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Gates of the process. I asked mother
three months after she had complied
with her sons request to be crernated
three states to fulfill the promise, what
she thought of it. She quickly drop
ped her head and an expression of
horror was on her face when she look
ed up to ask me not to refer to it.
The complaint of crematory managers
is that parties do not even return for
the ashes and their vaults are over
crowded.
Admitting that the expense of
transportation to suitable wharf and
a distant crematory are equal, the fur
Their contamination by ocean burial
would be far less expensive and less
replusive than cremation. The bidding
adieu at the gates ajar' on a clearly
wharf, as clean boat sailed away
over the waters, would be far less try
ing and have pleasanter memory
than such a leave-taking at the sooty
final rumble of the clods on the coffin
lid six feet in the cold ground below.
Further, the presence Of large Gre
matory plant of say 10 or 20 retorts
would soon prove a nuisance in
neighborhood, and it's location be as
difficult to secure as that of a powder
factory. .t ,
Immortality that is to. be had only
by preserving a handful of bones or
mourning over a mound of clay in
Gods acre is indeed nothing much
to coveted. We must be found in the
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of Fra Angelica. AS shown in the
illustration this latter, artist designs
tripping bands of joyful virgins winged
with plumes of vermillion and azure
Their virginia. faces are naively ten
der and they bear a tongue of flame
on their foreheads. BY nature as we'll
as name the sanity painter was him
self angelic.
Nelasquez introduces an angel in
the picture of "Christ at the Column
stern. sympathetic. unbeautiful wo-
man of startling realism of feature.
1t is difficult to be Just to Murillo's
famous tour de force in the Louvre,
where the Virgin, in blue and white,
stands on the crescent moon surround
ed by bowery. flowery brood of cher
ubs, who resemble, more than anything
else, rosy tumbled orchard of ripe
fruit, peaches and nectarines. Pious
| eyes still droop in devotion before it;
copyists veN themselves in vain with
muddy palettes-but it is art in splen-
| did decadence. 1t is valued at meal
culable francs, and vet does not make
a pulse throb quicker
| In conclusion. sompare these tumults
| of carnation cheeks to a little panel
| of Rembrandt's at Amsterdam of ia
| cobs dream-gray sky. gloomy forest.
| boorish patriarch, starleSs night. but
| 10. the heavens open. a beam of real
| light descends, and a white winged, in
detinable radiant being, like topaz in
| an amethystine glory, sails down in
| heavens own silence. This is art in
| deed! G. P. RENWICK.
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register of God, not in the record of
man. The memory of the child or
parent cannot be less profound for the
ancestral body that sleeps somewhere
in fatherland, across the border wa
tiers. the site of which they can never
hope again to visit Are the 10000
brave sons, brothers and husbands of
our late civil war, who sleep in I'M
known graves less cherished than
those who sleep in Gods acre beneath
the craven cenotaph? The white-cap-
ped emerald ripples in our national
cemeteries marking the unknown in
dictate just as specifically where sleeps
a hero and loved one as if they We're
buried beneath the green of Sargasso
or the pillows of the Atlantic.
I'VE would not be retrograding eth
er in sentiment or sanitation if our
seaboard population were not so
dense, if we could revive the solitary,
stately customs of the viking chief,
whose glory in defeat by death and
in departure was to float outward to
sea with the tide, reclining. surround
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as armed guardians of the throne, aw-
full in strength, intelligence and
swiftness. The Jews thought the cher
ubim eXcelled IN love and the seraphm
in knowledge In early art they are
drawn as six winged.
One of the most startling traditions
sustained by cherubim. He rode upon
gelo painted on the vast vault of the
Sistine chapel the Deity, as the Ancient
of Days, stretching out a finger to
awaken Adam to life, and sustained by
a bevy of cherubs Only the imperial
genius of the great Roman could rec
oncle us to that bizarre image. Domin-
chino has less successfully repeated It.
