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! OLDEST OF ALL MAUSOLEUMS.

TN civilization as well as in saw
agery man has INDUCED weird
fancies in his ornamentations Of
the sepulcher. Even in the most
barbarous climes and times much
thought was given to embellishments
of the graves Of beloved dead. Many
Of the wonders Of the world have been
sarcophagi. The Pyramids are but
repositories for the bones Of Egypt.
ian royalty; the Catacombs vast
sleeping cars for the Romans and
early Christians last dreamless slum-
Der. Throughout the world, by the
side of his arches Of triumph, man
has erected mausoleums and tombs.
In the heart Of Vermont, in the shad.
ow Of the snow-clad or moss-mantled
Green Mountains, stands unique
sepulcher erected by. devoted wealth,
at the cost Of many thousands Of dol.
lars, called the Laurel Glen Mauso-
leum. Throughout that part Of New
England known as the Marble State,
the name Of Cuttingsville stands only
for this mausoleum; the rude hamlet
has but one pride, one distinction, 1t
holds a tomb! Is this symbolic Of
dying State, whose population is de-
serting its hills and dales to help col
onize the whole country?
An opulent New Yorker had sought
solitude in this picturesque village for
several summers, and had built for his
use a splendid mansion. But his last
loved one was taken away by death,
and the only consolation remaining
was, to leave his history in marble.
And so John P. Bowman erected a
magnificent memorial to his family,
which is now visited by tourists from
all parts of the country.
A whole years time and the labor
Of 125 men were employed upon this
Greek temple, reared amid the green
shrubbery in this lovely valley among
the mountains which encompass Yer.
mont. In this tomb were used 175
tons Of granite, fifty tons Of marble,
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Stuffed Cabbage-Cut out the stalk
end of a head Of cabbage, leaving q
hollow shell. Chop two pounds Of un-
cooked beef and onion; add one cupful
of bread crumbs, one beaten egg, salt,
pepper and mace. Shape into balls,
arrange in the cabbage, add strips of
sweet pepper and steam until the cab
bage is tender. Serve with tomato
sauce.
Ok Tail Soup-Fry two cut tails IN
til brown in two tablespoonfuls Of but
ter with two onions; then put in kettle,
add four quarts Of water and simmer
slowly four hours. Add one carrot,
one turnip. one tablespoonful of celery,
chopped fine, four cloves, one teaspoon
full of salt and one of pepper. Cook
another hour and strain. Remove
grease. Serve with each portion some
Of the finest joints Of the tails and a
couple of slices Of lemon garnished
with parsley.
Potatoes au Gratin-Cut cold boiled
potatoes in slices quarter of an inch
thick. Put two tablespoonfuls of but
ter into saucepan, and when melted
add one tablespoonful of -four, half q
pint of milk and stir until boiling.
Take from the fire, add the yolk of four
eggs, four tablespoonfuls of grated
cheese, half teaspoonful of salt and
dash Of pepper. Fill a baking dish
with layers of the potatoes and sauce
alternately. beginning with the sauce;
cover the top with bread crumbs and
brown in quick oven.
Ice Block Salad-Smooth a block of
Ice with hot iron. making cavity in
the centre. Fill this with crisp lettuce
and hearts of tender celery cut in tiny
pieces; add slices of winter radishes
and small raw clans. Season with
salt, pepper, one teaspoonful of dry
mustard and one Of horse-radish and
the juice of two lemons. Place on sew.
eral thickncsses of cloth on a deer
platter, wreathe with green foliage
and serve at once. Try serving youl
| green salad in this way. Note its deli
| cate GOODNESS, its attractive possible
| ties and its effect on the guests.
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A Shrinkage in Values.

