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a Jovial and Saturnian equinox. Tht
subsequent eruptions of VesuviuI
were always cotemporaneous with plan
etary equinoxes, that Of 1853 coincidint
with the equinoxes Of Jupiter, SaturI
and Venus. In 1894 the greatest erup
tion of modern times took place. The
flowing lava covered 5000 acres OF arabl,
land q whole city was destroyed, an(
the summit of the mountain fell IN, 81
that the crater was enlarged to q cir
cumference of two miles.
In the same year there was an impor
t,nt Jovial equinox. The eqninoxes o
Venus must have much to do with thu
eruptions of Vesuvius and other vol
canoes, since nearly every violent con
vulsion is synchronous with Venusiar
equinox.
In A. D. 115, Antioch was destroyed
by an earthquake, little before the
major equinox of Jupiter. In the yeal
357, one hundred and fifty cities in
Asia Minor, Pontus and Macedonia
we're destroyed, seventeen months be.
fore minor equinox. In 543 there
was an earthquake that shook the whole
world, and in the same year a major
equinox. Antioch was again destroyed
in G26, 250,000 persons losing their
lives; and, in 742, there was most
dreadful earthquake in Asia. More
than five hundred towns we're destroyed,
and the loss of life was incalculable,
both of which events are attributable to
Jovial and Saturnian equinoxes. The
great Calabrian earthquakes are syn.
chronous with Saturnian equinox, and
the Naples earthquake of l456, which
caused a loss of 10000 lives, CORES
pouded with Jovial major. SiDgularly
enough, the great Lisbon earthquake
does not coincide with either Jovial
or a Saturnian equinox, but with those
Of Venus and Mars. The China earth
quake OF 1892, by which 100000 people
persisted in Pekip, took place about the
time of minor Jovial aud the Sicilian
which eunk the whole
Island of Catania, with $4,000 inhabi.
tants, corresponded with major
equinox.
Proceeding further, Mr.. Tice takes
up the old accounts of auroras, and trac-
ing them back to their several dates,
follows them up with their Jovial equi'
noxes, generally succeeding in effeltiDg
q connection between two. The record
of these auroras, in the tigurntive Ian
guage of those days, is extremely curl.
Gus. GA. d. 6S6, fiery snow fell all
night on Easter Monday. A. D. 6S7
great prodigies in the sky; fiery drag
ons were seen and it rained blood all
night. 6SS, the moon turned to tho col
or of blood on the festival Of ST. Mar.
tins. A. D. 800, shower OF blood fell
and blood flowed for three days and
nights; milk and butter were turned to
the color of blood. A. d. 9li, two
fiery columns were seen n week before
All Halow Tide, which illuminated the
whole world" All these phenomena are
referable, Tice thinks, 10 auroral disc
PLAYS of unusual brilliancy. He after,
wards takes up the subject of sun spots
and shows that there is an intimate con.
nection between them and the Jovial
cycles.
vENUsIAN STORMS.
While Jupiter, "the Thunderer," can
shake the world in wrath, Venus, like
he. heathen namesake, is able, especial
ly with the help Of some other deities,
to raise a considerable storm about the
ears of mortals. Mr.. Tice includes,
among Venusian storms, all that occur
during the equinoxes Of Venus, al
though the earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn
and Vulcan may have lent their infu-
ence to cause them. The storm in En-
gland, October 5, 1901, by which more
than 500 houses were destroyed in Lon
don alone, was caused by on equinox OF
Venus. The storm which prevailed
throughout England on the day thai
Cromwell died, corresponded with the
eouinoxes of Venus, Mercury, VulcaI
and the earth. The "great storms" ol
Nov. Goth and 9th, 1903, extended no
only over ENGLAND bnt throughout Eu
rope. The loss in London was esti
mated at .G2,O00,00O. Twelve men Of
war we're lost on the Goodwin, the Van
guard was sunk at Chatham; the Yorl
at Hargich; the Resolution on the coas
OF Sussex, and from number OF othei
var vessels hundreds of men were lost
The number drowned was estimated a
5000. In Kent 1900 trees were blowI
down. Endystono Lighthouse was de
stroyed, and its builder perished in it
This dreadful convulsion correspond.
with equinoxes of Saturn. Jupiter, Mer
cury and Vulcan-the last raned be
ginning on the same day as the storm.
In 1850, during equinoxes of thu
earth, Venus, Vulcan and Mercury,
most terrific hurricane ragged in the Yves
Indies, by which 4,000 of the inhabi
tauts OF Barbados were destroyed. Al
an evidence of the force OF the wind,
twelve FOUNDER was taken up and car
ried 40 yards, and fifteen of the larges
British men-of-war we're destroyed. Oh
August 10, 1881, during ealinoxes o
Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury ant
Vulcan, there was a great earthquake
in the East Indies, and in the West In
dies terrible hurricane. In Barbadoe
$500 people we're killed, and over 8, 90
wounded. A piece Of lead weighin
over 1000 pounds was taken up am
carried over 800 yards. The storm il
the Black Sea which wrecked so man
transports of the British arms in tn
Crimea, took place during the equinoxe
of Venus and Vulcan. The tremen
dous storm of November, 1886, whic
began inNew Foundland and crossed th
Atlantic TO Europe, was traceable to a
equinox of Mercury. The damage don
by this ocean storm, was almost beyon
precedent, AMI variously estimated
from four to five million dollars. Nor
than 1,123 vessels and 500 lives wer
lost in six days, while the storm wa
running its course.
Taking up the equinoxes OF 1871, MI
Tice proceeds to give aregular arrang'
ment of that years phenomena, class
flying them by months, and for ever
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