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HE BKOOKLTN" OTLTT A TjE SUKD SEPTEMBER 9, 1894. TWENTY FOUR 11 FUENAGES FOE THE DEAD BLOOMEES ON THE PATH A HEAVYWEIGHT INFANT ideas, the people begin, to tako a now view of tho methods of inolncratlon. Among those prominent In various professions who have publicly Indorsed cromation as the propor way ot disposing of the bodios of tho dead may be cttod: Charles Francis Adams, Boston, Mass. the Rev. ('.

K. Adams. Itnaoa, N. Dr. Felix Adler, New York; Charles P.

Allen, Now York; William Waldorf Astor, New York; Edward Atkinson, Eeston, Mais. Charles A. Bacon, M. Washington, D. C.

Samuol M. Barlow, New York; Mrs. Lillie Dovoreux Blako, Now York; Goorge W. Boskowltz, M. New York: Emnnuol Brandon.

Newtown. N. Y. thorlties of tbo City of Brooklyn for tho construction of this wheolwny, provided tho work can bo completed during tho present seasm and tho wheolway maintained hereafter at tho expense of the park department aud kept for tho cxclusivo use of bicycles and tricycles." Tho park officers heartily assented to this proposition and expressed their appreciation of tho public spirited offer of tho wheelmen. Superintendent Ulrich then said that ho would at once put on a sufficient force to excavate, grade and roll tho foundation throughout tho entire five and a.

half miles and make It ready for the gravel, which should bo put cn and thoroughly graded, rollod and compacted at tho exponse of tho park department as fast as It was obtalnod. Commissioner Squlcr entered heartily into tho plan anil ex and cause ot doath. On the granting of the order for the incineration the undertaker must Attach to it tho customary certificate of the board ot health and suoh othor permits as may bo prerequisite to lawful Interment, Upon nrrivmir at the crematory the cortlflcatos and pormits must be delivered to the superintendent, and unless tho body is accompanied by these documents ineinoratlon Will not be allowed to tako plaoe. Ivory Incineration must be attended by some relative) ot tho deceased er roprnsentatlve of flin family. Thwbody may bo conveyed to the cromiitory In such manner as the friends ot tho dacesued may select, and, when desired, tho company will take chnrgo of the body from the home.

special preparation of the body or clothing is necessary, as the body is always inoincrnted in the clothing as received. At a recent incineration nwatch'had boon left on the oody and on gathering tho ashes it was found that nothing was left ot It but tho stoel frame, the metal of the case having melted and separated in small partiolcs. The retort in which the Incinerations tako place is mado of lire clay and is eight and a half tlon one of moment. They are agitating a causo that makes converts rapidly. Tho arguments they advance are based upon tho so Industrial and political progress of tho nation.

It is said with good rcaion that civilization nuvos only along good roads. A road, or trail, Is man's first murk upon the wlldemoss. The development of the primitive road must move In advance of building. Access Is tho prime demand. Tho and easier it Is the less the cost of and shipping.

Tho argument runs that highways mark tho beginning and the end ot progress. Magnificent highways aro a signal mark of supremo civilization. The ruins of the Applan way, which remain after thu ravages of 2,000 years, are tbe most Impressive testimony of tho grandeur of ancient. Rome. The massive structure of her highways mark the flood tide of her civilization.

They were In her golden age. The Hume of I. It. Potter, who Is chairman the cycle path subscription committee, ami roads arc almost synonymous. Mr.

Potter has: been at (he front of the agitators for years. A Cornell graduate, ho took a course civil engineering and made a deep, technical study of the subject. His enthusiasm led to put usld. a lucrative law practice In pursuit of the matter. Ho launched tlio Ashes Are Literally Turned to Ashes at Fresh Pond.

How the Remains Aim Prepared fur tlio RetortCremation Is Xo Longer a VnA or nn Jixn Incineration In Practical Operate n. That cromation I no longer a fad or experiment will becoino ovldont at once to tbo visitor at tlio crematory and columbarium of tho United Statos Cremation company at Fre3h Pond, L. TWb odlflco, situutod on a high eminence odja cout to Luthern comotory. attracts tho eyo from afar. It has tho outline of Romanesque architecture, whilo tho material used gives it tho details of tho renaissance.

The building consists of a main body, 38x38 feel, and or two eemi octagon wings, oach 20x 10 foot. The basecymt, 10 feot high, contains the mortuaries, oQlco, toilet rtome, etc. Tho first nud second stories, eaah 1G foot high, connected by a 10 feet square gallery court In the floor of the second story, covered by a dome coiling with an artistic calling light, serve the double purposo of a columbarium with many Koman niches for cinerary uses and bifll nnd, chapel for the mourners una tholr ceremonies. Tho etructuro, thereforo, though showing old historic feature of architecture, is in Its entirety decidedly modern, just as tho syitem cremation is modern, but hai an ancient background. The first story is ot white marble, the second of buff face brlek with, marble trim mins.

