The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-29
HER PREDICTIONS.
4 cOLORED WoMAN'S PROPHECIES
CONCERNING FRANCE.

| SSNSGnlNiiNS FhNNSEs
Bhe Lived In Massachusetts and Made tn.
Predictions In 17s0-Important Event.
Clearly Toretold-wni the Others Prov.
True?
After lying hidden for many years uota.
BILE prophecies have buen brought to light
by Felix Duquesnol,a distinguished French
litterateur The manner in which he dis
covered them was curious. Years ago
soon after the beginning of the Franco
German war; to be exact, at o'clock OF
the evening of Sept. 8, 1S70-he entered al
Paris the train bound for Nantes, bust
ness connected with his journal taking
him in that direction.
Between Paris and Chartres o shell
came near striking the train, and few
minutes later a spent ball shattered tho
glass of the commandment next to the one
in which NJ. Duquesnal was seated, After
passing Charities the danger vanished, the
lamps were relit, and as is usual, the pas
senRers furtiyely inspected each other NJ.
Duquosnel thought all his companions
very commonplace persons with the ex-
ccption of one gentleman, who was dressed
like clergyman and looked in every way
an original. His face was pale and clean
shaven; his eyes were wonderfully bright
to use Heine's expression, he had about
him the perfume of science, and finally
there was about him an air of distinction,
which stamped him as man of mark in
some line or other.
Conversation arose about the war, and
the general. opinion was expressed that it
could not last much longer, and that the
Prussians would soon be driven back to
their own country Tho clergyman alone
expressed the opinion that tho war would
last much longer.
Predictions made by Virginia., " he said
quietly, "point in the same direction
The passengers were dumfounded OF
Virginia and her predictions they had
never heard. What wero they, and who
was Virginia. Would not tho clergyman
enlighten them?
He would, and did. Virginia. he ex-
planned, was the name of an old colored
woman who lived ina suburb of Boston
about the year 1880 and who made liv-
ing by telling fortunes.
Some of her prophecies, - he contin-
ued, "were printed many years ago, and
others are still in manuscript Here is her
prediction in regard to Franco. l copied it
myself some months ago, when was in
America ="
He took from his pocket notebook and
read the following amazing words:
Toward the middle of the year 1870 the
n lew ia tI.
French, and, after bloody and swift bat
ties, during which the leader of the French
will be forced into exile, they will besiege
Paris for the first time. Tho great city
will not surrender, and during five courses
Of the moon it will suffer all tho horrors
Of famine, after which the Germans will
enter Paris. But they will not 60 as far
rs the heart of the city, and they will
never reach there, and this entrance Of
theirs will take place at the beginning Of
a new period of the SUM-"
The clergyman paused and at once was
beset by Il storm of questions. But he
his shoulders and said quietly:
"You must not take me fora prophet
I'M simply repeating what Virginia has
Predicted Tho future will tell whether
The has predicted truly or not. But this
5 not all. Here is another prediction by
ler, which is still more curious" And he |
cad from the little notebook:
"After this first siege there will be a
econd scge Of Paris and the French will |
ecover Paris from those Frenchmen who |
hall have obtained possession of it. Aye, |
ho French will penetrate into the city, led |
~ warrior, who will become their gov
rnor The horses will wade through blood |
nd the city will be ablaze with fires After
hat time will come calm and prosperity,
which will continue for 80 years, but tho
eople will have to purchase that season Of
est with much gold There will be 10 war
Without the will Of the people, and the
overnors of tho people will be changed
ell times, and Of these ten tho most up
light man will DO stricken to the heart by
single blow Of dagger Then, after
hcso 30 years of prosperity will como
gain wretchednoss, war and famine, and
his miserable season will last until the
rival Of the savior, who will come from
be north, escorted by cavalry, armed with
lnccs Ho will reign five years, and dur
lg his roigu the people will enjoy an
bundance OF everything, but in duo tmo
|
Q the signal of the great partition"
The clergyman closed his notebook and
as about to put it in his pocket when NJ.
requested permission to copy
10 strange words Of Virginia. This was
'adily granted, and hardly had they been
,picd when tho train arrived at Monies,
Id the passengers dsembarkod. The
ysterious clergyman babe q courteous
rewcll to all and told them that he was
,out to start for America. NJ. Duquosnel
IS not seen him since, and he knows
,ithcr his name nor his residence.
But he preserved tho predictions careful
, and, reading them 26 years after he re-
ivcd them and 100 years after Virginia
rOte them, ho finds them, SO far as he
n judge up to the present, entirely true.
remains to be seen whether she has proph- j
led with equal truth in regard to the
ents that will occur during the next few
ars.
orc presidents in France and five more
ars Of popular government. This allows
tie moro than year for each president,
iich seems very short term. After these
G years are over she predicts season of
war and famine, which will
dure until France is rescued by a savior,
10 will come out of tho north and whose
gn will be emincntly prosperous But
Is prosperity, it seems, will only last five
IRIS, and then the savior will de- and his
nth will be followed by the "great par
ion. Paris Herald.
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