Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1901 — A Signal. [ARTICLE]

A Signal.

In Sumatra, if a woman Is left a widow, immediately after her husband's death she plants a flagstaff at her door, upon which a flag is raised. So long as the flag remains untorn by the wind the etiquette of Sumatra forbids her to marry, but at the flrot rent, however tiny, she can Iny aside her weeds and accept the first offer she-has. The coffee tree In a wild state will grow to a height of 80 feet; wbek cultivated it Is pruned down to five fotr convenience In gathering the crop.