Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1899 — Burial in Africa. [ARTICLE]

Burial in Africa.

In certain parts of Africa It is considered a mark of disrespect to bury out of doors at all. Only slaves are treated In such unceremonious fashion. The honored dead are buried under the floor of the bouse.