Smyrna times., 1871-01-04
MISce e//UW eOWS.
Mystery Mines,


d OehcI III odd portents or omrns which cyer.
cISeS IN many cases very important Influence
over their lives. Let Us take the weIl-knn,yn
case OF Napocon'S star NJ Pa.sy et tIn
meeting OF the Academic trs Sciences Moral,
Ct fGIltlGue, according to ". Bosnopt, had
IHe I21iao"Ing anecG1te from General Ranp
T''lSei' ~ VINO. On Ills return from the st.i2~ :
h""'A'ci having occasion tG speak to the 3,a
ptror entered l!S cabinet without Lr,rg an
nonnced. lie found him in such ,roionr1
Modlta:nn that his entrance was NOT roticnL
ne GGhcr'l seeing that he did not mcyo WIS
"II'ld ne NIGH; b" indi>poSed, and purpo,cl,
hadG noise. NAPOLEON inm"llatnIv tur,,nG
.'uhu' anu sei%tng iiart By the ann. pointe3
10 10 Ihe healcnS, saying, " DO you sec rhat ,,
INC 'eHcrai laaIe no reply. Rring iute,ro.
eated Sccn:I! time, he answered that he nnr.
~ i've" nothing. y hat responded the
Emperor you d!d Hot discover il? itia my
a!n' 1.aI' 1t Is immediately III front Of yuu-moSt
DriliaIt' And becoming gradually moro nv.
CITED, he exclaimed, s. it has never aLardonnJ
mF behold It on all great occasions /,
cohnl!hdS me tn advaacr and that tn mo ); F.,
sure sign 81 success. This illusion of Tho
sense my be expaned by some as : sv;unfon,
o' oue oi l. ">e impending cpi!cptic ATTACK /,
WINE d It Is well known the cnIperor U,s .nL.
ltct. Whether this was the case or NOT i
however, e>lde the question. inasnncL oa
N,"i'"r grS have, III the Imagination. appc,r.
Gu ~ great men III all ages, and our Object Loro
= i,ViC! 20 9raW attention to the uniyer.ality
!" '"e Nc il"' III theS' anI,,* The English Ad-
I'l.IIl NeiSoh had u belief in them, w.. know.
oF the horseshoe he had l!ai,cl to the ,,a;n'
mat II the IIcfog% Of which his coffin va.
nade and, to qupje another and a very l;r-
'eFeit class OF mind from HAT Of either Of liz
great men mentioned, as Influenced bv the
Sdhle cohNieriticn tor the railing of tritIrS wr
may refer to the singular habi, Of DIR. .Jnb,Snr
described ty Boswell, Of ncvcrcutt1itr joor,
way without Counting "a certain number of stems
ana 50 lndg'nG the distance that the last stnr
snouiu taIl upon the threshold Of tLc dncr
with certain foot. So particular was Hahn
%" ~ 'illS respect tnat on more than one oc-
casloil, when he had failed to time bini>rlr bo
returned to correct his steps.
Nearly every superstition can la traced h,ck
10 the earliest periods. The mere. ttrfcs thai
,ufen ainuSe themselves with, amused and
ia" an inllnence on the minds OF the earliest
ace lhe children who twirl the cup to teI
their Fortunes by the disposition Of The tca.
leaves little Imagine that il is the iyi,ine cnn
0! Joseph and his brethren neither DO yourn
girls when they suspend wcdd.ng-ring by =
halr IN glass, know that Roman girls id the
same thing thousand, Of wears 40
NalIorS think II uniurky to sail from ort on
u '"s' -" ''u ). mere IS story ati l1t
that Shlp-owncr determined TO diSpro,c tli.
superstition. had ship built and l,rncLed nI
Friday, named Friday with CAPTAIN and
nrst mate Lorn on Il Friday; and the triumnh
ahI report ot the sal.Uls was that She sailed on
a. q rfidhy, and was never heard of again
ne e was very curious aud common sinner
sutton In the days Of the TndOrS. that If an
image were made Of person in wax. with +, |
pm stuck through the left side. and tho sa,na
were exposed to heat, the person 50 renrcscnt
{" would melt away when placed before a fire !
aS as laS' as me WaXen image did. During Queen
rHlzaOe'h reign the celebrated Dr. Dee, the /
II'ioI'ser' lI was Seut iof one morning by her
Majesty ministers to prevent the mischief
winch they believed To be intended against her
6y reason OF an image Of wax in her form in I
Lincoln Inn Fields, We mention this old
superstition III order To state that, even in the |
present uay, such images are still made for the !
purpose o! obtaining money out of pour cred !
uIouS women, who believe the cunning wo- .
men aud wise men who make them have
absolute power over their bodies by means Of .
his device.
A very curious police case that occurred at
lhe "ofSiiIp street police court only a few
years back proves that even in London there
are women who earn livelihood by pretending
to take away spell, placed upon people. The
wlc OF c'pperSmith. dcs .rhed as a lady
nAe'lo"kihg wnmln. auie rcd before thu sit
IN? maI>trat and charged another woman
Win mus deflau'Iirg her When asked by
ne magistrate what the woman had done 10
her, she made the following statement: Il I
went to Mrs. Macdonald, (thc det niant,) who
'ald' Gu appear Ill, and told her tLat
VAS We had some conversation abuHt it, and
'he tnch iold me that a person was doing me
an injury, aud said, II you have ssmo Of INV
powders, they will relieve you; but thew are
3Yxpen>c each. ! told her, of course that
ia not mind that, and she therefore burned
en- of the ~.
lome ?'' '1N'
Oh no, Of course not She put them into
ne Ere before my face, and they all cracked,
'laHtd, burned, and bounced"
ID to effect?'' WIZ '''9"'
On she said they would torment the ner-
on who. was iniurng me. "
AUD dld you feel any better from the pow,
IerS being administered in that wav?'
Oh yes, did fet b tier; but mind. |
ION oeheve that II lies so much in the now
Grs as IN the words she uses. think i'll
nat she >ays when she burns them that does :
he good '''e'
:" Indeed Then whit were tho words she
"Oh don't know she took care that 7 :
mould not hear those, or of course should be
> !, wise as herself She did not even mutter =
Then there was no ihcantation?" e.;
Well, then, have you brought her here be.
anse you feel better or what?' :
Oh no; feel worse again-worse every :,
ay. only ielt better the first time went. r
he TACT ls, l have relative who is coming .
ITO large property, and she wants to get rid h
me, so she goes to Mrs. Macdonald and has {
Owders, the same as | do, and of course they =
orment me whenever Mrs Macdonald burns =
hem for her She knows that's true too, for =
non went another time she told me that the h.
nowledge got made ber SO i'll that she was g.
ollged to leave her husbands side, in the Sc
liuule y OF the night, and burn powder to get e,
d Of the tOrments that She herself suffered q, a.
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