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T H E CHEM AW A AM ERICAN
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is affected by over a dozen different forces and the J e ­
A person can step outside on a moonlight night and suit is a complicated condition which makes the sun
gaze into the heavens and experience sensations of agree with clock time only four times a year. At
wonder and amazement according to his or her capa­ other times the sun is faster or slower than clock time.
city for thought. It is a nice pastime and the study A sun-dial indicates sun time, and in order to find the
of astronomy is both delightful and useful. How­ correct time by it you have to add or subtract any­
ever, for the majority of our people it is better for where up to 16 minutes, according to the day of the
year. The clocks which are connected by telegraph
them to breathe the fresh air and bask in the “ moon­
shine” and let it go at that rather than to allow their with the naval observatory at W ashington are very re ­
minds to wander into channels beyond a depth possible liable, 'being corrected hourly or daily. This time,
however, does not necessarily agree with the times
to fathom. For instance: The human mind cannot given in almanacs for rising and setting of sun, etc.,
conceive anything without an end yet it is just as as these latter times are approximate only. The actual
impossible to gaze into the sky and conceive an end time the sun rises above the horizon depends very
to space. People who continuously ponder on m at­ much on whether it rises from behind a water surface,
ters of this character—something impossible of definite or a flat land surface, or a hill or a mountain. Times
given for sunrise, etc., are theoretical for the theo­
and accurate solution—are liable later on to become retical horizon— not for any actual or local horizon.
inmates of an asylum for those of our commonwealth
BIT S of HUM OR
whose minds have become unhinged.
Every-day life is full of problems, the solution of
History repeats itself. ’ ’
which are not in any way vital to the majority of us.
“ So they say. But it never came to my rescue when
It is better and wiser for us to pay heed to those feat­
the teacher called on me to recite.’
ures of our lives which affect us materialy for good
or ill. Let us be practical in all our endeavors and
Elise—My grandpa has reached the age of 96.
not bother ourselves with the limitations of space Isn’t it wonderful?
when the prices of food and raiment cut so large a fig­
Bobby—W onderful nothing! Look at the time
ure in our comfort and general welfare—whether we it ’s taken him to do it.
are fat or lean, warm or cold.
“ Briggs—You talk a good deal less since you’ve
Not long ago we noticed in a “ query colum” where
the question had been asked if there are 23 worlds— been married.
Griggs—Yes; my wife thinks I ’m the smartest man
presumably similar to ours. W hat a nonsensical ques­
tion! Who would venture a definite answer? It is on earth, and I have to be mighty careful what I say.
beyond the human mind. We know of a few, but
“ I asked the boss for an increase in salary. Told
knowing the limitation of space, and the bodies float­
him I couldn’t live on the sum I was g ettin g .”
ing in it, no human being could give the last word in
“ W hat did he say?’’
answer to such a question. To the great majority of
“ Told me it was a business, not a lifesaving insti­
us the price of butter and eggs is of far greater im port­
tution, he was ru n n in g .”
ance than is the possible existence of untold worlds
“ You know ,” saidlthe lady whose motor car had run
whose orbits are inestimable distances from ours.
you must have been walking very
Let our readers shun all purely visionary things. down a man,
There is too much fol-de-rol and too little common carelessly. I am a very careful driver. I have been
sense sifted into the concerns of our daily lives. It driving a car for seven years.”
“ Lady, you’ve got nothing on me. I ’ve been
would seem that one could be happy without being
silly; that the real joys of life do not depend on im­ walking for 54 years,”
practical ideas or things, but upon that which is dic­
An Irishm an had a run of hard luck and decided to
tated and ordained by sober thought, good judgm ent,
and a wholesome desire to know the tru th and live commit suicide. A man discovered the Irishm an a
few hours later. He had a rope tied around his waist
right.
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and was dangling from a tree. “ W hat are you do­
S U N TIM E
ing?” asked the man.
“ I ’m hangin’ m yself,” replied the Irishm an.
From an exchange we glean the following easily
“ You can’t hang yourself by putting the rope
understood explanation of the difference in “ sun tim e”
You should
and “ clock tim e,” which should be interesting and around your w aist,” said the man.
instructive reading for the majority of our subscribers: put it around your neck.”
“ O ch,” replied the Irishm an, “ I tried it that way,
T he sun is a rough time-piece, not an accurate one.
T hat is to say, the motion of the earth round the sun but I couldn’t breathe.”
GCOD SE N SE