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Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
A Nd n Nl-rr~n-na.

L eonsss!s q "a cx hide 5rsua. vhIle
g-e-n. lightly ever s.oai Framework os
wood and sftcrwari el4bvrAfely polished.
20 as 10 lsa,k ike tlle head pf d-aEa
A,sazsa d.. sizl.s l.ssf = marble Is soft aAd
downv thing IN comparison with il; 1t
was on such bod rs This. with smooth
and ga5di.y c0iorel pctaIe or u1at. and q
single sheet srrrad over tie bike. that
wks invited to nePcSs-
i ekAHasss<si Hrs fso-s instrument q Tor
tare narrowly. and ifuaily turned in with
heavy HisgfyingS pzrticalz-iy as foGnd
that PcdrOs FlznSICa was tnh ef aeaS
which had alrrady set my nerves on a
Eailop- was wesry enough. but 4 WaS
impossible 10 sir~p-ihe Eeas came IN
hungry sqaaAEnnS. Aod the hide bed grrw
DsEaeutzriis faor,.,r ris.id aud e.asa#=ase
Al last could endure It no longer 4
bed on The ground. With fsy saddle for =
pillow anl ihe SKY for roof. woaid have
been luxury ss<li eosnparca with this
Fet up, unhzsred the door. ard went eut
On the corridor. The cool evening air was
most welcome, and lvo~ed audibly not
20 60 70 that OF hide bed A--aia. and 50 ~
nsiaed outside TN dawn--E g. SqnicS.
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
wen I,rr..,l I,r-iln 81, -

We have lsn a hit!e surprised az the
3.as15vr Uf wen dressed Teo5,c. g- rather
~ the fcyE5tz7EIy drrssral i4oulc. seea "a
tEe 4 -rEssii A. isfser ss.w 81 Ia.aity t.es.iy
sttir,.i girls. sHd don't think .has ilse
TFeIaer1 u any iz-ge CITY oa tie -iuJse rrs
70 uniformly Fr,i'y. tluc coming iruta
America naturally cxpccts 'a iiad the tEa-
men Of tfeFaaay Very E-gs. 6pisv or
heshy. II yoa coa!e hes, with tat iisa
IN yoar heal yon Will l,e Disappointed. far
fho Prussian v.clDcR are petite. CO rl.ls..
teiow the average si&'Erp. uelI formed
and 9niek ia ibcir r2ayc1cai~ The rsca.
however, IL large. lanseuiar and sorne.
what grgss in spTesr<nne Ter. C.ica=o
Tlfnee
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
Notice for Publication.

LAM oTTicK Ar las CErcEs. y ". =
JsnaRtv -. iSs.,
Noii.e : h.resy gwen ihsi The f.s,o~ing-
rams,l se,tl-r kss hls-l bosire II BIZ ia.eh-
tor 10 Hsse1nai pr5f in support of NJ
eie4ill' a''9< llisF E777-i Ir7'l MI De fcAfr be-
f're Rezzsisr aud Receiver 81 l., Cruces.
Ne~ HeAice. "n March 1, lssa, VIZ: Joss
MsTHae' On homestead No. s62. for the -
Il Il n sHA bot Nc. ;, ssc. s, town
n south rsEgr : east
He nsm@. the following wi,n-sss to prsrs
NJ ccnlinupu. fssiicnce upon. snd ca GrAs
ti4r q. sad land, viz; Antoni9 NAidss:
,l'ssr N.tia Nsjsr. Patric5a Psdiils and b.
Gal \ odAea. All of Dehs Ans e0un.v.
ED.'uSD 6. SHiELps,
jan. &c, ST. Rsyii,sr.
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
NOTICE rOR rI.RLIctrIoY.

