The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-08
PROF. COLES DEOEMBER.
A HEAVENLY PANORAMA.

OF the current month, there will occur
IN the heavens the most remarkable
panorama that the inhabitants of this
world have ever witnessed. AS the
sun goes down behind the hills of the
golden West, the moon will rise in its
full beauty above the hills of the s:l-
very East; and soon thereafter, old
earth will begin to draw a dark veil
over the bright shining face of the
moon and all nature will be enshroud-
ed in darkness No scene in fairy le-
gend will approach it in beauty! 1t
will attract more attention, and serious
thought, among the hundreds of mil
lions of human beings all over the
earth than any other similar occur
renee that has perhaps ever before
happened on any occasion known to
history. And the most remarkable
part of this wonderful heavenly pan
Drama is the fact that it will be seen
by all the people of the earth on
both continents; and that it is the an
nlversary evening of John the Baptist,
OF biblical records, Ethe forerunner OF
Christ: and the third evening after
Christmas, which is believed by many
to be the anniversary of Christ's
birth. This wonderful display of the
power and wisdom of our Creator will
we believe, be the means of making a
complete change in the present theor-
les of science and astronomy; and
prove TO be the first heavenly panor-
ANA or lnitiatory performance of the
millennium
THE VITAL FORCES EXPLAINED.
The preponderance of High Flood
days last month kept the great storms
at bay in the New World and sent
them broadcast over the antipodes of
the Old World, and thousands of peo-
pie lost their lives in the awful storms
and floods that swept in the Orient;
for when the High Flood vital forces
have the ruling power here, the Low
Ebb vital forces that spread destruct-
Ion and disease wherever they go.
This month the vital forces will go up
and down like churn dasher, cross
ing and recrossing the equatorial line
some twelve or thirteen times during
the month, giving the Low Ebb vital
forces the ruling power in America.
So watch out for destructive storms
and evil doings. From the I'd to the
9th, from the 18th to the 2oth, and
from the 25th to the 29th are great
danger periods!
VALUABLE INFORMATION.
Turkeys, chickens and all kind of
fowls; beef, pork and all kinds of
meats intended for the Christmas
trade or for home use should be killed
on the 2oth, 2Ist, or 24th: and for the
New Years trade, on the 10th, goth,
or 3Ist: as all the other days are Glow
Ebb' days and all flesh killed at Glow
Ebb" time is not in proper condition
to be eaten by man; and its discolor-
alton caused by quick decomposition
destroys its real market value too.
The 3rd, 3oth. and 31st will be the
only really good days during the whole
month to kill pork and beef for winter
use; and to make sauer kraut. The
3rd, goth and 3Ist will be the best
days to fish and to hunt; and the 2Ist
22nd and 27th will be the next best
days. The 5th, 9th, 9TH and 10Th
will be bad days for ali those troubled
with heart disease; and it will be we'll
for all such to refrain from laborious
exercise on those days.
NEW RECORDS ALL AROUND.
Two meteors are coming earthward
at rapid pace. Another approach
ing comet can now be sighted just out
side of the orbit of Jupiter. Earth is
now in the "House of Sickness" and
disease epldemics will spring up over
the country like magic. The Novem-
Der meteoric shower, that the great
astronomers predicted would come on
the 14th, is delayed by ''strong head
wlnd!" Earthquake shocks may shock
the whole world. A deep sorrow is
now over-shadowing America. The
alrquake that we predicted, came in
Italy and tore down a whole town with
its terrible conclusions. The white
wire worms, which we foretold their
coming last summer, will attack the
wheat crop and destroy thousands of
acres this winter and next spring. The
race war came, as we predicted, and
will continue to grow in hatred until,
perhaps the very men who fought for
their freedom will fight for their ami
hilation.