The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-01-23

coDDIer, oy sucking 1t through straw
The Mundrucu spreads large spoonful of
snuff on the bottom of a saucer, and when
all is ready, takes ''machine" some eight
inches long, made of two quil's placed side
by side, and neatly whipped together by
thread AT one end they are pressed upon
so as 10 dverge to width corresponding 20
the breadth between the Mundrucu's nos
tris, where it is intended they shall be
placed during the ceremony OF snuff taking.
And thus they are placed-one end of each
quill being slightly intruded within the line
OF the sepium, while the other end rests
upon the snuff or wanders over the surface
OF The saucer till all the power placed there
is drawn up and inhaled.
Another odd habit of The Mundrucu is
sort of ordeal by ire-the Tocan3eira.-
When the Mundrucu youth becomes can
didate for manhood, he has a pair of
''gloves" prepared for HIM. These consist
of two pieces of palm bark Tree. with The
pilh hollow ed out but lett i'll al one end
The hollow part is OF sufficient diameter 10
draw over the hands loosely, and so long as
gaun,Iets These gloves are nearly filled
with yenomous insects, and the novice is
then compelled 10 draw them on without
shrinking. The ceremony next requires
! that he should keep on the gloves Till he
has danced before every door in the village.
He must sing if for very Joy. Surround
ed by friends and acquantances who dance
and howl around, he proceeds around the
village, performing his longest jig before
the door OF The chief. Half crazed with
pain, he then rushes 10 The nearest stream
or pond and plunges wildly in, emerging
fl stuff for a Mundrucu, warrior, and elIgi-
ble 10 the hand of Mundrucu maiden.
The Mundrucus are called beheaders, be-
cause unlike their North American brethren,
they are dissatisfied with merely taking the
scalp OF their enemies but must lave the
whole head These heads are preserved
in the Mnndrucu's cabin, and alter being
rudely embalmed are handed down as heir
looms 10 his children. On all festive occa-
sions the heads are produced stuck up on
poles, and placed about the room or grass
plot
THE cHACos.
In the more southerly part of the South
America are the Chacos tribes, who pass
most of their lives on horseback. Both
men and women pull out their eyebrows
and eyelashes, because they think they cas-
see better without them. For earrings the
women wear spiral appendages of rolled
palm leaf that hang dangling to their very
shoulders.
THE DIRT EATERS.
The Ouomacs, or Dirl-Eaters, who dwell
on the OrInoco, are great dandies. though
they wear no veslige OF clothing. To make
up for this, however, they are very parlicu
lar about painting their bodies. The great
er part OF the day is oilen spent by them in
a single dressing, with one or two helpers
10 assist in the operation and this is not a
tdftooing process, intended 10 last for life
time, but costume certain to be dsEgur-
ed or entirely washed off al the first expo
sure 10 a shower. When All 0ttomac wish
es TO appear in full dress, he first gives
himself primins of red. Over this red
ground is then formed lattice work OF
lines of black. with dot in the centre OF
every little sqaure or diamond. II the gen.
tiemau be rich enough to possess little
'chica," ;" " hich is beautiful lake coloreG
red, he will :hen feel all the delights of a
fashionable dandy, and with halt a pound
OF turlle-ol rubbed into his long, black tres
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in an inch OF his liie."
The Ouomacs iced on aligators, mani,
and various amphibious animals, but during
hard times actually eat the dirt. During
these months when the rivers swell TO their
greatest height, and all fishing ceases. the
Ouomac, in delauh oil other iood, fills his
stomach with a kind OF unctious clay OF
which he eats about pond day. There
is nothing Bourishing in tit merely pro,
duces kind OF safety or relief from the
pangs OF hunger. 1t is only poya, par:icu-
lar kind OF clay, soft and smooth 10 :he
touch, like putty, which The Ouomsc will
eat. This clay he stores up. forming it into
balls several inches in diameter, which
being slightly hardened before fire, he
bnilds up into little pyramids, just as can
non-bals are piled in an arsenal or fortress.
When he wishes TO regale himself, the o..
tomac soitens one of these balls by victim .
it, aud then scraping off as much as he may
require for meal returns the poya to lis
place on the pyramid.-"Oh People" By
CoPt. Mayns Reid.
WOMEN are sharp observers, and their
criticisms are quite happily expressed
sometimes A hundred years ago Garrick
and Barry were competing with each other
in favor of London audiences. Both per