The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-08-17
MISFORTUNE FROM RING.
Interesting Story Centers About the
Finger Circlet.

Among the many curiosities left
by the late Lady Meux is an Egyptian
mummy which is said to have
brought i'll luck to every one who
handled it, says Pearson's Weekly.
Now, whether it is possible that a
cursed pronounced in the dim past
can by any means work harm through
the ages is a. matter of opinion. But
such stories and the strange facts
connected with them are too numer-
Gus to be altogether neglected.
We may instance the case Of the
painted Egyptian coffin lid number
ed 22,542, which stands in the Brit
ish Museum, and the remarkable tale
of misfortune and death which has
been associated with this pictured
face of the priestess of the College
of Amen-Ra.
The story is fairly well known, for
two years ago all the daily papers
were full of it. It is sufficient to say
that from the time of the discovery
of the coffin in 1889 the priestess
seemed to bring misfortune on every
one who had anything to do with her
coffin.
All five of the original finders came
to grief, and even the carrier who
took the case to the museum, the
photographer, who photographed 1t
and the we'll known writer who de-
scribed the event connected with it
all died shortly afterward.
Then there was the case of Mr..
George Alexander, who having dis
covered mummy TOO large to con-
veniently carry away, deliberately
beheaded it and brought the head
back to Europe in a bonnet box.
Then everything went wrong with
him. Misfortune piled upon mis-
fortune. One day he chanced to meet
medium. The latter at once told him
that he could see a figure with high
cliffs behind it, and clouds of dust
about it. The figure, he said, was
headless.
AS it happened Mr.. Alexander had
at the time forgotten all about the
mummy head. Now he remembered
it and, much startled, consulted an
other medium. From her he heard
precisely the same story. This was
enough. He sent the head back at
once to it's original resting place.
The late Shah of Persia owned a
dagger which is said to make it's pos
SCISSOR invincible. But as the super
stition is that he who uses it shall
inevitably perish by it, it is kept Sc
curely locked in sandalwood box.
A curious parallel to this Persian
dagger is vouched by G. w. Lead
beater. A certain English family
owns stiletto which inspires every
one who holds it with horrible and
almost irresistible desire to kill some
woman.
This weapon belonged to an ances-
| tor whose wife deceived him and
drove him mad. He swore revenge
against the whole sex, and with the
dagger killed his wife, his wife's sis
ter and another woman before he was
| disarmed and secured.
In the summer of 1906 M. Andreef
a we'll known business man of ST.
Petersburg, bought at auction fol
1000 pounds a beautiful old neck
lace made about 120 years ago by a
famous Partisan jeweler for the i'll
fated Louis XVI.
Nearly all the members of the
French royal family lost their lives
in the revolution, but the necklace
was taken by survivor to Brussels
and there sold. Over and over again
it changed hands and every one who
owned it was unlucky. Finally a
Russian prince bought it for 1900
pounds, and gave it to the dancer
Tzukki.
| Tzukki's health failed, she was re-
duced to abject poverty and died
The necklace was sold to M. Line
| ..;+ah thu oollaotnE Ha diad sudden.