Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-06-14

numerous or very prolific. In this
business the gypsies have decided ad-
vantage over all other races, though
the negro voodoos run them q good
second. There is a general belief that
the possession Of gypsy blood carries
with IL the gift OF prophecy, and as in
the case OF artificial cauls to supply
the sailors, am inclined to think that
the gypsy race are recruited from the
ranks Of outsiders who are willing to
pose as the daughters Of gypsy kings
for the sake OF the revenue there is in
II. What seduction there is in the fol-
lowing:
Queen Hester, the only true and
genuine gypsy princess in the city, in
order TO meet the wants Of her increas-
ing patrons, has moved to No. =, on -
street. As palmist, Queen Hester is
unriyaled by any person living or dead.
She tells the past without questions,
maps out the future, gives the names OF
winning horses in races aud the lucky
numbers in lotteries. For so cents ex-
ira she will show the picture of the
man you are TO marry"
IL will be seen from these advertise
ments that the different nationa' ties
have varying methods Of divinatiou.
The gypsies believe in palmistry, and
while reading the hand they watch the
face, and being excellent students OF
human nature, they say things that
startle their simple clients and add i'm
mensely to the belief in themselves and
so TO their revenue.
The Irish practice amethpd of divi-
nation almost peculiar to themselves,
known as soup tossing" This consists
in putting some tea leaves in q cup and
pouring hot water over it, after the
Chinese method of making that bever-
age. After these are saturated the
fortune teller economically drains of
:he liquid, leaving enough in the cup
TO float the leaves. The Irish fortune
tellers are invariably old women; in
deed, with the Celtic race, age appears
to be essential to full possession of the
prophetic gift The hag circles the
cup around three times to the right,
then three times to the left, so diffus-
ing the leaves over the sides of the
vessel; this done, she dexterously turns
the cup bottom up, letting whatever
liquid there may be in the cup drain
into saucer; after a minute or two,
during which perfect silence is main
tanned, she lifts the cup and, from the
arrangement Of the leaves, she reads
the past, present and future of her eli
eDt. If there be long streak of tea
leaves, it means a journey by land; If
there is large open space to which
none of the leaves adhere, it signifies a
long journey by water; where the
leaves are jumbled together in a mass,
it invariably indicates trouble, and
where they take circular form with
an open space in the center it is ring,
and a sure sign of the approaching
wedding. One OF these professional
prophets, Celt, we may be sure. from
the name as we'll as from the method
employed, advertises as follows: Mime.
MuldooD, of No. 20 street, is the
champion cup tosser of the world. She
has never had o rival, and she is sure
none will ever appear to dispute pre-
eminence with her in her chosen field.
She uses a tea called Buds o. Heaven
ly Flowers picked by the fingers of the
mandarins' daughters, from which she
never makes mistake. Her terms are
low. If you are in trouble or distress,
through love or business, call on her at
once and have your mind set at rest"
have said that women have mo-
nopoly of the professional prophecy
business. There is one department,
however, in which men stand pre-emi-
nent; that is in what one advertiser
calls "The Magical Mathematical Field
of Pure Astrology." "Astrology" is a
generic name applied to the profession
as a whole, but bv reason of It's sup