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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15
INHERITED GENIUS.
The Absurdity of the Commonplace Tall
About Heredlty of Talent.

The Absurdlty of the Commonplace Talk
About Heredlty of Talent.
Isuppose everybody is ready to admit
that two complete born fools are not
likely to become the proud father and
mother Of a Shakespeare or Newton.
suppose everybody will unhesitatingly
allow that great mathematician could
hardly by any conceivable chance arise
among the South African Bushmen,
who can not understand the arduous
arithmetical proposition that two and
two make four. No amount of educa.
ton or careful training, take it, would
suffice to elevate the most profoundly
artistic among the Veddahs of Ceylon,
who can not even comprehend an En-.
glish drawing of dog or horse, into a
respectable President Of the Royal Acad-
emy. Itis equally unlikely, as it seems to
me, that Mendelssohn or Beethoven
could be raised in the bosom of family
all of whose members on either side
were incapable Qike distinguished
modern English poe) of discriminating
any one note in an octave from another.
Such leaps as these would be little short
OF pure miracles. They would be equiv
alent to the sudden creation, without an
tecedent cause, of whole vast system
OF nerves and nerve centers in the prod
igious brain of some infant phenome-
non. On the other hand, much of the
comm onplace, shallow, fashionable talk
about hereditary genius-I don't mean,
of course, the talk of our Darwins and
Cations; but the cheap drawing-room
philosophy of easy sciolists who can't
understand them-is itself fully as alb
surd in its own way as the idea that
something can come out of MOTH
ing. For it is no explanation of the
existence of genius to say that it is
hereditary. You only put the difficulty
one place back. Granting that young
Alastor Jones is budding poet because
his father, Percy Bysshe Jones, was a
poet before him, why, pray, was Jones
the elder poet at all to start withP This
kind Of explanation, in fact, explains
nothing; it begins by posting the exist.
ence of one original genius, absolutely
unaccounted for, and then proceeds
blandly to point out that the other geni.
uses derive their characteristics from
him, by virtue of descent, just as all the
sons of a peer are born honorables. The
elephant supports the earth, and the
tortoise supports the elephant, but who,
pray, supports the tortoisep If the first
chicken came out of on egg what was
the origin of the hen that laid itp- OArss-
ttGn at Work.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15
ABOUT SHORTHAND.
Figures That Will Interest Intendln
Learners of the Art.

Figures That will Interest Intending
Learners of the Art.
Photography is by far the best and
most used of any other forms of stenog-
raphy. Isaac Pitman, Of England, is its
real founder, and all modern methods of
phonograph owe their existence to him,
the leading principles being all copied
from him. Some of the so-called indie
pendent systems that have arisen since
MIR. Pitman's inventions are improve
ments in matters of detail over their
original. There is, Of course, great
rivalry between them, and much "mine
is superior to yours talk. Nearly all of
them are worthy productions, and it is
difficult to choose between them. ANY
one OF them learned thoroughly will win
a handsome income, which is the main
desideratum.
Salaries range from ten dollars per
week, received by beginners and third
rate stenographers, all the way up to
twenty-five thousand dollars a year,
which is the sum earned by Mr.. Dennis
NJ. Murphy, official stenographer of the
United States Senate, which is probably
as much as any short-hander in this
country can well make. Mr.. James E.
Munson, official stenographer of the
New York Superior Court, is paid SAL
ary OF seven thousand dollars per year,
and dohe unquestionably receives as much
from the sale of his publications and
from his work. outside of the Court
room. Twenty-Five dollars a week is
good pay for the young amanuenses in
railroad, insurance and other offices,
many earning much more.
A first-class law reporter employed by
lawyers wishing special reports Of
cases can make as high as seven
and eight thousand dollars per
annum. The usual amount paid
shorthand reporter for sermon, lecture
or public meeting ranges between ten
and twenty dollars. An official stenog-
rapher is assigned to each of the vari-
GUS courts of the city, and are paid two
thousand five hundred dollars, and they
make twice that at least by furnishing
the reports to lawyers and by routine
work. Men stenographers receive
higher pay than wemen, though some
wnlrsn are to be found who earn as high
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15
GROWING OLD.

t'm growing old. daily feel
The years are creeping on Rpace,
PThe seasons and the birthdays steal
Around with but little space;
FThe lines are deeper on my brow,
My waikis more sedate, I'm told.
|AIy &eiends are fewer, choicer now
I'm growing old. fsasssRf
|The things that pleased me when boy
No longer please, bet bore instead;
fThe friends that gave me greatest ioy
Are scattered far and wide--or dead.
q find my mem'ry has gap.
thriceretell u tale retold, -
D like an after dinner nap sNs
I'm growing old.
h'm growing old. 'Alackl Aiackt - = 2
But yesterday l was boy,
With life before, an unknown track. ~
A dream of gold without alloy.
Oh, but to live 1t DER again!
on, for the days of youth and goldl &
But boys are boys and men are mem
I'm growing old.
u z. Burgess, in Detroit Free Pres.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15
A.PlTH AND POINT.

