mWWa , i H J t u - V -, m iikiei tart lift rnVi fid i' i' 3KH AMBBBBBBHBBBSiJBHSSlaiflsVvAL . 1- - .,. JShI Hk mtftt: Yelume XXl-Ne. 74. LANCASTER, PA.. TUESDAY, NOYEMBER 2e, 1884. rrkeTweCeftte. L4 1 IY5MnHK5SqBE' llTf T il ITT efY 1T rf-V "VI r BFI feJiMwiginr. j . "'BsB' ' - BB SB Ba s"f SJ Bex i. Jm 1 1, vy i j iXrf WW I H.yM.vJL I ft. I .1 l V . I l k ' ft a- S f-sv ' i in Mi'iii hi I t m i yrwwav' m revrw r h . ' ., . i t: H OtMTMltnU, Yeu are doubtless interested in the purchase of Clothing and want the best goods for the least money. We are equally interested in semiring your patronage, and have placed our large etoekat prices within the reach of all. Our goods weie never se low priced as new, while they are as desirable) as ever. A. C. YATES & CO., C02. GO, 000, CHESTNUT 8T8. I'illLADKLl'HlA BloreOpon WKDNK'DAT EVEN'O, Nev. W. iMmd TKISMANIJ. " MIGHTY NICE." euu stock or NBOKTIES, DRB83 SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS SUSPENDKJtB, BT00KING8 AND UNDERWEAR. AT- EEISMAN'S, Ne. 17 Weat King Street. R l'.fflOVAL AMU Ul'KMin Laseast, PV Sept. 10, 1984. t desire te uiake known te my friends and customers, ami the public In general, that 1 bare removed from 23 North Queen street te mNerthtjueen streeL jnrerly occupied by the firm of Sinallng tt Bans man, whero I have opened will n large as as as sortmentof English, rrenc. uud German Novelties, together with a large line el Domeatle rubrics. Composed as uiy new stock Is, of new goods and new styles, I feel assured that In soliciting a continu ance el your patrenage, you wUl nave an opportunity of making selections from a stock unoqualled In 1U varlety and adapt ed te tbe present demand, which Is ter geed valaes, gentlemanly styles and effects, and exqulslte tit. Nothing but the very best et workmanship j and prices te suit everybody. Please favor ree with yenr orders. Tours very truly, D. R. WINTERS. I?ALt, ANmiUAUKluCAT -or- Fine Tailoring -AT-. H. GERIART'S, Ne. 6 East King Street. I have cow in stock tfce meit oemplelo and choicest assortment of FINE WOOLENS fob the fall and winteb TUADK Kver ettered helera In thljcUy. A great va rlety 1NU. llles. Ot LATEST BTVLtE OllKllllKU bUlT- COUK.acuKwt in ait shades and qmat. A splendid asortment et LIUllf AND UEAVV.WKIP.',tT OYERCOA1 XMO. Prices AS LOW AS THE LOWEST BBd all goods warranted as represented.) H. GERHART. i MXa AUONY 14 AND1SU -AND- NOW FOR BUSINESS. Cleveland's wen, the light Is ever, And It was a fight In truth. Democrats are new in elever, Old no mere, but full el youth, Wherefore we remark that It Is new time te settle down te bustnesr. and one of the first things a sensible man should de Is te loeur. GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL, WINTER CLOTHING. SUCH AS IB. KEPT AT Burger & Sutten's MKUCllANT TAILORING AND CLOTHING HOUSE, NO. 24 CENTRE SQUARE, LAN0ASTEB, PA. HEBT UOODB FOR TnK MONEY IN THE Clir. DONT rOUGET THE PLACE. Burger & Sutten, Ne. 24 OENTRR SQUARE, LANCA81EK, PA, febt-lvd niSBSOlfALL ST ILK J AMU AT fsUUSUf j wm tow as vua ivvpa UA11TAN.' Tf IT-iLUmrnOHX CIQAJi; 19X05K, MEDICAL. H DttrH HKUKUV. HUNT'S KIDNEY AND LIVEK REMEDY. Never Known te Fail. It cures when nil otber modlslnes rati, as It aotsdlrectly andatonceon the Kidneys, l,lver and llowela, restoring tbem te n healthy action. Itlsnsa'e.sare and speedy cure and hundreds have been cured by It when physicians and Irlends bad given thorn up in uie. It is Beth a "Safe Cure" anl a '-Specific." ItCUUKSall Dlsoasesnt the Kidneys, Ltver, llladder and Urinary Organs j Dropsy, Uravet, Diabetes, llrlght's Disoaie, Nervous Disease-, Excesses, Feuiale Vteaknesses, Jaundice, lilltousneu. Headache, Heur Stomach, Dys- pepila. Constipation, I'lles, I'alns in the Hack, Leins or Bliln. ltetontlen or Non-Hetentlon of Urine. 1.23 at DRcaaisrs. tar TAKE NO OTIIER.-m Bend ler Illnstrated ram phis tot Solid Tcm menlals el Absolute Ceras. HUNT'S REMEDY COMPANY . rUOTIDRNOE, K. (3) URBAT .nUOUEHs. HOP PLASTER. This porous plaster Is famous for Its qnlck and hearty action In curing uiine Hack, llhou llheu tnaUsm, Sciatica, Crick In Hid Hack, Bldeand Hip, Neuralgia, StlllJetnts and Muscles, Bere Cheat, Kidney Troubles and all pains eraches either local or deep-seaUxl. It seethes, 8trunkhens and Stimulates the parts. The virtues et hops combined with gums clean nnd ready te apply. Buporler te liniments, lotions and salves. Price, 25 cents or 5 ler 11.00. Beld by druggist and country stores. Mailed en receipt et prices. Hep Flatter Com pany, Proprietors, lloaten, Mas. A GREAT SUCCESS. -WThe best family pill made-Hawluy's Stomach and IMver run. lUe. i'Jeasam in action and easy te teke. nevaviydftw (1) UATa Aim vjj-a. rivr AnD HO FT UAig, SHULTZ'S Only Hat Stere. Is tbe place te buy the correct Styles et STIFF AND SOFT HATS. Onr 3.00 STirr HAT we guarantee te be tbe best In tbe elty ter the money. All kinds et Pur Caps and Turbans, AT ALL PBICE3. WCall and oxamlne our stock, w.iiv. , i new and handsome. AT- 144 North Queen Street, (QDNDAKEIl'S.OLD STAND.) marJ7-di w. U. NTAUTVJSlt. JUUM BIOEij -TUK- PEOPLE'S HAT STORE, THE LAUGEST AND BTOCK UEST or A8SOETED Hats, Caps, Furs, Rebjs and Qleves, IN THEC1TV. All the lAtejt styles, theTAPBB, SQUAUK CUOWN, the young men's favorite. FU11S AMD FUR TRIMMINGS, lntlmdlng a well selected