The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-30

eral Ferrelra IN the fTSoiuShsioi SH-A'
which he will occupy till the next sue
cessful revolutionist pulls it out from
under him, says the Boston Herald.
A contemporary remarks that up to
date there are not enough automobile
owners to make the automobile vote
important. But how about those who
hire them by the hour?
The master bakers recently in SEES
sion at St. Louis, decided, for hygienic
reasons to quit pasting. paper labels
ON loaves of bread. This will also, 1t
is believed, materially lessen the
amount of profanity current among
the male consumers.
The famous mince pie suit in Penn
sylvania has been settled at last and
the man who ate a quarter of one
goes free. There were probably ex-
tenuating circumstances that had
much weight with the court, the Age
Herald comments.
ONLY a few more days or summer
weather, then everybody begin to root
for a winter so arranged that 1t Will
in conjunction with the summer rec
ord. keep the annual temperature av'
erage where it should be.
The worlds farming land is being
taken up at great rate. But rev
large areas now remain open in reg
ions suited to tine white races In
generation or two the land owners
will hardly be the aristocrats and the
others will hardly be able to realize
that good farms ever went begging
for owners, concludes the Massachu'
sets Ploughman.
When farming is on the right foun.
dalton, there is no such word as fall.
First. the man: his brains, energy
and hard work. Second, the farm: its
location, quality and fitness. Third.
the equipment: enough for the pur-
pose and the best of it's kind, but no
dollars idly invested. Fourth. the sys
TEN: q connected, far-sighted plan.
Nothing wasted. Nothing begun with
out thinking it out to the end.
The news comes from Texas that
MOSQUITOES have completely stopped
the operation of one OF the Southern
railroads, the section men being alto
gether unable to attend to their du
ho ,nacn,titnpc
ion or non-union isn't stated. but the
tale should bring comfort to anybody
who thinks mosquitoes are bad in this
neighborhood.
Much of the best Eastern farming
talent is being directed to dairying, in
Guiding the production OF milk for the
wholesale markets. These, with poul'
try. fruit and vegetables, are fast be
coming the money products of the
whole section, the Massachusetts,
Ploughman asserts.
What date is this? asks ST. Nicho-
las. OF course you would say 1904
but if that is meant to denote the
number of years since the Christian
era it is probably wrong. Look in
some good authority and see If this
year should not rightly be at least
1908. 1t is worth your investigation
if it happens to be subject you have
not yet carefully considered.
The London Telegraph says the ap
pearance of several fair-sized spots on
the sun coincidently with the recent
spell of warm weather induced we'll
known Partisan astronomer to suggest.
not for the first time, that solar spots
were the cause Of the heat. If the
variation of solar energy as shown by
the spots has any effect on terrestrial
weather, the connection can scarcely
be SO direct as this assumed relation |
would imply; but it would be unscien' |
tific to deny any relation whatever be |
between the two things. In the last
forty years the summers which stand |
out in the Greenwich records as pre-.
eminently hot are those of 1865. 1868,
1870, 1872, 1876. 1884, 1887. 1898, and
perhaps 1900. The years of maxi
mum sun spots, according to accepted
authorities, were 1860, 1870. 1884, 1894
and there is one now at hand. The
connection is not very apparent, al.
though there are some condolences
The month of July in the year 1881
was remarkable meterologically, as the
thermometer rose above 80 degrees or
four days of the month, and reached
81 degrees on the 18th. There were q
few spots on the sun then, as there
are now, but though the spots in
creased the temperature went down.
Those who would explain the meteoro
logical variations by sun spot changes
must not forget-as they usually do
that hot and dry or cold and wet wea
Their are fully accounted for by the
presence of high or low pressure areas
of the atmosphere. No matter what
sun spots there might be, with the
anticyclone that has hung over these