The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-09
MYSTIC LADY CAITIlNESS.
The Peeress Who Is Now the Leader
Of TheosOphists.

titles of Countess of Caithness in the
peerage of Scotland and of Duchess oil
Medina Pomar in the nobility OF
Spain. She was the daughter of a
wealthy Cuban, Don Jose de Maria
tegui, and the young widow of the
Count de Medina Ponar, when In
1872 she charmed Sir James Sinclair,
fourteenth Earl of Caithness and
Baron Barrogill. Thus connected
with ''the lordly line of high St.
Clair" lords of haunted Roslin, she
has borne herself with a singular indie
pendence of conventions, and for
these twenty years she has been noted
for her devotion to. occult arts and a
high stepping order of Spirituaiism.
Her husband and his son by a former
marriage, the fifteenth Earl of CATH
ness, have both died within O few
wears, and their tombs are among
the latest in the ruined chapel OF
J Holyrood, where the Sinclairs have
right of sepulture by virtue Of descent
from Robert Bruce and kinship with
the Stuarts: in fact, the last Earl of
| Caithness was the last to be buried in
the beautiful chapel. The countess
obtained from King Amadeo, it is
said Dy a large gift of money, the con
firmation of the title of Pomar and
more, her elevation to the rank of
duchess, and her son was created
Duke of Medina Pomar, in success
sion to his father. Both the mother
and son have been deeply engaged in
| Spiritualism, and have written many
books: and the countess herself having
| accepted the faith of reincarna-
! tion, has come to believe that Mary
Queen of Scots had reaDpeared in
her own person. Before she arrived
at this conviction she had, under the
fascination of the story of Mary
Stuart. communed with the spirit of
that luckless lady, and claimed to
| have spent hours of many a night
with her; the record whereof she
| gave to the world in q book entitled
"A Night in Holyrood." Since then
her Spiritualistic experience and
occult knowledge have increased. and
she has bee ONE almost as notable as
Madame Blavatsky in the learning OF
theosophy, though it is not said that
| she rivals the Russian woInan's pow
ers as an adept. Four years ago h
published her magnum opus, 1.-The
| the Secret Doctrine of all Relig-
ions" This is held by theoso-
phists in a regard only second to
that they give Blavatsky's Isis I'm
veiled,'' but it differs as the two
writer's differed in their characters.
The Countess of Caithness is not a
being of mystery, her story is known;
| she does not smoke cigarettes or dwell
in lodgings, but possessed of a large
| income, she lives like a princess,
dresses magnificently, and when she
is in the Mary Stuart mood she adorns
| herself with royal robes and crown
holds court and is addressed as
Majesty" Although now nearly
fifty years of age, she is still slen-
der, graceful, and has the remains OF
| her Spanish beauty. 1t is thought
that Hierophant Olcott and the other
| theosophists have done we'll for their
cult in choosing her as the successor
to Blavatsky. -NeDGrb Sunday CGW.
Kafhr M j
An observing correspondent who
has been studying the maids of Raffir-
land, Africa, writes:-'sThe Rassacatu-
mas are more cleanly in their habits
than any tribe / visited. They keep
their huts in good order, and their
trips to the river for bathing purposes
keep a path we'll trodden down.
II saw several specimens OF female
beauty among this tribe, such as often
have driven men mad, caused the
overthrow of monarchs and the down
fall Of nations, whose charms might
rank with those of Cleopatra of old.
Many fair-skinned ladies might envy
their acts of coquetry, little graceful
tossings of the head, and sly glances
of large black eyes almost hid by
heavy eyelashes.
I'm looking at the fine chiseled chin
and forehead, at the development of
the entire form, as perfect as nature
could make it, one almost forgets the
scantiness of their attire, which con-
sists of a glrdle around the loins pro-
fusely ornamented with beads, and to
this. long strings of....shells, beads and
tusks worn around the neck and
shoulders, and you have a native
maiden in full dress.
Hair, a dark, glossy, jet black;
deep, liquid eyes; teeth of matchless
whiteness that peep out like pearls
between ruby lips that smile as they
greet you with the phrase of their
country, 'Si-a-gootanda wona' Glove to
you), make it no safe atmosphere for
the nerves of a susceptible bachelor"
-Rehob0th Sunday Herald.
The Audacious Young Man.
An incident which occurred ON