Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-10
NEXT COLD WAVE
Will be Due in Michigan About
January 90.
WHAT is ANIMAL MAGNETISM
Mr.. Foster Quotes Literally from Prof
Kolkin 10 Support His Theory of
Electrical Influences.


Kolkin TO support His Theory of
Electrical Influences.
ST. JosEPn, No., Jan. s.--Last week
letter gave detailed forecasts Of the
storm wave due 10 cross the continent
from January to IL. aud tns next will
be due 10 reach our Pacsfc coast about
January IL. cross the Rocky mountains
by January IA, the great central valleys
from January is to IL, and reach the
Atlantic coast about January IS. About
January 10 temporary disturbance
will appear ON the head waters of the
Missouri, and will cause unsettled
weather I'LL after the next regular
storm wave passes eastward.
This Storm wave will probably take
a northern route. affecting the iati-
tudes of the lakes more than other
parts OF the country. During ITS jour
ney acioss the continent, the weather
will be quite warm in the southern
states, attended by mild rains, and the
ccol wave following 1t VIII not be Sc
veie IN the south. The cool wave will
be due To cross the Rockies about Jar-
uary 10, the great central valleys
about January Is. and to reach the
Atlantic coast about January l9 or 20.
This co.d wave will be most severe IN
western Nebraska about January IL,
and III the eastern states about January
10 or 20.
Weather changes will probably occur,
as indicated below, at and within one
hundred miles OF Grand Rapids. within
twenty -four hours before or after sun
set of the days mentioned:
Jan. a-Moderating.
- l0--Warmer: storm indications.
ll--Storm wave due.
l2-Ga!es; indications OF clearing.
=" 13-Cold wave.
Z" l4-Clear and cold.
l5-Moderatlng.
=" l6-Warmer; storm indications.
Animal Mayuetisn.
Our knowledge of animal magnetism
Is yet crude, because this branch OF
electricity has not been so carefully m
vestigated. ! believe that this strs n &c
influence IS the same that we observe
III the natural magnet. the only dIner-
ence being that one has live animal
as the magnetic body, while the other
has piece OF magnetic mon. Each OF
these depend on the carth's electric
currents for their electric energies.
In order to better illustrate this sub
je I, have requested Prof. n. Koikin.
of Kenyon, Goodhue county, Mime
sofa. to give me tor publication his IN
vestigatIons oil atmospheric electric
currents. / quote from him: For
merry, the French Academy had often
occasion to ait as judges of the ecien-
tific value or certain peculiar expert
ments that were undertaken, sometimes
by men with scientific education, but
oftener by the unscientific, who hal an
open xya tor Ala the rs and un-
explained IN nature around them.
That time is long past, aud book
learned dudes simply refer all VINO
speculate on similar experiments to the
decisions OF the French Academy.
Invoiuatary Muscular Action.
Those peculiar experiments were not
scientific and relisble; IN fact, nothing
Is, IN the very start, scientific and re-
liable. The experiments consisted IN
holding between the thumb and fore
finger n pendulum made OF fiber, or
THREAD NTH weight or knob of the
slze of watch key ut one end, and
then noting the movements of this pen
dulum. We see that such experiments
can never become scientific. Still, the
movements OF the pendu!ums thus SIS
pended from the hand. were aiw IS
very peculiar. Sometimes they would
hang perfectly still. while it would
take an effort of the experimcnter to
put is into oscillation, and sometimes
their oscillations would be very vio-
lent AM. could not be cor trolled by the
expermenter. Hero the learned judges
found very easy explanation. The
oscillations were pre- tuced by uncon-
scious muscular. action in the hand of
the expeiimenteT, which acton was
sometimes greater aud sometimes less.
IL seems that that explains good
many Of those experiments, but by no
means all of them. Those same ex-
psrimenters were not satisfied with
that decision; for they found that the
experiments indicated conditions out
side of their organisms, though they
had 10 aimit that involuntary muscu-
lar action was the cause OF mistakes
made. They found. for instance, that
when the pendulum was put III oscIla-
ton 10y n 81 yht effort. and Its knob per-
mittcd to strike agsins. small block OF
wood, tho oscillation would subside
sooner when the wood was of young
growth than when i, was Of an old one.
Made Sensitive By shivering.
The same was the G. Y when the fiber
I in the pendulum wac o a young growth.
Then. again, they found that, At times,
experiments of that kind were impossi.
/ bic. The pendulum would constantly
/ oseiiiate between northwest and south.
east, or between east and west. To
! find whether there is scientific p.iaei.
| pie involved in these unscienhfsc oxFsr.
ments. We must no. only speculate on
ard talk about them, as those learned
Judges did, hut suspend pendulums M
der conditions similar 10 those that age
| present. when pendulums are sxs-
pended hy hand. The hard xlas
| he held quite still for f5s0
ment, when person holds 4
out in front of him, but u will soon
have a sbiverlng motion. A shiveflng
consists OF rapid. snceessiyc n,ovrrienls
| in ali possble directions, vertically and
/ horEontslly. <ots aiso. that "a the
| onscientIfic experiments mentioned
| the hand .s to he held stiiI. but not
with marked forcible effort. Can VI
not produce = mechanisu that initiate.
the shivefiag of the hand2 Of confss
we can. Tire writer has produced surt
| meehsnlsms. less or more perfect
though not absolutely perfect, and I'd
finds that . pendulum suspended fronl
shlvsrtng point 10 made sensitive u
| fasees 10. IA afufe IN af ara n0t atheFxx e