The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-04

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! ME 'SoTHER SHIPToN's PRoPHEcY-H. A.
| EXLsS b., Whitehall, Cal. The lines known as
| 1%SaS Mother Symptoms Prophecy" were said
| to have been first published in 1885. be-
lore the discovery OF America, and OF course be-
fore any OF the discoveries and Inventions men,
toned therein. The prophecy ran:
Carriages without horses shall 70,
And accidents fill the world with woe.
Around the world thoughts shall fly
In the twinkling of an eye.
Waters shall yet more wonders do
Now strange, yet shall be true.
Inc world upside down shall be.
And gold be found at root of tree.
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse ass be at his sidc
Under water man shall walk.
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
IN the air men shall be seen,
In white, In black, in green.
Iron in the water shall float
AS easy a wooden boat
Sold shall be found mid stone
IN land that's now unknown.
FIRE and water shall wonders do,
Eng shall at last admit jew.
And this world to an end shall come
IN eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
Your second question has been fully answered
In the 1ner-Ocean "Curiosity-shop' by cor
respondent, from which lhe @. c. quotes substan-
tlaily. In the library OF the British Museum
thefe are about score OF prints and reprints CIV
ing an account Of Ursula Seathley, alias Mother
Shipton, born, 1t is said, In knoresborougt, near
Inc Dropping Well, and BURIED near Clifton. The
headstone over her grave has the epitaph:
Here lies she who never ly'd,
Whose skill so often has been try'd-
Whose propheses shall still survive,
AND ever keep her name alive.
| This Is said by Mr.. X. Head. who wrote her
life and death In 1857, TO have been found In an
old monastery and decphered from an old man.
uscrlpt. MIR. Head searched the old works and
failed 10 find there the prophecy. A discussion
In England as to The authorship OF the famous
lines ELECTED the fact that Charles Hindley OF
Brighton wrote them. This was In 1862. The
hrst known account was published in 1641,
whereas the subject OF the memoir is said to
have lived in 1854, SO that The pretended bog-
| raphy Is 157 years later than Mother SYMPTOMS
birth and "a after her death. Critics ascribe 1t
to Mr. Lilly, who, II lie wrote Mother Sbiptons
Lie, Death and Prophecies merely presented
to the gullible public history written as
prophecy. The word carriages" instead of
coaches" is considered as clear proof indica-
| tive Of forgery. Sometime In 1880 appeared in
| an Eastern paper an Item that NJ other ShIpton
was verilable character. who. living more than
| 800 years ago, did utter a number Of so-caled
| prophecies, for the most part vague, unmean-
| Ing tumble and without point meaning. In
| 1862 Charles Hindley [named aDove) issued
| what purpOrted to be an exact reprint OF I" a
ehap-book version of Mother Symptoms prophe-
| ces, from the edition OF 144S, in which were
many modern discoveries and inventions, such
| as carriages without horses shall CO." and
winding up with the concluding lines quoted
above. The prophecy was quoted in New
| 1OIh paper ana uSclaltu 10 De 4 forgery, WDll6
an English paper declared that 1t was AN exact
reprint OF The edition for nearly 250 years Oh file
in the British Museum. The New York paper
sent its English correspondent TO look The matter
up and lie found the old prophecies 10 have been
! tumble OF local predictions, that might have
been fulfilled at any and every decade since their
date. None Of the pointed and Interesting pre-
| dictions in the new issue wers in The old book.
| and were evidently written after The supposed
| Hindley wrote letter coDfessing that he had
fabricated the prophecy quoted and several 9th
ers 10 maze The book saable.
