Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-07-14
WONDERS OF 1880.
The Voice of the Stars, or the Effect
of the Coming Perihelia.

eND"A~4-O@N
ston, Jamaica, in Sept, 1879. 1t was
written by Prof G. A. Grimmer, and
is re-published by request
1t is pretty well understood that the
perihcIia of the four great planets
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn
will be co-incident in 1880. As
troIogy to-day is ridiculed by many
so-called scientists. After 1880 as
trolcgy will be taught by many who
reject it now. Bacon says ''the world
opposes what it does not understand. >
In the case Of astrology this is pre-
eminetly So | have no desire to
discuss the verify or falsity of astrol-
ogy; | simply state the effects which
the approaching perihelia will produce
according to astrological deduction
The effects which this conjunction will
produce are momentous. From 1880
to 1887 will be one universal carnival
of death. No place on earth will be
entirely free from the plague. The
Pacific coast will not suffer anything
in comparison to any other portion Of
the globe The coincidence of these
planets in periheIion will always pro-
duce epidemic and destructive diseases.
Three of these planets are malifcs,
and Jul tier, although benefc, pro
duces evil through association or
technically, by conjunction with the
others. Diseases will appear, the
nature Of which will battle the skill of
the most eminent physicians. Every
drop Of water in the earth, on the
earth, and above the earth viii be
more OF less poisonous. The atmos-
phere will be foul with noisome odors,
and there will be few constitutions
able to resist the coming scourge;
therefore prepare, We that are consti-
tutionally weak, and Incorporate, and
gluttonous. for mans last home-the
grave From the far East the pesti-
lential storm will sweep, and its last
struggle will end III the Far West In
542 and 1865 three of the planets,
two of which were mali6cs, Mars and
SATURN were in perihelion, and Jupi-
ter, though benefc, brought evil
through association. Now 542 and
1865 were the worst plague eras of
which the world has any record. From
542 to $40 it has been estimated that
from IS, 100000 to 100, 000,0 Wet
inns suffered death by the plague
("Gibbon's History" vol iii chap
xiv; also Cousins History of Rom"
vol. H., page IT'S.
In 1920, Mars and Saturn were in
perihelon and in the sign Virgo, and
$4,000 out Of 5000 inhabitants died
in the city of Narcotics in less than
five weeks. In 544 10000 died each
day in Constantinople Alexandria
(Egypt) lost in 542 $4,000 and in 543
$4,000 of her inhabitants by the
plague But as bad as were those
times, they will only approximate the
horrors Of seven years many Of us are
doomed never to witness. All the
weak aud Incorporate are sure to die.
There is no escape from the inexor
able plague fend. Fortunate indeed
are those whose blood is pure and
free from any faint or weakness, for
they alone will survive the wreck of
the human family The Incorporate
and weak will Join hands and 90 down
to their graves in tens of thousands.
Ancient races will be blotted from the
face of the earth. Asia will be nearly
dcpopulatcd, and the islands that Dor
der Asia will suffer frightfully from
the scourge. The countries that join
the northeastern portion of Asia will
suffer the rayages Of the plague Rus
STA will be the first European nation
that will suffer. Unless correct sani-
tary measures are taken before 1880
the plague will be found devastating
large cities on the Atlantic coast of
America. America will lose more
than fifteen millions Of inhabitants, if
the sewers of her cities are as imper-
feet in 1880 as they are day. The
pcrihelia will bring other indications
upon the inhabitants of the earth,
over which mankind can exert no re-
straining influence: There will come
storms and tidal waves that will sweep
whole cities; earthquakes that will
swallow mountains and towns; and
tornadues that will sweep hundreds of
villages from the face of the earth;
mountains will tremble, totter and
fall into sulphurous chasms; the ge-
ography Of the earth will be changed
by volcanic action; mountains will
toss their rocky heads up through the
choicest valleys; valleys viii appear
where mountains stood: skillful ma
riners will be lost in the ocean, owing
to the extraordinary variations OF the
compass; navigators will grow pale
with alarm at the capricious dehexure
of the needle; volcanoes that have
been dormant for centuries will awak
en- to belch forth their lava with more
violence than when in their pristine
vigor, rainfalIs will deluge valleys, and
mountain streams will enlarge their
beds and become mighty torrents; fire,
will start spontaneously and deyas-
tate whole forests; great fires will oc-
cur in many cities, and some will be
remarkable displays of electricity,
frightful to witness; wild beasts will
leave their natural haunts and crowd in
to populous cities, timid and harmless;
G., ff,n,tiu,r f,maS Of Sulnbur will ps