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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

. The proposition to make one day OF
State Fair week a Merchants Day,
when the local business men can greet
rand entertain their patrons and cores
pondents, is steadily growing in favor,
and there is little doubt but that the
idea will be carried out. President H.
Quarter, Of the Chamber OF Commerce,
is expected to arrive in the
city tomorrow, and the mat
ter will at once be brought
to his attention, and it is probable that
a special meeting of the Chamber will
then be called, and plans perfected to
carry out the idea
There has been no general meeting Of
business men from the country tribu-
tary to Wheeling fer two years, and the
time appears to be propitious for such
a gathering. The low rates on all rail
reads secured by the state Fair ASS 0c1a-
ton disposes of the transportation pro-
blem easily and quickly and in addi-
tiCn the Fair Association has under
taken to mail widespread notices Of the
fact that such a meeting is in contem-
plation. 1t only remains for the BUSH
ness men, through their official body,
the Chamber of Commerce, to endorse
the plan and encourage its carrying cut.
The L'aiI" Association will do the rest,
and the result will be a gathering of
eut-of-tOwn business men such as the
city has never seen.
Secretary George Hook and the gen.
eral management of the Fair Associa-
ton are heartily in accord with the
idea, which will interfere with no other
arrangement and which will cost moth
ing in the way of entertainment or re-
ception. Wednesday or Thursday Of
Fair week is the date suggested, and
there appears to be no reason why
there should not be united action to
bring about great reunion OF merch-
ants whose interests are involved with
those of Wheeling.
Let everybody pull together in this
matter, and the city will be a distinct
gamer, while the visitors will have an
opportunity to not only meet those
with whom they do business and see
the city, but the big State Fair as well.
The proposition should favorably
crystalize within the next few days, and
it is sincerely hoped that the idea may
be carried out to a successful consum-
nation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30


Women to Do Plain Sewing at Homer
w. Hutton 81 Co.
Statesmen Wanted-To Call on Doctors.
Agents Observation-Disclosures Il co.
Incapable Men-H d. Williams.
Agents Wanjed-Strang Mfg. GO:
Agents--Slot microscopes on Big Com
mission.
WanIed-Agents to sell Saloon Articles.
For Gale-Safe.
Wanted-Position as Clerk.
For Sale-House on North wabash
Street.
Real Estate Bargain--Rolf & Zane.
Money to Lean-The Consolidated Build
ing, Loan Il Trust Co.
Eor Saie-C. %. Smith.
Public Sale Of Valuable Market Street
Property-Geo. j. Maihison.
Wanted-HoGsekepe
For SaIe-Scratch Pads.
For Sale-Se Secondhand Typewriters.
The Celebrated Brighton Pine Apple-Al-
bert Stole a. Co.
Wanted -F'irst-class Salesman for West
Virginia.
Wanted-Boy.
Public Sale Of Furnished Cottage.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
HUNTING FOR SAM.
He Was Near by, hut the Editor Conidn't
See Him.

