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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
ETHIOPIAN PRODUCE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL June e;Proysons Bacon ca%oerland Gas
30s 0d short Ribs I'D; shoulders 26s Cd per cwI
Bee-lOOs Cd Extra Indian Mess Prime Ness s0s ol
Sos. western. 52s American. ss4 Od. Prime West
ern 3Ss 3d. Lard OIL 30s sd. Hams-Long Out 4As ID;
shouders 3D. Butter as Cd ow for finest United
States. Cheese-American Choice, $50 OF Whea-Eaesd
Wesern spring lOd q7s. Id Red Winter I'd eIs "a
per cenIa spring Is 3D. New Western Winter 7a 20
New Mixed western As IL adj California No. 1, IS VI
"a ID, California No 6s I'd 06s sd DER cAata Produce
spirits OF rurpentne 27s ga do at London 25s ca per
ewf Refned Petroleum led per gallon; Clover Seed
American Red 49s per ewt, Tacw3la I'd per owt Roam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
HOMES OF FAMOUS GENERALS.


SIR: Will you inform constant reader OF the
place Of residence Of the following Generals: b. +
Butler, j. C. Fremont d. T.. sckles W. IL. Franklin, O
A. Gilmore. Joe Hooker aud W. 5. Rosecrans. NJ. d.
Jersey CHy, May ID, 1888
General Buffers home is at Lowell. Mass. Gen
eral Fremont lives Staten Island; General
Sickles, New-YOrk City; General Franklin, Hart
ford, Conn. General Gilmore, Brooklyn; General
Rosecrans, San Francisco General Hooker Is dead.
Id
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
THE MARKETS.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
Per North River. Vessels AMI RaiiroIfs
NEw-YoRK. June 9. 1855.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

NEW-YORK. june q, 1888.
COFFEE-Spot quiet $50. for Fair options quiet
and steady sales, $50 bags closing follows June $40
G1.0b; July. CESSATION; August. 7.0507l0; September
l5G7 20; October 72OG7 80; November Tbs 1856 De-
cember. 7.a067A0
COrrON-Spot Cotton hner but quiet and without quot
able ch sales OF l,15J bales 5o0 last evening", In
GLIDING $50 export and 100 for home motion Ger
houses within day bought 700 bales for the
Con inent.
follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MARKETS.

IoNnoS lime g-l2;3O D. m.-ConsOs 004 for both
and the accoun Four Per Cent Bonds
i21a do -Four and a Hall Per Cent Bonds, ll5 Atlantic
and 9rert Western First Trustees Certificates
22i canadian Pacific 40; Erie second oonsos 41G hit
mon 81 III York Central s4Ss pennsylvania 40; Read
ing. 6s+ , m o,e -. Oorov ord for IN. a.cor,,
United states Per Cent Bonds Erie Second Cen
sols Al a. Illinois Central, 1868 Mexican Ordinary, "a
Three Per Cent Rentes at 81 francs
az centimes for the account and exchange London
25 francs 2Ola centmes for checks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
CLOSING PRICES OF CALIFORNIA STOCKS
SAY FRANcIsCo. June 0, l931.

MILWAUKEE, June 8-wheat weak. No. Cash: S7stci
June 50 Loci July 81 &C Corn quiet oats steady DO - "a
sSisc Rve-No l. B5e. Barey-No =. 4sc rroVlsions
Meas Cash June go 20 IIy 80 90 80 Ba hga
iimce Creamery lSdl6c. Cheese-Best Cream re lOc'
Eggs-Frcs ai &c Recep.s-flour 4ooo Dds &
81 900 BUSH Barley. 100 bush shpmehts-fio' oooo
III H., Wheat. As ,UUU bush; Barley. l.luO bush
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08

