The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-12-18
ArA nEwLY-FlNlsHsD cREMAToRY.

Al Attractive EdIscS-what VIII We
Done with Old Coffins-Ths RetorE.
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Dust to dust, or ashes to ashesl Buried or
burnt The other day / went on the rail.
road ten miles beyond Williamsburg and
saw the nearly finished crematory i?ro-
nouuce the first syllable to rnvms with
sgem" IL you please, whcre che first of our
incinerating Il to take place. Thirty bodies
are now ready consent obtained while
alive) AMI the fires are already roaring In
the furnace. where they are to get hotter
and hotter. fed with continual coke. till the
first body is rolled in upon its iron truck.
The bottom Of the retort, where the body is
to be deposited, is OF polished porcelain, SO
that the ashes can be swept carefully up and
carried away In an urn.
The two retorts there Is always room for
double ssrvice) look like two vast Dutch
ovens, and they open their brick mouths
straight upon the audisnoe- where q
couple Of hundred mourners might stand.
1t isn't as CHASTITY as ay awning grave. OF
course, for a grave means corruption and
fire means publication. The crematory Is
built Of stone on q commanding eminence,
and when it II finished 1t promises to be an
attractive ediflce-original, and at the same
time serious in its aspect The danger Is
that crematories, in their striving after
novel effects, will look like iron foundries or
barns or engine houses, or anything rather
than the temples Of the doad. Crsmatories
have been begun in Philadelphia, Boston,
Buffalo, Cincinnati, st. Louis and some
other cities; their designs are SO differen
that no traveller would suspect them OF be-
ing meant for the same purpose
Lad H. pay,. tNf nttr
society, what they would do with old coffins
ave do not mean to have any coffins," he
said. ave shall supply handsome metallic
casket in which the body will be placed to
be carried to the crematory-the same
casket being used, OF course, in each case.
1t will be thoroughly cleaned. But II any
wish to wrap their dead In expensive
cloths or even to have a separate coffin, 1t
will te permitted and we shall burn the
cloths and collins in the furnace" DR.
Beuglass Is procuring great variety OF
urns intended to receive the ashes OF the
dead and then be deposited in the parlor or
the cremato-y, as the frienis Of the deceased
prefer On the mantsl at his Office Is an
elaborate cinerary urn Of q sort Of yellow
clay or terra GOTTA bearing upon Its front
panel the mourning figures and upon the lid
in high relief the reclining figure OF
woman. Its age be estimates at 200 years.
It's type Is Etrurian-
Strategies as Understood by Napoleon.
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An example Of good system Of loglstics
IL tie wonderful concentration Of the
French army in the plains Of Gera in 1900.
Another Is the entrance Of the army upon
the campaign Of 1915 Says Jomini: In
each OF these cases Napoleon possessed the
ability to make such arrangements that his
columns. starting from points widely sep
aratsd, were concentrated with wonderful
precision upon the decisive point Of the
zone Of operations; and In this way be In
sured the successful issue Of the campaign.
The choice OF the decisive point was the
result Of skillfui application Of the princi-
pies Of strategy; and tho arrangements for
moving the troops give US an example Of
logistics which originated in his own closet
Il has besn long claimed that Berthier
framed those instructions which were con-
ceived with SO much precision and usually
transmitted with so much clearness, but
have had opportunities Of knowing that such
was not the truth.
The emperor was his own chief officer.
Provided with pair of dividers opened To
q distance by the scale Of from seventeen to
twenty miles in q straight Line (which made
from twenty-five to twenty-five miles,
taking into account the wirding' Of the
roads,, bending over ana sometimes
stretched at full length upon his map,
where the positions Of his corps and the
supposed position OF the enemy were marked
by pins Of different colors, hs was able TO
give orders !cr extensive movements with
certainty snd precision which were aston
ishing. Turning his dividsrs about from
point I, point on the map he decided In q
moment the number OF marches necessary
for each OF his columns 10 arrive as the de-
sired point BY certain day, then placing
pini in the new positions and bearing in
mind the rate Of marching that he must
assign to each column and the hour OF its
setting out, be dictated those instructions
which are alone enoush to make any man
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