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copper tile work tones down the whole structure. Surmounting 
the entrance arch is a massive gilded cross. The gates are of 
iron, painted green in semblance of ancient bronze. The build- 
ings contains a spacious waiting room, with all conveniences, in- 
cluding toilet rooms and telephone, a large office with fire proof 
vault, the superintendent’s office and a lodge for the gateman. 
The office and waiting room are finished in cypress and hand- 
somely furnished. 
There is a good story going the rounds of Bishop 
Wilmer, a well-known United States divine. One 
of his friends lost a dearly beloved wife, and, in 
his sorrow, caused these words to be inscribed on 
her tombstone: “The light of mine eyes has gone 
out.” The bereaved married within a year. Short- 
ly afterwards the Bishop was walking through the 
graveyard with another gentleman. When they 
arrived at the tomb, the latter asked the Bishop 
what he would say of the present state of affairs, in 
view of the words on the tombstone. “I think,” 
said the Bishop, “the words ‘But I have struck an- 
other match’ should be added.” 
In Berlin there is a shorthand writer with a 
unique specialty. He attends all funerals of prom- 
inent persons, and takes down verbatim the address- 
es of the officiating clergymen. Then he prepares 
highly-ornamented copies of the addresses, and 
sells them to the friends of the eulogised dead. 
His business is so good that he* has taken one as- 
sistant, and has advertised for another. 
There has been discovered at Rome a monu- 
mental tomb representing a Venator. It consists of 
a youth leaning on a lance, and holding in his right 
hand a looped string- He wears a broad belt, and 
gaiters reaching above the knee, and fastened with 
leathern straps. His shoes are laced, and he is ac- 
companied by his dog, like a deerhound . — Funeral 
Director s Jo2crnal. 
':^10orre^ponel0Rce.!^ 
Lynn, Mass., Nov. 20, 1895. 
Editor Park and Cemetery . 
De.yr Sir: Our Ninth annual convention has come and 
gone, and we that were present felt that our time was well spent. 
Returning, some of us saying good-bye to Richmond, took the 
York River Railroad for the boat for Baltimore and had a de- 
lightful sail up the Chesapeake, arriving in Baltimore at 8 
o’clock in the morning and spending the day in that city. We 
reached New York Sunday morning, and, passing the day there, 
left at eventide by the floating palace ‘‘Priscilla,” of the Fall 
River Line, for Boston, and thence to our respective homes. 
It always seems good to get home. We are now ready to 
start out for another year, hoping to have profltted by our jour- 
ney to Richmond. Many words that were said and questions 
discussed will come back to us during the year, in connection 
with some work that we are doing and we will then find that we 
derived some knowledge from our convention. 
Our membership should increase, and it would if cemetery 
officials would give it more thought. If more of the superin- 
tendents would occasionally write something for your valuable 
paper it would do much to bring us nearer to each other and 
make the Park and Cemetery still more valuable. 
At our conventions the question is asked. Where is brother 
so and so, and we wonder why he is not present. Would it not 
be a good idea for every member that can not attend, to write a 
few lines and have them read at one of our meetings? It would 
be pleasant and it would let us know that absence was no indi- 
cation of loss of interest. 
There are many things that we can all do that will be of 
benefit. Let us try. 
William Stone, 
Pine Grove Cemetery. 
Our Deceased flembers. 
Editor Park and Cemetery. 
Dear SIR: The November issue of Park and Ce.metery 
informed its readers of the untimely decease of Brother George 
Renshaw. It came upon me very unexpectedly, as I had never 
learned of his being ill, and always looked upon him as a man 
that was in the possession of good health. In his departure our 
Association has met with a great loss. We deplore his loss, in 
that we were very intimate with each other, and at our conven" 
tions we were much of the time in close companionship, so that 
we feel as though we had lost a dear friend. It has never been 
our privilege to visit our late brother and view Elm Lawn Cem- 
etery, where he has spent many yearHn beautifying the grounds. 
We sympathize with the managers of Elm Lawn Cemetery in 
the loss they have met in the death of their faithful and able 
superintendent. 
The death of Brother James Hargraves of Wiltwyck Rural 
Cemetery, Kingston, N. Y. , also gives an additional pang to our 
sadness. Thus one after another of our members are dropping 
out from our ranks, and as they depart it seems fitting that some 
one make a slight tribute to their memories. 
Chas. Nichols. 
Newark, N. J. 
Cemetery Reports, 
Advance sheets of the annual report of “Oakland” Cemetery- 
Association, St. Paul, Minn., for the year ending October 31, 
1895, show the total receipts from all sources to have been 
119,482.95 and expenditures $19,204.29. Of the latter the pay 
rolls consumed $12,680.21, improvements of grounds $1,619.95,. 
three additional greenhouses $1,173.62. The receipts included: 
Sales of lots and single graves $7,233. 00, interment fees $1,913.00, 
tomb fees I373.00, greenhouse sales $3,710.40, interest from per- 
petual care fund $3,620.00. The assets of the Associations are 
estimated to be $218,700. The investments for the perpetual 
care fund amounts to |86,2co. As expected the report states- 
that the cost of caring for the lots has been above the average 
the past year owing to the dry summer, and the depressed times 
must be given as the cause of the limited sales of lots. 
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The annual report to the lot owners of Lakewood Cemetery- 
Association, Minneapolis, Minn., shows the total profit of the 
year to have been 19,244.90. The sale of lots were fewer and 
less frequent than in former years. 
The trustees have decided not to allow any more cheap 
headstones or monuments in the cemetery, and limestone, sand- 
stone or artificial material will be barred out. The height of 
all headstones in the cemetery will be limited to one foot. No 
person owning a lot in the cemetery will b e permitted to make 
an interment in the same, if the deceased is other than a mem- 
ber of the family or a blood relative. 
