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she in u Each Race Has Its Own Customs and Ceremonials. KING IN SILVER CANOE. There are 463 Method* of Interment. People That Rejoice When the End Come*?Shohoes Beggars Even In Death?Fan* Eat Their DeadDesire to be Buried at Home. There are 4G3 different ways in which the people of the world bury their dead. Scarcely any two tribes of people in all the world dispose of the bodies of those who pass away iu the same manner. A man can take his choice of a great number of ceremonies. S. I^ewis Tillotson, a Baltimore undertnker, has made a study of the burial customs of the world with a view of improving, if possible, the means of disposing of bodies used in most civilized countries and to discover behind the ceremonials and the rites of burial and the methods of disposing of the bodies the odd beliefs of the people. His discoveries and investigations have shown many strange things, but as yet he has made no recommendations looking toward Improvement of present systems. One thing he has found, says the Phinil Trihnnn I c? V? o 4 a > IMIIIIV. , 10 t IICVI CYOI J I HUU of people In the world except two? the Veddas of India and the Bantus of Africa?shows aome mark of reverence to the dead?even those that eat them?and that every one except those same two shows from its treatment of the dead some belief In a future existence. About three-fourths of tlie people of the world are sorry, or pretend they are sorry, when a death happens among their friends or relatives, and the other fourth are glad. About fourfifths object to death and the other fifth welcome It. "Among 'he Karens of Burma there 1b a close relation between the burial and the wedding ceremonies, and a death Is made the occasion of a wholerale cour.ing " said Mr. Tillotson. | "The body Is placed on a bamboo platform and girls gather there, singing and laughing. The men seat themselves on one side of the body and the gi"'o on the other and there, as if made happy by the presence of death, thev oarrv on their rnnrtoidna ?and the men select their wives. Th" Kirghiz-Kazaks nre stong In their remembrance of the dead?and here may be food for religious thought for Blgle students In their customs. After death the body is hastily burled, arrayed in white clothes, and every day for forty days after the death the mourners visit the tomb. The forty day period apparently is counted for no special reason as yet discovered. "The Shans give the dead a good send off, putting money into the mouth to pay passage to the other world. The souls are supposed to go into butterfles that flit away and the body must, wait and pay its fare. The coffins are highly colored tinsel and paper under a gaudy canopy. The wives parade with the body and the eldest son walks ahead w'th a sword, clearing the evil spirits from the way. The bodies of chiefs and priests are burned. "The Bantu and the Veddas, alone of all tribes, have no ceremonies and appear to care nothing whatever about death. In both tribes the bodies arc thrown into the bushes, covered with leaves anb brush, and left. "A Nlam-Nlam corpse is handsomer than a live Niam-Niam. The body is dyed a bright rod and decorated with feathers. The men are buried facing the east and the women facing the west and no earth is thrown on the bodies. "The ruling passion strong in death is exemplified by tho Shoho?a tribe of inveterate beggars?for the dead are buried with their left hands extending above earth, still asking alms. Every good Arab is buried with his face toward Mecca, his sword and girdle and turban beside him. The women only mourn and hired female mourners howl for days. Probably the most economical funeral of all is among the Fans, who have no cemeteries. They eat their dead. Out of respect they do not eat their own relatives, but trade them off to some other bereaved family. The question of weight is not considered. The desire of every civilized person ?to be buried 'at home'?is shown by the Mumias, who are Nilotic negroes. They first bury the body in the floor or the hut with the head above ground and watch It for months. Then they disinter the bones, wash and polish them, and carry them scores of miles to the old home of the tribe, where they are buried in sacred ground. This same 'homing' desire is shown by the Sakalava of Madagascar. There the bodies are buried in canoe Rhaped coffins?possibly so they can cross the Madagascar Styx?and the funerals are accompanied by human sacrifices. A small portion of the body is cut off, placed in the hollow tooth of a crocodile, and the tooth is deposited In the sacred house at Mojanga. The latest popular method the women have of wasting time seems to be In the making of French knots, a sort 97 speck in embroidery. * ACHIEVEMENTS OF INVALIDS* 1 Many