Year: 1874

they are born to be rich some day, as rich
as those happy individuals whose front
teeth are set wide apart. Steel belongings,
such as keys and knives, get rusty by in
stinct, spite of all pains to keep them
clean and bright, when some kind-hearted
soul is laying up riches for their owners
benefit. To find spider upon ones
clothes indicates sonic money is coming
to us. The moral of which, Fuller says
is this: "Such vino initiate the industry
of that contemplate creature may, by
Gods blessing, weave themselves into
wealth, and procure plentiful estate"
The appearance Of white speck upon a
finger-nail warns the owner ofa finger gift
is on its way; and the same pleasant noti-
fication is made by the itching of the palm
of the right hand; but in that case it is
best to make assurance doubly sure, and
rub the said palm against wood; then ''it
is sure to be good


It is not pleasant to stumble upstairs
but there is some consolation for sore
shins in knowing that wedding will
come off in the house ere twelve months
have passed by, even if the stumbler has
no hope of being party concerned in the
event. Should a spinster or bachelor
be in nadvertantly placed between married
pair at the dinner-table he or she will
taste the sweets of connubial bliss before
the year is out A maiden who has con-
stant i'll luck at the card-table will play
the game of life with greater success
partnered with good husband. Happy
will be the bride the sun shines on; and
if hen cackles in her new home as she
crosses its threshold, she will be happy
mother as we'll as a cOntented wife.


Chances freakish daughter is given to
coming and going as the fit takes her, but
there are ways and means OF compelling
luck to do us suit and service. That man
need feel no doubt about trlumphing over
his foes who takes care to make an end
of the first adder that crosses his path.
If it is sometimes best to take the bull by
the horns, it is always advisable to seize
black snail by his, and toss him over the
left shoulder, for while the first may help
us out of quandary, the lastnamed per-
formance insures us success IN all our un-
dertakings. In default of black snail, a
money-spinner will answer the purpose
equally as we'll. If too tender hearted to
treat snails and spiders so unceremo-
niously, the seeker after good fortune will
be Just as we'll off if he hangs an adder
skin over the mantelpiece, takes care to
keep his fire burning through the last
night of the year, or dons something new
upon Whitsunday. Farley, of panto-
mimic fame, pinned his faith to a lucky
cap of which he was the fortunate pos
SCISSOR. At the first rehearsal of "Mother
Goose" when all was ready, Grimaldi
happened to observe to Farley that he had
not the red cap on his head, which he
usually sported on such occasions. 81
will not go without it," said Farley, cor
we shall have no luck with the pan
tomimer' nor would he proceed to busi-
ness until the cap of good fortune had
been fetched. According to the fisher
men of Buckle, full nets may be Insured
by dressing corpse in flannel shirt
stuck over with burs, and wheeling him
through the town in barrow. A
correspondent of Notes and Queries
writes: "Wife- beating to the effusion of
blood may be novel method of securing
luck in the herring fishery, but to draw
blood is practiced in some of the fishing
villages on the northeast coast of Scot
land, under the belief that success follows
the act. The act must be performed on
New Years Day, and the good fortune is
his only who is the first to shed blood. If
the morning of the New Year is such as
to allow the boats of the village to put to
sea, there is quite struggle as to which
boat will reach the fishing ground first, so
as to gain the coveted prize, the first shed
blood of the year. If the weather is un-
favorable for fishing, those in possession
of guns-and great many OF the fisher
mems houses possess One-are out gun in
hand, along the shore before daybreak, in
search of some bird or wild animal, no
matter how small, that they may draw
blood, and thus make sure of one years
good fortune" Another Scottish plan
for securing good luck for the space of
twelve months at least, is to draw buck
etful of water from the village we'll at
midnight on New Years Eve, and after
throwing a handful of grass into it, to
carry it carefully home. If the drawer
be cow-keeper, he uses part OF the water
to wash his dairy utensils, and gives the
remainder to his cows, in the rather dis
honest hope, that he will thereby obtain
the cream of the cows of such of his
neighbors as use the well and have not
been so wise as himself


To barter away old shoes for the benefit
of the "translator," is sad waste; there
is nothing like well-worn leather to pro-
pitiate fate. The time-honored custom OF
throwing an old shoe after a deprting
lIltuU, Ill OlQCl blIdt ,JOoIhCy may
have prosperous issue, is so ancient and
so common, that we only mention it here
to remind intending throwers that the


shoe should belong to the left foot-there
| is no virtue in it's fellow; and that the
harder the recipient is hit, the happier
will be the result. Old shoes are within
everybody's reach. but friend is not al
ways at hand TO perform the ceremony.
However, that scarcely matters much,
since we have lately learned success is to
be retrieved, whether it be deserved or
not, by simply pocketing a bit of coal
There is no reason why black diamonds
should not be as efficacious as any other
luck bringers; still, belief must halt
somewhere, and ours halts at coal, al
though ready to concede that incredulity
would be lessened if the coal-carriers
limited their faith to genuine Wallsend-
Chambers's Journal.


A Terrible Death.