The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-12
HfserSs, PREDICTIONS.
Acc D, ding to Him Fearful Storm VIII
Reach Is About September FL;

| Acco, ding to Him a Fearful Storm will
Reach Is About September 21;
E. Stone Virgins, of Ottawa, On
tario, who gained some notoriety
twelve years ago by predicting the
terrific storm that swept the Atlantic
and Pacific Ocean in March, 1883, bo5s
up serencly with a prediction that a
similar storm will tear up things on
this d :ie other hemisphere between
the 18th and 21st of this month, or be-
sween Tuesday and Friday Of next
! week.
+ A few days ago f. Stone Wiggins
was going over lot of old diaries that
had accumu'a ated in his home up in
Ottawa, when he chanced to run across
one for 1888.
"Ah," said he softly to himself,
s'that was the year I made my great
ten strike; that was the year that l
called the time on the sun and moon,
Mars, Venus, and the whole glittering
array of consultations and after years
of hard work bumped up against q
sure enough storm and called the turn
at last and gained fame"
Reminiscently E. Stone turned over
the leaves of his diary. Suddenly a
notation on one of the pages caused
him 10 stop. lie threw the book from
him.
ga other prediction, by Jove," he
exclaimed. 81 had forgotten all about
this little matter. All, here is a rare
chance for you, Wiggy, old boy" and
E. Stone fairly hugged himself in his
exuberance Of joy.
This notation in the diary of 1888
which so lleased the Ottawa prophet
was this: "L,-k out for sister storm
about septem yer 2l, 1895, twelve years
after d,.!e."
Working o. this little reminder, E.
Stone Wigeins got out his instruments
and his books and in short order had q
prediction prepared for storm that
will shake the world between the 18th
and the 21st. Great guns will blow,
the earth will quake, and volcanic
eruptions will erupt the earth, so
Virgins says.
The storm, Wiggins declares, will
equal if it does not surpass the storm
of 1888. This great storm will sweep
the shores Of all continents from the
equator 10 the poles, as early as the
18th. this cheerful prophet continues,
butin the East coast of North Amer
lea it will reach its climax with tre-
mendous nigh tides, during the after
noon of Saturday the 2lst. There is
danger Of volcanic upheavals in Mexi-
co, South America and Japan, the
Ottawa man concludes.
Virgins says regarding his storm
prediction:
"My reasons were these: The sun
and moon were in the same arc Of
right ascension, almost in the same
spot in the heavens, and were near the
celestial equator, and at tho moment
when our Northern Pacific was tur1ed
toward the sun, their united force was
increased by the moons perigree
being at her nearest orbitsl point to
the earth. Furthermore she was in
conjunction with Venus March 5, with
Mercury March 6 and March Z.
"On looking over my calculations of
the March storm of 1888, made in
September, 1882, I find reference to a
sister storm in September 21, 1895,
twelve years afterward. On the 18th
of the present month the moon will
pass over the suns disk few degrees
west of San Francisco, causing a solar
eclipse, the moon herself being in peri
oree and trua -hanrs latar ON tha naloc-
tial equator, Mars and Venus will both
be in conjunction with her on that
dSy."