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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
How the California Chinese Go to
Church.

The congregation is composed principal
ly of men and boys, dressed in their every
day clothes. Some of them stare about
them, or talk with each other Instead of
sitting down and paying attention to what
is said, many stand up and walk about
Perhaps some will come up to the speaker
and try to look over his book, if he reads
from the Bible, or they will examine the
foreign stove, if it is cold weather and
there is fire i'm it; or they will stand in
front of the clock and watch it for a while.
Others have with them parcels of mer-
chandise, or fowl, some vegetables, etc,
they have bought or wish to sell: and if
it is warm weather very many will strip
the upper part of their bodies naked, and
fan themselves so as to be cool as possible.
Oftentimes unless forbidden to smoke,
several engage in smoking little pipes full
Of tobacco, having first struck fire by
means of a flint and a piece of steel and
some very dry paper Almost every
Chinaman carries about with him his pipe
and tobacco and materials for striking fire.
Sometimes beggar woman will enter the
chapel and bawl out Justify for cash. 1t is
yerv common practice for most of those
who come to stay but short time, and
when one of them goes out all of his mates
and friends usually follow.
If an idol procession or a mandarin and
his retinue are passing along the streets,
or some sudden or unusual noise is heard.
the boys and most of the men rush out to
see what is to be seen, after which some of
them will perhaps come back. Very few
are regular hearers of the Gospel, and
fewer still come in for the purpose of hear
ing about Jesus
Almost all who come are prompted by
motives of curiosity.-ErchdnQe
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
A Novel Invention.

Two lads, who out of respect for their
genius shall be nameless, left Clinton
for Utica the other day, riding after
their fathers Dobbin, sound and
well buttoned, but provokingly slow.
No whipping, or yelling, or urging
could increase his speed beyond the
fast youths it was ride altogether too much
protracted, and the inventive genius which
has always existed in the family was
called in to devise some method for slight
lyaccelerating the locomotion of their beast
on the home trip. Various plans were
proposed and voted down impracticable,
when the youngster suggested that long
crooked switch be procured, and fastened
by a leathern strap to the rim of the for
ward wheel; at each revolution it would
hit the horse, and relieve them at least of
their labor of constantly urging him.
"The very thing!" said the other; and
he Immediately applied the improvement.
For while things went well, until Dob
bin became at length walked up, and start
ed off on a run. "Rackety swat, rackety-
swat" went the long crooked stick, and
faster and faster flew the infuriated Dob
bin. John Gilpin's ride was stroll, COM
pared to the fight of our great inventors
The roadside took on the appearance of
ribbon grass; canal boats like weaver's
shuttles, and telegraph posts resembled the,
teeth of fine-tooth comb. There was no
whoa" to the concern-there is nothing
now of the wagon. Doctors have dressed
the wounds of two boys who got run away
with, who beg of us to mention no names.
-E1stern PdDer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
Finding q Mammoth.

In the year 1899, chief of native tribe
was searching for ivory along the banks
of the Lena, when, to his great horror and
fright, he saw, in cliff of the gravel, a
huge block of ice, and in it what he con-
sidered beast of evil omen. He became
i'll from terror, but on his recovery, re-
membering that the beast had tusks which
were like those he was searching for, he
again visited the spot. There stood, all
encased in transparent ice, creature like
an elephant in shape, nine feet high, and
16 feet long, and with enormous tusks pro-
jecting for eight or ten feet, and curving
at their tips. The huge brute was hairy
it had long, black bristles all over it, and
they were from a foot to 16 inches long
it had also long hair covering the whole
body, and short fur The chief waited
and watched for five years. BY the end
of that time the ice had melted, and the
mammoth presented itself in its flesh and
its hairy hide to the astonished natives.
The tusks were cut off and sold, the neigh
boring inhabitants came with their dogs
and feasted on the carcass, and the wolves
picked the bones. Fortunately a nat
uralist heard of it, and collected the bones
and specimens of the hair, 30 pounds
weight of which were gathered from the
wet sand bank on which the mammoth
rested, and the tusks he purchased. He
carried the whole to the nearest capital,
St. Petersburg, distance of 1880 miles,
where it became one of the wonders of
the world, and where it may still be seen
in the museum, of which it forms a most
remarkable feature.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27

