Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-11
HICKS FOR JANUARY
Mystifying information About the
Weather Given by the Seer.
A VENUS EQUINOX.
A Seismic Wave Coming Regular
Storm Period to Close the Month.


January, says that we will experience
great extremes from high to low win
ter temperatures throughout the in
itial month Of the life Of the young
ster who made his advent eleven days
ago.
Other mystifying information is
given By Seer Hicks for the Babe $
send-oT. such as: This period is at
the center of a Venus equinox, with
Moon at full. in perigee and at north
extreme declination, all Of which is
not quite as clear to the average mind
as "the morning after the night be-
fore.
Then we're going to have more
Of the same kind, if prophet Hicks
does not miss his guess. for he says a
regular storm period" will sweep
our way from the 18th to the 9th,
which will be dominated by the Venus
Influence. Look out for it, This is
a sam pie of what il will be, given on
paper, Of course, which doesn't make
much difference when a fellows read
ing by warm fire: 1--WE may expect
prolonged spell of stormy, dis
agreeable weather. the period will cal
inmate on and touching the 9th, in
possible thunder and rain, with sud-
den change to freezing, blizzard and
high north gales. A very low barom-
eter at the first stage Of these storms
will be warning of a great and far
reaching cold wave, which will prevail
generally and far into the South, from
81 hout tho 9th 10 tho 10Th -
This is little early for the
"peach" liar to get in his direful tale
of woe about the pink and white buds,
but his time will come later. The
Mercury and Mars equinoxes will go
"cahoots" and cause cloudiness with
rain and snow to pass eastwardly
across the country, eliminating on the
18th. Meanwhile, time will be pass
ing at its customary gait until the
18th, with new Moon, which will be
the season for one of those oft-repeat-
e regular storm periods.
Rev. Mr.. Hicks seems greatly per-
turbed about the welfare of the public
in general, for he sounds a note of
warning, and those who are so unfor-
tunate as to be caught in the freeze
up will have no one to blame but
themselves. Listen TO what the
Prophet says:
THE Mercury period is central on
the 18th, and the Mars period will also
begin its perturbing influence at this
time. The Moon will be in apogee
and at extreme South declination.
Watch your barometer as this period
develops! If it falls to below read
ings, fierce winter gales will surely
follow; rains will turn to destructive
sleet; billiards will rush down from
the northwest, and a furious cold wave
will wind up the storm turmoil, say
about the goth to 23d.
Don't forget this period, or neglect
such precautions as might save you
great suffering and loss A seismic
wave will pass through many parts of
the Earth within three or four days
of Friday, the 10Th. The Mars in
fluence at this period will set the
pace for storm and weather for six
or eight weeks to come. In other
words-the same general character of
storms and weather prevailing at this
time will be characteristic of storms
and weather through February and
far into March,"
Gee whillikinsl Did you get that
last item included in the closing SEN
tence? Well, if that isn't going
some for a weather prophet. Pity
the poor folk who'll have to be out
in the streets willy-nilly. But the
farmer-well, he's as Independent as
the Standard Oil Company and doesn't
have to make himself the doormat of
a stiff-necked and ungodly commun-
ity. Nothing to do but to feed the
stock, pull Off his boots and, while
toasting his shins before his blazing
hearth, read in his daily paper about
the scraps in the Legislator, and
study up his seed catalogue for spring
planting. And if the worst comes to
the worst, he can live on rutabagus
and rock salt until the dandelion be.
decks the pasture with its COLDER
spangles. Selah!
Continuing his forecast, Prophet
Hicks says from the cath to the Goth
after the Moon has passed the celes
tial equator, we will have a reaction
arv storm period, with thunder anC
lghtning. January, after having don'
all the damage possible, will make
its exit in the midst of a regular
storm period"