Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-20
FOSTERS WEATHER.
Heavy Frosts and Bad Weather
in October.
THE CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES.
He Advises Farmers Not to Sell Their
Corn and Cotton at TnreaSonabIy
Low REHABILITATION Ideas
About tho Earth.


About tho Earth.
Special 10 the Gazette.
ST. JoSErH, Mo. Sept. !a-Nlv last letter
gave forecasts Of the Storm wcVC due 10
cross he continent from September a .
Is, and he remainder Of the month VIII
contain mucn irregular weather, running d
extremes. Two storm waves wi. cross
the continent, the first leaving the Pacific
coast about September -, crossing the
Rocky-Al.eghcny valley from The 4a,h 10
:23nd and reaching the Atlantic coast about
the 23rd. The second OF these storm waves
viii be due to leave The Pacific cuaS, about
the 24th, cross the ROcAy Allegheny VALLEY
from the 18th 10 eth and reach the Atlantic
coast about the 2sth. Tropical hurricaUes
may be expected on the Gulf Of Mexico dLd
the Atlantic 1T any time, accompanied by
killing froSts on the continent. | expect
very destructive frOSts not fax from October
5, which will about put an end 10
the growth of the cotton and other tender
plants north of latitude ~. have all the
time advised planters ami farmers NOT 10
sell their cotton and corn al uurEaSonablE
low prices. is have believed that uutaVur-
able weather in September and October
would reduce products below the estimates.
The corn and cotton crops should, rs tar aS
possible. be secured before October 10. for
continuously bad weather may De expected
after that date, and both CurH ana cotton
exposed 10 the weather will he III 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 9. seems &c
call for Il discussion of the theory ot earth
quakeS. Following the dictates OF the ueO,I-
lar theory of creation, our schools teach
that the earth is III molten condition with
only comparatively thin crust OF solid
earth on the outside. Physical Biographies
illustrate the Idea by gorgeous
cuts, showing 4 connection between
the not interior of the earth and the burn
inc volcanoes. These are terrible errors ~
be instilled into the minds of our youth by
which they are given 4 false basis for the
physical forces, geology. mCteOrOlO@N and
many other sciences. In opposition 10 this
theory | hold that electricity Is the force
that causes earthquakes ami III support or
this theory offer the facts that earth
quakcs occur during periods of great storm
disturbances. and like tornadoes, &C.
eur when the low barometer
of the storm is ucarcr-uSualy be ween
the high and low barometerS. II is Il well
known electric law that when a conductor
is Ovcrcharged with electricity he latter
will find its way out through the atmoa-
phere, making d cracking noise;and often
emitting sparks. The earth being magnet
and conductor of electricity. IS subject to
the effects of the latter III various ways.
An over charge uf 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 in less force III the ordinary storm.
That there are currents of electricity pass
ing around the earth i'll its surface Is 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 Cd
pat.ity to conduct the electrical currents. In
such events the result Is the same as when
electric wires or other electrical apparatus
in use by mau are ovcrcharged. The
electricity must find rc.Ict either by dlsSl-
pating through the atmosphere or by the
fusion or expansion of The conductors. II
the conductor is made mp of SINAI! partic.es
these will divergc; if ii is solid body 1t
will expand or fuse, and if is water it viii
cVapOIate.
The strongest currents in this part Of
the earth pass no, far from Charleston, =.
C.. SouthweStNvard in the direction OF Tia
volcanic regions in Mexico and Central
America. and when the earth conductors
along which these currents flow are over
charged they find reGef in tOrnadoeS, hur-
ricancs, earthquakes or an increased activ-
lty i'll the volcanoes. On september l,
1856 the planets We're in position 10 over
charge the earth with electricity, and the
result is seen in the great earthquake ~
Charleston. <. c., and as have repeatedly
announced, the planets are now in position
to overcharge the earth, and therefore such
events as we read OF in Contra! America
and the Martinique hurricane may be ex-
pected frequently till after June, 1892. Il
IS noticeable fact that when the carth's
electric tension Is relieved oy an earth
quake the storms are not great, and
when no earthquake occurs 70 relieve the
oycrchargcd earth the storms are much
greater.
/ assert that the position of the plansts
will account for great earthquakes and that
great earthquakes or great StOrmS-Some-
times bOth-ncVcr fail To occur when the
planets are in that position which, BY the
laws of electricity, would overcharge 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 and
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 in harmony with this age Of elec-
t,icity and steam. ". 7. FOSTER.