The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10

procuring intercourse with the heavenly
host, preserving health, and even Of as
surfing perpetual youth to all those fortu-
nate enough to bask in their reflected
rays.
According to the Mussulman faith, the
names of the four archansels, Gabriel,
Michael, Azrael, and Israhl, inscribed
around the edge of mirror, together
with a sentence from the Koran, suffice
to insure the fulltilment of any wish, how
ever extravagant it may be- Among the
magic mirrors now preserved as curiosi-
ties is one bearing on it's back the image
of two sphinxes, together with the follow
ing comprehensive inscription. which is
supposed to indicate the influence the
treasure may exact: "GlOry, long life,
fortune, fame, elevation, praise, happi-
ness, excellence, power, prosperity, and
good will TO the proprietor forever "
No wonder that, with the prospect Of Sc
curing all these blessings, fabulous sums
were paid TO secure one OF these magical
treasures.
History records that Catherine Of Med
lei received from. her favorite, Cosine
Piaggieri, an astrologer of note. a magic
mirror which enabled her to sound the
my stories of the troubled times in which
she lived, aad to discover future events.
But the magician who had fashioned this
marvellous instrument failed TO read on
its tell-tale surface the fate reserved for
him. and, accused of causing Charles TX.
to waste away under a spell, he was
cruelty tortured and finally forsaken by
all who hau once Courted him, and al
lowed to die in abieet misery. Under
Francis l. magic mirrors were
the somewhat unsatisfactory sub
stitutes for the present system
of telegraphy, an astrologer hay
ing declared that q message could rapidly
be conveyed from Milan TO Paris. for in
stance, by writing 1t upon the surface OF
a magic mirror, and flashing the rebec-
tion of Git upon the complacent face Of
the moon. If all the formaities had dL.y
been observed, the message was distinctly
erlected from the surface OF the moon on
a magic mirror in Paris. but az the mes
sage could only be- deciphered By a
learned astroloCer. and as its transmits
sion depended upon certain coDiunctions OF
the planets and the assistance of the pro-
verbally tickle moon, this system OF tele-
graphy never gained much ground.
Among the noted mirrors mentioned in
fiction and poetry, Spencer, in his "Faerie
Queen" speaks of the mirror, which
Merlin, the enchanter. gave 10 Rylance,
the king, and Of its many virtues:
ut vcrtue had 20 shew IN perfect sight
What ever thing was in the world contaynd
Betwixt the lowest eGrth and heavens hight,
20 that it to the ldbker appertayn.
whatever foe had wrought, or friend had
fayn'd.
Therein discovered was, he ought mite pas,
He ought In a secret from the same rem1ynd,
Fotthy IL round ana h0llOwshaped was
Like 10 the world itselfe, and seemed world
OF glas "
Into this mirror Britomart, his dgugh-
ter, anxiously gazed 10 behold the fea-
lures of her destined husband, and saw
the form Of "comely knight" whose APP
pearance so fascinatedber that she started
out in search Of him, and during that
quest encountered all the marvellous ad-
ventures which are recorded in detail ia
the poem 10 was just such mirror
which the Beast procured for the Beauty