The Davis News (Davis, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1914 Page: 7 of 8
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DAVIS OKLA NEWS
r HE! witch itltl lives as court
1 records in widely separated
parts ot the world bear testi-
mony True these women
who work maglo do not use
a broomstick as a means of
transportation especially
now that aeroplanes monop-
olise the airways and be-
cause the automobile Is much
to be preferred The emotional Celtic
mechanic in Massachusetts who In-
voked the law to free himself from
the thrall ot a woman working a
witch spell on him from Pennsyl-
vania was not laboring under a de-
lusion according to some of the best
authorities on the subject He was
indeed bewitched Just as much so
as the victims of centuries ago when
they had a discouraging custom of
burning the fell enchantresses
Furthermore within the last few
months a “witches’ league" in Sar-
dinia has felt the heavy hand of the
law a Wisconsin spell-worker In
court hat told with undisguised pride
that she is a witch and can wish
upon any one good or ill a man In
Hoboken N J charged with working
witchcraft and conducting a school
tor instruction in the art women
being his pupils frankly has con-
fessed he possesses supernatural pow-
ers a Faria' witch has indicated the
place In which the body of a missing
man was to be found and described
the person who slew him
There are unquestionably hundreds
of other cases to be uncovered In the
most advanced centers of civilization
—black white and gray workers ot
the spell for psychological research
far from shattering some of the rec-
ords of the past goes toward making
them credible and to demonstrate
how a woman be she siren ot look or
malign of visage may place others
under her domination and so bend
them to her will that they aro sick
or Joyous according to her command
It is surprising to know that even
today among the great number of ap-
parently enlightened people the color
scheme of witches still persists “The
popular theory divides witches into
three classes'’ observes John Brand
in his work on sorcery and witch-
craft “of which the first powerful to
hurt but not to help Is appropriately
called black the second of directly
opposite quality helpful but not hurt-
ful is called white and the third
potent as well to help as to hurt Is
styled gray”
And It is the gray witch that flour-
ishes today for profit and for power
She is the crone dragged to court or
the abundantly fleshed and belcweled
“seeress” who rolls to the house of
Justice In the latest model of motor
Nor has the “evil eye" been rele-
gated to that past which it filled with
terror and death You may test Its
baleful Influence from the glance ef
beauty and of tragic age It all de-
pends upon your "psychic receptibll-
tty” the condition of your mind
which leaves it open to the occupa-
tion of a will stronger than your own
The revelation of hypnotism and
the study of nervous disorders have
done much to make the witch of the
past understandable and to show us
that despite the boastful declarations
of supernatural power made by some
of the commercial cult there are Just
as many if not more of them with us
today than there were at the time
when thousands of so-called witches
were condemned and executed the
last in Great Britain and Scotland be-
ing in 1722
By far the most remarkable case ot
modern record is that of Urs Sarah
'Bennett the "Witch of the Adlron--dacka"
committed to the Insane asy-
lum in Utica N Y in May last Her
home was on a lonely mountain
In Hope township and she was the
-mother of live children all of whom
rwere under her mesmerio Influence
-HUNT 1 FOR MEAN BURGLAR
(New York Artist Asks Police to
Search for Man Who Had Made '
Him His Victim
What Sebastian Cruset who painted
a panoramic view of New York City
from the top of one of the towers of
the Queensboro Ridge called the mean-
est burglar la being hunted by the
police
' For five years Cruset has been using
i the balcony on top ot the third tower
The eldest son broke away from the
thrall a daughter died after years of
slavery to her mother’s eerie moods
and three strapping sons under the
imposed belief that they were con-
sumptives were kept In bed for
12 years until recently liberated by
the law The physician found them
still under their mother’s influence
