Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-01

it IS witE sorrow tul feelings That
wc aunnGnce the above ap-
gFoacAiuE disaster. aceomps
uied As I; wt,l lie With fearful
loss Of ife and property. yet we
feet il orr dgiv IL warn tie.
people CT danger Zoe time 20 pre
pare for FL. aud Lcpe tle warn
ing vsi hc a! iuCstimable vsiu
To thea.
Tho -ual service. with OH its
tac titles. 10 not competent ~
able 90 give timely warning. So
soc thaueat IL uest TO make the
news p1piic-ibe sooaerthe bet
ter lcurs Do the Interest Of
science aai humanity.
IEoE. GE3 Roof.
NeteoToIo25st.
Commenting upon the ABOVE
prediction the Nex Orleans
RcaYuue say We do rot
kuov W hatthc Professor mems
when he says that his storm
vul cover every meteorological
district on tle globe, but as ha
says ia tie same oyeatA that Il
SSH! Us uuiys "a. G0ubtlexs tE.t
j. Eba. 10 mcaus to asi-aa.
= s.rsu which vas felt IN ev-
cry part Cf the eaEth has never
been experienced since tia.
gh.-E ae-emYaaieI lie csluze.
{ ilLced thai was uuiverss L.
IS the lars a. storms. a re
know tAem, these great rs;
cEtc ostuT-ees arr confined
Thin certain districts For ia.
-ia-cc. the toFlac IS wa.ch
FCep over ae MISSISSIPPI E4i
lty @i originate Il the
Rocky mountains ami {. cir raF-
are e3lInei in certain Inn
ITS Cd l4titHde. mort and scuta.
ih - tropical rFe.8aes pes
er ecuss TIE e41atoF. Huf are r.
stTlete,i L the particular heE
Dhere ia which they take their
rise Those coam aeias - tas
regions Her:h o. the eeaa;or al
move to the Esfth-ar.
Uhile the cyclone 9ffse south
ern hemisphere had tbeir uay
to TIE sea- Inward aad however
they may depart from = EeFiL
icusi course, they always move
away from the equator
Unless there re some ltw Of
storm force and movement ailh
a1ica intercollegiate are unar
gu lated there eaH be 10 such
thing as "a universal storm. fer
even ii cyclones should sfaii
simultaneously in the Caribbean
Sea. in the Indian Ocean. la the
Chinese archipelago and in tue
equatorial regions Of Australia
sLa. there would, doubtless. be
still large areas of land and sea
unlisted by their fury.
What 5 known rs orthodox
science has NJ means q preGie
ing storms aud earthquakes uu-
ii! the actual conditions Of such
con ulsioEs have begun Il act
Gpeu the instruments upoH
Viich scientists depend for in
f0rmation. The announcement.
then, IS nothing more than Z
deciar ton that aerial a. terres
tia Disturbances have commence
cd - part ea!ar Iucalifiee.
Il would seem reasonable thai
there should he some means Of
toreEuOFiag, through natural
Indications or by mastering the
system CT cycles upon which al
weather changes are supposed
20 be organized, the recurrence
OF every scr: Of meteoFic e0ndi.
ton Doubtless tkev al occur
and are completed ia a system
CT complete rotation. or routine.
since tae eoSaicsI forces and
conditions to which they are
due operate by laws which in a
certain sense are constant, aud
II apparently varying are modi-
Ned upon . scheme OF thorough
organization whose clements OF
time aud motion are not beyond
cur methods Of determination.
The prophecies which are
made by pretended occult means
or through the alleged revela-
lions Of spirits mist be left out
oi the question ia any reason
able consideration OF the case.
'ut We have strong belief that
when scientists shall learn
enough TO discard the preiaGi
,eS ami igHOrauces OF tie obsO-
etc philosophers on whose
Methods they depend, there viii
'ome into existence a science OF
aetecrOlogy which will enable
TO forekaOw earthquakes and
.ther Terrestrial and atmospheric
onvulsioAs long IN advance of
aei- ceeU1gegee.- l.