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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-26
The Towers Of Silence.

Colonel Floyd-Jones. writing from
India to the Military Service Journ-
al. gives an interesting description
of the "Towers Of Silence near Bonn
bay, and the Parsec mode Of dis
posing Of the dead. The Parsec is q
devoted fire worShipper. an'; most Of
his prayers are offered at morning
and evening. facing the sun. Il is
perhaps in consequence OF this be-
lief that he is so careful! in prevent
ing the pollution Of the other cle-
mcnts, and that after death bis body
is placed in an open tower. usually
on some emineAce, where it is de-
voured by vultures. These open
sepulchres have been appropriately
named the Towers Of Silence" In
every Parsee dwelling house there is
an aperture III the upper or sleeping
story, which is usually covered by 4
grating; but when member Of the
household dies. his body is placed on
q bier and lowered through the apcr-
ture to the ground floor, where it is
cared for by set Of priests called
Neor-ser-sala, or death men, who
prepare the body and clolhe it en-
tirely in white. Before the body is
removed from the house. however.
the forehead is smeared with 4 spe-
cies Of clarified butter, or "ghee."
and the dog Of the house admitted.
Should the animal lick the butter. it
is regarded as q good omen Of the
departed's future happiness. but its
refusal would signify perdition. The
death men have no contact with the
world at large. and on no account
are they admitted to the house, as
their presence would pollute it.
Hence it is that the body is lowered
to them, in order to make their en-
trance unnecessary. a AproceSs;on is
then formed. the friends of the dead
following the priests to the Towers
Of Silence. on Malabar Hill. IArriv-
ing at the entrance of the grounds.
the body is taken in charge by an
other set Of priests, with long boards,
who carry it to which ever Of the FIVE
towers may be selected by tie last
set Of priests. The body is taken
through an aperture in the wall Of
the tower and deposited on l grating.
There are three sets Of these. one for
men, signitying good deeds. one for
women, representing good words,
and one for children, indicating
good thoughts. The clothing is
then removed and torn into pieces,
after which it is thrown into another
tower and the bodies exposed to the
yultures. In few minutes the birds
have stripped all the flesh from the
bones. Everything about the grounds
is kept as neat as possible, and flow
ers grow in pretty gardens near tue
entrance. 1t is very curious that Z
religion which otherwise contains SO
much that is elcvating should coun-
tenance q mode Of burial ut once 50
unnatural and repulsiyc.
What authority has the Columbia
Register for using the work 'whlck-
er" instead Of neigh, or whinny-the
natural cry Of the horse? Perhaps
that journal proposes to coin its own
vocabulary.-Lnnren%rIie UTWt".
The word is the shibolcti OF The
sinonpure farmer. The man who at
this late day don't know what the
word "whickcr" means, is no farmer
nor the son of 4 farmer. Tie word
was in free use in planting circles
before men who are "whinnying"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-26

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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-26
Ero,m the 10th OF March. 1862. tn the
11th OF November. lSG Gl--t'rOm
Ncwhcrry to Knoxville.

/ ana after SCNNra, DAYS riut we !INN
e6 n ORANGE I. H., Na. We re-
manned ,h,rs nj n;r,,t ami the mex
movuinr tie o6;h, we marched ou, /,
! camp, abou: six miles from Orange
which was called camp Bonham.
aS,h. We left our camp and start
! ed for Orange c. H.. arrivinr within
= couple OF miles Of town. the orders
were countermauds,i and we halted
faced about and marched \ mile rishr
o,,I;on, from ,ha road and b;vouackeC
IN . niece or woods close to m olG
mill
21st Nova,, hook three miles ir
the direction Of our old camp Bon
ham.
April Srd. Started for Orange
AGAIN and arriving on the edge OF
town. we lav in an old field till about
dark when va moved q few hundred
wards back into the woods and
camped for the night.
Anrjl 9TH. Crossed the railroad.
marched m to the ton Of q hill and
5iyouacked in q piece Of woods.
About the time we oot our beds made
up ready for sleeping, we we're or.
dered to pack up and be ready to
move immediately. which was very
mnch AGAINST onr will. We marched
about a mile and a half towards Coz.
louisville and bivouacked in q piece
of woods on the side of the Manassas
Railroad
9Th, Sunday. we marched buck
70 Oranoe C. H. and stacked arms
parallel with the railroad, ready to
take the train at any moment. In a
few minutes the drum beat for preach
inc. bv Rev. Mr.. Mansfield, who was
then chanlain Of the reoimert. About
the time service had began, we were
ordered 70 fall in: we then cot on
tho cars and started for Richmond
At Gordcnsville the cars having
stopped = GOOD while. we all bought
a supply ofsardines and ginger cakes
and such other articles as we could
oet that we wanted. We arrived at
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time or the niobt before. W. c. Da-
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-26

