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Kendall, Montana, December 2, 1902. 3. 'GREAT MEN 8UPER8IIII0118 HaNt Trusted in Dreams, Stars and Presentiments Napoleon, Bismarck, Wolsely. Lincoln, Grant, and Others Have Been Influenced It is a mistake to imagine that su- perstition is a weakness confined to seamen or persons of feeble and un- cultured minds. Men possessing the strongest intellects have been sway- ed by almost childish credulity with regard to the supernatural. The great Napoleon was a firm believer in presentiments. Once, when tie was anxiously awaiting news from Egypt, he heard that a Nile boat had run ashore and that the crew had been put to death. This boat bore the name of L'Italie. Napoleon was much concerned when he heard this last piece of news. He looked upon it as an omen that his hopes of an- nexing Italy to France were to oe shattered. Nothing would induce him to believe to the contrary. \My pre- sentiments never deceive me,\ he said, \all is ruined; I am satisfied that my conquest is lost.\ The pre- sentiment in this case certainly be- came true. A famous writer has said of Napoleon: he was all star and destiny.\ Certain it is that Na- poleon had faith in his star, and it appeared to be the ruling omen of his entire career. General Rapp, who for a long period was Napoleon's aide de camp, refers to the subject In his in- teresting memoirs. Rapp had just re- turned from the siege of Danzig, and. seeking Napoleon's presence, found him gazing intently through the win- dow, his eyes fixed upon the heavens. It was some time before the emper- or noticed the presence of Rapp, when, suddenly seizing him by the arm, he exclaimed: \Look - thSr; up there!\ \I see nothing but the pale, twinkling stars,\ replied the astute aide de camp quietly. \What!\ ex- claimed the emperor excitedly, \is it Lyoasible that you do not bee my star? The fiery red one, almost as large as the moon? It is before you now, and, ah! how brilliant.\ Then warm- ing up at the sight, he fairly shrieked as he cried: \It has never abandon- ed me for a single instant. I see It on all great occasions; it commands me to go forward; It is my sign of good fortune, and where it leads I will follow.' The Roman admiral Appius Claud ius, on being informed by the augers on the eve of an engagement that the sacred chickens would not eat, said: \Let them drink then,\ ana ordered them thrown overboard, after which he attacked the Carthaginian fleet and received a terrible thrashing. The astute Bismarck was supersti- tious, the nurnber 13 ilaving a very deep meaning for him. He would never sit down to table when he made the thirteenth. Count Bismarck Boh- len states that one day in 1870, at Rheima, when the chancellor gave a dinner, one of the invitations had to be counter-manded, because other- wise there would have been thirteen at the table. General Boyer, Bazine's envoy, arrived at the German head- quarters at Versailles on Friday, Oct. let, but Bismarck wouid not see him till the next day, saying that he would never do anything of importance on any Friday, much less on a Friday the r*********************************************•. 11 16. 1 date of which coincided with the an- niversary of Horchkirk, Jena and ; Auerstadt. He was talking one day at a defeat the Germans had exper- M K 1 ienced in the course of the campaign ot 1870. \i beg you to observe,\ gen- tlemen, he said, \that that happened on a Friday.\ Bismarck din not be- tieve in a lucky or an unlucky day, but believed that his life was serious- ly influenced by a mystic number. The prosaic Dr. Johnson always counted hs steps before entering any place, so as to arrange that his right toot should always precede his left; or, again, touching every post which he passed along a certain route, fear- ing that, if he missed one, some nits- ,ortune would befall -.m. Lord Wolseley writes: \I not only believe in many superstitions, but I nug them with the warmest affection. They link me, if not with a spiritual woild of which I .now nothing, at least with a glorious and artistic and picturesque past of which history has told. me much. I believe in ghosts and amulets; I have worn out the rims o7 several hats since I have been in Dublin through my saluta- tions or single magpies. That mystic bird abounds in Ireland an, I would not on any account walk under a lad- der, etc.; in fact, I am prone to adopt any superstition I am told of which others believe In. The shah of Persia is superstitious. He always carries with him when he tiavels a circle of amber which is said to have fallen from heaven in ,Hoha-nmed's time and which renders the wearer invulnerable; a casket of _old which makes him invisible at will, and a jeweled star which is po- tent to make conspirators Instantly :_oniess their crimes, is always worn upon ,,his person. Abraham Lincoln a few d.:.ys before nis death had a vivid bream in which he beheld his own oody lying in state. The vision made a great impression apon h.m anti he was rallied on ac- count or it by his wife. Ulysses S. Grant would not have been a military man had it not been that his rival tor a N , v est Point cadet- ship had been found to have six toes on each foot instead of five. General Grant was a firm believer in dreams, and to dream of crockery was sure to be followed by good luck. The night befOre he •received his appoint- ment as colonel of the Illinois regi- .nent he areamed of being in a field filled with beautiful china. He im- .nediately informed his wile that pros- perity was about to dawn upon their .ortunes. Admiral Farragut when at the mast - bean of his flagship praying for divine _id previous to passing the forts at .nobile bay distinctly heard a voice saying:' Keep on, keep on.\ Nelson always kept a horseshoe nailed to the mizzenmast of his flagship Victory. Regarding celebrated statesmen and their superstitions it is said that Sec- .etury Carlisle would begin no new thing on Friday. Secretary Blaine would never turn back to enter his house atter leaving it in case he had .orgotten anything. Secretary Folger all nis lite believed that there was a charm tor him in e number three tie laugned at it, but let it dominate him. Such a hardhead old statesman Tnaddeus Stevens ..elleved that there was luck In picking up pins. :le never passed one, if ue saw it, without picking it up, getting the point before him. Senator Chandler counts white horses tor luck. He .citints everyone he sees until he reaches 39, and then he begins over again. Senator Sherman would not extend his left hand in greettng or re- ceive one extended to him. Senator Edmunds regarded It as unlucky if the first person he met on emerging from his house was a woman and would return for a fresh start. 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