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BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. -WiLIIALLA^ sOUTII_CAROLINAt WIURSOAY, JUNK I, 1882. NIGHT THE DAV, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. VOLUME XXXIII_NO. 28* mmwMim, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of tho Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals RT. JACORS On. as a sufc.nurc, .vituple, anil cheap External Remedy. A trial entails bot tho comparatively trilling outlay or 50 Centn, and every one Buffering with pain cnn have cheap amt positive proof of its claims. Directions iu IClovcn Languages. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A.VOGELER & CO., r*rrt***n*??, *r,t.. XT. 8. A* STRENGTH to vigorously push a business, strength to study a profession, strength to regulate a household, strength to do a day's labor with out physical pain. 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BROWN'S IRON BITTERS is a complete and sure remedy for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Malaria, Weakness and all diseases requir ing a true, reliable, non-alcoholic tonic, lt enriches the blood, gives new life to the muscles and tone to the nervesi ISielnaikoiKl ?v *>;?ih?tUc IC. K. PASSENGER DB PA RT M EN T. On and after tho 80lb of April 1882, the Passenger Train Service on thc Atlanta and Charlotte Air Linc Division will be us fol lows: EASTWARD Mail and Express. No. 61. No 68 Leave Atlanta 2 15 P M 4 00 A M. Arrive Gainesville 4 51 P M G 19 A M Arrive Lula 5 22 P M 6 50 A M Ar Kabun Gnp Juno 5 47 PM 7 41 A M Arrive Toccoa 6 40 P M 8 17 A M Arrive Seneca 8 OG P M 9 20 A M Arrive Grcenvillo 10 OG P M 11 08 A M Arrive Spsrtunburg ll 40 PM 12 24 P M Arrive Gastonia 2 06 A M 2 50 P M Arrive Charlotto 8 15AM 4 00 P AI WESTWARD. Mail nnd Express. Mail. No. 50 No 52. Lcavo Charlotto 1 00 A M 12 40 P M Arrivo Gostonia 2 02 A M 1 47 P M Arrive Spnrtnnhurg 4 31 A M 4 OG P M Arrivo Grcenvillo 5 59 A M 5 29 P M Arrive Seneca 7 48 A M 7 08 P M Arrivo Toocon 9 18AM 8 80 P M Ar Rabun Gap Juno 10 00 A M 9 10 P M Arrivo Lula 10 87 A M 9 40 P M Arrivo Gainesville ll OG A M 10 15 P M Arrivo Atlanta 1 80 P M 12 40 A M T. M. R. TALCOTT, Gcncrul Manager. I. Y. SAGE, Superintendent. A. POPE, Gen Pus; &Tic kel Agent. Tho Builders. HENRY W. L0NGKLLOW. All nro architects of Fato, Working iu those walla of Timo; Somo with massive deuda and groat, Somo with ornaments of rhymo. Nothing useless is, or low; E-ioh thing in its plaoo is best And what seems but idlo show Strengthens and supports tho rest. For tho strueture that wo raise, Timo with mutciiuls lilied; Out to-days and yesterdays Are tho blocks with whioh wo build. Truly sliopi nod fashion these; Leavo no yawning gaps between; Think not, becuusc uo inuo BOGS, Such thiugB will remain unseen. lu tho elder days of Art, ?u?ritrs wrought with greatest ooro Eacli minuto and unseen pru!; For tho gods sec everywhere. Let us do our work ns well, Roth tho unseen and tba seen; M ike the house, where gods may dwell, Beautiful entire und clean. Else our li ves are incomplete, Stauding i i these walls of time, Broken stairways where thc feet Stumble as they seek to climb. Build to-d-jy, then, strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And iisccuding and secure Shall to morrow find its place Thus olonc cnn we attain ! To those turrets, where tho oyo Secs t'io world as one vast plain, And one boundless rcaoh of sky. [From tho Charleston News and Courier.] The Old Blue Ridgo Railroad. RESULT OF THB RECENTLY MADE SURVEYS OF THU LINE. COLUMBIA, May 19 -Io September Inst, und^r instructions froui Col. lt L. Mc Cnughrin, President of tho Columbia und j Greenville Riiltoad Company, Mr. J. W. | Fry, chief engineer of thu Biuo Ridgo Railroad, begun a resurvey of thc Blue j .Ridgo Road, from Walhalla, S. C., lo | Cl iyton, Georgia. Mr. Charles J. EII?F, : Jr , of Virginia, was thc engineer in cha-go of thc work whioh hus been completed. The results of his observations ure given iu j a full and exhaustivo rcpurt, showing tho present