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How the Burmese
Conduct a Funeral
II LI 1 U 1 1 . A Duamnu
I I boy la to enter P.uddUt mnn-
I n -w a a a niv4n Mia .nlranr.
is marked with festivities. The
axplrant r1lea to the monnatry
on a sacred pony and over his head In held
a golden umbrella.
Whm the' lad arrives ut the monastry
h Is received by yellow robed priests,
who take him to one of thi Inner court".
Three monasteries, by the way. are usually
erected at the expense of some pious per
son desirous of training- merit In the next
world. Unfortunately no merit attaches to
thoe who repair the building, and so In
course of time after the builder' death the
monastery becomes a mass of ruins and Is
abandoned.
The school ron In the center of the
temple and here t y and young; monks
are Instructed In rudiments of a Bud
dhist education. The books are written on
the boy novices decide to take the vows
of a priestly life.
Imperially attractive to the boy novice
Is the Idea of the priest's fumfal which
irny one dny he Ills own. It Is the occa
sion of a popular festival and draws pleas-ure-ovlng
crowds from far and near.
When n Buddhist priest dies the body Is
e:t l.almed and placed In a gorgeous glided
shell, which In turn Is deposited In a special
building In the temple ground until the
hegglng bowla of the brethren have col
lected enough for a spectacular funeral.
This generally takes plnce In February or
-March after a successful rice harvest, when
money Is plentiful and the people are anx
ious for some little festival after months
of hard labor.
A big open space Is chosen In the temple
grounds and booths spring tip with mar
ionette shows. Jugglers, minor theaters,
fortune tellers, quack doctors -and the like.
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FUNERAL, PYRE OF A BURMESE PRIEST.
palm leaves of a upeclal kind or else on
thin strips of Ivory.
The most valuable book of all Is the
king's waistclotli. which consists of tvory
cut amazingly thin und covered first with
black and then with red Ittcquer until It
becomes as1 flexible as a piece of whale
bone. The material la then cut Into strips
eighteen Inches long and four Inches
broad, and the sacred writings are painted
on It wtlh either gold or black varnish.
Having been received In the monastry
the lad assumes the Hurmese yellow robe
9f mourning, abstinence and humility. He
.ecelves at the same time the eight requi
sites of life, most Important of which Is
the begging bowl in which to collect the
dally food from the faithful.
The boy's hraJ Is shaved and then for
a period ranging from a few days to sev
oral months he Is an Inmate of the temple,
.earning the sacred writings, waiting on
the presis and collecting his dally bread
by marching through the village and paus
ing at every door for the cup of rice or
other offering which every householder Is
expected to pour Into his bowl. Many of
Most Important of all a typically Burmeae
structure, pagodalike In shape. Is erected
round a flinsy framework and then deco
rated with oriental art with pasteboard,
colored paper and bunting.
The lower part of the templelike hearse
la filled wtth combustibles saturated with
oil, and Immediately above this is the plat
form on which the body of the dead priest
rests. The shell containing the body Is
drawn an hour or two previously to the
fa'r ground In an elaborate car decked with
gold and tinsel, and the coffin Is Immedi
ately hoisted by pulleys high up Into the
funeral pagoda.
The temple bells begin to tinkle, and
amid cries of delight from the crowd show
ers of colored rockets are fired Into the
pagoda, which Instantly takes Are and
blazes furiously. Thicker and thicker fly
the rockets, until the entire structure Is a
mass of flames.
In half an hour or so nothing remains of
the pagoda but a heap of ashes, from which
certain . fragments of bones are carefully
collected and burled with reverence, after
which a pagoda la built over them for a
memorial.
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Gleanings by the Story Teller
Something Ha to be Done.
U G vijltinif tnlniHtnr u na wollrln
I I along the shady country road to a
S I church where hi m-MS to nra-li
that day when he saw a little
boy digging vigorously Into the
bauK by the roadtitde. He stopped and
asked the boy why tie worked so nurd on
Sunday.
"lm digging for a woodchuck, sir," re
plied the boy.
"Well, my son, don't you know It is
wrong to do that on unaay, and you
won't get hlmt"
"Not get him!" exclaimed the boy; "why
I've got to get him. The minister's coming
to our house to dinner today and we ain't
got no meat." Philadelphia Ledger.
Constant tu Purpose Only.
General Sir Alfred iloraford, once In au
thority at Alderahot, believed In an army of
unmarried men, and Invariably turned a
deaf ear to privates who were In love and
who wished to take wives. When Horsford
was In command of a battalion of the rifle
brigade, says Sir Evelyn Wood In his re
cant entertaining volume, "From Midahlp
man to Field Marshal," a soldier came up
to him for permlbslou to marry.
"No, certainly not," was tne curt reply.
"Why does a young man Ilka you want a
wife?"
