Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 84, 27 Kekemapa 1893 — KAHUNAISM IN AMERICA. [ARTICLE]

KAHUNAISM IN AMERICA.

— I Anoiher, Sci?ntist as a Proohel , i Tiie f »lIowiii” artlcle is puh- | ; lisi:ecl in m;mv P«cific Coast paj ers an«l the snhject has great- ' j ly excited re<i'tents in tlie e tieaud towns a!ong the (’ >a>t. L ke that in W!ggin. Totten, aml other prophets of like m;itter, the I spontaneous helief eshihite.l bv ; ) thons;intls of people j><>ssessing ! the <>j>j»oitnnitles of tbe advance.l ; e vili/.ation and Christi.Hnizing ! * J ° ( infineuces atiorde i in A.nenei gives proof that American Kahunas are yet a strong power in the land, and 3Iessrs. Hyde, Bishop, Emeis»>n, and others shonld he requested to Iend their aid and exjierience in discovering and properly advertising these Atnerican imitators of Hawaiian propbesy. The article mentioned reads: ‘ Professor Fred G. Plummer, a wellkuown scieutist of lVashington, predicts earthquakes, stonns and high tides for the 2'2d inst. along tha Pacific coast and Puget Souud. He says : “It appears to be deraonstruted that the uearuoss aud positioa of the suu and moon have eflects favorable to earthquakes—mueh the same infiuence as these hodies bave ujron terrestrial surface tides. The conditions whieh are favor ahle to an uxtreme1y high tide on the Paoifio coast are five in nnmber, viz.: First, perihelion of the earth; secoud, perigree of the moon; third, opposition (full) of the moon; fouxth, the moon ruuning [ high; fifth, the oeean winds. For the purpose of a calculation aiming at prediction this Iast element is to he omittod from the prob!em. Condition A'o. 1 occurs onee in a year and conditions Nos. 2, 3 and 4 about monthlv. Now, by reference to an almanae. it may be seen tbat on the 22d of next Decemher all Uie conditions will occnr together. excepting N'o. 1, whieh will he eight days late, bnt as this would hardly be appreciable, they may be eonsidered as occurring together. | It may be predicted with accur- | acv that on or shortly aftcr the 22d of next December we shall have an unusually high tide, and for the samereasons (if the earthquake tbeory is correct; the eonditions will be ripe for earthquakes. hile it wonhl not be advisable for a scientist of repu tation to predict such an event, it , may be said that the tueorv will , be put to a very severe test next December, aud its advocates will have a ehanee either to rejoice or mourn. The samc conditions | will not occnr togetber again for 186 years. "’