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movement, when
twecn the earth
tween tlie earth
the disturbance
while whirling through Bpaco. When
tho earth passes Jupiter in summer the
heat is usually terrific, as wp recall
tho heated Sunday of Juno 30, 1901,
because the earth receives its own
share of heat from the sun and passes
through tho region of heat designed
for tho great planet. It is tho same
with tho other superior planets. As
to, .the inferior planets Venus and
Mercury as they approach inferior
conjunction in summer we also ro
ceive some of the heat intended for
them. It is also the same in regard
to the moon as it becomes new as we
romembor the hot wind of July, 1894,
and its terrible successor in June, 1901.
United as the celestial spheres are
by this potent electric force, one of
tho offices of the moon as it circles
monthly around the earth is to inter
rupt or break this electric force. The
moon does not always move in a di
rect line. If so, we would have a
solar and a lunar eclipse each month.
Sometimes it is above tho earth and
Owing to constant
the moon passes be-
and the sun, or be-
and another planet,
is felt in different
places on the earth. Sometimes the
disturbance misses the earth entire
ly, else wo should be having some un
usual phenomena every month. The
disturbance is proportioned according
to the circumstances.
Now if I have made myself clear
about these movements of the celes
tial bodies and their Influence as they
pass each other, electricity is the
cause. Looking back into history, I
find at the eruption of Vesuvius Aug
ust" 2-1, '79, the moon was passing
between tho earth and the planets
Saturn and "Uranus, among other
phenomena. At the eruption of Mont
' Pelee, Vesuvius, Etna and others, May
7, 1902, the moon had but recently
passed between the earth and Uranus,
Saturn, Venus and Jupiter, and that
morning passed between tho earth,
and tho sun (at now moon) and
eclipsed the sun. Mercury was pass
ing between the earth and tne sun
April 4, 1906, when Vesuvius began
its violent eruptions; on the 9th the
moon was full, and was moving to a
conjunction with Uranus, the earth
quake at Formosa following, and tin
the 18th it was approaching conjunc
tion with the planet Saturn, passing
between the earth and Saturn, on the
early morning of April 19, about twenty-four
- hours after the third shock
of 'the"earthquake at San Francisco,
and the earth was affected all the pre
ceding day.
In passing, I beg to say tho Charles
ton earthquake was at the time of the
new moofr. The eruptions of Vesuvius
in '74, the eruptions of Krakatoa, and
juout Pelee, and the earthquake at
San Francisco appear to have a close
connection with the planet Saturn.
Tho last eruption of Vesuvius was the
beginning of the series of phenomena
closing their disastrous results at San
Francisco. They are on tne same par-
uuei, una mere is every reason in
they were under the same eel-
terrestrial electro-magnetic
a & rotelK
Lassitude
The southern breezes softly sing
Of gentle, dreamy, balmy spring;
I can not write a single thing
Worth while.
I can but sit and idly gaze
Across tho green clad meadow ways
To where the laughing brooklet plays,
Each isle
A little gem to catch., the eye
As murmuring waves go rippling by.
A tinge of spring is in the air,
A thousand songbirds now declare
The coming flowers perfumed rare,
And I
I can but sit and grind" away
At my machine day after day
From early morn till twilight gray,
And try
To keep the old-time rhyming pace
And fill -about the same old space.
This touch of springtime makes me
feel
I'd lilce to take my rod and reel
And to the lake or river steal
And fish.
To feel again the keen delight
Of humming reel and silk line tight
As wary bass or trout took flight.
I wish
I did not have this space to fill,
I'd skip out now and so I will.
menus written by the household econ
omists and printed m the Female's
Own Companion and the Ladies' Own
Journal."
Eealizing that her intended was a
man with a level head, Miss Easymon
mentally decided to discontinue a
couple of subscriptions.
Warranted
"Who is that gentleman who has
been so violently denouncing the 'man
with the muck rake," as he calls it?"
"That's Bingerly, the political
agent of the P., D. & X. corporation.
He's growing uneasy."
