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Show TELLING APPROACH OF STORM Many Signs Herald Rain If People Will but Take Note of the. Indications. Many people are sufficiently familiar wrth weather lore to know some of the signs that herald rain. The repeated performance of its toilet by the domestic domes-tic cat, the apparent nearness of distant dis-tant objects, unusual activity on the part of the snails in the garden such indications are familiar to most people. peo-ple. But there are other signs more easily eas-ily to be noted by homekeeping town dwellers. Here are a few, as catalogued cata-logued by a weather prophet: "If, on picking up your newspaper in the morning. It displays a tendency to tear almost on its own account, a downpour of rain is not far off. Rain is also presaged when the contents of the salt-cellar are in a moist and cloggy clog-gy condition. At such times your bootlaces boot-laces have a more than ordinary tendency ten-dency to snap and your kid gloves will have a cold, clammy feeling and be difficult to pull on. Even the walking stick or umbrella will act the part of a barometer. The handles before rain will reveal a slight deposit of moisture and be sticky to the touch. In this way the question whether it is the wiser to take a walking walk-ing stick or umbrella on leaving home will be settled for the observant person per-son by an inspection of the articles themselves. Tit-Bits. |