Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-04-27
SOME SUPERSTITIONS.
A FEW or THE POPULAR FEARS,
FANcIEs AND FAIRY TALES.


Didn't ssiisvs in Ghosts. Sus Afr.sd ss
Thcm--nines Worn and Carried so frs-
vent Dissase- Unlacky to Go uoder .
Iasider--lu and Out tho same Door.
Tho probable truth is that there d noe
one OF Tho Globes readers who does not
at least half bsllsve in somo superstition.
Somewhere = your lives you have .
little privste sSoset whero you keep ono
or more pst uperstitions locked up out
Of sight - your friends, and, for the
most rart. - Of your own sight. But
now and sAsn you unlock the door, or
they get ont through the keyhole; then
they look ct you In tho twilight with
their weird eyes, full of the mystery Of
tho past. and you find yourself on your
knees before them. Perhaps you are
half ashamed of them, because you do
not moro than half believe in them, but
when hey get you alone they master
you. You arc like Mime. do 6tael. A
friend said to her ono day, "Do you be-
lievc In ghostsf" "No," sho replied, "but
am afraid Of them, though"
A LONESOME LADY.
Col. Ingcrsoll dedicated his first vol
uine of lectures to eva A. Ingcrsoll,
woman without superstition." In the
early mining days in California, when
selfish rascality seemed to be the rule,
an old miner who had been repeatedly
"aeeccd" was very much astonishcd at
the remarkable honesty Of young man
who had just paid back some money
NNh m civ al, 1,xs ,{,k..1 r.
Thinking ho could not havo many COM
panions In such deeds tho old man
stepped up to him, laid his hand on his
shoulder and said, stranger, don't you
find yourself awfully lonesome about
these parts?" So have often thought
that II Mrs. Ingcrsoll Is really altogether
without superstition" she must some
times find herself lawfully lonesome"
] remember, when boy, that one Of
my brothers used to wear about his neck
a red woolen cord to prevent the nosc-
bleed. The only thing clear in my mind
on the subject was that IL did not pre-
vent It. At any rate IL used to bleed
very often, whilo tho rest of us, who did
not wear one, were never troubled at oil,
except In those cases that all who have
been boys will understand, whero post,
or the leo In skating, or SNOWFALL, or
some other boys fist camo In somewhat
violent contact with tho most prominent
feature OF our faces. suppose, how
over. that there was some fanciful con-
nection between the rcd Of tho string
and the red OF the blood, and On incipient
homeopathy suggested that "liko would
cure like"
also remember, when a child, how
sorno Of tho larger boys used to carry
about q horse chestnut In their pockets
M n preventive of rheumatism. This Is
one OF tho mysteries have never faith
omed. Only 1t docs seem a willftil per-
versity for people TO suffer 30, just tosave
tho trouble Of carrying horse chestnut.
just as II seems puro malice In any ono
ever TO die when ono looks through un
npothccary shop, reads tho advertise
ments In tho newspapers, or knows how
DIR. Cullis cures people by simply praying
for them, and then telling them they arc
we'll.
WHAT BAD DREAMS MEAN.
a friend told mo tho other day that
when boy no always felt II incumbent
on him 10 spit three times whenever ho
saw dead cat. Tho origin Of this will
not stop now to trace.
Not long since lady acquaintance was
walking along tho strect with friend,
when she suddenly felt herself pulled on
tho sidewalk into tho street. The occa-
sion Of this sudden mancuver was the
other lady's superstitious fear Of walking
under ladder that leaned against the
wall I'm front Of them. have learned
that this superstition Is very common
and, perhaps, IL Is not worth my while to
disturb II. For II might bo decidedly
"unlucky" to walk under ladder--pro-
vided n man weighing 200 was ON II and
It should slip; or in case an unsteady
man with "drop too much," should In
dulgo in further drop too much Of .
loose lying brick from his hod. Though
In tho case Of tho colored brother, who
stood serene while the brick lay In frag-
ments at his feet, and who merely cx-
claimed, Look out, dart Ef yo' dcan't
want yo' bricks broke jes' keep 'cm OIL O.
dis chilo's he'dw 1t was only the brick
that was "unlucky."
have an old acquaintance In Maine
who used to stick his jackknife In tho
hcadboard on going TO bed to prevent his
having tho cramp. That Is the sole In
stance Of that sublime faith with which
am acquainted. But have known Of
people who warded of the same uncom-
Portable nightly visitant by scrupulously
arranging their slippers bottom up at tho
foot of their bed.
A lady not long since went into q
jewelry store Being at corner II opened
on two streets. When sho started to 60
out, tho salesman said, "Madaml you
have forgotten" "Why whatY' said she,
thinking Of purchase or purse. "But you
camo In at the other door," he replied.
Then II flashed over her; and though sho
went on her way, she remembered that
it was "unlucky" to enter by ono door
and go out by another. However 1t may
be about other places, ! am really inclined
to think that 1t Is unlucky for lady to
go into jewelry store, no matter which
door she goes out OF; unlucky for tho
man who has to pay the bills.
Then, again, 1t Is unlucky to have
bad dream three nights running. This Is
ono Of the signs that ] believe in thor
oughly. "Ahar you say. "then you, too,
are superstitious as well as the rest Of
us" Yes, believe it Is very unlucky to
have bad dream-even one night. 1t is
sign that your supper didn't set well,
and also that you will not feel nearly SO
well tho next morning. And II you allow
It to trouble you the next day tits another
bad sigma sign that you won't sleep 50
well the next night, and also sign that
you have not yet outgrown the fancifui
dreams Of tho worlds childhood.-Dr.