/ ran newspaper once at the coun-
ty-seat of backwoods Pennsylvania
county, said Col. Jim Ball. of Potter
county, "and one day I started out
among my patrons in the outlying
townships on a collecting tour. In the
course OF the day | came to a clearing
to which l had been directed as the
domicile CT one Samuel Ricketts,, to
whom I was anxious to present my
autograph at the bottom of a receipt
for $2.25. l knocked at the door of the
Ricketts, residence, and by and by a
sharp-faced woman, with snappy eyes
and her sleeves rolled above her ell
bows, responded to the knock.
Does Mr.. Ricketts, live here?' I
asked.
Sam Ricketts," snapped the wo-
man, who, l rightly guessed, was Mrs.
Ricketts,.
Yes ma'am,' | replied.
He has the name o. Twin here
said Mrs. Ricketts,, with fine scorn, but
tha's darn little life in him.
Il pretended not TO notice the irony
of my patrons amiable helpmate, and
assumed anxiety.
He isn't sick, is hep 1 asked.
mo replied Mrs Ricketts,, he amt
sick
:" Is he IMP I inquired.
No, he amt in was the answer.
Is he about the place. / asked.
Yes, he's about the place!' said
Mrs. Ricketts,. The last | seen of him
he was histin' hissclf up the ladder to
the haympw, lettle faster than I've
see him move in coon's age, and he's
scroochin' in one corner of the NOV
now, shouldn't wonder
Will he be back to the house
soon?' l asked.
Meanin' this afternoon said my
patrons wife.
40, yes, certainly replied.
"'No, he won't exclaimed Mrs.
Ricketts, with a positiveness that salts
fed me that, although the deed for
that CLEARING might be in the name of
Samuel Ricketts,, he wasn't the boss of
it. l stood moment undecided what
to say or do next when Mrs. Ricketts,
snapped out:
Would you want to know why Sam
Ricketts, won't be here soon?'
81 said that l would.
Well, said she, Sam Ricketts, had
the snoopinist, sneekinist, humliest old
yaler houn' that eyer licked platter,
and l got sick an tired o. kickin' it
out O doors. l hate dogs wuss'n
pison, anyhow, 'tickelly houn' dogs,
an so I up an told Sam Ricketts, this
monin' that if he didn't take that
houn off an sell it or give it away I'd
knock it in the head. an him too, may
be-
So Sam1 he took the dog away, an
long about an hour ago he come back.
An what do you think he had done?
He had traded that dog off for two
darn straddlin' coon dog pups and
fetched 'em home. That's the reason
Sam Ricketts, hustled up that ladder to
the haymow so student and pulled the
ladder up after him. And that's the
reason why he won't >be back soon.
-" He won't be back till after I'm gone
to bed and asleep tonight Sam Rick
etts won't, and you kin bet yer boots
on it,
81 didn't see any point in waiting to
see Samuel Ricketts,, and | heard, a
month or so later that he was wonder
ing what in thunder that editor stop
ned his paDer for New York SIM
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
The August Century.

The August Century appears as a
Midsummer and travel number, with
an Appropriate cover and table of con-
tents to match. Among the contribu-
lions are many old friends and some
new ones; among them may be named
Jacob Riis, Mary Tracy Earle, Marion
Alexander Haskell Jonas Stadling,
John r. Musicke Alexander Jay Wurtz,
Seumas MacManus. Gen. Leonard Wood
and William Willard Howard. The
list of contributors and contributions
is unusually long, even for the Cen-
fury Magazine.
For sale at Stant0n's.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
UPRIGHT PIANO CHEAP.

Owing to a misunderstanding be-
tween husband and wife, fine Clifford
Upright Piano has been placed in our
hands for immediate disposal. The
piano is practically new and was built
by Clifford Chickering, a man with a
national reputation as an expert piano
builder.
We are authorized to sell the piano
for one half of the original price. If
you want or need a piano, here is a
rare opportunity.
T. W. BANNER co.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
PERSONAL.

CANCER CURED-Home treatment; no
knife. plaster or pain Book OF advice free.
MASON MEDICAL CO, l2l West Forty.
second street New York. juls.2l65n,li.G
INcAPABLE MEN-My method OF restor-
ing sexual strength d ters Ia every respect
from any o.ners: no drugs. belts ur appH-
ancps: absolutely no humbug: safe. sue.
permanent Further particulars free IL.
~. WILLIAMS. Calf House. Louisville
XIV iyDitq
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CONGRESSIONAL SEATS All AUCTION.
L. 4

CONGRESSIONAL SEATS Al AUCTION
Over in Ohio they have finally got
politics down to an exact business
science and in the Steubenville district
one R. P. Scott has just bid $4,000 for
the nomination, while MIR. Ralph r.
Rule "sees" his $4,000 and goes him
$4,000 better, besides promising to de-
vote the proceeds of the office to es-
tablishing school of political and
economical science. Doubtless before
the time for holding the convention
comes the nomination will have been
bid up to quite handsome figure
What's the matter with this plan?
We now auction off our United States
Scholarships, as a rule. knocking them
down to the highest bidder; why not
the Office Of Congressman?
The Ohio plan is vast Improvement
on the present method, whereby only
few Of the leaders and refractory ones
are bribed with Doodle which they put
down into their socks" Besides the
new plan, as we understand il. contem-
plates the payment of the cash into the
party treasury.
1t certainly is great improvement
on the generally accepted scheme
Some simple minded folks may contend
that it has tendency to create a plu-
tocracy by keeping poor men out Of
public life, but we answer that poor
man long ago ceased TO nave much If 4
show in modern politics.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