Arrivlnn at the ontranac 'f Lutheran cemetery over tho dummy rai'ftd from Ridge wood it is but a few minutes' nlk to the west when, turning north from lie; ropolitnn avenue and ascending the hill, cromatery It xeached. Passing through tho Iron gatoway it Is but a few stops tho woll laid walks, bordered by freshly ms.ira lawns set with beds of bright flower and palms, and the ontraao door Is reached. This opens into the columbarium, where an impressive sight meets the gaze. The columbarium is finished in pure white that is tinged with a delicate red reflex from the varnished floor by the rays of the afternoon un as It sinks in the west, shining through memorial windows. On every side, set In square walls and ootagon wings, symmetrically arranged In rows and tiers on tan mail nnd up por Hoars aro Roman niches.

Ttiese niches are all of a uniform sizo, twenty two inohes high. While many are as yet unoccupied, einerury urns of handsome modern design, wherein are contained the ashes of tho departed, aro gradually Ailing tho spaces set apart for that purpose, lbeso urns aro about eighteen inches in height. Like tho plain tono of the columbarium, these niches are white, but uo restriction seems to havo been placed tfb. their doaoratien by those who obtain the right to use thorn. Bo mo aro tinted a light blue with a firmament of soldon stars, while others aro finished in geld and white.

Many are opened howlng the urn. unrestricted, but equally as many aro inelosed behind decorous bronze doors and gratings and also plate glass. The urns are of bronze, ooppar, ojilna, oxidized silver or serpentine stone, each bearing a suitably inscribed plate. Many of tho nlehea are adorned with wreaths ot natural aud artificial flowers, sheaves of wheat, with an occasional dove suspended over the urn. to which decorations the niche on the left adds impres jyu narmony wun jts panic of immortelles ana stately palms.

On the same DrinciDle that a family secures a lot in a cemetery sets of from two to twelve niches have boen ornamented alike and hold in reserve for the members. All the solemnity that attends a burial is in evi denoo, except that the final ceremony is hold in a retirement that is like unto tho home, mid without and the soulful strains ot the organ within, paying to the dead the last tribute of rospeot and affection, surroundea bv tho'silont monuments of those who have gone DO i ore. Within the columbarium at Fresh Pond religious services after the ritual of tho several denominations, masonic ceremonies, theosoph ieal ana almost every order of observance ovsr tho dead have boen held, and every facility for tho conducting of the same Is afforded by the attendants. The funoral procession approashes the edifice, at the door of which the mourners alight. If services are desired the body is oarried into tho columbarium, where it rests upon a bier.

After the services It Is carried to the preparation room for final attention. Where special services are not desired the body is earried directly from the hearse to the nrerjoratienrooin. tho mourners meanwhile entering the ohapel or uuiumuurmm, as one may onoose to call it. Tlio preparation of the body for incineration is made with all tho reverence that care can afford. The coffin Is placed on tho ground alongside of a crib or cradle of Swedish steel bands, over whioh is spread a wnito shoot that has been saturated in a heavy rNCISEBATUtCI BOOH, BHOWlKfa solution of alum.

The casket is then opened and the body roverentlally lifted and plaoed on the shewt, which is immodlntely wrapped around it and fastened securely at the head and foot, glvitg the form the appearance of a mummy. Tho then lifted upon a catafalque, suitably draped and running on rnbber rollers, which is noiselessly run into the Incinerating room, in front of the retort. This preparation requires but a few minutes' time, the mourners in the meantime resting in the chapel. An attendant informs them that all is ready and asks those who wish to witness tho final act to step out upon a platform which is upon a level with the floor they aro oa, tho floor of tho incinerating room being several foct'bolow It. A.

moment elapses whoh the engineer opens the door of the retort, the catafalquo is brought to tho opening aud the cradlo which oporates on rubber rollers is quickly and noiselessly pushod into the rutort consigning tho body to the influences of a dry white Dent, the doors olossd nnd all is over. Reverence, dispatch aud clon iinoss is marked at every move, and when the mourners depart the promises again resumes tho quiet of a religious atmosphere. Tho length of time required to incinerate a. body is depondent upon tho bone structure and ago of the docensod, from a half hour for an infant to three hours for a grown person. As a rule the ashes are allowed to remain in tho retort until tbo day after the incineration, when thoy aro withdrawn.

As much cure is takon in this operation as in any other part of the coremony. Ail the doors and windows of the incinerating room are securely closed that no air may iatorforo with tho gathering of tho ashes. These aro placed in a receptacle aud fastened, nnd are then talcon to the office of tho president ot tho company, Mr. Louis Lunge, at 02 East Houston street. New York, where thoy are soalod with the seal of tho com uiay and proporly inscribed.

From there thev aro takon by tho family of thosdoceased or aro placed in ono of tho nibea of the colum wirium as may be desirod. Many preier to bury tho ashes in their plots in coma tirrius. Iu evory5 instance without exception tho coflin that contained the remains is destroyed and usod in the fire boueath the retorts. But in cases of infectious and contagious dls oiisns the coflin containing the body is burned with it and no oxposura ot the remains is permitted. Also in cases of children, when pnr cnts so wish it, the coffin Is disposed of in tho saiiio way.

