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The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20
FlNAACiAl AND COMMERCIAL


Portland naily ygEoEesaic GEarges.
PoByLAEp. Feb. ..
The market for Breadstuffs and Provisions con-
tnues quiet, hut values are on frmer basis, while
quotations remain without important change. For
Corn there is good inquiry but the market is bare
and dealers unable TO supply their customers.
The stock of Western Beef is extremely light and
for Eastern higher prices prevail. Sugar has eased
off trihe and is now quoted at 61ac for granulated
and &c for Extra c. Eggs stronger and in good
demand. Cheese rather weak. At Liverpool the
market for cheese was lower day at 59s Cab
bages are firm at $26 y ton. There have been no
receipts of Fresh Fish for several days.
The following are to-dsy's @ osing quotations Of
Flour, Grain, Provisions, &C.;
sgsSar. dsrmtS.
Saperdne aDG High Mxd Corn geo
low grades. 3 O0gS 25
Z f5pr1na and iNoZ do, cS6 lots. 6Sll69
TX SpEing A 75Gb 90 lUornf nag loIe. 6l@62
WIsass .....e ooae 81 osts, bsg iots.... zI@42
ten straghta4 1906 90 Cottorlss car iots IS 90
Do roller. ...5 25&5 SO Oottonseed, bag loGs80 20
tor straight 5 oO@5 % 1850919 30
Do roller. .5 2585 sol DO bagl0bs19 0O43o 90
Winter Wheat ssids, car Ictg. .@2Oll23 90
aieDts... !. IS 1895 20 DO bsg io5a z1@s24 90
Produce. ProvSatoms,
Cape Gods OoaI7 ooi Backs. 10 6oa17 90
Maine. IL 00113 00l Clear. I 5 5OG16 90
Pea Raans, -, 1901 S5l Mess .....,I3 50.aI4 90
Je0iuns. Il 65@l rs Mess Beef. II 604I1 90
German med1 40gl 5u Ell Eiess..l1 50012 90
Yellow Eyas2 00G2 10 PIabe....,12 60,913 90
onions $Sbbl. 4 50G5 00i Ex Plate. a 00ll14 90
IVish Potatoes 50n60c Hams ...... Iu1S@IIe
Eggs y doz,... 18023c Hams covered 8 4I4o
Turkeys 20a2l LGr6--
Geese, l6gl7i geb, p IL 7gsg 9
Chickens 1sG20i TiercSs. 77s@
Fowl. ..l4@16o Psii....... S1sG9
Gsutser. seeds.
Creamery. ..2SG30 Rsd Tcp.. "a G0a2 25
Gilt Edge Ver....26124cl Timothy. -. 6Sgt1 rs
Choice. .2oG22c lOlover..... 934 glen
Good. -. .s-,.-. l5Q11ocl ssusAsses
Store. ..... ....10G12c Muscatal. rs 8 325
OAeese. London Ley 2 751. 15
VerEcnt ....101RG14 OneCra ...,... 1OG12Rs
N Eact'y. .l01z@14 Valencia. 80. 61sD10
saEar. Oranges.
3ranuiESed " 10 .-..61a Valencia O095 80
Extra 0.,.....,--....6 Ex large es6 O0a7 90
Ffshs jsFl0rida,..,....3 8 5000 60
Osd. per qti., AIsssins. ...... 2 5093 90
tige Shore ..3 25G3 30 Palermo. "a 50@3 o.
[2ge 8snknew2 50G3 90 demons.
etusii........z 2oG2 75 ns.-....-3 50aQ4 CO
English Cod 50G5 90 Palermo 3 OO93 90
Pollock .......1 1893 00i Apples
HsddOck. 1892 eS 5 s Green, p bbl l, 2 26@2 so
Herring; Herr ,,e,o Dried Dried apples. 90
So. -. 12g15 Oh. A@'
Msckerel Pbbl. Kerosene $50. q
Bay NO. /. 18 00@20 90 Port. Ref.P'tr a6A
Bay 20. z. TO O0@J1 col Water White
Shore ~ LIS O0G21 90 Devoe Bril't ll21h
no. Z 80. 10 000II 80 Pratt Astral GlY
Large b.. 3 COG 8 5OiIigonia 9M
Medium -. 00@ 00lSilVer White On 8%
Small sees. Bugs 90 Centennial ........ 91a
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To LET. i.

