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tives or friends of the deceased think
they get the original in many cases, when
in reality they do not.
''The first cast, taken directly from the
features of the deceased, is kept by the
sculptor. This original mask always, or
nearly aways, contains some blemishes
which can be smoothed over in the rep
licals, and then 1t is always coated with
the brown shellac for the purpose OF max
ing the mold, just as is this OF Napoleon
| in Mr.. Rochon's possession. / do not
see how this mask should be coated with
shellac unless it was the first taken--the
original"
Mr. Garet was further convinced or
looking carefully at the mask owned by
Mr. Rochon that it is the much coveted
original cast of the features of the great
Corsican. Only the eye of the expert
could appreciate the slight marks which.
besides the coating of shellac, distin-
guishes this from the other eleven casts
made by DR.. Antommarchi and now pre-
served in the museums of Europe.
Some time ago there was an account
given in a prominent journal of these
eleven masks, with the statement that one
of the original twelve was missing and
could not be accounted for. The article
described the traits by which these orig
inais could be distinguished from the
great number of spurious limitations, and
gave the location of each of the eleven,
one being in the possession Of the Pope.
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THE GIRLS or HOLLAND.

In Holland the mass of every class
20 to public schools and all mix to-
gether. Education begins at six years OF
age In the public schools, and at twelve
a girl is examined and passes on for
five years course in the higher burger
schools, of which Holland possesses sew
enty-two. The coeducation of the sexes
is an admitted principle. In the primary
schools boys and girls axe brought up
together. They learn side by side and are
on familiar terms from early childhood
without the smallest i'll resulting. A
great point is made of languages and no
Dutch girl OF the upper or middle classes
is considered educated who cannot speak
English, French and German more or
less fuently.
Probably owing to the system OF ed
ucation in force the women folk are
inclined to grow up somewhat independ-
ent. We are told that the prejudice
against women working for a livelihood
has almost disappeared and even ricn
women sometimes choose a profession.
They include doctors. dentists. many OF
them first rate, photographers and gar
deners. About 1000 girls hold posts as
assistant chemists, some 5000 are nurses,
trained in the White Cross homes and
on a par with the very best Of their pro-
fession. A woman is curator OF the Ma
tional History museum in Haarlem, ana
nsether holds the same post at Utrecht,
bead dispenser at hos
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ever with the same mark that it puts upon
the brow of the beggar.
Napoleon was never greater than in his
latter days. open the window. Mar
chand," he said to his valet, on the last
morning that he remained conscious,
open it wide, that l may breathe the air,
the good air, which the good God has
made"
The Emperor had become unconscious,
and the fevered perturbation of his spirit
rivaled the turmoil of the elements. pic
turing scenes of battle and carnage, and
living again in the exultation of triumph
and the gloom of defeat.
Then" says Abbot. with flooded eyes
and loud sobbings, they rushed to the
bedside, seized the hands of the Emperor.
and covered them with kisses and with
tears. All present were overpowered with
emotion, and the deep respiration of the
dying was drowned in the irrepressible
lamentations of the mourners. Young
Napoleon Bertrand was so overcome by
the heartrending spectacle that he faint
ed and fell lifeless on the floor.
The dying man remained lying upon his
back, with his right hand out of the bed
and his eyes fixed, seemingly absorbed
in deep meditation, and without any ap-
pearance of suffering. Thus he remained
during the greater part of the next day,
and before nightfall, on the 5th Of May,
1921, he was no more.
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Most Unique Graveyard in the United
States, Old Congressional Cemetery,
in Southeast WdShingtOn-LOng Rows
Of Sandstone CenOt0phS Erected BY
Early Congresses in Memory Of For
mCr Members Who Died in Service.