Michael is the angel who will sound
the trumpet of judgment, who con-
tended with satan over the body of
Moses. He is the great bronZe-Winged
guardian of the Castle of AT. Angelo, IA
miliar in every view of Rome. His
statue there commentaries the cessa
ton of the great pestilence in the sixth
century, obtained by st. Gregory. In
painting he is always represented as a
young warrior, superbly armed, gen.
orally unhelmeted, and trampling on
the head of the dragon.
One of the accompanying illustrations
shows this angel as the Flemish Mabuse
0510) painted him, the donor of the pic
ture kneeling beside, and the black
fiend groveling under his heel. The
archangel stands Respondent in gold
embossed cuirass, crimson embroidered
mantle and renaissance shield. The
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Medical association at its meeting last
June Dr. D. Lichty of Rockford, H.,
suggested deep sea burial as a solu-
ton Of the problem. The paper was
subsequently published in the Journal
of the American Medical association.
1t is an interesting and practical dis
cussion of the theories advanced. DR..
Lichty asserts that thalassic submer-
sion. will not be attended with the re-
pulsion of cremation nor the evils
wh.eh follow earth burial. He gives
historical precedent for such disposal,
dWellS upon the sentiment which al
ways attends the farewell to the loved
, dead and also speaks much of the
practical necessity of finding some
| method which will be sanitary and not
repugnant to the finer sensibilities.
DR.. Lichty admits that the feelings
of the survivors must be considered
/ in discussing any disposal of the dead.
But he asserts With force that health
is greater than these and should have
first thought. He refers to the in
creasing economic burdens of the flu
neral obsequies and ostentation Of
| which many grown weary. But for
conventionalism the world would toss
| this thTaldom aside, He calls atten-
| ton to the decreasing frequency of
| church funerals with the gorgeous
hearse, with its slow, solemn march,
| and the adoption of the trolley CT
| steam train for more rapid transpor-
! tation of the body to the tomb. He
says, in part:
ITO show that ocean burial is prac-
| teal, sanitary and will meet most of
| the requirements of sentiment and re-
| igion and all those of sanitation will
| be the endeavOr of this argument. That
| the beautiful fealty of genealogy con-
| sanguinity and the sacred associations
i of religion are factors to be consider
| ed in this as well as any other meth
Cd for the disposal of the dead is rec
| ognized, but above and beyond these
| is the unpurchasab1e boon of health
| and its attendant uses and beauty.
| Every eXpedient that human
! thought could devise has been resorted
to in all times past to conceal the hui
man dead and escape their disagreed
BILE, decaying presence and evade THEN
| naturally dreaded and noXious eff1u-
via. The nomads village was removed
| to fresher and more remote territory
| the ancestral cave was promptly de,
/ serted and relinquished to the grin
| destroyer. Chemistry has
been invoked to offer an element that
would preserve our form or else dis
solve it quickly away, and moderr
/ electricity has been asked, to envelope
the loved ones in impermeable sarb!
of metal to preserve their cherished
form and substance. Aquation, or see
burial, except in accidental death a
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old English coin called the "aneel'' had
figure of Michael as patron saint of
the Plantagenets. Signorelli painted in
terribly grand frescoes at Orvieto the
war with the rebel angels, and St
Michael weighing souls in balance.
Luca is an artist whose greatness, if
certain. requires a special gift to enjoy
nevertheless, in angelic creations he is
indeed majestic. Leonardo's ST. Mi.
chael is graceful with flowing hair.
Rubens at Munich shows. as he always
does, riotous power but mis- Michael is
theatrical, and his fallen angels hesny
and vulgar. The ideal ST. Michael is
in the glorious Salon Caro- of the
Louvre, the imagining of great I.a-
phael In presence of this noble picture
how idle is the modern affectation of
ti-Raphaelismus. Once seen, it re-
mains with us forever
As will be seen in the illustration
the archansel has swept down from
on high, like a mighty eagle; the de-
mon is about to be transfiXed by q
thrust of his spear Michael's face is
calm, but his flowing locks express the
rapidity of his downward swoop. The
PROSTATE foe lies blackened by eternal
| fire. His useless wings spring flame
like from his shoulders. Note thai
| the tines of his fork are curled, IN
! able any more to injure.
| 1t is an eternal allegory of the hui
man evil passions triumphantly sub
| jugated by the purity and the energy
J of righteousness. Raphael painted the
| picture for Francis l. on the insttu-
ton of the knightly order of St. Mi
! chael.
