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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
A Desperate Suitor.

WE learned yesterday partial accounts o.
serious affair which took place at the
Nicollet house, Minneapolis, on Thursday
evening last, about 8 o'clock. 1t seems
that young lady of very prepossessing
appearance, named Alice Ferguson, who
until recently, had been living in the
family of r. j. Mendalhall, Esq, but who,
for short time had been engaged at sew
ing at the Nicollet house, had unconsciously
won the affections of a young man named
Anthony COchrane, a bricklayer in Min
neapolis The young man was very ardent
lover, but, unfortunately, his love was not
returned by the object of his affection. He
proposed and was rejected. The coldness
and indifference of the young lady drove
him almost frantic. His attentions
amounted to persecution, and greatly an
noyed the young lady, who is not only
very beautiful, but as good as she is lovely.
She had reasoned again and again with her
unreasonable admirer, until her patience
was about exhausted. On Thursday eve
ming he again forced himself into her room
in the Nicollet house where she sat sewing,
and again urged his suit. Again he was
refused, when, finding persuasive words of
no effect, he resorted to threats, and draw
ing revolver, he told her she could have
her choice, either marry him or die Sc
riOusly alarmed, but not intimidated, she
persisted in her refusal, when he fired, the
ball taking effect in her hand and arm,
which she had thrown up as protection.
This probably saved her life, as he had
aimed at her head, and but for the ball
striking the bone of her arm, and being
thus turned aside, she would bave been
killed instantly. Immediately upon firing
the cOwardly wretch fled, and up to our
latest accounts had not been arrested, al
though strong hopes were entertained
his arrest yesterday. The young lady's
arm is badly shattered, and may have to be
amputated. The feeling in Minneapolis
was very bitter against the young man, and
had he been found when the facts first be-
came known, they would have lynched
him.-& Paul Pioneer, august 7M
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
Love, Jealousy and Bee.Stings,

The presence Of the green-eyed monster
is as frequently perceived in high as in low
estate. Pretty young ladies are, it is said,
peculiarly liable to the queer disease. 1t
creeps into their hearts in such insidious
disguises that the artless little beauties are
not aware of its existence until it crops out
in such passionate excesses that it frightens
them to contemplate it.
No doubt it was in precisely such a way
that a young lady on Franklin street, Al
bany, became amenable to its influence
For some time past she has regarded a
youth with special favor Charlie possesses
many attractive qualities. He dresses in
the latest mode, wears an Alpine" and
cultivates moustache. Yet he is tickle in
disposition, and while his lips are attuned
to the harmony ofsweet words, and low,
passionate recital of loves anguish for
the fair Julia's ears, his mind is enumerat-
ing the attractions of the pretty little
widow around the corner.
Now, this widow is no friend of Julia or
she of her. For her life she can't see what
Charlie admires in her. Indeed, Charlie
denies any special interest in the coquettish
beauty, but he goes to see her none the
less The fact that Julia disapproved it
had no effect in changing his practice, and
longing with woman's curiosity to know
what it meant, Julia determined to find 1t
out. She forgot her self-respect, and be-
came spy. The pretty Julia became an
eaves-dropper.
Seeing Charlie entering the front door
of the cozv little cottage wherein the
widow abided, she fastened to admit her
self into the yard by the rear gate, and
peeped in at the window. Just under
meath the window, however, was little
square box, on which Julia stood to get a
good look into the room. Her worst fears
were realized. On sofa Just large
enough for two, the pretty widow and
Charlie sat, with heads inclined, and a
low, monotone issuing from the lips of
either, telling, as plainly as words might
have done, Of loves confessions.
Julia stepped back, the box turned
over, and innumerable angry little insects
issuing, proclaimed it q beehive Of
course they stung her. Fierce as mimic
warriors the angry little demons laid hold
of her shapely extremities, popping a
sting into the plump little hand, another
in the rounded cheek, and even the silken
hose were no protection to the exquis-
itely fashioned ankle. She rolled on the
ground and crushed ruthlessly in mud and
mire her hands, feet and body.
: The house was alarmed and the inmates
came rushing out to learn the cause of the
uproar. Even the impudent Charlie
looked cunningly over the widows
shoulders; but that might be pardoned,
had he not asked sympathetically, =" if the
bees had stung herr" Hartshorn and
camphor were called into requisition, and
Julia, swathed in flannels and poisoned by
the sting of the bees, consigns both Char.
lie and the widow to very disagreeable
Iives hereafter.-Al6any Euenino Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
A Fighting EditOr.

