The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-02
TORNADOES.
Scientifically Accounted for, and Some
Remote Causes that Produc Pain
full Results Explained.

Tit following s%ynorsis of a lecture de-
livered by DR.. Horace r. Hamilton before
the New York Society for the Promotion of
Science con aims so much that is timely
Inc important thai it can be read with
both interest and roi :
There is Iro ably 20 subject of modern
times tfit as CAUSED and is causing
greater ;tte lion than the origin OF lorna
does. scie .Iists have studied it for tue
benefit of humanity; men have inv Sti-
gated it .or the wei, are of their + m ,es.
1t has been a vexed subject long 20 lsid-
cred, and through all this investigate 1 the
cyclone has swept across the land C. frying
destruction to scientists as well as to the
innocent jewellers in its track. One thing,
however, is certain; the cause of the cy-
clone must be sought far away from the
whirling body of wind itself. Its results
are powerful; its cause must also be pow
erful. Let us therefore consider a few
facts. First, the appearance of a cyclone
is invariably preceded by dark spots upon
the face of the sun. These spots, indicating
a disturbed condition of the solar regions,
necessarily affect the atmosphere of our
earth. An unusual generation of heat in
one part of the atmosphere is certain to
cause a partial vacuum in another portion.
Air must rush in to fill this vacuum.
Hence the observation-disclosures the cyclone.
This theory finds additional confirmation
in the fact that tornadoes come during the
udy ana nOU at nlRnU. Inc dark SpOJS upon
the surface of the sun, whatever they may
be, seem to cause great commotion in the
atmosphere of the world, and it is almost
certain that the extremely wet weather of
the present season can be accounted for
on precisely this basis. Is it reasonable
to suppose that the marvellous effect of the
sun on vegetation and life in general shall
be less than upon the atmosphere itself
through which its g come! The cause
is remote, but the effect is here.
After describing some of the terrible eff
fects of the cyclone, the speaker went on
to say
This rule finds its application in nearly
every department 0 fife. An operator is in
San Franciscc-the click of the instrument
manipulated by his fingers, in New York.
The President makes a slight stroke of the
pen in his study at the White House, and
the whole nation is aroused by the act. An
uneasiness and disgust with everything in
life, commonly called inconsistencies, is
felt by many people, when the cause is to
be found in the distant home thousands of
miles away. An uncertain pain may be
felt in the head. 1t is repeated in other
parts of the body. The appetite departs
and all energy is gone. Is the cause neces-
sarily to be found in the head ! The next
day the feeling increases. There are adj
ded symptoms. They continue and be-
come more aggravated. The slight pains
in the head increase to agonies. The nausea
becomes chronic. The heart grows irregu-
lar, and the breathing uncertain. All
these effects have a definite cause; and,
after years of deep experience upon this
subject, l do not hesitate to say that this
cause is to be found in some arrangement
of the kidneys or liver far away from
that portion of the body in which these ef-
fects appear. But n may say, 1 nave
no pain whatever in my kidneys or liver
Very true. Neither have we any evidence
that there is a tornado on the surface Of
the sun but it is none the less certain that
the tornado is here, and it is none the. less
certain that these great organs of the body
are the cause of the trouble although there
may he nc pain in their vicinity.