Despatches from Nome, Alaska, under date of October 6, say that the city was visited by a terrific tornado, which demolished more than five hundred buildings. Following the tornado, the city took fire, and soon became a seething furnace. Some of the scientists have been telling us that these tornadoes could not be created except in greatly heated centers, and therefore they have assured us that they would not be found in the far north; but this class of storms, particularly during this year, have made themselves conspicuous by visiting quite a wide area of our globe. This journal has been pointing out, for a third of a century, that these physical disturbances that are becoming so common can not be accounted for by any ordinary or natural causes. They will continue to increase in intensity and destructiveness. They are among the striking signs of the times in which we are living.