Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-08

guest ;unt through looking OYER the
days list of arrivals. This act is sup
posed to throw n banegui influence over
me mouse for Il period of nine days.
Hnd that hotel Is lucky which energies
tAercfrorn without one serious acci-
dent at least.
o!d hotci men viii tell you that ira
night before the Baldwin burned in
San Francisco someone Jokingiy closed
me register before the yes OF The
night clerk that three days before the
''uinbry. in Denver, was blown up by
IT'S boilers and some OF the inmates
were Killed. a clerk discovered the reg
lister closed. and so on AL lntiniturn.
Hotel clerks think 1t bad enough that
u negro woman applies TOR "A room. but
n she is followed within an hour by
nave rolled around there viii be- IA sui
eide In the hotel or a robbery which
VIII gain the house much unenviable
notoricty.
bellboy who desires to get calls
TOR Ice water and such things from this
guests who will haHd out the fattess
tips never falls TO spit in both shoes
before he starts on his shift. and 1t Is
commonly held among chamberrnalda
that to try a door three times OF "A
morning and each time lind 1t locked IL
II sure sign OF death among the help
o'lore Hext pay Day.
Pet Superstitions Of Famous Men.
Many men OF brains. wide reputation
and sturdy character have been or are
ruled more or less In their daily con-
duct by a peculiar pet superstition.
After William X. Vanderbilt haS
made a bet at the race track. he en-
deavorS to shun all his riends and &C
uuaintances. for he feels certain that
III anyone speaks to him and he there
fore has to break silence before tha
race has been won he Will be numbered
among the losers.
Russell Sage has beer known to re-
fuse to %transac business with any man
who Is preceded into his office By a
buzzlng ~. One day u broker who
had done business with Mr.. Sage for Il
number OF years waS duInfounded to
be told in the curtest manner possible
by the noted fnancier that they could
transact no business that day: and not
until n week later did he learn the rea-
son for this unusual conduct. After
that the broker always took good care
to see that no flies we're with him when
he went Into Mr.. Sagc's presence.
Cnder no circumstances would Jay
Could use an elevator: he la a super
dread OF It. Ex-Untted States
Chandler counts white horses
for luck until he reaches the number
when he begins over again.
IAty ISI SOuo Hdto a o0UCk3lAIlOuS
for entering a room a GER
tain a The prosatc DIR. Johnson
counted his steps before enter
ing any place. so as to arrange that
his right foot should always precede
his left; or. again. touched every post
which he passed along q certain route.
fearing that. II he missed one. some
misfortune would befall him"
Whenever he dreamed OF crockery
General Grant felt sure that some good.
woul surely soon befall him.
md the night before he received his
commission as colonel OF an Illinois.
regiment he dreamed OF o field filled
informed his wife that prosperity was
,bout to dawn upon their fortunes.
The great Nelson carried the land !
,,bber's horseshoe superstition with
him to sea. and while the Victory was
MS flagship q horseshoe was kept,
nailed to the mizzenmast.
Lord Wolseley has acknowledged !
his w signature: Il not only
believe in many superstitions. but L
mug them with the warmest affection. !,
believe in ghosts n amulets. l have,
out the rims of several hats since
have been in Dublin through my sa!u-
-ations of single magpies."
ID Bismarck's superstttions were of q
common mold. He had a strong
to the number thirteen n to
on which day he would do
nothing that he considered important.
General Boyer. Bazaine's en-
10Y, arrived at the German headQuar-
ters at Versailles On Friday. October /. !
would not see him until the
day. pleading his superstition.
Some years later. When he was talk
ing about one OF the few defeats which
he Gerrans suffered in the war with
he said: Il beg you to OBJ
serve, gentlemen. that that happened
on II Friday"
The late James q. Blaine was ruled
by a superstition which kept him from
back to his house to get some
thing that ne had forgotten. This is
said to be the reason why messages
continually travelling between his
home in Washington and his desk in
The capitol. and later In the state de-
partment.