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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Cupology, by Clara
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: Cupology
+       How to Be Entertaining
+
+Author: Clara
+
+Release Date: August 17, 2008 [EBook #26339]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CUPOLOGY ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Ruth Hart
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+[Transcriber's note: for this online edition I have added a Table of
+Contents and have indicated section breaks with three asterisks.
+Also I have made the following spelling changes: Chapter II:
+"shapened like a shephard's" to "sharpened like a shepherd's";
+"course in leaves" to "coarse in leaves". Also the sentence
+beginning "This is a retrospective day for your soul" is incomplete.
+Chapter IV: "agrandizement" to "aggrandizement"; "repoductions" to
+"reproductions". Chapter VI: "sitting ud" to "sitting up". Chapter
+VII: "Chapter V" to "Chapter VII". A Few Toasts: "murmer" to "murmur".
+Three Great Commanders: "Owen Meridith" to "Owen Meredith".
+Entertainment Suggestion: "calender" to "calendar". Characters
+in Finger Nails: "strickly" to "strictly". Strange Wills: "There
+have been many" to "There have not been many", and "MacCaig" to
+MacCraig". Something to Remember: "Spender Percival" to "Spencer
+Perceval".]
+
+
+CUPOLOGY.
+HOW TO BE ENTERTAINING.
+INTERESTING FACTS FOR BOTH YOUNG AND OLD.
+TOASTS -- GEMS.
+HOW TO TELL AGE.
+
+
+PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, CLARA.
+
+
+CINCINNATI, OHIO:
+PRINTED BY FRANK H. VEHR.
+1904.
+
+
+Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1904, by CLARA, in
+the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
+
+
+TABLE OF CONTENTS
+
+             Inspired Cup-Reading.
+Chapter I.   Helpful Hints for Friendly Social Gatherings.
+Chapter II.  One Year Later.
+Chapter III. The Woman's Era of National Import.
+Chapter IV.  Mystical Cup.
+Chapter V.   The Acquisitive Adept.
+Chapter VI.  Three Coquettes.
+Chapter VII. Superstition.
+
+Cupology
+Popular Toasts
+Three Great Commanders
+A Hint on Entertaining
+Look at Your Cup
+Entertainment Suggestion
+Have a Peanut
+What the Eyes Tell
+Revealed by the Thumb
+Characters in Finger Nails
+Beauty's Seven Nurses
+To Discover a Woman's Age
+How He May Be Won
+Dew Drops
+Birth Stones for Luck
+Kruger's Unlucky Diamond
+Strange Wills
+Laughagraphs
+The Man Who Can Make Us Laugh
+Queer Blunders
+A Mysterious Telegram
+Fortune
+Dead Easy
+A Bad Spell of Weather
+For An Evening Game
+Something to Remember
+The Four Leaved Shamrock
+
+
+INSPIRED CUP-READING.
+
+Not Mere Fortune Telling.
+
+[_From Sun-Flower_.]
+
+
+PROPHECY.
+
+"Prophecy is the science of being able to sense the casual
+influences or vibrations governing the person or subject on
+which the consciousness is centered, and knowing the purport
+or meaning of these influences. To the non-sensitive this has no
+existence, and he must judge the future by surface effects
+entirely--his knowledge of human character or of the subject to
+which he is devoted. A feeling of peace or quietude; that which
+disturbs or irritates; animates or enervates; engenders joy or
+gloom; that which attracts or repels without visible effects, are
+some of the sensations experienced and have their specific
+meanings, which must be grouped, counter-effects considered,
+and conclusions drawn from this to make the forecast or outline
+of the subject's future. To avert mistakes, however, the reader of
+destinies must have sufficient self-knowledge to distinguish his
+own influences or vibrations from those sensed in others and
+not combine them as coming from one source. Every individual
+is governed by this 'cause upon him,' and if he studies himself
+he can become his own prophet."
+
+[Illustration: horseshoe]
+
+
+     THE FOUR-LEAF CLOVER.
+
+     ELLA HIGGINSON.
+
+     I know a place where the sun is like gold,
+          And the cherry blooms burst with snow,
+     And down underneath is the loveliest nook,
+          Where the four-leaf clovers grow.
+
+     One leaf is for hope, and one is faith,
+          And one is for love, you know;
+     And God put another one in for luck--
+          If you search you will find where they grow.
+
+     But you must have hope and you must have faith.
+          You must love and be strong, and so,
+     If you work, if you wait, you will find the place
+          Where the four-leaf clovers grow.
+
+
+OMENS IN THE TEA CUPS.
+
+When, after making the tea, you forget to replace the lid of the
+teapot, expect a caller to drop in and share with you the cup that
+cheers.
+
+
+SENSING OF ATMOSPHERES.
+
+HOW TO BE ENTERTAINING.
+
+READING FROM TEA OR COFFEE CUPS.
+
+As delineated by a Cincinnati lady on different occasions,
+for the pleasure of guests, both young and old, who became
+desirous of acquiring this fine art, this character reading gift.
+
+[Illustration: calligraphy flourish 1]
+
+
+     THE GRACE WE SAY TO GOD.
+
+     [JEAN INGELOW.]
+
+          So take joy home,
+     And make a place in thy great heart for her,
+     And give her time to grow and cherish her;
+     Then will she come and oft will sing to thee
+     When thou art working in the furrows; ay,
+     Or weeding in the sacred hour of dawn.
+     It is a comely fashion to be glad--
+     Joy is the grace we say to God.
+
+
+LOVE'S SECRETS READ.
+
+These revelations are honestly dedicated to bright folks, who
+study human needs, and to such as possess and inspire a bit of
+high-soul, creative imagination, as well as to humanitarians,
+who become capable of knowing, advising and showing the
+better sides of life by lofty mental concentration, which ever
+lifts the thinker into the special soul atmosphere of each
+separate mentality, by the power of attraction and repulsion,
+verily, by the cosmic law of life, gaining thereby deeper insight
+into what seemeth best to think and to do for self and for others.
+
+Believing that these, my life-long experiences, will prove both
+instructive and highly entertaining, I am happy to send forth
+these _talismanic_ best thoughts, which may indeed become
+noble and satisfying possessions to many active and wisely
+applying minds, for the healthful enjoyment of their friends and
+associates.
+
+[Illustration: fan]
+
+
+CHAPTER I.
+
+HELPFUL HINTS FOR FRIENDLY SOCIAL GATHERINGS.
+
+First cup turned was by a tall, handsome girl, who, herself,
+possesses keen imagination with true power for character-reading,
+and with love for the study of the occult sciences.
+
+In her very first turn, the sky with misty scenes and an _airship_
+were traced well up in the lines surrounding the lady.
+
+High, sailing hopes, said the reader. You are gifted beyond the
+ordinary. You love books, study and art; do not yet care for any
+domestic duties. You are in cloud-lands.
+
+In her second toss, the reading was as follows:
+
+You are a little more practical. Here is formed a dusting-brush,
+also a _kitchen_ and yard with a happy family of _chickens_,
+meaning cares and pets; also a _horse_ and _sleigh_. You love
+luxuries. You have traveled over land and seas. The _ferry-boat_
+is here.
+
+I read now in your third, the certainty, though not fully, noting
+some of the minor events. Everything has changed from your
+present thinking. You have climbed the ladder to some public
+recognition by the influence of friends. You have yet much to
+achieve--will become a real benefactress. So I read by the
+people before you. The two _stars_ yet beyond, and the _sword_
+which belongs to your family, represent some hero in wars yet to be.
+
+The national bird, either an _eagle_ or _turkey_, promises good
+results.
+
+The trials of others will fall upon you, all through life. Your
+views here are full of the different objects. A tall visitor will
+give you a surprise, attended by coming pleasure, and a new
+friend; also a _foe_--a _spider_. You have been disappointed in
+three different forms, one is yet to entail a financial loss_--fish_,
+you see, have their heads and tails cut off; and the _rings_ are
+broken for some past and present enterprise. You are learning
+mental philosophy, also, from a male relative to whom you are
+very dear.
+
+How truly and wonderfully you have read! I have also gained an
+idea how to trace and to hold the mind in other special desires.
+Thanks to you for this lesson.
+
+          * * *
+
+The next was a dainty, little, self-conscious lady, who is
+desirous of some special, social accomplishment, aside from her
+sisters. She is very cunning. See the little head of the _fox_ near
+her, though vexations are with her now, yet the three similar
+little straight forms, or lines, are realizations, as in this cup, of
+some pleasant event. The _road_ here in view, a short and
+agreeable journey, upon which you meet a lady friend who is to
+visit you soon. These upper _dots_ are letters and small
+packages near at hand, with two little _hearts_--love secrets.
+
+You will, said the reader, receive many. One, that is in present
+expectation, containing an invitation affording pleasure. The
+_flowers_ bespeak it, being near the edge of the cup, with the
+formation of letters. H will be the initial of one of the writers.
+Now, you have a _little man_ who is to be cut off from some
+desire--a broken _road_ is near him--with a period of indecision
+and anxiety. Two male forms are holding his desires by their
+neglect, not by malice. The wish is in their power, you see, yet
+they are looking away from it.
+
+Your third is with tears for a friend, though no death symbol is
+near. Ah, here it is! You are to wed with a fair gentleman, not
+your slight form--first love. You will be fairly happy. Confusion
+is shown by the various objects in crooked and wavy lines, with
+those tiny _crosses_, many little cares, and yet the _tree_ shades
+the _house_. Your _castle_ on the highway with the little child's
+_crib_ and the _parrot_, an imitative, impudent inmate of the
+home.
+
+Now, let your own fancy roam over these formations. Set them
+in your mind. I have reserved this gift of love for the last sitting.
+Do you see the _jeweled ring_ with the light flashing for you?
+That will come when years have flown. You will be a widow.
+That event will benefit your entire family, as the _wavy lines_
+and _tears_ indicate, so do not lose heart. This late blessing is
+enough to inspire courage and patience. Yes, it is for your
+household. Do you see the broad sky-scenes? That is good.
+
+          * * *
+
+Next: _A hay-mound_ and a _field_. You love rural life, young
+man.
+
+I do, said he, as a retreat and recreation. This _square_ promises
+you a business house in a commercial city. See the stacks of
+letters and the figures 3, 7, 10,--and the many heads of men in
+calculation.
+
+Now you stand by an open grave. Your dearest friend has died.
+The dark cloak enfolds your form and your wish--_the circle_--
+is in doubt. _Spears_ and _weeds_ are near it, also a crude
+_cross_. A time of dissatisfaction will come to you before three
+years have passed, yet there are promises beyond. Cast, now,
+for the better times for certainty.
+
+          * * *
+
+Third: _Friends, horses, dogs, birds, trees_.
+
+In touch with life's blessings you possess a kind, social nature--
+a _stream_ of clear water. Health and friends in plenty, great
+activity. You are to rise above many ills.
+
+A broken _bridge_ is at the far end of this _road_, but your face
+is turned away, in this you are spared an evil, be wise. The
+South will offer you last and final protection. See, the light is
+shading in that direction. An _old lady_ will be your faithful
+friend. There will be also a trusty _colored man_--see how he
+stands in _line?_ Your last years will be in rural life, with a
+family and an income with fair surroundings. The space is clear.
+You see light is over your last scenes. See the young girl--no
+doubt your daughter--under the beautiful fruit trees?
+
+Orange groves in the sunny South, said he, smiling.
+
+Most important for yon appears a distant battle-scene with deep
+sorrows. Some great personal honors in life for a son. Yes, an
+American battle scene with the _eagle_ distant, yet sure to gain
+the day.
+
+
+SOME NATIONAL CRISIS.
+
+NEXT READING.
+
+_Key_ to the situation. See, it is within a short time, only a little
+way from the edge of the cup.
+
+Good, said the recipient, I know what that is now, am glad of it.
