Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-16

persons body. There Is additional terror
attached to the charm If the rabbit is cap
tured at II o'clock at night by cross-eyed
man. 1 know colored people who had
rather be shot than to have a rabbit foot
nourished at them. There are many white
people, too, who are superstitious on the
subject. They believe, however, that to
possess bunny's left hind foot brings srcat
luck.
Il was at hotel in Florida several years
ago when some jewery of one of the
guests was stolen. 1t was thought That
one of the servants had taken the jeweh.y.
and it was decided to make a novel test Of
the suspicion. All the servants were called
up and arranged in line. The proprietor
of the hotel then made them talk, saying
that something had been stolen. He did
not want to suspect innocent people. He
had, he Said the left hind foot of a rabbit.
He proposed to rub this foot Icross the
heart of each person in Ene. Whoever was
the guilty person might take the conse-
quences. There was considerable kicking
all around, as not one wanted to come in
contact with the Inflated foot. but they
consented to the program, as their honesty
was at stake and the operation com
menced. About half way down the line
colored man was noticed to get shaky, and
when the awful foot was dourished near
him he collapsed and begged that he be
spared the deadly charm. He confessed the
theft. l saw this myself. and 1 have been
told that southern policemen work the
trick often to obtain confessions from sup
posed guilty persons"
X II
Yes, there are unlucky cars on the line"
said the car driver to Star reporter.
This very car I'm on is considered one OF
the bad lucks' of the line, but I've lever
had any trouble with it. When we put
substitute on it he is quakng in his boots
for fear something will happen and is
never easy until he Is off il. I'm about the
only man not afraid to run l.. Any acct
dents? Oh. yes; see the sides Of the car?
1t has been battered up in several col
lisions. Anybody killed by it? 1 never ran
over anybody with it. but came very near
1t one night. A boy fell between the horses
and the first 1 knew was when 1 heard his
scream. l stopped the car just il the nick
of time. The little fellow was bruised and
battered, but nothing worse happened. He
was right under the wheels when stopped
the car. The boys think the car is I'M
lucky from other reasons. They say no
Some ill luck. they believe, is sure to hap
pen Then I've heard 'em say they saw
Spooky things at night while running il,
and they tell all kinds Of stories
X
A tender-hearted woman over in the
northwest has serious time of 1t sympa-
thizing with the stray cats that come
bothering around her, and at times her
family of felines grows to frightful pro-
portions before she can induce some of her
friends to relieve her of them. About three
weeks ago there was an addition of five
kittens, and this being a little more than
she could stand, she concluded to put them
out Of the way in as painless fashion as
possible. She bought five ounces of chloro-
form, and saturating immense sponge
with half the stuff. put the kittens under
tub and threw the sponge under with
them. She waited a few minutes and then
looked cautiously. The kittens were stretch
ed out, apparently GfceSS. She had not
heard even a sound from them. She con-
graduated herself on her humaneness, and
taking the kittens. laid them along In a
row in the shade of the fence, for her hus-
band to bury when he came from offiCe
In about hour she heard the most aw-
full catervauliriS and new ing, and went to
the back yard, to find that every blessed
kitten was up and tearing around like NAL
with fits and regular tremens She believes
firmly now that cats have nine lives.
X \ X X
We have had "saIted" gold mines, and
we have heard Of men being planted -
but planting korseshoes'' is a new BUSH
ness, and came about in the following man
ner: Glenn o. Campbell Of Batavia, NY,
who is one of the most efficient employees
Of the Post Office Department, is a firm
believer in horseshoe luck" and whenever
he finds he takes it to his home and
gives it the place of honor. Mr. Campbell
is also a great ''kidder," and many of his
numerous friends have been the butt of the
FRANKS of his fertile brain.
Recently T.. A. Dodgson and wife of
Batavia. n. Y, were guests of Mr.. Camp
bell, and while here the former conceived
the idea of paying Campbell back in some
of his own coin. Mr.. Dodgson called to
his assistance A. NJ. Condra, who comes
from the country of 'salted" gold mines
and T. M. Word who halls from the region
where they sometimes plant men, and
they decided to plant horseshoes for
Campbell.
During Mr.. Dodgson's visit it was the
custom of the party to take early "consti-
tutionals'' on their bicycles out on the
BladenSburS road, where they Otter re-
called themselves at some one of the nu-
nerous dairy farms Of that region. Know
ing Campbell's faith in horseshoe luck"
early one morning last week Mr.. Word was
sent ahead with sack of horseshoes of all
degrees and conditions. " hich he judicious-
ly planted fer Campbell, and then returned
and took his place in the party on their
trip cut. Very soon Campbell spied horse
shoe, which he deposited in his pocket. 1t
was not long until he had all of his DO tx
cts full, and he was certain some good for
tune was in store for him. On the return
trip more horseshces were found, and as
he would under no circumstance pass one
soon his bicycle, handle bars and ALL was
loaded down, and he was a sight to behold
There were horseShoes to the right of him
horSeShocs to the left of him and horse
shoes to the back and in front of him, and
If any one is in need of a horseshoe for any
purpose no doubt they can be supplied if
they will apply to Mr.. Campbell.
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