Don't swap with your relashuns
unless ye ken afford to give them the
end Of the trade.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-26

Don't mortif the flesh too much,
'twant the sores on Lazarus that sent
him to heaven.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-26

If you kant git gud clothes anc
edikashon too, git the clothes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-24
Ippersou,s startling Criticism.

Some years ago, before either Ingersoll or
Pope were known to fame, the latter was
playing a round of heavy roles at a Peoria
Ill.,, theatre, and as Peoria was IngersolPs
home the two men got acquainted. The ac-
quaintance did not continue very long, how
ever, before the tide of events drifted the
two men apart, and it was only recently that
convenient opportunity occurred for re-
newal of their old-time friendship.
Pope was in New York, and, hearing that
IngeTsoll was stopping at the Brunswick, he
called around and sent up his card. Bob
recognized the name, and told the bell-boy to
Bring that man up, and bring him up id
quick" and when Charley made his appear
ance at the door Bob slapped him on the
shoulder, shook him vigorously by the hand,
and Immediately began to rattle away about
the old Peoria days. All went along well
until Pope was seized with suspicion that
Ingersoll did not really recollect him. after
all, so said he, at last:
II don't think you really recollect me,
colonel. Now, to settle the question, what
did play?
What did you play? repeated the col
onel, in his usual jolly manner, but with a
twinkle in his eyes, why, you used to play
a good many things, but in my opinion
there was only one thing that you really
played WE'LL
"And what was that?"
.tRilliardsiD
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-24
1t was a Beautiful Blow.
fChicOgO News.


''One day in 1867" says Mr.. Ed Johnson of
the Boston Ideals, II was standing in front
of the old Logan House at Altoona, Pa, adj
miring superb-looking man who was pac-
ing up and down the walk, meditating pre-
sumably, as the rest of US were, on the length
of minutes when one is waiting for. a de-
layed train. Presently a big, broad-shoul-
dered moulder, who seemed to recognize the
superb gentleman, shambled up near him
and muttered something which was evident
ly intended to offend him, The superb gen.
tleman, however, paid no more attention to
it than to look rather sharply at the moulder
and pass on. Soon the moulder repeated the
performance, with about the same result
and the lookers-on began to wonder what it
all meant. By and by the moulder, evident
ly mistakiDg the superb gentleman's in
difference for cowardice, stopped squrely
before him and said something which would
not look well in print about the id
Yankee General
II never saw a handsomer blow in my
life. 1t landed squarly on the jaw of the
moulder, and seemed to raise him neatly
and gracefully into the air and then stretch
him tidily at full length on the platform sew
eral feet away. The superb gentleman look
ed at the back OF his hand with an express
ion of disgust, as if condemning the hand for
what it had done and then resumed his prom
enade as if nothing had happened: The last
/ saw of the moulder his friends were help
ing him away, but frequently saw General
Hancock after that, and came to know that
he was always the same kind of man-slow
to take offence, but wonderfully effective in
Furnishing one who did succeed in offend
inQo
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-24
Exhaustion of Fertility.

