The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-19
A PROPHET HoNoRED AT HOME,
Prof. Hicks Eo-etold the Great Storm and
St. Louis Regards Him With Awe.

Prof. Hicks Eo-etold the Great Storm and
st. Louis Regards Him With Awe.
ST.. LOUIS, April 12.-Prof. Ira Hicks
stands a. the head of the class to-day SIS
weather prophet. Prof. Hicks prints
a little E.onthly newspaper called
Word and Work. It is devoted almost
exclusively to writings on weather.
The April number, printed on the first
of the month, said much about the
wea' her. On last Thursday Prof. Hicks
printed in an evening newspaper this
statement taken from the Word and
Work as sn immediate warning:
"a combination of causes to conspire
at the opening and during the entire
month of April which are calculated to
produce disturbances of maximum
severity, and which will overthrow the
storm periods in their natural state.
Nevertheless, the most marked and
dangerous will be centered on or about
the central dates of regular storm
periods. The first period extends from
the I'd to the 9Th. We name the Sd, 4th
and 5th as danger oenters. 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
to snow and sleet in northerly Sec
tions.-
''These disturbances will feel the
combined forces of Mars, the earth,
Venus, Mercury, and the moon in
opposition. Expect general cold wave
to sprean over tie country as the storms
pass to the eastward, and prepare for
frosts and considerable freezing north
ward in the etervening days and
nights prior to the 9th and 10th.
"On and about these days it will
grows suddenly very warm, and reac-
tionary storms will appear in many
parts and with marked energy. From
the 10th to the 18th will be a period of
great aud unusual storm changes, and
almost unexampled wind, hail, and
rain will visit the Western States, the
maximum of severity being central in
the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys"
Considering what happened yester-
day in the sections mentioned. Prof.
Hicks's reputation on weather to-day
took a bulge equal to that made by
May wheat in Chicago. Prof. Hicks
this evening is out with more pred!c-
tions. Hesays:
Between the 18th and the 18th the
whole country will feel the effect of a
very warm wave, and storms Of great
violence are to be apprehended on
about the 18th, 18th, and 18th. The 18th
is the central day of the Venus pertur-
baton, 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 characteristics, hail, start
ling 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 pro-
longed by existing causes into the
reoctionary storms due about the 2lst
and 22d.
"Be ready for destructive hail storms
and very sudden changes to cold. The
26th is the central day of the last period
for the month, which period embraces
the 25th to the 18th, inclusive. During
this period it will 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 for cold and frost. The
month promises to end very cool, and
torpadoes are almost certain to be
feature of the storms in many places in
April.'
The st. Louis people are willing to
bank on the proposition that Hicks
knows what be is talking about.
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