Tho company furnishes an organist, whoso duty it is to render music during" tho occupancy of tho columbarium by the mourners. Eaeh application for luclneriition must bo the office of the company by the porson having of the disposal o( tho body or his representative, and must bo accompanied by this ot tho physician who attended thO'' deceased, stating the time, place BrooMyn Cyclists Are the Most Progressive in the Land. The Girls Arc Riding in Sensible, Comfortable Garments, mid All Ports nnd Conditions of Riders Am Joyfully Watcliinj the Progress of the New Path to the Islnn l. Bicycling Is taking a tenacious grip upon both public and social affairs nowadays. It has mado bloomers tolerable to the fcmlnino mind.

It 13 bringing to realization tho dream of good roads. No reform preaching, no fad of fashion and no sport made any profrress toward introducing tho divided skirt for public wear until wheeling came along and accomplished tho rovolutlon without a word of argument. So with the roads. Tbo nation went on Its JourneyB through muck holes and sandhills iii silence. It bad wallowed for centuries and expected to do It always.

To talk of smooth and bard highways seemed like bub J. POTTEB. blo blowing. The audiblo grumbling was begun by tho wheelmen. As their numbers increased, a buzz of complaint arose abovo tho whirr of their wheels.

The horsemeo took it up. So long as the rough going only made their horses sweat and groan, the drivers endured it. They could stand unlimited suffering by tho beasts. Then some of them took to self propulsion, got on bicycles and learned how the rocks and ruts were for their own bones. With that experience they ceased to blamo the animals for kicking, and metaphorically adopted the practice for themselves.

The rest of tho horsemen are trailing along. Here and there the disgruntlement has had sporadic outbreaks which havo been heard and heeded. In various towns highway improvement is becoming a fever. Brooklyn is feeling tho intluonce. This city was one of the first in the country to yield to the cycle craze.

Now it is the first to answer the cry of a wheeling path. A special road for cyclers is being built from Prospect park to Coney Island. Men employed by the park department are engaged In grading and rolling it. The park commissioner has announced that the municipal appropriation at his disposal is insufficient to complete tho work and put on a suitable surface dressing. Tho wheelmen In tho Brooklyn Good Roads association, knowing the importance of having it finished before the winter season came, at once agreed to start a subscription fund and try to raise the necessary amount.

Tho sum required to carry out the plan was $3,500, but it did not daunt thera. Thoy appointed a committee and appealed to the Eagle for support. Tbo Eagle has been pointing out the great need of street and road improvements for many years and It immediately championed tho project. In order to popularize the movement the Eagle has agreed to become the receiver of contributions, which it will turn over to the chairman ot the com mittee after publishing acknowledgment of them, together with the statement ot the total amount collected. The Eagle gave The Idea was to mak3 It a popular fund made up by many small subscriptions rather than a few largs one3.

Although many were still out of town when the lists were opened and In Bpite of tho fact that tho committee has Just begun its active work a little over a thousand dollars has been subscribed witnin the first fortnight. The situation Is without precedent. The agitation for good roads has been going on for yearn, but Brooklyn is tho first city to offer a special path for wheelmen. This Is the first time that In any large city the agitators of highway improvements have gone so far in tfielr enthusiasm as to start a public subscription fund. It gave to the good road advocates, their first opportunity to demonstrate in a practical way their earnestness.

The committee calculated upon the widespread lnter THE PATH est In highway development. The men who undertook tho task believed that tho plan would appeal to thousands In tho city as a matter of personal interest, of local pride and of public spirit. So tho Invitation to contribute was mado general. The details of the Inception and growth of the enterprise havo been fully given in the daily issues ot the Eagle and a brief resume of tbe facts will now suffice. The Brooklyn Good Roads association began to urge tho need of a special road for cyclers from Prospect park to Coney Island upon Commissioner Brower in 1892.

Last year that division of the boulevard lying between the main driveway and tho wagon road, on the west side, was ploughed up as a beginning. It was left in that condition. Commissioner Squler began the work of grading a fourteen foot wide wheehvay there soon after ho took office. On August 14 be invited a committee of representative wheel moil to inspect a portion of tho path which had been finished with gravel. The path Is cut Into sections by roadways Which intersect It from the main drive at frequent intervals to permit of carriages going In to the road houses.

Five of these sections had received tho surface dressing. Tho first one going from the park down has a top of screened Roa Hook gravel. The sacond has on dt blue limestone crushed. On the third is coarse Roa Hook gravel. Flatbush gravel Is the fourth specimen and J'ierson dressing the llfth.

The committee decided that a mixture of the coarso and screened Roa Hook would be the best. Superintendent Ulrich explained that the cost of this gravel would exceed $1,000 per mile for the material alone, and that a large sum In addition would bo requlrod for tho Jabjr of excavating, grading and rolling; that tho appropriation available for this purpose was inadequate and that soveral thousand dollars necessary to complete the work must wait the pleasure of futuro administrations. To tbo wheelmen who havo worked hard for th'3 Improvement, Superintendent Ulrlch's tir.norjiicoir.ent simply meant doubt, delay and ar. string of rod tape. Tho wheelman present were George T.

Stebbins, president Brooklyn Good Roads association; Isaac B. Potter, president Brooklyn bicycle club; W. O. Tato, president Montauk wheelmen; Charles Schwalbach of tho Kings County wheelmen and A. H.

