The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10

trains rumble across the long bridge
means rain.
This may be owing to a peculiar condi-
ton of the atmosphere, or to the fact
that it takes southeast wind to bring
up the sound.
Leaving the weather. the signs for
good and bad luck are manifold. 1t is
bad luck to meet a woman the first thing
on Monday morning. Can any one tell
why?
1t is good luck, as everyone knows, to
see the new moon over the left shoulder
and if one has piece of silver to show
1t they will have silver in their pockets
all that moons duration.
See a pin, pick it up, and all that day
you'll have good luck If the point of
the pin is toward you, however, it means
danger or an enemy.
You can wish on the first star you see
in the evening. In the summer when the
children are playing on the front pave
ment 1t Is the commonest thing a dusk
to see them stop and say, "Star light,
star bright, first star 1 see tonight,
wish may, l wish l might, my wish come
true" Not very classic poetry, but said
to be supremacy effective.
The red headed girl and the white horse
are proverbial, but II, after you see the
| red headed girl you count the next twenty
white horses you see, and add one white
mule to the list, you have a lead pipe cinch
on futurity, for the next man you shake
hands with you win marry, or the other
way If the one who counts is a man.
The unsavory turkey buzzard is an
oracle. Say to him when he is soaring
overhead: Lonely. lovely, and interest
ing turkey buzzard. who is he who comes
to visit me?' Straightway the turkey buzz
Yard will fly off toward the quarter from
which the visitor is to come, and from that
data you have to judge for yourself.
The sign of an itching palm is older
than Shakespeare. The old darxies VIII
tell you to rub IL on wood to make it
good" then put it in your pocket without
telling anyone, and it will bring you
money.
1t is bad luck to encounter toad on go
ing out of the house. Half the darlIies in
town will turn back and miss parlor So
cial when starting out for the evening,
rather than cross the path of this reptile,
in which the devil IS so fond Of conceaIing
himself.
1t is well established that toads are pro-
ductive of warts, and here is the counter
charm to effect their removal. Steal a
piece of raw meat-it must be stoleE-
rub the warts, and bury the meat under
the caves of the house where water drips
on it. When the meat decays and disap-
pears so will the warts.
1t is bad luck to have cat follow you
in the dark; it is a witch's animal But to
have cat come and make your house its
home is the best fortune. The wandcrer
should be named after the day of the week
on which it appears.
The virtue of the left hind foot Of a
graveyard rabbit killed in the dark Of the
moon, is too patent to be descanted upon
and many is the respectable Washing
tonian who carries a horse chestnut in his
pocket to ward off the rheumatism, as old
Arcadians 70 cure fever wore "a spider
hung round the neck in a nutshell"
The burr on the wick of the candle
foretells a letter, the COWS foot" is al
ways seen in a cup of milk If it is the
simon pure article, and bubbles on fresh
poured coffee mean money" if drunk be-
fore they disappear.
The white spots on the nails have each
their own meaning, and starting at the
thumb indicate "a friend foe, a sweet
heart, present or journey 10 CO."
Sneezing on the various days Of the
week indicates different things. "Sneeze
on Monday, sneeze for danger; sneeze on
Tuesday, sneeze for a stranger" and so
on TO the end of the week, but the Post
man is not up on the list.
Your nose itches and a stranger is
coming; your foot itcnes. and you viii
walk on strange ground, and last. most