Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-12-26
a. TERRIBLE PROPHECY.
The Red Sunsets, Cyclones and Earth
quakes ForeteIling Coming Disaster
How to Meet

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quakes ForeteIling Coming Disaster
| How to Meet 1t.
| The recent mysterious appearances follow
| ing sunset ana preceding sunrise have attract
ed vide attention. from students of the skies
| and the people generally. During the 6ayR Of
recent weeks the sun seems to have been OBJ
scu1ed by thin veil OF dnll leadeu hue
which, IA the sun receded toward the horizon,
| became more lum1nou,. then yellow. Lheu
| orange, then red; and, as night settled down
upon the earth. q dull purple. At fiIet it was
| thought these appearances were ordinary
sunset reflections Of light, but it is now pretty
certain that they are either the misty sub
| stance of the tail of some unseen comet, in
which the earth 10 enveloped, or a surrounding
| stratum of world dust or very small meteors.
Professor Brooks, of the Red House Ooserva-
| tory, Phelps. N Y, has turned his telescope
upon these objects and discovered what ne
thinks are myriads of telescope meteors. II
it is unorganized world dust. or decomposed
vapors as the Democrat and Chronicle, of Roch-
| ester, ". Y, remarks ''How is this matter
to be disposed of? Will it settle and form
deposit upon the earth, or remain partial
opaque shell about the earth to cut off a por-
ton of the suns light upon it?"
| Whatever the mystery is, there ,1s no deny
ing that some very strange forces are at work
! in the upper airs. The terrible toruadoes and
| cyclones which have swept our own country,
and the fearful volcanoes and earthquakes
| which have destroyed go many cities and thou
sands of people-the tidal waves which mystic
| riOusly rise and fall on coasts hitherto unvexed
| by them the tremendous activity which is evil
| dent III the sun by the constant revelation of
| enormous spots upon its surface-all indicate
| unusual energy in the heavenly bodies
These circumstances recall Professor Grim
meI's prophecies that from 1881 to 1887, the
| passage of the five great planes-Mars, Nep-
| tune, Jupiter, Uranus and Saturn-arOund the
sun would produce strange and wonderful phe-
nomena. He says: "The waters of the earth
| Will become more or less poisonous. Tire 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 cOincidentaly, great destruc-
ton and mortality visited all parts of the
| globe. He also found the same results in pre-
vlous perehelion passages of the planets and
argues that these circumstances always pro-
duce epidemics 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 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.
| 1nasmuch 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 that America will lose over
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stricken with fear and cease to till the soil; that
famine will make human misery more wretched.
| That hundreds will fee to OvercroWded cities
| for aid in vain. That sudden changes in ocean
currents, temperature and surrounding will en-
| tlrely 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 digestive organs. That many who escape
other ills will bloat with dropsy and suddenly
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drag out 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.
faint, hot feeling will be succeeded by chilly
| sensations while Authorizations and dread OF
| impending i'll will paralyze all effort. 1.-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 and
health. The earth win yield more abundantly
| than ever before. The animal kingdom will be
more prolific and life prolonged very material
| ly. This prolongatlon of life will be owing
| to the healthy electric and magnetic
influences that will pervade the atmos-
phere. 1t would perhaps seem that the pres
ent redness of the sun, and the presence of a
| belt or veil of cosmc matter, justified, in a
! 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 in
| disposed should adopt means to keep the sys-
tenn well supported and the blood pure and
that the most philosophical and effective
method of accomplishing this is to keep the
| kidneys and liver III good condition. 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 nOn-professiOnal peo-
| pie, it seems almost certain that for this pur-
pose 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 inflamed organs, strength
ems the nervous system, washes out all evil
| dences of decay, regulates digestion, prevents
malassimilatiOn of food in philosophical and
rational manner, fortifies the system against
climatic changes and malarial influences and
| the destructive agencies which seem to be so
abundant in these +" evil days"
It's not our purpose to dispute the correctness
of Professor Grimmer's prophecies AS we have
| said the marked disturbances of the past few
| years would seem to give semblance of veri-
feation of his theory. 1t is certain, as above
| stated, that we are passing through what may
be regarded as crucial period and it is the
| part of wise men not to ignore, but to learn to
fortify themselves against the possibility of be-
ing overcome by these evils. It 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 accomp-
lish this purpose than to see to it that he, him
self, is fortified by the best known preparation
| in the strongest possible manner and that he
| exert the influence of bis own example upon
his fellows to the end that they, too, may share
with him immunity from the destructive infu-
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tie cold water and teaspoonful of -four
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