but could discover absolutely no trace
of organic disease The witch's hus-
band had also been bent by her will
and she rarely left the place warning
off with a shotgun Inquisitive visitors
who approached the “house of mys-
tery” It was - an unusual eight one bit-
terly cold day of the present year
when Mrs Margaret Pileon of Cran-
don Wls accused of getting $6000
from a credulous bachelor In payment
for “immunity prayers” rose and faced
the judge She was a gray witch
and though she did not desig-
nate the color she Impressively ad-
mitted that she was a witch and
could wish any good or evil She
had been giving Bachelor Morin “im-
munity prayers’’ for 18 years and at
last he wished to be free from her
In the asBlzes court at Sassarl Sar-
dinia last spring a more striking
setting by far tor the trial of a witch
Rosa Artura venerable Imposing in
appearance and speech and known
as the Saint of Sassarl held the whole
place under her spell as she declared
herself She had been arrested along
with 30 other women accused of be
lng in a “witches' league” ' Twenty-
five of the prisoners during a secret
magisterial examination declared that
they were compelled to work under
the powerful spell of six leaders who
professed mystic powers in locating
treasures to work miracles to call up
spirits of the dead with the certainty
of the Witch of Endor Several hun-
dred persons believed them and paid
to them thousands of dollars from
small earnings
One of the victims who gave evi-
dence was the former governor of
the prison who bad been threatened
with dismissal because of the escape
of a ferocious brigand ' His guards
failing to capture the fugitive and
anxious to save hit position he con-
sulted the witches Certainly they
could aid him — in fact 'they were the
only ones who could give him the par
tlcular service he needed
The witches promised to overtake
the brigand in his mountain fastness
and have demons seize him and
speeding through the air return him
safely to his cell In the prison
“Heaven be praised ! ” exclaimed the
distressed governor “You are not
witches — you are angels"
Hut It proved that be was the “an-
gel" for he spent all of his pri-
vate means Each day he went to
the cell to see whether the trained
demons had done their work and
found it empty When hla pocket
reached the same condition and he
lost his Job he raised his voice In
lamentation denouncing the witches
When stately Rosa Artura rose to
speak the sun glinting on her snowy
hair her form erect and a natural Im-
pressiveness mingled with her kindly
manner the spell of silence fell upon
the place She refused a lawyer’s aid
declaring that St Thomas and St
Augustine had been sent from heaven
to defend her that they would advise
her 'unseen and unheard by others
and speak with her voice
Her speech was eloquent carrying
the spell of conviction with it It
seemed entirely believable as she
claimed that she was possessed of
supernatural powers which enabled
her to heal scores of so-called incur
ables even raving maniacs The Saint
of Sassarl spoke with the inspiration
of belief It is said but though the
court was not insensible to thehiystlc
power of her presence and of her
speech still the failure to explain why
of the bridge as a studio Cn the first
of each year he has gone to the bridge
commissioner and renewed bis permit
Recently he finished his panoramlo
painting The canvas was five feet
four Inches long by ten inches high
and Mr Cruset waa very proud of
his work
Returning to bis aerial studio after
an absence of two days the artist
found that' an agile burglar had
climbed up the 200 foot utdder lead-
ing to the tower balcony and stolen
the finished painting and a camera
the demon' pursuers did not bring
back the ferocious bandit according
to contract weighed against her and
her associates
A close observer tells that the
woman possesses undeniable power to
Influence others by powerful sugges-
tion and that she unquestionably be-
lieves sbe has the gift of working
miracles This man who Is conceded
to 'be a person of iron will and with
a keen eye that “looks one through
and through" admits that he could
not sustain hla glance when hla eye
was met by the even steady gaze of
the 8alnt of Sassarl
“I felt as If lu that look ahe had
taken something out of me” he testi-
fies “and I was as one with a strong
