| Show 1 i I 1 That thais li mars ejaculated the old ola man inan who had cut his finger with a tool al 1 i ile be dida did A hot wot mean that the tool todi was wa marb mars tapo theold ld aldU alchemical mical cical hamd name for iron he meant that it was under the influence of the planet mars that he had cut his fluger finger for wi unfortunately fortunately that planet was rising at the time the old man was born so mars got all the blame for inflicting 0 this evil which no doubt did not dig disturb the gravity of that rosy planet no now the old man was very learned teamed in hilway his way and very reli rell religious gibus too as to the he devoutness of his hii character lio no monk ever told bis big beads with more regularity than he con consulted stilted an old book ehred eared and soiled from use no if it was not an old book it was an alma aima bhae tiac for the current year full of respecting popes and poten tate tates who must have trembled in their shoes when they read their fate that is is if they bellei believed ed it j well the old man was learned in that is in an astra astrological logical sense for lie he knew nothing whatever whatever of trigonometry or tile the sciences in fact that almanac contained ed all he wanted to know about kniff idane affairs generally and as the stars did not trouble themselves about a of existence hei he did not troubie trouble himself about it i this ahls was to him wh what atthe the tha shaster la to the hindmo or the komi koran to the devo dovo devout ut musselman in it he for his every rule of conduct nothing of importance could be done ho no law suit commenced nothing gnew new undertaken unless the influenced influence a ivere ivero were favorable and when any thing i unusual occurred concerning which the book contained no information the heavens themselves had to be consulted I 1 jt it might seem to an ordinary mind better to consult the heavens at all times timet but this would be expensive a great reat many bookap books had ath tribe e examined books c cost os t money table tadie tabie taBle q ahad bau bad to be used usa and kill fall of which took and hka tabe paid nor jorj still as a mau maa cannot get information from books concerning eldr everyn eon con tangency tin jin gency chmay arise it Is it inre mercifully arranged that thai the living oracles orael bg ey may beeton betton bd eon ton bulted beace there are lallo les ies and in medicine ests and beame mesmerists fists in philosophic and spiritualists and astrologers in di finity vinity the religion of the old gentleman made him practically innocent of speaking evil of dignities for he did not attach any blame to the evil planets which he called ca Z led maie maleH male fles cs nor was any merit merib attached to the good planets or heni beni benifica fies fles it did not appear that they knew what they th eyvere were doing although he had a vague kind of idea that there here are certain angels or gods gi ds who regulate these things in some way or other and he argued that if people were born it was wag no fault of the planets planeta or the which fix the destiny of the I 1 ha native the person born according to the aspects 1 as to whether it lt was any fault of those tb ose who are born he had no information that he himself was under the dom of mars he believed with all his heart his whole e ewas eway pervaded by y a deep sense of a mysterious ious lous influence which was seen and aad felt in his very every act diseases of an inflammatory character neel Acel accidents dents by cutting instruments especially lloil aroh i 1011 loii 11 were ere dreaded a ded his fondness for scenes of excite excitement ment and aptness to tush into info circumstances of danger if were allther all ali tw thel result of this invisible but persistent foe hven even ven his volitions were controlled Oled by a 4 witchery from which there was wag no escape it wag pas wa useless to tor or to try to in in form his bid judgment he lie was proud of the fhe chains which fettered his ls understanding qt every circumstance which favored his idea of fatality only served to riv ethis chains mote moth securely sect beet lroy irOy ire ha believed bellev edIt it was impossible to ext extricate himself from embarras ments he belabored labored under tinder for fbi merc mercury mere U ry in a astrology a he the chief ruler mind was wag in evil aspect to mars 1 he believed he ile would WoulA pot ot attain joany to any ans great moral ex for jupiter the hest beit best of the good planets was ingils in his horoscope As to prayer for from ro I 1 any higher power powen it w was as unavailing in destiny DESTINE hadbo had shed ed u upon n him her maliphant malf mali ghant ghang rays scorched scorcher in arf his lis very J tie fie uld old dead shall shail nat be breathed atis luis is to exhibit one a anion amion ang the thousands of influences which ca abe brought to bear beai upon the thi h human 11 mail ball na W d I 1 f leht this i to illustrate I 1 st the truth of bf the expression hi his servants ye se ard ars ye obey |
