Show A SINGULAR PROPHECY UNDER the head of A curious prophecy the merald herald of st joseph missouri publishes the following which has been copied into a number of other newspapers in august 1857 the bavarian AU gemaine printed a remarkable prophecy h had been made by an old hermit many years before in it the rise of napoleon III was wall clearly outlined as were also the austrie prussian and the franco prussian wars and the commune of paris he told how the death of pope pius pins would occur in 1876 or 1877 and how it would be followed by a russian war being but slightly wrong in either prediction he said that germany would have three emperors in one year before the end of the century which was verified to the letter he missed it one at least in the number of united states presidents that were to die by assassination si ai which was remarkably close to say the least he said that when the twentieth century opened manhattan island and the whole ofner of new york city would be submerged in the waters of the hudson fast east river kiver and the bay cuba will break in two and the west half and the city of havana find a watery teia resting place florida orida and lower california are to break loose from the main land and carry their load of human freight to the bottom of the sea the twenty fifth is to be the last of the united states presidents and ireland is to be a kingdom and england a republic by the end of the century the united states are to be divided and san francisco salt lake city new orleans st louis washington and boston are to be made capitals |