Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-17

Tho TRo00 IL FutuHuy'
That men of education and social and |
busi hess standing should be the best
patrons of tn ese alleged unfolders OF
the great subsequent il astounding, yet
such 10 the fact. The Cleveland Press,
In an article on soothsayipg in that
city says:
Many OF Cleveland's most notable
Judges have and do at the present
writing, fill the Golfers Of the dealers
In futures not contemplated In the
| market reports, risking their money
and many times their happiness upon
| theie Representations. The number OF
persons apparently In normal health
who have their skins 80 full Of faith as
to be willing to fly to the defense Of this
class Of people At all times 10 awe-in-l
spring. Some years ago the writer.
then connected with now defunct
west side paper, " wrote up" old Moth
or Cooley, who rms witchcraft found |
ry at the foot Of Hanover street.
The article descr ibed tho Euclid
richly attired ladies whose elegant car
riages and equipages constantly block
AIDED the front Of the rickety shanty,
also the seer's surroundings, including
the wealth OF filth shrieking parrots,
and strong. lin bed, robust and usually
agitated bed bngs the visitors were COM
PEELED TO contend with, and ending by
| referring In somewh hat incredulous
. manner 10 her powers OF taking time by
3 the hind leg and foretelling the future.
: Next morning a young man with deep
{ scowl aud an abnormal development of
{ mucle called before office hours.
VI He came with the early dawn and
4 an unreasonably large club and insisted
b | that Mother Cooley had tsld his fortune
I'll truly, and didn't propose TO see her
n slapc cred. He was finally forced to
admit, however, that whereas the cards
= vociferously proclaimed that he would
n become the husband of q beautiful
widow with dead loads Of money, he
I. had Just married a poor but sweet
,t TEN pered girl with hair wArt on her
70 nose and y torpid liver.
Ill At the present time every metropoli-
4. tan newspaper contains more or less
n nd vertisem ents informing the public a,
Ii large that Madame La Flumadiddle,
W the great French sOrceress, seventh
" daughter Of the seventh daughter, will
At find lost articles, locate and cure al
IN disease, bring disentangied lovers to
ne gether and slit the future wide open fol
Id more often in tearing lovirg heart
,u asunder and forever bltahting happ.
at homes. In every large city thee
Va Witches deps flourish To the ruinatiol
of the poor, credulous creatures they re
w In their tolls.
80 As a sample of this class may be men
az toned madame who hoid
NJ forth on St. Clair street. my viii
ar aud always lived happily" remarke
I'm q prominent young Superior street bus
ter ness man, until about three years a 4
it'll hen my wife first visited this woma
I've to have her fortune told, more as a Jok
mt than anything else. She insinuated
ore my wife that was untrue to her an
promised to tell her more II she won
ck. come again. The visits were rep ats
ust until my wife.s miho became poiso"'
ttlel against me. My once happy home
ten wrecked and divorce suit will prob
ing bly, end the matter"
al Tho madame also dealt In charm
out These we're invariably resorted TO to bri
Z ed fractious lovers TO time. AND I
the number of silly women and ignora
ON. servant girls who were wont TO
the charms at s. per charm soon filled
thel Golfers TO OVERLOOKING One charm C,
AZ sisted of little rel flannel bag fill
Y 10 W it'll horse hair to wear next the SIX
Another was for the enchantress
hot yanka lot of hdir from her love
IN head or In some other secret man
the gain possession Of the same and VI
bird IL In the toe OF her left sock. This '
for warranted to keep the lover true n
he N the toe sore
ons Still another is The needle char
canl which consists of secretly sticking
hisI huge needle in the lapel OF the coa'
mi the party TO be charmed. IL Is 4
urn that one young girl brought her 10
IN iv to the madame's and while the la'
,he entertained the young man the !
.nds d III the needle act with his coat in
!. An hall. The charm cost her her wee
one. wages, and on the way home, she n ee
ing kept jabbing into the young ma
LEI neck and made h'm swear ike pir;
pnre which was the only effect noticeable
'amel When all other charms proved u
,azel vailDg the hre charm was resorted
This consisted OF following In the Il
Par. steps of the lover on a dark night
m. burning a red fire such AZ little Ur
mill Toms Cabin Evas fly through on u
The way TO stage heavens. This has led
can the strange sights of delicate til
v Of girls sneak ing through the solemn u
tn night hour and ever anon emit
,Ils,. streaks of red fire like political To-
M, = Ijuht decentralization