, 1870-11-06
Ku2er>tttiou* Relating to tile Tnr-
drMNr,

Matthio1us. in his commentary on Diosco
Iidee, describes the great ingenuity which had
| ctn reached in the carri.5 Of tho root into
,he r., h9m.n semblsnso. snd the trsinin1 Of
wtyc manipulated go AZ to look like hair
The game ingenuity WAS employed to inves:
zach figure with marvellous legend OF its
origin OF potAAey. Naturally It WA connected
with The devil: The EfdmAnn pat into glass
bottle became spider. then scorpion. but
vas never for sn instant still. In The
c1oister OF the Cspnebfns, 1t Vienna, there
whs shown, in tho last century. 1itt1e ap-
PATIENTLY living, or ser1uoying devil, IN
inch and = half long, baack, with human face
md less !.il: It va lert iG r. LITTLE M bottle bottle
rcnuivanees Throughout Europe the puzzle
rat1ed '.Cartestan DeviI-". was suggested.
Those who bad there bottled devils zero sub
i"tt to dangerous liabilities for, though the
q mon would perform n1ahy services. he who
ls.eomo the devil.s victim: Nor VIE Il very
esay to get rid Of: for unlefs one could tell
T. FOR little lcss than he paid fer is. it would
srr,stn cn his bands. There arc le4-nds- Of
1.,w they wete thro1n infa fires. into rivers,
t".t wcre al1sEs found in their rooms when
cme. A haunted spot Is shown in
Lowtr Wuttemeeig where 4 merchant Of
Him tsied ya1nlJ to Gut nd Of his Galgemann-
lin and for long time = housee stood in
F..nkfort witch WA avoided because it was
= tsttd that there baker woman h1l paEiahed
l::i.eratly with mandrake in her possession,
which ahe had tried hsrd to b rid OF. THIS
r.alelicsl phaee of the superstition was es-
'~'tially. strung in France and England It WAS
believed by many that Joan OF Arc had one Of
tiese imps in her possession, and ahe w1s
s:to, atked by the Judge 1t her sria1
replied that she aM not know what man
dEaka xAs. At hanorantin, Margaret
hapum, Bouchey, the wife Of Moor, vas
hanged as Witch in 1908, the charge agaiost
hez being that she kept aud fed ds:ly living
| aand1aEe TEND, xlich.was stA.ed to BE- in the
drake superstition eeeEs. OCCASIONALLY to in-
vest seme other.. roos. Thns taa author OF
Secrets du Petit Albert " (lyon=, 17ls) says
| tLai peasAnt had "A brronia root Of hum1n
shape. which he received from q gipsy.
He barred It "sta lucky conin-s In Of tie
ca = Nondar,. IL grave, and sl:Inkled It
With milk In Which three h-ld-mIee had been
11owned. In month ii Became more human-
ILa shan ever. Then he p1aced it in an oven
s.,.l vtrsain. wrapped i. afterward ia = dad
ms f, fh5eg? iRa = leog 70 be a5ps b.
,=me euthor ssEB thA: he saw figure o1ned
Is rich Jew which had human face on 3
l+n's bedy, which lad been produced out Of
IL eSg bT E1ocess quite todeecriba5le hs1a,
l tAFQ tLAE fHe 41t0I Etpju1ElVU Ut Lu6 uQQE
sd Jupiter :" was regarded IN the procedure.
Tke monster Ercd for / time on worm., and
..tct Get.h Its potency continued.
The German stories are very cufiouA- One
:; them telates th1t = hottc-dea!er Of Aues.
sars enee log. = horse, and, being poor, Wan.
aezeL IL despair to an Inn. There some neu
Ssre Enn N Atraun, AID on his return hous
~ found bag Of alcats On his table. Hi
wife ,btcornng suspieious,. e1turted from hin
she confession that he had scme poten'
elazm,: nd she induced him to return Ani
;sss i 70 shs men; hut they could not be
Lands box. and fading there pu1se, openet
:h.t, whGeupou T. black f3s buxzed out
soen After the house took fro and ma
burned, tie hntae-de.ler killed his wife
AID then shot hiuseh. 1ha Germ1n poet Ris
relates that, he saw IN Erinann, made viii
great pains, and more thao century cid
Nhsch was kept In coffin. On tha cod1n va
cloth. on Vt1eh Was picture Of a thief q
.Le gauows, and 3 mandrake growing beneatl
it, ao.t careful and peculiar provisions wer
a1ce Of the ErdmAnn. When the, poeseaso
:. e1Es his youngest soa becomes the owner, bu
Ire must 1sy piece OF bread and piece o
'.cld in his fathers coffin, and they must b
t1tied With him !; but It the youngest son hs
fled before hi. father. tho eldest inherit.
/ sitter making the eazae offerings Grimm
| 1jtnt,che SnyeR. ' * -
Il anJ one will examine the epecirnen q
mandrake preserved in the museum Of t.
Eo.al College Of Surgeons in London,
M bardly wonder that Il should hare arou,
I'd euperatitiout feelings, Il is = Rritts
I =pecimen-she gift OF Charles Hstehatt, F.
9 S-1nfi, We unnss suppose, has not been tau
i rescd with, though this u difficult to beliers
Tor nothing could bear more quaias 1eseu
s,lanesto two heayil! bearded hunaa fsoes-
unon the heads Of the io1ned bulbs vii
s ! disinteIestedness that requires no aid fru
lie imagination. Tie roots In this speciu,t
.re rhort, Aud hidden bT tbs 1oug retdts
brown beard put II, IS would hcecn to bs II
. ca.e In other specimens, such faces shou
kave hunan-like linbs protesting beuea
! item, the effect would be startling enoug
Te c4hnot wonder that F1auciscus fmperat
T. ard Fabius CoIuuna should have both d
. .ezibsd The mandrake they saM - - nun
b hoss FROM T. ): <1ns Sorrs3 zora, BY ;
Y .. co.nay> in: Ha'1ss Magazine .for 4
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