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The su,,an.. Arm.r.a Kitchen.

The private kitchen OF the sultan OF
Turkey is a ycritablo fortress. consist
Ing OF n small chamber situated to the
right OF the great entrance. and Is
guarded by barred windows and an
armor- plated door. The cook ofiiciaics
under the ever -wntchful eye OF the
kcIardJhi bachi. one OF the most
wclghty tunCtionarics in fildiz palace
at Constantinoplc. for the health. Its
very life even. OF the ruler Is at his
mercy. when cooked each dish is fast
cncd with red wax. bearing the official
seal OF the kclardjhi. and remains her
mctically closed until the seals are
broken in the sultan's presence.
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whereas fully one-half OF the American
ships We're Intended for service on the
great inland lakes, the German ships
We're mainly meant for competing for
the transatlantic trade. and for COM
merce with Germany's new colonies In
Africa or the Pacific.
Germany is Great BrItaIn's most
dangerous competitor In the matter OF
ship-building. and grows more tormid-
able every year. She and the United
States are both threatening Great Brit
ain with cargo ships OF equal or
even greater size than the largest
British ship. though the Celtic OF the
English White Star line holds the car
go record.
Iteesnt Activity In America.
The recent activity in American
shipbullding Is due TO the great pros
perity OF the country and to new leg
islatlon. The legislation OF forty years
ago was disastrous. In 1860 there were
on the high seas e.3s6.OOO tons OF Am
erIcan shipping. which dwIndlcd in tho
next ten years to ! .<JO. 900. and In 1883
was down to 1000. 900 only. But the
country started up the ladder again
about ten years ago. and has been pro-
sresslns with giant strides. The re-
turns NJ pFcSent In hand for 1900 show
that the 2O7 900 tons OF 1893 have been
exceeded by nj least $4,000 last year.
and 1, Is confidently predicted that
within twenty years the United States
will beat Great Britain rs badly In
ship building aS IL Is already doing
In the matter OF steel and iron.
On the eoas; OF the United States has
lately been laid the keel o. two ships
which. when completed. will beat all
record for size. They are intended for
the Pacific trade. They will be regis
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ARMY OF EMPLOYEES.
There Arc 10000 Of Them and They
Receive $4,000. 900 = Year.

Receive s5O.OoO.OoO . Year.
Fifty thousand persons dcriy. their
livelihood from the city of New York
ms employees OF the municipal govern
men, or OF tho four counties which
make up the greater city. The average
salary Is $1,000 year and tho city's
payroll Is therefore $50. 900. 900 year.
a tidy item to be met from taxation.
The number of employees In the
board OF education Is HOO. including
principals. teachers. Janltors and tru-
ancy agents. Tho number OF mem
bcrs OF the police department on Jan
uary !. 1901. was 1900. and with the
addition OF 30 provided for by the
legislature this year tn. total number
VIII be brought up to 7.1l0. These arc
tn. two largest departments Of the
city government. but the rate OF pay
Is much higher In the police depart
mcnt than in the department OF cdu-
cation. and the salary Item In the foE-
mcr Is larger than In the latter.
There arc 1900 employees OF the de-
paFtmcnt of street cleaning. $500 OF
the department OF charities. $500 of
the department OF highways and like
number of tho iirc department NcSt
comes the department OF docks with
i.s00. OF whom 400 are on the pay
rolls directly and 400 OF whom arc
employed on dock work and are paid
from the city treasury.
There are 1000 employees of the de-
partmcnt OF parks. l.600 OF the depart
mont OF water supply. 1900 OF the
board OF health. 1000 OF the depart
mcnt OF sewers. 1000 OF tho depart
mcnt OF public buildings. lighting and
supplies. 600 OF the comptrollcr's of
ficc. COO OF the department OF bridges.
100 OF the department OF correction.
350-with further increase OF 100
provided for by the lcgislature-of the
department of buildings. 300 OF tho
board OF public improvements. 200 OF
the department OF taxes and assess
ments. The remainder are distributed
through tho other city departments
and county Offices. 175 being In the
registrars Office in Kings county. In
few OF the departments OF the city
the number OF employees varies accord
ing to the season. but the average is
n little above 10000.
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The Fir.t toiarsd Voter.