THE proprietors of the Boston Saturday
Eoening Express have recently engaged
the services, as a permanent fixture ol
their establishment, of fighting editor.
They thus announce the fact:
I'VE have the sublime pleasure to an
nounce to the deputy State cOnstables,
and all others interested, that we have en-
gagged at an immense salary, one of the in
dispensable adjuncts to an Independent
newspaper establishment, to vita fight
ing editor. This course has been taken by
US in order that we may have an equal
show with all belligerents who desire to
get proper satisfaction for anything we
may say. The gentleman engaged for this
purpose informs US that he has been In the
business for some fifteen years, and that he
is fully competent to attend to all the du-
ties required of him. As q recOmmends-
tion, he informs us that during his career
as fighting editor of various newspapers he
has succeeded in biting off some sixteen
noses and twenty ears, and gouged out
nearly forty eyes, having them now all
nicely preserved in glass bottle, which he
is willing to exhibit to any one who de-
sires it. He also informs us that, besides
being a good bitter, he has broken several
arms ndlegs of his numerous antagonists.
He has also killed six men by throwing
them out of the editorial window, and has
broken three spinal columns by knocking
the owners thereof down several flights of
stairs. He is an infidel, and has no fears
of q hereafter.
"Aggrieved parties who desire settle
ment are hereby notified to apply to him
at our Office at any time, and they will be
accommodated Our associate ia n little
over seven feet high; his age is thirty five,
and he weighs one hundred and sixty
pounds. He lives on raw beef exclusively,
and is never fed enough at any one time
to take away his appetite for more. He
was born in Fighting Hollow, Gouge
county, Arkansas, and never had
brother.
"He proposes to conduct his department
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Playing with Edge Tools.
From Punch.

On Wednesday, lady named Robert.
son living out at the Mission, left her
child, little boy about years old, play
ing in one of the rooms of her house and
went to house several rods distant After
half an hours absence she returned, and
on entering the house she beheld sight
that nearly made her heart cease to beat
There on the floor sat the little boy Harry,
his face, hands and clothing covered with
blood, and bleeding profusely from num-
Der of deep and gaping wounds. In his
hands he held an open razor, which he
showed to his mother on her entering the
room, and said, Mamma, I've dot papas'
shaver" 1t seems that the boy had, by
means of chair, climbed on the table and
from there had reached his fathers razor,
which was in its accustomed place on a
shelf The nearly distracted mother seized
her child in her arms, and rushing to the
door screamed at the top of her voice for
help. She then laid him down on the bed
and ran to the nearest house, and soon re-
turned with number of neighbors. A
surgeon was sent for, and on arriving
found that little Harry had inflicted
wounds that will disfgure him for life.
There was wound about three inches long
on one of his cheeks, another deep cash in
the neck, several slight cuts on the face
and hands, and five or six long and deep
wounds on each of the forearms. For
tunately no large arteries were cut.-San
Francisco Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
How the Greatness and Wealth Of the
LabOucheres Was Created.

A RATHER apOcryphal account is given
as to how the greatness and wealth of the
Laboucheres was created. The father of
the late Lord Taunton, clever young
clerk, by an innocent stratagem got a rich
wife and partnership in the then first
banking house in the world. Being clerk
to the Hopes, of Amsterdam, he was sent
over on a confidential mission to the house
of Barring, in London Being plentifully
supplied with quality which the vulgar
call "cheek," he asked the great Mr. Bar
ing for the hand of his daughter in mar
riage. Themillionaire was asdumbfounded at
the youths assurance, and when he had
recovered his breath he asked him how he
could think of a daughter of the Barings
marrying penniless young clerk. Young
Labouchere, nothing daunted, said: "But
suppose was partner in the house?"
"Oh," replied Mr.. Barring, "t that would be
very different matter" The aspiring
youth posted off to Amsterdam, and i'm
mediately asked the author of Anastasi" :"
fOr share in his business "What," said
the great man, "you young clerk of only
two years standing, to be made partner
of Hopes, of Amsterdam! Nonsense
But" said young Labouchere "suppose
1 could get Miss Barring for wife," "In
that case" replied Mr.. Hope, "the thing
might be practicable" And in that way
it was practicable, as, by thus playing the
two great men, one against the other, the
young clerk got rich wife and share in
the great bank, and thus was founded the
noble house of Taunton.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
Embroidery Extraordinary.

