Show SOME QUEER superstitions strange stranne beliefs that prevail anong among the negroes and creoles cheoles at Louls louisiana Lua 1 I 1 st louis Ct Et public webster defines superstition as a belief in omens and prognostics and ond wither fu ither omen a eign sign a presage 1 I foreboding token of all heo the only one used ant b that moat superstitions of all classes the tho african is sign 11 A tifa of tio tro aole utile of tick sickness of ofay jy of sorrow of vie itoi of accident auci dea a voyage a death I 1 if the cu ct washes her face with dainty toubes of velvety pw pow dit D it a ebo abo eiga hit gwine to rain mi NaL utile 1 11 ardor cockalorum Cucka lorum crows lustily three times before the door gwine liah hah visitors vii tors dig die day misa aliss nadnie ehos bawn ill if it sparks scatter in 9 eolden 0 d e showers imm the chininea chi niney idon uon moves move chite chile i hit wont barn burn 3 0 dat a ego money amin to you on 11 don born burn de eggshells egg shells lioney care dat bring you borrow sorrow fu ful de do liwes sake see dat rat pancross ran cross dat leath fied rth I 1 youe got a bad enemy chile chae gwine to do do you eam eurn dirt you kim back honey don you avow yoa maat ma at turn back bone honey I 1 denyou u know your turn tack back a arter oue byor you ou gt stated eta ted dat sho bogn you divine to hab bad bidlock luck h lal KOU out how flow cum you to let 1 iia evou aji J 1 lay ay her on de do bed YOI you auber an lier be bad fr fri lenda endo eho sho you seh aeo 11 ohve and hundreds of 0 similar as aay frigi nei and are FO so familiar ru to southerners as the blue skies and fr argrant fran grant rant blossoms of their bunny sunny dime I 1 in a the extreme south more espell especially in ilsung and an I 1 la in new orleans borr t of all where french spanish Spi niah italian and Africa nall races race peculiarly susceptible to occult eifle n e es supers super runs not riot the well viell known colem as brought from darkest africa thrive among the negroes there and st johns eve each year abrl ga K be the anniversary upon which certain unholy tiles rites and accompany he the a of the voodoo dince dance with its while white always a youner command whose youth ee se ms ins par e annial 11 who he hag has been krown for years as miria ibe the voodoo biped Q icon presumably as I 1 ibe he fount of 0 eternal nouh rema remains lils under tinder over cover time bleaches e the locks aud an d dima dims the bright eya of the goodat queen bat but I 1 to all intents and purposes pur posea maria remains perpetually the same the wildest tales of barbaric and heathenish incantations are old told of their midnight orgies but it is of dorism as practiced among the more civilized negro element that I 1 write in chil dod ad my mys BI cirit int baa has shivered I 1 with rith terrified enjoyment a fort of 01 fright right as it were vere at the solemn assurance of my dusky nune curie a credo DC ess that ehe she felt pins pine and needles kin ler and atas twan I 1 dat francois Franq Ais a hoo boo dooin berl her I 1 1 and when I 1 saw with nay my own sacred eyes the email small image bearing a grotesque resemblance in its burband and plump outline to my own dear 11 maum and with ith everi every pait part of its waxen anatomy tuck full of pins pin why of I 1 became a devout believer at once in Francol Franco laws ses guilt V hat at mea measures eures were taken to dispose ot of the little tirshe i for which I 1 longed 1 I was not ted to know but it disappeared at ard d with it the pricking sensations my hsum lauca had bad endured another time a long string of bead bright end ond gay in hue hub all sizes ana and fantasy fanta sc in chape was faund upon the lae gale knob was again hoodooed hoodoo ed and great tribulation of f spirit ensued innumerable visits wi were made to tho bodon doctor an ancient african with wool like lint otton and black face seamed with before she was freed from the evil that lurked in eath bright aped bauble there is DO doubt that a chemical anal an alBia sis would have de toted poison in in he the gaudy coloring and to the contact was due the mischief the most peculiar of the many methods adap