LAM OTFicE al Las CApcEs. y. VI.
t'EbrgiGfl ,. IssJ
Sctiee i heftbv given that th~ fall,s-
ing-uamei ..,iist.h4s a.-i rTliiee ef hi. n
q. 'ios. - make SIS. pfaofih .appori IL lis
c.Ai'u. and thst,std proc! will L. trade Ge-
fere RfgiNsf md Receiver ., Las Crur,,.
\ NJ. ~ March l2gl. 1ss9. VIZ
EI-ebiu Tap. ~ u. : $3.50 f..r the u.
rrr.-zif. ..ads , An4 sea. "a. tgwrthip
"a, soath ratgei 2.
He isans the ssliap4pg w,sns.-es =.
pro1e hI, r"a,lu4oHs r~si ebco upon. AID
eus.rsi"n *, sd l,tA, yiz Hrsr, Sata
JneffyF3. G,l,t i.es. il.r-s Mrrt,I, Ad.iuh.
Lea, a., 4 DoEz Aea egGsiy y. u.
ESErS-sG SatELus.
Reg..iet.
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16

Dr. Oliver Wendell IEoI-ies' thecry ls
: Lat certain pzT1 81 the brain rrycircs
iI1pressiN;.s ike tie I!.ts II tha eaRse-a-
They are photographed there and aiysays
T G;iain. Sacscii-les we can r,.aa5i tArrl
At vail snd ssae,iIprs Lot. but the4 a4o
therc-a theo-y Tl.ai leads 10 4..ry -.fio,ts
though Herald.
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16

Gust Ia Ts.s4#HtaiB house landlar.--T
fii'tiHt- BE eE4o,...igf .his I'LL is entirely,
t4s large.
i-sn+!ie7l -Too lsrgrs last fan v1a-.
Fch. sir. ri;i '1si L.il and ret aza,Aer
wi II = The per heal; :. ins,tr,az feo.iu
tain air you % think III to. s:54Sll New
lCrk sun.
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
fren uash.rl..a . cI,llI.a,.nr.

Or George Harley. +. r. S, has made
On investigates rliich rcgc.ls sbva.laa:
eEiaeace to prove that ahh0agh n4arl.
during his evolution from barherisrs. 20
civilization. las ieeFV@seyi il strees;h aaf
stature and longevity. ga tise otler haaI
lis power & recovery frara bs-iiiy lu-t
h4s materially dstcraosz;ed--NeE YORK
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16

W b saii, Dsszsea, B'rpus Ia. tes,-
lhe. Il en-. rec6ns.F.J Eleeule Bitter. Il.
the vers Des' rruselt. Esery bo,Ge 49,!
has gwen reiief 50 every ease. 0us man
b'ok siE l''stIes. and a.. e-i,rrs IT Rheana-
inm Of lS' years' standing" Abratua
har', drDsgist, BcHu.it, Ohio. aH-n,.
- t's7ss S'f'rE ia.4ii5if,e 7 have ,.yri hsi.
iro ~ nv " YEAR exlefisfca. +. EleliEi.
bHte-s Tao-saiida a eib-s. rHvp ntd.5
Ihfir tssstnetl. tl.at iI-.-, vrrs,,, = -.
sn''aHps '.,A, Eietre Ei.,erI % euys ~
.''r".'' - 'ns l..nr Ktap,. r b.
" tElf I,.a4r = so..R Al +. aIf, q,
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
jaime. PBa,h

Tie ssii 8, setdsi7i, jas p. Booii, il hereby
nJsIted thA; = SUI; IN Assumpsit ty attach
raent has bsen c,'nmruerd ngzisssi him il
the s@it Dstrlet C.4sast. ssisbl,,, ard for tie
t.'inty s'f D,hA Ana. Territory AFORESAID.
by ssii preeiliaps MaFesso, pisiatift for
goods, a~res ard merchandise sold and de-
iiyeFed 10 defendant by plaiHtia. far work
and labor done BY piaiutif fo- dele,i,isrs,. for
money leas ard had, paid. lai1 sut aha ~
pe-3e'i fa. ,le9ssasnt by plaintiiy at his
speriai Instance ard request, and t,r Anount
dEe on sce.gRt stated Damages claimed
Ss5 70 siib int-rcst and c,,sis ofsun.
That less rlu enter Nyaar appearance In
ssii .iiii. IN - before the sr-i day of tbs
nrSt April Form II .sil Coar. commencing
uu the first dsv - April. A. D. lssa. iliS.
nient b aesasss; therein viii be FeEJ<re,i
aE=is.s; goiE ~
Z. Is. BEEE. ". j. JoRtfS.
Az, far Plaintiff a, = CIsfk.
I-ss Cruces. VI.
Feb. 2nd, r.
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
BIG APPLES


