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Show A KELLAR SOOTHSAYER. The great illuminator not to call her a prophetess, a sceress or a revelator ono Martha J. Kellar, writing in tho Stellar liny, advises her believers of the events which are impending for the year 3907. Burring tho slight doubt raised by tho modifying words "seems like," "probabh-," "likely to," "about," etc. a doubt which no soothsayer should permit, for above all things else he or she should' be positive and exact, else soothsaying is no science; barring this trifling difficulty this Nation may be assured from the words of Miss or Mrs. Ivcllar of a very safe, prosperous and liappy year, and an indefinitely great future. It is truo that a tidal wave "looks like" it might touch New Foundland; and that volcanic eruptions "may occur'- at craters now supposed to bo extinct; rivers, too, "may" overflow, and cyclones, hurricanes, hurri-canes, winds, lightning and water "may bo awful in their destruction";' but Miss or Mrs. Kellar assures us that the Panama canal will make good progress and will be finished in four-leeu-ears. It would appear that the certainty in the Ivcllar mind is in inverse in-verse ratio to the nearness of the events. On most .subjects provable within the present twelvomonlh, tho illuminator is only partly positive, but concerning things as distant as fourteon years there is a most comforting absoluteness. It would bo ungracious to assume that the Kellar person is aware that human forgetfulness may cover a mistake in prediction which can only bo demon-stratcd demon-stratcd after fourteen yoars; but one may say it of other soothsayers of tho nialo persunsion without offending this particular lady. There arc sonic who make a profitable tra'de in prophecy, who characterize their work by predictions pre-dictions of things so long distant in tho future that none of the generation now living will be on hand to disprove, or by the statement that predictions of present occurring events were made by theju in the long ago but wero not publicly rovenlcd lest thero should be an incitement to a sign-seeking and adulterous generation to find out tho , inj-steriud. Of all tho momentous things stated with auy degree of assurance in. the prognosis of the Kellar person, thc following secerns to bo tho chief: The President "will unravel a few knots and tansies, when ho 13 wliero he enn see for himself. Many new laws will bo pnsscrt in the early part of 1007 and others that arc already on record will have a tremendous effect on the future welfare of the country. I don't hco any serious troublo for the United States during tho year; 11 will be able to keep peace with all It possesses or overaees. Cuba will tuko another trial ut self-government. Thoro will bo more cabinet changes bcforn the year Ik out, nnd several deaths among Senators Sen-ators or other high officials. The opening sentence quoted from Prophetess Kellar is an insult to the chief ruler among mankind. It aasumos that President Roosevelt docs not now seo for himsnlf; whilo tho truth is that ho not onl' sees for Rooscvolt, but sees for all mankind, just as he speaks nnd acts for tho rest of this world and the other, including particularly par-ticularly not to quoto irrevorontly Ethan Allen "the Great Jehovah and tho Continental Congress," as well as the Supreme Court of tho United Slates. It is safe to defy any ono to contradict con-tradict tho remainder of tho prophecies included in tho two paragraphs cited. Not a fault, can bo found with thoir accuracy or their logic. Laws wcro passed in tho early part' of J907, and present laws will have a tremondous effect ef-fect on tho welfare of this Nation. Certainly Cer-tainly no ono can deny that Cuba is taking "another trial nt self-government"; and the man who doubts that thoro will ,be sevoral deaths this year among Senators "OR" othor high officials, offi-cials, is a skeptical Thomas from Missouri Mis-souri who will bo shown b'eforo the year is out. Tho Kellar prophetess and tho Stellar Raj- have a vogue. It is not surprising. They are both just commonplace enough and crass enough so clothed with self-assumption self-assumption as to make an impress upon ignorant people. It still remains a notable fact, as it has been in centuries cen-turies past, that when some ignorant, uneducated, mediocre individual without with-out any ability except that which arises from intense selfishness desires to livo at tho expense of tho rest of mankind, ho or sho sots up as a soothsayer; and lo, ignorance becomes divine wisdom; solfishncss becomes God's justice to God's children; and barbarity becomes n sweet and sanctified earthly typo of celestial salvation! |