apparently several arms. 1t advanced
rapidly but not silently; a hoarse CUR
Cling groan mingled with the sound Of its
heavy steps.
Alas, must their glorious victory be
changed to defeat! Defeat without re-
sistance, for the holy-water was expended,
and the very pot thrown away. Frozen
with terror, they crouched against the
wall, and lifted their eyes and their hearts
to Heaven"
"Cursed brute!' cried a gruff voice,
al can't choke him he scM make row,
and he is so fat and heavy that can't carry
him any farther. So shall just cut him
up here"
The affrighted spectators could now
make out, in the dim light, that the phan.
tom was composed of two parts, one car.
rying the other, and that the form had
"the outward semblance of man." as Ser.
geant Buzfuz said of Mr.. Pickwick. This
probable or possible man-as M. Victor
Hugo would have called him-threw this
burden on the ground, drew a long knife
"a deed of blood was about to be done!
The priest and the sexton fell on theil
knees; their eyes closed; their mouths
opened in cry of horror.
A diabOlical laugh answered them. II
was some seconds, perhaps some minutes
before they dared to look up; then they
caught glimpse of something like the
phantom in its original guise, vanishing
in the darkness.
They remained on their knees some
time longer, thanking the Lord, who had
a second time saved them from the terrible
Drat.
Next day, Ramounet's customers found
his shop closed. He had disappeared, ant
no one, not even the police, ever discov
cred any traces of him. Wherefore, thu
old women of Quercy believe to this day
he was carried off by the Drat-AppletOn'i
| Journal
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27

who have some difficulty in effecting an
entrance. The crowd opens the way, and
as the passenger passes onward his hat is
slightly pushed from behind so as to near
ly cover his forehead. This is so adroitly
accomplished by the thief as to throw the
passenger aforesaid off his guard He
puts his hand up to adjust his tile, and at
the same moment the scientific "knuck
relieves him of his pocket-book, or other
valuables, which he hands to "pal," who
gets off and disappears.
The hat-tipping business is quite IA
vorite practice, although it is not always
attended with success. Persons who meet
with such an event, either in getting on
railroad cars, or while waiting at ticket
offices in depots or at places of amuse-
ment, should remember these words OF
caution: In case any one should feel his
hat move from behind, in the manner
above stated, whether on q crowded plat
form or any other place, as already indi-
Gated, let that person Immediately turn
around to the one behind him, and say
I'm on that myself" After that he may
feel perfectly secure from further annoy
ance on that Observation-Disclosures Bul-
lxtn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27

As general rule, blinds should never
be employed on the brides of valuable
horses. Colts should be trained without
blinds; then they would never require
such appendages in after years. A horse
should be allowed to see whatever is &C.
curing around him. Were horses always
employed without blinds, there would be
much less difficulty in the management of
high-spirited animals. Horses soon learn
to contide in their drivers when the latter
treat their steeds with proper respect and
confidence. In such instances, blinds are
a nuisance. They sometimes injure the
eyes Of horses; and, more frequently, they
so obstrucs the vision, that the poor brute
will be frightened at the rustling of leaf
or bit Of paper, and run away, if he can
do so; whereas, were his sight unob-
structed, he would see at once that it was
but a leaf, that there was no cause for fear.
Many serious accidents have occurred
which were attributable to the use of
blinds. Besides these things, there is
grand beauty in the flashing eyes and head
of noble horse, which should never be
hid by such useless and injurious append
ares as blinds.-Hsdrth and Home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
Adulterated Milk.

