Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-13
FOSTERS WEATHER.
A Ten Days Rain Period Inaugurated
with Cold, Disagreeable Weather.
A Theory rs to thu Cause OF Epidemics-In'
crease and Decreas, Of Sun spots Dus
to Jupiiers Position.
Special TO the Gazette,

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Dec. l2.-My storm
wave Of 4th to llth took southern
route, causing heavy snow as far South
az Arkansas, and q cold wave In the
Northwest /, was exactly on time.
Ny last letter gave dates for storm wave
of 9Th to 18Th to cross the country farther
north. The next storm wave will be due
to leave the Pacific coast about the 10th,
pass The east slope of the Rocky noun
tuus about the 10th, cross the great
VALLEY from 10th to 18th. and reaca the
Atlantic const about the 10Th. Its GEN.
ter will probably pass through South
Dakota. Illinois Pennsylvania and strike
the Atlantic about New York city. The
storm will continually increase in force
from the time II leaves the Pacific coast
till it is well out on the Atlantic. and
gale mav be expected on the lakes andy
Oh the Atlantic from New York city
northeast to Labrador. The center OF
the storm is the mildpst part OF II and
therefore | expect hegv rains south OF q
line drawn from Lead City, S. D., 10
Pittsburg, Pa e., and heavy SHOWS north
of that line, and u cold wave throughout
the northern line or states. Thus storm
will marguerite the iifty-two DAYS rain
per od, ana we may expect heavy rams
for about two weeks thereafter. ThosS
rams will not occur over nll the country.
J he principal rainfails hnv been nengS
the sea level for some time past. and'
thev will now work slowly north or in
luud to higher elevations and the com
ing rain prrIoi will cause less rainfuli
neur tho coast OF the gulf states aud an
increase in the interior states or more
elevated sections.
WEATHER AND SCIENCE NOTES.
We nre now in the mlds. OF The hog
cholera Period and the prevalence of
contagious diseases among mar and the
lower animals Contagious diseases
among children are reported rs epidemi
In many places. l have theory ne to
the cause, aud l believe that statistics
OF contagious and epidemic diseases will
prove the correctness OF the theory. The
cause is to be found in the aphelion md
perihelion of the planets. especially of
JuIiter. This planet is 80. 600 .00C of
miles nearer the sun and earth ut perl
hehon than al aphelion. When 1t is
nearest the sun aud earth their utmos-
pheres expand, and when farthest tro II
the earth thay contract. In the one IN
stance the waters and heavy gases OF
the earth ara evnporated and lifted into
the atmosphere, anu in the other they
are condensed ana precipitated. These
great changes in our earth and atmos-
phpre affect the health OF man and beast
in manner similar TO the effect OF the
weather preceding storm or persons OF
delicate health. The effects of Jupiter's
changes are felt fo- about two years, be-
ginning about one yenT after nphcliou
and prrihel!un. Commencing with 1889,
IL we count back ak years We strike an
epidemic year. and by dividing by six
years we strike nearly every epidemic
year. The exact period Is five and nine
tcnths yecrs. When one or more of the
other planets pass these points Ut the
same time that Jupiter does, the
epiiemics IRE greater. Next year will
proual!y produce less of these contagious
and epidemic diseases, less hog cholera.
Thu. which causes the epidemics is the
came that causes The increase and de-
crrRse of sun spots. These spots are
storms on the sun. The facul:p nre the
low barc,neiers and the spots are the
high, and are exactly the same nature
rs our storms. They occur on the sun
north of 80 deg. north latitude and south
OF 30 deg. south latitude, just rs our
storms do that move entirely around the
earth. Our high Eerometers following
ard preceding the storm centers cause
clear weather and the cool or cold waves.
When the high barometer is passing over
us We cun then see more sturs than ut
any other lime, nnd rs the storms on the
sun ARE OF the same nature we see the
faru,;e in the piled up clouds OF the
storm centers on the sun, and through
the clear atmosphere of the high barom-
eters of the sun We see the dark solid
part of it, and these are the sun spots.
when Jupiter is at aphelion the suns
atmosphere becomes light and more
shallow and the sun storms have grenter
effect. TIE clouds being less dense the
high harometers more readily clear away
Jhp elements that obscure the body Of
She sun. These suu storms move from
west or the sun as DO our storms of sim
!lnr ATTITUDES, and as astronomers be-
lieve them TO lie stationery they have led
10 al error rs TO the sun : time Of rpvo-
luton on its axis. The same has led TO
n mistake us 10 Jupiter, which they
claim rtvolvrs on its axis in ten hours.
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W. 7. FOSTER.