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Show NINE A MYSTICAL NUMBER. Many Superstitions Connected With , Three Times Three. Nino Is a mystical number. A cat is snld to have nine lives, theio arc , nine ciowns hi heraldry; possession I Is "nine iKiInls of the law." and the whip for punishing evildoers has nlno tails, tho superstition being that n Manning by n trinity of trinities would he sacted and mote elllcaclous. In or dor to see tho failles, mortals are dl- iceted to put nine grains of wheat on a four leaf lover. Tho hydra had nine beads, mid leases are frequently granted for t'J oi 9'J9 yenrs. Milton, In "Pmadlbo Lost." says. "Tho gates of hell are tin Ice tin eefold three folds adamantine, three folds Iron and three folds adamantine rock. They hnve nine foldh, nine plates and nine linings When the angels were cast out ot heaven nine das lhe fell." The nlno of diamonds was considered consid-ered the cuise of Scotland, and to seo nine magpies In the laud of cakes Is eonsldeied as bad 'as to bee tho do'II his nno sol". |