ALTHOUGH everybody who patronizes
milkmen supposes that they are none
too honest, yet we imagine few people
are aware TO what extent this article
is adulterated, or that substances are
in common use that cannot be detected
by the lactometer, and that only
chemical analysis can discover
The farmers of Westborough, some time
since, formed a cooperative association for
the purpose of bringing the producer and
consumer together without the aid of mid
dle-men, thereby saving one profit, and
also preventing the adulteration of their
milk. An agent was appointed in the
city whose duty it was to look after the
interests of the association, and to see that
the customers receive a pure article of milk
One day, after the business of the company
seemed to be progressing finely, the agent
was somewhat surprised by one of his
best customers informing him that he pre-
ferred to obtain his milk elsewhere, and
that he need not leave any more at his
house. The agent inquired the reason o
the change, when the customer informed
him that a neighbor of his was receiving
richer and better article at the same
price, and he was hereafter going to have
his milk from the same man. "The mill
that my neighbor gets" continued the
customer, has a better flavor, and i
more of the color of cream than what you
furnish, and suspect it comes from Jer
sey cows" Now, Mr.. A." said he afsel
hearing his story, "I will tell you what
will do. You take can of our milk, ant
also one from the milkman who supplies
your neighbor, and carry them to a chem
ist to be analyzed, and if he don't tell you
that nurs 10 pura and the milk map's admit
Grated, l will supply you with milk fo
five years for nothing. The customer sale
this was fair offer, and he accordingly
took a can of each to a chemist, where al
analysis showed that the rich cream-c col
ored milk was adulterated with water anC
burnt sugar, while the Westborough mill
was pronounced pure. The result wa
that the agent, instead of losing a custo
mer, gained another, as the neighbor VIII,
had been supplied by the milkman pre-
ferred pure article to one that contained
water and burnt sugar, even if it did lool
little more creamy.-Boston Spectator.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
Fight Between a BabO0n and q Ships
Crew.

AN English steamer, which arrived at
Liverpool from Africa short time since,
had on board three giant chacmas or
balloons, two crocodiles, several monkeys,
and other specimens of the natural history
of the country. The balloons were very
ferocious and possessed of great strength.
For their safe custody, strong den with
iron bars was provided and placed near
the forecastle, so that they could con-
stantly be under the eye OF the crew. All
went well until the morning of the second
day out, when crash was heard, and in
an instant the large chacma had wrenchcd
several bars off, and the next instant was
on the fore-castla, armed with the bars
with which he had been confined. Here
his majesty paused forAmoment, and in q
dignified manner surveyed his captors. A
rope having been got, moose was formed
and cast over his head, and he struggled
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
Remarkable Landslide i'm the Town OF
Stockton, N. Y.

HUDSON, N. Y, August z.
The town ofStocktOn, in this county, has
been the scene of considerable excitement,
this week, ON account ofa gigantic land slide,
and thousands have visited the spot. The
place where the phenomenon occurred Is
located on the old post road, near the con-
fluence of the Kinderhook and Claverack
Creeks, about five miles north of the city.
1t comprises nearly five acres, and was on
an elevation above dry ravine. A hill
intervenes between this ravine and the
creek on the east and north, of little
less than the altitude of that which caved
in. The crash took place about halfpast
o'clock last Monday afternoon. The
movement was gradual, and the surface of
the earth undulated like waves of the
ocean. No noise was heard until the NOV
ing mass struck tIe base of the interven-
ing hill, when there was dull, rumbling
sound, resembling distant thunder, and a
auivering sensation, like a slight shock of
earthquake. The earth caved in
to the distance of over eighty
feet, and the surface, as indicated
by trees and fences, moved a distance of
over six hundred feet. So gradual was the
movement that it occupied about half an
hour, and the sight was described by those
who witnessed it as sublime in the ex-
treme. Among the most marked incidents
of the phenomena is the fact that an oak
tree, which stood by the roadside, was
moved with section of the fence to the
bottom of the ravine, a distance of 600
feet, and the tree and fence now stand as
firm and upright as ever. The weaker
trees, such as pine and hemlock, were
snapped as pipe stems, and some trees of
this nature, two feet or more in diameter,
are doubled and twisted, like a wisp of
straw. The land clay, founded on quick
sand, with soil surface of not more than
two feet in thickness. 1t is understood
that the quicksand has been gradually
washed away from beneath and passed of
into the stream. The copious showers of
last spring left the surface mere shell,
and the dry weather which followed caused
this shell to crack, and finally fall into the
vacuum below. A crevice of several inch
es in width, fifty feet in length, and ceep
beyond sounding, has appeared on the land
adjoining the suken portion on the south,
and fears are entertained that this tract
will soon fall
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
An Improbable Customer.

