Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-23
WARM DAYS TO
COME AT LAST
WEATHER-MAN FOSTER PREDICTS
PERMANENT DEPARTURE FROM
RECENT cHlLL'NEss.

At last! Weather-man Foster
has finally del-neu to allow some real
spring days to creep into the alma
nae. after series Of forecasts char
acteristic of the past few weeks, he
now adorns his latest prognostica-
ton with promise Of something
warm and balmy, the kind of days
that make the flowers pick up their
heads and the small boy to drop his
in realization of the fact that the
lawn needs to be moved. A per-
manent departure from the cold chilly
weather is predicted for this section
of the country, with moderate rainfall.
Drouth may be expected in large
cities west Of Mississippi and south
of the Missouri rivers. In this next
forecast Foster VIA enumerate the
crops which will be successful this
season, and name the sections where
the greatest harvests will be made.
HIS bulletin in full for the coming
week is as follows
Coming Disturbances.
Washington, D. G. April 20.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent IS to 20, warm wave
10 to 81, cool wave 20 to "a. Next dis
turbance will reach Pacific coast about
%, cross west OF Rockies country by
close Of a. great central valleys 25
to 81. eastern states 49, Warm wave
will cross west Of rockies about %,
great central valleys 25, eastern states
~. Cool wave will cross west of
Rockies about 26, great central val
leys %, eastern states 80.
This disturbance will follow the
coolest weather of April and will cause
a great rise in temperatures. 1t will
| be one Of the most severe distur-
Dances Of the month and temperatures
will permanently change to much high
or averages. Rainfall last days IF
April will not be heavy and drouth
will threaten large sections south of
the Missouri between the Mississippi
and the Rockies
About and Immediately following
April 20 a severe disturbance will be
in transit and the great warm, wave
temperatures will be followed by a
great drop In temperatures causing
unusual extremes and carrying frosts
unusually far southwark. Strenuous
weather throughout April has been
expected.
May promises about normal tenn.
peratures with dry in eastern states
and in southwest between mississippi
and the Rockies. Next bulletin will
give detailed forecasts Of crop wealth.
ef for May. Rainfall Of that month
will begin to indicate what the crops
of 1907 will be and begin to indicate
the localities where the drouths of
1907 will produce most damaging eff.
fects.
Science Notes.
The human race is vastly in need
of better theory Of the universe. Old
| theories have proven erroneous and
are now worse than useless; they are
| positively harmful But it is immense
| ly difficult to introduce new and better
theories. If we had right concep
! ton Of the universe, its causes and
methods, we would have bette.
! foundation on which to build what
ever enters into the welfare of the
human race.
We cannot hope and should not de
sire 10 S6J away lTOLl IuS Id WS VI ud'
ture Failure must eventually come
to whatever is antagonistic to those
laws. In physical culture, training OF
| the mind, science, morals, religion
| physic, ethics, the natural laws of the
universe must not be antagonized il
we would avoid failure. Then how
vastly important it is to hold correct
| theories as to the laws that control
in the universe?
But where is the starting point:
| What do we know? The one answer
is that atoms seek to unite into mole
cules and larger bodies and when
thus united the matter is condensed
and occupies immensely less space
than before. This causes a vacuum
around the condensed md tier and the
attenuated matter around 1t moves to
ward it. Therein is the origin of mo
ton, of gravity of the activities of the
ether, the force in electricity and mag
netism, the movements of the suils
and all the heavenly bodies. These
activities constitute life and the origin
of all is found in the original nature
| of the atom.
| HONOR MISS ALFREY.
\ Pennington. Mrs. Henry Morris
i was hostess to a number of young peo