Show THE WHY of superstitions by H KINQ VAMPIRES THIS Is an ancient slavic superstition which spread to many lands but flourished chiefly among peoples aho vho burled their instead of cremating them though much less corn mon then formerly tha ampire super Is bi no means in 1870 and were man trials of people accused of disturbing dead bodies in connection with in germany there seemed to be an epidemic of the superstition just then and in compa nent soars at least two cases have come to in thew I 1 angland A ampire Is supposed to be a dead person v ho comes foran from his grate to suck the blood ot the living at night alie superstition Is a bit hazy as to the form in which the vampire comes whether as a or in the actual burled body an examination of the oldest and best authorities would seem to indicate n sort of as aral body ils and suicides turn into vampires but a rabbit run nang over or a bird flying ocr the grae of an innocent ma change him into a vampire this superstition doubtless originated in the gloomy of who saw their load ones dvong from some wasting disease for which they were unable to account in i new case of which about i ears ago ohp family afflicted were found to be ive ig the body of the acted lam alre Is the accepted remedy for fio affliction by mcclure newspaper 5 |