The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-11-18
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE.
What An Old Man Predicts VIM Happen
In the Future.

''You can depend upon it., said an
old gentleman who has seen the frosts
OF many winters, ''that we have some
rough weather ahead. I have noticed
for forty years that the best indication
as to the coming weather is furnished
by the peeling OF apples. I live in
the apple section Of North Carolina,
and We can always judge when the
winter is going to be severe, the peel
ing is thick and very tough: have
never seen it tougher or thicker than
it is this year. Take a timber. twig or
pippin and the peeling is as thick this
year as the King apple of ordinary
years. You may deperd upon it, we
are going to have some rough weatn-
err
This old gentleman's observations
may not be accurate, but they are
strar gely in accord with a recent as
troncmical forecast, which says that
the coming winter will be the severest
since 1913, and colder than can be re.
called by the Oldest inhabitant. This
forecast makes the still further un-
promising prediction that the South
and West will especially suffer; that
we are to have unusual lain and snow
storms and many meteors will fall.
But this noted astrologer, who sees
such terrible weather in the stars. sees
more wonderful things. He bases his
predictions on the fact that during
this month the majority Of the planets
are centering II the mystic and &C
cursed sign Scorpio. As a result, we
are 10 have one surprise after another
until the world is stirred from centre
10 circumference, the catastrophes
coming directly after the lunation Of
the mool. Political upheavals will
sweep the land at home and abroad.
England is to mourn the death Of
her noble Queen, who will not sur
vive the winter, and the passing away
OF this wonderful woman will mark
the greatest change in the annals of
the English Parliament since the days
of King George III. War will be
rampant. The downfall OF Spain and
the freedom of Cuba are to come.
Turkey will be disposed OF and Russia
will assume dictatorial front, with
the result that the English govern
ment will lose some of its valuable
concessions.
There will be more unrest among
the great foreign powers than for
many years. Deaths of prominent
people will occur, and under peculiar
circumstances. Daring robberies will
take place, and there will be an ava
lanche of crime of shocking and
heinous nature. During this month
of Noyem Der stocks will advance rap
idly and commodities of all kinds viii
command higher prices, but will re-
cede again and trade will Gat revive
until after April, 1897. New and
startling discoveries will be made in
science, aud with the incoming Of
spring we will have made wonderful
strides in the modes of travelling on
land, water and IN the air.
Besides the Queen, the planets fore
tell the death of England's brightest
man and the mortality among the
learned men of the world will be Sc
we're. In this month of November
will be born ruler whose power will
be long and mighty. There will be
extreme suffering among the poor m
the cities, and acts of lawlessness and
deportation from them will be fre-
quent; never in the history Of living
man will thele be recorded in so short
time such carnage, wreck and ruin
as this present year will live to tell,
with the worst yet to come.