The eager poet wrapped 1t up care
fully and set out for the city, where
the leading magazine editors sat in
judgment on such as his-or, rather,
on such as might not hope to be quite
as his; and it was night when he came
to the city. At the hotel where he
chose to lodge he passed 1t to the
cle:k, with instructions to place 1t in
the safe, where valuables were kept
for security.
What value?" the clerk inquired.
The poets face flushed with pride.
1T is, perhaps, scarcely possible to
place value upon 1t, but"
Say two hundred?" suggested the
busy and practical clerk.
THAT is. perhaps, something of the
sort they will place upon It," replied
the poet, with a deprecatory curl Of
his lip. Yes; say two hundred" and
he sighed.
The clerk checked 1t at two hundred
and put 1t away in the safe. Next
morning the poet arose, paid for his
lodge, received 1t safely into his hands
again and went forth. The afternoon
was waning when the poet, looking
wan and weary, stood again at the no.
tel desk, with it (no longer with large
y in his hand.
"Ah" said the clerk. "Care for it
again? Same value, suppose?"
"Well-er-ah-not exactly" said the
poet, still eagerly, but of a different
variety of eager. II think-er-ah-
what was going to say, was-er-as a
matter of fact-er-could you let me
have half q dollar on it"
The clerk said he couldn't hardly do
it just then, and the poet took it and
went back to his humble village. where
he opened tin shop and did quite
well.-New York Times.
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Combined Coat and Vest.

Generally gentlemen do not care to
appear in public without the usual
coat and vest. In warm weather this
extra vest is annoying, and men fire.
quently resort to the expedient Of sim.
ply unbuttoning it, and permitting II
to remain in this unsightly condition.
By using the garment shown in the
illustration the vest may be- dispensed
with whenever desired, and when not
in use is practically entirely out Of
view, nothing being visible which
would indicate that the coat is a COM
bination garment. The idea is to at.
tach the front half Of vest to the
inside, of the coat at the side seams,
enabling the wearer to turn the fronts
back and insert them in pockets in the
rear of the coat. The advantages OF
garment Of this construction for
use in warm weather will be obvious.
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Lost the Bet.

Hello, Central"
"Hello!'
How would you call Ma: !.;f
hundred and 'leven?"
"What?'
-Four ones?"
What do you want?"
"Or would you say 'one, one, one,
one"" =.
don't quite catch you. Say 1t
again.
'Or would it be one thousand one
hundred and eleven:"
Cant you speak plainer?"
I'm asking you how to call Main
eleven hundred and eleven. Get
that"
20, you mean one, one, double one"
Thanks"
"Here it is"
Here what is?"
main. one, one, double one"
"Oh, I didn't want to talk to any
body. only wanted to find QUITO set
tie bet, how you would call that par
ticular number. I've lost. Good bye.s
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Coronation Rules.

