Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-13
ASTROLOGY.
The wonders Of the Science Illus
trated by Gifted Female.
Il. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.


Chicago Tribune.l
A black-eyed woman with a sal
low countenance and protruding
front teeth entered the Office Of a
female astrologer the other day and
said abruptly: "Do you show peo-
pie things?" "Daughter of earth,"
said the seer solemnly, " the past,
the present, the future and the to-.
come lie open to my perceiving gaze
like whole public library Of open
books. The everlasting planets,
comets, loadstars, perihelions, and
galaxteries reveal, in their respec-
tive conjunctions, interjectionS and
other parts of celestial speech, all
that mortal can know, not know,
want to know, or not care about
knowing, stolen property, lucky
numbers at policy, faces of future
partners, number Of children, re-
suit of speculations in Milwaukee
club wheat, verdicts of petty juries,
and a variety of other information
too numerous to mention" Chow
much?" said the woman in busi-
ness.like manner. "The celestial
and aboriginal deities will be pro-
pitiated by the gift Of the one She
kel in greenbacks, two for gentle
men," was the reply. The fnan-
cial formalities having been COM
piled with, the visitor said, "Iwant
you to show me my husband"
"Keerecticus," answered the seer
ess in the cabalistic words of ancient
Egypt; then, after obtaining enough
genealogical information to start a
family bible with, she began, in a
dreamy, introspective way: "By a
pellucid brook in the midst of a
purling landscape, man is mean
dering to and fro, up and down,
round about, here and there, hither
and thither, and so forth. He
takes from his pocket a letter aud
reads it. A cloud passes over his
flaxen face and pale blue hair.
Lemme see. Jupiter in Taurus,
Aries butting the giblets out of
| Oapricornus, the twins, and the
conjunction of Venus and Mars
-" 90, / don't want to hear
anything about Venus and his ma"
said the visitor, testify; "Pm mar
ried, and / want to know where my
husband is" go, it is your pres
ent husband you want to inquire
about-why didn't you say so at
first? You should not tamper with
the spirits" said the seeress. 81
was telling you about your future
husband-after you get a divorce
from this one, with SAC week ali
mony and $3.50 counsel fee," she
added, after narrowly inspecting
her visitors face; ''your fature hus.
band, with the beauty of Adonis
and whole lot of West Division
city railway stock. But, about your
present husband-lem-me-see. |
see a street, street in this city,
and on that street there is a--a-
house" ga house with four steps
to the front stoop, a gutta-percha
door mat, a big chip out Of the
bell handle, and the green blind In
the left hand parlcr window with
three Stats knocked out?" breath
leesly questioned the visitor. 81
cannot see," said the seeress, Ill
there is a chip out of the bell han,
die, because the Salamander in his
transit across the Cyclades obscures
the effulgent efTulgence of the ef-
fulgatory moon. Ha, man appears
on the street. He looks about as il
he feared to be observed"
"And well he might, at his age p
broke in the visitor, with five
children, and the youngest four
months old" "This man." said the
seeress, mohoning her guest to be
silent, 81 see / will describe to you
He has" GA stoop, false teeth
black eyes, a bald head, deceitfu
heart, a limp in his left leg, sui
OF pepper and salt clothing with 8
, patch of dark gray cloth in the sea-
Of the pantaloons that l put in my
SELF" interrupted the visitor q
cannot see, for his back is turned
lhal he is precisely the man yol