The Future from Richland, Kansas • 2

von oi i it i. iss. As th ar probably many who dii fhe Future ulalioiis i if former ai tewspaper re- not se-- my I append a marks mad oi C. C. Br.AKU 1 time, which 1 eliot) eil I mi! A Xii I'll from papers that I happens! to THK I'Ul UkK i.

ul it the lin.t of every nsunt'i tit SluitM-tee Kam.us. i'licc l.v .11.01. S'heie If( 10 I "if nfie I 00 S. coj-n-s one tear, imy mMrc-fs (to je-iiOi Cieii. and has gotlcn nji a ieoil spell wwdher for I he O'ar.

Km the last four years his pre -bciiens hav been reiiiarkably accili ate. Miinmoiiih til, I Kctlcw. All I KACV OK TIIH l'lO-lUl IS KM Uik- We have no' meaais of knowing Wake's method of caleulatii raid It may be all random guesswork, like, a good deal more prophecy of the line kind, bat the accuracy of the piod'ction Is remarkable, and adds to his already high reputation as seer. It will be iidied that Wake lit Id out Very liltle encouragi'meni to the Ice dealers in the way of (old tteatlier during the past winter, ami in this respect he is at loggerheads Willi the goose bone prophets, who insisted that at the lower end of the bone there v. as an array of cold-spell spots, which Indicates that we were to have whiter all in a heap, lhe last half of Ice-Trade Journal.

('. Wake has gained a national celebrity for accuracy as a weather calculator. Decatur till.) Republican. The. prognostications of the weather for the pest year, by the noted Illinois weather prophet, ilc.

('. ('. Wake, of Decatur, wore wonderfully iltockl'ord (lazelte. AVKATIlKlt CAI.CUI.ATIOXS. For several years past'the Journal has been publishing hew eat her caleulal ions of Wake.

1, ATM EN A rtl'H. The computations ami tables which follow were in 1877, just after Professor Hall had discovered the two satellites of Mars, isince then the computations based upon the transits of Venus have tended to show that the distance of the suit from the earth is a little more than Mil 1,000 of miles, instead of 91, miles, as was formerly considered to be the correct distance, as near as could then be calculated. Hence, if these tables arc recomputed, with the new value of the sun's distance inserted, the results will be. found to be still nearer correct. All astronomers know that it has been impossible to tell the exact distance of the cent, of the earth from the center of the sun, though a vast amount of time and money have been expended in trying to get- it as near exact as possible, ami as this distance is the astronomical unit, by which all astronomical measures are.

made, it will readily be seen of how great mportance it is to have it correct, as no astronomical calculat ions be made that will be entirely free from small errors while the distance of the earth from the sun is not definitely known. In these tables I have left out till algebraic signs and expressions, as I desire to make them as intelligent as possible to the great mass of readers. College professors and scientists wtnild bet ter suited with algebraic formula-, but such would not be understood by it majority of the people. Starting wi'ih Sir Isaac Newton's idea as to the relation between a falling body at or near the earth's surface and the centripetal force of heavenly bodies, I find the law and ratio. of said lulling body at earth's surface to be as follows; Tap.lk Xo.

I Ehmmtn full'wj hnbj ttt earth's mrfae-e. Column 1. Col. Col. Col.

I. Col. 5. oi lnooit A ii each lit shall i-'-H'- t.if Tin-: Fi ti we in detail what the weather of Decatur, LU. They have proven vahiabliJ Sniim-n runt uf "Tola xpori! jioitso ir mfi ot end of iwh 77mc, Mcoatv, uf a jahtuo od nt mrth'tt mnuvt.

comf. ewh meond. at end tit iv.ch WCOl'l, First second Second second Third second Fourth second Filth second Sixth second Seventh second Kighth second Ninth second Tenth second 4.nuno,;s!3sr 8.U2IMIU2770 i2.i::i2oiri.- lii.iiuarjofiiu e.i.Y2m.-ii;!i2.) 2K.U72S21iH)!i.'i 32.0Ki22.'iUWO 40.KWl313s.Vl"' hi ft. in, 'i in. nt ft.

in. IS 3 01 4 (it- 4 sit 5 0 141 fl 112 7 les 4 HI fl till) 10 42 1 ITU 1 o.l 0 Kil (I 2011 1 2'2r 7SS 1 ll 3 4 4 273 5 2S1I (I 3(1-1 7 321 bins 4 11 0 fiTiimt 0 Sixtieth second 1UI-J 11U.J notice. 1 have many more of similar imnoit, and doubtless thousands of iiiilai" comments my notice: YOl'M! ITIKS. Anions the vlnilurs nt tlic Mlattt house yesterday, tt.is C. ('.

