Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-06
HER PREDICTIONS.
. COLORED WOMAN'S PROPHECIES
CONCERNING FRANCE.

True?
After lying hidden for many years nota-
BILE prophecies have been brought 20 light
by Felix Duqucsncl a Distinguished French
httcratour. The manner in which he dis
severed them was curious Years ago
soon after the beginning of the Franco
German war; 20 lie exact, at o'clock or
the evening of Sept. 5, l87O-he entered AT
Paris the train bound for Nantes, bust
ness connected with his journal taking
him i'm tlat direction
Between Paris and Charities shell
came near strihiug tho train, and a few
minutes later scent ball shattered the
glass Of the commandment next TO the one
81 which NJ. Duqucsatl was seated. After
passing Charities the danger vanished, the
lamps were rclt, and, as IT, usual, the pas
sengcrs furtiYely inspected each other NJ
Duquesncl Thought all his companions
very commonplace persons, with the cx-
ctption of one gentleman, who was dressed
like Clergyman and looked in every way
al original His face was pale and clean
shbvcn; bis eyes wore wonderfully bright;
70 4so Homes expression, he had about
hin the perfume OF science and finally
there was about him an air of distinction,
whi,n stamped him as man of mark in
SOM line or other
Conversation arose about the war, and
the general opinion was expressed that it
could not last much longer, and that the
prusSnus would soon Ice driven back TO
their oe;n country The clergyman alone
expressed the opinion THAI the war would
last much longer
"PrcUctions made by Virginia, he said
quietly, point in the same direction.
Tho passengers were dumfounded. OF
Virginia and hey predictions they had
never heard. Whnt wcro they, and who
was Virginia? Would not the Clergyman
enlightcn shcmy
lie wou.d and did. Virginia, he ex
planned was tho name of an OLD colorcd
woman wh1 lived In suburb Of Boston
about the year 1850 and who made "a liv
ing by telling fortunes.
some of her prophecies, " he contin.
uod, were printed many yc1rs ago, and
others are still in manuscript Here is her
prediction in ppgurd 10 Franco. | copied il
myself some months ago, when l was in
America -
He took from, his pocket notebook and
read tho following amazing words:
Toward the n.iddlo OF theyoar 1870 the
Germans Will invade the country Of the
Wrench, and, afre. bloody and swift bat
ties, during which che leader Of the French
will be forced into exile, they will hesiege
Paris for the first hloe. The great city
will not surrender, AID ats'ug five courses
Of the moon 1t will suite. all tho horrors
of famine, after which It's Germans Will
enter Paris But they VIII not go rs far
as the heart Of the city and they will
never reach there, and this entrance of
theirs will take place at the beginning OF
Il lac. 0oriod Of the sun
The Clergy. l,uuscd, and at once wa.
beset by storm OF questions. But be
shrugged his shoulders and said quietly:
you must not take me for prophet. !
am simply repeating what Virginia has
predicted. The future will tell whether
she has predicted truly or not But thi,
Is not all Here is another prediction BY
her, which is still more curious. And he
read from the little notebook;
After this first siege there will be
second siege of Paris, and the French will
recover Paris from those Frcnchmen who
shall have obtained possession of It, Aye
the French will penetrate into the city, led
by warrior who will become thor gov
ernor. The horses will wade through blood,
and the city will be ablaze with fires. After
that time will come calm and prosperity,
which will continue for 80 years, but the
people will have TO purchase that season OF
rest with much gold. There will be no wal
without the will Of the people, and the
governors of tho people will he changed
ten times, and Of those ten the most up
right man will be stricken TO thq heart b,
single blow Of dagger. Then, after
Al -.
again wretchedncss, war and famine, and
this miserable season will last until the
arrival of the savior who viii come from
the north escorted by cavalry, armed with
lances He will reign five years, and dur.
ing his reign the people will enjoy an
abundance of everything, but in due time
his death Will come, and that event will
be- the signal of the great partition. -
The clergyman closed his notebook and
was about to put it IN his pocket when NJ.
Duquesnel requested permission TO copy
the strange words Of Virginia. This was
readily granted, and hardly had they been
copied when the train arrived at Monies,
and the passengers disembarked The
mysterious clergyman babe IA courteous
farewell TO all and told them that he was
about To start for America. NJ. Duquesnel
has not seen him since, and he knows
neither his name nor his residence.
But he preserved the predictions careful
~, and, reading them 26 years after he re-
ceived them and 100 years after Virginia
wrote them, he finds them, so far as he
can Judge up 20 the present entirely true
il remains 10 boseen whether she has proph.
esied with equal truth in regard TO the
events that VIII occur during the next few
years.
According to her, there will be -four
more presidents in France and five more
years Of popular government This allows
little moro than year for each president,
which seems very short term After these
five years are over she predicts IA season Of
wretchedncss war and famine, which will
endure until France is rescued bya savior,
who will come out Of the north and whose
reign will be eminently prosperous. But
this prosperity, it seems, will only last five
years, and then the savior will die, and his
death will be followed by the great par.
tition. Paris Herald.
His Generosity.
Wasn't it sad about old Jobleys fail.
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