Thomas Peterson OF Perth Amboy.
y. j.. enjoys the distinction of being
the frst colored voter In the United
States. lie recently celebrated tho
thlrty-hrst anniversary OF his first
vote. Mr. Peterson was born In Me,u-
chen. n. j.. on May !. 1894. When
Thomas was four years old his par
cnts moved to Perth Amboy. and that
place has ever since been his home.
March 81. 1870. the residents OF Perth
Amboy voted on proposed revision
OF the city charter. on which occasion
Peterson deposited his hrst ballot. In
commcmoTation OF the first vote cas-,
by u negro the citizens OF that placs
collected $50 and presented Mr. Peter
son a gold medal. appropriately In
scTIbcd.
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beans and other garden products have
been added one after another. to the
list OF greenhouse crops. rendering
these delicacics available for winter
use and giving delight to epicures.
while putting much money into the
pockets Of the producers. Necessarily
such products are expensive. and no
little interest attaches therefore to eff
forts which the Department OF Agri-
culture is making to find means where
by persons in modest circumstances
may force some kinds of garden truck
for their own use during the cold
wcathcr.-Philadelp Telegraph.
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LOUIS, THE GOOD.
THE FRENCH KINo WHOSE
NAME A CITY BEARS.
"s Two unsueesssfui Expeditions. ."
Drive the Mosisms from Palestine
The Dstribut!oa Of Ills Homes - Held
Affections of His People.
tSt. Louis I.etter.)

When Pierre Laciede Lingheste es-
tablished on the banks OF the Missis-
sippi river. In l7Gi. the trading post
which has since grown into the i'm
portant city OF ST. Louis he gave It II
name which holds an honored place
In French history. Indeed. no mon
arch ever did more for his people than
Louis IN. did for France.
Born in 1915. he learned from his
mother. Queen Blanche OF CASTLE.
those qualities which made him what
he became. His father died when he
was II years old and during the ten
years that elapsed before he became
OF age his mother reisned ns regent
for him. Even when. at 81. he as
sumed the reins OF government. SO
great was his mothers Influence over
him that she remained his chief coun-
seior. He laid wise plans for ths In
tcrnal Improvement OF his dominlons.
but these were interfercd with by his
crusaders. In l2ti. Jerusalem was
taken by
\ sassEs Asiaiio Horde
from western Turkey. the Christians
in the city and throughout Palestine
were massacrcd, and. as n consequence.
the seventh crusade was proclaimed In
l?t5. Louis had already taken tho cru
saders' VOW during an illness. and at
once prepared to lead n formidable
army against the Moslcms. over two
years were passed In preparations. and
In August. l2is. after having settled
the affairs OF the kingdom and ap-
pointed his mother regent. he sailed
with a great feet. bearing an army
Of nearly Go.00O men. The rendezvous
was Cyprus. Here Louis arrived In n
few weeks. and remained nearly n
year completing his preparations. In
Jrnc. 1919. he sailed from Cyprus to
Invade Egypt. considering the Valley
Of the Nile the key to the whole east
cru situation. Dam!ctta was taken
without serious resistance. but instead
OF advancing at one. Louis waited for
Ave months. until roinforccmcntS
should arrive. This delay. incxeusablo
from n military point OF view. gave
tho sultan OF Egypt time to collect n
considerable army. and the inunda,ion
Of the Nile came on. Stlll further de-
laying and hampcr!ns the French.
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Tees Of Horse Hides.

HoFschIdc is used in more ways than
In the making OF razor Strops. Some
parts OF the hide are used for shoe up
pcrs. the leather produced for tho
purpose being called cordovan. from
CoFdoya. In Spain. where It was hrst
made. HorS"hidc Is used also for tho
manufacture OF mlttcns and gloves.
and In bookbluding. and there Is made
Of 1, an excellent imitation OF buck
skin. HorSchidc Is used In making
whlpiashcs. and some parts OF 1t are
used for making EhocSirlnES: Il Is
used largely for carriage leather. In
covering seats. and 80 on. There are
between 10000 and 100000 annually
used In the United States.
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ui,t,r NrE.iahl"$'

Successful experiments have ',r" sn
made recently in the forcing 0, 'rn In
growth of asparagus in the ,,. neIn IL,
s',n,cr hy the help of steam. Narrow
,,nnchos about four inches deep are
dug between the rows al" ,,,,,o nm
with boards, so as to form Iil't ,.nod ."o
nsls. M steam from a boiler Is '"prr" ,n,,
into the tunnels through a hose 1885, i",1cr py"c
1T, IT, and warm. The process mas " "
,S ,a',a, ,"rtnrmcd only once a day FOR h,' ,,'
minutes at a time ana ,ork,blc. anu
obtained have been quite '','," 'rn,s TO-
Within recent years salad p,a"'S, corn
m,toes muskmclons, green -
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RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT.
London's Po,tonicc Telephone systeu

