New-York tribune., 1911-01-01

will nve?" he asked.
Yes was the complaisant reply; 'I
will reach ripe old age"
A PROPHET COMPOUNDED.
The Jew was thereupon dismissed from
The Viziers presence, while the Vizier him
self sought audience with the Caliph and
requested a command that the Jew be exc
cuted forthwith, which command was
granted and which execution took place.
Now" said Yahya 70 Haroun-al-
Taschid. your majesty sees the value OF
this fellows predictions"
Cardau. famous IN mis- day. fortune tel
Ter, with many followers, brought about
his own end so that his reputation might
not suffer. Having predicted the day and
hour OF his own death. and being in the
best OF health when they arrived. he COM
mltted suicide
Many predictions have been made as 70
the time when the end Of the world should
come 10 pass. Aristarchus announced that
the worlds age would be only 24O4 years
Daretes Dirrachimus gave II 5552 years,
IerOdotus and Linus each gave It 1000
Years: Dionysius extended this time 10
1884 years. and Cassandra, so the records
have II, predicted for the world an age OF
$4,000 years In one thing. certainly. these
were wise men. They placed their prophe-
cies far enough ahead that their own gen.
Grafton could not call them untruthful.
TRYING TO BRIGHTEN ROME.
Rome. because OF its historic and re-
Ngous prominence, has also been the sub
iect Of superstitious shafts and the aim
OF those dealing in charlatanism. In the
sixth century 81. Benedict Of Nursia proph-
esied the end OF Rome by tempest and
earthquake, and others who declared that
Rome was given over 70 destruction. add
ing that the seat Of the Papacy would be
removed elsewhere, were Bellermone, Su-
arez and Cornelius a Lapide. ST. Hide
garde Of Bi1gen-on- the-Rhine, who comes
10 Us we'll recommended by three Popes,
TWO emperors and countless bishops and
sbbots, and an Endorsement Of whose far
tightededness' was solemnly made by
counsel assembled under Eugenius III, pre-
dicted the general disruption Of the Pa
pacy. St. Bridget saw that Rome would
be destroyed by fire and sword. and st.
Cstharine foretold the reformation Of the
Church.
A seer named Winston prevailed upon
IN October. I7Ss, 10 witness the destruction
Of London. which, he declared. was to
usher in the destruction Of the world. And
another man, who caused thousands TO ny
from London, was named Bell. After the
two earth shocks in the city, on February
and March s, l761. this man persuasively
predicted a third shock for April OF the
same year. When the day passed without
the catastrophe. Bell went violently insane
OLD MOTHER sHIPToN.
Mother shipton. an actual parsonage and
not the myth the many forgeries OF So
called prophecies Of hers would have US
believe, predicted that when the dragon Of
Bow Church and the grasshopper OF the
ROYAL Exchange should meet. LondOn'z
streets would be oeluged with blood When.
however. IN the course OF events, this In
tsresting but unexpected meeting OF the
two famous weathervanes took place N an
old junkshop. nothing out Of the ordinary
was 10 be recorded Of LONDON anu 'hiHsS
ran as smoothly as before
A name better known 70 mooerns tHAn
even that OF Mother Shipton Is thet OF
Michael NostradsInus, who, under utieS oA
Cagliostro and Balsamo encountereo 1o"O-
tied notortsty. He began IN 1000 inc puD.
.lleation OF a series Of rhymed prophecies OK
occurrences between the years 1893 ahu
1888, in which latter year he VentuIeu "
cay the world would come 20 an emo Ihese
Prophecies also came under the ban OF inc
Pspacy, as they predicted the fall OF 'ne
Church Of Rome.
Many OF these sstrologers and otheIs ""t
mentioned met with success In thsH sue99
ct. and IN that manner secured the foiio"-
ing accorded them. Events prophesied came
10 pass with the same truth of foreteAlils
that marks a modern United States insu-
luton.
THE GOVERNMENTS PRoPHETs'
Were It hinted that our government sup
ports a department which now performs