The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-12

replace it, neither looking behind nor
speaking, and tho pain will leave you. Good
luck VIII attend your undertakings if, llav
ing found a four leaf clover, you sew it in
! any portion of your wearing apparel The
beiiet is current among many that the
nndlng of a horseshoe is followed by extra
ordinary good fortune, and among the
more ignorant that nailed to the door of
o els dwelling, it has the power to ward off
witches and evil spirits.
Some believe that by touching cold iron
Ill luck may be averted. The wearing of a
lock of kair or a ribbon given bv lady is
supposed to win her affections. Buyers and
sellers, especially those at our markets in
the city, imagine that there is charm in
splitting on the first piece of coin received by
them in the morning Dreaming on we'd
ding cake is so old and we'll known as to re-
qulre no mention
We have many superstitions connected
with Christmas, Halloween, Good Friday
and other days, which are still prevalent
and believed in to such degree that we
dare not cast reflections on the memories of
our ancestors.
Perhaps of all the superstitious people in
our city the gambler is the worst. Every
thing he sees, hears, speaks or acts is re-
garded as an omen for good or evil. Even
his clothes are attributed with the power of
exerting some influence on bis fortune, and
suit in which he has been unlucky is at
once discarded for another. He endeavors
at play not to sit against the grain of the
table, and he will turn his chair around to
bring good luck. He consults clairvoyants
with as much anxiety as the ancient Greeks
felt in regard to the oracleS of Delphi His
dreams are his advisers. They foretell to
him his future, and he never neglects to
heed their admonitions. He searches al
ways for some superstitious straw on which
to hang his drowning fortunes, and word
will often change his mind in placing stakes.
Thus he lives, blown about by every passing
wind of superstition, and in the end finds
nothing to warn him how best to play
against the king of terrors.
When the subject is inquired into and the
truth revealed one is astonished at the num-
Der of people who regularly and sub rosa
consult clairvoyants. Men who have lost
money, or who are undecided what course
to pursue in certain affairs, or who wish to
obtain some clew; women who desire to
read by the horoscope their husbands Sc
crets, or to pierce through the veil OF futur
lty as regards the many troubles which
sometimes beset their paths and to learn if
they yet hold the love that is their life
all resort to the aid of the clalrvoyant.
Sometimes they meet with success and
again with disappointment. Sometimes
what they discover brings joy and again
regret.
Enough of truth is often heard to gain
credence for the whole, and many a separa-
ton and divorce may be traced to this
source. Vain and presumptuous is it in
man to try and know the secrets of the
future. Sorrow and misery follow in the
wake of those thirsting for such knowledge.
Happy he who, confiding his destinies to the
control of him by whom he was created,
passes along the table lands of life undis-
turbed by superstitious beliefs and mistaken
in his complete trust in that unseen but
guiding hand.