Part 6
Vermont, Green Mountain State;
Virginia, Old Dominion;
Wisconsin, Badger and Copper State.
Natives of States and Territories.
Alabama, lizards;
Arkansas, toothpicks;
California, gold-hunters;
Colorado, rovers;
Connecticut, wooden nutmegs;
Dakota, squatters;
Delaware, muskrats;
Florida, fly-up-the-creeks;
Georgia, buzzards;
Idaho, fortune seekers;
Illinois, suckers;
Indiana, hoosiers;
Iowa, hawkeyes;
Kansas, jayhawkers;
Kentucky, corn-crackers;
Louisiana, creoles;
Maine, foxes;
Maryland, clam-humpers;
Massachusetts, Yankees;
Michigan, wolverines;
Minnesota, gophers;
Mississippi, tadpoles;
Missouri, pukes;
Nebraska, bugeaters;
Nevada, sagehens;
New Hampshire, granite boys;
New Jersey, blues or clam-catchers;
New Mexico, Spanish Indians;
New York, Knickerbockers;
North Carolina, tarheels;
Ohio, buckeyes;
Oregon, hard cases;
Pennsylvania, pennamites, or leather-heads;
Rhode Island, gun flints;
South Carolina, weazles;
Tennessee, whelps;
Texas, beef-heads;
Utah, polygamists;
Vermont, Green Mountain boys;
Virginia, beagles;
Wisconsin, badgers.
Nicknames of Cities.
Atlanta, Gate City of the South;
Baltimore, Monumental City;
Bangor, Lumber City;
Boston, Modern Athens, Literary Emporium, City of Notions and Hub of the Universe;
Brooklyn, City of Churches;
Buffalo, Queen of the Lakes;
Burlington (Iowa), Orchard City;
Charleston, Palmetto City;
Chicago, Prairie, or Garden City;
Cincinnati, Queen of the West and Porkopolis;
Cleveland, Forest City;
Denver, City of the Plains;
Detroit, City of the Straits;
Hartford, Insurance City;
Indianapolis, Railroad City;
Keokuk, Gate City.;
Lafayette, Star City;
Leavenworth, Cottonwood City;
Louisville, Falls City;
Lowell, Spindle City;
McGregor, Pocket City;
Madison, Lake City;
Milwaukee, Cream City;
Nashville, Rock City;
New Haven, Elm City;
New Orleans, Crescent City;
New York, Empire City, Commercial Emporium, Gotham, and Metropolis of America;
Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love, City of Penn, Quaker City, and Centennial City;
Pittsburgh, Iron City and Smoky City;
Portland (Me.), Hill City;
Providence, Roger Williams' City, and Perry Davis' Pain Killer;
Raleigh, Oak City;
Richmond, (Va.), Cockade City;
Richmond (Ind.), Quaker City of the West;
Rochester, Aqueduct City;
Salt Lake City, Mormon City;
San Francisco, Golden Gate;
Savannah, Forest City of the South;
Sheboygan, Evergreen City;
St. Louis, Mound City;
St. Paul, North Star City;
Vicksburg, Key City;
Washington, City of Magnificent Distances, and Federal City.
THEOSOPHY.
Much is said nowadays about theosophy, which is really but another name for mysticism. It is not a philosophy, for it will have nothing to do with philosophical methods; it might be called a religion, though it has never had a following large enough to make a very strong impression on the world's religious history. The name is from the Greek word theosophia--divine wisdom--and the object of theosophical study is professedly to understand the nature of divine things. It differs, however, from both philosophy and theology even when these have the same object of investigation. For, in seeking to learn the divine nature and attributes, philosophy employs the methods and principles of natural reasoning; theology uses these, adding to them certain principles derived from revelation. Theosophy, on the other hand, professes to exclude all reasoning processes as imperfect, and to derive its knowledge from direct communication with God himself. It does not, therefore, accept the truths of recorded revelation as immutable, but as subject to modification by later and personal revelations. The theosophical idea has had followers from the earliest times. Since the Christian era we may class among theosophists such sects as Neo-Platonists, the Hesychasts of the Greek Church, the Mystics of mediaeval times, and, in later times, the disciples of Paracelsus, Thalhauser, Bohme, Swedenborg and others. Recently a small sect has arisen, which has taken the name of Theosophists. Its leader was an English gentleman who had become fascinated with the doctrine of Buddhism. Taking a few of his followers to India, they have been prosecuting their studies there, certain individuals attracting considerable attention by a claim to miraculous powers. It need hardly be said that the revelations they have claimed to receive have been, thus far, without element of benefit to the human race.
