The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-12
A WORRIED CONTEMPORARY.

A WORRIED ooNrnMPoRARr. W.
That esteemed contemporary. The
Charlotte Observer. IL allowing itself
to be perturbed by an unusual proph-
sey that has lately been put on tho
market. something ought to bo
DONE" It says. TO that scientist who
10 predicting snow for our latitude
during July. This phenomenon, which
he says will surely occur. he attributes
to the presence Of the tail Of the comet
now enveloping the earth while tho
body is somewhere in the iilimitabie
space of the universe, millions Of miles
away, but travelling towards the earth
at fearful spsed--cominG tall foremost.
It seems, 10 the usua, manner Of trav-
ding with comets. II 10 all because Of
the tail Of tho coniet that We are to
undergo the remarkable experience Of
snow storms In the dog days. so says
this scientist For some time now
everything that goes wrong or 10 un-
usual can be attributed to the tail Of
the comet. II we have rain all dur
Ing the summer IL with be because Of
the tail OF the comet. II there - .
terrible drought II will be because Of
the tail Of the comet The same may
be said II there are abundant crops or
disastrous failures. It 10 only the tail
Of the comet, however. with which We
on the earth Will have to deal. Our
scientist Is not bothsring himself at
all shout the body. He fears no bad
results from It. The people need have
no fear because Of its rapid flight In
thia direction. It will exert no influ-
snca on the earth. All the remarkable
shings that are happening and the
stiii more remarkable that are to occur
are all because Of the tail Of the
comet"
why, We should like to know, is the
brother 20 worried over the prospses
Of Q little snow to cool the torrid July
atmosphere. 1t Is not predicted we be-
lieve, that there is to be heavy fall
of snow. and surely little of 1t can
do no harm. Think what fun 1t will
be to the young people to get Out on
q hot July day and SNOWFALL each 9TH
or. Think how nice II will be to have
o dish OF snow on the table to 80 with
the beans and cabbage and other good
things OF the season. to say nothing
Of having 1t In the milk. on the butter
and with the pies and cakes. Last.
but By no means least. think Of the
unsxampled iuxury Of julep cooled
with freshly gathered snow with the
thermometer nearing the century mark.
oh, there's q lot of nice things to be
anticipated II the snow comes.
1t 10 always we'll to have somebody
or something to lay charges against
when anything goes wrong. and this
comet comes in good time. We don't
know whether It's tail IL developing
the earth," 40 The Observer puts It,.
or not. We haven't seen It, and can
not say that we have had smell OF
IL. but IL may be all around US and
We be none the wiser. Comets tails
are inclined to the diaphanous, we be-
lieye, and are not given to putting
themselves on exhibition. Also' II
strikes us that our contemporary ~
slightly mixed. probably owing to It's
perturhed state of mind, when It says
the usual manner of travelling with
conets IA to come at US tail first. We
hadn't noticed II. We have observed
that their heads are towards the sun
and the tails stream out behind but
We hadn't before learned that they
travelled tail FIRST when paying visits
10 the earth. However. Is the sting OF
most insects lie In the tail perhaps
the comet 10 built the same way.
But It matters little which end OF
this tramp Of space comes hrst' since
II ia bound to come, else the astrono-
mers have lost the combination. And
we repeat that It 10 going to supply
reasons and excuses for everything
that happens out OF the usual order
Of things for q time. That has always
been the way. or history, legend and
fable are all at fault, and 1t Will be
40 this time. With all our enlighten-
| ment and higher civilization there Is
still a strain of superstition In the
human mind, just as there has ever
been. and this visitor will furnish an
explanation of many things that would
| otherwise be inexpiicabie.
But let not the Charlotte brother
worry too much over the prediction OF
snow. We think a little of It would
he a nice thing to have during the hot
July days.
MODERN INVENTIVENESS.