stock el OEAUTI- rULUOUKS money at The best Qoeds ter the leatt W. D. Stauffer & Ce., J (Bhultz's Old Stand.) NOS. 31 & 83 NORTH QUEEN STREET, Lanoister. Pa. mylO-ly VAX' eh UAXumaa, Jtc, )UABB3 W. VST. WE HAVE MADE IELK0TIONS OF OTEU st.oeo pieck or WALL PAPERS, rOtt THH SPKINQ AND TALL TRADE, from Reliable Manulacturers, which are being shipped as tast as produced, consequently we araeD.nlng NEW LINES almesttlaliv .com prising ALL GRADES Or l'APEU 11ANU 1NGS, from the Lewest te the rinest Gilts. The colorings and d.algns are beautiful, in cluding rrceies, Ilerders, Celling Decorations, Ad. We have turner from 8 cents a niece n. and enr prices for hanging are S cents a piece for Common and 10 cents a piece ter UUts and Decorations. These prices are lewe. than they have ever been eltber for paptr or work. Ulve us venr order new, as you can ovre big money, as these prices may net remain long. We employ geed workmen and are prepared te ae wers pruuipuy nuu iu a nrst-ciass man ner, WINDOW SHADES IN Plain and Dades et Every Description LACE CURTAINS, POLES, Ac PHARES W. FRY, 4 Ne. 67 North Qucen Dtroe4-, laneastkr. pa. u SB MILLER'S BlxAOK LINIMENT. Dglbm and German directions. si7-6radfc w CREMATION. HYGIENIC AND THEOLOGICAL VIKWS OF THE SUBJECT. Anar.tte. Oclirtred at the Dealnatlen of tbalaueaiMrUrenmtnilainNev.aS.ltBl, by Dr. M. L. Uavl. and iter, J. Has Mark the Hault try and KtlUtia. Literature of Incineration fully Presented. Following are the addrcaaes dullrercd at tbe doileatlou of tbe Laucaater cremater. ium, at tbe cxeiclses at 3 p. m., te da; : Addrets of Ur. M. L. itsvls, Qentleuer : Yenr committeemen are propared te-day, te make tbelr final re port, and te band evor te your saored uvi'iu iiiu WUIIUIUi lUiliilUU HL1U grennds, which by your direction we bave purchased and erected. Iu thus surronderlDR our trust, we feel a dcarte of perhapa pardonable pride, ulnoe this is tbe first Mruoture ercoted in Laueas ter county for pnrely byjlonie purposes, and be marks tbe stride et" tbe aje. llowevor, before takiui; Qnal loave of our work, vre are ceaBtraiued te refer briefly te tbe subjoet of cremation from a sauitary standpoint. Probably no thought throbs deeper te-day aud touehes mero keenly and anxiously tbe heart of every true oitUeu than tbe goneral subjeet of the belt saultaiy measured. It is a preb lout of vast proportions and of at many pbaHca an tbore are ways of pollution ; and the disposal of our dead loved ones with referouce te tbe well being of tbe living loved ones, ia net the least of tbe many. Tbe moment that life parts with its earthly teuement, decomposition tots in, and the organic, tissues, inuseles, nerves, fat, bleed and bones, by this proeoss of disintegration, are gradually, by the no tion of exygen, oenvorted into chlorides and sulphates, nitrates and nitrites, of oalelum and magnesium, Urge quantities of chlorides of sodium and maguealum in solution, and carbonie aeld, all of which are highly poiseuous ehemicals. Frem the faet that thera ha been no Divine llevolatlen aa te the method of disposing of tbe dead, it behooves us te open tbe great volurae of nature, aud in tbe depths of its mystsrieus pages en deaver te learn the intentions of the Creater. Nowhero in bis grand produc tions has he displayed bis goednoss and wisdom mero vividly than In the admlr admlr rable adaptability aud relationship ex istlng between the animal aud rogetablo kingdoms. The vegetable, which largely prepend eratcs ever the animal, breathes in through tbe leaves and bark the oarbenio acid thrown off by the d lain tog ration of animal tlssue whether this disintegration takes plaoe during the life of tbe animal, In the simple process of Interohange iu the eys tern, by which tbu eiTate and useless are thrown off aud the new aud useful takea up aud appropriated, or after tbe death of tbe autmal, when the entlre body do de do eomposeB and is resolved into oarbenio acid, nitrates, nitrites, ote. Tbe plant stands forth as a watchful sentinel te take up tbe oarbenio aeld from tbe air, through its portieus above greuud, and te absorb by its roots tbe ether chemical substance which panotrate the ground through gravity, and thereby ceme in oeutact with the .little UmJriu intertwining a net-work of eapillary fibres near tbe Burface of the earth. It may be thought that this line of vege tabic nctivity has a great depth belew the surface, owing te the deep paDotratleu of (he roots of tbe giants of tbe forest ; but itibenld ba known that these deep roots simply held tbe troe in plaoe, while these rootlets, nearcr the surface, tualuly absorb nutiitive matter. These foots point out the probability that nature did net intend that dead bodies should be placed below the vegetable line of ponctratieu. A furtber thought in this oennootiou is the faet that if you place tbe body of an animal upon tbe ground and allow It te deoemposo without being disturbed, it will kill all vegetable life coming in oou eou oeu tact with it, the product of decomposition Oclug tee strong We assume from this that nature did net intend the animal te decay in any ene plaoe undisturbed. A still stronger indication et the thought consists iu tbe faet of tbe oxisteneo of a olasaef animals, blrdi aud reptiles, very appropriately caned goat eremauenmn, tbe scavengers