The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-08
GheQntelIi9encer:
CREMATION.
Or. James Kings address ..s "a. al
Washington, En,. after the Cre-
,rvtiou Of DE PALM.

Warrington, Pn,. aIteF tue SFe-
nation Of DE Palul.
Alter the address Of Col. olcott, Of
ys W. York, Dr.. james King, Of Pitts.
burgh, spoke as follows;
"Du.t thou att and unto dust shalt tho" re-
turn" n Ina, ,,,r,, IN ,ho earth n, /,
v,, Ssi The sliit shall return unto God who gave
f."
These .criptural quotations tell the
whole ,tory OF the end oil mans physical
orgspilatiou, and the destiny OF his i'm
mortal part. The body decays, is reduc'
"a TO the elements oil inorganic matter
Srs,urns TO the earth as II was" but the
.nI tho divine spark, returns 10 the
bosom Of the Eternal. Though the body
h destined 10 decompose, there Is that in
our nature which prompts us to treat 1t
With respectful care. Indeed our alice
lions 10 Cling 10 the form OF one we love,
that they cluster about II even when the
,pIrit which made it lovely in our eyes
kas taken It's departure. We often
mourn over the body OF friend, though
il /. no more to him than his cast oil
clothing. 10 aiEtctionaie remembrance
Q! bis virtues we decent? usesS W. ueo,
crate 1t win gafianuS OIL MOWERS anG
pour upon II tue perfume u our s"u :. auu
bssius, wo turn from it as an unseemIy
thing and hasten to "buryit out sight"
PRESENT BURIAL CUSTOMS.
THO dispossl Of the remains OF the
ioaI I'm. interested mankind in all
neriods Of his history. Various methods
md customs have prevailed in relation
IbSreto but none TO change the eternal
deere M il 4 written, "fhe dust shall
Tsturn TO the earth as it was." The vital
iorce which build. up and holds together
the cornnonents Of The organized struc.
tpre orerstes only during life. Accord.
inc to The law OF Nature, as SOM US life
,sase, the BODY begins TO disintegrate
and eventually It, components separate
into elementary forms Of matter, out OF
which 1t was constructed II acLua!eu
byAgIVen sci oil motives, you may nast ,,
The process, as ny inc la . l1rmaily
Instituted nero LAl1 uAy-il movsu, On !ne
other hSnd' ny tho intiIe nope oil securing
Tor tho BODY an endless preservation; ~
enoalmlns oy the "hetHeIiG scni, VI
otneFwlae' you may tesatn 'he process
Out you eau 40 mounting more. ne ~ Hus'
'na!l return 10 EARN ~ II WA Inns y
VIII unlock any prison hou:e III "n' gu
you would coHune ~ anu let us atoms ny
ThiIneTsoeveF IN INC 4omal" Vi "a'"'e'
Ihs.t alnnlues may leau .aeh' L
NOW, II ~ tue coLhous'iG" Of 'lle pouy
you elect tho separation 0! TIE element
the result occurs py aswiIt' purifying,
asa!ai9l process. 4he 8aSe: u coH1alns
ste G1ss'Pa1eu upon 'nt ar n!InSu! ioIm'
~ luxurious cTaloi .I as 'ulI , a IT.
H'petAeu IN narIIieSs EaPoFs Ahu 'ne
EARN! s9ilG', paFinee ~ nre remain ;.,n M. ~
mae', ~nioh may W gathered nv YIN ~
y you T'Su, 's sU,ee.tn'e' Pr"'''''" III
CLASSIC uteece ana home.
HORRORS OF THE GRAVE.
Blu, when the body is committed, to the
grave, and the separation Of its elements
|. allowed TO take place BY putrifaction,
,bo re,nlt orcnrs by a sl9wer offensive
process, and one which may be hurtiul TO
The health Of the living, Soxious fluids
are formed in the decom position which
NAV percoIate tho cnrth Ia be washed by
rains or subterranean currents into the
we'll, and snripys md streams snnnlyinp
u, With The waIer we drink Tbe Eases
eliminated in tho process unhindered
iorn new combinations Of an offensive and
dsIeteFlous kind, such na the phosphuret
and 'uIphuret OF hydrogen. A portion
Of these may he in solution and pass
aoEGward' with the fluids. Another
portion may be held with the air In the
surrounding earth and emanate in le-
MaI VapoT', when tho earth is opened for
nswth@Ements. We have the history as
" !Ie emana1!on Of such pent'up gases
90 tIe fe'openinS Of old graves after four
Iunateu years, ~ the re.Orenlng OF the
Tut!A' pi'a at Lewes, which were closed
autsoS The Black Death in the fourteenth
S ,sy' But chiefly Is tho tendency OF
."e noAsoM gases generated in the grave
s W creep up through the crevices and
pG, 20. VI .4e loose earth and by the law
iii, tas s mIIual a'tid'lon Of gases, mingle
IA a Auu poison Inc alr we breathe. 10
"'S,n, ~ nus We nave The statement in q
TMuunica'ion TO the British Medical
',;an Il'ot august, 1874, that the eman-
aSJ. "Om 'ne suburban grayeyards In
-'auon PoIInte the air enough tossmell
EARTH As A NEurEALIzER.
We DO not ignore the fact that the put
resent and uphSalthiul fluids and case
resulting from animal accommodation ar,
capable Il bsipg pentrsiiSed bv the earth
The lnti.ep,iq rropertio, Of certain
soils ia a dry state and their agency il
delaying dscop po.ltion cannot 6s oIcs
ton. fhaye read with great interest DR.
AdiiusIl HCwson,s memoir published II
pAiladelDbia Two vS ' 700 corc"rn;nt
The sppIismio '"O year! Sar,h ago. '0" .nrr;"a
dressing, Tie Un|sron. errSr;ment,
lnliacis detailed bv linn corroborstcI
md confirmed by ,hs rsSes rcbas of Pro
ls,,Ors Wsy Iieb;" onJ 'S o,%arS i",i y,
IIrd 10 hi, .ubisc, I I, !, ,b;s. Th.,
4'y, ClaySy sofia Acting n. Jsoryssn,s-
that l., by sborbinS orv,oNW,}6 iel,,
The pu,rsi,c,;Or ''nS u "IySeI"L NJ, ue' "a;
b.llsd In than. ,r ~ ,t ".n i oouaS S, '
abIO,b nmmonIa' thu suIr1iS S I Srd nb aS