The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-02-12
4 CURIOslrlEs ~ SUPERSTITION.

| III cUEloslrlEs ,OF SUPERSTITION.
ITo4 Louis Napoleon, in his will, emphasize
the solemn declaration :-eWith regard t
4 mysonJet himk keep as tailsman the watch.
This piece of fetichism would appear to hay
formed yet another link between the'imperia
exile that has passed from our midst ant
those Latinraces whose cause he effected t
represent whose superstition he .certainl,
shared. Indeed. the ancient Romans degra
ded priest because his mitrs fell, aud I'm
made dictator because rat squeaked. Cas-
ar crossed the Rubicon, because on the op
posite bank, he sew man with a fine figure
His nephew felt confident of winning thu
fbattle Of Actiun1, because he met peasant
of the nameof Nicolaus, mounted on an ass
Wolsey was warned Of his doom by corsair-
head; Sejanus, by a flight Of Crows, DR.
Johnston objected to going under a ladder
Montague avoided giving hisleft foot prior
ity 10 putting on his stockings Alexander
was believed to have united the Gordon
knot with his sword. For goo2.iuck''s sake,
Augustus wore some portion of a sea-calf;
arlemagne some trinket of unknown value.
.Mahomned was all fate !; Bonaparte allstar
( and destiny Cromwell believed in Sept.
and Louis Napoleon in Dec. q. Sulla called
himself Fslix, thefavorite child Of: fortune,
aud Timoleon turned his house intoa temple
of chance Alexander, if We may credit
tho account given by Quintus Curtis, was
terrified by blood flowing from inside his.
soldiers bread during the siege ofaTyre in
332 3. c. His seer, Aristauder, foresaw in
this crimson ef1ux Of thevital stream out of
the 'eommissariat a. happy issue for the Mac
edonians; and the warriors thus nervsd took
Tyre. From the year 1904, the alarming
spectacle of the bleeding host of bread, as
well as the bewitchhed bloody milk, several
times in each century, gave simple folk a.
scare; thus, it was noticed in 1864, under
Urban ~, at Bolsena, NOT far from Civita
Vechina; and Raphael has taken this for
the subject of his picture called 'sMiraculoi
de Dolsens, "1wh1chis at all events, miracle
Of the pencil. ltInt 1883, when He;nfichs[
Won Bulow destroyed the village and church
Of Wilstach, drops Of blood we're found
eight days zafterward on the host placed on
thesaltar. But the victims of superstition
have the bump of casualty remarkably de-
veloped and in 1910, thirty eight Jews
we're burnt to ashes because they tortured |
she.S consecrated host until it'll led Again,
the sight was seen on the Moselle 10 1924; |
md in 1913 the famous Gutenberg analysed
5he terrible portent. After stopping with
Dis microscope over the red stains of bread,
cheese and potatoes. this savant declared
hey were caused by small menads or vibrois,
which have a red color. and are 50 Minute
hat from 46, S56, 100000 TO 8S4736, 000,-ft
100000 distinct beings aaern the space of
,neF cubic inch: Unfortunately, when, IN
$3.50, thirty-eight Israehtes, as We y have
een, were burnt to ashes, no scientific b.
lrepaserg existed to point cut to their -saper-
tisious butchers that what they call proof
,flthe consecrated host being tortured until /
8 bled, was merely due to aggregation Of
hungry red insects. lq 434 1E{'4s ~ +
For some time past vigorous temperance
movement, chiefly led by women, has been in
progress in number Of the towns Of Ohio,
nd has achieved q marked success. The
Ian is to visit the saloons, hold pray meet
ngs in them, ard BY persuasion induce deal
rs to. stop the business. At Wilmington
popular feeling, has been 50 fully aroused
hat it is reported that every drinking saloon
$ closed. At Sabioa a like result has been
cached. At Gallipolisa TEN perance league
vas organized on Saturday last. A process
ion Of eighty ladies visited the drinking
aloons, and BY prayers and appeals endeay-
red to stop the traffic. At some houses the
loors were closed against them, but they
leld their devotional exercises upon the
teps. At one saloon, known as Robbers
aoosf," they purchased the entire stock and
implied the liquors into the gutter amid the
idgiug of church. hsls aud the cheers Of
he looksrscon.s A temperance nass-meeting
here Monday night was thronged with PEG
,le
Al New Vienna the same movement has
een begun, meetings have been held daily, i
nd Tuesday was chosen for round of. calls
pon saloon keepers. AL went we'll until
ne ladies reached the salooa Of one Van
'elt, Upon entering his den they were Or
cred to leave, out declined and began their
eyotional exercises. e During prayer when
he leader uttered the words, Maythe Lord
aptize him with His Holy Spirit the en-
aged Van Pelt seized bucket Of filthy wa
arsand hurried the contents over them. say
ng, CD you, I'll baptize You fIe r.
Gated his act without causing any Interrupt
ON ia The exercises, and finding dirty water
{ no avail, he began to throw beer u pom the
aides until they were finally driven from his
en- thoroughly drenched. They finished
heir exercises outside his door, while he I
food at the window deholncing tkeln with
orrible imprecations. a Public Indignation
gainst him issfully aroused, and it is prob
BILE the ren in the town will finish the
.ork BY the destruction Of bis place Of bust
ess. - tNAs sea paa.
AN EDITOR IN Boys Eyes. -.The edi-
'r is one of the bappiest animals in the
nown world He can 60 to the menagerie
ftsrnoon and evening without paying q cent.
fs has free tickets to pienics and strawber-
7 festivals, aud gets wedding cake sent to
i'm. While other folks have to 60 to- bed f
arly the editor can sit up late every night.
I'D see alhthas is going onss5 The boys think
3 great thing to sit up till 10 o'clock.
When | am man, mean to be an editor
81 can stay out nights. The editor done
aye alye 70 saw wood or do any chopping, except !
18th his scissors. Railroads get uo exeur.