will who had been beaten Into sub-
mission” Frederick Thomas Elsworthy In his
remarkable work on the “Evil Eye"
in discussing cases similar -to this
Bays: "The more imaginative races
those who have been led to adopt the
widest pantheon have been mostly
those upon whom maglo has made the
most Impression and what waa once
and among certain races still Is a
savage art lived on grew vigorously
and adopted new developments among
people in their day at tha head of
civilization I
“Thus It has' stood Its ground In
spite of the scoffs of the learned and
the experimental testa ot the so-
called scientific research until we
may with confidence assert that many
practises classed as occult and many
beliefs which the educated call super-
stitious are still performed and held
firmly by many among ourselves
whom we must not brand as ignorant
or uncultured
“No doubt the grosser forms ot en-
chantment and sorcery have passed
away no doubt there la much chican-
ery In the doings of modem adepts
yet call It superstition or what we
may there are acta performed every
day by spiritualists hypnotists dow-
sers (handlers ot divining rods) and
others which may well fall within
the term magic yet the most skepti-
cal Is constrained to admit that In
aome cases an effect la produced which
obligee us to omit the word pretendu
from our definition”
A Political Murder 8oclety
A political secret society which had
for Its object the ' murder of 23 per-
sons bae just been broken up In
Portugal Before this was accom-
plished one victim had been put to
death
The organization la called the White
Ante its headquarters being In the
village ot Alcabideche on the outskirts
ot LUbon The chief government au-
thority of the town himself a member
ot the White Ants and a number of
his underlings all of them members of
the society are accused of seeking to
do sway with certain members of the
Moderate Opposition Republican party
The White Ants belong to the Demo-
cratic Republican party The first vic-
tim was murdered on his way home
from a ball A party of five of the
White Ants had secreted themselves
behind a wall near the man’s home
and as be was about to open the door
they fired upon him He fell mortally
wounded The chief authority of the
village later waf questioned and then
arrested A list of the 23 persons to
be murdered was found in his posses-
sion the list being headed by the mur
dered man’s name
A Sympathetic Court
"A westerner who narrowly escaped
being run down by an automobile
pulled out his pistol and shot the rear
tire full of holes"
"I presume be Waa fined heavily In
police court?”
"No Another speed fiend came
within two Inches of getting the judge
the same day”
Bridge Commissioner Kracke received
a letter from Mr Cruset telling of his
loss but the artist neglected to give
his address The commissioner ques-
tioned all the men who worked on
the bridge but could get no due—
New York Times
Absolute Rest'
Patience — Women employes of the
government printing office are to have
rest rooms
Pstrice— You mean rooms where ne
talking I allowed?
“Tin open for convic-
tion” said one lady
She liked her regular
soap and washing
powder She tried
RUB-NO-MORE fust
to see Nowyow ought
to see how easily she
keeps house dirt-free
with this “workless”
dirt remover
RUB -NO -MORE
WASHING POWDER
is a audlesa dirt re-
mover for clothea
It cleans your dishes
sinks toilets and
deans and sweetens
yonr milk crocks It
kills germs It does
not need hot water
RUB-NO-MORE RUB-NO-MORE
Wishing Powder Carbo Napths Soap
Five Cents— All Grocers
Ihe Rub-No-More Co FtWayne Ind
VOICE OF CONSCIENCE DEAD
Alt the Fault of Nurse That Small Girl
Could Not Walk In tha
Straight Path
Maria had been naughty and mother
seriously remonstrating with her
thought to press home a needed sug-
gestion “I can’t think why you persist in
doing wrong my dear” she said sol-
emnly "It always makes ua unhappy
when we do wrong"
“But— but I often don’t know lt'a
wrong till I've done it" sighed the
small culprit
“But” mother urged again “you
should know my darling Your con-
science will tell you if you listen”
“What Is my conscience and how
will It tell me?” wide-eyed and eager
“Your conscience is the little voice
Inside you that says ‘No!’ when you
shouldn’t do things and makes you
feel sorry when you’ve made mis-
takes’’ “Oh then I’ll never be good!”