THE EVOLUTION THEORY.
The evolution or development theory declares the universe as it now exists to be the result of a long series of changes which were so far related to each other as to form a series of growths analogous to the evolving of the parts of a growing organism. Herbert Spencer defines evolution as a progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous, from general to special, from the simple to the complex elements of life, and it is believed that this process can be traced in the formation of worlds in space, in the multiplication of types and species among animals and plants, in the origin and changes of languages and literature and the arts, and also in all the changes of human institutions and society. Asserting the general fact of progress in nature, the evolution theory shows that the method of this progress has been (1) by the multiplication of organs and functions; (2) according to a defined unity of plan, although with (3) intervention of transitional forms, and (4) with modifications dependent upon surrounding conditions. Ancient writers occasionally seemed to have a glimmering knowledge of the fact of progress in nature, but as a theory "evolution" belongs to the enlightenment of the nineteenth century. Leibnitz, in the latter part of the seventeenth century first uttered the opinion that the earth was once in a fluid condition and Kant about the middle of the eighteenth century, definitely propounded the nebular hypothesis, which was enlarged as a theory by the Herschels. The first writer to suggest the transmutation of species among animals was Buffon, about 1750, and other writers followed out the idea. The eccentric Lord Monboddo was the first to suggest the possible descent of man from the ape, about 1774. In 1813 Dr. W. C. Wells first proposed to apply the principle of natural selection to the natural history of man, and in 1822 Professor Herbert first asserted the probable transmutation of species of plants. In 1844 a book appeared called "Vestiges of Creation," which, though evidently not written by a scientific student, yet attracted great attention by its bold and ingenious theories. The authorship of this book was never revealed until after the death of Robert Chambers, a few years since, it became known that this publisher, whom no one would ever have suspected of holding such heterodox theories, had actually written it. But the two great apostles of the evolution theory were Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer. The latter began his great work, the "First Principles of Philosophy," showing the application of evolution in the facts of life, in 1852. In 1859 appeared Darwin's "Origin of Species." The hypothesis of the latter was that different species originated in spontaneous variation, and the survival of the fittest through natural selection and the struggle for existence. This theory was further elaborated and applied by Spencer, Darwin, Huxley, and other writers in Europe and America, and though to-day by no means all the ideas upheld by these early advocates of the theory are still accepted, evolution as a principle is now acknowledged by nearly all scientists. It is taken to be an established fact in nature, a valid induction from man's knowledge of natural order.
THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
The first English sparrow was brought to the United States in 1850, but it was not until 1870 that the species can be said to have firmly established itself. Since then it has taken possession of the country. Its fecundity is amazing. In the latitude of New York and southward it hatches, as a rule, five or six broods in a season, with from four to six young in a brood. Assuming the average annual product of a pair to be twenty-four young, of which half are females and half males, and assuming further, for the sake of computation, that all live, together with their offspring, it will be seen that in ten years the progeny of a single pair would be 275,716,983,698.
FEMININE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT.
It is often asked how stout a woman ought to be in proportion to her height. A very young girl may becomingly be thinner than a matron, but the following table gives a fair indication of proper proportions:
Height Pounds Height Pounds Five feet about 100 Five feet 7 inches. about 150 Five feet 1 inch about 106 Five feet 8 inches. about 155 Five feet 2 inches about 113 Five feet 10 inches. about 163 Five feet 3 inches about 119 Five feet 10 inches. about 169 Five feet 4 inches about 130 Five feet 11 inches. about 176 Five feet 5 inches about 138 Six feet about 180 Five feet 6 inches about 144 Six feet 1 inch about 186
WHEN A MAN BECOMES OF AGE.
