Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-26
WIND LAYS IN WAIT,
Brother Johnson Expatiates
on Aerial Things.
AN INGENIOUS APOLOGY
Why Scientists Fight Shy of Wasting
Breath on Wind.
MUST GET UP EARLY TO BEAT HIM
Because Pennsylvania Sinks You Must Fly
to Life Insurance.
AN INGENIOUS APOLOGY
lust GET UP EARLY TO BEAT HIM
A VERY WHIMSICAL DISQUISITI0N

C. A. johnson, the colored scientist and
editor of the British Lion, of Hamilton,
Ont, and the american Eagle, of New
York. delivered another of his humorous
and satirieal lectures last evening in the
Green Street Baptist Church, Allegheny
City.
Mr.. johnson is in the city for the pur-
pose of looking up some relatives of colored
people who were sold in slavery. In his
papers he has department devoted exclu-
siyelv to the search of colored slaves and
the reunion of relatives. He has united a
number o. families and has done much
good among the colored people in this way.
The subject of the lecture last evening
was "W here the Wind Turks. The ad-
dress was treat from scientific and liter
ary standpoint, and the majority OF those
present went home last night and dreamed
they were born scientists. The audience
was not very large, but what 1t lacked In
numbers it made up in enthusiasm. Ihey
sat with wide open mouths drinking In
every chunk of wisdom the speaker uttered,
and were immensely pleased with the lee
ture After being introduced by Rev. Or.
John Adams, the orator of the evening
apologized for the non-clamoring at the door
for admission by a mighty throng. by
stating that many of his friends had found 1t
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
to get there Not from a lack of interest in
the lecture, invitations to which had been
sent to the principal scientists Of the two
cities.
He began his lecture by stating that few
men in this country had the courage to talk
about the wind, for the reason that thev did
not understand the material of which the
wind is composed. 81 had no difficulty at
ALL be said, sin fully comprehending the
many scientific phrases this question pre-
sents. In after years, when this momentous
question is bothering coming generations,
send for me and I will fully explain the
matter to those who cannot under
stand it. The gentleman from Hamil-
ton is always ready to respond to the
call of the public, and my great depth
OF scientific research is always at
the command of others less fortunate in
science than myself Rev. DR.. Adams here
is a rival of mine, but want to tell you all
that YOU got to get up pretty early In the
morning to beat me. None of you, or any
of the brainy scientific men of the day, have
half the knowledge your humble servant
possesses.
There is nothing said by the leading the
illogical and scientific men about the wind.
These men have exhausted their means;
they are confused in their ideas; they don't
know what it is, where it comes from OF
what composes it. They are limited in
the astronomical schools wrestle with the
scientific question
AND THEN GET DONE UP.
If the old scientists were alive to-day
they could not hold a candle to the present
man. My knowledge is greater than theirs
on account OF studying in different schools.
1 do nv own thinking No one in the
United States can ever hope to become my
equal in science. When pass away from
this earth my mantle may fall upon other
unworthy shoulders who may wear it for a
time. What is the cause of all this
Haven't explained where the thunder is
located ? Haven't / told all about
electricity and aerial navigation? Haven't
1 told YOU all about travelling
through the air hundreds of miles per hour.
have permanently settled all these ques-
tions that others could not determine, and
il now remains for me to settle about the
wind. When I'm gone from here want the
matter settled so there will be no more quar-
reling about it. It's been left for me bv
scientists to decide the question, and /
will dc it.
The speaker then read historical paper
filled with meteorological data and facts.
Some of the terms used were as long as the
moral law, and the details he gave about the
formation of the wind would run the signal
service year without one observation. He
worked in the composition of mans body,
and had counter currents of wind
CoLLIDING WITH ONE, ANOTHER
all over the Atlantic Ocean, where he said
was the abiding place of all hurricanes. He
said his statements were disputed, but if the
men who disputed them had graduated from
the same school he did, they would know
better. He then expatiated upon the great
benefit his hearers derived from the lengthy
explanation, and said it required minds of
culture to understand the great question.
Never before, he said, has the world had
such an opportunity placed before it. He
SAID he brought the scientific crumbs to
Pittsburg, and his listeners could feed from
them. He said the State of PENNSYLVANIA
has been gradually sinking for the past IA
months, and advised the auditors to get their
lives insured He predicted a volcanic
eruption in the heart of the city, caused by
the natural gas giving out. He said 10, 600
lives would be lost and millions of dollars
worth OF property destroyed. He got his
audience excited by saying that the natural
gas would give out and the people would be
1eft in darkness when fhe eruntion 4akas