The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-07-26
LAST DAYS OF NEW YORK.
If the Prophecy Imputed to Pre-
fessor Falb Comes to Pass the
City Will be Destroyed.

communication has been received by
the New York HyaM 1t is type
written on postal card, IS postmarked
Newark, y. J., but is unsigned
"Prof Falb, Of Vienna, propheslcs
New York city to be destroyed August
II. Great cities have been destroyed
in the past-Babylon, Tyre, Ninevah,
Gomorrah and Sodom. New York
city is much more wicked than these
cities.
"Prayer Tor mercy every Wednesday
at ; O'Clock at Gutenberg, \. J.
Room for over twenty thousand under
the big trees near the ball ground.
"Cross Forty second street on Bar
clay street ferries.
There would be nothing in this an
nouncement worthy Of notice but for
! the connection wIth it OF the name OF
Prof. Falb, who by the way, is no
longer Of Vienna, but Of Berlin. Prob
ably the postal card IS a specimen Of
the work of the practical joker.
\ New York journal recently pub
| lished in its Sunday edition Il state
ment Of the same Characterize wit,
that there would be a great submarine
earthquake in July or August next,
which would "swamp the city Of New
York under a tidal wave, while at the
same time Florida and California will
become islands,.
No evidence has been given that
Prof. Falb has made any such predlc-
ton. As matter Of fact this dis
guished scientist is never vague as to
date in his forecasting Of physical con
WILSON'S and phenomena, for he pub
fishes at the beginning of every year a
list of dates when such occurrences
may be expected, though he never at
tempts to locate their position.
His dates Of maximum disturbance
for the present year are, in order OF
their violence August 80, Scptcm-
Der 20, February 20, March I'll, Au.
gust 1, April 6, January q, May )
and October 26.
Up the present time the prediction:
have been verified with singular accu
racy all the earthquakes, cyclones
disturbances, cloudbursts, floods, &c.
having occurred on or about one OF
another of the above dates, SO far a:
these have lapsed, the next one to be
heard from being on August I, anc
the next following on August 20, be
ing designated by Prof. Falb as the
most serious for the year. August I.
is not included in the LIST.
1t IS pretty generally known tina
Prof. Falb makes his predictions o
the times of the physical phenomena
on the conjunctions and oppositlons o
the sun and moon, believing tina
these two bodies exercise an attractive
influence upon the earth-otherwls'
shown in the movements of tides
which causes earthquakes, violent storm
PERIODS and other catastrophes.
Mining has ever been heard from
the p. Siessional astronomer IN favor o
either &C these views in fact they uni
vcrsally scC% at Prof. Falb's predic
tons as being only "coincidenCes.
The earthquakes in Greece Of May
6 !, were at the time of con junction
of the sun and moon, just as those O
April 20 were exactly on the date O
an opposition OF the moon. On Jun
IS there was an opposition of the SUI
and moon, and on June 20 occurred
the great earthquake in Tckio, Japan
which, among other things, destroyed
the German Legation and the Amer
S lean Episcopal mission buildings.
Under the rules observed by Pro-
Falb there is no doubt but there vii
be physical disturbances of some i'm
= portance following this opposition.
may also be supposed that the countrie
liable to be affected will be that par
of Southern Europe lying between
t degrees and 60 degrees east longitude
Eastern Asia, Japan, the East Indie
and Australia, Eastern South Americ
\ and the Atlantic ocean east of Me-
Foundland. There will probably b
< a sharp heated term passing across tn
country from west to east, aCcompa
y MED by fierce electrical disturbance
1t would be utterly impossible o
: any known theory to predict a It'd;
wave which would destroy New Yorl
g This could only occur after gree
local earthquake, or one under II
= ocean, or on the West coast of El
rope, and it is not possible 70 predit
the force necessary to accomplish tn
n result.