inscription which is sacred to the mem
ory of John Quincy Adams, "a Represen-
tative in Congress from the State Of
Massachusetts. No mention of his SER
vices as President are made, nor is there
any reference to his dramatic death In
the halls of Congress.
The carved epitaph merely tells US that
he died in 1S48. aged seventy-nine years.
In this one particular alone does his cpl
taph differ from many of the others-the
number of his years is given. Evidently
in the good old days the Congressional
Directory" did not give members so many
opportunities to write themselves down as
they would wish to be written. In few
of the inscriptions is the date of birth
given; the line after the word born" is
almost always untitled; ON one or two the
date of death is also missing.
Henry Clay's Tomb.
Even the date of the birth of Henry
Clay was unknown to the engraver. His
cenotaph is situated at one end of a long
row, facing the roadway To him also
mere Congressional honors are given. The
inscription carved on the square face of
the tomb reads:
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TIME original cast of Napoleon /,
made by DR.. F. Antommarchi Ssom
i the face of the dead Emperor, is
In the possession of Mr.. J. Rochon,
of this city.
The London Times" contained not very
long ago the following curious advertise
ment: Napoleon l. For sale-The origi-
nal mask nodded at Saint Helena by DR..
Antommarchi. Price required, $4,000
1880, ,O0O). Address. ETC., etc. The mask
thus advertised may have been one Of the
twelve taken by DR.. Antommarchi-it was
not, 1t may be confidently stated, the one
actually nodded from the face of Ma
poleon.
Mr.. Rochon merely claims that his cast
is one of the twelve brought by DR.. An
tommarchi from Saint Helena, without
affirming that it was the first made, and
so taken directly from the features Of the
dead Emperor. Nevertheless, Mr.. Garet,
an accomplished sculptor, viewed the
mask, and pronounced 1t. in his opinion,
the original.
Mr.. Garet has taken the casts Of sew
eral famous persons who have died in
this city, notably Lord Herschell and
General Garcia. THE history of an orig
inal death mask" he said to a Times re-
porter. lis always difficult to trace. Rela-
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T'HE most unique graveyard in the
United States is the old Congress
i sional Cemetery, in the southeast
ern section of Washington. A
large portion of it is devoted to the
intention of its original founders, aud
it is a graveyard without dead, burying
ground of empty tombs. Here are the
long rows of sandstone cenotaphs erected
by earlier Congresses in memory of those
members of its body dying while in its
service. The earliest date craven on
these sandstone tombs is 1888, the latest
1870. The former is sacred to the memory
of the Hon. Nathan Bryan, of North Caro-
lima, the latter TO that of the Hon. Tru-
man H. Hoag, of Ohio.
IRgratitude Of Republics.
Was it the ingratitude of Republics
which caused Congress TO cease erecting
these vacant mausoleums? Or did the moro
esthetic members shrink from the NOR
tuary ideals of the past? Who can say?
But certain it is that no more cenotaphs
are likely to be added to the number. Fu-
ture generations will have no opportunity
to tremble before the tomb of a Tillman
or smile reminiscently beside that of a
Depew.
Stones From Old Jail.
History says that many of these ceno-
taphs were made of the sandstone of the
old Jail, rather a singular use to be made
of such material, If this be true. Oddly
enough, some of the Oldest of the tombs
are in the best state of preservation, and
with inscriptions so legible that he who
runs may clearly read Those erected in
the sixties have Jared worst with wind
and weather. and some of the inscriptions
are almost entirely effaced. The base of
one or two shows signs of crumbling:
Time seems fastening to complete his
work OF effacement.
Death Busy in Forties.
Death was busy in the forties, as the
inscriptions attest-those inscriptions
which are impartially alike. Here is the
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THE GRAVE CHoc k7-A w CHiEF
Practice Of Raising M0usoIeunnS Abgn-
dOned-Future Generations Will Hove
No Opportunity TO TrembIG Before
The Tomb Of a TiIIrndn or Smile
Beside That dDepeW---EOr|iGStDOte
OnMOnumGnt is 1896, the Latest 1910.

