New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

and that the force " the wind gradually Be-
creased a. tho centre of attraction passed l"i-
ther and further away To- ia" northeast
~ uNFAILNG NNGhRr
Thcs~ carly observers ala not c.capr me ~,
unfailing vagary that oven a ms 'h'' l,','
haunts tho mind by day and induces i'''' a."
dreams hy night IN nearly every p'is'h "''
has not made study ~ meteorological dA'A'
for In 1871 jefferson said. ,.. ,.,..,.
"A change IN climate De- taking ila'' VIZ
scnshy Both heats and colds ar" becoming
much more moderate within the memory 81 '''i
the middlcaged. SHOWS ar. less tI"I",n, AZ
less deep They DO not often he n'i'" '"'
mountains more than one. two ~ mr. halS
and very rarely a week The SHOWS ar" f'ineh,
bercd To have been formerly frequent deep ana
Of long continuance. The elderly INFORM me-
that the earth used To b" covered win sh""
about three months IN every year
But Jefferson and his ncishbors w"r" mis-
taken. Never during tn" period OF nuihr"',.
history has the snow covered III" ground IN
Virginia for periods averaging three months
per year for three years In succession. me "ih
inhabitants Of Jcffcrsons time we're lk" those
OF to-day: they remembered only the abnormal
tiles Of the climate OF twenty five Or my years
before: and IN comparing tn" unusual c"hdl-
lions Of long ago with the average of inc pres prs
cnt they were deceived. ! have known intrlli-
gent and truthful men publicly To dcclar" That
they knew, from personal recollection. that IN"
climate Of their particular places 81 f"s''"h''
had changed since they were boys that they
had reliable landmarks to show that tn" streams
were drying up. that the precipitation was grow"
ing less and that the winters were becoming
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the fact that carefully
taken observations Of temperature and rainfall
for each day for the previous hundred years
showed no alteration Of climate at such places
OF course wide variations sometimes extending
over periods OF several years. had occurred. but
a deficit at one time made up BY an excess
at another. To be sure. changes must have
taken place during geologic periods. but these
have been so slow that II Is doubtful whether
man In his civilized state has occupied the "arth
long enough to discover an appreciate quantity.
Quite accurate records Of the opening Of navi-
CATION in the rivers OF Europe and Of the time
Of vintages for five hundred years show no
change in the average data of the first ten years
as compared with the average OF the last ten;
and the date palm, the win" and the fix tree
flourish az luxuriantly to-day in Palestine as
they did in the days of Moses. Dried plants
have been taken from the mummy cases OF the
Pharaohs exactly similar 10 those now grow
ing in the soil once trOd by those ancient
monarchs
PRESSURE AREAS
II the student Of the weather maps will pay
close attention TO them each day he will find
that the highs and lows move across the coun-
try in almost regular succession. II the high
be a decided one it will cover territory one
or two thousand miles in width the weather
within it's influence will be cold and clear. and
the winds Will have general tendency Spirally
out ward from the centre in 4 direction CORE
/. spending to the movement Of the hands OF a
watch. The low il the opposite Of the high in
almost all its characteristics. 1t Is usually at
tended by clouds. rain or snow and high Winds