The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-19
ArERRIBLE
The Red Sunsets, Cyclones ano
Earthquakes ForeteiItrs Com
ing Oisaster-ho~ TO Mee,.t.

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People tie udal wave when mA>ttfl
Ou>.y rise AMI idil "h COASTS hitherto uh
HtAeu by them me ticthcuhodS atiiNI'4
which l. rEldcHt IN IN sun % the con
slant revelation 81 tnpfu!"u> -pots upon
II surface AT hd'ci'c uau>Gai energy
IN Z heavenly hol'e>
these clrciile'ih a. rtcA Ffo''>>'F
trimmer : prel hecIcs tha troh: IS! TO
1877, the passage u the AVe srtu'
planets Mars, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus
and Saturn around the ~" would pro
ducc strange ani wonderful phenomenal
lie says: The waters 81 the earth VIII
bee me more or less pol>DrouS. he air
VII he f1ui WIKI nolsome doors Aieient
race. VIII disappear iroll the ,artn
tie attempts to prove hls prophecy "
the tact that Ia lt2o, when Mars and
Saturn madc taclr ia>N1ge around the
sun colnc!dentaiIy, great destruction and
mortality visited All parts OF the globe
lie also fonad the anne results IN pre-
nous ereheilon passages OF the planets
and argues that these circumstances Al
ways produce ~ertdemics and destructive
diseases which Will battle t e xiii OF tie
moS eminent rayslclans that the poor
viii ule by thoEs and. the weak aud n
temperate falling first, those whose blood
has been Impoverished 10y excess OF work
or iii ,>ipatipn ext and only those who
are in comparative vlyor shall escape TO
enjoy the era OF renewed activity ard
prosperity which vii follow the period
ofdestructlon.
lnasmuch as the entire world seems
subject to the sway OF the heavenly
bodies no part OF the earth, he thinks,
en- escape scourglnl. lie even predicts
that America will lose over ten millions
of people that farmers viii be stricken
with fear aud cease to till the soil that
famine will make human misery more
wrc;chcd That hunirei> VII flee 10
overcrowdei cities Tor AID III vain. That
sudden changes III ocean currents TEN
perarure and surroundings will entirely
transform the face OF nature and climate
of countries that the air will be SO tou
with malaria and other noAiouS gases !;
that those who survive will be troubled
with disorders Of the digestive organs.
That many whD escape other Ills will
bioat with dropsy aud suddenly pass
away, while others VIII grow thin and
drag out a miserable existence IN lndes-
cribabie agony tor weeks Neuralgia
pains in different parts of the body will
torment them. They will easily tire and
become Respondent. A liant, hot feeling
will be succeeded b. chilly sensations
while Authorizations aud dread OF lm
pending i'll Will parailze all efforts. the
birds in the air, the beasts OF the field
and even the fish OF the sea will become
diseased, poisoning the air and poison
lug the waters OF the globe. We are
told on the other hand that those who
snail pass through this period oftrial will
have larger enjogm4nt Of lie and health.
The earth will yield more abundautiy
than ever before. The animal Aiagi IN
will be more prolific and lie prolonged
very materially. This prDlonga.ion ot
lie will be Owing to the healthy eec;ric
and magnetic influence that will porvade
the atmosphere 1t woud per- ) SEN
that the plcscut rcdnos. OF the sun, and
the presence # u belt Or veil OF co>inic
matter, justified, IN 4 measure, the pre-
diction OF Professor drummer, but dis
turbing as his prediction may be We are
told for our comfort that the Stlo Z aud
pure blooded need have little to fear In
these cal antics, that those VINO are deli.
cate or iniisposed should adopt meaus to
keep the system we'll supported and the
blood pure and THAI the most pblloso-
phical and effective method OF accom-
pli,hing this Is to keep the kidneys AMI
liver in good condition From the test
monials o. such men as DR.. Do Lewis
ard Professor Il A. Gum, NJ l., Dean
of the United States Medica! college New
York, and thousands Of Influential non
professional people, it seems almost Ger
tain that for this purpose there Is no PIE
raration known to science equal to War