+
+Well, you are, however, to weep over the matter soon, as
+speaking to some friend of this affair. There is much to it. See
+the _cross_ and _tears_, as holding up the cup. Yet you would
+not now dream that there are complications in this affair. Three
+factions, yet all in positive expectations, though fight is coming.
+See the little _dog_, how angry, and the _cat_, with her back up,
+and the other animal with a spring? Why here. Can't you see it!
+Of course it's not quite as distinct as a real dog and cat fight.
+One of the animals is retreating from the scene in fear. Your
+faces are all turned in the same direction, you know each other.
+
+Well, the _crescent_ is in the lower part of the cup. Some later
+news--also the fine _horse_, a _friend_ with some testimonial of
+appreciation. A _wreath_ and victory. Here are several _letters,
+_one containing news of death. The _coffin_ is here for the little
+child. Many tears are shed by two women--each looks into the
+grave.
+
+Ah, the spite lines! See them, there are little jealousies, too. We
+all have these to content with, said the reader, especially if we
+ever rise above the common level of life and as independent
+thinkers.
+
+An illness of importance is now developing an event long ago
+foretold to your family. A fine steed comes from another city
+through a church-yard, much resembling Trinity E of New York
+City. Some _letters_ follow--see the succession of _dots_ and
+_squares. Houses_ of _smoke, news_ and _trailing objects_,
+representing deep-laid intrigues.
+
+Now you are aboard a steamer on the broad ocean. A tall,
+military looking man is with you, also a young man and woman.
+Something of importance has taken place in your national
+life and in your financial position, as well as in political
+and church affairs. See the crowing _cock_ and the _stork_, a
+change that is to play its part for the tall man. _Flags_ are
+waving. You will all return to a new life in America. The
+surprising change is for a public man.
+
+NEXT READING.
+
+An enemy is for you, sir, in your present conditions of duty.
+Some spoil is here. A _ditch_, a _wasp_, and _serpents_ at the
+top with tongues out. If you are now in politics or litigation
+defeats await you, for the _briars_ are thick and a blind man at a
+desk holds some document. You appear to be very expectant,
+though fearing something. A woman is also against you. See,
+her head is up. She is fair in appearance and influential, yet
+false. Some men are back of her acts.
+
+Dark complexioned people are, at present, your better allies and
+friends. Some doctor stands by your side, see his medicine
+chest, he is of fine mind. A straight path lies between you,
+though some road is cut in two; you are to be disappointed in an
+enterprise. _Wheels _are broken. This is connected with cars,
+engines and automobiles--have care.
+
+Your mind is often too ready to speed forward. Things are so
+confusing.
+
+Now concentrate on the future. You are enmeshed by others.
+Your social affairs, too, are meddled with by your family and
+pseudo friends. See the quacking _duck_ and the distant
+_goose_, with dots, letters, etc. See the heads put together, with
+mixture of objects before them. No symbol of peace is in this
+realm, no light nor clean spots are as yet seen as results to you.
+
+Ah! here. It is a _long road_ into new conditions. Anger and
+loss cause you to turn away from the dark and vexing things.
+One true friend will follow. See the _straight form_ and the
+_dog_ and _wheat_--that signifies great good as in clean
+sheaves. That will be your best destiny in a new life-deal--far
+westward--some treasure in minerals, too. See the rocks shining
+forth.
+
+          * * *
+
+Next: The _monkey_ and the _skunk_! For a moment the
+hostess and the reader exchanged words. "I wonder if there is
+such an object now in our midst! I am full of laugh, though not
+in the belief of such a fact. Oh, it is too amusing how these
+objects will form. I wish some one else to see this strange cup."
+
+This gentleman has need to be most cautious in some of his
+undertakings. Do not deal with uncertain characters--see the
+_monkey_ and the _cat-tiger_ or _skunk_ looking object--lest
+some vile scandal becomes your lot. _Cross-roads, hollows_,
+and _eels_--slippery things--are near your _present wishes_.
+The _keys, circles, anchor, squares, links_--these represent
+realizations. Yours are in other lines, yet a _bell_ is traced near
+you. A belated wish lies under cover. It is in a field not yet in
+your thoughts, though an _anchor_, a human form and a crooked,
+broken path lie yet beyond that.
+
+THIRD TOSS.
+
+Now is revealed some disaster to friends, confusion and a large
+family _whirlwind_, also, some obstinate man--see the _rickety
+team_ with the _mule_ in the lead, as running away--a woman
+in black as the outcome. See how she climbs the steep, jagged
+hill. Your face is turning towards her in mutual friendship. The
+_moon_ shines on the top of the mountain--your destination.
+You will no doubt wed with the widow--this woman in black.
+
+Some of the first lines hit very close to facts, said he.
+
+I know it, said the lady, and there is very much to read. I do not
+know all that may transpire before this occurs, yet you will have
+a numerous progeny--many relatives. See the people and the
+letters from the different localities, again true. You will live to
+advanced age--see the grand _old tree_. You will ever have care
+over others. The man-mule is to meet his natural death. His
+respected widow and household are to become your high possessions.
+
+The mules and the whole team? said he. Thank you, there is
+happiness in store.
+
+No doubt as elevated step-father to this numerous family. You
+are a genius in this art reading, so fanciful.
+
+          * * *
+
+Next expectant:--A Civil Engineer with fondness for travel and
+_inventions_. Perhaps you will also write books on some new
+methods in heating houses--an _oven_ and _tubes_ are in
+formation; so also a tall man at his desk with pencils. I do like
+to get something worth reading, but here is a break-down,
+something really thrilling--the mountain topples over on the
+road. You are soon to be, or have been, in great peril. I also see
+a _fireman_. Do you see his hat?
+
+The man smiled, yet confessed, as I read on.
+
+You carry an atmosphere that aids the reading. You have had an
+escape by not being at the "Windsor" that special afternoon.
+
+He was surprised. "She is a fine guesser," said the young man,
+highly pleased.
+
+Again, you cherish a happy hope in an elderly couple. They are
+your true friends. You are now all in the same lines of thought.
+Oh, there is a modest, young lady coming to the elderly folks.
+She is now away in some large building--a school, I think. You
+will _love her_. She has a lover who writes to her--you do not--
+yet the signs are to be favorable to both of you. Now for the last
+toss.
+
+I am disappointed in your efforts. Oh, how it storms! See the
+snow-flakes and the great stream of water! I really feel its cold
+currents now. Something is to be destroyed by it ere you meet
+the lady. She is in the bottom of the cup. Why have you left her
+so long. I can hardly find her. You will need to strive for your
+good fate.
+
+She is to pass out of your life I think some years before you do,
+yet you will live an active life. Many artistic _new roads_ and
+the _plough. _You will create something truly beautiful--see the
+_pedestal_ amid the landscape--the _swing _and _gardening_.
+How _restful_ it makes me feel! You will be so, sometime,
+young man.
+
+OBJECT LESSONS.
+
+Now, young ladies, concentrate your minds and let us note the
+symbols, if your wish really to have views and comprehensive
+enjoyment, so that what is shown in each cup may be at the
+close interestingly connected. Like in a Primer, let us go
+straight through. You have heard other readings, develop your
+descriptive faculties. Do not stop till done to discuss in detail,
+thereby losing the best effects, and you will thus find some
+interesting results. You see how most persons like to lift the veil
+to revelations. Much progress lies before us all.
+
+SURPRISED.
+
+Just look here, Florence, said the amateur, _rings_ and a
+_sunrise_, not out of the clouds either. Look, too, at the oval
+forms like _eggs. _At home we can't get such cups. Here we are
+in the higher waves. We are determined to read something to
+inspire others, as you read to us, said the girls with eagerness.
+
+But, which one of you ladies turned the cup? I ought to have
+directed my occult forces on one at a time. Now, you need to
+divide honors and loss.
+
+The one who is herein represented is in a most happy frame of
+mind. I wish it were the test cup--the third and certainty--for the
+sake of the fortunate lady and her family, then your destiny
+were assured and your mentality would advance into lofty
+channels by the influence of an elderly couple and their
+progressive _sons_, for here is a _tower_ of moral strength.
+_Hearts, circles, Bible_ and _clovers_ are in the life-path. The
+skies, too, are clear and every thing is high up you see in
+optimism.
+
+Let us now to business. Ah! here it is--gains. A large _goose
+egg_ is in shape, also a _nest_. That is the home, though a great
+care has fallen into it. See the rain and these many little crosses
+here together so near the _nest_, which, in this turn, is the
+home, as there is no other symbol for it; now you can trace the
+square as the home-hearts also.
+
+You are kind and come from sympathetic people who love
+truth, books and progress, as does this Bible family. An old man
+who is in another city will write. See the _M._, the _letters _and
+the _road_. There being no form of a man you take the initial.
+He may be _sixty-one _years of age; see, the numbers are
+touching the _M_.--man--in the midst of the dots. _Sticks _and
+_crossties_ with _wavy lines--_common vexations.
+
+Do not worry. Though you are now apprised of a large theft
+which may come into your home. See the sly _rat_--a thief or
+burglar hovers nigh, have care. You have a few events in Jupiter
+still left.
+
+How is it to be read?
+
+Each reader must speak as the momentary inspirations come to
+suit occasions: We must promise the best, to stimulate _all_
+good efforts, not only for self.
+
+Well, you are really good and correct. I feel elevated by this
+interesting reading.
+
+We are delighted and shall share together this life-reading. Our
+families are very dear to each other and may be still further
+united. Then she blushed slightly, as whispering confidentially.
+
+Oh, it's lovely, said the two girls, as others said the fates had
+favored them most of all.
+
+          * * *
+
+Several of the readings were too ordinary, just as many people
+are in truth, who contribute nothing for the benefit of higher
+thought and action, while others were not in good mental states
+nor in their lucky days, as they said, and as is partly true.
+
+One young man, a news-gatherer, could get nothing as all things
+lay distant and for others. "My life is to be forever blocked,"
+said he though feigning total scepticism, yet a tone of
+disappointment was quite apparent when told that six months
+hence he should have a comprehensive word with new hopes.
+
+You are in the wrong world, and somehow I felt that he would
+be fairly driven into his real vocation by a lucky circumstance,
+for Mother Nature is ever kind to her children, though needing
+all honest co-operation. Those keen eyes with fine perceptives
+and vivacious mentality would direct his impulses eventually,
+for the power of reason and resource lay within his then,
+somewhat undecided, brain, so have faith in your higher
+destiny, friends.
+
+[Illustration: calligraphy flourish 2]
+
+
+CHAPTER II.
+
+ONE YEAR LATER.
+
+Being patient and obliging, said a young lady, has cheated me
+out of my rights so many times. I was to have a reading that
+night at the home of Mrs. M. C. for I served with hopes and
+glad expectations into each dainty cup of aromatic coffee that I
+poured, yet, as usual, did not get my reading. Never have. I had
+either palm reading, cup or solar biology forecast, though
+promised each. Oh, I was so disappointed, for it was my desire
+to learn your special, catchy methods, and to note the sensations
+cast upon me as under the magic spell. I cannot formulate the
+things you do, though my friends praise me unstintingly.
+
+You shall not be longer denied, said the adept. Get a cup of
+coffee or tea, if not too coarse in leaves, after we lunch. I will
+read them, as we can be alone with our atmospheric thought
+advisers and our higher selves. I know that your life and labors
+will abound in good. Many excellent things await your efforts,
+yet do not now think that my auto thoughts will be my full
+guides.
+
+Oh, thank you. How nice the conditions are to be alone with
+one's future expectations. No one can then pervert what is
+promised. I am now most expectant, am glad I have waited for
+this propitious time. I love this little room with its dainty
+furnishings.
+
+FIRST READING.
+
+You possess fine spiritual gifts; are morally high-toned; you
+build many castles--just see the _mountains_ and _balloons_,
+the _tower_ in the distance. You could study palmistry and
+occult laws to fine advantage. It has become so respectable, too,
+you know. Yet few do excel, though many attempts are made.