Common 81 ia, Psls lis Cd 00s Cd Lnsesd on IN
Sd per cwt - o.o ooe
receipts wheat for the past three DAYS wore S&oS
centals, including Ill 900 ceHt2!s American -
The receipts tho past three days wess
152, 400 cebtas. 49,, an, 9. - eo, 4.
LONDON June -Produce-TAnseed OIL. 32l oa0 Los
per Calcutta Linsecd 4Js pr qutrteE n nS
Take. 81 gs So 0s psr ton; 2eiiei petroleum otn
6asd ger gallon spirits OF Turpenae, ass o. vet cws
Pale IS oils Proyisio1s-Lsrd AZ Of per cws i ss
Americans Sugar. iSs sd. cwt for Cdp1 Soatfu 5e.
polarzug 96 aud l6s Cd 6I5s for cuoA MuscovaloiAr
refn adnaI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08

recent poet begins his wih Red cherry
fruit. greet you with gay shouts" II the poet is
wise, he will sinend this line and make IL reads Red
cherry fruit greet you with gay shouts and bottle OF
Jamaica er."-lBaltilnore American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE.

CHARLESTON June 6.-Turpentne firm At $50. bid.
SAVANNAH June d. -Turpentine steady at Sac.
WILMINGTON. June 6-Turpentine nrm at Sac.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08

Cotton again marks n lower OF values specula-
ton was irregular during the week but Liverpool stead
lily declined, and result, despite OF small receipts
futures show declines varying 10 to 10 points Tor
this crop and about - points for this crop spot also
oil 3-l6 cents at 103 cents for mddling upanos.
The statistics OF the of three years are us
folloWs:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
American classification


Good or lnarv ...... Ss Low Mildn y........ ga
Street Cool DE- linarv. S5a Mldllng lOli
Future! declined to points, with moderate trading Mr.
sold from August TO November Ike THINKS
lower and that. with good the
touch scents He lie has particular INT rest
lust sales OF 10000 bales.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
Net available bal

Total balance slO22iG6si $lO2Sl9OiS Inc. s)72.36i
Yesterdays bank statement presented only two feat
ures Of interest Despite the facts that by the opera
tons OF the ubTrcasury for the week the banks lost to
600 their receipts from other sources we're so
large th their (averagel loss cash was onlv S6SOoo
The other feature is the expansion of S3,l6l 600 IN
loans Considering the general conditions OF TRADE
,b cx nansIon attracted attention. aud naturally
gcsted an inquiry TO the nature OF the new loans
Tho other changes-a loss In cash or Sl,2eoooO less
thon the amount taken by the Sub-Trcasury, and an
Increase of 80 100 100 IN the GepO sshow that 1t wa'
mnret but that 1t was for local purposes. and II for
that what except for use at the stock Exchange Inc
surplus was reduced by the operations OF new loans
s75l 300 but II OOi7725l Is still greater than the
aggregate capitals OF all the banks In the clearing
house. III,
The following compares yesterdays statement with
,bosc NJ The snOnding dates OF 1884 and 1889
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08

RECEIPTS
Corn
Week ended May Q. bush 7SlG95 1,5G2.7i5 1Sl7,ls5
Week ended May IL, bush 7O465O 1,S56680 1.267,66O
eek ended 23 bush. 1920 l,l7S650 l.407,l70
ended Nay 80, bush. SB3075 17i7,blb l,Sgl,920
ended June q. bush O052lO 2,0UI,S70 l,3l5.165
Since sept l. 1884. bush 6bsJ3O1b 12sJS5g5 4327l,5lS
1883. bush 62lfI,SS5 s34lB757 l5.514.0os
In 1882. bush bNOJO04S S4O5335l 3S,22O.l4
SHIPMENTS
Week ended May o. bush. 2,65s920 100000 89l.06s
Week ended Nay 10. bush osl,AD 2,l82.0S0 l33s.O6O
Week ended May 49, bush. b6J,l45 13l61Do 1.2l5160
Week ended May 30 bush pls.2s5 l,O05S3O 1.l79.16o
Week ended June o. bush lO2l 100 203l,OS0 I,623250
Sept. l. 1884, bush4 633,3OB bl7232b4 36.392bgA
Same time In 1888 bush .34S76659 67lO5ll6 36.6lAs56
time 1852. bush. .33O26.342 bv6l3O4S 3l.SS,Fv
The following table shows tho tons and percentages
shipped by each OF the railroads east from Chicago OF
-four grain aud provisions for the week ended last sat
urday IN comparison with the week OF 1888 and
1884,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
THE MONEY MARKET.

