West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-01-01

beel46 Fe4~alCeG LDat nave beeu
dormant for centuries will awaken
to beleh forth their lava vita more
violence THAI when 10 their pristine
vjgor, rainialls will deluge valleys
ard mounta streams VIII enlarge
their beds aud bscoms mighty tor
rents Gieg Will star. spontaneously
aud Geysststs whole iorssts great
Grss will occur in many cities. and
sone viii 10 totally destroyed
there will be remarkable diap'aya Of
electricity, iriahtiul to witness Wild
beasts will leave their natural
baun.s and crowd into ropulou
c,ies tim.d and harmless suGoca-
ting fumes OF sulphur will escapo
from the earth, TO the great dread Of
many ar unprecedented number OF
ships will DO shattered in Fragments
b5 running on mighty rocks and
small. ls'aude that are not down on
the nsvigator's chart; islands will
appear and disappear without any
apparent cause the navigator 5
chart will prove almost detriment
instead Of an aid, owing to the sud
den changes Of ocean currents, te J.
perature and surroundings the
birds OF the air, the beasts of the
field, and even the fish in the sea,
will be decreased billions Of fsh
will die and be cast upon tho sea
shore, to tester in The sun and im.
pregnate the atmosphere with their
lcui emanstions, No fish nor ami
NAL food should be eaten from 1880
to 1885, for the Assh Of nearly al
the animal kingdom and tho fanny
tribes that inbabit the rivers,
etre4ms, lakes and ocean will be dis
eased, and Therefore those who par
take Of the flesh shall poison their
tlood aud be taken away shortly
after.
FAMINE AND FARMERS.
The poison that enters the system
bY eating diseased meats is Just 80
deadly as to be inooufted with the
plsgue, Farmers will he 30 stricken
With fear that they will cease to Till
their farms, and giant famine will
step in to make human misery more
wretched faustioism Will spring
up in many places, aud blooishsl
will result thsrelrom murderers
and robbers Will ply their hoilIsh
work with impuDily, for there will
be little or no law everybody will
DO absorbed with the trying task OF
keeping alive; people will be bur
led in deep trenches, uncoiHned; the
judge will be stricken from the
bench, the pleader at the bar, aud
the merchant and the customer will
be eeized with the fatal nalady
While trading death will come
slow and lingering in some cases, but
in most it will be swift and terrible
In seebosrd towns thousands will be
buried in the bays and barbors, the
law to the contrary Notwithstanding.
COUNTRIES DESERTED.
In many countries vest districts
will be deserted, and even 10 Ea-
rope some portions Will appear so
near that condition as to appall the
traveller. One may walk whole days
over hundreds Of farms without see
ing living thing. On all the lorge
tracts Of land that once were 50 eni-
mated with animal life, not yes
t.ge will be seen, The houses on
the deserted ierms will show signs
Of disarrangement and negligence
that plainly tells Of the hurried de-
parturo Of the owners to the popu-
lous cities. Let traveller pursue
his way till he comes TO the small
village, many OF which will not oon-
tain single living thing. Let him
look into the house let him pass
through the doors that stand aiar
and witness the sickening spectacle
Of whole families dead. Let hiu
stil! wander II he yet have courage
through the country stricken with
The black death, and in the GsIds,
on the hillsides, and in the dark
Cenons Of the mountaiup, and he
Will see every pheso Of this terrible
ma.sdy, tll the eliminating point
u death ig reached 1.-The end Of all
attacked with tb.s iscursb'o disease.
Tie country people vi.l Zee to
tbo crowded e.a9s Tor aid, but ua-
.ea- tDe5 are rich tire phyac.aas
n.I rive lhsm Little, IF any attan-
ron The poor viii I.. by tho
.acasr6 without transferring
bend .r 5oll8 .h. 5yl,e s,e,.ss.
Tho doe.7r wIl be .r universal DE