of the air. fields and water. Theae animals exist la great numbers, and, se far as our dleoevcry gees, are te devour the oarrlen lying en the thousand hills, putrefying the air, or polluting the waters. The tastes aud habits of these scavengers are sueh that thev will net eat anything ether than putreiying substances uulcss upon the verge of starvation ; and it is a significant fact that they will feed en tbe body of man with the same relish as upon the body of another animal. Mew If the All ,7u Creater had had any mere rcspeet for tbe body of man than for the body of any ether animal, why did be net make human flesh abhor, rent te the. tastes of these nnl mala? Ged in his wisdom and merey, Baw the importance of providing a speedy ana effleient meas for removing deoem posing matter, that It might net centam inate tbe air whieh all animals inbale, and pellute the water whieh oempoaes 75 per cent. of all living bodies ; and se bestowed upon these natural scavengers a digestive arrangement by which tbey ate enabled te digest with impunity the most foul sub stances. Be seen as death ensues te au exposed subjeet, these animals cellet in in numerable numbers upon tbe vletlm, and begin their worket morey. They speedily convert the offensive, p3isoneus,desompos ing body Inte feed, and form it into compo nent tissue of their own body. Frem these facts, that the Creater has endewed the vegetable kingdom with the offlee of appropriating tbe poisonous emanations of decomposing bodies, thuspreventlug them from penetrating beneath tbe soil, aud that he has instituted tbe birds of tbe air, the beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the water, te feed upon and devour the same, we must therefore assume that it was net his intention that bodies should be plaeed below the line of voetahlo penetration. The opponents of the orematery process will say that we likewise act oentrary te natural laws, and we admit the oharge, in se far as net furnishing the bodies te these scavengers gees ; but we return tbe car car car boneo neld te the vegetable world, while we destroy the noxious and desdly exhala tion?. W furtber elaim that Ged has given man the right te modify or supplement natural laws;whcn tbey confllet with his well being and retard tbe progress et olvl elvl olvl lizrttien, especially In its hygienle develop- meet D0,30 Man In his primitive condition possessed none et the advantages of the great disoevories of the 19th eentury whieh we enjoy but is that any reason why we should net utilize them fox our benefit I Inhumation transgresses natural law, oentamlnatci the air, pollates the water, spreads pestllenea and suffarlnjj, disease and death. Cremation transgresses no natural law, leaves me air ana water mire ana unoen. Itaminated as Ged made them, aud ban ishes tbe siekness, suffering and de&tb, brought en by contagious and pestilential dlWMM Are these dangers overoatltnated ? Within tbe corporate limits of Philadel phia during the last twenty jears, there have beeu deposited beneath the soil evor 400,000 bodies, at an ftverage weight of liu pounds, making me euormeui amount of 00,000 tens of decomposing human re mains, saturating the lowe'r strata, ceu tamlnatlng tbe wells aud springs, whlle the gases arising through the porous soil produce a like saturation of the air above. Frem this same eity oa'nes the daily lamentation of pelluted water ; the au thorities are eensured for dereliction of duly, whlle the populace are daily depos iting the rem tins of their dead leved ones along the banks of the Schuylkill, upon tbe high bluffs above the Water works, there te doeay, and by filtration send tbelr poisonous products down into tbe strjam, and through its waters baek te tbe usar and dear ones left behind. Probably you all romerabor the offiet of this water upon visitors te the Centennial Exhibition iu 1870 ; bow oue-half wero attested with what was very appre priitelv termed the Centennial diarrheal, ene of the most 'n 'n traetable diseases we ever troated. Washington Square, New Yerk, was at ene time the l'elter a meid, and alter being abandoned in 1600 it was oenvcrtod 'nte a public square. Fer ytars following, aoeording te ruoJieal authority, it was im possible te rear children en tbe ground fleer of homes In tbe vicinity, se impure was the air near the greudd If the air near tbe ground was rendered se Impure, what must have b;eu the ondltten of the witter under tbe surface ? There are frequent eccurrencss,cvcn In our midst, illustrating these preaessas. Within a few weeks three artieles have appjitred in the daily press, referring te the condi tion of a osmetory iu the neighboring town of Columbia, wherein tbe oelllu, saarcely oeverod with earth, emitted a stoneh most foul and poisonous. Dr. Park, in bis wprk en hy. giene, stated that ha found 119 grains of solid matter te the gallon of water which percolated through a graveyard. Lancaster, owing te loci tlen and relllug surfaee, is afforded excel lent draiuage aud comparative froedom from surface contamination ; yet Prof. Baker shows the faet by aualys'13 that water taken from ene of the highest points of the eity contains 10 35 grains of onto ento onte rlne, 112 21 grains of solids iu tbe gallon, with a large percent, of nitrates. Iu cities like New Orleans, where thoie