Show Why Many Many Hold Black Cat Q eD of B Bad d Luck That It Is a a sIgn of bad luck for a ablack ablack ablack black cat t to cross ones one's path a short Ibort distance ahead Is Is one of the most prevalent of or all nil superstitions especially especial especial- ly among among emong women says laya an article In Pathfinder Magazine It probably Is h Isa ha isa a survival of the medieval belief that Satan often otten assumed the form torm of a ablack ablack ablack black tom cat t when he be sallied out on excursions of mischief The ancient Egyptians regarded the cat as sacred but during the Middle ages this animal fell Into bad repute among Europeans who associated black specimens especially espe espe- dally with the devil and darkness In some countries It was believed that all black cats are transformed Into evil spirits at the end of seven years Up until a few tew hundred years ago all ell witches s were supposed to have bare havea barea a black Fat cat as 01 a familiar and in popular pop ular War representations at Halloween time witches are still shown I pealed by black cats while on 00 their nocturnal l Journeys How Coal Col Formation Va Vary Varry All coal Is an Impure form of oo the tb chemical element known and andIs andis Is supposed to be of or vegetable origin The difference nce between hard bard coal oal and soft loft coal Is la chiefly In the P percentage of Impurities In the carbon Both kinds bave have been heen formed by br the gradual gradual grad grad- ual hardening of vegetable matter buried barfed In the rocks but hard coal has hardened more completely than soft loft coal has and a la large e percentage atthe of at the Impurities have been eliminated Scientists are not agreed as to whether er the chief difference between soft lOft coal and hard bard coal coni originated In the kind of ot vegetable matter produced produced pro pro- it It or whether It has hal resulted during the hardening process Ex Ex change |