Va
Tho san Augustine Mining Co,
IIy virtue u al s1ecaEiah 70 ne dTrected
ard delivered, is.aed ous = the Third 1tS4-
ezi Dtstrict Court II the TerritJry II NeS
Mexico, sitting IA and fs- Dufa Aua Coun-
ly. IN Sad TcrEIlaFy, | ~ll, 90 Asreh 2,i,
A. y. 1879. be;weer The hears of 10 o,Slock,
a. IN, and o'clock p. NJ, II s4i4 asy, =; the
Court House doar in Las IrgctS. IN the
Couhty and ieEFsseFy aferrsai4. eser al
psbsse safe sBl sell 70 TIE Highest b lier,
for CSSh in katsA, ali the right, Tile sHd ~
teresl 4 The AbssNe-asuied aefrE4ants iH and
10 the fuii0giug- g-ie>crib-1 RAJ estate prop
ers y. tf-~h: Tue san Augustine Nine =
SI%u knoWH Sc the Old Stephenson MINI.
situate n the Organ Moahtatn MinIHg Div
IricI in 10 GS0s4,y Of bsa4 Ans. AID Ter
ritnry Il NeS Mckee, embracing ten TO-
acres and ihyrty-thrve huudredths tsai- l0gI
OF AZ aere, more or icss, bounded. Described,
aild plated - follows, With mAgs.eiie yAria-
,sons at Il degrees. 81 minutes east, s3-xR /:
Bssirhirg n the HrTih-esst es'Fner " the
elain. srsGlr ssuiss, aGxIcSfn. in a7siad II
stone; thenee n1rlh SEVENTY -tArse (Tsl DE-
sfs-cs thirty lSol MINUTES. vess sesrnis-ave
I (1,jl fts.t 10 sUmmi; u hliis. ihree hundred
isD0Y feet u ( ante ssssne, 2iixi3xi0; lhence
south sixteen ti6i degress, tbirty t3aj tnit-
utes ~ezl rieset hga5rrSi aad seSeaty lll7Al
f,et Z. = point frUiII ghieh the frsciio Il sec-
tien c'Fher between sections eleven III AID
fourteen III IN ToWl shlp twsn;y -t~u t222l
south of ruhge t0see, EAST besrs west ri
The diS'snee At srE rIIr!rssi as.d iuF5y sne
}.o4ii ts-l, 5fle,-n hundred tiaa0l fer, 10
grsBite stone 2Oaia,s. "a n,J,.hd Of ssott ;
iisence soUth setesisy-tlfree t1SI arsfees
thirty l50i minutes eas'. hfg@et hs1 I 1Fed
Zoo teei - ise psSee q sr.sinalns, ,'csa-
taiIiiss ~, 10 zars, ssd +. tii..rty Iir-e kun
dr-dths (S.i- l@i} u Ali scTe II iaEd, mere 81
less, and cEnnf., ,iisg sLf,ecu Burtirel tl51a}
+. iiIiear f--i u The SAID SAu Aga,iine L. DE-.
+ Sid properly ieviel 6a, as.d /. be soiI a.
I the preP Perty oi The Sts,ys-pame.i defendant.
M4KIASq iiAAEiA.
~tsa-tE
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
ras olo TRYs1


issr - sr--' Z roser Il Abao.z-isS
@Hsa'.r ,i-r, ,ir,,i', q. i,..ss-iIa Aa1 frre,
A Au.-s.l',s CO. - f-es.y k.-rtsz4.sus
Flsr .les.i past =, aie.
Aoi tie =,L-is q siis u7sy.- iaAs ~-s-- ss.oSea
ts-ane E,lAr.l' = y 9 + t-.- 1--S
Lac tlss sc. IL; 40 a1rne tys'ga thas hsNsG
ALI. ,ie-A-4tc b%sstst,
a SAT- i:.rss-t ta.s f,ires, Nsrrs QnIvrrs
~. >liyery t2ssa f:az.4 t.ie ssarS
Ard ~ 6s57iSt ~hla AaRFs sAnssg 'eF rstv-s
Wa1sl rsi'5ls,l "a. t4ss-
Flir ts.-ir LIS talrs s1ez> >AcA - he teasaer
S~e-s -ls TAI szd,l t,.> so.
LIE t4e slo@sa q 'sss ssars ~ -iss sv'csslor
M; dlsz sitA liz Ineca
-&1Ftry z 5isstS n 5'r,cr vcrs
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16