Nor thousand miles from Pearl street
city weigher has his Office. A good
while ago he found that by means of col
lusion with the small shippers who en-
ployed him to do their weighing, he could
obtain cigars less the duties. A fine pros
pect for money-making here presented it.
self He purchased of his patrons large
quantities of cigars, and keeping them con-
cealed i'm a capacious closet in the rear of
his Office, dealed them out surreptitiously
to friends, at cheap rates. EVERYTHING
went on swimmingly, and he cleared
thousands OF dollars through his cigar traf-
fic, in addition to his regular business.
One forenoon recently stranger entered
the office, when the following converse
tion ensued:
Stranger-"Mr. -, a friend tells me
that you have prime quality of cigars
which you can sell very cheap"
Weigher-" Oh, yes: step in and take a
chair. l have got some superb Havanas
which | can wholesale you at eighty dol
lars. Try one of them"
Stranger-"Have you any other
brands?"
Weigher-" Oh yes, several kinds. Here
is sample box at sixty dollars and an
other for forty five dollars. They are all
first quality of genuine Havanas."
Stranger-"B But l notice they have no
stamps on the boxes"
Weigher-" Oh, that don't amount to
anything / always manage that business.
lean get etaround the Custom House any day
and don't care t. for the officials They
don't know where l make my purchases
and what is more, never will"
Stranger-"Are you sures"
Weigher-" Yes, indeed, there is nc
doubt on that point. Well, how many
will you take?"
Stranger. Well, between you and me-
guess l will take the entire lOt!"
With that, the Custom House detective
for such the stranger was, threw back the
lapel of his coat revealing his badge. Al
the sight of this insignia of office oul
weigher comprehsnded the situation al
once and fairly reeled from his feet into a
chair. TO add to his discontinue his
brother, sitting near by through the whole
interview, who had been opposed all along
TO his cigar speculations, burst into an up.
roarious fit of laughter. The wonderfully
cool official likewise smiled a CHASTITY
smile. The amusement afforded the
officer did not, however, deter him from
confiscation, and carrying away the entire
closet of cigars, amounting in value to
many thousand dollars. 1t may not be
necessary to add that our friend, the
weigher, has abandoned the contraband
business forever, from this time forward.
N Y Cor. Chicago Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27
"Mr. Brown, OF Chicago"

1--WE have often heard of men having
"cheek," and making a free use of the
article 60 long way, but the following
rather entities Mr.. Brown, of Chicago"
to the belt. The story was related to us
by gentleman who was "thar." He
says: / was at the laying of the last tie,
and had noticed among the crowd large,
kind of half.dressed man, who was con-
stantly very busy doing nothing, but rung
himself in whenever "drinks" were
called. After the last spike had been
driven, and reasonable quantity of wine
deposited under the vest of everybody
who was bibulously inclined, 1 strayed in
to the private car of Governor Stanford.
The Governor, somewhat weary with the
was reclining on sofa, evidently glad it
numerous drinks. He stopped at the
Governor Stanfords" "That's him." said
the person questioned, pointing to the
Governor. The fellow walked in, drew a
chair up beside the Governors sofa,
sat down in it, slapped the Gov
ernor on the knee, and said, "How are
you, Governor? My name is Brown. Mr..
DTOWu, IrOm OulCdSO. L HIS Is great Oc-
casion, Governor; we usually take drink
on such occasions as this, Governor"
"Yes," said the Governor "George,
open bottle of wine." The wine was
opened, passed around and drank. "Gov-
ernor," (hitching his chair little closer),
"this is a Gerry great occasion; now take a
drink with me. George open bottle OF
wine" The servant did as directed, and
that bottle was quickly disposed Of, good
share of it running down the capacious
throat of Mr. Brown, of Chicago" This
is day that will be long remembered
and congratulate you on the success Of
your enterprise. George, open bottle OF
wine" George" looked hugely dis.
gusted, but obeyed-the fellow had got
possession, and never stopped until the
basket was empty and George announced
that the wine was out. Mr.. Brown then
arose, shook hands with the Governor
and took rather a crooked way out Of the
car, still asserting "that it was very
great occ(hic)asion." ."-Eako, Cal., hadepsnd
ent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27

hard to extricate himself but withou.
avail He then attacked one Of the s.
men, whom he seized by the arm, an
Notwithstanding that several of the M
belabored him with weapons, the brute
would not relinquish his hold until he had
torn the flesh from above the elbow to
near the wrist, and had been rendered in
sensible, when he-was carried to his den.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-08-27

The Empress Carlotta has been stay
ing for some time at Spa. The other day
she insisted with SO much vehemence on
playing roulette that it was impossible to
restrain her. On approaching the table
she deliberately placed gold piece on the
number 10. The Emperor Macmillan
was shot on June 10. The wheel turned,
and, though 81 chances were against her,
she won. She smiled sadly, took up the
money, and quietly left the room. On
her way cut poor man passed by. She
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-01-30
Arbres fruitiers u haulte tige.