la no sur face drainage, owing te flatness, the amount of ointamluatieu mint ba greatly inoreased. The water soaking into the earth forces out the greitud-air containing the poisonous gases, thereby renderlug tbe atmosphere likewise impure. Hut it la useless te multiply refcroness te case illustrating the pollution of air, greuud and water by the dpcoeipositloa of bodies plaeed In the ground. All intelli gent persens will admit that there is great danger te be apprehended from inbuma tleu, te be found iu the faet that all con. tagleuB dlsoases aie pieduaad by a virus peculiar te each, composed of mluute germs. Tbe invostigatieasof Pottinkefer, tteeb, Play fair, Oirpenter, Evarf, Sir Henry Thompson, Tyndall, Huxley, Pas teur, aud ethers, are well Uuewn te madl c tl meu aud scientists, as demunstratlug beyond a doubt tbe exiitence of these corral. Let U3 p mee a m lment aid con- aider t txtTi-of',theBolnvfMttRnVionftr In 1837 Mr. Charles Darwin read a paper before the Geological sos.ety of Linden, in whieh he preved that iu all pasture lands every partiole of the superficial layer et earth, everlylngjdifferent subjella, had passed through the lntestlues of earth worms. The worms In dry weather de scend deep iute the eartb, and after eating earthy matter and separating the dlgcsti dlgcsti bie portion, they oemo up te tbe surfaoe and expel tbe romalnder in little oeils and heaps at the mouth of their burrows. These little elovatlens you will probably have notIe3d,and this isa faet by no means trivial. Mr. Darwin feuud in ene plana a depth of mere than three inohes of this worm mould having accumulated lu fifteen years ; aud in another instanoe during a period of 80 years a marl bad had bjen cov ered te a depth of 13 inches. Pasteur showed that this earth-mould contained the specific germs whieh propegatcd the disease known as tpUnieftur. lie having examined it with a microscope, found the same parasite or germ in the intestines of the worm, and iu the mould at the mouth of their burrows, that Be found in eattle infeeted with the dltease. He then took a portion of the contents of a worm found at the surfaoe of tbe ground, whero a oew bad been burled two years before at a depthef seven feet ; aud he lnjeoted the matter iute a guinea pig, producing the disease and finally the death of tbe auimal. Experiments cannot ba had iu tbe ease of man ; but the eonditleus are the same, and tbe results mast be similar lu cholera or any ether contagious disease. It Is a faet that these worms did bring te tbe surfaee tbe poison of the disease In this particular Instanoe from a depth of ssven feet ; and this same thing is being repeated everywhere. Pasteur also found that this worm-mould en tbe surface, being dried by tbe sun aud wind, was scat tered far and wide ever the grasses eaten by healthy animals, which seen exhibited signs of the disease. We may alie mention tbe faet brought te light by Keeh. et Ger many, Ewart and Carpenter, of England, that the dried bleed of animals affoeted with this disease, having been pulverized into dust and kept for several years, has reproduced the disease by lnoeulatiug healthynlmals with it. This points out the serious truth, that the germs of dls- oase, like any ether seed, may He dormant and unchanged for years, until happanieg in favorable conditions they germtnate almost Instantly into life. Wbea vletims of yellew rover and oaeiora are eutied, tue germs may remain viails for an indefinite peried, aud as they are oarrled te the sur sur sur faeo by worms, they boeome the soureo of animal contagion, Tbe yellow fever, te which our maritime oltles are annually exposed, semes from Seuth America and the Islands in that locality. Dr. Ferrie, of Rie de Janeiro, whlle Investigating the cause of the disease, found that the soil of tla oemsteibs in whieh were buried thq victims of yellow fever, were alive with mioreblan organisms exaetly idontleal with these found in the vomit and bleed of persons who bad died of the disease iu the hospital. He gath ered a sample of earth one feet belew tbe surface evor the remains of a person who had died ene year bofero with yellow fever, and although there was nothing unusual in ha appsttranee or smell, yet under the mioresoope it proved te be heav lly charged with the characteristic germ. He charaeterii&s the oemeterles as tbe nurseries of yellow fevcr, tbe psrennlal feel et tbe disease. Tbe plague et Medena, in 189S, was due te exoavatiens made where vletims of the same dlsease.had been interred 300 years before, in last an opldemie of oueiera broke out in Louden, owing te the turn. ing np of the ground in whieh the vletims of the plague bad been burled in 1605, nearly 300 years before,' These are faets beyond Euoeeseful contradiction. There oan.bsne doubt that tbe earth, air and water are polluted and contaminated by the poisonous ehemicals produced by the decomposition of bedies burled in the irreund. It is alsa a faet that these torrlble pestilential dlscases which have many times nearly uopepuiatea vast nreas of the eartu are produced by specific germs which may remain viable, or capable et reproducing the dlsoase, for years aud even centuries ; aud that these germs are carried te the surfaoe by earth-worms, thus endangering the llvlug relatives who may visit the grave te