, 1874-08-09

cities while eating aud drinking arc DOM 1oIln
OF reducing appetite and pro!ongng e; g.; ~ !
rage produces age il eaten in May, how man,
! man.-juleps IN July will answer as abaEe-tquIvn-
lent !: The amount Of sage to be eaten ~ MOI
giyen. so the problem will have TO bo worked out
upon alGebrasc principles.
You must never sit down to table
IHIR TEEN IN NUMBER.
II Won do one OF the party will surely die before
the year is out. Whether this spteacatcd upon
the ratio OF mortality IN the same way as 1fe-
assurance or a1lnuitles. we cannot say; out
tllrteeu has always beeu considered IN unluckY
number 1t il The bakers or devils dozen.-the
former individual belug held III something The
same respect Us the latler. The original term
was devils dozen. because thirteen witches sat
down to table together on their SabGaths, ana II
is not we'll Tor you to emulate witches ea
Que witch at table is generally sufli
cicns, v1cther there be twelve more people
or not. have seen oEe such, not bit Like
Macbeth's friends, who stiTte the sulphu1ic pot
:abo with its choice Ingredients, but very fAlr ID
the face, with Worth gown and the last sweet
thing il wig, ocw,tch whole table lull. Oc-
casioually q wizard puts in aD appearance, and
he may be OF any age, for he is such rarity:
but the witch is moro abundant, aud a!Ways
youpg,-alwaYs retaining her bedute du dl1be.
You must not rock the cradle empty. as there
a1e Two prophecies concerning this: either that
no child will be born to that household. or. II
one s llyiug 1t will die or, still more terrible
to the modern parent there will be quver
oyerful of these human arrows.
II light goes ont unexpectedly, or you e1-
tinsuish it accidentally you must
srEAK NO woND UNTIL YoD HAVE REL1GHTED IT.
II there are no matches III the house, emulate
HarpocEatcs until some are found and utilized,
or tire ani fearful troubles will follow. Al ln-
c,deut of this kind, worthy the Danbury Mans
descriptive pen, occurred aot long ago. 4 we'll
ma laHV in
re.igious commandments and ARTICLES OF fasth,
suddenly rut out her ooorous kerosene-llluml-
nator. Not mach Was seen, not spark
OF fire. as flon par'or 10 kitchen ehe
wended. What should she do? 4
milo to the nearest store, aud d
quarter Of mile to her nearest neishbors.
She lad just lighted her lamp to see about
finding her sun -bounet, that she might carry
the news that she had just learned fzom ncig igh-
bor of little unpleasa.,tncss between two other
uciShbois, Theu gust OF wind ole" 1t out.
She dared not speak; for who knew what
might be the fearful Jesuit. Grasi1ing pencil,
ehe rushed to the ueiehbo:s, md on huge 11iece
Of brown paper wrote LII BEobdiuGnagian char
ecters the word, - Matches" Her face worked
couvulsivcly; her tongue protruded; she claspcd
to speak, and the convulsions Of her features
were frightful to wituess. She waved her haud
hystcrlcally. She wrote "a1atches in chArac-
te,s Of all sizes; and at last, in letters which,
had they been the sounds they represented,
would haye been stentoriAn,
~ WANT MATcHEs!"
They brought them to her, a,d she rushed
back. The good friends were alarmed Was
she ineaae? Had she any uniformed purpose OF
cremation? They followed her. The fret match
was damp and refused to ignite. A groan,
gasp, an invisible conyu'sion. The second light
The thi1d oroke of at the top. The fonrth was
a fraud and hal no ignitins principles. But the
fifth burned steadily: and the struggle which
had evidently been going on in darkness the
fearful spasm which might b hydropho-
tia, perhaps, passed OF as tho wick
famed up, and she hoarsly gasped out to her
terrified and sympathetic neighbors who had
followed her home. ''Ihey Say Deacon Jones
ana Miss Jones nre goin' to git divorce"
Could any deity demand greater sacrifice Of u
devotee than this good lady's offering at the
shrine Of the occult: What pity the Danbury
Man abroad however,
1t you count all the white horses you see ut =
funeral. you will soon die. How it works wnen
there il only one, and you cannot help counting
il, We do not know; but the probability is, that,
chariots Of fire DOE being OF daily occurrence,
you aill have to die.
WLat you dream sleeping in strange bed
WILL CONE TRUE;
and, if you arc youth or maiden, bachelor or
widow, it is wise to assign to each corner Of the
1oom some especial divinity whom you wish to
have look graciously down upon you. II you
dream OF her. you may nsk what you wish.
cheese. sardiues. raisirs, and hard
boiled eggs are good introductory supper to
little matters of this sort. Something is sure to
come of it then. The deity will frown perhaps,
and walk over you, OF Bit upou you with the IN
teution OF crushing you; but that IL all right.
since ''DhrEmes always so By conthra1ies, ye
know"
The subject OF Dreams howevar. is too wide
q one to enter upon at the end OF newspaper
article. The same high authority assures us that
" there's luck in ode Du1nbers.'
It you put garment on wropg side out. you
must not change it. You may let another per
son do it for you if you very serious aboutit.
and intent upon some wish at the time. Other
wise. though it is your new silk, that is all
H0unces, applied to IN alcacn skirt, you must
wear it 80, even at the risk Of discovering tho
sham to your nearest neighnor or dearest friend.
Trouble will never come ncaE folks whose eye
brouB meet. Certain such have been hanged o.
but that was probably no trouble to
them. Wise Legislation took caro- OF that.
These are but few of the commonest of our
extra articles Of faith. There are many more
which would serve as texts, and may yet be
preached from. Meanwhile, where does Religion
end and Superstition begin?
.sDc Dog Tsaa E1oxvlln'.,,
An old gentleman whoso stylo was German
ized was asked what he thought Of signs aud
omens.
..yell, don't dinks mooch Of dem dngs, und
I don't pelieye ayerydlngs but do!ls you eone-
dimes d.re is Something's aeh dose din5s. Now
dc oder night sits and reads mine newspaper
u1d my frau she speak und say:
''' Fritz, dc dog ish howlin'!"
"Vell, don't dnks mooch OF dem dings, und
goes On und reads mine paper, und mine frau
she say:
"'Fritz, der is Something's pad is happen de
dog ith howl1n'.'
aUnd den gets oop NIT mineself, uud looks
out troo de wines on dc porch, und dc moon WAS
thiniu' und NINE leetle dog ho scLoomp right
up and down like averyd1ngs, und he park at de
moon, dat what shine 30 blight as ne ar was.
Uud, ash hauled mine hct 10 de winder, de old
woman She Ray:
A'Alind, Fritz, dclls you dere ish some bad
ish happen. De dog ish ho,c!in'r
''Ee.l goes to pet uud I shleeps, und all
night long ven vakes up dere vas dat dog
howln outside, nun ven | dream I hear dat
howln vorser ash never. Uud in do morning
gets oop und kits NINE breakfast, und my fran
she look 1t me aud eav VERY solemn:
''' Fritz, dere iBh Something's ish happen. Dc
dog WAS howl all night
'Und shoost den de newspaper come in, und
7 ornY,a him.-rrd hr s1tiurs ynt ynI, dipka