Angell of tho Long Island wheelmen, tho last named man having dotio most persistent and successful work to Insure tho construction of this wheel way. These men conferred together for a few minutes and finally said to Mr. Palmer, tho deputy commissioner of parks, and Superintendent Ulrich: "Gentlemen, tho wheelmen of Brooklyn and their friends will raise the sum of SS.500 and will present It to the park Ten Months Old Baby Burr Weighs Seventy Pounds. Her Little Sister Is Thin iind Wiry, Her Father of Ordinary Avoirdupois, ajtd Her Mother Is Slcndi Germuii i rommncwl Perfectly Healthy liy a Physlclnn. Tho accompanying picture represents Augusta Burr, who was born at Comae, L.

10 months ago and now weighs a plump 70 pounds. The picture does Baby Burr justice in most respects, but. the camera was new to her and she, regarded its operations with a. solemn and wide eyed stare which is very different from the merry look with which she) stuffed her fat fingers into her mouth and AOE, 10 MOXTOT; WEIGHT, 70 tODSDi grinned tho other morning when an Eagle reporter saw her. The baby was then sitting on tho floor of her father's home at 262 Stockton street and seemed as healthy and happy as a child of normal size.

That she is in good health is shown not only by her bright uiuo eyes ana tno nrm quality of her tlesh but by tho certificate of Dr. Cohn of Sumner avenue, who examined her recently and found her in good condition arid with as good a chanco to grow up to a happy womanhood as a child of one third her weight. Mr. and Mrs. Burr only removed from Comae a fortnight or so ago and Mrs.

Burr says that Gussle stood the hot weather well and that slio is what all mothers know as a good baby." That IB, she Is not fretful or peevish or wukeful, as many thin children aro. but oats. and sleeps and sits on the floor in a normal and contented way. She doesn't creep yet, but. she pulls chairs around when she can reach them In a way which shows that she has unusual strength in her fat little arms.

The father. Frederick Burr, is a son of Smith Burr of Comae and Carl Burr, tho owner of trotting horses, is his half There is nothing In the family to account for Gu.sslc's great size. Mr. Burr is a young man who tips tho scales at perhaps 1G0. Mrs.

Burr Is a slond'ir German woman, weighing perhaps 110. Dora, the other child. Is 3 years old. Is flaxen haired and blue eyed like Gussle, but Is a thin, wiry little thing, rather tall for. tier age and active.

At 7 mouths old Gussia had outstripped her Bister in weight by tea. pounds. In contrast to Baby Gunsie is tho story of a baby born in New Orleans this week. Tata baby Is a boy. the son of George From, and.

is said to be of perfect form and regular features and to weigh only nine ounces. From' the crown of Its tiny head to the Holes ot its feet Is about ten Inches. Its arms are not larger than a man's thumb and its legs in proportion. Tbe child is in the best of health, aud its mother says can cry as vigorously as other babies. Mr.

From, the father, is 45 years of ago, weighing 175 pounds, and is halo ond hearty. Tho mother Is 44 and weighs 125. The couple have had seventeen two of whom, beside the baby, are liliputlana. One of them Is Frank, 1G years of ace. wcirfifc 40 pounds, who is with a circus company.1 Tho other Is a youngster of 12, who Is with his parents here and weighs a little over 15 pounds.

A WORK OF SOVL SAVING That in Golair On at fcrson Avenue) ond Broadway, To the Eilttor of (he JirooTcrin Eaote: As one deeply interested it mission work on behalf of the destitute and unhappy poor I must express my gratification, which I trust you will accept, at the admirable manner in which your valuable papor cf Sunday, last describes the tent mission work now being carried on In Brooklyn. It is highly creditable to our constitution when the press undertakes to back with Its mighty Influence a cause so productive of good to the peoplo. It gives me great pleasure to be able to indorsa such statements as those made in Sunday's Euglu. I have for some time been watchins closely the work In tbe tent pitched at tho corner of Jefferson avenue and Broadwav and am of opinion that It deserves all possible) publicity. It is named the Ralph Mead, Memorial Rescue mission and, aa your paper tares, Is run by a tailor of Bushwlck avenue, a Welshman by birth, but converted from a drunkard's life three years back.

Directly; after his conversion ho was Irresistibly led to go out to tbe rescue of others. This loading has resulted In the downfall of his business aa a tailor, so that, from employing several workmen, he now employs but one. He was for some tlmo tbe able superintendent of tho Holmes' Memorial Rt sciio mission, Broadway. Here in one year, under the 'influence of his labors and that of his co workers, 173 persons became converted. Several of these wera assisted in pecuniary matters, some wero almost completely clothed and fed, Mr.

Jones' own homo being an asylum for tho destitute, wbilo his efforts outside on behalf of the homeless poor were almost indefatigable. Feeling the need of an extension of his work ho resigned tho leadership of 1,202 mission and turned his attention to Fultoa street, where be succeeded In starting another mission, costing $300. With no previous fund it Is remarkable that in eight days from its commencement, Christmas last, ISM. no debt remained upon the new work. In this place, until the following May.

about fifty conversions arc recorded, but" owlna to tho distance being too great for some of tbo workers to attend, peveral being well advanced in years the work was transferred to Broadway and the baby mission, cbristenod by the kind. Christian and wcidthy lady whoso late name, ltalli Mead, now adorns the work. This lady has very generously pushed along tho work in substantial ways, and Is still la nearly sympathy with it. her latest act ot klndu being a much i.c' dcd rest for Mr. Jones at her beautiful country residence In Bi dford.

county, from whence he lias recently returned much improved in personal rice. The work wns begun in the tent. July 'i. and suc 3lvp services bavo since been held, fifteen, weekly, beside a class Tuesdays sind Fridays for children. The neighboring pastors have kindly helped along thu work ami the results have been very satisfactory, conversions numbering from May lust fifty eight men and women.

