The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
August

| Word and Works: On the Ind and 3rd Of
August will center q reaetionary wave of
great warmth, resulting in severe storms
within the period embraced between the End
and night CT the 4th. At this time we will be
nearing the center of the Venus equinox,
and the phenomena will take on the charac-
~teristics SO often denned as resulting from
that disturber. Excessive heat is apt to end
in lightning, thunder, hail and wind, and u
sudden change to abnormally cool OF the
very heels of great heat. The storm period,
9th to 18th, promises the most active and
dangerous storms of the month, having as
the disturbing causes "Vulcan' central on
the sth, Venus central on the 9th, New Moon
OH the 18th, and Mercury central on the 18th.
There is reason to apprehend violence in the
lements between the 9Th and 18th. The heat
will become intense before the storms APP
pear, the barometer will be depressed gener-
ally, reaching phenomenal slows at some
points, and cloud formations will be black
and ominous. Heavy hail, thunder and wind
may be expected, and "cloudbursts" are sure
to result here and there.
There will be sudden revulsions from great
heat to very cool, with probabilities of tenn
perature falling almost or quite to the frost
line in northern resions-say from 18th to
l4th. About the 18th, reactionary temporal
ure with southerIy winds will most likely
result in another spell of storminsss, and be
followed by another northwesterly thrush
of cool air.
From the 18th TO 22nd, falls another period
Of heat and storms. We nam the 10th, Goth
and 2lst as days on which the chief disturb
ances will be at their crisis. The moons first
qnarIer on the morning Of the 10th, IN con-
nection with the prevailing Venus electric
strain, is very apt to produce gales and thun-
der squalls within "a hours of = p. m. on that
date. Another series of disturbances for two
or three days will be natural during this per-
iod, but the barometer, wind currents and
temperature Will plainly an nounce when the
storm elements have been rednced to the nor
ma1-the wind coming cool and steadily
from the west and north-the barometer
moving upward, and the temperature fall
ing. After these disturbances there will be
a close approach to the frost line In the
north. Pleasant days and very cool nights
will follow up to rs%actionary changes and
storms on and touching the 29th and 9th.
The full moon on the 9th will tend to cent
ralize the disturbances on and around that
date, and will help to precipitate any tend
ency to seismic throes that may exist, such
being more than probable at the time, il
electrical storms should not have been fire.
quent and hard during the month. August
ends with the first stages Of a storm period
coming into action-that is, barometer will
be falling in the west, with temperature ris-
Ing in advance Of 1t, fed by the southerly air
currents that transport moisture, heat and
electricf force. from the equatorial regions.
August storms In most parts Of the northern
hemisphere, will devolve and move from
the northwest, the first marked indication
of their coming being generally . dark or
leaden bank across the northwest 1T sunset.
There Is cause for this. It is the return OF
our globe toward the Autumnal equinox,
and an effort of nature to let in through our
polar gates cooler ozone n atmosphere
from outer space.