The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-09-11


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tA' theory laai In" -4a I@'
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also 81 AL energy "ae~s rAto"r.
life. and That tn ~arln "aet- us 44-
spoken mandates flashed down 81 ~
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olog}. A. l"H2 a~ the san energy
normal ana normally dissiIhu'r4 'a@
weather Will in the MAIN remain
normal. disturb ana 4~he3hatI'
sun energy and s~uh-spo1-. thoo-1
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ANA a. lIE H4H-Ny'L, - I"+t ~
norman cohillioit 'i me sun 9T"i4 .'
nav c-uStd Inc diidSuat Ne.eA1is =
IS reasonable to suppose lhal lhe H5-
equal flow Of energy, of electricity.
from the sun may have 50 ~dlstarbal
our powerful subjerraheah elrcfFlcti
currents or tIecjficaI udeS. thal a.
SlfncllVr snockS or ~edFln9nak' i'-"
as Wen as NoIcatlIc dcllFilS- lhe i1s'
mat the learned gentleman 81 me
weather burea 90 not accept lhls
theory Is, Of course, not conclusive.
Their business is not to theorize. 10
speculate, bat to prognosticate weather
conditions on certain established ful-&.
Ihe word Is always aSoS with iheof-@e,
the vast majority OF them - WIG ~
the human IMAGINATION n pI'i"~-
slonal usefulness OF the bureau peo4t1
would be impaired If the1f minds were
too hoSpltabIe 10 any but "eI-saHt-
TONED theories -" repeat, not -
your llulhbIe c"EfeSPo4dtilt. lie "'S9
not nave - W< "ild - Ms S"'77
1uIlp WIN lilat OF the oth'I wise men
or De udiilied. knowing ma II -
700 SiAall a marx 70 DC Sh1t ~ "t
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pled9tth mum.
: Among the chorus of long-range
weather prophets always a-crN. | was
struck with the particularly OF one
who published MS predictions about
the beginning Of this year. TINS
caused me to remember its chi"l
points. | wish that / had KEEP the
clippings. This man proceeding on the
sun-spot theory. ! believe, predicted
not only the excess or drought and
flood that we have this year expert
enced. but also the great earthquake
in the United states, Wlth great y
clones later. if | am not mistakenei.
1t is probably not generally known
that most Of our weather originates
m~ysteriously not far from the san
Francisco region. ne
cold waves when sweep across our
continent intenSltylng the nervous ID
ergN OF It's people ana dlllefehllatlllS
them from all the people Of the earth,
do not como from the polar regions as
many suppose, but drop dow from
space in the Rocky Mountains som"-
what northeast Of California. Then
they sweep swiftly eastward covering
most Of the United states. no other
continent has the like-"ltller such
weather or such people.
1t is by no means improbable that
this sun-spot influence may effect mo-
only the bodies but likewise the minds
of men, making them in the aggregate
more healthy or less so; more moral
n peaceful OF less 50, and i'm many
vas shape or warp their destiny. In
these days whose discoveries are 50
fast proving much of our recently &C
quired wisdom to be only folly, u
that our sctnece has often been as pu"-
blind as our superstition who WiuId de
ny that the old belief in ~astrology, N
the influence of the stars, the heavenly