The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21

Feeling again indulgent the Bulletin
lapses like Silas Wegg, without argu-
ment, into verse and proverb:
If the barometer and thermometer both
rise together,
It's only a very sure sign of coming fine
weather.
When the glass falls low,
Prepare for blow;
When it rises high,
Let all your kites fly!
But Tut! and also Fiei We must be
serious. Let us, then, consider that ''as
the normal pressure, or weight, Of the
atmosphere is about one ton to every
square foot Of surface at the level Of
the sea, and change of one inch in the
mercur1al column Of the barometer
means change in pressure of about
seventy pounds to every square foot of
surface,-decided changes. in atmos-
pherlc pressure must exert a marked
influence upon the body and it's func-
lions. A change in the barometer of
one inch in twenty-four hours is not
uncommon in many parts Of the United
states; and this change in the barom-
eter causes a change of about one-half
ton in the weight of the atmosphere
that is sustained by the average hui
man body
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Inc that the physical organism of ami
mails meaning the lower animals)
may be sensitive to these changes, and
1t has become an inherited instinct for
SUCH creatures to associate the sensa-
lions experienced under different at
moSpheric preSsureS with the kinds of
weather they indicate. The organiza-
ton of diseased and delicate human
bodies and of many kinds of animals
ffxY0 nA,0 IL,
changes; and aches, pains and nerv-
BUSINESS in humans, and restless be-
haVfor on the part of animals, birds
and insects may, in measure, be at
tr1buted to low, rapidly decreasing at
mospheric pressure that precedes and
attends storm periods.
Birds fly high when the barometer
is high, and they fly low when the ba-
rometef Is low. When the air lis heav-
Ter and denser it has more sustaining
capacity. and birds are therefore able
to fly or soar with less effort than
would be required at times when the
barometer is low and the air less
Dense"
Accordingly,
"Bees will not swarm before a near
storm.
When bees remain in their hives or
fly but short distance, expect rain
Smoke, being relatively heavier
when the air is light, falls to the
ground preceding rain; the smoke par
t1eles being carried down by the mois-
ture they collect.
wild geese fly high in pleasant
weather and low in bad weather
Or, as the saying goes, a saying so
popular that it Is usually misquoted
Everything is lovely and the goose
honlxs high" that is, this agreeable
bird MARBLES his lay at an unusual
physical elevation-he does not ''hang
HIGH" cold and cooked and voiceless.
From which considerations Professor
Garriott has deduced bit of social
philosophy
Men work better, eat more, and
sleep sounder when the barometer is
high; hence, Do business with men
when the wind is from the westerly;
for then the barometer is high.
To most persons, on most days
weather is warmth-too much warmth
or not enough. Even rain is dreaded
as much for it's Inherent chill, as for it's
vulgar hatred Of pretty hat
Temperature may not be overlooked by
any man that would know his weather
book "by heart"
At all seasons the temperature gem
orally rises, with falling barometer, be-
fore rain or snow; in the summer, how
ever, the thermometer begins to fall
and the barometer to rise, just after the
rain begins; in the winter, these rival
mercurieS do not retreat from each
other until the rain or snow has ceased
to fall
'"The changes in temperature, like the
changes in air pressure, affect both an
imal and plant life, says Bulletin SO.
The warmth Of the south wind is ener-
waiting. The cold of the north wind is
bracing. The chill Of the east wind is
conducive to aches and pains. Finally,
the prevailing west winds and noder-
ate temperatures impart the dominat-
ing qualities that are possessed by the
peoples Of the temperate zones"
just here the weather bureau strains
Its wisdom to the breaking point The
bureau asks, do you think it's going
to rain?" and tries, like the most mex
perieneed, the least observant, of men
or women, to give a positive answer.
-Concealing it's object under the head
ing Humidity" the bureau changes the
conversation to rain, and asserts,
ignoring purely local and temporary
causes and conditions, it may be as
suIned, as q rule, that general rains
are preceded twelve to twenty-four
hours by an Increase in atmospheric
moisture. 1t is also probable that the
moisture of the air shares with atmos-
pherfc pressure and temperature In
producing good and i'll effects on an
1maI and plant life. Warm, moist air
attends falling and low barometer: un-
der these conditions there is a feeling
or physical and mental lassitude that
is IN striking contrast to the feeling Of
exhilaration that accompanies the cool.
dry winds that attend the rising and
high barometer. Hence,
When the horses sweat in the stable
it is a sign of rain.
Tobacco becomes moist preceding
rain.
IF cerns or wounds ache more than
usual, rain is likely to fall shortly.
Hoar frost indicates rain.
when the perfume of flowers is m
usually perceptible, rain may be ex-
pected.
''The sunfiower raising it's head indi-
Gates rain.
When the scent of tobacco nine 10
retained longer than usual and seems
more powerful, it forebodes a STORM"
(Note. unoff1cial-Try this on your
Wife,
Reflections of light Of any remark
able kind frequently indicate rain
sometimes storms. Circles around the
sun and moon, mock suns, and other
phenomena of this kind, together with
the unusual elevation of distant coasts
maSts OF ships, etc., particularly when
the refracted images are Inverted arc
known to be frequent foreboders az
stormy weather.
The American Indian has reflected
fsar Iseew. -.