THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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SWAN LAKE, HARLEIGH. 
it at one time. The poet’s tomb is in a picturesque 
restful spot, on a side hill amid trees and foliage, 
and facing one of the beautiful lakes seen in our il- 
lustrations. The receiving tomb, a stone structure 
built into a side hill is appropriately placed amid 
cheerful surroundings and faces Magnolia lake. 
There is no charge made for the use of the receiv- 
ing vault, where the friends purchase a lot in the 
cemetery. 
A feature of Harleigh which is given great im- 
portance by the management is that of perpetual care. 
Every lot and grave sold, carries with it the assurance 
on the part of the cemetery association that it will 
be kept in perfect order for all future time. This 
valuable guarantee is rendered possible by the 
charge of a slight additional price on all lots sold. 
A lot 9x18 feet can be purchased for $60, which 
considering the scrupulous care with which the cem- 
etery is kept, is a very moderate expense. Other 
appointments for the care and comfort ofits patrons 
are also provided. When a new grave is opened 
the loose dirt is thrown on a canvas and is then 
covered with green boughs to hide it from sight 
during the services of interment. After the grave 
has been filled in it is so carefully sodded that it 
does not present the unsightly appearance of a new 
mound. In stormy weather, when the ground is wet 
and soft, matting is spread on the lawns, and, if rain 
is falling, a large tent is erected over the grave for 
protection to mourning relatives and friends at the 
services. 
During the past year, 3,590 square feet of glass 
A GLIMPSE OF HARLEIGH. 
has been added to the conservatory. This is used 
principally for cut flowers, as the planting of graves 
is discouraged. Bouc^uets or baskets of cut flowers 
can be obtained by lot-owners at all seasons of the 
year, and the grounds are kept adorned with suit- 
able displays for a modern cemetery. 
Superintendent Rhedemeyer is indefatigable in 
his efforts to bring Harleigh to a high standard. 
His training has been in the direction of landscap- 
ing, and being in harmony with modern ideas of 
cemetery management, the improvements he has 
made have met with approbation from trustees and 
lot-owners. Mr. Rhedemeyer is a member of the As- 
sociation of American Cemetery Superintendents and 
is looking forward with much pleasure to a visit from 
the members of the Association when they hold 
their annual meeting in Philadelphia next Septem- 
ber. 
In Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, a hand- 
some granite monument marks the last resting place 
of P'rank Leslie, the publisher. On the front face 
of the die is a palette and brushes and a laurel 
wreath, on the rear is the following inscription: 
In memory of Frank Leslie, ’.vho was called to rest on the 
10th of January, 1880, aged 58 years. His life was ennobled 
through its whole course by labor and usefulness, and made gra- 
cious and beneficent by unfailing sympathy with the needs, the 
joys and the sorrows of others. The pioneer and founder of 
illustrated Journalism in America, his life work speaks through 
the artistic and literary monuments he has left behind him. His 
aim was to popularize art and make it a common helper of men, 
and so signal was his success that his name has become a house- 
hold word in the uttermost parts of the earth. An artist born, 
he went into art and art repaid him in full measure. As a friend 
he was staunch, as an employer generous and considerate, to the 
poor a benefactor, as a man true, and to his wife, who raises this 
stone to his loved and honored memory, he never caused any 
other grief than his death. 
The following inscription is on an engineer’s 
tombstone in a Virginia cemetery: 
JAMES E. VALENTINE. 
Killed in Collision, Dec. 20, 1874. 
Aged, 32 years. 
In the crash and fall he stood unmoved and sacrihced his life 
that he might fulfill his trust. 
Until the brakes are turned on time. 
Life’s throttle valve shut down; 
He wakes, to pilot in the crew 
That wears the martyr’s crown. 
On schedule time, on upper grades. 
Along the homeward section. 
He lands his train at God’s round house. 
The morn of resurrection. 
His time all full, no wages docked; 
His name on God’s pay roll 
And transportation through to heaven; 
A free pass for his soul. 
Mount Royal, the principal cemetery of Mont- 
real, Canada, has twenty-one trustees representa- 
ting six religious denominations. The church of 
England and the Presbyterians have eight each, 
Methodists, Baptists, Congregationalists and Unitar- 
ians supplying the remainder. 
