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THE MODERN CEMETERY, 
A MONUMENT IN FAIRMOUNT CEMETERY, NEWARK, N. J. 
Monumental Notes. 
In one of the new sections of Fairmount Ceme- 
tery, Newark, N. J., may be seen the novel monu- 
ment shown in the above illustration. The pedestal 
and ball are of Quincy granite and the figure of the 
child is in bronze, cast from a model by Mr. John 
Rogers, the New York sculptor. The monument 
is octagonal in form with a diameter of eight feet 
at the base and rising to a height of 17 feet 6 
inches. Circular inscription tablets ornamented 
with wreaths of ivy are on each of the eight sides of 
the die. The sphere above is nearly 5 feet in diam- 
eter and so highly polished as to reflect surrounding 
objects as clearly as a mirror. Resting lightly on 
this massive pedestal is the life-like figure of a babe 
modeled a little larger than life. The design, which 
has been copyrighted, is original with Mr. H. T. 
Clawson of Newark, the father of the babe, to whom 
we are indebted for the photograph from which the 
engraving was made. 
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In the interior of the costly mausoleum in which 
the remains of the late Leland Stanford were recent- 
ly laid to rest, there are no crypts or vaults com- 
monly found in such structures. In the spacious 
room, 15 ft.x22 ft. 3 in., with its floor, walls and 
ceiling of white marble, are three sarcophagi meas- 
uring 8 ft. 6 in. X 5 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft., cut from single 
blocks of Italian marble and designed expressly for 
the bodies of father, mother and son. Each sar- 
cophagus is lined with heavy steel plates, is provided 
with a carved marble cover and bears an appropri- 
ate inscription. The mausoleum covers a ground 
space of 50x30 feet and is constructed of Vermont 
granite. The cost exceeded ^100,000. 
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“Eminent as a poet, rarely accomplished as a 
linguist, learned and acute in science — a man with- 
out guile,” is a portion of the epitaph on the mon- 
ument recently placed at the grave of the poet 
James Gates Percival, at Hazel Green, Wis. 
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An imposing monument of Georgia granite has 
just been completed in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chi- 
cago, commemorative of the seven thousand Con- 
federate soldiers buried there. A statue in bronze 
of a Confederate infantryman eight feet in height 
surmounts the shaft, and bronze relief plates in the 
die represent ‘‘The Call to Arms,” 7 ‘The Lost 
Cause,” “The Eternal Sleep” and the seal of the 
Confederacy. The memorial was erected by ex- 
Confedcrates at a cost ot about $7,000. 
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The famous leaning tower of Pisa is a campanile 
or bell tower. It was begun in 1174 by the two 
famous architects — Bonano of Pisa and Will am 
Innspruck. The tower, which is cylindrical in 
form, is 179 feet high and 50 feet in diameter, 
made entirely of white marble. It has eight stories, 
each with an outside gallery projecting several feet 
from the building, and each decorated with columns 
and arcades. In the center of the tower a flight of 
320 steps passes up to the summit. It is called the 
leaning tower from the fact that it inclines some 
thirty feet from the perpendicular, and it is not gen- 
erally known that this inclination, which gives the 
tower such a remarkable appearance, was not in- 
tentional. At the time it was about half done the 
error in measurement was perceived, and it was 
guarded against by the use of extra braces in the 
further construction of the building and an adapta- 
tion of the stone in the highest portion. There are 
seven bells on the top of the tower, the largest of 
which weighs 12,000 pounds, and these are so 
placed as to counteract, as far as possible, the lean- 
ing of the tower itself. — Ex. 
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A receiving vault of brick and stone is in 
course of erection at Woodmere cemetery, Detroit, 
Mich. The building will cost $15,000. 
