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Show Uncle Sam Laughs At a Superstition Change of Moon Affect the Weather? Not a Particle, Say Officials. The belief held by many persons that tho planets, especially the moon, affects the weather is held by tlie government weather experts to be a superstition and a remnant of "the many superstitions supersti-tions generated and fostered by that other and great superstition, astrology, astrolo-gy, " according to a letter sent out by the United States department of agriculture. ag-riculture. A copy of this lotter was roceived yesterday by the local United States weather 'office. The letter states that the heating of different parts of the earth and its atmosphere to different temperatures is the real cause of the winds and all weather changes, and it follows that the moon and planets could affect the weather only so far as they supply heat. It states that according to tlie most delicate instruments the amount of heat sent by the moon and all the planets is insignificant and negligible. The federal scientists conclude that the planets and moon make not the slightest influence upon our weather. |