The Columbus journal., 1898-04-27

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For TEE JOURNAL
The Age Of Seand.
In the o. 8. Weather Review for Jan
nary, 1893. under notes by the editor
Prof. Cleveland Able gives the follow
ing:
"A correspondent, Mr.. L. ID. Wood6ll
Highouse, Fayette Co, Pa, asked thu
following question: Any information vii
be thankfully received"
I'm this part Of the country, near Uu
iontOwn. Pa. We always hear . loud
roaring az Of great winds, from six Il
| twelve or sixteen hours preceding q
mountain storm. During this roaring
which appears to be in the mountain SLY
miles OF it is almost . perfect calm here
What is the cause?"
We desire to add our mite to compare
with any other solution. We have given
a paper upon the subject with respect to
the cause Of varying light ages And
intending to give one upon the subject
of sound We add this paper a. our ex-
planation Of the question asked above.
We gave: that, as We pass outward
from the center Of circular movement
in the realms Of space We reach band
that gives . vibration that - oognixabls
to the human eye. Still further We
reach a vibration recognized by the ear.
And in the realms Of space through
which our solar system passes it reaches
such bands. then passes from them. Our
solar system has its bands also. During
the age Of the Hundred Eyed Argus"
we saw more than We now see Of planets
That ia at times We have sun age, then
a moon age, then a dark age, and ages
in which We can hear, then one in which
we do not hear. This mountain sound
has similar solution. and is an echo or
action Of the sound vibrations that are
cognizable on the approach Of storm
movement in the atmosphere.
To go to the old mythic legends bear
ing on this subject We find that in an
age allotted to Hermes, which was q
moon age, that having passed from the
one previous man acquired the gift to
hear. The mythic account says: That
four hours after the birth Of Hermes, he
invented the Tyre" Other accounts say
the morning stars sang"
These accounts need be read in q
mythic sense, as in '.ys olden time they
symbolized things, gave life and powers
to that by which they explained how
they occurred.
Hermes was given as the inventor Of
speech and Of writing. When man could
not hear but could see, he used a sign
language. But when he could not see
we'll, but could hear, he used a spoken
language. When he could neither see
nor hear we'll, he used written Ian
guage. In the Morse myth: Nights
sable goddess that sits enthroned in
ebon midnight drives her chariot a
hours course, being always present at an
eclipse. Then Sol follows with the sun
chariot. Then Mani with hers. But
they Are followed by band Of wolves.
In time the wolf Skoli browns the sun.
And afterwards the wolf Hayti devours
Mani or the moon. Thus the sun disap-
pears before the moon, and again the
moon reappears before the sun. In the
Greek myth, as they explain it ''Phebus
lets his son, Phseton, drive the sun
chariot. he could not drive, but let the
steeds run away" But in time a change
came and Hermes IL said to take after
Phaeton and, knocking him o6, took the
reins and brought the sun chariot back,
and Apollo took charge" The Egyp-
tians say that "Ra, the old sun, was
followed by Osiris, the new SUM-
Storms enter our atmosphere from
without and are to be noted first above.
or a. passing in some mid current, and
are slower to reach the earth's surface
In summer, - the air stratum IL greater
than in winter. The vibratory sounds
nov being active, We hear them when
the storm becomes active above. The
storm moves 6rst in some mid-current;
or again it pours down Tor upl through
some intervening air stratum, often
breaking through some place where there
il mountain peak or following some
divide that gives the least resistance.
Such places are good stations from which
to telegraph the commencement Of
storms.
The Aussulman powers are devotees
Of the moon, while the European powers
arc dsvotses Of the sun. 1t IL time the
fight On the subject Of sun or moon was
over On ths subject a veather. Ths
mooa involves and also rotates, and ths