The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-17
FOSTERS FORECASTS,
TnE GREAT WEATHER rnoPnErs
PREDICTIONS.


St Joseph, Mo-. December lG.--Ccopy
righted. 1898, by w. +. Foster,).-- last
bulletin gave forecasts OF tho storm wave
20 cross the continent from December 4;
to H. and tho next will reach the Pacific
coast about the Goth, cross the western
mountains by closc OF 2lst, the great cen.
| tal valleys from ga TO 2tth and the
! Eastern States about the 2ath.
/ The disturbing Influences az date OF this
I storm wave win be favorable to earth
| qunkes In earthquake countries. About
| December - the earth will receive q
large amount OF electrical force and this
may rcsHl, IN severe earthquakes or the
force may pass to the earth through the
high borometers, IN which case we will
have a severe cold wave.
This oycrcharge or electricity will pass
from the earth again about the roth and
January and we win experience severe
storms about these dates.
The last storm wave OF December will
reach the Pacific coast about the 26th.
cross the western mountains 10y close OF
the 27tn tne great central valleys from
18th 20 S0th and the Eastern States about
the 3ist This win be very severe win
Yer sSorm IN the Mississippi valley about
Warm waves win cross the western
mouhtAns about 2uth ana 10th, the great
central valleys ABOUT I'D and 18th ana
the Eastern states about 2ltn and SOth.
Cool waves VIII cross the wesley, noun
tnins about "a aud 2pth, the great CEN
trdl valleys about 18th and alst ana the
Eastern states about 2,th ana Janu-
AIRY >.
THE PLANET JUPITER,
In our solar system Jupiter Ia next In
importance 20 the sun, and among the
causes OF weather changes is third the
moon being second
When at pcfheuou-m the Same dirpc-
ton from the sun that the earth In about
October Sit is about 2i,OOO,OOO miles
nearer the sun than when ia the opposite
For no above reason when Jupiter ia
near perihelion It's influence on the earth
IS largely increased and to That fact Is
due many OF our serious drouths from
jay TO December.
me sun and planets are unqucstion-
ABLY great natural magnets electrified
bodies, aud their changing distances from
each other certainly keep M "a constant
Changing In their electrical conditions.
Nomtlle mt tier Wator, ctc.-rcadily cvap-
crates when the amount OF electricity
Is Increased Pnd readily CondNuses and
pretiplhtes when electricity IS withdrawn
and as Jupiter comes ~ 900 600 miles
nearer 20 the sun and earth In a little icss
than SIX years and rccedcs the sume dts
i1noe rom tho earth and sun during the
Same length OF time next following, n Us
a powerful factor IN bringing excessive
rains and excessive droutha
invite a study Of Jupiter. not Fc much
because OF ITS astronomical interest ns
because of It's great influence upon the
weather OF our ourth, from II we can
learn much about the naturr OF our own
numosphcte aud Climatic changes, The
average distance of Jupiter from the san
~ about iSl NO,oOO miles. or about three
tlmes the distance OF the cnrth from the
sun " makes "A revolution around the |
sun IN II 81 years and the earth pnsses bo- |
tween Il ana the sun every 800 days.
Jupiter Uamet0r ig about eleven times
IT'S hNfIlb'e ABOUT li!t tlmtu nd itg
100 times that Of the earth Its weight
or what ita weight would be at the sur. |
~, OF our eaFtn Is reckonod al Si6 times
The great distance OF Jupiter from the
earn largely decreases its influence. its |
pun az astronomers call H. on the earth |
ond ! only mention this here In order to |
caution readers against tho idea that |
me planets AFFECT. our weather through |
lhelr attraction OF graVltaton, or their |
nul! on our atmosphcrc II M the mag |
netle or electric. stream lines that 20 out |
, /, tp 5 W. ulese holles ana therefore dis |
lance or 6ueh distances ns We have IN tho !
solar system. have but little effect az com. |
pWed with graviatlonnl distances |
VIII discuss the nature OF planetary innu |
engcs upon our weather further on.
he asfonomGrs an Try 10 prove that
Jupiter Y boiling, rcd-hot body Nom
N the clouds OF that planet nothing OF
me planet can be seen but its clouds
and they conclude that as sufficient heat
ghh not reach mo planet from tho sun TO
cause such activity therefore the heat
must come from within the plnnct. N
yncy would explain how hont could ronch
NE earth from the sun when an Rt-lce he
tween the two H 10000 times colder than
ee' common morialH might think of nc
'enting their theories about jupiter.
g, H. Swan Of PotRin. Kan, who has
Nnpt weather record for nCty-PlY Years
claims thpi we viii have "a warm onion
winter with only 80 few DAYS cold al n
ime, and that next summer WIN brinp de-
'unctive hot winds and 'aorluus drpufh.
me uniformed often imnuino Tint |
forms come from the east, northeast and
'2uWehst because with tho rain or snow
ne wind comes from those points; but
forms Ia ihcsr ATTITUDES always move
rom west 20 cast across the continent
ma Ia claim otherwise Is llkcncd 10 be-
TINT the sun rcyolves around the
~ must be remembered that there ara
Wo great clngscs Of clayg One NJ "A min
lhi called kadlinte IN us Original ma
lure state, qs n probably fcll on tho earth
rom ile nchuiOua matter that surrounded
~ moon whom u wns a comet The nrri
u !urHl clay thBt plays important partH
Z, we pfolhciun or crops a. Of deGaved
ulherl ciHy9 that are probably Immense
y Older than those ont OF which wares
re manufactured ARID climates have
luch OF ih!g agricultural CLAY. and tbo
gu Us rcmak1bly loose and light and
~ anundhht water crops win grow nl-
'oht without cultivation