The man who knows the least re-
Iquires the greatest space to tell it,
~ r Mail.
: 1t is customary in Germany to kill
b. editor Whenever he saws anything
a itsyr ssrmsa sssa sitor a,,assl si1lsa
pitle Arg1s. 'isl, e !. q ~ fa
z The mofe hat man can buy for
two dollars tthe !Aess bonnet o woman
can buy for twenty, and yet some folks
say this world was slung together in
perfect harmony. philadelphia Call. ~
Doctor-Well, I'm sorry to
see you in this shape, Doc. Who's pre-,
scribing for you, by the wayp Second
Doctor-Nobody. Doing it myself.
First Doctor Great Scott don't |!
You're committing suicide PUCK.
Tailor - Married or unmarriedq
Customer-Married. Tailor Ito CUTLERY
One pocket concealed in lining Of
vest. Customer WhatP Tailor
lexplaining)-To hide your change, you
know, at night. I'm married myself
Chicago Rambler. .r.-
1t knocks all the gilt off the ginger
bread of an editor's life to know that
when he has written fiery and brilliant
article denouncing tyranny and expos
ing slavery he will have to 90 home and
split kindling-wood for his wife and
shine his mother-in-law's boots.-C Chica-
90 Tribune. s,..#s
An elderly gentleman is seen to
tread on a piece of orange-peel, and
come heavily down, on what may be po-
litely called the small of his back. To
him, polite stranger, raising his hat:
'tExcuse me, sir; would you mind doing
that againp My friend didn't see it,
Hayper's BaSar.
Jones-Smith, you are the --LATEST
man l ever saw. Smith, Correct.
Jones-They say you sleep fifteen hours
out OF every twenty -four. Smith-Cor-
rect. Jones-What do you do it forf
Smith-In order to economize. You
see it costs nothing to sleep, but the mo
! ment you wake up expenses Begin
Boston Post.
Cousin Sophia (talented and ac.
complished) Yes, / like Mr.. Fibson
He's SO sensible. He told me he didn't
care a rap for unintellectual women
however beautiful they might be.
Cousin Bella (only pretty)-Did he
reallyP Why, he told me he couldn't
bear intellectual women! He said won
ans mission was to be beautiful =
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
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MAGNOLIA, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, j
as five and six th1 ad dollars yea
and one or two IA 6M York City, pei

as five and six GA hd dollars q yea
and one or two a s~ York Gity, pei
haps more. zS Ill
AS to the speed able to Be attained;
in short-haxd, II course depends
wholly upon, the eriter's skill. Mr..
Dennis F. Murphy can roll off two huni
dred words and mosNs per minute, and
Mr.. Thomas Reed, OF London, who en-
joyed the exciting diversion of reporting
DR.. Phillips Brooks, during the 1atter's
recent visit to England, -"got there to
the tune of two hundred and thirteen
words minute, and never lost word.
A speed of 180 words per minute, sus.
tanned throughout whole evening, per-
haps is not unusual, and a stenographer
who aspires to leading place in his
profession must be able to run up as
high as that and think nothing of it,
though the average rate of public speak
ing seldom exceeds one hundred and
fifty words-always excepting DR.
Brooks, of Boston, who is a ''terror" to
the verbatim reporters.--M r Tsle-
gram.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15
ONCE TOO OFTEN.
a Too Frequent Test of tl.e Financial
Value of Tenpenny Nails.

