Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-30
ASAVanI's APeeu atiOns at
symptoms Prophecy.

An which Is real Is rational; all
which is rational is real" said a noted
philosopher Of a past generation.
1t was a bold thought, aud a holder
expression; yet a truthful one, and it
does not tell the whole Of the story.
An unknown power presides over
the variations of the celestial and
terrestrial world, moving the mysteri-
Gus machinery Of the numberloss crea-
tion %inhabiting the vast space Of the
universe, aud many Of their vibrations
do not appear rational to the untutored
inhabitaut Of our planet"
Thus remarked a prominent and
well read gentleman yesterday, write
discu sing an article oil Mother Ship
tons prophecy, about the end Of Il Q
world coming next year, which APP
peared in this paper a couple Of days
ago. The gentleman is a close observ-
er, an ORIGINAL thinker. and expresses
himself in a concise, a clear and a very
entertaining manner
Il req ! Jour sketch the other day"
he continued, aud was impressed Sc
riOu,ly by it. [ have an idea that We
ara running rapidly to the end Of our
string, on earth, and whether or not
existing generations are to be
privileged to witness the extinguish-
ment Of their world, within tine en-
suing year, is a problem that has
lately been worrying me a great deal.
"Tae fact is, prophecies Of the
Mother Shipton type have been
common Tor may generations,
aud sa,h predictions are moi
worth a copper, but it is also a
potent fact, known to all who study
natural philosophy, OF the stars md
che laws Of nature, that there is moth
ing to prevent this world from coming
II aaeni at a very early day. We may
easily he klo ked inro nothingness at
any unexpected moment.
e cry now aid then an important
str disappears rom the frn mept,
and this Of itself is calculated to
awaken 2 dread IF The end Of the
wolf being ne r. Why not? Our,
cou d be as easily blotted out as any
9th r. Stars have appeared and dis
appeared ia the pat, aud the fact ha
been recorded on numerous occasions.
A star appeared to the Magi at thu
birth Of our Savior, not now to be
found in the celestial host. A mag
niGcent one is recorded IA having
shone out in the constellation II as
siopea, on the 18th Of November, 1872,
and its briliancy paled the most beau.
tilul stars in the sky. After eighteen
months it disappeared aud never re-
turned, and some astrologers have as
serted that it was the same that ap-
peired 10 guide the three wise men on
their way to the manger. Another
star appeared, October 10, 1904,
brighter than Venus, aud a month or
90 AMER It ia led from human view
though il " s observed through pow
erful 'e'oscones by astronOmers for q
year or 80 after. Those are not The
only instanc 8 Of the kind. Herschel
and Others have p ioted out many
stsS which have completely disap.
pear .. aed IL Is well known that star,
shi in to aay with a splendid lish
may b. Invisible 10 morrow. Tn,
mGa daring i'm gination could sclrce-
invent the tories current about the
variations and occasional disappear
nnco Of celestial bodies Such
events were well calculated
10 excite terror among the
Iuhahitarts Of earth and make many
the end ef iiue near II the
lour has struck fr tso end Of other
VII. is to keep somo pro-
Iirious forcc from causing Is 10 leap