de hemage te the departed. Might we net nnuse a mement te con elder our own thresheld: On yender knell, be dellghtfully situated, Is Wood ward Hill cometery, a magnificent speci men of "Ged's Aere Beautiful" with its winding avonues, graveled walks, green swards, beautiful monuments, and well kept mounds : but well de we knew that boueath all these ropesa tbe victims of small pox, scarlet fever nud dipbtbetia. Whlle you and I, with our families perhaps, are paying a customary visit te the little mound whote we buried se many bright hopes a Bhert time since, what assurance have we that the child by our Bide is net oentraotlng tbe same disoase from the mould evor tbe grave, whieh the earth worms have brought te the surfaoe? the result beiug that in a short time a fresh mound is made, with trembling bands and sad hearts, en tb'e little plot beside the ether. Sueh are the present possibilities. Sueh oceurrcnoos are impossible in dispos ing of the dead by cremation ; and when tbe process is analyzed, the same end is aocemplishod. Plaoe a body in the ground and it will decompose tbe heat evolved by tbe process beiug nature's furnace by which tbe tissues are burned up. This re quires years te accomplish. We here apply a groiter degree of heat, and com plete tbe transformation in a few moiueuts. We knew full well that prejudlce, false education, ignorance and superstition, must all be overcemu befere cremation will become popular or be accepted by a large elasa of peeple ; but these are ques tiens with which we have nothing te de. Scientific facts have no sympathy with sentlmentallsm upon any soero ; aud tbe iceinerative process for the disposal of the dead being based upon true bygionle prlu eiples, aoeording te the law of the survival of the flUe.it, will stand tbe test of scru tinizing intelligence, and bioemo a living institution; whlle sentlmentallsm, being based upon false odueatlon, wljl be scat tercd te the four winds of Heaven, FltO.lt A TSIKOLIHIIOIL urAHOl'OlN x, Kcv J nisx llaru (snows tbs Abieuce of scilpturrtl Oppaillljii te Uteinallau, It Is but fitting, Mr. Chairman, that in relUvinc your committee of its charge and formally aceepting this building, I should expteis te you in the name of the beard of directors, cot only our great satisfaction at the completion of tbe crematory, but also our siucera thanks te you for the able ruanuer in whieh you have fulfilled your arduous task, Without hepa of profit, with much taerillaa te yourselves, tui'ler many dlsoeurazomonts and dUaprelntmeuts you have dene your work well. Tbe cod ced cod tfcieuBiiots of this nud thi atsurauce that you have conferred n lasting been en our community, yen will regatd, I knew, as a bufllaient reward ; whlle thU building it self will ever stand the worthy menument of your faithfulness, wisdom and diligence. Ner would we forget en this occasion te make acknowledgement of the encouragft enceuragft encouragft ment and aid we have received in this new onterprUu -from our fellow citizens. It sneaks well for tue pudue spirit, and in- telligenca of Lauoaiter, that in spite of the comparative novelty or it, se large a pro pre pro pertlou of nil classes at euce saw its tuerlts and entered into lta spirit ; whlle even of theso who cannot as yet overcemo their natural aversion te the idea of cremation, only a vary few have sought te oppeo uu, or denied uh the right of our opinions. The fact, however, that theso have, strangely enough, dene se iu the lurae of rtiigien and have claimed the Werd of Ged as their authority, puts upeu usj the necessity of yet releiring te a phrase of the nubjeet which otherwise would net have been dwelt uniu at all. Fer the disposal of our dead is a matter with whieh theology has nothing wbalever te de, as little as it has te de with the mede of draining our eitics, building our beuses, the style of our dress, or any otber such subject. It is solely a question for sauitary soieneo te determine. Aud that, as we have Just heard, has proneunctd its verdict with no uueertalu veice. It has absolutely demonstrated that the burial of tbe dead is injurious te tue living, and that their incineration is harmless, that whlle the former interferes with, the latter promotes tbe health and well being of man. That ought te sottle the matter ; and we believe that ultimately It will. When oneo man knew3 what is bast, all that opposing oustem, sentiment and projudlee can efl'eet Is te retain its eventual adoption, They ean never permanently prevent, Se much the history of tbe human race dearly shows us. In this a8surance we patiently bear with the repugnauee of these whose inhorited feeliugs and associations make them as yet shrink from croinauen. nay, we (sympa thize with tbem. There are seme of us who experience tha same foelings as kceuly as they. liut we feel still mero keeuly tbe duty of sacrificing our personal tastes and feelings whoa these stand iu tbe way of the true welfare of our fellow men espe cially as we knew that all the progress tbe world has ever made towards a hlgher condition has been at tbe oxpense el old associations, often deep-rooted sentiments and long-eherished customs and traditions, " That way his Teuth nnd Wisdom and all Uoed; Fer enlr bv nnlearnlnir Wisdom come. Aud climbing backward te diviner Youth," However we may