The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-23


I also thrown down. Exactly what this is
/ for ] cannot discover. but think IL is 70
| hinder the entrance of Shaiuau or evil
/ spirits. They believe firmly in the fire.
| quent individual presence of Satan and
are very much afraid of him.
In every room in Turkish houses, from
the imperial palace down, is to be found
the garlic, which is TO counterfeit the in
| tuenCe of evil spirits Perfumes are
/ literally used by all, even poor Turks, as
4 sort of Offering to the invisible good
spirits. Therefore it must be that the
offensive odor of the garlic is intended to
disgust the bad ones, which I have no
doubtit does.
CONCERNING DOORS AND ANIMALS.
No Turk will sleep in a room in which
! closet doors or even bureau drawers are
left open, for that would give entrance to
| no end of demons, and possibly for the
| same reason no Turk will under any cir
! cUmstances leave a window open at night.
1t is not considered dangerous to sleep in
! the open air, for demons gather about a
house. There is an idea that it is just
possible that mems souls are really trans
mitted to animals bodies, and for that
! reason Turks are charitable towards all
| dumb animals and birds, however cruel
| they may be IN their hearts and in war,
| and there is in all this an underlying
| superstition which is the same as that
which makes an idiot welcome a guest at
| any mans home.
The supposed baleful influences of the
number IL have evidently been drawn
from the Turkish superstition, for in the
! Moslem calendar that is considered very
unlucky number, and none but those posi-
| lively obliged to do so will ever begin any
| undertaking on that day.
| Representations are made upon the
fight of birds and horoscopes are cast and
! thAPp lApplaCC fortune tpllnpG NNhn
make good livings. The women fortune
tellers are always welcome in a harem,
| where they reap a golden harvest by
| their lying predictions. The women are
glad to 1relieVe the mOnOtOny by any
means, and this is always source of
amusement. They sell charms and anu
| lets and love philters, and they predict
by palmistry, by cards, coffee grounds
and by the melting of lead, which they
| throw into water, and make their prog
nOstications by the different forms it
| takes in cooling. Women fortune tellers
rarely NEEDLE with the stars that is left
to men, who drive a good business among
men.
If a cock crows in the afternoon it sig
nifies a visit from strangers. If a cat
washes her face without having eaten, it
is a sign some one is scandalizing you,
and if she rolls over three times it Is a
sign you will have a successful rival. If
ones slipper flies off it is certain that
you will lose something, and if you drop
| your handkerchief some one is in love
with you.
TURKISH LOVE POTIONs.
Some of the charms to compel some
one to love you are rather interesting.
| You must wait, suppOsing yourself TO be
a woman and a sighted wife. until the
witching hour of midnight, and then di-
vesting yourself of everything but one
! garment, which must be put on clean for
| the occasion and wrong side out, 90 down
! in the darkness to the kitchen and to the
! chimney, where you must call the
name of the recreant one and call
! him three times, with concentrated
! energy and determination, then
! he will be obliged to leave everything and
come. That is said. to be q sure charm,
! but it must not be broken by a sound or
! word, other than the repetition of the
! command and name Of the absent one. l
| don't know how it would work in case
| two women happened to be trying the
| charm on the same man at once. Still,
our women, whose husbands stay out late
! at night, might try it, if they are not
| afraid of mice or black beetles.
| One other charm is for forcing man
| to love you. You must take a new knife
and pierce your breast enough to cause
| the blood to flow, and catch this blood
! upon a white plate and expose it to the
! sun for one hour each day, from noon to
! o'clock, three days in succession. The
! blood viii then have dried so that it
! can be reduced to a powder, when it is
! slyly mixed with a cup of coffee, or in
| some article of food, so thas the man gets
! it and eats or drinks it. In one day he
| will begin to think of the person who has
| thus shed her blood, in two to feel greatly
| interested in her, and on the third he
! loves her fondly, and this charm lasts I'M
!
| which is sometimes done in the following
| manner:
! A&ope must be obtained as many feet
! long as the man is tall. This must have
| knot tied in it for every year of his age,
and the two ends must then be tied TO-
| gether and the rope laid on the ground
! lust outside the door where the man is on
whom this charm is to be worked There
must also be fish with the backbone
| taken out and a comb put in its place, and
! three of the mans hairs should have been
| obtained somehow and woven through
| the teeth of the comb -Four lighted
candles should then be placed around the
fish and the rope outside of that, and it is
| to be left so. If the man going out of the
| door steps over all this before he sees it
! the charm works and he will hate the
| rival and love the one who worked the
| charm, but if he sees it as he steps but too
| late to stop, he will never return to that
| place again, and If he kicks 1t all into the
street or goes back inside, something else
will have to be tried.
LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE OMNIBUS.
| If pair of scissors are left upon a table
open it is sign of a quarrel, If they fall
upon the floor and stick up it means
visit, and if an apple or other fruit falls
from your hand Just as you are about to
put it in your mouth it is sign some one
| envies you. If loaf or piece of bread
! falls to the floor it is sign that some of
your relatives are in want of bread in
| strange place. To bite the tongue signi-
ties that you are not telling the truth.
| The little white spots which come under
the finger nails mean various things, &C
cording to the finger The right thumb
nail means money earned; the left find
ing money or a present. The first finger
means friends, the next enemies. the third
journeys, and the little one tbs When
an evelash falls on and lies on the cheek
it means present of new gown or other
article of wearing apparel