The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-12-27
A TERRIBLE PROPHECY.
The Red Sunsets, Cyclones and Earth
quai<es Foretelling Coming Dis
a.tnr-HoU to Meet IL.

lowing sunset and preceding sunrise have
attracted wide attention from students of
the skies aud the people generally. During
the days Of recent weeks the sun seems TO
have bten obscured by thin veil of dull
leade ne W oh, as the sun recVded to-
ward the horizon, became more luminous,
then yellow, then orange, then red; and,
as night settled down upon tho earth, dull I
purple. At first il was thought these APP /
p-arances were ordinary sunset retiec-
tions of light, but II is now pretty certain
that they are either the misty sub
stance OF the tail of some unseen I
comet, in which the earth is envelopcd, /
or a surrounding stratum of world dust or /
very small meteors. Professor Brooks, OF /
the Red House Observatory, Phelps, n. /
Y, has turned his telescope upon these OBJ /
jects and discovered what no thinks are 4
myriads of telescope meteors. II IL Is /
unorganized world dust. or decomposed /
vapors, as the Democrat and Chronicle, Of /
Rochester, n. Y, remarks: "HOw is this /
matter to lie disposed Off Will it settle
and form q deposit upon the earth, or re.
main partial Opaque shell about the earth I
to cut off portion Of the SUMS light upon |
it ~
Whatever the mystery is, there is no do
nying that some very strange forces are at /
work in the upper airs. The terrible tor .
nadoes and cyclones which have swept our +
own country, and the fearful volcanoes /
and earthquakes which have destroyed so (
many cities and thousands of people-the /
tidal waves which mysteriously rise and |
fall on coasts hitherto unyexed by them /
the tremendous activity which is evident /
in the sun by the constant revelation of !
enormous spots upon its surface-ail in |
dictate unusual energy IN the heavenly /
bodies.
These circumstances recall Professor I
Grimmer's prophecies that from 1881 to I
1885,, the passage Of the five great planets
Mars, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and |
Saturn-around the sun would produce I
strange and wonderful phenomena. He |
says: " The waters of the earth will be- /
come more or less poisonous. The air Will |
be ioul with noisome odors. Ancient races /
will disappear from the earth" He at
tcmpts to prove his prophecy by the fact |
that in 1870, when Mars and Sa urn made
t cir passage around the sun cuincident-
/ ally, great destruction and mortality visit
ed all parts of the globe. He also round the
| same results i'll rcvious perlhellon pas
sages of the planets and argues that
| these circumstances always produce epi.
denies and destructive diseases which will
| battle the skill of the most eminent physi
/ clans; that the poor will die by thousands,
| the weak and Incorporate falling fist,
| those whose blood has been impoverished
| by excess of work or dissipation mex,
and only those who are in comparative
| vigor shall escape to enjoy the era OF re-
newed activity and prosperity which will
! follow the period or destruction.
! Inasmuch as the entire world seems SUBJ
| ject to the sway of the heavenly bodies no
I part of the earth, he thinks, can escape
SECURING. He even predicts that Amer
lea will lose over ten millions of people;
1 that farmers will be stricken with fear and
cease to till the soil; that famine will make
! human misery more wretched. That hun
| dreds will flee to overcrowded cities for
! aid in vain. That sudden changes in ocean
| currents, temperature and surroundings
! will entirely transform the face of nature
| and climate of countries; that the air will
! be foul with malaria and other
nOxious gases; that those who survive
will be troubled with disorders of the di-
| gestive organs. That many who escape
other ills will bEoat with dropsy and sud
denly pass away, while others will grow
thin and drag out a miserable existence in
Undesirable agony for weeks. Neuralgia
! pains in different parts of the body will
torment them. They will easily tire and
become Respondent. A faint, hot feeling
will be succeeded by chilly sensations
wtrile Authorizations and dread of inpend-
ing i'll will paralyze all effort. The
! birds in the air, the beasts of the field,
and even the fish of the sea will become
diseased, poisoning the air and
We are told on the other land
that those who shall pass through
this period of trial will have larger enjoy
ment of life and health. The earth will
| yield more abundantly than ever before.
! The animal kingdom will be more prolific
and life prolonged very materially. This
prolongation of life will be owing to the
| healthy electric and magnetic influences
that will pervade the atmosphere 1t
would perhaps seem that the present red
ness of the sun, and the presence of belt
or veil of Cosmic matte, justified, i'll a
measure, the prediction of Professor Grim
mer, but disturbing as his prediction
may be we are told for our COM
fort that the strong and pure blood
ed need have little to fear in these ca
lamities, that those who are delicate or in
disposed should adopt means to keep the
system well supported and the blood pure
and that the most philosophical and effect
i've method of accomplishing this is to
keep the kidneys and liver in good condi-
ton. From the testimonials of such men
| as DR.. bio Lewis and Professor r. A.
| Gum, NJ. D., Dean of the United States
Medical college, New York, and thousands
of influential non-professional people, it
| seems almost certain that for this purpose
| there is no preparation known to science
| equal to Warmers Safe Cure, better
known as Warmers Safe Kidney and
| Liver Cure. This medicine has acquired
the finest reputation of any preparation
! that was ever put upon the market. 1t is
a radical blood purifier, which soothes and
| heals all infamed organs, strengthens the
| nervous system. washes out all evidences
of decay, regulates digestion, prevents
| nldlaSSlnllatlOn OF IOOu III u pnllO OInical
and rational manner, fortifies the system
against climatic changes and malarial in
fluences and the destructive agencies
which seem to be so abundant in these
"evil days"
1t is not our purpose to dispute the cor
rectness of Professor Grimmer's prophe-
cies. AS we have said, the marked dis
turbances of the past few years would
seem to give a semblance of verifcation of
his theory. 1t is certain, as above stated,
that we are passing through what may be
regarded as a crucial period and it
is the part of wise men not to ignore, but to
learn to fortify themselves against the
possibility of being overcome by these
evils. 1t is duty which each man owes TO
himself and his fellows, to mitigate
much as possible the suffering of humanity
and in no way better can he accomplish
this purpose than to see to it that he, him
self, is fortified by the best known prepare
ton in the strongest possible manner and
that he exert the influence of his own ex-
ample upon his fellows to the end that
they, too, may share with him immunity
from the destructive influences which seek
his ruin.
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