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Show MEN TAKE SECOND PLACE. Women of Abyssinian Trlb. Are Really Emancipated. In mo valley of tho Uarca, in Abyssinia, Abys-sinia, thero Is a community whoro tho women, without holding meetings or ngltatlons of nny kind, have emancipated eman-cipated themselves. All tho women work hard, whllo tho men nro Idle; but by way of compensation the houso and nil It contains belong to tho wife. At tho lenst unkind word she turns tho husband out nt night, in storm or rnln, nnd ho cannot come hack until ho makes nmends by tho gift of a cow. Tho wlfo considers It a duty to nbuse tho husband and It she were weak enough to show any lovo for him In life or grief at his death she would be scorned by her trlbo. Tho wlfo. without with-out nny reason, may strike her tent and go, taking with her oac-tbird nt the Joint possessions. The husband, unless ho Is traveling, may not live out of his tent. |