"Oh, pleaae sir," said the soldier, "I have
two rings (good conduct badges) and 5 In
the savings bank, ao I am eligible, and 1
want to marry very much."
"Well, go away, and If you come back
this day year In the same mind, yoit shall
marry. I'll keep the vacancy."
On the anniversary the soldier repeated
Ma request.
"Bui do you really, after a ur, want to
marry T"
"Yes, sir; very much."'
In spite of himself, Horsford was visibly
Impressed. .
"Sergeant Major." he said, ' "take his
nam down. Yea, you may marry. I never
believed there was so much constancy In
roan or woman. Right face. Quick march."
"Thank you, sir," he said, gratefully. "It
Isn't the same woman."
Tne Chicago Vnltft.
A Chicago man tells of a resident of that
city who bad been unsMreaaful In one
Venture after another. At last, however,
he made a large sum of money by means of
an invention In car wheels, and very soon
thereafter his family, consisting of his
wife and two young daughters, were to be
aeea taking their dally outing In a motor
car.
One day the three were being driven
rapidly through the park, while a look of
painful selt-consclousness overspread the
features of the Inventor's wife, as she sat
bolt uptight, looking straight before her.
"Now, ma" came In clear ton. ay from
' one of tue daughters, wnuee keen face
alive wltu enjoyment, "now ma, can't
you loll back and not look as If the water
was boiling over?" New York Tribune.
Extra Charge.
He was a stout, pudgy person, liable to
be Irritated early In the morning evidently
subject -to indigestion and he walked Into
the dining room with anything but good
grace. Turning to the Italian waiter he
said:
"Haven't you people any conacience
here?"
The child of the sunny south only
shrugged his shoulders and suavely re
plied:
"Kef eet ees not on xe bills eet ees
churged extta for," Philadelphia Ledger.
Strnclc Bottom.
James R. Kuene loves to tell the story
of the Irish coul miner who fell down the
shaft., Pat had a curious experience. The
shaft was a new one, about seventy-five
feet deep, and when the Irishman- tumbled
In he did not go the wlple distance Im
mediately. He lodged about a third of
the way dnwn, and his fellow workmen
struggled to save him. Pat directing the
operations. Just as they thought they had
succeeded, he crashed down another twenty-five
feet, when an obstruction caught
him, and the rescue campaign was begun
anew and with greater difficulty. When
they were a second time on the point of
success, to the dismay of the rescuing
party. Pat went headlong into the lower
deep. Now all was silent; no sound from
the unfortunate Hibernian.
Leaning far over the edge of the shaft,
the foreman shouted through a trumpet:
"Pat. I say, Patrick."
From the darkness and mystery of the
under-world came the solitary word, "Hur
rool" "Are you much hurted. Pat?"
"I am not, begorra."
"Where are ye, Pat?"
"Phat's that ye're savin'?"
"Where are ye, Pat? Where the dlvll
are ye?" tt a
"Where am I? Where am I? Glory be
to God, I'm on the bottom at lasht." New
York Trtbune.
He Was Sitting; Dens.
The late James A. Bailey, famous as
the successor of P. T. Barnum, once an
cepted an Invitation to a dinner tendered
to bride and groom among the "freaks"
of his circus. He was late In arriving
and found the company politely awaiting
him. There were living skeletons, dwarfs.
Circassians, snake charmers, the "gtrl
that spoke seven languages and had two
heads, which made fourteen languages
in aH." the "dog-faced boy" and others.
Beaming upon them with paternal air,
the happy manager acknowledged' the
genial "Hello, pop," that went around the
fecial board. t '
"I am sorry I kept you malting." he
suld. taking his place at the table. "I
believe there are seveial new additions
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we are able to make the low
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to the company. Is this the groom?"
"No," replied a deep voice from the tull
beard addressed, "I am the bride."
"I beg your pardon," said Mr. Balliy.
I did not recognize the bearded woman.
But, tell me, which is the groom?"
"I am," proclaimed a very thin voice.
In astonishment Mr. Bailey glanced up
at the figure towering near his elbow.
"I congratulate you, my man," aald the
manager. "Sit down, let us on with tho
feast sit down."
The guest addressed at once began to
ascend seemingly until his head was In
the neighborhood of the canvas roof, from
which height he looked down and said:
"I waa slttln' down, pop I was sittin'
down!" Success Magazine.
Doesn't Believe In lloodoos.
Oovernor Johnson of Minnesota was only
IS when his father died, and he supported
the family by money earned doing all sorts
of odd Jobs. He pumped the bellows In the
blacksmith shop, once owned by his father,
and once a week inked the roller of the
press in the local print shop. Besides this
he carried mail and newspapers to out
lying houses. His ambition was to take
a course in pharmacy. Ho had to give
up this idea for a time because of family
expenses. When at last he managed to
get a certificate as a registered pharmacist
It was No. U. But he says he never be
lieved much In hoodoos.