3FgF5%+E 8sA# ~3H8. 1SS& 81 k- s . = ~.~
Pour ~eultiver les arbres a haute tige
avec success ct profit, il faut reuuir les
conditions suivantes : t7t.* "
10 Planter des sujets vigoureux, bien
portants, ayant ponsse yite ct exempts
de nuuds ct bosses sur le tronc ;
90 Choisir des arbres de grosseur mo-
yenne les gros arbres r~eprennent NAL j;
leurs GEORGES sont durcies; ills sont tor
tus la plupart 'du temps, ct plus de la
moitie DIES raoines reste en- terre.
80 N'excepter que des arbres greffes
sur les suiets suivants : poirier, sur poi
rier franc 81 iamais sur cognassier pom
mier, sur pommier franc /: cerisier, sur
nerisier %abricotier ct prunier, sur pru-
nier do SCENTS ct non de dragons;
40 Choisir des fruits de bonnie quaIite,
tres-fertiles ct assez rustiques pour Sc
passer de soins.' Toutes les fois que Ton
cultiyera, q haute tige des varieties deli
Gates. on peus f~erties, on ne reco,tera
Observation-Disclosures s.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-01-30

Nous lisonsd dams lie Courier des Etats
Unis:
On Sc marie announcement en- ce mo
ment d New-York on fat queue aux6
glises pour s'epouser; mais voici unc
historic de ~"conjungo' qui vault l'histoire
des dix duels que nous avons tout recem-
ment publiee en- feuilleton. C'est moins
horrible m2is &c nest pas m0'ns @m0u'
La scene Sc pas~ dams une grande
maison de hurry Hill au dessert Gun
diner de c%inquante converts, Ia maitresse
dn logis engage tous les .%jeunes gems a e.
cire, sur I'm bout de papier signe, lie
nom de leur pref6ree la meme invita-
ton est faite aux ~jeunes files Person
ne ne %recule, ct, tous les bulletins recuel-
lis, il s'est trouve HUT couples de jeunes
gems s'etant compris sans Sc lttrejamais
dit. En- AmGrique, on ne fat pas gran
DIES, facons pour s'accorder ;~seance te-
mantle, hut marriages ont etc decides;
peut-etre meme anraient-ils etc cele-
bres sill s'etait trouve Ia ~queAlu'un a.
yant qualite pour ofioier. Cinq DIES fl
ances nouveaux ont avouG qu'ils n'au-
jamais ose Sc dGclarer autrcment.
Les autrcs bulletins, coufes d Ia seule
ma1tresse de la maison, ont etc imme-
1iatement livres aux Aammss.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-01-30
Vente PubliOuc.

s.. kaufman Is. j. D. O'C0nneN.
TOUR DE MAGISTRAT, I'd Ward, Par
~ olsse de St. Landry. En- vertu dur
writ de feri facias lance par la Cour dc
Magistrat pour lie Cd Ward, Paroisse de St
Landry, pour satisfaire I'm Judgement obtenu
pabeS. Kaufman contre J d. O'Connell, ct
a moi adre~se, j~'offrirai En- vente publique
sur les lleux reinforcement occupies par
ledit J. D. O'Connell, sur la rue Water pres
du magasin de Kaufman Freres dams la vile
de Washington. i ONE heures du matin, lie
SAMEDI, 10 Tevricr, 1869, les proprietes
suivantes %saisies pour satisfaire ledit JUICE
nent, a savoir-
l POMPE, 2 BAQUETs, ENVIRON
200 livres de mousse, l levier en- fer, 2
tables, l bureau, l lavabo, l %cuvette, l lam
pc, 2 damejeannes, l pupitre, / vieux pen
dulc, 2 tableeux, l lit garni, 8 chaises en-
boiS, l lot de burlaps (C, l e%ntonnoir en-
fer-blanc, l tquerre, l lot de balances, ! lot
de papier, l lot de vieux harnais, l ~tariere,
l machine pour netoyer la mousse, l presse
d mousse, l fourreau de forgeron, l cnclu-
me, l lot doutils ct de vieux fer, 2 pelles, !
lot de Sacs q mails.
Conditions-Comptant.
j. s. HAWKINS,
Depute Sheriff.