condition nf tho work which han already been done on the Blue Ridge Road, tho character of the obstacles yet to bc o^O!come before the linc cnn bo com? ploted, tho. conformation of tho cuuutiy though which thc rond runa and the ci pim I that will bo necessary to complete tho road from Walhalla to its junction with tho NoithcBstcrtj Railroad, ol' Georgia to Clay ton. In his report Mr. Fry says: "I hove not attempted to find un entirely new lino be tween the points Damed, us too much work hus been dunc on thc o'd linc for it to bc ubaudoncd even though n moro favorable linc could have bccti found, but have had thc old linc retraced und other lines run where it was thought possible that penna? neut changes could bc mudo to advantugo, or where tho work was of such magnitude r.s to justify thc adnpiiou of temporary frocks with steeper grades." Mr. Ellis soys: '.T.HB OLD WORK, ullhough thc greoier part of it was dono moro than twenty years ago, hus stood re markably well, thero being only three or lour slides of any considerable extent along thc entire linc. * * * It is .surprising to find what a small percent ago of rock there is whoo il ia considered whut a rugged country tho linc of road passes through. In South Carolina tho earth to bc removed is composed principally of sand, lu Georgi? there is moro clay in tho Roil, hut not enough to uta ko ils removal diffi cult ut nny point. There uro pevorul deep ravines encountered in tho main und alt?r nate lines, ul I of which aro estimated to bo crossed tm embankments. Thero uro five strouniH to be crossed which will require open biidcrcs. Tho ot hov streams aro crossed with box culverts, many of which uro built. In South Carolina they uro generally badly constructed sod arc in ticed of repairs. In Georgia thc square drain m o nm ry is of a mud) better class and but little repairs oro needed. Tho bridgo ma sultry that lins been dono ia in excellent condition. Thero will bc no difficulty in getting good foundations for all thc bridges and culverts, and good stone, can be found nt convenient distances and ulong thc cntiro lino. THE FIRST TUNNEL on thc road pusses through Suddlo Moun tain about eight milos from Walhalla by tho lino. Sumo work hus been done in thu Eastern approioh ol' this tunnel, iud at thc. Western cud tho approach hns bocu taken out arid tho tunnel driven full size for somo distance This tunnel hus yet to I he driven about 415 feet through solid rook. Middlo tunnel lias boon driven through. There arc 870 oubio yords of stone to bo taken out of tho bottom of tho tunned. Thc Stump House tunnol comes next. It is 5,804 foot long and has already hail at out $475,000 expended ur on it. There yet remains 25,180 oubio yard.s of enrlh and stone to bo excavated ut this tunnel. Tito old work hero is in a remarkably ^ood slato of preservation. "Tho adoption of thia tunnel," Mr. Ellis cays, "involving a total cost of somo $750,000, was not tho most practicable lino, but now that BO tnuoh work has beon done I am not prepared to recommend any chango. 1 have plotted a loootion which shows conclusively that by lengthening tho lino about two and two-thirds miles, and by a considerable addition of curvature ead increasing tho maximum curve to ten degrees in two places, but increasing tho maximum grades, tho tunnel could have beon avoided ut a cost of net moro than 3150,000. Tho churocter of tho work to bc dono ou this Moo, from tho point where it leaves tho luuiu lino to whoro Cane Creek is crossed will bo comparatively light; there tho lino pusses through Toplur Gap with a out of forty two feet. Tho work is then light until tho muidlo tunnel ridge is struck, which it passes through with a tunnel of 150 to 200 feet. Then at tho ridgo running up fruin Smith's Cut another tunnel of 350 feet will have to bu made. Tho work will then bo light until thc lino crosses itself in Puplur Gap, which is crossed a second time on u bridge of fifty foot spun it un elevation of sixty seven lect above tho first orossing." Two locutions for A TEMPORARY TRACK over this tunnel have boen made. In tho ?irst cuso, on thc Mast side of thc mountain thc track would have a maximum grado of 155.GG feet per mile und on Ibo West sid? nf thc mountain u maximum grade of 106 feet per milo. Thc maximum curve going West on ascending grade is ten degrees per 100 foot, and descending is niue degrees fer 100 feet. Thc total length of this . inc is 18,802 foot, and would cost 863,? 