The question sometimes arises whether it man is entitled to vote at an election held on the day preceding the twenty-first anniversary of his birth. Blackstone, in his Commentaries, book 1, page 463, says: "Full age in male or female is 21 years, which age is completed on the day preceding the anniversary of a person's birth, who, till that time, is an infant, and so styled in law." The late Chief Justice Sharswood, in his edition of Blackstone's Commentaries, quotes Christian's note on the above as follows: "If he is born on the 16th day of February, 1608, he is of age to do any legal act on the morning of the 15th of February, 1629, though he may not have lived twenty-one years by nearly forty-eight hours. The reason assigned is that in law there is no fraction of a day; and if the birth were on the last second of one day and the act on the first second of the preceding day twenty-one years after, then twenty-one years would be complete, and in the law it is the same whether a thing is done upon one moment of the day or another."
DREAMS AND THEIR MEANING
The Bible speaks of dreams as being sometimes prophetic, or suggestive of future events.
This belief has prevailed in all ages and countries, and there are numerous modern examples, apparently authenticated, which would appear to favor this hypothesis.
The interpretation of dreams was a part of the business of the soothsayers at the royal courts of Egypt, Babylon and other ancient nations.
Dreams and visions have attracted the attention of mankind of every age and nation. It has been claimed by all nations, both enlightened and heathen, that dreams are spiritual revelations to men; so much so, that their modes of worship have been founded upon the interpretation of dreams and visions. Why should we discard the interpretation of dreams while our mode of worship, faith and knowledge of Deity are founded upon the interpretation of the dreams and visions of the prophets and seers of old.
Dreams vividly impressed upon the mind are sure to be followed by some event.
We read in the Holy Scripture the revelation of the Deity to His chosen people, through the prophet Joel: "And it shall come to pass, afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions, and also upon the servants and the handmaids in those days will I pour out My Spirit." (Joel ii, 28.)
Both sacred and profane history contain so many examples of the fulfilment of dreams that he who has no faith in them must be very skeptical indeed.
Hippocrates says that when the body is asleep the soul is awake, and transports itself everywhere the body would be able to go; knows and sees all that the body could see or know were it awake; that it touches all that the body could touch. In a word, it performs all the actions that the body of a sleeping man could do were he awake.
A dream, to have a significance, must occur to the sleeper while in healthy and tranquil sleep. Those dreams of which we have not a vivid conception, or clear remembrance, have no significance.
Those of which we have a clear remembrance must have formed in the mind in the latter part of the night, for up to that time the faculties of the body have been employed in digesting the events of the day.
DICTIONARY OF DREAMS.
(Note.--If you do not find the word you want, look for a word of identical or closely similar meaning.)
A
Abundance--Deceitful security.
Accident--Unexpected meeting.
Acorn--Irreparable fault.
Account--(Of possessions) bankruptcy.
Adultery--(That you commit) scandal, misfortune and disgrace.
Air--(Clear and serene) reconciliation; (dark and gloomy) sadness and sickness.
Almonds--Peace, happiness; (tree) success in business.
Altar--Prosperity, speedy marriage.
Alms--(Giving) mediocrity; (receiving) privations.
Anchor--Safe enterprise.
Angry--(That you are) many powerful enemies.
Ape--Enemies, deceit.
Apples--Gain, profit; (to be eating) disappointment.
Apricots--Health, contentment.
Apple Tree--Good news; (if dead) ill news.
Artichokes--Embarrassment, pain.
Argument--Justice done.
Arm--(Right arm cut off) death of a female relative; (both arms cut off) captivity and sickness; (broken or withered) sorrows, losses and widowhood; (swollen) sudden fortune coming to a dear friend.
Ashes--Misfortune.
Asparagus--Success, profit.
Ass--Quarrel between friends; (one sleeping) security; (one braying) dishonor; (ears of one) scandal; (one laden) profit.