Mr. Jones has now organized a committee of workers for the purpo. ji fitting up a home for the homeless, which, should the contributions come In fast enough, will be ready by October 1 next and so savo many of our poor fellow from the biting winter that would doubtless drive bem to hospital, prison and cemetery. Services, by the various ministers of the elmrehes around and other abla speakers whoso hearts are In the work, will be held for the purpose of collecting funds for the mission in opuvatlve hall, corner of Howard avenue and street, for the next four or five Sundays, commencing September id, at 3:4: I'. and It Is to be hoped that they will bo well attended and a solid foundation laid for nmcIi a worthy causo.

1 trust that you will be f.lnd enough to favor this letter with a corner in your next Sunday's edition and so hold up the hands of this worthy evangelistic tailor. CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPY ADMIRER. Brooklyn. Soptombur 7, 1S94. A SI XT 11 KOK STKM0 James Arbuckle of 14 Carlton avenue and George Irving of 85 Spencer street wero sent to Jail for twenty nlno days each by Justice I'etterson in the Myrtle avenue police court yesterday for stealing a itox of lemons from in trout of a stalliu Wa about market.

tho Bev. Phillips Brooks, Boston, Androw John W.Chudwiek, Brooklyn; tho Rev. A. T. Clarke, Atlanta, Cnsslus Marcellus Clay, Whitehall, N.

Clom out Clevolaad, M. New York; Hose Elizabeth Cleveland, WasbiagtoD, D. Augustus G. Cobb, Now York; John Storor Cobb, Boston; D. II.

Cochran Brooklyn; Moneurn D. Couwav, New York; Couos, Washington; fllrs. J. O. Croly CJcnnlo Jun), Charles A.

Dana, Baeho McE. Emmet, M. New York; II. Erlolucn, M. Detroit, Mich.

Edgar Faweott, Kate Pioldi tho Rev. David H. Oreor. New York; the Rev. Edward Everett Hah), Boston, William A.

Hammond, M. tho Rov. Howard Henderson, Cincinnati, Abram a Hewitt, New York; Thomas Wont worth nigginson, Cambridge, George Hoauloy, Now Yerk; Laura C. IIollowny ford, Brooklyn: Charles W. Hornor, Washington, I).

L. Howo, M. Louisville, J. A. Irwin, 31.

New York; William T. Jeukius, M. Now York; Frederick A. M. Brooklyn; J.

H. Johnstone, New York; Richard Katzenmayer, New York; General Horatio C. King, Now York: Thomas W. Knox, Now York; tho liev. Edward A.

Lawronoe, Slug Sing, N. Y.j Alice D. Lo Plongeon, Brooklyn; Mrs. Llppincott (Grace Greenwood), New York; Mrs. C.

a New York; the Rev. R. a MacArthur. Mow York; W. M.

MeLaury, M. NowYork; L. R. Morsh, Now York; Olive T. Miller, Brooklyn, tho Rev.

R. H. Newton, New York; Professor Charles Elliot Norton, Cambridge, Theodore T. Ovingtou, Brooklyn; Miss Minnie Palmer, New York; Elizabeth P. Pea body, Jamaica Plains, Mass.

Robert P. Porter, Now York; tho Rov. Henry C. Potter, Now York; Jostah Quia oy, Quinoy. tho Rev.

D. 8. Rainsford, Now York; tho Bev. J. E.

Raymond, New York; Mnry J. Snfford, M. Ed ear Saltus, New York; J. M. Schloy, M.

New York; the Rev. John L. Scudder, Jersey City, N. J. tho Rev.

W. N. Soarles, New York: E. O. Seguin, M.

New York; JamosH. Shorter, M. New York; Professor Brainard G. Smith, Ithaca, N. Dr.

E. M. Sternberg, Brooklvn; Lucy Stoue, Boston, Mass. Henry M. Tabor, Now York; Profossor F.W.Taussig, Cambridge, Mass.

Edith M. Thomas, New York; Julia Thomas, Now York; Rev. C. C. Tiilanv.

New York the llev. G. W. Timlow, N. Y.

Henry Tuck. M. New York; James M. Varnum, New York; C. M.

VomBaur, New York; the Rot. William Hayes Ward, New York; George E. Waring, Newport, Ii. Charles Dudley Warner, Hartford, Clara Ersklne Clomont Waters, Boston, Mass. Mrs.

Ella Whooler Wilcox, Now York; Marshall P. WUdor, Now York; tho Rev. Theodore C. Williams, New York: Charles F. Wingato, Now York; Annie (Ein'ly) Wolf, Philadelphia, Pa.