Klnhc, of Decatur, whose have a'te I the at lent ion el' Hi' ail titer the country. Ileum, uf course, tv.e, by a ejiorieo, ami sillijectecl lo tlic iMiiiiaii; jiroct'ss. lie htaH'il that ever since the orsjiinintlnii of the si.iaial service liiiiviui, lii' had taken uitei est in 1 1 suhject, and devoted all the time lie could sprac from his hiislncss to tlie study of thai snhject, mid that, lis result of his lie fr.ul reached certain theories regard ini; I he Weather tt I dell he was now testing. For llu; Isrst three years he, liad iiuhllshcd, early In Ihe his weatla rnlenlatlons fur its year, anil taKine; llio-o call inontlily for the i Jo'eo years, H2 per eenl. had proved coro-ct, and le.sl yei.r per cent, were correct.

While these calculations were made forage m-nil region, Wake says he would he able, did his linsi-liet-s permit of On; necessary calculations, to predict with equal certainly the weather tor any particular district, not more than two comities, as local sairms, if his theories were correct, could ho as easily determined as Kclicral storms. In response to the inquiry as to what these theories were and how the calculations were Hindu, IVIr. replied; It will talat.much more time than I have to apart! to ulve even an idea of them, hul, in brief, will say that I have.every reason to believe that there is no more reason why scientists cannot calculate, the weather with as much certainly as astronomers calculate the movement of the. planets. The same natural laws povcrn both, and if they are only correctly understood and studied, the predictions of one should heascertainasiK the other.

i 111.) State lietflster. Ft 1,1. Mr. C. C.

Wake, of Decatur. lias imlued considerable reputation as a yeather prophet from the general correctness Of his predictions, liis predictions were so fully verified us to attract considerable attention. Our Knox county rerdei-s, ho do not preserve their papers, ujJit to cut out Mr. Wake's pre. (fictions, aud compare the weather of each month Willi it.

They will also be justified, from Mr. successes as a correct foreteller of weather, to govern their actions by them In determining farming and out-door business operations, ar-rauidne; journeys, flshinjf and hunting expeditions, (111.) Republican. WAK AMI t'nder this caption the Inter-Oeeaii of February Kill lias a coninnmlitinii from ('. V. Wake, of Decatur, 111., a scientist some reputation, in which he explodes the theory that the next two or three years will be noted for pestilence, plagues, epidemics, famines, Hoods, etc.

(Sowa.) Journal. CMC WHO S.S.KMS I'OS'l'KD. hast year ('. ('. Wake, of Decatur, 111., made some predictions aboai (he weather which were so fully verified as to excife considerable attention.

Indeed his predictions were attended with such jri-iitifyina results, that his predictions for the ensuing year merit attention. (111.) Sun. WHAT WILL THK WKATIIKH UK? ('. ('. Make, of Decatur.

111., has issued circular containing a weather prophecy for the year ending with the March equinox, 1 In the spring of 1ST" he mapped out the course the elements were expectr.tl to pursuo for the eiisulnj? year, and it!) considerable accuracy, lie prefaces his present prophecy with the following motlcsl expression: While it isdilheult to calcu will be lor the sueeiM ding thirty days, and as our nl -criptieii list increases sve shall aim to Mock out tic general -attires of the weal her for a longer period. Wo 'would like to have the i 'aoing public make a special note when 1 pn diet pleasant and weather, mi that 1 may not ho accuaed of 1 icing a a alarmist when foretell disa-grerublo weather, for it is as certain as the rising and setting of the sun that part of the future weather will he had, and some of it which 1 have already Mocked out for the not far distant I'u-ture will bo very bad. Indeed the next twelve months will produce spells of weather which, if mankind could now them as plainly as I do after exhaustive calculations, would cause them to trim sail in a very different manner from what they otherwise will do. If the demand for Tiik Ft'Tt'UK shows that the public a.re interested in knowing what the coming weather will lie, 1 shall use my host endeavors to supply that demand, and in a general way block out the weather for a year or two in advance. Indeed, if there should lie siif'iieient d'-mand, I will undrtake to- calculate the gen'Til nature of the weather for the North American Continent for the next tin or twenty years, as 1 can calculate twenty years in advance its easily as I can twenty yours in the past, I have repeatedly calculated back-wart's for much more than twenty years.

