The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-25
THE MOONS INFLUENCE.
How IL Works Miracles on THIS OLD
World of Ours.
New York Press.D

The gorgeous moon has been attract
ing my attention of late. Coionel Jaeh
Astor went TO the moon on one OF M
lnventions-and has invented nothlhe
since. jules Verne never grew wear
of talking about the queeniy ORR.
From Earth To Moon" and "Round
the Moon are too advanced for thlss
generation, as Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea" was 10 the
last. But didn't we see Twenty IhOu-
sand Leagues Under the Sea" at COney
Island last year, And isn't every up
to-date navy equipped with subnla-
rines? But / started to say something
about the moons influence upon ter
restrial affairs. II we can beiieye some
people il is of the highest consequence.
Having made numerous inquiries i
have at last found a man who knows
something, or thinks he does. about the
doi1gs and meanings Of her majesty.
I told you a little while ago that there
wasn't an upright set of clothes poles
in all America. Listen to what the
oracle says: 'Dig the holes and set the
posts in the light of the moon: after a
winters freezing and thaving the posts
have heaVed up and lean toward each
other. Again. dig the holes I'm the dark
of the moon and plant your posts:
then let all the freezing and thawing
of the coolest winter come. and your
II is supposed that every one of Gs
has a roof TO sleep under Hear the
oracle: AS test, single half OF the
roof in the light of the moon and the
other half in the dark. The shingles
nailed on the roof in the dark of the
moon viii lie fiat and smooth and even;
those nailed on in the light Of the moon
will curl up little at the ends
Tse neighborhoOd gardener in the
I,4rrI rera 70 qtrtz
saws, chops, breaks and mutilates your
orchard and vineyard as If ne under
stands his busines-which, of course,
you know nothing about. What does
he know about the moon2 The oracle
Il saw a man trim two rows OF fruit
trees in the dark of the moon. The tip
ends of the cut twigs died an inch and
a half 40 two inches back; ne pruned
the rest of the orchard in the light OF
the moon. and the twies healed per
fectly where cut off.
The lawn is Drettier iii summer than
all the shrubbery, and it is the purpose
of every man who lives in cottage,
no matter how humble, to have Deauu-
full green, velvety carpets OF nature
the dOmicile. Attend the
oracle: Drop a plank, or a stone flag
stone) on your grass at any old spot
in the light of the moon and let II re
main there for a month or two. The
grass underneath will turn a Vhitish I
yellow and continue TO live and grow. /
place another plank or flagstone on the
grass in the dark of the moon and let
il remain for the same length OF time,
and the grass beneath it will die, roots |
and ALL
Sir Oracle: LET the moon shine upon /
all kinds of edge tools for a length OF
time and it will take the temper out.
Consider this: Kill a eorn-fed hog
or corn-fed beef IN the dark of the
moon. and when you come to fry or /
broil or roast the meat it all shrivels /
up and isn't fit to eat. 1t goes to
grease. and there is no taste or sub
stance in it. XIII the same in the light /
IF the moon and you have nice, plump 1
neat
THE mar who shaves himself is sup 1
posed to know how to stroD his razor
At times the razor seems to be dull. 1t
eulls Let him lay that razor aside Til
TWO moons have passed, and he VIII
ind that it shaves differently. It has
mad a rest. and it's work is perfect.
Man and beast. flesh ana blood. must
have rest. Natures rest. Why, ma
lure gets tired of growing crops;
whence the famines?"
Sailors can buy for a song books A
year ahead giving the tides at every
port. All calculations are made from 4
the moon. If the moon mas 50 great 1
an effect on the ocean, why shouldn't !
she have some influence upon the land
Are YOU in the street? Want TO buy /
stocksg Then buy III the light of the
moon. Are you going TO SELF Then
sell in the dark OF the moon. Possibly
YOU 90 not know the difference be-
tween the dark and the light of the
moon. The light of the neon means
he state OF Mistress Luna from the
birth of the crescent to the time she
gets full. or well-rounded into shape.
rhe dark of the moon means her retire.
nent into oblivion, making room Tor
he next new moon.
There are scores. nay. hundreds, OF
bright fellows in wall street who came
1era from the country and do all their
,peeulating according to the moons
.hauges. as they understand them. Did
you know it? Well, learn something.
rhey are farmers. sons, and were
cared under the influence of the moon.
They remind me of dear old Dave Gid
,On of Gideon's band. Gideon, VINO
vas born and brought I'D in the sha
low of Charlie Murphy's gin mill. has
made a million dollars on the turf by
betting only at certain phases of the
noon Fact, Dave will wait two
weeks for good thing. and six months
or 2 lead pipe cinch. If Divine I
Right Basr- were, tc open q new coal /
nine he would do it in the dark of the
noon The McAdoo tunnels were start
ID in the dark of the moon. and from |
small hole in the mud have expanded /
nto a colossal enterprise. involving /
many millions.