40146, nod although 0 525 feet longer than thu tunnel or main line, could bc constructed for $201,404.64 less than tho main linc. A temporary track has also been loouled to -avoid thc ChilUga tunnel and to bo used in ooo neel ion with thc linonbovo dosorib d. lt is 474 foot longer than thc main lino aud will bo $25,007.82 cheaper. Tho total lon it th of this track is 4,613 feet und tho total cost of construction would bo 814,* 380 3. The second linc over STU MI? HOUSE MOUNTAIN avoids b. th thc Stump I louse tunnel and thc (Mianga tunnel. Thc maximum gnuie on this lino going West is 255 foot per milo, and going East 1*50 feet por milo. This lino is 3,328 feet longer than the main lino. Mr. Ellis says: "I um not in clined to recommend either of thesu tem porary lines, unless tIto object bc to save lirt>t cost in bui ding thc road; for if thc tunnel is pushed with proper energy it could bo completed within sixteen month?." Chauga funnel is nbout 2,500 feet West of Stump lluuso Mountain. NTo work lias boen cone on it except in ibo approaches. Tho next tun obi in tho Dick's Creek Tun nel, in Georgia. It is 2,367 feet long, and there remains to he. done on it 1,053 feet. Thc last tuc ucl in thc line is TUB WAR WOMAN TUNNEL. Il is 1,753 feet long und 1,250 feet of it remains to bc done. With a view of sav ing first cost ti temporary truck has been located over this tunnel. Its totuI cost would be 822,200 83. It is 2'J4 feet lo tiger thnn tho main lino but is 8140,424, 02 cheaper. It has a maximum ascending grade going West of 211.2 feet per milo und going East of 158 feet per milo, willi maximum curves on either Hue of eight degrees per 100 feet. On tho main ond altern?le lines esti mates huvc been made for all earth cuts to bo taken out eighteen feet wido and rock cuts sixteen (cot wide. Tho maximum grade on the main und alternate, lines is 70 feet per milo going West and 45 feet per mile going Eaut. Three alternate lines have been looatcd, tho first to avoid thc first anti second orossngs of Whetstone Crock, which can bo built nt a saving over thc main lino of thc 822,004.15; tho second to avoid the two orossings of War Woman Creek in Georgia, which can bc built ot a saving ol 834,237 12 over tho tnuin lino, und thc third to connect with thc North eastern Railroad, of G orgia, nbout one hu I f milo from Clayton, instead of joining it near R-ituin Gap as the main lino docs, and which can bc constructed at a saving of 830,360.05 over the main line or origi nal survey. THE TOTAL COST of graduation and masonry on tho main linc of tho road from Walhalla to its junc tion with the Northeastern road in Georgia, is estimated nt SI,316,Oil; of superstruc ture, ?211,750; of depots, &c, 814,800; of sido tracks, &0., ?21,500; nnd tho total oost of tho tnuin linois placed at 81,561, 453.03. Deducting from this amount thc saving to bo effected by tho construction of temporary tracks und alternate lines and tho total cost of building tho road is placed 01 81,101,537 05. A still further saving e Mid bc t fleeted by substituting trestle work for embankments nt varioun points along tho lino. Tho report of Col. II. E. Coleman, to pographer of thc Hluo ridgo surveys, shows that tho rond passes through a country well stocked with VALUADLE MINERALS, and tho ld, silver, copier, iron ores, asbestos and oorrundum hu\o been discov ered in paying quantities and of compara tively easy access. His report also shows tho wealth of timber which abounds in tho country opened up by this lino, whioli could bo dovcloped ot a largo profit if thc moans of ohcup ond expeditious transporta, lion was nt hand. In commenting on tho report of Mr