Aunt--Wealth and friends.
Angel--Good news.
Ants--Time spent to no purpose.
Authority--(To have) easy times.
B
Babe--Happy marriage.
Baker--Gain.
Balloon--Literary note.
Barley--Good fortune.
Basket--Increase.
Babboon--Affronts.
Ball--(For dancing) jealousy, rage, then harmony.
Bank--Never to be rich, except by saving.
Barber--A long story, discontent.
Barn--(Full) wealthy marriage.
Bath--Marriage; (too cold) grief; (too hot) separation; (in running water) disappointment; (in stagnant water) misfortune.
Beggar--Help when not expected.
Bells--Alarm, misfortune.
Bear--Danger, misfortune.
Beans--Quarrels.
Bed--Botheration, unrest.
Beer--Fatigue to no purpose.
Bees--Profit; (to catch) success; (stung by) to be over-worked.
Blind Person--False friends.
Blows--(To give) forgiveness; (to receive) advantage.
Boots--(New) success in love and business; (old) quarreling and failure.
Bonnet--(New) flirtation; (old or torn) rivalry.
Boat--(On clear water) happiness; (in muddy water) disgrace.
Bones--Large acquisition by small degrees.
Book--Information.
Bow and Arrows--Love affairs.
Bottles--A feast; (broken) sickness; (empty) melancholy.
Bouquet--(To carry) marriage; (to destroy) separation; (to throw away) displeasure.
Brandy--Depravity.
Brook--(Clear) lasting friendship; (troubled) domestic quarrel.
Briars--Disputes.
Betrothal--Brief pleasures.
Birds--New pleasures; (singing) love, good fortune.
Bite--Mistrust, ingratitude.
Billiards--Hazards, dissipation.
Biscuit--Rejoicings, jolly feasting.
Blessing or Benediction--A forced marriage.
Blackbird--Scandal, deceit.
Bridge--(To pass one) success through industry; (to fall from) loss of business and disappointment in love.
Bread--Profit; (white) lasting affection; (black) inconstancy.
Bugs--Enemies seeking to do injury.
Bull--(Peaceful) gain; (onset of) apprehension.
Butcher--Death of a friend.
Butterfly--Inconstancy.
Butter--Surprises; (to make) a legacy.
C
Cabbage--Health and long life.
Cage--(With bird) liberty; (without bird) imprisonment.
Cakes--Meeting with friends; (to make or eat) prosperity.
Calf--Assured success.
Camel--Riches.
Candle--Favors, praise.
Candy--Ardent love.
Cane--Correction.
Cards--Married life.
Carpenter--Arrangement of affairs.
Cart--Sickness and disgrace.
Cave--Quarrel, loss.
Carving--Business prosperity.
Cat--(To see) treason; (to kill) family quarrels.
Cellar--(Full) passing renown; (empty) health.
Cemetery--(To see) future prosperity; (to be in) news of a death.
Chain--Union; (broken) rupture.
Challenge--Rupture, illusion.
Cherries--Health; (to gather) deception by a woman; (to eat) love.
Chicken--(Cooking) good news.
Cheese--Vexation and after success.
Chestnuts--Home troubles.
Child--(Pretty) pleasure; (ugly) danger; (running) business difficulty.
Church--Heritage; (to pray in) deceit; (to speak aloud in) domestic quarrels.
Chess--Affairs embarrassed,
Cider--Distant heritage, dispute.
Clams--Small possessions, stingily kept.
Clock--Marriage; (striking) a competency.
Coal--Persecution.
Cock--Pride, power, success; (one crowing) sudden trouble; (two fighting) expensive follies.
Colic--Bickerings, estrangement
Corkscrew--Vexatious inquiries.
Corpse--Long life; news of the living; (one disinterred) infidelity.
Cow--Prosperity, abundance.
Cobbler--Long toil, ill paid.
Coffee--Misfortune.
Coffin--Speedy marriage.
Cooking--A wedding.
Corn--Riches; (to grind) abundance.
Crabs--Ill results of endeavor.
