Evening star., 1898-10-21
PEEPS INTO FUTURITY.
Extraordinary Forecasts That Have
Been FSlnfled.

EXTRAORDINARY
Been FSlniIed.
From the London Mail
Just previous to the, assassination of the
Empress of Austria ?tfe emperor was heard
repeatedly to remark <'I fear something
awful is about to transpire 1 wish the
jubilee year were safely over" This brings
to mind other instances of forecasts full
filled. -t61,
Just over thirty years ago a visitor to
Edinburgh was being shown over the high
court of Judiciary. He emade soma remark
concerning the dock and it's duties, and IN
reply the official jokiasly said the visitor
might one day be septenced to be hanged
in that very room The sightseer was the
notorious DR.. Pritchaid: two years had
barely passed when in the dock he had so
closely inspected he was doomed to death
for poisoning his wife and mother-in-law.
To many watchers of the political wealth
ercock the rapid rise of Mr.. Asauith to re-
nown as a statesman was little short of
miraculous; to the late home secretary him.
SELF however, 1t was but natural out
ccme of his own resolve. When a youth at
the City of London School he Informed all
and sundry thet he meant to take high
honors at Oxford enter ths house of COM
MONS and become an influential member
Of the cabinet. -.
The Earl of Rosebery, so IT Is historically
recorded, while passing his boyish years at
Eton, foretofd that in the coming years he
would win the derby and, more important
still, be prime minister. Both Lord Rose
berry and Mr.. Asquith prophesied the things
whereof they knew.
A gentleman conc nceived the idea that he
would only live certain time, so he made
nice calculation of his fortune, which he
az portioned as to last just the same per-
iod as he guessed his life would extend to-
Strangely enough his calculations came
correct to the letter, for he died punctually
OF fIa fg,,,o ko bod
had so far exhausted his estate that, after
his debts had been discharged, a solitary
pair of slippers represented the entire prop
erty he left.
His relatives buried him, and a represen-
tation of the slippers was carved on the
tomb; today in churchyard at Amsterdam
his grave may be seen, the only inscription
on the stone being two Flemish words,
"Effen nyt' de, "Exactly').
The late Mr.. George Moore came to Lon
don from Cumberland a poor, friendless
boy. He entered a great commercial house.
and from the beginning declared he would
eventually marry his employers daughter
and become his employers partner. He ac-
complished both ambitions, became very
wealthy and man'of whom his generation
might we'll be proud. :
When Warren Hastings was a lad his
great grief was that his family had lost
their paternal estate at -Daylesford. and he
was constantly heard to say, IT will buy it
back" He grew up to make both history
and a famous name and he died at DayleS-
ford.
Among the many records of Harrow
School is that of a boy, the son of poor
LEGAL tradesman in very small way of
business. His school fellows often taunted
him about his family poverty: their
thoughtless jeers, although hurting his
feelings, drew from the lad the retort, Il
intend, before die to ride in a coach and
four
The years sped by and 10 and behold! the
poverty stricken youngster of Harrow had
developed into DR.. Parf, the greatest schol-
ar of his time, whose customary and favor
lite means of locomotion was a coach and
four. ).
The seventh childsof the German emperor
and empress is a daughter. their other six
children being sons. The house of Hohen-
zollern has a tradition that in one yaar
three emperors of thgg house will reign in
Germany. the third will have seven sons
and will bring ruin toiifhe nation. as well as
the empire to al end..nhsi, :,
This direful proph esSS, has seen the full
f.ment of its first part INV hether: the arrival
of d seventh son wilbibrdng the calamities
predicted the future VIA show.