The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

! get run over by engine No. 10 or lose the
| wad. l guess I'll have to chance it here. "
A young man in Detroit confesses TO a
| superstition as to the wearing of opals,
| but contrary to the general belief he at
| tributes much of the good luck that has
| cheered his pathway of late to the gems
| he wearS-an opal in ring and another
| in a scarfpin. 81 am superstitious about
| them" he said the other day THE first
day l wore this ring 1 met Mr.. Hardup,
| who had always before this run across the
| street whenever he saw me approaching.
TO my surprise he stopped, smiled and ex-
! tended his hand. by the way he re-
| marked, isn't there a little obligation be-
| tween us?' / replied stiffiy that there had
| been for three years. 1t had passed my
MIND he said, easily. 1t just occurred to
me-
with that he took out a large wallet
and presented me with three bills of large
denomination. 1 tell you it was like find
ing the cash. went to the office, and there
was letter saying that our mine, which
with its constant assessments had been a
nightmare, had struck paying ore and that
the stockholders were in favor of selling
out at great advance to a syndicate.
picked up the paper, looked at the stock
quotations and saw that zinc had gone
way up Telegraphed to my agent to sell
my stock and was a good gamer thereby
Man came in and bought a lot in my sub
division. First had sold in six months
Telegram came from Lansing, supreme
court had reversed the decision of the low
er court in a case of mine, and, by George
was winner of long-fought obstinate
case. Next week an important event ham
pened in the family"
Il suppose 1t was a boy?" was suggest
ed.
mo, sir: two of em. I am the happy
father of two as buxom, fat BOYS as Won
,,l,a
with them Superstitious about opals? I
should say am! wear them every day."
Rulers OF empires are no less supersti-
tious than the humblest of their subjects.
1t Is said that the young Car of Russia
is exceedingly superstitious, and places
an lnordinate value upon relics OF every
KIND. lie wears a ring in which he be-
lieves is imbedded a piece OF the true
cross. 1t was originally one of the treas
ures or the vatican, and was presented to
an ancestor of the car for diplomatic
reasons. The value which the car sets
upon the ring, with its imbedded relic. is
shown by the following fact: Some wears
ago the car was travelling from st. Pc
tersburg to Moscow. He suddenly dis.
covered that he had forgotten the ring
The train was stopped Immediately and a
special messenger sent flying back In an
express engine for IL. Nor would the czar
allow the train TO move until, eight hours
"ANNA VAIN AAAN messenger returned with
the ring.
Those who are engaged In the manu-
facture and repairing OF clocks are, as a
rule, believers in good and evil omens
one Of the craft who has been long in the
business in Washington, and who Is a
man of intelligence and standing. said
recently: 1T is well enough to repair a
clock on Friday or any other day for that
matter, but 1t is big chances against set
ting up new clock on Friday. Some
months ago 1 put new clock In the
Maltby annex OF the Senate, and did not
thlnk or Il being Friday until the day
after, when word came TO me that II
would not run. Then II came to me that
l hung IL on the wall on a Friday. I had
any amount OF tinkering with that clock
before l could get Il to keep anything
like correct time.
Il had a similar experience with a
clock In the Indian bureau. Since thon
1 put up clock In the war Department
ana by the same kind of n chance 4 han.
pened that hung It on Friday. The fol-
lowing morning / was officially Informed
that, although the clock came from fhe
factory guaranteed, Il was az a standstiIi
Il Knew instantly what was the matter
with II. IL had the Friday 'hoodoo' on
It, knew the clock was all right. bur n
would not 60 until I took II down from
the wall and rehung Il, Then II worked