The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-24

- ORfGfE On THE TNEkM PERFUME.7-;Ehe
first perfumes were obtained by CON
bustion of aromatic woods and gums,
(heuce the name perfaman. "thropgh
smoke, " and the first use primitive
uatiens made of them was toofer them
on the affairs erected to their gods, per-
haps with the mystic idea that tneaf
prayers would reach them sooner waited
on the blue wreaths of smoke, or 1or
the less poetical purposes of counter
acting the smell of the flesh burned in
tba,r sacrifices. Modern incense de-
r;ves its sweet balsamio smell from ben
zoin (lStrar benzoin, which also form
ed one of the chief ingredients in pas
tiles and Navigating powders.-RimmeI
on Eo'ors; IAEId1D
SIGNS AND OMENs:-"Asa Hartz"
sends the, following original signs
and omens, which he vouches for as cor
rect, to the New Orleans Timer: ~
l. To walk along the street at mia'
night and find a pin pointing towards
you, signifies good luck. To turn a
corner suddenly, at the same hour, and
find pistol pointing towards you, sig
nifies the necessity that yon should i'm
mediately "git up and git" behind
sonnet hing. A big tree is preferable.
2. To buy tripe on a Friday is bad
luck. To buy it on Monday or Tues
day or any other day Of the week, OF
credit, is worse, because the tripe maj
viii make you pay for it ont of your sal
airy on Saturday. Triple isn't good a.
all, unless you make it into hash, ant
mt onions into it. Wethersfield on
ions are the best. n
3. you leave home in the morning
and forget something you wanted Il
take down town with you, it's bad luci
to turn back without making an \
mark and splitting in the centre OF II
But it's dog-on'd sight worse II you
wife got up mad that morning, becaus'
she might fire a breakfast plate at yo'
for coming back when her mad was up
In short, wouldn't go back at any tim'
On any occasion. Wait till next morn
ing. aE
4. you see y spark in IL candle wici
at night, it is a sign you ale going t.
get a letter. For fear the letter nigh
BIO a dun for your last board bill, it IL
best to sleep in room where they us'
gas. Candles are good in the country
but gas is best in the city, ifyyou pay
the gas bills regularly.
). When black cat comes into you
room it is q sign of death. In order Il
make it certainty, l should advise TIN
killing of the cat. This will probabl!
avert catastrophe in the family tina
might cause grief, and won't hurt th'
cat much-only one-ninth.
6. If lady puts on her stocking
wrong side outwards, it is sign o
good luck, if she does it unintentionally
If she does it on purpose, it is sigr
that the other side of the stockings art
not as white as snow. In view OF The
fact that ladies do not wear stocking;
unless they are white as snow, this sigr
applies only to "blue stockings
:. To have cup of tea handed You
with two spoons in the cup or saucer
is sign that there is IL be a wedding
But such signs, it is said, never Occur
in places visited by General Butler.
:. Ifyou dream that you are dining
at tirst-class restaurant, upon thu
choicest viands, it is "a sign that yol
went to bed hungry. 1t is Supposed
that the patrons of free lunch houses
only, have dreams of this kind.