The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22

like rice is used it attracts them, and, to become efficacious, should be colored yellow with turmeric or some similar dye. Ghosts and the things that bring i'll luck hate leather, so old shoes are proper, except in those instances when it was suggested that the guests throw the carriage and let the couple drive away in the shoe. But a shoe under your pillow is radical cure for night mare, and cramps in bed can be averted by placing a slipper upside down at the foot of the couch. The use of trunk straps, slippers, leather whips and the like on small boys also prevents the ap- proach of new spirits of mischief and drives off the old ones. It is we'll for the bridegroom to sew garlic, cloves and rosemary in his waistcoat before the ceremony-no spirit gets depraved enough to stand that combination. The route at wedding must be arranged so that everything is done as the sun travels or as the hands of a watch go round; anciently there used to be sa- cred fire about which the bride and groom danced in this manner.
 It is all right enough to find four- leaved clover, horseshoe, or the like, but mere picking them up is not lucky. It must be an assured fact that the finding is thing of pure chance; then as the object is taken in hand you must say: "I do not pick up this horseshoe Cor four-leaved clover as the case may be), but l pick up good luck. May 1t never leave me-" Horseshoes are use- full for more things than one. IA crook ed nail from one is a sure cure for fits, or if placed in the nest of a sitting hen will keep her from being frightened off by thunder. Made into ring and worn on the third finger of the left hand it cures rheumatism. But it cannot be insisted upon too strongly that all these things must be found-you cannot buy luck.
 Mirrors are good things to have-if they remain whole. It is always wise to have little one set in a ring, brooch or bracelet. You know evil things are unable towithstand sight of themselves. If they catch the slightest glance of their ugly visages they flee for their very existence. This makes barber shop a lucky place to have your hair cut in, but the barber must be par ticular to go to the top of hill with all his clippings and let them be blown away, else something undesirable may find the hair and work you mischief. There are some barbers in Chicago who are known to be careless about climb ing hills for this purpose. Holding a mirror in front of man when he is sleeping will put a stop to any hail. storm if persisted in. And by the way, the unluckiest thing in the world is to steal from a blacksmith. Many man has been known to be defeated on election day because in his boyhood he took things from the smithy without permission. And 1t is also unfortul nate to make any disposition of the parings of your finger nails except to bury them.
 The evil eye is an institution and one worthy of regard. The animus behind
 the owner of the bad eye is always envy. He sees something he wants | and looks askance at it, and after that the thing never has any luck. Then, when the evil-eyed one sees that, she cannot wish for it and her power is gone. In some places this is done by putting little piece of black court
 plaster or something similar on the face. Lampblack on the eyelids is famous; though pains should be taken not to make it look like long eyelashes. In Chicago the favorite cosmetic for this purpose is soot-what the British call "blaoks." These are generally worn; and it has been eruditely sur- missed that this is one reason why the city and it's inhabitants have such gooG luck-no enviouS visitor has ever been able to make the evil eye work through l the smoke nuisance.-Chicago Times- l Herald.