o..
A Too Frequent Test of tue Financial
Value Of Tenpenny Nails.
Something clinked on the bottom Of
the Randolph street car, and an indif
ferently ywashed man, wearing bad clothes
and worse face, groped about despair.
ingly.
"Oh, the poor fellowr' involuntarilJ
murmured pale woman with eve.
glasses and sympathy, she just looks ss
though it was the last nickel he had.''
The other nine passengers looked ex-
cessively sorry, and the Standardization
Of the conductors approaching bell.
punch percolated through the gloom like
melancholy cadences from some distant
convent tower. The indiferently washed
man put on a poverty shiver as the con.
ductor came along.
''Fare, please. y i'f,
''My dime, sir, just fell through the
foot-rack there on the floor"
"Wherep',
Right down there, sir; it went clean
out of sight"
Eyes, indeed, Mister Conductor, in
terposed the little woman. II saw him
lose it."
''Never mind" said the Conductor, al
length, "here's your five cents change.
I'll find the dime when take the car
into the barn." o
Then everybody thought what kind
man the conductor was, and the un-
washed passenger debarked at the Hal
sted street crossing.
Not long subsequent he assembled in.
10 Madison street transport. Some
thing clinked on the floor soon after.
''Fare, SIR" said the conductor, in.
terrupting the frantic search which he
was making among the intersticies Of
the foot-rack.
1--WE lost my dime, sir, and it"
"You are the"
Bang!
''Blanked tramp no worked
that"
Biff! Biff!
dodge on me last week."
Bang! Bang!
The women screamed; the men
laughed; and he, fishing himself out Of
the slushy snow, looked unutterably
bankrupt as he spitefully cast away his
remnant stock in trade-a handful Of
tanpannU nails = Cib;cooo Nos,o =
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A PosT-MoRTEM.
The Duties and Responsibilities OF the Of
hciating Surgeons.

hciating Surgeons.
Few persons upon reading an ac-
count of a post-mortem examination
stop to consider the Importance of the
matter or the time taken up to do the
work of an autopsy. The post-mortem
surgeons are important officers, who
make all the medico-legal examina-
tions for the city, and are the medical
witnesses for the State in cases where
post-mortem examinations are re-
quired. There are two post-mortem
physicians in Baltimore, DIR. s. v.
Hoopman, for the ten lower wards,
and DIR. L. w. Councilman, for the
ten upper wards. sT
A reporter, wishing to witness the
post-mortem work, called on DR.. Hoop
man short time ago just as he was
starting to perform such duty. The
case was very Important one, being
one of the late murders committed in
the eastern section of the city. Ar
irving at the house, about twenty med
ical students were found, who ac-
companied DR.. Hoopman to the room
where the dead body lay. A table was
prepared by covering it with an oil
cloth. The clothing was removed from
the body, and it was placed on the
table. The doctor carefully inspected
the corpse and noted all wounds, which
in this case were found to be three,
| two bullet-wounds and one knife-gash.
The head was first examined. An in
cision was made from ear to ear over
the top of the head, followed by a
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 line with the eyebrows.
When the top of the skull was removed
| the doctor took out the brain. The
beautiful organ, with its assures and
convolutions, was mass of blood, the
fatal bullet having plowed its way di-
| agonally through it. An inspection OF
the neck showed that another bullet
had entered at the back, passed through
toward the front, severing 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 dissected and the heart and
lungs taken out for inspection. After
carefully examining the heart, the doc
tor remarked that "the column@ car
nae, cherd@ tendinee and auriculo-ven-
tricul@ and semi-lunar valves are all
healthy" The lungs were found
healthy. A piece thrown in. water
would not sink, which the doctor said
was test for healthy lungs. The
stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas and
intestines were all in turn carefully re.
moved and inspected. All this com.
| pleted, the organs were replaced and
the incisions carefully sewed up. Sc
completely is this done that when the
body is dressed the fact of a post-mor
tenn examination having been made il
not apparent.
How many post.hortems have yo,
made during the yearP" asked the re
porter.
| About forty, and about one hun
dred since have been making post
| mortems." lst - (
| Glancing at the watch it was foupl
| that four hours had been occupied il
performing the interesting examina
| tion.-BdJtimorc Sun.
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Much is said in favor of the new
kind of bricks made from the waste sand
OF glass factories, which often accumu-
lates in such large quantities as to occa-
sion much Inconvenience For utiliza-
ton in this way, the sand is subjected to
an immense hydraulic pressure, and then
baked in furnaces at "a high temperature,
SO as to produce blocks Of various forms
and dimensions, of q uniform white
color, which are composed of almost
pure slick. The crushing load 10 from
two to three tons per square inch
Chicago Journal.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15

"A mass Of granite, SOC, 900 tons in
weight, was displaced BY Q single blast
not long since on the Iron Mountain
Railroad, in Missouri. .
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15

The Presidency of the United States
is TO be abolished 1t is lie Figaro, the
Partisan truth-teller, tina. let's us know
about H.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15

With what an air of calm superior
ity hen will gobble worr after the
rooster has scratched it up'f There are
lots OF hens in the world = The Judge.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-01-15

The women screamed; the men
laughed; and he, fishing himself out OF
the slushy snow, looked unutterably
bankrupt as he spitefully cast away his
remnant stock in trade-a handful Of
tenpenny nails Chicago Mesos.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31
PERSONAL.

