The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

Now what has been predicted and
what has happened?
The end of the world hase been
predicted so many times that even
patient people are tired The first
recorded prophecy was that of
the lBlshop d Hippo, in 953 A. D.
Since then there have been hundreds
Of dates set including 1908.
Now for the prophets.
This from l.. J. Spangler grocer
and prophet, issued on Dec. 23 1896,
and repeated year ago:
Trouble and disaster will bese.
the nations Of the earth throughout
1907 and 1908, until, at the close
of the second year, the wrath of
God will descend upon the earth
and It will dissolve
CAT the end of 1908, New York
the greatest city in the world. will
be destroyed, followed almost i'm.
mediate,y by the destruction of the
world. Boston will sink. It VIII re.
quire less than an hour for tho
destruction of New York"
We'll, New York is still here.
It n0e1 hardly be mentioned that
King Edward was doomel. as well
as the Gar. They seem stfl to be
on the job.
Prof. Edmund Scrlbner stevens
contented himself with predicting
that the whole aspect of the world
would be changed.
"Old geographical lines will dis
appear, dynasties will crumble, new
States will arise. Estab ished rell-
lgion will fade away, except Chris
tianity, and social forms will be
revolutionized. Cities will be laid
in ruins, mountains will be torn
asunder, parts of continents will
vanish and new land will rise out
OF the sea.
How about IT.? What city has
been destroyed during 1908?
Among those doomed were the
Satan OF Turkey, Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria and the Dowager
Empress of China, all of which was
10 break the peace of Europe. Now
1t may he said that Prof. Stevens
is a great prorhet-the Empress OF
China really did die, she being close
on to eighty years of age. But what
a greater prophet Prot Stevens
would have been II he had predicted
the death Of the Emperor of China,
who was only fouty years old.
Passing on to the Nations Couu-
sellor," who resides in modest lit
tie house in Hoboken-AIr. Gustav
Meyer, we get more moderate
prophecy for 1908, He hit it right
every time hats off to Meyerl He
predlctel financial panic-it was
on at the time he predicted-banls
failures, robberies, riots, strikes,
calamities below, on and above the
earth, loss of life and property on
land and sea, AMI shipwrecks-
all of which events have duly hap.
pened, just as they did last yea"
and the year before and will hap
pen next year and in years TO
come,
II Mr. Meyer had cCunselled the
nation only thus far he would have
won out but unfortunately he
went farther. President Roosevelt's
life was to be in jeopardy, our
regular mortality was to be tre'
mendously increased, there were to
be earthquakes ami great fires, in
volylng tremendous loss of life and
New York was to bear the brun'
of fhe fires,
He also predicted that there
wouldn't be any war with Japan,
Bully for Meyer! Not stopping he
went on:
~ fear that the Gar Of Russia
will be assassinated during or not
later than the summer of 1908,
and at the same time ! fear that
the Emperor of Germany Will be
in grave danger of passing away,
brought about through cancer
These well-known gentlemen are
still here, or else something has
happened which the stars didn't cor
rectly diagnose for them.