Cradle, or Crib--Increase in the family.
Cricket--Hospitality, home comfort.
Crocodile--A catastrophe.
Cross--(To see) disquiet; (to bear) tranquillity.
Crow--Disappointed expectations, humiliation; (to hear) disgrace.
Crowd--Many matters, much to hear.
Crutches--(To use) gambling losses; (to break or leave) recovery.
Cucumber--Serious illness.
Currants--(Red) friendship; (white) satisfaction; (black) infidelity.
Cypress--Despair, death of one cherished.
D
Dancing--(To engage in) successful endeavor; (to see) weariness.
Debts--(Denied) business safety; (admitted) distress.
Doctor--Robustness; (to be one) enjoyment.
Dog--Friendly services; (to play with) suffering through extravagance.
Desertion--Good news, permanence.
Devil--Temptations.
Diamonds--Brief, illusive happiness; (to find) loss; (to sell) peril.
Dice--Doubt, risks.
Dirt--Sickness, detraction.
Dispute--(Friendly) see Argument; (not friendly) see Quarrel.
Dishes--Possessions; (breaking) family quarrels.
Ditch--Bankruptcy.
Door--(Open) opportunities; (closed) unfruitful adventure; (to force) reproof.
Dove--Home happiness, a lover.
Draughts--(To play at) disappointment.
Drawing--A proposal for rejection.
Drowning--Happiness.
Drum--Small difficulties, trifling loss.
Duck--Profit and pleasure; (to kill one) misfortune.
Duel--Rivalries; dissension.
Dumb--(One's self) quarrels; (another) peace.
Dwarf--Feeble foes.
Dyer--Embarrassed affairs.
E
Eagle--Worthy ambition; (kill one) gratified wishes.
Eating--Botheration.
Eclipse--(The sun) loss; (the moon) profit.
Eels--(Alive) vexation; (dead) vengeance satisfied.
Eggs--(A few) riches; (many) misadventure.
Elephant--Power; (feed one) gain of a service.
Embroidery--Love, ambition.
Epitaph--Indiscretion.
Eyes--Bad luck.
F
Face--(Smiling) joy; (pale) trouble.
Fairs--Sudden loss.
Falling--Dangerous elevation; (in a hole) calumny, disappointment.
Fan----Pride, rivalry.
Farmer--Full, good living.
Fatigue--Successful enterprise.
Father-in-Law--Unlucky.
Feast--Trouble ahead.
Feathers--(White) great joy, friendship; (black) hindrances.
Fields--Joy, good health, domestic happiness.
Fingers--(Scalded) envy; (cut) grief; (to see more than five on one hand) new relatives.
Figs--(Dried) festivity; (green) hope; (to eat) transient pleasures.
Flowers--Happiness; (to gather) benefit; (to cast away) quarrels.
Flute--News of a birth.
Fire--Anger, danger.
Firearms--(To see) anger; (blaze of) spite; (to hear) havoc.
Fish--Success, joy; (to catch) deceit of friends.
Flag--Contention; (to bear) fame, honor.
Flame--(Luminous) good news.
Fleas--Unhappiness; (to kill) triumph over enemies.
Flies--That some one is jealous of us.
Flood--Misfortunes, calumny.
Fog--Deception.
Forest--Loss, shame.
Fountain--Abundance, health.
Fox--To be duped; (to kill) to triumph over enemies.
Frogs--Distrust; (hopping) vexation, annoyance.
Fruits--Joy, prosperity, gain; (to eat) be deceived by a woman; (throwaway) trouble through others' envy.
Funeral--Inheritance, news of a birth or marriage.
Fur--(On the body) health and long life.
G
Gallows--Dignities and honors (proportionate to height).
Gambling--Deception.
Game--(Live) adventure.
Garden--Bright future days; (well kept) increase of fortune; (disorderly) business losses and failure.
Garlic--Deceived by a woman.
Garments--Annoyance; (white) innocence, comfort; (black) death of a friend; (torn or soiled) sadness, misfortune.
Garter--Happy marriage.
Gauze--Affected modesty.