+Try it, you are very susceptible to every personality; you have a
+very retentive memory with large formative powers. Just the
+requisites with your mentality for doing good to poor humanity.
+As a wise teacher you could excel.
+
+SECOND CUP.
+
+Flurries of wind and storms--confusion in your home and heart--
+_crooked lines_ with a _crude cross_ and a _sodden log_, out
+of which will rise a _broken anchor_--lost hopes or wishes.
+Now, an ugly thing is discerned. See the _spitting_ of _cats_
+and the _angry dog_. That is some disagreeable quarrel between
+friends of yours. A gentleman will pass through cruel loss and
+change. Nothing good is yet promised to present wishes.
+_Serpents_ are lying low in the grass--see their heads, you will
+suffer thereby--your head now lays low in some severe illness.
+Fate is silent and sad for a time, as in mourning for the sorrows
+of the good and true. See you the _shaft_, draped like a funeral
+pall across the cup? You are also to bury a friend, a worthy
+minister. The people mourn. Now let us invoke the kindly
+powers to a solution of the many evils cast by contending
+conditions of jealousies and spite. Let your soul be possessed
+and purified, for now I know that you are truly one of the
+chosen few who are tried by the fierce fires and floods of life.
+This is a retrospective day for your soul--growth beyond your
+realization of [sentence is unfinished].
+
+FINAL INFLOW.
+
+A seriousness had fallen over both of them as touching on the
+live issues of frail, human hopes and fears, so that each felt the
+need of that great unseen, yet ever-living power divine. What a
+strange cup-reading it was in the end! Wonderful to both of
+them, yet they somehow tarried, as though fearing to reveal the
+certainty chapters, as you now know the third is designated, yet
+the soul was sated.
+
+Wealth, in some physical form, I find is the great desire, more
+even than love or friendship, so that I repeat the golden words
+of the poet, though knowing the need of money for worthy
+purposes. There will be for us just enough of the pure coin, not
+this "God of greed."
+
+
+     THE GOLDEN GOD.
+
+     [THOMAS HOOD.]
+
+     Gold! gold! gold! gold!
+     Bright and yellow, hard and cold;
+     Molten, graven, hammered and rolled;
+     Heavy to get and light to hold;
+     Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold,
+     Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled;
+     Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old
+     To the very verge of church-yard mould,
+     Price of many a crime untold;
+     Gold! gold! gold! gold!
+
+
+Then said the psychometrist: Now, look with me into this cup.
+Let us, together, trace the final symbols, now that we are united
+as true friends.
+
+The form of a woman--see her head and her garments blown
+forward, the wind is at her back. She goes now with some
+strong, public tide. That is well. In this clear field there is
+recognition for you. An _electric street light_--that, too, is some
+public good in process for your sharing;--and here is like a
+flowing stream. The mountains are, also, again in view. Each
+effort holds in a life-reading like this. Some rubbish before
+reaching the heights.
+
+But look! Oh, behold the _moon_ behind the hills. See, it is
+surely beginning to rise. Let your mind now concentrate on its
+sublime glory. It is the best kind of promise. Honors await
+yourself and another member of your family. A full moon
+signifies that other events have poured their treasures into
+conditions which have required time. Your moon is not yet over
+the full scenes of your life. The sunrise, too, appears! How
+sublime! Here is the stout man--your future husband with a
+child at his side. A man of affairs, with the _triangle_ and a
+_ship_ of _state_, and here are the roses growing. You will be
+greatly beloved. The _key_ and the _ring_ are in the bottom of
+the cup. You will become equal to your high social duties as
+mistress of the _castle_, and mother of two well endowed
+children, who will bless and survive you. The latter years of
+your life will be the most richly frought. See, the bottom of the
+third cup, also, has the clear streams.
+
+I shall expect you to wed with this stout, dark complexioned
+man, whose wife lies in the little grave that was in the second
+toss of the cup. We can now join the parts fittingly together, by
+noting first, second and this final. We may now attach other
+straying symbols as holding them in mind.
+
+Thank you, ah, so much. I have gained real knowledge from this
+very interesting object-lesson reading, which stimulates my
+higher mental action with courage and purpose. Some things
+delineated I now believe as true. The first _cups_ were a
+veritable marvel, yet too sadly comprehensive. I am greatly
+indebted to you for this most infatuating pleasure, proving the
+old adage, that the last do sometimes come first, by their
+patience. We all need just such talks sometimes. These are
+beyond the mere realms of pastime, said the reader, who was
+then inspired of God.
+
+HALLOWEEN REVELATIONS.
+
+THE ENERGETIC MAN OF HIGH PURPOSE POLITICALLY.
+
+Here is an important cup. A long bridge. You are now in
+comprehensive touch with a subject-matter that ought to lead
+you with your family into ease and prominence. Have patient
+care after you have reached the seeming goal, for, see here still
+the danger signal from the broken cart of past obstruction with
+the cross-ties. Do not retreat in dismay. A bridge is of good
+significance unless you fall between, or it is broken while you
+are facing it or are thereon. You must be strong. In your trials,
+being magnetic, your forces will bring help to aid you by mental
+suggestions.
+
+But see this elephant, tossing about at the end of the bridge--
+some imposition upon your family. See, the house being in
+touch, you will lose by the elephant, as letters with many lines
+mean vexation--strayed or stolen letters--and dead birds are on
+the ground. The rabbit is some coward. Do not mind this, you
+will yet gain significant prestige by the aid of an old man on the
+new path. See him nearing the _trees_ in luxurious foliage--a
+true friend.
+
+Now we sum up gains. You have striven. See the three rings or
+wreaths, the sunburst, and the distant tower clearly defined in
+the light. Victory over loss and cowardice of friends. You are
+happy and secure.
+
+The summing up represents the home several years hence.
+Many scattered objects have cleared away the defeats belonging
+to your life, in order to round it out symmetrically. There is
+good cheer. Think of the toiling masses as becomes a true
+disciple of the Christ. You will be in position to manifest
+to the world some vital principle. Be not then enslaved by
+time-serving, selfish man. Stand by the flag of your nation in
+honest and worth. Your star shines high.
+
+WOMAN OUT OF THE SHADOWS.
+
+FACTS FORETOLD.
+
+Many streams--mental changes. Though here is a great symbol,
+that of the ancients--the serpent--being wisdom. This one is of
+different significance. See how its long body has taken up
+space. The tail is three-forked and downward, the head being
+turned around, sharpened like a shepherd's crook, lower than the
+body. Deception--intrigue--house of sickness--see the crosses
+and losses? The one tossing such a cup has been assailed in
+various ways. Look now well to the above outlines which still
+hold a splendid promise. Arches overhead--cannot be vanquished.
+
+SYMBOLS FOR A JUDGESHIP.
+
+FATEFUL SPITE-LINES WITH WOMAN.
+
+Appearances do oft deceive, good reader, though the cup figures
+hit my case correctly, beyond words of mine, as to past and
+some present events. May the future be as well verified, and I
+somehow believe it will be. You say the flame is now on after
+twenty-two long years of defeat; I also cross the water often, as
+you read, am soon to locate in a large eastern city. May this
+flame you describe possess my mind and heart as now.
+
+And your conscience, sir, the Holy Spirit within the higher self.
+Your symbols urge you to noble deeds, yet you will never be
+blessed by woman's love, nor aid. Do you see the standing
+well-poised form of a woman? Rising power--creative force. See she
+has her feet firm on the back of the monster snake. You will
+soon become master of your higher destiny. I feel inspired by a
+mighty impulse. You will stand before many people--see the
+tall, straight ladder of fame--I should say that you are holding
+some still-cherished, mighty plans, despite many of life's
+defeats.
+
+Now, as this is all free play, will you please tell me if this
+leading figure defines any of your conditions truthfully, as to
+politics? You deeply impress me with the ideas of large affairs.
+
+Will see you later, madam.
+
+Thank you cordially.
+
+
+CHAPTER III.
+
+THE WOMAN'S ERA OF NATIONAL IMPORT.
+
+AN UNUSUAL KALEIDOSCOPE----HUSBAND AND WIFE.
+
+As the symbols are in uniting conjunction, you may both remain
+to formulate ideas and to delineate. You are no doubt desirous
+of the full enfranchisement of the human race. You seem just
+and liberal, as read by these various lights, amid contentions,
+yet with one central apex--the lighted lamp.
+
+NEXT TOSS.
+
+No taxation, without due representation. Now, look into this
+remarkable cup, with our Uncle Sam large as American life, one
+foot raised in forward move, as firmly holding the grand flag of
+the nation. See, upon it sails in earnestness a tall woman of high
+modern import. See you these faces? They are no milk and
+water characters. They come close together, Uncle Sam and the
+woman, as though to embrace in true love and lasting equality.
+Now, behold the bird ascending the mountain, and the large hen
+and cockrell. Behold the dove still higher up. Justice, wisdom
+and peace must go hand in hand by all the people and for all the
+people. There is a fine sky scene besides.
+
+How remarkable are the strong outlines as interestingly touched
+up by creative imagery! Oh, yes, we believe in true freedom as
+well as in all human rights. I tell you, you are destined to wield
+political influence. Fear not, though there is to be very great
+commotion and strife, as to some bodies of beliefs joining
+forces, There is in evidence a serious national gulf, for a period,
+See the _seething mass_ below? Yet the large, waving flag is in
+the midst of it all. See how its ample folds cover the little
+people! Woman comes into full evidence with man and victory
+squares these and banners. Now, see you the large moon-faced
+man from over the deep water? Behold the many little people.
+These represent, without doubt, the toiling masses. See them
+look to our great flag, Uncle Sam and America. See the guns
+they leave behind, though they appear well armed by some firm
+revolves. Some power crowned is near death's gates. There is
+some peril on the other shores and on this, yet the links for
+chains of co-operation come later on. First, there are spears,
+guns, rasping files; secret orders, too, which shall in due time
+become fully known to Uncle Sam, for, see you the boxes and
+the broken lines, like a serpent yet, living cables with its
+intricate workings. I am stirred by its forces, now international.
+Oh, yes, you could learn to read by concentration of mind. This
+is the first time this great combination has been presented to me.
+Your special auras and the cosmic direction in present era of
+human action have aided in portraying these objects. Life is full
+of signs of the times. You are thinkers.
+
+No doubt the reader is, at times, largely dominated by the
+enquirer, though you now prefer to learn of finances. The large
+fish is in evidence, however, not yet at hand. Clouds obscure
+desires. You will be thrust into this exciting national and more
+equal-rights work, with several men of distinction. See
+the breast-plates and medallions. This is a suggestive and
+interesting chapter to me and requires study to apply.
+
+Do you grasp some of the leading ideas? Hold them fast, to
+appropriate as you advance into the vortex of deeper action. See
+how the steepled church is in evidence. Not so wonderful. Many
+things photograph themselves for further reading by observation.
+We are yet in the very infancy of comprehending cause and effect.
+
+_Kismet!_ I detest war, yet mankind is destined to thus make
+the annals of future history more complete in equity and in
+fraternal justice to humanity. Let us prove that the world is
+really advancing. This is the fierce and fermenting time, the
+entire world's chemicalizing process. We may all learn from the
+great book of life.
+
+Though many noble souls seem vanquished, each actor shall be
+his own, yet united historian.
+
+Thank you. Readings of this character are instructive, even to
+skeptics. Wish we could all read and retain each helpful part. As
+one thinks on these lines the fuller atmospheric waves become
+laden with blessings. The Good Book says, "Ask and ye shall
+receive," so, ask in wisdom and in faith. You are now charged
+with the desires. Perhaps I do inspire inquiry. Look at these
+lines of chairs in this fine toss, also men.
+
+Birds again--rows of singing birds, and flowers, too--joyous
+expectations. Man with baton--musical matters, attended by
+audiences. You either are in full touch with singers, or certainly
+will be. The swing up high is a fine sign. Follow it up with
+courage, The double triangle, the long road and the unobscured
+star are before you. These promise you honors and fame. You
+will know the art of growing old sweetly.
