Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-28
FOSTER HITS 1T.
The Weather Prophet Predicts Another
Storm New Years.


ST. JosEPH, Mo-, December 21.-Prof.
w. Il. Foster, the weather seer, makes the
following predictions: The last storm
wave was predicted to leave the Pacific
coast about the 2lst, cross the continent in
about five days, and reach the Atlantic coast
about the 25th The next storm wave viii
be due TO leave the Pacific coast about the
9th, cross the east slope of the Rockies
the 2Sth, the Mississippi valley from the
2Sth to 30th, and reach the Atlantic coast
about the 3lst. 1t is expected TO be
Southern storm with very much colder
weather in the Northwest following II than
has occurred for several weeks. This
storm is not expected TO be as severe as the
two that preceded it. Following II is eX-
pected to be some of the coolest weather of
the winter in the Northwest, but the cold
will not remain long and the first half OF
January will'bring some very fine weather
in the great valley. The winter Will be
more severe in the Northeast, The gen
orally warm weather in the West has yeri-
fed my predictions, and cold weather con-
tinued may not be expected till after tue
middle Of January, and the coldest weather
of the winter will occur in February.
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and South
Dakota may expect an increase OF rainfall
and better crops next year. II they will
count back -, - and 35 years they Will
strike general drouth years because those
were the years near to and following the
aphelion of Jupiter, or rather the dates
near which Jupiter crosses the suns eQua-
tor after passing aphelion. AS the storm
waves come across the Rockies about the
headwaters of the Missouri they draw
moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and
the Atlantic ocean, or rather the high
barometers on the Gulf and Atlantic liz:
and drive the moisture toward the ap-
proaching storm waves II the atmosphere
is deep it will float that moisture TO the Da-
kotas. and if very shallow il will be precip-
itated nearer the seacoast. Jupiter is tae
principal cause of these changes. That
great planet-more than 300 times larger
than the earth-causes the earth's atmoS-
phere, water and gases TO expand when II
approaches the sun and earth, and this
deepens the atmosphere so that II floats the
moisture further inland. IL has been near
aphelion several wears, and hence the dry
weather in the Northwest. II is now ap-
preaching perihelion, and the rain belt will
move from the Southern States toward the
Northwest.
A concise statement of my weather the
ories is this South of latitude 80 the
storm waves move entirely around the
earth from west TO east and never die or
become disorganized | know the periods
of four of these storm waves, and can give
the dates approximately on which they
will pass any meridian all around the
earth. These storm waves sometimes De-
come great storms and at other
times they become almost extinct, but
they continue to move eastward, some
times faster, sometimes slower, but aver
aging about - miles an hour. These four
storm waves increase and decrease in force
at the same time, although they are, on an
average, about 3,400 miles apart and the
variation in their force is caused by the
electrical influence of the sun, moon and
planets. Those bodies are electro-dyna-
mos and throw an electric influence over
their eQuators as do all electr0-dynamo
machines, and when one OF these bodies
passes the plane of the equator OF another,
and consequently through its electric belt,
every body of the solar system is electric
ally disturbed thereby, because thev are
electrically connected.
The disturbance increases the 1orce Oi
the storms on the earth, sun and other
planets at the same time, as the moving
force in these storm waves IS electricity,
which comes from the electric currents OF
the BODY to which they belong. Perihelion
of the planets and perigee of the moon eX--
pand the earth's atmosphere: aphelion OF
the planets and apogee of the moon have
the opposite influence. From these in
fiuences occur all weather changes, auro-
ras, sun spots, tornadoes, earthquakes and
other unusual effects in the earth, atmos-
pherc and sun. Earthquakes are caused
by subterranean thunder just as it occurs
among the clouds The earth, sun aud
planets are solid bodies and have slowly
grown from atoms, and electricity is the
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