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HOTEL PRESTON
JOHN" HADDEN, PROPRIETOR.
TH E EV E N iNG GALE
CANNIBALS 0r Hm:
' A FRAGMENT OF DARKEST AFRICA ON
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
Yoodooism in Its Worst Form the Relig-
ion of the People of tire Interior~Tlie
Great Yellow Snake as Their Object, of
of “’orsllip.
Hayti is little more than a fragment
of darkest Africa close by the shores
of the United States, its inhabitants
being largely given up to the practice of
the infamous rites of voodoo, while the
cannibalism incidental to that primi-
tive form of superstitiOus worship pre-
vails to an astonishing extent in every
province. '
So slight are the relations, commerL‘
cial o‘r otherwise, which connect Hayti
with the United States that such mat-
ters hare obtained little publicity in
this country. The" worship of the
Great Yellow Serpent, with its inciden-
tal anthropophagy, as practiced on the
island, has attracted only occasional
"press notices,” as it were. Yet, there
' is evidence to prove that scores, if not
; hundreds of human victims, nearly all
of them children, perish annually. The
whole republic is actually rotten with
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FIRE IN SlilillNllIi
, , A Wise Man Keeps
. white blood.
this strange moral disease, and the best
authorities who have written about it
assert that the government itself sup-
ports the abominable cult, using its
sectaries as a secret police.
The people of Hayti—the mass of
them, that is to say—have advanced
very slightly beyond the absolute sav-
agery of their African ancestors. The
latter, when imported in the eight-
eenth century as slaves to work on the
great sugar estates, brought with them
their religion, which—variously known
as “Voodooism, “Obeahism,” “Fetish-
iism, “Ju-Ju” and “Mumbo-Jumbo”—is
one of the most ancient faiths in the
world. Practically all of the natives of
the Dark Continent, barring the Mo-
hammedans, believe in it. The wor-
ship of the serpent is its most conspic-
uous feature, and the Great Yellow
Snake—a harmless specie of Ophidian
indigenous to Hayti—was promptly
adopted as a god by the imported ne-
groes. It is supposed to be an incarna-
tion of the arch fiend.
The religious idea of the savage is
the propitiation of the powers of evil,
lest they injure him. This requires
sacrifices, and the most acceptable sac—
rifices, from the view point of the fiend,
is a living human being. In Hayti the
Great Yellow Snake is never thorough-
ly satisfied unless gorged with human
flesh, and infants are particularly ac-
ceptable. Hence the frequent slaugh-
terings of children in various provinc-
es of the Black Republic, particularly
at certain seasons. ,
The population of Hayti is about
1,000,000, and consists, almost exclu-
sively of blacks, with hardly a trace of
To-day it is almost
as African as the most remote interior
of the Dark Continent. Here is the
true Western home of Obeah—a relig-
ion which exercises a most'powerful in
fluence all over the West Indies, even
the best educated white people being
infected with a dread of its mysteri-
ous and truly diabolical powers.
A brotherhood of sorcerers and poi-
sdners extends all over Africa. Their
fraternity is of most ancient origin,
and concerning many things they pos-
, sess unusual knowledge. In particular,
they ‘are acquainted with vegetable and
mineral poisons, including some drugs
unknown as yet to science. By means
of certain mysterious decoctions they
are said to be able to produce insanity,
paralysis, idiocy, or slow decay of body
and mind in a victim. In Africa these
priests of Fetish commonly act as se-
' cret police for the native chiefs, smell-
ing out as witches any persons whose
destruction may be desired. The same
brotherhood runs the machinery of the
Voodoo faith all over the West Indies,
and it is represented in many cities of'
' the United States by “doctors” who en-
the col-
con-
ioy a large “practice” amo ,.
orcd people, their prescriptions
sisting mainly of
‘spells" to destroy enemies, “hoodoo‘
:harms, and other “material” of witch-
:raft. .
In Hayti this system of superstition
is known as Vaudoux, the word signi-
fying an all—gawerful and supernatur-
al being, namely, the Great Yellow Ser-
pent. Ali knowledge past and present
dwells in the reptile, but its will can
only be communicated through its
priests and priestess-es. These person-
igcs are generally distinguished by a.
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‘zwcuty years, only two instances
peculiar knotting of their curly Wool,
which must be a work of considerable
iiahor. .Commonly they lead most de-
praved lives. Such is the terror in-
;pired by the priests that few women of
.he lower order dare resist their ad-
vances. Next to unrestricted licentious-
”nests, the highest happiness from the
view-point of a bad negro is unlimited
'um_ and in this luxury the oiferings
pf his followers enable the witch doc-
iior to indulge to his heart’s content.
In Africa the sacrifices to Obeah are
always of human beings; in the West
[miles the influence of the whites has
)rought about the. substitution of
:hicken cocks and goats for such pur-
)oses. In Jamaica, during the last
of
auman sacrifice in voodoo worship
nave come‘to light. .On the other hand
.he killing of children by the negro
’auatics of Hayti is extremelycommon,
ind no recent government on the isl-
md cared to grapple with the evil.
’ndced, a late Prime Minister was him—
self one of the brotherhood of wi‘tch
ioctors, and in 1867 the President of
:he republic, Salnave, joined the fra-
.ernity for political reasons, bathed
g rimsclf in the blood of goats, took part
n the most fearful debaucher‘ies inci-
icntal to the “sacred” rites, and even
:acrificed human victims, it is alleged.