Nu1I IS Sc drpiorc cur caH'.;iea IA
Ne. Aathias uo,ill Iaske IS r.ass sa,.s-
te4 with It 'haa lie e.iau:.-.. -; p..sez-
lIFa ie's dsgs. wan oag Ac...:..F-.--
Cuele rsek
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
The Verdict Inanlrs.,s,.

imast tlink II ,.ra-s ,Alss =. a. .,,r,v
to % taken ul4A@aTez z-Sspg,e9u.
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
SICK HEADACHE,

~ QVV - ExzSs
" fgA " oTsrs.i ~ the 1f,aHsssa-t.sr-
81 q ca II DIT. SaSc,a CasarrA
t ~ CatarEh 1m Ghe E1aM@
uhieh they eznnoi elIs.
SYwPTOMS Of Dun.
heAty hsssiAeha, otstrBc4lan OF tks haanl
passages. discharEss falling fro1a shs had
fafo tise thrpat. sDfnetlnes prnfuse, wSs@ry
ard arrf1 Al thefs. thick. treacicssS MUCOUS
Eenk and w2fIEy; thcrr Il ringing in tie
ears. deafneSN, hacking or ssilxhlux - el@ar
t-7r t1Toais = GpectosatLcn OF oGSRxIYe matte
tsS9esncg with seals from n4egrzs the voies
4 changed and has -na&A tEsnNr. tie
orrAta " Offensive; smell and tssfe nrs in
pai1ed: tsrrs - sunsGftnD af dizziness, vita
mental sieiz=eEsssFi. hat King sSaagh aad Trn-
efzl artHiity. tlniT few ct the sbose-naTaed
eytFptOias l-e likely to be prI sent IN nuy en-
csse- Thousands Of cSkes auuaaiiy. without
taaniieSStaz taif of tse above syIapfens. ~
s2sf in consumption. and end in the Kravs
10 dtsSGse u - common. rz0rc deceptive ana
DANGEROUS. or lssss usisierstnEsi hy pa5 sisialsa
:, by rs Iniit oao,hing. and heaiinz rropFstis~
cssas - CafaFrh. Cold itt Gsse Ksaad.9
Corr IN, and Catarrhal Exendneke.
sold ~ druggists svery whsFe; 50 orntS
@TatOld Agony frez catarrh.S
rrv.f ". HArSstR, the famotsz fae--sesis,
OF FhTnn, ". H.. writes; " SsEse feEi ytSrs AZ,
! suffered unts,1d rEony frefa ehror.o ns.si
ioc1rso.e. and ssid ! EIusf dIe-Ay C.ase vas
saseh a lad Sae. t.asi every dsy, towards sun
sst- n voir0 would bess7ri. 50 icz,Tsr cegttd
barely SFscak nssoyr awhtsglcF. H. the sz4e-ri-s
ny coughing assd clearing af NY tA<ss=k Sr4,4tff
sIssusf strange Tse- 2y the uss ~ IJs kf.s's
Cat.rrh ItesneiY- In thERe months I wa1 ven
tlzJl. ssaa the CIR has hSca permanent =
~constanGlT Hawking ana Splitting.
T9oTts J. RrsHISG. Esi-. s3sg TTne s,rsct
8 Bosts. 10. writes: - was great sisaaErr
frnna cSltarra rog thrse years. At Tins ttsa "a
h-TsliY br.;atha. and Wsgs Constantly lsag aiax
and epiftinr. ssd for ti,e hast right rs0zthE
tnaf ns& bust'se through tbs TsASsrfIs I
thought nothing oeuid D. dnaa for ilsr,- Inek-
". Vas afyss-i 70 try Dr. sazcs Cstarrh
isrrnedy- Ead | AU7 nov \ vril nan. h-lgcvo
70 = tSe oi,ly rfsre FVfae-r fyr ca4arrll row
nan sfa-t1rs@t. and orc hss only % Eiss K a
hAlr t+i7.i 70 eST~re7sc astounding rvsults ana
permanent cure
csnaplnsc Tre4riac IN Casarril. giving vaL
azhlc hints rs IN cinshiug. d4-t. and stlsr
matters NJ trrnortsnee. viii h. raaslsi pxSt-
taia 70 hny attrcsa. un reoript Of q tno-cert
postage stamp Address
3 Wsrids Dises~aTT hsdIeai AaaS.stsaa.
No zee MAi9 ssrse.. BUyrALo y. Z.
Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16
sheriff. oaec

ShCriars 0Ece.
n. Cruces. y. ". Feb :. lSs9
NAIibi-L i lcgsG.
AIsoFgtzs Ter Tss ntif.
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Rio Grande republican., 1889-02-16

a,stsro BIr-s.
s4,-rt= . E.1s4 .1... .o4L.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11

East PiermOnt.

