The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-19

IL S6ttle ana IOrm deposit upOu bnt
earth, or remain a partial Opaque
smell upon the earth to cut off pOr'
tion OF the suns light upon it?"
Whatever the mystery is, there is
no denying that some very strange
forces are at work in the upper airs
The terrible tOrradOes and cyclones
which have swept our own country
and the fearful volcanoes, and earth.
quakes which have destroyed SC
many cities and thousands Of people
the tidal waves which mysteri-
ously rise and fall on coasts
hitherto unvexed by them
the tremendous activity which
is evident il the sun by the
constant revelation of enormous
spots upon its surface-all indicate
unusual energy in the heavenly
bodies.
These circumstances recall Pro-
lessor 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 phenomena.
He says: The waters of the earth
will become 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 by the fact that
in 1920. when Mars and Saturn
made their passage around
the sun coincidentally, great
and mortality visited
all parts of the globe. He
also found the same results in pre-
viOus pereheiiOn passages of the
planets, and argues that these
circumstances always produce
epidemics and destructive diseases
which will battle the skill of the
most eminent physicians: that the
poor will die by thousands, the
weak and intemperste falling first,
those whose blood has been i'm
poverished 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. ne part of the
earth, he thinks, can escape
He even predicts that
America will lose over ten millions
Of people; that farmers will be
with fear and cease to till
the soil; that famine will make
human misery more wretched. That
hundreds will flee to overcrowded
cities for aid in vain. That sudden
changes in ocean currents, temper
ature and surroundings will entirely
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 dis
orders Of the digestive organs. That
many who escape other ills will
blOat with dropsy and suddenly
pass away, while others will grow
thin and drag out q miserable
existence in indescribable 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 sensa-
lions while hallucinations and
dread Of impending 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 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 aud
health. The earth will yield more
abundantly than ever before. The
animal kingdom will be more pro.
life and life prolonged very matters
ally. This prolongatian of life will
be owing to the healthy electric and
influences that will per-
wade the atmosphere. It would per-
haps seem that the present redness
of the sun, and the presence of
belt or veil of cosmic matter, justi-
fed, in measure, the prediction of
Professor Grimmer, 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, that those
who are delicate or indisposed should
adopt means to keep the system well
and the blood pure and
that the most philosophical and eff
fective method Of accomplishing
this is to keep the kidneys and liver
in good condition. From the testi,
monials of such men as DIR. Die
Lewis and Professor r. A. Gum,
NJ. D., Dean of the United States