Tombstone epitaph., 1890-04-19
NEW BURIAL SCHEME.
Our Bodies to Do Dried and Put
 Away in Vaults.
Desiccation the Latest Fad of Enthusiasts Some Respects il Which It ExccIs Cremation -- Provisions Against
 Premature Laterment.

A new disposition cf the dead as pro- posed may be called tho latest thing in lifo.'' Ground for a ''now mausoleum" is to be broken, iS is said by tho New York Sun, in tho spring. The idea underlying tho new mauGoleum is based on the fact that current of dry air will preserve a body from decomposition, and chango it into condition rCser!' bling life, in which it will rcmain for aa indefinite timc. This process is applied by nature to tho unfortunate traveller and his beast who sucCuEb upon the rrcat deserts. In tho Smithsonian h. otitution are many bodies thus desiccatcd by nature which h2vo been brought from the battlo1olLs of Mexico and Peru. from Southern plains and Indian districts of tho far Vest. Tho ancient Colchians and Tart2rs suspended their dead from branches of trees to be dried by air and sun. Tho Pcruvians first dried their deceased friends and then buried them in a sitting posture. Savagcs Of South Australia place the dead body on the top of tho hut till DOT fectly dried, when it is bandagCd and hidden among tho branches of tho trees. The body retains it's form in tho proc css, old tho skin, though it becomes hard and dry lika leather, remains white, while the face, though more or less emaciated, remains life-liiIe and recognizable.
 Modern science and skill are to be ap- piled to the original prcsorvative power of the atmosphere. Experiments have recently been made by specialists, first on animals and later on human bodies. In the course of one recent experiment. conducted by a sanitary engineer in Washington, in nine weeks a pig was reduced in weight from g to 7H pounds, and remained just as plump and round as in life. In t laboratory in this city the Eody of a man weighing 1G+ pounds was subjected to the process in 1888, t.nd the effect was marvellous.
 The arrangement for tho interment of desicCated bodies in tho new mausolcun will be similar tC that of tho drawers in safety Seposit vaults, while the interior plan of the building will resemble that of woll-appcinted public library, with main corridor and divorging halls lead, ing to different sections. These draw CTS or sepulchcrs will be of solid con- crete four inches thick without joint or seam, of certain sizes, and arranged n tiers of six on either side of the hall way. The opening into each scpuicner will be provided with two doors. the inner ona of glass dramatically scaled as soon as occupied, through which the body may be viewed by those holding the keys; the outside of iron. wrought gold, silver or bronze, decorated and adorned according to the ability and taste of relatives.
 For family use there will be separate and distinct compartments e various sizes, with sets or sultcs of sepulchCrs adorned as desired and having but a sin gle entrance.
 The space that Eolds the casket will be a cell of concrete permitting neither the escape nor admission of moisture. In the erection of the walls hollow pipes or conduits will be formed over molds, so thai no destructible material, as iron or metal, will be needed.
 Through these conduits will be made to pour into tho nermetlcally-sealed se- pulchers currents of dry air, which, passing rapidly and repeatedly around the body, will extract the-efrom every trace of moisture, vapor or fluid and con- voy it to g huge furnace, where, without possibility of escape, all noxious matter will be destroyed. Gradually the body becomes hard, smooth and dry, with lit tie or no change of appearance, and once done preservation is secured forever
 Provision is to be made against pre- mature intermcnt by the adjustment of electrical appliances to the body, so that the faintest motion will be instan- tanoously conveyed to the guard by means of alarm signals.
 The mausolaum will occupy compara- lively little space. A building covering 100 feet square could inclose 1000" sepulchers, and one that occupied an acre would provide as many resting places as a cemetery of thirty y-five acres.
 It is intended that ample and suitable grounds small surround the building, and that adornment inside and out will be made as perfect as taste and wealth can dictate.
 l ne SCDulCueIS Wl4l OG nLIllDSIGu tuu registered as lots in 9 cemetery, and a fund will be provided for the perpetual care of all treasures of art or nature that nay be provided. All records ot il'4rmCnt wiE be kept in the mauso leum. A chapel will be provided for the disch arge of the last rites
 The cost of single sepulchcrsw will prob ably range from SlO toS2OO, while family compartments will vary from $500 tC S4Q~GOO. Burial lots in cities range iron S4O0 to 5000 for space to allow si2 graves, tc which must be ad1od the cos of hcadstone, monument, statuary, in closure and care.
 Concrete is the material of which it i! proposed to build the mausolcum. Re search, ancient and modern, cstablisi tho quality of th.s material for impene inability, instability and consequen permanencc, even an earthquake being powerless to destroy buildings made O it. This substance will no doubt bt faced by ornamental materials.
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