+
+See the gallery of pictures you have collected. The park and the
+people, too!
+
+Heaven has blessed you with mental gifts and spiritual graces in
+the glorious, ever present, because of your doing things with no
+dreaded to-morrow. This is a superb final, for the light lines are
+within your daily duties. You will travel together in close
+relationship--husband and wife, and begin anew very nearly at
+the same time. It is really an inspiring text. Thus do we learn to
+know each other in one little hour of life as fulfilling worthy
+purposes by every act divine.
+
+
+CHAPTER IV.
+
+MYSTICAL CUP.
+
+Touching, no doubt, on the death of Pope Leo, as also on some
+one of the present party somehow connected with nobility. See
+you the ocean?
+
+Here is a kingly form, robed and crowned, yet standing with
+arms and hands filled, symbolizing someone with great plenty
+in foreign lands. At the feet, a severed circle, some disordered
+boxes, a pair of large, closed shears pointing toward another
+commanding form, though obstacles lie between them. Also a
+crouching form, in part human, with large eyes, and now, on his
+back a weighty something, facing the less pretentious forms,
+one of whom is bowed by some new disappointment, being near
+a fallen wall. Some one in mental suffering, as thorns crown one
+of the lesser heads, facing a distant city. Some hidden wrongs
+are to become manifest.
+
+See the army of men in disorder! Soldiers are in line, too, with
+horsemen from all sides of the land and waters. Dread dismay,
+yet with keen-edged expectancy in evidence. Behind the kingly
+form there is a tower--strength--though there is the unlighted
+torch at the top. Some large bird in the back scene will venture
+into peril. Near the shaft at its base are caverns. On closer
+inspection you can see the vapors arising. You see the entire
+world appears interested--so many heads of men.
+
+One of the party had expected some special news from distant
+lands, saying: "Verily, the atmosphere is filled with these
+things,"--Auto thought or otherwise. Secrets after all are not so
+hidden, though I believe this reading to pertain largely to the
+city of Rome, the Vatican palace and famed historical Tiber.
+
+You see, we have all been reading the news. We are in this
+floating ether of thoughts, no matter what little wishes we have
+of our own. Our untutored minds cannot yet apply some of
+these lessons. Everything is in form atmospheric, to be
+photographed for tangibleness to our crude senses. How then
+can we be held in blame for the committal of even some desperate
+acts? Are we not at the perpetual mercy of evil men and
+powers, which blind fair reason?
+
+Listen, friends, are there not better objects everywhere? Yet
+modest things are apt to be overlooked. Are we not dazzled by
+pomp and show? Did we not all cry out, "Oh, what a wonderful
+cup--a king, a king with a crown?" We must not allow our
+morals to thus easily hang like conventional cowards. This cup
+of the king's is full of strife. Numerous virtues are not observed.
+
+See the little tables and the tender vines so choked by grasses,
+even modest flowers by the fallen walls! Let us note these, yet
+glory and pomp are man's highest aim in life. I say we should
+all become a freer people, but we are flattered by show and even
+despotism. I behold wonderful promises.
+
+This strong trail is for a long time. See the cutting instruments
+again. The rasp and the little scissors shadowed beneath the
+larger symbols. Behold the bed-rock, with crevices to catch the
+feet, and here, a small road comes near a tunnel, looking
+ambitiously towards the large avenue where splendor, prestige
+and power are seen. See modern fashion so careless of the rights
+of others--these poor little people. Yes, I will describe some of
+these figures, to teach, if so we may, a bit of entertaining,
+benevolent sense.
+
+Again, look at this upper row of soldiers, machine-made men.
+See the trumpets, I can almost hear their blast, and see the dust
+and life-blood of degrading, cruel wars, which impoverish and
+grind into filth the entire afflicted human race, though there
+are very excellent people of wealth, were there to wisely
+co-operate. There is some promise in this reading. If rich men
+could become active benefactors--see the little banners--wars
+would at once end, and the Christ would live with mankind.
+
+MINISTER'S SPEECH.
+
+I cannot believe that a loving, merciful God bids man to further
+wars, strife and blood-shed for mere aggrandizement. It is really
+a libel on all progress, grace and moral justice. The God and
+dear Saviors whom I love and honor are not monsters of cruel
+vengeance. There exist so many excellent signs of the good time
+to dawn on the human race, when the tidal wave once really sets
+into combined, perpetual motion. Let us all desire to thus aid the
+race along these lines, or in whatsoever ways we can.
+
+I am forever indebted to a dear, high-souled lady, who loved
+young folks, for my first deep moral thought-lessons in
+cupology, and in character readings. Life-long impressions and
+aids have these brought to many others, in this high-art sensing
+of human needs, therefore let us supply an atmosphere in which
+good thoughts can germinate, believing that nature has a bank
+which is a sure one that can never break. A bank of full justice;
+life's worthy inheritance; your acts.
+
+Now friends, this collection may end my readings briefly. In
+order to learn one must teach. No, I have not added some of
+those special past verifications. I try to study the lesser forms as
+well as the prominent ones to cultivate patient sensing. Observe
+your feelings towards your friends or pupils. Be honest, sincere,
+and sympathetic in heart to heart talks. Hold confidence reposed
+as a sacred gift. That is one of the secrets of friendship and
+success in every walk through life. Let us believe it so.
+
+FIRE IN VATICAN.
+
+BURNS PART OF LIBRARY WITH BARE AND ANCIENT BOOKS.
+
+That portion of the Vatican containing the hall of the
+inscriptions, where the Pope gives his audiences, and which is
+adjacent to the famous and precious pinacoteca, or gallery of
+pictures, was burned Sunday. The smoke and flames were seen
+from a mile distant.
+
+The first intimation of fire was had when smoke was seen
+issuing from the apartment of M. Mario, which is located above
+that of Father Earl, the librarian, who lives over the library. M.
+Mario is a celebrated French restorer of ancient manuscripts and
+illuminated books. He has been engaged in copying work, and
+his first reproductions have been selected for part of the
+Vatican's exhibit at the St. Louis exposition. It is supposed that
+M. Mario forgot to take proper precautions with his kitchen fire,
+which probably blazed up and ignited some nearby hangings.
+
+The entire museum of inscriptions, the rooms of Father Earl,
+part of the library and the printing houses were entirely flooded
+with water.
+
+It is impossible to reach even an approximate idea of the extent
+of damage. Many articles were saved, including some ancient
+and very valuable arms which were recently moved to the
+library from the Borgia apartment in order to make room for the
+new residence of the papal secretary of state.
+
+Many things that escaped the flames were injured by water,
+especially the precious private library of Pope Leo.
+
+The above clipping verifies the reading of the King's cup.
+
+
+CHAPTER V.
+
+THE ACQUISITIVE ADEPT.
+
+BY A BRIGHT GIRL OF SEVENTEEN.
+
+Dear lady, this is not as I should like to promise. You have
+suffered deeply. Here are dark caverns, crosses, confusion and
+wavy, broken and crooked lines. No good luck to be foretold.
+So it appears on the surface. You are overcast by sorrow and
+losses, with death to many present hopes. As holding up the
+cup, gravestones, tears--heart-tears--seems an ill-omened cup,
+yet no one need to be discouraged.
+
+I can now reveal to you, even in this conclusive reading, one
+fair remaining sky-scene, with a little sun-burst, and a distant
+square. Examine, also, below the tangled rubbish. See you the
+head of the little anchor, like some friend in need. Trust still in
+the good, and such will come to you.
+
+Let no one say they are doomed. This lady is well along in
+years, therefore, this one fair spot of sky-scene is large enough
+to fill in the remaining periods with joy and hope. I am not
+content to skim over the mere surface. Helpful revelations need
+the deeper, mental searchlight.
+
+By turning this cup from left to right, the symbols shadow forth
+a peaceful old age, up near the sky-light and the evening star.
+The dots, with little rings--some kindly aid until the close, with
+loving, retrospective hope in the final All Good.
+
+I feel your deep enthusiasms, my friend. God's blessings on
+you, dear child. You thrill my soul with expectant gladness.
+
+It proved that a benevolent Boston family opened their
+hospitable doors to this lovely old lady amid her deepest
+dilemmas. Also, a small inheritance came to this star-lit dome
+of her declining life's protection.
+
+A WOMAN'S WINNING CARD.
+
+A woman's winning card is cheerfulness.
+
+She may be capable of countless self-sacrifices, infinite
+tenderness and endless resources of wisdom, but if she cloaks
+these very excellent possessions under a garb of melancholy she
+may almost as well not have them, so far as the ordinary world
+is concerned.
+
+
+CHAPTER VI.
+
+THREE COQUETTES.
+
+THE FICKLE TRIO--SOCIAL WHIRLWINDS.
+
+You say, "Tell us all you see." Young ladies, there is a
+mixed-up state of affairs, yet one must use good judgment, so
+steady your minds for correct appreciation of the kindness of your
+near associates and friends. These Fourths of July mental
+pyrotechnics are not safe playthings, my dear young friends.
+Here are outlined so many love gifts, with pleasures too
+short-lived. You are pain-giving iconoclasts.
+
+Heart-breakers, said the three, laughing.
+
+You have spoken correctly, for here are broken, also incomplete
+circles and squares. These imperfect lines so near the life
+symbols _key and wish_ with shattered urns and crushed flowers.
+Ah! and here are some blighted trees! This is both the spring
+time of your lives as of the seasons, so have care for the sad
+heart tears you cause and will reap. Lives are oft thus crushed.
+You are acting your funny parts as now you think.
+
+"Know thyself," young man. Trifle not with the happy, little
+blonde lady, whose widowed mother passes sleepless nights
+thinking of her two pretty daughters. Neither be too attentive to
+the young matron, whose master carries the dagger by his side.
+L. and H. seem not good letters of names nor localities for you.
+Yet, you possess some fine mental gifts. Good books are near.
+
+You girls will soon drift apart by a stolen letter and some dark
+cloud of distrust, though you will need each other. See you the
+separate roads, with the harsh wind blowing the leafless
+branches of the trees? and yet near by shines the beautiful
+meadow, just beyond your present thoughts. Strive to cultivate
+more of the duties of needed practical life and hopes. These
+high thought signs will not serve you, when life's autumn
+comes.
+
+Now listen, little Brunette. Accept the old love in about two
+years. He will return to you from a distance. You smile, yet you
+will not wed with any one now associated. Do not, then, deceive
+him. He is keen of mind and heart. See, his sky is clear, and the
+ring of promise is in the light.
+
+Yes, we can now see these outlines. You are a psychologist.
+You make us see them, as you desire, young man. Note you
+their forthcoming. I cannot impel these realities. Emma is the
+good name of your best friend, young man. She loves you
+thoughtfully. Cultivate her rare graces. The mirror is clear that
+is near her home. The birds sing and the children are joyful.
+Fine symbols. The home-garden, too, is beautiful. Let us trace
+the lines. The old, sick lady, inmate of the home will die in the
+Autumn. That will be a decisive change for that family. Do not
+allow them to pass out of your kindly care, if real friends you
+would possess. Lives can be strangely made or unmade oft
+times. One must be wise in order to be happy. These pitchers,
+with stout handles, as here seen, signify some lucky circumstances.
+The supposed wealth of this globe-trotting, dark clothed lady
+friend is to have a big fall. See the objects! The trunks are all
+upset and she is in ill temper and very self-willed. See the head?
+A mule is near her.
+
+How curiously you read some of these things. I shall note them
+more fully, though you do not compliment us three at all. Are
+we, then, so soulless in our innocent pleasures? Pray, tell.
+
+I but delineate some truths as your benefactor, and as I am given
+them for each. You all love popularity and excitement.
