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o.,r.w. Oct. 5.-Tne Major, Dick ana
,,lad this morning upon Prof. u. stone
w;ggjng to ascertain his views upon the
y, fortunste delay which has ABSORBED
Sis proposed international cyclone ana
ms ,.houoke. We found the professor tre-
.nondously engaged with columns OF ng-
'-Nns 10 inches long relating to the APP
nroacbing comet, and by when ne eX-
noctad TO prove that the comets tail VIII
P, three times around the earth before
.,a HOLIDAYS, and then tie itself In nara
rmo+ Az first, supposing we were cor
~ dorts for wicked New York news
lcspoA tha professor stated that he was
PaPer',od for the day, but upon DICKS as
esi,'s,, rim we believed IN dark moons,sea
Su,.raSts and other scientific phenomena,
sei tpbravy off all reserve and gave us
cordial welcome. ,,..,o
I'D must confess the earthquake
Hns not been on time, while the meteors
nd tides have disappointed me, put you
ION denend upon it that, sooner or lauer,
t%a sc6ffers will find out that tTouole Is
coming in big hunks at time, ana then
IL will be impossible to take any precau-
TONS" 4bo +ro,hIa
,,What will be the nature OF the trOuDIe,
nrofessorw asked Dick.
..Whv-er-" here the professor joined
tho fins of his fingers together, locked his
tbumhs and looked over his glasses SOL
emnIy-s'the trouble will be complex
varv complex. The comet is now APP
nrnaching perihelion at the rate of 10, TOO
mpiIes a minute, while Jupiter and Uranus
are in opposition to my dark moon, ana
there are areas OF low barometric pressure
and variable winds reported In rata
gonia. Now, any person understanding
the hearing of these factors one upon the
other. or vice versa, can easily figure out
the result You follow me, or course,
sir.D Here the professor smiled on DICK,
and Dick turned req and wanted 10 know
II the professor wouldn't say 1t over ana
say it slow, for we had been travelling all
night, and perhaps he wasn'G as Clear In
his mind as be should be, and he wanted
tn understand the exact relations between
Patagonia and the dark moon before
going any further.
Certainly" said the professor. "The
low pressure in Patagonia is the key to
the whole situation, thus: Let us sup
pose the barometer in Patagonia stands at
30. That means pressure of only 14M
hounds to the square inch over the entire
end of the southern hemisphere. The
mean pressure north of the equator is 80
barometic inches or 10 pounds, giving one
half pound surplus per square inch. Let
us suppose the distance from Aspinwall
to Washington to equal the distance from
Aspinwall to the Cape, and we at once
see that the leverage of the Washington
end, where the pressure is greatest, will
be more than enough to verify my predic-
ton as to the earthquake"
"AspinWall will then act as full
crumw
Certainly" smiled the professor.
"Being midway, and fabricated on either
side by the ocean, it is naturally the
pivotal point of the oscillation"
"Where does the dark moon come in ?H
THE dark moon"-here the professor
4 tiptoed to the door and locked it, to IN
sure against intrusiOn-"the dark moon,
my dear sir, is what causes the Patago-
I0ian depression. The light moon or, as
may say, the popular moon, is well known
10 be the cause Of the oceanic changes of
level, called tides-her attraction causing
twice daily an influx of water. Now my
dark moon operates in similar fashion
upon the atmosphere, and aerial tides re.
suit. The barometer shows a rise and
fall Of atmospheric pressure, and this is
influence resulting in what will in future
be known as the Virgins cyclone, which
Will occur regularly after the barOmetric
depressi0ns, tor when the dark moon
ceases to attract the surrounding atmos-
phere Will rush in, producing a vortex
which will involve everything in the
|neighbOrhoOd."
Can you tell us when and where the
next cyclone will occurw
certainly. Mydark moon crosses the
southern meridian Oct. Tat l1:23:14 solar
nme. Thiswlll involve the entire Terra
gel IF uego IN barometric depression equal
10 only "a inches OF mercury. At11:47:35
solar time my dark moon will cease TO at
tract vertically, and powerful detection
OF the Trade winds will instantly follow,
sweeping westward from the Atlantic and
eastward from the Pacific, convergipg
down the lines of the Andes and CordiIIe-
ras, and meeting in the Straits OF MaVeI
ian, whence the cyclone which naturally
VIII result, will rush up the
cape ana desolate Patagonia completely.
AT Tue same Tune the superior atmospheric
pressure OF the northern hemisphere act
my by leverage, as have shown. Aspin-
wall oelHg the fulcTum, Will cause the vi
clnlty otCape Horn to lift vertically 81
leet inches, and when it settles the re-
suit VIII De tidal wave reaching inland
. n1 % miles to complete what work the cy.
clGne leaves unfinished"
LICK remarked that this would be rough
on Patagonia.
III Will" said the professor. "Pata-
S1nla Is IN for it, but | am not to
uiame' All L can do now is 10 watch
~, ~! uarh moon turn things loose and see
s .uGt cyclone hump itself. 1t will be ter
n iuie, Dut something of that kind must
In1,Jtssarlly happen before the Virgins
Uncially recognized. That is what am
working for, and in view of the great good
Mnlcn VIII evolve from this FueRan dIs-
|calm." A"uo' Oe
,o LICK SAID his sympsthies had always
- 80 WIN Patagonia, but he would try
sir oeot up under this impending calamity,
|e,nnoIti.Wou would probably thin out the mis-
sionarles and make a clean sween of the
aauyes, and then he wanted to know il
|me couldn't hope for a visitation some.
neIe nearer home-say through New
sensey or Long Island, where civilization
a. look on and not lose much.
! rear no Northern CONFUSION OF any
soi poi lance Will occur for some time,'
soi iu tne professor. "My dark moon is
|d,c, SUI, but | can confidently pre-
VI. snow, rain and variable winds in
|tbo' vi vi america and the Cauadas during
|imrIW;ddmi.ICer months, and people can rely
|sIabiiHVIltly upon their appearance. Local
ians uihs may be looked for mi New Eng
o anu ABOUT the holidays, or later, vita
sd s"' VI cashiers and Aldermen for Can
su". clear weather will invariably be
NJ hSiIie NE by cloudy and vice versa,