The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-20
New York rournalD


New York rournaI1
That strang annual, "RaphaeI's Al
manac; or, the Prophetic Messenger"
winch IS now in iCs e.ghty-first year,
mas again made its appearance in Lon
don, and, IS usual. thousands of per-
sons across the water are porting over
II With the object Of asceTtaining how
the rulers of Europe and the president
OF the United States are likely to fare
uIrlnS the coming year. For this is an
astrological almanac, and for more
IMAM three-quarters of a century the
fortunes of rulers and of nations have
been annually fOTetOld in il. The first
Star-reader, who edited it. assumed
the name of Raphael and each of his
successors followed his example the
present editor being Raphael the Third
According to this seer, the first two
or three months of 1901 will not be very
prosperous, so far as the United States
are concerned. Foreign relations" he
says, will be strained in more than
enc quarter, and the revenue will be de-
nclent- He also graveiy informs us
that the winter will be long, severe
ana tedious Between March and
June, he says, many strikes are
threatened, and during the same period
railways will be unsafe and there will
be many terrible deaths from fire and
accidents" The outlook between June
and September is not much brighter
ana for the reason that Uranus will
be in the midheaven. which denotes
unpopularity for the president, if moth
ing worse"
All this is very gloomy. but Raphael
bids us be Of good cheer, for he as
sures us that the last three months of
the year viii be "a prosperous quar-
ter, and one in which science and in
ventiOns will make great progress" At
the same time he warns us that crime
VIII Increase TO an alarming extent
during these three months. and that
lynclingS viii be frequent. He also
thinks it likely that we will be at log
geTheadS with more than one foreign
power, but, if so, he is confident that
the United States Will gain the upper
hand.
His predictions in regard to Queen
Victoria are rather vague, which is not
surprising, in view of the fact that
astrologers both in England and India
nave been predicting her majesty's
death for the past half dozen years,
and are now naturally dismayed at
hndlng that this remarkable old lady.
IN defiance of time-hOnOred astrological
rules, still perSistently refuses to shut
fe off the mortal coil As the year
opens, says Raphael, the influences
aHectlng her majesty are not favora Bile
though they improve in the spring.
During the whole of the summer thew
are particularly evil. and as far into
the autumn as November. The middle
OF december Is again very unfavorable.
The influences appear more likely to
affect the queens health than the af-
fairs of her kingdom. Let great care be
exercised and particularly let foreign
parts be avoided"
For the Prince OF Wales not much
good fortune is predicted. His health
and perhaps his person" we are fold
viii De in danger during 1901. He will
be very popular, though it is not likely
that he viii win another Derby. The
most u1faVOrable periods are the end
OF FEBRUARY, March, May, June and
september Neither does Raphael
promise much good luck to the Duke of
York Ill health and a heavy bereave-
ment, he says, ARE threatened to him
and he may meet with an accident or
some other great misfortune, and par
ucularly IN spring, autumn and De-
cember.'
The outlook for the car is BY TO
means promising. There is danger -
says Raphael. ''of much trouble in his
empire and Of sickness OF bereavement
IN his family. His health viii also
suffer and it is more likely that he
VIII nave to face internal trouble in
MS wv II empire IMAM war with anV
foreign nation" Raphael then gives
a novel explanation of this foresbad-
owed internal disSension. This en-
peroT, he points out, was the orig
nator of the peace conference last
year at The Hague, but all the while
he was preaching peace his country
was armlng, his navy was being aug
mented and preparations for war We're
being pursued with greater vigor than
ever Had he proposed disarmament
and given an example of his bOna-ffdes
the results of that conference would
Rave been vastly different to what they
were"
The emperor Of Germany will be
fairly fortunate during the coming
year says Raphael, except in Feb
ruary, July and November when his
mind viii be excited and his health or
person may suffer- In regard to his
friendly attitude toward Great Britain
the astrolOger remarks: I have grave
doubts if il is genuine. At present his
heart and soul are set upou a large
navy. Presume bly, to compete with
our own; for, If not, what need for the
great naVy2''
The coming year, according to Raph~
ael, is not likely to prove an evantfuI
one in the lives of Emperor Franz Jo-
sef of Austria and King George of
Greece, the only dangers threatened in
he case of the former being sickness
or family bereavement, and in 10 case
4 the latter financial stress ... --r q
light disturbance in his kin,
The young king of Italy ma. ..-
his stars that ne was born unde. -
tunate auspices, for otherwise Raph-
ael is clearly of the opinion that he
would be in grave peril during 1901.
n any case the astrologer predicts
hat many awkward events win crop
Up during the year, the special danger
threatened being serious troubles in
his kingdom, particularly in spring
and again about July"
9 &. .
The most discouraging of all Raph-
aeIs predictions are those in regard