+
+Oh, yes, things appear true in part, as to a few simple things, yet
+it is very pleasant to hear you read these fanciful figures. I know
+the lady Emma, also the worrysome, aged, sick woman. I expect
+an upset at her death, yet we hope for good results, though you
+promise me irritating labors by this looked-for change.
+
+How amusing this big frog, the magician or joker, as you term
+him. I did not know the tad-pole was so gifted.
+
+Some months later proves the death, and several of the stated
+events more than verified. With the young folks asking eager
+questions, the clouds had gathered. The lame man came into
+view. The good time not yet. Confusion and discord revealing
+some added cares as threaded together by the symbols as
+previously shown, and from the note-book of the young man.
+The hated lame man of letters having rudely flustrated the game
+of their lives, yet he was just, though believed to be the cruel
+enemy, from the broken, wavy lines and cutting things about
+him, then facing towards them. Mental reason, or impressment
+plying its parts as touching these mingled, and confusion
+atmospheres, proving that all things affect us, consciously or
+otherwise, relating to life.
+
+These intricate and wonderful relationships--these cosmic laws--
+bind all mankind together for better or, more often, for
+needless sorrow and trials. Yet here was some good side to
+these life-lines, for their own choosing, had each been more
+unselfish and just. Are we, then, arbiters of our own fate? It is
+still an open question to many, though there is a time for all
+things.
+
+LET US NOT BE FATALISTS.
+
+We must seize the handle of the subject, when the door is
+waiting to open. Each association makes some conditions, brief
+or life-long. We are not bound to be enslaved forever, though
+nothing pays but justice, kindness, patience and useful duty, if
+peace we would enjoy here or hereafter.
+
+IN THE CHRIST SPIRIT.
+
+There is at least one good, guardian angel ever ready to aid in
+each life, my dear young friends. One of these ladies did marry
+that mentioned first love after many sad disappointments, with
+little intrigues, as afterward she said: "Be neither too fickle, too
+self-opinionated, nor too _submissive_. Be something useful.
+Learn to reason with head, heart and soul." The young man is
+still plodding on in pessimism. This best friend Emma is still
+alone, yet working out some of the noble purposes of her
+helpful, progressive life, knowing that "her own will surely
+come to her" some good time, and that this brief school-life is
+not the end of anything nobly sought for. Simulating big things
+allowed the young man to belittle many noble facts in nature,
+thus stunting his manly growth, and overgrowing this chilling
+pessimism with smart retorts.
+
+One really desiring to aid humanity can become inspired into
+consistent kindness, well centered in the lines of forecast, as
+also in the cup reading pleasure. So observe the figures, point
+them out, summing up as these gems of thought come to life.
+One too lazy or disobliging cannot grow these many latent
+powers. These are as yet but dimly apprehended. All persons
+possess some special gift. God meant it so, and that we give
+hope and joy in all honest ways. So try your gift in this
+mingling of your aspirations for lofty expressions, which
+transmit pleasing convictions, strange as at first these may
+appear. Each soul, as reading or listening, creates an atmosphere
+of either flippancy, depression, courage, trust, or some vital
+power.
+
+Some persons there are, who make us feel happy and well by
+simply looking at us, or thinking of us, with that subtle power
+that cures one of melancholia, discouragement, or irritability.
+Writing a letter with a soul is good. You know there is the soul
+of things, a fact in nature. I know of many cases, on turning
+backward in memory's pages. One special one of a dear musical
+friend, who became very ill from over-work, with nervous
+headache and sick stomach, so that all hope of an expected
+musical evening had to be abandoned, as she took her bed in
+disgust, with sore disappointment. About an hour later, not
+entirely unexpected, there called at her home a beloved brother,
+whose melodious voice in song proved to the lady better than
+any medicine, as he quietly sat down to the piano to sing that
+sweetly pathetic song:
+
+     "Only waiting till the shadows
+     Have a little longer grown."
+
+Hark? said the sick lady quickly sitting up at hearing the first
+notes. Oh, that is my dear brother, Peter--his name signifieth
+Lord. Please aid me to dress. I am really better, I am, indeed, do
+not fear. I must go down to hear him sing. His charming voice
+has lifted me into strength. I will take the tea. Though very pale,
+she entertained that evening, and even sang, until midnight. Not
+one of the party at that time was a Christian Science believer
+either.
+
+We are only in the kindergarten of life. Some time we shall all
+possess the high art of selecting our friends and our life
+companions, my dear, eager, anxious inquirers. We have power
+in ourselves to grow. This was simply an unadulterated fact,
+proving the power of mind, soul and spirit on itself from the
+stimulus of the brother; there being also very much efficacy in
+the harmony of tones as well as of personality. I wish more
+persons could be conscious of the power of the voice on the
+actions of all we come in contact with. We are now touching but
+slightly on the esoteric, as carnal desires are yet in full evidence.
+
+I have now in mind a sensitive lad of fourteen, who, after
+four trying years ran away from a really good home and a
+step-mother, because of her harsh tones. Though a good woman, his
+soul-life seemed to suffer.
+
+"The way she says things," said he, "is awful to something in
+me, so that I want to fight. I can't help but shiver. Oh, I don't
+know what it is. I want to be good. I know she does some nice
+things."
+
+Though the young philosopher chose for himself a severe
+taskmaster, with plenty of added work, yet, with some special
+kindliness in trustful tones that proved part-pay, some needed,
+minor chord was touched in the soul-life of the lad, that gave
+him hope in himself and in his future, which proved very true.
+He has long been a kind and useful citizen, in precepts for the
+young, and an object lesson to many. A practical, reasoning
+benefactor of the race, as was the kindly Charles Dickens in the
+interest of child-life. So let us work. These times are infinitely
+larger, broader, and more full of promise to the world.
+
+Our musical friend has left the shadows that were then
+gathering about her life. Gone into the more perfect light and
+life of her true inheritance, with God the loving parent of all
+human and divine joys.
+
+
+CHAPTER VII.
+
+SUPERSTITION.
+
+Do not hold to cowardice nor fear of death. The mad bull with
+the spade stands near by. Look into this strange cup of figures
+and graves. Some recent death and gloom has somehow filled
+your mind with renewed horror. You have also felt that you are
+about to die. Not a comfortable thought, madam, to be snuffed
+out of all earthly hopes! Abandon your cringing fears. Dread
+nothing. You must gain mastery over these crude forebodings,
+or you will be seriously handicapped. Most discouraging is fear.
+The spirit of conscious life cannot be annihilated. Man is
+immortal. We should not doubt the word of God nor His prophecies.
+
+Towers, trees, and large scenes are in evidence to aid you into a
+larger life career.
+
+See you now the rubbish by the grave! enough to hopelessly
+entangle you. See the many wild animals in your path near the
+dung heap. Again the tears and the fears. You do not stand
+erect. Your ideas of the after-life seem to belie your professed
+creeds. One of your sincere friends and true helpers requests my
+candid service in your behalf as noting your vibrations. Thank
+you.
+
+I will now proceed further with your sanction. Listen well: You
+belong to a class who would send dinamic heart-beats to disturb
+your entire bodily system on the subject of death. Were it a
+necessity to perform even some slight operation, your death in
+this state might easily ensue from very fear.
+
+Madam, how is one to overcome nature? I do not brag on my
+heroism as others do. I do fear death, the devil and his imps. I
+have often dreamed of him as pursuing me. There must be
+something to it, as my father believed likewise. I want the good
+time of life here. We don't know of the hereafter as promised.
+
+Young man, your birth-right, your reason and education are at
+fault, if nineteen years of life's action has brought you no
+solace. You are not in life's true logic, nor is the profession of
+law well chosen for you by your relatives, neither is the
+ministry.
+
+You now think you are in love with a good young girl. How
+will you comfort her when sorrows come to you? She, too, fears
+death and pain beyond the ordinary. A pair of simple young
+folks, indeed, both of you.
+
+See, in this last cup the flame of destruction has come. You
+have both lost your heads. Death and loss have invaded the
+home. Everything is scattered about. No reason nor care
+remains. Indecision, crosses, and breaks are in promise. The
+good symbols are yet distant, though inviting you to their ample
+folds. You need first to be whipped into life's truer graces, as oft
+we are. Your parents were weak, sympathetic and selfish.
+
+There were five of you in family. The figure in first cup was
+correct, though not an old man there, that is three years past!
+and the one-armed man! that was long ago, too. Yes, but his
+letters yet lie near your family thoughts. Do not lose them, there
+is value attached. Yet there are imprisoned minds who do not
+know their real possessions. Now, these bars and unformed
+circles bespeak it. Behold the light on the obscure desk in the
+old square.
+
+Oh yes, he was cheated out of his rights, years ago, yet father
+keeps the letters. There is nothing in them now.
+
+Yes there is, several years hence, by the death of a child and a
+lost woman from near an ocean city. News sudden will come to
+you. Let your fancy concentrate a little on these letters.
+
+How peculiar! There was one who died by water, that was a
+family connection.
+
+You have now had three readings. Hold your true texts in mind.
+Fear nothing but injustice. You will be tested. You will yet love
+the ocean, even the lightning's fierce flashes, though after
+sudden peril and loss you will make acquaintance with your
+higher self--not be so selfish nor material. Eight years of strange
+wanderings with indecision and betrayal by a false black hand,
+as shown you. Several gravestones and some sickness. After
+these experiences you will awaken from some of life's medley
+of dreams and fears. You will then meet a strong, true woman,
+who will dominate much of your nobler, latent life, and aid you
+into position, if you do not mar your life's course in about three
+years. Your hand reads likewise. In this last cup of yours are
+spears and weeds, with knives and hidden crosses. Your dangers,
+as here read, are very many.
+
+There are so many small lives filled with idleness, though some
+useful objects could oft be reached. Yours is largely among
+these. Yet I am pleased to state you could yet become a fine
+mind and life trainer by the age of forty, if wise enough to select
+your true helpers--good books. No one can work effectively
+alone. My mind has traveled with you up to these years, viewed
+the field of resource and its possibilities. You should win two
+helpful friends.
+
+Only one comprehensive life-course reading has shown this
+entire evening. We do not gain the high art of holding the good
+which we gain, so profligate are we. Then we like to blame our
+friends or the fates for our poor judgment and our obtuseness.
+Until we begin to work as though we belong to and believe in
+an immortal life, as an inheritance, the great human family
+cannot enjoy that useful cohesion that belongs to mankind as
+God designed life's distributives--our higher attributes.
+
+Again, shun the man with the fire-arms and bottles. Behold the
+weapons. The dark pit lies near him with many cross-bars,
+cages and clouds. An evil combination--_imprisonment_, though
+your sunlight has only been dimmed. If so, your will, patient
+labor and strong desire can yet win for you. The flag of
+victory is now so limp. This fear of kindly death or hell is the
+enemy of mankind. Do not again thus cringe to this fair angel of
+life to all men eventually. You can live to old age and follow
+streams, fishing as pastime. This old man symbolizes your dear
+self now calmed in mind--not so dead as in youth. So, hold
+your true texts for ready action, and become a brave man to
+enjoy the true life here promised to you.
+
+If we have stimulated in any heart some lofty resolves, which
+will unfold their fragrance for other lives, we are then well
+repaid, as trusting in the Infinite All Good.
+
+A pilgrim on the path.
+
+CLARA.
+
+[Illustration: calligraphy flourish 3]
+
+
+CUPOLOGY.
+
+_Significance similar to Psychic Readings, Clairvoyant
+Symbols, or Dreams_.
+
+If high up in the cup--Early consummation.
+
+If chained to the bottom--Delayed desires.
+
+Uncle Sam--American matters. Statesmanship--Waving flags;
+Hopeful signs.
