Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08
ALMOST EVERYONE
IS %SUPERSTITIOUS
Men, Prominent in Business
Affairs and Down, Be-
tieve in Charms.
a WHOLE STATE AFFECTED
MeiWo IL Said to Be tho Most Super.
stitious State in Union-6ia Bat
tes Ended in Victory BY
It's Aid.
a WHOLE STATE AFFECTED

FROM t&e kaNsas City Star.
7hcfc are certainly more thtnRs 4
thts world than are told OF la pi,lloso
ply. aud perhaps some OF the queries
things on this universe are the freak
Of superstition. Those WHO have super
Stftiona please read and GiOat. Thos
VINO have none. read ~ ponder.
n certain miilt0na IN New York i'm
p~catty believer that something dread
:"t would happen 10 him and his for
iuuc IL anyone except himself shout,
EVER wash hia socks.
This superstition caused the mau
peck Of trouble In tue days that he wa
" regular" of the Hotel Windsor
which was burned Some years ago.
conc day, after he had been nduiginJ
hAs tAst HupeVstit&ON. t,is man of money
ead.py In the thought that all would
c"w I've right with ibis hnances unit
ecAf wash day. went over to Brooklyn
10 pay u long deCesved visit. He wa.
absent from the hotel for some hours
tciutnins just IN time ior dinner. after
Wi;icI, he went to his room and I'M
locked the dosr--to Rnd the room flood
ed with water.
n ha6ty investigation showed that
sitter washing hts socks lie had failed
% turn oft the bas!n faucets. AND the
being too great for the outlet the
basin hal oveFN0wed. The damage ia
carpet. oeiAng. etc. to 81. 900,
and after he a settled with the land
lord he was asked to ook for accom-
t~0odntlOns elsewhere. hut not even this
costly experience cnused the MAJ to
lose faith In hls superstition. which still
rides Min.
Maine superstitions.
Maize. among other things. In noted
Tor It's unusual 1uperstitiOnn: The next
Sluse YOU meet II man fresh from the
Pine Tree state ask him IL he ever
stuck his jackkntfe Ia the head board
OF his he'd prior to going to sleep at
might Ind M's d"Ila,s To doughnuts that
he wsN e0aaWcs' liz all seriousness:
why. certainly. Us the only way to
keep the LII from Attacking you I'm
h night.
The story In odd Of a Portland man
whssc wife banishcd ni the wooden
beds from their house one day and sub
slitntcd brass one. The Arst Night the
man was to sleep in q brass bed he was
M II uandaiy-ther was no way in
which he could stick the big blade OF
his knife In III he'd head. In this di-
lemsna he h%eti,ouEht himself OF the
practice of a New York friend who, in
0rdcr TO ward OF the I'M always
vHAAe 1t a point to arrange his slippers
bottom sNN at the foot of the bed. The
Maine MAJ had out to his charm,
but along In the early morning he was
awakened by the Arst attack OF the
sCfAAnta he hG0 had In years.
The following night there was no
shiny brass he'd Ia his rOom: the old bed
WA hack la ttS accustomed place. and
IN its head board the big blade of q
1acklknife was thrust good and deep.
Superstitions About Aches and Pains.
All sorts of odd superstitions are en-
pioyed by v g welt read and fairly
we'll educated people to prevent and
vs>r tn~, I- ...n NJ.
To pcsscss n thrce-colored cat Is
saiA' 10 he q sure preventive of ma
tata. ToOthache can be got rid OF by
eating bread which a mouse has free
" ntbbied. II govt or rheumatism
In your pocket. and before the skin has
CeSch to show signs Of dtsintcyration
YNnr EalnN will leave you. Have you
tMe stomach ache. Kiss a mule and
the ache will vanish Will you are
showing you affection for the dumb
animal.
Seven drops Of blood from a cats
tall In an ancient remedy for a SUI
eerer with epticpsy. and to ward of
tata terrible dlsease many people re-
elsto.sAy M rings made OF some
tAetai-siiver prcferably-which has
cs(pse. Whenever q man falls In an
epfieptlc At In some OF the foreign
quarters Of Now York, a bystander is
almost eilro to rush up. open the VIC
<im's shirt and scratch u cross on the
barred breast with a pin or some sharp
!: ~ansAxaSNeNt. In the belief thai this
chArsA will bring the man back to nor
mat.
Probably more" odd superstitions
!. ere e. ESy,sns sysstna y the ~, wast than any
and form divine.
Oac man. when he was q boy Of I
or =. had q large wart right in the CEN
o OF his forehead. which, naturally,
gave him much worry. He was told
by. the 8 servant OF the house to
cut the wart with q borrowed knife. let
Asfew drops Of blood fall OF a piece OF
papeE. thch fold the paper up after the
Snanner Of Q note. drop Il on tho side
walk a 2 freqVente4 spot and I'm a
weeks dme after soneone had picked
1t up tho wart would disappear. 1t did.
: and II b mover, returned.
flow Negroes Remove Warts
Negroes have diverse charms for re-
moving warts. Ono n to rub . wart
with the rough side Of q swamp bean
teal Tor v days and not tell anyone
chat you have done such . thing. To
got rid OF . seed wart. walk dus west
some night when the moon ia full. then
suddenly stop. st0Op M pick up the
nrst thing your hand touches on the
ground. rub tho wart vigorously with
4. all the time keeping your eyes on
h moon. Rub till you q stand the
Irritation no longer. then make straight
for hOne and In tho i've or six days
b wert will have disappeared. never
to bother you more.
4. stu more PICTURESQUE and not no
palneul charm for removing y IL
g. beg esSeAeM Of tobacco from an old
fq8th6FtN&Sd4r0 the street until you
sedee 0aaotNot negro. otter him the
chow. audit he Stralghtway puts 1t in
MS m6uth without question. goodby to
Il Wart.
Have you . corn that has been Civ
eng you all sorts Of trouble when the
weather II preparing to change from
gay To- stAyo? Would you like to rid
yourself oe the little trouble maker!
Then search until you Ind q snail.
0rcak the ssheal. ~ With the soft body
rub tA6 corn until the pain stops
W1tatn he week out will drop the corn,
ana HoAesWM como In its stead.
l1etet owperstitiens.
The hotel .business has numerous su-
Oeesutions peculiar to itself, and they
ars - wiAely believed in az are the su-
0erot1tSoRA Of. gamblers and hAbitual
eAoo track goefs. IA.
\ Aotcl man Quakes In his boots
when he 0nda that's Register still In use
0as tpen t~heughfleaslv closed By. some