SUNDAY, june ~. NJ
Iastweek the Treasury suffered depletion OF S97Toi'
I'm its net gold balance tho net legatcndcr balance
also was decreased 1871 ,254. and the deposits In Ma
tiona banks were decreased S3s79GO Yet the net cas
balance was increased S463GS9, because OF gains Vi
81 456 in silver dollars and bullion, and S262oo9 In
National bank notes. The loss In gold was mauc
by an Increased issue OF Sl136,39o gold GER
tincates less Sl59,3i3, accumulation OF the
metal; the loss In legal-tenders was because vi
loss Of 1926 254 in the notes plus an additional ISSUE
OF SI4j 900 certificates. The gain In silver was oy d"
addition OF S1.1l7056 to the stock OF metal p'u'
$3.50 800 silver certificates received for customs inter-
nal revenue etc. The net gold balance now is lower
than IL has ever since specie resumption, January
1879 The outstanding gold certificates now amount
TO sl2995i $50. against $93,2s7.420 on January l.
1855 while In the same time tho outstanding silver cer-
tincates have been reduced from $ll4,s6o'oll 10
SlO4 776SlG In the same time the gold In the Treas
ury has increased So 626; the amount OF silver oo
lars and bullion has increased Sl5,s5O632, and the
net balance OF egal-tender notes over amount OF out
standing certificates. has increased 81 33OlS3 SUP
Joined is Yesterdays statement compared with that OF
May %:
MAY 90, 1885, June g. 1885. Changes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-08
Gold coin and bnl-

Gold coin andbn
less ccrtiu-
Gates and $780,
seTve''' W. sl5oos94 s15OlG227 Dec. s977,o47
United states
less go. .ooo go ~. -, ORA
tincatcs..-....- 1914 LUZ E9,Vo'f'o wv
National bank o.,, oc-,e-. To- oco ooo
nOtSS...-..--.-- 'f'''f''N
Deposits In Ma %, ~. acn
banks.... lO,4O4.3fl lO,Ooo''o' Dcs' "o''''"
Silver dOarsani
bullion less . ~, oo., 200 =, oo- a-c
tncateS.....-.- OUfu'.-V p@'@1-''~V INV ''"''''NV
Totals sll96sS965 $780, 1902, SO Inc silS2Oi
Deduct iOr iunis
held u redeem
National bank
notes including
the . per cent o ,o,oe o,- noo soae5
fund.-...--.....- 4oOOb.iAE fo'o'o'-'' Nv 49,
Net available bal 1900. -, 90 ~, p. aga ;,ao
Non legal tender
1rrS cnios ~ s11IA6l 81 2e3lS6 Inc. los675
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
Colonial Head Dresses.

From the paper by Edward Eggleston,
on the home life of the colonists, in the
Century, we quote the following: 1.-The
dressing of scommode' Or tower head
dress rose to great height in the days of
Queen Anne, and then declined to rise
into a new deformity in the years just
preceding the American Revolution. In
1771 bright young girl in Boston wrote
to her mother in the country a descrlp-
ton of the construction upon her own
head of one of these coiffures, composed
of roll of red cows tail mixed with
horse hair and little human hair of Il
yellow color, all carded and twisted to-
gether and built up until Icy actual meas
urement the superstructure was an inch
longer than the face below it Of hair
dresser at work on another lady's head,
she says: Il saw him twist and tug and
pick and cut off whole locks Of gray
hair at slice for the space of an hour
and half, when l left him, he seeming
not to be near done One may judge of
the vital necessity there was for all this
art from the fact that a certain lady in
Annapolis about the close of the colonial
period was accustomed to pay six hun
dred dollars year for the dressing of
her hair. On great occasions the hair
dresser's time was so fully occupied that
some ladies were obliged to have their
mountainous coiffures built up two days
beforehand, and to sleep sitting in their
chairs, or, according to a Phiadelphia
tradition, with their heads inclosed in a
box"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
Died of Laughter.

