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SCIENCE ASSAILS A SACRED CUSTOM
One feels as if denial had been made ollicially that the
whale did not swallow and regurgitate Jonah, and that1
the sun and moon did not stand still on Gibeon and'in the
valley of Ajalon at the command of Joshua, when it is
announced from Washington by the l nited States W eath
er Bureau that the moon has nothing whatever to do with
the favorable planting of crops or the slaughtering of
hogs.
The eminent meteorologist in command of the bu
reau may not know that, by and large, the people of this
country have only slight confidence in statements issuing
from its portals. For generations seed has been plant
ed in the dark and the light of the moon, and hogs have
been led to execution at stated lunar periods. Crops have
come up and been harvested, and pork has gone into the
barrel and the smokehouse in unceasing rounds. W hat
boots it then that the weather experts come forth now to
say that plant growth depends upon temperature, light,
humidity and the plant food in the soil and air, and be
cause the moon neither mellows the ground nor fertilizes
it nor alters the composition of the atmosphere, therefore
that orb has no place in the agricultural scheme of things /1
This learned iconoclast will make but little impres
sion upon the entrenched almanac’s directions concerning
the stages of the moon. Nevertheless, his argument is
fascinating. Experiments, he says, show that a plant
shaded so that it gets but one hundredth part of normal
daylight grows little better than one in total darkness.
At its maximum, normal daylight is 600,000 times brighter
than moonlight. Therefore, if light 6,000 times stronger
than the rays of the moon fails to stimulate plants, the
effect of lunar light must be entirely negligible.
All very well, but what has this to do with planting
corn in the dark of the moon as the old forefathers did in
imitation of the Indians? Or slaughtering hogs at the
appointed times? It’s merely scientific moonshine, to
speak flippantly, and will meet with true agricultural
scorn.
Eastern papers are commenting on the fact that con
gressmen during the past few weks are franking seven
tons of mail daily. And at that it is the only time the
opinions of many of them carry any weight.
Now that Roosevelt has joined the staff of a Kansas
newspaper, almost the first thing he did was to write a
letter to Russia, just think of that, and told Russia what
The Chesterfield blend
hat in it the highett
grade Turkith tobacco
that grow*.
They satisfy—
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YOU MAY TAKE YOUR CHOICE OF STRIPES.
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— Evans in Baltimore American.
to do in her present troubles. Perhaps Russia will do as
he advised—perhaps.
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The secret is out at last. William Jennings Bryan is
beginning to look more kindly on war. Reason? Quite
naturally it is, no doubt, that silver, bis hobby, is now
above the dollar mark.
Demand has been voiced for the impeachment of Ra
Follette. Call a referendum quick, and let all the people
vote. His term of service no doubt would end the moment
the votes were counted.
Secretary Lansing seems to have his hands full just
at present exposing plots. And before denying too stren
uously his assertions, nations are first anxious to know
how many additional cards he has up his sleeve.
Senator LaFollette always did confuse the difference
between backbone and jawbone and that is why congress
lias authorized an investigation into the Wisconsin man’s
statements.
Bonar Law. in a statement in London the other day,
said the mistakes of the Germans have saved the Allies.
And the mistakes of the Allies have saved Germany more
than once.
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