| Show I l CUSTOMS US IN SOUTHERN CHILI I I I Way Y ol So J curing aurin u a u Bride Briden j J 2 5 n ii j i urU J 1111 w wal correspondence al i Chili 17 the c rr I r of o our r detention In the Man third tory the he lM I le Us wo m attend honored by b an nn Invitation to Si tre n on the tOUt ls Is ma made tho n of 1 I i d festivities Wo We wore Informed T I nawl tenet feut would be the Iho espial ha of days ur e WIS expected to fucet edible or drinkable I I st do you ou suppose was our con conn on In tins thIs cn o necessity was lion n tr Ib V mother mol her of Invention 11 bt J to 10 the our last t aa lour Hour l l l Into lick of These when cold Jjr Ir ad with a n thin coating coati ilK of or a Jim and piled one OM above er m In heaps It I t kept the cook aCO Mi her Ml II the Iho rest rj L of the Iho day assisted rh e Wi of oC Ih party part hut th 1 pronounced KUC dl dish h Via a tu nV we learned that n n looked upon It as the tho whitt lo nr of or r food u the next ho tho gret Tf came Hi In pr on t to escort the men ur parly larl to the distant clearing the new welling dwelling II was to be erect 1 here condo of or ji ind cd as a II mark we 10 squaw II were permitted follow In III the rear So gorgeously to his greasy gotten up for rU ni it truly be said the Solomon m In nil aH his glory was never lun i raved He iiI wore the yellow 10 and double crimson bed bl blanket lately n lo 10 him by our lender leader with aum caso hung his sir tICk r k by a blue ribbon where It rattled rows of teeth human ul ani animal Ho His hIli bushy In strips of ot red were braided 5 crowned by n II a of o brilliant and garnished with long at birds bones For In III the re distance trolled tr ll his wives JIW bearing hla hIli beloved pipe PI gua guarico guar rico r e robes for tor him to sit upon and hla hili choicest heritage tho Ih timeworn skulls that Hit serve me for tor drinking vessels without which Jio feast t nl would bo complete Arriving at n the spot wo we found the tho UI Ula gers tn already assembled anti every over duM tare ace wore lor n I look of at the most happiness I Ocr ever beheld on lui hu nan countenance At t ono side where tu It squaws mostly collected wo young yet living g bound among scores of at I II I tl and bags of oC green freen corn Ind ns IS tIll guests arrived additions were WIIO II naje to the store Presently somo turns Qualls bogan b digging holes In III tho Qun dose close by hy OIlI women omen Dl 4 one of ot tha Iho bound sheep shrell stretched it a log one held It II the th other over oer Its head Ind run i Into the large e vein behind Its lir lr It 11 loon coon bled lo 10 death nil the Iho as carefully saVed for tor pudding Tt men mens part 1111 of or the days con d entirely In eating drinking riving orders on rs When tho Iho squaws hall had d g holes In each elch a II tl drops of ot cheeps blood chico potH ere circulated and nil drank freely treely An hour ml li I the Interval some posts tall In II enough ellough to 10 form torm tho Iho tour four corners ot or tho houfe ire If punted by the women In the holes r the WilY way h Is it not Indana consider the blood of a lamb as all to Whenever they D to 10 war lar n lamb I mb Is t killed mid HH blood l upon Ulon tho Iho arms of ot tho war iton When they make a la treaty tr at of ot faCe the slain lamb lam IH III again a brought Into to requisition Kach of ot tho Iho covenant If Ir parly drinks n little of or the blood and ani eats a 1 bit of 01 the raw ml to provo prove has hM been heen d J by tho blood tt d Innocence cannot he broken another r hour or 01 more mora of home and cheerful conversation CN were bound to In the tho rot pill lIh thongs ot or rawhide anil tho for tor that day da was completed 1 The Interpreter us that it would t require not IMS Ip o than n a week to finish h tie tte home OUI The Tho next n day they would i mv In the smaller malter poles for tor the Iho walls Ca Cio mother day ria they would put up tho rafters niters and so 81 on nursing nur Iho Job joh ns IA Mt J tr M R possible 1108 because time Rids Id for tor slaves JH Is no object o J ct to to these About noon nonn I M a that tho banquet Ill H ready The Ihl green sward S 11 Ill ion lor a ft tip hoard board the tho men sent seat t ed themselves contentedly upon It I t In a I I wide circle under the shadow of ot the tho I trees tr tl while the women who were W JO not engaged In waiting upon them remained dutifully willing to partake house later Inter of ot whatever crumbs their lords Ionis might leave lelo fur tor the dog doliS ami them First some raw 1 w clams weN vero brought