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Show Curious Custom. In Frlesland, It seems, thcro Is a custom that tho nows of a birth or death Is announced verbally by a man who calls at every houso In tho vlllago for that purpose. If ho brings tho nows of a birth ho wears white gloves. If of a death they aro black. Somo days ago a child was born dead in a Frlosian village. It was necessary neces-sary that tho usual announcement should bo made, but In what colored gloves? Tho hnrblngor wns a man of resource. Ho wont his rounds wearing ono whlto glove nnd ono black ono. |