The sun., 1908-04-05
is NOT DEAD YET.
If STILL FLOURISHES At oar
VERY noon. '.r.

Whites Must Take THIS Into NeeOunt
--Charms for Killing and Winning Love.
sVoOdOolsm dsadY Don't you believe II
Let the negro alone and he will 60 back TO It
swiftly Apd surely. Thousands Of Southern
blacks have never got RWay.fTom it, 90
This was the emphatic declaration of a
man who, though he was born In the south
Srn part OF the United states, has spent the
later years Of his life In the Briash West
Indies, OIL. '... ...' ..
we have managed TO stine IL in. this
. country he went on. and the khgllsh
have done q good deaf in the islands they
govern. But IL tounshcs opanly In HGyti
and IL no secret In the French Or Dutch
colonies. A. for our own OOuairy. would
: take my oath that nine darkies out Of ten,
even Of those who call themselves Christians.
would OoGs voOiooism il you struck pin
into them, e.
In the West Indies the name is Obeah.
not vOodoo. but The ideas aud practices
are much the same, even worse, The blacks
10 TO the obeah men to get vengeance
when they have grudge, and they're not
n the least particular where the vengea noe
Stopa. The obeah man are expert pOisOners,
and there isn't doubt that they accOmmo-
date their patrons who can pay.
In some oi the West Indian colonies the
whites themselves have TO take obeah into
account IN thelr dealings with the negroes
] mean that a negro Who has grudge
aEalnBt q white person won hesitate 10 try
70 work obeah on him-or her. either. ..
sGeneraly il goes no further than putting
evil charms in the way Of the person to he
injured; but one hears hints OF Suspicious
NiOaths and unsccOuntable illnesses When
you laugh al such an idea the old iimeIs
shake their heads ..
Another American, who has spent several
years In the Dutch West Indies, confirms the
above. He says that the negroes there
enjoy the aid and comfort Of bak1I. WHOSE
ssrvioes are secured to them through the
good ofiees OF the obeah man. A bakru
II the spirit OF 3 dead person. ... .
He 10 annexed TO ones menage by going
to the graveyard at midnigh. in the last
quarter Of the moon. approaching the
dead mans grave by taking two steps
forward and one step back, two steps
forward and one step hack, and then calling
politely but firmly upon the spirit to enter
your service This matter Of politeness is
q most important feature Of ones inter
course with bakru. .a. ...
II one doesn't observe the rules 81 cOuT-
teSy and bid the bakrl good morning and
good night. say Thank you and Please
and otherwise propitiate his ghoStly high
ness. he is likely 70 play one such tricks
us will make him regret the day-or night
rather,-that he ever engaged a bakr.
But II you are mild and respectful 70 your
bakru he will prove an excellent servant.
In the morning yon can despatch him to
the market with the injunction 10 pick
out a good load " wood and save Il until
you como after IT, Then you con loiter
over your other AFFAIRS without giving the
wood another thought The bakrl viii
HE him to the market, pick out the beet
wood and keep Il for you, The owner Of
the wood may try in vain to sell It. He
can't: and that's because the hakru is
sitting on il. ....
An obeah man or oieaE woman is
resorted to as a rule for help in working
q spite OF in getting a wish. especially the
wish to hask in the love Of some particular
person. Some OF these charms are rather
extraordinary. For instance, II loyesick
girl will take some OF her hair bum H.,
rub II TO q powder and put II into the food
Of the man whose love she pines for she
will have her wish,
The most eficaoous Of these love charms
e said to be the mixing Of nine drops Of
ones blood with the food to he eaten by
the adored This method works marT els,
making the hitherto Indifferent person a
slave 20 the chermer
The newly awakened love amounts al
most 20 madness and ID o sure thing until
v Wie disposed Of by another charm. n the
charm worker will administer a kick or a
blow, the foot OF the hand with which it ID
given having been dipped in water in which
cedar leaves have been boiled the madness
will disappear
One way OF getting ahead OF rival Is 10
+4cpr4 his shoes and wear them overnight
This promises that you shall llguratiVely
step into his shoes, az you have already
literally done,
II you want an enemy TO die, get the
obeah man 10 work a charm which causes
the feathers in your victims pillow to form
into some sort Of nondescript creature
nobody is quite clear what it h, bird oil
animal. The important point Is that il
forms very, very slowly and only at night
hut as the process continues your enemy
vvastas awav and when the creature in the
pillow is complete your victim dies,
Another way Of getting revenge is Il
tear live bird apart and put the wings II
your enemys pillow. II you want to b
particularly cruel put some grains Of corr
in the pillow Of your victims child
What will that do? Simply keep the chile
from growing any more Common way
Of trying 10 work obeah are to Sprinkl'
graveyard dirt on doorstep, to put deaC
leaves in front OF door, TO hang crooked
stick over Il. and 50 on.
OF course II you are black yourself ant
somebody 10 setting obeah on you Ehi
first thing you do is 20 hustle up to when
your own special obeeh man or obesl
woman lives and get busy at counter con
iuring. II Is always a wise precaution q
Keep "frizzly" hen on the premises. l
she can bs induced 70 eat any Of the charm
loft for your destruction you are safe
Salt, too, is an excellent article 10 have OF
hand. II you sprinkle salt on charms lef
by your enemies and then burn them tn
charms, not Cas you might like your enc
mies--you are again saved. In the soutl