The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-24
CYCLONES.


OF movement OF the tornado Is lnvarl-
ably from poiut in the southwest
quadrant to O point in the northwest
quadrant" A cyclone never travels
from east to west. 1t rushes through
the air left warm where the sun has
passed. A cyclone never occurs on
cold day, never starts at night, and
usually occurs in the afternoon.
The sun shines all day aud in the af-
ternoon gets q bead on some western
plain or like place. 1t shines warmly.
The air becomes rarefied. The
breath fails to supply the needed
amount of oxygen, and one feels ex-
hausted. Yhere is a stiffness that is
oppressive, broken, perhaps, by little
putfs that seem To come from heated
fur mace. One feels sickly sensation
from the suns rays. All this time the
sun is shooting his heat right down at
the spot as though he had been COM
manded to stand still and had concen-
trated his power on one little patch OF
his field Of labor. he air becomes
unnaturally heated. 1t is not In Its
normal condition. Things are not as
they should be. Natures system Is
getting out of order. The rarefed air
begins to rise. 1t continues TO heat.
1t rises some more. The colder air
runs in at the sides to fill the vacuum
and instantly the tornado Is put in mo-
ton.
Did you ever see the peg pulled out
of horse trough and watch the water
turn round and round as 1t ran out
That is the way the air turns round
in q cyclone as it rushes in from all
sides.
The earth is surrounded by air to
height of fifty or seventy miles, and
that air has waves on its surface
like waves on an ocean. The
column of rarefed air that starts
the cyclone draws on all sides for
colder air, for the ar that ma
ture needs to establish the equilibrium,
but instead of gentle breeze or a
brisk wind, the effort Is SO stupendous
that the angry cyclone is the result; and
the rushing column dashes around, look
ing out for restoring natures equili-
brium, but unmindful of the devasta-
ton worked on the face of the earth.
Therefore man must stand from
under.
If one cares to see the principle of a
cyclones starting he can do so by set
ting heated smoothing iron where the
light shines through a window. The
small particles that are in the air will
be seen to float toward the iron and on
nearing it will rush upward in the col
umn of heated air.
Did you ever see q whirlwind on a
cold or windy day?
After the cyclone starts moving across
the country its winds whirl round and
round in this country in direction OPP
posite to that of the hands of watch
The signal O. servers give some inter
esting descriptions of cyclones. A
work on cyclones just issued from the
Government press says the sudden APP
pearance of eminous clouds first III the
northwest or northeast, or perhaps re-
versed in the order of their appearance,
generally attracts the attention of the
most casual observer. In almost all
cases these premonitory clouds are un-
like any ordinary formation. If they
are light, their appearance resembles
smoke issuing from burning building
or straw-stack, rolling upward In fan
tastic shapes to great heights. Some
times they are like fine mist, or quite
white like fog or steam. Some persons
describe these light clouds as at times
apparently irrideseent, or glowing a. If
a pale, whitish light issued FROM their
irregular surfaces. If the premonitory
clouds are dark, and present a deep
greenish hue, this fairly forebodes very
great evil. so, also, if they appear jet
black, from the center TO circumference,
or if this deep Jet color appears only at
the center, gradually diminishing In in
tensity as the outer edges of the clouds
or bank of clouds are approached.
Sometimes these dark clouds instead of
appearing IN solid, heavy masses, roll
up lightly but still intensely black. like
the smoke from an engine or locomo-
tive burning soft coal. They have been
described as of apurple or blush tinge.
or at times possessed of strange livid-
ness, or frequently dark green and again
of an inky blackness that fairly startles
you with it's intensity. This mass of
furiously boiling clouds, roaring like
thunder, and if at night flashing with
wild lightning, strikes terror to the
heart of the beholder. As the clouds
approach from opposite directions they
are suddenly thrown into the greatest
confusion, breaking up as it were into
small portions which dash pell nell
over each other and in every direction,
now darling toward the earth, now
rushing upward to considerable height,
or at moderate elevations, rolling over
each other in a whirl like a pack.of
dogs in a fight. Generally following
closely upon the exis ence of this con-
dition, tile funnel shaped tornado cloud
appears against the western gky, NOV
ing boldly to the front from without
this confused mass of flying clouds.
Old soldiers say if You see a cannon
ball in the air, and it appears to be
standing still. you would better hide.
If it appears to be moving, there is no
danger for you. So with the cyclone.
If it is moving from one side TO another,
you are safe; if it seems to lie standing
still and only growing larger, it is com
ing directly at you.-4tLanta Consti-
tuition.
Ice Made In the Tropics.