Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-09

preston of the storm, It Is true that the
greater number have occurred in regions of
country distant from a low barometer
and where unusual brometric disturbance
prevailed.
From these facts l cannot evade the con-
C,usiCn that the tornado is an electrical
phenomenon Que 20 influence eytra-terreS-
trial.
What is this eXtra-terrestrial influence
II we take q glass tube from which the
air has been nearly exhausted. and b.
means OF metallic connections fixed in the
ends Of the tube. cause a current of cleo
tricity to pass through the tube, we shall
perceive its interior TO nc lii m With
luminous glow. and this Low or i"nt NAV
be made to assume various forms and STRAIT
ifications by the presence Of magnet at
the side Of the tube. The light so produced
in the tube is the same in appearance as the
aurora bmealis. and the keen analysis Of
the spectroscopc declares il 10 DE identical
with the northern lights 1t IS in fact
Il UitGle display Of that well known phc-
nomcuon. and IS produced under precisely
similar conditions as IS the magnificent eN-
hinition which awes the northern inhabi-
tants with its grand and mysterious splen-
dor.
Magnetism is only apparent at the pole,
Of the magnet. The strongest lnagae, has
no attractive power Al its equator, or point
rqui-GIStant from It's ends. Now the earth
i, in fact. i vast electromagnetic OF which.
in obedience 10 an ineZOrable law, its poles
are the regions of us greatest magnetic IN
ransity Tho areatns4 effor+ of tha .rIr :
ApOu the equatorial regions of the earth,
aand As in It's revolution unon its axis tho
$Hpth * literally y-irdiru i,non ;fsplf tia
gOldsp thread of sunlight. il is at the same
time Neceiving from the same source IN III
visible BIZ none the less powerful current
-of electrical cuerg,- and ti,is i manifested
m the rrasenrs of the ea,.fh's magnet,
NJ. FlocTricity pro5r.as uapne-isrt
NoyT+.ybcn Is rrasc, of some chauoa in
IN. st,, e;tbe,.of bis eI,,,,,,,,dir,, ervsInr,
OF burning fy.ilTopeo. On. ii ,ey,,i1nmept Of
some vast cuarg, nut vet cxt,'aired =
g,r.ate,. ,Iapfity rr electrical epsro,- loans
The million. of mics la Crlr cart il ma.
h,urrI, thai in Il. suncranUndanrr a me-
,io,, yin I,oss ir+o si,...,. al -le ,,ojas .r5
~ II reaches tLf. .,tnpl,arod af,.-tLe o1Itor
limits of ,., atr,o.pI,-,,a Incomes 1-;sij,r.
as the auror,l iirbt IN urerfsrIv the same
T,,a,r,,,. 81. ,,,- ,rn4,l,.a, mo GisrI,- il, fI,o
exE.,l,s.eI inc
Tho oi,s.Tyat;,n or storms n,fnts IN ..or.
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,,,a,.s ,,rasor, .Trn- a,...n,n,,..,,- ITO ran
ali no ,,.i,,, and .,-a ,-c,, I1a,-ad i, ON
moo, i,T IN, ib, t,,,,1, ib, iu,i,,,,a and
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',,.,.tIi,.' ,,tla,. .j.,n t,,tr me eInr+,.,-T,.
s no ,,,n,lI,.t Of The storm A,,,.rfi,,,r
,I; ,,,I - f,.,l M, Lo.I, 5il.ra,-'j
,i, ~, :, ' has t ,,' NE ii,rI tre.ir Nv,
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