In huge wooden wOI troughs troU and andon on top of ot each trough was waA placed ono big red pepper Every Enry Indian In turn took a few to clams 1011 the pop were passed from lip to lip each one sucking It and handing It on to his neighbor This preliminary ceremony wa In token of or lasting and nd very nr warm such love lo must be Jc Judging from the tears that thul sprang to every ever eye CC When tho had been Jars circulated freely passed ed from mouth nj to mouth In the most chummy manner Then como came kettles of ot cooked com COni hot then more Then quantities of or raw mutton cut In small chunks and plied piled on wooden tray Then ears of ot roasted corn hut hUlt but by byno byno no means least our own contribution of or cold Jamb m ared pane ike whoso sweetness so pleased the Iho chief that he at once opened negotiations with our leader with u 11 view to purchasing ing In a 11 CV white who could make thorn them every overy course The braves gobbled raw sheep and corn till full to bursting and utter a II short rest they the returned to the tho charge and ole ate drunk drank and ate again and till nature could endure no more and nil sank Into Inlo a II heavy sleep This was the hungry squaws opportunity and so well they Improved U It that the remaining store of or provisions which In the tho morning we e hall had thought to Lo last the whole company a werk disappeared like dew dev before the Iho nun SUII About sunset most mORt ot of tho younger overcome their gluttonous stupor bestirred themselves for tor a n game Hame of hall ball The Tho Jail ball was wall mude mudo of or strips of or rawhide covered with many man Pieces of ot woollen cloth so that Its lis force might t not tho toot There Thero appeared to be no rules Ing the game galM Its whole purpose being fo 0 see how often oCten and how hol tar far each war warrior I could kirk kick the ball The rhe moon being at lit the full It determined to keep up the fun tun till midnight Hut first supper must be hI had hlll und and the delightful news nells soon spread that as ns an extra treat H II dish of ot would be b served What under the moon Kven tho Interpreter ler rould not tell us BO HO decided to wall wait and see sec It Wilt not the first that we e had had causo to regret the curiosity that has hns led lod women Into unpleasant situa situations tram from the days of mother down to 10 her hr lust latest I dent It Is the Ille greatest luxury of which tho Ih mind ran enn conceive and this Is IR the IIII recipe for tOI Its preparation a n living full tull grown tat fat sheep JI hang han It up by b the fore forefeet feet teet Instead of ot by I the hind feet teel ns I us usual u ual 1111 Then carefully cut n 0 hole In tn the Ih windpipe and stuff down Iown It of ot salt red rell popper r mixed together This accomplished de tho poor animals struggles sever the Jugular and pull It out to turn the tho mouth of the vein Into Inlo the tho windpipe down which the thu blood Hows the pepper and salt Into Inlo tho Iho lungs Tho writhing tortured creature crea Is soon surprisingly swollen up die In Inexpressible agony When the hOlly body is opened the lungs are found horribly distended with blond pepper and salt the tho whole forming ono one coagulated mass This IH III and may heaven preserve us IS from seeing It again It Is III carefully care Cully extracted from the tho yet et quivering ani animal mal cut in and nerved senell up II warm The fhe blood pudding before mentioned which is a 1 dally article of or diet Is the uncooked blood of or any nn animal coagulated by h he lion ot salt to the tho consistency of ot cus custard tard Whenever n u sheep Is killed by hy bytho hythe the tho ordinary process while ono woman catches the blood In 11 a n wooden woollen bowl hol an 11 another other stands by h to 10 receive the entrails which arc stewed slewed like and much relished We must not overlook the ladles Indies of at especially on such an 1111 oc cle when decked In 11 festive gaud gear Most of ot them hlo good figures and faces tac s with lux luxuriant black hair pearly teeth tot feet Inclined to too Inward really beautiful arms hut but their diet of raw rull meat and corn them gross Aro II at ot atan an nn curly age lise and Ild at al 30 they Iho arc old crones cronce So 0 belle If civilization Is 10 Ismore moro more addicted to face painting limn t School Pupils ln Who Will Moot at Theater The rhe la n 1 good of ot l erry tho School teacher he Is Terry Is an nn old hand nt It the business has been at the game go me for tor about eight or nino yearn 1111 During his carter