The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-05-08
APROPHETS aLWaN.r

Presiding Elder of Northern Colorado
and Wyoming.
A PROPHETS ALMANAC.
The following curious article is taken
from the Troy Times of the l0,h of No
vember, 1873:
Here is Just the enterprise that should
receive the support Of mankind. We have
prophets i'll abundance, croaking seers usu-
ally, who constantly predict a smash-up
for every body and everything, but for some
reason they do not attempt to explain the
world wags on. without taking pains to
make the prophecies good. But sZadkiers
Almanac" six penny hook published in
London, is made of different stuff. 1t ia
now In its forty ninth year, and MANY of
its ''gues.es," as the skeptical would call
them, have been strangely fulfilled to the
letter. The predictions are based on the
coniunctions and aspects of the planets.
The rules of his science, Gays this almsnac
sage, were framed more than a thousand
years ago and he protests against the ser
ror Of confounding the rules of divination
adopted by would-be dealers in magic, pal
mistry, chiromancy and other things of
that class with the simple and natural rules
of astral science" In the 81 idkiel Altman
sc" for 1852 the prophet said that earth
quakes would occur near Csrthagena about
July 10th Of that year. Sure enough, July
Is, at Cumana, near Carthsgena, there was
an earthquake in which 1900 persons lost
their lives. Zsdkiel declared that at
Washington. at the winter solstice of 1876,
the moon joined with Saturn in the third
house was unfortunate for American rail-
ways and threatened great catastrophe
December % came the Ashtabula disaster.
Mars and Jupiter on the meridian at the
vernal ingress would "result in many sad
scenes of violence aud murder" then came
the great railway strikes. The lunar
eclipse of February Goth, was held to indi-
cate IAN outbreak Of some epidemic among
cattle; and sure enough, pleuro-ppeumonia
devastated the live stock of England.
"Physical evils will fall on India" said
the prophet and the famine soon broke
out in that country. For March, 1873, the
entry Of Jupiter into the sign Aquarius,
which rules Russia, was declared To be
favorable opportunity for peace if the dip
lomatists would seize it. On the,l7th of
March the treaty of San SteGano was rati-
fed. The loss of the Eurydice and Lady
Alice, the heated term and the yellow fe-
yer in this country, the attack on the En-
peror William, and the death of Victor
Emmanuel and the pope, were all foretold,
some OF them a year in advance OF their
occurrence. Now this seems to be proph-
esying to some purpose. Whether it is in
black art OF some sort that the prophet con-
jures with, or be is legitimstely gifted with
the power OF reading future events in the
stars, it makes no difference SO long as he
hits the mark.
What does Zadkiel say of the immediate
future? From the Sth to the 18th of this
month earthquake shocks will be felt in
Eastern Europe, The stationary position
of Mars on the 30th inst. will be evil tor a
certain English prince, also for the mon
archs OF Germany and Italy. December
will be an evil day for Liverpool. Deem
Der Is great catastrophe is threatened on
the Northern railway in England. The
new year will dawn on scenes OF violence,
bloodshed, accidents and explosions Ac-
cidents will occur in mines about January
IL. The President of the United States |
will have his hands full of trouble that |
month, while in England the imprison-
ment or disgrace of some great parsonage |
with the government is to be |
looked for. In February the cardinal signs |
furnish ominour portents for the peace of |
Europe, Mexico and India. Great Bri-
tain may expect not to recover her buoy
ancy OF trade, while further strikes will /
occur, and the revenue will fall off on the
2lst. In March '79, many deeds of violence
will take place in Russian cities; danger
turks in the path of the German emperor
about the 1lth, and great clerical scan
ial will break out in England. Some
yreat man in Germany will be brought low
md degraded. Another famine is predict
d for India In this country there will be
discord between the President and the
,eople, trouble with the Indians. disputes
u Congress on the marriage and divorce
avs lis that SO p, shocks Of earthquake in
he West, religious disputes leading to
Genes OF violence, high rate of mortality,
nd the death Of many great and illustrious
len.
In April the religious world will be
realty agitated, and the King of the Bel
ians will suffer. In May there will be
forms and floods at Alexandria, evil times
q Turkey and at Paris. June will be an
specially bad month. Discord, public
usrrels, murders and scenes of violence
ill be rife in Birmingham and Leicester.
he King ii the Belgians, Queen Isabella,
ne Danish King and Prince Leopold are
threatened with sunstroke, wounds in the
cad and epidemic diseases. On the 30;h
ne conjunction of Mars and Saturn de-
otes war, bloodshed and cholera in Tur-
ey; deadly fevers and railway strikes in
reat Britain war ard heavy losses in
reece; in this country epidemic fever,
iseases among sheep and small cattle, and
Ood fortune TO womans rights. Death
i'll be busy among the great during July.
he King of the Belgians, Queen Isabella,
rince Leopold and Princes Beatrice are
entioned. The Gar will be in trouble, and
ill have to increase his armies. In August
,eland will be greatly disturbed and Per I
q warlike. Gu en- Victoria is threatened
it'll great and unexpected blow. Prince
fired may meet with an accident, in adj
ltion to family loss. Scarcity of food 6
/ Persia, storms in the Mediterranean, I
erical troubles in France and Germany,
iphtheria ravases in England and Wales
re predicted for September. A busy time
Americans now begins; trade and COM
erce will be extended very greatly there i
i'll be a prosperous autumn, merry-mak.
lg, ger ral good health; high death rate
nong old people; probably an epidemic i
nong sheep; much work for lawyers; t
rangling among rival religious sects and
rious accidents on the great trunk rail-
'ads or on the. high seas. Our country,
is of thee, Sweet land Of Liberty, Of thee .
.dkiel sings. r
So many of Zldkiel's prophecies have
me to pass that, without doubt, large
ass of curious people will make it a /
ecial business for a time to see whether h
s reading of the stars, as recorded in the a
W number of his almanac, was to the (,
lrpose. I,
System. Il
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