Telegram-herald., 1889-05-08
SOME SUPERsTITI0Ns.
A Few OF ths Popular Fears,
kAneiss and Fairy Tales
DssA't Believe IN GAosss. bal AfEaia Of
thsaa fstass soFR aza Carried
- FFsssat Di~s@s~- nIasky
"a Get Caacr Ladder.

The Probabls truth = thai there l. not
cns u The Globs's readers who dues not
At least half believe In some superstition.
Sonle~ lere IA your lives yoa have a
little prlyate closet wheFs yea keep one
Or nors pet superstitions locked up out
u sight Of your friends. and. for the
Gls'st part. out Of your o~a sight. Bat
now and then you unlock the eoos, or
they get OUT through the keyhole: then
they look &C you IN the twilight with
their weird eyes. fail 0f the mystery of
the past. and you iind yourself on your
knees before them. Perhaps you are
half ashamed OK them. because you DO
not more t,4an half believe in them. but
when hey get you alone they master
you. You are iiks Nine. do Stael A
friend said 10 her one day. DO you be-
lisys in ghostss" No, she replied. bat
am afraid Of them. though"
LONESOME LADY.
Col Ingersou Dedicated his first vol
ume o. lectures to Iva A. Ingersoll.
woman without superstition-" In the
early mining days in California. when
selfish rascality seemed % be the rule,
sn oh miner who had been repeatedly
"heeced" was very much astonished at
the remarkable honesty Of a young man
who had just paid back some money
which had been given him By mistake.
Thinking he could not have many com
panions Ia such deeds the old man
stepped up to him. laid his hand on his
shoulder and said, Stranger. don't YOU
find yourself awfully lonesome about
these partss' So | have often thought
that II Mrs Ingersoll is really altogether
without superstition, she must some
times find herself "awfuliy lonesome"
remember. when a boy, that one Of
my brothers used TO wear about his neck
a red woolen cord TO prevent the nose
bleed. The only thing clear in my mind
on the subject was that it did not pre-
vent it. At any rate it used TO bleed
very often, while tho rest OF US, who did
not wear one, were never troubled Ut all,
except in those cases that all who have
been boys will understand, where q post,
or tho ice in skating, or a SNOWFALL, or
some other boys fist came in somewhat
violent contact with the most prominent
feature Of our faces. / suppose, how
ever that there was some fanciful con-
nection between the red of the string
and the red Of the blood and an incipient
homeopathy suggested that like would
cure like"
also remember, when q child. how
some OF the larger boys used to carry
about horse chestnut in their pockets
as a preventive of rheumatism. This is
one Of the mysteries | have never faith
omed. Only il does seem a willful per-
versity for people TO suffer so, just TO save
the trouble of carrying a horse chestnut.
Just as it seems pure malice in any one
ever to die when one looks through an
apothecary shop, reads the advertise
ments in the newspapers, or knows how
Or. Cullis cures people by simply praying
for them, and then telling them they are
well.
WHAT BAD DREAMS MEAN.
A friend told me the other day that
when a boy he always felt it incumbent
on him 10 spit three times whenever he
saw u dead cat The origin of this will
not stop now 10 trace.
Not long since lady acquaintance was
walking along the street with friend.
when she suddenly felt herself pulled off
the sidewalk into the street. The occa-
sion Of this sudden maneuver was the
other lady $ superstitious fear Of walking
under a ladder that leaned against the
wall in front OF them. have learned
that this superstition is very common
and. perhaps, it IS not worth my while to
disturb it. For it might be decidedly
"unlucky" to walk under ladder-pro-
vided a man weighing zoo was on it and
it should clip or In case an unsteady
man with drop too much, should in
dulge in a further d$op too much of a
loose lying brick from his hod. Though
in the case Of the colored brother, who
stood serene while the brick lay in frag-
ments at his feet, and who merely ex-
Look out. dart IF 20 doan't
want yo' bricks broke les keep 'em off o
dis chile's he'd!" is was only tho brick
that was "unlucky."
have an old acquaintance In Maine
who used to stick his jackknife in the
headboard on going to ted to prevent his
having the cramp. That is the sole in
stance Of that sublime faith with which
I am acquainted. But have known Of
people who waTded Off the same uncom-
Portable nightly visitant by scrupulously
arranging their slippers bottom up at the
loot Of their bed.
A lady not long since went into
jewelry store. Being at a corner ,,ened
N two streets. When she started TO 60
pa,. the salesman said, "Nadaml you
have forgotten. -" "Why whAty" said she,
thinking q purchase or purse. "But you
,amo in az the other door" he replied.
Then IL flashed over her; and though she
vent on her way. she remembered that
t wAs "unlucky" 90 enter by ono door
snd 90 out By another. However It may
be about other places. am really inclined
10 think that it ia uniucky for lady 70
- into lewelry store. no matter which
loor she goes oat Of. unlucky for the
nan who has TO pay tho bills.
Then. again. il il uniucky 70 hare a
BAD dream three nights running. This Is
ne = tie signs that I believe in thor
lughly. "Ahar you say, then you, too.
Ire saperstiti0us as ws0 "a the ress Il
lsg- Yes. I believe it IL very unluCky -
lave a bad dream-even one night IL u
. sign that your supper didn't set weil.