Why spend your savings on a vaca-
ton trip to the seashore or the noun
tains, when you can be just as cool
at any of the parks within few min
utes' trolley ride of the city and at a
cost of but a nickel or two?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

Common Sense" whose brief com
munication is dated Moundsvile. but
postmaFked Wheeling, ought to be a
sufficiently up-to-date newspaper man
to know that his name must accom-
pany his communication, not necessar-
lily for publication, but as an evidence
of good faith.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

An association has been formed to
secure the repeal of the personal-bag-
gage clause of the tariff law. All Eli
ropean travellers, who have been held
up and their baggage opened and tumb-
led out at the New York custom house
will welcome the repeal or modifica-
ton of this inquisitorial law.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

surplus of twenty pounds of flesh he
is DESTROYS of getting rid of. Maybe
the President would soon get rid of
this avoirdupois if he would take per-
sonal charge of the War Department
for a while. Gen. Alger could doubt
less recommend it as a great anti-fat
treatment
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
THE MERCHANTS Day IDEA
In Connection With the State Fair is
Rapidly Gaining IN Popularity.

QUARTER, CT THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IS
EXPECTED BACK TOMORROW,
WHEN HIS SERVICES WILL BE
ENLISTED. AND A SESSION OF
THE CHAMBER WILL PROBA-
BLY, BECALLED-BU BUSINESS MEN
WILL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN
TEIIIR FRIENDS DURING THE
FAIR.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
soc Corsets for 29c Monday at
EHsklEfMEa'S, iIC5 Main st.

Two big shows at Pleasant Valley
Park to-day-afternoon at 2:30, even
ing at S:30-rain or shine.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

EIGHTEENTH PAGE.
Suits for s6S7-D. Gundling & Co.
Diamonds Watches, Clocks, etc.-Mc-
Nance, the JeWeler.
Continuation Sale This Week-Geo. R.
Taylor Co
4 Week of Specials for Summer Buyers
Geo e. Stifei q Co.
Neckwear-Lou Swabacker.
Suits at One-Third and One-Half Prices
SEQ. NJ Shook q Co
Summer Clearance Sale-Egger, Warrick
S5 Co.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
FIFTH PAGE.

Quick Selling Prices-Locke Shoe Co.
Goods at 10 Per Cent Less Than Any
House In the City-The Racket.
Midsummer Clearance Sale-J. II. PEI
Ladies Tan oxfords one-Half Price
Alexander.
Dianaonds-Sheff Bros.
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
KILLED nv LIGHTNING

KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
NASHVILLE. TENN, July 29.-H.
H-AWcConnell and his wife, an aged
coupe, were killed by lightning at
tnei1 Aome near Cottage Grove, Henry
coulks Both had their clothing burn
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

All persons desiring to secure privil-
eyes for Labor Day Picnic are request
ed to call on A. w. Raider, Grand OPP
era Billiard Parlors.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
lNoEx 10 new ADVERTISEMENTS.


Eye Glass Insurance Henry w. ETC.,.
Have You Heard About the "Crash!'-
kraus Bros.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
LOST.

T-P0cletbook containing sum OF
money. on Market street, between Seventh
and Tenth streets, Saturday evening Find
er viii confer favor ana receive suitable
reward by returning TO this office. jy32dl
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FEMALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED-A housekeeper from Is to .
years of age. sAaaress CHARLES VIII
LIAMS, General Delivery, City. jy2Se&Ga
WANTED g!cls, a cook ard nurse:
best wages. Apply 1870 Market street
JySe&dh
WOMEN to do sewing at home $l50 per
day. Four months work guaranteed, Send
stamped addressed envelope for particulars.
II. W. HUTTON x CO, Philadelphia Pa.
jy59dy
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

Wilkins-Deuced pretty girl i saw at
your window. Is she foreign
Bilkins-No; domestic. Brooklyn
Life.
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SIXTH PAGE.
SEVENTH PAGl

Positively theLast Week of Discount Sale
-1eyman Bros.
Pleasant valley Park-The Diving Elks.
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MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED-A boy about Is years of age
Apply at this office q once. jyS1
WANTED--Two young men 10 run as
news agents on railroad trains. Must
have $lUuo cash security. Apply or aG-
dress UNION NEWS CO, Office e. 4 0.
depot, Wheeling. jy9e&dh
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

Small favors in the way of showers
thankfully received.
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EIGHTH PAGE.
Chas. J. Elig Carriage Co.
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Last Day Of the 20 Per Cent. Reduction
Sale-Stone & Thomas.
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THIRTEENTH PACE

ELEVENTH PAGE.
Bargalns in Dinner Sets-W hite, Hand
ley & Foster.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

TENTH FACE.
Special Values for Midsummer Sales
j. 5. Rhodes & Co.
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SHE GOT THERE IN TINE.


