The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12

g TIMES : DISPATCH: 4 RI
! the murder, and had then adjourned to
tne grave of the victim---on a picnic.
characteristically witty whore VIC new
e. nream Of provoking or indulginG in
T pn,n Witness: ',ci-git ma femme.
iics my wife: FOR hcr rcpose: aud minc)
bertrand Ordat. he LATEST OF tho lazy
raes hsre,,,-res,ins. still" .Allain BE.
IrS az last quiet neiGhbors." Bonn
bnln Bloc. who sailed the seas. and
crank an ocean Of W,hiskeyhat the ex-
own sdebt." "Gravct, Jules Pierre Ri
,ot Gage and datc) gonc leaven be
PRAISED, say his afflicted family"
English TOmbstoncs
enc finds very eccentric cpttaphs in
every english graveyard, but in the
MAJ they are doYout and dccorous,
iilaSSEe and moss cOVercd, damn and
o2nk: yet set beside such Beautiful
I1mu! NV ana IN such green. lovely
l nth ar,r mat they s;oniewhat lose their
otherWlse very gloomy effect, even
when. seen rs they gohcraIly are in
The rain and under gray, thrcnteni,i..
sizes here Is !; fncctious English YER
sion OIL the French husbands discou-
tent:
IN !, IN, this grave here doth lie.
When the last trump the air shall Ill,
II she gets up---Ill just lie still"
.tpropos Of lying. sim. there Is an
ether one that is rather hard on The
poor deceased
Zen IF Abbott now has left this Garth.
~ ~ lies, the Parishll have Il dearth
hes IN his grave against his will
Wherever gone. is lying STILL
And in Westminster Abbey there Is
an old tomb that must have delighted
the author CT the Book of Snpbs.'' for
on on !, Is engraved Here lies the Lady
sionate and deeply religious. Also
she painted in water colors. and was
hrEt cousin TO the Earl OF ."
isther Of Chemistry, ana brother OF
the Earl of Cork" as We'll as the sight
OF the only empty tomb in WcstRiin-
ster---the result OF certain nobleman
thinking FOR one moment that he could
pury one wife on his right hand and
left That was hundreds of years ago.
aud the lady had the Sunragist stun
IN her-refused 10 be buried there at
she came into this world 10 see.
\ sample of our niscree
She turned her little head aside
Disguised at the sight, and-diedp
set above q baby is not without In
terest Lovers OF Thackcray and Col
a
tain old English country church, for in
II Is an object OF literary Interest,"
brass. which las been erected BY Mrs
Fitchie, the daughter OF the great
Thackeray, to the memory of her FAITH
er's step-fatier, who Is buried within
the walls Miss Thackeray, as she is
laInlllariy known TO the world has
taken much interest in the erection Of
this memorial, as II is not only that OF
a dear relative. but also OF him who is
ne ~ Colonel Newcome Of Thackeray's
| ~ tong ~
enitaph given below. which to those
iamiliar win his beautiful closing
s ei IS q ow Ih9as &sweone,s 1ife viii
michael smytl,. OF tie Bengal En-.
gineers, who departed this life at Ayr.
| And To- he whose heart was that OF d
/ little child had answered TO his name
ana stood in The presence OF the Mas
the rebuilding Of tho church lis grave
| was brough, within the walls he was
laid TO rest Immediately beneath th:s
peace Thackeray This memoriaI Vas
| family"
Cuban Graves.
| save ones ina gination Of the field
parable for ghastliness. dreariness aud
morbidness to Cuban cemeteries Tie
four sides Of square cas- barren as
the Desert Of Sahnra) are surrounded
with a high. solid wall OF massive
| masonry, in which are hundreds Of
receptacles for collins. III a Highly
decorated gilt hearse. witt, two bis
angels on the roof and the coachman
/ In full gala dress With a bouquet in
| his buttonholcs, the dead after the
| service at church, are carried to this
| square and thrust into one Of the
| holes IN the wall. There is a panel on
| which there is the holy sign, and pray
| for me-" the age, date, naino-lone
! Sonorous. Spanish names and near
| Havana some Of them are as old a s tho
| Cid-and In the next compartment
I perhaps, lies q negro or a Chinamana
| Inc place appalls all Americans.
deep blue sky. a fierce sun do not
more than emphasize It's horrors and
| terrors
The Tower Of silence
| me Parsec burial place IN Bombay.
me Tower OF silence, is even more hor-
rible. for even in Cuba a man is buried
| with Christian rites by kind friends.
! who commit him reverently and low
| in3ly TO God pray for him. send him
| flowers, remember him al the altar at
| least OF All Souls Day, when the whole
| population remembers the entire dead
| OF all Christcntiom-- (by his nearest
I ana dearest every sunday, especially
! al mass)--but the Tower is un,itterah lv
] CHASTITY, There is a deep blue sky
| there, and flock Of blZHards is al
| ways. wheeling above and around il
| entering IT, leaving it, Z is yery high.
and series OF platforms are Built in
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