MRs. J. e. DAY has returned from
Moorehead City.
THH Hon. Isham G. HAMS arrived
In the city last evening.
4. SLAaKR has returned from a trip
to New York and Boeton.
II. HRsocHsBBRo left for the East
last night on a business trip.
J. w. BUCHANAN, OF the Grenada
(Miss. J, Sentinel, is in the city.
II. B. SoHIoss has returned from
tour Of Eastern watering places.
MISS SUsIE AND ELLA HECK returned
home yesterday after trip to Macon,
Tenn.
JOHN Ross, railroad contrsc or Of 81.
Paul, Mimi, isstopping at the Gaycso
Hotel.
Mrs. T. @. BELTS OF Chelsea has RI
turned from visit TO relatives at Den
ton, Texae.
J. s. DAY has returned from More
land City, N. O., leaving his family
there till later in the season.
A. T. NoRrHcRoss and wife left yes
terday for Trenton, Tenn, where they
will spend their honeymoon.
J. ALaEo, M. T. Garvin and ]. J.
Duffy returned yesterday from Moore
head City, delighted with their trip.
J. M. AoKER, L. E. Houston, Baxter
Mcfarland, Jacob Gottman and +. D.
Sykes, Of Aberdeen, Miss, are at the
Gayoso Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. W. SCHULTZ and
Mr.. end Mrs. George II. Blood ar.
rived in New York, Sunday, from
two months trip in Europe.
GBoRaH H. NBrTLRroN, general gu.
perintendent; M. l.. Sargent, general
freight agent, and w. W. Pratt, attor-
ney, Of the Memphis, Springfield, Fort
Scott and Cult railroad, are stopping
at the Gayoso Hotel.
J.J WoRRk1L, editor OF the jackson
Dispatch is in the city in the interest
of his paper. The dispatch is one OF
the best advertising mediums in the
interior OF West Tennessee for tbs
Memphis merchants.
Mr. A J. MARTIN leaves this morn.
ing for visit to his old home at Kan
sRs City, after an absence OF twenty
yoare. Mr.. Martin was the editor OF
the first paper ever published
in Kansas City, the Enterprise,
and was prominently identified with
the early history OF Kansas City.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31
Alabama SpIint Coal.

Messrs. P. M. Patterson & Co. have
recently accepted the Memphis agency
OF the Virginia and Alabama Mining
and Manufacturing Company, for
the sale of their celebrated
Alabama Splint Coal, which
is of very superior quality for both
steam aud domestic useF. 1t is a
blight, clean, dry, free burning coal,
makes no clinker, but burns to q
white ash, aud will retain fire in a
CRATE all night.
The mines of this company are stu
ated in the ives .ern part of Walker
county, Aha, about 200 miles from
Memphis, on the Georgia Pacific and
Memphis, Birmingham aud Atlantic
RAJ roads. Mr.. 4. O. Leske, jr., presi-
dent of the Virginia and Alabama
Mining and Manufacturing Company,
informs us that he expects at an early
date to make Memphis the distrib-
uing point for 500 to 1000 tons Of
coal per day from their mines. Messrs.
?, NJ. Patterson & Co. ara now prepared
TO fill orders for Memphis consum-
ers in any quantity desired.
The introduction of this coal marks
a new era for Memphis, and merits
the patronage of our people, as it in
sures better ana cheaper fuel, besides
the money pG'd by the consumer does
not go to the Pennsylvania operators
to whom this city has been forced to
pay tribute for so many years, hut is
distribr ed in Territory tributary to
MempH and returns here to our
manuie !turers and merchants. The
introduction of the Alabama splint
coal here will prove to be one OF the
most important factors in making
Memphis cheap manufacturing city,
and the chief coal distributing point
on the Mississippi river.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31
LOCAL NOTICES.

