The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-08

ofthe the object into the, diameter
of the earth add the square of the
height and extract the square root
of the sum. An object two miles
high can be seen 126 miles from the
level of the sea. Ordinary rain
clouds float two miles above the
ocean level If fweare standing on an
ordinary elevation, and see thunder
clouds ascending just above the hori-
zon, it viii be perfectly safe to calcu-
late that we will have to travel 100
miles to get beneath them. tits
twenty miles from the head of 4
cloud to the point where the rain
falls, 50 that il will be $50 miles
from us to where it is raining. /
have frequently indicated local
showers almost to the minute, by
applying that rule. In a clear at
mosphere, / can see them further
than that.
DEVICES DOCUMENTARY PROOF.
Mr.. Devoe has documentary proof
of mis- assertion. On the 10Th Of
April, at ! in the evening, he said
in the presence Of Dominic Durand
his pastor, of Hackensack, that there
was a thunder shower in Somerset,
Pa, 250 miles distant. He had seen
the lightning on the horizon and
had got the bearing of the place by
compass and atlas. He said the
same shower would reach here ut 10
o'clock that night. Dominic Du-
rand sat down and wrote to the
Postmaster in Somerset asking what
the weather was April 26. lie got
the following reply:
''SOMERsET, Pa, April 2S.
Dear Sir A thunderstorm occur
red here about 7:15 to 7:30 on Mon
day evening, April 26. Heavy rain
and wind.
To Rer. C. b. Durand, Hackensack,
n. j."
1t raincd that night in Hacken-
sack"
On the 20th Of June Mr.. Deyoe
was over in Rockland county, n. Y.
He saw clouds in the East, and on
looking at map, said it was rain
ing in Bridgeport, Conn. He was
bantered by friends over his predic-
tions. He was bantered by friends
over his predictions. Mr. Deyoe
has the correspondence with the
Bridgeport Postmaster that proves
the accuracy Of his deductions.
Mr.. Deyoe says he is often told
that he foretclls the weather by in
tuition, but that is not true. He
has only discovered meteorological
laws, he says, that anybody can un-
derstand. 70 prove this he has re-
Gently undertaken to instruct two
lads of sixteen in weather rules, and
his two pupils are nearly as adept
as himself. Each make out a daily
weather bulletin for Hackensack
drug stores under Mr.. Devoe's su-
peryision. Here Is a copy Of the
bulletin put up at : o'clock Tues
day night giving the forecast for yes
terdav
Barometer falling.
Temperature rising.
Wind southwest.
Weather partly cloudy
Mr.. Devoe says he is governed by
three laws, which he thus lays down:
First, the wind always blows toward
that point where the greatest fall in
temperature IS taking place, all
science to the contrary notwith-
standing. Second, all currents Of
wind descend, or slant downward.
We may calculate that a current Of
three miles high viii strike the earth
500 miles away. Third, both heat
and cold descend from the atmos-
phere above.
Within SIX months" said Mr.
Devoe, Il expect to be able, by ap-
plying the laws | have discovered to
my observations here, to be able to
predict the weather in France and
England"
"As to my prediction for this win
ter he said. Il don't claim that
they will prove infallible; but if l
was going to undertake anything
that depended on the weather i
would follow my observations. The
ice men are going to have bad
year. There will be no long con-
tinued cold, and ice Will be as scarce
next season as it was last summer. ="
Mr.. Devoe is q man OF IS or 30
and the son Of a farmer He had no
further educational advantages than
the common school afforded, and
has acquired bis weather lore by
twenty years Of observation and
study. He Is of slender build, me
dunn stature, and has light brown
hair and moustache and keen gray
eyes. He talks iluently, and has
his calculations and theories at his
tongues end. He has delivered a
lecture on Practical Me.eorology'
in the neighboring towns, and his
reputation as 4 weather prophet
draws large audiences 70 hear his
theories.