In these long-time calculations 1 do not at tempt to gi ve the small details, ami they are quite unnecessary for the distant future. VI.1MI -ICATION OK M'KATHKIt guides to many of our readers, and we are glad lo notice that Wake is now publishing those calculations in convenient form and offering them for sale. Mr. Wake does not now pretend, with tiie limited data at, hand, to mark out the probabilities for certain-(lays. Hi prognostications for the twelve months commencing with March next will he worth many dollars to our readers, and especially fanueis.

Just take his prognostications for 1S77-S and compare them with the weather we have had, you will flnj he has reached per cent. 'of Tn a private letter to this ofnee. Mr. Wake says: "I have spent my leisure hours for over 20 yeaj on these calculations. I failed for 15 years, ami many times gave it up in disgusl, but as soon as my exhausted brain recovered its vigor could not help returning to the task." The gentleman is engaged in a noble work, and deserves the support of everybody.

houisia.ua (Mo.) Journal. i i ia; i fi r.o. Mr. ('. C.

Wake's weather predictions for last year were singularly verified, and if those for this year prove as accurate, we can rejoice over the prospect of a prosperous year. We knew tlmt friend Wake Was an excellent lawyer, but did not know that lie was also a "weather prophet." --Macon t.Mo.) He publican. KtccKssiau. ix his cimniiTioNs. Mr.

C. Wake, of Decatur, tlie only weather prophet In the country who is at all reasonably correct in forecasting the weather, and who predicted that the present winter would be warm, has declared that no cold weather need be expected till the latter part of next month, lie has been successful in his predictions relative to the weather of the past three 'lie is an astronoiner'and mathematician, and relies upon these sciences in making hif weather caleulal ion, and he has found, and been willing to admit like a true scientist, hat when hckasmade any errors in Ills calculations, he himself ami not his science was at fault. In one instance, where he was found have crreA -sllahtiy, be again went From the above it will be seen that the velocity of a falling body at or near the earth's surface, at the, end of each second, is exactly -proportional to the square root of the total distance it has passed through. Of course the old rule holds true: that the time in seconds squared, multiplied by 1G 1-12 (the distance it falls the first second), equals the total distance fallen. While the Xowtonian theory of gravitation seems to be mathematical, I cannot fully reconcile it with reason.

It seems to possess incongruities. Tor instance: lie says' that while stone at earth's surface falls'lC 1-12 fact the first second, the moon falls towards the earth, from a centrifugal line tangent, but inches the first second of time, and while passing through 0.51901-19487 seconds of arc. Hut he Juts to construct a new tangent every second. If he preserves the origin: ti tangential line till the moon has fallen through 90 degrees of arc, at which point it will, on the average, have fallen towards the earth from said tangent the exact amount of its m-an distance from earth, then What will be the ratio between said Ml 'and that of a falling stone at earth's surface? Probably the most authentic measurements of earth are by Airy and Bessel, to wit Taiilk Xo. II.

Airy it ml A mj. I'oliir diameter of earth 7SU3J42 7M2.3M 3UU2.S13 Miles. 3IUS2.H24 F.iiuatori'il diameter. of cai dhunetcr of earth. semi-dmmefer of eurfh Mean seiiii-diianctcr of earth A ter I had attained success in whtit the weath-r would be, I 1 1 1 1 did not (hire to publish my calculations for several years.

I had first to acquire confidence in my system. low should I do this without waiting several years to test my system by comparing the calculations with the actual, weather as time rolled around? through his calculation and found that the error was due to a slight mistake, (hat he had made in an algebraic, formula, and but for this he would have been right as usual. Mr. Hiakis is certainly the only reliable weal her prophet in the country, lie has prophesied right four times out of live on the last live winters, while Prof. Tier was never right but oiiee, and has given up trying to foretell the Weather on account of his many failures.

Chicago Times. "ON l.V TOO Tlltli, Here is a boost for a former Deeaturite now going the rounds of the newspapers in this and other states: "In the spring of 1889. a. man by the name of Wake, living at Decatur, and enjoying some reputation as a Weather said that the season of Isso would be a good crop year, and he advised people to take advantage of it and store up something for 1sh, which he said would not return a bountiful harvest. In some sections of the country the prediction has proven only 'too true." Decatur Uepublican.