The King Las decided that Ameri-
cans are not to be admitted to the cor
onation, even though they may come
arrayed in gorgeous vestments and
ropes of pearls and diamonds. The
space in Westminster Abbey is limited.
The pageant will be paid for by the
British taxpayer, and until every tax
payer who may wish to view the cere-
mony finds seat, there must be no
admittance for the representatives
male or female-of foreign shoddydom.
There is the more reason for insisting
upon this if it be true, as asserted. that
some of those who claim right to be
present are offeriIg to sell their tickets
in New York to the highest bidder
London Truth.
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~ ASPAR M1EHLE was car
| / penter BY trade and an idler
W. by preference. He came to
Old Town in the boom days
of mining determined to strike it rich,
and after fifteen years Of desultory
prospecting, intermittent carpentering
and rather steady loafing around the
Gem saloon he now found himself the
more or less happy possessor OF seven
children, q scolding wife, a tumble
down shop and a general reputation
for all-round worthlessness.
Fifteen years of incessant drudgery
is calculated to sour the sweetest tenn
per, but Mrs. Miehle might have toiled
on in weary contentment if her oldest
son had shown any signs of being a
comfort or a help. But he didn't. He
"took after" his father, and even i'm
proved on the latters constitutional
aversion for work. The boys name
was Jake, and from the time he
learned to walk until he was fourteen
years old his reputation was "ornery."
For six months after he had achieved
the art of walking he refused to take
q step. When he had mastered the al
phabet and learned to read his primer
he began to play hockey, spending
school hours fishing in the creek and
tagging homeward only in time to sit
at the evening meal.
The boy was sturdy of frame, mild
of manner and quiet as an Indian.
When other boys ran he walked; when
they laughed, he smiled: when they
talked. he listened. The quality Of
"poise" was all over him. He was as
stubborn as burro, and shared with
that singular beast the characteris-
tics that made toll, speed, mirth and
enterprise abhorrent to them both.
Fishing was his chief occupation till
he was thirteen. Then he developed
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hereditary passion for prospecting, and
passed half his days roaming slowly
over the foothills and up the silent ca
mons, filling his ragged pockets with
worthless bits of quartz, crystals that
sparkled in vain and agates that he
could barter for fishing tackle among
the small boys of the town.
When he was fourteen he came
across a pocket in the hills, from
which he scraped and gathered score
of bright red pebbles. That evening
he wandered stealthily into the village
jewelry store and spread out his find"
What they wuth?' he muttered to
the proprietor.
The old man weighed them, washed
them and held them to the lamp.
"Tiffanyll give you fifty cents an
ounce, Jake. Them is Rocky Mountain
rubies."
The jeweler sent the stones to New
York, and in two weeks Jake got his
half-dollar This incident proved to
be the turning point in Jake's life.
First he divided the money between
his five little brothers and sisters, and
then he bought rubber rattle for the
baby. That proved his possession Of
the rare and incompatible quality of
unselfishness. Second he got an un-
merciful Tanning" from his mother,
because she was sure he had stolen
the money, and he wouldn't explain
matters. This clinched his reputation
for stubborpess and taciturnity, but it
also had the effect of driving him into
mute and deep-schemed rebellion. For
days thereafter he moped about the
town or sat on his fathers dust covered
bench, dangling his legs and whistling
softly to himself. If he felt any re-
sentiment against his mother he didn't
show it by word or look He watched
her bending over the washtub and
tipped gravel at the drying garments
In the back yard till she gave him a
cuff on the ear. But he was back to
dinner. and at supper devoured more
bacon and beans than all the other
children together. Then he skunk
down the main street with his brown
hands deep in his pockets and his cap
pulled over his eyes.
"'Tain't no use bein' so plagued
hard on Jake. nanny" said Caspa1
to his wife as he filed his pipe.
II s'pose you want me to raise up a
family O jail birds.' snapped the
weary woman. Lord knows that
there lad is spilled now, an the fust
thing we know he'll be robbin' q
bakx."
But he never rnhhed nothin'
He"
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The edges of the vest may be secured
within the pockets, and the garment
used as q lined coat during the
warmest portion of the day, and should
the evening be cooler the vest may be
buttoned about the wearer, giving him
a more dressy appearance, and af'
fording more protection than as the
garment was worn during the heat OF
the day. The arrangement of the ves'
is such that whether the fronts are
buttoned about the wearer or folded
in the pockets, the front edges Of the
coat are at all times free, and may
be buttoned or left open the same as
an ordinary coat.
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r ULES VERNE'S "Twenty Thou
sand Leagues Under the Sea"
G does not seem such startling
excursion into the domain Of
fancy after all in view of the achieve
ment Of the Holland submarine tor
pedo boat Fulton, which lay at the
bottom of Peconic Bay, off the COM
pany's plant at New Suffolk, L. l.,
for fifteen hours on a recent Saturday
night.
All preparations for the test were
In order early on Saturday evening
and at 7.30 there passed down through
her companionway, forward of the tur
ret, Rear-Admiral John Lowe, retired;
Lieutenant Arthur Macarthur, Com
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THE POET AND FATE IN coLLoaUY

