The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-05-31

London World.
The crematorium stands at the far end of The
grounds, building not large high, butt with its
crescent shaped open dt,ium OF white MARBLE sur
nciently handsome and imposing. ON the frieze Is
this description: Temple CreniatoriO per pOtOnfd
| dei Alberto Keller erettO donald alta cittd al
Milano. on the wall facing the entrance is hand
| mated In the temple OF his own providing. Many
portions OF the wall are marked on in small tablets
inscribed win the names of the persons whose
bodies have undergone cremation, and whose
ashes, In many cases, repose In an urn or
small vessel in niche behind the tablet Ashes
about compile OF haadfuls OF white bleached
bone, IN hits no longer than ones tnger-all that
NAMED, ~ learned, after the cremation of the body
OF man some ten stone in weight. Other spaces
have been appropriated by intending cremators,
and have the word "Assegnato" inscribed on them.
INTO what ! may describe as the OperatiDg-rOom,
~ the middle OF which stands the Enclosed
furnace. looking much like an enlarged edition
OF me familiar laundry copper. The fire Is
kinded al the back of this furnace, and when at
lne proper moment released by the uplifting of iron
shutters comes roaring through two large oriaces
anu quickly Hills the whole of the space where lies
IT'S prey. The body--H cdddpe,o, az the attendant
called II, seeming TO take great delight In repeating
me words-dressed In light linen or WOODEN
sllrond or other domestic costume Ia taken from
the shell In which 1t has been brought and laid on
when is borne 70 the month OF the furnace and laid
on q frame, which, by the action OF a winch, is
door is then closed the shulersaas described above
are raised, and the furnace, 10 use American ex-
preston, Ia literally In full blast. AT the end of two
hours the operation Is complete, and all that there
remain OF what WAS once man, full of "blOod,
bones, marrow, passion, feeling" are
:" Two handfuls OF white dust shut In an urn OF
brass"
The system at present In Is that of Paolo Gorini
takes, as have said two hours and the cOnsump-
lion OF 300 kiogramines of wood and e5 kilo
granmes OF charcoal. The cost Of everything IN
Gliding the mural tablet, is o. francs. A new
method, known as the Systeme Venini, under which
the incarceration Will be effected by gas, was then
Immediately abont TO he trled-I saw the furnace
lust competed-and Is no doubt now In operation
Under this system the whole affair will he completed
In iifty minutes
In this place, which was perfectly sweet, Clean
aud wholesome without the faintest trace of any
thing calculated TO offend the sense of sight or SMELL
there are aboni eighteen or twenty cases of crema-
ton every month. They are, the attendant told me-
decidedly on the increase, and were the chOlera
scare again 10 appear he had no doubt, from what
ne mad heard, that the practice would have large
numbers of adhercnts. Already bodies for crena-
lion are sent from distant parts OF Italy. and the
next Jay one was expected from Paris And,
Indeed when thought OF all the horrors of our
ordinary "bnryings," cOnld not wonder at the
desire 10 be quit OF them, m matter at what amount
OF trouble or expense