The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-23

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man for ? demanded the policeman
hauling him around by the collar,
! iIdidp't want Id bother him.
only meant to scare linn. had n
money 10 60 to the island so L playet
The western man ION him, just as
have seen it'Nriiteni up, In tile funnI
papers. = says ether these paper
are the darndest liars on the continent
or else / missed the ombination OF
the gag. :e--.-. 49,.
And they locked him up to thinl
over which might be. The case.
The Cremation of q Woman.
| New York Tribune.
James French, the son. Of Isidors
French, of No. ISL East seventy
third street, returned on Thursday
night from the LIE Moyne Cremat' ~
at Washington, Penn, wither be had
taken the body of his mother to be
cremated. To a reporter Of the Tri-
bune, who called at the house, MIR.
French said !: / have not brought
nv mothers ashes back with me. The
crematory people will senul them by
express. They told nae that the
weight would be about five pounds of
black and white ashes. We have not
quite; decided whether fhey shall be
kept in a caskef or whether We will
place them in a vase and have a suita-
ble inscription painted on it. My
father will be cremated, too, when his
turn comes, and then the ashes will be
mingled together, so that those whom
God Joined in life will be inseparable
in death. -: .
How long did the burning take?
About four hours. The fuel used
was anthracite coal, l believe, and the
crematOry seemed to me to be old
fashioned and defective. The body
was placed on a grating, and was
wrapped in cloths saturated in a sOlu-
ton of alum. I could see it in the
fnrnance, for there are two apertures,
but the glare of the flames was 50
great that was forced to protect nv
ey, g with a board. The coffins are
sent to neighboring poorhouse for
the benefit Of the friendless people
who die and are buried at the expense
of the county, believe this is a step
forward in the direction of true n.y.
giene, but in any case would have
carried out my mothers wishes.
A dark-eyed young lady then said:
My father has just said that the acl
which has taken place has relieved
his mind of a terrible weight. He
could not bear the thought of mother
changing slowly to corruption in the
cold ground, nor could /. Mothe
herself begged that she might be burn
ed. She was a true believer in God,
many people who did mol
comprehend her thought that she was
an atheist. 1t may be thought tina.
she chose this form of passing away
because she did not care for religious
but she thought that
there was more of fashion than OF
real Importance in many forms. and
in the forns Of burial"
Popular Preaching.
The term popular preacher" ha
been SO abused aud degraded that
n hat ought to be, and once was. IT,
tie of high honor has become yer,
severe reproach. 1t Was to the pop
ulace especially that the preacher
used to address himself with the most
fruitful result and he was best quail
fed to deliver The divine message who
knew how to make it comprehensive
and attractive to the common people. |
1t was the popular preacher who con-
verted nations, established churches, |
md kindled in corrupt ages the fire of |
reform. From the days of st. Paul
20 our own time, the popular preacher |
mas been the chief propagation nf Chris |
;;anity ; Protestatism and Catholicism !
alike have recognized his special call
ne, AID assigned him a peculiar place
n the work of tie church.
But pulpit popularity has come to
nave false meaning. The popular
DOW is not the one who stirs
mems hears but the one who draws
money. He is Judged like an actor,
~ the receipts at the bux-ofiee. If
he pews are taken at high prices, if
he church can maintain itself in style
md pay expenses, the minister is
rood card he can command liberal
alary !; perhaps he can figure as a
tar, and make lucrative lecture en-
.agements. Whether or not his coll
.regation snow any advance in spiritu-
lily under his exhortatiOns. or his
'eOple learn to adorn their daily lives