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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-07

-"The man who marries for money
sells himself" said Mr.. Glottenham,
addressing his son. "Then if you were
in nv position, father, what would you
do ?" "Well, I'd sell myself.-Arkansa'0
zraveler.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-07
SUMMER SILKS,
BLACK AND GOLORED CASHMERsESS

We have the prettiest line in these Goods in Upp
marked them down so as to DEFY COMPETITION, an
in need of Black or Colored Cashmere Dress. Our
have reduced to Csc. per yard
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
The Patriot Maid of Na,chez.

Admiral Porters Incidents of the Civil War"
Tho mortar feet was passing Natchez on it's
way down the Mississippi. The hostile popula-
ton lined the banks. looking in silent curios.
ity. We passed and made no sign. gliding
quietly along with the current like specter ves-
sells, leaving the great crowd behind US and
approaching the lower part of the city, when I
saw standing in the doorway of an arbor
covered with clematis, young girl Of about
fourteen. dressed in white, with q chip
hat, holding in one hand white hand
kerchef and in the other blue para
SOL We were SO close to her that could note
the expression of her countenance without the
aid Of glass, and she vigorously waved her
handkerchief, while | waved mine in return.
Then she opened her parasol and displayed
small Union flag, which she kissed and pressed
to her heart, and SO she stood until we passed,
concealed from the crowd above by the small
arbor. Many in our fotilla noticed the act and
removed their caps; then the flag disappeared
within the folds of the parasol, and the maiden
stood looking after US until we were out OF
sight, as if loath to lose sight of the stars and
stripes. Whether OF not she suffered for her
temerity never knew. but let us hope her
noble act was only seen by those for whom it
was intended.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
CORN-SHUCKING.
A Capital Pen Picture of the Great Rur al
Pastime.

Pastime.
On Wednesday, by invitation, we attended
big corn shocking at j. B. Affords. When
we arrived at Mr.. Affords found about fifty
or sixty of the neighbors and their ''hands" sur
rounding immense piles Of corn, and the shucks
and ears were flying in every direction. We
are sore yet from the unusual exercise Gathered
around that pile were farmers, negroes, a JUS
tce of the peace. lawyer, merchant. an
editor and aphysician. Mr. Afford made about
$4,000 bushels of corn, besides full crop of cot
ton. etc. Very few farmers as successful
as he. His farm is self sustaining, and he
always has corn to sell. Mrs. Afford and
her accomplished daughters had a grand
feast provided for the shuckers at noon,
and while the tables didn't groan under the
weight of edibes, as the stereotype writer's
would say, it was fact that they were crowded
with everything in the way of good victuals to
be had, cooked in the best style, and our gener-
Gus host and hostess did everything in their pow
er to make everybody eat hearty and enjoy
themselves, in which laudable undertaking they
succeeded. There was old ham, the sort that
makes red gravy, and fresh pork, and turnips,
and cabbage, and potatoes, and chickens and
chicken pie, and oysters, and sardines and
cheese and pies. and poundcake, and pickles
and preserves, world without end. When We
left at P. NJ. constant accessions were being
made to the shucking brigade, commanded by
Major Shelton, and the work went bravely on.
shocked by u at night Mr. Affords family is
remarkable. He has eight children, we believe,
and not single member of the family have
ever used tobacco in any form, and they are all
healthy and fne-looking from the father and
mother down TO the youngest child
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SUNDAY. q, 1885.

the back Of the house. heated by an iron stove,
and furnished even more simply than the other
rooms Three portraits are conspicuous on the
walls. The first is large portrait of Thomas
Starr King, the inspired young Boston preacher.
whose eloquence carried all California before it
at the outbreak of the war of the rebellion.
He and the Pacific railroad saved
the West for the Union" is Mr.. Whittier's
comment. The others are the large Halves pho
tograph of Emerson, and proof engraving OF
Abraham Lincoln On one side Of the study is a
bookcase containing some scores of books-od
ones; and on the other small desk, at which
the poet does all his writing My letters aver
age twenty five and thirty day" he says, land
when I'm sick they accumulate, and then when
| get we'll l make myself sick again trying to
catch up with nay answers to them'-too many,
it is to be feared being requests for autographs.
in the New England fashion Familiarity, even
carelessly. with fine democratic Indifference to
eleganeies of pronunciation and finished periods
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
HOW A PoST-MORTEM rs MADE.
The Duties and Responsibilities of the Post
Mortem Surgeons.

