The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-03-28
GOLD PROB, AND HIS WORK.
BY CHARLES BARNARD.
The Weather.

The Weather.
OF all the uncertain things in tn,
world, the weather seems the most un
certain. The wind changes confirm.
ally, clouds arise and the rain falls, 8
cold wind from the north springs mp
and the clouds hy away, and it is pleas.
ant weather again. 1t is all o sncces-
sion of surprises each honr, and every
morning W. wonder if it will be fair OF
foul to-day. People look at the red
sunset and say it will be fair tO-mor-
row, and on the morrow it rains, OF
they say it will rain in the morning.
and the sun rises on a clear day. The
weather seems to do anything in
a proper and orderly manner, but
changes about continually and without
warning. 1t does not even do what it
leads us to think it will.
Now all this is seeming, only an APP
pearance, for the weather changes ac-
cording to fixed rules, and every storm
has its path, every wind its appointed
track. For thousands of years men
have thought there could be nothing
mere tickle and uncertain than the
weather, yet we now know that this is
not SO. When Professor Morse inven-
ted the telegraph he made it possible
to tell what the weather would be to-
morrow. Now that we can telegraph
all Owe the country in a moment end
ask what the weather is in a hundred
different places, We find that the
weather is not uncertain at all.
We take up the morning paper and
find printed there just what the day
will be. The paper says it will be fair
and We set out on an excursion in the
country, and leave our umbrellas be-
hind. 1t announces that there will be
rain, and We take our waterproofs and
umbrellas, though the sun is shining
brightly. Cold weather is announced,
and we get our thick wraps ready,
though the morning is mild and pleas
ant. The boys read that it will freeze
tomorrow, and sharpen up their skates
the night before, certain of great fun
in the morning. The sailor, starting
on a voyage along the coast, sees a red
flag with a black square in the center
flying from some tall mast at the port,
and he furls his sails and drops his
anchor. The day is clear and the wind
is fair. Why does he not set sail I
The signal says it will soon begin to
blow a gale, and he waits in a safe
harbor till the flag is hauled down. 1t
may be still blowing and raining, but
knows the storm will soon pass, and
the moment the signal is down he
and by the time he is fairly
ON his way the weather chan
ges, and he proceeds on his voyage
with a good breeze and pleasant skies.
Thus we find that the weather is not
uncertain at all; we discover that
somebody knows all about 1t,
and al tell just what will
it be many hours in advance, and
long before it shows us the slightest
sign of a change. The regular an
of the coming weather in
papers is one of the things every
one reads and trusts, but few under
How a any one predict the wealth
with such certainty
This is a most interesting question,
md the writer, at the request of the
oroprietors of GOOD NEWS, would like
% tell its boy and girl readers as much
may be needed for a right under
'tanding of the matter.
There are five kinds of weather.
lear, fair, cloudy, rainy, and snowy
stormy weather. You may think of
other kinds, such as foggy or dog-day
weather, clear cold weather. warm.
Loudly days, dry stormy days, when
LIQUIDS fly and the wind blows, but
With neither rain or 0
These, if you think moment, are
My varieties of the FIVE kinds that
'ou are SO familiar with every day.
low what Is it that makes the differ
noes between the clear, fair, cloudy
n stormy daysP
Swing your hand to and fro quickly,
nd you will feelthat it strikes against
%omething. You feel the ai,, a soft. ,
Invisible, gas that surrounds and fills !.
verything. We move about in the
II like men walking on the bottom of I
great sea many miles deep.
When this ocean of air moves, we
eel 1t blowing on our faces. In sum-
1t feels warm, and in winter it is :
old in foggy weather it feels damp, !.
when the north wind blows ne |
that it is very dry. 5,
Now this whole matter of the wealth I
+ depends upon the state of the air.
I the air is full of moisture, we see
mists, the fogs, and the clouds. III
air has too much water, it drops a