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Show COUNTRY FOLK AND WEATHER SIGNS. Country people have a great contempt for those who cannot tell what the veathr Is going to be until they have looked at tluir expensive barometers or seen the weather indications iri the n.ornlng papers. They nave so many simple ways of finding out what they wish to know about the weather and are so accustomed to doing this that they make the observations almost mechanically. me-chanically. Ask one of them how to do this and he will give you a long lfst of simple weather gauges. For Instance, if you are a smoker, look at your cigar tip. If it burns with a clear, red glow the day will be fine, but if It has a charred end that refuses to burn brightly, take your umbrella. K a slipper creaks. It is sure to be fine; if It is silent, it wiU be damp. In damp v.eather newspapers are easily torn; gloves contract and are difficult to put on. matches will not light easily, silk hats become dull, awning cords are tight, boot laces snap and a score of Inanimate In-animate things tell to '.he initiated that there Is rain to come. |