Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1894 — Singular Superstitions. [ARTICLE]

Singular Superstitions.

The Chinese have a tradition that stary dogs bring luck. London has over one thousand houses which are thought to be haunted. Most of them are tenantless. • The queen o'Spain is superstitions. She believes that articles manufactured by blind people bring luck to those who use or wear them. □ Cross-eyed men and women are the special aversion of gamblers. Negro touts at race tracks always spit in their hats when they see a man whose eyes squint. They say it kills the hoodoo. In many parts of England, in Germany, and in the north. of Europe there are numerous superstitions of the cuckoo, all of which, however, a, ’unite in ascribing to it oracular pow-, era. In the maritime Highlandsand Hebrides, if the cuckoo is first heard) by one who has not broken his fast some misfortune, it is believed, may be expected. The most notable incident during the Queen's autumn sojourn at Balmoral has been her return to the Glassalt Shiel, where she has twice dined and slept, for the lirst time for seven years. The Shiel had not previously been visited by the Queen since the death of John Brown, at whose instigation it was built. “Thinketb no evil.” A lady Is being examined in a police court. Magistrate—“ Well, madam, one thing at least seems to be certain; your husband beat you.” Witness (apologetically)— “Yes, your honor; but then he always was such an energetic man.”