The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-12

Prof Rudolph Talb. one of the staff
of Instructors at the Vienna university
and an astronomer whose name is known
from one end of the scientific world 10
the other, has settled upon November IL,
as the day that the world shall end. II
his prediction Is true this is not only the
last year in the existence Of our globe
but the last day of the world has actually
arrived.
Early in 1898 Prof. Falb commenced to
predict all manner of unpleasant things
for the world and when 1t was found that
he had accurately predicted the weather
conditions of January and February at
teton was drawn to his warning, That
the other dire occurrences have failed
To occur Will probably have tendency to
give timid persons confidence that the
Vienna professional is nothing more tnan
another false prophet
january and February" he said, we
shall have unprecedented cold waves, cy-
clones and hurricanes Mt sea, with great
loss to shipping, especially on the Ameri-
can coast and continent" -,
''Towards the end OF March we shall
have earthquakes and destroying nall
storms.
In July aud August the Garth viii be
subjected 70 tidal wave tina, VIII de-
stroy the eastern coast OF America inc
effect OF submarine earthquake VIII 50
change The form Of Florida ard California
that they will become islands
ION November 1S, our planet Is TO come
into contact With the comet that Is known
10 astronomers ais the U;lnet Of 1856 with
tho result that our planet viii be PARTIAL
lyi If not entirely destroyed
Such was t5e prediction chat has made
many timid persons shudler ylth dread
fof they have remembered that Prof Fab
Ind made predictions that had been iul-
filled, Fos Instance several days before
the great earthquake at Iante In March,
1881, he sent warnings TO the press in
all parts of Europe and even went so far
as 10 postpone an engagement 20 leatre
in that vicinity, saying that he preferred
TO speak Of the results OF the earthquake
after 1t had occurred rather than be sub
jerted to unpleasant features.
The earthquake came as Prof Fab
predicted and when january and February
were conspicuous far their cold AMI the
papers oil March contained details ~
earthquakes more thnn one person began
to believe that the end Of this globe as
an inhabitahlc planet was actually In
prospect. Up To the present time how
ever. this has been The limit of the pro-
waves in July and August, the coast of
America is still intact and neither Florida
or California have yet become Islands.
AS the result one has some reason TO
hope that the most uncomfortable part
of Prof. Falb's predictions will be carried
out in the same manner for one dncs not
like 10 think of the end of the old eartt
going to smash and in the manner thai
the Austrian astronomer has predicted.
lie L. ot tho opinion that tho metepric
display that IL to occur on November u
and H. Is nothing more than tho appear
ance OF the army Of meteors that accom-
pany the Biela's comet Instead OF pass
ing by us in grand array the comet Itself
Will collide with the earth and on this
occasion. by mixture Of the gases OF
the comet aud the earth. liquid VIII
result that Will be similar to ben2ine OF
petroleum and II VIII be the province OF
this liquid TO FIRST soak and then burn
the earth and everything upon H.
Unpleasant as such n prophecy may
seem there is some comfort IN the Thought
that this Is not the FIRST time that this
comet has been expected to bring the
earth to an untimely end. Years ago
II was predicted that 1t wns 10 come into
collision with Tho earth and thtrc we're
those who were so foolish as to prepare
for the general destruction.
So far as we are concerned the history
OF this comet dates back 10 February u.
1926 when NJ. Blela, an astronomer
working in Bohemia. discovered a faint
comet whose orbit, or path around tho
sun was calculated TO take about six and
three-quarters years. Early in 1929 at
tention was called to The fact that this
comet was soon TO pass within 900 mites
of the earth's orbit. but that as the earth
did not meet that particular spot until
one month after the comet had passed
the inhabitants OF this globe need feel no
apprehension
AZ this time there were no prophets of
evil among the learned men Astrono-
mers and scientists generally wero per-
fectly satisfied that there was no cause