London's Postonicc Telephone System
Ready for Opcrntion.
The advantages OF n telephone sys-
ten which is run by the government
will be well illustrated in the tele-
phone service which the English post
Office will operate in London begin
ming In August. It will cover a terri
tory of about $40 square miles. which
Is about the size of n field % miles
square. To Americans. perhaps, the
greatest interest in this government
telephone is in the rates. For Sl2.5O
a year any one can have telephone
installed in his house. Then he Will
have to pay n small fee for every mes
sage that he sends. To a man whose
use OF the instrument is limited this
method. 1t is certain. will be
found to be OF enormous ad-
vantage. In place of the three
pence. equivalent to six cents.
now charged to non-subscribers. for
every call OF three minutes duration.
the charge in the new system will be
only n penny a message. and after
certain number of messages have been
sent the charge will be reduced to half
n penny each. On the otner manu-,
subscriber may pay. as at present.
certain lump sum year, and have no
further charge. All the telephone
wires are laid under ground. and the
conduits are large enough to provide
for double the number of ducts that
will be required Immediately. Instead
of the expensive gutta percha insul-
lation under ground, the dry core ca
bic is used. Paper is wrapped around
the wires, and these are twisted in
pairs in cable formation and dried.
Then leaden sheath is placed over
them. and they are ready to be laid In
the pipes and ducts. These dry core
cables not only are cheaper than gutta
percha, but they are more effective.
Every district postofiice will be call
office. and other centers will be estab-
lishcd as the necessity arises.
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Hired rallbcnrers at Milwaukee.

Milwaukee is going to have the op-
portunity Of Introducing the custom OF
hired pallbcarcrs. There are many
residents OF the city who have served
as such in European countries. They
have been organized and drilled, and
are ready for service. Their uniform
is black, with knee breeches. belted
blouse coats. with wide. white ruff
flcs at the neck and wrist, and a mill
torv hat, relieved with little white.
II ia said that these are the first uni
formed palbearcrs in this country
They are incorporated. and the under
takers are willing to employ them IL
pcople will accept them.
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WHAT COOPERATION DOES.
Hssait Of the Movement In England Dur.
Ing the Fast Year.

In. the Fast Year.
The British cooperative congress
met nt Miidlesborough May 18th. Tho
progress Of the cooperative movement
during the past year was reviewed
and resolutions were adopted con-
demning the attitude of the govern.
ment In Imposing II tax on sugar and
In regard Ia their proposals as To ma
tlonnl education and calling for legis.
htion To prevent corrupt practices In
trade ana commerce. The co-opcra-
tive movement IL now In It's iifty-
eighth year ana the original grain of
mustard seed sown by the ltochdale
pioneers has grown Into n very Ioodiy
trce-indecd, Into u whole forest OF
trees. Al the close Of 1900. as we learn
from Mr.. warwlck's presidential ad-
dress, the twcnty-clght pioneers hava
expanded into l.iGi distributing soci-
cties, having n membership OF l.TUJ.-
81, with share capital amounting To
f20.5si,3Il. doing trade Of over go
GOo.Ooo and handing back TO the MEM
bership II sum Of f.1iT. .:Eis. showing II
net saving on the spending power OF
the consumer Of fifteen per cent.
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If StlIPBUILDING
peIati,c Standing of the United Stotes as Shown b,
the Latest Official Figures Germony's
Remarkable Progress

|, s,l,ain has lost her proud
4, brst in the great iron In
-, Is losing her lead In coal
~, cotton manufactures are
| ssrond rank. Many of the
La which 1t has been her
-,ny years that she has led
d ,re being threatened. There
T., one article in the produe-
,sIsh, both in quality and
,hi. country can safely assert
(,,,,tty. Not even Germany
- from her first honors In
"a English publication. and
d, the point OF quality. the
rrssrdlng shipbuilding Is.
| -,hsr statements. undoubtedly
-uunia rules the wave. To
5 The year 1899. which affords
!, .,ssrta!ned figures for COM
y, and that In that year the
s..Iom launched i.2t5 vcs-
estimate takes no ne-ount
,,sls. nor OF vessels built for
trLons or individuals OF the
.s;s EeFe eight launched dur
lar. and OF the latter twenty
s..uar and 2i5 merchant
he merchant ships alone the
use vas s30.55o tons. These
Iap!s would carry carroes
4 IN real burden to about
w registered tonnage. or.
,:-s o. freight.
ks,G say TO sec at n glance
Be o. England In the ship
rs,li il TO take a list OF the
mts-say those OF 100 tons
-s-I compare tho number
!. Ual,ed Kingdom during
a.! thclr tonnage. with those
,llP.bullding countries. In
Z ships. merchant. war. steel
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Gamer In tn. Philippines.

