Telegram-herald., 1890-04-14

through the central fannel, - ss
erected With terrific foros st tAs TOP,
generally IN fragments.
TIE prsmonitions 81 = eyeloas are .
fresh breeze setting In from the south,
with Asultry stmOsphere ana banking
cloa5s - the north o. north . est These
indications are accom- panied D
gradual i4ll of the baron eter. much
more decided. b-.t lsss sudden. than n
the case Of tornado When fairly
started. .he cyclone viii travel IN
uenss distances sometimes over :
thousand miles It's rotary motion Il
similar to that of the tornado. bet less
concentrated. owing 10 its wider ek-
panss It's line Of progress Is marked
by curves. showing . swAying move
ment where IL has encountered con
ficting conditions. ana either overcome
or avoided them. A pseunsrity OF all
great cyclonic storms is thai while the
storm itsel! may be travelling At the
slow rate % ten or twelve miles an
hour. the wind may be rushing ahead
a. q velocity Of 100 miles an hour.
After monentarily shaking Ne"
York and parts OF New Jersey and Con-
neeticut. the great cyclone passed cut
TO sea Incoming vessels may have q
tale 10 tell Of encounters with the giant
gale in the mid-Atlantie, where II prob
ably spent its force and ST. bsided-
One OF the bestauthorities on cyclones
and tornadoes in this country Is Lieut.
enant Finley OF the Signal Service
Bureau. He has made study OF the
atmospheric phenomena attendant upon
these great disturbances for several
years. In order 20 prosecute his re-
searches satisfactorily, he spent three
years in the southwest-the breeding
place OF the tornado-and familiarized
himself with the wonder in all its
stages. from the time IL is a tiny local
disturbance until IL eliminates in =
heaven-rending and earth-deyouring
erial volcano. leaving deselation In its
track.
~ was a good deal with Finley when
he was out in Kansas. said Col. Stevens
OF Kansas City. yesterday, and took
q deep interest in his Investigations.
rem en- ber particularly that he had
about concluded that there was no cleo
tricityin cyclones or tornadoes he had
doubtless heard OF the experiments
made by an Ann Arbor professor, who
claimed that these disturbances were
electrical. and that he could, by means
OF copper plate and electric apparatus
underneath, produce ali the cyclonic
phenomena on small scale. including
even the atmospheric whirL These
theories were discarded by Finley, who
dealt with natures own forces out on
the plains.
Personally. / have had not little
experience with tornadoes Care should
be taken not 10 confuse the tornado and
the cyclone. The first is baby cyclone,
a miniature affair that is powerful
enough, but which moves In . very
limited compass The other takes in a
wide swath, and / imagine that the
Louisville visitor must have been an
aggregation OF tornadoes or a full
1edged cyclone.
81 have known of tornadoes in the
West doing wonderful things In one
that straws were forced through the
bark of oak trees and into the wood the
outer course Of brick was stripped from
the face of buildings and the inner
course left uninjured, and heavy beam
OF timber was driven through the front
and rear walls of building, cutting a
clean breach, yet without breaking
4 L. of
sized limbs, | have known to be blown
at ieast Ave miles. A barn at the bach
OF my house was demolished while the
house was untouched, showing that the
edge of that tornado must have beer
lust between the two / have seen then
cut clean path through the forest
levelling the trees and even pulling VI
the roots. Great bales Of hay, each
weighing probably a ton, have seer
picked up, torn in pieces and blown ou
of sight roofs lifted and sent scuddins
through the air with such velocity .ha'
when they struck the ground they were
dashed TO pieces as fine as parlol
matches Some houses would be crushe.
as fat as though great hydraulic
force
These incidents only serve to show th'
force Of Western tornadoes, OF which
most people who never encountered en-
OF them have little or no comprehension
Although the Louisville cyclon'
struck that city late at night, II origi
mated long before. and must have trav
eled many hundred miles. No cyclone o
two o'clock in the afternoon
The atmospheric conditions az
never present before that hour. No
will cyclone ever originate later thar
sundown. Should one come after that
YOU NAV set il down ss = visitor ths
has travelled ever since afternoon. an
which will keep on travelling until tn
supply Of material is exhausted Il
the southwest we can tell by the az
pesrance of the sky whether there
anv likelihood OF tornado. II, dur n
the afternoon. there is warm. south
west wind and The SKY IS full Of oirrhu
clouds. and IL a. the same time there
bank OF dark cloud gradually risin
in the nor ID west. these signs mean ia
/ falliably that when the cold storm fros
the northwest encounters the be
wind. the two. rushing together, vi
I start = tornsdo spinning on its travels
By day. the color o. ths tornado ss IL
seen approaching ia almost brsssy; b
night IL presents . coPpery hne. an
can Re quickly detected by experiences
eyes The only thing "a DO at sac
times is 70 make for the cellar unles
one IL confident hs is already IA q plae
Of safety. y. n sAFDisoS'
SPICY BITS.