Madam" said the fat man to the be-
draggled woman who boarded the ear,
couldn't you have told that it was
going to rain when you left the house?"
Yes, sir, I could" she promptly re-
piled. Eyes, l saw that it was going to
rain, and had no umbrella but it was
the last day Of the sale of 39-cent per-
fumery for cents a bottle. and I had
to get down to the store or miss the
biggest bargain of the century"
25c Silk NcciSwear for Zoe Monday at
EAioEEEI3IEiG'S, HOS Main st.
% per cent discount on all sales for
this week only at Aaron's.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

Every Woman Likes to Buy at Less
hhan Half Price-Eouse & Hermann
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THIRD PAGE.
FOIJRTII PAGE.

Mozart Psrk-The Fitzsimmons-Jeffries
Fight
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ehLEsMEN WANTED

WANTED Ftrst-class salesman for West
va 70 handle our complete ine Of high
grade intoxicating oils greases, boiler COM
pound paints etc. Address with refer
encts, ThE A. II. NOAk OIL CO. Glove
land. Ohio Jy5Duq
SALEsAfAN WANTED-To call on doctors
only on behalf Of the leading firm IN the
trade. Position permanent. Applicant
must be intelligent. interchangeable and Of
good appearance. State experience Ad-
dress. p o. BOX 1852, Philadelphia
iy502u1
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WANTED.

WANTED.-Position as clerk Ia hardware
store. Reference furnished. Address,
HARDWARE" care Register. jydqer
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FOURTEENTH PAGE.
A Warning Note-Doan's Kidney Pills.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
FoR sALe-RgAL EsrATs.

FOR sALE-0ne or both lots on Fourth
street, opposite Central school, Martin 5,
Ferry, Ohio Inquire Of q. j. IRWIN, at.
office Hanover street, or at Wilson's
Laundry Telephone l@s5. N2i@&dra
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
FOR SALEM scELLANeous.


FOR sALE.-A medium sized safe, IN per-
feet condition. at Nm. l.. TANNEY'S. rear
City Bank Building. jy3ndqer
FOR SALE-Sman melting pot: will hold
ten gallons 200 pounds. Apply at WEST
VA PRINTING CO jul6h
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

csc SILK NeciSwear for Toe Monday at
EAisElEI3IEE'S HOS Main st.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13

nels. Whenever the fluid traverses a
channel more or less forcibly the thought
which originated that passage is repro
duced more or less vividly. Hence en-
sues the general mixing up of thoughts
which originally had no connection with
each other.
An overloaded stomach also causes a
flow of blood to the brain, sent there by
nature to assist in assimiatng the ex-
ira nOurishment and the OVercharged
blood vessels pressing upon the nerve
channels near the BRAIN cause even more
turbulent disturbances. This accounts for
the advice of so many medical men that
no considerable quantity especially of an
imal food, should be taken Immediately
before bedtime. The crossing, recrossing
and the touching of these thought chan
nels brought about in this way, produce
the absurd mixtures of fancies that often
come to us when we sleep,
The stomach, too, is a mill which keeps
on forever grinding, the walls acting as
the grndstones. When, therefore, there
Is nothing between them, or in other words.
when the stomach Is empty. one wall
grinds upon the other, causing an irr-
tation of the nerves which produces that
peculiar sensation of falling from some
great height.
To understand how external action will
affect the dream of a sleeper, it must
be borne in mind that those dreams which
seem to take hours and even days in pass
ing, really occupy but minute fraction
of a second. II, therefore, we are aWak-
ened by some loud, strident noise. say by
the cracking of a whip, then between the
time that the sound strikes our ear while
we are yet asleep. to the time that We
are fully awake TO realize what has caus-
ed the sound a few moments only have
elapsed, but those few moments were
sufficient to allow of a dream of appaT-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13

