PARK AND CEMETERY 
THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS. 
!Most tourists who have “done” the Isle of Wight 
have seen the shadow cross on one of the tombstones 
in the cemetery of the quaint little church at Bon- 
church, near \’entnor, caused by an elevated iron 
Roman cross. This idea has been greatly improved 
upon and carried into practice in our Southampton 
Cemetery, one of the prettiest in England, says a 
London paper. Immediately outside the western 
apse of tlie Cemetery Church, opposite the entrance 
gates, is a recently erected uni(|ue marble tombstone, 
a “Shield of Faith,” by Dr. Berks Hutchinson, of 
Capetown, South Africa, in memory of his wife, whose 
lamented death took place in this city on the 2nd 
of February. The grave is entirely covered with a 
solid stone slab, at the head of which is “The Shield 
of Faith” cut out of a solid Idock of white marble, on 
which is an appropriate inscription, with “The Shad- 
ow of the Cross” underneath. Over the center of the 
slab is a chaste white marble Roman cross, truly 
oriented, standing on four bronze legs, and conse- 
quently every day when the sun shines it casts a cor- 
responding shadow. The summer solstice (IMidsum- 
mer, 21st June) is indicated by the shadow cross on 
that day having been chased on the slab below. In 
the center of this cross is the Labanim, or hiero- 
glyphic sign of Christ, with the word Jesu written 
above it, and the Latin sentence In Hoc Signo Vinces 
f“By this sign thou shalt conquer,” the initial letters 
of which spell Jesu.) The words “The Shadow of the 
Cross’’ are written on the perpendicular limb, thus 
MONUMENTAL TABLET IN A SOUTHAMPTON CEMETERY. 
THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS. 
making a most appropriate inscription for this 
Gnonicn cross. At high noon the meridian sun is 
daily recorded, and this fact alone will, no doulit, 
induce many interested in artistic memorial designs 
to inspect what may truly be termed a very recherche 
tombstone. 
"HOW' TO MAKE CONCRETE. 
In making concrete by hand the sand should be 
first spread out and then the amount of cement de- 
cided upon should be added. These two ingredients 
are then to be mixed together dry, and then the 
requisite amount of water is to be added. The con- 
crete stone which has been moistened, is then to be 
thrown into the bed and the whole amount thor- 
oughly mixed together three or four times, when 
the concrete is ready for use. 
It should be remembered that even with the same 
amount of water necessary to make a mortar of the 
given stiffness, the mortar varies with the tempera- 
ture and degree of moisture in the air and the dry- 
ness of the sand. If great strength is re(|uired. only 
enough water should be used to make the mortar 
resemble damp earth, and this, when properly 
rammed in thin layers, will show a little moisture 
on its surface. 
For making concrete: i barrel Portland cement, 
2 barrels clean, sharp sand, 6 barrels liroken stone 
or hard burned brick or gravel will yield about 20 
cubic feet. 
Concrete or natural hydraulic cement . such as 
Rosendale or Ehiion may be made as follows : i bar- 
rel hydraulic cement, 2 barrels sharp sand, 4 barrels 
broken stone. 
