The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-12-29
A TERRIBLE PROPHECY.
Tho Red Sunsets, Cyclones and Earth
quakes Foretelling Coming Dis
aster-How to Meet 1t.

attracted wide attention from students of
the skies and the people generally. During
the days of recent weeks the sun seems to
have been obscured by thin veil of dull
leaden Tue which, as the sun receded to-
ward the horizon, became mora luminous,
then yellow, then orange, then red; and,
as night settled down upon the earth, dull
purple. At first it was thought these ap-
p arsnces were ordinary sunset reflec-
tons of light, but it is now pretty certain
that they are either tho misty sub
stance of the tail. of some unseen
comet, in which the earth is enveloped,
or O surrounding stratum of world dust or
very small meteors. Professor Brooks, CT
the Red House Observatory, Phelps, N.
Y, has turned his telescope upon these OBJ
jects and discovered what he thinks are
| myriads of telescope meteors. If it is
unorganized world dust, or decomposed
vapors, as the Democrat and Chronicle, of
Rochester, N. Y, remarks: How is this
matter 10 be disposed of? VIII it settle
| and form q deposit upon the earth, or re-
main partial opaque shell about the earth
| to cut Off a portion Of the SUMS light upon
| It'll"
Whatever the mystery is, there is no do
| nying that some very strange forces are at
work in the upper airs. The terrible tor
nadces 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 ris
| fail on coasts hitherto unvexed by the.
! the tremendous activity which is eviaul
| in the sun by the constant revelati q
enormous spots upon its surface-eL ,H-
| dictate unusual energy in the hea 7ciy
bodies.
These circumstances recall Professor
| Grimmer's prophecies that from 1881 to
1887, the passage of the five great planets
Mars, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and
| Saturn-around the sun would produce
strange and wonderful r.anomena. He
says: g. The waters of t arth will be-
| come more or less poisonous. The air will
be foul with noisome odors. Ancient races
will disappear from the earth" He at
tempts to prove his prophecy by the fact
! that in 1870, when Mars and Sa urn made
| tleir passage around the sun coineident-
| ally, great destruction and mortality visit
! ed all parts of the globe. he also found the
same results in PREVIOUS perihelion pas
sages of the planets, and argues that
| these circumstances always produce cpl
denies and destructive diseases which will
| baffle 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 next,
and only those who are in comparative
vigor shall escape to enjoy the era of re-
newed activity and prosperity which will
Inasmucn as the entire world seems sub.
ject to the sway of the heavenly bodies no
part of the earth, he thinks, can escape
scourging. He even predicts that Amer
lea will lose over ten millions of people;
| 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 en- rely transform the face of nature
| and climate of countries; that the air will
be SO 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 bloat with dropsy and sud
| denly pass away, while others will grow
| thin and drag out miserable existence in
indescribahle 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
while Authorizations and dread of impend-
ing i'll will paralyze all effort. Is The
birds in the air, the beasts of the fold,
and even the fish of the sea will become
diseased, poisoning the air and
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 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 matter, justified, in 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 III good condi-
ton. From the testimonials of such men
as DR.. Dio Lewis and Professor r. A.
| Gum, NJ. D., Dean of the United States
Medical college, New York, and thousands
of influential 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
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heals all infiamed organs, strengthens the
nervous system, washes out all evidences
| VI uSCdy, regulates uIgGSUlOn, prevents
malassimilation Of food in philosophical
and rational manner, fortifies the system
against climatic changes and malarial in.
huencss 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 semblance of v5riication of
his theory. 1t is certain, as above stated,
that we are passing through what may be
n 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 as
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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"sugar." If the dudes adopt it they will
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