Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-13
A TERRIBLE PROPHECY.
The Red Sunsets, Cyclones and Earth
quakes Foreteilins Coming Dis
aster-How TO MeetIt

The recent mysterious appearance fol-
lowing sunset and preceding sunrise
have attracted wide attention from
students of the skies and the people gem
orally, During the days of recent weeks
the sun seems to have been obscured bv
thin veil of dull leadeu hue which,
as the sun receded toward the horizon,
became more luminous, then yellow,
then orange, then red; and as night set
tied down upon the earth, dull purple.
AT first it was thought these appearances
were ordinary sunset reflections of light
but it is now pretty certain that they
are either the misty substance of the
tail of some unseen comet, in which the
earth is enveloped, 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 objects
/ and discovered what he thinks are my
rlads of telescope meteors. If il is I'M
organized world dust, or decomposed va
pors, as the Democrat and Chronicle of
! Rochester, n. Y, remarks: "How is this
matter to be disposed of? viii it settle
and form deposit upon the earth, or re
main a partial Opaque shell about the
/ earth to cut off a portion of the suns
( light upon ity'
Whatever the mystery is, there is no
/ denying that some very strange forces
! are at work in the upper airs. The ter
4 rible tornadoes 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 mys-
/ teriously rise and fall on coasts hitherto
| unvexed by them-the tremendous ac-
! fivttxy which Il. axri1arf fba srt, l,r ia,
! constant revelation of enormous spots
upon lis surface-all indicate unusual
4 energy in the heavenly bodies.
These circumstances recall Professor
! Glimmer's prophecies that from 1881 to
1 1887 the passage of the five great planets
Mars, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and
/ Saturn-around the sun would produce
/ strange and wonderful phenomena He
says: "The waters of the earth will be.
come more or less poisonous. The air
/ Will be foul with noisome odors. Ancient
] races will disappear from the earth"
| He attempts to prove his prophecy 10y
! the fact that in 17s0, when Mars and
/ Saturn made their passage around the
/ sun coinCidentally, great destruction and
mortality visited all parts of the globe.
/ lie also found the same results in pre-
vious perehelion passage of the planets,
/ and argues that thes. circumstances al
ways produce epidemic and destructive
diseases which will battle the skill of the
most eminent physicians; that the poor
viii die by thousands, the weak and In
temperate falling first, 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 renewed activity and
/ prosperity which will follow the period
of destruction
Inasmuch as the entire world seems
subject to the sway of the heavenly
bodies no part of the earth, he thinks,
can escape scourging. He even predicts
4 that America 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 hundreds will flee to
/ overcrowded cities Tor aid in vain. That
/ sudden changes in ocean currents, tenn
/ perature and surroundings will entirely
transform the face of nature and climate
of countries; that the air will be so foul
with malarial and other noxious gases;
that those who survive will be troubled
with disorders of the digestive or
gans That many who escape other Ills
will bloat with dropsy and suddenly
pass away, while others Will grow thin
and drag oUt a miserable existence in
I Undesirable agony for weeks Neural
gia pains il different parts of the bedy
will torment them They will easily
tire and become respondent. A faint,
hot feeling win be succeeded by chilly
! sensations while halluSciations and
dread of impending i'll will paraly2e all
effort. "I'he birds in the air. the beasts
of the field and even the fish of the sea
will become diseased, poisoning the air
and 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
The earth viii 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 per-
wade the atmosphere
1t would perhaps seem that the pres
ent redness of the sun, and the presence
of belt or veil of cosmic matter iusti-
fed, in a measure, the prediction Of Pro-
fessor GrimmeT, but disturbing as his
prediction may be we are told for our
comfort that The strong and pure
blooded need have little TO fear in
these calamities, and those who are
delicate or indisposed should adopt
means to keep the system well supper
ted and the blood pure, and that the
most philosophical and effective meth
Cd of accomplishing this is to keep the
kidneys and liver in good condition
From the testimonials of such men a.
DR. Do Lewis and Professor r. A. Gum
NJ. D., Dean of the United States Medi-
cal College, New York, and thousands
Of influential non-professional people
ii seems almost certain that for this
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