Chalcas, died Of laughter at the thought
of his having outlived the time predicted
for his death. A fellow in rags had told
him that he would never drink the wine
of the grapes growing in his vineyard ::
and added: eff my words do not come
true you may claim me as your slave. .
When the wine was made Chalcas held a
feast and sent for the fellow to come ana
see how his predictions had failed. When
he appeared the soothsayer laughed so
immoderatcly at the would be prophet
that it killed him. Crassus died from
laughter on seeing an ass eat thlstles.
Marquette, the giant in the Inorganic
Mag iore, died of laughter on seeing a
monkey pulling on his boots. leux's,
the Grecian painter, d e at sight OF a
bag he had just depicted. A peculiar
death was that of Piacut, who dropped
dead in the act of paying a bill. 1here
are many men to-day, however, VINO
would probably die of surprise II they
found themselves doing the same thing
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
The Fif3r and the Drummer.

So many different accounts have APP
peared from time to time regarding 1.-The
fifer and the drummer of Scituate,"
Mass, that the public hesitate which to
accept With view of getting at the
real facts and presenting the subject in
an authentic light, your correspondent
visited Miss Abby Bates, the surviving
sister, to obtain her version of the Incl
dent. "Aunt'' Abby, as she is familiar
ly called, lives alone i'll low, old-fash-
toned house. on bluff overlooking the
ocean. Although nearly Lightweight
years of age, her mind is clear and her
health good
Rebecca w. and Abby were born |,
Provincetown, Mass, and in 1903 the
father was a seafaring man. The fishing
business was dull, and, having family
of thirteen children to provide for, he
was obliged to seek other employment.
Through the influence of Mr.. Jesse Dun
bar the Captain was appointed keeper of
the liz hthouse, wherein, December; 1911,
the family took up their residence.
1t was about the middle of the after
noon on pleasant September's day that
Rebecca's mother said to her: "Make a
fire and put the kettle on; father and
the boys will be at home soon." The echo
of this command had scarcely died away
before the mother espied two barges
heading directly for the light. Each
barge was manned by about sixteen men,
and carried a brass cannon on its bows.
The guard were away. The excited
mother, throwing up her arms, exclaimed
Children, the redcoats are coming u
AT glance the girls comprehended the
situation. "In the north room of the
house." said Aunt Abby, "were kept
the fife and drum belonging to the
guard.
Sup into the room rushed Rebect
and, returning, handed me the drum,
saying, you be the drummer and Iii
be the fifer.'" Ensconced behind the
light the American army of two began.
"Give 'em the roll CALL" commanded
Becky. This being done, the strains of
Hail Columbia" and Yankee Doodle
peale forth on the air. The music was
continued for some time, now in inn
tation of an army marching, now counter
marching, until at last it was observed
that the La Hogue displayed flag or
tie masthead as signal for the men to
return. Peeping from behind the light
Rebecca saw that the barges were re-
turning in obedience to the signal With
JOY beaming in her girlish eyes she said
to her sister, Scare 'em: told you so
see, they are going back"
:" AS soon as we saw them return, ,
said Aunt Abby, eve stuck to playing
Yankee Doodle because the British
disliked that, / tell you, sir, we lust put
in on that too. y Boston transcript.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
The False PROPHETS military resources

