The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-06
Ghosts FOretell
Royal Disaster

There are a lew royal families In
Europe which have not at one time or
another been visited by supernatural
beings or experienced weird occur
rences, says Chambers Journal.
One of the most notable of these is
the White Lady of the Hohenzollerns,
who has appeared before the death of
members of that family for several
centuries. 1t is stated that quite
lately this spectre has been seen again
-portending disaster to the present
family.
The White Lady dates back to the
18th century, and is said to be the
ghost of Lady Bertha Won Rosenberg,
who was born in Bohemia in the year
1425. Her father was Ulrich Won
Rosenberg, a Governor of Bohemia
and commander n-chief of the Rom
an Catholic troops against the Hus-
sites; and her mother was Catherine
of Wurtemburg.
Lady Bertha died at the end of the
18th century, after an unhappy life.
Her portrait is to be seen in several
of the old Bohemian castles, and she
is represented as wearing a white
dress with white veil, and it is in
this costume that the specter appears.
Those who have seen the White
Lady have stated that there was no.
thing terrifying about the apparition,
which had sad, gentle face and calm,
stately mien. She appears before the
doomed members of her family for the
purpose of warning them to reflect
and repent before their passing into
the next world.
Although she has been seen so Of
ten, only twice has she been known to
speak. In December, 1928, she ap-
peared in the palace at Berlin, and
acclaimed in a loud, clear voice.
"Veni, judica vivos ct mortuos! Judi
cium mihi adhuc superest." ("Come,
judge we the quick and the dead! |
wait for judgment.")
On another occasion she appeared
in the Castle of Neuhaus, and spoke
to a certain princess, who was in her
bedroom, trying on a dress before a
mirror, when suddenly the White La
dy appeared from behind screen and
said: "Zehn uhr list es, ihr Liebchen"
("It is 10 o'clock, your dearest high
ness.). The princess fell i'll soon af-
ter, and died 10 days later.
The apparition has frequently been
seen in the Castles of Bayreuth, Ber-
lin and Karlsruhe; also at the ugly,
many windowed palace of Mannheim.
On one occasion the Aim Frau las
she was called) appeared by the dying
bed of the Margarine Amelia of Ba-
den, mother of the wife of Alexander
of Russia, in one of the great rooms
of the ancient palace of Bruschal. She
was then seen kneeling in an attitude
of prayer by the bed.
Napoleon Announced Own Death.
An apparition called the Red Man
has been connected with the rulers of
France for ages. This Red Man is
said to have always appeared before
any great calamity to France, and
before the death of the Kings. 1t is
historical fact that the apparition
visited Henry ~ on the night before
he was assassinated, and appeared to
Louis XVI Immediately prior to the
outbreak of the French Revolution,
also to certain members of the I'M
perial family before the Franco
Prussian war.
Just before he was murdered Pres
ident Carnot saw the Red Man, and
took it as a warning of disaster or
death; and, though every precaution
was taken, he was unable to avert
the tragedy.
Napoleon saw the apparition sew
eral times, and appears to have been
quite intimate with it. The best
known instance occurred on January
l, 1914. Three months later the EN-
peror abdicated. Count Montholon
relates that Napoleon, when on his
deathbed, told him that he had been
warned of his approaching end by this
same strange being.
1t is also alleged that Josephine
appeared to Napoleon shortly before
his death and informed him that he
would soon be with her.
1t is not generally known that the
ghost of Napoleon appeared to his
mother, Madame Letitia, just after
his death at st. Helena, but the Incl
dent is recorded in Mrs. Fraser's work,
"a Diplomatist's Wife in Many
Lands"
Madame Letitia, generally known
in France as Madame Mere, was the
last to bid Napoleon farewell on his
for st. Helena, his "Adieu,
ma mere!" being answered by her
Italian "Addio, fglio mio"
About six years after that last pa
thetic parting, Madame mere was sit
ting one morning in the drawing room
of the Palazzo Buonaparte tit was
May 9th, 1921, when the man serv-
ant announced visitor who wished to
see Madame Mere alone, and imme-
diately, as he had come with impor-
tant news of the exiled Emperor.
He was wrapped in voluminous
cloak, and had his hat drawn low down
over his eyes; but on entering the
room, and as the servant withdrew,
he removed his hat and drew back the
cloak, which partly concealed his face,
and revealed himself as none other
than the Great Napoleon, her dearly
beloved son.
The awful chill of contact with fore
rs of the Unseen fell upon her, and
she stopped as though suddenly par
alyzed, as the being before her re-