Show W ai aka of a I 1 hoodoo av adoo the endeavor of a st louis man to secure the courts court s aid to remove the hoodoo which he Is convinced pursues him will excite interest in the minds of many people who have felt at some period in their lives that there must be something occult in the persistence with which misfortune petty or serious seems to pursue them bad dad Is a subject which has often been given careful consid oration by the human mind and aud it will remains in great doubt among many whether there is not really a personal fate sure enough that shapes their ends rough hew them as they may we can hardly expect the law courts to do anything tor for us A court can not enjoin a hoodoo as it would a cor po horation por atlon ration tor for the strong enough rea son that a hoodoo Is always original in its methods and unanticipated la in its tta means thre th Is something ol 01 the hoodoo in what is called the ity of inanimate things A man who is really and truly hoodooed will drop his lead pencil the point will break off as it strikes the floor and it will then roll under his desk where he can not get it without moving the desk As he undertakes to do this the elastic apparatus that su suspends his lower gar ment N III burst and the ink bottle on the desk will upset this Is what ona one might call the hoodoo when it is 1 W wt r t ing at its best and Is not overlooking anything A good active hoodoo may 1 keep this up for several days until the victim Is thoroughly cowed or his spirit broken when it will depart as suddenly as it came and leave him in peace astrology has sought to ex plain these tempests of bad luck by the position of the stars at one a birth where saturn uranus and the sun were at the time you opre born will decide for your whole life for in stance that lou IOU will miss trains some times you may by your own strength of mind and volition partially over come this you may make it a rule to tcp start tor for your train an hour before any one else does even then the malignant mal gnant influence of your natal planets may compel a breakdown in the t car or in some other way accomplish the purpose foreordained tor for them on the morn of creation we must each accept our hoodoo as we do some hereditary defect and do the best we can to minimize its effects st louis globe democrat |