Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
81. Paris.
STORM PERIODS.
The Next Due to Leave the
Pacific Coast the 10th.
Mr.. FOSTERS OBSERVATIONS.
A Lesson on Planetary MeteoroIogy and
tho Pretensions of Orthodox
Scientists-The Coming
Heated Period.


Special to the Gazette.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Aug. S.-A1y last letter
gave forecasts of the very changeable
weather from August 4 to IA. The next
storm wave will be due to leave the Pacific
coast about the l6tn cross the ROcky-Alle-
gheny valley from nth to 10Th, and reach
the Atlantic coast about the Goth. The
regular movements of these midsummer
storm waves from west to east will not be
so manifest to casual observers as were
those of the spring months. The rains and
other effects will develop only in isolated
localities, and will appear more as chance
and irregular disturbances than the effects
of regular storm waves. This storm wave
will inaugurate the hottest period of the
summer, and bring the finest corn and cot
ton weather of the season. The weather
will not be settled but changeable from 10th
to 22d, after which it will be more uni
fOrmly warm and dry.
l must correct my statement about the
cotton crop lmeant to say that this years
crop would not exceed that of last year, but
inadvertently used the wrong figures. The
crop of 1890 was about $3.50, 900 bales and
this years crop is estimated at 100000
bales. l do not believe it will reach that
amount. To make a more radical state
ment than this would be construed as an
effort to affect prices. The buyer and seller,
lut HlduuldtluftE dUu tUilS dTt ali
specially interested in the date of the first
killing frost and the question as to whether
the crop will mature early or late for the
volume of the cotton crop depends on these
two points. There is same danger of the
late corn crop being cut short by early
frosts in the Northern corn belt.
PLANETARY METEoRoLoGY.
1t is species of supreme arrogance for
ORTHODOX scientists to pretend that they
have investigated planetary meteorology,
for not one of them understands it. y num-
Der Of them have declared that there is moth
ing in the claim that planets affect
the weather, because after long and
careful observations they find the changes
of the moon have no influence on the
weather. OF course not. planetary me-
teorology makes no such claims, and there
fore the tests they have made have no bear
ing. Others again declare that they have
carefully examined the equinoctial theory,
and find it does not hold good. The diff
Guilty with them is that they do not under
stand the equinoctial theory. 1t is not
claimed that the equinoctial theory de-
2lst of March and September. 1t is not
even claimed that these eQuinoxes
originate storms, but that they influence
them. We do not look for a storm on the
2lst of March, but whenever the regular
storm wave is due near that date we expect
the equinox to increase its force. In their
Investigations these orthodox" scientists
have taken the 2lst of March and Septem-
Der as the storm days, and as they find that
the equinoctial storms do not uniformly oc-
cur on those days they conclude there Is
nothing in the equinox theory. The trouble
IS not with the equinoXes, but with the ig
norance of those orthodox scientists,
who never make a discovery and know
nothing outside of the theories announced
hundreds of years ago when our predecess-
orS were just emerging from the dark ages.
So far as I know there is none but myself
who understands the system of planetary
meteOrology use as the basis OF my calcu-
lations, and therefore no one is competent
to investigate il. | am the discoverer. not
OF all the facts, but of important facts
which make of planetary meteorology har-
monious whole. 1t is very complicated,
however, and II make mistakes ii is not
the fault OF the system, but because of er-
rors in my calculation. l have no secrets
regarding my theory, but no one can ex-
pect TO understand II in a dav. The sub
jet is equal in extent to thai Of law or pol
tiles or theology. Within year the plan
cts cause about 160 electrical disturbances,
and to group these SO as to know what
storm waves will be affected and to what
extent is no small matter, and those SCI
entists who have never given days study
TO the subject are presumptuous when they
claim to have investigated that of which
they are supremely ignorant.
II is my design to give as full information
as | can on this subject through my pub
llshed letters, which go regularly to forty
daily papers and number of weeklies, be-
sides being copied into a large number of
weeklies, but some of the dailies and many
weeklies are not prepared TO publish dia-
gram and illustrations which are
necessary TO COZ. plete understand
ing of the sLglect AS before
stated, subscribers to this paper can obtain
these diagrams and illustrations by cor
responding with ne ! am preparing TO
give through these public letters during
the fall and winter months more complete
information as to planetary meteorology and
viii discuss electricity as the cause OF mo-
ton. One kind OF electricity, the positive
being the large and the negative the small
quantity, electricity the cause OF magne-
tlsm, magnetism and attraction Identical,
every atom of matter endowed with its own
power of motion-that power Is electricity as
manifest in the natural magnet. Each
planet revoIves on its axis because of its
own inherent forces and around the sun
because of the movements in that direction
of the clements that surround the sun.
Sun and planets are not. never were,
molten matter, but radiate electricity, not
heat. Heat AMI light do not penetrate
space, but originate and are confined to the
atmosphere of the sun and planets. The
electric envelope of each planet determines
its orbit and distance from its primary.
The attraction of gravitation is push.
The planets float. The centripetal and CEN
trifugal theories are errors. The calculated
revolution on their axis of most OF the
planets are errors because Of their clouded
envelopes. Sun spots are similar TO our
earth storms and are from the same causes.
Our storm waves move entirely around the
earth and their forces are controlled by
planetary positions. Tropical hurricanes
cause our cold waves. W. T. FOSTER