Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1899 — Curious Burial Custom. [ARTICLE]

Curious Burial Custom.

The Servians have a curious custom of giving a parting kiss to their deceased friends before final burial, and the observance of it has Caused a serious epidemic of diphtheria. The police prefect of Belgrade has accordingly issued stringent orders against the custom, prohibiting it for the present, however, only in the case of those persons who have died from that malady.— Spare' Moments.