The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-09
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cremation o.I never be- "a question Of
/ health IT u.i..iy that ~ bfing ab5u,
Z the reform the apf,es. mus, BE- made %
the po.tsg auI continent ~ mankind
Ana ihit, notwithstanding that the dan
ger the horror and paatiIence u ine
I burial 'ystsn, r4H. IS they aljege BE-
easily shONB Gfayes ar fobb4d and
desecYatsd % such al extent that rnang
tons II human b6ues are gen,
north from London each gear
70 he crushed and used for
manure Tradition tells u, that the
grave Is an uudi.,urbed and perpetual
sleep bu, 1t ia replied tia, there /. no
such thing AZ AZ eternal Metropolis. al
eternal burial, an csmeterie. are con.
, SANITY broken up and removed to 10
cailiits more remote from T,0pulous
towns. Again, wells springs and rrers
are contaminated By contact with the
soiI Of gfaVeyards and the eIh.latiou
u Rsses from cemeteries fills the ain
NTH deadly poison Grayediegers are
at times oyeFpOrsrcd. and 1T Paris IN
1852 three men died from inbAling al
escape Of gas from collins. Dr. sslmi, Of
Iantus, bottled the air above a GENE.
terry IN calm weather, and round il 70
contain an organic corpu.cle which
when administered IN solution 70 q
pigeon, developed putrd fever and
caused death in three days, On the
score Of utility Sir Henry Thompson
shows that goo $50 pounds Of bone
earth would result from creating the
SOON yearly death, in London, and
that this by tho Law Of nature and a
regard for the living should be returned
20 the soil !, is shown that a crema.
ton cemetery Of twenty acres is sufii.
GENTLY large 10 contain the ashes OF
l3,ll5,000 bodies, 20 that economy Of
space forms an important argument inf
cremation. II matters not whether
the process Of dissolution ia the mould.
ering decay Of the grave or the di.in.
icctant Of fire, the result is the same
the body isresolyed into its simple ele-
ments. whether gaseous or mineral
Why not employ, then, it il
urged, the good angel OF fire
to hasten the dissolution and rem.
der 1t innocuous' The problem may
bo thus stated Given, a dead body TO
resolve II into carbonic acid [C 02]. wa
ter, II o and ammonia n 1881 and
the mineral elements, phosphate, sui.
phur msgncsia, etc, rapidly, safely and
pleasantly. The solution has already
been stated, and when the process OF
cremation shall have been generally
adopted cemeteries will no longer DO
required, and the institutions used IA
their stead will bo known MS establish
ments for the icineration ofthe dead.
Gods Acre will become, perhaps, a
gorgeous temple, with almost innumer.
able si,lcs and alcoycs containing mil.
lions OF urns, constructed Of porcelain,
alabaster or precious metal, according
10 the taste and wealth of the owner,
and within them = refined sublmate.
tho ashes OF departed friends. Around
and among them may be grown uIuri-
ant tropical plants, laden with delicious
perfumes, AZ substitute for the solemn
cypress and weeping willow that adorn
the graveyard Of today When tho
change is completed the elegy in coun-
try churchyar ! will become = curious
relic ola bygone ago On the ground |
OF sentiment II ia urged by tho oppo.
nents OF cremation that the proposed
change would do away with the chris.
tian burial service, made sacred by the
custom Of continuous centuries. In