Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-16
lieutenant Totten and the aurora

The aurora boreaiis which was 80 brilliant
in the heavens Saturday night, hiss given
L!elt.nant Toiten Ga opportunity to ex.
press himself upon IL az d lie relation to his
ViaRs of the MILLENNIUM. Among tier things
he says:
These things have been expected ever
since the fir OF February. l expected
them abous tis third CT fourth. 1, is ul.
doubtedly due to the big sua spot, which Is
directly due to tie psiihelon of the planets.
We are Gully st the ls;ter edge OF the be.
ginning of tbe:e things They always sp.
pear In psrlods Of from II to u years along
With earthquakes, o. clones and all sorts Of
disturbances.
'.This is the first aurora I have seen for
yeats, the lat oue 80 pref az this being
away back In 1868, a period tast will be re-
membered for Its collateral religious EXT g
ment. So far as history teatifes, from lila
down TO 1860 no aurorss we're seen In The
FIX ;es. D.. Aller assert, il ihs eighteenth
century b 90 northern lights we're seen
In England 70, 80 years before 1860. and only
few OF minor msgo.tade for 40 years be-
fore they besan SIS signs significant In the
heavens, from Lutber's day.
Even Prott 'r admits that we can only
60 back to 1867 for author tatiVe data en-
aurorss,
GAIL OF these signs have occurred within
the past $50 years, which prophet stu-
dents have looked upon al being the fuel
prophetic time when the sun has mea-
sles, look out for plaques on EARTH is say
Ing Of generation not very remet t., so-
ooEdlng to Browning 10 ate article on The
terrific sun storm nov In progrese.
"To return t, the Derihelion theory, this
aurora is tie direct result ofit Borne on
ward in an ethereal ocean, subjeet to snch
complex consequences, there is not form
OF physical life upon the decks Of our little
planets which ooss not isi,hfully respond to
what tekes place about II, surely Ga voy-
ayers on ship borne ap by waves. There
sre nc graDder Storms than seismic ones
sud atmospheric oyoioDec. Every one OF
tasse things come from collar conditions.
Il look upon hem just as natural ss the
most ma!eriaistio philosopher. only diff.
fer firm him In the belle! that uDiver5es are
wound up 10 siDg out Chime on every bell
at the time of the end.
II believe that the word is on the
threst ofa period OF trial, he like of which
has never before been eeen. 1t will try our
IpOoo NV INV ~ SGJfcu up villa
survive; they will be q t,ss. Those who
haven, be they nations, races or Indlvid.
uals, will pay the debt to the utmost farth.
Ing.
THE Bible expresses this In Its own way.
Take for instance the expression OF shaking
III, wicked ont by Lying hold OF the ends of the
earth This Is subtle reference t, ons way in
which the thing will be accomplished Anyhow,
the ends Of the earth are at its poles.
"rhe earth is nothing bat an enormous magnet.
"a magns tic storm upon til, san which rules
cur syatem literally lays hole a, the esrth at the
poles and shakes IL to the core and everything
upon 1t OF cours,, The thing shaken breaks st
its wesk POINTS. Nations on lhs point OF anarchy
become inaane, man 10 the last stsges OF disease
succumb; leclllties where the germs of disc ee
are lurking become plsgus centres and 80 cd infn.
stun
I'm 1881 came the wonderful yellow 6a7, I'M.
heralded by silence snd unnbstrucsed The htay.
ems FROM hichisan to the At sntic and from Can
ala TO Pennss lvsnia were overspread With Gu.
rious luminous atmosphere like vast fame. The
press gave 1t all sorts Of names, but The fact
mains that they are ali signs which the people
fa:l to believe"