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How to act in a Tornado. Sergeant 

 John P. Finley, Signal - Service officer at 

 Kansas City, Missouri, has published, in a 

 pamphlet on tornadoes, some useful direc- 

 tions concerning the course to be taken to 

 escape the dangers of those terrible forces. 

 The inhabitant of a tornado-frequented dis- 

 trict must be watchful in the season of 

 visitations, for he can never know when 

 the destruction will come upon him. On 

 the first sign of the approaching vortex, 

 he must run always to the north, unless 

 by going in that direction he will have to 

 cross the entire path of the storm. If he 

 is nearer to the southern edge than to the 

 center of the probable path, he may go 

 south, bearing slightly east ; but in no 

 event should he ever run directly to the 

 east or northeast. It is impossible to save 

 any building that may lie in the path of the 

 tornado, or any property that can not be 

 got out of its way. No material, no meth- 

 od of construction can be competent to re- 

 sist the raging destruction. Nothing rising 

 above the ground can escape it. The most 

 practicable measure of precaution is to con- 

 struct a " dug-out " at some suitable point, 

 within easy distance from the house, to 

 serve as a place of refuge or shelter. The 

 retreat should be entirely under - ground, 

 with a roof at least three feet thick, not 

 rising above the surface of the earth, and 

 entered from the northern or eastern side. 

 A "cellar-cave" may be constructed from 



the cellar, if the house has one, to serve as 

 a substitute for the " dug-out." It should be 

 excavated from the west wall of the cellar, 

 toward the west, and should be made as 

 complete and secure as the " dug-out." If, 

 however, the storm can not be escaped, if 

 no refuge is at hand, or there is not time to 

 get to it, the safest thing to do is to place 

 one's self against the west wall of the cellar, 

 face forward, or against the south wall, as 

 near the southwest corner as possible. The 

 northeast quarter is in any case a fatal 

 position, and should always be avoided. 

 If one is actually overtaken by the tornado, 

 his only resource is to cast himself face 

 downward upon the ground, with his head 

 to the east and his arms thrown over his 

 head to protect it. If a stump or large 

 stone, or anything heavy that the wind will 

 not blow over, is near, he may get a trifle of 

 protection by throwing himself to the east- 

 ward of it. If in a house with no cellar, he 

 should get into the west room, on the ground- 

 floor if possible, and away from all stoves 

 and heavy furniture. The people of towns 

 might find it to their advantage to provide 

 for having a watch, to be on duty on all 

 days when the air bears the premonitory 

 symptoms of a violent wind-storm, to give 

 a signal to the whole population on the 

 appearance of the first real threatening 

 signs. The signs of the formation and 

 approach of a tornado-cloud are distinct and 

 sufficiently suggestive to afford opportunity 

 for timely and concerted action. Sergeant 

 Finley is continuing his investigations of 

 the phenomena of tornadoes, and he has 

 prepared three full schedules of minute 

 inquiries calling for the facts attendant 

 upon the appearance of the storms, which 

 he sends to persons who were within the 

 path of one, who were on the outer edge of 

 the path, and who were from ten to one 

 hundred miles from it. 



Science and Faith." Science and Faith " 

 was the subject of an address delivered some 

 time ago by Professor A. J. DuBois, of the 

 Sheffield Scientific School, before the Sci- 

 entific Society of Bridgeport, Connecticut. 

 The burden of the address is an attempt to 

 show that the basis of all scientific knowledge 

 is faith ; that what we consider our most cer- 

 tain knowledge does not and can not admit 