Gabriel-"the strength of Gods
| pre-eminently the messenger angel.
| The early church thought it was al
| ways Gabriel who appeared to man.
1t was he who foretold to Manoail
SIMPSONS birth, and to Zachariah the
birth of John But above all he is
the angel of the annunciaton-neXt To
the nativity the most frequently por-
trayed of all pictures.
In earliest representations he bore a
scepter, but later always a spire of
annunciation lilies Qilium candidum)
and scroll inscribed ave Maria
gratia plena." Gabriel is often roped
in priestly vestments, cope and brooch.
Thus Hemmeling painted him, and the
Paduan Carlo Crivelli drew him kneel-
ing in a court of fantastic gilded
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architecture with peacocks, doves,
vases of flowers, tapestries and the
invariable crivellian cucumbers.
In the early German and Flemish
paintings Gabriel always l1neels, bend
ing to Mary as to a queen. William
of Cologne, l44o, shows this attitude
in the illustration printed with this.
In Albert Durer's Little Passion" he
enters robed in stiff brocades and
fringes, with provoking elaboration of
angular folds as if studied from
buckram, but with the enchanting
Durerism shown in the illustrations.
Gabriel is the great Mohammalan
angel 1t was he who appeared to
Mohamet at the mouth of his cave Of
retreat. 1t was he who met the
youth, and, opening his bosom, squeez-
ed the black sin drop from his heart
and later on called him to proclaim
the unity of God as Allah.
| Raphael-''the medicine of God"-is
the third of the seven angels that
present the prayers of the saints and
go in and out before the glory of the
Holy One" He is far less frequently
painted than the former; generally tie
| is journeying with the young Tobias.
In the British museum there are rude
earthen bowls found near the Eu-
pirates, covered with charms and i'm
precautions written in ink in archaic
Hebrew and Syrian. They contain the
names of numerous angels-Ramuel,
Damael. Batuel, Zaluel-who are en-
treated to resist rain devils and night
monsters. Some of these also occur
in the mysterious apocryphal book
of Enoch.
Sandro BotticeHi's enchanting but
hayward imagination has two bril-
liant examples OF "Angelographia."
One is a nativity, in which mystic
piety and Florentine gayety are blend
| ed. The inventive charm of the pic
| ture is irresistible. Above the Beth
| lehem stable, in the sky, a circle of
II angels. hand in hand, wheel round
| in joyous dance. Olive branches are
| in their hands and crowns swing sus-
| pended by ribbons from their wrists.
| Below, in great gladness of heart, an
| gels are embracing men in bursts of
| sympathetic rapture.
The other BottiCelli is an "Assump-
| ton of the Virgin" where in three great
| circles the hosts of heaven are seen
! from below. There is a very remark
able history attached to this picture
| 1t was condemned by the church fnl
heresy and for a long time concealed
The legend is that st. Thomas, as
usual, doubted, and Mary dropped him
! her girdle; and the other apostles
opened the tomb to find it empty Out
| for bed of white lilies.
Words are powerless to express the
peculiar charm Of the angelic throngs
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the obelisk and the slab hand better
provide an endowment and bed in
a hospital for the unfortunate sick.
crippled or defective living. The fund
that builds a mausoleum for the dead
had better build a school or hospital
and the green cemetery field that is
polluted with decay could in truth be
made Gods acre when it was given
up for park purposes in which could
be beautiful memorial plats and ave-
nues, fountains, restful grottoes, in
scribed settees, chapels with capacious
corridors, with limited spaces assigned
or purchased, on which might be in
scribed in brief the record and memo
rum of the dead; libraries and art
galleries might award or sell similar
spaces
Thus there would be no territorial
encroachment in hamlet or city and
the forsaken and haunted cemetery
would become a place of recreation,
retrospection and education for the
living. Old ocean would never become
crowded."
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than anything else I could compare
them to-.
