Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-10-30
A CA-ANeE FOR SoMBBoos Women Ask to Have The,r
 mated But the Demaaa e's
 as Ket UnsupplIea H

Women have a want which
 at present no satisfactory 1naa' s4 'ilere plying. That is unusual Tba@. s T sq many things in the world tbat sfe no earthly reason for wantira '1efeis which the want has 10 be eresias 2 @ua lol [ to find real need of sags 'e0 .1 'hal that is not, and yet might he <; 'als nomenal. This present need < . phs atory for pets, a place where fba. mains can be decently rednea5 ashes which can remain a pernet,,., hinder to loving friends. va
 There is surprisingly large n,,a, of people, prominent people wboa s the world knows, who believe ,4 ia mation for human beings, and tbaro " good many, not so prominent I ~. haps, who believe in cremation for 4tl pss pets if for no one else; but no nlaea '. ever been arranged where this eonl1a pp' satisfactorily done.
 Perhaps the only dog who eyar :. the honor to be cremated in reaal1 aa erematory was a much-loved mo sial q the name of Pompey; this was in Paa 7 land. Pompey was one. of the nss. faithful four-footed friends sa5 belonged to an English clerprmss aa One day, obeying the common lsm which human and canine must folos be departed this life, much to tbe sa, row and regret of his master.
 ..For cremation we ought all to b, devontly thankful soliIoquized tbs reverend gentleman with whom Pom. pey had lived so long, philosophioajI7 '"The sentiment as we'll as the sanity ai cremation is much finer than that oi burial. Think of it. No more terrbls months with the wind and snow apd rain above and the lonely dark prison house of unimaginably loathsome de cay beneath-nothing but fair golden fire for an hour and delicate whit, ashes, at once symbol of eathly If, and heavenly purity"
 These sentiments did not apply par ticularly to Pompey, but as Pompe, had died about the time his master wa, planning a visit to Woling cemetery he decided to take the remains of Pom pey along,
 T know he would not have obiectet to being eremated, said Pompey $ mas ter-"he was so much more sensibl than most people, and am sure hl would have scorned to be buried like common dog"
 50, after q question of the man i charge, Pompey, in the box in Whichh had travelled, was placed on raised sliding railway, at the entrance to tn closed furnace door. Ata sign the doc opened and the box slid quickly into chamber which was at white heat, th door was quickly closed again, and i about 40 minutes all that was left c poor Pompey was q coffee cupful c ashes. What became of them the mas ter does not tell, but it is implied tha they did not go into one of th picturesque urns which are reservedfo human ashes.
 Not to anyone's knowledge has do ever been regularly cremated in Ame ica. Letters are received by the peopl at the head of the crematory companlt every once in awhile, and also tell grams and even personal visits frol owners of much loved animals, wh would like to have them cremated, bl their requests are never granted.
 q will not listen to it, says one the head men of a crematory compan, "The place for a human body is Tt the place for dogs, and l will not low them to be brought there, thoug l am fond of dogs myself"
 There are not many people who ha' asked for this priyilege--perhaps n' more on an average than one or tV persons year-but if regular crer atory for pets should be started, the is no doubt that it would be well pa ronized, and in some families the would be no end of little urns eon1al ing the ashes of faithful Pompeys al Fidos and Trays, and even of iapO' and Toms. Every fiourishing dog u cat show makes it evident that Ame ica needs a pet crematory.-et. Lou GlobeDemocrat.