The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-19
THE WEATHER FORECAST.

P,0f. Foster and Rev. Hicks have
been quite successful again in predict
ing storms. Hicks named the 18th and
18th as the days for one Of the sharpest
storms of the winter, and he has again
confirmed his record for hitting it to
the very day. Prof. Foster names the
18th. 18th, 18th and 30tl, as storm
dates, and says the changes from cold
10 warm and vice versa will b. sudden
and sn;ifP betWet'n the 18th and nth,
after which the weather will le less
chang.able.
1t is some relief to turn to the FORE
casts of Mansill, the Rock Island ami
mated almanac, and find that he says
"Apri! will See the sprIug well ad-
va.,ceu." This means u somewhat
early spring. lie thinks that May,
June, July and August will be rather
cool aud not 50 dry as the past two
summers.
Again the ADVANCE hopes that the
prophets are Correct but does not look
Tor AN early spring. Last fall and
during the beautiful days Of early De-
cember. we continued tO express the
hope that VIZ might be mistaken. but
went on predicting Il hard wiuter and
u heavy snow fall and gave our rea-
Sons. The result has once more justi-
tipd the rule that hard winters and
heavy snow fall almost invariably fol-
low dry seasons in this latitude.
Since the above was written we have
seen for the first time the full forecasts
Of Rev. uicks, Of st. Louis, whose CAL
culatiOns are from the astrological
stand point, and who rarely fails to hit
it to the exact day. For January, he
says the hardest storm of the month
may he expected from the 21st to the
the 9th. He adds, dangerous and
destructive blizzards and blOckades are
~ certainty" and the coolest days OF
the winter will, most likely. follow
the first storm period will he from the
I'd to the 8th, with mercury falling
very low westward Of the storm. From
the 14th to the 18th. heavy storms,
with billiards to the north, and very
cold days up to the 9th. Last of Feb.
ruary u storm reaching into March.
From the Sth to the 18th of March Q
"storm period of marked energy and
viOlenc+; heavy snow all over the
north" From the 10Th to the 18th \
''danger period" Earthquakes sure. |"
From lst to 4th Of April, cool weather
and frost. From 11th to 18th. showers
with possibly heavy storms. From 22d
to 18th look for heavy storms.
a prominent New York attorney,
who has taken an interest In the Elmi.
na Drake Slenker case, writes us Nov.
22nd:
If you. as an editor. want to attack
corruption at its source, 10 for the post
office. There is n" more corrupt de-
partm+nt Of our government to-day
than the pOst-Otfice."
We have no doubt Of the corruption,
but the one feature Of the post office
department which has kept our blood
boiling for years, is that the mails are
no longer inviolable and are used ~
traps to catcl, Free Thinkers and put
them in prison. Every prominent FREQ
thought writer and speaker is ''spotted''
and Comstock and his gang aresending
deeoy letters to entrap them. The
evils of the Comstock law are thOus-
and fold greater than the good results,
and Congress should be petitioned and
petitioued until the infamous Man
Trap is repealed. or SO modified and
guarded that Ignorance and BigOtry
cannot use it to impris0u men for Free
speech.
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ed by neglect of proper attention ut
their beginnings. LaxadOr will check
the beginning of diseases.
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