A REMARKABLE fine piece Of worsted
embroidery on canvas, representing
MARY of Scotland Mourning Over the Dy-
ing Douglas" has been on exhibition dur
ing the past week in show window on
Broadway, New York.
1t was worked by Mrs. James Bennett,
of Brooklyn, lady of unusual taste and
artistic ability, who has devoted to it the
principal part of her time during the last
eight months. Its dimensions are SO by
80 inches, and it contains 6S6,O00 stitches,
and 1853 different cOlOrs. Fifteen richly
dressed human figures, two horses, a dog,
group of trees, and castle, are the
principal features of the picture, which is
worked in what is called "quarter stitch" /"
that is, the stitches are only one-fourth of
the usual length; the best judges, among
the many who have lately examined and
admired this work, suppose that 1t must
have been done in Europe, inasmuch as
very few American ladies possess the skill
or the leisure necessary to produce with
the needle so spirited and perfect picture.
The WhittemOre Brothers pronounce it
by far the most meritorious of the more
than five hundred works of the kind
framed by them, and consider it undoubt-
edly one of the finest pieces of embroidery
ever produced in America. 1t is valued
at 81 800, the sum refused by a gentleman
on Twentieth street for larger, but much
more coarsely embroidered, copy of the
same scene.-New York Tribune.
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on the BARRIERS plan: first come, first
served. All orders will be promptly exc
cuted, and gentlemen can examine map
of Mount Auburn Cemetery while waiting
for their turn. State Constables served
first, suckers next, after which indignant
members Of the dramatic profession will
be attended to. Weapons constantly on
hand, for which there will be no charge.
He will not undertake to give explana-
tions after the first interview, for the rea.
son that they will not be required, Lost
noses, ears, &c, will be properly labeled
and put carefully away for future reference
of friends. Dead bodies properly buried at
relatives expense.
His department is elegantly and SUBJ
stantially fitted up, and is now open for
business both wholesale ana retail.
"P. 8. When not fully engaged at our
office, contracts can be made with him for
any other newspaper that may require his
services"
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to investigate the cause of the trouble.
She went to the place from whence the
barking proceeded and discovered some.
thing jumping from tree to tree, but in
the darkness could not distinguish what il
was. She returned to the house for her
lantern, and went back to the grove, when
she found that the animal-which proved
to be wildcat of the largest species-had
engaged the dog in combat, but immedi-
ately upon seeing the light released itself
from the dog, and made spring for Mrs.
c., who had, upon starting from the house
the second time armed herself with bro
ken-tined pitchfork. When the animal
sprang, the lady assumed a position known
in military language as guard against in
fantry," and in alighting the "varmint
found himself impaled on the broken tine
of the fork, which had entered the crea-
lures throat and penetrated the base of
the skull, wounding the brain mortally.
Mrs. Colyer deserves pension for her
bravery, and we recommend some of the
weak-nerved, fastidious ladies of this place
that they spend few days with her, tax
ing lessons in the art of selfdefense.-Ap-
pie Rirer (M.) Gazette, August g.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
A Shrewd COl0red Man.

We have heard good story of colored
man named John, who resides at a place
not quite thousand miles from Savannah.
John has "bOss" who is fond of the ex-
element of playing at the game known as
"lottery policy" but he does not like to be
seen in such offices, and so he furnishes
John with the numbers and the money to
play upon them. Now John has learned
to read, and some seven or eight months
ago he read story about lady who was
in the habit of dreaming about numbers
and giving her husband money to play at
"lottery policy" :" how the husband put
her money in box and did not purchase
any policy ticket, but took home copy OF
The drawing every night and paid her all
the prizes she drew, and how on New
Years day he told her she had at last
hit the lottery and drawn handsome
little prize, and gave her the money which
remained in the box, after paying all the
prizes she had drawn during the year.
Upon reading this story, bright idea
made its way through Johns wool. He
reckoned up the amount of money his
boss had given him to buy tickets and
the amount of prizes drawn, and found
that the former largely exceeded the latter.
From these premises John reasoned
HSo John procured a small tin box, in
which he deposited all the money his
"boss" gave him with which to purchase
lottery policy tickets" but bought no
tickets He continued, however, to take
the numbers and the money from his
"boss," TO furnish him with copy of the
drawing every day, and to pay him from
the box all the prizes which his "boss
would have drawn upon the numbers fur
nished if he had purchased tickets, and at
the end of six months John counted the
money in the box, and found that after
paying all the prizes drawn by the num-
bers furnished by his "boss," it contained
the handsome little sum of 5000 At first
John was very much elated with his sue
cess in winning money from his "boss,"
but after while he began to feel uneasy
about the $40 in the box, and began to
reason with himself thusly: MY boss
pays me good wages, he gives me plenty
OF good victuals to eat and good bed to
sleep in, and he don't require me to work
hard, and now have got $500 of his
money in that box, which did not cost me
a cent, and don't feel right about it, so /
don't. Something tells me that ought
to give Kim the money and tell him
how badly he has been fooled. But sup
pose had purchased the tickets as he
told me to do, would not the lot
terry man have had this money, and
would he now think of paying it back !
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Certainly he would have II, and would
never think ofpaying it back. Why, then,
should not keep it? ! paid all the prizes
drawn, just as the lottery man would hava
done Tin fact was the lottery mani, and
therefore have fairly won the two hun
dred dollars, and have just the same right
to keep it as the lottery man would have
if had purchased the tickets from him
and he had paid the prizes as did"
John had never heard of a logician or a
professor of ethics, but he looked at the
money in the box, and somehow or other
he could not help thinking that it belonged
to his "boss," and that it was not right for
him to keep it, and so he went TO him and
told him all about how he had obtained the
money, and proposed to return it. His
boss" however, told John that he had
learned lesson worth more than thou
sand dollars, and therefore he begged him
to accept the money as a present. Both
John and his '"boss" have come to the
conclusion that the game of Lottery
Policy" was made to win, and that the
man who plays against it is simply fool.
-lSdrdnHah Repu6licaR.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
Another Dodge.