The False Prophets military resources
include $500 Egyptian regulars, VINO
were originally taken prisoners or de,
serted to the Mahdi's camp. 1t IS not
known, even at English headquarters In
the Soudan, how many native warriors
have Joined Mohammed Achmed tine
name of the False Prophet), but he pos,
sesses ornaments for an almost unlimited
number. Beside the arms and equip
ments of Hicks and Baker Pasha's forces,
which fell into the hands OF the enemy,
the latter has an enormous quantity OF
provisions and ammunition, which the
Egyptian government had stored In Sen
naar, Kordofan and Fachoda. AS far
back as two years ago the Egyptian au-
thorities at Cairo admitted that the
Mahdi had captured ninety field guns,
Is, 900 Remington rifles, and 5000, OOO
cartridges. Since then the garrisons OF
Berber, Shendy and Khartoum have ca.
pitulated. At Khartoum, also, the Mahdl
found vast quantity of ammunition and
5000 to 5000 negro troops well armed:
The rebel army is also copiously supplied
with siege artillery. Both Sir Charles
Wilson's and Lord Charles Beresford's
steamers were fired upon by heavy riverlan
batteries There are large number OF
Turkish and Arab officers with the
Mahdi. The black recruits are drilled
by fugitives from Arabs army, and the
Mahdi's artillery is worked by Turkish
Topskis, who are held to be the best
marksmen in the world.
The Los Angeles (Cal.) Herald reveals
the ltt.1 known fact that whale catching
is quite extensively carried on off the
California coast. 1t says that at Portu-
guese bend, quiet cove about eight
miles west of San Pedro, about thirty
men are constantly employed in harpoon
ing these monster beasts of the ocean,
rendering the blubber into oil, and put
ting the same into barrels, extracting the
and sending the refuse of the
animal out to sea to avoid pestilence on
land. Probably not thousand persons
in this section of the State have any idea
of the magnitude of the business of
whale fishing on this coast, so quietly is
it carried on, with no public announce
ment and no quarrel with the railroad
about the price of freight. The
at Portuguese bend have six
large whaleboats, beside yawls and the
usual rOWbOatS needed on such occa-
sions. One of the nine whales recently
taken out of school of whales passing
by Portuguese bend going south was
what is called a ''cow whale" and
yielded ninety barrels of oil. The whales
going south yielded about 450 barrels of
oil, and the same school in their north
ern trip may yield as much more. At
San Diego six whales havs. been~'taken
that yielded 800 barrels of OIL and the
whalers expect to capture large num-
Der from the school or troop OF whales
eight other stations on The coast of Cali
fornia where these quiet hunters of the
sea are engaged in their arduous but
profitable duties All the stations APP
pear to be doing welt this year, but the
stations south of Point Conception APP
pear to have smoother water and better
fortune than those further north.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

to the effect that this is professional
visit; my hostess smiles. repeat the
remark. and then the lady, rising to bid
farewall, replies, "We were dull; we
were bored; you have desennuye US.
Wallah !"-with little laugh-'I have
forgotten why we sent for you. Your
footsteps, however, have been fortunate,
for our hearts are no longer sad So
here was the end of my visit. We shook
hands heartily, and the lady gave me bou-
quot of narcissus as left. AS rode home
through the glaring streets I felt all the
more clearly that had been merely sent
for out of curiosity. But the handsome
carpet afterward received reconciled me
to the experience, and caused me to re-
member that it is not in Persia alone
that ladies summon doctor simply be-
cause they are bored. st. James Gazette,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
FOR FEMININE READERS
High Art i'm DishcIO,hs.

Even dishcoths have their modicum
of ornamentation in these days of high
art. A recent bride has embroidered a
set OF these homely towels in hopes the
cook may 'live up to them in other re-
spects.
There are fastidious, epicurean souls
who believe viands set on 500 satin
damask tablecloth taste better than when
the mahogany is covered with something
costing tenth that price. Therefore
exquisite napery is a speciality with every
accomplished giver of dinners, and as
much feature as the French cooking or
the flowers that decorate the table. The
designs seen in this expensive damask
represent every flower of the field, grace
full vines and branches of grapes, fruits,
acorns and oak leaves and fantastic
groupings of strange figures that are
we'll worth studying when the service is
removed. An artistic New York woman
has lately designed an aesthetic pattern
for large linen tablecloth, and sent it
over to a famous German factory to be
used in an order for her own house
BDst0D Post
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
All Sorts of ParaSOlS.

