Evening star., 1923-03-20

Every few months tho "oldesC IN
habitants" discuss whether the eli
mate is changing. Winters OF sixty
years ago, we are assured. had more
snow or lower temperatures than the
present one, and various causes are
assigned to account for the alleged
notifications. The fact that official
observations show that no change
takes place. but that the yearly aver
ages remain the same decade after
decade, fails to convince against the
memories" of the early settlers.
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If only these amateur weather ex-
perts would take into consideration
something of tho vastness of the uni
velse-or of the billions of universes,
each as great as our solar universe
the tiny expanse of one little pin
point like the earth would be better
understood. Then think of the geo
logic ages of the development of the
earth-not less than 100.000,000 years
SINCE animal life began on earth,
probably much longer--then the vast
ness of time might better be compre-
hended and the littleness of one hu-
man life be seen in comparison.
ffnities: not affected by whether Il bit
of forest was cut down or stream
dried up.
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Time was when all the southern
hemisphere was covered with noun
Itains of ice. The so-called Permian
down south than the arctic is now.
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vegetation thrived in the far north.
Later that southern ice blanket
imelted and it took millions of years,
Ito pass away. The northern hemi-
sphere gradually rose TO higher altl-
tudes above the seas and a blanket
OF ice crept down from the arctic re-
gion, covering all of Canada and half
Of the United States under thousands
lof feet Of solid ice. Thousands or
years passed The ice retreated
northward, again spread southWard
through more thousands or millions
tof years-back and forth.
The climate did change, but not IN
ia few decades. 1t changed so slowly
that d period that would equal the
! time from Tutankhamen to Hard
ing would be too short to make the
change perceptible even if there had
been trained and skillful observers
and the most careful records.
There may have been mankind upon
earth before the last ice age of the
north had passed away. but that is In
dispute. Man rose after the last Ice
age. which passed about 100000 years
iago. So far as any one knows, tho
climate hcS not perceptibly changed
much since then.
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That is great story that is told or
Piggy. the White House pet squirrel
The slauderers of his squirrelhood de-
clare that he does not know nuts
when the bag is open. They say that
!he has dug up $500 of the 10000 cro-
Gus bulbs planted in the White House
lawn. for the squirrel thought the
bulbs were nuts-according to the
newspaper naturalists. If one Squir-
rel did monopoliZe that many bulbs.
thinking them nuts. he must have
also fmbibed some moon shine, and
was not the reporter ''nutty"?
! The same reporter Will soon be
chasing rabbits off of nests full OF
Easter eggs. Now that the President
and Congress are gone. reporters have
to fall back on such "varmints" II
they are going to get any news out
Of the White House.
Article Y of the Constitution for
bids Congress from passing any law
by which any person may be de
prived of his property without due
process Of law nor shall private
property be taken for public use
without just compensation
Attorneys are now contendinG that