Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-10-17
Their Slow Business Methods
and Mode of Living.
FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES
GsuriaI Rites similar 20 Those Of Afri-
can Tribes-Women Not Allowed
20 speak For q Year After Being
widowed-Distinguishing Beauty
Marks.

but agree mat the Dfst race Wefe I'D
GerloY 70 the present race, that they
grayifate1 70 the south II q time,
that there WAS continuity Of land be-
tween Victoria and Tasmania; mat
the latter island became separated
and Bass Strait appeared, leaving
primitive race south Of H. These
eayages knew nothing Of shields or
womerahs lspear-throwing impie-
rHents), but they knew the art Of
making FIRE By friction between STICKS
Of wood, had wooden clubs ana
spears With heads Of same material
81 the shafts Of flint or stone. Tney
sad rude stone axes Of the so-called
paIeollthic (earliest) kind, and their
crania indicated a grade Of intellect
Tut little above the simian family
The vanished race Of Tasmanias
were their descendants, for the last
man and woman died within a few
decades, and their portraits are
shown IN the books.
II IL an interesting thing 20 see
the natives produce fire In remark
ably short time By the use Of the IRE
sticks. says a writer in the Pittsburg
Degpatch. have seen only two
binds Of sticks and have read Of an
, other method which f. said 20 OBJ
tain among the interior tribes BY
rubbing a womerah, which II always
Of hard and tough wood across the
edge Of a shield which is generally
OF wood which II softer. The shields
are concaye-conyex always, and the
friction across the edges produce fire
IN two places instead Of one, which
would have It's advantages OF course.
The bushmen apparently know or
care but little about personal ad-
ornmenf. The women wear neck
Iaces OF shells. The men daub their
bodies With ochreous paints and stick
feathers and down 10 their bodies
for their mystic ceremonies and both
men and women decorate their skins
with scars which are the product Of
decisions IN the skin which are kept
from healing for certain length Of
time By burning with the end Of q
red hot stick or the insertion Of for
efgn substances, causing ridge-like
effect supposed 10 be exactly the pro-
per thing.
Men and women make long, par
aIIel incisions clear across the aldo
men, chest or around the shoulders.
Boys after their initiation into the
rank Of manhood are Scared quite
| literally. They have kind Of tattoo
scarring also which consists Of null
titudfnous short inclsions arranged In
groups in certain patterns and may
be placed Unfortunately In several
parts Of the body.
When a married man dies his wife
makes long central incIsion in her
scalp extending from the occiput TO
the edge Of the frontal bone. This 10
generally done with'a flint knife and
the same course is observed as in
other incisions TO prevent q tOo-ready
healing. Girls after marriage and
boys after reaching mans estate tie
| their hair with braids around the
head so arranged that the mass Of
hair will extend obliquely upward
and backward. BY being retained
constantly in this fashion the folds
or corrugations of the scalp become
permanent and the appearance 10
bizarre.
In abiding to the burial customs
/ Of the bushmen and telling OF their
being Inferred in a sitting posture.
| exceptions are mentioned in the fun
erary habits OF very few tribes liv-
| ing far in the interior bordering the
desoIate waste known as Never Never
| Land.
One at least OF these tribes place
the body on a platform in tree,
much after the manner Of some OF
our Indians Of the West and North
west.
They have a method for de-
coration which would not be recog-
nized nor used in most countries and
| II is in use principally among the wo-
men and consists in the removal OF
one or two OF the upper central in
| clsor teeth. When at La Perouse
wondered why SO many of the gent
Ter sex had lost SO many front teeth,
hut the authorities have made II
quite clear. The dental operation IL
generally performed on the girl be-
| fore marriage by another woman who
causes the patient to lie on the
ground with her head in a depress-
ION made for the purpose. She places
stick against one OF the teeth and
generally one hard blow on the end
OF the stick with is-~" stone II
suficient to remove the tooth and
produce the requisite cosmetic effect
They think II adds to their beauty
and any one who has seen them viii
freely admit there is need to be de
sired IN that line, but they also be-
lieve that Il causes what they eat and
drink TO taste better.
Australian business methods do not
all commend themselves TO aliens
All retail places open al 3 in the
morning and close at In the after
noon.