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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
the wife of a chieftain), whose earrings are of mas- 
sive gold, was found holding a beautifully orna- 
mented stylus of siK'er. The skeleton of a woman 
measures 6 feet 3 inches in length; two bronze ear- 
rings were found in the ears; the iron buckle of a 
belt had fallen between the crests of the iliac bones; 
in the right hand was a small iron knife, in the left 
a swivel . — Reliquary and Illustrated Archesologist . 
Village Adornment. 
Now that improvement societies are rapidly 
organizing in our smaller towns and villages for the 
purpose, as the name implies, of stimulating efforts 
to secure better conditions about the streets and 
public places, it is opportune to present ideas that 
have become facts, and so emphasize suggestions for 
adaptation elsewhere. 
The accompanying illustration gives a view in 
Lebanon, N. H., where by the exertions of Miss 
Mary L. Storrs, of Albany, N. Y., a native of Le- 
banon, a triangular spot at the junction of two 
thoroughfares, used fora common dumping ground, 
has been turned into a beauty spot and the pride of 
the village. Money was raised by subscription to 
purchase a fountain, grade and improve the plot, 
and the unsightly ground has become transformed 
into a neat little park, reflecting its condition upon 
its surroundings and thus justifying to the fullest 
extent the labor and sacrifice involved in the inaug- 
uration and development of the plan of improve- 
ment, and bestowing credit upon all concerned. 
Many an unsightly scar on the face of, perhaps, 
an otherwise interestinglocation, could be so removed 
and the benefit of such an improvement be immedi- 
ately appreciated. In this particular line of work 
the outlay need not be prohibitory, and the fountain 
offers an economical means of making considerable 
pi splay at moderate cost, Besides, as has so often 
been suggested in these columns, such benefactions 
may wisely form memorials of departed citizens, 
just as appropriately, and far more beneficially lo- 
cated than within the confines of the cemetery. 
Legal. 
riTLE BY ADVERSE POSSESSION. 
The supreme court of Alabama holds, in the 
case of Bonham v. Loeb, that proof that the 
complainant’s grandfather, husband and children 
were buried in a certain lot; that so long as she 
lived conveniently near she visited it frequently 
and kept it in very good condition; that after she 
moved away she left it in charge of another lady, 
who testified that she went to the spot frequently, 
and gave it the best attention she could; and that 
more than ten years back one of the firm who bought 
the property said that the grave- 
yard would never be troubled, 
will not establish title by adverse 
possession. 
ONE BURIAL PERMIT SUFFICIENT 
IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
A law has been passed in Penn- 
sylvania providing that whenever 
a cemetery or burial ground is 
located partly within the corpor- 
ate limits of two or more munici- 
palities, a burial permit issued by 
the proper authority of either of 
said muncipalities shall be a suf- 
cient warrant for the interment 01 
the body mentioned in said per- 
mit in part of said cemetery. 
One of the most remarkable monuments in this 
country is in San Luis Obispo, Southern California. 
A great rock rises 1 50 feet above the plain of Car- 
issa, and in the distance looks rugged and forbid- 
ding. It has on its eastern side an opening 25 feet 
broad, which leads into an inner temple or court, 
with level floor 225 feet long and 125 feet broad at 
its widest part. The ceiling is 60 to 100 feet high. 
This great natural cathedral is a wonder to geolo- 
gists, but it is more wonderful to archaeologists. 
It was evidently used by prehistoric men as a tem- 
ple of worship or a capitol of government. On the 
walls are paintings in red, white and black, doubt- 
less having a meaning. There are figures represent- 
ing fields ,suns, forts, spears, men, and animals. The 
colors are apparently as bright as when laid on. 
The wonder was discovered by Franciscan mission- 
aries more than one hundred years ago, and there 
has been no change in its appearence since. When 
or by whom the walls were decorated no one 
knows. 
