Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-27
TORNADOHs.
Scientifically Accounted for, and Some Re
mote Causes that Produced Pain
full Results Explained.

The following synopsis of lecture oeliv.
cred by DIR. Horace R. Hamilton before the
New York Society for the Promotion Of Sci
ence, contains SO much that is timely and i'm
portant that it can be read with interest and
profit:
There is probably no subject of modern
| times that has caused and is causing greater
attention than the origin of tornadoes. Sci
entists have studied it for the benefit of hui
manity; men have investigated it for the well
| fare of their families. It has been q vexed
subject long considered, and through all the
investigation the cyclone has swept across the
| land carrying destruction to scientists as well
as to the innocent dwellers in its track One
thing, however. is certain, the cause of the
| cyclone must be sought far away from the
whirling body of wind itself Its results are
powerful its csuse must also be powerful.
| Let us therefore consider few facts. First,
| the appearance of q cyclone is invariably pre-
coded by dark spots upon the face of the sun.
These spots, indicating disturbed condition
OF the solar regions, necessarily affect the at
mosphere of our earth. An unusual genera.
ton Of heat ia one part of the atmosphere is
certain to cause q partial vacuum. Hence
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the cyclone. This
theory finds additional confirmation in the
| fact that tornadoes come during the day and
not at night. The dark spots upon the sur
face 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.
IL it reasonable to suppose that the marvellous
effect OF the sun upon vegetation and life in
general shall be less than upon the atmos-
phere itself through which its rays come
The cause is remote, but the effect is here
After describing soma of the terrible effects
of the cyclone, the speaker went on to say
This rule fluids its application in nearly
every department of life. An operator is in
San Francisco, the click of the instrument
manipulated by his fingers, ia New York.
The President makes slight stroke OF his
pen in his study at the White House, and the
whole nation is aroused by the act. An ua-
easiness and disgust with everything in life,
commonly called hoine-sickness, 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.
Il is repeated in other parts of the body. The
appetite departs and all energy is gone. Is
the cause necessarily to bs found in the head .
The next day the feeling increases. There
are added symptoms. They continue aud
become moro aggravated. The slight paius
in the head increase to agonies. The rausea
becomes chronic. The heart grows irregular
and the breathing uncertain. All these effects
have definite cause; and after years of deep
experience upon this subjsct, do not hesi-
tate 10 say that this cause ia TO be found in
some arrangement of the kidneys or liver far
away from that portion Of the body in which
thess effects appear. But one may say, I
have no pain whatever in my kidneys or liver.
!, Very true. Neither have wa any evidence
that there is o tornado on the surface of the
SUI but it is none the less certain that the
tornado is here, and it is none the less Ger tain
that these great organs of tee body are the
cause Of the trouble, although there may be
no pain in their vicinity.
know whereof speak, for I have passed
through this very experiences myself. Nearly
ten yesrs ago [ was the picturs OF health,
weighing mora than two hundred pounds. and
as strong and healthy as any man l ever
knew. When [ felt the symptoms [ have
above described, they caused ne annoyance,
not only by reason Of their aggrsv&ting ma
b ture, but because had never felt any psir
bsfoTe. Other doctors told me l was troubled
) with malaria, and [ treated myself accord
iugly. did not believe, however, that the
malaria could show such aggravated symp
tors. Il never occurred TO me that analysis
, would help solve the trouble, 90 | did not
presume my difficulty 1as located in that por
} ton Of the body. But I continued to grow
worse. had faint sersation st the pit O.
my stomach nearly every day. felt great
desire 20 eat. and yet / loathed food. l wal
constantly tired, ard still | could not sleep
, My brain YVES unusually active, but | coulC
not think commercially. My existence was
, living misery. | continued in this coRditioI
for nearly year; never free from pain, nevei
for moment happy. Such an existence i