Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-02-16
Downfall of Napoleon III.

The following statements we clip
from an old paper published in Phil
adelphia in 1866 which are, to say
the least, curious if not interesting,
and seem almost like prophecy.
They will be read with interest just
at this time, owing to the fact that
the prediction has come true, varying
only a few months from the time
specified. What strange combina-
ton of figures and dates. The
writer says:
Some one curious in the statistics
of fatality, has been making calcu-
lations to show that Napoleon Ill.
will come to his downfall in 1869.
The calculations are founded on
some very odd condolences Of dates,
which we will try to explain. In the
first place, they take the dates of the
principal events in the history of
Louis Philippe and his Queen,
which they group together SO as to
snm up 1S4S, the year of his down
fall. Thus Louis Philippe was
born in 1913 and ascended the throne
in 1880. Now to 1880 add separately
the figures l, Z, Z, 3, of his birth
date, and they make 1S4S, thus: 1880
and and Z and 3 make 1S4S. The
same result is reached if we take
the'yea of his marriage. That event
occurred in 1909, and he ascended
the throne in 1880. Now 1880 and
and and 8 and 0 and 8 make lS4S.
Again, if we take the date of his
Queens birth 1882, and go through
the same process-lS30 and L and 7
and and 2, we arrive at the same
fatal year, 1S4S, in which he lost his
throne.
The second part of the calcula-
tion is this: Napoleon III. was born
in 1908, and ascended the throne in
1852. Now, if we start with 1852,
and add the separate figures in has
birth year, we come to 1S52-for
1852 and and s and 0 and make
1869. So, too, of his Empress. Eu-
genie was born in 1926. Taking
the date Of his ascent to the throne
in 1852, we have; 1852 and / and
and 9 and 6-again bringing us to
the fatal 1869. He married Eugene
in 1858, and taking the year 1852
and adding the separate figures of
his marriage year, and it still points
to 1869. Thus 1852 and / and s and
5 and 3 make 1869. In fact, these
French historical dates are full of
such curious indications. Robe
sphere fell in 1874. Taking that
date and adding the separate figures
of it as above, and we have 1884
and 1 and Z and 9 and 4-making
the date of Napoleon's fall, 1915.
Pursuing the same method, we take
1915, and l and and l and 5, max
ing 1850, the date of Charles KS.
Going on to 1s4s, the date of Louis
Phillippe's downfall, and we find that
1848 and l and 8 and and s brings
US once more to the fatal 1869.
| But there is still another fatality
attending these French dynasties,
which is put in this form: Seren-
teen years was the limit of suprem.
acy of Napoleon l.; serenteen years
the restored Bourbons reigned; ser-
enteen years Louis Philippe occu.
pied the throne; and the same sec
enteen years being accorded to Ma,
poleon Ill, it carries him to the
fated 1869 as the end of his career.
And this fatal seventeen is also pro.
duced by strange condolences.
Taking the figures in the year of his
birth, 1905, and adding them up
thus, l and 8 and 0 and s. and they
sum up II; taking the figures in the
year of the Empress birth, 1926,
and adding them, and s and 2 and
6, and they also make II; then tax
ing the figures in the year of his
marriage, 1853, l and and 8 and
3, and they likewise foot up II.
These condolences are eXtraor.
dinary enough to set the wonder.
mongers at work, and some of them
see the finger of fate in it all. And
itnot unfrequently happens that such
shadowy prophecies set influences
in motion that enable them to work
out their own fulfillment. The
Bonapartes are all confirmed fatal
lists, and these things may cause the
present head of the family great
many anxieties about 1869.