Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-12
A TERRlBLEJPROPHECY.


The He'd Aunseis, Cyclones an
Earth Quakes F0retelltnE COMM
DAasteF-llOw Ia Meet-it.
The recent mysterious appearance
following sunset and preceding sun
rise have attracted wide attention from
the students of the skies and the pee
pie generally. During the days of recen
weeks the sun seemed to have been OBJ
secured by thin veil of dull leader
hue which, as the sun receded towart
the horizon, became more luminous
then yellow, then orange, then red
and, as night settled down upon thu
earth, q dull purple. AT first IL wal
thought these appearances were Ordi
nary sunset reflections OF light but il
IL now pretty certain that they art
either the misty substance Of the tail o.
Jme unseen comet, In which the eartI
IS enveloped, or "a surrounding stratum
Of world dust or very small meteors
Pro essOr Brooks. Of Il ked House observa
tory, Phelps. N. T., has turned his telescope
upon these objects and discovered what he
thinks are myriads of telesc0pic meteOrs. L
1t Is unOrganized world dust, or decOmposed
vap0rs, AS the Democrat and Chronicle o.
Rochester, N. Y, remarks:
How Is this matter to be disposed Of :
VIII it settle and form q deposit upon The
earth, or remain partial opaque shell abou
the Garth to cut OF portion Of the sum-
light upon it?'
Whatever the mystery is, there is ne deny
ing that some very strange forces are at WORK
in the upper irs. The terrible tornad0es and
cyclones which have swept our own country
and the feai full volcanoes aud earthquake
which have destroyed SO many cities and
thousands of pe0ple--the tidal waves which
mysteriously rise and fall on coasts hitherto
unvexed by tLem-the tremendous activity
which 10 evident in the sun by the constan
revela ton Of enormous spots upon Its surfac,
all Indicate unusual energy in the heavenly
bodies.
These circumstances recall Professor Grim
Iner's prophecies that from 1881 TO 1887 tn,
passage OF the five great planets-Mars
Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Saturn
around the sun would produce strange ant
wonderful phenomena. lie says: "Th'
waters Of the earth will become more or les
poisonous. The air will be foul with nOisom,
0d0rs. Ancient races will disappear iron
the earth " He attempts to prove his pro
phecy by the TACT that In ITO, when Mar
and Saturn made their passage around The
sun ..cOlucidentaliy, great destruction ant
mortality visit d all parts Of the globe. HI
a lso found the same results in previous pere
heliOn passages Of The p.anets, and argue!
hat these cir umstances always produce
epidtmtcs and destructive diseases which
will battle the skill OF the most eminent ply.
s'oians that the poor will die by thousands,
the weak and Incorporate tall ny first, those
whose blood has bsen Impoverished by excess
Of work or dissipation next and only those
who are in compar,ive vlgor shall escape to
pnjOy the era of renewed activity and pros.
perity which will follow the per OF Of destruc.
ton.
lnasmuch as the entire wo Id seems sub.
iect to tho sway Of the heavenly bodies no
part Of the earth, he thinks can escape
scourging He even predicts tina: America
will lose over ten millions Of people that far
mers will be stricken with fear and cease to
till the soil that famine will make human
misery more wretched. That hun lreds will
flee to overcrowded cities for aid in vain.
That sudden changes In ocean currents, tem-
perature and surroundings will entirely
transform the face OF nature and climate Of
countries that the air will be so foul with
malaria and other ngyiOus gases that those
who survive will be troubled with disorders
of tho digestive organs That many who es-
cape other ills will bloat with dropsy and
suddenly pass away, while others will grow
thin and drag out a miserable existence In
indie cribable agony for weeks. Neuralgia
pains in different parts Of the body will tor
nent them. They Will easily tire and become
Respondent. A faint hot feeling will be sue
ceeded by chilly sensations while hallucna.
tions and dread ofimpendi.g Ill will paralyze
all effort. The BIRDS In the air. the beasts IN
the field and even the fish OF the sea will be
come diseased, poisoning the waters Of the
glObe.'
We are told on the other hand that those
who shall pass through this period Of trial
will have larger enjoyment of life and health.
I he ypi M a h,Ip 10 r,tI In
ever before. The animal kingdom will be
more prolific and life prolonged materially.
| his prol0ngatiOn OF life will be owing To the
healthy electric and magneticinfuences that
Will pervade the atmosphere. 1t would per.
haps seem that the present redness of the
sun, and the preseL CO ola belt or veil Of Co.'S
mic matter. justthed in q measure, the pre-.
iiction Of Professor drimmer, but disturbing
as his prediction may be we are told for our
comfort hat the strong and pure bloOded
need have little to fear In these calamities,
hat those who are delica'e or IndispOsed
should adopt means to keep the system well
and the blood pure, and that the
most philosophical and effective method Of
accomplishing this is to keep the kidneys
noniais of such men as Dr.. Do Lewis and |
Professor X. Il. Gnnn, M. D.. Dean of the |
United Ststes Medical college. New York, |
md thousands OF influential non. professional |
,eCple, 1t seems almost certain that for this
purpose there Is nc preparation known to |
cience equal to Warmers Safe Cure, better |
;nown as Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver |
Jure This medicine has acquired the finest |
equation OF any preparation that was ever /
nut upon the market. 1t Ia radical blood |
,uriiier, which southes and heals all inliam. |
ID organs, strengthens the nervous system,
washes out all evidences of decay. regulates |
igest,on, prevents malassmilation Of food 1
n a philosophical and rational manner,
Ort ties the system against climatic CT aDges /
nd malarial influences, and the destructive |
gencies which seem to be 80 abundant in |
hese "eyil days"
1t is not our purpose to dispute the correct
less of Professor (Irimner's prophecies. As l
re have said, tho marked disturbances of the /
ast few years would seem to give SEM
lance of vetitication Of his theory. 1t Is Ger.
ain, as above stated, that We are passing
Trough what may be regarded as a critical
eriod, and IL IS the part OF wise .men not to
ynore. but to lean to fortify themselves
ganst the possibility OF being overcome by
hese evils. 1t Is q duty which each man
ives to himself, and his fellows, to mitigate
S much as possible the suffering Of human
" and In no way better can he accomplish
his purpose than to sec to 1t that he. him
IF, is fortified by the best known prcpara-
on in the strongest possible manner and
lat he exert tho influence of his own ex
lnple upon his fellows to the end that they,
70, may share with him immunity from the
estructive influences which seek his ruin.
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