The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-12-01

.Eshfps will be shattered In fragment.
.Eby. running on mighty rocks anc
small islands that are not down OF
the navigator's chart islands viii,
tapPear and disappear without an,
apparent cause; the nayigator's char
will prove almost detriment in,
stead of an. aid, owing to the sGdder
changes Of ocean currents, tempera
Eture and surroundings, Theb birds O
the air, the beasts Of the field anc
even the fish of the sea will be dis:
eased; billions of fish will die ana be
cast uponsthe sea shore to tester ip
the sun. 80 !.
No.fsh nor animal food should be
eaten from 1882 to 1887, for the flesh
of nearly the animal kingdom
and the fnny tribes that inhabit the
rivers streams, lakes and oceans
&ih6e diseased, and therefore those
who partake Of the flesh shall poison
their blood and be taken away short
after. The poison that enters tie
system BY eating diseased meat is
just as deadly as to be .inoculated
withthe plague. Farmers will be
50 stricken with fear. that they will
cease to till thsir,farms, and gaunt
famine will step in to make humah
misery more wretched; fanaticispt
will spring up in some places, and
bloodshed viii result therefrom
Murderers and Eobbors willply thsir
hellish work with impunity; there
willabe nolaw; every one will he ,ab;
.tisss. .tisagbsd with The trying task of..keep,
ing aliiyeS People .will.he buried. il
deep. trsnches, qnceflined. The
Judge Will be5tricke9 frenthis bench,
the pleader from the. bar;, and the
merchant ana thecustoiaef.. viii be
seized with Che fatal .lnalady. whae
trading. Death will tome slSw and
lingering in some cases, but, jim most
it will be swift and terrible. In sea
board towns thousands will be bur
led in the bays and harbors, the law
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
In many countries vast districts
will be deserted, and even in Europe
some portions will appear SO near
that condition as to appal the travel
er. One may walk whole days over
hundreds of farms without seeing q
living thing. On all the large tracts
Of land that once were SO animated
with animal life, not a vestige will
be seen. The houses on the deserted
farms will show signs of disarrange.
ment or negligence that plainly tells
of the hurried departure of the own
ers TO the populous cities. Let the
traveller pursue his way till he comes
to the small villages, many of which
will not contain a single living
thing. Let him look into the houses;
let him pass through the doors that
stand ajar and witness the sickening
spectacle of whole families dead.
Let him still wander, if he yet have
courage, through the country strick-
en- with the black death, and in the
dark canons Of the mountains, and
he will see every eliminating point
of death-the end of all attacked
with her incurable disease.
The country people will flee to the
crowded city for aid, but unless they
are rich the physicians will give
them little if any attention. The
poor will die by ters of thousands,
wlthouta ministering hand to sooth
their dyingagonies. The doctor will
be in universal demand and extor.
tionate in their charges for their
services. Bear in mind no medicine
or doctor can give you any more aid
than you can yourself. The disease
cannot be cured but unless your sys-
tenn is too weak or impure, copious
draughts of warm water and a vege-
tartan diet will prevent the disease
poisoning the blood in the process of
digestion. Animal food will poison
those who continue the use of it.
Fine cotton or sponge dipped into
spirits Of camphor and kept in the
nostrils, and frequently changed,
will prevent the blood being poison.
ed through the organs of respiration.
Many people will think tbatthe to.
tai destruction ofaaimallifo will oc-
cur during this era Of the plague.
After the black plague there will be