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Show RrjLIITO PASSION. One of the moat remarkable cases of womanly pride was recently demonstrated dem-onstrated at the death of a lady, Mrs. M. M. Schofield a milliner, at Saratoga, Sara-toga, N. Y. This lady was well-known well-known in that famous watering place and was a member of the Baptist Church. Tho preparations for her interment were arrange with tho utmost care. The casket in which her body was placed was m ado of yellow pine, lined with zinc and white satin, and covered with black silk Velvet, with elegant and elaborate silver trimmings. The whole top of the casket being off, disclosed tho whole -ength figure of the beautiful corpse. She was clad in a full dress Of rich black silk velvet, trimmed with lace. One- hand, delicately gloved.hcld a rich laco handkerchief, and n the other niilo, which was bare, , glistened the diamonds ofhei engagement ring.held in place upon her fingcr,as for many years in life, by the plain gold wedding ring. Wreaths and crosses of tea-roses and other flowers r fire, beautiful, und fragrant were oitieticaUy disposkd'in great proluwiou. At tho grave the casket was placed in a box also encased en-cased with zinc, and both hermetically scaled. Directions for all these arrangements ar-rangements and formalities had been deliberately given by tho deceased, who had all instructions regarding the funeral and tho burial carefully and deliberately written out before her death. Tho velvet of which her dress was composed, and tho same with which the casket was covered, she purchased herself for just Ihu purpose several years ago, and kept it sacredly laid aside for such Use only. |