DR.. @. D. SMITH, Veterinary Sur
geon, No. 81 Monroe street.
P. M. STANLEY, funeral director and
embalmer, So Madison street.
G. w. MILLER & Co., Patent Asbestos
Fire Proof Roofers. For durability,
equaled by none. Used on wood, tin,
iron, felt and gravel roofs. No. 55
Madison street.
TIN Herbal Chill Cure, the hes,
tonic snd anti-psriodia known. A certain
and sure cure for chills. Price OIL per bot
tie. Send stamps Tor circulars. Any ref
ereDro glxen. Address John q. Ruckor.
LynchborV, Va.
A SOUND mind goes very seldom
without a sound digestion, and moth
ing contributes toward it more than
the use OF ANGosTURA BITTERs, the
world renowned appetizer and invic
orator, manufactured only by DR.. ]. G.
B. Siegert & Sons.
THE members CT the Women's
Christian Temperance Union are ear.
nestly reques ed to meet at their room,
No. 273 Main street, tomorrow after
noon at 4 o'clock. Business that can
not be deferred will be transacted. a
full attendance is desired.
The wasting diseases Of infants and
children are by no means confined to
an insufficient supply of food. The
trouble is that the food is injudicious-
ly selected, and the limited digestive
power OF The child is unable to as.
simulate it. Mellin's food, when pre-
pared according to the directions,
forms the best substitute for mothers
milk that has ever been pro luced.
STUDIES at st. Agnes Academy will
be resumed on Monday, the 9th OF
September. AS an incentive to the
industry of the pupils, a handsome
gold watch presented by Mr.. Taylor as
the maggie Ruffin Memorial Pre-
MUM" will be awarded to the young
lady boarder who, having attained her
fourteenth year, has excelled in ali
echcol duties and requirements.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31
ADDITIONAL RIVERS.

VIoKsBURa, August S0.-Night-Ar-
rived; City Of Vicksburg, st. Louis.
She returned at noon.
PrTTsBuRa, Pa, August 90.-Night--
River $40 of foot on the gauge and
falling. Weather clear and warm.
CINCINNATI, o., August S0.-Night--
River feet 4 inches on the gauge and
falling. Weather cloudy and cool.
ST. LOUIS, August 30.--Night--River
stationary, and stands 4-l0 feet on the
gauge. Weather clear No arrivals or
departures Of regular packets.
LouIsvlLLR,K KY, August S0.--Night--
River falling, with feet I inch in the
canal and 3 teet IL inches on the iallp,
Business dull. Weather cloudy and
cool.
CAIRO, August S0.-Night-River 10
feet ! inch on the gauge and falling.
Weather clear and cool. Arrived:
Arkansas City, st. Louis, 5 p m. No
DEPARTURES.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31
OUR FIRST OF SEPTEMBER ISSUE

OUR FIRST OF SEPTEMBER ISSUE.
The annual trade rsvie,O Of the AP-
PEAL will be published on The Isl Of
September. II ViN be in every respect re.
plete 'riA facts, figures and logical COM
ment and deductions Of interest 10 The bust
ness Interests Of Memphis, and in order
10 accommodate merchants and others a
mammoth edition ViR be issued on that
day. W. advise advertisers Of he fact in
order that they may prepare their notices
and advertisements for il, and avail them.
selves Of is immense circulation among The
planters ,cho make Memphis their market.
Orders for advertisements or papers should
6 lcd at The counting room as early as
possible, IN order 10 secure prompt attention.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31
A Druggists story.

Mr.. Isaac Q. Chapman, druggist,
Newburg, N. Y, writes US: 81 have
for the past Zen years sold several
gross Of DR., William Halls Balsam for
the Lungs. l can say Of it what |
cannot say OF any other medicine, |
have never heard a customer speak Of
1t but to praise it's virtues in the high.
est manner. / have recommended it
in a great many cases of whooping
cough, with the happiest effects. l
have used II in my own family for
many years; in fact, always have
bottle in the medicine closet ready for
use"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31
CITY NEWS.

Capt. Ed R. II art is back from the
North aud East.
The grand jury makes it's final re-
port tomorrow.
The United States Marshalship
matter is settled az last.
y. ID. Clinton was sworn in as at
torney by Judge Douglass yesterday.
AJudga Douglass will hear motiQns
today, which will wind mp his admin
istrs alton.
The Citizens Street Railroad will
throw open the Shelby street line for
travel on October LIST.
The judges and Attorney Genera
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31
To Our Customer.

We have just received a large line
Of samples of piece goods from the
great tailoring house OF
JOHN wANAMAKER,
and our comprehensive and lihet
qua antee enables the customer to
order from an agent without risk OF
any soft, and as il cannot cost the Gus
toner anything whatever, IL he is not
satisfied with the clothing his money
will be refunded at once. Prices ex-
tremely low for first class work.
TH0S. RANDOLPH 4 CO., Agents,
No. l5 West Court street.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31
THE WEATHER.
Inallcnllnna.

For MsSiSsippi' Fair wediher; north.
eyly vinds; nearly stationary tempera-
tur6.
For Louisiana and Terds: Fair peath.
er; nortIerly ,oinds, becoming edsterly;
nearly stationary temperature.
For Arkansas and Tennessee: Fair
Weatier, northerly windS; no decided
change IN temperature.