Distinguished Workers In Llts* ature and Music. Ill health and infirmity do not al* J way8 prevent the accomplishment 'f | great th ngs, and the list of invalid* who have been luiuous for excelling j in their chosen field is long and brll- , liaut. Naturally 8uch persons iiBually have been restricted to the quieter j pursuits. Literature seems to have been the field wherein most of them , have found congenial occupation, , though there have been great invalids i in other professions, also. The long battle of Robert Louis Stetonson against the malady which fiuittly conquered him, is well known to every one. He traveled about from place to place, searching for tlie si>ot where he could hope to live ht least long enough to do some of the work which it lay in him to do, until at last, iu the Samoan Inlands, in the South Seas, he found the haven for which he had been searching. There the heroic struggle went on for the four last years of his life, and there ho was buried high on the peak\of Mount Vaea, above his island home. Probably no famous writer suffered for a longer period than did Alexander Pope, who was stricken, when only a child of ten, with a malady which deformed his body and robbed him of health and comeliness, leaving him to forty-six years of invalidism. His constant, study and work, combined with his physical infirmity, made hlo life "one long disease." Thomas Carlyle was a chronic dyspeptic, and suffered, all his life, tho torments which only those unfortunates, who are victims of this disease, can comprehend. The bitterness of some of his writings which were published after his death may surely be excused when this is considered, for the chronic dyspeptic Is generally understood to develop, In spite of himself, a gloomy view of life. Heinrich Heine, the great German lyric poet, was the victim, during the last twelve years of his life, of relentless disease. He bore his dreadful sufferings so patiently that he appears in a nobler light than evor before during his life. His hearing was bad, his sight was dim, and his logs were paralyzed, yet he wrote some of his most wonderful songs during the long watches of sleepless nights, lying on his "mattress-grave." Ho described his condition as "a grave without rent, death without the privileges of the departed," yet he was never so many-sided as during tills period. He produced humorous pieces, political songs, and the tenaerest poems. He kept at his work as long as he could hear and speak, ills last words being "paper and pencil." John Keats, while 011 a tour of tho English Lakes, contracted a throat trouble, which developed into consumption. He continued to write, though he failed rapidly in health, and his last volume contains sotpe of his best poems. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was confined to her room for seven years, but was restored to something like a normal state of health before her marriage. The long period of illness was partly caused by the death of her brother, of whom she was extremely fond, and many times her life was despaired of. She wrote in spite of sickness, however, and produced some excellent verse. All her life she struggled against a naturally weak constitution and she worked under difficulties. Chopin, the great modern master of pianoforte composition, was nnable, because of lack of physical strength, to play some of his own works as he would have them played. A trip to England, of only eleven days' duration, was enough to develop the fatont consumption which was in his family, and from this time on he worked under the advancing ravages of the disease. though he lived twelve years hnfftrn flnnllv Hiiccnmhtne' to its on slaught. Many* times during this period he was reported at death's door. Color Invisibility. At no time in the history of war has the question of color received so much attention from military men as within the past ten years. That the value of approximate invisibility has been fully recognized by our powers that be is fully shown in the passing of the blue uniform and the advent of the olive-drab and khaki. A writer in Harper's Weekly makes some very interesting observations on the question of color invisibility as it concerns uniforms. Accumulations of clear atmosphere are blue, he points out, and the brighter the sun and the greater the distance of the object the bluer it appears; also, the blueness is in proportion to the density of the object. From 2200 to about 1200 yards, khaki in close formation gives exactly the effect of the blue uniform, be cause of the banked-up atmosphere before It "Moreover, given a distance greater than 1200 yards and a clear day, and it is all one whether massed troops wear green, blue, olivedrab, yellow, khaki or black. Red and white are about the only colors to remain