The Press., 1899-10-26

salt on an old plate, saturating 1t with
alcohol, and setting 1t ON fire., It makes
Ia white flame.
APPLES.
When eating apples be sure and save
the seeds. Two seeds mean an early
marriage; three, some money; four,
wealth; five voyage; six, fame; seven
/ y receipt Of any gift desired, and all
over seven will signify the number OF
children you will have If you marry.
Again name the seeds, placing one on
each eyelid and the one which sticks the
longer will be faithful.
Again count the seeds to the old rhyme,
Zone love. two I love-" etc. Again,
pare an apple, and swing the pairing
around the head three times and then let
It go. It will give the initials Of the COM
ing man.
H OHEsTNUTs.
Name two nuts and put them on the
CRATE, If they blaze or burn together all
Is we'll. But If either nut cracks or flies
off that love will prove unfaithful. Hazle-
nuts can be used In the same way. II
you use the kitchen stove instead Of the
CRATE, beans will take the place of nuts
and make lots of fun.
POTATO CHARM.
This charm was told to one Of the girls
by an old Scotchman and is, the writer
thinks, entirely new. It Is as follows !:
Boil and mash enough potatoes to GO
around, and when you are MASKING drop
In ring, thimble, and piece Of money.
Then each of the company is to take q
dipsinto the potatoes with big spoon.
The one that dips out the ring will be
married first the one that gets the
thimble will be the old maid; and the one
that gets the money will take long
journey.
SAUCER CHARM.
Blindfold each girl and lead her to q
table on which there are three saucers,
one filed with clean water and one empty.
Have her turn around three times, and
then dip her hand In one of the saucers
The clean water means q voyage or early
marriage, the inky water means that she
will marry a widower and the empty
saucer means that she will live life of
single blessedness. Each girl has only
one trial.
BLIND FEEDING THE BLIND.
Two people sit on the floor with very
large cloth around their necks and blind
folded, and feed each other cracker
crumbs.
| CRACKER AND WATER RACE. t.
| Give one person a large cracker and
another glass of water and q spoon.
Have them start together, the one to eat
the cracker and the other to drink the
water by the spoonful, and gee who will
get through first.
CANDLE CHARM.
| Put twelve candles Ia row ON q table
or board. Blindfold each girl and give
her one chance to blow the candle out
The number of candles left hurning after
the attempt shows the number OF months
before she will be engaged and If she miss.
es them all she is given the old n,aid'e
cat.
| LEAD CHARM.
Hot lead poured through the ring Of 9
key into shallow water will show the
coming lovers initials or his trade.
| STICK CHARM.
To find out what kind of looking
husband you will have, you are blindfold
and ed told to choose from a lot of sticks
that are placed in pile on the table
The shape Of the stick will tell whether
he will be tall or short, fat or thin.
| HIS NAME.
Fill your mouth full of water and wall
aronnd a square Of buildings without
swallowing the water or spitting 1t out.
II you hear name called out on youl
way around, that will be his name.
II you don't keep the water in youl
mouth all the way around the charm is o
no use.
| Cake passed around towards the Gloss
Of the evening caused little excitement
as there was ring, or q thimble or 4
piece of money to be fOunf ii somebody
piece.
Just before they broke up for the night
one of the company told the girls that be
fole getting into bed they must plac'
their shoes in the form of q T and say
place my shoe In the form of at,
Hoping tonight my true love to see.
The color Of his eyes, the shade Of hi
hair,
The kind Of apparel my true love shall
wear"
Then they must get into bed backward
and not talk or the charm wouldn't work
One of the shoes was to have its to.
pointed at the nearest church steeple.
The party broke up in the "wee small
hours, and the expressions OF pleasure a
the good time they had entirely put tt
route the remark that the man of tn
house made when he heard that II was t.
be composed entirely Of girls. "Why
they won't have bit good time unles
there are men in the company"
2. J. II. N.
Your Nerves win KiM You
II you neglect them. The moment you
nervous system becomes impaired, yola
vital organs fail to perform their fune
ttions properly and dangerous diseases fol
low. Cleveland's Celery Compound Te
is an immediate and permanent cure TO
nervous prostration, nervous exhaustion