mourned the troubled sinner "I had
a voice like that once but nurse said
It was indigestion and she gave me
some medicine and It died”
DANDRUFF COVERED SCALP
401 W Adams St Brownwood
Texas— “I had a severe case ot dry
Itching scalp Then my head had blis-
ters and pimples all over It and when
1 scratched It the irritation and itch-
ing were dreadful They continued to
hurt and smart and burn My hair
fell out badly and gradually my scalp
waa covered with dandruff aa dry as
powder It was the same burning In
my limbs so bad that I could not
sleep or rest night or day
“Then 1 began with the Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment and received al-
most Instantaneous relief I used the
Cutlcura Ointment freely all over my
head once a week and the Cutlcura
Soap for cleansing aa often as neces-
sary until I was cured” (Signed)
Mrs Julia Cllngman Jan 30 1914
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free with 32-p Skin Book Address post-
card “Cutlcura Dept L Boston”— Adv
The Dear Girls
“He seems determined to kiss me”
remarked the girl who was fishing
for a compliment “I wonder why?”
“Hard to tell” said the other girl
‘‘This la the season for freak beta''
In Far-off India 1
In some unknown manner a little
sample of Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh
found Its way into an Interior village
of India It was Its own agent and
from that small beginning a steady
trade has developed and each succeed-
ing shipment has been larger Adv
To Maks Mucilage
A mucilage which holds with sur-
prising tenacity can be made by boil-
ing a SpanUh onion for a short time
and then pressing the Juice from it
For the big and little burns In cook-
ing and baking keep Hanford's Bal-
sam of Myrrh near for quick relief
Adv
Conjugal Amenities
“My dear don't act like a fool"
"How can I help It when you told
me to follow your lead?”
Cures Old Sores Other Remedies Won’t Cura
The went csms no mstur of how Ions itandlns
ore cured by the wonderful old reliable Dr
Porter'e Antleeptlo Healing Oil It rellevee
Pain and Haala at tha Hint tlm 15c 50c 1100
On the other hand the way of the
transgreBsor frequently seems to be
pretty smooth
Whenever You Need a General Toole
Take drove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Toolo is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON It acte on the Liver Drives
out Malaria Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System SO cents
Chile has a publio debt ot more than
$217000000
NOT—fr— PROMISING MARKET
Seasickness Probably Responsible for
Actor’e Disposition of Cargo
of Potatoes
The late William H Smith of man-
agerial fame and Charley Backus of
minstrel fame many years ago em-
barked from San Francisco for Aus-
tralia bd a business venture
The- captain ot the boat who was
an Intimate friend of each suggested
that the voyagers lay In a cargo ot
potatoes to dispose of on their arrival
there being a big demand for them
there The “Murphys” were accord-
ingly purchased and placed on board
Now Mr Backus was always recog-
nized as a great comedian but with
the deck of a ship instead of a stage
aa his rostrum he wasn't so funny
In short Mr Backus was seasick
Mr Smith proved an excellent sailor
and while Backus was stretched out
on a chair Smith said "Charley1 In
case you die what shall I do with
those potatoes?”
And poor Backus who thought he
was dying said "Go to hades with
them”
ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT
AVcgelablelVeparalionror As-
similating tteFtodandMila
tingUie StomachsamlBowusor
Promotes Digesttonflvetto
ness and ResLCoatalns neitter
OpiumMorphine nor Mineral
Not Narcotic
BnptttMDcSimumm
JbcJam
AMtUtt-
AdStltti Jfirm Sen"
CkmMStope
mtajmmBm
Aperfect Remedy forCoitsfye
tlon Sour StomkhDlarrtiaa
VorrasjConvulsionsTeverisli:
heas and LOSS Of SURF
facsimile Signature of
a wtiezz
n he Centaur CompjSS
- NEW YORK
&
Exact Copy of Wrapper
Three Woods In One Tree
CIvl' Engineer F T Moore presi-
dent of a scientific society of Wln-
sted Conn reports an unusual find
In the woods of Barkhamsted where
he felled a tre containing three spe-
cie In one The butt of the tree
waa oak the middle chestnut and the
top hemlock -Mr Moore is also a
church member — Boston Herald
Torn OWN DKCGGIST Win TELL YOU
Try Murine Kye Heajedy for lied Weak Watery
Kyee and Granulated Eyelids: No Smarting—
Inst Bye Comfort Write for Book of the Bye
y stall Free Marine Bye Remedy Go Chicago