Ellin, Mr. I' ry says: "It is highly dcsirablo thal tho pormunont way bo built at first, and to this end L would recommend at tho prosoot advanced stato of tho work, that THE OLD LINE HE ADOPTED, with tho exception of tho alternate lines in Georgi?, avoiding thc orossings of War Woman Creek und chaoging tho point of junction with tho Northeastern Road, which would save $94,607 07 ovor tho old lino ut a total obst of 81,409,458 93, in cluding cost of track?, depot buildings, water stations, <feo. If, however, it is defined odvisablo to build temporary tracks avoiding (ho heaviest work, I would ro . commend tho adoption of tho lines avoid ing Stump House and Chauga tunnels io South Carolina and War Woman tunnel in Georgia, and substituting trcstlcwork at tho poinis indicated by tho engineer, ot a cost of 81,043,537 05, and which could bo operated economically and to odvnntogc until tho business of tho road became heavy enough to justify tho completion of th eso tunnels. * * * * THE STUMP HOUSE TUNNEL has cost.'?p to this time, os near os I can find, from thc old records, 8473,078.50, and will cost to complete it 8*239,210, making ?.total of $712,288 50. Tho loop linc (thc tracks located around tho niouu tain to avoid this tunnel) will cost not ex* oeeding $150,000 leaving a balance of 8502,283.50 in its favor. While it is 2.G8 miles longer than thc tunnel linc and has two ten degree curves, on it tho grades oro no steeper thou thoso on tho inuit) linc, and ure equated on thc too degrco curves It may he said that, tho cxtru length of thc loop lino is very objectionable In reply to this I would say that I thoroughly appro ciato (he desirability of having tho linc ns straight und short us possible, und oin us well upptoeiato tue disadvantage of operat ing 2 08 miles of extra track; but, when it is necessary in order to save this dista DOO to expend over half u million dollars in the first instance, and many thousands annually afterwards, I would strongly favor tho longer line. In (his case tho excess of tho cost of thc tunnel linc over thc loop lino is 8505,288.50, which would necessitate an annual interest charge of 833,787.31. Thc oo6t of maintaining and operating thc Co lumbia and Greenville Railroad for thc fiscal year ending 30th Scintember, 1881, was S1,801 per milo and lor tho sumo po? riocl on (bu main linc ot' thc Richmond Railroad was 83 072 per milo. On thc basis of cost on tho Columbia and Green ville Railroad, tho cost for maintaining and operating the 2 68 miles extra track would bo 84,840 80 annually, as against 838, 737'21 annual interest charges on thc tun nel line, a saving annually of 828,090.03 in favor of tho loop line. Or if tho business became as heavy us that on thu main line of thc Richmond and Danville Railroad thc cost on tho 2 GS miles extra tracks would be 88,232 90 annually against 833,737-31 annual interest charit?s on (he tunnel linc, a saving annually of 825 504, 35 in favor of tho loop liuo. Tho amount which could have been saved by building tho loop lino instead of Stump House Tunnel would complete all the glading now to be done for a permanent track fruin Walhalla to within live miles of Clayton. "Tho importance of THE COMPLETION OF TH IS O lt EAT WORK has been looked forward to with cager io tcrcst for many years. * * * Tho rood now connects nt Anderson with thc Columbia and Giccnvillo Railroad, ut Seneca City with tho Atlanta mid Charlotte Air Linc Railway, und if completed will oonncot ut Clayton with tho Northeastern Railroad of Georgia, which is a part of thc old Rluo Ridge Railroad now in couran ol construction, which in turn will connect ot Franklin with thc Duoktown brach of thc Western North Carolina Railroad, also in cutirse of construction, und through that ot Chattanooga with tho Louisville mid Nashville, (he Erlanger and East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia sys tems. At Knoxville it would conncot with tho Eist Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia system, and through thc Knoxville and Kendi.'ky branch with tho Louisville