The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-05
THERE MUST BE SUN spoTs.

THERE MUST BE SUN SPOTS.
There was a time when the fiery COM
cts in the heavens presaged pestilence
and war. Before the happening of any
momentous event there was Supposed
to be warnings given to those who had
the wisdom to read them Alright.
The mysterious handwriting on the wall
at Balshazzar's feast and which Daniel
so courageously interpreted, has been
seen by wise men many times since and
in every zone under the heavens.
If the coming of Christ is to be herald
ed by wars and rumors of wars, then is
the day at hand For never has there
been such an universal unrest; never be-
fore has grim-visaged war presented his
horrid front in so many hooks and cor
ners of this old globe of ours.
From the United States and Canada
troops are being hurried to the Philip
pines and South Africa In South Amer
lea, trouble is brooding between Chile.
Peru and Bolivia. Rumors Of a royalist
uprising come from Brazil. England is
straining every nerve to crush the Boer
power. Russia Is torn with internal
strife which may end in a general and
bloody revolution. Austria Hungary is
on the verge Of dissolution as an empire.
after which will come reign of anarchy.
The Arabs have rebelled against the srI-
tam and Macedonia will soon follow suit
Bankrupt and nerveless the Turkish en-
plre is about to go the way of all the
earth. China is a HELPLESS crinnle at tba
mercy OF the powers. Japan stands.
sword in hand, ready and anxious to
realize on her work of six wears ago
Italy is about to withdraw from the
triple alliance, and the German emper-
or, while in the midst of apparent tran
guilty, hints at internecine plots against
the royal person. There is peace no.
where. The spirit of war and violence
seems to pervade the atmosphere. Whv
is this? There have been no comets in
our solar system for years to intoxicata
The cause must be looked FOR IN tba
sun. For was it not claimed by a. distin-
gudshed professor of such things that
there was an unvarying coincidence be-
tween the appearance of sun spots and
national disturbances: Sun spots If must
be. Having arrived at this conclusion
by the very satisfactory process of elm
1nation Qf it be not due to the sun snots
what is it due to- it only becomes moo
essary to ascertain the condition of
the sun now and it's probable condition
during the next six months to be able TO
control the whole situation. The man
VINO Keeps posted on the sun spots will
be able to ride in his own carriage and
cruise in his own yacht. He will know
When to corner commodity and when
not to touch it with a ten-foot pole. For
instance, few days ago when pork went
up with rush upon the probability that
there would be scrap in the far East
between Russia, England and probably
Japan, the fellow posted on sun spots
would have bought short When people
wanted to gamble that the war in South
Africa would not last year, he could
have taken a squint at old Sol through
his smoked glass and covered their money
with an absolute assurance of being
winner when the year was up.
That fellow Hamlet was pretty near
right when he remarked to his chum
There are more things in heaven and
earth than are dreamed of in your phil
osophy Horatio.''