Ghost--(White) consolation; (black) temptation.
Gift--(From a man) danger; (from a woman) spite.
Gloves--Friendly advances.
Goat--(White) prosperity; (black) sickness.
Gold--Profit, fortune.
Goose--Same as Duck; (catch one) ensnarement.
Grandparents--Occasion for repentance.
Grapes--Enjoyment, rejoicing; (scant or poor) deprivations.
Grass--(Green) long life.
Grasshopper--Lost harvest or savings.
Grave--(Open) loss of a friend; (filled up) good fortune.
Guitar--Deception, ill-conduct.
Gypsy--Small troubles.
H
Hail--Trouble, sadness.
Hair--(Orderly) comfort, complacency; (tangled) perplexities; (falling out) anxieties.
Ham--Happiness.
Harp--A handsome partner.
Harvest--Wealth in the country.
Hay--Abundance.
Heart--(Pain or troubles) sickness, danger.
Heaven--Some joyful event will happen.
Hell--You lead a bad life and should reform before it is too late.
Hen--Profit; (hear one) consolation; (one laying) joy.
Herbs--Prosperity; (to eat) grief.
Hermit--Treacherous friend.
Hill--(Up one) success; (down) misadventure.
Hole--Obstacles. See Falling.
Holly--Annoyance.
Honey--Success in business.
Horse--(See white one) unexpected good fortune; (see black one) partial success; (mount or ride) success in enterprise; (curry one) a speedy journey.
Hotel--(See one) wandering; (be in) discomfort.
House--(New or strange) consolation; (many) bewilderment.
Hunger--Profitable employment.
Hunt--Snares, accusations.
Husband--If a wife dreams that her husband is married to another it betokens separation.
I
Ice--Treachery, misadventure.
Imps--Occasion for caution.
Infants--Connubial felicity.
Ink--Reconciliation; (upset) separation.
Insanity--Bright ideas, wise thought.
Iron--Cruel experience.
Island--Solitude, loneliness.
Itch--Small foes.
Ivory--Profitable enterprise.
Intoxication--(One's self) pleasures; (another) scandal.
Ivy--Children many and handsome.
J
Jail--(To enter) safety; (leaving one) single blessedness.
Jaw--Riches in the family.
Jew--Trickery.
Joy--Bad news.
Judge--Punishment.
Jug--Loss through awkwardness or neglect.
K
Keys--Explanations, progress in knowledge; (to lose) perplexity.
Killing--(To see) security; (one's self) love quarrels; (another) jealousy.
Kids--Consolation.
King--Satisfaction, progress in affairs.
Kiss--(In the light) true love; (in the dark) risks; (a stranger) a new lover; (a rival) treason; (married woman kissed by a stranger) a new baby and a jealous husband.
Kitchen--Arrivals.
Kite--Vain glory.
Knife--Inconstancy, dissension.
Knitting--Mischievous talk, malice.
Knots--Embarrassments, difficulties.
L
Labor--Conjugal happiness, increase of fortune.
Ladder--(To go up) brief glory; (to go down) debasement.
Lady--Humiliation; (many) gossip.
Lambs--(To see) peace; (to have) profit; (to carry) success; (to buy) great surprise; (to kill) secret grief.
Lame Person--Business misfortune.
Lamps--(Unlit) neglect; (lighted) love troubles.
Landscape--Unexpected gain.
Lantern--(Lighted) safe adventure; (unlit) blunder.
Larks--Riches, elevation.
Laughter--Troubled happiness, botheration.
Leg--(If sound and supple) successful enterprise, prosperous journey.
Letter--(To see) discovery; (to receive) good news from afar.
Lice--Wealth.
Lightning--A love quarrel.
Lily--(Faded) vain hopes; (fine) innocence, happiness.
Linen--Fortune, abundance.
Lion--Future dignity.
Liver--Losses, discomforts.
Lizard--Snares of dubious origin.
Laurel--Honor, gain.
Lawyer--Marriage of a friend.
Lead--Accusations, ingratitude.
