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TEEE PENSACOLA JOURNAL SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER L 1914.
DAILY, WEEKLY, 6UNOAY.
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SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1914.
The Scientific American
On Cannon Rain-Making
i-ne .journal is inaeDieu. io ils sj'
friend. Mr. 6. T. Bennett, Jr., for a
letter published elsewhere tn this pa
sser today to Which the xtcHeulous sup-
rstltloo, that great battles produce
rain ts thorottgbiy exploded.
Mr. Bennett c-uotes from a recent
vectorial on, tins very subject which
appeared in. the Scientiflo Aaaerfcanr
a ssag&sise that should be an au-.
' tSjorJty on tlw subject.
Without presuming to force trpon our
amiable contemporary, the Tampa
' Times, a discussion with, whiclj the
Times has already annoenced it in
tends" to have laothins further to do
; we trust Oat our contemporary will
j istni tafee time to read 3Jr. Beijnetj's
, oromTjniestion,
I aiay iw net also hope that the Times
f"wt3 five its orn readers the benefit
: of this scientific discuegion of a eub
s Ject of which our contemporary hag
' tbu for given them only one sicie?
Cotton Cargoes Not ,
suoject to capture.
The decision by Qreat Britain tftat
'cargoes of cotton in neutral ships
are not subject to capture, whether
destined to the ports of a neutral or
a belligerent nation, will go a tQ-jg'
distance toward relieving the cotton
situation in the southern states. Since
the war began there ha been a dis
position on the part of insurance com
panies to either decline . risks upon
cotton cargoes, or place the premium
rate so high that ft was prohibitive.
This proved a serious bar to the ex
portation of the south' s staple and
the result was to , cay se still further
depression in the market. If England
will not interfere with cotton ship
ments, even thou fh such shipments
may he destined for ports in Qermany,
there if nothing in the way of a re
sumption of business with thef. coun
try, a large consumer of cotton and
whjch, since .the declaration of war
fcy England, "has not taken a bale.
The uncertainty of the situation was
intensified by the fact that a .cotton
laden ship had been detained at 6torn
away, jQotJand. The statement , is
made now, however, that this deten-
;tJon is due to disagreexnents between
the owners of the vessel and those
to vrlxm it, ha4 been chartered.
rlAW hat! THA T11Q 4 n
cleared up by the announcement cf
Sir awar4 5?ey, foreign shipments
of cottoji should increase very m.a
teralj.y. Not all jnills of the Old.
World are idle, and there is a market
for a considerable man,tHy of the
staple. The mills that are finding
It possible to operate, in spite of, the
war, will nofc have any serious dlrS
culty in securing safe delivery on
shipments, and as this faet is made
doubly certain by 'actual experience,
the movement to foreign shores will
.rain in: volume.
So, as a depressing factor, the fear
that cotton shipments might be (seized
hap disappeared, and no dnubt this Im
proved condition will become a stimu
lating factor n the cotton market.
Lost, strayed, or stolen-r-'one editorial
page , Reward for return to the Ens
tls Lake Region.
TJie South Africa rebellion seems
to have gone up in a thin, blue column
of smoke.
From an economical standpoint iron
crosses are all right. They cost much
less than gold medals.
Pen't let the war kill your nerve.
If you do, the killing will be extended
to your business.
As soon as the federal reserve banks
open a whole lot of people will have
to figure out some new excuae
to avoid paying- their debts.
"Qed i fighting with our troops,"
writes a Belgian woman. He is also
fighting with the Germans, accord iner
to the Kaiser; with the Russians, ac
cording to the Cr;, with the French,
according to President Foineare and
with the Austrians, according to Fram
Josef. The Japs seem to be the only
fMM that are really ffoins? it alone.
i VOX POPULI. 5
'
HEAVY CANNONADING COES
NOT PRODUCE RAIN
Editor Fensacela Journal:-
t . With the prevailing high cost ' of
white print paper it seems a wilful
waste of editorial space to devote it
to a discussion of so fallacious a
topic as' rain being r an invariable
consequence of gjreai - battles and de
tonations. The TAMPA TIMES . is
now inclined to withlrw from an. ar
gument it began on the subject and
possibly- the following excerpt from an
editorial in the Scientific American of
the 24th. inst., will serve to enlighten
certain benighted Tampans. Matter
appearing- in this periodical is general
ly accepted as coming from an author
ative source by those who read for in
formatioii and -not merely for amuse
ment. , The Scltntific American saysr
xjnee in the early Stone Asre some
"Ody remarked to somebody else that
Tain frequently occurred after battles
mi a-i . ....
j.oe auijjqr I tius statement .was
protiably not a psychologist, else his
conscience would have smitten hira fo
having set afloat in the world the
germ of a particularly f.itxmus fal
lacy. The evolution of the idea was
probably complete long before the
Age of Bronze. . "pig battles are often
followed by rain. Big battles often
PRODUCE rain. Big battles f IN
v ARIABjT prvwiuce rain. Even the
modern penny-a-liner cannot improve
on . the last statement. The myth is
nxed-T-crygtallized--an$ probably im
perishable.
omce, however, we mut put up
with the myth in its present form, le
ua see how it happens that rain has so
orten followed battles as to. suggest to
uncritical people that there was a phy
sical relation between the one and the
other.
