Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03

Fer many years it has been my belief
that our planet is accompanied by two
satellites. visible and dark one, the
distance of the latter from the earth be-
ing probably double that of the former.
The Vibrations of the moon, the irregu-
larity of the moon. the irregularity of
her motions in her orbit, and the fact
her perigee seldom takes place immedi-
ately on the orbit of our earth in ad-
vance of the earth's course, are strong
evidence of the disturbing influence Of
4 sister satellite. The variation in the
lime and height of the 'des, occasional
.ides of excessive height without appar
mt cause, and the frequent occurrence
# double tides can not be explained on
he hypothesis that the earth is attend
ed by only one secondary. Earth
quakes which are caused by unusual
planetary attraction frequently &C.
cur when it would appear that
the force which produced them
mad not yet reached its climax. and
could not till after the moons conjunc-
ion with the sun. The recent earth
quake in England occurred two days
before'the moon was in con junction with
the solar orb, and before she was in per-
gee, showing that her attractive power
must have joined with another and very
nearly equal force before she reached
the line of her solar con junction. This
earthquake, l predicted, would return
with increased violence on May 20. 1t
did so. causing the destruction of many
villages and the death of hundreds OF
people. On the same day occurred the
disastrous cyclone in British Burmah.
The earthquake, however, did not APP
pear in England. and am convinced 1t
was moved eastward by the influence of
ibis dark planet The recent cold wave
which passed over America must have
Deen due to this source, and as nearly
the same conditions will exist on the
Goth and 9th of the present month
(June) the same cold wave would ap-
pear were it not for the changed posi-
ton of this dark horse of the heavens
All great storms should occur after
certain planetary con unctions. whereas
hey frequently precede them, and it is
for this reason that many meteorologists
among them Sir William Thompson
have denied that the moon has any
influence whatever in producing storms
on the surface of our globe. Years be-
fore published predictions found that
some of my storms would be delayed
for several days, others would appear
ahead of time, and frequently the heav-
lest would be annihilated altogether.
There were no known planets which
could possibly produce this effect. and
l was at length forced to the conclusion.
as have ,ad, that our earth is accom-
panied by a dark satellite. 1t would
further appear that the ''dark days" of
which frequent mention is made in his
tory--so called because they could not
be traced to any solar eclipse-were of
such a character as to justify the belief
that they were caused by an Opaque
body intervening between our globe
and the sun, for the suddennesS and
brevity of the darkness could not be in
terpreted rs due TO smoke or vapor in
the earth's atmosphere.
am confident that the moon and this
dark satellite were in conjunction with
the sun, or nearly so, on March 8, 1888,
which produced the eruption of the
great Java volcano, and caused the
storms which | p edictel would be
and the Lonlon Times says it was the
greatest storm of the present century.
On March 26, 1884, this planet was
somewhere in the neighborhood of her
inferior or superior conjunction, and
heightened the storm on the 2sth of
that month. Strange to add, / have
Just received letters from Michigan say
ing that a solar eclipse was visible in
that State on May 16, 1881, at seven
o clock in the evening, when fully one
third of the solar disc was in darkness.
AS the moon at that moment was twelve
degrees south of the celestial equator
and the sun was as many degrees north
of it, this phenomenon could not have
been caused by our visible satellite.
Doubtless it was the passing of this dark
planet across the suns disc.
l have little sympathy with Prof.
Proctor and others, who, with the preju-
dice of the old-school men, persist in de-
claring that our moon is a dead planet,
and is not possessed of an atmosphere
Any one VINO will take the trouble to
look when she is in quadrature will see
with the naked eye on n clear night. the
WUOlc luIllluOuS duuuluS VI THY VI llSuG
that surrounds her orb, which is proof
positive and complete that she is en-
veloped in an atmosphere similar to our
own. The same arguments were used
long ago by DR.. Dick and others to
prove that Jupiter and other primaries
are destitute of atmosphere, while the
very fact that they are visible is evil
dence that they are endowed with at
mospheres like that OF our own globe,
for surely no one is now antiquated
enough to believe that life exists
throughout space but only in the at
mosphere of the planets. The non-ex-
istence of second satellite to the earth
is therefore not proved by reason OF its
invisibility. Its position can only be
ascertained by noticing the sudden
quenching of stars. and trust that as
tronomerS, both in America and Eu-
rope, will aid in obtaining the magni-
tude and motion of this lonely wander
er in the sidercal heavens. Stone
higgins, in n. Y. Tribune.