The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
Curious Glass Owned
By a Washington
Man. nj
WILL NOT WORK FOR ALL.
Some Have Seen Portentous
Pictures Reflected On
It's Surface.

rors, in which impossible heroes saw
impossible heroines in danger, from
which said heroes. proceeded to rescue
the fair maidens, yet such things have
been relegated by most of us to, the
region Of the imagination, We regard
such things as being outside, of the
real world of today and belonging to
the region of myth and fable. Yet in
spite of our prosaic nineteenth century
it is nevertheless a fact that a Wash,
ington gentleman is the possessor of an.
article which might be classed as ap-
propriately belonging to the time of
Aladdin and the wonderful lamp, says
the Washington Post. ah sa-4
This strange acquisition is mirror
which came from India, and in which
one can see the events which the future
will bring forth. That such is its
power is attested by some of the best
! known gentlemen of the city, who for
| obvious reasons, do not wish their
| names to- be mentioned
This mirror came into the possession
| first of a Washington lady who was
| travelling In India, and, being interest,"
| ed in the religion of the country, took
| a trip to the famous temple Of Alora,
which lies in a rocky side of the foot
hills of the Himalaya mountains This
temple is now but ruin of jagged
rocks, putting out harshly into the
/ soft greensward that rolls smoothly
down into the valley below Above
tower the vast mountains with their
/ glittering caps of snow looking down
i on the peaceful tropical scene where
for ages the followers of Brahma have
i performed their sacred rites. 11 !sa
4 Phe. ruins of the temple stand open
j to the weather, and its ancient glory,
which shone in such splendor before
i the English came to India, is now
n diminished, But a small band Of
Brahrnan monks still kept the sacred
secrets and ceremonies alive. Few
4 Europeans ever penetrate this section
4 Of the mountains, but the Washington
i lady mounted and visited the monas-
4 terry. While there she managed to Sc
1 cure possession of one of the mirrors
made by the monks and reputed to
! possess wonderful properties.
4. The lady briught the mirror with her
on her return to town, and at her death
iii came into the possession of Mr..
4 Lowdernlilk. From him it was bought
by a gentleman who takes great in
terest in such matters, but who would
not like the fact of the existence of the
| IL.
1t would attract thousands of seekers
after the curious. After paying quite a
large sum for the glass, the mirror
was brought home and put to the test.
The mirror is oval in shape, about a
4 foot long, and is surrounded by
i wooden frame two inches in width and
Il painted dark green The back Of the
glass is coated with asphaltum and
then covered with dark linen, so that
xHytO no RI NJ q
. ltrous opal. The method of use Is by
! sitting with the mirror in ones lap
v and holding the glass so that there Is
/ mo reflection of other objects shining
on the surface of the glass.
| If the test is a success, there will ap-
4 pear IN about a quarter of an hour
i thin cloudy mist, which will slowly
81 float over the surface, and, then the
images of future events will be mir
i rored in the seemingly fathomless deI,th
d of the dark glass
O The gentleman who owns the mirror
4 has never been himself successful in
e seeing anything, but a friend of his, a
+ prominent Judge and thirty-third de-
h gree Mason, had a remarkable exper-
t ience He placed the mirror In his lap.
!. and, after half an hour, mist aoated
e over the surface; then he saw reflected
in the glass picture Of coffin. within
e (which was the still, white face OF a dead
a man. At first glance the features
:. seemed those of the ga2er, but on
t Hooking closely, it was seen that they
: Represented exactly the brother Of the
I gentleman-a man then in perfect
health. In a second the picture shifted
S and another face-that of friend-ap7
: peared within the sides of the coffin.
d The gentleman in two weeks afterwafd
g lost his brother, and in a short while
q This friend, whose face he had also seen,
: passed to another world. e -
"A son of the owner was one. evening
looking into the mirror when he saw
within a picture of house In flames
: There were the servants leaping from
1.-the porches; then returning to drag
out the furniture. The glare shone
around on a yard which the gazer re-
f cognized as that of his own farmhouse
: down the Potomac. By the, mail two
ldays afterwards he received from his
housekeeper an account Of fire which
i had destroyed his home, and the des-
cription tailed exartly with the pic
tufe seen in the mirror. a ri
Another man, a gentleman employed
in the bureau of ethrology and we'll
known as a scientist and linguist, has
also seen many pictures in the mirror
pictures of events in his life WHICH
were afterward realized to the letter,s
BY the student of ocoultisin the fol-
LOWING directions were given in a trea-
ltisa on that subject, which dealt with
the methods employed in making sucii
( mirrors; The materials used are rone
glass six and one-half inches by eight
and onehalf inches, free from flaws
ard concaye in shape; small amount
, of turpentine asphaltum pint of ,spi-
rits of turpentine, small hair brush,
, a box in which to case the mirrors and
! half yard OF new cloth. 81 Xxi bsa0ss
The glass is placed In a clean, light
, and airy room the materials washed
perfectly clean; then the brush and
the glass are wiped over with turpen-
tine. Afterward the back If tina glass
t is coated smoothly with thin varndsh
i Of the asphaltuni and left to dry the
operation being repeated for the two
Following days. At the end of that
= time the mirror Ia magnetized by place
Ing the hands above 1t and slowly wav-T
ing them to and fro, so that the animal
magnetic force may be we'll absorbed
by the asphaltum. The asphalturt ii
the best known material for absorption
OF the aura of the human body, and
4 TINS Is the reason for its use. Tho
Test should be made also In a clean
airy chamber when alone and when thu
mind is composed, and by perseverance
! the inquirer is sure to be rewarded.
so say the books on magic ~
Valenciennes in all widths up to al,
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