The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-11

token this legendary treasure was recog-
nized In the Emperor's grave we cannot
of finest gold. with two rough sapphres
In the middle, and other gems. The town
leon 1, who presented it to Fox, Earl Of
Holland. Afterwards 1t came into the pos
session of Napoleon III, and still exists,
no doubt
DR.. Dee's talisman is also historic and
also survives. in the British Museum. In
W6se be lb Dr. of Dee was prbayng
Uriel appeared, and, smiling. gave him a
ball of stone, polished black-very like a
summoned angels when he would, and
they gave him invaluable information. But
the worst of 1T was that he could not often
what they told him. "It is very rare"
says he in his biography, yea, even in
our days, for any operator or master to
hear angels speak articulat ely. When they
DO speak it is like the Irish-much in their
throat" That expression, Yea, even in
our days, invites a commentary. But to
receive daily communications of the ut
most interest which one can rarely inter-
pref and never remember must be terribly
trying for magician in the long run DR.
Dee confded his troubles to certain
Kelly, who. familiar with the Irish mode
OF speaking, understood the angels per-
fectly, and, what is more, transcribed their
remarks. But most people know what
singular SIN results. uncomfortable for poor
Dr. Dee, followed that association. Sew
eral talismans survive in Scotland. Sir
Walter Scott had one called the Toadstone
served in the family. unnamed from whom
ne got It for several generations OFTEN
pledged pledge for considerable sums and always
redeemed; Stewart Of .Ardvarlich possesses
a crystal, renowned in ages more pic
turesque through lower Perthshire: even
water in which it had been dipped brought
luck. The Campbells of Barbreck have or
mad. "Barbrecks bone" a fiat piece of
ivory not less efficacious. And the Lee
Lee. is world famous The owner in 1cs ~
wa, WAS INJECTED by the Synod of Glasgow for
. Miaencr al Who :, has not heard of the
tune of the. Musgraves depends? IT is a
pretty specimen of Saracenic glass. per-
grave. Jus
Nh, any scrap OF writing is talisman for
ni S ana Buddhists of the ignorant sort.
lnscr1be the name of God if he handle a
pen-an idea not so absurd as it appears
Wouiu generally be SO. Mungo Park kept
h1r me within him in his bitterest distress
pS Sn wiring lT; the Lords Prayer on strips Of
talismans we have heard of is favored al
Jeypore: They dry the body of a nuskrat
cording to their means. Hung T To,nG t ac
neck or tied to the arm. this Is an fnfaIIi
BILE protection against all varieties Of mis-
fortune. including bullets. But the mos, IN
teresting of all talismans is the Salagrarn
ma stone, cherished throughout India since
gress of 1891, that it is honored in EIIrone-
even under the same name in ItaIv witb
a cnange OF one letter The stones have
often been described in India They come
mostly from the River .Gundax in Nepaui.
a kind OF ammonfte. about the size of an
orange, with a hole through the middle
They exactly resemble the casting of an
earth worm petrifled, and thus they fit into
legend OF Vishnu, not worth transcrip
ton But stalagmites take this form some
times IN Tuscany. and such when found
are called Salagran. 1t would be sfncred
ulity amounting to disease" like DR.. John
sons. which could see nothing more than
an astonishing coincidence between the
Hindu word and the Italian applied to
the same rare and curious object They
are identical; but what crowd or start
ling and imposing possibilities arise as one
contempiates that facti In Tuscany as in
India the stone is supreme protection
against evil things of every sort. and Mr.
Lelands researches enabled him to show
very plausibly why II is credited with sr,ch
power Also, by looking through the hole
IL the proper lamentations have been made
one may see all the spirits which chance
TO be frequenting the neighborhood lust
then. And this is very useful In a search
for hidden treasure which of course is
necessarily watched by spirits.