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Show Peculiar Wheel of Fortune Berlin Peassnts Ascribe Miraculous Powers to Odd Contrivance. In the vlllago church of Comfort (near PontCroIx), In western Urlt-lany, Urlt-lany, la a very good specimen of the now rare "wheel of fortune." It Is made of wood, with a row of bolls on Its outer rim and pivoted between be-tween a couple of rough beams altogether very primitive workmanship. workman-ship. II y means of a cord attached to a crank the wheels can be made to revolve re-volve and set all the bells a Jangling. I have often heard that the peasante believe that It has miraculous power 1 of healing when run over the bead of J a sufferer who has placed a sou In the box lo which Ihe rope Is padlocked. I received remarkublo confirmation of this belief, for while making a photograph photo-graph a well to do sailor's wife and her husband came Into the church and looked round. The woman asked me If I thought Ihero could he any truth In this belief, as her child waa very backward In learning to talk. Her nure, who came from those parts, had advised her to bring Ihe baby and ring the bells of Comfort over his head, when he would be aure to talk As she was passing she hod 'united In to tea If It was worth trylugl |