Somebody from New York, signing
himself as Secretary of the Merchants
Union Law Company, has been sending
circulars to the lawyers in this vicinity
and throughout the country, asking them
for the location of their business, residence,
date OF admission to the bar, and other
items, which he states he desires for the
purpose of using them in the new law
register and official directory for 1870, and
further stating that the book is to contain
such information in regard to every law
yer in the United States. Upon receiving
this information he sends another circular
with the following preface: "If you do
not remit the required subscription of ten
dollars toward defraying the expenses OF
publication, and for copy of the work,
the following particulars must necessarily
be omitted therefrom." The particulars
referred to are those previously requested
to be sent-Ner Hduen Courier.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
Tea Brands and Their Meaning.

"HYsoN" means before the rains," or
flourishing spring, that is, early in the
spring; hence, it is often called "YOung
Hyson."
"Hyson Skin" is composed of the refuse
of other kinds, the native term for which
is "tea skins" Refuse Of still coarser de-
scriptions, containing many stems, is
called "tea bones"
"Bohea" is the name of the hills in the
region in which it is collected.
"Pecoe," or "Pecco," means white
hairs, the down of tender leaves.
Poucbong," folded plant"
"Souchong," small plant"
"Twankey" is the name of small
river in the region from whence it is
brought.
Congo" is from a term signifying
"labor," from the care required in its pre-
marathon
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
THE AARGATE BATHING WO-
MANS LAMENT,

1t nearly broke my widowed art,
When first I took the notion,
The parties didn't as they used,
Take reglar to the ocean,
The hinfants, darling little soles,
Still cum quite frequent, bless 'eml
But they is only sixpencee ach,
Which hardly pays to dress 'em.
The reason struck me all at once,
Says l, It's my opinion,
The grown-up folks no longer bathes,
Because of them vile SheeniOns."
The last as cum drest in that style,
Says, as she took it horf her,
I'm sure shall not know the way
To re-arrange my quofurr
By which she ment the ed Of air,
Which call 1t wot they will, Sir,
Cum doubtless of convict at
Millbank or Pentonville, Sir.
The Parliment should pass law,
Which there's sufficient reason
That folks as wear the Sheenions should
Battle g'lar in the season.
From Punch
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03

learned that success is not to be attaiend
by direct attack upon the candy, but by
q more general argument-thus "You
know that the stomach of a child is very
delicate, very sensitive-quite as much so
as the eye; It will bear milk, and so will
the eye; but if you odd to the milk, pep
per, the eye becomes red, and 80 does the
stomach. Cold water Is grateful to the eve,
to relieve this Inflammation, and it Is
equally 80 to the stomach Now, candy is
but little less irritating than pepper; it
creates the same redness, the same grade
of Inflammation, and there is the same de-
mand for water to quench the inextinguish-
able fame. In such o stomach, healthy
digestion ceases; the appetite fails; the
tissues are all impoverished. It is not the
is healthy; it forms part of the milk of
the infant, and enters largely into many
of our best vegetables 1t is the sugar
poisonous, and the process of manufacture
that render candy so injurious
"You mean to do well by your child, but
you are slowly and certainly effecting her
ruin. At this critical period of her life,
when, for proper development and growth,
she needs large supply of nourishing and
easily digested food, you give her these de-
testable compounds Of burnt sugar and
poisons, which not only slowly poison her
system, but, worst of all, deprive her of
appetite and even of the power of diges-
ton. If you persist in this course, It is
not difficult to predict the result; the
chances that your child will reach woman
hood will be diminished ten-fold; if she
reach adult years, it will not prove adult
life in her case, but rather dwarfed and
imbecile maturity. Her certain inheritance
will be dyspepsia, a morbid appetite for
crude and indigestible articles, and chronic
and incurable diseases which will render
her irritable and peevish, and lead to pre-
mature old age and death in mid-life.
"The cure is certain, and the remedy is
at hand: remove the particle of dust from
an inflamed eye, and the redness soon dis
appears; so cease to apply to the surface
of this inf1amed stomach the foreign sub
stance which irritates it, and it will re-
cover; the thirst will subside; her appe-
tite will be restored; her lips and cheeks
will become red, and she. will regain the
flesh which belongs to her-An Eminent
Physician, in Hearth and Home