New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06
THE END OF THE WORLD.
MANY TIMES PREDICTED. BUT AS MANY
TIMES POSTPONED.

PREDECESSORS OF MR. sTUTzKE IN FRrlTlhSS
PROPHECIES OF DESTRUCTION
To the Editor of The Tribune
Cir. Desnite the announcement made by MI
Stutzke that the world was TO come " a." ~
last Wednesday 1t still continues 10 ron vi"
According to his statement the ice al 'he -\oi VA
Pole YVES to reach to the sun. and pehs ihei'o"
wou,d cause a second deluge. The mean us
lance Of the sun from the earth being i'ue
Ices than o3OOOOOO miles. how many cup'o
feet of ice would be required TO reaon from
~. North Pole to the sun? This is question
Mr. Stutzke should be prepared to answer II liz
wishes TO verify his somewhat startling state
-. According TO the latest news we are
assured that the event has been postponed lot
.n nrobablv to allow the necessary
,,ovn, ~ ice TO collect at the polar regions
r. .ha credit of the present generation DE IL
cold that Mr. Stutzke and his band OF 1oi'o"
GRO were so greatly in the minority as 10 cause
mora amusement than alarm. The dav "nen
such an announcement would create a leeHhe VI
terror has passed away, and the 'eachns' "
science have made the world less creociou'.
Nevertheless as long as 1t exists 'heIe win
doubtless be Mother SYMPTOMS to announce us
determination "a
In tho wear 1000 A D. Mother Shipton had
nronhesied that the end of the world was u oe
brought about indirectly by means OF "a'a"'
who had been chained for a thousand years
,s NO. 10 he loosened when the thousand
wears were complete. His temporary "lu',p.'
.oa % load 10 the second coming of Christ
the Dav of Judgment and to the emo vi al
things terrestrial The anticipation OF 'heSe
events caused natural phenomena. such as are
occurring AT all times to assume more por'en-
.s ,srect Every meteorological and cees'idi
,h.ron,enon was arxious,y watched as the pos
s;h,a nrecursor of the coming catastrophe -
comet appeared and was visible FOR nine ua.s o.
end every one began TO ask, rs this 'ne ei'
A meteor was seem which was ues''' "
the following graphic manner
.rh. heavens opened and a kind OF naming
..u., feu unon the earth leaving behind long
track Of light like the path OF hash Vi ne"
ming Its brightness was so great '''a' -
ened not only those who were IN 'he "e"'' ~
even those who were in the houses | '
ono, ing in the skv slowly closed me" 80" VIZ"
horror the figure Of a dragon. whose rect were
t,,,a and whose head seemed TO grow larger anu
larger" u.on.
This description illustrated WIN d "o''
aorfu, nicture There is the meteor track dr.
-, - &C 20 resemble the figure of a dragon
and lest unimaginative people Should IAN ~ 90
,ha resemblance a dragon 10 match is set pe
eide the celestial appartion and TINS creature
&c labelled for the benefit Of the inexper'ehceu
SERPENT with the blue feet.
IN the DAYS when people were fuli OF S'i"p''
,,rh and superstition men believed '"a' "''
deupes and CONGREGATIONS that TOOK pid0V "N
intended for the regeneration OF the world Ai'e,
zach catastrophe the human race Was supP
70 be better but gradually fallins a"a' W
this happy state 1t was Overwhelmed Win
disasters and threatened desru,uoh' Inv
Eevptians taught that In consequence VI Wv
GRADUALLY increasing welcomes Oh iie" ''""''
o. ,erm,nst,on Of each era the goes could pear
I, M longer and shock OF the eiemeh's VI d
sa,ree was sent to ovsrwhelm them, after "hch
80, . 90 was renewed on the earth.
,1ss astroogers gravely announced that
49, or,d wou,d he destroyed by the conJuhc-
.,, ~ oil the planets. Some years later aho'hei
o,arr,, was raised and it was announcer ''"'
.,,ohr;st was born in Babylon. ana tnerelole'
-, ,ne human race would be destroyed IN i'"-
simon Goulart gave ar appallhs a'''"'i' "
terrible sights seen in Assyria, "here d mum
tain opened and showed scroll WIN ie'.e's "
Crock The end of the world ~ coming Dun
,ha veer passing in safety. q famous 2sfoiote'
nred,cted II again In 1854 and the peopie were
go terrified that they sought for refuge III 'ne
9S.,.ohos Some people actually made their
x.,ilIg seeming
q somewhat unnece sary performance " ~"
end of the world at hand
stofHer. one of the most famous fna'ne'''
.,o,o,s NJ eur )pc in the sixteenth century pre-
s,c,ed q universal deluge for lo24' Which was
o. take Mace during the month OF FEBRUARY
,ooouse Jupiter Saturn and Mars were 'he"
,ooather in the sign of Pisces. Nhen 'hese t'u-
,nce were spread abroad through Europe ASIA
and Africa many were filed WIN cohs'eI""
ton and in the maritime PROVINCES vi Wv
MANY people sold their lands Tor very "."c ~
those who had more sense and less cre'ui's.
Some built boats like arks. ana oovto' -,
Toulouse built large ark ior I Es,r %n' came
friends However. the month OF fepi uai Na
and NOT a drop Of rain fell. and the as'roiose''
were very muca puzzled ,.x. oiarde
In the year 1Ii3 IT was reporter s. .ne aa~ had
one Of tho ablest mathemauciahs Oh tiie uaa nov, 40
nredcted the end of the world. as the result VI
n collision between the comet ana lne 1a '', =,
No one can say how this statement hioS nm
exctod great terror among those VINO "e go. u,.
81 IN distingush between fact ana nCuol.
In 1892 IL was announced that bie,a . p n,th
1896 would return that year anu ma ,ha ppss,h
~ the comet very nearly lntersec'eu Wy Pa td.
- Tho earth This suggested an apF'oa."'tts
collision between the earth ana ,he ~, ,ts a..
though nothing Of the KIND was ,li'p,i h" we've
naveTthcless there We're many pe"pie W.; VIZ, WI
H,,od ,y,th terror at the thought In I'ni ac
cording to another prophecy mace ny Mo' i',t
Shipton the world was TO come 10 an .i.' LII, ~
o~ tba nrophecv was not Verlned we mus ''"'t
@or iis fulflment at a later date AS nothng VI
;n,nortance occurred in that year, d u,Sn'ai
1. 90 circulated TO the effect that the come.
~ isI3' which was supposed to have relurned
IN 1850 would come back again IN 1871. aHu
bring about the end Of the world. but 'he
cars entertained with regard to the return OF
.ha COMET of 1913 arr without foundation. and
the world may await with calnness 'he io'.Ie
return of this comet. Some believe 'hh' ',c
rrorld will come to an end in 1000 A. D. which,
ording IN them Will make G.OO0 years from
the creation; followed by LOU years OF miileh-
NAL Sabbath. .,, - 49,, .,..,,
Tn reality. as we know nothing OF the origin
-. ~, sarth so we know nothing or the end
- ~ world and while science teaches uS that