The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28

f asked than answered But SO j. s. HF1-
no-ism. mind reading. and mczmerism are
al 80 little understood that they class
among the pseudO-sciencss. those lying
along and within the mysterious border
l-ne between the demOustrable fact ana
mystery. where Science grOpes and says
i cannot tel you why this is true. bu-
j Isl one notable feature in the practice
OF NoudOo-sm is that tle professors are
an persons in the prime u life and OF per-
rect physical condition. Here again the
ancient and modern superstitiOns meet,
Tor the "cun1er woman is but the old
time Vestal reproduced in this devil Wor-
snip transplanted 70 the nineteenth cen
tury.
Perhaps the most remarkable Of all ''cun-
1er women north Of New Orleans is IN
Washing ton. In a far distant section of
the city. unknown 10 polite society. The
neiEhborhood where she lives is not safe
usually for a respecta ble-appeari white
man IN daylight. much less at night But
anouid you De known as an acquaintance
OF the witch woman, YOU are safe. Il Is
no easy thing for "A white man to meet one
for these NOudOO women. They have
strong respect for the law. and are ex-
uemeiy SUSPICIOUS, thinking every I'M
Voucned for white man who seeks them
- a detective. Big Mary's faVOrite resi-
denee IS In freedman's alley Should
stranger go there and ask for Big Mary,
every negro, big and little. would instant
~ declare that he knew no such person.
But she u there, and an acquaintance with
any frequenter Of the place. who is sure
interview. Mdry's residence is not much
10 look at from the outside. Within it is
fairly clean. Her professional rooms are
ntted up with q fine regard TO the theat-
rical effect. She has a skull on the stand
. OF the room you viii be received in. From
a corner when you enter you VIII sudden
~ near a shrill, singing buzz. A city man
would think the noise odd. and wonder
why the peculiar musky Odor filled the
Dom. The man used to the dense for asts
a. ID cane brakes of the south. or the hun
ta the mighty Appalachian ranges, would
no need to be told anything 1t is the louzz
OF ne Crotalus hOrr.dus, the great South
err yellow rattlesnake. The snake in Big
Mar Us house is an enormous one. II must
be al most SIX feet long, with great, arrow
SHAPE d black head and eyes glittering,
cola Aand deadly.
"Co1 out heh.' said mary. and land-
ing oV1 II moment, she seized the
snake - the middle. and held the with
ing evil 4 hing at arms length. the q put
il back y here II was. you see how l
keep aas 81 axe whah It is2'' II was inside
a coil ~ 40 'senair rope, woven and piait-
Every scout and prairie man knows that
nothing win make rattlesnake crawl
over that line of horsehair.
The negroes in the alley have a lively
fear of mis- ma sc and well they may. 1t
Is only a bi o. incidental equipment a
part of the would DO properties, but an i'm
portant one The old brick shanty' might
be filed with l'old, and Mary could leave
when / goes, out I jest lifts Demon
out fun da quileS er rope, said she. NO
body ain gwine gone IN men et ne loose,
1 tell your And she was right. The adj
jacent negro wou VI as soon think of en-
tering the gate to the oottomIess pit as
of going into that dark room where that
crawling death kee r. s5 ward rapder
Il kin tell you VIII y 20, an thinkin of,
eff yo' give me yo' yam" she said. The
hand was held a Smshi[ "A curious,
plainly felt. Now, Sc b. gwine tell yo'
jes wat yo' wuz th ubin' bout And
she did
The hypnotic effect W. Y not attempted,
hut imagine the effect I'll us mind reading,
heightened by the still wa, chitul look OF the
rattlesnake, must have up on. the Ignorant
visitors. The woman had, 90, some NERDS
from the south that posses ! v cry peculiar
qualities, and are only n oN becoming
known TO northern pnysicia Us and phar-
macists. one dococuQn was Z 1ade from
the night-shade, wild parsnip hd stram-
on.um, a most dangerous th ms indeed,
If not very carefully handled. ne dealt,
too. in triple extract, IL might b, called,
which is a most active and UecuVe
aphrodisiac. 1t was not surplis ng to
learn that Big Mary's- acquainta nc was
not limited to her own race and Oh n.
Law me-" she said, my bes' Gus 'to mers
ain I desc var diggers, no, seh!i D.1u On
does make right smart money out en-
de bes' payin' people l has is wife p aOl pie
Why, knows de highes' gemmens dis
yeh Washington"
Big Eary's far south,professional sis ten,
MISTRESS of the NoudoD lore. is of a fal
) iaerent type. Figure TO yourself a tilll,
IN he, graceful mulatto, a Spanish creCNe
1ea no, born in Porto Rico. She is n, 9t
NOR than thirty, and is less negro tina a
any other XoudoO woman the writer
knows. She has the blood of Spanish
conuuis, adores in her veins, and possesses I
a face Il Ike Diana Victrix, with a figure
that any woman, would give a small for
tune. TO ow.1. Particularly noticeable in
her is the fRe, = aeeful carriage that
these women acquire in carrying water
lars and pals upon haeir heads. This wo-
man came to New orleans from Key
West She speaks SpaA fsh best, although
she knows French very Wen, and has a
business. She is very para ial TO my own
people" as she calls the creole OF the
Antilles and Louisiana. She IS a good
mind reader, a hypnotist of no mean pow
er. besides possessing a knowledge of the |
qualities of plants and herbs ths1t would |
be most valuable to any physician or drug
gist.
method of preparing and use of the loco,
/ he most Internal of all Southern herbs. |
p yepaFed properly it can be administered
to Nthe patient" in a cup of tea, for it
hast a slightly aromatic taste. In six
wee ks time the man who takes it is dead.
His brain has either burst all it's blood
vessels or it has literally become putrid
The aker SuIIerS no pam. lie becomes
DUH t hen ne cannot seem to fix his mind
upon anything, and finally existence till
death ONES is simply animation without
sentient Wife. How often it has been adj
minister, Nd to persons in the way of am
bilious ould-be heirs, to rivals in bust
ness or L we, to old husbands by women
who desirCN freedom, to others no one
knows! B ut the expert Mexican physi
clan. as we VI as his professional brother
of Cuba, Pc VITO Rico, and Martinique, all
know its pee pliar sign. In Mexico it is a
penal offence to sell the stun in pre-
pared form, nd in Cuba to use it means
the garrote. But to the far northward
the faculty kno w of it only from hearsay.
To the average Boston or New York
physician the Nale green absinthe-like
liquid in a smaQ cut-glass Bottle once
used for perfumel y, would be a curiosity,
and that is all.
Dolores-Joaquina was not communicate
i've about her bust pess. She believes in
keeping her own ounsel. She, too, is
equipped with the .yegufatfon properties
Of the dealer, in thG bla ek art. A live
three-foot alligator was among them,
and on a perch, in the dark room where
visitors are received, was an immense