Copper deposits In the province OF
I.panto, near Mount Data. p. l.. have
been worked by the Igorrotcs since
before the Spanish discovery OF the
archipelago. These barbarians. who
are hcathcns. living In squalor. have
dcyeloped industriously to n suEpris-
ingly high point. and the skill they cx-
hibit in the extraction and working OF
metals is extraordinary. They turn out
conner kettles no less than three and
n half feet in diameter. and they also
make numerous kinds OF implements
and ornaments out of the same metal.
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wor,J.. Co.tIie-t Funeral.

The most costly state funeral which
bos ever taken place was perhaps that
Of Alexander the Great. a round mil
lion was spent in laying Alexander to
his rest. The body was placed in a
nomr Of gold, filed with costly aro-
motics. and a diadem was placed on
,ha hond The funeral car was embel-
,ishnd % with ornaments of pure gold
nnJ us weight was so great that IL
"" oi, q mules more than a year to
ronycy /. from Babylon to Syria
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ZION WORKS CURES.
@'hn Prove essfui In
@' oi iIysterIa.

"'nr rro,o Successful In
"~' of nysterIA.
Of a lively Imagination
agent in disease is now
"ot BY doctors. and is
'l As an aid In effecting
water. for instance. is
=. eln physicians in the city
I'h'inuati. where there Is
ain who believes she can
nout receiving n hypo-
>uoh OF morphine. She
s'ion regularly, but wa
-'u''d for the morphine.
"a works like n charm.
Ieat Is recovering. Now
'4'e presents an amusing
"oman possessed of the
neaTt was growing to
FUSED to improve under
accorded her. and tho
..hE her condition was
va planned to get rid
1lsiue was prescribed.
the most nauseating
patient was ordered to
uOUrly After the first
HI the woman said she
,, sn To 20 home, and the
'u'a,od themselves that
~ uscoctton had proved so
H.. =. .n'lr surprise. when
-, ,,' hospital she asked
,5 a tao medicine be given
~ furnished more relief
a., . she had taken. Al
NV. o,oF' say that it is wo-
,S uU most readily to this
pn' Tt' there is now and
n %o tI Permits himself to
,p h'S own advantage. An
'Or Instance, suffered
b. ."naElnary paralysis.
t,,, ordinary treatments.
,S sT. or the electric cur
"''' upon him. The
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ACCIDGNrLY KILLED.

Did he leave his family anything II
badly hurt or sick, are they provided
forg These are vital questions. The
Western Life and Accident 90. writes
the best policy In tho worid-l.if-. Acct
dent. Health. separately or all conbln-
cd, No man or woman can AFFORD TO
take chances. policy for either sex
from eighteen To sixty. Send axe and oc-
cupaiion for particulars. Agents wanted
In every town. No experience required,
Write To-day. WESTERN LIFE. AND
ACCIDENT co, Denver, Colo.
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Peace In the Philippines.

Peace In the Philippines Il bound to
conditions. whether they be In the Philip
pines or In tn. human stomach. arc
equally disastrous. II your stomach has
r.bsiIsi. there Is one authority that will
quickly Fubdu- IT, II IL Hostett.r's Stom-
neh hitterE, and II cures constipation. In
dig.stIon. blliousn.ss. nervousness and
dyspepsia. See that n private revenue
stamp covers the neck OF the bottle.
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KING LOUIS IX.