Last "Wednesday evening A. l.
Chase received his friends at j. M
Heath's, one hundred being present
Oysters were served and music was
furnished by the East Oxford band.
Rev. and Mrs. j. A. Wright of Cor
inth, VT, visited here on their return
from Lake Village. He preached al
the Atwell Hill school house, neal
where he formerly lived, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings.
No religious services here last Sunday
We are glad to see Ernest Clark able
to attend school again.
Mrs. Shepard, who has been visiting
her sister Mrs. j. A. Hardy, returned
to her home in Manchester last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Batchelder at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Brown at
Haverhill Centre on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Dowse and daugh-
ter Jennie are visiting old friends in
Newbury Centre.
Rev. G. N. Nelson Of Plymouth, who
has preached here half the time this
summer, will not preach here any more
at present.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
Loan Associations,

It is estimated that there are about 1000
cooperative savings and loan associations in
the United States, that their accum ulations
of property represent $500, 900, 900, and that
the amount which will be paid to them this
year in the form Of dues alone will exceed
$65, 100000. These associations in their ear
lier days in Philadelphia were called building
clubs, and later they have been known under
the name of building and loan associations,
Under any name they mean essentially one
and the same thing, which is the forming Of
corporations In which the members shall
loan money to one another on certain fixed
terms, and by means of which laboring men,
for the most part in our towns and cities. NAV
be able to add to the shares which they have
purchased in this association, together with
the fines and dues which accrue, sum equal
to what they have already invested in them,
and apply 1t to the building or buying Of
homes for themselves. During the last thirty
years these associations have increased in ali
parts of the country. The first one was or
ganiHed in Philadelphia in 1881: the second
was formed in 1916, and from lS45 to 1850
about fifty were created in Philadelphia
alone
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11

The modern magazine may be taken as
embOdying the best literature of the world,
as the magazine editor pays the highest
prices to nOvelists, scientists, statesmen,
soldiers, and even kings and princes, for
the best they can furnish in the literary
line. The weil-edited magazine becomes
an educating influence in the family circle,
whose Importance cannot b. Over-eStimat-
ed. The children, as they grow up, are at
tracted by its illustrations, and so come in
time to have a taste fol- reading. There is
always something that is new, something
that is strange, something that is interest
ing; and we consider that we are doing our
readers positive benefit if we are instru-
mental in placing such publication within
their reach. The special arrangement
which we have made with the COsmOpOli-
tan presents very unusual inducements.
The magazine, although only in the tenth
month under its new management, is al
ready recognized as one of the most inter-
esting publications of the day. 1t is seek
ing subscribers everywhere and obtaining
them. The prOprietOrs believe that the
Cosmopolitan has only to be examined to
secure permanent subscriber. That is
why we are enabled to make, if the offer is
accepted before January next, such very
low rate, by which our readers can obtain the
Cosmopolitan for little more than the cost
of this journal alone. Just think of what
the combination means! You obtain your
own home journal at about the regular
price, and have thrown in magazine
which gives you, in year, nearly fourteen
hundred pages of reading matter by the
ablest writers of the world, including six
hundred pages of illustrations that are UNI
surpassed in point of interest and eXecu-
ton. Will itnOt lay you to send sub
script:on to this Office for the OPINION and
the Cosmopolitan, Immediately? Remem-
Der, only $3.50 for the two.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
Visible Stars.

