Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03
FOSTERS WEATHER FUREGASL
THERE WILL NE A wAnm wAvn
ABOUT rnpRuAny IL.
Tho sprinE prouth VIII hc chtcfiy
In the Ncr'h--rcsaa, east OF tho
1ooth Meridian, VIII Have Plentx
OF Rain--DippinE OF the needis.

waves 10 CTosA inc tonNlnenl from Jan
uary to February and February
TO February 10. The next viii reach
tho Pacific coast about February II.
cross the western mountain country by
close Of the 18th, the great central yal-
legs from 18Th 10 18th and tho Eastern
atatea about the 10th.
THIS disturbance viii be Of Its great
eat force west OF the MlesIssipal river.
and the greatest precipitation VIII oc-
cur east OF that river.
The warm wave Will crohs the WCnt-
ern mountain country about the tith.
the great central valleys about thu
18th and the eastern states about tho
10th. The cool wave VIII cross tha
Western mountain country about 'hu
l4th, the great central Valleys about
the l6th and the eastern states about
the 18th.
spring Drouth.
Tho spring drouth Will begin little
later than II did IN 1894. All tho coun-
try east of meridian 100 and north Of
the 10th degree of north latitude also
the country east OF the Mississippi and
north Of Tennessee and North Carolina
will experience n drouth In April and
May. Not every locality In the country
Will be dry, but q large portion OF thu
country mentioned
In large portion OF the country
east OF tho Mississippi river and south
OF Kentucky aud Virginia an excess ~
rainfall VIII occur Ia April and May.
Readers must not construe the rbovd
to mean that u universal drouth Will
occur IN the north aud n universal
flood IN the south. II simply mea =
that deficiency will occur IN tho
northeast as q whole and an excess IN
the pputlpuNt IA whole.
have not yet determined what VIII
be the rainfall IN April and May be-
tween the koclsiea and parallel l0O-
That country ~ In doubt
The above forecast ~ not reliable for
any one locality and II can only serve
as nm Indication ms TO what the gem
ernl effect on crops will be from a de-
ticlency northeast and an excess SOUTH
east. Farmers and planttts tnn make
their own estimates and determine
what crops WIN pay beat with such
weather conditions In the two spring
months.
The crop season Of 1895 viii be one
OF the most remarkable and uncommon
that has occurred for ycara. corre-
spondonts should alwnys incloso
Btamps.
Another very Important evidence In
support Of the theory that the North
ing westward IL the record OF tho
magnetic dip needle and this record ~
! OF more Importance than that OF the
! mariners or snlvcyorB compass. be-
| cause n indicntca that the north may
notlc pole ~ moving almost due SOUTH
| west.
IL, aa the writer believes, the North
American north magnetic pole controls
the climate Of North America tho
movements OF TINT pole are OF vaat iin-
| portnnce to tho American people
The prevailing winds are certainly
| controlled by that magnetic pole, and
rs these winds In the Northern Rocky
mountain country are now from west
| 20 east the heaviest prccipiiationn ara
on the west elopea OF the Rocky noun
\ tainn should the magnetic polo change
| iis position 40 NJ 10 cause the prevails
| ing winds to be from cast to west tho
| heaviest preoipitatlons would bo on
| the east side ~ the Rocky mountains
| and the climate OF the great central
| valleys would be materially changed.
In order that renders OF popular lit
erature mny better understand this
| Bubleot it becomes necessary TO OK
| plain the magnetic needles. They are
| ngnctid and the name force
| acts upon each, The difference Il that
ono IS swung horizontally and the
other vertically. The din needle In 10
arranged that II can only swing verti-
! rally. or up and down. This needle
may point atrnlght upward or down
wnrd or IN any direction between thess.
and is 40 nicely balanced that u very
weak force viii change II or hold 10
steadily IN one direction.
The horizontal needle 10 tho Same as
the common surveyol'a or inarinors
compass and IL " 30 swung that ~
| can move only horizontally, or lilyt
the hands OF watch whom the lnttei
ia plncnd face up, except that tho needle
may swing back and forth or move
around either way. 1t cannot move up
or down.
The astntic needle hangs by a thread
fastened to iia middle. perfectly bah
q iced and its point mny move up
down, hort .ontnlly and In every oths
! err direction. This needle. however
docB not noem to 1lhve been used u
the geodetic surveys from which these
magnetic records are obtained
Al san Frnnciaco. 1888 tho dip needle
pointed 1901 degrees below the horls
| gon. and at the same time 7.73 dcgrees
below at Acapulco, Mexico. Al thd
needle stands perpendicular ut thu
magnetic pole or points 90 degle es be-
low the horizon, San Francisco was
nearer the pole at that time than Aca-
pulro was.
In 1881 the dip at San Francisco
| was lO.U4, or M lnNI'hAc VI 80 ~
rreea. and mt Acapulco tho Increase
was only ~ OF degree. showing
that the north magnetic pole IN moving
more toward san Francisco than to-
ward Acapulco.
Al Sitka, Alaska. tho dip Increased
during about the name time b,B9 de-
grecs, and AZ this II the greatest in--
crease, Il heinz less as we proceeo
northwest along tho Alaskan. coast
wo may conclude that the north misg-
nctic poie Is moving toward Nitka-
situated near 81 north and l3b west iht-
itudc. FIFTY years ago the nort,
magnetic pole WAS near 70 north ann
Os west making Its course almost dua
southwest. No survey at the eVntef
~ The magnetic pole has been naac
Aimee 1885. when II WEB on boptnia
island. aud therefore we cannot deter.
mine how rapidly II Is moving toward
slilsn. Alaska.
nut n II should continue It's conrs,
aotithwestward our climate WIN grow
warmer In the lake region ana colder
on tho Pacific slope. with the mag
netiu pole al Sitlta the climate or Alas
lea and California would exchange, ths
former becoming warm and the mtts'
cold.
The Pacific gulf atream has nomt
influence IN making a warm climatt
On our Paolnc slope but the PRINCIPAL
cause 81 the prevailing gouth winaf
TINT are controlled by the inaRnett
/ ..ar,h ,,oto n, tho Aflanouri and uputl