unconquered by the atmosphere against a green or earth background, and when against the sky, red still flaunts, but white goes out like the blowing of a candle. This is probably the reason for the cavalry guidon having the red on top, and Jor signal-survey stations using red and white flags againRt a ground background and red and green against the sky." It Is said that $30,000 Is spent in cab hire In London every day. MEASURING HAY IN THE STACK. Allowance to be Made for Shape ot Stark and Quality of Hay. The rules for measuring hay In the Btack vary according to the length of time the hay has been stacked, the kind n.ul quality of the hay, and also [recording to the character of th s jtack. With alfalfa or prairie hay which has been stacked for thirty dnvs, it Is usual to compute an eight foot cube or 612 cubic feot us a ton. When the hay has been stacked five ar six months, usually a 7 Vfc foot cube !>r 4 22 cubic feet Is calculated for a ton. In old stacks which have stood for a yeai or more a 7 foot cube or 34 2 cubic feet is nllowed for a tou. There are different methods of measuring stacks, depending upon it3 size. For a long stack or rlcV: the us,.:il method is to throw a line over the stack, measuring the distance over from the botton on one side to the bottom on the other; add to thia the average width of the stack, divide this sum by four?which equals one side of the square?and mutiply the quc^lent by Itself and this product by the length of the stuck. Thla will give the number of cubic feet In the stack, which may he divided by 6 12, 4 22 or 34 3 in order to Ilnd the number of tons. For small, low ricks, the rule is to subtract the width from the over, divide by two, multiply by tlie width and multiply the product by the length, dividing the result by the number of cubic feet In a ton. There Is no established rule for measuring round stacks, but this one will approximate the contents of a stark of the ordinary conical form; Find the biiviiiiiiciuiiuu ai ??r uuuve inr ease of bulge at a height that will avorage the base from there to the ground, find the vertical height of the measured circumference from the ground and tho slant height from the circumference to the top of the stack. Multiply the circumference by itself, divide by 100 and multiply by eight, then multiply the result by the height of tlie base plus one-third of the slant, height of the top. The hay In a round stuck is necessarily lest compact than In a rectangular stack, hence a greater number of feet should be allowed for a ton, v !th well-settled hay probably 0 12 cubic feet. The rules given may also bo used for measuring any kind o.J hay, straw, cane or kafflr-foddor only approximate results can be procured by 3tack measurements, because the fodder is apt to vary greatly In weight according to the moisture which it contains. Wagon Loading Chute. The accompanying illustration shows a cheap and convenient loading chute for handling any kind of clock that must he londod into a wagon. A great many farmers never have any means of loading stock and claim that the storing and handling of u heavy loading chute is not worth > ft i i .. " i r-nrnicjfcja^ Movable Wagon IxiadiiiK Chute. its convenience. This chute is light and easy to handle and besides does not require but very little space to shelter. v? The chute is seven foot long. The bottom is made of two-inch plank ono foot wide and sufficient in width to fit inside the wagon box. so that it is unnecessary to have legs to support the chute. Across the bottom two by four pie ces are spiked to hold the chute in shape. The side panels are made of five-inch strips and fastened to the vertical pieces, which are held in place by being bolted to the cro3S pieces on the bottom. The chute is held in place during loading by strong hooka. The cost of construction of this chute need not exceed one dollar, and servo useful purpose on farms when considerable handling of stock Is constantly going on. Against Horse Hlinders. It would seem that blinders on j bridles for driving and work horse are worse than worthless. The hie . of blinders Is to prevent horses from seeing objects at which they might scare. A horse writer says that blinders have proven more disas trous than beneficial. If a horse passes some object that is not fully understood by him, and causes fright, the shutting off from view of this scarecrow by blinders only increases the fear. Any horse of ordinary good sense can soon be taught not to scare at flags, cars, covered wagons, umbrellas, etc., by letting him see them and understand them. Give the horse the full power of his senses; let him see, hear and smell, If need be, to satisfy his fears. ^ -Indiana Farmer. Alfalfa as Poultry Pood. Alfalfa meal has great value as o poultry food. The best alfalfa