The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-04-15
Prof. Hicks Foretold the Great Storm

ST. Louis, April 12-Prof IrI Hicks stands
at the head Of the class today as a weather
prophet Prof. Hicks prints little monthly
newspaper called Word and Work. tits de-
voted almost exclusively to writings on wealth
er. The April number, printed on the first OF
the month, said much about the weather. On
last Thursday Prof. Hicks printed in an even
ing newspaper this statement taken from
Word and Work as an immediate warning:
"a combination of causes conspire at the
opening and during the entire month of April
which are calculated to produce disturbances
of maximum severity, and which will over
throw the storm periods in their natural state.
Nevertheless, the most marked and dangerous
will be centred on or about the central dates
of regular storm periods The first period ex
tends from the I'd to the 9th. We name the
Sd, 4th, and 9th as danger centres. As We
enter the period it will grow very warm in
westerly parts and heavy storms Of thunder,
rain, hail, and tornadoes will develop and
travel eastward, turning T. snow and seet in
northerly sections.
'sThese disturbances will feel the combined
forces of Mars, the Earth, Venus, Mercury,
and the moon in opposion. Expect general
cold wave TO spread over the country as the
storms pass to the eastward, and prepare Tor
frosts and considerable freezing northward in
the intervening days and nights prior to the
9th and 10th.
son and about these daysi it will grow sud-
denly very warm, and reactionary storms will
appear in many parts and with marked ener-
gy. From the 10th to the 18th will be
period of great and unusual storm changes,
and almost unexampled wind, hail, and rain
will visit the Western States, the maximum
of severity being central in Mississippi and
Missouri valley"
Considering what happened yesterday in
the sections mentioned, Prof. Hicks repusa
ton on weather today took bulge equal to
that made by May wheat in Chicago. Prof.
Hicks this evening is out with more predic-
tions. He says:
Between the IL h and the 18th the whole
| country will feel the effect Of very warm
wave, and storms Of great violence are to be
apprehended on about the 18th, 10th, and
| nth The 18th is the central da of the We
nus perturbation, which lasts with growing
power for about twenty days before and with
increasing energy for about twenty days after
! the central day, so that the Venus character
isties, hail, startling electrical phenomena,
enormous downpours OF rain, and sudden
changes from hot to cold. may be looked for
during all the disturbances covered by the
Venus period. The disturbances from the
18th to 18th will not be prolonged by existing
causes into the reactionary storms due about
the 2lst and 22d.
RI Be ready for destructive hail storms and
very sudden changes to cold. The 18th is
the central day of the last period for the
month, which period embraces the 18th to
the 2sth, inclusive. During this period it
viii grow very warm again. and many storms
of rain, hail, and thunder will travel from
the West to the East across our continent.
After the storms look out for cold and frost.
The month promises to end very cool, and
tornadoes are almost certain to be feature
Of the storms in many places in April.