Cañon City record., 1898-07-28
PROPHETIC PREDICTIONS.
Strange Things Promised by For
eign Prophets for 1899.
A Terrible Tragedy I'm England
Which VIII Shock the Whole
worId-A Long List of Cas-
uaItfes to Come.

Now that we have actually entered
upon the new year. and thousands of
prophetic almanacs will be regularly
consulted for signs of notable events.
we should remember that our own king
dom does not possess monopoly of
this species of prophecy.
1t is not as il we should not scorn to
take a French or German-made predic-
tion in preference TO Old Moore. Zadkiel
or Orion's. but where our own prophets
disagree tor agree upon nothing at alp
it is only reasonable that one should
turn abroad for the correct astrological
informa ton to fill up the gaps.
For instance, in 'ZadkieI'' we read
that "the principles OF astrology are
built upon the foundation of observa-
tions mace through many centuries, of
condolences, Of natural phenomena and
great events in 1he history of nations"
After this. no less than three of our
prophets agree that sorrow and suf-
fering in high places will occur on
January 6. while. curiously enough.
that is the very date when the al
manach Strasburg'' and the "Agenda
Potin" declare will be "a period for ..re-
joicing in European reigning family
thus possibly foreshadowing the birth
OF an heir.
"A terrible tragedy viii take place in
England which will shock the whole
world is the way the almanac de
Mars" comments on January 30, with
the "Agenda-Potin" remarks under
that date. .'Grave American political
riot; many persons will be killed" The
only other reference the writer can find
is in '.Zadkiel," which observes sThe
soth of January is good birthday an
niversary.-
The continental almanacs seem, in
no fewer than three instances. to insist
that the Kaiser is TO suffer some calam-
ity on February 3. Perhaps in the case
of the 'Agenda-Potin- and the Al
manac de Mars the wish is father to the
thought. but this would hardly apply
to the .-Kalendar-Helsingf which
remarks that the German emperor
should beware of February 5-just
missing the French prediction by two
days.
Our little island is again prominent
ly to the fore in the "Agenda-Potin- for
April. We are TO have political dead
lock on the I9th-with possible over
throw of the ministry. Old Potiu seems
very sure about this prophecy. for he
has marked it with an asierisk. The
18th. is of course. Primrose day
In May, the prophet of the Kalendar-
Heisingfors- gives us promise of
trouble between Canada and the United
States. II is to occur about the 10th
Curiousiy enough. all our CIV II a s,rnanacs
are insistent on friction between our
big COLONY and its American neishbor.
although none Of them agree on the
precise month. One puts it In February.
another in April and another in oc;o-
ber.
Passing on to July. the "Agenda-Po-
tin" points TO the 18th as theSeginning
of great strike in Scotland and the
north of England. We car only hope
that this item of prophecy was emitted
by The printer from last wears almanac
for the same month, and now unofficial
ly transferred TO the current one
The following month the Russian
prophet. "Kalendar-Helsinsfar de
clares we are to witness terrible con
fiagration. in which hundreds of per-
sons are TO perish. As the scene of this
catastrophe is Berlin. It rather takes
prophecy: "Graud news will come
from Germany which will he very cheer
ing to the emperor of tina, great ma.
ton"
According to ''old Moore. = England is
to be in bad way about October :.
and ..Zadkiel" corroborates this pes
simism: but they do not approach the
gloomy predictions of the "Agenda- Po-
tin" prophet. who forsees tina, during
this mouth EnEland's tide viii have be
gun to ebb forever to the sea. An aw-
full disas:er-a dreadful loss--is 10 oc-
cur to our prestige somewhere about
the middle of the month.
Finally. in December. when '-Zadkiel'-
kills off an ''iliustrious Frenchman or
Italian" the almanac Strsshurg'
siabs Que OF our public men; and so
these little international tragic courte-
sizes receive some Sigh, equalization
Mail.