Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-24
IL WILL BE COLDER
Mr.. Foster Predicts = severe
Spell of Weather
FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
A Cold Wave Followed ~ Gales ans
Biizz~sd--rhs New PhiiasspAy q
Meteofo,egy Explained.

sr. JosErH, No.. Jan. es-Ny last
letter gave forecasts OF two storm
waves. one 10 cross the continent fssm
January Is 20 %, aud tue other from
January "a TO -. The next storm
wave following these viii be due 10
reach the Callfornia coast about Janu-
airy 81. cross the western msuntaips by
the close of February 4. the great Gen.
trai valleys from February . to Z and
the eastern states about February 5.
This viii be one OF the iiercest s.or ma
of the winter wet OF the Alssssks pps
river. especially on February = and
3. IL will effect the whole country
between ST Louis ana Denver and fron
Mexico 10 Minnesota. 4 snow storm,
blizzard. gales and drifting snowamas
be expectsd- The cold wave will enter
the upper Missouri valley about Feb-
ruary 5. and its effects VIII he felt Tar
into the southern states. csnspr Geld
weather ~ Il moves eastward. al over
the country from Colombo ~ Name
This cold wave wit probably rca.sh
FLORIDA about February srs. After
passing cast OF the Misslssippl both &c
storm center and the cold wsve Mi.
lose force. The cold. however. will be
quite severe IN the region Of the upper
lakes about February 4 or 5. bat net -
cold IN the northeastern statcs.
The New Philosophy.
The electric theory Of creasiou, 49,
tronemy and metsorology issnpjoly
cutting iis way 20 the front. Fer nj,
teen years n half dozen meteor olocists
IN the United States have been waRina
ceascless conflict With orthodo1
scientists a. 10 the cause Of motion !.
Following after the nebuiar ltheory The
scientific world builded . great struc-
turc containing sciences, ali based on
the idea that heat ~ the cause Of mo-
ton. A few Of Us have commended chat
electricity Is the cause of motion anc
that heat Is only 81 effect Of which
electricity IL the cause. In this contest
we have been ridicuied and called all
manner of contempi.bic namcs. We
have constantly made pregrc0Nnd oo-
tanned q hearing and followers among
the masses. who are now mere intelli-
gent. better educated than ever before /
IN the worlds history. But every 'slsp
has been stubbornly contested. and
everything for the electric theory
gained at the sacrifice of long and tcdl-
ous efforts. The whole werld of ortno-
dox scientists begin 10 feel that they
are In error and that we ara IN the
night. but many OF them are toe
cowardly to acknowledge the truth.
Occasionally one Of fhesc conrt scien-
tsts. most Of them Are book learned
dude s." proves his indepsncenoe OF
Thought by coming boldly 10 the fronl
and declaring for thu electric theory.
Prof. Bigelow IL ono OF these. Hc 10
connected with one of the eastern uni.
vorsiiies. aud although ne 10 too selfish
10 acknowledge that Others, long befose
he saw the light OF truth. had dlsces-
cred that nature works through cleo.
trio forces, etill ne deserves commcnda,
lion for refusing TO longer follow the
heat theory. tt
The sun IL . magnet.
Prof. Bigelow, in recent paper. de-
clares that the sun 10 . magnet, and
that the solar corona corsNsts Of the
electric currents that flow cut from the
sun over its equator. and after forming
a somi-circle IN space flow hack 70 the
sun at the poles. lie does not despribs
IL IN exactly these worcs, but hIo de-
scrlptlon colnclaes with thDe 49,
Theographs OF the eclipsed Gun xseeat
a fact that had been discovered oEp6p-
aiysis many years ago, aud frof- Dege-
lows discovery proves the esectric the
CRY To be correct. But there ere 04ny,
old fogy meteerolegists. astroao-
mers and physiclsts, wbsse stoek IN,
trade would suf5er great deprccia&op IL
they should give up the old uobtoar.
theory and its consequent, the AoatI
theory Of ferce, and therefore the{ !
tTing convinced against their 6esinfh.
will pretend 10 bold the same opinson'
ttiii. IL is very snconsenient.to chAqGe
base, aud althosxh they will be f0dkd]
10 admit the existence of the rune 80.
trio currents moving through epeco.
they will he slew TO admit th6t11f xoCAj
isnot hot But what viii thsy 10 Nh o.,
fact that these electrical currcuts cam
not exist ia the presence Of great heath
The whole scientific world 10 novtno
toward the electrical theory. bat The,
present generation will well nIRh tsavo,
passed away before practical rsawlts|
can be attained, II We wait fer Tue ola
school Of scientists 20 unieafn wbGk
they have learned sfniss. The old u1o-
ally per,shes with its errors. and the
new IL almost universally upheld By
new hands. w. T. FosIEs.