meal contains more than 18 per cent, ot protein, while wheat bran contains a little more than 12 percent, and clover meal from 6 to 7 per cent. As protein is the most costly and most valuable part of any feed stuff, It follows that alfalfa meal Is more valuable than any other single vegetable feed, pound for pound PREFERS CHARGES. Another Sensation Created in the Wal bulla Methodl.st Church. A letter from Wulhalla to The State says It will be recalled that Boine weeks ago there was an unusual and sensational service at the Wallialla Methodist church, when its pastor, Rev. J. C. Younge, made most humble apologies for certain articles written derogatory to certain ofllcers in the Methodist church. On that day Rev. Coke D. Mann, who is a resident there and a member of the house of representatives and former pastor of Walhalla church arose and said that there wore evil men in the Methodist church and if some 0110 did not check their work the church was going to tho bad in South Carolina. Things had quieted down; nothing more was scarcely heard of the events of that day. Hut on Sunday after the pastor's sermon, Mr. Mann asked that he bo allowed to make a statement. This he did in language most scathing and denunciatory. He narrated briefly the various efforts he had made to prefer charges against a presiding elder, and all without success. He told of the manner of his own trial, where the presiding elder was the presiding oflicer, prosecutor and chief witness and after a trial lasting several hours, with only the witI nesses for the prosecution sworn, 'that he (Mr. Mann) was exonerated. He made an unmerciful attack upon the veracity of the presiding elder, saying that he had as much confidence in his veracity as he did in that of Lemerick Gadsden of Christopher Williams, two well known negro characters of the town. Mr. Mann sain ho was very anxious to prove his charges and that he stood ready to fight, these alleged falsifiers in the church at any time and in any way they chose to come at him. GAMHLEH KILLS (JAMBLER. Loser at Cards Murders Winner and Takes Money From Pockets. Henry Manigault and James Lewis played cards in Savannah, Ga., on Sunday. Luck was with Lewis and he soon won $50, all the money Manigault had. Manigault accused him of cheating, got a repeating rifle aifd went hunting for him. Manigault learned that Lewis had hid on a train that was about to pull out. He moved up the track about 3 00 yards and as the train came on slowly. Manigault covered the engineer and ordered him to stop. The engineer paid no attention and Manigault sent a bullet through the cab. The engineer then stopped. Meanwhile Lewis leaped from the train and ran. Manigault sent three bullets after him, all of which took effect. Manigault then ran to the dying man and took from his pockets the $50 he had loss at cards. He then held a Crowd at oay with his rifle and escaped. REVIVED 15Y RELATIVES. A Man Who Was Hanged Drought Rack To Life. It is reported that John Arm strong, tne negro nangeu at coiumbus, Texas, Friday, April 19, for wife murder, revived after being placed in the coflln, and when delivered to his brother at Scaly for burial was given medical attention. It Is declared that Armstrong is now living, and that friends and relatives are keeping the fact quiet, fearing the state may again step in. The fact that the negro's feet touched the ground when he was hanged lends credence to the report. If Armstrong is living, he will be the only living man who has paid the death penalty. The fact that he was pronounced dead at the hanging renders the state powerless to enforce the death penalty, it is said. MOSTLY IN THE PAPERS. County People Not Interested in Proposed New County. The St. Matthews correspondent of The State says more aggitation on the subject of a new county has been conducted by the various county papers and their correspondents than by the peoplo who are most interested. One meeting was held in that portion of Lexington county that was to be Included in the new county, but results were not so satisfactory In fact no definite steps toward the formation of a new county have been taken, such as suveying the lines, etc., and these lines must be estab1 L.V, IUa TM USUtUI UUIUIU LIH3 I t3ttl ll&Ill IJ^Kllia. All the meantime friends holding each vlow of the subject are lining up for the fight. The Philadelphia Record suggests that President Roosevelt direct Secretary Cortelvou and Treasurer Bliss to publish a detailed account of the receipts and expenditures of the republican national campaign committee. This is calculated to make Mr. Cortelyou wriggle if not to talk. Over in London recently a man slew a prominent citizen, and there was supposed to be a tremendous social sensation back of the affair. The murderer has just been sentenced to death, after a trial which lasted one day and at which he entered a plea of insanity. In certain ways the English are not so slow. Washington political gossips now say that President Roosevelt has decided on Cortelyou as his successor, and that all the power of the administration is to be exerted to force his nomination by the Republican party. PROFESSIONAL. CARPS. I W. K. McCORD, SURGEON DENTIST. OONWAT, S. O. Ortr Buk of Horry H. II. WOODWARD ( Attorney and Councolor At Law. 1 OONWAT. 