In sculpture a difficulty arises, less
felt in painting, as to the joining Of
the wings to the body. The clothes
have to be pierced for the wings to
appear.
The great authority in the early
church on the nature of angels was I
certain Donysius the Areopagite.
He does not tell us how he was in
formed of these high mysterieS-in
what exalted hierarchy are ranged
these thrones, Nominations, prince
doms, virtues, powers We do not
know even if cherubim and seraphim
are uper-archanselic or what ineffa-
BILE functions are theirs. They are
named in the scriptures. A cheruh
welded the ever turning flaming
sword in Eden after the fall. Cher
ubs of gold o'erarched the mercy seat
Ezekiel saw them like burning Goals
of fire" The Jews thought of them
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Written for the Sunday Standard.
Boston, Dec, est seems odd in this
busy age, when most men are engaged
in a race, with wealth for the pace
maker. to find that there has come into
the affairs of the world a controversy
on the subject of The True Type Of
Angel The queer discussion may
have had it's origin in theological cir
cles, but al present it is engaging the
attention of priest and layman alike.
The angel of the sculptor and artist IS
being dissected from wing tip to brow;
while science is pointing out, with bru-
tai disregard for the feelings of the firm
believer in old-fashioned things. that no
angel could fly with wings construct
ed on such principles as these familiar
TO the art gallery visitor. Of the an
Eelic nature of the angel nothing &c
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TO BURY ALL THE DEAD AT SEA.
DR.. Lichty Proposes This Instead of Earth
Burial or Cremation.

AS urban populations increase in
density and acres for the burial of
the dead grow fewer and more and
more valuable, the question of the dis
posal of the mortal remains becomes
a problem of increasing moment. Not
city in the world can avoid the dis
cussion of this problem. Science has
long ago determined that cemeteries
are noxious to the population living
contiguous thereto, cremation seeming
~ will never obtain anything like a
universal hold on the people and Just
what is left is so far undiscovered.
In paper read before the American
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in the retort all night that the ashes
might cool. This, in part. realizes the
expense and impracticability of Gre
nation when it should be applied be-
yond the experimental stage and for
those few only who, through persist
ent indoctrination, signified their will
jngness before death to submit to this
form of dissolution. Witnesses to a
cremation do not usually become advo-
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ed by his trophies, in his crude but
gorgeous craft, until he was lost in
the majesty of the sea and sank to
rest. The Columbia river Indians hu-
ried their dead by setting them adrift
in their canoes with a lighted taper
in the bow and watched the light and
form go out on the broad sea and
down together. Thus we are not adj
vocating a custom that is without the
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sea, was only practical when naviga-
ton was SO primitive that the hardi-
est mariner dared not go beyond the
shadows or out of sight of his native
land. and when bathymetry and good
esy of the ocean were unknown.
'All these have failed to satisfy the
longings of devotion to our dead. or
meet the sanitary requirements of our
rapidly multiplying and dying popula-
Arizona republican., 1899-06-23

1 WEen she came near going before a
 higher tribunal than the one she will
 have to face in November next in Pinal
 county. She desired to quit the road,
 but retirement from business was
 thwarted by the vigilance of Sheriff Truman and the timely interference of physician.-Tucson Citizen.
 Prof G. Russell returned this morn
 ing from trip to the Rincon noun
 tains, where he went at the instance of eastern parties to examine and secure bond, cn a group of copper properties, one of the interested gentlemen accom- panying rim. The property proved to be all that the owners had represented it to be, and thirty-d day bond was se-
 cured. It is very likely that 3 sale will result. MT Russell states that
 heavy rains fell in the RinconS and every gorge and tank in that section is now supplied with an abundance of water While in the Rinccns at an al-
 titude Of probably 4,00O feet, an or chard was discovered consisting of sev- eral peach, cherry and walnut trees, all bearing and apparently f1ourishing. There are no signs of civilization, but the trees are. growing in rows, an as- Surance that the soil was one day tiled, but as there is not the slightest evidence of a residence. it is presumed that this orchard on the mount must have been planted a number Of years since. The peach trees are more than a foot in circumference, and while they are healthy, present every indication of being extremely ancient. An ice cold spring is in the near vicinity of the orchard, making of this little park high up in the rugged mcGntains a verftable oasis.-Tucson Citizen.