In tho history of the crematories in the United States since 1876, when tho first in A.T..VBESH POXtt, clneration undor the present process took place In Washington, the growth ot the principal may bo illustrated In tho following table: TABLE OP OHEWATIOXS IN THB UNITED STATES. Crematory. 87 '88 '80 I io.sT 34! 213! iu: 00 45! 4 bi 4' 'rfl I Total 00 (Hi 37' 'I ul iii (14 4.ti ji yyi i7 SO 41 H4: 145 K5 SJ7I 1 J8 0l Freah Oil" St. Loiiii 80: H4. 21 Cinoinnittt XI JltlUAlo Lor Angnies Detroit i Lancaster I Plttaburit Baltimore.

1 1 7' 01 HI 18' 11 4 i.i A4 11 12 111 Troy j. San Francisco. 1. Swinburuo Island, i. Waterville.N 10 14 Irt 01 I I.

11 13S10tll257i300i 473i5u SQSVzrm Boston has recently completed a handsome crematory and had several incinerations. Reports from tno several crematories show that tae number or incinerations thus far this vear snow a gain 01 over 20 per cent, over the whole of 1S93. The new columbarium at Fresh Pond was aoaioatou July 23, 1S93, nnd the first urn to be piacea in tne nlehes was that containing tho ashes of the father of Mr. Lnncro. tho of the United States Cremation company, it occupying a position in the cantorof the loft hand alcova There are two beautiful momorinl windowsin the columbarium.

on representing morning, placed in memory of Fanny Dreher, by her husband, C. W. C. Dreher, arid the othor representing night, in memory of Robert Bloy, erected by his wtfo, Marie Bloy. While cremation on this continent mav not havo been the originol method of disposing of tho human dead, it is provod beyond doubt to have been practiced from time immemorial by the Indian tribes on tho Pacific coast from Alaska down to Terra del Fuego.

In their graveyards thoy frequently erect polos from 20 to SO feet in height, surmounted bv the totemle sign of the family. These poles nave rocesses cut in tho baek in whioh are deposited the ashes of relatives after cremation. Tho Mojavo Indians burn their doad, and around the incinerating pyre hold very exhausting ceremonies. The Theosophiets are' oromationists from way back, ana are strongly represented in ths cremation societies throughout the country. Cromation from a medical standpoint has been discussed by eminent praotltlonors in every country and much has been written on the subject.

A few of the more recent incinerations of bodies of prominent peoplo were those of Lucy Stone at Boston, Goorge K. Slstaru, tho Now York banker and broker, at Troy. N. Y. Edmund A.

Wullazz, a well known writer on economic subjects at San Francisco, Cal. Pro i COIiUMBABICM. fossov George Prentiov, at Middlotown, Dr. Morvritz, publisher of tho Gorman Democrat, at PMladelphia, Dr. Alfred Ludlow Carroll, member of the New York stute ami British Medical associations, nt Frosh Pond.

Also Amos Denomore, tbo inventor, and Walter A. Eytlnge, the actor, at the same place; Lady Kntherine Coeilia Nortbeote, daughter of tho Earl of Lldi'sloigh, at Woking, England; also Mrs. Fulford (Annie Pixl'ey) at the same place. Mrs. Fnlford's ashes will bo piueod in tho grave of her daughter, at Loudon, Canada.

Victor Prosper Considernnt, writer on socialism, at Paris. Sir Samuol Baker, the African explorer, at London, England. pressed deop appreciation of the magnani mous spirit evidenced Dy tne oner, saying the samo timo that It wns'not tho province of tho wheelmen to complete the' work, but that If they did he would see that It should he perpetually kept in order and properly policed thereafter. All arrangements for the cooperation of the park department and the wheelmen have been arranged so that there might be no technical difficulty in tho way to tho accomplishment, and Commissioner Squler Is one of the contributors to tho fund. On Thursday evening.

August 16, a meeting of the Good Roads association was held and a subscription committee appointed, with Isaac B. Pottor as its chairman, to raise the fund necessary to carry out tho whealmcn's part of the agreement. Following is tho committee: Georfft T. Stebbins, president Good Roads of Brooklyn; A. H.

Angell, John L. Shepard, Long Island wheelmen; Durant McLean. II. Strug ncll. John Bonslnger, Kings County wheelmen; W.

O. Tate, M. G. Addison, Monttiuk wheelmen; Joseph Slnnott, J. W.

Bate. James W. Judd, Brooklyn George L. Titus, C. V.

Hearns, Bedford Cycle club; Howard E. Raymond, C. H. Angell, Brooklyn Bicycle club: R. J.

Wulff, W. T. Shannon, Prospect wheelmen; M. C. Chambers, F.

K. Kresse, Bedford wheelmen; W. W. W. Roberts, Joseph E.

Griffin, Queens County wheelmen; W. II. Nash, Robert Stlllson, South Brooklyn wheelmen; C. L. Witherly, Jumos E.

Snedecor, Ocoanus Bicycle club; R. J. Atkinson, William Shonnir, Bushwlck wheelmen; Daniel M. Adee, Clemens Weiss. Liberty wheelmen of Queens county; Charles Newboirg.

Charles Schwalbach, H. DoWltte, Alex Schwalbach, R. D. Kirkland. Arthur N.

