Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-10
FOSTERS WEATHER.
The Great Prophet Forecasts
Farther for October.
WHAT WE MAY EXPECT SOON.
A Chapter on Comets, and on one Greai
Comet In Observation-Disclosures Thoo.
fIss Brought vi Clearly.
Our Fall Weather

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, oct, s.-My last
bulletin gave forecasts Of the storm
wave 10 cross tho continent from 9th to
10Th and tho next win reach the Pa
ciic coast about the 18th, cross the
western mountains by the close OF the
18TH the great central valleys from
18th TO 18th, and the eastern states
about the 10th.
The cool wave following will cross
the western mountains about l4th, the
great central valleys about 10th, and
the eastern states about the 18th.
Tho fourth storm wave Of the month
will reach the Pacific coast about the
l7th across the western mountains by
the close Of the 18th, the great central
valleys from 10th 10 2lst, and the east
ern states about the 22d. This distur-
banos will be at its greatest force In
the Rocky mountains about the 18th.
Tie cool wave following will cross
The Western mountains about the 10th,
the great central valleys about the I'D
and the eastern statos about the 9th.
BELA's COMET,
This comet had period Of six and
threo-tourths years up to 1852, but after
that time its return Was not noted UNI
til 1872 From 1926 to 1852 this comet
caused In immense alarm. In 1882 It's
nucleus was expected TO come within
5000 miles OF the earth's orbit, while
its nebilous matter, its atmosphere
would over the path OF the earth.
The comet was a month In advance OF
tho earth, but for a whole year II was
feared that some cause might retard
the comet, in which case IL would des-
troy all animal life on the earth by the
poisonous gases OF its atmosphere. All
astronomers have admitted that disas-
trous results would follow from contact
with that comet
In 1916 this comet again appeared
very neat the earth, with disastrous
results to itself. The influence Of tho
earth CAUSED IL 10 burst into two COM
plete comets, with well-delincd tails,
The two comets moved in about tho
same direction li0 900 miles apart, and
when IL returned In 1859 thcy were one
million and quarter miles apart.
In 1858 and 1866 this comet was not
observed, but in 1872 II was seen
under peculiar circumstances. On the
night Of November n, 1879, Professor
ISlinkcraues of Berlin and other night
watchers we're startled by q sudden
and very magnificent display OF falling
stars or meteors, OF which there had
been no previous knowledge or fore
cast. Professor X. noted the radient
point in space from which the star
shower was discharged into the carths
atmosphere and with the intuition Of
ready genius jumped at once to tho
startling conclusion that those meteors
were portions Of the lost Bicla's comet,
and following in its path,
Believing that Biela had passed
through or near our atmosphere during
daylight, he telcgraphed 10 Prof. NJ.
Pogson, Madras, India, that Biela had
struck the earth, and requesting POg-
son 10 point his telescope In certain
direction and look FOR tho lost comet
Biela. Pogson did SO, and discovered
the derelict comet, but IL had lost its
tail.
Prof. Pogson viewed the comet several
evenings, and by comparison m his
notes astronomers are of opinion that
he saw the two divisions OF Blela ON
successive evenings, aud that both OF
them had lost their tails and much of
their atmospheres. This occurred as
Biela was leaving the sun, and IL Is b.
lleved that the tails Of these two diyis-
IONS bl lJltlu Slfuth lut tdIku OtLDDtF
s, 1871, as the comets were approach
ing the sun, thereby causing the great
fires of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,
and the disastrous Chicago FIRE.
Ignatius Donnelly IN his wonderful
book, "Ragnarook,n says: "The sum
mer Of 1871 had been excessively dry,
the moisture seemed 10 be eyaporated
outof the air, and on tho date OF these
notable fires, the atmospheric oondi-
tions all through the west were OF the
most peculiar character. There was
parohed, combusiiblc, inaammable,
furnace-like feeling in the air that was
alarming. 1t felt as II there we're need
ed but a match, spark, TO cause n
worldwide explosion. 10 was wierd
and unnatural. haze never seen any
thing like II before nor since"
'As go O'Clock In the evening" Mr..
DOanelly SAYS, ''at apparently tho same
rEonsnt, 81 hundreds OF miles apart, in
three statos, Wisconsin, Michigan and
illinois, 6rcs OF The most dsyasting
kind, broke OF, 30 isr - Is known, by
spontaneous combustion"
'In WisccnsiE, on ~ eastern borders
in a beavily ttpabsrod coGntry, near
Lake Michignn, Fegtoa eenRSrnckng
400eElznremilear crnta3ntnR Peshakgo,
Mnndsaea. Iceland an4SanEafAnrna uaher