SOME QUEER COFFINS.
.m M. Dimit, a Russian diplomatist iv Paris, who had a marvellous capacity for drinking champagno.collected the lead papers with which the corks of cbampagnebdttles are covered, and out of those which be and his friends had cousumed, a lfcsd cofliu was made, m. whioh he was carried to his grave. Coffins ot glass, aro in favour, aud are frequently used in Russia. Cofiiuß have been made of 6tone, papt/r, wick**rwork, tin, lead, aluminium, aud steel. Sir Richard Burton was buried in a silver coffin, and a lsdy id Glasgow buried her pet parrot in a rosewood coffin, the body being first enclosed in a glass box. It was hand-carved in rich Persian designs, ri lk-lined, and the lid closed down with sevnteen goldetuicrews,
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2971, 24 June 1898, Page 3
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127SOME QUEER COFFINS. Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2971, 24 June 1898, Page 3
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