The Duties and Responsibilities of the Post
Mortem Surgeons.
Baltimore Sun.
Few persons upon reading an account of a
post-mortem examination stop TO consider the
Importance of the matter or the time taken I'D
to do the work Of an autopsy The post-mortem
surgeons are important officers, who make all
the medcO-legal examinations for the city, and
are the medical witnesses for the State in cases
where post mortem examinations are. required
There are. two post-mortem physicians in Balti-
more. DIR. S. V. Hoopman, for the ten lower
wards, and Dr. Il. ". Councilman for the ten
upper wards
A Sun reporter, wishing to witness the post
mortem work, called on DIR. Hoopman a short
time ago, just as he was starting to perform such
duty. The case was very important one be-
ing one of the late murders committed in the
eastern section of the city. Arriving at the
house, about twenty medical students We're
found, who accompanied DE- Hoopman to the
room where the dead body lay. y table was
prepared by covering it with an ol-cloth. The
clothing was removed from the body, and it was
placed on the table. The Doctor carefully in
spected the corpse and noted ali wounds. which
two bullet wounds and one knife cash.
The head was first examined An incis-
ion was made from ear TO ear over
the TOD of the head, followed by gush of blood,
which made some Of the spectators remember
that they were needed outside for moment.
The scalp was reflected backward and forward
and the skull exposed The skull was then
sawed around on a line with the eyebrows.
When the top of the skull was rem oyed, the doc
tor took out the brain. That beautiful organ.
with it's assures and convolutions, was mass of
blood. the fatal bullet having plowed its way
dagonally through it. An inspection of the
neck showed that another bullet had
entered at the back, passed through
toward the front, seyering the carotid
artery and jugular vein. The next
move was to make a long incision from the chin
down to the navel. The breast bone was dis
sected and the heart and lungs taken out for in
spection. After carefully examining the heart,
the Doctor remarked that the columna carne,
chloride tendinee ard NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
semi-lunar valves are all healthy. The lungs
were found healthy. A piece thrown
in water would not sink. which sthe Doctor said
was test for healthy lungs. The stomach.
liver, spleen, paucreas and intestines were all in
turn carefully removed ard inspected. All this
completed, the organs were replaced and the in
cisiOns carefully sewed up. So completely is this
done that when the body is dressed the fact of
the post-mortem examination having been made
is not apparent
"How many ostmortems have you made
during the year," asked the reporter.
About forty, and about one hundred since
have been making pest mortems.'
CHANGING at the watch 1t was found that four
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
Whitiler.

Where shall the soul abide
When life is ledl
In dark tombs shall it hide
With earthly members dead,
Deep hidden from the light
In endless night?
No; for the spirit is and must remain
power which nothingness cannot contain.
Where shall the soul abide!
The battle Ger,
The armor laid aside,
Shall it then fight no more,
And be accounted blest
In rnoveless rest!
Naught in the universe can idly be;
But all things must become, eternaiiy.
Where shall the soul abide
When from the clay
Der tire mysterious tide
It scars away?
Strikes it on golden Tyre
With heavenly choir?
Mayhap sweet melodies its course attend,
Itself is Gods; infnity it's end.
Where shall the soul abidel
Through realms it flies
To mortal ken denied.
We strain our eyes
Nor view the other shore
And know no more.
1t there, more godlike grown and freed from so
With nobier powers goes forth to master toll
r. prntIou
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
SuOW Flakes,

Hail starry blooms of pearly white,
Lao, one by one you softly light
So strew your petals at cur feet,
AS eagerly your breath we greet.
Each tiny flower that bloomed alone
And gave its life without a moan
It's fragrance sweet, its beauty fair
Was gently yielded to the air.
The image rose and left its trace
On vapory clouds in viewiess space
Else why should flowret now descend,
Except to crown its quondam friend.
So homage silent and unseen,
An Offering meet, with modest mien;
Whose rich return doth amply bless
The heart for silent faithfulness.
Harriet Newell Lodge
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
State Railways in Austria.