S1ORES IN the Thompson block, Nos. l1T, 119
~ 121 and 12S Middle street, few dI 0rs below
the post offices fitted suitable for wholesale or retail
business, with light, finished, airy Easements. Rent
reasonable. Inquire of III. e. THOMPSON, No. 16z
braekett street Portland, Me. ianl4dH
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4 OST.-On Congress street or near Congress
- Square, one Seal Skin Glove for left hand, the
same to DIR. THOMPSON, 8O5 Congress st.
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E7NARHE WANTED. - Anyone having good
II farm for sale on the line of Maine Central
Railroad, within ten miles of Portland, may find a
purchaser by addressing or calling on JOHN G.
PROCTOR, SO Exchange st. 16-1
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NOR SALE. SIOOO.-Terms u q,

NOR SALE, $1OOO.-Terms ~ cash, a well
4 furnished lodging house. IL rooms, location
one Of the best in Boston at the South end full of
steady lodgers, run by present owner years, very
low rent, best of reasons for selling, furniture in
good order and condition, mistake can be made
in purchasing the above as it is good paying house,
W. +. CARRUTHERS, "a fremont Row, Boston.
LII
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

If you have Sore throat, Cough or a
Gold, try B. II. Douglass & Sons Capsicum
Jough Drops; they are pleasant to the taste,
perfectly harmless and will surely cure you.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

NOR SALE, $780, Wholesale Provision
a Route and Business actually paying 500
week or $4,000 yearly, long established business,
hne team, city of 700, sold for 10 fault, owner
mas too much business compels sale, no better op
enlng for a live business man in New England, can
pay for it in weeks. JOHN SMITH, JR. & CO.,
242 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 1871
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TO LET.

TElO RENT-Brick house No. % Park St., corner
been thoroughly repaired and is in first class con-
dition. Well situated for boarding house, or ar
ranged for two families. Apply to @. G. CHAP
MAN, 3l1a Exchange St., Room A. I'll
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EsOR SALE-At appraisal, the stock and fix
a lures of 1st class family grocery store, run by
present owner IL years; we'll stocked, good teams,
DONG business of $1,000 per week; good lease. low
remit one OF the finest stores in this state, located
within three miles of the State House, stock clean;
best OF reasons for selling; money making busi-
ness; the best opening on my books. w. F. CAR
RUTHERS, "a fremont Row. Boston. III
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

WilbOr's Cod Liver Oil and LIme.-The
great popularity of this safe and ecacious prepara
tion is alone attributable to its intrinsic worth In
the cure of Coughs, Colds Asthma, Bronchitis,
Whooping Cough, Scrofulous Humors, and all Con-
umptive Symptoms it has no superior, If equal.
Let no one neglect the early symptoms of disease,
when an agent is at hand which will cure all COM
plants of the Chest, Lungs, Threat. Manutac-
tured only by A. B. WILBoR, Chemist, Boston. Sold
by all druggists. an26eodSW1m
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LlOR SALE-$2O0o; nice stationery and fan
Il cy goods store in fine location; a splendid large
store, with fresh stock of first class goods trade
from $400 to $500 per month, large trade in peri.
odicas ETC.; grand chance to add gents furnishing
goods; low rent; nice genteel and good paying bus
mess. G. L. POND g. CO., l78 Washington street,
Boston. 20-1
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TRAINS LEAVE BOSTON FOR PORTE
SUNDAY TRAINS

300 n. M, 1880 and $3.50 p. IN. Morning
trains leave Menmebunk for Portland
7.25 n. Ina. and Dover for Portland 500
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following are Portland quotations On Hides
Dry eRsodls VghalesaIo l1arlses.

