The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-14
raise Americans.
NOW York Tribunal

raise Americans.
New York Tribunel
There is a class Of Americans, almost
confined TO the Eastern cities, who
have seemed to think it an evidence OF
culture and Of social and intellectual
rank TO indulge in supeTcilious rtilec-
tions upon their country and their coun'
trvmen. We have lately feared that
this class OF people was growing not
not merely among the silly crea-
lures who have neither brains nor
any use for brains, but among
really estimable persons aud as the
result Of propaganda undertaken
primarily IN the interest OF certain Eu-
ropean economic theories. The zeal
and industry Of those in charge OF the
propaganda have not seemed 10 be sat
is6ed with those comparisons which in
their eyes show the superior excellence
of foreign industrial systems, but they
have felt Unnecessary also to sheer at all
things commonly thought to be char
acteristic Of our society.
A Famous Battle sword.
Washington Post.l
Senator Voorhees, has introduced
Joint resolution in the Senate % accept
the d0nationo of the famous battle sword
of the late Captain Samuel Chester Reid.
who commanded the private armed
brig-of-war General Armstrong, in the
memorable conflict with a large British
squadron at Fayal. IN 1914. The gift is
made by Colonel Samuel G. Reid, the
son Of the gallant hero. and a resolution
provides that a gold medal be presented
to Colonel Reid as testimonial in &C
acknowledgement Of this valued and patri-
otto relic.
As many delays have heretofore at
tended the acceptance Of this sword 10
is TO be hoped Congress will not fail 90
to pass the resolution at once as a trib-
ute at least TO the memory Of the man
who welded it with such unexampled
bravery and such grald results to the
honor of his country.
The Disposition OF the Dead.
New York SUM-
4 company called the New llauso-
leum Company has been organized IA
this city to dispose of the dead by
means of desicca.ion. A continuous
current of dry air is rapidly forced
over and around the hfeless body
placed in a sopulcher OF solid stone.
and thence is carried TO a furnace,
where the gases are rendered innOcu-
Gus.
There seems to be no question that
the method is practicable. and undoubt-
eddy il has great advantages over burial,
80 far as the health of the surviving is
concerned. After the process is applied
the skin remains white, although dry
and bard like leather, and the face of
the dead can be readily recognized.
The company lays stress on this preser
walton of the features as especially
desirable and peculiarly comforting 10
the friends of the dead. But we can
not conceive OF a more horrible place
than such q maus0leum as il proposes
to erect would be. with thousands Of
dried cOrpses, each recognizable by It's
features. We do not want to preserve
the dead. When the spark of life is
gone the body is a mass of matter only.
which as soon as possible should pass
into its original elements. Therefore
the Burial Reform Society wisely urge
that collins should be Of light material,
so az to assist in the work Of decay.
The Growth of American Cities.
New York star.
=. Il view of,tha present dispute as 10
the best place 10 hold Worlds Fair in
1892. the article of Professor Hart, Of
College. in the last number OF |
the Quarterly Journal Of Economics |
will be read with unusal interest. Pro
lessor Hart approaches his subject in an
impartial way, but the conclusions that |
he reaches and the statistics with which /
be uphOlds them are SO sweeping that /
he would have made good advocate /
Tor the claims of this city before the /
Senate Committee in Washington.
Professor Harris conclusion is that
New York must always be the chief
'ity on the Western Hemisphere. Ii
las the best harbor on the Atlantic
'oast, easy Of access for the largest YES
els in the world, and il is naturally
he mecca OF most imports. 1t lies at
he end OF chain Of internal naviga-
ion reaching to Chicago and Duluth,
nj is the centre of some of the
.reatest railroad systems in the world.
{ is the recognized financial centre Of
be United Slaies, and must always be
o. Ii is the largest city because It has
he largest opportunity. That is the
ray the Professor sums up the situa-
on. and rabid New Yorker could not