In the tho elide circle ha he has mOl met def aud omo of or tho Iho toughest light lightweights weights In the hIL His III t contest probably vas with Young Peter Pter Jackson Sandy Sand the tho noted writer on the Omaha gave Perry n II great sendoff for tor his and In tho content which resulted In a Tha heading of ot the article written by h Sandy was wan ns fi fullom WitS n 1 Draw The Tho then stated slated was the cleverer of ut the 1110 two and that he lilt III tho Iho negro thieu thre tn 10 one Perry Perr gut his namo us WI School teacher because ho taught chool In his hla native state ll Ho 0 meets me cis Clifford at ot the Jail Halt TIIt on Monday night In a It twenty bout boul under 11 I tho management of or I Hobin lOll they the but hero horo powers not 1101 In tho colors 1101 used 11 bi black and andred red rei Two species M of oC earth parth supply these which me lire lo 10 prevent thorn Ih from being easily ore off The red Is put on Oil a n broad from ear to 10 oar car over lIer the cheek eyelids nose The ilIad black IH IK used to 10 alvo effect to the eyebrows which nto al pulled 1 out oUI so MO as aM to leave leae n 1 lino lino while the lids and nut lashes Iru tripped with In the tho samo manner that Ihal henna Is III used uMed by h of the orlen While a 1 girl ifill of ot Is not put up 1111 for tor snip 1011 Ilko 1110 an nil oriental houri she Is III none the Iho less an 1111 of or t has hlll no more In tho choice of lit a II husband When n 1 man mind to marry ho I goes t to 10 his hl friends for 01 In III carrying out nut tho project CI If Ir ho he is 19 poor each of ot his friends agree to contribute toward tho thoC expenses C one giving a IL horse another nn ox tho Iho third a II pair ot of silver 1111 1 stirrup to EO on A dark night Is 19 selected n 1 rendezvous named At Atthe l the Iho appointed hour the Iho lover his hlll friends nil all veil mounted congregate ns aA agreed In they ly Iy approach the residence of oC the bride Half a 1 dozen of the tho best orators enter and up 1111 the girls father to whom they explain tin Ihl object ot of tho Iho visit net Att forth the merit of ot the son BOil inlaw formally ask his consent ron to In tho Iho match which Is usually granted readiness If the offered be ho belarge large larlI Meanwhile the enamored swain has hIlA out nut tho rest restIng Ing of hit his she however hOller loudly for Cor pro as all In duty bound Then n tre tremendous row ensues Tho he women up en phell with clubs stones stoneR missiles of ot every eel kind anI rush ru h ti In tho Ih maidens defense Tho friends Interpose to give Ie the lover fair fah fairplay play pIa endeavoring ith 1111 gentle violence to 10 tho Iho fierce viragoes but tho littler aro not to bo lie appeased lucky luck Is III tin tilt man who escapes 1 without Homa bleeding of ot the light It Is n a point of honor with the bride to 10 resist with nil all her might until At t length the Impatient bridegroom grabs her by II the tho heels or the hall and drags her to 10 tho Iho open door dool Then ho hu springs to the saddle still firmly grasping his scream cream screamIng creamIng Ing captive and 11 yelling In triumph starts oft off at full gallon The friends pally forth still pursued by II the Iho out oU t matrons all 1111 follow tollow fast In Inthe Inthe the track rack t of the fugitive Having 1111 gained woollY woods the tho lover dashes Into tho tangled thicket while the Ihl friends on un the un until til II they satisfied that no ono Is In pursuit It when they quietly disperse No further marriage ceremony Is III required and a It few ew days afterwards tho Iho happy couple emerge from Crom tho depths of ot tho forest as i husband hll wife Two or three days more allowed to pus anil amI then thell the friends cull call upon Iho hi each bringing his promised contribution Driving 1 tho horses cat llo and before them and the bags of corn etc ell the tho whole party pm repair to the tho former residence of or orthe the bride There the Iho presents are handed over oer to tD the tho father who If f satis JUs satisfied fied that he hM hu received his daughters value alue express In tho mar and mutual congratulations arc arcIn In order The various amounts con contributed by friends toward pu l for tor a 1 wife are aro considered debts deJl of honor to tobo tl bo bu tully fully whenever the benefactors bel tuc tors themselves require similar assist Unfaithfulness on oU the part of ot the IB I always death lIlt but buther her guilty lover loor is III let lei off ocr by b paying her full Cull value to the husband H B WAUD AIm |
