Show IS THE NEXT CENTURY TORE THE LAST A ROMAN prediction THAT THE END OF THE WORLD WILL COME IN 2000 will the coming century be the last is a question that occupies the minds of many several have written to asit our opinion and we must say that we to the belief that the second advent of christ will he anthe year A 0 2000 it is a wel established fac that in times of political and disturbance pious souls are wn ro betake themselves to the study 0 prophecies and visions of saints more 1 or less approved by the church to bee whether in the light 0 passing events they may not be able to penetrate more deeply into the mysteries 0 buds providence and therefore the opinion of the good priest was eagerly read by countless catholics the church has decided nothing as to the probable date 0 the end of the but authenticated prophecy to be in accord with the we have ghan the prophecy of st mala abi would daane the second coming on earth of christ occur in about one hundred years the divine gift of prophecy was undoubtedly possessed by the great irish saint but the authenticity of the predictions about the popes given in his name has been questioned we have frequently read the prophecy and we must say that each succeeding pontificate seems to establish its authenticity the history of this famous prophecy of st is briefly told it was first published at the end of the sixteenth century by a learned benedictine named arnold alon a native ot D and a monk in an abbey near burges the troublous times then prevailing in his own country him to go anio italy to the monastery of st benedict at mantua of the congregation gre gation of monte cassino in the houses of that congregation the worlds treasures of learning were at that day deposited there above all other places the student was most likely to come across old forgotten or unknown manuscripts wo have no reason to doubt the truth and honesty of arnold wion or that he found the manuscripts which ne gave to the world in that moat likely of all places in which to find such a document it is objected to by some that st bernard does not allude to this prophecy which ia quite true he may not have known of it st malachi as lias been said may not have mentioned it to him but st bernard tells us of the beliet whick held the public mind in the days oi st malachi that the saint was endowed with the spirit of prophecy after having related a circumstance somewhat analogous to the case of zaccheus Zac chous and our lord he adds and the disciples were convinced that even in this case malachi had the spirit of prophecy the extraordinary appositeness of the short sentences of the prophecy of st malachi to the persons and circumstances of the popes of the last and present centuries Is so startling that one is almost to put faith in them after st malachi is said to have written the prophecy and three hundred years after arnold wion discovered it it was literally fulfilled in the persons 0 pius IX and leo XIII if the pre dictions are worthy of belief there are nine popes to follow leo XIII namely ignis addens tha burning alro ro eliglo depopulate religion devastated fides intrepido intrepid a intrepid faith pastor angelicas ang elicus the angelic pastor pastor ct nauta the pastor and sailor los flogum the flower of flowers dc mediate lunae of the halt of the moon de labore soils of the labor of the sun gloria olavae the glory of the olive and that pope petrus romanus in the last persecution will feed his sheep in many tribulations after which the city of the seven hills will be destroyed and the terrible judge vill judge his people allow ng popo leo XIII and his nine sors an average of twelve years and abdus two months those who live in tha year 2000 will hear the voice of the baglo of the apocalypse crying yoe woe woe to the inhabitants of the earth sunday democrat AFRICAN DUTCH ADDITIONS TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE from the london dally mall from the london daily mall possibly the best quoted word just now of dutch south african origin is sometimes written ou t lander newcomer or outsider is perhaps the nearest that can be got 0 o this in translation and the word is as nearly as possible like eight lander the name of the preal duit of the transvaal republic is written krugar more properly kruger but it is neither sounded as kroijer nor crowger Krow ger but as near as can be indicated the word transvaal is literally across the yellow or yellowish brown river rand abort for is pronouns eil as if spelt rant the word veld the final t is sometimes added means field or common and is pronounced felt kopie kopje a hillock or pieta of rising ground is neither kop jay nor kop joc but koppy dr leydis patronymic Is pronounced lides the boer parliament house is called tho and the parliament tho nad the v being sounded like f berg is mountain the plural being termed by the addition of en after the g A drift Is a ford and a dorp a town or village thus we have etc stad also means town and a store where almost everything is sold as alie name implies means spring and kianetz a cliff or precipice pronounced bush is an open plain covered with bush to trek is to travel meaning pioneers A alel hay Is a pool of water mostly formed in the rainy season is the term of contempt applied to the Britis hers and means redneck red neck it is not infrequently prefixed by tho adjective ver domde Is cape dutch for tommy atkalns or redcoats A pronounced stoop 1 a raised platform in front of a house something like a verandah on which the boer loves to take his wood meaning housewife Is pronounced frow slim often applied to gen joubert la cunning or artful or speaking ay kerel is a chap or fellow baas pronounced EO is master and baas op boss up to Is to harness or tether horses or cattle to is to is also applied to the resting place of the animals is war TO INCREASE THE GERMANIA SMELTER it has been known tor some time past that the ore from the surrounding camps has been coming into the american smelter company taster than it can be handled this has caused the piling up of the present surplus amounting it Is said to nearly it has also caused come talk of a new smelter being built by the company this may also bo decided upon in the coture but tor the present the management have decided to spend about in fitting up the old germania smelter at murray five nev bruckner ro asters davs been ordered from the east and cost which ath other contemplated changes and improvements will greatly holp to meet the needed smelter capacity this vast lot of mining machinery will require thirty seven railroad chirs ech of the capacity of pounds to convey it to its destination |