Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-04-17

Firm Belief Of the ColostlaiS In
Signs ami PortontS.
Di"lt 81 tnlurk, Words AMI Charms
Amulet. Nsu, if-i in".- ot super
.tiiIn", u'ii.t. uid IRA tires
Related d-Ih" Wind and
water Dogma.

Chimes fox lore presents Il subject
both rich and ,arri Much of it is
connected with ii dpla,ry. but in every
district are iound lrr.'udS and tradi.
tons p",niar tn the place. with habits
ani custom, corr,>pnnding. The, have
great dread II uuluck, words. and on
certain da,- can r"i hr induced 10 pro-
nouncc the word for monkey" and
ARE careful to avoid all direct mention
at death IhrN will sN Il man has
passed from the body. or has PASSED
fr"m the world ar has rome to
heaven. hui di>lik" t" lay plainly he is
dead The proper word fui "coilin' il
s,ud nu-l. avoided. and the ruphonym
i 'lbug,NitN board, u,cl. You NAV
hook ~ VAIN Tor Il collin shop in plain
wuId,. but place tor the manufacture
ui long hir u ,arl> are numerous.
III wort, hung >hamu mean Liter
ia calling pc i">trjan, t" open the WY
IN, arnllv -N kat ~hau. ''lucky
hand hrcar>r the Other expression
j. c\lrth Tia" same IN sound 4, "uur-
drr"rs hani. Blt> ar" cons ,derrd
oncu~ al h,ppin,.>. 3. brcau,c the name
l. similar ia sound T. the w"r,l for hap
pinr-- ln,tr dread of unlurky word,
Is .ornrl mr, utll Ird. \ certain fam
II, W"r,' ;.r'ilI, aunoIci 10y crowd. OF
th nr~r men who Won! | gather on IN
elevated platform Overlooking the + in
Cln IIr" and .tarc AT them. Rcmon,trance
wa u-rlr->. - one oi the grntlrmeH
br'huught him.rlf nt this superstition
aud posted ,p an unlucky word in
cnn-picunu- place on the SIDE Of his
house " here. il was s;irc to meet their
eyes The effect was mag cal. The
n"n disappeared inmrd a;eIy and no
further annoyance occurred.
They are firm believers in signs and
porlrnts. a comet rreSascs war. and
~ strife il alwa's going Oh in some
part of the broad empire they always
see this sign fulfilled. Eclipsrs are
caused by dragon devo,iring the sun
or moon, and gorg> are beaten fur;ou>ly
Ia drive h m away. The breaking of Il
m rror ind cate, S.i,arat on from ones
wife. and the destruction of IN oil jar
pnstcnd, even worse evils. Before St
ting down they always fan the seat in
the belief that if You sit down while it is
still warm you WI fall out with the
lat sitter. Sudden sncrzing indicates
that some one is talking i'll OF YOU.
Mirrors of certain kind are said to
forrshadow the future. and jewels have
been exhibited for few cash in which
his future was dep ctrd to each observer
in the shape Of Il bcgSar Il mandarin.
merchant. or some other character
Charms and amule,> are much used.
Large copper cash with lucky characters
Inscribed are hung around childrcn's
nccks. In the cDuri Of the temple If
the Five Gcnii" in Canton stands the
tower Of the tab o II bell. 1t was cast
about four hundred wears ago. and a
prophecy fo'riold it would strike the
doom Of the civ: in consequences of
which it wa carefully isolated, and all
were Forbidden t. strike it. A rash
official. however. ordered it to be struck,
aud forthwith an endemic bro;e out
by which over thom and Young chill
drcn died Sine" then b.lls are worn
by children rs charms against disease.
When child meets with an accident
or i badly frightened the mother takes
him iu the spo: where the misfortune
occurred and presents offerings to the
spirits " the place to secure his recOv-
cry. VI - onar,c, have had frequent
experience Of peculiar custom of this
sort. On one Occa> on. rs two of them
were ascending Il hill in the interior to
obtain view Of the surrounding coun-
try. some rude bows from the village
near b, pursued ard hootcd at them in
most insulting manner. They drove
them back with >onrc severe rcbrke, and
III ugh, no more of it a. they came
down from the hilltop. however. they
were met bv Il ihrany of people evil
IDENTITY much exc ted. IN the midst of
the crowd was a woman holding i bOv
by the hand. She accused them of
fr ghicning him 50 tha! he was greatly
in nlurrd. aud insisted on their presenting
her with piece from their >,i>prnders,
III" boy to his senses.
i more prcui ar ease occurred in nv
own c>pcr "ncc. Having anchored nv
boat near "A lar.r town. the V lla"r boys
cam" nu' in laryr nulnl"",. hootiny.
throwing stone and rrIttrnv them
selves generally o.'r.',i1r flushing upon
them ! >"/"d one of the n"l,l,leis and
threatened Ia hav" HIM punished by the
clirr> oi the town il ~" Il -tu hance did
NOT :ca>". Su"n after hrltd great
clamor on the bow of the boat and was
informed that the mother Of the boy had
come To- see me. Gong out | found her
with the boy who. she said. was so
heightened that hr had turned green.
aud she demanded handful OF saliva
To- restore him. Di>guStrd at the re-
quest turned and left her. but she
persisted. and all the people joined
IN support If her request. SO that in
sheer srlf-drfn>c WAS compelled to
arcrlr. Whether the remedy was ELI
cariou, or not | never learned. An
other request of the same kind came a
few days later from long-robed
scholar. who was very polite in making
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