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Show WOMEN COLD GY AUCTION. How Damsels of Babylon Were Once Dlspcsed cf. An auction of uninanled ladles used to take placo annually In Babylon. In overy district they assembled on a certain day of every year all tho virgins vir-gins of inarr.ngeablo ago. Tho most remarkaii.e wns first put up, and the man who bid the largest sum of money gained possession ,of her. Tho socond In pcrtonal nppearanco fol-lowod, fol-lowod, and tho bidders grntlfled themselves them-selves with hnndsotno wives according accord-ing to tho depth of their purses. But alas I It soems that there woro in Babylon somo ladles for whom no monoy wns likely to be offered, yet theso also wero disposed of so provident provi-dent woro tho Babyloninns. When all tho beautiful virgins woro sold, tho crlor ordered tho most doformed who would marry her with a small sum, sho wns at length adjudged to the man who would be satisfied with tho least, and in thin manner tho money nrlslng from the salo of tho handsomo served as a portion to thoao who wero olther of dlsagrecablo looks, or that had any other Imperfection. This custom cus-tom prevailed nbout COO years borore ChrlsL |