Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1899 — Coffin Covers in Russia. [ARTICLE]

Coffin Covers in Russia.

Coffins in Russia are never covered with black. If the deceased Is a child, pink is used; if a woman, crimson, though for a widow brown la used. Somehow we always feel a little suspicious of a man who has time to write a “paper” to read before his society. Every circus man lays all his plans on the assumption that the people are chumps. Every circus man gets rich. Don’t kick a hornets’ nest just to ate certain if the family is at homa.