The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-11

,nk-How a Dishonest woman Was
Neatly Trapped.
.,o,ops abound at the present day In
- .he great conters Of civiiization-chiro-
~ ." m spiritualists, seers OF the crys-
nshotmas. thought readers, astrol- |
"h interpreters OF the cards and the |
Oee's rounds. But they give no assist !
oOn. - the notice, says the London Stand |
anco Tho divine power which animates |
aru fuses To do such mean service. lt
them ,,tv They may scorn the profits
p,yould flow in But philanthropy is
wniO" strong point in general, and they
uo,' confer no benefit upon fellow
eou n,,re more heartily appreciated than
e ra "sssto-ation of his lost property More
"uo thov are all anxious to make prose
owe, nd what means could be more effect
W Cavants and personages whose con-
No. ,on would be a triumph have pro-
N ''.,od that they are ready to believe all
cln u. - asked of them If the adept will per-
t nc, thot miracle But the spirits or some-
H., forbid. and IL Is no use to argue.
tn, THJS,tunately there are magicians else
80 whose protecting genius is not so
articular. and very striking feats have
pa', attributed to them by persons whose
vonestv and intelligence stand above ques-
.'on We may take for example the evil
sonce of Mr.. Swettenham, Z. b., now
u.IS Of Perak. Hopeless of recovering
.on,e valuable property which had been
oo,i, from him, he followed the advice of
Srends and sought wizard Two pro-
saSsors assured him that they would do
~ business Gin jiffy," but they did
not keen appointments made. third
,,srformed his operations privately and de-
Bounced the thief to Mr.. Swettenham,
Tho EXPRESSED a wish to see the process by
''.hicb he had been identified. A large
aorthonware bowl was filled with water
nd niece of cotton was tied over the top
as Il were a drum. Mr.. Swettenham
wrote the name of every person who had
been In his house when the robbery was
committed, folded up each paper and laid
one of them on the drum.
Dc wrote the names in English, which
assuredy no one present could under
stand. going into u corner to do SO, folded
the Sins exactly alike and shuffled them
tooetber. Two men supported the bowl
mon the tips of their fingers, and the wiz
ord road n chapter of the Koran. Nothing
banpened. So the slip was withdrawn and
anotber substituted Four names thus dis
missed. a fifth was laid upon the cotton.
0The reading had scarcely commenced
when the bowl began to turn slowly
round, the supporters letting their hands
% round with it until 1t twisted itself out
of their fingers and fell on the floor with a
considerable bang and great spluttering
~ water through the thin cover. 1t was
the name of the person already mentioned
nv the chief" Mr.. Swettenham did not
tell him SO, but asked for repetition OF
the ordeal. Always the same result fol
lowed. at was curious coincidence Ger
tainly. The name disclosed was that Of
the person whom there was most reason tt
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 hi
Modern Egyptians, upon the authority
as he expressly states, OF MIR SALT ne
majesty's consul general. This gentleman
had been robbed He sent for famou
magician, who undertook to show Tn
guilty person to any boy who had no
reached the age of puberty. A NUMBER o
boys were working in Mr.. Salts garden
He sent for one, thus satisfying himsel
that collision was impossible Taking Tn
childs right hand, he drew diagram ul
on the palm and in the center OF IL mao
little pool of ink. Into this pool ne toi
the boy to look steadfastly. Then h
burned incense and written charms, at til
/ same time commanding various objects {
appear in the ink. Each of these object
the boy saw, as he declared Finally tn
thief was summoned He described h
stature countenance and dress, said .
knew him, and directly ran down into ii
garden and apprehended one OF the labo
ers who, when brought before his maste
Immediately confessed his guilt.
No one could question the absolute trut
of this story as told, and upon such az
thority, certified by q high official, II
very striking But the boy must have Dec
familiar with the ink business, by r
port at least, seeing that 1t is tho reguli
4 practice of the magicians In Egypt. L
and all his fellows may very well ma
known who it was that stole Mr. SAT-
goods, and of course he could describe
laborer working in the garden whom
had Just Quilted. The things he had SCI
In the ink were named--it was only nece
sary, In fact, to say eyes" One must al
y why any robberies i'm Cairo remained u
detected If this professor could name
thief with the assistance of any little
who came along.
There were plenty of his sort Lane n
some fascinating adventures with the'
as most people know. And they charg
very small fec. But we do not hear III
plundered houscholders applied TO thel
Certainly there was an agha OF police :"
u had little need to use magic; hali
shrewdness served his turn. once upoi
time a woman came to poor but non
pawnbroker and borrowed BOO plasO
upon a head ornament-this story also
Lanes. The pawnbroker did not "a
her name or address. When he exaihii
the article, 1t proved to be gilt brass
ran wailing to the agha, who pitieu ~
but there was no clew to the identity
the woman. 1t was pretty puzzle
most experienced and ingenious OF
magistrates would have given IL VI
But the agha said go home; take
thy property away and lock thy shop =,
morrow be there early. and when u
hast opened thy shop cry, Alas ior
property Then take in thy hanus
clods and beat myself with them, ana