Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-30
CREMATION AaaIs.

ABOUT q month ago me corpse OF n.
I. Stewart. the famous merchant prince
OF New York. was stolen from the grave.
presumably with q view to securing q
large reward for its return. The detec-
tive force Of the metropolis has been en-.
gagged ever since in an attempt to recover
the body. but their efforts have been in
vain. Mr.. Stewards remains were On.
cased In three costly Baskets, the vault
in which they reposed was carefully
guarded. and all possible precautions
we're taken to protect the body from the
ghouls who finally secured it. II any
corpse mishtbs supposed to be safe. that
Of Mr.. Stewart certainly should have
been SO considered. And yet the vault
was entered. the Baskets forced. and to-
day the widow Of the deceased million
airs 10 utterly ignorant Of the where
abouts OF the mortal remains Of her
husband.
The body Of Baron Won Palm. the
late leader Of the Theosophical Society
In this country. was recently delivered
over to DR.. lie Moyne. at Washington.
Pa. for cremation. A few short hours
reduced the remains Of the Baron to four
pounds Of clean. white. pearly ashes.
All the noIious gases which enter as
components into the human body. were
Tapped up and absorbed in the purifying
fire. In his life this man strove to ben.
eft his kind. by spreading the doctrine
Of cremation. In his death he refused
to be the possible means Of injuring the
living. by sowing the seeds Of disease in
. populous city. Tho four pounds Of
ashes we're scattered on the winds Of
heaven. and in = few months, when the
Spring appears. the mortal part OF
Baron Won Palm will appear in bsauti-
full fiowersts by the wayside. They will
aid in the production Of vegetable life.
instead Of tending to destroy animal life.
Here are two instances OF the dispo-
sition Of the human body after death.
and they are instructive to the living.
In the one case. q dead millionaire be-
comes the prey OF body snatchsrs, and
his surviving friends are rendered
wretched. In the other. q noble devo-
tee Of science passes away to live again
in the beautiful things Of Nature. The
one has contributed his mite toward
poisoning the air we breathe. and SOW
ing the seeds Of disease in u great city.
The other has confirmed in his death
the principles which he advocated in life.
No surgeon will mangle his body. and
his grinnins skull will never decorate a
doctors study. We ask all sensible men
whether tho course pursued by Baron
Won Palm was not more rational than
that adopted by the friends Of A. t.
Stewart.
II this hideous and revolving system
Of burying u dead in the ground must
Be continued ; II the prejudice against
cremation is 50 thoroughly rooted thatit
cannot be e~radieated. then let Us ut least
hasten the process Of nature by all means
in our power. Instead OF retarding the
process Of dissolution as the friends Of
Mr.. Stewart did. and thus Offering q
premium on the CHASTITY crime OF body
snatching. let US bury our dead in quick.
lime. and in merely a few hours there
will DO no temptation for the thieves to
remove them. Cremation Is preferable
BY all means. but IL we cannot have Gre
nation. gives Us, at least, rapid dissolu-
ton /; the more rapid the better. Quick
lime or something chemically similar
would effsc,ually prevent all incentive
or desire for body snatching. by the
prompt and speedy destruction OF the
body itself.