Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-24
FOSTERS WEATHER.
Heavy Frosts and Bad Weather
in October.
THE CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES.
He Advises Farmers Not to Sell TEeir
Corn ana Cotton at InreasonabIy
Low Prices-Mistakeu Ideas
About the Earth.
Special TO the Gazette.

| SpectaI TO the Gazette.
! ST. JOSEPH Mo, Sept !9-3Iy last letter
! gave forecasts of the storm wave due 10
cross the continent from September II 70
/ j., and the remainder Of the month Will
contain much Irregular weather running -
extremes. Two storm waves wi. CruSS
the continent, the first leaving the Pacific
coast about September ~, crossing the
| Rocky-Allegheny valley from the Goth 70
lind and reaching the Atlantic coast aboUI
the 25rd The second OF these storm waves
Will be due IA leave the Pacific coast about
the 2ith. cross The Rnrky-Ai.egi.,rl ny -;llvy
from the 18th 10 eth and reach The AftauIi'
coast about the 2Sth Tropica.c hurricane
may be expected on the Gulf Of Mexico ant
| the Atlantic u any time. accompanied by
killing frusts on the continent. | expect
very destructive frostS not far from October
3. which vii about put al end a..
the growth OF the cotton ana other tender
plants north of latitude 81. | have AZ the
time advised planters anu farmers not 10
sell their cotton and corn at UureaSOuabiY
low prices, as | have believed thai uuf:tvur-
able weather il September ana GctnDer
would reduce products below the estimates.
The corr and cotton crops should, as tar as
possible. be secured before October 10, for
continuously bad weather may be expected
after that date, and both corn and cotton
exposed 20 the weather Will IL IN great dan
ger of Injury from the weather. October
will be very remarkable month for great
storms and extremes of the weather.
WEATHER AND SCIENCE NOTES.
The awful earthquake in San Salvador.
Central America. September .. seems TO
call for 4 discussion of the theory os earth
9uailes. Following the dictates OF the ueDu-
lar theory of creation. our schools teach
that the earth is III i molten condition with
ouly Il comparatively thin crust Of solid
earth on the outside. Physical Biographies
cuts. showing connection between
the hot interior OF the earth and the burn
ing volcanoes. These are terrible errors TO
be instilled into the minds of our youth b.
which they are given Il false basis for the
physical forces. geology, meteorological
many other sciences. In opposition u this
theory mold that electricity is the force
that causes earthquakes, and in support OF
this theory offer the facts that earth
quakcs occur during periods Of great storm
disturbances, and like tomatoes, oc-
eur when the low barometer
of the storm is nearer-usually between
the high and low barometerS. 1t IS Il well
known electric law that when conductor
is oyercharged with electricity the latter
will find its way out through the atmos-
phere, making cracking H0isesand often
emitting sparks. The earth being magnet
and Il conductor of electricity. is subject to
the effects of the latter in various ways.
An over charge of electricity would
cause the latter to pass from the
earth outward through the at
mosphere, thereby causing rising
vortex as seen in the hurricane, the tornado
and III u less force il the ordinary storm.
That there are currents Of electricity pass
ing around the earth in its surface is Il fact
not disputed, and these currents follow
those straits of he earth that are the best
conductors. These earth strata conductors
when the earth is overcharged with cleo
tricity, are overtaxed, not of sufficient Gu
pacity to conduct the electrical currents. In
such events the result is the same as when
electric wires or other electrical apparatus
i'll use by man are overcharged. Tha
electricity must find relief either by dissi-
pating through the atmosphere or by the
fusion or expansion of the conductors. If
the conductor is made up of small particles
these viii diverge; if IL is a solid body it
will expand or fuse, and if is water il Will
evaporate.
The strongest currents in this part Of
the earth pass not far from Charleston, S.
c., southwestward in the direction of the
volcanic regions in Mexico and Central
America, and when the earth conductors
along which these currents flow are over
charged they find relief in tornadoes, hur-
ricanes, earthquakes or an increased actiV-
ity in the volcanoes. On September l,
1855, the planets were in position to over
charge the earth with electricity, and the
result is seen i'll the great earthquake at
Charleston, ;. c., and as | have repeatedly
announced, the planets are now III position
to Overcharge the earth, and therefore such
events as we read of in Central America
aud the Martinique hurricane may be ex-
pected frequently till after June, 1892. II
is a noticeable fact that when the earth's
electric tension is relieved by an earth
quake the storms are rot so great, and
when no earthquake occurs to relieve the
overcharged earth the storms are much
greater
l assert that the position of the planets
viii account for great earthquakes and that
great earthquakes or great stormS-Some-
times bOth-never fail to occur when the
planets are in that position which, by the
laws of electricity, would Oyerchargc the
earth. This theory accounts for the origin
of volcanoes also. The increased currents
of electricity in the earth heats those earth
strata that are the poorest conductors aud
this heat not only causes the expansions IN
the earth with the consequent earthquakes,
but ignites the coal, coal oil. gases and
other combustibles, which, with the steam
generated from the waters, find vent
through the craters of the burning vol
canoes.
The time has fully come for abandoning
the old theories handed down TO US from the
dark ages when witchcraft was recognized
by law and substitute for them theory
that is i'll harmony with this age of cleo
tricity and steam. ". II. FOSTER.