{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
Different colours Of fmourning:--ln Europe
black is generally used, because it represents
darkness, which death is like unto, as 1t is
privation of life. In China, zphite is used,
because % they hope that the dead are in heay-
en-, the place of purity. In Egypt yellozO IS
used, because it represents the decaying OF
trees and flowers, which become yellow as
they die away. In Ethiopia, brown is used,
because it denotes the colour OF the Saith