An interesting article bearing upon the
subject of soil exhaustion is contributed by
Sir John Lawes to the Agricultural Gazette.
He shows, by quoting from his own expert
ments at Rothamsted that though the fer
tlity of a soil may easily be temporarily
exhausted by root crops, so that it will not,
without manure, yield fresh crop of the
same character yet by grain crops the ex-
on account of the lesser demands made on
the soil by the corn crops, but rather on ac-
count of their greater power of seeking and
finding the available plant food in the soil.
That grain crops can actually be grown for
thirty or forty years successfully without
manure has been proved BY the Rothamsted
experiments, though OF course the crops
produced are small. All this time there is
a gradual loss of the fertilizing elements in
the soil, and this has been traced and con-
frmed by chemical analysis. IL is mainly,
Sir John holds, for this yearly fertility"
inherent in the soil itself, that the tenant
pays rent-rent being essentially the price
paid to the landlord for the annual ''fertil-
ity'' sold TO the tenant. Manures and feed
ing stutfs brought onto the farm from out
side sources by the tenant constitute the
basis OF the tenants own fertility" and
after land has been highly farmed for years
1T becomes a complicated question as Sir
John observes, to distinguish between the
two "fertilities '-landlord's and tenants
which make up the crop yielding power of
the soil. Stress is laid on the impor lance of
keeping down weeds as improbable con-
sumers of the fertility"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Cheese Omelet.-Beat up three eggs and
add to them a tablespoonful of milk and a
tablespoonful of grated cheese; add little
more cheese before folding; turn it out on a
hot dish; CRATE little cheese over it before
serviDg.-The Cook.
Scalloped Tomatoes.-Cover the bottom of
buttered pie plate with fine crumbs, sailed
and peppered; drain the juice from can of
tomatoes, season them with butter, salt,
pepper, little sugar and half teaspoonful
Of onion minced very finely. Pour this into
the pie dish and cover with thick coat of
crumbs. Stick dots of butter on this, sprinkle
with salt and pepper, cover and bake for half
an hour, then brown.
Linen Work-The Art Amateur gives the
following directions for making linen work
smooth and even when it is finished
"Dampen it all over at the back with a
sponge, and then stretch it tightly and
evenly, face downward on board, or pin il
out on q nailed carpet with clean cloth
underneath it. When the work, as we'll as
the linen, is quite dry, it may be taken up,
and if the edges show the pin marks they can
be smoothed with the fingers. When linen
work is washed it must be treated in the
same way"
Fish.-In choosing fish one has chance to
show considerable judgment Fish should
be fresh to be at their .best-should be Just
from the water; but this is not always pos
sible The freshness of fish is indicated by
It's being firm and stiff; in prime condition.
il held out In the hand horizontally il will
remain rigid; any dropping OF the tail shows
It is not quite right. and the extent of this
dropping is a fair guide in judging of its con.
dition. 1 have noticed that the fish hawked
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-24
To Help "a Horse.
Jour Country Home.l

Almost any horse will do better when fed
cut feed. This'term means to cut the hay or
straw about fourth of an inch long and
then TO soak it in water for SIX .hOurs, and
then to mix it with the grain ration in the
form of meal. When prepared in this way
a horse will require less hay and less grain
IN proportion and really 10 more work.
This mode Of preparing their food is spe-
cslly beneficial to old horses and those
which have the heaves or are at all affected
in their breathing. An old horse actually
running down on hay and whole grain will
begin to thrive when its food is prepared in
this way. The benefits are actually beyond
the explanation of science, so far as the
composition OF the 70 cd is concerned. The
benefits go beyond the real virtue or nutri-
ment furnished by the food, and are found
in part in that which the food does not do.
1t is in a condensed form, but not so con-
densed that the condition is unfavOrable for
digestion; but, on the contrary, most favor
able, as there is medium and proper COM
bination OF coarse and fine material, with a
judicious balance of constituents. all taken
into the stomach at the same time. Not so
when hay and grain are fed singly. There
is then no combination of food, and gen.
orally so much of the first is given that the
action of the respective organs is impeded
and the dust from the hay is drawn into the
lungs, where it causes irritation and often is
the beginning of the disorder called heaves
All working animals, including oxen, will
do better on cut food.
The saving in the amount of hay will al
ways pay for the extra labor. We had an old
horse, years ago, which could hardly stand up
when fed dry hay, on'account of the heaves
When fed nothing but oats soaked twelve
hours he performed we'll and got tat, al.
though worked ina team every day. We are
satisfied that farmers, as a rule, feed their
horses too much hay and often too much
grain. They usually feed all the horses alike.
This is a mistake, asvno two horses are really
alike in their ability to digest food. Horses
may be kept poor by overlooking as well as
by giving them too little.
Cornmeal is good for walking horse but
not suited for one required to go on a trot.
1t is never good food for horses which have
to exert themselves so as to get heated, nor
is it good food for horses when it is ex-
pected that they will move quickly. 1t is
the food for the slow horse, as it makes
flabby muscles and sluggish action.
Oats, on the contrary, strengthen the
muscles and cool the blood. In winter it
will do to mix a portion of corn with the
oats TO help keep up the animal heat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-24
a steam spade-Action Digger.