pile of Clinton, with medallion portrait
upon it, and the more chaste white marble
one of Gerry, with burning lamp carved
on its apex.
The inscription of the latter tells of
the sudden death of Mr.. Gerry ION his
way to the Capitol, as President of the
Senate" on November %, 1911, and aged
seventy years.
THUS fulfilling his own memorable in
functions: 1t is the duty of every citi-
zen. though he may have but one day to
live. to devote that day to the good Of his
country.
Tomb of Tobias Lear.
Almost in the shadow of these monu-
ments is the tomb of Tobias Lear, "the
private secretary and familiar friend Of
the illustrious Washington who died in
1916, while holding the office of account
ant of the War Department. The tomb
was erected by his 'desolatc widow and
mourning SON. Evidently the virtues
and family affection fiourished in the early
days of the century past.
Kings remembered their civic servants,
too. in those days. and Fox was not the
only foreign representative who found a
last resting place among US. A stones
throw away from the tomb of Lear is
simple monument erected by order of
his majesty (the stone cutter was evil
IDENTIFY a stout republican. who scorned
princes and eapitals) Frederick Wilhelm
III, King Of Prussia, to the memory of:
His Resident Minister in the United
States, Frederick GIeuhm, who departed
this life on the 1st of December, 1923
Rich in History.
Rich in history is this quiet corner Of
quiet spot, for here. too, is a plain
shaft which commemor ates the death of
Push-ma- -ha, a Choctaw chief, who
died in Washington in 1924. of Group, in
his sixtieth year. The monument was
erected by his brother chiefs. here with
him on delegation from his nation
| Push-ma-tah ha is represented in deeply
craven words as ''ever the friend of the
white man" while bit of the Indian
character is displayed in the words which
tell the reader that:
Among his last words were: When I
am gone let the big guns he fired over
me- -
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Not far away, and plainly visible. is
the stately monument of Gen. Alexander
Macomb, whose victory over the coun-
trymen of Fox is carved on it's marble
base. Here history is not overlooked, as
in the case of Adams. The hero of
Plsttsburg receives his need of praise.
"The honors conferred upon him by
President Madison, received on the field
of victory Ior distinguished and gallant
conduct in defeating the enemy at Platts-
burg" says the breathless inscription
"and the thanks of Congress bestowed
with medal commemorative of this tri-
umph of the arms of the Republic attest
the high estimate of his gallantry and
meritorious services"
A line at the foot of this inscription an
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nounces that it is the result Of general
order of the War Department
General Macomb died at Washington,
s.the seat of government" in June of the
second year of the fatal forties. Near him.
under an imposing broken shaft, lies Gen.
Jacob Brown, his predecessor as COM
mander- chief of the army.
Beautiful Public Vault.
Not far away is the beautiful public
vault, guarded in sombre splendor by four
stately evergreens, their trunks garlanded
with ivy. In this vault rested for few
days in 1S49 the body of lovely Dolly Mad
ison before it was removed for interment
elsewhere.
Opposite the public vault is a low red
brick. on the walls of which two large
white marble tablets headed "Inexorable
Deaths Doings'' record the death of
eleven members of distinguished family
in ten years. Among them was the Amer
lean wife. as well as several children, OF
Manuel Carvallo, Minister of Chile at this
place. The death of the bereaved Minis
ter, while representing his country at the
Court of Belgium, few years later, is
also recorded, with the fact that his ash
es were conveyed over seas to rest in his
native soil.
Graves of Wainwrights.
A short distance away a splendid fam
lily vault contains the ashes of Brevet
Col. Robert DeWar Wainwright, Brevet
Col. r. Auchmuty Wainwright. Com
mander Richard Wainwright. and Rear
Admiral Thomas Harman Patterson, a
brave showing of brave men who served
their country wherever her flag led them
Outside of the vault, but within the en-
closure, is a white marble cross upon the
base of which, well-nigh covered with
ivy. is traced an inscription to the MEM
ory of Passed Midshipman Thomas Bagot
Wainwright, who died at sea off the coast
of Africa in 1850, and whose body was
committed to the deep
But farthest away from the great gate
are resting the Oldest dwellers in this
old cemetery. Here rear their proud
heads the monuments of two Vice Presi-
dents-George Clinton and Elbrldge
Gerry-erected by Congress. In strange
contrast they are, the ornate brownstone
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Death was busy IN the forties, as the
inscriptions attest-those inscriptions
which are impartially alike. Here is the
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envoy. whose imposing yet simple white
marble torub bears the inscription:
Sacred to the Memory of
Henry Stephen Fox,
For several years British Envoy !:
to the
United States.
He was the only son of
Gen. Henry Edward Fox,
And nephew to
Charles James Fox

