Can the reader suppose any sensible person would believe this to be magic? There are thousands who believe it. Miss ---- was one. She had seen the spiritual representation of her future husband, and, finding him at home on her return, the same afternoon, she accepted him as her betrothed, and the other was dismissed. Her ruin followed. In the flight of her lover, her hopes were forever blasted. To hide her shame, she went secretly from home; and to earn her daily bread, she labored in a cotton factory. When she could no longer cover her shame in the world, she went without--into outer darkness! Her parents went down in sorrow to their untimely graves. Now about the magic mirror. The young man went to the city by the same train with the girl he proposed to ruin. He had previously arranged with the fortune-teller--no unusual thing--to appear in person behind the darkened glass in the next room, and had returned in disguise by the same train with his victim. The fortune-teller died miserably, and was buried in the Potter's Field at the expense of the city of Hartford, Conn. "The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted; they have torn me,--and I bleed: I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed." BYRON. Such is one of the results of patronizing fortune-tellers. I have seen this kind of mirror, and the first effect, even on a strong-minded person, seeing but faintly through the darkened glass, over your shoulder, the outlines of a face, and finally, as your eyes get familiar with the darkness, the very features of a person reflected therein, is truly impressive, if not startling. Young ladies, for your own sakes, for the sake of your friends, and more for Heaven's sake, keep away from fortune-tellers! _You cannot possibly see into futurity_, neither can any one, much less the ignorant wretches who profess the dark mysteries, tell for you what joys or sorrows are in store for the future! FORTUNE-TELLERS AS PROCURESSES. An able reporter to the Boston Daily Post, who devoted a considerable time in May, 1869, to visiting and writing up the fortune-tellers of Boston, which he reported in full in the above paper, and from which I shall copy more fully hereafter, says in conclusion,-- "From what we are able to learn in this direction, we have arrived at the conclusion that there are not _less than two hundred men and women_ in Boston and vicinity who get a good livelihood by this profession, while many do a large and profitable business. "One lady, who has reduced her charges to the very lowest figure (fifty cents for an interview), candidly informed us that her receipts for the past year had not been less than twelve hundred dollars. Another reported her receipts from ten to fifty dollars a day.