Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-04-27

20 These llrc1 VIII be the means or anul-
, biIating every germ of disease. In
, fact every city or portion OF city IN
which the plague appears should be
burned TO the ground, This will
{ destroy the scourge. Nothing bat
fire can do it.
Those who pass through those ter
rihIe years Of woe will have greater
capacity for the enjoyment of the
pleasures of the earth. The earth will
Yield twice as much as formerly. All
the animal Kingdom will he more pro-
ic and life more prolonged. The
average duration Of life is said TO be
thirty-three years now; after the
year 1881 it will be twice as long, or
aixty-siX years. The reason of this
most remarkable prolongation of life
is owing to the healthy electricity of
magnetism that will surround this
globe. From 1850 Go 1887 the cleo
tricity of this earth will he deadly,
owing TO the alidciuiuenGe of Saturn
and Uranus upon our atmosphere.
During the black death the most won
derfu celestial phenomena will be
seen For weeks tue sun will appear
rs red a. blood, and terrible convul-
IONS will appear in that great body.
The suu will discharge oceans Of fam
ing hydrogen gases, that will roll in
tum ltuuus pillows hundreds of thous.
sands Of miles from its center The
moons actions 90 the tides will be
spusmodic and irregular. Tremend-
ous showers of meteors will fall to the
earth and remain in an incandescent
state for hours. Dense black clouds
viii veil the sun for days, aud the
moon will not shed as bright or as
steady light before those dreadful
days. The whole heavens and earth
will tremble at the awful, continuous
reports OF thnnder. lasting frequentl!
tor hours; bliuding flashes Of lightning
will ilinmine the black sky; people
will scream with horror at the fantas-
tic shapes the lightning will assume;
thousands will die with fear of the
celestial phenomena; all modes Of
cgress from the city will he stopped
trains will be stopped on the prairies.
in lhe mountains and valleys, and
their occupants will die in them of
disease and starvation; steamships
and sailing crafts will rot on the ocean
with their dead human freight, drift
ing where the winds and waves may
drive them.
Stout will be the heart that will not
despair in these dreadful times. Fan
atics will arise and cry out that the
hand OF God is against mankind, and
religious frenzy will be rampant in
all the large cities so-cAlled prophets
will ncte their followers to deeds Of
blood and rapine, but they will not
hold sway long; insanity from re-
ligious causes will predominant in
those times the mortality in cities
where sewerage is defective will be
appalling. Everything that i ate or
drank should be boiled well before
being used no cooked food or water
should be partaken of if allowed to
/ be exposed to the air for even quar-
ter Of an hour; food must ne eaten
a. soon after being cooked a. possible
every kind Of animal food should be
eliminated from the table; even fish
nui game should not be used milk,
butter, eggs, fat and oil excepting
vegetable oily should bc prohibited
vegetables, grain aud fruit that are
produced in each country should be
/ used The electric condition Of every
thing on earth will be changed, there
. fore the products of the soil in our
/ immediate vicinity are the best to
/ keep the human system in a positive
state. When the human organism is
/ in positive condition, it is practical
+ ly impossible To contract disease. All
/ persons IN a negative state to their
surroundings will be the first to fall
victims 10 the scourge. The flesh
eater and the alcohol imbiber will go
hand in hand together to the grave,
/ for their blood will become impure
aud iuaaIned, and therefore be in a
negative state, aud necessarily unable
/ to combat with disease. Bear in mind
no part OF the world will be exempt
from the plague. The frigid homes
of the Esquimaux will be invaded by
the demon of death, and desolation
will be as apparent there in that froz-
en- land as in the sun scorched sands
of Africa. The Mongolian race will
suffer most, for it is without doubt
the most ancient. Races are like
cmpires-they have their rise, de-
cline and fall
China will be depopulated, or near
ly so, and when the plague breaks
out in 1881, in their country, hordes
Of the Asiatics will crowd their ships
and flee their country, to spread the
loathsome horror over every land they
turn to. Every island in the Pacific
will be swarming with Mongolians,
and they will at last reach the Pacific
States, and then America must suffer
a destruction of life without parallel
in her history. ] say that the inhabi-
tants of the plague stricken districts
will reach there, unless more violence
is used with preventive measures to
keep them back. | am not actuated
by any feeling of prejudice against
any paticular race, but the voice OF the
host ofthe heavens should be hardened