Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-12
The Moon Is Red and the Air
= Smokey

The following newspaper clipping VIII explain
itself:
ASTRONOMERS GIVE TWO REASONS FOR
"RED MOON"
st. Louis March 29.-For the past two
weeks the moon has been unusually red. Rev.
Martin S. Brennan, professor Of astronomy at
Kenrick Seminary, says the air is fun OF I'M
purities because of the long drouth and that
this gives the moon red appearance. Rev.
Irl L. Hicks says of the red NOON: I'm
my lifetime 1 have never known similar at
mospherical condition to prevail for SO long
period. The atmosphere is densely tnpregnat-
ed with gases and impurities and the breaking
up will be accompanied by terrific electrical dis
turbances, earthquakes and volcanic eTuptions."
Rev. IrI Hicks has been a forecaster for
strange bappenings for 80 or 40 years. His
predictions have been wonderfully accurate. He
is a good guesser. and if he is not prophet
he has some wonderful luck in Uniting the
nail on the head"
Today Marcn goes out, the strangest March
ever remember to have seen. The weather
has been absolutely perfect for farming opera
lions, without rain or high winds. 1 have
sometimes seen colder weather in July than
we have had in the usual WINDY, cold March
during 1910.
MT. Etna is in eruption. The people who live
ON the sides Of this volcanic mountain have been
I'm many places run out Of their homes by flow
Ing streams of red-hot lava How long the Flow
will continue no man knows, or how soon the
volcano will belch out more lava and cause
more destruction is one of the unknown things
that only Omniscience can tell.
/ have been expecting storms. looked for
them when the equinox occurred on the 2lst OF
March. We usually have equinocuai gales near
the 2lst of March and the 21st of September.
Sometimes these gales do immense deal OF
destruction -
Rev. Irl Hicks predicts. you VIII notice.
that volcanic eruptions will occur.
Mt Etna is erupting terribly even now. He
predicts earthQuakes-and we viii not forget
the earthquakes that desolated Charleston, ).
c., some years ago-and overwhelmed san
Francisco a short time since.
The electrical disturbances in this world can
come like a thief in the night, and spread
havoc and desOlation where least expected. we
had hail storm last october when least
expected that accompanied a cyclone in some
parts of Barlow county, and ii came like a
flash from heaven. / mention these things TO
put our readers on notice as TO what may De
expected. When the weather takes turn
and we lose this strange hot weather and red
moon THAT perplexes the mind Of the Oldest
inhabitants). we may set IL down that some
thing uncommon is either going to happen, or
we have entered on new weather conditions,
where August has been set down In March.
We may all prepare for something out OF the
usual order, and if Halley's comet is getting
so near the earth that feeling the heat
Of this strange traveller through the sky, then
April may show more heat and the moon may
get redder.
1t reached a long way across the SKY. Miller,
a forecaster Of events, predicted that the world
would come to an end. My childish magma
ton clothed the comet with horrible inten
lions. / covered my little eyes. when 1t hun
above us, with such brilliant splendor. But
went and / am still here to write about comet
spd the unknown future ahead OF u.s.