Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-25
Once More for "HanIr." "

Eds, Ta;-We find it recorded in his
tuTy that in the year 1890 the continent Of
Europe suffered in an uncommon degree
by heat aud drouth. The heat was ex-
cessive and extended to every country.
The waters were dried, the surface parcb-
ed, the pastures failed, little or no grain
was raised, cattle died and dreadful fam.
ine extended more OF less, all over the
continent. In many instances the dead
were disenterred to serve as food for the
living. Travellers on the highways were
intercepted and carried into the woods to
be devourcd by the famishing peasantry.
In some instances human flesh was pub
liely exposed for sale; and in one instance
1t was found that an ainnkeepsr had mur-
dered the poor TO furnish his table with
human flesh, By the planetary indicator
We ind Jupiter to have been at that time.
in Perihelia in the sign Cancer; Saturn on
ly AZ degrees east Of him very favorable
TO excite uncommon seasons; but Uranus
and Neptune, somewhat in opposition to
this result, the former in quadrature 90
degrees east, and the latter 90 degrees
west, these positions, in a measure, bal
aneing the uufayorable effects Of Jupiter
and Saturn's position.
In the reign Of Philip Of France in the
fore part of the forteenth century, gene
raj plague surprising in horrors whatever
the remotest history can furnish, ravaged
in the space Of eighteen months, not only
France but every part Of the known world.
1t commenced in the North Of China, ex-
tended over Asia, Europe and Africa, cut
ting down nearly two-thirds of all the in
habitants in the countries through which
it passed. This calamity had been pre-
ceded by terrific earthquakes which swal-
lowed up whole villages.
Germany in particular, groaned under
all the miseries of plague and famine,
whole towns and provinces brought to des-
Olation and ruin.
The rich sought an asylum in other
countries, but the poor persisted without
pity or assistance, Wild beasts, eompell-
ed by hunger rushed into villages and sa-
tiated themselves with human blood. Cat
araets bursting from mountain sides, over
whelmed houses and forests, and the earth
trembled to its very center by the frequent
shocks,
The elimination Of planets were differ
ent IN the historical instances mentioned,
as they were both somewhat dissimilar to
the present. A union of the two largest
planets at the same point in the signs can
not take place oiteneF than 900 years
though there is a partial agreement every
60 years and conjunction at some point
every twenty years, but being in the two
other factors OF different periods and the
time Of general culmiHation is extended to
thousands. In these regular irregulari-
ties, If we may so express it, Of the solar
system, We have a partial aud general
crisis which balances up the short and
long irregular running Of the planets as a
tit Of sickness is crisis in our bodies, bal
ancing the unhealthy or irregular running
Of all its parts. We cannot tell what the
exact result may be, no more than we can
the peculiarities of a fit of sickness before
it arrives; but We know that Jupiter leads
Saturn $50 years, when Saturn takes the
lead for the same time, when they meet at
the point of setting out, balance accounts,
and start for another Irregular run, and
when all are to be considered in the gene
raj running, the balancing, center or crit
ical period Is carried to greater distance
Of time. One Of those periods is nearly
upon US, and whether we shall pass through
unseathed, time only will tell, INDEX.
North Kingsville, June 1880.