Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-04-27
Above Chaym

"A AsoFb Nnarm.
nc manufacture Of love charms ano
phliters Is a practice nearly a. ia !.
the race. The modiayal astrolooer,
found their principal revenue from ~
sale OF charms, which were 10 a,,.aa,
indifferent eyes to the owners Of them
or bring back 70 its allegiance some j..
rant heart The male seq when a,,va,,
70 entire despair BY some heart-wbo,a
nou1shg she did not scrupls 70 use a.
charm or the philter a. last resort.
bnt the gehtler sex wcrs the astrolo.
gers better customers. Perhsps h..
cause men are naturally more given 10
vanity and more confident Of The power
OF tho iF nnalded charms; perhaps BE-.
cause immsmorial custom has decreed
the woman must wait to be woed and
ioFblds that she should put forth her
powers OF persuasion and eloquenoe.
A. all evehts women are 10 this day the
chief users Of charms and secret de.
Vices for comprising their ends 10 MAJ.
tsrs Of the heart Here Is love
charm which Is declared 10 b. absolute.
ly iRtallible and Was recommended
and manufactured Cor years, and In
great numbers. BY very odd New
Orleans negress, who was Yoodou
priesless and who Was said 10 be more
than hundred years old. She was a
native African and never learned 10
sPeak knglish very distinctly. She
lived BY selliag fortunes. the sale Of
herbs and Voosloa charms, and this
love ehAstn, which had worry high rep
niaiioa for efficiency. NOT only among
her own people, but among the crcoles
~ sell II aas made By catching a
small sFee.soad. one u The sort who
make nlghi resonant In lhoss warm
regi0ns. and whleh are mol very much
larger lhsn the first Joint Of a
saAa's thumb, provided the man
bs = big oaa, but With = Tcioc
oal u eli proportion 10 their sire.
Their hzcks are smooth. delicate
grSea In color. without speckles, and
on The other aldo they sFe pure. sllvery
Whiis. These lliile. noisy reptiles are
Yosy shy and disscilt TO catch. and II
wAs Aiways > aysssry hOw this antique
daEky managed 10 secure them. a. they
generally pspier 70 ding from tbs upper
branches 81 No largest trees She did
Epi ihum. howoycr, and COMPRISED
their demise by The kindly harbari'
arxsre u arsriag Large pin through
thsir hcAaa She ihoa looked for AZ
ans hill IL Louisiana Tho iorinicn ar
numcrvas Aad voFaclpas near which
she buried hcr Wrcschca li,ilo victim
whose bones wore Immediately pickles
and polished 70 Snowy whii"ness ~ III
anss IL the course Of a day OF tuomi
rwu,ains werp disinieTrcd and wen
through c0FsAia Vccdoa iormalhFics-
mysscr3oas Africsn words-A and wer
paaspa through Gro upon which sal
uas sprsnkled. The charm vas inc
ynsdy ,os ase. and The purchaser hay
~ naia A. SO. ali IN silver hali-aollars
ioy shi. treasure. was then required :
wcar Il ahou, hcr neck Tor seven nlghu
IN moocsssnn. sho was then 10 lie
: III for sAe insoasaso wretch who ha
failed d property appreciate her q
,y,rslons and. unohscrSed. hook ui
lt,,ic Skeleton 10 The eentlcman's coa
~ H. sharp. white claws. he prot
.s,v er,,shca Il or dropped y yer
shortly after. bit u II remained Only
vrrv few minutes. Eve or six 81 mos
,hs charm was sure 10 work 90 gre'
scr. i,a mysterious powers. Inc a.
! -, African managed TO dispose
somc forty or any Of thesc charm
.yery year. aud she was wont solemn mn
. \ 81 nsscr, ,ha, ont o several hnna,S
-. n which The charm was used o.
: ssyep had entirely failed and 10 mos
! c,.es because The charm had been q
nl,sd sin the dark Of the noon y Z
~. n,.,cssnry that all love charll
. shn,Ia have their use wh%n M
, Waa waning New 10TH W."