The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-03
WAYS OF TIE ORIENT.
Queer Ideas About AIIeviating
Bodily Suffering.
MAGIC CURES OF THE TURKS.
The Treatment to Which Crippled
Children Are Subjce:e@3@rohes OF
Garlic and Strings CT Blue Ccads as
Pan.ceas Against All Kinds c: i!ls.


\ stone strikes Sni::r Part ct ,ar body
OF m "ricn,:; anj wtlic,> 4 wn,:::d
The :ra!n OF ideas that THIS Incident
wou!t. produce in his mind would run
; some: hing like this: The >,u:lc * ;hc
cause OF pain. The cause Of the wound
|: is The principal origin Of he l:ou!,!c
BIZ, the essence g! every origin is hill
den. S:ecrcE and therefore sacred 'riI,.
stone becomes M aw" in$r!ri,i: frtich
The wound is neglected. !'hc !rticl,
has 10 be propitiatcd THIS simple Il
!ustration IS horne OF: and supported
by everyday experience which med
teal men encounter in the c?>i
Another Instance Gay 20 derived
from anon: the lower classes of The
Gre-:' population o: ConStantinopl". :.
child fails and cuts his head ihc
arst thought Of the Harcat il ~ J." >,irr
rot 10 wash and 20 bind UP the wound.
still less 10 cal medical :,SSi>I::,..
however grave The cut may !urn out
to be- This is always IN afte-;sou.!::.
"
the belp OF surgeon can prove OF no
use.
The first thing the father or mother OF
the injured child thinks OF doing is 10
pour over the shoulder upon the place
Of the accident 4 lihation OF wirc or
susaret water and to whisper in per
forming this some mysterious formula
supposed 20 possess supernatural ETH
cacy against every form Of evil.
The MoslenlS are addicted 10 the
QueercS, practices for purposes OF heal
ing or alle:ia ting bodily pain. y Turk.
FOR Instance. in distress or suffering
from some disease however severe.
knows Of 10 better remedy than 10 FIX
4 piece OF his dress. torn cG with true
oriental equan;m;ty. 10 an iron bar OF
some saints tomb or TO drink water
from turnbler into which be has pre-
viousiy ru, 4 sheet Of paper with writ
inss from The Koran Sometimes he
will take :, ;a-. The interior OF which
has been written ~! ovcr with strange
formulate and signs &c will then Gil
Il with wa;t: Wi: III. t.i.FS'. Iori!uiae
and <icl.< have l.ern Thoroughly dis
solvct! and drink fhr singular solution
with ::u absolute faith IN is wonder
working etl;cac!
Shelirr.s! by III" S":,:isrr expresses
Of the ere: M"l.,n,;.m,:,,', .,"::,,.,rry 1t
Scuta- t:hr :,"r:c:l. ;h-y>'!sg!iS 90 the
As;atic coast a. Ih,. i:s>:r'r;:S1 :hc:e
stands IN picturesque >'i!.i:t!' ;!le' to:no
OF 4 horse ::.y"ry FRIDAY afternoon
Turk:S., .uu,.I,.r~ carry To hat tomb
their crippled chi!Gcrn {" .sc Submitted
by select Sh,'dit u.ri'-'tl !" ::i rN-
traorGiinary c"urSe. 81 treatment. These
children are Dragged. with their dis
eaSed limbs dan:!in" over tac hi!iock.
from one cud of ,.:r ,oI:!h {" the other
ard then back again in !h:. S:it:.. fash
ion. The occult Influence cnanatinS
FROM this hi,!ock is supposed 10 he Al
all eificieat Ir.uacea.
It is not difficult 10 trace il! this case
the crude. imperfect association OF
ideas. The horse has long h'rr con-
sidered an emblem % vigor. 'yli:yinS.
as Ruskin says. 'the aow and force
o. life" Hence the belief OF the ORR
entail. Inherited. 20 doubt. from the
Greeks. in the a.! conqucrinS virtue
and influence Of occult and mysterious
eMrvia which are supposed 10 emanate
constantly from 4 horses tomb.
oe nf
beads or OF garlic rs Z potent means
Of keeping away disease or OF wardinS
Of the evi! eye is quite Il universal
matter Of Sincere belief in the whole
O., Turkey. This supers;itioa is shared.
rs is we'll known. by the lower classes
Of many :, country in civilized eastern
Europe There. however. it IS rot so
universal and diagram; rs in the orient.
There IS scarcely 4 honsc in the
Mosiem. Greek and Armenian districts
Of the population OF CoCStantinop!e
which has not hanging above its en-
trance door collection OF garlic and
scarcely 4 beast Of toll which has not
attached 20 some part Of il 4 string
Of blue beads. Among the uneducated
it is impossible to find an individual
who does not pin absolute faith to the
I'll healing power Of such charms.
especially Of blue beads. which are
supposed to be an uufau:ns panacea
against every possible Ill.
Less general is the belief In the east
in the balesul influence Of the planets
Saturn and Mars upon the constitution
Of the human body. upon its four car
dina! humors-b!ood. phlesm. yellow
bile and black bile These planets are
considered by some orieo,als. especial
Il in the far south. IS the unniStak-
able causes OF all sorts OF ailments
Woe unto him who begins any work
when Sa,urn or Mars is in the ascend
ant.-Cleveland Plain Deai"r.