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. December 25 , .
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Weat.Iier.
The Newton of Meteorology has
fcot yet appeared above the scien
tific horizon. The world awaits
kis coming and his power to bring
order and law from this chaos of
a almost illimitable number of
aberrations. While the expert
meteorologist of the Central Ob-
terratories throughout the world
iw patiently , laboriously collect
ing and tabulating the observed
phenomena of the weather , and de
ducing therefrom the forecasts of
the probable weather for 24 : to 48
koura in advance , and succeeding
to as high a degree as 85 per cent
of Terifications of the same ; there
* re others who enter the arena or
tfeis embryonic science and boldly
challenge the experts to a duel in
forecasting.
The ordinary short time fore
cast ie not to be considered. This
does not appeal to the imagination ,
it ii not sufficiently ingenious , it is
too commonplace and utilitarian.
It amacks too much of the every
dt.T working world of men and
women. A long range forecast is
chosen as the weapon of these Don
Quixotes of science , to break down
the sturdy mills that grind out
only the common every day fore-
east. The latter being published
in nearly every newspaper in the
land , spread over every postal
route , every rural delivery route ,
displayed on every available
weather bureau flagstaff and knoxvn
to all men , women and children
who can read and see. The re-
ulting experience up to date , has
been analogous to that of the fam
ous Knight in his tilt at the wind
mills. While science in every
branch of human endeavor has
made prodigious strides in advance ,
in meteorology there seems to be
a waiting period so far as a mast
ery of the laws of its dynamics are
concerned. If wo eliminate the
personal equation in the forecast
ing'of the weather for a long or a
horfc period , we are not very far
advanced beyond the deductions
made by Franklin or Jefferson.
The individual forecaster counts
for much because the dynamic
factors are not nearly understood
or-logically connected. The long
range forecaster cheerfully enters
the lists and knowing , as P. T.
Barnuin put it , that the American
people dearly love to be hum
bugged , proceeds to claim a know
ledge occult to the people , and
while not claiming direct wireless
communication with the planets ,
still will not deny a hidden and
profound knowledge of dynamic
meteorology superior to all living
.
or dead authorities.
When requested to give some
evidence of this knowledge , the
apirit of commercialism which we
all emulate in a greater or losser
degree , prevents him from giving
the people the benefit , unless they
pay hia price. There is no sec
recy as to the working plans of
the forecaster in the several Cen
tral observatories , their maps
bowing lines of equal pressure
And temperature and other weath
er phenomena , are known to all
nwa. Every intelligent student
can trace the progress of storms
by following closely the daily
weather map. It may be possible
that a rack o'uteidor of this em
bryonic Science will discover the
bidden laws underlying its dyuam-
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chaos of multiplied observations ,
lie will be hailed , whoever he may
be , by his fellow men and welcom
ed as one of the great discoverers
of the age and his name and fame
ring down the ages. It may be
that one of the plodding station is
now poring over the weaiSier maps
at some insignificant observatory
may find a clue to this problem of
the weather that has puzzled the
brightest minds of the century ju t
passed , and occupying the unre
mitting and tireless attention of
some of the brightest living.
It is not by claiming knowledge
caviare to the public , by iconoclas
tic attacks on the present methods of
forecasting , by claim * of verifica
tions not substantiated by veritable
forecasts , that the long ranger can
gull all the people even a part of
the time. That he has a vogue at
the present time , can only be ac
counted for by that innate love for
the mysterious which dominate a
large portion of mankind from the
time of 'the Veiled Prophet of
Khorassau , to the Mystic Slirincrs
of today.
The facts of meteorology can be
known to all men , but the forces
back of these facts are the thing-
to be grappled with , and the Ion
ranger who wanders far afield
from these facts classes himself m
once with charlatans. A working
hypothesis sufficiently broad to ac
commodate the multitudinous facts
has as yet not been presented.
JOHN T. McLEA > , Observer.
An ISditov in rJEVoul > ! o
The editor of the Pender ( Neb. )
Republic is in serious trouble. An
editorial which , appeared in a rec-
ent issue of the Republic follows :
"The editor of this paper ha
been hiding out in the straw piles
most of the time during the last
seven days on account of that little
item in last week's issue in which
we said that people dance soie.I.v
for the hugging there is in it.
"A number of our dancing
friends of both sexes took violent
exception to that statement , and
one ambitious youth even went so
far , so we are told , as to threaten
to mar the fine classic outlines of
our beautiful physiognomy but
we arc glad to say that he hasn't
done it yet.
