The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

in the next thirty years-and
after the manner of the old
Bibican descriptions. The
agent of destruction will be the terrible
nucleus of the leonds.
The luln will be universal and COM
pletei
DR.. j. T. Boyd who, In a previous arti-
Gle, advanced the theory that in 1893 there
would be q meeting of the earth and the
nucleus of the leonids, or what is more
commonly termed, the November meteors
presents in the following the scientific
proof for his prophecy.
His discussion of his most startling
theory is both lucid and intensely inter-
y, esting.
We will prove our position. Both by
scripture and by science, which in the
line of revelations are wonderfully synon-
imous.
ut is impossible for the Bible. the word
of which is the Jaws Of nature well
of Cod to be contradictory"
This statement was made by the -nenl-
bers Of the Royal Astronomical society of
London and signed by GAO members Of
that great organization.
To quote few well-known authorities:
BY Dr.. j. T. Boyd.
When I was a boy studying astronomy
with Prof o. M. Mitchell at the observa-
tory at Cincinnati. One night we were
viewing the planet Saturn and his rings
through the large telescope Prof Mitchell
called my attention to the space be-
tween the rings. He said: my boy, you
may live to see the inner ring settle down
on the body of the planet for the space
between the rings is constantly widen
ing"
This prediction is being fulfilled at the
present time. for the latest photographs
of Saturn show that the lowest part Of
the inner ring is dragging on the body Of
the planet, and this ring will soon be alb
sorbed by the body of the planet.
The predicting the result of well-known
scientific laws is not Objectionable, but
commeASable.
=. Some have criticised my article in The
Sunday Sentinel on meteors and called it
fanatical and untrue
This is not strange, for those who have
not studied the subject cannot but
doubt it.
"a collision between the nucleus of
large comet and the earth might be a sert-
Gus matter. If, as Prof. Pierce supposes,
the nucleus is a solid body, of metallic
density, many miles in diameter, the eff
feet where the comet struck would be ter
comb.)
In 1866 a bright star suddenly appeared
burning with great brillancy in the con-
stellation Corona. It faded rapidly, and
in twelve days 1t had nearly disappeared.
1t gave two distinct spectra in the specro-
scope, showing that two stars had come
in collision.
1.-The fact that these objects blazed up
only once in their history shows that the
phenomenon is due to some cataclysis Of
=. ~, IL
-. most natural theory is that the outburst
is due to a collision" (Newcomb)
Now, what evidence have we to believe
that just such a catastrophe is threaten
ing our world In the near future?
In 1898 published article on the No
vember meteors. and I declared then,
from ethe best calculation I could make,
that our earth would pass very close to
the nucleus. If not come in contact with
it. Some six months afterward Prof
Kalb of Vienna, Austria, gave it as his
opinion that such would be the case
The fact is the orbit of the November
meteors differs very little (only II de-
grees) from the orbit of our earth, and
our earth passes through that swarm
once every thirty-three years. but at
different part each time, coming nearer
to the nucleus each time. The meteors
going at the rapidity of twenty-five
miles a second in one direction, and our
earth passes them at the rate of nineteen
miles a second, going in an opposite d.
rection.
If our earth would strike the nucleus of
either of the comets that are leading the
swarm the terrible effects mentioned by
Prof Newcomb would occur and Just
such a seismic CONFUSION is mentioned
in the scriptures
1 stated If my calculations were correct
our earth would pass between the swarm
and the nucleus; if so there would be no
display of meteors that year
The result proved the correctness of my
calculations, for there was no display Of
meteors, but some heavy airolites fell in
different parts of this country, and one
fell In Brazil, South America, of great
size eighty feet long and fifty feet wide).
According to the law of tangential mo-
ton, the heavier bodies would lead
So 1t is with comets, the head or nu-
cleus being heavier, precedes the other
lighter matter that is strung along as a
tail.
Our earth did pass through the field of