The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-02
BuNES.
The Ultimate Hesitation OF the Most Durs-
bic Farts of tho Booty.
Fr,, ne San rrnacf'e' Tr'@fe'e.

Fr,, IA. Eaa rrunci,c, Trnte'e.
The bones are q composition OF limo md
phosphorus and are the most durable part OF
the humnn system. Icave the body OF man
or animal exposed to the air. In few weeks 1t
passes into the earth and atmosphere leaving
only the skeleton. which. alter considerable
lapse Of time. disappears also. This rcabsorn-
ton OF the body by the clements is cam
paratvey rapid in tho towers ot the Tarsees
and In the case oi those who perish IN
traversing the desert me ne , nSy t S dust
That is nm ancient prejudice. Even In tho case
Of tho bones the phosphate passes partly into
phorus. and the lime is mike with tho soil.
embodied In rocks or dlssolycd IN water; In
the process OF cremation the tis' nes aisannear
In tie form OF ynpor. and there remains Tesi-
due composed Of pIeccs 81 hone 81 ,N Tarlops
dried, become n coarse dust that can he her.
metically concealed in an urn and preserved
fol. nm indefinite period.
tho ancient. Egyptians could rot prevent the
resolving. OF the hody, into its original Gle.
homes remain It is because theIr character Is
entirely changed by the gums and other sub.
embniming as ptactisei in these days It ia OF
too recent origin to furnish my relishls data
to it, ecay IS ths sn Rs
body hysmothering 1t In antiseptic substances.
tho Greeks. Romans, and other nations; an
cient and modern. by enclosing II in solid cpf-
fms and monumental tombs The success mas
never been com mensurate with the effort. lso-
whole or a part Of the osseous structure rs u
decent tribute to humanity. as relics or az
teat ike q Gd n
their battles or in tho .populous cities they raw
d rei. Of thousands OF bleaching skeletons.
collected years afterward and piled In pyrn-
nnd ds storms torn W't Altar the BATTLE o" orsarten the
Swiss made similar pyramid Of the bone. OF
@ eGsGFs 81 Ghs5s tho Ms III
perishel on fields OF battle, especially In
EUROPE during the i".t thnus1Hn nno years" sss
e exsnsatns hs s@f GS"f days
Il 'i It Is neers.ary to condemn an old cemetery
the remains found In It are inferred elsewhere.
in Paris this process has been going on ior
Fron"h revolution. The bones OF those bnried
hastily after street riots. nnl those OF the dad
| from time to time 10 the catacombs. until he
number OF skeletons, more or less comrlnts
n s eeme.y az u hs
home human homes are arranged IN tRnclIui
si,!sraHlv the paniul suggestinns Of mortality.
death should contnually ne kent d,I mind ny
The comparative durability OF the bones has
caused their extensive preservation as sa ss
with any sort Of completeness. hut some {. OF
| them may he mentioned as specimeDts OF the
q e. vnc tns arm IL OF st. o Fhn
st. Andrew. II nt st. James. In as many .ii Ter
hu Ss TnsS 81 s sHns o%ns
alone. q saiSty hand. there s are nine line
merous others. Tho skulls of , these holy holy
n;H t. Of these It Is
o Only nec Ss to mention The thirty forty
preserved in different churches that are snil
90 Ss =" % osseoas relies is hat
| the l 600 virgins in tho Church OF ST. Ursula
at Co"Ere each serntate r bone %i wh,c Mrs
died in. tho early history Of the Church were .,r
faithful but the condition OF, their contents Is
unknown. rs it would DO horrible sacrlleEe
or ali the ancient nations only the Egyptians.
have succeeied IN Preserving the remains 81
thcir soovereigns for n Respectable irnGth OF
Gent Greece or Rome. Some homes OF Charie.
macne, are preserved in the cathedral OF AK Ia
is Known to no in existenee. The remains o!
tho .rlanta genet kings and Queens buried d, a,
nopuiaoe at the time Of the French revolution.
Of the frs en- bs ntsr sr sh:
n may b , believed there are at tho Louvre
Museum. thonGh, not o on cs exhibisioI,ib ,,i
s sone Of Charles v. a thla each Of Charies
| vi and Francis l.: Yertebrn Of Charles
VII: ribs OF Louis the Handsome and Louis
| Kill and the lower Jaw al Catherine de Medi
cis. There Is at Westminster Abbey very
con siderable collection Of royal collins contain.
Hundreds OF yenrs back, but the precise condi-
tion Of the contents Is unknown. In othcl
countries the ranains OF sovereIGns that date
royal relics Of this kind that can claim On an,
tiGuity OF 400 years won ID not. by the mos
liberia calculation, exceed n few score, tht
Egyptian mummes being excepted OF tho
mortal part OF the forty thousand millions o
thousand years there still exist perhaps the
fragm ents OF the skeletons OF thousand borr
before the year 1900. The estimate Is gener
GUS and the showing pitifuL
| nru sDnr HIM ~ THE RyIID