The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-10-19
A COLD WINTER
Is COMING.
Unusual Severity Predicted By
the Weather Sharps.
PROPHETS DIFFER IN METHODS
hut Agree on the Ultimate Result sever
est Winter In Eight Years Is Predicted
-bave Some Low IL mperature
Coming.

est Winter In Eight Years Is Predicted
-bave Some Low IL mperature
Coming.
Weather experts are putting them
selves on record with predictions that
the coming winter is going to be one
of unusual severity. Just how cold the
winter is going to be none of the sharps
will say, for the reason that the weather
has way of giving out cold labs
here and there and not distributing II
evenly; hence, while the amount of
cold to be expected can be calculated, to
place cold waves is a job which few
weather sharps attempt. One of the
few who do attempt as much as this is
Andrew Jackson Devoe, the New Jersey
weather prophet.
Mr.. Devoe is famous among weather
prophets because of the verification of
some very remarkable weather predic-
tions made by him and also for his
method Of wearther calculation, which
is said to be entirely his own and not
practiced by any one else. His method
can be described as astronomical He
says that deductions by this method
cannot fail to be exact and that the
user of it can go far beyond the ken Ct
the ordinary weather sharp. In other
words, he can anticipate the formation
Of storm or any condition Of the at
mosphere, while by the method that the
government employs one has to wait
until such condition has already form
ed before making any prediction about
1t.
PREDICTED GALvEsToN's STORM.
Mr.. Devoe supports his theory by
pointing to q remarkable prediction of
the big storm which inundated Calves
ton. This prediction was made by him
and printed in a southern newspaper n
year ago. The only point in which II
erred was In the fact that the hurricane
occurred a day later than was predicted
by Mr.. Devoe. Mr.. Devoe also foretoId
Of the drOughts in Kansas some years
ago, and his advice 10 now sought by
hundreds of farmers out in that region
1t is needless to say, therefore, that
when Mr.. Devoe says the winter will
be cold one, his advice is worth listen
ing to.
To a reporter who sought his advice
and an insight into his methods. Mr..
Devoe predicted very cold fall and
severe and early winter. The coldest
weather might be expected, he said- IN
December, which would also. be very
stormy. BY cold weather, Mr.. Devee
said, he meant what is popularity known
as zero weather. and he promised 1t with
good sleighing. Winter, according te
Mr.. Devoe, will start in to do business
about November 8, when we will have
q cold wave which will make last win
ter's weather seem very tame. From
that time till the end of the month there
will be d succession of storms and freez'
ing weather. In December there will bt
heavy storms on the 5th and Sth, and
| sleighing during the middle Of thu
| month, when zero weather will prevail
| Christmas will see a slight change, hui
zero weather will begin in January witt
| snowstorms and a taste Of the weather
of years ago.
II make these predictions" said MI
Devoe. from astronomical conditions
receive a chart Of these every day fron
one of the best astronomers In. th'
United States. There is absolutely NJ
guesswork about 1t. / make my fore
cast right on these conditions"
DUNN's PREDICTION.
Another expert who. although he ha
retired from public Office. still continue
to keep his eye on the weather. Is q. n
Dunn. who was the chief Of the weathe
bureau in New York for many years
Mr.. Dunn IL one Of those experts VIII
declare that the science of meteoroiog.
has not as yet been perfected enough t
admit Of accurate prediction concern
ing the winter for the reason that
would be looking too far ahead. TIL
only way by which an idea can be gain
ed Of what the winter viii be, Mr.. DUN
says. 10 by the theory Of the counter
balancing Of seasons To put 1t In 1t
crude from, this theory is to the effec
that q warm winter is followed by
cold winter. From the fact that las
, winter was an unusually mild one an
the summer very hot one, the weathe
sharps are pretty confident that thI
theory will work out pretty nearly rigt
this year.
} Following the theory that the sea
> sons counterbalance," said Mr.. Dunn
this would mean that the excess OF col
In the remaining months of this yea
would amount to $50 degrees. II th
was evenly distributed It would be
I daily average OF about two and one -ha
degrees. OF course there is no way {
telling whether we will get this In
lump or have 1t parceled out. but 1t 10
pretty sure thing that we will get thu
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