Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-08-02

turbed' by some planets equinox: that
mists and vap0rs are injected and in
fused into the sun by Mercury's per-
turbation, and then thrown out by So
lar energy to form mists and sleet on
the earth. and that during the so-called
Jupiter period the carrying capacity
of the earths atmosphere becomes dis
ordered and weakened. so that it can
not transport and ditfuse humidity,
thereby causing consuming droughts i'll
places and destructive cloudbursts i'll
other localities. One who actually be-
lieyes that kind of absurdity is really
beyond the reach of influence by evil
dence and argument. The bare state
ment Of such propositions is a sufficient
REPUTATION.
Students in the primary class in me-
teorolo@y learn that the eyerchanging
phenomena Of the weather are all ref
cradle to the action of the sun upon
the earth and its atmosphere, vapors
and gases; that the constantly radiated
energy Of the sun supports heat. light
and electric force in the solar SYSTEM.
The planets possess no form of indie
pendent energy whereby they may
'perturb" the sun and increase its po-
tency.
The libraries of the United States
Weather Bureau contain the substance
and much of the detail of all that is
known of weather wisdom, ancient and
modern, and the scientists of this bu-
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sence of this knowledge. Those who
are in a position to know are we'll
aware that every possible effort is be-
ing made to extend our knowledge of
the laws that control weather condi-
tons, and meanwhile to give to those
who are vitality concerned the most
trustworthy information obtainable. It
is a matter of common experience that
the notable success of some CONNER
cial article of merit is sure to flood the
market with spurious goods Of the
same class, which INSCRIPTIONS vend-
ors spread before the discriminating
public. The rapid strides of the Uni
ted States Weather Bureau in recent
years toward popular favor through
the widespread dissemination of the
forecasts - a service made possible
larger by the phenomenal spread Of
the telephone and the development Of
the rural delivery seryice-has 49,
emily given a new impetus t/.a,ei.A-
%entific, not to say unscrupul9, t,re-
casts, based upon some theor.v CIV
cles or of planetary control. And the
Chief of the Weather Bureah is be-
lieved to De not only justified, but
morally enjoined to counteract as fay
as possible the mischievous effects OF
the work of a~strologers, who pretend
to foretell the character OF coming
seasons or the progress of storms and
ordinary weather conditions for a
month or a year in advance, and whose
%unfounded and unreliable forecasts are
too often given undue circulation by
the less careful publishers.
The problem of seasonal forecasts is
receiving at the hands of the ablest
and most painstaking students OF both
continents a comprehensive considera-
ton that is certain to be fruitful and
f~ar-reaching in it's ultimate results.
So important and so pressing is the
work and so promising is the field that
the Chief of the Weather Bureau is
building and equipping a large observa-
tory, wherein the best talent available
will soon be employed to study the in
tricate and profound problems Of the
atmosphere. whose solution promises
improvement Over present methods
and results in ~forecasting and may lead
in time to seasonal predictions on a
truly scientific basis.