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Show DISPOSING OF THE OLD FOLKS. 8lmple Method of Kongo Natives to Get Rid of Aged. MaJ. Powell Cotton, now In the Kongo Kon-go Free State, tolls of the curious method adopted by the natives of the Innermost regions of. that district In tho disposal of their nged members when they become a burden. The Infirm In-firm and aged people are rendered uu-conscious uu-conscious by means of a narcotic and In this comatose condition aro wrapped In a fresh antelope skin. In this garb they tiro then hurried by the members of the family to a point remote from the village and abandoned In tho grass near a native track. The tlrst native thnt passes tho spot discovers whnt he Imagines to be an antelope nud promptly dispatches dis-patches It with n spear. Then tho members of the deceased aged one's family emerge from hiding near by and express their 'grdat.'hor-ror 'grdat.'hor-ror nnd surprise at tho unfortunato Incident, In-cident, though Inwardly congratulating themselves upon their success. |