The following quotations are wholesale prices of
oolcns and Fancy Goods, corrected daily by Deer
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Brief advertisements are inserted under
this head one week for 25 cents, paid In
advance.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20
REDUCED OCEAN TICKETS.

EBY the largest, fastest and best passenger and
kD mail steamers between America and Europe.
Rates: First cabin $50 to 500; second cabin $40
to $50; intermediate $50 to 40; steerage, outward
and prepaid, to and from British ports, S15, round
from Continental ports, S17 to S25. Scandinavian
and Sterling sight checks at lowest rates. Apply to
j. i. FARMER. % Exchange street. Je19d0
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THURSDAY. Feb. 19

THURSDAY, Feb. 19.
Arrived
Sch A Hammond, Gilpstrck, Ssco, to load ore for
New Bedford.
Sob Mary Elizabeth, Dunton. Boothbay
Cleared,
Steamship Circassian, (Br) Hughes, Liverpool
Il g. Allan.
sch julia A Ward. Freeman, Philadephia-E
Freeman.
Sch Black Warrior. Babbage, Deer Isle-N Blake.
SAILED -Schs A IA Lockwood, j Hanson,
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ssock Market.

fUtTLAND, Fed 10
Received by Maine Central Reilrosd for Portland
35 cars miscellaneous merchandise; for connecting
roads so cars miscellaneous merchandise.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.
YNOR sALE-Lodglng house; tlrst.clagg IN

NOR SALE-Lodging house; hrst-class in every
A respect as to location, furniture, patrons, &C.;
IL rooms; black walnut furniture, good carpets;
rooms always rented best street in Boston; good
prices; only offered account of death; will bear
investigation. JOHN SMITH, JR., & CO., 242
Washington ST., Boston, Mass. 191
ENOR sAEE-Furnishing Goods store and bus
4 iness. Also Custom Shirt Manufacturing and
Tailoring business combined fine business location
actually paying $4,000 yearly profits; clean stock,
fine fixtures surroundings first Glass; pay for it
IN six months from the profits alone. JOHN
SMITH, JR PAP Washington St., Boston, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

"The Hall of the Dull Thud" is what Chi
cago folks cell the roller skating Kinks.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

TS0R SAEE.-Two story house and stable at
Il tached, corner of Pearl and Deering St.,
Woodfords, lot contains nearly one acre of land,
will be sold at bargain If applied for soon. En-.
quire on the premises or 543 Congress St.. Port
land. N. B. DALTON. 144
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fti. no wonder.

that so many people sink into untimely graves
when we consider how they neglect their
health. They have disordered Liver, de-
ranged Bowels, Constipation, Piles or diseased
Kidneys, but they let it 60 and think they
Twill get over it," 1t grows worse, other and
more serious complications follow and soon it
is too late to save them. Ii such people would
take .KidueY. Wort it would preserve their
lives. 1t acts upon the most important organs
purifying the blood and cleansing the system,
removes and prevents these disorders and pro-
notes health.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20
STEAMERS.

For passage apply to LEvE q ALDEN, General
Passenger Agents 15 State St., Boston, and Q. =.
WALDRON, 40 Exchange St.; L. P. MCGOWAN
422 Congress St.. or for passage or freight to ID. q
A. ALLAN, Agents, No. 1 India St., Portland. =.
nOv20 dt
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Color Your Butter.