Vienna Dispatch 10 the London Times.
The state railways are in future to be man
aged by four directors, each independent in his
own section, but responsible directly TO the Min
lister of Finance or the Minister of Communities
tons The four directorates are to be called ad-
ministrative. financial. technical and CONNER
cial. At meetings of the board Tor discussions
on common affairs. two delegates appointed by
the Ministers of Finance and Communications
are always to be present
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
Ad Finem.

For the passion of and the anguor of thick
perfumes
For her the vioet fragrance and its delicate peaceful
bloom.
Give her the quietest flowers disturb not the calm of
delight.
With me let the blood flow madly, and the ballroom
blaze with light.
The will fade in the morning, and the violets
withered be;
Till then let follow the siren that is smiling death
to me.
Southern Bivouac.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
a Fair Return for His Time.


Mr.. Sam Joness admirers in ST. Louis have
presented him with purse OF 500. But this is
no more than right. Mr.. Jones has lost good
deal of time by yielding to the absurd belief that
he could convert the irreclaimable sinners of
that Sodom Of wickedness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27

hours had been occupied in performing the ins
teresting examination. Post-mortem physicians
are appointed yearly, their selection being made
by the mayor In each case they Gle u report
of the autopsy at the health department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27

New York Times.
Robinson tbreathessly)- don't stop mo-
please-b- big hurry"
Brown-''Which way?a
Robinson--"H -home-lleft trousers--w- wore
llast week-b buttons sewed on-f.forgot about
prpoekstS."
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
One of Dumas,s Stories Retold.

In the last days of the French reyo-
luton, but when the civil war in La
Vendee and Bretagne was still going
on, a young Englishman who was
serving in the royalist ranks happened
to be present at a military ball given
by some of the Vendean leaders In
honor OF a recent victory over the
'blues," Republican soldiers.) On
entering the ball room he was strE=k
with the appearance of a very hand
some young Vendean officer near the
door, to whom he begged to be pre-
sented. This was done forthwith, his
introducer saying to him in an under
tone, Look we'll az M. de RS vest
and pantaloons." The Englishman
did so without being much enlightened
thereby, the mysterious garments be
ing only remarkable for their hue-a
light cream color and two small red
spots on N side of the vest.
Monsieur is criticising my dress, /
see," observed the Frenchman;
would he care to hear its history"
"There is nothing that / should like
better" answered the Englishman, al
ready suspecting from the speakers
look and the sinister emphasis of his
tone that the history in question must
be one of no common interest. 'You
must know then" rejoined the Ven
/ daap gGtho% bo1 n aplv hrnRhar O
year younger than myself, to whom /
was devotedly attached. Unluckily,
we were separated during the cam
paign of 1892, and / had heard moth
ing of him for some weeks, when one
day | found in a village from which we
had just driven the Blues a dead man
tied to a tree with a paper on his
breast inscribed; This rebel has been
shot by order OF Claude F~lageolet,
captain in the seventh regiment OF
light infantry 1t was my brother.
Two bullets had pierced his heart, the
marks of which (poiatlng to the two
mysterious red spots on his vest)
have taken care to preserve, as you
see."
"Good heavens!" cried the English
man starting back as If he had trod.
den on a viper, ''do you mean to tell
me that this vest is made of your
brothers skim"
Precisely So" answered the be
reaved brother, with admirable COM
posure.
Sand the-pantaloons?" faltered
the horror-stricken Briton.
"Ah, the pantaloons are another
matter. They're made of the skin OF
Claude Flageolet, captain in the 18th
regiment of light infantry"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
A Floating Saturnalia of Vice and
Crime.