Nothing Now
Apropos of certain fresh revelations
of corruption In the realms of high
finance Thomas W Lawson said at a
dinner in Boston:
“Columbus found out that the world
was round But surely lots of Invest-
ors before him must have found out
that It was anything but square”
For lame back use Hanford's Bal-
aam applied thoroughly and well rub-
bed In Adv
There are but two really great dis-
appointments In life One Is not get-
ting what you want and the other Is
getting it
For wire cuts use Hanford’s Balsam
Adv
Wlggs — "Yes she has been married
four times” Wlggs— “She seems like
a woman who was born to command”
Only One "BROMO QUININE”
To set the genuine call for full name LAXA-
TIVE BROMO OUININB Look for signature of
E W GHOVB Corel a Cold in One Dag Slone
eough and headache end works off cold 21c
And yet It is just as easy td praise
one’s neighbor as It is to find fault
with him
Hew To diva Quinine To Children
FBBR1LINB It the trade-mark name given to en
Improved Quinine It ie a Taatelees Srrup pleas-
ant to taka and doee not dieturb the stomach
Children take it and never know U le Quinine
Alio oapeclallg adapted to edulte who cannot
take ordtearg Quinine Doee not nenieate nog
cause nervousness nor ringing In the head Try
It the nett time goo need Quinine for eng pur-
pose Ask for e-ounce original package The
name FEBRILINUli blown in bottle 1 cents
Some people burn their bridges be-
hind them and others fireproof theirs
Bsosuss ot thooo ugly crlzxly gray hairs Use "LA
"“IT”" “Fa sfTd 1 out" PjJTJg ’
The members of an automobile tour-
ing party from Washington to Balti-
more stopped fgr the night at a certain
caravansary at Hagerstown in Mary-
land Since' the food supplied them
was exercrable'and since their kit fur-
nished the necessary implements
aside from the raw material they de-
termined to have a Welsh rabbit Ac-
cordingly two were deputed to proceed
to a corner grocery there to obtain
the cheese and crackers When the
old chap that kept the place came for-
ward one of the two said:
“We want a couple of pounds of
cheese and some large square crack-
ers for a Welsh rabbit”
The old man seemed doubtful “I
got the cheese all right” aald he “but
I ain’t got no large square crackers
Won’t your rabbit eat the small ones?”
— Harper's Magazine - "
DICKEY'S OLD RELIABLE EYE WATER
for tors eyes Doesn't burn or hurt Adv
( The Way of It
“I suppose you sat at the captain’s
table?”
“The captain sat at our table” re-
eponded Mrs Nuritch with dignity '
Children
What is CASTORIA
Castorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor OO Pare
gorlc Drops and Soothing Syrups It Is pleasant It
contains neither Opium Morphine nor other Narcwtto
substance Its age is its guarantee It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness For more than thirty years It
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation
Flatulency Wind Colic all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea It regulates the Stomach and Bowels
assimilates the Food giving healthy and natural sleep
The Children's Panacea— The Mother’s Friend
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
i Bears the Signature of
In Dse For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Some Headline
At the time of the Volturno dis-
aster a literary critic for a certain
New York newspaper was acting aa
substitute for a copy reader who was
ill It fell to him to write a head for
the story of the disaster The story
was full of thrills of course and he
was told to condense them all in a big
black line to extend across the page
leading the paper
He thought for aome time tore up
several attempts and finally submitted
this: “O Restless Sea!”
Red Cross Bull Blue much better goes
farther than liquid blue Get from any
grocer Adv
A popular man is one who doesn’t
say smart things at the expense of his
friends
y12 16 AND 20 GAUGES' MODEL 1912
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essentials but there Is
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with the assistance of
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Two Reflections
Hicks — Trying to be a good fellow
has sent many a man to the bad
Wicks — True) And many a man haa
lost his own health from too frequent-
ly drinking other people’s
Throw Away
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when you use pure harmless
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