Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-09-14

vine from Hamilton, Ont, and the .
editor of the British Lion aud Amerl- (
can Eagle, paper published in the .
interest of the negro race, aud par
tlcularly the American freedman, lee ]
tured recently i'll Pittsburgh, Peulsyi- F.
wanna, OH the subject, Meteorological
Fire" l. was ID startling discourse,
and the large audience of colored
people listened most attentlvelr. As
a pro .jhet, Rev. Johnson made several
alarming revelations. Among other
things lie SAID:
Il have been in Pittsburg nun
Der OF TUNES. Last wear / lcctureu ..
Aerial Navlgd alton, ami told YOU
iio" people couiu rice IN the upper
atmospheric IN air SHIPS that cuuld De
made 10 travel Ut TIE rate uf 700
miles all hour. | am the only man
VINO found tne secret place OF Thunder,
established the tact that 1t was thun-
der and not lightning that killed.
am the only nnAn VINO discovered the
hlulng pace OF the wind when not III
nOtiJ,i rs ori5ln and starting place
is well as the materials whlch COM
pose wind aud electricity. | nave
settled those and many other vcXed
Questions OF natural scIenCe, and
cidIhi 10 nave no superior + equal as
natural scientist IN this country. |
am d natural born scientist, and 1t Is
no more ultficuit for me to handle
thoS" subjects than it is for YOU to
walk up street. also denied that
the edfth was round, and have not
oeeii routed by scientific men in ar
SuhleAt Oh that question. The theory
OF inc earth s rapid revolutions is
erroneous. Ii an Gag e were to fl
away from It's nest, and that theory
We're correct, he would never be able
IL uNeFtake his nest again. | neliev-
Tie edrth came from single drop of
water. lake ii tlimble full Of salt
water and in it YOU will find more m
sects than the entire peoLle OF the
glooe IRON the time of Adam down.
VOW what of meteors. have re-
spect Tor the views OF men on r.ligion,
but outside OF that have none for
the opinions of ANY other man. ques-
ton whether have an equal il
science i'll Pittsburgh. And, nov, |
) warn YOU that i'll the latter part OF
oeptemb r YOU will have meteorc
shower such rs has never been known.
III will bring great deal of loss to
HE amt property = terrible DIES lurti n
and devastation here. 1t will eX, EN-.
over this entire section and Pitts.
burgh'S loss OH property will he over
} Sl,UU0,tOJ. 1t will reach Cleveland ia
October. Let no one say that YOU
have not been warned. When this
, dreadful shower occurs the volcanic
action of the sun will greatly exceed
itself. The meteoric fire which will
follow in the trains of these meteors
will be two miles long, can see NJ
; reason why the whole city may not
be destroyed. | have consulted the
local scientists here and have warn-
ed the fire department that they NAV
be ready. If YOU believe meteors
come from terrestrial volcanoes YOU
! are wrong. They come from other
T., worlds, You must not suppose this
is the onl y world SO long as the other
planets have their days and nights
, and inhabitants as well as the earth
In the next Is years the u invisible
suns which exist, and which | have
discovered, will shine on US with as
much briliancy as the sun does now
.. There is meteorc stream around
the sun now. These meteors move
around the sun every 70 hours.
When the orbits of the sun and the
: earth take those bodies near enough
; TO each other SO that the earth cap.
} lures the outer fringe of this meteor,
stream there are Gesertions from the
stream and meteors shoot off toward
the earth.
l "They either are consumed by
: friction against the air in their flight
and fall III dust, or else resist the
agency aud explode when near the
| earth, falling into the sea or onto the
r ground. This meteoric shower | tel
, you of will last for . minutes anc
l44 seconds, at the time when The
earth and sun are arain nearest eacI