Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-04
FOSTER And THU CLOUDS
The ST. Joseph Weather Prophets
Weekly.
THERE WILL BE SIoRnS THIS MONTE
And one Of Them IL Due Here ADoat the
Date OF the Gr~At stallion kaes-
SEINE Observations en Fair
Luna. the 0een


october, and gave the dates. Let to 5th
on which the lrst storm wave OF the
month would cross the continent.
From the 9Th 10 the 7th clearing
weather may be expected to cross the
continent from west 10 east, and the
next storm wave will be due to leave
the Pacific coast about the Eth. cross
the central valleys from the sth to the
10th. and reach the Atlantic coast
about the 18th. Following this storm
expect the turn to come toward win
try weather. Not ell over the country,
as has been stated. but beginning in the
highlands OF Colorado and Dakotas
and gradually reaching the central VAL
leys much earlier than ~ usual. ! also
expect that frosts will about complete
the destruction Of tender vegetable
growths as far south as jacksonville.
Mobile and San Antonio. The Septem-
her drouth and heat Of the central val
leys will have Disappeared, and the
first two storm waves OF 0ctober-lst
to llth-will produce more rain in the
west than did all those Of September.
The October storm waves will take
routes more TO the south than did those
of September. September storms spent
their greatest force IN Europe.
weather and Science Notes.
The hot wave in the west from Sep
TENDER 18th to oath did not accord with
my calculations. overlooked an inn
portant element. During that hot per-
lod, the atmosphere on and surround
ing the western continents took up
vast amount OF moisture by evaporation
from the seas. Electric energies were
ever great and our atmosphere expert
enced great expansion; consequently
the atmosphere how carries vastly IN
creased amount OF moisture that must
come down again az snow and rain dur
ing the fall and winter as our earth
moves away from the electric currents
through which it has been passing. The
earth and lesser planets were in posi-
ton to Cause cooler weather after Sep
TENDER 18th, but Saturn and Jupiter
had not occupied positions relative to
the earth and sun for fifty-nine years
and the records of 1882 being very i'm
perfect / was at u loss to know what
their influences would be. The earth
was near its equinox and passing nearly
through the centers OF the planes of
the equator of these two great planets
and consequently nearly through the
centers of their greatest electrical in
fiuences. On this account felt some
uncertainty bnt was conscious Of the
fact that while an error would greatly
injure me, the prediction might infiu
ence producers to hold their products
in which case l we'll knew that they
would obtain better prices. Tie general
failure of crops IN Europe, Asia and al
most all countries outside of our own
will cause greater demand than the
United States will be able TO supply
and whatever tends TO holding
American crops will aid III bringing bet
ter prices to our producers and there
fore if my predictions OF early frosts in
the northwest were not fully verified
the prediction was on the side of our
own people and the mistake hurt no
one but myself. Crop reports are too
much IN the interest of spectators and
this tamperng with the reports is max
ing them wholly unreliable. 1t is well
known, however, that u great failure
has occurred in foreign crops and / am
still of opinion that the cotton, corn,
wheat and other staple articles has been
overestimated. We want all the gold of
foreign countries we can get by fair
means and this is our opportunity. Hold
your crops for better prices.
The Electric Theory.
Henry Raymond Rogers of Dunkirk,
n. y, is gaining quite reputation as a
scientific writer. HIS "New Philosophy
OF the SUM-" published 1856, attracted
considerable attention. He recently
read u paper be. ire the ChautauQua
society of History and Natural
Science paper that is worthy of
wide circulation and / give it below:
"Sclence asserts that the moon shines
with borrowed light, light reflected
from the sun" Science also asserts
that the 93,000,00 miles between the
sun and moon is utter darkness. That
the moon is dead, having no atmos-
phere, no water, no clouds, no life IN
any form; that II is n stupendous cinder
fitted with countless orators of extinct
volcanoes. Contradictory and incon-
gruous as these theories are none the
less are they universal y accepted tod ny.
But science IL fallib!e and such lncon-
sistencics must lead to. The grave result
OF rendering suspicious all our theories
pertaining 10 universal SPACE and its
contents. To add to tho distfnst these
theories awaken IT il now found that the
telescope. which has hitherto furnished
the basis of our conceptions oil the
moon, Is not 10 tc rel ed upon. Prot.
Holden, the astronomer IN charge of
the new Lick telescope, the largest in
the world. says a that instrument:
There is no objectfn the heavens which
we must not observe ~ il viewed for
the first time. II has opened a new
vista of the creation. IL conipels us to
learn everything anew. Even the most
familiar of supposed facts revealed by
other telescopes. as the moon for exam
pie, are found in the great revelator TO
be not facts but errors That the moon
receives something from the sun which
freely passes through the darkness and
cuid OF space. and which is sent onward
10 the earth by reflection, 10 uuques.
tlonabie, as 10 also the additional fact
that our atmosphere IL awakened 20 its
beautiful moonlight effects by this re-
f.ected current.
The Mees's Reneetins Power.
Although scientists make no pretense
OF asserting the presence Of any ele-
ment or substance in thecomposstion OF
the moon, which IL capable IL produc.
ing actual reflection, yet, nevertheless.
II il legitimate TO infer that the moon
has q medium which possesses reject.
ing powers adequate fof ali supposed
necessities. The question arises What
il that rejecting medium and the sn-
aver il drawn from analogy. No one
viii claim that The dead, doll body OF
the moon which science DEPICTS. a. cap