+
+Arm--Proffered aid
+Accordion--Primitive talent
+Apples--Health, Knowledge
+Atlas--Sight, Seeing
+Bats--Moral blindness
+Bees--Thrift
+Bed--Illness or need of rest
+Birds--News, Singing, Joys
+Bridge--Some event in life
+Broom--Industry
+Bread--To be sated
+Cooks--Learning
+Cake--Luxury
+Cats--Jealousies
+Children--Good omen
+Cavern--Near danger
+Circles--Fine realizations
+Cow--Good nutriment
+Crescent--Love token
+Cattle--Thrift
+Children at play--Universal good
+Crosses--Some trials
+Chair--To preside
+Chicks--Cares
+Chickens--Gains
+Crowing Cock--Ambitious, Victory
+Crows--Intrigues
+Ditch--Dangers ahead
+Dogs--Friends
+Door--Some opening
+Dots--Letters, Papers, News
+Ears--Listen well
+Elephant--Some imposition
+Eggs--Gains
+Eyes--To observe
+Feet--Traveler
+Feet, bare--Poverty
+Fish--Money, Gains
+Fish, headless--Losses
+Flowers--Joy, Pleasure
+Floods--Sickness, Sorrow
+Fountain--Public benefit
+Fruit--Health
+Forests--Nature loving
+Fox--Cunning
+Hearts--Artistic love of Unity, Friends, Home
+Hand--Friendship
+Horse--Much news, Friend
+Horse, vicious--Angry friend
+Houses--Home building
+Jewel-Box--Wealth
+Jumping--Vitativeness
+Lock and Keys--To be put in trust
+Lion--Moral courage
+Ledger--In accounts
+Lighted Lamp--Great success
+Lock--A secret
+Moon--Honors
+Monkeys--Evolution--Darwin
+Medals--Diplomas
+News-Boys--Public excitement
+Nuts--Problems
+Oxen--Patient toil
+Palms--Restful victory
+Palm-Trees--Tropical scenes
+Park--Benevolence
+Platform--Oration
+Pitcher--To receive
+Public seats--People's joy
+Quills--Old parchments
+Rats--Thieving
+Ring--Contract
+ Near heart, Wedding
+ With child or flowers, Bliss
+Road--An outlook
+Rabbit--Timidity, Cowardice
+Rainbow--Sublime promise
+Saw or Scissors--Vexations
+Scales--Love of justice
+Star--Hope, Promise
+Squares--Realizations
+Sunlight--Vital life, Health
+Ships--Commerce
+Sinking Ships--Perils and loss
+Spring--Wisdom, Peace
+Snake--Enmity, Lies
+Staff--Aid
+Sofa--Social or Courtship
+Spiders, or--
+Scorpions--Illness, Venom
+Sky-scenes--Sublimity and Peace
+Tiger--Onslaught
+Tall Shaft--Illustrious dead
+Table Set--Feasting
+Trees--Lofty thoughts
+Tower--Strength
+Urns--Veneration, Retrospection
+Wells--Wisdom and drawing forth good
+Wheat--Plenty
+Whirlwind--Distraction
+Wavy lines--Vexations
+Weeds--Petty trials
+Window--In a new light
+Monks, Nuns, Priests or Ministers--betoken sectarian controversies
+Scattered objects--Lack of harmony and no propitious time for action
+
+Keep the mind well centered in reading. Thus only will the
+transmitting powers of soul expand the descriptive faculties.
+
+[Illustration: calligraphy flourish 4]
+
+
+     GIRLHOOD.
+
+     [AMELIA E. BARR.]
+
+     An exquisite incompleteness,
+     The theme of a song unset;
+     A waft in the shuttle of life;
+     A bud with the dew still wet;
+     The dawn of a day uncertain;
+     The delicate bloom of fruit;
+     The plant with some leaves unfolded,
+     The rest asleep at the root.
+
+
+POPULAR TOASTS.
+
+[Illustration: American flag]
+
+_Our Flag:_ The beautiful banner that represents the precious
+_mettle_ of America.
+
+
+     OUR COUNTRY'S EMBLEM.
+
+     The Lily of France may fade,
+          The Thistle and Shamrock wither,
+     The Oak of England may decay,
+          But the Stars shine on forever.
+
+          * * *
+
+     The standard of Freedom floats proudly on high,
+          It's the bright waving Banner of Light,
+     Fair symbol of Liberty born of the sky,
+          True emblem of Union and Might.
+
+
+WEBSTER'S MOTTO.
+
+Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
+
+
+     SHIP OF STATE.
+
+     Nail to the mast her holy flag;
+          Set every threadbare sail;
+     And give her to the God of Storms,
+          The lightning and the gale.
+
+
+     A TOAST TO OUR NATIVE LAND.
+
+     Huge and alert, irascible yet strong,
+     We make our fitful way 'mid right and wrong.
+     One time we pour out millions to be free,
+     Then rashly sweep an Empire from the Sea!
+     One time we pull the shackles from the slaves,
+     And then, quiescent, we are ruled by knaves,
+     Often we rudely break restraining bars,
+     And confidentially reach out toward the stars.
+     Yet under all there flows a hidden stream,
+     Sprung from the Rock of Freedom, the great dream
+     Of Washington and Franklin, men of old,
+     Who knew that freedom is not bought with gold;
+     This Land we love, our heritage,
+     Strange mixture of the gross and fine, yet sage
+     And full of promise,--destined to be great,
+     Drink to Our Native Land--God bless the State!
+               --_Robert Bridges in the Atlantic_.
+
+          * * *
+
+     Here's to the man who loves his wife,
+          And loves his wife alone,
+     For many a man loves another man's wife,
+          When he ought to be loving his own.
+
+
+TOAST TO THE HORSE.
+
+Dr. Kane, President of the New York Drivers' Association, at a
+public dinner recently delivered the following toast to the horse:
+
+"That bundle of sentient nerves, with the heart of a woman, the
+eye of a gazelle, the courage of a gladiator, the docility of a
+slave, the proud courage of a king, and the blind obedience of a
+good soldier. The companion of the desert and the plain; that
+turns the moist furrow in the spring in order that all the world
+may have abundant harvests; that furnishes the sport of Kings;
+that with blazing eye and distended nostril, fearlessly leads our
+greatest Generals through carnage and the smoke of battle to
+glory and renown; whose blood forms one of the ingredients
+that go to make the ink in which all history is written, and that
+finally, mutely and sadly, in black trappings, pulls the humblest
+of us all to the newly sodded threshold of eternity."
+
+
+OUR ABSENT FRIENDS.
+
+Although out of sight we recognize them with our glasses.
+
+
+     FALSE FRIENDS.
+
+     Here's champagne for our real friends,
+     And real pain for our sham friends.
+
+
+OUR INCOMES.
+
+May we have heads to earn and hearts to spend.
+
+Here's wishing us all more friends and less heed of them.
+
+May we ever be able to serve a friend, and noble enough to
+conceal it.
+
+
+     THE SPHERE OF WOMAN.
+
+     They talk about a woman's sphere as though it had a limit;
+     There's not a place in earth or heaven,
+     There's not a task to mankind given,
+     There's not a blessing or a woe,
+     There's not a whispered yes or no,
+     There's not a life, or death, or birth,
+     That has a feather's weight of worth--
+          Without a woman in it.
+
+          * * *
+
+     Here's to the friends we class as old,
+          And here's to those we class as new,
+     May the new soon grow; to us old,
+          And the old ne'er grow to us new.
+
+
+A FEW TOASTS.
+
+Woman. She needs no eulogy--she speaks for herself.
+
+May we have the unspeakable good fortune to win a true heart,
+and the merit to keep it.
+
+May we never murmur without cause and never have cause to
+murmur.
+
+Woman. The fairest work of the great Author; the edition is
+large and no man should be without a copy.
+
+     Happy are we met, happy have we been,
+     Happy may we part, and happy meet again.
+
+     May Satan cut the toes of all our foes,
+     That we may know them by their limping.
+
+The man we love--he who thinks the most good and speaks the
+least ill of his neighbors.
+
+          * * *
+
+          Our National birds--
+     The American eagle, the Thanksgiving turkey.
+     May the one give us peace in all our States--
+     And the other a piece for all our plates.
+
+          * * *
+
+     Here's to the girls of the American shore,
+     I love but one, I love no more,
+     Since she's not here to drink her part,
+     I'll drink her share with all my heart.
+
+     A little health, a little wealth,
+     A little house and freedom,
+     With some few friends for certain ends,
+     But little cause to need 'em.
+
+          * * *
+
+Col. Lovell H. Jerome, who resigned as second lieutenant
+Second United States Cavalry, in 1879, and now repels the
+invading smuggler in New York City, brought a new toast to the
+Hoffman House bar recently:
+
+     To the ladies,
+     Our arms your defense,
+     Your arms our recompense,
+          Fall in!
+               --_New York Sun_.
+
+
+THREE GREAT COMMANDERS.
+
+May we always be under the orders of General Peace, General
+Plenty and General Prosperity.
+
+We now toast the superb Electric Flag of the people with every
+honorable Elk who has beautified and made memorable these
+pleasures of the Queen City.--_Cincinnati, July, 1904_.
+
+          * * *
+
+     Though there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip,
+          Yet, while o'er the brim of life's breaker I dip,
+     While there's life in the lip, while there's warmth in the wine,
+          One deep health I'll pledge, and that health shall be thine.
+               --_Owen Meredith_.
+
+
+A HINT ON ENTERTAINING.
+
+"The most successful social functions are those managed by a
+host and hostess," says a society scribe, "not by either alone.
+Leave a man to make up a party and he is sure to forget that
+Mrs. B. was engaged to C. before she married D., and that Mrs.
+C. is aware of the fact, and that the D.s and E.s have long been
+at daggers drawn, and he will have no eyes to detect the designs
+of Mrs. H. On the other hand, a woman gets nervous and fatigued
+with the constant effort to keep the ball rolling, and fails
+just where a man would succeed. What is wanted is a division
+of labor, and if this were done oftener there would be less
+disappointment on the part of entertainers and entertained."
+
+
+LOOK AT YOUR CUP.
+
+A cup of coffee, farmers assert, makes a pretty accurate
+barometer:
+
+"To make a barometer out of a cup of coffee," a farmer said,
+"you must use loaf sugar. You drop a lump of this sugar exactly
+into the middle of your cup, and then watch the bubbles rise. It
+is by these bubbles that your prognostications are made.
+
+"If the bubbles rise straight up in the middle, remaining there in
+a cluster till they disappear, the weather is to be fair; if they rise
+at the sides of the cup, adhering to the china, the weather will be
+rainy. If they rise all over the coffee's surface, and move here
+and there erratically, changeable conditions are to be looked
+for."
+
+
+ENTERTAINMENT SUGGESTION.
+
+Here are some ideas for an entertainment, which is said to be
+both amusing and instructive, as it makes one think, and the
+time put into anything that makes men or women think is never
+lost. Have an art gallery and invite your friends to it. Each
+person is supplied with a catalogue and must pay a forfeit for
+every piece of art he fails to find. Here is a sample of the
+catalogue:
+
+1. The Bell of the Season. (A dinner bell.)
+2. Saved. (A bank containing a few pennies.)
+3. An Absorbing Subject. (A sponge.)
+4. A Drawing Subject. (A crayon.)
+5. The Skipper's Home. (Cheese.)
+6. A Young Man's Horror. (The mitten.)
+7. The Light of Other Days. (A candle.)
+8. Tears, Idle Tears. (An onion.)
+9. Can't be Beat. (A turnip.)
+10. The Four Seasons. (Salt, pepper, vinegar and mustard.)
+11. A Regular Bore. (A gimlet.)
+12. Family Jars. (Mason's fruit jars in three sizes.)
+13. True to the Core. (An apple.)
+14. A Prison Scene. (A mouse in a trap.)
+15. A Switchtender. (A hairpin.)
+16. A Bunch of Dates. (A calendar.)
+
+Of course, no one speaks in the art room.
+
+Every guest fills in what names he can, hoping that his friends
+will miss many more than he does. Have ten or more "pieces of
+art" than are on the catalogue. This is to mystify a little.
