The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-12-30

rains will turn to snow, progressively
from west to east, and sharp return
of cold will wind up the period, with
fair, cold weather spreading to the
eastern skies by the 26th to the 28th.
Do not forget the fact that the
, change to colder weather, which
comes behinds the storms, with ris-
ing barometer, and westerly winds,
E, is, like the storms, progressive, so
that the change to colder, which is
reported first from the west, is from
one to three days in spreading to
central and eastern extremes of our
country. Sometimes the storms ex-
pend themselves, in great measure,
before they get out of western ex-
tremes, and in like manner, cold
waves that originate behind the
storms, sometimes disappear, or are
greatly. modified before they reach
central and eastern parts of the con-
tinent Herein is where the wealth
er sharps" at Washshington often
'lose the trail and bark up a tree"
The times when great cold waves
and billiards. spread far into the east
and south, are when phenomenally
high barometers spring up rapidly in
the northwest, with very low bar
ometer covering the central and
southern parts of the country. Under
such conditions, there can be no
apology for those who are charged
with the official duty of warning the
people, if they fail to do SO. Herein,
also lies the Importance and the duty
of every practical, sensible man own
ing his own barometer, if he can, af-.
ford one, and watching these things
for himself-for himself, and for his
less fortunate neighbors and fellow
citizens.
A regular storm period is at its
center on the 3Oth, extending from
Friday the 2Sth to Thursday, Febru-
a-y 3rd.
Disturbing causes and things to
expect-The Moon is at greatest
declination south on the Goth, the
central day of the period, is in peri
gee on February LIST, and at New
Moon on February 3rd. An unques-
tionable and very important fact is,
that astronomic tides follow the
Moon in her destinations north and
south of the equator. Hence, when
the Moon is moving southwark, the
atmospheric impulses will flow from
northerly directions, while southerly
tides will follow northward as the
Moon declines in that direction. In
the nature of the case, therefore,
colder winds and weather will, as a
rule, follow the Moon in the south,
while warmer currents from the
south will modify the cold when the
Moon is in the north. There are ex-
ceptions to this rule, under stress of
atmospheric changes and combina-
tons; but the rule will hold good,
the same as in the oceanic tides. The
closing storm period for January will
therefore, during it's opening days
bring cold, northerly winds, attended
by cloudiness and snow, as the month
goes out, but as we pass into Febru-
airy, winds will shift to southerly,
the barometer will make decided
fall, and storms of a more tropical
character will ensue, specially in Sec
tions toward the south.
Upon the whole, we calculate that
January will be severe winter
month. Many of the storms will be
violent and blizzardous, and the in
tervals between storms will bring re-
dictionary waves of sudden and excess
sive cold. Do not wait until such
conditions and consequences are upon
you, before you make calculations
and preparations to meet them. IT
your supply of fuel, and standard
provisions for man and beast are to
be procured over long lines of rail
road or river, "take time by the fore
lock- and lay them in before the
highways are blocked, and famine
and suffering are upon you. The
Venus periods of disturbance are
characterized by sudden and danger
Gus extremes of temperature. The
regular and reactiOnary storm per-
iods, that fall within the Venus per-
iods, often begin with mild, spring
like days, even in midwinter, but sud
den rain sweeps up, and before shell
ter can be reached rains turn to sleet
and binding, driving snow, and the
temperature falls to the point OF dan
ger within a few hours. Hence we
said in our first charts, almost forty
years ago, that ''the electric fires of
Venus turns quickly to ice,' mean
ing that thunder, lightning and
tropical rains, under stress of the
Venus influence, often breaks into
VerltaDle bllZZardS, driven Dy nlen,
boreal gales bewildering exposed
persons and live stock before they
can possibly make their way to home
and shelter. These are the things to
watch at the oncoming of these Janu-
airy storm periods. A good baromet-
er, properly studied and carefully
needed will give you warning during
the treacherous, deceptive springlike
days that precede the Venus bliz-
yards. A word to the wise should be
sufficient.
Coughs and Colds are Dangerous.
Few of us realize the danger of
coughs and colds. We consider them
common and harmless ailments. How
ever statistics tell us every third