The morning times., 1896-06-01
Superintendent of Circulation.
CYCLONE AND ITS VICTIMS.

Whet her the destructive action of cy-
clones be due TO the terrible vertical
velocity uf The storm cloud alone, or
whether it toe in part due tu electricity
generated 10y its revolution, is still an
open question. Trees which have been
uprDpted 10y a wind Of this cbara cter were
discovered immediately ancr the storm
had passed 10 be left without a spark Cf
life, aS though they had been killed by
lightning IL is impossible to attribute
TINS fact to tie wind. But whatever further
discoveries may reward the patience Of
the scientific investigator intU the origin
and character of cyclUniC storms, their
awful effect cannot bc witnessed by man
without u consciousness of his mSignificance
and impntency before the unclaimed fury OF
the forces # nat Philadelphia Record.
1t is more than a suspicion OF science
thai Tie cause or the high ana low presSures
Told by the barometer is to be found in
electrical or magnetic conditions; the de-
preston for example corresponding to the
Vacated space IN The bow containing the
Filings when under the influence OF the
first current 1t is an easy step from this
60 The hypothesis of q double, or alternating
current for the formation OF the tornado
The practical application of this principle
In electrical mechanism has produced the
powerful! Westinghouse motors and il is
the only known way in which suca rotary
motion can be produced with the elements
OF nature. .-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tree culture Oh a general scale may do
much 10 make the cyclone less destruct-
i've, but the introduction of forests TO an
extent capable OF entirely changing the
Cyclunic condition is a " ork of TOO great
magnitude to be undertaken, and too i'm
practicable to he even seriously ConSid-
cred. The more complete settlement OF
nd
mcnt Of the wild spaces where the cyclone
has a chance TO develop its destructive
power may lessen the evil, but il will
possibly never bc eradicated nor will we
be spared the occasional pathetic reports
such a. are now coming Grom that wind
ridden region Brockton Times.
After all, the manner in which death
comes makes "A difference to those who
are left to mourn. No bereavement could
bc more terrible than that of those who
lost children. parents, brothers, sisters in
TIE storm Of Monday evening. To have
the iies tina love mas made snapped with
uut the warning OF an instant is o Sus-
tam a shock that words are feeble TO de
scribe Nothing could more strongly ara
peal 10 the sympathy OF tie community
than tue misfortune OF tie rcople whose
lot put them in the way OF 1 he Cycloue.-
Detroit Tribune.
We are indeed fortunate in the East in
being comparatively exempt from such Il
wild rage Of The elements, and in readin;.
over these fearful accounts from the West
we are very apt 10 murmur to ourselves
with a good deal of thdnkfulneSs: There's
10 place like home -Elmira Advertiser
The storm-scourged people in Michigan
and other Western States are 10 be pitied
They should have the sympathy Of the
rest OF the country, and hbc raj assistance,
III such rs ueCessary.- Wilmington News
The center of population would move
toward the Pacific much faster If the
weather OF the great aud expansive West
Nere a little more subdued and net quite
IL, nlnr, L .llnr