8. O. i i i D. WOFFORD WAIT. I Attorney at Law. OONWAY, 8. C. 1 l Office In Spirey Building. i , OONWAT MARKET. ! Fresh Meats and San- 1 sage always on hand. Orders are taken and promptly delivered every day. GEO. L MARSH. Proprietor. H. H. BURROUGH9 Physician and Surgeon. CONWAY, 8. C. R. B. SCARBKOUGH CONWAY, B. C. Attorney at Iaw. The Chicago Record-Herald says that Abraham Lincoln would not feel flattered by the claims of many people that they look like him. Rut , if Lincoln were sensitive he would have been heart-broken long ago over the claims of republican newspapers that they thought like him. BANK OF CONW A CAPITAL 8T0CX, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSET, OFF1C b. cx>n ]>*{?. ?n?]B?T. .*. QtATHIBAtB, T-Pira. Oir Baak, Wii| a lecal iattitui bilMiu af Harry Covitj u4 far tki tki* palicy wa tak* plc&anra i* aaaaMaaadatioa wkaa eonaitlamt witk Wilk fratitada for tk? likaral ] laadKally aoliait ytmr future kaaiaaaa Reapaotf* D FV> robert b. scarborough, ii President. "\ BANE OF Con wa 4 CAFITAL STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS. SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIREC Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, Oeorgo J. Holiday, We continue to pay 5 per cent interei it youraccount Q Q BOTH H O Whisl JM 6 Fuli q uf 11Carolina V y WV A Carolina WkUkojr will i | | ti 1 t ill rtlcla and In our astin I <i {{ li jlgf taroa sold by trroaponai (!1 |j I li per gallon. Wo make a Jt iijUH that we aro not afraid of aean acres, making us th 1* SAMPLE BOTT1 wll skip yon by expr will Inclade In same I " ZuHeka," " Qold Be ESPECIAL NOTICE I W in North Carolina, Viri In other elates reached must remit 60c. extrn. acme other express line bottloo and wa will prep THE CASPt (ai? w > ?<? >?!> , a. c.) li wkUklM oudar ?o Xi rmjF-j Ait. ?rr wA NCAOY TO NUN. I rUue md nm IlixMtrat?d Catalog Mo. I FAIRBANKS, MORSE W ' The Horry lerald CONWAY. S. C. Thursday, May 16, 1907. Rest is the greet restorer. We tire jur muscles by exercise end then rest to restore them; yet a greet many of us do not stop to think how little rest we give to our stomachs. As a usual thing no part of our bodies Is so generally overworked as our digestive organs, A tired and overworked stomach will giva signs of distress to whleh we pay no heed until at last dyspepsia takes hold. Indigestion Is just a warning, and if we heed the warning we can easily avoid further consequences. Kodol Is a most through stohach relief. It digests what you eat and gives the stomach the needed rest and greatly assists In restoring It to Its normal activity and usefullness. Kodol is sold on a guarantee relief plan. It is sold here by Conway Drug Co. A Boston woman filed a petition In bankruptcy in the forenoon and was married in the evening. Her husband may file a petition in bankruptcy a little later. What Is it that tastes as pleasant aa maple sugar and quickly relieves coughs and colds? Mothers who hnvo used it will quickly answer: "Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup." Tho pleasant cold remedy that expels the cold through Its laxative action on the bowels. Conforms strictly to the pure Food and Drugs Law. Contains no opiates. Sold by Conway Drug Company. When a man is In 100 great a hur'ie is apt to make a fool of himself. \ Either you hate your relatives for having money or you despise them for not having it. Use Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. The children like its pleasant taste, and mothers give it their hearty endosement. Contains no opiates, but drives out the cold through the bowels. Made in strict continuity to the Pure Food and Drugs Law. Recommended and sold by Conway Drug Co. ,, CONWAY. iY,S. O 8TJTTBPLU8, FITOX), $24,006. 3, $130,000.00. \ IRS: D. k. SPIFET, Cabm im. 1LW. COLLJfcS, kt&l. CltVJBB ion, kaa always striven for tfoe np? kattarnicat of Iter citiaana. In par xtendinf te ami ewat<4navs every sasnd lMMikinf. patraaaga racairad in tka pact, wa 11t yanra _ EIqh l. puck, will a. freeman, ^ice President. Cashier^ HORRY, v. h. r, / $ 50 000 10 000 50 000 | 110 OOO 1 ;tors W. R. Lewie, W. A. J oh neon, Will A Freeman. it on yearly deposits, and we solicSB uarts F,r(9 QC /hiskey w?Vhiw3 |It? axcalknt Mtfafaction. 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