Mr. Fox died in Washington, in 1916,
and his grave on the beautiful hillside
overlooking the Anacostia is as lonely as
that of the soldier who has died at his
post, leaving his dust in perennial exile.
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Der of the Congress in which the member
mentioned served. This and the birth line
is the sole variation. The experienced
marble cutter might almost have carved
the epitaph with his eyes shut, so familiar
must it have become. The man who waxed
old in his Congressional place shares
equally with him who died in his first
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Memorial to Calhoun.

Immediately on the right is the memorial
of iohn c. Calhoun, "A Senator in the
Congress of the United States, from the
State of South Carolina" who died March
81, 1850. Here the date of birth is also
missing. Clay and Calhoun belonged ap-
parently to all time.
A few OF the inscriptions give tho num-
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Tomb Of British Envoy.

Interest may centre in the cenotaphs in
the old cemetery, but 1t does not by any
means end there. One turns the pages of
history backward in a stroll among the
tomps. For near neighbor the tomb of
Joha Quincy Adams has that of British
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THE HON. HENRY CLAY,
A Senator in the Congress of the
United States
From the State of
Kentucky. :
Born -.
Died 29th June. 1852" :

State rights were evidently of great i'm
portance in those days; the letters in the
word Kentucky are equal in size to those
which form United States" each occupy
ing a single line
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
DRINKS QUEEN LIS HEALTH
senator Barton Proposes the Ex-
Queen at n Banquet Given
ut Honolulu.

HONOLULU, Via San Francisco. Sept. 20.
The members Of the senate committee
on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico COM
pleted the hearing OF testimony for the
present in Honolulu last Tuesday and
sailed for Hilo Wednesday. On Tuesday
evening Delegate and Mrs. Wilcox gave
luau or native feast in honor OF the sena-
torial party. All the members OF the COM
mittee and the women Of the party we're
present The guests numbered about ZOO
Senator Burton OF Kansas took Mrs Will
cox to the table and proposed the toast Of
the evening, which was to Queen Liliuoka-
lani, the toast to the president OF the
United States being proposed by Delegate
Wilcox some time later.
The eruption OF the volcano of Kilauea
is reported to have broken out afresh. On
the night Of September H., however, the
FIRE suddenly arose In the crater pile OF
Halmaeula in the large crater of Kilauea,
The lava rose very rapidly.
The offer OF the Honolulu Plantation
company to compromise the appeal in the
case of the United States against the
Plantation company to condemn a thirty
two-year lease TO SOL acres Of land at Pearl
Harbor, desired by the government for use
as a naval station, has been rejected by
the navy oticials and J, J. Dunno. the
assistant United States attorney. will pro-
ceed to San Francisco next week to fight
the appeal taken by the government from
the judgment Of 3105,OOO awarded the Plan
tation company at the last trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
WELCOME WAITS FOR TOWER
Berlin Government Has Formed in
Advance Good Opinion of
New Ambassador.

BERLIN Sept. 27.-The officials of the
foreign office inform the correspondent of
the Associated Press that the appointment
OF Charlemagne Tower as ambassador to
Germany is regarded with special satisfac-
tlon, since an excellent reputation pre-
cedes him. Very great regret is expressed
at the foreign office and elsewhere over
Mr.. Whites retirement. The legation was
filled this afternoon with officers expressing
regret al his retirement Mr.. White de-
clined to accept Yale's offer to represent
II at the Bodleian library centennial early
in October, because of the pressure of
settling up business here. Berlin will be
welcome change. for Mr.. Tower. who, 1t
is understood, Is tired of the dreary
splendor Of the St. Petersburg court, at
whose enormous functions sometimes 1900
sit down to supper, and only military men.
officials and diplomats appear, In Berlin
artists. literary men and university pro-
fessors share the life Of the court and
give 1t the variety and interest that are
lacking at st. Petersburg and Vienna. The
American colony at st. Petersburg con-
sists of forty persons, including women
and children, while over 200 are permanent
residents in Berlin.
When Mr.. White returns to the United
States he designs to bring to the atten-
tion Of the government the old question Of
its owning houses for ambassadors and
ministers. Suitable quarters cannot be OBJ
tained offhand by a newcomer Bayard
Taylor, who died here, was ruined 1nan-
cislly by the expenses necessary to main
tain his position as minister. General
Noyes. formerly United States minister at
Paris left his family scarcely anything
because OF the strain OF keeping up ap-
pearances. Mr. Whites view is that the
present salaries need not be increased II
the government provides permanent en-
bassies and a carriage allowance. Such
arrangements Of course would not permit
OF the splendid style OF living maintained
at European capitals by ambassadors OF
the frst-class powers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
ScHWAB DECLINES TO ASSIST
CandidIy Tells Frenchmen Reason for
Declining to Enter the
New Company.

Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, Sept. 27.-(New York World
Cablegram - Special Telegram.) &C. NJ.
Schwab's refusal to financially support the
proposed steamship line from Brest to New
York does not kill the project. The pro-
motors have been assured Of the French
government subsidies, and assert that the
organization OF the company will proceed.
Schwab's reasons for denying the requested
backing were extremely candid. He said:
'In the first place. l am interested in the
pool Of the transatlantic steamship lines,
and therefore. it would be inconsistent for
me to support competitor.
"In the second place, although l always
use the French line, 1t cannot be gainsaid
that the American public does not favor
French boats, and, third, my personal belief
is that voyagers will object more to the
FIVE hours increased railway journey than
the ten hours at sea-"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
NOT CHARMED WITH OXFORD
American Woman Can Admire Sim
pIicity, but Sees No Excuse
for Dirty Quarters.

Copyright. 1902, by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON. Sept. 27.-(New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram) - IAN
American mother" writes to the Times
expressing the disappointment she ex-
perienced at seeing the uninviting quar-
ters OF oxford students, where she had
purposed sending her son after four years
a. Harvard. She asks:
Ills It necessary, in order to turn out
polished. well groomed, refined English
man, to subject a youth to half f-palnted
floors, ragged carpets. shabby furniture,
.hockingly greasy cushions, untidy wall
paper, dirty mattresses and blankets and
extraordinary discomfort?
discomfort and rigid simplicity are, no
doubt salutary. OF that do not complain,
but do hesitate in my admiration OF
great university that countenances unnec-
essary disregard Of cleanliness.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
BUMP BRINGS HIM A BRIDE
Accident to a Trick Bicycle Rider to
BE Followed by
wedding.

Copyright, 1902 by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS. Sept. 26.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Speeial Telegram Eddie Oil
ford. the Yankee boy who nightly curdles
the blood Of the Nouveau Cirque audiences
by his daring bicycle plunge into a tank
Of water, is going to marry Lucie Benariet.
a wealthy widow. aged %. who jumped into
the arena and cried over Clifford a few
weeks ago when he miscalculated his
speed and struck the edge OF the tank,
which made him unconscious for two
hours. It seems that Nine Benariet fell
in love with the bicycle rider at hrst sight
and watched his performance nightly, but
kept her feelings a secret until she wit
messed the accident and thought the bi-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
AUTO CAR BOLTS INTO A BOG
Not Neat, but Furnishes n Soft Place
in which AristOcrAcy
Can Land.

Copyright, 1902 by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, Sept. 27.-(New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram. Mrs. Adair
has been entertaining the duke and duchess
Of Connaught at her beautiful place, Glen
veRgh castle, In the wilds OF Donegal Her
arrangements we're marred by a breakdown
Of her splendid new motor car, on which
she relied for transportation for her royal
visitors. When the duke and duchess OF
ConnAught. their daughter, Princess Mar
garet. with Mrs. Adair. were being driven to
Milroy to lunch with the countess OF Leitrim
the car became unmanagesble and bolted
into bog by the roadside, where It stuck
fast. Fortunately. owing to the softness Of
the soil. no one was injured, although the
car was very nearly overturned.