ASTO.NlSllI.NO ACITKACV. Mr. ('. ('. Wake, of Decatur, 111., ho has made the study of the seasons a specialty for a number of years, and reduced his prognostications to a science, so that lie has been able to predict, with an astonishing accuracy, the condition of the weather for several winters past, foretells an unusually mild winter this year.

He thinks that If, now, we take the mean 'distance of the moon from th? earth as miles, and its period of revolution its 27 d. 7h. 43 m. 11.461 and the mean semi-diameter of earth as 0956.192 miles, wo lind the moon falls towards the earth 0.0529o7,'h;s the first second of time, instead of 0.053 inches. Is, or is not, theory (hypothesis) a coincidence? 1'elow I giye four coincidences, as between said moon and stone, to wit: During one revolution thy moon falls towards the earth four times its distance-from earth.

mean distance from earth is 238,833 miles, equal to 1,201,038,210 feet, which divided, by 10 1-12 feet (which is the distance a stone- falls the lirst second at earth's equals 78400522.0943, the square root of which is 8851.745772, which into secon'ds (being the actual time it takes the moon to. pass through 99 degrees of arc, and fall towards earth 1,201,038,240 feet), equals 00.017035, wfjieh divided by 10 1-12, equals 4.14389-14, being first ptirt of first coincidence. jThe square, root of the moon's mean distance from earth, divided by the square, root of the earth's equatorial semi-diameter, is 7.703279. A billing stone tit earth's surface increases its velocity 32 1-0 feet each second. 32 1-0 divided by 7.703279, equals 4.1434382; being second part of lirst coincidence.

Again: While passing 9.) degrees of arc the moon falls towards earth feet during 590147.80525 seconds of time, equals 2130.817 feet it falls per second. The square root of 1.201,038,2 is 35511.100230; and 4.010403135 (which is the square root of 10 1-12) multiplied by 32 1-0 (which is increase per second at earth), equals 129.001301, which divided by 7.703279 supra), equals 10.0 108574, which into 35511.10; 1230, equals 2137.052, which is almost exactly equal to th" number of feet moon falls towards earth in one second; being second coincidence. Hut again: In one revolution moon ills towards earth four times its distance, equal to feet, fourth root of which is 200.49990707, which multi-' late details so long in advance, 1 shall not be disappointed if 1 meet wilh anything hke the success I did last year. "-Minneapolis Tribune KKMAUKAUbV ('. Wake, of Decatur.

lias been remarkably successful In his weather predictions for the past year or (111.) Daily News. IT01ITK.lt liV Ti I FACTS. The Decatur, 111., weather prognosticator, V. Wake, has made his calculations for March tnd the rest of the year of ISTS, and seems thus far to be supported by the fads of the case, for 1 concluded that if I could calculate what the future weather would be, I could, as easily calculate what the weather heal been in the past. I then made computations backwards to see what the weather should have been for any particular year, and then coin pared the results with the actual weath'T as reported in the various journals of weather records, and found my calculation.

corresponded very closely with the recorded facts. I then computed a set of calculations for fifty years past, and compared each y-'ar with th" ret-onls with like results, with the exception that in the remote past it was dillicidt to find reliable rec-onls with which to compare my calcu March certainly has been as he staled it would we cannot count upon cutting any ice much bis fore the last of February or the 1st of March, ami then only thin 'hicago Tribune. Prof. c. ('.

Wake, of Decatur. 111., has just copyrighted ami published his weather calculations for IsTii-sO. For the past two years his predictions have been remarkably correct, ami have become a nec -sity in every family. This year he has an appendix of six new laws be. lie said it would come in like a sleep and go out like a lamb." This gentleman hit it very well for the year 177, and the readers can "paste this in their hats" and be governed accordingly.

iottumwa tlowa) Democrat, Hundreds of papers of the west and east name CO. Wake, of this city, the most reliable weaiiicr prophet in the west Kepiiblicun. llKMAlUi.Utl.i-: OK JUS l'lOOK'-'lloNS. year the lotcr-dei-n published tlic weal her predictions of the coining ye: r. prepared by Mr.

C. t'. Wake, of D.vatur. 111. The nivilh-lions he in.

ale were so tuhv vei dicd as excite which will attract wide attention among scientists in all parts of the world. Louisiana (Mo.) Journal. Prof. C. Wake, of Decatur.

