The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-27

strated to few of these ignarant ovsatures,q
that their belief in fstiches is ell wrong.
and they have happily been converted.
One has given up his belief in the virtue OF
pounding a gong 20 scare away demons,
and now believes in predestinaton, and In
those who die in infancy. Another has
seen the error OF his ways and does
not, as he formerly did, stick
sharp fish bones through bis wife's
mothers left leg 10 cure his own indiges-
ton. No, indeed, he doesn't; he is now a
changed man, and, when a too hearty In
dulgence in the stewed body Of one OF his
enemies disarrauges his internal mechan-
ism, he takes teaspoonful Of "Lupton's
Liver Lifter-sold everywhere--100 doses
for $l.n Still another convert has ceased to
repeat "Ujiji jupi iagu" three times when
he is in deadly peril, and has substituted
for it a nice Latin sentence, taught TO him
by the Christian priest, although he does
not understand Ii.
How thankful we should be that we are
thus enabled TO substitute truth for error
in the minds of our fellowmen and wipe
out these dreadful superstitions even IL 10
does cost q few thousand dollars per fellow
man and how glad we should be that we,
10 this great country blessed with nine
tenth century science and civilization,
haven't a fetich TO our names.
Dub, STOP. LOU US Soe. nave uOue Oh 10
really got fet chs Come to think Of it;
there's the man who carries the buckeye in
his pocket to ward off the rheumatism, and
the man who has kept a peculiar coin IN
his purse for eighteen years. "just for LUCK"
Why, TO be sure, those are fetiches. aud the
touch OF the hunchback, also for luck, is
the Fetch Of many more.
The horseshoe, nailed above the door, is
the fetch Of an innumerable host of not
only ignorant people, but OF the most in
telligent and highly educated people in the
country. To some IL is fetich of luck, to
Others Il is protection against evil spirits.
The use OF the horseshoe as fetch reaches
back to our far away ancestors-witness
Hudibras' couplet:
"Chase evil spirits away by dint
OF sickle, horseshoe and hollow flint"
The Yale football team has fetch in the
shape Of bull dog. They call 1t mascot,
but IL Is a fetch as much as Is the snake
skin Of the savage that he takes with hiRs
for luck and protection when he goes I'd
battle.
Many people make fetiches of certain
numbers. What fetch ALA is to our
colored brother who plays policy Some
men will take the number OF the first street
car, first policeman, they meet ia the
morning, and use ft as their Fetch for The
day. Odd numbers are more often used
than even numbers. Jack FalstaR said,
good luck lies In odd numbers; they say
there Is divinity In odd numbers, either in
nativity, chance, or DEATH"
The moop is a fetch that is believed to
influence many things, from the brain Of
the insane, to the growth Of cabbage. As
the moon wakes the farmer plants his fence
posts and inserts the knife In the throat Of
his fat hogs IL he did this when the moon
was waning, his fence posts would soon rot.
and his pork would shrink.
The people of the stage have many
fetiches. Almost all of them carry some
charm that is supposed to influence. for
good. their business or pleasure. The
manager of a theater invariably has some
fetch, the presence Of which, the first night
Of the play, insures its success. He has also
fetiches that bring disaster 10 their train
He may not believe in the ''evii eye" and
its baneful influences, as some OF our fore
fathers did, but he certainly believes that IL
the first of an audience to arrive Is a CROSS
eyed man something very, very bad will
happen.
Dreams "tegotten Of a vain fantasy are
the fetiches of many.
The rice thrown after the bride aud
bridegroom is a fetch that many believe
In. Lovers have fetishes innumerable.
In fact there ere very few Of US who have
not a superstitious belief in the influence
Of something or other for good or evil on
our live Of affairs.
What Is your fetlchf
J. ARMoy KEoS-as