Farmers that try TO sail white butter are all
of the opinion that dalrying sdoes not pay. If
they would use Wells, Richardson & Co.'S.
Improved Butter Color, and market their
butter in perfect condition, they would still get
good prices, but it will not pay to make any
but the best in color and quality This color is
used by all the leading creameres and dairy
men and is sold by druggists and merchants.
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

EIOR SALE-The two story brick house No.
y IT Thomas St., near Spring ST., containing
built in the summer of 1882, and offers good op-
portunitv for any one wishing snug. pleasant
home in a healthy location and good neighborhood.
ST 1911
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

Mrs Parvenue would not allow her children
to go 20 Mrs. LearDed's childTen's party, be-
cause she was told Mr. Learned was afflicted
with the bibliomania, and she didn't want her
girls to catch it,
The Portland daily press., 1885-02-20

Sunday school teacher -"What is meant by
the words 'quench not the spirit?" Bright
scholor-"P ma'am, my father says he
guesses as how it means don't put too much
water in it,"
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leave Portland for Boston and Way sta
items at R.O0 p. IN. Leave Boston fOl
Portland at 900 p. na. Leave Portland
for Dover and Way Stations 400 and
3.OOp. m.
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To MATCH THAT BONNET? Feathers
ribbons, velvet can all be colored to match
that new hat by using the Diamond Dyes.
1oc for lany color at the druggists. Wells,
Richardson & Co. Burlington, Vt
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A woman never likes to be respected on ac-
count Of her age.
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ROOMS TO LET.

BRIEF advertisements are inserted under
this head one week for 25 cents, paid in
adyauee
, 1885-03-15
of nrapInrs and rrImmInr..

Full skirts with straight breadths, worn
with plain, round waists, are struggling DIES
perately for a foothold again. 1t remains TO
be seen whether they will succeed IL has
been nearly 90 years since they were the
mode, and they look very odd now.
There never was a time that We remember
when metals were so worked into dress trim
mings as they are at present. Gold, silver
N steel fabrics IN every shape are used as
and dnpery. The handsomest and
most brilliant of these metallic effects is pro-
duced by drapery. There Is a thin fabric or
yelling into which the metal threads are
woven till the transparent cloth has u sheen
thai Is indescribable. II Is called gold and
silver tissue. A piece OF it thrown about the
head and shoulders like a scarf, or t~astefully
disposed about the dress, gives an effect like
the moonlight OF a midsummer nights dream.
All these tissues, gold, silver and steel, are
much used for making waists that go with
velvet and brocade skirts for evening and re-
ception dresses. The same flashing, exquisite
material Is made into panels upon the skirt
The front Of the skirt Is covered with bead
embroidery or lace OF the same metal. The
steel tissue is much used with dark blue vel
vet. Pearl beading is also very popular.
There are beautiful and novel combina-
tons Of color also. Light and dark shades
Of the same color are associated with beauti
full effect.
Another striking combination sof old gold,
green and scarlet. Ruchings are not as much
worn as they were. The tendency Is now In
the direction OF fiat collars and cuffs.
, 1885-03-15

Doctors are always preparing some sort oil
scare for the much tormented mini sex
Nobody is ever comfortable. Hear what q
New York physician said Of the most popular
of the minor fashions Of the time;
''Our women have abominable tricks" he
began. They lsee tightly, they wear French
heels on their pinching little boots; they
underdress the upper part of their bodies and
drag about after them yards upon yards of
heavy trains; they ruin their digestions by
"verheating aud surfeiting themselves with
sN ootmeats; they paint their faces, wear dead
women's hair ON their heads, put ~belladonna
in their eyes, and last, but not least, they
are running some OF their most delicate
nerves by using just such Nomination. as
this AMI he thrust the smelling bottle
directly undo my nose.
The doctor then proceeded to remark that
he had Just taken the delicate and pungent
illumination from one Of his lady patients,
who complained OF an awful headache. The
powerful salts in the smelling bottles cook
and ruin the fine mucous membranes of the
nose, mouth and throat. They are far more
Injurious than snuff or tobacco smoke. The
costly and beautiful little smelling bottle
cause headaches, sore threats a~nd-hoIrors on
horrorsi-red noses. They quite destroy the
fine and subtle nerves Of smell. The habit
grows like any other, oo-like that OF snuff
taking, for Instances that the more a girl
applies her tlp-tilted nose to the wicked little
vinaigrett, the more she wants to do 50.
use this long enough, " said the doctor,
land III defy you TO distinguish eau de co
lORne from asaf1tida.'
, 1885-03-15

