Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-16

snare oil the stock, ana give my pOuy 10 pe |
burned. II for no other reason, the reform |
should be encouraged to suppress dangers
Of infection that arise from the ordinary |
funerals of persons who die Of contagious
diseases. BY all means let us have q Gre
matory. 1t should be ready, anyhow, for
epidemic times. 1t is q clean, reverent,
healthful. oconomicssand wise disposition
Of the dead"
&" Sacrilegious >" said the preacher,
" cremation sacrilegious? Not bit of 1t.
1t has the sanction of inspired and histori-
cal authority. II the Pagaus indulge IN
1t 1t only goes to show that there are
good many things in which they eau give
us points. 1t has no doubt been found
most salutary In the crowded and warmer
countries of the East, aud with the in
crease Of population here and the develop.
ment of our civilization 1t is certain to be
adopted. l would just as readily pronounce
the funeral obsequies over the ashes OF the
dead as over their clammy flesh and am
ready, II needs be, to vlndicatc from the
pulpit the burning of the body Us Chris
tian mode Of disposing of tho dead
e.
Why are the lawyers so generally in
favor of cremation p was asked of q
privateering to the base ball match. They
all answered at once. Want 70 DO tenn
pered for their future fate
e"
No doubt in the world tina; the cre-
nation project will 90 on, said one OF the
enthusiastic projectors of it There is
g., 900 of stock already taken on the books {;
and they will be left for few days at the
lNTELLIGENcER to give Others chance.
| II is not intended as a money making con
Germ, but rather 70 promote the reform in
view, and those who 60 in are expected to
do that by example as woll as precept.
OF course they cannot unalterably pre-
scribe cremation, even for themselves for
a mans family--not himself nor his lega'
tees nor executors--coutrol the disposition
of his remains. But most OF those
who are in this project propose to
| be cremsted themselves Il is desirable
to allot the stock in small portions 50 as to
| get the largest number OF persons inter
ested many prominent men outside OF the
| city have indicated a willingness 10 asso.
| ciate themselves with the enterprise.
| Details as to location, cost, design aud
management of tho crematory can be
settled hereafter. 1t may be crude
affair like that at Washington, Pa, which
cost about e. 600 or elaborate, with all
the modern improvements, like the mar
| bic crematory a. Ber in, which cost IS. 600
| There is none other than Lo MOyue's IN
this country, and that IS 50 inaccessible
that there is great demand for ono located
nearer the populous centrlso OF the eastern
| part of the country. Hundreds Of bodies
| would be brought 70 a crematory In Ian.
caster. Here is the place for it. 1t should
be built in sight OF the Pennsylvania
railroad line and must have tasteful and
cheerful Surroundings.
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Among the rooms engaged by the Penn.
| sylvauia delegation to the Democratic
| national convention at the Grand Pacific
hotel is the Que in which Zach Chandler
| died likewise that which Garfield OcCu-
pied during the convention which nomi
mated him. Chairman Hepsel had better
be circumspect how he assigns tho rooms
for which he has contracted. Political
lightning is apt 20 strike in the same
place twice.
1t is reported, on good authority, tina
during the tire a. Wizards hotel our con
servative congressman let his trunk cOvG
with bed cord. No BiilmOrrison reck
lessness in his.
| There's a funny tight up in BedforC
county. John LutZ and John Ii. Jordan
recently consolidated their Republican
papers, the Republican and Inquirer, form
erly organs of opposing factions. But con
solidation don't always consolidate. B'tl
of them want the congressional nomina
tiOn of their party they have proclaimed
their respective candidacy and are abusing
each other like pickpockets. The Demo
| I'D frNlF har n,
their firm named Smith TO run too aud pre-
dict that if he runs he can beat both hi
par tneIs. J. B. Cessna and another mai
are also candidates. IL is very likely tn
Republican nominee will come from one o
the other three counties of the district
and the outside aspirants watch the XII
kenny fight in Bedford with unconcealC
glee.
Persons who live in the neig ghbOrhood c
forest fires or who suffer the loss of wood
lands from that source tell me that to tn
carelessness of persons after game and {
bee hunters most of these fires owe the
origin. The bee hunters in the fall or
INSCRIPTIONS and VANDALISM in cuttiu
down the finest trees TO get bee, an
after building their fires TO stupeiy tL
swarm with sulphur fumes they are crimt
nally careless in allowing the flames
, communicate to dry leaves, twgs an
uuderbrush. The fires are general
fought most successfully by srartin
another line of flame in front OF tha
which is advancing aud driving the ne
line back to meet that whose outset Is I
be stayed.
There 10 nothing improbable ia th
story that Don Cameron will set up f(
Uncle John Sherman, despite Sam Barr
, tears and fears. When Sherman went
Chicago in 1880, he was sold out by thrS
i. OF his four delegates at large CARTEL
Q among them. 1t was plot from the sta
, aud he knew it, 80 that If he expects to
4 nominated this year he will like as not pt
his case into his niece's husbands hand
, He knows the "Ohio man" too well aL
1 Cameron prefers cold, skilled practic
1 politician like Sherman 10 any more tlabt
a experiments, literary fellers, sniyel servi
= reiormers or political acrobats.
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t There were eight in the party-tv
3 political Agnostics and ak KnOw-it-all
The two bet the six that in q doz'
guesses between them, equally divided {
, TO parties, they couldn't hit a winner
4 either of the Chicagos. The six name
s these candidates Blaine, Edmunds, Lii
d coin, Gresham, Hawley, Alllson--Carlisl
!. Tilden, Randall, Cleveland, Payne, Ba
7, ard. Cut this out aud paste it in yol
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