A London paper says: OF late years
great many people have come round to the
opinion of Sydney Smith, that farming is
all vanity and vexation of spirit Enormous
sums have been lost during the last seven or
eight years in the proftless following of ag-
riculture but suddenly there is light on the
path, and the farmer is being shown a more
excellent way. Everything depends, it
seems, upon the husbandry. Some enter
prisiDg persons in Essex have purchased
some of those gigantic steam spade-action
diggers which are occasionally to be seen at
work in that county; have hired, at nomi-
nal rents, a number of vacant farms which
were running to waste; have cultivated them
with ''Darbys elephant" as the machine is
playfully called, after its inventor; and are
waxing rich in consequence. The digger is
SAID to turn over ten acres day; and, as it
digs very deeply, it is perfectly feasible that
last years corn crops on these neglected
farms should have been, as it is stated they
were. phenomenal. But it is well to remem-
Der that this digger is of enormous size; that
its effects upon the roads it traverses drive
highway surveyors mad, and that its cost is
somewhere about &, OO0-a sum which prob
ably not one English farmer in five hundred
now possesses. Nevertheless it is safe rule
never to scott at new invention, and farm
ers will be glad to have more particulars
about this agent of the agricultural milien-
MUM.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-24
Worthy of Cultivation.

The high. bush BURBERRY, writes a CORE
spondent of the Boston Journal, is another
OF the wild fruits that can be introduced
into our gardens with advantage. Although
supposed to grow only in cold, wet swamps,
il is found on trial to grow and bear well in
the garden, providing il be set where it viii
be partially protected from the hot MONDAY
sun and the ground be well mulched with
leaves or some other cooling substance. This
plant viii not grow we'll out in an open
space, even though the land DE well Guilt
waited The sun burns the fruit and destroys
it. The bushes should be set near enough
together to completely shade the ground, or
they must be set on the north side OF board
fence or in the shade of trees; but wherever
set il is a great protection to keep the ground
well mulched, much better than to Guilt
yate the ground In the selection of bushes
to set care should be taken to get good vari-
cites, as there is great choice in the flavor
as well as the size. When it is found diff
cult to get good varieties take those that
can be got with the most ease and
graft them with the best that can be
obtained: it is easy to graft the
huckleberry as il is the apple. The time
will no doubt come when the nurseymen
will keep choice varieties of blueberry
bushes; certainly the time is not far distant
when it will be demanded of them. There
appears to be but one serious enemy to the
blueberry, which is the birds; they seem to
understand the difference between Wlld ana
cultivated fruit, and will always give the
preference to those that grow in the garden,
not even being willing to wait until the
fruit is ripe, but will eat it as soon as it
begins to turn red. The remedy is to cover
with netting, and the same can be used that
has been used to protect the strawberry bed.
The bushes bear so abundantly that it is
very easy to cover all that a family would
need. BY growing these berries the family
not only have the fruit so near home that
they can enjoy the luxury; of eating them
from the bushes, but they can have them
fresh and we'll ripened for a much longer
season than they can be found in the mar
ket When well protected they will some
seasons keep in good condition on the bushes
until October. A fruit that is so valuable
as this should receive more attention. 1t
should not only be more generally cultivat-
ed, but efforts should be made to improve
it from the seed. No doubt this could be
done if the same efforts were made that have
been made to improve the strawberry, grape
and other fruits.