United States of America, at the present time according to
the following extract from the "Daily Express" of 18th February, 1905:

Drank Dragon's Blood.

Buffalo Bill's wife gave him love Philtres.

"Express" Correspondent.

Cheyenne (Wyoming), Friday, February 17th., 1905.

It came out, during the hearing of Buffalo Bill's divorce case to-day,
that he had been dosed with many love Philtres.

Mrs. Cody, his wife, was extremely jealous of him and imagining that his
affection for her was gone, mixed gipsy love potions in his drinks. One
of these, which was supposed to be particularly efficacious, was known
as "Dragon's Blood."

Mrs. Parker, a witness, told the court that Mrs. Cody believed that
every woman was infatuated with her husband, and confided to her the
names of many prominent women who, she said, were in love with him.

The witness stated, in cross examination, that during these outbursts of
jealousy Colonel Cody was beside himself with rage.

Dragon's Blood is not a fluid. It is a resin from certain kinds of palm.

At Oundle "There is a Well that is credibly reported to drum as a
presage of very great alterations to publick affairs." M.S.S. dated
1703, of the Phillips Stourhead Collection, No. 22244.

I came across this Croyland rhyme some time since:--

In Holland fen, now mark the name,
Old Croyland stands, of mickle fame,
There is a wine of a certain class,
There is fodder like sword grass,
There's a bed as hard as stone,
Thence depart, with "get ye gone."

If you can peel an apple with the paring in one piece take the peel by
one end with the right hand and wave it three times over your head and
throw it over your left shoulder, and it will fall in the form of the
first letter of your sweetheart's christian or surname.

With the first cherry pie of the season, those who partake of it count
the stones, to know their prospect of matrimony. The counting is done in
this manner and, at the same time, repeating these words over and over
again until all the stones on the plate have been counted:--

1st. stone "This year," 2nd stone "Next year," 3rd stone "Sometime,"
4th. stone "Never," and on which word the last stone falls, that is the
fate.

GENERAL.

"Grandfather" Clocks, and especially those which have been in a family
for two or three generations, are regarded as capable of foretelling
deaths in a family. If one falls down, stops wit