| REPUBLICAN AND DEMoCRATIC-K. NJ, City,
| The O. Z. has not the space TO devote to a his
tory of The Two political parties. 1t can only say
! briefly that the name Federal party" was given
10 those who in favor of the adoption of the
| Constitution OF the United States, the looseness
| OF the Union under the Articles OF Confederation
having unsettled business and made all ciizens
| so injured by this State of affairs. In favor OF a
stronger government. The feeling that thus only
could The States become nation had also much
weight IN incliDing the more thoughtful to favor
the Constitution Its adoption left the anti
! Federalists without causes but the opposition
| raised by The cenrrallZng tendencies OF the Adj
ministratiOn took form, aud headed by jefferson
Madison aud Randolph formed the Republican
| party, fIom which sprang the Democratic Repub-
| llcan party, and In our time the Democratic
party. The Federalists called all their opponents
| Democrats; ,he word as first used was Intended
to denote revolutionary tendencies, but after
| 1910 Democrat and Democratic may be accepted
| as synonymous. The Democratic party has as
its fundamental principles the limitation OF
the rowers Of The Federal Government
TO those granted by the letter Of the
Constitution and the Increase of the
direct influence OF The people Ia the affairs of the
| tinued, and In 1892 the party that Twas segre-
gated was known by the name OF Republican,
which from 1854 TO the present has been the
principal opponent of the Democratic party. The
| dissolution OF The Wing party in 1852 led &c its
| formation as consistent advocate OF broad con-
| structi0n and Internal improvements more pop.
| uldr tulu tle FEDERAL paIty ana more DOmOpNra-
| Gus and courageous than the Wings. The name
| was adopted partly because its associations were
/ thought well suited TO draw together many OF
| the discordant elements. The old Wings, the
free-Soilers many know-Nelhings and some few
Democrats, went TO make up the party with the
| Aboiiiionists as species OF allies.
CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE j. T. NJ,
| Yountyille. Cal. The act OF Congress approved
! March 3, 1878, granting certificates where the
original discharge has been lost is still in force
! What of 1t II the certificate is not accepted as
| voucher for the payment OF any claim against
lne Onlteu states Tor pay, bounty or other allow
ahce, or as evidence In any other case? You
can maintain such claim without such certin-
| cate, and the condition was probably demanded
10 prevent assignments OF claims by virtue OF
| such eettihcate-in other words make IL COM
mercial aud negotiable paper, so to speak The
only use" OF such certificate, which NAV be
bad OF the Acknowledgement of the State from
| winch you were mustered into the service, is TO
| furnish proof when the original discharge has
been lost that you have served your country and
| naval service. Many veteran OF lhe g. A. II.
has entered that order oh no other credentials
| save such certificate. His discharge having been
lost, stolen OF destroyed, what documentary
| proof OF his pfeiensons would the veteran have
but for the Certificate issued to him in lieu9
FLOGGING IN THE SERVICE %. b.. San
| Quentin. Cal. The severity OF the punishment
oil hogglng In the army and navy OF England was
diminished by various orders and regulations In
the years 1883 and 1867. Flogging In the army
10 lime OF peace was abolished in 1868 and
finally done away with In the military service Inv
| the Army Discipline and Regulation (anpuaA
BIZ, which received the royal assent on April g.
1881. Az the same time bill was introduced
Tor the abolition OF hogging in The navy. but the
measure was threatened with sucn opposition
that 1t was withdrawn. Strict orders were how.
ever, sent to commanding officers that fiOgging
was not TO be administered without the consent
OF lhe Admiralty In each particular case.
Millions PARADISE Losr''-B. NJ. NJ, CITY,
1t Is not strictly true that Milton sold his epic
poem Paradise Lost" for So. By his agreement
OF the 9th OF April, 1867, he sold to Samuel
summons, printer OF Aldersgate street, London.
ior 10 down. the promise Of another So after the
sale OF first edition of 1900 COPIES and the fur
ther promise OF two additional sums of 60 each
alter tne sale OF TWO more editions of the same
size respectively, all his copyright and commer-
cal interest IN the poem forever.
ADDRESSING AN ENVELOPE. s., City. In
addressing an envelope, IL IS not only eminently
| proper to add the initial Authorizations OF the
name OF The STATE but IL may be even necessary
ioI besides New York, In New York County, n,
New York State, there is New York IN Iowa
ana another IN Texas-small places, It is true
But on me subject OF directing and mailing let.
,efs' me United States Official Postal Guide has
me Ioliopwing: Mail matter should be adj
dressed legibly and completely, giving the name
oil the postohice and, If 10 city having free de-
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