the skirt fast in the rear. on a number
Of the handsome skirts the deep lace
fringed nounce is fixed 10 the foundation
by a beaded heading and some of these
founces show to what a fine point dress
makers have carried the art of giving
the proper hang to the prevailing dress
skirts Nothing underneath must impede
the gracious sway of the upper drapery
and yet In some cases, where a certain
buoyancy is needed, understands of cot
ton are worm showing hounces of white
taffeta alternating with those of lawn.
The taffeta flounces of course, are merely
tackled on to enable their easy removal
when the petticoat goes to the wash.
You can turn over some hundred or
more pieces of the newest lingerie from
Paris, and scarce a tuck will you find. In
their place yokes of -chemise and night
dresses, hounces, etc, are made up of in
sertions OF lace and embroidery whipped
together. Another favorite substitute for
tuckiug is putting, or we might call it half
inch wide insertions of gathered nainsook
between narrow lace or embroidery bead
ings. The puff1nGs are not one-half so diff
cut TO put in as the baby tucks were.
but the needle woman's gain is the wash
woman's despair, for it takes the pa
tience of Job and the hand of an artist
to launder IA puff trimmed garment to the
queens taste. Mary Dean.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13

wish and take certain precautions against
the i'll will of any possible enemies
The Neapolitan charm against the evil
eye was first worn as a pretty ornament
by Mrs. Burkard, who ordered one of
gold. 1t is in the form of tiny human
hand, the left hand. and has the first and
fourth fingers pointing like a pair of horns,
while the second and third are folded into
the palm. Mrs. Benkard's golden charm Is
bound by a wee bracelet of brilliants at the
wrist, and those who saw the trinket and
heard of its supposed virtues bought copies
of her watch charm, more for hard every
day service, however, than ornament
One of the most uniformly luck-brlnging
charms is highly valued by Miss Richard
a bit of mosaic jewelry that has been
blessed by the Pope; and the young
Duchess of MARLBOROUGH attributes no
small amount OF her married content to
little heart of gold she ordered made and
cut half in two. The day before her we'd
ding one half of the heart was given to
her fiancee the other half she hung round
her neck by a fine gold chain, and from
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13

that day the young couple have worn their
portions of the god emblem in the belief
that to lose or mislay one Of the parts
would bring them dire distress. But wear
ing efficacious talismens is not the whole
OF The fashionable womans superstitiOus
creed. Her sharp eyes look out for acct
dents that might cross her luck. She will
put herself to infinite pains not to let any
of her hats turn upside down, to thereby
indicate she viii never walk abroad again:
if she dreams of fishes she Will refuse TO
cross the water for a twelve-month; but
most carefully does she guard against the
common bluuder of turning back after her
foot has crossed the threshold. If on her
way to a ball, she finds she has forgotten
a fan, or gloves or Whatnot, she will either
go boldly on without the desired articles,
or. on turning back. enter her own home
and deliberately remove her toilet, or sit
awhile in the hail, in order to pretend to
the Fates that she never really started
out at all. 1t is not uncommon in New
York for elaborate dinner to slowly
burn to a crisp while some unlucky guest
sits solemnly a whole precious fifteen min
utes in a distant hallway, doing penance
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
DANGER OF CROSSING LUCK.
\ TINY GOLD HEART WHICH
BROUGHT HAPPINESS TO TIRE
MARLBOROUGHs

DANES of Fashion Who Are Famous
on Two Continents as Walters;
Mrs. Oakley RhineIanGier Leads
This GrOup-Prlceless Collections
of Lace Owned by American WOsn-
en-The First Mrs. Aston Intro1ue-
ed the Idea, But To-day 7ITs. VIC
tor NcwcOmb, Mrs George Gould
and Miss Lena Morton Have Yer
tunes Invested in These HazadSAa5e
CObVyebS-An Italian NObicmnn
in Rome Fell on His Knees and
kissed the FIounces ON Mrs.
ThOrne's skirt when She RecOg-
nized 1t as the Relic of Great
Cardinal.
New York, Aug. Ito say that
only the unlettered and vulgar
are superstitious is 10 show ignorance
of the wide-reachiug power of this mystic
rbous force. Superstition is, for example
mildly rampant in our politest society,
and a fair amount of very genuine cred
ence is held by maids and matrons of fash
iona bic society. This is proven first by
the fact that goodly proportion of de-
butantes and their mammas wear various
comforting little amulets, carry luck
pieces, put their wedding rings on with a