The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-08
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"a Little Chapter on Few of the Alleged
Superstitions of People and Some of
the Circumstances Under Which 1t Is
Perhaps Well to Be Guided by Them
Story of the Man Who Escaped from
the Kate cIaxton Horror Before the
Panic Began.
An article has recently appeared in a
Philadelphia paper detailing the signs that
seamen fear, such as rats deserving yes
sells, black cat omens and bad dreams in
which Jackie sees a coffin or the ghost of
his mate or something equally creepy.
Reading this article recalled to mind that
the usual crop of good luck stories has
not appeared yet in connection with the
lroquois theater disaster, such stories as
the man who was prevented from attend
ing the theater that day by unforeseen
business engagements, or by a feeling
that something was going to happen.
There was a story told regarding the ter
rible Two Orphans tragedy in Brooklyn
in which two hundred people were killed,
which is a good sample of this class of
stories If it is true: it may indicate that
coming events do sometimes cast their
shadows ahead of them.
Just before the fire broke out in Brook
lyn a man suddenly left the theater and
was standing outside in sort of dazed
way.
What's the matter?' said an ac-
quaintarce who met him there. Don't
you like the piece?
Very much" was the reply, 'but T
somehow or other can't feel comfortable
l feel like a haunted house. If Il were SUI
perstltious I'd believe something bad is
going to happen around here-an explo-
sion, railroad disaster, shipwreck or
that sort Of thing
This is what you call superstition when
it happens to some one else When it
happens to you, you remark, chow very
strange and you begin to believe that
perhaps there are more things in heaven
and earth than philosophy has yet ac-
counted for.
The New Year would be one of great
happiness for us. could we but be a worthy
member of young Mr.. RockefelIer's Sum
day school class. Oh how we long for this
great privilege. -
"Of course" say Mr.. Hanna's friends
If the senator were knocked down and
| chloroformed and the nomination thrust
into his breast pocket, why, that might
be different -.-r
If Russia gets settled formally in Man
churia and Germany increases her hold
| iiASo, Tie bCClililS Ol SIlEa Will
have to drive their ''teems" further into
| the interior. ~.
People who have watched the govern
ments progress on the postoffice say that
it will take 20 years to dig the canal.
If your 32c-a,-pound butter is ''crumb-
ly,' take a. pound of it and melt it. In
this way the lard or beef suet with which
| it is ''filled'' will settle to the bottom Of
the jar and after it is solidified again you
will have the deadly evidence to show to
Your grocer. And that is all the good it
will do you.
A dispatch from across the water says:
London, Jan. liking Edward shows
marked preference for the company OF
American women
Shake, Edward! w.. -.-.
Some one sent a, circular describing our
various ailments the other day and telling
how We might discover that we had them.
There was a series of questions something
like this:
DO you feel sleepy in the morning.
/ Does your coal bin show symptoms of
grating on bottom?
DO you feel opposition to the idea when
it Is necessary to split wood?''
Are you tired at night?
| do you ever sneeze?
If you had any of these symptoms you
had a severe case of what the remedy
called for and you were to take eight or
ten bottles in Commute doses until re-
heVed Of your money.
English papers state that it has be-
come necessary to exterminate the hip
popOtamuS in the British colonies The
trouble is that the world is getting too
small for hippo. He constantly attacks
boats, fields and gardens, and what he
does not eat he sits on. A man who has
a nice garden made and coming well
along is usually much discouraged when
hippo sits on it. After hippo's repose on
the garden it doesn't seem to do well.
For this and various other reasons, hippo
must go.
/ The trouble with the Korean language
is that SO many words mean the same
thing except for the infection placed on
them. A disguised missionary once as
sured delighted audience that unless
they repented they would go to the local
postoff1ce! On another occasion a beautf-
+ full moral was being drawn from the gay
career of the tiny butterfly which was
suddenly cut short in the clutches of the
spider Not until the laughter had sub
. sided did the lecturer become aware thai
the victim which had been founderina
, amid the dainty silken threads of the wet
! was a donkey.
A letter from the Philippines to the
Army and Navy Journal explains the I'M
pleasant story from Jolo that the Amer
leans had shocked the feelings of the
/, Mohammedans by burying pig with &
= fanatic who had been killed. After read
: ing the story most people will be glad thai
the peoples feelings were shocked in tina
2 way. The practice of pig burial was be.
gun to discourage the gentle art of "jura
r mentado." A juramentado is a NOLAN
, medan fanatic who runs amuck against
+ Christians until killed like a mad dog
The Spanish word means literally one who
has taken an oath. Colonel William M
5 Wallace Of the Fifteenth United States
cavalry gives the following description OF
I>this amiable type:
Y He must first obtain the permission of his
parents and also receive their blessing Then
+ he must have the permission of his chief, after
which the sultan is supposed to authorize the
juramentado to go forth his mission of death.
After being ordained by the priest the jura-
mentado completes his preparations by taking 8
sacred bath, shaving his eyebrows and cutting
= his finger and toe nails to the quick. He firmly
l believes that he will so to the seventh heaven
when he dies. That is the sole reward. I have
never known of them to fail to fight to the
death after he had drawn his barong.
When Colonel Wallace found that 6
number of American soldiers had been
H.