Fate:
Singers who charmed the earth are dead;
Why singest thou to-day?
The Poet:
Because the laughing rose is red
And white the scented may,
And newborn golden light is shed
On silver stream and bay.
Fate:
Thou dwellest mid a needless race;
They worship naught but gold.
The Poet:
Yet will l lift fearless face
Towards beauty, as of old.
Her boons of love, her gifts Of grace.
Are won but by the bold.
Fate:
Shelley is dead, and Heats is gone
And who will lift the lutte?
The Poet
Though these be dead, the same strong
sun
Still changes flower to fruit;
The birds hearts waken, one by one;
So why should I be mute!
George Barrow.
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and 10000 bricks. Its dimensions are
lS by 25 feet, and it is twenty feet
high. Each block of granite weighs
from three to six tons. The exterior
decorations are Greek foliage with a
laurel frieze. Within the portal is
closed by a granite door Of one slab
weighing $500 pounds. .'
But the conspicuous and grewsome
feature Of this mausoleum is tie life.
sized statute of Mr.. Bowman himself,
standing hat in hand, with one foot
upon the step, about 70 enter the tomb.
He holds q wreath or marble immor.
telles, and a huge key with which to
unlock the chamber of death. With.
In. upon pedestals, are busts Of him.
self, his wife, his beautiful daughter,
and, in the centre, his baby, its plump
limbs sinking into a cushion, tbs
chubby arms extended to its mother,
cold and rigid in unresponsive marble.
These were wrought in Italy from
finest Parian marble (as was his own
figure) and are of immense value.
Two long mirrors give the Illusion
Of vast corridors filled with busts and
statues Of dazzling whiteness. BY
this optical illusion thirty halls may
be seen. Rich sculptures, bronze
traceries and ornaments fill the sep.
ulcher.
A nightly illumination is produced by
six bronze candelabra, bearing pyra'
mids of wax candles, which shed a
weird light and give a solemn atmos'
phere to this place Of death.
Upon a rolling terrace, conspicuous
from all directions, stands this mauso'
leum, with it's owner ever entering its
portal, yet never going beyond the
threshold. Rare exotics adorn the
lawn in summer and q conservatory is
kept up solely for the decoration OF
the tomb in winter.
The cost Of this sarcophagus is sup
posed trAbe enormous, but no records
can be discovered. The founder left
$4,000 for the sole purpose Of having
the grounds and the tomb cared fol
perpetually. Six trustees guard this
legacy, and one Of their number en-
joys the castle once occupied by the
Bowman family. 1t faces the mortu
ary, and in it are the elegant furnish
ings just as they were used by the
erratic owner. Oriental colors, wood
work in pale blues, reds and blacks
statues and relics brought from Italy
to the region Of deep SHOWS, speak oil
q luxury foreign to austere and pro
vincial Vermont.
The tomb was completed before the
death of the founder. What melan'
choly satisfaction he experienced In
viewing his own marble image for
ever ascending the steps that led tc
the cold clay and colder marble pre-
sentiments of his wife and children
can only be surmised. He has made
the village nestled in the mountains
under the shadow OF killington o
point for curiosity seekers, and the life
and death story Of his own obscure
family well-nigh imperishable. Per
Laps to have done this seemed to him
worthy of having lived.-Winnifrec
Harper Cooley.
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folding decoy has been devised by
Joseph Coudon, which represents a
great economy of space, and is said
10 be Just as effective in use as the
I'D type. The decoys ase made Ct
wood, about three-eighths Of an inch
IN thickness, and three Of them are
punched together, two being attached
to the third by a wire which holds
them apart from each other when III
lse and permits of their being brought
,ompactly together for storage. A hex
3x10x2O inches will hold one dozen or
these decoys. In actual service an
anchor is attached to the foremost
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mander Of the torpedo boat Winslow;
Captain Frank T. Cable, navigator for

mander of the torpedo boat Winslow;
Captain Frank T. Cable, navigator for
the Holland Company; John Wilson,
machinist; John Saunders, engineer,
and Henry Morrell, electrician. The
heavy iron hatch was closed over them
and after It was securely fastened, the
Fulton sank slowly, steadily and even
ly out of sight. Before going down
the men had eaten hearty dinner and
had with them their luncheon and
breakfast. Sunday morning promptly
at 1890, the huge craft rose to the
surface so suddenly as almost to
startle the many people who had gath
cred on the shore to witness the finish
Of the test. The coming tower was
not opened for several minutes after
the Fulton came to the surface, so one
Of the workmen swung out to her by
the derrick and peered in through the
heavy glass windows, then shouted
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HRkh.