Mr.. Spurgeon, the great London preacher,
who's fftieth birthday has recently been
celebrated, began to preach while a mere
boy. An anecdote, associated with these
early ministrations, illustrates the fact that,
like most precocious boys, be was not only
self reliant but IA little tho free with his
tongue:
In the early part Of his ministry Spurgeon
was asked TO preach In a neighboring village,
and when he came ON the Sunday morning
Mr.. Brown, the pastor, said to him:
II did not know you were such a boy, or !
would not have asked you TO preach for MI"
sWell,r he said, II can go back
sBut,n said Mr.. Brown. the people have
come from all parts IA all kinds Of vehicles, y
and then be put his hands under his coat tails
and asked what the world was coming to
when the boys who had not got rid Of the
taste Of their Mother milk went about
preaching.
However, he did preach, and Mr.. Brown
planted himself ON the pulpit stairs.
Spurgeon read a lesson from Proverbs, and
upon coming to the passage, Gray hairs are
a crown Of glory TO a man" he said he
doubted that, for he knew a man with a gray
head who could hardly be civil. But the pas
saRe went ON to say: slf It be found In the
way Of righteousness, and that, he said, was
A different thing.
When he came down from the pulpit, Mr..
| Brown said TO hims "Bless our heartl l
have been thirty years a minister, and was
never better pleased with a sermon; but you
are the sauciest dog that ever barked In a pull
| pitt and they were always good friends
s~fterward.
, 1885-03-15

The mild-eyed Chinese know a thing or TWO
about fishing that we are not yet up to. The
otter and the cormorant are trained TO assist
in catching the fish in rivers. The otter is
taught TO drive the fish INTO the nets, and he
does it as ~skilfully as a hunting dog drives
birds. The cormorant, however, does all the
work himself. The bird is trained to its occu-
patton with the greatest care. 1t is brought
up in domestication, the eggs being set under
hens and Matched by them. The cormorant
will catch fish for her master, man, but she
will not bother much with taking care Of her
own children. The trained bird is taken out
in his boat by the fisherman II stands upon
the edge of the boat till It's master gives a
signal. Then it darts into the water to do its
work. It remains out till it gets its load of
dsh-sometimes a large one, sometimes several
small ones. 1t fills its throat with the small
ones. Then the ~welltaught creature comes
back to the boat, and the fisherman proceeds
TO empty it out and take possession Of its
booty himself. II a fish caught is too large
for one bird to land several cormorants join
and help bring the haul to the boat
, 1885-03-15


Mr.. W. II. Prrece, an English Traveller who
lately visited this country, says that cleo
tricity is used for lighting purposes much
more in America than in England. He est
matte that $1,000 arc-lamps shed their dAz-
ding rnys every night in the United States
He drove In New York from the Windsor
Hotel to the Cunard steamer ono night
through four mills Of electric lights He
found 1t a dismal experience after leaving
New York to be landed In the dark streets OF
London In all our large cities 1t was the
same brilliant illumination by means Of arc
light lamps The largest steamers and ferry
boats upon our rivers are Illuminated by
electricity, too. In Chicago the number OF
arc-iamps has doubled In the last year. But
one o. our practices he found 70 be unpardon
able, likewise hideous. That WA the fashion
OF putting wires overhead. He counted 144
wires upon one post in New York. On Broad
way there were six lines Of posts, and In tho
city 81 companies carrying wires ON poles
IL Is true there Is no more beautiful or bril-
liant sight anywhere than the vicinity OF Fiftl
avenue and Broadway, New York, ON "A cleai
night. Those who have Travelled the world
over have noted that. But Mr.. Preece Is quit
right. Putting electric wires overhead Is boti
, hideous and dangerous. There is no necessity
for It at all. It has been found by the Eng
lisl post office that whenever the number OF
wires through a town exceeds fifteen 1t h.
cheaper to put them underground than over
head
, 1885-03-15
SCIENCE PROGRESS


