Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-04

ABX.YSG ~ a.
EM&yl& IN description. were De-
ESNAF y lieved to be occs-
y :&/V stoned by supernatural
& IN apenciss For snch A.
NI5E& a;ct;or. .,,, s,,,r;,s 80
N~M '" sP "e
~ sponslble. In Ceylon the
~ - great demon Of disease
ia associatad nth . ma
culiar legend H,s .ath.- 800. liz ~
be,;ov;,o NJ. ~ .-:..' 80
.o,.e'ins MS queen 70 % iaithiess, ordered nsr
70 De cut In two Before the sentence was car
ried out she said: "If this charge be false may
nv child be bor,, q d.ron .na d.s,ror th.
whole % Obi. -, W. -. 80
y, 'nA, e,'s' "ne" sue nAo oeen e.-
o1. "oioer nappehed: Inc severed paf~
reunited and child was born, who repaired to
the burying place and fattened on the corpses
ao 40. ,, ne Proceeoeo 10 mnict mo,Iai us
This demor has a;anta.u' attsnSlpnts ~ 60
of which is the Fiend of Madness. The ancient
Assyrians believed that the world swarmed
;nS NJ Aio9s spirits, wnlch might De swallowed
avn VI oriiA ana 20 cause oisease'
FATAL WORK OF THE RAINBOW.
The Zuius Of Africa believe that persons who
die sudden or violent deaths have been killed
bv the rainbov An ;rd;,idro,. .mono thar,
Oh To-. - "Ao 49, 80,
haa,ts oSe IneiI ives oy 1ails, drowning or WHO
vomrsd Pthn; Hn because Ine raInoow mas ne
hr;das .hara Aa-ia, VI sPIit. IN .ne view ne,
dise.s. 1919, ~, Vi was coiony OF Proiessiohai
rm ITHSS maAe . VINO i've oy collecung sucn
haS aato - Ie skin OF q panama wnlch man
s si%S me Danana SKIN Is rohed up ana
tho cous, we result peihe tna' as II ourhs
49, a;O,. III " tne truit becomes more anu
n;t;ut. o ~ un'h ne makes up MS mino 10 pro
pias1 VIC WIZARDS oy presents But even the
W. ~ are NOT secure against sucn fnnoenSes,
anu a. ZINES tney themselves discover that
SHneoouy 10 burning tnelr rubbish anu 30 are
uiNen " appear Iof mercy. Inc custom OF
thss tne passing peh LOOK its rise from
WIG no'ion tnat its SOUND would drive away the
sPiNs H1As stooo WaitinS az the oeo OK q
s.A man ior MS soul. Aoyssinian sorcerers
ateacn 70 tne image OF person whom they
, wLsu W torture py lnnictlng injuries upon his
.iAene IS 'ne name OF the victim, ana TO pre-,
ven' TINS the people conceal their baptismai
DISEASES CAUSED BY THE DEAD.
~. oe.ei 'na' diseases are caused by the
ue"o is oi great antiquity. 1t was applied In
INC case OF vampires, whicn were supposed III
the middle ages to be the spirits Of deceased
individuals, which left their graves at night
and sucked the blood Of the living. The most
horrible part OF the fancy, which set all Europe
panic stricken few centuries ago, the
theory that the victims were obliged themselves
to become vampires after death. To prevent
this thousands Of suspected corpses were dug
up in order that their hearts might be trans
fixed with stakes to prevent the fiends from
going abroad. In 1875 the body OF a woman in
Chicago who had died Of consumption was
exhumed and her lungs burned, under
the persuasion that she was drawing
others after her into the grave. Passing
over hidden grave is thoughtin some parts Of
England to produce rash, while in New Jersey
the same cause brings about incurnbie cramps
In the foot. In China and Scotland also people
are reluctant to save drowning man for fear
that the latter, if his life is preserved. will do
some dreadful injury to his savior. The Scotch
believe that the spirit Of the last person buried
has to keep watch in the churchyard until an
other is entombed there, to whom he delivers
his charges. The duty of the latest inferred to
stand sentry at the graveyard gate every night
until relieved often gives much uneasiness to
the deceaseds surviving friends in thinly in
naDlted parts OF the country.
THE TRANSFER OF DISEASE.
Inc various interesting superstitions relate
10 the cure OF diseases by transferring them to
puppies, ducks or other animals. To inhaie
the cold breath of a duck is still recommended
In England. In Devonshire, when child has
whooping cough, hair is taken from its head
put between two slices Of bread and butter and
given to a dog: and if in eating it the dog cough
the ailment will be transferred. An old remedy
for toothache was for the patient to spit in a
frog mouth and request him to make of with
the trouble. In Pennsylvania and elsewhere in
this country it is imagined that child may be
cured of whooping cough by holding the head
81 live fish in its mouth for q minute or two
An old and guaranteed remedy for warts is to
touch each wart with a pebble and put the
pebble in bag, which should be lost on the
way to church; whoever finds the bag and opens
it gets as many warts as there are stones in it.
curious mode of getting rid of disease Is by
taking the hand Of a corpse and requesting the
dead body to carry the complaint with him.
Warts may also be cured by touching them with
pins and burying the latter in q new-made
grave. In China the figure of man, cut out
of paper. is carried out into the street and is
supposed to convey the disease with it. In
folk tales there are traces of children being
put to death as cure for leprosy in others and
the ancient authority Aenokrates speaks with
Srnm, Latino humanS go a nS s VI oe oo'a'neo
NON, 10 crnr r,rs
rna,.nS - :. haI;., 49,
,,an r. 80 hv t.t.h;na hanS,rI - - ~
may 70 ouieo w ie.snihs uanu,ui OF eartn
from the grave most recently made Ina church
yard when the clock is striking twelve mid
night. Churchyard grass is also thought in
South Wales to be an antidote to mad dog
poison. In Scotland the powder from a mans