Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1913 — CONCERNING THE DOG DAYS [ARTICLE]

CONCERNING THE DOG DAYS

.Among Othtr Truths Writer Observes They Are Evidence That Backbone of Winter la Broken. The dog days are hot and stuffy. (They warm up about the middle of August, and are a sure sign that the ibackbohe of winter Is broken. It Is icnly when the Dog Star rages that we (have dog days, but nobody has yet discovered what the Dog-Star rages {about, unless It la the sidereal heav-

ens at night, and he certainly does rage about these considerable. Which reminds us that the Dog Star rages only at night, and it is the dog days that we hear mpre about. There is no answer to this one, either. But that makes no difference to the weather bureau, and the mercury shins up the tube just the same, while mankind simply drifts along on a soa of perspiration. The name of the Ik)g Star is Sirius. This is because he is no joke. Dogs become mad during dog days, and why shouldn’t they? Every-

body else does, and swears besides, which dogs do not. Dog daisies blossom at this season, and they are tropical flowers, all right. In conclusion it may be said without fear of successful contradiction that although every dog has his day, every day hasn’t its dog, and the rest of us ought to be doggoued glad of it. —Lippincott's. ■*- - The most common name for a place in England is Newton, which occurs no fewer than 72 times