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...goods to American goods as gift. We can offer any of these Africans goods as gift and exchange to American goods. Carved ebonys of any style. African wallet made of alligator or leopard skin or any animal skin, Ladies and gents hand bag made of colourful animal skin, Native cloth which can be used for coat or any other dress weared by Original "YORUBAS," carved calabashes for dressing parlour or museum or dancing hall, Sandals and Slippers made of animal skin or variegated colours. African polished marriage combs for beautiful dress in houses at the time of marriage etc. Exchange...
...attempt was made to hide the child's death. The body was beautifully embalmed after the expensive fashion of the upper classes. Wrapped in the best flaxen cloth and smeared with gum, its name inscribed on the breast bandages, it was given a noble burial near the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Some 1,700 years later, the murderer safe from any temporal justice, the body turned up as a well-preserved mummy in British Columbia's Vancouver City Museum...
...nearly 30 years the little mummy lay in the museum on a bed of naphthalene crystals in a cheap, brown-stained wooden box. Its rusted cloth wrappings were worm-eaten and frayed with age. The exposed face and head were blackened by the embalming process. Because the name was translated as Diana, Vancouver's schoolchildren were led to believe that their favorite exhibition was once a young girl...
...while he performs his duty as head of the house and carves it up. It keeps the roast on the table, which will win praise from mother, too, who spends anxious moments watching pop try to slice the meat which is sliping around, splashing gravy all over the table cloth. A useful and handsome gift at $3.50 in The COOP...
WETTING AGENTS. A small amount of the proper fluorochemical makes a solution "wetter." This property is valuable in textile dyeing; it helps the dye reach every fiber of the cloth...