Show A PILOTS SUPERSTITIONS WHAT JCCK WAS BKOUailT TO A 6TCVSIKOAT Jiy A IDLE I AXD A XECrO Rivermen are superstitious to a I certain extent and they carry some queer noUons about hard lack I A well known pilot came Into i the city a few days ago Ho his traveled trav-eled Up ansi down the Ohio for years and knows every turn and foot of the channel liken book The con verraliun turned 1 to the bard luck some people played In at times HeM He-M snItI I know a Wheeling steamboat which started out a number of years ago It was new anti dandy l > ut the captain had Uie figure of a mule being pulled by a negro placed on Ihejackstafffor an ornament He was told lbllt any such ornament on a boat would be sure to bring bad luck but he laughed at us Well continued tin pilot he I had his bad luck Everything Imaginable Im-aginable happened to that boat She ran through herself broke wheels blew out cylinder hcadsand was n constant expense to her owners At last l be had to give up the losing fight and sell to another man The second owntr at once removed re-moved tIme mule I and the colored man Since lien the boat has been coining money for Its owners Commencing Com-mencing with that lat he has made enough to buy boats and he now runs a line one of the mot Important Im-portant In tho State where ho liven all due to the mule and the negro What became of the mule and negro Mr Pilot They were given to Uio proprietor proprie-tor of the Plttsuunj Coal Work a few miles below Wheeling Within a year the mines were flooded and are now practically worthhw I WhY I would not run on a boat I with the muie ant thu negro for I something pretty The pilot then said ho would tell I some other facts some dayI1l burg Chronicle I I The Secret of a Long Life I You noruetluita see a woman whose old age li as exquisite as was I the perfect bloom of her youth She seem condensed sweetness Rnd grace Ko wonder how this has come about you wonder how it 1M 1 her life has been a long arid happy one Here are some of the reasons rea-sons She knew how to forget dtagrce I able things She understood the art of enjoyment enjoy-ment She kept her nerves well In hand i and inflicted them en no one She believed iu lie goodness of herown daughters and In that of her neighbors She cultivated a goo I dlgt > tlou She mastered Ire art oC saying I pleasant words She did not expect too much from her friends be81 i She made whatever work came to her congenial She retained her Illusion and did not believe that all the world was wicked and unkind She relieved the miserable and sympathized with Uie sorrowful She retained an even disposiUon and made the best everything She did whatever came to her cheerfully and well She never forgot that kind words anita smile cost nothing but are priceless treasures to the discouraged discour-aged 1 She did unto ethers as she would be done by and now that old age has conic to her and here is a halo of white hair about her head she U loved and considered This Is the secret of a long life and a happy one Ladiet Home Journal |