offer, save the pressure OF other
raatter, and The expectation thas tno cnlet s'n.
rers would reform "atnout IN e~posus' ous "
that there ,s no hope, and therefore II becomes
rcccssarJ to reveal the TRUTH unpleasant as II a.
Great effects result from little causes. 10
sons'p oak is the fruit OF the acofn-cup' 11e
vste1-rat pie1ces the oyKe, ana lets IN 1oods
fhat cover tla meadow and the cofn-land auo
festroy the useful kane, ana taelf octS@71ooaa1y
rsafui uaastala.
TIE op1lc1AS,
n fhe mixed eye, ia but creature WHO deals IN
rlittcring brass, opera glasses, ana spectacies-
lie Is Cross between 1e"eier aIo inatf
saster; he deals IN telescopes ana thlmoles,
laromete,s and bracelets as tf3oe 10 not
1e1y profitable one, and, III oruef 70 maAe IL pay
veil. be resorts to devices which are described
c,ore fnlly below.
Bat little rs We think OF the optclan' tnero Is
one point where hc has us. Fer oid1naET pnf-
POSES he is the observer and lntcrpfetet or tne
weather. IlEe physlcian, ne mas LIS Ad1Q upon
lis pnlse and records for Us Its Vat1ang degrees.
lie Ia the sovereign lord OF the Thermometer.
fhat Simple instrument which petplexes all
children and many grown people. From hlm
ve get our ideas Of the temperature OF the Gay;
from him 10 learn whether ezr-mufs ire
ri
for = protracted walk. This il gigantic power,
especially when it can be exerted. through the
mediuuu Of the papers, upon the imaginative,
e1citable residents OF q city like Chicago.
UNpEn TIE PRESENT SYSTEM
nearlv every naper publishes observations OF
tne DAYS temperature, fnrniehed by SPECIAL op-
ticiap. During the spring and aurs1mn months,
the seasops Of placid and comparatively equable
neither there Ii but l,tlo variance in these sets
Of separate observations. But during tho two
extremes Of tho year, January and August, Gus
crepaacles begin to appear, and the man Who
really xxnts to know how cold Or no" warm it 10
Ii perrle1ed in the extreme. Iheu, to add to
bis Deliberations, the reports OF the
OBSERVER At THE s1oSA1cs7AT1oH
sre always warmer il cool weather and cooler
In warm than those OF the rlyaE opticians: lhere
Is = constant difference OF Tour CT nve degrees
Ghns carly this month, while the opticians we're
Informing Us through the newspapers nnd ny
piacards that i. was -, q, 70, W degrees oe!oW
zero, the United States observer, Win spirat
Ct conse. vahEm pleasant 70 see IN 1nese rssoa1-
tionaly times, retralned from any sucn fasn
statement, and Kept himself "ltnln the seeos'
THE RESULTS
OF such extravagant statcmensa are very per
eeotble- Coal oeale1e re. IN solemn assemoiage pI
to decide whether anta1aclte ana us otsu.
1o'nous brethren OF 10" oe3lee suou1a o1s
pe pns up IN Etlce In4 tnex "ou9
have done Il Il correct Nea'nst opsss naa
Eot oeea 1a1u oe1oie loeaA" Aeo Ae1s . Ae-eoe!t
fot new caps. "ln eatlaus tueteeo' a!a .no
Eau1At uxtte1s 1eao!u5 IL u!o papet @uos LIZ
thermometer Was 70 rema1heo % n1s c1saA III
cieas soice' Mnr1 up ene neA's sooas ~ st pst
cent. Women took Aosan1ase o. u 70 tnslss
t1at tney mnst nave ne" 1u1s, 4no tae NY 4osei
rho had promised TO take nus h"ee1neart 70 tne
laestre found an easy excuse IN the olI'ng ar as
shronlcleo In the columns OF me press'
TIE EEAsoss
!or ths variance arc t"ololu. Inc tne1mone-
ters Of tue opticians are sno1ec. 10 local ninu-
tncea which are rarely taken INTO consloeFa-
lon- DaHnE the GUNNER months the rau'atfon
from building OF the heat which It has acquired
un7ng the day VII rn.se' bg several degrees. INC
thermometer Which Is hanging near It. Even
On me coldest aaT tnla same 1aulaIon VII! seno
up tho mercury te'erat degrees AZ ordinary
wam-*eathef obsersauons are 70 oe taAen WIN
thas allowance Tor local cona4uons, 1or 1mpet-
1ecuons OF laEtlumente WHICH are IAlc'y Luot-
uoshly tested, except #hen required 1of scaen~
INC purposes, ana 1of ~-
ERRoRs IN EfADlSo,
nhlch are sometimes very ser1ous. une ola gen
uetnan waa yer: mnch pnzzied 1or ume "ay II
Ns1 tnas nis thermometer KEPT constantly u AZ.
Vance o. Al the otaefs 10 tna nelenooInooo1 ous
nne of9 ne discovered that IL Was que 60 tne 1act
tnat hla shalper-oyed boy, VINO eenefatly o1o tne
tooA1ng tof n1m, was utue ECO snoft ~ ssan0
uo AieVel "atn the mercury ana neuce, IooapB
Ip ~ II al"ays read higher oesfeo taao ne
soonld have done. -
1at IN winter r------