Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-05-04
18th to 25th, principally in the south- eastern states.
 Frosts in northern states about 9th to Sth and 17th to 18th.

EQUINoCTIAL STORMS.
 Orthodox scientists continue to writs
 about equinoctial storms declaring against such occurrences and the latest
 epistle claims that from long observe
 tions at Galveston Texas no evidence
 was found supporting the equinoctial
 storm theory.
 It would never do, in the eyes of tho select, for a common mortal, e layman,
 to discover anything. Discoveries and
 inventions to be of any value must come
 from the Levites of science.
 For men without universal education to discover any law of nature or to in- venience of the five senses of man, are impossible things with the orthodox gentlemen.
 According to their iron bedssead rule such men as Edison, Goodyear, Gal lileo, Howe, Morse, Bell, Columbus Fulton, etc., have no business on earth for they are not entitled to long string of professional appellations.
 The records show that university graduates have not made more valuable discoveries and inventions than have been made by those who have special and not universal educations. Educa- tion developes but does not make brains.
 The belief in equinoctial storms is common among common people, moro particularly in reference te the March equinox. The common people are close observers of matters that materially affect their every day affairs and from very long experience they have been led to believe that March is the windy
 NloS someway IS connected with the equi- noxes.
 MT. R. H. Scott of London, England, pr. l. M. Cline, of Galveston, weather bureau forecaster, and Prof. Hagen, of Washington have published articles ro prove that these common people have been misled by their experiences.
 They were all careful in selecting Sep tember for their Investigations when, ss is we'll known the effects of the equi- noxes are not so great on the continent but September is in the very center of the greatest tropical hurricanes of the season. They all avoid these hurricanes however.
 In some sections of the country MarcL is notably tornado month. This IS true of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, lOWB, h2nS6S, IOuleldQ6, mlCQlR6us Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas as shown by Lieut.. Finley's reports. In several states September is the tornado month.
 Planetary meteorologists do not claim hat the equinoxes originate or increase he number of storms but that the force ,f these storms are increased by the .quinoxes. Therefore the number of storms will not be increased at any given ocality but the equinox may cause an storm to develop into tor lado. The critics have not investigated his point.
 It is not claImed that more storms occur on March and September 2lst at my one place, but that from about the 9th to the last of these months the cree of storms is increased.
 The only fair test of these theories would be to take the total wind move nent and barometric readings of the rincipal storms that cross the conti- ent in March and September within ix days of the equinoxes and also the ropical hurricanes for the same period I September. AS this has not been one the common experience of the ommon people is their best guide.