adopted ted to woi k upon the superstitious nearous was be the in bertson eert Son by ap apparent parenty y supernatural medoc p 0 ot balls billa of feathers teat bers into pillows id mra and n d bece beds I 1 have myself examined x these creations and marvelled marvellee marvel led pt the ackill displayed die played in their kanii facture the closest scrutiny failed to discover rip or newly sewed in bed or pillow tick end atthe balls wore were four d buried in the mat tresea and among the soft feathers of pillows molts they were ere male ot of foft sol highly ex gilly colored feathers brilliant ant and paudy gaudy scarlet and gold bright blue and avid vivid green and were about the eiza size and shape of an orange A peculiar odor was exhaled and when lightly ad ulmat impalpable impal pabla ponder poder arose an inquisitive jick jack of the family cut one of the queer r objects in halves and ve is round found therein t n buth such an assortment aa as shakespeare pats puts into bis his witches wit caldron tf i hey they brewed in darkness dark dAr knoss noaa and tern tempest pest fillet filleton Fil letof ot a flun janake lire E of 01 ne t and toa too ol 01 frog wool of bat and 0 of dog lizards eg ul ow lit s wing certainly there were all sorts 0 of horrible ho nible unD amable objects the bolt soft whitish jowder that la in haith cloura when the balls were touched was undoubtedly some 0 ab tie insidious poison the secret of ita its composition perhaps handed don from the alchemy of the ancient egyptians and its constant during sleep was to cause a flaw flow lin gering genn and eventually awal a al illness without apparent appi rent cause to bedet vio ti un unfortunate fortunate victim selected sabe creol e negroes ol 01 new orleans hive have a grue gruesome fashion of invoke ng a cop consummation of their wishes thai that I 1 believe is entirely ind genous to tha the soil of that quaint cosmopolitan semi foreign old city amoni among the numerous fete days high days and holidays that are eo so liberally among the too bober sober pathway of the twelve mantl a of the year none I 1 ia moro more beautifully observed by the new or deanal lc analo o than the first oNo of november vember this is by leal legal stature a state holiday and in the calbog c and Epli copal church calendars all saints dy but in louisiana and particularly par in the crescent Cree cent cit city y it ia Is a day lor for the remembrance mem brance of 0 the dead ahat tomb i indeed neglected and I 1 is occupant forgotten that dos do s not bear a memento from the simple CO cooch uch shell or perhaps only a little jiser 12 09 0 of f white gli bening bind with a paper rose stuck in ita its lidit to the elaborate expensive exren sire floril flora flor il tribue that crowne the lody marye marble 0 of the rich arians breting re ting not one ia is left without decoration A general pilgrimage to the many cemel cemeteries eries in and around iha the city takes place and ita its observance is universal toa to a eur sur degree it ia in on that day the old cralle era lie superstition tells you to pursue the following method if yon you want to have hive your wb wish h tha the dearest desire of your heart beart fulfilled yon must purchase liase b forehand a handkerchief and it must not be used but kept clean and white for this occasion on 01 I 1 he the eventful event e lul morning yon you most must leave lome lorne an its atly ag as po eible and also ho as quietly and not a word or sound mw must e efale ape your lioi from 10 lo the time you close the door behind yoa you unil you return you must go to a cemetery eater titer the main gate walk from from thoro b ee to the tile op wall on the fie main alenne and somewhere on its it length you must pick up a piece of flirt tie this n one corner of the new handkerchief won rally expressing your most heartfelt wish lave L ave the cemetery by te fame pita you entered and make way to a second enter this and pursue the course tving eving a bit of dirt from tho the main walk ioto into a second corner corns r of the handkerchief with ith a second wish visit a third camet rv and lie fie a third bit of dirt into a third corner of that handkerchief