and Nashville and through tho Emory Gap willi thc Erin tiger system. Thcso connec tions will put South Carolina, now without such mentis, into dil cet co in m on i ca t inn with Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and thc entire West end North west, and would bo tho Bhortsst lino for the transportation of bacon, carn, wheat and other Western produce, not only for con-? sumption in (ho State, but would givo Charleston a deoided advantage as a point of export and import. Tho lino runs throuhg A OOOI) AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, opens up tho splendid forests in North Carolin i, abounding in black walnut, hick ory, nsh, maple, poplar, chestnut, locust, fcc, ns well ns connecting with tho copper mines near Duoktown, and tho iron and coil regions of Tonncssoo and Kentucky. Tho transportation of coal alono should develop into a very hoavy bii9incss not only for distribution und consumption in this seo (ion for domestic and railroad purposes, but being tho shortest lino to tho seacoast should uinko Charleston n coaling station for merchant ns well UH government vessels. It ?8 impossible to estimulo what vast heno. fits Charleston could derive from thc oom plotion of this road; nor Would Charleston alone bo benefited. Columbia, with i' mngnifioant water power dovnloped, should becotno a distributing point for manufac tured Western froduoo, and all tho district! in tho Stato should rccoivo their shore ol boncfits." Cremation. HY DU SAMUEL KNEELAND. Tho four principal ways of disposing of the dead havo been : First, muminif?oatiou; second, burning; third, interment; fourth, aerial exposure Of tho first, pruetiocd chiefly by tho anoiont Egyptians, and of thc fourth, by many savago tintions, I need say nothing at this timo. In most nations, savago and civilized, from time immemorial, it has been tho custom to inter the bodies of tho dead io tho ground, or to seal them up more or loss tightly in tombs Though these may niiHwer oil sanitary purposes and fulfill all tho sacred obligations of tho living td thc departed, in scattered populations, they aro attended with danger, always increasing in populous communities. This danger has practically been recog nized by tho fact that cemeteries havo g mo - rally boen placed without the limits of thickly inhabited districts. Whon person?, dead hom Infectious diseases, aro buried in gruves, they leuvo behind them to thc pub lic, as rcsiduury l?gateos, a fourful ouiount of danger, and faithfully and irop.rtially is tho doadly legacy divided among all dwell? in? within u circle of ono thousand to three thousand feet of suoh graves. Earth will, to n certain extent, dudor i zo, but cannot destroy or impede tho escapo of minute poisonous germs. Thc danger from this sourjo lins never been fully appreciated by the public, entirely ignorunt of the process of decom position and thc products thereof. Of course, the decay of tho tody committed to tho grave depends ns to rapidity entirely ou tho Heil and temperature. In tho Arctic regions decomposition is imperceptibly s-low; in dry, torrid sands desiccation tokes tho plaoo nf putrefaction and a kind ut natural mummification takes place. In low, damp or wet soils, in temperate zones, decay may bc complete in ooo to one and one?half years, giving oil deleterious gases for that length uf time, with perhaps tho seeds of contagious disease In dry, high and airy soils tho process is much slower and less dangerous. What is decomposition of (ho human body? What aro its products? What its dangers? An English writer has defined ibo human body, chemically, as 40 pounds of carbon and nitrogen dissolved in 5J pailfuls of water. Oxygen, though thc principle of lifo, is also thc groat destroyer; tho moment lifo ceases, our carbon by its agency is con verted info ?carbonio acid, which escapes into tho air or is taken up by the roots of plants, according to thc mode of sepulture; nur nitrogen combines with soiao of thc hydrogen of decent posit lon, forming am monia, which csoapes in a similar way; tho