"First of all, no sueh relatien'-ex
ists. Rain Js tho result of the active
condensation of moisture in the at
mosphere, and this is (purely a cues
tion of humidity and temperature. I?
the humidity be sufficiently increased
Or the temperature sufficiently low
ered, condensation is inevitable pro
vided certain nuclei of condensation
dust particles or molecule? of hy-
aroscopic gases) he present; and. out
side of the laboratory they always
ARE present.
A battle cannot he supposed, to
nae any appreciable effect upon
either the humidity, or temperature of
the air. Two explanations of the
alleged production of rain by battles
nave been offered: one nonsensical an.
the other pseutto-scientif ic. The non
senical explanation is the popular
one, vis: that the condensation of
raoi&ture is promoted by -the concus
sion due to cannonadJsr, or that the
drops already condjnted and con?tl
tutingr the clouds are jostUd together
by the tame process, with the reeut
that they coalesce and fall as rain. As
was once pointed put by Prof. New
comb, the effect of a violent explosion
upon a body of m&lst air a quarter of
a mile away is exactly the same- as
that of the clapping 'of one hands
upon he moist air of' the room in
wfiion the experiment & rfprmed, i
e., aosoiuteiy Tvlt,.
rne pseudo-scientific exlanatjon
is tpai ine gases anq sinoe projucefl
by explosions increase condensation
by increasing the number of nuclei
in the atmosphere. The nucieation
of. the atmosphere as effected by or
dinary dustiness, by hydroscopic gases,
ay raaio-aetive discharges, bv ultra.
violet light, and what not, i? still &n
op cure subject. . An outstanding re
suit of recent investigation, however.
appears to be this: The lower atmes.
pnera rtcrmally contains more than
tn m.mirnum nytriber of nuclei nee
esgary for the process of condensation
and ths process cannot be made rnpre
active by a mere. increase in the nupi
oer. anus, various and , abundant
nuclei, in the ferm of gases and.
smoke are given off to the atmosphere
by great .manufacturing centers, . yet
inese pieces a& not have a heavier
rai?rfall than the surrounding, oen
country. ' Pittsburg, for instance, is
One of the dxyest places in. fennsy!-;
-Mow if examine the biMory of
oatties and the history of weather we
shall find that rain does not always
iouow great sanies, though It fre
quently does so, and for two very
juus reasons., it, ror example, we
consult the meteorological r cords of
northern France where some of the
greatest -battjee in- history have ec
curred. we learn that, under norma!
conditions, ,rain may ba exgected in
that region aVout every other- day, on
an averas- Taus, at Sevres, ten mJUs
from Paris, the records from im to
1301 show an average of 157 ralny
aays per apnum. These rainy days
did not, of course. altrnat with
rainless days, put there -were gener
ally several rainy-spells each month.
It is, therefor, evident that th preb?
aointy of ram within, say, twenty-
four hours after a natt!& or a deg
figbt, is rather high owing to the or
dinary operations of Mature, f
The prpbability of rain after, or
during a battle is, however, material
ly increased by. thai fact thatj the in
tervals of fair weather between suc
cessive rain-spells are naturally uffd
oy cortimaraers in the rnovemsnt of
troops which precede a battle. These
movements can generTTy fc effevted
only in dry weather, and may require
several days. By the tiro flisposi
tions have been made the baremetic
conditiona have changed; the dry
'high' ha passed or- its regular -way
to the eastward, and. the dg of tue
rain-bringing 'low lit? entered the
terrain: Thus a downpour is likely to
occur seoa after the ensragrenaent is
well begun; but its cause must be
sought in the interplay, a? force? -er
which mankind has no control."
ine TQregOipg snouw convince, put
profrably will 3Qt foi mere are yet
many who insist that there's but en
correct and , safe tirna of a certain
phase of the moon when hogs may
ba killed. This, despite the fact that
the great packing houses slaughter
thsm toy thousands every day in the
y?ar moon or io moor. and the "raln-
afUr-battle" theorists belong: in the
ame catajscry.
