The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-19

Knights of Pyihias." "Whst became of the
Negroes body ?" oh, nobody ceres: that
KIND OF msIerial IL abundant. By Lbe laws
Oh tas Commonwealth The remains fall who
die Ia II. unclaimed. are handed over to the
colleges to promote the interests of science,
how ABOUT the skeleton of infants, Mr.
NASH y asked the reporter "You have
s9eh Ia the frnseum OF your University.
bow Is 1t at pr~para ions so delicate can be
uissscted?" They ali come from Frapce.'f
sald Nj. Nash. "All that sort OF things are
produced abroad. They are necessary for us
TO nave, but nos an anAtOmist would be en-
couraged by any college in this country to
prepare them. Skeletons of birds and small
animals are PREPARED IL the same way No
human haUd, even il working under a
microscopic, could do it half so well. The
bird, or whatever l. may be, is sprinkled
with sugar and placed near by ar ant hill.
In a few days nothing but the bone con-
taIned liz 1t Is lett" care these preparations
expsnsive" you would ask. VERY much
so. A skull containing sound teetb So
dissected and sawed out as 10 exhibit the
actual nerves and circulation is worth two
hundred dollars. All these things are as
much articles OF trade as boots and bonnets.
They always will be so. Dull as the times
now are, can not keep up said Mr.,
Nash, with
THE DEMAND FOR SKULLS.
The skulls of murderers, somehow or other,
very often very singularly vanish. Tie
skull OF Probst is in the museum of Jeffer-
son College. Nobody there had any use for
his bones. Anyhow, they wouldn't have
kept. They were soft, almost calcareous,
and the carcass went the way Of all such
flesh. Bone," continued Mr.. Nash, sis
curious-a queer thing, indeed, may say,
is bone. When 1 began this business thew
used to say that the skeleton OF a dropscal
person was the best for preservation, be-
cause the bones mscerated in the water
But that isn't so. had a lower iaw-bone
from which the teeth la been removed,
and 1t made the neatest inkstand you ever
saw. J got the dental process lined with
metal, set it on brass feet, and the upper
part OF the jaw made just as pretty a.place
to rest pen-hOlder in as ever you saw A
halt dozen Of doctors wanted il, but before
could decide as 10 which to copsign it
somebody stole It." Here's something in
teresting," said Mr.. Nash, as he pointed to
the skeleton OF a big dog-fsced baboon.
This fellow" said be, "Wss brought to me
by Major ingalls,, very III with pulmonary
consumption. He took his coG-liver oil
from me, and his orange afterward with all
The submission OF child. I didn't expect
to cure him. for his lett lung was gone.
Why. sir, these monkeys have consumption
just rs We 60, only what ia worse o them. il
is contagious" The skeleton O this mon
key was mounted in an erecs posture. A
pair OF spectacles were upcn his nose, and
70 /" a pi a SO si4k7 l4al.S - SUIT lis
size. y miniature hOur-glzss ~ his hand
made him fair representative OF Father
Time. "A man who kept ba---ocrn near
the college," Then at Ninth AID Chestnut
streetsl said Mr. Nash, asked me to lend
him tGgt skeleton as a curics;ty, and / did
So He was puzzled when that Cay. in con-
slant succession, people VINO 6ts. called for
hard drink immedia ely changed their order
to cider or porter sangaree. It was we'll on
10 the middle OF the day when, what TO him
bad been an enigma, was solved. Why,
Mister, said man who had ordered drink
of appieisck, just give 2 glass of ale.
That ere skeleton there kind @ makes me
feel as though if had drank your Jersey
lightning 'twouldn's be long s.fore got to
be jist where he is Ten minutes aiterward
the skeleton OF the defunct ape was again in
nv custOdyD