Daily Republican., 1890-06-23
he was Not supsru.l,,ous.

From the New York Tribune.
"6uperstit!ou. No. am not snpersti.
tions. don't helieve In It at all -that ID
} to say, absolutely refuse TO accept cir.
cums'auces which strike one 10 q strange
manner as any thing other than circum-
Observation-Disclosures And yet" and
the speaker toyed with tho slender ste m
Of bis wine glass, and sst med to be try
Ing to mud some expression which would
explain his visws.
The dinner party were smoking their
avowed bis inability to shake off certain
ideas which seemed like superstition.
"Whas I do not believe" the speaker
went on, pushing the glass from him,
ia that superstition is anything but
imaRir alton. But sometimes l find su.
Of myself"
"In other words, "some one interposed,
you cay to yourself that you are not,
but you know that you are"
mo, not exactly"
"Ihen you know that you are not, but
say that you are"
"Yes-no, that isn't It eitbsr," and
his hand again reached for the wine
glass.
"Let me give you an example. When
! was down in Georgia. last winter, =
friend Of mine gave me the left hind
foot OF graves yard rabbit" A grave
yard rabbit 10 one which 10 shot in .
burying ground between supdowu AID
dark. The left hind foot 10 . voodoo,
and, according to tradition In Georgia,
brings bad luck 70 tho man upon whose
heart cross 10 defined with . couple OF
strokes OF the soft brown foot put the
little thing In my pocket with q laugh.
When came home Was Ill for two
weeks and could not 20 to my office dur.
ing that time. finally 70. out only to
drop pretty sum on Q stock which
seemed the surest on the market. went
to the races alone end lost. went with
friends and we al lost. At the last mo-
ment l missed contract which would
have been worth $4,000 10 me. did
not believe that the voodoo had any thing
70 do with my ill-fortune, but one day /
took 1t from my pocket. and. feeling
ashamed Of my weakness. put It In .
drawer. went to the races the next
day, not TO try the effect Of tho change,
mind you, and won on everything. Ny
stock vindicated itself Immediately. I
made better contract than the one /
lost. wouldn't carry the voodoo again
but l know that 1t had nothing to do
with my luck"
"But you are superstitious," another
diner said.
mo, I'm not. But when one gets an
idea into his head like that 1t makes him
uncomfortable. This way do u to re-
move tue cause" .
SWELL" eaid one Of the party, laugh
Ing, that comes pretty near to supersti-
tion."
Here,s another story" put In an in
tereeted listener. "a friend Of mine, on
leaving Paris, aold his cob for 1900 francs
The baggage Of himself and wife amount
ed 10 thirteen pieces. The number Of
the cab which took them to the station
WAS thirteen. The steamer sailed on the
thirteenth day Of the month. There
were 1900 souls on board, and the steam
er Was wrecked. He doesn't believe in
the unlucky thirteen, and he laughs at
the whole thing. But he has told me
many times that he would never get on
| steamer under the same or similar cir
cunttances. because II would make him
miserable"
~ still maintain" said the advocate
oil superstition. "that that is the good old
doctrine of superstition.
"But I'm not superstitious," declared
the owner Of the vo0doo.
"Oi course not, but"
will take It,"
mo, thank you" and the laugh turn
ed on the scofer."