Mohave County miner., 1891-01-17
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~ have no patience with supcrsu-
tious people" said Chicago man 70
Gently. There is nothing In Supsfsa-
ton. used to believe, whsn ! was
boy, that i. was good LUCK 70 soc tne
pew moon over my right shoulder. ana
that ths evil one would pursue me LOT
month IL saw IL first over my is'L
And after ] was grown and eircum-
stances had Knocked nonsenss ana
superstition out OF me still felt more
comfortable not to start on journey
on Friday, but several railroad smash
ups used up the one remsining-
What are you doingl Don't open
tEat TIN bre,la in the house'
There we're sik ot seven sitting
around the crate. and out In the hail
was a gentleman preparing TO leave.
lie opened his umbrella 10 show the
hostess the beauties OF the light and
.sndgr wire stem. As this command
toated oht 10 him his sstonished look
vas cqualed by the shout fhas went up
rom the freside As he came In ior
sn expiaEs,Sos, the speaker said:
"Well, that is really tho only super
,tilion have left but ! do think II Is
sying Ia the face OF providence "
open &d umbrella In the house" "
Then It developed that every one oil
those sensible, sedate men cf e1per-
lence had some one thing that meant
70 him an omen OF good or Ill. Yet
each ssorned the idea OF superstition
IL was a7habitT with most OF them.
One geHtlsman present said that he
always In disroblng plsced his shoes
on the same spot and about In the
same position as II he was standing IN
them heels together and toes out IL
by any chance this was neglected ne
could not get to sleep until he arose
and arranged his representatives.
Another ono for over twenty years
had carried thin, fat pocketbook In
his hip pocket that had belonged TO
his father. He never used 1t, but the
pocketbook was always changed with
his trousers. At times, In forgetting II.
be had neglected important business
TO return for il He nevor carries any
thing else In the pocket with L. A
lady said one indication OF something
out OF the usual happening 70 her was.
In dressing, to get something on with
the wrong side out II did not always
mean bad luck. Sometimes, though
annoying, IL would turn out 10 be an
extraordinary bit OF good luck. The
omen never failed. Notwithstanding
that she never allowed herself the
comforting discomfort Of wishing and
wearing the garment through the day.
loyal 10 the mistake and the old idea
of protection against the hoodoo.
Then another OF the party took a
silver coin out of his pocket and said
he had carried 1t nearly twenty years,
and would be much annoyed II he lost
IT, but Of course II is only association.
A gentleman who up TO this time
had listened, without adding TO the
symposium. said:
well, / know that am not at all
superstitious. but there are some
peculiar coincidents In mans life.
Three or four years ago an acquaint-
auce of mine gave mo poker chip.
and said. Put 1t in your pocket and
carry 1t for luck / put 1t 10 my
pocket with my silver, not for luck.
but carelessly. carried It up to six
months ago, when II disappeared. Oh
course there Is nothing in 1t, but from
the time that piece Of ivory went into
my pocket everything went against
me. lost thousands of dollars. About
six months ago things took turn.
The poker chip had nothing TO do with
il but don't want any more OF them
t. IA 81