Animals And Omens

Cortain movomcnts on tlie part of tlic animal creation beforo a chango of weather appears to be thn oase wilh the oommon garden spider, whicli, on the approai'h oí' rainy or windy woather, will be fouml to shorten and strunKthcn the guys of hi) web, ]en(tthi;ning tho same whnn the storm is ovr. There is a popnlar Buperstilion that it h unlucky for an anglor to meot a singla niai'ini'; but twn of the birds togothor Bre a jfucid omen. Tbc reacoD i.s t.liai. thu birdfl forlcll the oming of cold or rainy woather, and than instoaa of oarohinir tor fcvwi for their younjj in pairs onc al . uns in the nest. St-a rulls prediet storm.' by Msembliiig ou tho land, uk they know tbat rhe rain will bríos earth-womis anrl larvic to tlio surface. This, howevor, is merely a scaroh tbr f'ood, and is due to tho same instinct whiob teaobea the ewallow to ily high in fino weather and skim nlong the eroand when fonl is oominpr. 'I'hey simply follow flios and irti.it ;, whicu retnain in tho warm trata ot' (he air. Tbo different tribes of wading birds aiwuys migrato boforcrain, likowisc to hunt tor Many birds fortell rain by wnrniiiff criep and uneasy aotions, (ind swino will carry hay nnd atraw to hiding plaoea, oxen will lick tnetnselvcs the wrong way of tho hair, shoep will bleat nnd skip aboat, hogl turneil out in tho wood will como gruntins and sqaealiiiK. oblts will vub tlioir baoka agtinat tho ground, COwi will pUher in crowds, oriokots will aing bader, iiea ootae ioto the house, frogs cry and -lini color to dii)pii5r hu ¦¦¦' 1 rook- sour liko hawltH. biblo that iiüitiy nf thoie actions tuul uncasines, similar to that wbich all who are troublcd with cornn or rhoumatisni oxperionco beforc a storm, aud nro causcd by tbc variation in barometrio pressnre and tho changos in the cluctrical condition of the atmospluTi'.