White, ecru and black satin parasols
have spray of arrasene embroidery on
each gore.
A double row of scolops, with lace
above or below it, is another new border
for silk parasols.
Scallopcd edges, tape fringe of one
color OF of two, and lace rut1les are the
fashionable trimmings.
White holly, bamboo, ebony and the
ptrfumed German weichsel or cherry
wood are most used for handles.
The handles are short and of natural
wood, and there is usually hook at the
top by which it is easily carried.
Silver or gilt nail heads stud other
handles. while for sun umbrellas are very
small thimble like tops of gold or ster-
ling silver. - ~ =,
Pretty parasols for the country are
made of cotton Sicilienne or percale in
small figures like India silks and are
lined with Turkey red or yellow calico.
The Beatrice parasol has accordion
plated lace over thin silk cover and is
very handsome in the cream and ecru
oriental laces and in the black French.
New parasols for coaching and for
the street are in the flat japanese or
mandarin shape, with twenty-four ribs,
and arc mounted to show all the gilded
frame inside. Ts---
The handles are natural sticks of
wood, or they have raised carved decora-
ton, or the design is countersunk, giving
lighter shade for the pattern than that
of the handle. -Ne,o York Mail and E.r-
press.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
Fashion Notes.

French laces are used in millinery.
Lace edged Roman sashes are in stock.
Marabout feather trimmings are muc
worn.
China silks arc in demand for summer
| dresses.
Short dressy wraps in bright colorE
are stylish.
Ashes of roses promises to become a
popular color.
Normandy lace is pretty, and clever
imitation of the real
Arabesquc designs promise to super
sedc flowers and leaves in the new silks.
A pretty crown trimming for hat OF
capotc is gilt and chenille basket
braided.
Silk tricotine is novelty. 1t is soft
and lustrous, and woven cord-lke, the
same as wooden tricotine.
Garnet corduroy makes a coed petit
coat for either the ecru or the stone gray
canvas cloth polonalscs.
Beaded lace bodices, with skirts OF
soft silk or satin, are among the best
worn of ordinary evening gowns.
Brown bengaline, bordered with vel
vet and chenille, and draped in folds,
makes very stylish dresses Tor day
wear.
Collars and cuffs are ornamentcd with
fine nuns work, and delicate shades OF
blue or pink cambria are stylish for morn
ing and house wear.
Carpets, after the dust has been beaten
out, may be frightened by having an
equal mixture Of salt and corn meal scat
tered over them and swept off.
Lace rolling collars, generally of point
de Venice, almost straight i'll shape, and
with cuffs to match. have almost entirely
taken the place of ties, jabots and ruch
ings.
Dainty seersuckers of American manu-
facture are to be had in all colors and in
checks and stripes. For mourning the
dimity effect in black gives the desirable
Grape effect.
Many beautiful black dres ses in Cham
berry gauze and satin have jet panels and
long back breadths of the material, Dor
dered with lace en- coquille intermixed
with jet drops.
Sateens for mourning wear, in black
with white and gray, are shown in a
great variety of patterns, and are such
relief and comfort for those who are OBJ
liged to wear mourning in hot weather.
The effect of dress depends very
largely upon the arrangement of the
back draperies. If they are gracefully
arranged the dress is stylish; if they
are stiff and ungraceful the dress is
snOiled
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
A Queer People Whose Women Wear
Boards.

Professor johnson in lecture at Min
neapolis said: The Watalta are queer
people who inhabit Talta on the Indian
ocean. The body is disposed to be
hairy, but is carefully depilated all over
even to the plucking out of eyebrows.
eyelashes, beard and mustache. The
color of the skin is generally a dull.
sooty black. Boards are the alteration of
the race, and are worn in immense ouan-
THY by men and women. There are but
slight traces of religion among them, but
they are in great dread of spirits and are
believed to inhabit large forest trees
The sun is their true conception of an
overruling Deity. Their marriages are
first arranged by purchase, the intended
husband paying the father of the oiri
the three or more COWS fixed as fhe
price. When these preliminaries are
settled the girl runs away and affects to
hide She is sought out by the bride,
groom and three or four of his fr;end !.
and carried CIT TO the hut of her fnturs
husband.