I -;-Rene Beache in St. Louis Globe Dem-
icrat. ‘ ,
. Janet Richards, who, in a talk of an
' by picked horses, was intrusted to
“love potions," _
"whom he might derive some informa-
versation continued (Stuart°being thus
own mistakes will soon be bankrupt“
, A SHORT ROAD TO KNUWLtUut.
How Busy “'omen Read the News of the
Day by Proxy.
The secret is out. his no longer a
mystery how the ladies of the oflicial
set of Washington are enabled to dis-
cuss intelligently all questions of na-
tional and State affairs, as well as all
other subjects of the day, social and
literary, without neglecting social or
home duties. .
’ It has been noticed that at least one
morning in the week the thinking aris-
tocracy of Washington arise early,
and, in fetching and appropriate cos-
tumes, gather at 10:30 in the parlors of ~
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the Wimondaughsis Club, on New
York avenue.
There, behind closed doors, they
meet a brilliant young woman,. Miss
hour and a half, posts her fair hearers
on all the current topics of the day.
In a concise ,and interesting way
Miss Richards, with a wonderful know-
ledge of current events, explains to
them the happenings of the week and
the matters likely to be discussed dur-
ing the coming week. .
Beginning with ErrOpean politics,
she reviews the situation there,,inter~.
spersing? her remarks -:with‘ humor and?
sarcasm enough to make them inter-
esting. She is .piquant and bright, so
her audience, notebook in hand, nev-
er wearies as she discusses subjects of
gravest importance.
Questions are asked by her auditors.
so when they return to their homes
they are ready to discuss any topic of
the day intelligently with diplomats
3r layman.
“YOu have no idea what a relief it
is to come here,” remarked one of the
ladies, of the Cabinet. “With all the
social demands upon us it would be
impossible for us to keep posted on
all the subjects of the day. One could
never read up on all these and have
time for anything else.
A Senator in speaking of Miss Rich-
ards said:
“For a. long time many of us were
puzzled to know where our wives got
their information, for whena discus-
sion arose on any subject of interest
they seemed to be better posted than
we were.”——-New Yerk World.
NAPOLEONIS LOST TREASURE. '
Recalls an Incident of the Russian Cam-
paign in 1812.
The recegt find of an old military
knapsack filled with French gold piec—
es coined about the beginning of the
:entury, near Vilno, Russia, recalls the
dreadful fate of Napoleon’s grand army
and its disastrous Russian campaign in
[812. After the destruction of Moscow
the bold conqueror was compelled to
seek safety, but his return to the fron-
tier was not the retreat of an orderly
army; it was flight with all its hor-
rors. Napoleon himself hurried back
in advance of his army, in order to
steady the throne, which had become
shaky by events in Paris and else-
where. The shipping of the war treas-
ure, which at that time still contained
12,000,000 francs, and which was trans-
ported in barrels in" carriages drawn
Marshal Ney. Napoleon never saw
that treasure again, and where it has
remained was kept a profound secret
ror a long time. Under strong cover
the transportation of the treasure was
started for the frontier, but not far
from Vilno the wagon stuck-in a de—
file, and it seemed impossible to get
them out again. Rather than see the
treasure in the hands of the Russians,
Field Marshal Ney gave orders to break
open the barrels and distribute the
money to the returning soldiers as
they passed by, and thus it was done.
Many of the soldiers threw away all
their belongings in order to fill up
their knapsacks with gold, but very
few of those who carried the heavy
wealth were able to drag the burden to
the frontier, and the very gold which
was intended for their benefit was the
cause of their perishing.——Boston Tran- _
script.
One on Dr. Johnson.
Dr. Sam Johnson was sometimes
‘come up with,” and was honest.
enough not to be offended when his
outspoken rudeness met a spirited re-
buke, as the following anecdote shows.
At the time Stuart was a young man,
studying .under the great painter, Ben-
jamin West. He gives the story in his
"History of the Arts of Design in the
United States.” ‘
“Dr. Johnson called one morning on
Mr. West to converse with him on
American affairs. After some time Mr.
West said he had a young American
(Gilbert Stuart) living with him, from
iion, and introduced Stuart. The con-
invited to take part in it), when the
Dr. observed to Mr. West that the
young man spoke. very good English,
and, turning to Stuart, rudely asked
him where he had learned it. Stuart
replied: ‘Sir, I can better tell you
where I did not learn it—it was not
from your dictionary.’ Johnson seem--
ad aware of his own abrrptness and
was not ofiended.”——Hartford Courant.
Rules‘for a'Long Life.
A distinguished physician gives nine-
teen rules for longevity, most of which,
like “keep your temper,”, are well
known. But others are less familiar,
such as “Do not have your bedstead
against the wall,” “Have a mat to your
bed room door,” “Allow no pet animals
in your living rooms,” and “Eat plenty
of fat, to feed the cells which destroy
iiseased germs.” One of the rules, “ 1.x—
arcise before fireakfa-st,” is noted for
its enthusiastic abandonment after a
.itort trial. » , ‘ - .
Few of us gain by the mistakes of
others, but he who fails to profit by his
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