"The editor of this paper doesn't
lay any claim to infallibility. He
has been mistaken in other things
and may be mistaken in this , but
WQ hwdty SGQ lu > w
' World and the Pt-nder Pupublic
could both be mistaken in the same
way on the same subject. The
\Vorld editor is a ladies' man from
the ground up. lie has hugged
women out of the dance hall and
in the dance hall and is in a posit
ion to give expert testimony , and
in a recent issue of his paper he
give it as his solemn opinion that
in ihe dance hall is the only place
on earth where one man can hug
another man's wife without getting
his back bone kicked up through
the top of his hat. If the Republic
is wrong about this matter , the
ConcordVorld is also off its trolley.
"If people df not dance to hug
and to be hugged , why don't they
go it single file ? Surely the floor
would be as smooth , the music
just as s\veet and the exercise and
poetry of motion just as exhilar
ating. Or , why can't the men
dance together and kick up their
heels and glide around the room
in gay and frolicsome abandon ?
' \\"ay , nay , my friends , 'position'
has something to do with it.
"It has always seemed to us that
' -itoing out a waltz' would be a
w'lole lot more satisf ictory than
dancing if the system could only
be properly introduced. The sit
ting ouc process would involve the
same position as standing. The
oily ; difference is that you would
sit inroad of dance. The man's
rirht arm would be around the
girl's wai t , his left hand would
hold her right , while her head and
left arm could find a convenient
renting place on his shoulder.
"It is a blamed outrage to re
quire a man to walta a mile or two
in order to get a chance to hug a
p vtfy girl. A room full of peo
ple sitting on sofas and hugging
each other to the soothing strains
of love ditties played soft and low
would be much more to our liking.
This would give the old rheuma
ticky brethern another chance to
dance. There comes a time in ev
ery man's life when he loses all
desire to gallop around a dance
hall all night , but he has got to be
powerful old before he he loses his
appetite for hugging a pretty girl.
"Those who disagree with us on
this subject arc invited to contrib
ute articles to this paper setting
forth their ideas. In case any are
mad at this paper and don't want
to favor it to that extent we are i
sure that Brother Murray will be ! <
glad to lend his columns to anyone < '
who wants to i'Oiist Uje editor of
the Kupublic.
"At any rate , for the siKc : of
, the insurance company in which
i ' we hold a policy , we hope they
i ' won'i resort to anything desper
ate. " In World-Herald.
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J. Broad is in town this week
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courting.
i i Mr. Kellogg has purchased two
hounds lately.
Messers. Dunn and Britt shelled
corn last week.
i s Brown was visiting Dry
Creek school Tuesday.
Mr. Kellogg went to Rosebud
Tuesday with a load of potatoes.
Andrew Miller has located near
Britt. lie is picking corn for T.
P. Spratt.
Me. = sers. Bishop and Butler weie
callers at Mr. and * Mrs. Bullis'
Thursday.
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Mosser" . Sanner , Bullis and Britt
each took a load of hogs to town
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were visit-
in ; : their daughter , Mrs. Broad ,
last week.
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Several persons have been dc1
liverSng cattle to J. E. Pettycrew
this week.
A number of Britt people were
transacting business in Valentine
Wednesday.
There was a light fall of snow
over this portion of the conutry
last Saturday night.
Britt 5 undoubtedly the greatest
"dog and gun" city on earth.
[ Valentine excepfed. ED. ]
Corn husking will soon be a
thing of the past. Everyone in
this neighborhood will finish by
the last of this week.
S LEE pr EYES.
Yin. the North-western Line. Ex- !
cursion ticketsvill he sold at re- \
duced nites to points on the North- :
western Line and Union Pacific , i
Colorado & Southern and Denver & '
Rio Grande , east of and including
Cheyenne , Wyo. , Denver , Colorado
Springs and Pueblo , Colo. , Decein- '
her 24 , 25 , 26 , 30 , and January 1
and 2 , good returning until and in- * '
eluding January 4 , 1005. Apply to
agents Chicago & North-western
B'y. 483
St Louis
St-e thaiutir tiker roii ls via the Hurl-
iui tou Route from Omaha to St. Louis.
The Burlingrou'd Exposition Flyer leaves
at 5:25 : p. m. arriving at St. Louis 7:10 :
the next morning.
Burlington trainoar y evcrv equip
ment to luvike tiavelinjr romfoilJible , and
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they run over a smooth track all the way.
Let me tell yon moreabout onr ser
vice.
1 L. W. Wakeley , .
General Passenger Agent , Omaha , Kcbr.
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Valentin , Nebraska/
LToKACn VflNTKKSTEEX. Clerk.
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All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes
Sk2f Work shop in Charbonneau's blacksmith shop.
VALENTINE - - NEBRASKA ,
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ity Uelivery
To and from all parts of the city.
Trunks , valise ? , packages , coal
and heavy draying done on
short notice. : : : : : :
A. F. BANDALL.
Phone 13i. Valentine , Xcb.
J. L. ASHBUBN ,
Contractor and Build-
er in Brick or Stone
V/ork.
Valentine , - Nebr.
First Class JOB WORK on Short Notice
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