Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-06-12


Now. however. the professors
prophetic ere has shot across .
space of FIVE years. and he says
that November Is, 1899. the
cratic wanderer known to astron-
omers as the comet Of 1866 will
reappear and collide with our
globe; then eths fireworks" and
darkness
By way of preliminary to the
main event. however. il may be
mentioned that, according to the
programme. New York IS to dis
appear Under a tidsi wave next
July OF August, while Florids and
California will probsbly become
islands as the result of sub
marine earthquake.
The most unpleasant nature
about these prophecies is as
already intimsted. the fact that
they are no: prophecies at all,
strictly speaking. but scientific
predictions based upon scientific
Investigations into mundane anat-
omy. To pat Lis theories in as
simple a fashion as possible. il
may be said that Professor Falb
believes first of all that the deep
down interior of the earth is filed
with molten mass which is sub
ject to ebb and flow just like the
waters OF the ocean.
Between the earth aud the
molten sheol, which is gradually
cooling. there is only she'll OF
an average of eighteen miles in
thickness. upon which We mortals
live and love and die. In some
places the earth crust is thicker
than in others. Where ii is thin
nest the confined terrible forces
Of the under world. chiefly in the
form of gas. seek constantly to
escape. aud when the pressure
of the atmosphere around the
earth is lowest the gas hads an
outlet, usually in well-defned
districts. generally through the
vent holes.
But beyond the constant pres
sure of gas Professor Falb has the
theory that the sheolic molten
mass beneath us is subject to the
influence of the moon, which pro-
duces waves. and occasionally
great tidal waves, which sweeps
round the inner crust Of the world
with terrific force; shaking the
earth in its passage. Professor
Fab publishes every year a list
of the days on which he expects
seismic commissions. These he
calls critical days and these
DAYS are those when the moon
approaches close to the earth.
The critical days given by Pro
lessor Falb for 1894 sre stated in
the order of maximum disturban-
ces as follows: August Both.
September Doth. February Goth
March DIST, August LIST; April 6.
January 2lst, May 5th and Octo-
Der 18th. Thus the most serious
disturbance may be looked for
August Both and the slightest
October 2Sth.
In connection with the great
scientific contest between mother
earth and the comet which. to use
a phrase current in scientific cir
cles, is to be pulled off, in 1899.
it is recalled that January IA,
Gle. ten people were killed in
China By the fall Of meteor. In
the year S23 thirty-fve villages
were destroyed by the fall Of
meteor, and many men and ami
mails were killed. September 4
1911, one man and four animals
were destroyed by falling meteors
near Crema. November 4, 1894,
a meteor struck the mast Of ship
that was crossing the Atlantic.
killing FIVE seamen. Each OF these
cases can be regarded as the fall
OF small comet upon our world.
It Is comfort to know that
some Vienna scientists believe
the comet is going to get the
worst of it, and point TO the fact
that the comet Lexell. when it
vent too near 10 Jupiter. was
thrown of its course and sent
flying out of our planetary system.