Disproved
Bugleigh "It rs
a woman
all
can
nonsense
not keep
Mrs.
to say that
a secret."
Mrs. Batman "Of course it is."
Mrs. Bugleigh "My master bonnet
cost $33, but Mr. Bugleigh does not
know it, and I'm not going to tell
him."
my
Symptomatic
dear; the
man
is very
i-Ss
lb
believe
estial and
influence.
Lin his forecast for April, 1906, Iri-
u. tiicus says: "One of the most
Probable earthquake and tidal wave
periods in April will fall within forty
eight, hours of noon on the 9th. Watch
the world's telegraphic news and see."
we published that prediction five
months ago.
Yes,
tired.
He has been working Awfully Hard
for the Past Year. Now he will proceed-to
take a Best.
What will he do?
He will rest, I said. Tomorrow he
will shoulder a Fishingrod, lug a can
of Worms in one hand and a basket
of Lunch on the other, and hie him
self to the River for a Fishing Stunt.
Will that rest him?
He thinks it will, and that
Enough. Five days a week for the
past year he has sat at a Desk three
Hours in the forenoon and three
Hours in the afternoon, dictating Let
ters and telling Other Men wnat to
do. This has been very strenuous
and he is Much Fatigued. So tomor
row he will tramp 'steen miles through
mud and sand and brush, stand in
the hot sun, drink river water, eat
a Cold Lunch full pf Ants and Bugs,
and in tho evening he will drag" him
self home, wondering all the wav If
he will ever Get There.
In the morning ne will arise? as
as a poker and as sore as a gum
but he will be Rested. It was a
off from the strenuous business
and that is Sufficient.
uul iu is iunny, isn't it, that a man
can get Rest out of that sort of thing?
No, he will not get any Fish.
He will get Sunburn, Malaria and
Chiggers; but he will get no Fish.
t Incurable .
Stopping before a padded cell the
hospital attendant called attention to
the inmate.
"This, ladies and gentlemen, is our
saddest case. Notice how he has the
padded walls covered with mathe
matical problems,- algebraical signs
and geometric signs." (
"What is his malady?" queried the
sympathetic little woman in the fore
front. "He is daffy on the subject of trying
to figure out how a man with a wife
and six children and an Income of
$60 a month can live up to the cul
inary hints In the Ladies' Own Com
panion. This is the incurable ward."
Piscatorial
office
stiff
boll,
day
life,
Sittln' in the
Wishin'
That I could .hustle out "
Fishin'.
But I got to sit here
Writin'
While bullheads an' perch are
Bitin'.
Atmosphere is warm an'
Hazy.
Makes a feller dull an'.
Lazy.
Want't' fish but boss ain't
Willin.
t' grind out
Fillln'.
Got
some space
"Vaytlght Alt The Wag.
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"Gwendoline, dear," murmured Mr.
Snoonalotte, taking her lily-white
hand in his own, "will you promise
me one thing?"
"Certainly, precious," whispered
Miss Easymon. "What is it?"
i wuir you 10 promise me
tning, my dear. One thing that
will not do after w nrn wri
"And what is that, my ownest
uwendoline, my love;
am a man of moderate
mai 1 draw only a fair
"Yes, loved one."
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Brain Leaks
Real prayer is from the heart.
The right way is the easy way.
Moral dyspepsia is hot richteous
ness. t
The man who looks for the easiest
way out often finds himself further in.
When you want anything done
quickly, do not go to a man who is
seldom busy.
The man who talks about civic
righteousness ought to keep his own
backyard clean.
Funny, isn't it, that your boy can
never find fishworms where you want
to make the onion bod?
Nature does not have to exert her
self very- much to show man how
very weak and inconsequential he is.
Every boy has three ambitions be
fore ho finally settles down. His
first is to bo the snare drummer In
the village band. The second is to be
an Indian killer and snout. TMm fi,,.,i
t , , , - . ..., vuii u
ib to ue a locomotive engineer
bo forgets about them and is
tious only to make a living.
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and If you desire a home or an inOestment
ft Will pay you to investigate this offer at
once. Address,
W. C, care The Commoner,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
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