The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-30
THE OLD SETTLER AND THE WEATHER

There is nothing untrustworthy as unaided hui
man recollection remarked the late John G.
lay, who helped to write the Lincoln memoirs. He re-
ferred particularly to historic controversies and
ed discredit those observations which
put in black and white at the time of the occurrence of
the event but instead had been allowed grow. for
chile illustration of his truth is found in the popular est-
mates OF the weather 1t only last year that we
had hot break the records of the wea-
Their bureau and yet this summer the countrymen are
saying that the climate changing and specifically
charging that the summers are what they used
to be-" This is psychological phenomenon similar to
that one which for that peculiar brand pie
that mother used TO make" Whatever the pies the
climate remains the same will be proved by the truth
full records Of scientific appliances There are periods
during which it varies; times when cold rain or heat
prevails to larger extent than the normal But when
the whole is summed up covering reasonably long pc
Rod of time it is found that the frostne just where
it used to be- and the cold hot the rainy periods
less frequent than when grandfather was
boy.
Thomas Jefferson victim to the popular delu-
sion, and writing in 177 said change of climate is
taking place very sensbly Both heats colds are be-
coming more moderate within the memory of even the
midde-aged Shows less frequent and less deep
They do often lie below the mountains more than
one two three days and very rarely week The
SHOWS remembered have been formerly frequent
deep, and of long continuance The elderly inform me
in every year"
But in those days there was no wether bureau and
the elderly were free to give their recolecons with
out the danger of Official observation being quoted
In Europe accurate records have been kept of the
dates of the opening of navigation streams at certain
points for several centuries and is shown
ing long period OF years there been no appreciate
change. The first twenty years Of record COMPARED
with the totals of twenty years gives the same
result
Observations by biologists convince them and Pro
fessor Moore of the weather bureau that in our lake re-
gons no changes Of climate have taken place for several
thousand Ossian Guthrie the noted engineer
that the variety trees now growing in the
lake regions growing the glacial epoch
The records C the weather bureau show that the maxi
Of heat recorded in United States was in Colo
rado at Mammoth Tank station in the desert where
il 1887 the thermometer recorded in the shade 2S
srees Fahrenheit Again in 1Ss424 degrees reached
in the place. Taking it altogether the hotties.
place in the United States IS CALIFORNIA; Death Valley
The name is supposed from tragedy which oc-
CURED there in the SOS, when party OF immigrants en-
tered the valley and every died Of The valley
is the bed Of former salt lake. and it is below the
level OF the sea Streams flow into ii. but the burning
sands and alka lick up Large borax deposits are
found there. The valley is seventyfve miles long and
IN places only six miles wide the bottom the
weather bureau sent observer 10 remain there ana
take observations all summer. When he returned he
@-1 i-7 "Cuu t@As pa-4''oA sAalsnt next TINE lte
was there l5S days On the hottest day the maximum
10 and the minimum % degrees making an average
for the day Of 1855 which IS rather trying weather
Professor Moore advises people not 10 stand n door
ways al open windows during severe electric storms
The neghborhood Of trees and repaees 10 be avoid
ed On the other hand be says viii 60 little or no
good TO wrap up il festher bed Alarm in case q
lightning is quite supera0ous Remember that one sho
lives the lightning fash need not concern himself
about the possibility OF harm from that fash Also rec
elect THAI heaven has thuadeTs 20 alarm than
hUaderbolts TO punish. It also can the spr
ts 10 think that though struck by Lightning he
consequences always fatal + stunned and
apparently dead the victim may BE- resuscita'ea Pro
fessoF Moore says no, efforts at artnca
ton and stimuiatoz for hour. Lightning staas but
does cften kill