Leaves--Transient indisposition.
Leech--Aid in trouble; (many of them) extortion, usury.
Leeks--Labor.
Lettuce--Poverty.
Locksmith--Robbery.
Lottery Tickets--(Number distinct) success in affairs; (number indistinct) foolish expenditure.
Love--An all round good indication.
Lovers--Troubles and joys mixed.
M
Macaroni--Distress.
Man--(Handsome) love; (ugly) wrangles.
Mantle--Victimizing.
Manure--Depravity, shame.
Maps--A journey.
Marble--Estrangements.
Markets--(A busy one) joyous events; (empty) deprivations.
Marsh--Unfruitful endeavors.
Masks--Hypocrisy.
Measles--Wealth coupled with disgrace.
Meat--(Roast) kind reception, (boiled) melancholy.
Melon--Hope, Success.
Mice--Annoyances.
Milestone--Desires accomplished.
Milk--Love affairs.
Mills--Legacy from a relative
Mire--Mistakes, privations.
Mirror--(To look in) misunderstanding; (broken) misadventure.
Money--Losses in business; (to find) tardy discoveries.
Money-Lender--Persecution.
Monkey--Harmless mischief.
Moon--Love; (bright) continual pleasure; (clouded) sickness, danger to one beloved; (full) wealth; (new) awakening affection; (failing) deceit; (red) renown.
Mourning--Impending happiness, invitation to a ball or wedding.
Mouth--(Closed so that cannot eat) sudden death; (wider than usual) riches.
Mud--Riches.
Mule--Difficulty.
Music--Ease, pleasure.
Mustard--Troubles.
Myrtle--Love declaration.
N
Nails--(Broken) misadventure; (very long) emoluments.
Nakedness--Threatened danger.
Navigating--Approaching journey.
Necklace--Jealousy, annoyance.
Needles--Disappointment in love.
Negro--Vexation, annoyance.
Nest--Good luck, profit.
Newspaper--Botheration, gossip.
Night--(Walking) uneasiness, melancholy.
Nightingale--Happy marriage.
Nose--(That yours is large) prosperity and acquaintance with rich people.
Nurse--Long life.
Nuts--Peace and satisfaction after trouble and difficulty.
O
Oak--(Green) health, strength; (dead or fallen) heavy losses.
Oars--Safe enterprise; (to break or lose) dependence.
Offer of Marriage--New lovers.
Office--(Turn out of) death or loss of property.
Oil--Good harvest.
Old Person--(Man) prudence, wisdom; (woman) scandal.
Olives--Honors and dignities.
Onions--Aggravation, dispute with inferiors.
Opera--Pleasure followed by pain.
Orange Blossom--A marriage.
Oranges--Amusement, pleasure; (sour) chagrin, injury.
Orchard--Much of nothing.
Ostrich--Misadventure through vanity.
Oven--Ease, riches; (hot) feasting.
Owl--Secrets revealed.
Oysters--Satiety.
P
Pain--Trouble and recovery.
Painter--That everything will be lovely.
Palm-Tree--Honor, power, victory.
Paper--Tidings; (colored) deceit; (painted) brief happiness.
Parent--Good news.
Parrot--A bad neighbor, tale-bearing.
Pastry--(To eat) annoyance; (to make) good times.
Paths--(Straight) happiness; (crooked) ill to the willful.
Pawnbroker--Little result of big endeavor.
Peacock--Peril through pride, ambition or unwariness.
Peaches--Contentment, pleasure.
Pearls--Tears, distress.
Pears--Treachery; (to eat) tidings of death; (to gather) festivities.
Peas--Good fortune.
Pens--Tidings.
Peddler--You are mistaken in your estimate of a friend.
Pepper--Affliction, vexation.
Pheasant--Good fortune; (to kill one) peril; (to carry one) honor.
Piano--Disputes.
Pig--Pork--(Few) avarice; (many) profits.
Pigeon--Reconciliation.
Pillow--Disturbance.
Pills--Trouble.
Pine Tree--Danger.
Pins--Contradiction.