Kneel Woola to Wed.
Kneeling upon satin cushions In which
were sewn love letters, Thornton Edwin
Vail, son of Or. Edwin Vail of Enfield,
Mass., and Miss Josephine Eldiidge, daugh
ter of H. M. Sldrldge of York. Pa., were
married at the home of the bride's parents.
The bride is a York High school girl, w tills
the bridegroom Is an '07 graduate of Yale
university, and will take a post-graduate
course In medicine at Johns Hopkins uni
versity. Ths young couple will reside In
Baltimore while the husband 'is attending
school.
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Cigars for Oneete.
Mrs. Brown awoke her husband In the
dead of night with the atartltng Informa
tion that she had Just heard a burglar In
the room below.
"Now," she exclaimed, excitedly, "he 's
lighting one of those cigars I gave you
for your birthday. I heard Mm pick up
the box and put It down again." '
Then John sat up and listened. "By
Jove, Mary, you're right!" he answered.
"lie Is! He's actually smoking one of
tliose er er those cigars."
Then he nestled once more, comfortably
beneath the blankets. "Go to sleep agalii.
Mary," he said, complacently, "we'll find
the poor wretch in the morning."
Worth Waiting; For.
An old gentleman, rather portly and
clad in a somewhat youthful suit of light
gray flannel, sat on a bench in the park
enjoying the spring day,
"What's the matter, sonny?" he nsked a
mall urchln who lay on the grass Just
across the walk and stared Intently.
"Why don't you go and playr
"lon't wanter," the boy replied.
"But It la not natural." the old gentle
man Insisted, "for a boy to be so quiet.
Why don't you run about?"
"Oh, I'm Just waltln'," the little fellow
answered. "I'm Just waltln' till you get
up. A man painted that bench about fif
teen minutes ago." Woman's Home Com
panion. .
Marse Henry's Monopoly.
When Louis Brownlow, now a Washing
ton correspondent, was a reporter on the
Louisville Courier-Journal, he was sit
ting at ths telephone table in the local
room one night waiting for a call.
The office dictionary la kept on that table.
Brownlow was turning the leaves Idly when
Marse Henry Watterson came along.
Marse Henry does not see very well. He
made out a figure at the table and said:
"WhJ's that?"
"Brownlow, Mr. Watteraon."
"What are you doing. Brownlow?"
"I'm reading the dictionary."
"Well, skip the adjectives, skip the ad
jectives, Tor I'm the only one on this paper
who ran use them." Baturday Evening
Post.
Hard Fight -Against Sleep
Hitheito I have thought that traveling by
carta over stony roads and staying In
Chinese inns at night was the hardest thing
a foreign traveler in China was called upon
to endure, but since I have traveled with a
caravan of camels I have changed my opin
ion. The moaotouy of the desert by day
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and the bed of camels' saddles at night, the
evil amell of camels and the slowness of
their drivers and the acrid, choking smoke
of the little fire on which one's food is
cooked none of these things are so trying
to the foreigners as the sleepiness which at
tacks one in this high region. This to me
was a real torture. Traveling through the
cold night with no other company than dull
Chinese, who seem to sleep while walking
alongside the camels or while sitting on
their backs, and being weighed down by
heavy sleepiness, Is the worst thing I have
endured.
You sit on your horse and, In spite of
every effort, fall asleep. Presently you
wake up and find yourself on the ground
with your horse standing bewildered at
your side, wondering whether you are alive
or dead. Then you try to keep yourself
awake by walking and talking a bit to the
camel drivers, but you soon tlnd thut
they are Just as sleepy as yourself. A
tew words are exchanged and then you are
too tired to open your mouth to talk or
even to think of anything but sleep, sweet
sleep. Oh, for Just a few minutes there at
the roadside on the soft ground. The cara
van cannot wait and your servant would
not watch over you; he would soon fall
asleep like yourself. . The wolves would
then have an easy time.
Yet In spite of all this reasoning you
feel as If you were drawn to the ground
by the power of a thousand strong mag
nets and soon yield to sleep again. Sud
denly your watchful horse, whose reins you
have kept slung abound your neck this is a
wise thing to do pulls up. starts, and Jerks
you wide awake. You Jump up, not know
ing where you are for some seconds, but
you see your horse trembling and realize
that danger la near.
For a few minutes you sre fully awake
and feel glad and refreshed. You Jump on
your horse and catch up with the caravan,
which has gone a few 11 fa II Is SM yards)
ahead.
After another ten II or so sleep creeps on
again like a huge boa constrictor embracing
you In Its Irresistible grasp. The same
fight has then to be fougnt over again.
Then at last the caravan arrives at the
halting place for the nlght.-North China
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