The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-05-07
THE GAZETTES PROPHET.
PRESS COMMENTS UPON FOS.
TER'S PREDICTIONS.
1t is Conceded that He Is the Most Sue
cessful Weather Prophet of the Age.
Based on Scientific Principles.

| Dayton, O., Herald: Our readers have
| not only been interested, but instructed as
| well in the weather forecasts of Prof. w. T.
Foster that have appeared regularly in the
l Herald. Prof. Foster has been original in
| his representations, and has given the ba-
| sis of his theory, which, if we were to name
we should call planetary or astronomical
| theory. What power controls the air cur
| rents This question has been asked and re-
| asked ever since the study of meteorolo-gy
was begun. Prof. Foster has explained
| that he attributes them to the electrical in
| fuences of the planets and their constant
| and regular system of revolution. The
! world of to-day may well thank Prof. Fos-
| ter and those who believe with him, in car
| rying their meteorological researches be-
| yond the fact that cold wave IS coming
| from the north. They are giving the world
! something new and something that explains
the mysteries of the weather.
San Antonio CTex.,) Times: Professor
| W. L. Foster has made some remarkably
| accurate storm predictions in his weekly
| letter to the Times. A notable instance in
| which his forecast was carried out to the
| letter was the last storm, which began on
| March IL and ceased on March 16, the dates
| being exactly as Professor Foster had pre-
| dicted. 1t is impossible that such accuracy
| can be the result Of guess work, as many
| scoffers at weather prophets declare.
Professor Foster is student and scientist,
| and his predictions are the result of care
| full research of the relations between the
earth and the other planets.
Denver {Col) News: Readers Of the
News during the past few months must
| have been struck with the accuracy of the
weather predictions of w 7. Foster of st.
| Joseph, Mo. In no single instance has he
| failed, days and weeks in advance, in pre-
| dieting the weather we would have at GER
! tain periods. The recent severe storm was
| predicted ten days or two weeks ago-in-
deed every storm that has occurred during
| the winter has been predicted in advance.
The signal service department has simply
| faded out Of sight beside the weather pre-
| dictions of Professor Foster. The accuracy
of Professor Fosters forecasts has been so
often demonstrated that a very general de-
nand IS being made for the establishment
OF a department of agricultural meteorology.
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Telegram-Record:
The present storm is the hardest of the sea-
son, in this section of the country at least.
Sunday morning, the 18th inst, W. 7. F'os-
ter of ST. Joseph, No., the Telegram-Her-
AIDS weather prophet, foretold the exact
date and extent of what might be expected
From this it would appear that "a prophet
should not be without honor in his own
country"
FL Paso Tex) Herald: Professor Fos-
ter has almost suddenly flashed upon the
world as one Of the most advanced scien-
lists of the age, and while his writings
on scientific subjects are free from per-
pleXA8 technicalities, they are marked by
ESTIMATING perspicuity and a cogent
! H. n are both helpful and convincing,
fBo41uAt even Schoolboy may fully IN
derstand and appreciate hia graceful but