OF all culinary terms the word hash
has come to have about az much op-
probrium attached to it as any. New
ertbeless, hash itself remains popular,
with reason, for when properly made
it is one of the best Of dishes. AS gen.
orally used the word indicates mix
ture CT cold corned beef and cold
boiled POTATOES cooked together, and
the npprohrium comes in because Ct
the fact that the sinewy bits Of meat
are those that fall to the hash. But
hash can De varied. 1t can be made
of various kinds of meat and Of va
rious sorts Of vegetables; it can be
stewed or fried, it can be served with
eggs or without. 1t can be improved
with tomato sauce.
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Color Scheme For House Place.
A house place in modern dwelling
is upholstered in moss green and 9
tender gray, the color of lichens and Of
granite rock. The walls are covered
with moss green burlap, which ascends
as high as the plate rail-" Above this
the wall is covered by frieze Of
gray burlap. The green willow easy
chairs are fitted with moss-green vel.
vet coverel cushions. The window
seat is fitted with lichen, gray and
moss-covered cushions. The rug on
the floor is of mixed rock-gray and
moss green. These colors blend to-
gether very well.
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Nav xnt.s House Livery.

A cockade of red, white and blut
is the most noticeable feature Of the
new White House livery, although thu
National colors are in evidence
throughout the costume in which the
Presidents coachman and footman ap
peared for the first time.
The coats and the trousers are OF
heavy dark blue vicuna, the best quail
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How to Make Muslin Toast.

Any rather stale bread that cuts into
firm slices answers for this delicacy.
The writer's first knowledge Of this
was at a dinner party at which each
dish was perfect Of its kind. When the
cheese was passed, with it came this
crisp, delicious toast, cooked at the mo.
ment of serving. The slices were cut
literally "as thin as wafer" and
spread out to dry an hour or two be:
fore needed. They were finally spread
out on hot tin pan, popped on the
top shelf of q quick oven long enough
to curl up a little and take on pale
shade of brown. This toast is partic-
ularly grateful to people of. delicate
digestion, but is so appetizing that it
has become fad to lovers Of dainty
living. 1t may also be served at
luncheon with fruit. Housekeepers
who find themselves at the mercy
Of a country butcher should call to
mind the French method Of "improv-
ing' tough meat. An impossible beef
steak, for instance, may be trans
formed into one that is tender and
juicy if it is allowed to stand over
night in a mixture of vinegar and
salad oil in equal parts. For three
pound steak half a cupful of the mix.
ture should be put in a crockery plate
or dish large enough to spread the
meat out in it. Prepare this early in
the evening and before retiring turn
the steak. What is left Of the mixture
should be bottled for the next time.
Don't use salt or pepper while it is in
the oil and vinegar.-Chicago Record
Herald.
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Folding Decoys.

The gunner travelling over the coun-
try from one spot to another finds the
transportation Of his decoys a serious
matter. While their weight Is not
great, their bulk is considerable, and
large box is required to accommo-
date a small number of the decoys. A
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A baboon, the regimental pet Of til,
North Corn Rifles during the whole
period Of their active service in Soutl
Africa. has arrived in Dublin, and ha!
been lodged in the Geological Gardens
Phoenix Park.
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under water for fifteen hours. Our
motor will carry US 40 miles, so it
would be possible to so right from
New Suffolk to New York City and
travel the entire distance under water,
coming to the surface only occasionally
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The Kind of Gun Desired.

A rapid-hre gun with range o'
5000 yards has been invented by m
Englishman. 1t will shoot around
kopie and it may help.-Minneapoli:
Times.
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The date palm now fourishes il
Arizona, even in soils heavily impreg
mated with alkali.
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A Statue With Parasol.

A bronze statue of lady carrying
a parasol is rather unusual among
works of art, but such a casting has
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recently been unveiled to the late Em'
press of Austria. 1t is situate in a
small National park in Hungary, In
which the late Empress was very fond
Of hunting and riding.-New York Her
AID
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The Sleep Of Lions and Tigers

There Is nothing odd or peculiar
about the sleep of the lions and tigers.
In captivity they show the samL in.
difference to danger that they mani
fest in the jungle, and by day or
night will slumber through an un-
usual tumult, unmindful or uncon-
scious Of the noise Their sleep is
commonly heavy and peaceful.
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The national debt Of Norway
amounts to about S60.000O0O.