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Show FOR HUMAN ASHES. A Coluuibarian Erected by ttu i'Aitera Cemetery the i'irst iu the World. Crrmaiion has taken so firm a hold upon tho minds of the I'enusylvamaas that the directors of the ,i!!eghaiiy C't-inetery Company resolvc-d, last Janu-i Janu-i ary, to erect a columbariau upon the 1 Company's property. This isbuiltupon the hillside and contains one hundred niches or recesses for the reception oi urns. The material used is granite, and the style of architecture followed iaj most appropriately, that of ancient Greece. In describing the place U14 Engineering- .Magazine says there are five wide duors opening into as. many compartments. The central or mail eiilranee is ihat of lite columbarium, I and on each side are two vaults. The j door opening- into tho columbarium is a 1 fine i yecimen of bronze open- wort, thmuh which' a complete view of the. interior limy be had. The main en- 1 trance ia supported by four massive pil-i pil-i lars aud addi much to the beauty of 1 the structure. The doors of the vaults ' are of mussive oronze, and each opens into a comparl'.neiit for thereception of urns. In the interior, which is finished in terra ct.tla are four tiers of recesses. These are so constructed that a tablet with an inscription or a plate glas.' front may be placed in them, as thn owners may desire. In the uppermost tier each space is separated from the. next by au ornamental piilar, upon which rests the end of one of the arches forming the roof, which is in the form, of a dome, and is lir.ishod in panels and arches of terra, co.U a. 'The rays of the. Etm entering the apartment are soil-cned soil-cned by a stained sV:ylilit. This is, I heiieve, the only building in the world dedicated solely to the reception of human hu-man ashes. Since the tiiiKs of ancient Greece and lionie no other lias been erected for such a purpose. Our Uer man cousins are about to build one in Uerlin, bnl, so far, this in Pennsylvania stands uloue. |