The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-09
A TERRIBLE PROPHECY.
The Red Sunsets, Cyclones and Earth-
aunkes Foretelling Coming Disas-

The Ne0 tyCtuut.
o"aAe' te ToTffts,l'p is S SG%'"ff u. "
The recent mysterious appearances follow
ing sunset and preceding sunrise have az
tractel wide attention from students OF the
skies and the people generally during the
DAYS OF recent weeks the sun seems 70 nave
Issn oh cured by thin veil Of a dull leaden
no witch. ne The sun receded toward the
horizon. became more luminous, then yellow,
tnan orange. then red and, as night settled
down uron the earth, dull purple AT nrst
II was thought these appearances were or
binary sunset reflections Of light, but IL Is
r,,,y Iretty certain that they are either inc
misty eibslance Of the tail OF some unseen
comet In which the earth ID envelolel, or
S,rro,,rding stratum of world dust or very
sman meteors Professor Brooks, OF
tbe Red House Observatory, Phelps,
New York, has turned his tele,
score upon those objects and discovered
what he thinks are myriads OF telescope
meteors. If IL Is unOreanlzed world duSo, OF
decomposed vapors, as the Democrdt ara
Chronicle, Of Rochester, n. f.,, rema I,i,;
Chow is this matter TO be dispose OF WIN
IL settle and form deposit upon the earth,
or remain partial opaque shell about the
earth to cut oil q portion oil the suns hsn'
upon IL ~
Whatever the mystery is, there Is no deny
ing that some very strange forces are at
work in the upper airs. The terrible lorna
does and cyclones which have swept our own
country, and the fearful volcanoes and earth
Guakes which have destroyed so many cities
and thousands Of people-the tidal waves
VIII oh mysteiiously rise and fall on coasts
hitherto unvexed by them-the tremendous
activity which Is evident in the sun by the
constant revelation OF enormous spots upon
It's gtlrfnce-all indicate unusual energy IN
the hea yenly bodies.
These circumstances recall Professor Grim
mers prophecies, that from 1881 TO 1857, tbs
passase OF the five great planets-Mars. Nep-.
tune, Jupiter, Uranus and Saturn-around
the sun would produce strange and wonder.
full phenomena. He says: 1.-THE waters OF
the earth will become more or les poisonous.
The air will b. foul with noisome odors.
Ancient races will disappear from the earth"
lie attempts to prove his prophecy by the
fact that in 1720, when Mars and Saturn
made their passage around the sun
coincldentally, great destruction and NOR
taity yisitel all arts Of the globe. lie also
found the same results in previous Ierehelion
passages OF thu planets, and argue that these
cir unstances always produce epidenlics and
destructive diseases which will baille the skill
OF the most eminent physicians; that the poor
will die by thousands, the weak ard intem-
perate falling first, tn SC whose blood has
been impoverished by sof work or dissi-
ration next, and only those who are in COM
paratiye vigor shall es ape TO enjoy the era
Of renewed activity and prosperity which
will folow the erlOd Of destruction.
Inasnuch as the entire world seems sub 'ect
10 the sway Of the heavenly bodies no part of
the eal til, lie thinks, cIn escape scourging
He even prects that America will lose over
ten MILL MS Of people; that the farmers will
be stricken with fear and cease to till the soil
that famine will make human misery more
wrelched. That hundreds will fee to
oyercrowed cities for aid IN vain.
That sudden changes in ocean cur
rents, temperature and surroundings
will entirely transform the face Of nature
and climate of countries: that the air will lie
SO foul with malaria and other nOxiOu3 gases.
that thOe who survive will be troubled with
disorders Of the digestive organs. That many
who escape other ILL will blOat with dropsy
and sudd rnly pass away, while Others win
grow thin and drag out miserable existence
in indescIibablc 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 sensations while haIlu nations and
dread Of impending i'll will paralze vi effort.
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