disagree with seme of you, thoreforo, as te tbe value and import impert import aueo of your feelluga of nverslen, we can understand tbem asd we de respeit tbem. Ner would we ever urge en you te vlolate them. It is net necessary, nor is it wise. Far batter is it simply te wait till they are outgrown, as a multltude like thorn bave been outgrown befere. Uu', when meu presume te Impute their nersenal nreiudleea and seutimeutal cblee. tiens te Ged, and, In order te fortify them selves, try te thew the responsibility of opposing the demonstrations of solenoa en tbe liiuie, tuen in tuouameoi religion ana of the Bible we pretest against it. It is a method that has already done tee mueh harm te be telerated any longer, and It is high time that Christianity boldly repu diates it. More than all the attacks of ....i.i.t.ii.r.i...i...,.i.jM ?ra&7.3 Christ. Using religion as n olealc for its iguoraneo, it denled the existence of a western bomispbero and pertoeuted Colum bus for having tern off this cloak and proved that Amerlea did exist. It quoted Jeshua aud David against the discovery that the earth revolves around the sun. Newton's theory of gravitation, Harvey's discovery of the circulation et the bleed, the assertion that people lived opposite us en the glebe, were ull deelarcd autl-perip-tural aud irreligious. When Dr. Iledl I deuled the spontaneous generation of we, 1 the Bible was again ransaoked for texts te oppose him ; and le, one was found for did net Samson's lien genorate bees? When geology showed the vast antiquity of the earth, and its gradual creation, tbe Bible onee mere was levelled against it, 1 and Genesis quoted te prove that it was done In Just six days. Net mero than a huudred yoare age it would still have been dangereus te deny the existence of witches and witchcraft, for did net the Blble speak of tbe witeh of Ender ? When afterwards all theso scientific facts wcre established beyeud peradventure, what was the natu ral result ? Men thought the Blble had been preved false, whereas human tradition aud supposition had been sbewn te be mistaken. Who was te blame for the groundless skepticism and infidelity that resulted ? Net soience, but theso who impiously tried te pass off tbelr own fgno fgne fgno raneo and bigotry as Ged's eternal truth. They with their presumptuous methods, and net religion, are the real opponents of all progress, knewledge and truth, Fer they are net all dead yet. They are at their old work again with reference te cremation. They have hunted through the Bible for seme text against it, aud think they have found ene. Here it is : "And they ham built the high placet of Tephet, which t'j in the vallty of the ten of Jlmnem, te burn their ions and their daugh tert trt ci jire, tciicn 1 temmanata thtm net, neither tame it into my heart," (Jer. viil. 81.) On this ene vorse they base their deolate that, "If we burn the boJles of the members of our families we disobey Ged and offend against bis Werd." Such a palpable porverslen of scripture can only be doplerod by all levers of the truth. Tbe text quoted, as overy Sunday school scholar knows, never meant and cannot be made te rofer te cremation, or te aur thiug rise than tbe offering of human sacritlca te tbe heathen gcd, Melech. Ask any honest theologian who Is worthy of tbe came, and he will tell you the same. Consult any reputabla commentary, aud you will sce for yourselves the falseness of the Interpretation that would twist the plain meaning of the words te apply te crematieu. I must confess that I am amazed te sae Ged's Vi'erd se mlBSonstrued and his Hely Truth thus misrepresented. It is utterly unworthy of anyone net grossly ignorant or blindly prejudiced. And I am pained at it, beeauBO it glves unbolievcrs another opportunity te gay, "See, tbore it is again! Ne progress or improvements can everba attempted but religion first strongly op poses it." Confldent that It is only a questien of time when tbe benefits of cremation will be universally reoegnized, I de net want unbelievers te be given the opportunity te raise their old cry against the truth of the Blble, nor deveut be liever. te be shaken in their faith in its In tegrity. Finally, I deplere It because it is wholly aud absolutely untrue. The Bible docs net forbid cremation any mero than it cemmauds burial as a motbed of dis posing of our dead. It simply does net concern itself with tbe subjaet at all, any mero than It does with the ether methods and modes of notion which are deter mined by ollmatie, geographical, sauitary and otber considerations, or are left te local or personal taste, custom or tradi tion, It is true In ene eonse that "tbe sariptural mede of disposing of the holies of the dead Is te bury them." That is te say, it is true that the ancient Hebrews, whose history tbe Old Testameut records, happened te praotice the oustem of burial. But that plaoes no obligation wbatever en us te de the same. Polygamy was a ectiptural oustem tee in its sense ; se was abstaining from perk, living in touts, olr elr olr eumoision, slavery. But we de net there thero thore foro oenstder eurselves bound te have mero than ene wile, or te eat no perk, or te build no beuses, or te ue circumcised, or te cnslave our fellow menT Why net, if we are bound te bury our dead ? The fact iB that the Blble