Boston Pilot.
A strange story has just come to
light in New York concerning a British
barque called the Tybernia, which ar
rived at that port on the 9Th of Au-
gust, under command of Captain Juba
Kennerly, and was libeled for debt on
her arrival. Her captain was also
lodged in jail for grand larceny, but
released and allowed to depart with
his ship upon settling the claims
against him. 1t is supposed that
Lord Arthur Somerset, a son of the
Duke of Devon, and q third owner in
the vessel, advanced the money to re-
lieve the captain from his embarrass-
ment. In connection withthis comes
up the story of the vessels cruise, and
it is a story of almost incredible de-
~pravity. 1t appears that Lord Ar
thur and Captain Kennerly fitted out
the vessel at London, to accommo-
date a party of some fifty young no.
blemen, for q voyage in the Mediter-
ranean and the Atlantic. Tickets
were placed at $1,250. and the COM
pany was very select, none but noble
men and gentlemen being accepted as
passengers. One respectable man,
named Murray, took passage with his
wife, but after getting to sea he Don
discovered that he was the only man
of his character on board. Simultane-
ously he found out that, although
there were some fifty 'ladies" on
board, his wife was the only one who
owned that title. He and his spouse
left the floating Babylon at the first
port. The noble youths and their in
famous companions held unrestricted
s~aturnalia. The scenes enacted may
be imagined; they cannot be described.
After many shameful adventures the
passengers finally dropped away at
one port or another, until emily the
captain and a few of his crew, with
some Of the abandoned femalepassen-
gers, arrived at New York, where the
law took cognizance of the otfenses OF
property charged TO the account OF
the barque. Those against morality
did not come under the provisions OF
the law. 1t is a pity that the original
passenger list could not be made pub
Tic. 1t would not surprise English So
ciety, but it might instruct the adj
mirers of the peerage on this side OF
he water.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Birds and Their Feathers.

From the Magazine Of Art.
The best time for seeing perfect
feathering is in the Winter, or onward
to the Spring; then, after a very short
honeymoon, the birds settle down to
domestic drudgery with exemplary
ardor, with the result that at the end
of a few weeks their tail feathers are
rough and irregular, their pinions
worn and ragged from constant con-
tact with the nest in sitting; and by
the time their new suits comes at mid.
summer they are more than ready for
it. The Spring, of course, is the eli.
max of a birds life. With scrupulous
care he arranges hourly his feathers,
all their makings are eel to perfec.
ton, and many peculiarities of deco.
ration are then and then alone dis.
played. The ieshy combs and pro.
tuberances become scarlet and enlarg-
ed, and any one who has not e e a
pheasant or cock grouse at this sea
son of love would be astonished atthe
alteration from his normal state,
The cock pigeon swells that part ol
his body most adorned with irrides'
cent feathers to make the grandest
show he am; and every humble finch
and small bird brushes up his modest
inery. 1t is said that not a single
bright-colored feather on any birds
body is left idle or unlayed. II birds
have bright-colored tails, they raise
them to the highest and fullest and
abase their heads; if bright heads,
then they shake out their
plumes, their eyes distend and
their wattles swell; and if, as in
some cases. they have large tippets Q!
feathers falling on both sides of tbs
head they contrive the bewildered her
shall see all the glories of both sides at
a glance, and so drag all the feathers
of the far side round to the near side,
making such a huge mass that theface
is nearly hidden and the projecting
beak alone shows where the head
must be. All this is done for the hens
benefit, and it is only done when she
is near; it all turns on her existence,
and ceases if she is absent.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
God EVERYWHERE.

remember going once to our lake
shore with my children, who had car
ried me off with them to play. And
sitting down on a sand-bank, while
they strayed along the margin ct the
waters, l gradually got into a waking
dream about the mighty inland sea. I
thought Of the primitive era, when, by
some new balancing of the internal
fires. "God said, Let the waters be
gathered together. and it was so; and
God saw hat it was good" But the
picture l made of the scene was vast,
dreary, and uncertain, as the waters
of the lake seem to be on the edge of
q wild winter night, with not q touch
of blessing or beauty about 1t. just
then the children came running to me
with q treasure they had found in the
sand. 1t was q small she'll of exquisite
beauty, bedded in a piece of limestone.
1t was a sermon in a stone. For it
said to me: IL was born in the time
you have just made so dreary. / was
no moro to that for which | was made
than the garment is for your child.
Yet you can see how beautiful 1 must
have been. and then gusss what bless
ing past your understanding was pres
emit in the world you have made so
dark. Look at me and repent of your
incipient atheism, and believe that
wherever there is life. let it be ever so
mean and poor. there also is God.
The whole round world, with all its
life, is touched in some way by his
shadow and his ght."-Robert COLI
Uer.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Hiss willard on Vacations for Women.

