Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1894-07-27
PAY YOUR DEBTS
And Prepare for the footing
of Cabriel's Horn.

These are times when the unexpected
is expected to happen. Nothing occurs,
however anomalous, that surprises any
one. In the general chaotic and disor-
ganized conditions Of both nature and
society it would be strange il strange
things did not happen. Hence the uni-
vcrsal interest in the prophecies and
predictions that are being made relating
TO coming events, particularly if they
refer TO disaster and calamity. We had
an instance OF this in the very general
interest manifested in Judge Bronsugh's
letters recently published in the Tele-
gram predicting the wind-up Of the old
and the Inauguration Of a new dispensa-
ton about the year 1899. These letters
were extensively copied and commented
on in the press in the country, and have
been made the theme Of pulpit discourses.
/ Now comes Professor Falb, the re-
nowned Vienna astronomer, to the sup
port of Judge Bronsugh, and singnlarly
enough the Judge and the professor ar
rived at the same conclusions although
they we're working on seperate lines and
each was ignorant Of the others oper-
ations Judge Bronaugh worked out his
prophecies from scriptnral texts while
Prof. Falb bases his predictions on his
knowledge of astronomy, yet both agree
on the year 1899 as the proper date for
the final wind-up.
Within the last few years Prof. Falb
has gained considerable reputation by
the correctness Of his guesses at what he
calls critical days" which turn out
TO be dsasterous records from seismic
conyulsions in various parts of the
earth His theory is that the interior
( fire, which, like the sea, is subject to
/ the influence of the moon, and which
rises to dangerous storms on conjunc
tions Of certain planetary influences,
causing earthquakes and other forms of
terrestrial disturbances. Much uneasi-
ness has been caused by the unusually
sensational predictions for this year,
lS94-his previous predictions of earth
quakes and storms having almost invar-
iably come true, notably that great
Charleston earthquake and the more re-
cent seismic disturbances i'll Japan,
Italy and Greece.
For 1000 years or since the time OF
Noah's food, four Of the principal
planets have not been in such conjnnc-
tion as they are now approaching.
Saturn and Jupiter, and Neptune and
Uranus. will be in periheion and pass
ing the 80-deg. node at the same time
this summer, and Professor Falb fixes
the date at from July to August 80
when the greatest disturbances will be
felt from these planetary influences.
He predicts that between August 18th
and August 30th great submarine
; earthquake will submerge New York city
BY tidal wave, that it will disconnect
the peninsula of Florida from the main
land and cause it to sink, and that it
: will make an island Of California. The
shock will be felt across the North
American continent from the Atlantic to
the Pacific.
II the professor would let us off with
this general shaking up, we would be
satisfied; but he doesn't. He adopts
Professor Tees theory that when con-
tinent is shaken from its center to its
circumference by earthquakes, and when
electric currents OF the greatest intensity
circulate through the crust OF the earth,
it is natural that noxious gases should
be liberated, which will have more OF
, less influence with the health OF animal
and vegetable life. Following out this
theory, he predicts that these seismic
disturbances will be followed by plaques
and by famine. But the end is not yet
Calamities will continue to follow until
in August, 1898, the earth viii come in
collision with the comet which was dis.
covered in 1866, and which is now
travelling through space on a route
marked out by the astronomers and on
a schedule OF time that will bring about
the collision with the earth at the above
mentioned date.
We have given Prof. Falb's prophecies
! for what they are worth and do not
: stand sponsor for them. We know that
: old mother earth has been visited by
terrible catastrophes in the past, the
record of which is written on the face o
| this planet; and we know that such
catastrophes are likely to occur again
At the same time we feel sure that the
J present physical condition OF the eartt
: will outlast all Of us. Ours is not {
! world OF chance. We believe this to b,
: an orderly, God-governed universe. Ye
: il Professor Falb is right, and we are t,
$ have cosmic conditions that will burr
J up the earth or CONCEAL it into an ice