 The men who held up the Palace sa- Icon in Ash Fork short time ago played in luck the night they made the haul, but their good luck deserted them soon after. Their arrest was brought about by the peculiar cut of the ends of a buckskin strap worn by one of the robbers as a beTl, the pants he wore also cutting some little figure in the downfall of the bad men. It seems that while the colored porter had his hands elevated under the inn mediate supervision of one Of the men, he was making a close study of his makeup for future use. He noticed that the fellows buckskin belt was split at the ends in a peculiar manner and that his pants were of a pattern to be remembered. This he explained to the officers. A few days later while . game of base ball was in progress in Ash Fork it was noticed that enc O. the players wore a belt and pants that looked very much like those described by the porter. He was sent for, and af- ter taking good look at the pants and belt, he said he had no doubt as to the man being the same who assisted in the h0Idup. Word was sent to Sheriff Munds, who went to Ash Fork and ar
Arizona republican., 1899-06-23
Arizona Day by Day
 Live News Taken From Territorial Exchanges.

.Nincerto LucerO, charged with the murder of William Segna, at Weaver, was yesterday found guilty, with pen :alty fixed at life imprisonment. The district attorney is to be congratulat- ed on the conviction of one of the Weaver gang of Mexican murderers, not forgetting Deputy Sheriff Pete Borcha, to whose efforts both capture and conviction are largely due.-Pres- cctt Courier.
 District Attorney Loy, Of CoconinO county" so says the Coconino Sun, has instituted injunction proceedings against the board of supervisors, en- joining them from issuing warrant to E. S. Clark for the payment of fees, which the board contracted to pay At torney Clark for certain legal services to be rendered the county between june 3 and December 31, 1900 The matter will come up for hearing at the next term of the district court. -
 An exceedingly large delegation was in waiting at the depot yesterday af- ternoon to witness the return of MT Clos and Mrs. Jones, whose trip to California was so ruthlessly stopped by officers of the law. The crowd was doomed to disappointment though as the train was stopped north of town, the couple were taken off and duven into town. Their bends were fixed nt $500 each, in default of which they were committed to jail. Their exam ination was set for this afternoon be- fore U. S. Court Commissioner J. M. w. Moore, but owing to absence of some witnesses was postponed to the same hour tomorrow afternoon.-Jour- nal-Miner.
 Fong Murphy and Hee Long, both well-knC'wn Chinese residents of Pres cott, are in trouble in San Francisco. They have been on visit to the flow cry kingdom and on their return trip were refused permission to land at San Francisco. Murphy is a member of the Kwong Hing mercantile com- pany here, as well as one of the best known and nest popular Chinese cat erers that ever lived here. Hee Long is also a restaurant man, being inter- ested in the Winsor restaurant, and is also a member of the Young Wo com pany. A petition for permission for him to land, and on which his picture is pasted, will be forwarded to San Francisco by tonight's train.-Journal- Miner
 Pearl Hart, the female bandit dis carded her skirts this morning and donned overalls, ieggings and complete costume worn by her when she made her initial bow to the public as a stage robber. Since regular rations of nor phine are issued she has become more dCcile and appears to be content with her lot; however, the sheriff's office keeps close watch over her lest she might 'hcld out" on the dope and re- peat her attempt at self destruction,
Arizona republican., 1899-06-23
SEASIDE EXCURSIONS.

The $. F. P. & P. have resumed their seaside excursions to the coast for the season. every Thursday un- til August 24, at the low rate of S25.95 round trip. The destination of the ticket can be made San Diego, allowing privilege of stopovers at any point west of the Needles, permitting passengers to visit all the beaches en route through southern California. Tickets will also be sold to Redondo, Santa Monica, Riverside Pasadena, East San Pedro, San Pedro, Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Ventura or any point on the Southern California rail- way. Get full particulars ct city ticket office, fl West Washington street, and make arrangements for sleeping car space early. E. w. GILLETT,
 General Agent