Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-06-22

INTO SOrt Ol lIduCe, anu 10 IlSH IL
veal future happenings. Josephine,
brought up with all the ideas and SUI
perStitions of the creole child, which
from its birth assimilates all sorts of
African folklore, due to its constant
association with negro slaves and Serv-
itors, was far from SOOTHING at her
nurses revelations and constantly
lived in the hope that she also might
some day be the subject of EuphemiaS
prophecies.
Prophecy of Euphemia.
1t seems that Euphemia, however, no
matter how easily she revealed the fu-
ture of other people, seems to have
possessed a strange reticence about
Josephine's fate. And it was not until
the beautiful yong creole had reached
the age of fifteen years that the old
NANNY" could be made to speak ON
this subject. One day, while seated
under the shade of a giant mango
tree, near the pool where Josephine
took her daily BATH guarded by her
faithful servant-the visitor to La
Pagerie is still shown the gigantic
tree and the shaded pool where these
events took place-Euphemia's eyes
took on the PARKWAY look that always
preceded her prophecies, and she
spoke:
you will be married to a man of
fair complexioS intended to be the
husband of another of your family.
The young lady whose place you are
called to fill will not live long. Your
star promises you two marriages
Your first husband will be q man born
in Martinique, but he will reside i'm
Europe and wear sword; he will en-
JOY some moments of good fortune. A
sad legal proceeding will separate you
from him, and, after many great
troubles which are to befall the king
dom of the Franks, he will perish trag-
ically and leave you widow with two
helpless children. Your second hus-
band will be of an olive complexion, of
European birth; without fortune, yet
he will become famous; he will fill the
world with his glory, and will subjects
a great many nations to his power.j
You will then become an eminent wom-
an and possess a supreme dignity; but
many people will forget your kind
nesses. After having astonished the
werld, you will die miserably. The
country in which what / foretell Will
happen forms a part of Celtic GauE :;
and more than once, In the midst OF
your prosperity, you will regret the
happy and the peaceful life you led
in the colony. At the moment you
shall quit it (but not forever) prod
ICY will appear in the air--this will be-
the first harbinger of your astonishing
destiny"
1t All Came True.
How true this prophecy became is,
of course, well known. The man OF
fair complexion whom Josephine first
married was the viscount Alexander
de Beauharnais, who was first afr
anced to Maria, the eldest daughter Of
Monsieur de Tascher. Maria, however,
died in Martinique before her mar
riage took place. Shortly afterwards
Josephine married De Beauharnaia,
after brief engagement, and sailed
in the French army of King Louis XVI.
For various reasons he instituted legal
proceedings against Josephine after a
few years of married life. He was
guillotined during the French revolu-
ton, leaving Josephine widow with
two children. She then met Napoleon
Bonaparte, who at the time was but
an humble lieutenant of artillery, and
subsequently married him. Her rise
to eminence at Napoleon's side and the
incidents of her unhappy life with the
emperor are but two well known.
Even the latter part of Euphemia's
prophecy came true, for, when the ship
which carried Josephine to France left
the harbor of Martinique, the masts
Of the vessel seemed to be tipped with
fire, according TO traditions which
have been handed down. This, OF
course, was nothing but an atlnos-
pheric phenomenon known as st. Ell
mos fire, but it must have astonished
the youthful mind of the future en-
press of France 20 see this sign upon
her departure from her native shores.
The third Napoleon, son of Hortense
de Beauharnais and, in consequence,
grandson of Josephine. made some few
efforts during his turbulent reign to
preserve the memory of the Tascher
family. He had tombstone erected
in the church of the small village of
Trois lslets to perpetuate the memory
of Madame Tascher, his great-grand-
mother.