The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
FUNERALS is LISBON.

After the Body Il Taken Ont and
Consigned to the Earth the Empty
nov Ia Returned To rts owner to BE
-, A,
'.se1
"The burial customs of the Spanish as
seen In Cuba are In some respects much
like those Of Portugal, . said a former res
ident of PORTUGAL 1.-THE poor there, like
the poor in Spain. economize on funeral
EXPENSES by making one coffin serve for
number of funerals in succession. In Lis
bon at least the coffin is usually very
s,,bstart,al nieoe If work covered with
rcd leather and freely studded with brass
nails It's lid ia attached with hinges. so
that the ooffin onens and shuts like large
fr,ink. OF course the selling price of an
article like this would be beyond the
means of anv moor family. hut the rent
for one dav is comnaratiyely small
aWhen q funeral procession reaches the
grave II, the great prazeres cemetery. lust
outside Of Lisbon. the undertaker's men,
instead If lowering the coffin, open It's lid,
take out; the corpse and lower it into it's
last, resting Mace The enuty coffin Is left
there until CALICO takes IL back to its
ovunar altar tba ,no1rners have retired
uThese Galleoos nv the way. natives Of
Ga1ioia in Snain. do all the work Of nor
ualiola = pam "a ~ az sno wo Z port,,
y. = l-ls :. - - GO :. L. -. na1;sa
800 20 s'.ie ~ ~, IN
sii.oun pno 1850 soroa' d no W. w., ,ha,rar
0o r. IL r. III, 81 "a col, Co.
-, ~. g., 81 a4;,,a ps,+,,..1,asa r,,or,d ba
seen CARRYING a load of anv kind in public.
uTbese Galleoos have no objection to
,i,, s Ioad sn,, 4 So, ~ +he lad "a 4
.oaa.,t1r as vsao ao oofsr, Thst i tha Find
81 sos ,no,.s shsv Cove - I,shon for. 81 that
=; that,. IA ooa +ha,, -, a., % ac,.oss tho
49,, 80. -, Gaiieia md I've On thar cav
80 Ara orc little ,ne,dsnt that han.
n rns ~rhi1a T xy.s ~ 1ashn,, Showed how
i;tt,o ;,,,-,rasa;o,, srnarst,t;ans raoardinp
a ass 1 msls go On +ba Gsi,sgo mind 'The.
80, ~ I'ishon ao,Iactad tad toll On goods
NJ, e,h+ With, ito liToits and there were
a,,arfss a. tba d;tfare,,t gates If the citv to
ss sess ~ t' at ratbine, WINS s,n,,ggleri in
aC ,a yerv rainy afterneon tha guard at
+ha p.s.a1,s er,,+a Glanced ALONG the road
tla+ la,ds ~ 3ha ce,,,e,tes,v and cav a s,,s-
nio MOI looIing nacLaga living on the
oround close nnder the wall on one side
f11I,e-,, VOC ,,ot living heinz in SIGHT
1,b e,,,.,sI +l,o,,e,bt, ha had fJetected a nlot
Nc tIo,,gbt thar tbat nacxage. whatever
+ i<ybA ho bod f1ooy, loft thera r1ndar tta
rra1I -, s,,,,,sre,la,.s .,h rvera no donbt
shaI+arSd so,na5yhere j., ;ts ne;obborbood
ar ,l Ssatotin, tha,r onnortnnity 10 rnsb Il
+hro,,,h tha eota as con, as tl,a rain held
m It'll e. tbe active and intaIIigent
"a. 49, tia 1it+ia srre,d rsadv r. draw at
,,,o1,,e,,t, Go, ,,atica ana ragard,ese Of the
dawnn,,v advancad along tba road 10 sY,r.
oo;"a ga -, .,,nrahe,,d +t,a s1o,,y11ers or at
iaa .st a tha,, ap p p 'N' - : 49, : =
tWhen he got to within 30 Yards of the
II y h ,,a5a ~ thro,, s,l ths
,.a;ls that az oasa ~, tha ero,,,,d mas "a a
"a 'nas aad st,1ddad al, nvar r;th brass
.o I'll o mha+ s,saova,-v sta r+,ad Mn III.
tla BIT tha ne-t ,aanoa ,, h ~, ssas ,,ttar,y
Ja,,oral;za1 at seeinsr The ia If tbe cofyin
esoUan and = d;shase,aS hasd thrnst r..
ss,f put H. ewes Staring wildly Withont
sma;+;r 81 drs, I,,s s1rord or ~ .,,a,, GO Az
a "n, tba enard faced ahont and re- re-.
eraatad a. ,,5n whsn he reacb he'd the
ga ue'0 ba called his comrades to come and
sas tha Abandoned corrse mat had hurst
omen it's coffin ON the wavside. The force
80 49, 49,. oa,,h;.,as ~ r,a-a,o5 49,