The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-17

Knickerbocker Club and other resorts for
Anglomaniacs.
Autumn and the opening of winter prom =
Use to be very lively and unpopular in
| America according to Raphael, who, be-
| cause Venus, Mars and Saturn are to be in
close conjunction along in September, says:
These positions signify much commotion
respecting marriage and the marriage laws,
| and probably an attempt to stamp out
Mormonism. The position of Mercury and
| Herschel implies sad and lamentable coils
ions i'll navigation. There will also be
earthquake shocks, colliery disasters, and
many grievous accidents" He also finds
that there will be death of large cattle in
abundance" and that probably a severe
type of cholera will be prevalent" But
there is a silver lining to the cloud, he finds,
for pleasure parties and young children
will prosper Zadkiel had a bad session
with the planets, also, when he was trying
| to discover what is in store for us next fall.
| Here is what he claims to have ascertained:
"The congress of heavenly bodies in the
| seventh and eighth houses is extraordinary
| and foreshadows much sickness and high
| rate of mortality, also many violent deaths
| and murders and some great scandal. But
| for Mars having the trine aspect of Jupiter,
war would appear to be inevitable Jupiter
in The eleventh house is of fortunate omen
generally"
1t appears that the sign Virgo rules the
city of Reading, Pa, in astrological lore.
So Zadkiel is a bear on Reading railroad
stock for the month of August next, and he
predicts thus: Railway stock will droop
on Change, probably in consequence of
severe competition and some accidents. ,"
That MAJ be a valuable pointer to Deacon
White and his associate railway megnates.
Both Zadkiel and Raphael agree that the
west coast of South America is to be visited
by earthquakes and tidal waves during De-
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portance to our merchants interested in the
trade of that section of the country.
Probably the most Imaginable part of all
this rubbish is Raphaers advice to hackers
of horse races, TO which subject he devotes
special chapter which is not susceptible of
condemnation, and is therefore given in
the astrological and ridiculous language in
which it is written. Here it is, and it looks
like the formula ON which Jacks tips" on
the horse races hereabout are based
For horse races, let Aries, Leo, Libra or
Sagittarius ascend at the time you com
mence your course, but chiefly Sagittarius,
and let the midheaven and ascendant, as
well as the lords of those houses, be strong
and we'll aspected by good planets but let
the lord of the seventh house be as weak as
you can place him and afflicted. These tes-
timonies gain the victory. And, if posi-
BILE, let the moon in LIBRA or Sagittarus,
be in good aspect of Mars, Sol, Jupiter, or
Venus, for then the beginner of the wager
wins the race. But the lord of the seventh
strong and better fortified than the lord of
the ascendant, brings damage and mis-
fortune to the beginner of the wager; SO
does the moon, when slow in motion and
afflicted by Saturn or Mars. The lord of
the twelfth house retrograde, or lord of
ascendant otherwise afflicted, the rider OF
horse on the beginners side will come to
some hurt or misfortune, and consequently
lose the race
40 In horse races make Jupiter your friend;
at any rate, fortify the moon to avoid
treachery, avoiding her evil aspect to Sat-
urn, Mars or Mercury, or their i'll aspect to
one another, or the Dragons tail in the
ascendant, or with the moon. Neither let
Saturn, Mars, Sol or Mercury govern the
ascendant or hour in which the race be-
gins"
To the butcher and farmer the same star
reading seer gives these tips:
''To XIII Pigs.-Do this between and 10
in the morning, and between the first
quarter and full of the moon; the pigs will
weigh more, and the flavor of the pork is
improved"
''Te Set Fowls-Pliny says eggs should
be put under the hens when the moon is at
the first quarter l am not exactly of this
opinion, except with respects to turkeys,
geese and other fowls that sit month Set
those fowls that should sit twenty-one days
about two days before the full moon and
put down those that sit month at the first
quarter of the moon, as Pliny says, forft is
probable he meant these fowls and not hens
| consider it important that chickens should
be Matched when the moon is on the increase
as they will grow quicker than if Matched
when she is decreasing"
For the benefit of children to be born
during 1889 the following ''tips" are given,
with, as will be noticed, an elaborate
hedge" at the end, and preceded with in
formation that 81 cannot tell if a child will
live or die, as this depends solely and en-
tireiy upon the hour of its birth:n
THE best hour, in general way, for
child to be born is from II a. m. until noon
for at that time the sun, Mercury and
Venus must be well elevated, or near the
meridian. Children born in the morning
are generally more fortunate than those
born in the afternoon. Morning children
usually become their own masters; after
noon or evening children are generally con-
tent to work for Others Sunrise is also
favorable hour for male children to be
born. From a. m. up to noon is q favor
able time, and the worst time is from sun
set to midnight. Yet persons born then
are usually fortunate in the employ of
others, and will stay for years with the
same master; in short, they have not a very
ambitious turn of mind, and are content to
pass their lives in obscurity, whereas the
child born in the morning Is of a restless,
ambitious nature, counting responsibility,
and not content in holding an infer ior
position. The reader must remember tn at
these remarks are general. and therefore
liable to exceptions, for the planetary con-
ditions are sometimes such that an after
noon or evening child will have a much