| Their advance was NJ hrst rewarded
! BY n victory. but the Egyptians. rally
ing in force. cut on retreat so that
Louis. with 10000 men. was compelled
to surrender. He remained n prison.
er more than n month. was subjected
TO gross indignities by his captors. was
| compelled to witness the massacre Of
sick and wounded Frcnchmen by the
barbarous Moslems. and. finally. to
ransom himself and his army by the
payment OF 100000 livrcs.
More III Luck.
From Damictta he sailed to Acre
with less than 5000 men. the poor
remnant OF the army he had taken
from France on this unfortunate ex-
pedItion. Nearly four years were
passed in fruitless negotiations and
almost hopeless waiting for the arrival
OF reiryorcemcnts and treasure. The
former never came. an immense sum
OF money sent to him was lost by the
laundering OF the ship. Queen Blanche
herself died In 1852. and over two
years later the king returned with two
or three ships and less than 500 men.
II is a remarkable fact that. although
the government OF France was with
ont n head from the death of the queen
mother until the kings return. pc
riod OF two and half years. there was
no disorder, not even the most ambi-
tIous noble attempting to take advan-
tage Of the situation. From 1854 until
1870 the king devoted his time to the
Improvement OF his kingdom. and dur
ing this period more was done than
ever before to ameliorate the condition
of the French people. In 126S he be-
gan to prepare for n second crusading
expedition, and in the summer of 1870
he embarked. with an army about
equal in size to that which had per-
ished in Egypt. to undertake the con-
quest OF Tunis The army was land
ed at Carthage. formed a camp. and
then again there came fatal delay
of five months Disease broke out
among the troops. a pestilence similar
to the plague appeared and the king
was one of the victims. He died Au-
gust %, 1870, and the miserable rem
napt OF the army, without having
fought a battle or even skirmish,
was taken back to France by Louis
son and successor. Philip III.
His BODY H"i,cd In win..
The art of embalming had been lost.
so the kings body was boiled in wine
to separate the flesh from the bones.
The 1esh and the viscera were taken
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doctors consulted. and one day ny
prcarranged plan. the patient was IN
formed by a person supposed to be un-
interested I'm his case that magnetism.
not electricity. was what he neeuei,
and since then he has shown marRe"
Improvement under the constant ap,
plicatlon OF n wooden magnet paiht'u
to resemble the genuine article.
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A!dca enormous ClrEocs OF freight
A comparison OF the material OF
which ships are built IL interesting. In
1890, for instance. the world had 10000
tons o, steam vessels and 5.Sli.O00 tons
OF sailing ships all Of which were built
OF wood. In 1850 the carrying power
Of steam had risen to 6.SiO.oOO and OF
sail iI.SeO.OO but all but two were
still of wood. II was not until 1853
that the use OF iron just began In
shlp-buildinE. In that year was built
la France. an iron-platcd friGatc. for
the French navy. and In the next year
the warricr. Of 6.l70 tons. was built
In England. During the civil war the
Ericsson monitor and other iron clad
war vessels were built In the United
States. The Monitor was the first
iron-clnd successfully put to the haz-
ard OF fierce engagement
Iron ships ncgun.
The Guion line Of Transatlantic
shirs then began building iron ships.
and by 1879 nearly half the steam
vessels built were being constructed OF
that metal. In 1879 came the first steel
vessels. Eighteen thousand tons OF
steel vessels were built In that year.
Soon II was shown that steel 'esse'
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IadIs. Can War shoe.

One size smaller n af,cr using Allcn'S Foot
Ease. n powder. II makes tigh, or new
shoes easy. CurrS swollen. ho,,swcating,
aching feet. inRrowing nails. c"rns and
buniuns All dTu ygisis and shoe stores,
eSc. Trial package FREE by mali. Ad-
drcsA Allen ). olmstcd. lie Roy. NY.
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nIrc HnNcIiN In l.nninn.

The London Lancet says there must
bc In That city some JJn1D persons
who cannot afford To pay sufficiently
high rent To secure healthy houses.
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70. the British colonies
iofty-onc ships OF n com
ne Of ii.573. and Sweden.
sipm and Denmark each
300 tons OF shipping. or
'0abin"d total OF ships. the
''on must be credited with
y over half.
s'fieas Position.
some pride that VIC note
agmbcr OF ships built the
stands second on the list
nag OF pride is humbled
y the fact tha, although
w only ninety-eight ships
''asd tonnage was 10000
than that OF the 15i
ol' shIpyards. The cause
atty between numbers and
's from the fact that
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Making u.sd. .. Massachusetts,.

Up to January LIST last the Massa.
chuscits Highway Commission hni
improved 3iI miles of road at n cos, OF
more than S:ipDD.rro.
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tered at 10000 tons.
and will displaco JJ.-
=, COO tons OF water as
against 5000 tons
displaced by the
Deutschland. They
will be $50 feet long.
have I'VE decks. and
accommodations for
1000 passenger be-
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Time proves NIL things. II has seen
Wizard oil cure pain for over forty
years. Many people know this.
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Hot water. drawn from an artesian
well. is used to sprinkle the streets
of Boise, Idaho.
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4 Mr. HogrhoRd has had his name
changed by the courts, Some men never
know when they have enough.
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uav. you tried Russ bleaching Dluc.
the famous bcs blue that delights tho
iaundTcssg All groccrs sell II.
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The fool who says ~ know Gets more
credit than the scholar who says u
think"
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FRAGRANT

To make man think we'll Of you iiri
make him think well of himself.
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d successor, Philip III.
His BODY Boi,cd In win..

The art OF embalming had been lost
so the kings body was boiled in wine
to separate the flesh from the bones
The nesh and the viscera were taken