Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-28

Foster Predicts that March
VIII Be . howler.
CAUSE OF THE LATE suNspoTs
Thsy Procssd from the Same Causes a
the Storms on the Pian-
sszfy Equinozss.

sr. JOSEPH. Mo-, Feb. E.-Laot week
gave forecasts OF the ssorm wave due
70 cross the eontlnen- from I'D 70 27th
and the cool wave from 18th TO s3th.
The next storm wave will be due 70
reach the Pacific CO st about February
IS. cross the Rock mountains by the
eioee OF the 18th, the great central val
ieys from March ! to 3. and the eastern
states about the Ala THIS storm Will
nave greatest force west of the Missouri
river And will probably cause . blizzard
IN Montana February 20 and Q storm Of
considerable force further southeast
about March l. Rough weather may be
expected throughout the Missouri val
ley about March 2 This storm will
lose force as 10 eutsrs the eastern states
about March 3 and 4. but the storm
preceding it will be OF considerable
force IN the northeastern states on Feb
ruary 20. The cool wave moving east
ward viii cross the Pacific slope and
she western mountains by the close OF
~ srch ], ncgreat central valleys about
March and the eastern states about
March ).
sses.y March.
have often stated and will repeat
that very severe storms will occur on
his continent during March. Western
Europe has experienced the greatest
storms OF the century d1ring the past
nx months, and 10 10 almost impossible
Tor this country not to go through tho
same experience during the next SIX
months. Even orthodox scientists nave
riven warning of the grea: disturbances
near At hand. because of the great sun
spots and other remarkable disturb
snces now apparent on the sun. Spots
ON the sun, they declare, cause an in-
crease IN the force Of our earth storms
through the agency Of the electrical
torees. They also declare that the per-
lheiion OF Jupiter causes . maximum
OF sun spots and an increase IN the au-
'orsI displays All this indicates that
he men who have posed as the leaders
N scientific research are being forced
10 acknowledge the influence of the
planets on our earth, and that cleo
Tlcity Is the medium.
But IN claiming that sunspots cause
suroras and other earth disturbances.
and that the perihelia of the planets
,ause sunspots. these great scientists
Rnoily disregard cause and effect, dis
!eHsrd all the laws Of electricity and
magnetism. Jupiter is now about 49,
BOO 600 Of miles nearer the sun than il
vas sIx years ago. and. IL We follow the
Avs OF electricity, that would increase
ne electrical forces Of the sun and
par:h. which in turn would increase
ne evaporation and cIoudiness on the
AN, thereby preventing sunspots;
berefore the periheiia OF the planets
80
pots cannot cause earth disturbances.
Aareras and sansposs.
Sunspots must necessarily be Of ex-
city the same nature - our high ba-
ometers, and our cold waves, causing
srgc areas of clear weather, CORES
ponding 70 the large dark spots On the
hun. The facule, or bright spots, on
ne sun are the same ~ our low harom-
sters where We have denseiy cloudy
weather. Whatever causes our storm
centers. our high and low bsrometsrs,
Dur cold waves also cause the sunspots,
md assert, without fear Of successful
:oniradIctIon. that il is the equi-
nox OF Jupiter and not his per-
lhslon that causes the increase
of auroras and sunspots. On the
night Of February IL. when
The great aurora lighted up the north
srn neaveus--also the regions Of the
soutn pole, no doubt, although we have
90 news from that part of the earth
Jupiter was within two degrees Of his
EQUINOX while he was fourteen degrees
from bis perihelion. therefore the cleo
sric sension of the sun was very great
md only needed M outlet ia order to
bhock or elecsrify the whole solar sys-
tenn. The electrifying event occurred
IN tho 18Th. when Venus passed the
parth's equator and the equator Mars.
Anyone who has stndicd tie nature of
SIsctrIcai currents IN connection with
fsvoivIhg globes. will readily see the
logic in these statements.
But the difficulty In the way OF or
thotox scientists 10 that they still con-
,ider the sun ss burning body. in
itead Of. ss 10 really -. q body very
much like the earth. with it, seas. con-
tirents, mountains, valleys, clouds and
gtorms. All affected by the very same
laws aud in the sans manner a. are
Inc various parts OF our earth. Know.
ing the approach OF the
Esaiseses 81 sarsrs ssd Jupsssv.
gave warning nearly year ago that
1907 would be year of great storms
oil around the earth, and that these
great Disturbances would reach their
pArfmum force In the four months
rem March I TO June so. Since the
rcst surorsl display of February 18th,
orthodox scientists are predicting the
nms increase of Disturbances that
Hid year ago. Spots on the sun and
esrms all around IN. earth have been
Increasing for sir months past at least
md they will continue 20 increase for
nt least Sin months IN come But 10th
SIN spots and earth storms are effects
Of the sane cause. The planets and
sun elsctrffy each other Just ~ re-
rowing magnets in the electro
svname machine affect each other.
The time appears % b. rapidly ap-
proschfug when the electrical theory
pf force IN the unissrsc vili take the
place 81 the nebuls- ard heat theories,
md eIsctrn-rfeteceeicxv dsthrons the
shsotic world Of ehaaee IDEAS that have
l,rg ruled IN the weather bureau OF