, 1874-11-14
The Cremation Of s.ntfy Dilkc,s fsosiy.


cot,pays London kattcr-ctnctn,ati Commercial.
Tho Sensational account OF tho cremation Of
tho body Of Lady Dllko, which has, SEQ, gono
tho rot1ndn tn America as hero, roquiroB but lit
tlo examination to show iia apocryphul olatao-
tor. Tho furnace used at Dreadeu. and tho iu-
tonao hoat around 1t, ndmits OF Ito such minute
inspection Of tho proceas Of combustion as is iu.
dcatcd in the paragraph that profoRBos to de-
acribo it. Tho tnelvo responsible perHous who
wore prcsont At tho ovent engaged solon,nly not
to disclose tho details, aud thafo Is no reason to
bolievo that tllay hAye brokoa their porn The
paragraph has oyidently boon written by as, op-
ponent-ao al loaat tho London Lancet believes
TO try and produce in tho public 1nlnd revul-
hayo 6ccn .re1hircd for experiment dond
animal would hayo served as vol, aud oxpor-
mcntH could haye leen 90 made at Dresden mud
elsewhere, which haro shown TINT cremation is
effects on tho so,,aes. Lady Dko was ono Of u
considerable nutnbor OF pofsons who. since the
nsftasion .of tho subject, hhye made provision
FOR having their hodiea burned after death. Tho
fear Of prc,natuto burial haH beon shown to bo
much moro, widespread titan tho foar Of not
being placed together properly at tho sound Of
tho Arclaugct'H trumpet; and, that popular ar-
prohension, along With certain unpleasant asso-
clati0ns with underground compoattlon MAY yot
gyo the cromaiionists tho victory over surnrati-
lions about bodily resurrection. was pome-
what hstonIsl,ctl. BY tho way, to find how larga
IN amount Of feeling favorable to cremation pre-
vailed among tho learned men Of the recent
Oriental Congress. On n ceffain morning DR..
Lcitnor waa exhibiting to tho Cougross LIS nong-
niRcont Greco-Bud1hiat collection iii Tho ROYAL
Albert Hall, mic, among other thfnsshe exhibited
small portrait Rnnlei, ulat1o Ut tho ases Of tho
dcad, md Wnrn round tho recls by Tilibetans.
Which, thoao people have burned tile body Of q
deccnaod friond, instead orputttng the ashes into
nn nrE, they cemens it into little oval forms,
paint on each tho portrait Of tl,oir friend, and
sonlo little epitapl, along with gacred texts and
symbolH. These little memorials arc thcn dis
tr1butel smonE the family pna friends Of tho
deceased, aud worn us lookots. lhc specimen
shown I'D by Dr.. Ioitner WIS douidclly pretty,
aud the idea c1cited + good deal OF admiration
among tflose prcso,1t, many ohacrving that tho
woariHg Of brooches, etd., contnlnfnS the lnipia-
turaa or l,ar Of doceaRed friends aprenred to bo
n survival III Europe Of this Oriental custun
But, as might he expected, aome Of tho Egyptot-
ogiBts rathor frownel OIL oromntioi. 1t WIN dis
cursed BY group OF them among The mumn,ios
In tho DritiHl, Museum. ''How." exclaimed ono
Of them" how should wo ever hayo knawn any,
thing abont Egypt it 1t had practieod cremation
Instoad Of ali these scuptured sarcoplagi ami i'll
ncribed wrappin%R. wa should only 1lave = little
ashos?' Ono dfstinguishs tsaYant, however, TO.
marked TINT tuat ns littlo about Egypt wou,d
have heon transmitted to II they had nractiecd
Christian hnrias-thon we Hilonld hare inherited
somc "rotton rags and dust"