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Mother shipton's Prophesy

Mother ShiptOn's PrOphesy.
1t will not como amiss, at this time, to
reproduce some curious prophecies. Tho
following lines are said to have been pub
lishcd before. the Crimcan war of 1858,
some authorities dating them as far back as
1853: =,
''In twice two hundred years the Bear
| The Crescent shall assail;
| But if tho Cook and Bull unite,
| The Bear shall not prevail
| But look! in twice ten years again
| Let Islam know and fear
The Cross shall wax, the Crescent wane,
Grow pale and disappear"
brings us to 1858. This was the beginning
of tho bloody Crimean war. France (the
"cock") and England (the 'bull') declared
war in alliance With Turkey Gslam) against
Russia (tho "bcar'D in March 1854 In.
Paris. "Tho bear did not prevail"
"Twico ten years. from this period brings
us to 1876, during which ycar disturbances
commenced in Herzegovina, Bosnia aud
Bulgaria, Montenegro and Scrvia, which
finally involved the Porte in war with tho
two last named provinces, and although
attempts at compromises and mediation
were made by the Congress which assembled
at Constantinople in the fall of 1876, Seryia
alone yielded to Turkish authority Monte.
negro refused all ovcrturcs looking to sub
mission, and Russia, having completed
preparations for the war, made haste to
take such action as hns already given assu-
rance that
"The Cross shall wax, tho Crescent wanc,
Grow palo aud disappear"
| There seems to be little doubt that,
Mother Shipton's famous prophecy was
published in 1888 and revived in 1911. 1t
runs thus:
| "Carriages without horses shall go.
And accidents Gil tho world with WOO,
Around tie world thoughts shall fly
In the twinkIng of an eye.
| Water yet shall wonders do,
Now strange, yet shall be true,
The world upside down shall be,
And gold be found at tho root Of tho tree
Through hills men shall ride,
And no horse or ass shall be at his side.
Under water men shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In tho air men shall be seen
In white, in black, in green.
Iron in tho water shall foac
AS easy as wooden boat.
Gold shall be found and grown
i a land that's not yet known.
Fire and water shall wonders do,
England at last shall admit Jew.
The world to an end shall como
In eighteen hundred and eighty onc.'
Every one of Mother Shipton's prophe.
cies has come to pass save the last, viz: tho
destruction of the world in 1881. This
thing gets mighty close and comfortably
interesting. 1t will not make much diff
ference who shall run for President next
time if Mrs Shipton's prediction should 10
verified.
Hero VIC have the distinct announcement
OF the discovery Of steam, tclography, tho
kctfy motar, the ,Copernican system, tho
Mont Gents and other tunnols, hCalfornia
goid mines; diving apparatus iron ship
building, the marvels of modern chemistry
and natural science, and the political en-.
reimbursement Of the jewish people in Eng.
land eliminating in the predominant power
OF Dlsracli. Mother Shiptons prophecy
has surely brought matters to fine point.
She may fail in locating the day of Judg.
ment in 1881, but who will feel easy until
that facful year shall have como and gono
without grand finale?
Sixty-Gvc of the eighty one lives lost at
tho Ashtabula Railroad disaster, over year
ago, have been paid for by the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railroad Company
at rate averaging $4,000 apiece. Tho
most expensive life cost the company SO, 900,
and nowly married couple wcrc appraised
at only $4,000.
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