Telegram-herald., 1891-04-05
DISTURBED ELEMENT
DANGEROUS APRIL SIORyS COMING
Foster Anticipates Both Boreas aad
Fiasius. and Gives Timely warniag
His Weekly Contribution OF
seisne and the Weather.

Special TO the TLEGRAs HKRALp.
ST. JosEPH. Mo-, April 5.-My last
letter gave dates OF storm wave due 10
cross the continent from 9th TO TIN.
All the storm waves of this month, as
stated. Will show unusual
energy because of the near approach OF
equinox and from this till the
June storms Of 1892 have passed ali the
sto rms will develop more than aver
age energy, including some of the most
destructive and dangerous that have
occurred since 1882. Following April
. the next disturbance will bc due to
leave the Pacific coast about the 10th,
pass the Rocky Valley from
llth to 18th ana reach the Atlantic
coast about the 18th. THIS storm Will
close the fiity-two day rain period,
which was due to set in about April |.
The general course of this disturbance
will be along the fortieth degree of
north latitude, but the rainfall will be
principally south of that line. The
cool wave following and the
frosts Will not be severe and will be con-
fined 10 northern ATTITUDES. Another
storm wave will be due to leave the
Pacific coast about the 10Th, cross the
Rocky Allegheny valley from 18th 10
10Th, and reach the Atlantic coast
about the 20th. This storm will be-
come very dangerous on the Atlantic
east of New York City in about the
longitude of Labrador on April 2l. and
ii will not be safe To be on that part of
the ocean at that time. At the same
time. April 81, dangerous sto:m will
be OIL the coast of Alaska, southeast of
Behrlng sea. On this continent tins
10th to 10Th storm will not be remark
able, but the cool wave following it will
probably develop destructive frosts rs
far south as the 38th degree of north
latitude. The March storms were al
most continuous. l expect great
Hood IN the Missouri river during April
from excessive rains and melting OF the
SHOWS IN the mountains.
Weather and Science Notes.
In the discussion of the origin of
force and the accumulations of matter,
l have reached an early period of the
suns existence, the argument placing it
somewhere In space subject TO the un-
laws of physical forces and
caused to revolve ON its axis by the
electric currents circulating through 1T
and constituting of it a magnet. 1t is
not reasonable to suppose that ours
was the first sun OF our cluster that
came into existence. The stars are all
suns like our own, and ours is one of
the very smallest among the millions
A ~ w hr
are thousand times larger than ours.
But all these suns, the stars, were most
organized by the same
process and under the same laws os
force and, therefore, for arguments
sake, we will suppose that ours was the
first sun. AS before stated, any
object charged with electricity or
through which current of
electricity circulates Immediately
is possessed of an electric atmosphere,
and that electric atmosphere extends
out into space IN proportion to the force
of the electric charge or current
running through it. Also, as before
stated, accumulations of matter fall
into body of electricity from the same
causes that impell cork to rise to the
top of body of water; therefore, as
the sun gradually gathered matter and
IN size, its electric currents in
creased in force and its electric atmos-
phere IN depth, reaching farther ou.
into space, thereby causing all the
smaller accumulations of matter TO fall
on the sun. The accumulation of mat
ter would cause the sun TO be perfectly
round. because it would attract az much
matter to one part of IT rs to another.
The great electrician and author
ity on. tine physical forces, Pro-
fessor Siemeus, clearly demon
strates that the electric currents come TO
the earth around its north and south
poles and pass from the earth all
around the equators.
Shoot with the speed of Light
Most writer's on this subject contend
that these currents form a circuit, and
that after going out INTO space the cur
rents return by way of the poles. We
know that this is the case in all natural
and as these currents come to
the earth over wide space around
both the north and south poles ot the
earth and unite at the equator the
gong from the earth at the
are of vastly greater force
than those around the poles and shoot
of to immense distances with the speed
of light. This argument as to the earth
must apply to the sun for there cannot
be one law of force for the sun and
another for the earth. This electric
force over the suns equator is body
of electricity and therefore smaller
sccumulstions of matter fall into that
BODY and are conducted by II TO the
sun or earth. and this is one of several
reasons why the earth is bulged at the
equstor. having greater diameter
there than at any other point.
II might be supposed that as the cleo
tricity goes from the sun a. its equator.
il would carry matter with il; but this
is not the case, for matter when in
BODY of electricity falls to its center, or
the denser parts Of il and the electro
body forms on the surface or outside
Of the body of matter. This has refer
enee IN matter which has no perfect
electric organization, for well organized
bod les ike the earth and moon can not
come together because their electric at
prevent. We know this by
evneTimerft. Two pith halls charged
with electricity vii fy sssunder, the
electric atmosphere Of each driving the
other away. The principal growth Of
all planets and suns are st their equa-
tors, which viii be further discussed