Jervls P. F. Fraslck. Alfred Coningsby, R. C.

SelfTert, H. L. Stone, Frederick Burns, Whit aker Fountain, Coningsby Randall, E. J. Muller George Loden, E.

J. Brewster, A. V. Hudson, Henry Hyde, Louis Peoples, George Poey. R.

W. Dye, W. H. Roberts, Mrs. J.

R. Darby, David Simmons, John Cameron, W. H. Hyde. Richard Bennett.

On September 6 Chairman Potter called a meeting of the committee at the Brooklyn Blcyclo club, 80 Hanson place, which Is his headquarters during the campaign. At that meeting reports of a most encouraging char actor were received. Tho work was apportioned among the members and it was decided to hold a meeting there every Friday night and receive returns from the various members. It was agreed that It was of tbo ut most importance to raise the amount needed within the ensuing four weeks, and to speed the work as much as. possible the money will OEOROE STEBDISS.

bo turned" over to Commissioner Squler as often as $1,000 Is made up. Circulars have been sent out to 3,000 wheelmen in the city I and lists aro tjelug filled in tho various clubs, A general call to horsemen and others has been Issued tnrougn tne Eagle, it is conn dently believed by the committee that this general call will ho heeded, for tho park and parkways are a part ot tbe public door yard, and every movement to beautify or improve thera should command tho public Interest. The now cycle path Is not for the wheelmen of the present nor merely for a day's pleasure. It will form a permanent and delightful feature of tho parkway system. It will keep carriages from bicycles and both of these from pedestrians, giving to each an ample and separate highway for perpetual use and enjoyment and eliminating the danger of the accidents which are too sadly familiar to all.

When this path Is perfected Brooklyn will NOW TJSE1. have become the scene of the most decisive battle yet fought by the wheelmen. The movement now on foot is an eloquent indication of which way the wind is veering. The use of the blcyclo by both sexes and by all classes of society and by persons of all ages has established it as a popular vehicle. It Is here to stay.

Its convenience and the cheapness of Its cost and keeping will Increase the degree ot its use and enhance its Importance in the Its devotees are not boys. Tbey are voters and representative citizens, who are doing moro for tho improvement of streets and highways than all other classes. In connection with tho remarkable growth of the sport no effect of it has been moro pronounced than the demand'tor good roads. COMPLETE!) BECTIOS Yot 'What the movement promises to develop is but little known. The agitation Is assuming portentious proportions.

Tbe infant Is out of pinafores and aching to try its strength. There urc 30.000 wheelmen In the state united in favor of good roads. Last week the executive committee of the League of American Wheelmen mot in Boston to plan political action and to decide what legislation Is desirable. That committee represented more than 20,000 wheelmen. Candidates for office will bo compelled to recognize this factor.

It is not only that tho wheelmen aro numerically atronz cither that makes thu uueu built of good of him of the was on tor are cost not is of and for ta! the the the of is is I of (rood Roads Magazine, published by the League of American Wheelmen, and was its editor until last April. He now is the editor of the Goo.l Roads Llbrarv. He Is tbe chairman of the national and state committees the League ot American Wheelmen on highways and Is tho regular candidate for office of chief consul in "New York state for next year. His first publication a pamphlet, entitled "The Gospel of Good Roads," and It attracted widespread atten tion. Ho hns been president of the Brooklvn Bicycle club for five years and the members never have thought of having any other nomination, but Mr.

Potter's most, signal achievement was In connection with tho famous liberty bill, which gave to bicycles equal rights the roads with other vehicles. Mr. Potter drafted the bill and fought the lobby at Albany until ho obtained Its passage. Mr. Pot nobby is that the country's poor roads due to thoughtlessness.

Ho savs our country roads aro bad because "thev have ub thousands of millions of dollars, but on nour or thouglit." At another time he presents tho following: year our railroads carried a thousand million tons of freight. Every vear tho amount Increases. Every pound of this freight carcea ana carnea over our roads and streets before It gets to the railroad. Millions tons are hauled In wagons and sold In the country towns and consumed by the local buyer. Here is the farmer's end of it: Hav, llft.y four million tons.

Think of it. Xinetv million txins of cereals; six million tons of potatoes; two million tons of cotton; total, ono hundred and flfty 'two million tons, not counting tho mud on the wagon wheels. Tho road the wagon are the twin handmaidens of agriculture that attend the farmer on evory journey to market and they are forever at odds with each other. One hundred and fifty two millltm torn: of produce. Five hundred million dollars paid farm implements and machinery to harvest It.

Twelve hundred millions Invested in farm horses and mules to drae It to market. Think of It! Think of being director In a corporation with that amount of business on hand, with countless millions of paid up capi investoa ana tninic ot doing business iu a mortar bed. "Think of waiting for tho mud to 'drv Sixteen million horses and mules idle In the stable. Four million dollars a day for horse feed; twenty eight millions a week. Think of loss of time and labor; tho dwarfed and shrunken values of our farms; of the slack supply and good prices when the roads arc impassable; think of tho procession of fanners that rush to town and glut the market in first days of dry weather, and think of paltry prices they get when everybody Is trying to sell to an overstocked merchant.