waler which forms about two-thirds of our weight is lost by evaporation. Wo aro reso.vod, therefore, into gases, and thc only dust which remains behind is tho four or livo pounds of lime suits which constitute our bones and hard parts, future provides SUlliciont animate and inanimate agents for thc removal of decaying animal substances iu tho air, on thc ground, or just beneath its surfaoe, ai d thc muru speedy io thc hot and damp climates where (hu r OMI Us ot' de? composition uro tho most doh termus, pro vided mun in hil folly do uot interfere with her processes. M in, by his mode of inter ring human bodies, contrives to prolong ns much as possible thc dcc?y of his dcccuacd brethren, thereby increasing to tho utmost tho possibility of poisoning thc nir, infest ing thc earth and contaminating tho water in tho neighborhood of living being?. Air and surface buiial permit tree access lo thc III y ri? da ol' minute living creatures whoso ulhoo it is to convert into their own barmle.es substance thc bodies of deud anima's and man. in the grave of six feel or more in depth light and air uro in great measure excluded and there is no access to thc ?0800(8 from whoso eggs emerge tho grubs or worms, from whose jVvTS popular bolief expects tho rapid and total destruction of tho body. Tho (ruth ?s that tho dovouring worm is a myth, as much without foundation os tho "dust" into which wo aro supposed to bo resolved, and tho results of decomposition arc horrible enough in reality without add?, ing any imaginary sens it ional accessories. Tho modern proocss of cremation is per formed as follows : Tho orematory at Wash ington, Pa., is o brick btruoturo ono story high, thirty feet lung, twenty feet wide, divided into two rooms, n reception room twenty feet square, including walls, and a furnace room twenty feet by ten, including walls. (JJ eui a i ion is performed in a fire clay retort, suoh os is used iu tho m.inufac turu of illuminating gas, but of o pomowhat different shape, heated to a red heat before tho body is introduced, which work requires about twenty four hours. Tho body is pluccd in un iron orib made in tho shape of a collin, with small round rods, with feet thrco or four indies long (o keep it up off thc bottom of thc retort. Thcso feet aro inserted into a flit strip of iron two inches wide and a quarter itioh thick, turned up tit tho cuds so that tho crib with the body will slide into tho retort easily. In uddition to tho ordinary burial garment* tho body is covered with a cloth wet with a saturated solution o? sulphate of aluminum (common uluui), willoh, oven when burned, rc tu i n s its lorin and prevents any part of the corpso from being seen until the bony skeleton bogins to crumble down. During tho cremation lboro is no odor or smoko from tho consuming body, os tho furnace is a sclf-ooiisuiucr of smoko and other vaporable matter. Tho timo required to complete tho operation ts ?b:mt two hours, but improvements in tho process will doubtless shorten tho time A very Rinull portion of tho romains ia ashes, but tho nings is in tho form of calcined bones io small fragments, very white, odorless, deprived of animal matter and muy be prc-' served any length of limo without chungo. There arc four to seven pounds of these remains from various sized adult bodiee> thoy can bo pieced, for preservation, in a one-gallon druggist's bottle, with largo', ground stopper, into which o photograph of tho deceased, with appropriate record, oaa' bo placed boforo introducing thc remains'/ This bottle con bc placed in the columtd rium of tho crematory, kept among tho cherished memorials of the family of tho deceased, or placed beside other remains previously buried in cemeteries or grave?