lteclf oleatly shows that this is a matter of no conso censo conse quenco at nil. Whlle Abraham and Isaae wote laid away in cave eepulehrcs, Jeseph and Jaaeb, liviug iu Egypt, whero mummification was the national custom, conformed te it without a word of pretest, aud when dead were mummified. On the ether hand, in the casa of Saul and his sons, where otraurmtanecs made burial inoenveuiont, the deveut Uobrews did net ecruple or hesitate te depatt from the usual custom and burn tbelr dead bodies. Still further te be aoeutato, there ia no scriptural authority for the new prevalent method of earth burial. The aneient Hebrews and the early Christians as well would have shrunk from tha idea of nail ing up their dead la olesod boxes, sinking them into a bole and then oevorlng them up with earth. They ombalmed their dead, and carefully laid them away in natural or artificial cave ohambers. Earth burial was net gonerally adopted until about four buudred years after the time of Christ, when exigonaies of climate, topography and ethor oiraumstanees made It mero convenient. Then they did net hesitate te adept it, though till then it bad been a heathen custom, praotleed only among the most unprogrCFslve and filthy of all peoples of early times, tbe Chinese. Te say, therefore, that " burn ing is a hoathen praotjee, burial is the Christian praotleo," merely means that as the Christians of tha fourth century adopted earth burial praotieod only by the unenllghtened heathen (juinese ana maae it uurtsuan, se tne Christian? of the nineteenth eentury may adept cremation, if they cheese, after the example of the onllghtened and highly cultured aneient Greeks and Remans, and thus make it also a Christian praotleo. If the former had the right te depart from the custom of their fathers when the times seomed te demand it, why bave net we (he same right te depart from their metheds, slcoe the very safety of our fellow men demands it ? And In truth, nature herself secms te call for it. Fer just the opposite Is true from what has been objeeted. Net tbe burning of the dead is artificial, but their burial is, as we have already heard in decomposition nature simply burns up the body. The process Is essentially the same as in crema tieu, only that It is mueh slower and less complete. Burning is nature's method. But when we oeffln and bury a body we interfere with this process ; by cueh arti ficial means we hinder and retard nature in her work, se that what she would otherwiso accomplish in a few months or years, with au artificial interference she needs decades and semetimes centuries te finish. In crematieu, en the oentrary, obedient te Bacen's wise aphorism that "man is tbe interpreter and minister of nature," we adept her methed and assist and aocelorato her work, se that in a few ineurs is noeompiisneu wuai uuub.bh:u by burial we work against nato.re, through whom Uea werits ; ey cremation we worn with nature nud nature's Ged. And this work is far less repulslve thin ignorance would make it. There is no roasting in the llarues, for the flamei de net touch the loved ene'a form, It is simply rcsolved into its eleraentiry lluld and solid materials by tbe intensity het air lu the retort, consumes the former and leaves the latter lntaet. As we gather theso aabes, oleansed and purified from all corruption and plaoe them into their last rcstlna olace. tbore are nene of theso feel ings within our breasts whieh tee often under the plea of reverenoe lead te an unehrlstlan worship of the dead. When ever we cara upon them we hear the words anew, "He Is net here : he has risen 1" We are reminded that our departed's seal self, disembodied, has gene te Jein the hesU above. We ar. helped te think of enr loved ones aa they rulyar. transformed Inte nerfeet tMlnri Lt?4 and glorious spirits in heave. It le t, ;- nobler feeling far asd truer tee ttam lint vtuiuu tries te imagine tne lena Of 1M a "peaoeiuiiy sleeping" la tbe mnn. belief se utterly fahw and deeeetire that only lack of information eaa really sure or it. But a very little knowledge is Beaded forever te dissipate the Illusion and te make the grave a horror te us. Who that knows anything of the process of dseay and pntrefaotlen that is going en ia every grave can dwell npenit with any feeHan ethor than these of repugnance and die gust ? What a mockery ia it te apeak of sueh a herrible proeesa as aaleep," or of the grave as " a resting place 1" The loved form we lay there se beautiful and dear in a few days is oenverted into a hideous mass of loathsome foulness aad offensive putresoenee, and for years must oentinue se ; and only then te be dag up again and moved te some ethor " place of rest." Fer lew ludeed are the graves that are left undisturbed even for only a single eentury. And their flotltieus rest will be come ever shorter as our country Is mere and mero thiekly populated. All the finer sensibilities of the intelligent are shocked a thousand fold mere at tbe idea of the grave than at the thought of cremation. They even find in the latter a worthy aid te theso loftier feelings of peaceful resig nation and of true spiritual communion with the departed, whieh are the precious privilege of the Christian indeed, but te whieh many of the associations of our pres ent mode of burial are a hindranee rather than a