111., has just published his almanac for weather calculations for stviirins a copyright of the same. predictions have been more m-arly correct than niosi others, and are well worill study and considerable utleuthm. Judging fncu the results of last year, we think it of MlllMclit iliipoiiam tn ghe a very fuii synopsis of Mr. Wake's pre lations. Jhmbth'ss many records of the pe4 weather have never been puMished; but wh -n th" seieiitilic world one realize the feet that it is possible to calculate what the weather has been br the past hundred years, of the old records ill be hunted up and puhli died, as tle'v important for comparison.

I have from to time thus deiil-ted back lo Washington cr -d tic- Ibliware ver 10 ears) 1 th producing cf the neT remark. spells of eatle r. dictions i.r the present year, an 1 our readers, by preserving the recrd. will be able hi tet lle-cur-rei-tness for theni-i Ives when tia-y ear has udi -d. Mr.

Wake li'H'S not preti-ml to be infallible, and says: shall not be dSappninicd if I meet all an; like lac success of last Mr. I. his calculations on x-icntilW gniands. lie liiala none of the leua! almanac cquit hut sa.Ki-s putatcn on si As we i the i'l-ut of his predictions made a vt.tr t-'ri us cnoo-h in (hose comparison. He also jrwes an appcuuee six new as'ii-inifuiloal laws which demand 111" attention of spceialUts.

(i.deua il'a.) Industrialist. Prof. C. 0. Pb.ke, of Decatur, a weather prognosticator of some ivnown, predicts good crops for IsTil.

His preiiii lions for lts were, in the main. V'-ry cont-ct. and his friends raid and around I ii-cator place a great annum! of confidence in his predictions for 17:. Decatur Tribune. ('.

(', of D.ceiir. lias ailed some Velcbrity for eeiu as a weather calculator. Cleveland Phiiudealt-r. plied by 8.020800277 (which is the ratio between the velocity a tailing body at earth's surface and the square root of the total distance fallen), equals 2107.514 feet per second; being third coincidence. Lastly: The velocity of a falling "body at earth is equal to the square root of total distance fallen multiplied by 8.020800277; therefore, square root of -03S -210 equals 35511.100233, multiplied by 8.020800277 equals 284827.05507' vhich is the.

velocity, in feet pe-r second at earth, of a body falling from jr-vu to earjh if ratios remained constant; the square root of which is 533.092173. which multiplied by 4.014031385 equals 2140.322 feet per second for fourth coincidence. The who! Newtonian theory is based upon the hypothesis that infinite space is a vacuum, though a perfect vacuum cannot be produced. Even the Torricellian vacuum contains matter in an extremely attenuated form. The very idea of a vacuum is so utterly repugnant to the human mind that it is hard to entertain it.

seems to me that it cannot be many years before science will ifetn'ttxtraU- that inlinite space is a pkiona, differing only in density, and thai gravitation is as much a push as a pull, if not mur that the universe contain but one clement, which, by analysis of hydrogen, will shortly approached but never reached, tor we in never reach the infinite. The most can ever hope to do is to approach it. -erer and nearer, for as soon res we one ml, a greater and grander t.pens Ik -fore us whether we, try to rea-h th? Ullinm Thule with the great pio of modern 1 or ith pow erful microscopes try to fathom the in- (hi ti tii'T hand. I ciud by taking i to variant their proiaiik-nt tub 'f r- A'- oe, oaieu! of t) scilteient era! iKeai-' -r ai.i.V I the IT! 'ii-v. VI bo ea or and CtaO'i i T.

ie rial I- s-t. Nt ti." c. c. of i.e- t-o- ih of to en li Ih el! hUW- I The l'toumnt a human beintj arriM-s at wh-re h- feels thenl j-et I life is t' giv -r than g.t. wh -n he preb rs the where he may b-- iile to do tlv luest for tlu-rs rath 'Til srs there v.

rs th- asf jx -j-fj-' -r a i i a- few it 1: ta.i t' c. c. te in.ist that -rs i as marks ree f-r i tinlt is equally futile. A nana i i i-irpun-. sunn cannot expect to ive tin th -a tMiiioi tn- of i V- I', Se e-r e- I mtv, e.

I'iC l'i I "d-. -i -eTH I it capacity. ai iniinuy is ney.iji.i. yeu i noi.i uiei is uv aad hiah-T i th tr- prerogative of every human soul to fa.h;ii Inf.nity Deity as lar sis ft be can do it nbs-luMy and completely, then has he reached that point beyond whe'i notions be. lie has a d-ity I all else is a blank, a v.

a v. a which the hainiin mind conceive. i. i i i- o. Tiin sravivAi.

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