The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-13

, have contained gofio for the souls foot
 on its long journey. No antisepti
 prepara tion seems to have been used il
 the nummifying process, but the DOW
 els of the corpse were removed and tht } cavity filled with seeds. No trace O
 bandageS nor clothes of any kind ha'
 been found, but each mummy IS seWec
 up in tanned goat-skins, the outer coY-
 ering decorated with raw hide thongs
 like fringe, knotted in a peculiar fash
 ion, and hung with little discs of baked
 earth. Wooden spears are also found
 in the catacombs, deliberately carved
 and tipped with obsidian; arrow heads;
 hand mills for grinding gofio; leather
 pitchers for holding water, wine and
 milk bowls of baked clay, unglazed
 small bones supposed to represent
 money; and clay pipes, similar to those
 found in some of the old Ktstvaens of
 Ireland. So it may be inferred that the
 Guanches were smokers-though, like
 the ancient Irish, they may not have
 smoked tobacco. The comparatively re-
 cent discovery of sculptured stones in
 the Canaries, covered with symbols
 precisely like those found on similar
 stones near the shores of Lake Superior
 is regarded as priceless nuggets of proof
 in favor of Atlantis by those who adVo-
 cate the theory of a lost continent. In
 the museum of Los Palmas, on Gran
 Canaria island may be found a good
 many relics of the aborigines; but noth-
 ing which seems to speak of them so
 forcibly as the colossal group of statu-
 ary in the plaza of SPnta Cruz. It rep
 resents the popular tradition of the ap-
 partition of the Virgin of Clandelaria
 to the four kings of the Guanches,
 which is believed to have taken place
 in the year 1892. The statue is of the
 finest Carrara marble and well execut-
 ed-the beautiful female figure upon a
 pedestal, supported by the four Indian
 monarchs, each of whom carries a huge thigh bone for a war club. Sad to say,
 the illustrious company of five enjoy
 but one nose among then1 and that IS the topmost-probably because the Vir- gins countenance happens to be just be- yond the reach of vandal "middies."
 The Canary Islander of to-day is not a handsome creature, whether male or female young or old. The common type, universal in all the islands, consists of a tall bony frame, an elongated head, clumsily chiseled mouth and nose and brown face very large and heavy, in which the small blue eyes look as lone some as two wortleberries on big wooden platter The dress of each is- land shows some pecuiarity different from all the others-that is, among the peasantry. Of course the true Canary costumes are seen only on the peasants, he oh c1 hairp ontirp1V Snln- ish or European who wear imported cothes-all but hats and shoes, which are made in the Canaries. Strange to say, men, women and children are ac- customed to walk barefooted over the plains that are filled with spiny cactl, and the burning rocks of lava which in a few hours will wear out the stoutest shoes. They all have shoes, but it is the fashion to wear them only in the easy streets of the towns. If you meet them anywhere else, the men are, in- variably carrying their shoes at the end of stick, and the women economizing theirs by wearing them on their heads. The women of Teneriffe wear skirt and apron of cotton and aw ell-fitted bodice with enormous sleeves and a sort i of fchu, which ends in points both be- hind and in front. When abroad, the | head is covered with q large square | of white cotton cloth, or a white knit | ted shawl, the corners of which dangle | gracefully down the back On top of i the shawl is placed a smal straw hat, | low-crowned and saucer shaped and 1 on top of the hat may be bundle, or jar of water, a few vegetables, or load | nf fn hacidoc. ba e,l, The use of the shawl, or square of cloth is to protect the wearer's neck from the pest of stinging flies, and also to shade the spine from the sun, which is believed to bring on ague or rheuma- tism.
 The men of the lower classes still wear the blanket-e cloak which buges out in stiff and barrel-like rotundity and looks absurd enough when the mer- cury is soaring up toward the nineties. One of the greatest events in the sim pie lives of these Tenerifiians is the pur- chase of a new cloak, which, requires days of deliberation and the combined wisdom of the purchasers friends and family. Certain qualifications must en- ter into it's composition, lacking which 1t would be no use to offer one over any counter in the island. In the first place, the blanket must be white as snow though it's wearer will soon convert it to muddy brown and never think of washing it, should it last a life time. It must have two stripes of sky blue one vide, the other narrow, all around the edges; and the nap must run down. ward, in order to make it shed rain A running string at the top : 'astens this queer garment around the hroat, and not another thing needs to oe worn above or below it. The fash on of this primitive cloak is as old as he Guanches-as old as the first at empt at general clothing made by any lation in it's infancy. It corresponds to { he abba, worn by the Arab and the 5edouin in the sandy deserts of Arabia; Z o the bornouse of the Algerian the z othamore of the ancient Irish; the ( laid of the Highlander; the toga of the f Roman; the flowing garment of the Druid, the blanket of the American Irl- r ian; the zerape of the Mexican and the f 'oncho of the South American. f Not least important in the outfit of a very peasant in the Canaries, male or 2 emale, is the dirty string of wool or aather worn around the neck. and sus- T ended from it an amulet blessed by I he priest, (for a consideration and S lhich preserves the wearer from the @