The Forrest City times., 1896-06-12
BETTER CREMATED.
What Becam4 of the Bodies of Many
 Noted Men.

 What Becam4 Of the Bodies of Many
 Noted Men.
 The tombs of the pharaohs have been rihed and the mummy of Seti I. is now to be seen in the Boulak museum still preserved; the ashes of a Caesar have come to light and the earrings of Aris- totle's daughter have been found in her lust.
 Ihirty-six years after the death of Edward the Confessor his remains were disturbed in order to settle the vexed question of the incorruptibility of his flesh. The body was found in perfect preservation, the flesh white, the fingers flexible and the beard hoary and long.
 William the Conqueror was refused burial and his coffin lay on the pave- ment until the payment of 60 shillings secured him n grave. Some 400 years later the coffin was opened by bishop and the body was found entire Before the coffin was again closed the bishop lad a painting made of the body, but unluckily it was lost.
 Henry l. died near Lyons and his re- mains were scattered, as often happened to the corpses of the great during the middle ages. His tongue, heart, eyes and brain were buried in Ste Marie de Prato. the body sliced and powdered with salt, was wrapped in bulls hide and carried to England and deposited in Reading abbey. Later at u time of trouble the remains were thrown out and scattered
 hAn Nc pt,l~. was given to Rouen, which city, inclos- ing it in leadcn box, buried it near the high altar of the cathedral, surrounding 1t with silver balustrade. In 1842 the heart was eXhumed entire, though withered all out of shape. To-day it Is lnclosed in a glass box in museum at Rouen and is nothing but a pinch of dust.
 James w., of Scotland, who married ! sister of Henry VIII, was found dead on Flodden field and not bured, as he was communicated. The body was embalmed and sent to a monastery, which was taken by the duke of Suf- folk. The corpse, wrapped up in lead, was thrown into a lumber-room, and bme workmen, for fun, cut off the head, one of their number carrying it home because of its sweet embalming spices. Finally he buried it.
 Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, was much troubled by inauisitive one after her death. The first time her coffin was opened, 234 years after her death, square opening in the sur rounding lead revealed her wrapped in six or seven grave cloths, entire The year after the coffin was again disturbed and the corps was found greatly de- ,ayed, while a number of years later mere dust and bones were left.
 The dispute over the whereabouts of the body of Charles I. was settled by the finding of his coffin. The head, nearly 200 years after decapitation, was entire, the skin and muscles preserved, the nose and one eye fallen in, but the oval face and pointed beard making recognition possible.
 The daughter of MT. Thomas Moro preserved until her death the decapi. tated head of her father and Sir Walter Raleigh's widow did like service for him. Lord Chesterfeld's skeleton was found reclining on coyerlet of white satin, with the head propped up on a cushion.
 The tombs of French royalty at St. Denis were violated in 1793 and start ing discoveries made. The lead of the .offin was melted for balls and the val nables removed. Pepin, the father of Charlemague, was a mere pinch of ashes and scattered in a second; Louis XIII. was well-preserved mummy; black, | shapeless lump was all that remained If Louis XIV. Henri ", who was care fully embalmed, preserved enough of ! resemblance to his living self to awe he people.-Chicago News.