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Show Siamese Funiral Custom. Tlie king of Warn recently put tho torch to the P)re nt the cremntlofl of his mptjier, who OleJ In Ociolier. 'llils U tlio cuMoin In Slam after the period pe-riod of mourning Is orr. There wns n long Iluddhlut ceremony nnd un ouV cer handed tho king n lighted torch. This he applied to the foot of the pyro, nnd the actual cremation began. Next morning tho king nnd the roynl fnmlly fnm-lly went back to find the charred P) re still surrounded by the guards. It Is tho king's duty and prMlego to fcurch for the first material pnrt of tbo departed de-parted royalty. Illa-fnmlly help liliu to collect othera until nil the hkIiom In the cusket nro gathoriMl together. They nro tlnii put In h golden urn, which la convoked to their Inwt reatlng plncu In tho upper story of the middle turret tur-ret of the palace In Ihingkok. Such has licon tbo custom since the dnya of the king who hullt the present rojnl palace tilwiut 1A0 jearw ago. |