Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-08
OCTOBER WEATHER.
Effects of Storm Waves the
First Half of This Month.
PLENTY OF RAIN PROMISED.
Early Frosts will Complete the Destruction
of Vegetsbles-The October Storms
Apply More to the South than
Those of September.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Oct. Sin my last let
ter mentioned an important storm period
extending over the first half of October
and gave the dates, 1st to 5th, on which the
first storm wave of the month would cross
the continent. From 5th to eth clearing
weather may be expected to cross the con-
uinent from west to east, and the next storm
wave will be due to leave the Pacific coast
about the 18th, cross the central valleys
from sth to 10th and reach the Atlantic
coast about the 18th. Following this storm
l expect the turn to come toward wintry
weather. Not all over the country, as has
been stated by some, but beginning in the
highlands of Colorado and the Dakotas and
gradually reaching the central valleys much
earlier than is usual. l also expect that
frosts will about complete the destruction
of tender vegetable growths as far south as
Jacksonville, Mobile and San Antonio. The
September drouth and heat of the central
valleys will have disappeared and the first
two storm waves of October-1st to 18th
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. Sep
TENDER storms spent their greatest force in
Europe.
WEATHER AND SCIENCE NOTES.
The hot wave in the West from Septem-
Der II to "a did not accord with my calcula-
tions. / overlooked an important element.
During that hot period the atmosphere on
and surrounding the Western continents
took up vast amount of moisture by evap-
Grafton from the sers. Electric energies
We're very great, and our atmosphere eXpe-
rienced great expansion: consequently the
atmosphere now carries vastly increased
amount of moisture that must come down
again as snow and rain during the fall and
winter, as our earth moves away from the
electric currents through which it has peen
passing.
The earth and lesser planets We're in po-
Sition to cause cooler weather after Sep
TENDER II, but Saturn and Jupiter had not
occupied similar positions relative to the
earth and sun for fifty-rine years, and the
records of 1892 being very imperfect, ] was
at 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 cleo
trical influences. On this account | felt
some uncertainty, but was conscious of the
fact that while an error would greatly in
jure me, the prediction might influence pro-
ducers to hold their products, in which
case | well knew they would obtain better
prices.
The general failure of crops in Europe,
Asia and almost 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 in bringing better prices to our
producers and therefore if my predictions
of early frost in the Northwest were not
fully verified the prediction was on the side
of our own people and the mistake hurts no
one but myself.
4, ,,,ta,
of SPECTATORS, and this tampering with the
reports is making them wholly unreliable
1t is well known, however, that great
failure has occurred in foreign crops and l
am still of opinion that the product of our
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 products for better prices.
THE ELECTRIC THEORY.
Henry RAYMOND Rogers of Dunkirk, n.
Y, is gaining quite reputation as scien-
tific writer. His New Philosophy of the
Sum- published 1886, attracted considera-
BILE attention. He recently read paper be-
fore the Chautauqua society of History and
Natural Science. paper that is worthy of
wide circulation, and | give 1t below:
Science asserts that the moon shines
with borrowed light light reflected
from the sum-" Science also asserts that
the SO. 600, 900 miles between the sun and
moon is utter darkness that the moon is
dead. having no atmosphere, no water no
clouds, no life in any form; that it is stu
pendous cinder fitted with countless era
tiers of extinct volcanoes. Contradictory
and iucongruous as these theories are, none
the less are they universally accepted to-
day.
But science is fallible and such inconsist-
encies muStlead to the grave result of rem
1arinp all fhaoraS AIMING
to universal space and its contents. To add
to the distrust these theories awaken it is
now found that the telescope, which has
hitherto furnished the basis of our concep-
ton Of the moon, is not to be relied upon.
Prof. Holden, the astronomer in charge of
the new Lick telescope, the largest in the
world, says of that instrument: ''There is
no object in the heavens which we must
not observe as if viewed for the first time.
1t has opened new vista of the creation; 1t
compels us to learn everything anew.
Even the most familiar of supposed facts
revealed by other telescopes, as the moon,
for example, are found in this great revela-
tor to be not facts but errors.'
That the moon receives something from
the sun which freely passes through the
darkness and cold of space which
is sent onward to the earth by
reflection, is unqueStionable, as is also
the additional fact that our atmosphere is
awakened to its beautiful moonlight effects
by this reflected current.
Although scientists make no pretense of
asserting the presence of any element or
substance in the composition OF the moon
which is capable of producing actual ret1ec-
ton, yet nevertheless, it is legitimate to
infer that the moon has a medium which
possesses rejecting powers adequate for all
supposed necessities. The question arises,
What is that rejecting medium and the
answer is drawn from analogy
No one will claim that the dead. dull body