*' yards. This building, with ?ts appliances, cost about SI,500. A plaioor ono, equally efficient, could now, at the reduced cost of labor and materials, bo built for $1,000. An impression prevails that this crematory wu s erected for publio accommodation and' that tho owner of it follows cremation as A business for fees. This is u mistake, lt was bui'.t for thc uso of its present pro-' prictor and friends in tho vicinity who eon cur with him in this reform. No fees havo been charged nor ever will bo whilo in his possession. A not unimportant item in this pfoocss is tho groat diminution in tho expenso of funerals. Tho avorngo expenditure for cooli body buried is $100, tho overage cost by crotnntion is 820; tho aggregate saving in thc United States, from tho adoption of this system would annually amount to mik lions of dollars. Tho expense of cremation ia less than that of an ordinary burial case. Cremation certainly is not barbarous, for it never entered, nor could enter tho heads of barbarous people. It is not burning;' there is no pile of wood or other combusti bles, no visible flame, no smoke, no sicken ing odor; it is a process of grout scientific skill, thc reduction of tho body to ashes by thc application of intense heat, 1,000? to' 2,000? Fahr., by which it is resolved iotj ita chemical elements at once, and without tho fl uno coming in contaot with tho body. Wo arc all, more or less, carried awuy by our emotions and sensibilities, especially in tho matter of thc treatment of tho bodies of our dear ones. As rational beings wc must not allow our instincts and emotions to run away with our reao3on,c8pcciully in a matter' os important us this. Thc history of cremation in tho United' States is very brief, ns thc progress of such a radical change in long established customs must, of necessity, bo slow. Thc earliest known instance was of Col Henry Laurens, in South Condina, in 1796. Including that, to thc present timo not moro than eight, or poi.ssibly ton, oases have ocuurcd, thc last in the current, yoav, and threo or four in thc crematory ut Washington, Pa. Among those who loft instructions for tho disposal of their remains by cremation was Dr. Charles F. Wioslow, of California, a former member of tho Society of Arts, whoso body was cremated ubout five years' ago, in Suit Lake City, in a temporary furi' naco erected by his command, by tho ad ministrators of his estate. The Washington, Pa., crematory has had nearly ono hundred applications, which have been declined, orr thu trustees do not intend to follow it as a business. Thc) til permit only on occa sional cremation there for tho purposo of kcopping tho subject beforo tho publio and' of hastening the disappearance of thc preju dice which exists against this mode of disposing of tho dead. It is believed by them (hut similar structures will bo built at other plooca ond they will furnish for such' bildibie purposo any information which their experiences enables them to give. Leaving out of tho question, then, all but sanitary reasons, cremation is fat* profera bio to earth burial; and we cannot uut think that by degrees this reform will uipplunt prejudiced superstition, thc pomp" ind profits of undertakers and givo to tho living that immunity from maDy diseases, irising from foul air, impuro wator, and poisoned earth, which they oro entitled to rcceivo from thc progress of sanitary soienco. -Prac. Soc. Arts, Boston. __-? ?_ SEVEN or eight steamers, and cn limes as many sailing vessels, ' wc caught in icc in the regular lines ot* summer travel on thc Northern sea lanes. The ico completely surrounds Capo Breton ind chokes thc passage between that island and New Found land? Large fields of ice, and among ?hem large icebergs, aro reported 3<T Capo Race. Ono ship has al ready been sunk by an iceberg. Viewed by and largo, as tho sailors say, ocean travel this sum ner, unless (raveling over tho tourthcrn Maury ocean lane cutes, will bo more than usually langerous. EUREKA SPUING, AUK , May 24t -.Tho health of Senator Hill, ot' Georgia who has been hero ovoral weeks, is much improved md his physicians say there is itrong hope of a cure, or at least that his life will bc greatly pro longed. Think of case, but work ot). Manners often tnako fortunes. Widor cain and a short tongue. Beauty draws moro than oxen. Porgivo any sooner than thyself. Tho table robs moro than the tbiof'