The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-27
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Dan d, o.abfH Cincinnati Enquirer.
And now we are about TO "bake"
human beings-to cremate them. / see
that Al Long Island, New York, they have
mt nm a new crematory furnace which
they have privately tested, using the car
c,s; al a sheep instead Of q human body.
II would seem that their furnace was not
wholly successiul-Rt least with the sheep.
Now We are doing better out here. Cre-
nation being likely to become fashionable
and profitable, two enterprlHDg Com
stockers have been making some expert
ments with the object oil going into the
business. They have purchased gaso-
meter formerly used at one OF the quartz
mills for the manufacture OF chlorine gas.
II ia made OF heavy boiler iron and is
simply drum within drum. The body
TO be operated upon viii be placed in the
inner drum, when the space between the
two will be filed with charcoal OF other
fuel and strong blast introduced: -.
Already the firm announces that with
them srcCess in cremation IS a certainty
last week they purchased two old and de-
crepit P:ute Indiana, male and female,
at six bits each-Sl 80 for the paiE-sgree-
ing TO return the ashes. They shot the
pair, hauled them into town, cremated
them separately, and in three hours from
the time oil making the purchase returned
the ashes O! the old couple to their SORROW
ing relatives in two yesst-Powder boxes.
The weeping children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren mixed the ashes with
pitch, and now Afectionately wear the
mortal remains about on their toreheads,
cheek.bone aud the ends Of their noses,
as is their fashion when they do their OVID
Cremating. :.
Had the firm desired to continue work
among the Piutes their furnace would
have been constantly kept in full blast.
When the price paid Tor the first old
couple was noised about among the tribe
a great number OF the aged and decreplt
was brought in and offered at what was
supposed 10 be the established rate. One
llu,ty buck came in all the way from the
Walker Lake reservation, driving before
him four motheEs.in,law. He was much
disgusted when he found there wss no
sale for them. Before leaving he offered
Them for two bitg eaCh-and shoot them
himself. Finally, after peeping about and
closely examining the furnace, the fellow
offered 10 shoot the Oldest OF his mother.
in-laws and donate her, just for the fun Of
seeing the apparatus work. This was an
4 offer that the firm felt obliged to decline
The charge for cIemating an ordinary
white cadayer will be but SIS. Fol
luothers-in.law-and here is where the
profit comes in-the firm will charge S25
q price that the average sOn.in'la vii!
cheerfully pay. They are enabled to offer
reduced rates in the case OF cadavers Of
men who worked long in quartz.mills and
reduction works, when exposed 70 the
fumes OF mercury, as connected with their
furnace is a retorting apparatus, and from
such subjects the, will be able to obtain
from four to nine pounds OF quicksilver
and, as this quicksilver always contains
more or less OF the precious metals, they
will frequently be able not only to make
no charge for cremating, but may actually
be able 10 declare snug little dividends To
be distributed among the relatives.
In their pamphlet,now in press, the firm
Instance the case page l73J Of the horses
used in treading the pulVerized ore and
chemicals in the ratio process used at the
old Gould L Curry mill some years ago
All these animals died from salvation
and the firm show that in almost every in.
stance their Mexican owners Obtained
from their stolnachs after death amalgam
OF gold and silver exceeding in value the
price Of tho horses when living.