Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-03
THE SUPERsTITIONS.
MOST PERSONS CHERISH A SECRET
BELIEF IN SOME OMEN.



tent Believers In Signs, Though They
Fail In a Majority of Cases.
Every human being has bis pct supcrsti-
tlon. 1t came to him almost In tho cradle
und hns remained with him, by strange
Fortunately, all bis life Man is too proud
to admit a governing influence which hns
no real foundation and must fall TO pieces
when It's stability Is tested, but no matter
how silly superstition may be, once Inn
bodied In memory by single Instance
whom 1t came true, all Its signal failures
will Fenorally fail TO loosen It's grip upon
tho human being who has been taught 1t
in childhood. A pct superstition win lose
not jot Of its influence should 1t fail ey-
cry time IN o hundred, provided Il proves
true In ono instance only. THIS fnct shows
how men are Joined to their suporsti,ious
Idols.
Sing before breakfast, cry before
night" is the most ridiculous OF all old
bOgies and the most destructive Of mlrth,
laughter and happiness. IL Is not difficult
TO prove Its fallncy. Let every man, WON
an and child stand up against IL, slug,
howl, II they cannot give forth melodious
sounds, laugh morriiY and rejoice Mt tho
coming Of day, like the birds, whose lrst
thought upon waking on tho appearance
OF the nrst streak OF dawn ia to sing hap.
PLY with puro joy for tho return OF nnoth.
or day. Lot each be MS happy as tho birds
and make everybody else happy, and tins
will this dctostible superstition retire 70
the gloom Of its inception and DO heard OF
no more.
There Is an old superstition that the loft
limbs should always be dressed FIRST, but
H.. =
the man who mauifests his Indignation at
the assertion that ho Is suporstltious com.
inenoes cautiously, as IL were, without
letting himself know that no is buing
watched, wi.h the first garment he puts
ON In tho morning aud learn what Ia tho
result, How surprised no will DO TO know,
perhaps for tho first time, that his left nrtn
gots into his shirt first, his left leg tn his
trousers first aud his left sock on his loft
foot first, to say nothing Of continuing tho
observation ms far as tho shoe Thorn are
men who will change garment which
hns been put on uncOnsoiously inside ont,
but there are many men who will not, for
their lives, risk the old upcrstiiou con
corning such an act, Kings have not dared
Ii.
Where Is tho man or boy who, saving
only In spirit OF brayndo, will knowing.
ly walk under laddorf Even II done In
q spirit Of defiance Of the old boyle how
expectanily and sometimes trumblingly no
awaits tho coming of the penaltyl Try it,
man, and If tho penalty Ut sorrow or loss,
disappointment or accident does not no.
suit before tho day has swept by you will
not tell Of 1t II 1t comes to you, the ruln
will bc followed, and you will never oeaso
telling Of 1t, this rJro occurrence
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once starting out having perhaps forgot
ten to kiss his wife or something less i'm
portant, his natural inclination. without
special prompting, is to sit down before
starting again. 1t Is said to DO bad luck
10 omit this.
Even death may result II human being
should raise an open umbrella over his
head within doors, 1t Ia said Umbrella
makers hayo boon known to observe this
religlously.
People who live in the country must DO
careful not to have around their homes a |
white nosed COW, for should the window
be opon and this COW with tho white pro- |
boscls reach it over the window sill In
search Of Information or something dainty
there will be death In tho family before
long So says the old saw.
Why must we give n penny for any
sharp instrument presented by frlendf
Why do we scek four lcaved clover, and
why must we pick up dirty horseshoe
from the street whenever we SEQ 1t thcrcs
Why do men nail the horseshoe over their
doors and ends down, too, Invariably,
whom the original superstition, Of which
they seem TO DO in Ignorance, asserts that
II should be nailed up tho other way, so ns
to catch within its embrace the luck which
dCscendsp
There IL no longer any use Of talking
about tho old bogIo concerning ono Of 10
sitting at table dying within a ycnr after
tho feast, for the Thirteen club exploded
that foolish old saw by sitting thus month
In and month out many years, many ia.
blcs with 10 Mt each, and all lived ont tho
dangerous year and more years added, hut
there nro still living men who will not
undertake. journey ON Friday, al.
though, nftcr coming to sum tho matter
up multitudcs OF mon have discovered
That Friday, of all DAYS In tho week, Is tho
most fortunate day for everything. And
IL Is rarely, now, that criminal Ia exc.
cuted on Friday In any part Of tho world,
thanks to that same Thirteen club, who
laugh ut superstition, knife and fork In
hand. Yet there Is not ono OF thcm who
has not his pet superstition, either con.
soiously or otherwise. The biggest man in
tho club carries horse chestnut In his
pocket to ward of rheumatism, and an.
other is spiiituRllSt, They all nut on
The left sock first, and fcw OF them dnro
sing before breakfast But they arc do.
serving OF great praise for what they have
done and must not weary In well doing.
When II valuable vnso In tho Tuilcrios
Toll To the aoor aud was shattered u short
time before the great battle OF Waterloo,
Josephine prophcslod disaster would fol.
iow-and ii did. Napoleon met his fato
There, but his " Book of Fato" never told
him defeat was near and disaster hovorlng
over HIM. But this wasn't tho FIRST vase
broken by many In tho Tuilcrlos. What
about tho others and the old omens-Now
York Times.