Pirates--Fortunate adventure.
Pitch--Evil companions.
Pitchfork--Punishment.
Playing--Entertainment.
Plums--Pleasure, happiness.
Policeman--Trouble.
Pomegranate--Power.
Postman--News from the absent.
Poverty--Thrift, advantage.
Preserves--Loss of time and money.
Priest--Reconciliation.
Procession--Happy love.
Pump--(If water) marriage and fortune; (if dry) flirtation.
Purchase--(On credit) deprivations; (for cash) possessions.
Purse--(Empty) something to get; (full) pride, disquiet.
Puzzle--Favors, pleasure.
Q
Quail--Family responsibilities.
Quarrel--Constancy, friendship.
Queen--Prosperity.
Questions--Wisdom.
Quill--Particular information.
Quoits--Rivalries.
R
Rabbit--(White) friendship; (black) trouble; (many) extensive pleasures.
Racing--Success in life.
Radishes--That you will discover secrets.
Raft--New views.
Rain--Legacy or gift.
Rainbow--Separation.
Rat--Secret enemies; (white) triumph over enemies.
Raven--Misfortune; (hear one) grief.
Reading--Venturesomeness.
Reaper--A picnic party.
Revenge--Repentance.
Ribbons--Prodigality.
Rice--Talking.
Ride--(With men) it is a good sign; (with women) a bad sign.
Ring--Approaching marriage.
Riot--Scarcity through mischief.
Rival--Quarrels.
River--Success in enterprise; (to fall in) attempts of enemies; (to throw one's self in) confusion in affairs.
Robber--Fear.
Rock--Annoyance; (to surmount) difficulties overcome.
Roof--Adventure abroad.
Roses--Always of happy omen; (full blown) health, joy, abundance; (faded) success, with some drawbacks; (white) innocence; (red) satisfaction; (yellow) jealousy.
Ruffles--Honors, profitable occupation.
Ruins--Pleasant surprises.
Rust--Idle times, decay, failure.
S
Sailor--Tidings from abroad.
Salad--Embarrassments.
Salt--Wisdom.
Satin or Silk--Gain.
Sausage--Affliction, sickness.
Saw--Satisfactory conclusion in affairs.
Scissors--Enemies, hatred.
Scratches--Inconveniences, annoyances.
Screech-Owl--Death of near relative.
Sculptor--Profit.
Sea--Long journey, large affairs.
Seabeach--Tranquilly.
Secretary--Fortune.
Serenade--News of a marriage.
Sermon--Weariness, sleeplessness.
Servant--(Man) abuse of confidence; (maid) suspicion.
Sewing--Plots.
Shawl--(A fine one) honors; (thin or old) shame; (torn) detraction.
Sheep--Great gain.
Shell--(Filled) success; (empty) ill-omen.
Shepherd--Malice.
Ship--Wishes fulfilled; (in danger) unexpected good fortune.
Shoes--Advantageous speculation; (much worn) a speedy journey.
Shop--(To be in) pleasure denied; (to conduct) dues withheld.
Shroud--Death.
Singing--Vexation.
Skating--(To see) hindrances, crosses; (to do) success.
Skeleton--Disgust.
Sky--(Clear) happiness, peace; (clouded) misfortune.
Sleep--Illusive security.
Slippers--Comfort, satisfaction.
Smoke--Extravagant expectations.
Snail--Infidelity, dishonor.
Snakes--Treason, betrayal.
Sneezing--Long life.
Snow--(In season) good harvest; (unseasonable) discouragement.
Soap--Revelations, assistance.
Soldier--Quarrels.
Soup--Return of health or fortune.
Spectacles--Melancholy, obstacles.
Spider--(In the dark) gain; (in the light) contention; (kill one) pleasure.
Sponge--Greed, avarice.
Sports--Pleasure and after regrets.
Spot--(On clothes) sadness; (on the sun) baseless fears.
Spy--(To be one) reprehension; (to see) rumors.
Stable--Hospitality, welcome.
Stag--Gain; (chase one) business failure.
Stammer--Decision, resolution.