+
+
+HAVE A PEANUT?
+
+An original young woman of Lamar has invented a new kind of
+social diversion. It is the "progressive peanut party." Four
+guests are seated about each table, and on the table is placed a
+crock full of peanuts. Each guest is provided with a hatpin, and
+when the word is given all begin jabbing for peanuts. The
+quartet that empties its crock first wins the game, and then the
+sets of players change. It is needless to say that the peanut party
+is strictly a "hen" function. A man couldn't jab a crockful of
+peanuts with a hatpin in a week, but the young women of Lamar
+played thirty games in a single afternoon.--_Kansas City Journal_.
+
+
+WHAT THE EYES TELL.
+
+The color of the eyes has hitherto chiefly concerned the novelist
+and the poet, but lately the cold-blooded statistician has been
+looking into them. It is announced that, taking the average of
+Europe and America, 44.6 per cent of men have light eyes,
+including blue and gray. The proportion of women having blue
+or gray eyes is 32.2 per cent. In other words, blue eyes are
+decidedly rarer among women than among men, says the _London Express_.
+
+Men have light eyes oftener than women, but in the intermediate
+shades between light and dark the percentage of the two sexes
+is very nearly the same.
+
+In this intermediate category are brown and hazel eyes. The
+percentage of these among men is 43.1, and among women 45.1.
+
+The percentage of black eyes is larger among women than
+among men, being 20.7 per cent for the women, while among
+men it is 12.3.
+
+Blue eyes are considered to possess great attractions. This was
+the case among the Greeks and Romans of classic times. Upon
+the Goddess of Minerva was bestowed a surname to signify the
+blueness of her eyes.
+
+Gray eyes have ever been the ideal of all great novelists; among
+the number Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Wilkie Collins and
+Charles Reade. Most of the heroines in up-to-date fiction are
+gray-eyed maidens.
+
+Of the living great, as well as the famous dead, most have eyes
+of gray blue.
+
+Shakespeare had eyes of gray; so had nearly all the English
+poets. Coleridge's eyes were large, light gray, prominent and of
+liquid brilliancy. Byron's eyes were gray, fringed with long
+black lashes.
+
+Charles Lamb's glittering eyes were strangely dissimilar in
+color, one being hazel, the other having specks of gray in the
+iris. Chatterton's brilliant gray eyes were his most remarkable
+features. Under strong excitement one appeared brighter and
+larger than the other.
+
+As to green eyes they are for glory. The Empress Catherine of
+Russia had eyes of this hue. In Don Quixote green eyes are thus
+referred to:
+
+"But, now I think on it, Sancho, thy description of her beauty
+was a little absurd in that particular of comparing her eyes to
+pearls. Sure, such eyes are more like those of a whiting or a
+seabeam than those of a fair lady, and in my opinion, Dulcinea's
+eyes are rather like two celestial emeralds, railed in with two
+celestial arches, which signify her eyebrows. Therefore, Sancho,
+you had better take your pearls from her eyes and apply them to
+her teeth." Green eyes are not popular, however. Cervantes
+spoke of them as "verdant emeralds," that more usually they are
+likened to the optics of the cat. Very few heroines have green
+eyes. Jane Eyre and Rose, in Robert Elsmere, are the only two
+we can think of at the moment.
+
+
+REVEALED BY THE THUMB.
+
+The thumb is a great tell-tale where character is concerned.
+If nose, eyes and mouth decline to reveal the secrets or
+temperament, you need not be at a loss. Notice the hands, and
+especially the thumb of the person whom you are seeking to
+read.
+
+A broad and short thumb indicates lack of refinement. Taken in
+conjunction with stubby finger tips and a thick wrist, it indicates
+coarseness, even positive brutality.
+
+A tapering thumb gives notice of extreme delicacy of perception
+and refinement of character.
+
+A thumb of medium breadth indicates balance between the
+extremes mentioned, and denotes strength of character essential
+to success in life.
+
+If when in repose the thumb curls outward, its owner possesses
+a sound constitution, much vitality and cheerfulness.
+
+On the contrary, if the thumb naturally falls inward towards the
+palm, a melancholy, despondent disposition is denoted, also
+constitutional delicacy and lack of vitality.
+
+
+CHARACTERS IN FINGER NAILS.
+
+Broad nails denote a gentle natured person, inclined to be
+modest and unassuming.
+
+Narrow nails denote a studious but not very gentle nature, with
+a desire for scientific knowledge.
+
+White nails denote a fondness for society of opposite sex, not
+overstrong in health and subject to fevers.
+
+Round nails denote a desire for knowledge in general, apt to
+take great pride in own accomplishments, rather hasty, yet fairly
+good natured and forgiving.
+
+Long nails denote caution, lacking confidence in human nature,
+decided in opinion and strictly virtuous.
+
+Eyes are cold, enticing, sympathetic or affectionate. The mouth
+is kissable (as men say), cynical, cruel, sensuous or indifferent,
+and so with all the features.
+
+
+BEAUTY'S SEVEN NURSES.
+
+Beauty, it is said, has seven nurses, which, if given full charge,
+will make of the homeliest woman a picture of charm and
+loveliness.
+
+These magic seven are fresh air, sunshine, warmth, rest, sleep,
+food and whatever stirs the blood, be it exercise or enthusiasm.
+
+Be sure to get plenty of sleep. You can sleep yourself into good
+looks. A long nap and a hot bath will make any woman more
+attractive, and lift years from her shoulder.
+
+Don't be afraid of sunshine and fresh air. They offer you bloom
+and color. And deep breathing is surely the hand-maid of the
+fresh-air nurse. Deep breathing gives a fine figure as well as
+clear complexion.
+
+Don't sit down to table as soon as you come in from work, or a
+round of social duties. Lie down, or sit down, for ten minutes,
+waiting until you can partake of your dinner with the physical
+machinery rested and refreshed.
+
+Don't bathe in hard water. Soften it with a little powdered
+borax, or a handful of oatmeal.
+
+Don't bathe the face while it is very warm, or very cold.
+
+Don't wash the face when traveling, unless it is with a little
+alcohol and water, or a little cold cream.
+
+Don't attempt to remove dust with cold water. Give the face a
+hot bath with soap, and then rinse thoroughly with clear tepid or
+cold water.
+
+Don't rub the face with too coarse a towel. Treat it as you would
+the finest porcelain, tenderly and delicately.--_Philadelphia Telegraph_.
+
+
+TO DISCOVER A WOMAN'S AGE.
+
+Every man seems to be born with a desire to know the age of
+the ladies with whom he comes in contact, and women also
+appear to have an innate curiosity concerning the number of
+"summers" which have passed over the heads of their female
+friends. But there is nothing more difficult to discover than the
+exact age of a lady who wishes to keep the fact a secret.
+
+Now, here is a little scheme by which you can find out the age
+of any person.
+
+Having engaged that person in pleasant conversation, you
+proceed something after the following manner--speaking very
+innocently, of course:--
+
+"There is a very simple problem in arithmetic which very few
+people are able to see through, yet it is as easy as possible. I
+wonder if you can do it?"
+
+This sets the person on his dignity, and he or she wants to do it
+at once.
+
+Then you go on:
+
+"Think of a number corresponding to the numerical order of the
+month in which you were born. Oh, no, you need not tell me."
+
+(To make the explanation clear, we will assume that the figure
+is two--standing for February--and that the age is 30.)
+
+"Now, multiply that figure by 2," you continue, "and add 5.
+Done that? Well, multiply that by 50 and add your own age.--
+From the total subtract 365, and to the total add 115. Now, what
+figure have you got?"
+
+"230," replies the person addressed, "Isn't that correct?"
+
+"Exactly," you exclaim, "You are one of the very few persons
+who have managed it."
+
+And you turn away to hide your smile of satisfaction at having
+discovered that your victim was born in February and that he is
+thirty years of age. You have arrived at this result by separating
+the figures 230 into 2 (February) and 30. And you can do this
+with everybody's age. Try it on your sweetheart.--_Tit-Bit_.
+
+
+HOW HE MAY BE WON.
+
+Some men have been found courageous enough to express
+themselves on the subject, "How to win a man." Here are the
+requirements from a masculine point of view for winning a man
+worth having. The summer girl should cut this out and paste it
+on her mirror:
+
+Be natural, be extremely fastidious in choosing friends, in
+conversation, in manners, and in dress.
+
+Be neat, for the well-groomed woman, though plain, is more
+attractive than the slovenly beauty.
+
+Be cheerful and fun-loving, be kind, unselfish, sympathetic and
+affectionate.
+
+Be interested in everything that will improve your mind and
+broaden your views.
+
+Be orderly, systematic, and industrious, but do not waste time
+on non-essentials. Good reading is far better than useless fancy
+work.
+
+Be domestic and home-loving, secure as much knowledge as
+possible concerning house-hold affairs, and do not be ashamed
+to use it.
+
+Be athletic enough to keep in fine physical condition and just
+manly enough to be self-reliant and courageous, but not so
+independent as to forget for one moment that you are a woman.
+
+Cultivate a liking for children and old people, for you must
+remember that you have been the one and will be the other if
+you live long enough.
+
+Do not appear to be superior, even if you know that you are, one
+can easily be mistaken on this point.
+
+Do not be conceited or vain, do not be silly or gushing, or too
+eager.
+
+Do not be late and yet do not waste time in being too early;
+study repose of manner, it is so restful to tired nerves.
+
+Do not nag either before or after he is won; the "I told you so"
+has lost many a friend and lover.
+
+Be frank, and truthful and forgiving, and remember that
+forgetting must often go with forgiving. This, of course, is the
+ideal woman, but the standard is not too high for any girl to
+strive for.--_Philadelphia Telegraph_.
+
+
+DEW DROPS.
+
+Wisdom is the flower of experience.
+
+Hope is good, but hustle is better.
+
+Energy, however, usually follows encouragement.
+
+A soft answer sootheth, but a wise one shameth.
+
+The genius never regarded as a crank is yet to be born.
+
+Do as I say, not as I do: Preaching love with a jealous heart.
+
+To move through the world without the dissent of others: Be
+temperate and pay your debts.
+
+Happiness is not so difficult to obtain as to retain.
+
+Who will not work without pay should also be consistent
+enough to refuse pay without work.
+
+Heart and head are two masters who may be served by one
+hand.
+
+Human deification, permitted or self implied, is an offense
+against Deity.
+
+
+BIRTH STONES FOR LUCK.
+
+Do you want that mysterious thing that is called "good luck?"
+Of course you do. Then in some form or another you must
+always wear your birth stone. This is declared to be, by the
+superstitious, a true talisman against all the ills that flesh is heir
+to.
+
+Upon her finger in a handsome ring the very modern girl wears
+the stone that means good omen to her, and feels that she is
+secure from harm. If it is not in a little golden circlet upon her
+hand, then perchance she wears it at her throat, in one of the
+little dingle dangles that are so fashionable. But about her neck,
+in her fob, or bangle, the lass who wishes to cast a spell of good
+fortune about herself, somewhere wears the stone that is
+assigned to the month in which she first saw the light of day.
+
+In what month were you born? Do you know what is your birth
+stone? If you do not you better at once discover the stone and
+begin to wear it. That is, if you wish good luck, and what
+maiden ever lived who does not sigh for it.
+
+Here is a list of the gems, and the months to which they are
+assigned by those soothtellers who know all the signs for luck,
+good or ill: For January, garnet; February, amethyst; March,
+jasper; April, sapphire; May, chalcedony; June, emerald; July,
+onyx; August, carnelian; September, chrysolite; October,
+aquamarine; November, topaz; December, ruby.
+
+
+KRUGER'S UNLUCKY DIAMOND.
+
+When Kruger went to Europe he took with him a famous
+diamond, which was said to have brought misfortune and death
+to all its possessors. It had a strange history.
