Telegram-herald., 1891-11-15
FOSTER ON 1HI ~SlORN
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ses-sozl @ tie Wsss AIDES hurricanes.
Tie ss.ttsE eaasa - lorHaer al-d y hile
We have been ea.oy NJ the beautiful
eays, Row past. Tie West Indies, the
bef Dnasts. our Ati4ntie coast ana TIE
patAs OF the great steamers beJw een
Europe ard America have been over
wtsesnied oy what the hydrosraphtc
olflee of the Navy DeDartment declares
10 have been the greatest aud most
disastrous storms ever recorded for
October Wh9e they have suffered,
We have seen csf Nay. but the tables
have turzed and the time for our
battles With the elements draws IN
comfortably near.
Forecasts o. the storm wave due 20
cross the eos1tlaent from the Ilth TO
18th we're gwen n my hast letter. aud
the ge1S wEi De due 10 leave the
Pac.fe eeast about the 1Tth Cross
the central valley from 18th 20 2Oth
and reach the Atlantis coast about
che 21st
November has no light storms on .ts
roll o weather Itsturhances tbs year.
anil tbs one VII affect the whole
eorst fneEt. sts center running further
south than the average for the past
IT. with SHOWS In nany places. but
rot excessive.
Thts storm WI be OF about even
force N - entire Journey across the
eonttnTnt and WI rot run 20 sudden
extremes hur w',i be general vide
spread Disturbance. with marked fea-
tursss but not 30 srvsre n the storm
- follow &. I uHe the word storm"
-t<s.. nd
no. % m n q struct v, storm. When
7 expect a tor1sa 10 blizzard or hurrs-
eane. I " n sly so n terms that can
not Oe mi2consrrtled-
The best days for outdoor work will
~ about tbs 14th and goth west o;
Drawer. 18Th AMI cd in the great
esntFni valleys and 18th and Esd In
the Eastern States.
AstFoDOfpers are generally agreed
tran the two moons OF Mars came TO
that planet within few years past
eni tbs = very strong argument
tns sivor of the electrical theory. The
fs.bgiGr theory holds that the earth
WIS n nsotte1 mass and when It's
crust had formed its eoos-Ess interior
shrask away from this outer crust.
wh'rh finally broke M anf coming TO
ST. he rnei our moon Tn e con
tn.ns the rlst OF tAe whole nebular
theory os creation
TIE electrical theory holds that
bodies o. matter are grow,Hsg in all
parts Of chaotic outer space by ac-
eamglatsorss and eondensa Ions OF elec
tire ether. now as has been The case
bs al the past and that these bodies
coase to our solar system as comets.
OCCASIONALLY one OF them Oe-ns caught
by the masnetLs influences OF our solar
system, becom .xl.s a planet, a moon or
en astero-d- There are about 800 OF
these sInstll planets moving around the
sna N orolts between Mars and Jupi-
ter. and our astronomers believe that
t.-ss two usoOGs oa Mass are Identical
vita these small planets called as
terosds aud that they e. from the
astcro.dal belt within ten .,ears past.
The moons III Mars are very small,
sad co he not more than f4ty miles
81 diameter and are not easily seen
except when Mars Is at per heiiOn-
nsarest po n 20 the san-and IN earth
a tae same time between Mars and
The sun. and this occurs only once
IN about n-ne years. These moons
we-e discovered at the last Of these
eousanctsOns. AID therefore came to
Mars between the last two such con-
lEnctioas.
JDquest.onably Mars received her
noon {. ON outer space AMI no. by the
breaking up o< an outer crust formed
by cooiswy. aad th-s Is not only evi-
Gsface. i5 = positive proof. that the
earth received Is moOh In the same
manner. The ind-Squtaole facts eoa-
nected with the mOOas oi 1IHTs dcs-
trey the rcbuiar theory. for Il these
moons came 20 that planet from outer
space. thea i5 can not bc successfully
denied that the essrth came TO the san
- the same a laer. and m these two
i.ftie rioosie y our near neigh Dor we
hive inconsrovsrt-bie evidence in favor
of the theory that The sun. earth.
p.anc5s and moons slowly grow IN
outer space aa1 are caught By our
so.as system - Sc moves constantly
into RelT space never before occupied
by e.
AEother evAisE-e a that Jupiter in
rexs1fe y,ars canGbt comet aad held
e. revolvEA around It uks one o. its
s.eoss. for SIX moaths. and finally
" hen II I'D h-eax away. chaazfaE
Ca orbit 50 that it revOives around
ere san Ia about seven years instead
of fsTeatv- seven ~ before. rlas has
occurred t9lee w.th the same comet +.
aaG it MI prooaaly bccone the fiftA
s.erca ~ Jupiter.
oac % the moons % Mars rsvolves
ssfsrsl taas ritnef N hs~s tme thsn
g feitfres FOR Mas 80 rpv0ive on its
a 81 gfs vas the cose with our
ur ri. BE- would vase In the west and
- sl thr estst Tbs appears 20 ~
Ia ~, th~ory that the elements sur
ruanfsng the sua. earrh and PLANETS.
rvvoirrx WITH tbeua. cause the planet
ami nsoonS - rpvoive around their
prsFuar'es. for these elements nov
sfssw-r shan ne rrvi0a-ica % the
hcfrs whss fAls moon ~ Mars moves
ta~er thaa the pfsnet rrvofves. csus-
trr f1ssr moon e, - IN fhe ~7~~t and
~ - tne east refst,v7 70 tb7* planet.
But whrn tsse moon cane - Mars.
= necessarily moved with ths veiocitv
~ ecsnet ana ~ nscrien+un wosili
49, TINE. carry r sronFsfi IT, primary
WITH v~e~sf sreesi Astronomers say
ttset asr nn0en 81 foaats time. dec~rss-
ezr > vpfoeffv aat sh~v fairly provp
thfs - fits taates ~ srsFent eclinsrs
rr>f 10 sonnt nhia ras's raNv's~ NOON
g. sssrz WI frsz.s vrlrr<fv tli 4 = ~
serrrsf VIII tka rip-r~nse thai revolve
e~ha saat planet.
<sa srs~~f The rctr6 TfafAe, A.
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