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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1917)
AOI FOV1 A STRANGE PEOPLE Red Heads of Asiatic Turkey Last of the Baal Worshiners. HAVE SOME QUEER CUSTOMS. Ai ttmtm Waar Rac Caps and Around Tttair Throats Rsd Knottad Cord ana Allow ThaJr Wlvaa to Baat Thom All abiss Ar &altad Whan Born. Strtiitf lo, ts sur Utu Het 1 1. .. Of astatic Turks? TUsj am the last or tfct Itaal ui tilprrs That tit am sfajajr roU a, bt-tus the-lr MM 1UJ Baftdl TLr var rwl kuotivU corl amutul us. ks. Tu cord la put sat dunof hftbykood ami la tie; r moTtM. It U tntcrnM with tlie bod aftar doath. They ahara thvlr btxatl axrttpt for a patch ou lbs top. ami hf ra they allw ihs hair to gtuw Ion; and plait tt Into plgtalla. which !iaiu auout tbolr ears Tbcy are tail. wtr ftUowa. wltb cuoruious apit.ttr 0LW botb food and drink. Tb women, who do uot veil fiem aal t aud who drvi stmpij tu looac flttlnf garuiei.ta, aru thtu and spare, but woudcrfully strong. lu Lbeir bouios the WMtf btWCbM as frail as skirts. There la uo wife bcalius anions the Red Heads, but plumy of bus'aiul baatiutf. Tue bu bauds take tbsll & gueut cbaitUeuit-nU uivskly and pa Uen.j Tbey abuplor themselves, both taa women and tb num. In atfrUu.turv ajad tbsft. Tbay produce a 00OB I of afega, tobacco aud durra The rtjafl of tbtLr tluio la glvsu up u lotaliig the Turks' erupt aud cattle. is Ike center of every .-.- tbere la a small ciix.e rallwd off. and la this apacs lhr U pU-ud the apat 11 reli gious eiubleui, an evergreen oak. No oils si.ept the father priest of tb vil la enter the Included ground. v bleb la de ratad wltb small da its, si rings of coins and Lrlgbt evloud beads. Around and about the drdt tbt lied, lleads celebrate tt e ou!v raflgtooi fes tival kuowu to tbem. "the gathering of fcu ucw uioou." whkb takes pluct ev ary tnouto. Directly a Nff iuohi makes Ita snpearai. the people, are rolled together by a !y priest beating a bar rel shaped drum i-tu.k end up ou the ground Fires are tit. the COOktng utensils plai ed thereou and the sheep killed by a e priest. wh sprinkles a little or the auituala' blood on the oak. and the carcasses dayed and cut up Into Joluu and the larter rooked orer the tirea. before whlrb millet aud wheat cakes are by this time baking on tlags. Id the meantime tables on trestles are aet up and lakl with VfOOdM I'lates. Sorn spoons and steel knives and forks, and soon the fcastini; teslns. The women wa;t on IhO men. who orge steadily for i an hour nd iben. whilu their irtTea ai.d doasjhtsjesj are clearing up the little they have left. In dulge In dan-'lug. drinking and general merriment. No religions formality marks the feaat. no blessing or benediction or ii . Ind -ed. uut at birth or h trial or marriage du tbeeo survivors of the ancient Iiual wonhlpen employ any formula or obsjprro anything in the nv ture of a reUgkMO ceremony. They hare no Bible, Du prayer book, no lit orgy, no place of worship. Their one and only aaaetlaar is the sabred tree Inclokure. tbeir only religious my -ubol the evergreen ak When a baby bi born It la warmly olothed. piaiOtd on n lare wooden plat ter and t-t.L-n t tlw prbt, who. In front of tia -a red tre. scrips tt and aalu It. ProhaMy this accounts for the few Red Heads tuat now survive. It be ing auid tlut tbeir huibImts have dwin dled to a mere treea or agb4 thousand. For Uie service the priest Is always given a ahooMof fro:n the sbssjp which it la fjiiisl to kill on such o-rasioN and wblch forms th1 pfftoetpal Item In the Mrth fea-st. Other duties that the priest has to carry out are the cutting of three horizontal cuts with a daggr Juat alove the lawsjl of tho eyebrow on the forehead of the dead and the set tling of all dispute. When a couple !ecoraea jgagel the woman spends most of her time cook ing dainty and tasty dishes and trot ting round with them to her lover's horin. followed by her father wltb wine and spirits. Breach of - : e 1 al most unknown, for the youth who Jilts has his throat cut. Au erring husband la banged on some remote tree by the red cord be wears round his neck, aud tbe body Is left as a warning to others. An erriug wife mysteriously dlaapiars, and no question are tjfcssl A man who deserts his wife also Is hanged, while the woman who deserts her hus band Is compelled to return to him. mere la a secret ceremony of initia tion which every Red Head Is compelled to undergo on attaining bis seventeenth birthday. It Involves seclusion for sev en days and going without foot and drink for three dara At the termina tion of this preliminary trt the youth Is taught certain passwords end grips by which be may recognlie his breth ren, and a red circle Is tattooed on bis breast. The etrsnge pteptg live on terms of friendship with the whole of heir neighbors, with the exception eg the Turks, whom they hat and treat aeeordlngly. J. C. Brlstow Nobis in Ijendon Glnha. Osve Him Pause Will yuu marry me" "If mother says so. all right" "Hum! la mother going to deride ail our question for us In case this tftrrlaea tales place T Kansas City leu rust ICROCERIEsj FRUITS BSr Vr.FTARI FC TEAS.SWCES,fXTRACT5.ETC. Sworn Statements OF ALL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES ON FILE WITH INSURANCE DEPT. AT SALES tiluW Pearl i onejning 5n A Product oi HOME INDUSTRY. A Shortening of REAL MERIT. M.K.'t- by bm of tin- L.i-.'s; Home Industries. For Rl'SV'TS i: will compare ttvorabfy with any .': '-Vc tbortooiag on the market. 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