S. D. BENNETT, Jr.
PENS ACOLA AND
PENSACOLIANS
Anderson and Guaranteed Deposits,
lion. Robert 'Anderson, one of the
young men who will be of service to
Florida in the next legislature, gives
his views m another part of this issue
on the guaranty of bank deposits.
You may or may not agree with Mr
Andersen; but he is adopting the right
method in letting the people know
what he proposes doing when the ses
sion convenes.- The State has ar
ranged with a number of senators and
members fof tee lower house to give
special articles on laws they contem
plate getting passed in the Legisla
ture. By this method the people will
know what to expect from the men
entrusted with thepewer to make laws
The State, though less than a year
old, Is recognized by the people
throughout 5 Florida as being the me
dium through which the people of all
factions and classes may discuss pub
lic questions The fact that the mem!
hers . of the next Legislature are going
to write sp?cial articles for The State
mean's that they are glad to have a
dean state weekly to carry their mes
sages to the people.. The next legis
lative session will be . an important
one. During its session the people are
going to take a hand and will seek to
help the members accomplish some
thing for the general welfare of the
state. AH citizens are urged to use the
columns of The State for discussing
questions which will come before the
pext Legislature. The State is pub-.
Huhed to do good and it is always here
for the people to use.-"-Jacksonville
State. '. .
Pensacola la Werried. '
The City of Pensacola, in 1 order to
economize during-these war times, is
agitating the lessening of her police
force. The city, of about S5,000 popu
lation is employing fifty-two police
men to preserve order, and the Mayor
thinks te number can safely be re
duced. But the police commission
are strongly . opposing the reduction,
with statements that all the men are
needed. The True Democrat does not
mean to meddle with another city's af
fairs, but advjses Pensacola to take a
lesson from "JaHshassee if she wants
a safe and sane administration of pun
He affairs, at the lowest possible ex
pense, Tallahassee has a population
of at least 7,000, about one fifth that
Of Pensacola. Two policemen, one
each for day and night service, are all
that are enaployed here, and in reality
they ar not needed, for our people are
exceptionally law abiding.. On the
same proportion Pensacoia should em
ploy about ten men. Under present
conditions Pensacola probably needs
the fifty-two men. But if she would
vote out her saloons, ' and the large
number f associated crimes the num
ber could easily be reduced one half.
This would probably effect a financial
saving -to the city administration and
Next Stindav. November 8. The Tournal- will present to its boy and srirl and srrown-up readers the greatest comic page
drawn by Rudolph Dirks, the
is now employed by the New
Watch for -it next
it would certainly save millions ' of
money for her -population, and . pre
vent miillons more of wants, sorrows,
pains and degradatIons.-r'Tal!ahassee
True Democrat.
AH Uke Haneook, But--
Thus far Just two papers the
Chipley Verdict and Bonifay Adver
tisfir have approved Cor pressman
Wilson's action in regard to the post
mastership at Pensacola, and most of
them have been anything but compli
mentary either in reference to this
or his conduct generally. The boys
all like Ben Hancock and have noth
ing but kind words for hint, but oar
Congressman - has not made any
friends that he did not have ' before
and has lest . some very influential
one3 he did have.-r-DeFuniak Breeze.
The Ladies' And The Court; "
The Pensacola Equal Suffrage As
sociation seems to, e after ; more
than votes for women and, is diversi
fying its activities to. .the . extent. , of
passing resolutions v condemning
States- Attorney Stokes, .for opposing
bail , for .Sirs. Florence McQowan, in,
dicted rfer , murder, in that city. The
ladies should remember , that it. was
thu judge, ; not: the State's attorney,
that refused the bail and not : make
the latter A vicarious sacrifice in the
case. And don't - gtt after " the .court,
too roughly, .ei her for ; some of tliese
Florida judges are thin-xKinned about
their decisicns.--Lakeiand: Telegram. ;i
"A9n" .'Em Both. . . . .. ; ., :
The rottenness of ring politics , in
West Florida: ,5s .very, vividly .'por
trayed in Chipley Jenes statement .of
Emmet Wilson's., broken promises sm
the Pensacola post . office affair tor
gether with . hip.. Jones' . confession ;,.o
being the principal ; agent in, securing
Bmnwt's !. riomination-i .i He- . certainly
sets forth sufficient reasons ; why : he
should not -have, received the nomi
nation v for postmaster, or- WiJsop
that of Representative. -It .-is, a filthy
putrescent .mess-T-Panania -City, Pilot.
Among The Elect.- t .