The total number Of stars one can see will
depend very largely upon the clearness of the
atmosphere and the keenness of the eye.
There are in the whole celestial sphere about
5000 stars visible to an ordinarily good eye
Of these, however, we can never see more
than fraction at any one time, because a
half of the sphere is always below the hori-
zon. If we could see q star in the horizon as
easily as in the zenith, a half of the whole
number, or 5000, would be visible on any
clear night. But stars near the horizon are
seen through so great a thickness of atmos-
phere as greatly to obscure their light, and
only the brightest ones can there be SEEN As
a result of this observation, it is not likely
that more than 1900 stars can ever be taken
in at single view by any ordinary eye.
About 900 other stars are so near the South
pole that they never rise in our ATTITUDES
Hence, out Of 5000 supposed to be visible,
only 1900 ever come within the range of our
vision, unless we make a journey toward the
equator.
As telescope power is increased we still
find stars of fainter and fainter light. But
the number cannot go on increasing forever
in the ssne ratio as with the brighter magni-
tudes, because if it did the whole sky would
be blaze of starlight. If telescopes with
powers far exceeding our present ones were
made, they would no doubt show new stars
of the twentieth and twenty-first, etc., mag
nitudes. But it is highly probable that the
number of such successive orders of stars
would not increase in the same ratio as is OBJ
served in the eighth, ninth and tenth magni-
tudes, for example. The enormous labor Of
estimating the number of stars Of such classes
will long prevent the accumulation of sta
tistics on this question; but this much is Ger
tain, that iii special regions of the sky, which
have been searchingly examined by various
telescopes of successfully increasing aper-
lures, the number of new stars found is by
no means in proportion to the increased in
strumental power
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
Piermont.

Mr.. George Chandler Of Fitchburg
Mass, is visiting his many friends in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs E. E. Wilder of Nor.
ridgwock, Maine, were in town this
week.
Mr. Smith of Boston has been visit
ing his sister, Mrs. H. Quiut.
F. H. Bickford of Dartmouth college
spent the Sabbath in town.
d. C. Cutting has returned home
from the mountains.
The Hubbard girls have lost their pet
pony "Tabby'', cause pleurisy.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Bixby of Man
chester are in town.
Lang Merrill returns to Lowell this
week.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
Extracting Perfume.

The method in which the most delicate
perfumes are obtained from flowers is not
Of the most aesthetic nature. The flower pc
tails are spread over glasses which have pre-
viously been covered with quarter inch
layer Of fat. The glasses are then shut
tightly into wooden frames, and before long
the fat absorbs all the perfume The next
process is to cut up the fragrant fat into
small pieces aud put these into alcohol The
perfume at once deserts its oily protector and
unites with the alcohol. It is then fit for
market. Only one-tenth Of the flowers
which grow in Europe are odoriferous AL
together there are 4, 200 kinds, and of these
the commonest are the white ones, which
number l,194 kinds, one-fifth of which are
fragrant. There are 95l kinds of yellow
flowers, n Of which are odoriferous; of the
1913 red kinds "a; of the 594 blue kinds, 81;
Of the 30S violet blue kinds, H. OF the 24O
kinds with combined colors, % are fragrant
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
Burial Rites Of an African King-His
Wives Buried with Him.

Burial Rites Of an African King-His
Wives Buried with Him.
| The king of Eboa, Africa, died recently,
and, as is customary in that part Of the
country, the traders from New Calabar went
| up to pay their respects to the new monarch.
| The traders were aware that for a short time
after the old kings death the ''Iu Iu" rites
are performed, but they thought that these
| were over. The deceased monarch's name
was Imply, and to the horror of ths English
traders the "Iu Iu" ceremonies were at their
highest when they entered Eboe town. The
rites had been in operation for about two
months and already about forty people had
been slain to appease the "Iu Iu" gods The
old king was then lying in a grave which had
been dug for him. The hole was a large one
and deep. Lying in the same grave were
nine of the kings youngest wives, and their
deaths had been brought about in the most
cruel manner Each of the poor creatures
had both her wrists and ankles broken, 30
that they could neither walk nor crawl
In this state, and suffering the most excru-
ciating pain, the unfortunate creatures were
placed at the bottom Of the grave, seven Of
them lying side by side. The body OF the
king was then laid on them in a transverse
direction The two remaining women were
laid down by the side of the king, lying ex-
actly like the monarchs body. No food or
water was given to the poor creatures, who
were left in that position to die. 1t is said
that death did not, as rule, take place for
four or five days Four men were stationed
round the grave, armed with clubs, ready to
knock back with these weapons any of the
women who, notwithstanding their manned
condition, were able to crawl to the side of
the grave. In other parts of the town fur.
Their human sacrifices were taking place.
Suspended from various trees were the bodies
of several placed side by side ON the grass
Night had come on, and by the Pickering
light of lanterns the faces of all appeared
weird and unearthly in their excitement and
dread ssI 4