The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12
ATERRIBLE PROPHECY.
The Red Sunsets, Cyclones and Earth
Quakes FOretelling Coming Dis
aster-HOW to Meet il.

The recent mysterious appearances
following sunset and preceding sun
rise have 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 a thin veil of
a dull leaden 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, a dull
purple. At first it was thought these
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
Professor Brooks, Of the
Red House Observatory, Phelps, N.
Y, has turned his telescope upon
these objects and discovered what
he thinks are myriads of telescope
meteors. Ifit is unorganized world
dust, or decomposed vapors, as the
Democrat and Chronicle of Roches-
ter, N. Y, remarks GLOW is this
matter to be disposed Off viii it
settle and form a deposit upon the
earth, or remain a partial Opaque
shell about the earth to cut off a
portion of the suns light upon it P"
Whatever the mystery is, there is
no denying that some very strange
forces are at work in the upper airs.
The terrible tornadoes and cyclones
which have swept our own country,
and the fearful volcanoes and earth
quakes, which have destroyed so
many cities and thousands of people
the tidal waves which mysteriously
rise and fall on coasts hitherto un-
vexed by them-the tremendous ac-
tivity which is evident in the sun by
the constant revelation of enormous
spots upon its surface-all indicate
unusual energy in the heavenly
bodies.
These circumstances recall Profess
sor Grimmer's prophecies that from
1881 to 1887, the passage of the
five great pIanets-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
destruction and mortality visited all
parts of the globe, He also found
the same results in previous perehe-
lion passages Of the planets, and ar
CUES that these circumstances always
produce epidemics and destructive
which will battle the skill Of
the most eminent physicians; that
the poor will die by thousands, the
weak and intemperate falling first,
those whose blood had been impov-
by excess of work or dissipa-
tion 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 that America will lose
over ten millions Of people; that far
mers will be stricken with fear and
cease to till the soil; that famine will
make human misery more wretched.
That hundreds will flee to over
crowded cities for aid in vain. That
sudden changes in ocean currents,
temperature and surroundings will
entirely transform the face Of nature
and climate of countries; that the
air will be so foul with malaria and
other noMous gases, that those who
survive will be troubled with disor.
ders Of the digestive organs. Thai
many who escape other ills will
bloat with dropsy and suddenly pas,
away, while others will grow thin anc
drag out a miserable existence in
indescribable agony for weeks.
Neuralgia pains in different parts o.
the body will torment them They
viii easily tire and become despond.
ent. A faint, hot feeling viii bC
succeeded by chilly sensations whilC
hallucinations and dread of impend
ing i'll will paralyze all effort "Tht
birds in the air, the beasts of the
field and even the fish Of the sea will
become diseased, poisoning the aiI
and poisoning the waters of the
globe" We are told on the Other
hand that those who shall pas.
through this period of trial viii have
larger enjoyment of life and health
The earth win yield more abundant
ly than ever before. The anima
kingdom will be more prolific and
life prolonged very materially. This
prolongauon of life viii be owing tC
the healthy electric and magnetic