The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-11-04
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One Built ON the Ocean. Another Sn lee
and Another I. Womanless.


One Built ON the Ocean. Another IN lee
and Another l. Womaniess.
The marine village Of Tupuselei, In
New Guinea, would take lot OF peaA-
ing on the score Of singularity. Here
the houses are all supported ON pies
and stand right out in the ocean, some
considerable distance from the snore'
The object OF this strange position Is
tn protect the inhabitants against SUD
den attacks of the dreaded head-nune-
ers, who are always on the LOOKOUT iot
victims. Other villages in this happy
land are perched up in all cut mac
cessible trees, for the same weagn'S
reason.
Another curious place IL Town
without a name on one Of the arms Oh
ate Huron. This consists OF some
zoo wooden huts. During the summer
these little dwellings are hidden away
in a clearing on shore, and the to"n
contains not a single inhabitant. But
on the arrival of winter, when the iahe
Is frozen over with thick coating OF
fee. the owners Of the huts arrive an"
nrocced to move their houses out on'o
the surface of the lake. The noor Oh
the huts is taken up and q hole cut
through the ice. Through these noies
the residents fish, carrying on tneii
operations until the spring releases Inc
lake from its Icy bonds, when TINS eA-
traordinary town is once more broken
I'm. the shanties go back to their rest
ing place and the fishermen scac'ei
, over the country. This place even
} boasts curing factory and a church.
not TO mention several saloors-aii Oh
the Ire.
Athos. a town situated on promon-
: tory on the coast Of Macedonia. wen
: deserves the title Of the most Curious
!. town in the universe. The peninsula IL
. known as "The Mountain OF INC
Monks" from the fact that score %
y so of monasteries are dotted ABOUT 'hs
4 rough hillsides or the valleys. In THESE
4 establishments dwell numerous o'o'
= of ascetics, kind and hospitaDie V
wanderers. but full of superstition. ant
believing in the doctrine OF separator
l. to a wonderful degree.
d The actual town, as distinct IRON II
y monastic environs, is called Caryes
le and supplies the simple wants OF III
lg monks. Here are to be found street
le of shops, crowded bazars. horrishin
ut trades and ell the hustle and eners
lie Of a modern town. But one thing 500
s. strikes the visitor as strange. lhei
n "a not a female to be seen anywner'
ne for the geptier sex Is vigorously Dal
u ,shed from the place. Even the sma
10 Turkish garrison, from the commah'
~ ant down to the privates, consists
Pc bachelors.
cd This extraordinary law Is carried o.
" even among the domestic anlma'
ed Only the wild birds evade 1t, ana ths
10. only when free, for no female oiro
we ever brought to table; the FOWL "a
III. has for dinner is sure to be cocker
in For this unparalleled state OF anai
,ht there is only a legend to account.
ust though to our practical minds nimsy
lilo a degree. 1t is implicitly believed Ii
cir the inhabitants. 1t appears that IN
he Of the chief monasteries on the pro-
ons ontorv there Is a miraculous ICE
ra- which Is a picture or image sacred
members of the Russo-Greek chur
This particular picture Is represen
o., ton of the Virgin and the legend 81
II! that one day as the Empress Puicnel
h'' who had literally endowed the chur
as well as beautifed and restored
, .ap was engaged IN her devotions, the
.ai, ein smoke. asking what she, won,
ueu was doing in the church. The pl
. ll,,, lady. no doubt amazed, did not rel
' whereupon thf voice commanded
hill to leave. saying that the Ieet Oh
pu. woman should never again tread
r. floor. The empress, probably surprl
at the seeming ingratitude OF
~ nc sneech as we'll as awe-struck, lett
noao nlace. which no female has since
~, ~ tered. How the prohibition thus
o oon. bitrarily established came to com
l VA bend the length and breadth OF
nho nromontory is not very clear. A
up res,dence for bashful bachelors
.,,s,, should imagine Athos would be mar
nv surpass.