The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10

manity called attention to the acts OF
cruelty which were perpetrated in the
small hours of the morning before ord1-
nary mortals were astir. Inquiries were
made, and it was ascertained that the
boys were FIRE uently whipped into
obedience and forced into chimneys which
were sometimes hot enough to blister
their little hands and feet Thus it was
that this peculiar funeral resulted in an
agitation which finally liberated at
least thousand boys from tyranny and
slavery.
A New Highlander W no had sought in
vain for notoriety if not fame for more
than half a century, took strange precau-
tions to insure large attendance at his
funeral. He had no near relatives, and
when convinced that death was approach
ing he turned over to a trusted friend the
few hundred dollars he had saved, with
instructions that it should be spent on
his funeral. No carriages or conveyances
were 10 be used and the coin was TO be
carried to the somewhat distant burial
ground by relays of men to be changed
every 100 yards. Each carrier was
to receive a liberal douceur, and in ad-
dition a small sum of money was to
be handed to every person who entered
the graveyard while the ceremony was
being performed. There was no need to
advertise the funeral, for before the
co lin had been made the singular ar
rangements were the sub, ect of general
comment. Three times as many bearers
as could be employed applied for posi-
tions, and when the cortege reached the
cemetery the crowd was so large that it
was didicult to force an opening for the
procession. Everyone present received a
cash present, as stipulated, but the good
minister who read the service made the
applicants wait long enough to hear some
very timely remarks on the evil o. ava
rice and the unseemlineSs of deSecrating a
sacred place in order TO obtain a few
pence.
In the days when dustmen fourished
after the manner described by Dickens in
Our Mutual Friend, - member OF the
fraternity died insthe suburbs of London.
He had amassed a nice little fortune, as
fortunes ran in those days, and arranged
for funeral whose eccentricities would
be pardoned in view of the number and
size of the legacies. The procession was
a very singular one. First came twelve
boys, each carrying link, emblematical
OF the chain of circum stances which had
led up to the pros Gritty of the deceased.
Then came twelve men, each with whip
carried, handle upward, followed by
twelve more. each with shovel held up
side down. For a hearse, the deceased S
fayorite dust cart was used, and very
ancient looking horse which had drawn
the cart for more than twenty years was
led after it. After it came a number of
dust carts. with several dozen members
of the dust-collecting and kindred profess
sions and a detachment of cinder-sif ers
brought up the rear. There was some
thing grotesque about the ARRANGEMENTS,
but there was nothing to complain of III
the matter of decorum or good order, and
no hitch of any kind appears to have
taken place.
But perhaps the most extraordinary
funeral on record took place in Siam
about eighteen months ago There were
in that country four sacred white ele-
phants and one Of these dying at the
advanced age of 1872. 1t was given a fun
eral grander than that accorded to princes
of royal blood. One hundred Buddhist
priests officiated, and the three surviv-
ing white elephants led the procession.
Trumpeters heralded its advance and
thousands Of devout Siamese men and
women followed The king and his
court received the remains at the Menam
river. down which thousands of barges
and movable houses were tioated. Flags
OF all kinds were used, and reliable esti-
mates placed the attendance at more than
10000 The king bowed his knee TO the
funeral car in recognition of the alleged
divinity Of the deceased and the proceed
ings were continued well into the night
The jewels and offerings buried with the