w with ith a third and last wish rot return urn h borne me roll the hard handkerchief kerchief int s a acorn compact pact little ball aid and loss toes it upon I 1 h he 0 jopho topho top of I 1 an a or on ibo the cornice of 1 a high agh window 1 adow or persana on he be teeter tester of the bed any high place lare that ia Is likely to he be undisturbed turbe save by spider will answer then and not until then roust must you ezeak the charm ia is broken if a eineo audible sound escapes dorine doring ine this rite when it is remembered that you are most likely to meet your dearest friend and foe amoni among the crowds that pass to ad and froin from the cemeteries et attending their own and nd viewing others decorations it will be seen that it is not an ceafy matter to keep absolutely inlet but those wishes will come true before twelve moons have phed I 1 heir raya rays upon you and many and fearsome ea reome are the tales told by b the old caole begres es of the granted pr anted wishes that in many ames brov proad d to be indeed scourge s that sting 11 ariere are many very many of anch sup e a tha crowl 1 dpn n mom mm ory aa as I 1 write but bout one or 0 more will baic ba c to close the list 11 aliw tw A magnifying g aa ass wai ciari curi handed lum im td aid tie he wa wap urnel to look at lit the alla critically cr itKa lv they look as good ai those I 1 hroch t with me I 1 should aa as boon soon think 0 iny my own money heinz counterfeit the negotiation ii awon concluded he ile decided to buy w walh jtb iio llo woul I 1 he taka the 4 7 lie preferred iare large billi say ay from 20 up af he was making tiia selections another gentle tuen was introduced magnini physical manhood lie waa was the preil pr ellent lent of 0 th ahn alpo 1 l tion lion ilia superiority of wis lomand ana peenie d conceded BO so when be he that ha wester nir would bo be safer in handling emall hilla than I 1 rge rg onea ones the advice camo come with ro force alss if 1 I 1 waa was in pour place I 1 donld she take fives and teus with jett bif ft a few nd ay a couple I 1 fillies Y yn n roe en cu a coined B end it more r ris i 11 ly to 0 try ly ay ot tn to wort tax amp i r i i ley jey I 1 i 1 dot so ommo ai in the r larff argao c lies ties of the at a t by the way have te e not a tough of the smaller bills billa hereto here to a apply the he gentleman one of ibo the others replied that there were plenty and arid pulling out outa a drawer beir bebin in frim burtz in it the council bluatt man min condolee condoled con doled led to 0 o change his selection lor for the tile smaller bills and amidst talking and many bewildering cautions for secrecy anil and self two packie a were ioup tip neatly tie tiel I 1 and deded nc Alel I 1 and find lately rely elored away in the wese ners ii tl annd nd grip rip toe tue 50 WM wai paid over and anit the deal w wis is to 10 in the the present rit allowed the earner A et e the expense of coming to new clrk and stad agreed to 0 o bay buy him a return ticket this ia n risky basine 8 at the bet and I 1 want to u aro arc you I 1 that hat if ifon oil sit stay sy in the city a few days do not men open your rn money ney or seek to uee use ft it Y it cint cant te tell I 1 I 1 chos watching loo and be sure not to come up here a and 11 d see m azain surain for it might cau cause ua all trouble we cn arrange so youcan you can send us word in a roundal mt way hen you nead any mire you yon cia can be too careful the least carent ir radi si on your part might bead send us all to the penitentiary the westerner c included to hurry right back to council aluffi by the airet train the gentleman 1 y president took him in charge t this h Js time 1 and saw that his inner man was well field 1 drove trove him to the dep it t secured a eldoer tor for him a return ticket and handing him a 10 note for credentials sent him happily on bi b way i he jubilant nos Fessor of the nut wait lone long to examine hia his treasure and repaired to the toilet room of the car he ile cautiously pulled down tho blinde and ard proceeded to tear open one end of a n neat nat at package it c stained nta ined aim cart carefully billar packed slips of brown paper exchange |