BOULANGER'S FORTUNE,

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1770, 18 February 1888, Page 3

BOULANGER'S FORTUNE,

The Figaro vnbohea for the truth of th> following etory, of which, of course, tJenoral Bonl.n^er m the hero : — About t tghc or ten weeks before the fail of the Goblet Oebinet, Mme. Relval, a fortuneteller, »ai Bumaioned to the honae of » ady to exercise her art of palmistry. Amo it; ohere >he Minister of War -aka. tier to ted h>» for'une *r»d it is ffi no b»t, without having any idea uh .h*w** -he examined his ha id aid d^eLml h w^a * soldier who h*d served hi* conmry on ibe bittle fie d and w. old g*o ><c engaged m w»r. General Bu a ge; pratet d d th<it ahe was in<B»ak°n whereupon toe furune-teiei s*id — ' I >nn o« ••■ tailing yon wh»> I see m you-- h»nd " She proceeded with ht-r ex*tuiua<i n <»v .sdcLttd — • Ycu are m en a t&upad-f<>i uuarlon, bn you will not k»ep >t a

f»H is anfi't ng yoa ib rtly, but do m • Mspair. L • tor on yoa >iil obtain 'an <-vei' higher p >siti n; he linea on y m tine d mates « that you will 4tn. at reao:---4 th= ns." A iittle later Mmc Reiv* t¥*B to d that it was Henvrti Bouliouut do wh> tn nb» bad in -it!' 1 t>e abo^e prtHiic *ona " v'h " nhe replied, *' m that c«--lam gad I -'id not tell him -iU, I .> vritieu m hia <and that he i;l vi« -. violent de^tb." V.ry ah r*ly aftwr th b iba General was at tho h uae of one of i.T. Charcot's fr.ie.Ktp, aud iv the presence of that celebrated pr fa sor tno cuiiVn b tiou naturally turiie > oc hypnotism. doab.» vision, magnetism, and ue-vooa phenomena. Dr. Oharcot deoiarad m dooideo language that he did not believe m the faoalty of Bubj^ns pat luto a trance b> magnetism tc foretell tne future Tf c considerable dtivulopm^bt vf niit;n^t'--1 ieotrictty might certainly exc.te t<e faculties ana a >gui*-iit tao mtdlltctua powers m the bjoib w y as it exagge. at- d the nervom eeneatioub ; 'mi he 00 admit that those phuuomeoa weo beyond the material World A ynnn/ woman who was regnid^d ib a good su; j n was then pat into a m guetic sleep and questioned by Graaer^i iJjuUnger. L<h <he fortune teller aho predicted his approaching fall, which w. 8 to be accompanied with nnmerouß popular movements without bio. ashed Sho added: "I foreaoe In the rear future great commotion and opaettm^ of things. It is terrible. The FfeLOl aud Germans cannot live at pace; h t?ar will bre«k not between thi-m, bar. no one else will take part m It. Ie will be before tne 28fcu March next year " Theee prediocuuß were m id« at the end • f Maroh last ye-tr She proceeded : '' Tie war will last emht months Ther- will be terribe bu cossb^ and reverses. la the end tt»e French ltd ay Genera 1 BuaiHUger, will definitely triumph, But, whatever they do th»y wid not be able t go beyond tne Rhine, where pece will be signed Then on the other eido if the Rn«ae I see revolution, shattered cdwub and ihronea over thrown, acd on this the victorious General will be prooia naed cbief. He will be the highest 01 ali "