The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-13

,.L-uow n Dishonest Woman Was
Neatly Trapped.
,,.oic,ans abound at the present day in
49,, great ccnters of civilization-chiro-
." oors spiritualists, scers Of the crys-
,oohatmas, thought readers astrol-
orers. interpreters OF the cards ana the
oetyee grounds. But they give no assist
80 to the police. says the London Stand
a .d The divine power which animates
asan, refuses To do such mean service. 1t
q nifty. They may scorn the profits
,yhich would flow In. But philanthropy Is
- stronr point in general, and they |
'nei nd confer no benefit upon a fellow |
co" more heartily appreciated than |
W. restoration OF his lost property More |
thev are all anxious TO make prose-
80 and what means could be moro effect |
49, ,;nvants and personages whose con-
a,iop would be triumph have pro-
,.in,od that they are ready 10 believe all
.S"t is asked of them If the adept will per-
-, that mirnclc But the spirits or some
In, forbid. and it is no use to argue.
fortunately there are magicians else
,,boro whose protecting genius is not so
rarticular and very striking feats have
a,, ottrihuted TO them by persons whose
.oroetv and intelligence stand above ques
- We may take for example the evil
donce of Mr. Swettenham, Z. b., now
rosident of Perak Hopeless of recovering
some valuable property which had been
stolan from him, he followed the advice of
friends and sought "A wizard. Two pro-
fessors assured him that they would do
his business "in jiffy," but they did
not keep appointments made third
performed his operations privately and de-
ponnced the thief to Mr.. Swettenham,
who expressed wish to see the process by
,,hjch he had been identified. A large
aorthenware bowl was filled with water
and n niece of cotton was tied over the top
ae IL were a drum Mr.. Swettenham
wrote the name of every person who had
bsen in his house when the robbery was
committed, folded up each paper and laid
one of them on the drum.
He wrote the names in English, which
assuredly no one present could under
stand, going into a corner to do so, folded
the slips exactly alike and shufiicd them
tooether. Two men supported the bowl
unon the tips of their fingers and the wiz
ard read a chapter Of the Koran. Nothing
hannened. So the slip was withdrawn and
another substituted Four names thus dis
missed. a fifth was laid upon the cotton.
"The reading had scarcely commenced
when the bowl began to turn slowly
round, the supporters letting their hands
go round with it until 1t twisted itself out
of their fingers and fell on the floor with a
considerable bang and n great spluttcring
OF water through the thin cover lt was
the name Of the person already mentioned
by the chief" Mr. Swettenham did not
tell him so. but asked for repetition OF
the ordeal Always the same result fol-
lowed 1T was a curious coincidence GER
tainly. The name disclosed was that oil
the person whom there was most reason to
SUSPECT. but beyond that l learned moth
ing" Most people would describe the sue
cess in terms more impressive than curl
GUS coincidence
Lane told an interesting story In MS
Modern Egyptians, upon the authority
as he expressly states of Mr. SAT- mel
maiesty's consul general. This gentleman
had been robbed He sent for famous
magician who undertook to show th'
guilty person to any boy who had no.
reached the age of puberty A NUMBER O
boys were working i'm Mr.. Salts garden
He sent for one, thus satisfying hlinsei
that collusion was impossible. Taking TIN
chid's right hand, he drew diagram up
on the palm and i'm the center OF IL mao
little pool of ink Into this pool he toi'
the boy to look steadfastly. Then m
burned incense and written charms at TN
same time commanding various obJects Z
appear in the ink. Each of these object
the boy saw, as he declared Flnaily Tn
thief was summoned He described M
stature, countcnance and dress, said n
knew him, and directly ran down INTO 'n
garden and apprchended one OF the labor
ers, who, when brought before his mas'e'
Immediately confessed his guilt
No one could question the absolute trut
of this story as told, and upon such al
thority. certified by q high Official IL
very striking But the boy must have pee
familiar with the ink business, by r
port at least, seeing that 1t Is the rcguis
practice of the magicians In Egypt
and all his fellows may very well nay
known who 1t was that stole MT oaio
goods, and of course he could describe
laborer working in the garden whoih
had just quilted. The things ne had set
In the ink were named-it was only niece
sary, in fact, to say Eyes" One must a.
why any robberies in Cairo remained "
detected IL this professor could name u
thief with the assistance OF any iittie "
who came along
There were plenty of his sort Lane ~
some fascinating adventures WIN ~
as most people know. And they chaIs
a very small fec. But we do not near VI
plundered householders applied 10 ohei
Certainly there was an agha OF police v,
had little need to use magic; navl
shrewdness served his turn. once upoi
time woman came to poor bue nom
pawnbroker and borrowed ooo pias''
upon head ornamcnt-this story also
Lanes The pawnbroker did not =. =.
her name or address When he eAaiiiin
the article, it proved to be gilt brass :,
ran wailing to the agha, who pitieu III
but there was no clew to the ioen,l'y
the woman 1t wasa pretty puzzle
most experienced and ingenious Oh
magistrates would have given IL VI
But the agha said: "Go homc' 'aho
thy property away and lock thy shop' =,
morrow DO there early. and when VI
hast opened thy shop, cry, 'Aias' lor
propertyp Then take in thy hanus :
clods and beat thyself with them anu .
Alas, for the property of others