Journalism is difficult and uncer-
tain. Literature without the highest
order of talent is hopeless. Lyceum
lecturng has passed its prime, and the
most gifted and famous alone can win
in that arduous field. Public reading
as an a~yocation for women Is as much
oyercrowded as the legal profession
for men. In music, vocal and mstru-
mental, there is an absolute glut of the
market, saw for the highly endowed.
Moreover, in all these lines the stand
ard is rising so steadily and to such o
height that mediocriry, ono endura-
bic, is now hopelessly condemned. To
be a fourth or even a third-rate musi-
clan is to have failed outright. To
paint danbs and call them pictures is
a positive sin. To murder the modern
language by false accent and atrocious
grammar hath not forgiveness in this
world. The inventory / have outlined
includes most of tae higher occupa-
tions open to women. a v one, and
that Is the broad, nay, the well nigh.
boundless field of practical p~hilanthro-
py. Here, at last, the world is called
before you, where to choose. Noclass
of workers herr outrIank women in
opportunity, dignity, or the rewards
that a sincere heart prizes most. To
be sure, wealth cannot DO won here,
but a moderate income sufficient for
current needs. is certain to all faith
full and efficient workers. boston
Traveller.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

There is q clock at Brussels which
comes about as near being a perpetual
motion machine as can be invented.
for the sun does the winding. A shaft
exposed to the solar rays causes an up
draught of air which sets a fan In mo-
ton. The fan actuates mechanism
which raises the weight of the clock
until it reaches the top. and then puts;
a break on the fan until the weight
has gone down a little. when the fan
is again liberated and proceeds to act
as before. As long IS the sun shines
frequently enough, and the machine
ry docs not 9 out. the clock Is
practically q perpetual motion ma
chine.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

At q last meeting of the American
Society Of Civil Engineers the Commit.
tee on Standard Time reported that
since the June previoust they had com.
municated with a large number Of
prominent men in all parts of the
country, and found 90 per cent. oil
them decidedly OF the opinionthatthe
hours should be counted IN q single
series, from zero to "a. Replies from
railway officials representing over 80.
600 miles of road were also received
favoring the change. The telegraph
interests were also reported to be in
full sympathy with the new system,
and the president ofthe Western Union
Telegraph company was given as au.
thority for the statement that, be
sides reducing the number o~ferrors,
$50, 900, 900 letters would be saved
annually in transmission Il it o
adopted.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Hail Fellow Well Met.

Just after The religious reporter
came in from meeting last night a
ministerial gentleman called, and
placed the following item on his desk:
"A hailstone fell this evening at the
corner of Twelfth street and Sixth
avenue south, six inches long. four
inches wide. and three inches thick.
weighing twenty one ounces"
s.Do you call that q hail temp
asked the religious reporter. "You
must be q st. Paul man. III you are
going to bring hail items into this
office let's have them adequate to the
size of the city. The census is out
now, and nothing short Of three
pound Maidstone goes in this burg.
why. / picked up a hailstone ten inch
cs in diameter on Washington avenue
myself, and it isn't a good street for
hailstones either. Twenty-one ounces,
fiddlcsticks.
why. we had hailstoues here three
a ago that weighed five pounds
and measured nearly a foot in length.
One of them was embalmed and placed
in the university museum. where it
does dnty to-day as the largest ostrich
egg In the world. Sit down a minute
while / read you a few hail items
which are the right stuff.
ION Portland avenue a h~ailstone fell
aslong rs q plumbers bill and as thick
as the padding in the st. Paul census
returns. A rumor went out that pet
rifed sea serpent had fallen. but 1t
proved to be only q maidstone which
had come down sideways and become
stretched.