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Show COPPER 8AFE FROM LIGHTNING. , Belief Firmly Held In Many Parts of the Country. "This matter of superstitions Is a queer thing," Raid tho man as ho carefully care-fully avoided walking under n ladder, "for oven thoso of us who nro skeptics havo nt least one superstitious falling, nnd mlno Is walking under ladders. "In tho country this summer I met a now one, which wns firmly believed In by soreral furmors, and that was thet n thunder storm never passed over n copper mine or coppor vein. Tho old fellow who told mo about It pointed out again nnd ngaln thnt although al-though black clouds might roll up nnd lightning flash, the storm always went around n certain spot In his farm. "Such actions on tho part of a thunder thun-der storm could menn but ono thing, ho said that there was a copper vein there. 8o suro was ho of It, that ho was putting by a llttlo each year to havo the spot Investigated to sco If thoro was copper enough In It to work." Industrious French Workmen. Noarly all tho workmen employed In tho naval arsenal at Toulon, France, add to their salaries by exorcising another an-other trndo during their leisure hours, aro hotel carpet beaters, others distribute dis-tribute prospectuses and handbills, or act ns parcel carriers for local shop-keoprs. shop-keoprs. Ono man complained recently In nil seriousness that ho wan so overworked over-worked at the arscnnl that ho had no tlmo to exorctso his profession of mas-sour. mas-sour. A number of nrsonal hands actually ac-tually carry on their supplomcntnry (rndos In tho yards. Thcro aro amateur shoemakers, watchmakers and harbors, har-bors, who carry on a thriving and lucrative lu-crative business among tholr com-rados. com-rados. I |