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Show .CHINAMUN FEED -THEI1I DCAP. C.ltl.iu. (iKlnm i.r the tlrlrt.talaTI.il la lllHrrvrd THlre M taar Twice a )enr. In the llrst w April and October, tho Chinese i their dead. They thluV that once their , friends and relatives leave thla mortal coll'lhc) ought to stay away from this world anil In prevent llirl- return ' the) fulthfully transmit to ttsm all tho iici cuiarlcs of life It has been dl-)uiMl by orlenUl wisdom that tin , no) to transmit servnnli sours, phji books nnd money 1 to maliu- fnrturo them in paper and burn them Hut actual cutablce mut be carried to the grave The Chines ara not .sling), and wagon load of roaattd chickens, pigs, duck, various sweet meats and fruits are taken to the cemeteries cem-eteries 1 he food Is plltil before each grnve nmld burning red carrot-shaped caudles and Joe sticks Then the living liv-ing prostrate themselves before the dead and beg tlieiu tn rlso up and en-Joy en-Joy themselves Chinese wines lire then sprinkled liberally over the graves, whllo mmo gravel rrrelvs boxes of cigars nnd packages of cigarettes cigar-ettes Hut you must not suppnso that tho eatables are left on the eraves Oh, nut That would be throwing too much temptation In the way of heathen hea-then tramie In about two houra It i believed that the ghosti got Iho essence es-sence of the eatables conve)ed to thini, and then the devotees gather up the ottering! and carry them homo again to feed their own material bodies Hut the cigars and clgarettct nrs burned on the grates |