help. Yet would we waive all sueh considera tions of sentiment alone. The real and suffl. dent elaim of cremation en the Christian pnblie lies in its usefulness and benefit te human society. This is what makes it a Christian method In the highest sense. It is in aoeord with the world's improving and man's saving tendeney of that spirit of truth and life whieh Christ first brought upon the earth ; tbe spirit of self sacrificing love for mankind that has given the world its hospitals and homes, its asylums aad reformatories and the whole multitude of health-preserving and life saving Institu tions and deviees, whose number, variety and efflolenoy are the vlslblt earthly reflections of that Divine Bun et Ulghteous Ulghteeus Ulghteous ness that hath brought life and immortality te light, and whose wondrous rlery fills tbe heaven of heavens. Te plaoe our selves (fnore fully in line with this spirit have we erected tbe Lancaster orematery. And in obedleneo te this spirit de we to day open it te the use and servlee of our fellow men, praying Him who is all-wise and all-mighty, the great Father of all, te lay His blessing en our humble work and te aoeept it at our own hands. "My wile has been a sovero snftorerwlth Indigestion, and kidney and liver troubles, t fearect It would termlnate In II right's Dlstsse. as there went tbe symptoms. She commence using Uvirr's Kidney and Llver Uehit, nnd leund by ttia use et only one bottle .be hed been relieved." R, a. it. Armstrong, Au burn, N. Y. niMwdeofetw Less and uale. cBirraR r. 11 1 was taken sick a year age With a billens lever." " My doctor pronounced me cured, bnt I get slek again with terrible pains in my back and sides, and 1 get se bad 1 Cenld net meve t I shrunk l -. Frem2M&s. telZQt I had been doctoring far my liver, but it did me no geed. I did net expect te live mere than three months. I began t use Hep Rlttters. Directly my uppo uppe uppo tlte returned, my pains left me, my entlre sys tem seemed renewed as it by tn&gle, and nrter using several bottles, I am net only as sound as a sovereign, but weigh mero than I did be be be eoeo. Te Hep flitters I ewo my life. It. FmrATiucK. pullln, Suits e.'Sl. CKAtTIB II. " Maiden, Mass., Feb. 1, 1ESJ. GenUcmcn-I suffered with attacks of slek headache." Neuralgia, female trouble, for yeirs in the most torrlble and exeruclatlng manner. Ne medicine or doeter eeuld glve me relief or euro, until I usodllep Ultters. "'Ihonrstbettlo Nearly cured me." The seoend mads me as well and stteng as when a child, "And I bave been se te this day." 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Poneo da Leen, the famous Old Spanish explorer, searched there for tJie sappesed Fountain of Health, which ha thought would keep every body yeutbtuL Setter stay at home and take llrewn's I'ca Ultten. This helps up the de bllltated, th. languished and the consump tive. Mr. r. Benknlghr. of MIcanepy, riorl rierl da, says, -'everything failed te care my dys dys pepsla. At last 1 tried Brown's Iren Bitters with c.mplote success." Worked Weeden. " My daughter was very bad, off en aceunt eta cold and pain In her lungs. Or. Themas' Keleettie Oil cured her in twenty-Jeur hevri. ene of the boys was cured et sere threat. This medlctne has werked wonder la enr family." Alveb Plnekney, Lake MahOpae, N. Y. Fer sale by H. B. Cochran, druggist, 117 and IU North Qzeen stxe.t. A Bemaraable Kteape. Mrs. Mary A. Dalley. of Tunkhannoek, Pa. was eflltcted ter six rears with Asthma aad Bronchitis, during which time the best physi cians could give no rellet. Her life was de spaired et, until in last October she procured a Bettle et Dr. King's New Discovery, whea immediate toilet was telt, and by continuing IU use ter a short time she was completely cured, gaining In flesh 50 as. In a tew month, rree Trial liottles et this certain euro et all Threat and Lung Disease, at 11 B. Cochran's Drug Stere, Ne. 137 and 139 North Queen street Lancaster, Pa. Large Bettles $1.00. (l) 1 wisn Jsvery oeay te Bvnaw. Rev. Geerge H. Thayer, an old cltlsen et this vicinity known te every one as a meet Influential citizen and christian minister et the M. E. church, lust this moment stepped In our stere te say, " 1 wish everybody te knew that I consider that betb myself and wile ewe our lives te Shlleh's Consumption Cure." It is having a "tremendous sale ever enr eoentefs and Is giving perfect satisfaction In all et Lung uutai 11 ijutAit. ancti aa nothing cdM anne. DU3 :t; -rr:..TTr m . w.,w llonuseir, Ind., Hay 13, TB. UAiUUfill m IJM4WHI Sold b v U. B. Cochran. OresaUt. If of. uraaa IS) North Queen street. LaneMtar. SebUeesM A Hepe Abeat UU X.efc.. A weak stomach or enfeebled circulation ia like a rope about enr neeka. We inilrui np and unstrung alternetftly till exltteneesje , . comes unbeble. Bmrdeck J"jSJ& v win arrest all thU misery. Surtteek Meeet , .. UUtert are a been te the sick. Let a. iSMn ber this faet. Fer sale by H. B. Cochran, tras kUt, 1S7 ana in n eriu nuwn mw A JTULI. U.1 uv ttutmte at returns t tnaiaa llAUTMA ij i-i A' .-! iWi H: .'it Mr. 4 t ' i J- ! ,? l 'SJ J"SG fj i Vj XT fid m -,43 no 'm .& 2 II 3P -4 $4 f. a 'M $ m aa. .vf .A "SfiXS " ,lTl , .si. Jw ! m is 'ft. X r ( V J5T, LJ ) . - Vt .tt.it n AJBiiCJft.. $t iibi&v jjiWvKrt.'
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