Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-15
A TREMENDOUS STORM FoREToLp.
Prediction OF Noted Weather Prophet
A Comin. Atlantic Tidal wava

A Coming Atlantic Tidal Wave.
If. Stone Virgins in Detroit Free Prsss.l
Or earth is much further from the solar
! orb now than she was at the glacial age. or
when cur visible satellite first appeared in
the Sllurian eras. ami Saturn is much more
/ distant THAI wnsn he carrel but a sin sls
moon in his then smaller race-course arounl
the sun. Then as the four great planets
Just mentioned are so near to Us their at
traction forces our satellite; nearer our
primary. thus increasing the attraction on
our earth's surface. AMI as a result density.
Ing our atmosphere.
1t was Tor this reason predicted in The
New York Insurance Times three years aga
that the winters AMI summers OF 1854 and
1855 would lie remarkable for their coldnes,
for thu depth OF snow in winter and the
rainfall in summer, nj how exactly this
prediction has been fulfilled! As the same
conditions WILL to a certain degree. exist. 1t
j. impossible that the winter OF 1855 can b
otherwis than cold and stormy. This
unusual atmospheric density Is the primar.
cause of the cholera In Europe: for tn s.
noxicus gases, consisting OF the poisonous
compounds of carbon, ere more quickly
generated, AMI rise to q higher atmospheric
level than usual. especially in low countries
and in cities badly drained and ventilated
/ have made no predictions as to storms or
temper AZURE excepting the following storms
which publ he'd in Inc New York Hsrali
on Hay 10, 1854. viz: Sept 29and 30, 1885,
March 20 -. 1851, AMI Sept 10, 1881. The
last namei will DO the greatest storm at
Halifax, Quebec and Boston that will occur
for tho remainder of the century. It is til,
great storm OF October, 1862 known a. the
So rnv oh lad hv Al
wave AM committed such sad havoc on the
eastern co1st OF North America. On the
l7th and 18th perfect calm will prevail over
tbs greater part OF the contibent. the air
current at Halifax, what little there may
be. moving from the west
AT 4 o'clock on tho afternoon Of the 10Th
September, 1850, i: will suddenly shiff
from the southeast No ono unle 8 told
wouid imagine that this quiet shifting of
the flag On the mast and the smoke from the
chimney top indicate, the lightning Of a
storm which in four hours will become one
Of the greatest storms Of tbs century, AMI
one that will he sp ken OF by other genera
tions. Tne New York Maritime Register
stated in 1851 that my prediction OF the
storm of Sept "a, of that year-ths ono in
which the a in was lost on Like Huron with
lp' souls on boari--avsl s. 900. 900 worth
OF Cnitsi Sites shipping; but tais will b. =
heavier one, and much m1rs dan.eroua on
account OF its Atlantic tidal wave
Improvement of the Russian Peasantry.
Moscow Coz. i Francisco Chronicle.l
can ,eo many signs OF change aud i'm
provement sine, nj previou, visit to til,
country in 1872. For centuries the Russian
peasant had scarcely any idsa Of per ,oIal
l.
t,cati, TO bs unlaw.uiy and excessively
taxed to b, torn from hi. family and san.
into the army. or to Siberia, and TO zee hi.
children similarly treatsL In 1858 RI.
sian serf-owncr a woman, was convic:eI OF
having dine to death by inhuman torture.
during the course Of tan year,. n les. than
100 Of her scrfs, 1ny them several young
girls OF not over II years o, age Another
fenais fieIl pricksl a by to death with y
pen-knifc because he hal neglected to fes
her rabbit.
All this i, now changed Tho serfs hav:
becoms in dependent OF Their lords. wno-e
authority il replaced b. communal sell:
government Tlo rural commuaes havs
gra ually acquired thu lands formerly held
10y the noble AM have distributsi than
among tire famiiie, which compo this co,n
mum, with great impartiality AMI due
regard to their several claims AMI abilities
The nobis, have not fai.si to accom- no lat.
themselves to thu chang. Formerly they
passed. their lives in illenss =, gambling AMI
s.nsua'ity, despising commerce AMI finding
their only career in tbs army. Since tbs
enancip patton many OF them have become
practical farmer, AMI other, have gon, into
business or INTO tbs legal profes ion. and
h.lpsl swell tn, rising md lilo claa
TIE peasant has Of lat, years fallen heir
to Few privileges and new iutis. Tho al
ministration of justice has greatly inl-
proved, and trial bv jury has u.nrpei tie
place Of the noblss fla. TIE PEA amt, IT. axis
very COOL jury men. Tney are uneiucatsi.
but do not lack in saIewdness and comm m
sence. Sharp dealing in trade. assaults AMI
battery. and drunkenns . they look upon as
ven;al faults but burglary. arson. highway
robbery, and tbs :raver crimes arc deal;
with sterIly and, upon the whole. very
iairiy.