From the standpoint of profit, in dry weather and wet. the badly kept dirt road Is 'much tho samo. There is little difference between selling a full load at half price and half a load at full price. "With a hundred years of experience we are paralyzed by the presence of a simple mixture dirt and water. We are not a nation ot road makers; we havo notj hought." George T.

Stebbins, president of tho Brooklyn Good Roads association, is an Owego man. uo nas done much for the cause of good roads. As tho result of his efforts in his native town machines costing $20,000 have been put to work upon the streets. Mr. StehhlriK a well known member ot the Carloton club.

one ot tno executive committee nt tho Brooklyn Bicycle club and Is now serving bis second term as president of the Good Roads association. IIIIJ. BOWLER'S AXXIETY. JCtlloved With Littl: Kant Now York Philosophy. Joseph Bowler, a well to do hotel keopcr of Greenpoint, who lives at 145 Franklin street, was in the Ewen street police court yesterday to answer to a charge of grand larceny, preferred by William Hudson of 52 Livingston street Both men are English, but Bowler has been here twenty five years, Is worth $100,000 and owns two or three fast horses.

Hudson has been In this country only a year and for eleven months of that time has been living with Bowler at the latter's expense, so Bowler says. The hotel keeper got tired of supporting bis countryman finally, aud told the chambermaid of the hotel t0 keep Hudson out his room. The latter hud some tools in his room, and Instead of asking Bowler for them he secured a warrant for the hitter's arrost. The trouble was explained to Judso Watson who said "Well, this matter Is easily settled. You can give him the tools, Bowler." "But I don't want to have this charge against me." "There, there," said the Judge, with a deprecatory wave of his hand, "don't you worry about that.

The greatest men that ever lived have been charged with a much worse offense than grand larceny. There's nothing like living down a little thing that. Why, up in East Now York they used to delight in arresting me and If I allowed such circumstances to worry me I might not have been here now "All right, your honor," only I was afraid that this charge might hang over me," said Bowler. "You give tho man his tools and I'll dismiss tho complaint and you'll go out of here as radlunt in countenance and as spotless in reputation as the day you was born or as white as tho driven snow. If that suits you better." "All right, said Bowler, laughing in spite of himself, "but then I've been supportng this man for nearly a year." "Well, what docs that amount to, to a man of your wealth.

Why. his board wouldn't bo any more than puy for your boutonnleres for the time ho was with you. By the way. where did you get that flower?" pointing to a decorated lapel of Bowler's coat. "Oh.

1 was at Fleetwood park yesterday and ono of tho owners gave me that." "Well. Mr. Bowler. I hope you are satisfied. 01' SEW V.VTIT.

We never like to end tho day here without having done some good." Mr. Howler expressed himself us being satisfied and left the court smiling. TIlItKK MONTHS lOK ASSMJbT. James McCIoskey of 372 Flushing avenue, who was charged by Joseph Korider of the samo address with striking him In the mouth and knocking two teeth down his throat, was found guilty In thu Myrtle avenue police cuurt yesterday and sentenced to three mouths iu tho penitentiary. CrSEBADT vrnt.

feet long by three feet high and Is closed In a curve at one end. The mouth or opening is arched shape, with a flat bottom, the arch being about, three feet each. way. It woighs several tons and is burned in ono piece. There is but one concern in the world, and that in tho United States, that has capacity large enoush to burn these rotorts in one piece.

The upper part or arch of the retort is perforated with half inch holes to allow the escape of the gases at tho incineration. This retort CBEMATOBT. rests upon Iron buck stays that aro set In tho walls of tho ohamber in whioh it is placed. This chamber is lined with fire clav, backed with thick walls ot brick; The fire is built Beneath, and the ohamber is tightly closed. No flames penetrate to the Inside of tho retort, they passing nrouad it and heating it with a latent dry heat to a tem Seraturo of from 1.800.to 2,500 degre.es Fahren eit It will bo seen that by this oporatlon no flame con anter tho retort, it boing entiroly closed except for the perforations.

The firing is done at a room in the rear of the incinerating OATAFAIQUE BEPOHE THE BETOBT. room. About 2,000 dogroes is sufficient to complete the process of incineration. Anthracite coal is used at Fresh Pond, but in several orematories throughout tho country oil is put to use. In starting up the flro about a ton of coal la required to bring the retort up to glowing whito heat, but when incinerations take placo dally about half that quantity of coal is used.

Such gases as asoapo from a body during incineration aro carried off through a tall ohimney by ioreea dralti. The Newtown board of health hayo made a thorough examination of the plant and reported that no smoke, smell, noise, or anything dlsagroeable, was discovered in tne process. Sunday Is a busy day for the attendants in IKTEBIOB OV THE meeting tho requirements of visitors who go to tho columbarium to decorato the urns and niches whoroln are contained the ashes ot their departed friends, and, in addition to these, it has bocomo aa attractive place to those whose ideas tend to cromation as the propor method of disposing of tho bodies of tho doad. One reason for tho prejudice agninst incineration was tho shrieking peoplo felt from the immediate loss of tho body that had become so dear to them. But when it is shown Hint in cremation there is a reverent treatniont of tho body and thnt the new method of disposing of the dead' Is in tho interest of tho living, ana that it.

13 not inconsistent with the Christian.