This winter, during the last cold week to-
wards tho close Of II, every form OF amuse-
ment that frost affords has been exhausted
Ice-boating has attracted attention never be
slowed on IL before. The races Of the many
ice yachts on the Hudson have been chronicled
and read with as keen a rest as II they had
been boats with sails, upon the open water.
The principle ON which they move is the
same-sails propelled by wind.
What Is an ice yacht lkei You viii see by
the illustration that the foundation OF IL Is
simply n long strip Of wood, with "A croespiece
at the end. At the back end OF the wood n
large, sharp iron runner Is fixed, in shape
something like the blade OF "A skate. This Is
movable, and Is the rudder that steers the
yacht. A similar runner, except that IL Is
fixed, not movable, Is put across each end Of
the crosspiece In front. The structure Is
lifted with sails like a regular yacht-jib and
mainsail. The crew man and steer the flying
vessel as In the engraving. That is all there
Is OF IL.
Some Of these quaint boats fly over the
Ice at n fairly breathless speed. They have
been known TO make a rate OF 70 miles an
hour. They are often OF large size, too,
weighing a ton. One recently built at Red
Bank, N. j., was 53 feet long, 25 feet between
the runners. An Ice yacht makes the highest
speed when sailing across the wind; that is TO
say, II the wind Is from the north the yacht
will sail the fastest going from east 10 west,
or west to east. This winter has witnessed a
contention among Ice yachtsmen ON the
merits OF the ''lateen,n or triangular sail. 1t
Is represented Us follows:
, 1885-03-15

In Canada much interest Is felt in the
strange and mysterious inland SEA visited
last summer by u British american and sur
veyor, Mr.. Bignell. 1t Is situated away up
in Rupert's Land, and is about 300 miles
from Lake st. John. 1t is near the great
watershed of Canada, which separates the
rivers that flow into Hudson Bay from those
running to the St Lawrence. The only white
settlement in this ~unexplored region is the
Hudson Bay company's post. The watershed
named is itself remarkable for its lack of
height Its greatest elevation is nowhere
more than six or eight feet, and in places
1t Is much lower than that. 1t is said that
one lake actually has two outlets, one to-
ward Hudson Bay the other to the St Law
renee.
Lake Mistassini itself is an immense body
Of water Of unknown dimensions. IL is UNI
doubtedly equal in size TO our great lakes. Mr..
Bigneil ascended it 100 miles without coming
10 the main body. 1t Is believed to be an ex-
pansion Of Ruperts nver, but that is only
guesswork a. yet HERE Is practically as IN
explored a country as the heart Of Africa
far more 50 than at present, indeed Not
many Indians are found, and those apparently
belong TO a d~ecaying race They are Of the
Montagnaix tribe and are not PARTICULARLY
wicked, but are atrociously dirty, which
is perhaps as bad. These Indians live ON fish
and fowl from the great lake in the summer,
and spend the autumn and winter hunting
and trapping In the woods. The timber be-
longs to the varieties constituting what is
known as the sub-arctic forest, and does not
amount to much for marketable purposes.
But this is a marvellous region for hunting
and trapping. The animals in the vicinity OF
the lake are the caribou, moose, bear, lynx,
wolf, wolverine, otter, mink, weasel, hare,
I'd. black, white, silver and cross foxes, and
black bears Of unusual sire and ~ferocity. The
climafe is not 50 severe as would be inferred
from il high lafifude- A marvellous plant Is
found herH. called botzniraIlv the harracenid
a.orpurn- his chained 10 1t an absolute
Eperihrf ar the cured smallpox il VII even
prevent the printing Ct die skin A very Gu
nous odd Indian bByDg-ground WAS found
IN the vicinity. The trees fberaabouts Ners
hung with the skulls q ND animals ld1ls1
IN the chae u@s Were offerings 4, The
dad Upon tbs gnxss q EArriors reTe