Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-03-10
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
FRIDAY, MARCH. 10th. 1899.
TERRIBLY nIXED.

TERRIBLY nlXED.
The adherents of the administra-
ton are wont to give it credit for all
the good things which we enjoy,
while the oppon cnts hold it strictly
responsible for all the evils that affiict
US.
The weather bureau is under the
co, troll of The administration, and 1t Ia
suspected that some wonderful bldn-
ders have been made in the manage
ment of this department. At the
earliest possible moment last Spring
expeditions were sent as far north
ss possible and the kind of weather
prevailing in the KlOndike was care
fully Investigated, and everything
was in readiness for experiments
which would startle the world. by
a malicious and careful mixture OF
the frigid qualities Of the Alaska
temperature with that which prevails
in more southern ATTITUDES, a happy
golden mean might possibly be OBJ
tained by which the people of this
country would be exempt from the
burning heat of summer and the
free zing cold of winter
Whether the calculations were at
anti, or the machinery ont OF order
or the expedition delayed, is not GER
tsinly known, but 1t is a conceded
fact that the temperature of the
summer was not improved by the ex-
pertinent.
Such confidence was felt in this ex.
pertinent that large expeditions were
sent to the tropics, both in the At
lantic and Pacific, and n sufficient
quantity of concentrated heat secured
to insure us winter climate that
would be the envy of the world.
The combination was so carefully
and nicely prepared, that it WAS at
one time feared that we would be
compelled to resort to artificial means
TO get our supply of ice for next
summer.
As the winter months glided by
there was apparent upon the counte-
nances of the administration and es-
pecially upon the officers of the 5
weather bureau a happy grin indi-
eating their confidence in the Sue
cess of their management of the 4
weather bureau. All went well until I
about the I'd of February, when their
were found at fault. D
Whether their concentrated Klon- y
dixie trigidity suddenly escaped from l.
their control, or their mathematical I
chemist had made an error in his )
mixture is not known, but horror =
was depicted upon the cOuntenances II
Of all connected with this depart +
nent, when it was learned that their l.
combination was almost rs nauseous Z
Is the embalmed beef winch WAS l.
Ihipped TO our soldiers in Cuba. In L
act it was horrible, and the admins ID
ration instead of winning the plau- 1
Its of the multitude by its scientif- L
ally combined artificial weather, is {
low soundly abused by those who 81
ew months ago were lOudest in its I
praises. D;
The immediate dIscontinuance of Is
'uch experiments should be insisted NJ
lpon; for five are to have in mid l.
ummer 4 combination Of Porto y
2ican, Cuban and Philippine heat, 81
,eavily laden with small poA and
'elow fever baccilh, deplorable in b,
Iced will be our condition. 1t would g
re better to trust the weather in the pr
lands that managed ut, before the lie
J. S. weather bureau was organized. 2
An important lesson to be learned Fl
rom this imaginary condition Of
yeather affIirs is that the admins FL
ration not only receives cred it for II
hat isgcod, but it will lie held Fc
for much that docs not f,
,ert the apDrOyal of the people.