Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-08

In Early Times.
 From early times heart burial has pre- vailed to large extent on tho continent. Thus tho heart of Philip, king of Navarro, was buried i'll the Jacobins' church. Paris, and that of Philip, king of Franco, at tho convent uf the Carthusians at Bourgfon- tairrS in NaluiS. The heart of Henri II, king of France, was Cnshrinrd in an urn of gilt hrunzo in the "Crlrsti ins, " Paris; that of Henri III was incloscd in a small tumh and Henri Tvs heart was buried in tho college of the ,JcSuits at La Flcchc
 Heart burial, again, was practicod at the deaths of Louis IX, XII, XIII and NlN, and iii the jl~t inStnuCo was tho oc- ca>inn of an imposing ceremony. The heart of thiS 2srV;l lhrnarch Was carried to tho convent of the J,'~uits. \ procession was arranged hy Cardinal de Rohan. Sur rounded by flaming torches and escorted by company of the Royal guards, tho heart a"riN rd at the convent, where it was received by the rector, who pronounced over il an clulurn and striking discourse. The lHY,rt of Marie de Mrtlicis, who built tEr magnificent palace of Luxembourg, WaN inferred at the Church of the JcsuitS ill Paris, and thut of Maria Theresa, wife of Louis NlN. W;s deposited in silver C1,r in the monastery of the Val de Grace The l"niy of (u!>tavuS Adulphus, tho illus tri"uS monarch who fell on the field of LUtIrn, wile rnhalnrd and his heart re- CViNUd Srpult urU at StuCkhulm and, as is well known, the heart of Cardinal Mazarin Wal, lE his own desire, sent to the Church Uf he ThrHtinS. Anne of Austria, mother of l.uui> MY, directed in her will that her hudy should br buried at St, Denis, near to her husband, of glorious memory, but her heart she ln"lurHthrd tn the Vat de Grir'r,""d she fur Err 'l,rr,rd hat it should h" drawn out through her SidC without making any other opening than was abso- lutrly necessary.
 In modern times an interesting case of heart burial was that of Lord Byron whose Ecart was inclusrd in silver urn and placed ali N%Wstcad abbey in tho family vault. Another WIS that of tho poet Shel- Icy, whose h",!y, arCuTding to Italian GUS tom after drowning, WAS burned to ashes But the heart would not consume, and so was deposited in the English burying ground at Rome.
 \ Remarkable Ceremony.
 One of tkc latest instances of heart burial took place at Munich i'll the month of Sep trmhrr four years ago, when Queen Marie of BaVaria's heart was cmbalmcd and car ricd ill great pump and ceremony to Alt Otting to be preserved in tho beautiful chapel of that place.
 The dean, bearing the queens heart, rode in n state carriage and six, which proceeded at a foot pace till the parish church, an cdi1icc of great antiquity and much architectural beauty. was reached
 On Nlighting tho dean was received by thc bishop of the diocese. the abbot of the monastic order intrusted with the guard ianship of the Lady chapel and the clergy of the parish. After having inccnsed the urn the bishop and the attendant priests marched, whilo the organ was poaling forth the moving strains of Chopin's flu neral anthem, up the aisle to tho high all tar, the dean following with the heart un- der purple and gold baldaquin, borne by the leading citizens of Alt-Otting, who havo possessed tho privilege of performing that duty from timC immcmorial. On reaching the altar tho urn was placed on the "caStrum dolorosis," and the grand officers of tho royal household, General Count Pappcnhcim and Count Durckheim MontmOrin at their head, took up their places in Scmcirclo around tho cata- falquc. At the foot of tho latter, which was almost hidden by wreaths of fragrant flowers were tnbourets, on tho purple vel vet cushions of which were placed the dead queens crown, her orders and the various emblcms of the royalty which had been hers in life. Standing beside tho "castrum dolorosis," " the dean delivered over the urn to the bishop with the following touching words:
 My lord bishop, we are commissioned by his royal highncss, the prince regent, to deliver into your safe keeping the heart of her 1ate majesty Queen Marie of Ba- yaria, in order that in aceordance with the