Show foretelling EAR earthquakes tat took biaco lace la in asia and landwere Tere Were predicted ta in paris ana nerlin berlin it is stated that tor for some days prior to the terrific earthquakes in asia which recently swallowed up a town with two thousand inhabitants besides destroying many lives and much property throughout the whole region the seism seismographic instruments in paris and berlin displayed great agitation this of course says Demores Dem orests Vs magazine could properly be called a prediction of the earth tempest as the barometer fur famishes nishA predictions ot of atmospheric tempests but at the present at an all events the predictions are by no means of equal value practically the barometer has done dali e coq good d service to humanity when a sia sea captain observes that his glass is falling failing he knows he is entering a storm circle and makes all snug dorbad forbad for bad weather unquestionably un an incalculable number of lives and vast amount of property have been saved by baro barometrical barometre metri forewarning forewarn in gr but as yet we know so little of the cause character or directions of terrestrial res re trial disturbances that we cannot depend upon the seismograph to guard us against the fearful dangers of the earthquake those living near br or within sight of a volcano find suggestions in its varying moods but no more than suggestions to for sometimes the sudden cessation of the smoke or a vast out rush of vapor is followed by no observable tremor of the surrounding rounding sar country while at other times either phenomenon may foretell a convulsion the agitation of the seismograph may have predicted an earthquake in paris asef or some other portion of france pr in in spain or italy or indeed as is amply proved in any part of the globe but who is to translate its unknown language and learn leans from f ro in it where or when the peril is to culminate the fact that the observer ob ver 01 oa duty at the time saw and recorded from his instrument ins trumel that hat a seismic disturbance tur bance was occurring or about to occur in some quarter of the sphere is without doubt scientifically interesting but we shall await with the utmost interest the dev development elopement elop ment of what is so far no more than a newspaper hint that one of our oar american in investigators vesti gators has or atlease at least believes he has discovered the means of locating the center of the coming disturbance its direction of movement I 1 and approximate force |