The age-herald., 1900-08-01
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puslneSS, ana IL Will increase anu piO'PN-' and thou wilt have unexpected benefits or assistance from superior persons
 Young females are in much danger of being led astray, and should be very care ful of their acquaintances, and not rely on promises"
 "A child born on this day will be very clever and rise in life; 1t will receive much support from powerful persons"
 If female. she will marry very young. and person older than herself"
 Fake bread"
 Let those who travel this month (Au- gusD insure well before doing so, as there is likely to be quite a crop of fatalities, and many deaths by drowning on the coast. The health of Royalty is likely to suffer and many notable deaths will occur. In the states crime will be frequent and ter rible. Lynchings will occur of most re- volting nature Trade in the states is like ly to suffer depression. Mars in the Sth hour denotes many sudden deaths and many suicides. The opposition of Saturn and Mars will produce many untoward ac- cidents and loss of life, chiefly in mines and navigation"
 Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for Thursday, August ?, 1900:
 Mars is a morning star.'
 Ask favors buy carefully, and seek work"
 "Thou wilt have an active and prosper ous year. and thy money will increase
 "A child born on this day will be very industrious, careful, and steady. and will rise in life.''
 If a female. not very happy in mar riage.'
 Note-All readers, whatever their indi- vidual opinions. will be deeply interested In Raphaers prophecies covering the month oI August. as hereinbefore quoted. Specihcai- lv. these prophecies, which were forecasted months ago, are divided into the year, the o,arter. the month, the day. and the hour; but for August, say, it is proper to read .in or about the month of August Thus, in fulfillment of Raphael's predictions, we have had the Huntsville riot and lynching' the unexampled butchery and brutal lynch ings in New Orleans, the assassination of the King of Italy, and the sudden death of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, second son of the Queen of England, all these events coming on the eve or August.
 Raphael saw months ago three royal cof- fms Two of those collins are now filled He saws that the signs affecting the queen of England are "ominous, especially as the Queens demise will be very quick. These striking verifcations of Raphael foresight are noted here as matter oi interest to thoughtful and fiippant per sons alike.
 ".IIe goes to the theaters when he can get free boxes, and pays for nothing ne can get without payment-he is very stlngy -ls what one used to hear in London concern ing the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of inc Oueen. who, as Duke of SaXe-Coburg, died in Germany last night said Blr- mingham man who has spent much tune III England. 'The Duke was fiddler, one or the most accomplished amateur violinists in England, and he was very fond of music and the play; but he was never popular was the onl member of the Queens family for whom the common people of England did not feel much personal affection. His stinginess was notorious and that Is a fault that neither the English nor the Irish ever forgive He was amiable enough, and,
 
 democratic in his public appearances; but he didn't subscribe to the principle as eX- pressed by Robert Ingersoll: I'd rather be a beggar and spend my last dollar like a king, than be a king and spend dollar like a beggarr It Is true, he was not wealthy until he inherited at fifty his Ger man fortune All the ropal personages of England except the Queen herself are poor; and there Is one soap-boiler in Chicago twice as wealthy as she But when this duke of England succeeded his uncle as Duke of SAxe-Coburg and thereby became a reigning sovereign with immense wealth, the Queen and everybody else thought he would give back to the Queen the splendid palace of Clarence House, adjoining St. James, London, the which was desired as a residence for the Duke of York; but he retained that noble dwelling, the property of the nation, with its regiment of servants, and occupied it about fortnight each year.
 T knew a working musician who was fre- quently employed by the duke, and his tips being small, and for general reasons, he hadn't a very strong regard for his royal patron. The dukes dentist, whom also I chanced to meet in an inn on the upper Thames one July Sunday, told me over his mug of beer that he didn't think the most in the world of her majestv's second son. The duke himself I saw many times in the streets, the theaters and elsewhere. His bearing was simple and unaffected as that of any ordinary well-bred man. In personal appearance he reminded one very strongly of President Garfield. He married the sister of the late Tsar, the law of Eng land forbidding any member of the royal family to marry Catholic not being held to apply to the Eastern or Greek church; that church being in open rebellion against and defiance of Ronie. His only son died by suicide several months ago, and the new duke is the late dukes nephew and bears the English title of Duke of Albany, being the son of the late Duke of Albany, fourth son of the Queen. The interest Of the English royal family in the ancient and wealthy 6ulxelor1 of