N. J. LUlard. who has been-connectr
ed with the Pensacola press for ,s
number of years, recently as receiver
and.-Jater as part owner of the,' News,
has graduated from tnat une, anu
now is sole owner, editor and pub
lisher of the Molino Advertiser. .We
welcome him to the ranks of the
real eiect.-rrDeFuniak Breeze.
Apply Sloan's Freely For Lumbago
Your attacks of Lumbago are not
nearly so hopeless as they seem. Toy
can relieve them almost instantly by
a simple application of Sloan's Llni
raent on the back and loins. Lumbaxo
is a form of rheumatism, and yields
perfectly to Sloan's, which penetrates
quickly all in through the sore, tender
muscles. Umbers up the back and
makes ft feel fine. Get a bottle cf
Sloan's Liniment for 25 cents of any
druggist and have it in the house-
against colds, sore and swollen joints,
rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica and
like ailments. - Tour money back if not
satisfied, but it does give almost in
stant relief. (Adv.)
: NEXT-SUNDAY, -NOVEMBER 8
THE KATZEN
originator of the Katzenjammer page and without ,doubt the most popular comic artist in the world today.
York Afed4 md XH Peccola Journal has been .fortunate in securing his popular page for its own rc;
bunday.
BODY OF CtARK
STEVENS INTERRED
"The bedy of Clark Stephens who
died Thursday at Laurel Hill was
burled yesterday in t. John's cemetery
The deceased formerly resided In fen
sacola. but had recently been a resi
dent of Laurel HU1 apd had died after
an illness of some two years. He is
survived by a brother 5eo. W. Steph
ens of Lakeview, and a sister, Mrs
Wna. WXdsen. of North 8th. Avenue
Pensacola.
Your Fall Cold Needs Attention
No use to fuss and try to wear It
out. It will wear you out instead.
Take, Dr- King's New Discovery, relief
follows quickly. It, checks your Cold
and Soothes your Cough away. Pleas.
ant. Antiseptic and Healing. Children
like it. Get a BQo bottle of Dr King's
New Discovery and keep it in the
house." "Our family Cough and Cold
"Doctor" writes Lewis Chamberlain.
Manchester, Ohio. Money back if ;iot
satisfied, -but it nearly always helps.
t - ': (Adv.)
.startqd to think
about your win
ter's coal?
If so, let us take
a load off your
mind today.
Phones, 6, 93, 119 and
134.
14 East Government
Street
"When You Think of Coal, Think
of Cary,"
E-You
Gary & Co
JAMMERS ARE COMING.
DIRECTORY
Prof. Henry Seel.
374 W. Chase Street, Phone 1413
Piano. Violin, Vocal.
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LENSES DUPLICATED WHILE YOU
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FLORAL A
ALABAMA,
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Doctor Phillips:
You have cured me of Pellagra, my
mouth, face. neck, arms was sore. Soles
of my. feet and palms of my hands had
ourning sensation. Had no energy, los
of weight and Indigestion.
I scaled off and all the sunburn s
son. Burning sensation, numbness. In
digestion, loss of weight and energy has
return ana i am wen oi feiiagra.
xours trujy
E. Sanders,
Florals. Ala.
T. G. YATES, M. D.
OPTICIAN. '
410 Blount Building.
Twenty Years' Experience as an Eye
eeciiit. examination tree .
The IVJ.&O.
On the Square. Within Easy Rach
of Everywhere,
New Fall and Winter
styles
Arriving Dally at
LaMODE
124 South Palafox Street
VVctson, Parfccr
Reese Compat: y
Everything to Wear."
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RHODES - COLLINS
Furniture Co.
Complete House
Furnishers.
Monday's
Special
Bargains
1 Tfe Meal,
1 Tb Lard,
V tb Butter,
irt Susar, .......
1 Tb Coffee
10o Soap,
1 Soap Powder, .
1 Tb Starch, .....
1 can Milk
1 Tb Head Rice, ,
1 can Tomatoe, .
1 pkg., Salt, .....
1 can Pepper, ..
1 pkg., Matches, .
18 Tb Granulated Sugar ,
i to Tea guv,
8 Tba, Granulated Sugar . I
V Tb Tea, IOC
McHugli Grocer!
Company
107-111 E. Interd-ncl,. S.f
Phone 1627.1?;?.
Vie Have Move
and are now located n j
22 South Palafox Stred
(Just across from our old e'ere f
Expert Bicycle, Gun an
Lock Repairing.
Everything for th5 SrtsTj
Wilson-Biggs Co.
"The Sportsman's Store.''
22 South Palafox.
r
WAR IS HELL!
S' is a leaky roof. 5
us about vours. Plione
LEE LUMBER CO.
ever made.
if I'
Mr. I
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