The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-06-25
TOTEM PREDICTS WOE.
CONCLU USIONS DRAWN FROM A STUDY
OFPLANITARY SYSTEMS.

OFPLANITARY SYSTEMS.
Soon All The Planets Will Be On Tn,
Other Side of the Sun Tugginx To.
gether-Wi,at Will Naturally Follow
This Condition of Things as He
Reads the Signs.
Lieut.. c. A. L. Tottten, U. S. A.,
whose interpretations Of the Bible
and prophecies have won him fame
in the past, thinks that the end of the
age is at hand, and that the St. Louis
tornado, the political situation and
other present conditions prove that he
is right. In a statement of his views,
which he has just issued he says:
"lt will not be denied that if a
magnet revolves in a circular orbit
about a central core that is in con-
nection with a register, the register
will indicate no variation during the
the revolution, while, if the revolu-
tion, be eccentric, as, for instance,
in an elliptical orbit, the register will
inevitably indicate maxima and mini
ma, as the outward magnet draws near
to and away from the central core
Now, the earth is just such a magnet,
revolving about the sun, which is an
other, rotating about its own axis.
Hence the needle points to the north,
because of the thermo electric action
of the sun upon the whole magnet. As
the earth's orbit is elliptical, it is a
wellknown scientific fact that we
have periods of maxima and minima
in electrical phenomena, during both
the diurnal motion and the yearly
revolution, as we'll as secular rise and
fall.
$50 with all the planets. When
they are at their nearest to the sun, or
in perihela, we have a maximum and
the reverse obtains at their aphelia.
When two or more planets are in coin
cident relation the comic resultant is
increased.
"Let it now be noticed that we
(human beings are the denizens OF
our own terrestrial magnet, its subjects,
SO to speak, and are bound to show
forth the influence in our collective
capacity. And not o, ly we but the
atmosphere and the sea, aye, and the
depths beneath, yea, and the physical
currents in the human body and all
that this implies must and will and dc
respond to the varying influences o
the solar system, as whole, and as ex'
pressed at the solar centre, and then
telegraphed outward to all of its ele
ments.
"Now, l am advancing no new
theory, but one founded on the work:
OF no less authority than Noah Webster
whose disquisition upon storms, pesti
lences, their history and periodicity,
was considered important enough by
our ancestors to be published at Gov
eminent expense about 100 years ago.
He was followed by DR.. Knapp, o.
Chicago, who, in 1882, propounded
the perihelian theory, and anticipated
all that is now going on in the solar
system. So, also, Benner, famous
among all stock brokers, fnanciers,
and grain merchants for his prophe.
cies as to the cycles Of trade, the rise
and fall Of prices, elaborated the idea
from another standpoint, and host oi
other specialists hive treated it alone,
the whole rang- Of religion, politics,
business, crime, insanity, life and NOR
tality.
"Twice in the Christian era three
of the greater planets exterior to earth
have been in coincident perihelia, in
the sixth and sixteenth century. They
were famous eras of plague, pestilence,
and perturbation among men, and
now for the first time in the history OF
MN all of the planets, exterior as we'll
as interior, superior as we'll as inferior,
are approaching a coincident period
of ominous and l cannot but believe
malific influence. 1t will eliminate
only at the very end of this century,
and may extend we'll over into the
next. At that time all Of the planets
will be in line, conjunction, tugging
together at the sun, while the earth
upon the opposite side of the sun, will
be subjected to their united action.
speak in general terms and upon
premises that have been broadly pub.
lished in standard journals. From
the physical standpoint alone this con.
dtion Of affairs cannot but result in
widespread disaster, expressed in all
the terms that nature knows, cyclones
earthquakes, tidal waves, etc., and
among men, such an unbalancing o
the normal condition as will try te
their deepest foundations the insttu
tions upon which the false system o
modern society lives and moves and
has its being.
"Already we can hear the mute
Of the cosEic powers that are con
spring against US. would hav'
NJ difficulty of convincing a St
Louisian of this. l probably will b.
branded as a headed fool b,
some Eastern paper, whose localit,
is reserved for parallel disaster in du'
time.
"rhe world is in confusion, and
cannot escape the firm conviction tha
it is to be worse confounded as tn
years roll on, and l also believe tha
man who has wasted his resources ant
belied his mission, is responsible, bot
individually and as nationally collect
ed, for his institution, and will be hell
responsible for their failure in the com
ing crisis"
The probable result of having al
the planets on the other side Ct tn
sun tugging away is thus stated b