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4 PopuLAR SuPERSrIrIoN.-Supersr,lons, be-
c,,,s, entertained withost consulting the why ana
bec ,rse. are nevertheless often founded on scien-
,i. facts and principles. Science may be aided
by taking current popular whim-, and tracing them
back TO their origin For instance, We notice IN Il
i",o ul CaonJa naner that sotas men hunted in vain


ar ar' Ih drowned BODY until they followed Old hun


crs recipe VIZ floating chip Of white cedar. cedar
down the stream the supposed place OF % d'G~n T


ing, until it stopped and whrled round. l nc emp


from % some mysterious attraction, says the news


paper. did so stop and whir round. and the body
was found beneath it, in twelve feet OF water
Oar ,heory is, that about this there was no nys-
ferrous attraction a body in the process o, de-
composition in the air emits offensive though IL
visible particles, Decomposition or change can, :
no, 90 in the water withou, evolving PARTICLES ana
1t is not mysterious, bu, perfectly reasonable tha'
they should sgitate the water enough TO cause u
lght chip 10 whirl. Any other light substance, az
cork or paper, would answer the same purpose US
cedar, and the hint is worth application where the
water is sheltered and quiesceu enough to try the
! experiment. Charleston Patriot