+
+The diamond originally belonged to Meshhesh, a Basuto chief,
+from whom it was extorted by T'Chaka, the Zulu King. T'Chaka's brother
+killed him and stole the stone. The brother came to grief and the
+gem passed into the possession of a Zulu chief, who soon afterward
+was assassinated. The natives say that no less than sixteen of the
+successive possessors of the diamond were either killed or driven
+out of the country for the sake of the gem.
+
+The diamond was then seen by white men who sought to possess it.
+A party of whites attacked the natives who had the stone in their
+possession, and a fierce fight ensued, in which 300 lives, mostly
+natives, were lost.
+
+Memela, a native chief, took the gem and concealed it in a
+wound which he had received in the battle. Afterward Memela
+was caught by the Boers and set to work as a slave. Kruger,
+hearing his story, released him, and in gratitude Memela gave
+the stone to his liberator. Some years passed, and then Kruger
+met his misfortune.
+
+Where the fatal diamond is now is not certain, though it is
+certain that the ex-President of the Transvaal parted with it.
+Some say that it is in the coffers of the Vatican, and some that it
+was sold to the Emperor of Austria, and is now among the
+crown jewels of Vienna.
+
+The stone is said to be 200 carats in weight, but is not perfect.--
+_Baltimore Sun_.
+
+
+STRANGE WILLS.
+
+There have not been many will makers more eccentric than Mr.
+MacCraig, the Scotch banker, whose last testament will shortly
+come under the consideration of the Edinburgh Court of Session.
+Mr. MacCraig it may be remembered left instructions in his
+will that gigantic statues of himself, his brothers and sisters,
+a round dozen in all, should be placed on the summit of a great
+tower he had commenced to build on Battery Hill, near Oban--each
+statue to cost not less than $5,000.
+
+          * * *
+
+A much more whimsical testator was a Mr. Sanborn, of Boston,
+who left $5,000 to Prof. Agassi, to have his skin converted into
+drum-heads and two of his bones into drumsticks, and the
+balance of his fortune to his friend, Mr. Simpson, on condition
+that on every 17th of June he should repair to the foot of Bunker
+Hill, and, as the sun rose, "beat on the drum the spirit stirring
+strain of Yankee Doodle."
+
+          * * *
+
+A Mr. Stow left a sum of money to an eminent King's counsel,
+"Wherewith to purchase a picture of a viper stinging his
+benefactor," as a perpetual warning against the sin of ingratitude.
+
+          * * *
+
+It was a rich English brewer who bequeathed $150,000 to his
+daughter on condition that on the birth of her first child she
+should forfeit $10,000 to a specified hospital, $20,000 on the
+birth of the second child, and so on by arithmetical progression
+until the $150,000 was exhausted.
+
+          * * *
+
+Sydney Dickenson left $300,000 to his widow, who appears to
+have given him a bad time during his life, on condition that she
+should spend two hours a day at his graveside, "in company
+with her sister, whom I know she hates worse than she does
+myself."
+
+
+LAUGHAGRAPHS.
+
+It is related of George Clark, the celebrated negro minstrel, that,
+being examined as a witness, he was severely interrogated by
+the attorney, who wished to break down his evidence. "You are
+in the negro minstrel business, I believe?" inquired the lawyer.
+"Yes, sir," was the prompt reply. "Isn't that rather a low
+calling?" demanded the lawyer. "I don't know but what it is,
+sir," replied the minstrel, "but it is so much better than my
+father's that I am rather proud of it." "What was your father's
+calling?" "He was a lawyer," replied Clark, in a tone of regret
+that put the audience in a roar. The lawyer let him alone.
+
+
+     THE MAN WHO CAN MAKE US LAUGH.
+
+     God bless the man who can make us laugh.
+          Who can make us forget for a time,
+     In the sparkling mirth of a paragraph,
+          Or a bit of ridiculous rime,
+     The burden of care that is carried each day,
+          The thoughts that awaken a sigh,
+     The sorrows that threaten to darken our way,
+          God bless the dear man say I.
+
+
+QUEER BLUNDERS.
+
+Illegible copy has caused innumerable amusing and not a few
+serious blunders in print. A speaker quoted these lines:
+
+     O, come, thou goddess fair and free,
+     In heaven yclept Euphrosyne.
+
+They were printed as written:
+
+     O, come, thou goddess fair and free,
+     In heaven she crept and froze her knee.
+
+The reporter was following sound. Here is another illustration:
+
+     Those lovely eyes bedimmed,
+     Those lovely eyes be dammed.
+
+A Congressman advocated grants of public land to "actual
+settlers." It got in the paper as "cattle stealers." A reporter tried
+to write that "the jury disagreed and were discharged," but the
+compositor set it up "the jury disappeared and were disgraced."
+The last words in a poorly written sentence, "Alone and
+isolated, man would become impotent and perish," were set up
+as "impatient and peevish."
+
+
+A MYSTERIOUS TELEGRAM.
+
+A certain church society in Vermont resolved on a Christmas
+festival, and determined to have a scripture motto, handsomely
+illuminated, in a space back of the pulpit. One of the deacons,
+who had business in Boston, took with him the proposed motto
+and the measure of the space to be occupied by it, but unfortunately
+lost the memorandum. He therefore sent this telegram to his wife
+in Vermont. "Send motto and space." She promptly complied,
+but the Boston telegraph girl fell off her chair in a faint
+when she read off the message, "Unto us a child is born four
+feet wide and eight feet long." The deacon, however, thought
+it nothing uncommon.
+
+          * * *
+
+Mistress: Did the fisherman who stopped here this morning
+have frog legs?
+
+Nora: Sure, mum, I dinnaw. He wore pants.--_Cornell Widow_.
+
+          * * *
+
+"Goodness," exclaimed the nervous visitor "what vulgar little
+hoodlums those noisy boy are out there in the street!"
+
+"I can't see them," said the hostess, "I'm rather near-sighted, you
+know."
+
+"But surely you can hear how they're shouting and carrying on."
+
+"Yes, but I can't tell whether they're my children or the
+neighbors."--_Philadelphia Press_.
+
+
+FORTUNE.
+
+A divinity of fools, a helper to the wise.
+
+
+DEAD EASY.
+
+Funnicus--It's a queer thing, but all the men employed at the
+cemetery are historical characters.
+
+Dullwum--How do you make that out?
+
+Fennicus--They're mound builders, aren't they?
+
+
+A BAD SPELL OF WEATHER.
+
+Dear Paw--I am having a luvly time, so do not expeck me home
+ontill next week. All are well and send luv. The wethur is brite
+and fare. Yure sun, WILL.
+
+
+FOR AN EVENING GAME.
+
+At a club social the hostess proposed a game of "sobriquets,"
+offering a prize for the one who would identify the largest
+number of the assumed names.
+
+She gave to each one a slip of paper on which were typewritten
+the assumed names of numerous persons, mostly writers, and at
+a signal allowed them twenty minutes in which to write the
+correct names opposite. A few illustrations are here given, but
+others may be added:
+
+1 Currer Bell -- Charlotte Bronte
+2 Mark Twain -- Samuel Clemens
+3 Uncle Remus -- Joel Chandler Harris
+4 Boz -- Charles Dickens
+5 Bard of Avon -- Shakespeare
+6 Peasant Bard -- Robert Burns
+7 Poet of Nature -- Wordsworth
+8 Immortal Dreamer -- Bunyon
+9 The Traitor -- Benedict Arnold
+10 Little Corporal -- Napoleon Bonaparte
+11 Mr. Dooley -- Peter Dunne
+12 Oliver Optic -- William T. Adams
+13 Gail Hamilton -- Mary A. Dodge
+14 Grand Old Man -- Gladstone
+15 Poor Richard -- Benjamin Franklin
+16 Swedish Nightingale -- Jennie Lind
+17 Brother Jonathan -- Jonathan Trumbull
+18 Father Endeavor -- Francis Clark
+19 Tippecanoe -- General Harrison
+20 George Sand -- Mme. Dudevant
+21 Ian Maclaren -- John Watson
+22 Timothy Titcomb -- J. G. Holland
+23 Ik Marvel -- Donald G. Mitchell
+24 Mrs. Partington -- B. P. Shillaber
+25 The Learned Blacksmith -- Elihu Burritt
+26 Peter Parley -- Samuel G. Goodrich
+27 Autocrat of the Breakfast Table -- Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
+28 Uncle Sam -- United States
+
+
+SOMETHING TO REMEMBER.
+RULERS, PRESIDENTS AND MINISTERS WHO HAVE BEEN SLAIN OR ATTACKED
+WITHIN THE CENTURY.
+
+Napoleon I, attempted, December 24, 1800.
+Paul, Czar of Russia, March 24, 1801.
+Spencer Perceval, Premier of England, May 11, 1812.
+George IV, attempted, January 28, 1817.
+Andrew Jackson, President United States, attempted January 30, 1835.
+Louis Philippe, of France, many attempts, from 1835 to 1846.
+Frederick William, of Prussia, attempt, May 22, 1850.
+Francis Joseph, of Austria, February 18, 1853.
+Ferdinand, Charles III, Duke of Parma, March 27, 1854.
+Isabella II, of Spain, three attempts, from 1847 to 1856.
+Napoleon III, three attempts, from 1855 to 1858.
+Daniel, Prince of Montenegro, August 13, 1860.
+Abraham Lincoln, President United States, April 14, 1865.
+Michael, Prince of Servia, June 10, 1868.
+Prim, Marshal of Spain, December 28, 1870.
+Richard, Earl of Mayo, Governor-General of India, February 8, 1872.
+Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, June 4, 1876.
+William I, of Prussia, three attempts, from 1861 to 1876.
+Alexander II, Czar of Russia, six attempts and finally killed by
+     explosion of bomb, March 13, 1881.
+Mohammed Ali, Pasha, September 7, 1878.
+Humbert I, King of Italy, attempt, November 17, 1878.
+Lord Lytton, Viceroy of India, attempt, December 12, 1878.
+Alfonso XII, of Spain, two attempts, 1878-79.
+Brattiano, Premier of Roumania, attempt, December 14, 1880.
+James A. Garfield, President United States, July 2, 1881.
+Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, October 28, 1893.
+Marie Francois Carnot, President of France, June 24, 1894.
+Nasr-ed-Din, Shah of Persia, May 1, 1896.
+Stanislaus Stambouloff, Premier of Bulgaria, July 25, 1895.
+Canovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain, August 8, 1897.
+Juan Idarte Borda, President of Uruguay, August 25, 1897.
+Jose Maria Reyna Barrios, President of Guatemala, February 18, 1898.
+Empress Elizabeth, of Austria, September 10, 1898.
+Edward VII, of England, attempt, April 4, 1900.
+Humbert, King of Italy, July 29, 1900.
+William McKinley, President United States, September 6, 1901.
+Alexander, King of Servia, June 11, 1903.
+Draga, Queen of Servia, June 11, 1903.
+Governor General Bobrikoff, of Finland, June 16, 1904.
+Von Plehve, Minister of the Interior, Russia, July 28, 1904.
+
+
+     THE FOUR LEAVED SHAMROCK.
+
+     "I'll seek the four leaved shamrock
+          In all its fairy dells,
+     And if I find its charmed leaves,
+          Oh how I'll weave my spells.
+     I would not waste my magic might
+          On diamonds, pearls or gold,
+     Such treasures tire the weary heart,
+          Their triumphs are but cold.
+
+     But I would play the enchanter's part
+          In casting bliss around,
+     And not a tear or aching heart
+          Should in the world be found."
+
+          * * * * *
+
+     "To wealth I would give honor,
+          I'd dry the mourner's tears,
+     And to the pallid cheeks restore
+          The bloom of happier years;
+     And friends that had been long estranged,
+          And hearts that had grown cold,
+     Should meet again like parted streams
+          And mingle as of old.
+
+     And thus I'd play the enchanter's part
+          In casting bliss around,
+     And not a tear or aching heart
+          Should in the world be found."
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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