Show TROUBLE FOR THE COAST there will be a grand obscuration of the sun through ane action of the moon in getting directly in front of him on the fth of next october and speculations as to what it will do if anything to the earth anu how it will be accomplished are rife it willbe will be visible lu in the western part of mexico some parts of south america aud and in canada but in no part of the united states will the phen be so complete as to justify serious apprehension rho nearest approach to forebodings so far beems to be inbae Francisco where an astronomer aairon omer flamed has ban warned the people to be on the lookout lor for an able t idled earthquake the atie chronicle Chron iole says that thai is an astrologer and inventor also that by looking at the stars stare and then referring to an almanac imported at great ex pense from europe Europ ebe be can tell things that other people never dreamed of still he gets nothing for it he does doea other peoples predicting for them simply because he be likes the work the eclipse with the earthquake on the abe 11 side ide which he has arranged to come off this fall fail is ie going to be well worth seeing that paper announces ill it not too tired mr will remain up himself to observe the phenomena immediately after the eclipse the earth will bedzin ben in to shiver like a mould of calver calved foot afoot jelly and also split open I 1 in n places large islands that have long broken the monotony of the pacific watery wastes will be swallowed up but new ones are expected in other place placed gigantic tidal waves created by the upheaval will break chunks off the edge of the united states and carry them out to sea never to be seen or beard of again 11 As it all this were not quite startling enough we are further advised that people living along the coast should take timely ant and move back into the interior counties before october 9 1898 1893 because great low of life will attend the disturbance but there is in no fear of the earth being entirely destroyed mr says himself sk lf that nature can never entirely exterminate herself no matter maiter how 9 great the shock there would still fe remain a few edges of bf the e earth to which those fortunate enque h tp 16 DC P in the vicinity could cling until rescued during mr neldys s seismic disturbance the shocks books will be alarmingly rm frequent but he is prepared for far the worst amt perhaps there way may he found thing in the pred prediction lotion when the late professor proctor was shown that ablit one of canadian Wiggin blo foretold strafes et fes had ad materialized on time the great astronomer calmly replied that it was no wonder wiggins made to BO many predictions that the weather coban 41 steer clear of all of them |