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Show India Marriage Lottery. Every year In the Rumal country, in India, a marriage lottery Is held, ua-ually ua-ually In October. The names of all the marriageable girls and of young men desirous of matrimony are written writ-ten on slips of paper aud thrown into earthen pots. Ono of each kind is drawn out at a time by a wise man. The youth whose name is drawn out obtains a letter of Introduction to tho young woman whose name accompanies accompan-ies his, and then all that remains for him to do is to start his love making at once. The majority of these fortuitous for-tuitous courtships turn out admirably in every way. |