Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-04-01
Indian Mortuary Customs.

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bu'ied in five different ways: FIRST, by
second, by cremation, the ashes being
buried i'll boxes, urns, or scattered !;
third, by cEabalmment; fourth, by
aerial sculpture; fifth, by squltic
burial. Hs is buried lying. sitting,
standing and on horseback. Sometimes
l.e is laid III fantastic coffin, bright
With fra hers; sometimes he is put into
a canoe AMI sent adrift. The Pinos,
of Ariz ma, generally prepare the grave
Ii tore the patient dies, aud, should he
rcrs's. III recovering, the grave is left
open untii he does die. Stone graves,
II c!s'', are ,arr, although some have
.eeh fOun! Ill Tenn essec. The Utes
bury iii c.vrs. Ia many cases the fun
eral feasts which follow ,;eath are wild
met.leys, in which part Of the company
lament, While Others sing and dance.
Among the Iolkotins, Of Ofegon. the
tccAasr,i, on Tho tenth day after death,
is cfcmattd The widow is compelled
to he "n the burning pile till her Body
Il, covered with blisters. She is then
compelled to DIP her hands il the liquid
tat which issues from the body Of the
, corpse and anoiut her face and body
with 1t. When the siLoAs of the legs
and arms CT the body begin 10 contract.
che is compelled to etraighten those
members. For any suspt ctea in1ideli-
ty, the friends OF her HUSBAND! are at
liberty to throw trr back on the burn
lug pile, from which she is dragged by
her own friruls. Probably the ghast
I,aSt g., .,r yb,.I
bic savage is the ghost gamble"
gtmn played for the possession of the
property If the deceased. All the prop
erty is divided into many small piles, to
give each lDdian invited 10 play u
Chance 10 in something. One Indian
represents the ghost; ,nc players are
called in, one at time, and play
agal ST him If the invited playe sue
ceed- in beating the ghost. he takes IA
pile of goods and passes out, and so on,
until all the goods ara won. This game
which Is peculiar to the Sioux, is played
in recent years with cards, but, before
the Indian became "clvilized," 1t was
played with wild plum stones, variously
figured.
Republication IN France has always
buel more to fear from its friends than
its foes. 1t is now in danger of cen
tralizing tendencies that will prepare
the way for some nsurper. France Is
divided into 50 departments, which are
somewhat like our States: these are
subdivided into $50 ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
each OF which elects ~ member of the
National Assembly. This arrangement,
then, is something like that Of our IS
State and 293 Congressional Districts.
Now ~ II much larger per cent of the
departments is Republican than Of the
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, the party il power
thinks Of changing the plan, SO that oil
the members for u department shall be
elected on Il general ticket. This is as
if our Cougres sional Districts should
he disregarded, and the IL members
from this state be chosen on one ticket
as the presidential electors are. by the
way, tho Var recalls tho fact that in
1910, New Hampshire, Nsw jersey and
South Carolina were choosing their
Congressman in this way. Experience
shows that the true rule is to bring
elections closely home to the voters
rs possible. and this is only obtained
through small single districts. II the
French, for some slight present gain,
,Iepait from this rule, they will be
likely in the nuur future to repent of it.
go Vcx Popui.
SUDDEN CHECKING OF IsrIRATIoN
"A Boston merchant, in "lendiDg Il
hani' On board of one Of TIE ships OH
Il windy day, found himself ut the end
| Of IN hour and Il half pretty we'll ex-
hausted, and pcrspiring freely. He sat
down to rest, md engaging in CONVEX
sation, time passed faster than he was
aware OF. In attempting to rise. lie
found he was Euabie to do so without
assistance. He was taken home and
put to bed, where he remained two
sears; ind for lorg time af'arWard
could oily hnhblr about with the hid
of IL cruich. LESS exposures than th!s
have, III constitutions not So vigorous.
resulted in inf animation Of the lungs
pneumonia ending i'll death in less
than week, or causing tedious rheu
matisms, to Tue q source Of torture for u
life time. Multiiudes Of lives would
he saved every year and all incalcula-
bic amount OF human suffering would
be prevented, if parents would begin
to explain TO their children, at the age
of three or four years. the danger which
ATTENDS cooling off too quickly after ex
erclse, and the importance of not stand
ing still AFTER exercise or work or play,
or Of pulling off any garment, even the
hat or bonnet, while in heat.
| TArIoCA.-This useful starch is the
product Of plant that is cultivated ex-
tensively in the Malay Peninsula, where
its culture is almost entirely in tho
hands of the Chinese. Tubors, which
weigh on au average from ten to twenty
five pounds, are first scrapcd ana then
carefully washed; after which they are
; reduced to pulp by being passed be
tween rollers. This pulp is Carefully
washed and shaken up with ahunia
of wafer, until the fecula separates and
passes through a fire sieve into a tub
placed beneath. The -four so obtained
! is repeatedly washed, and then placed
on mats and hloiched by exposure TO
the sun and air. 1t is ii ally convert d
into the pearl tapioca of commences by
being rlacel in a cradles Shaped frau.e
covered with canvas; it IL Slightly
moistenel and su'j t;"l - arv,rry
motion, by which it,. ulatea. Il
is next dried il u, SUI. nd t!lally