The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15
More PrOphecying. More Ept-
DENIES Predicted.



IF there is any thing in astrological
crioloey." we are approaching one
Of The mast pesiilential periods Of the
earth's history Since the commence
ment Of the Christian era the perihelia
of the four great planets of the solar
system Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and
Nepinne-haye not been coincident
Bot thisi about to occur, and in the
language Of DR.. Knapp, who has traced
the history Of the greatest epidemlcs.
that every afflicted the human race to
the periheia of these planets, there
viii soon be "lively times for the doe
tors" The theory IS that when one
or more of the large planets is nearest
to the SUI, the temperature and condl~
/ ton of our atmosphere are 50 disturb
I ed as to cause injurious vieissitudes,
terrjhle rains nrQlpneed. dronth s afea
resulting IN thc destruction OF crops
and pas;;lenee among human beings
and domestic animals.
/ DR.. Knapp has collected a mass of
statistical data, all going to show that
( perihelion data have always been
marked by unusual mortality, and
/ sickness aud death have inyaria bly,
CORES ponded with the planets in
periheliou at the same time. The
revolution of Jupiter round the sun
is accomplished in little less than
thirty years; Of Uranus, IN about
eiehtv>four years fit be true, there
fore, that the pelihelia Of these planets
oe ca>ion atmospheric conditions IN
favorable 10 life. pestieutial periods
should occur once IN a dozen years,
and aggravated and still more wide
spread epidemics at longer intervals.
In tracing the history Of epidemic for
more than 1900 years, DR.. Knapp
finds the facts in all cases TO validate
the theory. Thus in the sixth and
agaia In the sixteenth CENTURIES, three
of these planets were coincident 10
perihelion, and ihose were the most
residential times of the Christian era.
But soon we are to have, for the
first time In two thousand years. all
four OF these planets against Us. They
will be at their nearest approach to the
sun in or soon after 1880, 20 that for
few years, say from 1880 to 1888
vitality of every living thing will be
put to severe and trying ordeal
I Some persons say they see in signs oil
the times evidences OF the great disas
ters in the immediate future. The
excessive heat, the unexampled cold,
the prevalence OF food aud disasters at
sea. the general failure of the potato
crop, the widespread chill fever among
human beings, and the equal presence
of the epizootic among animals, are
mentioned as among the premonltions
of the rapidly approaching perihelion
Well, ito be forewarned is to be
forearmed." Accidents excepted, we
know very well that the persons o.
more vigorous constitution and more
hvgieuic habits will have the better
chance TO survive whatever adverse
Influnces the extraordinary periheli;
will occasion. 1t is well known tt
T phisicans that, in all pestilences
plague, typhus, small poz, cholera
. murrain, ETC., the Incorporate, the
dissipated, and those whose sani
; tary conditions were bad, furnished
The victims.
We do not write to alarm any ONE
nor to make a sensation: We state
the facts which all history attests
Readers can judge for themselves wha
importance to attach to the subjects
That the conjoint perihelion OF al
the large planets Of the solar system
, one OF which, Jupiter, is Thousand
! times as large as the earth, must disturb
our atmosphere and temperature very
+ considerably, is probably; that thii
, disturbance must be injurious to health
: and lite, is certain; and that these
periods have heretofore been pestilen
tiaI, is matter of record. How muct
we shall suffer during the next dozer
or fifteen years, depends very mucl
. upon how nearly we live life in &C
, cordauee with the laws of life