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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26
Transmission of Mental Disease.

DR.. Charles Elan, an English physician,
has just published a book in which medi-
cal problems are discussed. OF the trans
mission OF mental disorders, he says:
"There is no form of heritage more re-
markable than that of the tendency to
suicide without any other marks of aber-
ration of intellect Dr. Winslow relates
the case of family where all the men,
bers exhibited, when they arrived at a
certain age, a desire to commit selfde-
struction; to accomplish which the great
est ingenuity and industry were manifest
ed. DIR. Gall relates very striking in
stance of seven children of one man who
all enjoyed a competency and good health,
yet all possessed rage for suicide, and all
yielded to it within thirty or forty years
'Some hanged, some drowned themselves,
and others blew out their hrains.' Many
other examples of the same tendency are
brought forward by the same writer.
Iaay add one case TO the above from nv
own experience. Sitting one day with an
acquaintance, noticed some depression in
his spirits. After prolonged silence he
broke out into the following dreary at
tempt at conversation: MY grandfather
hung himself my uncle took poison, my
father shot himself, shall cut my throat
The facts were correct; but constant sur
veillance prevented the sequel in his own
history"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26

When Napoleon III. drove out for the
first time, after hisrecent dangerous illness,
he tainted after riding for quarter of an
hour. A very strong dose of cognac, ad-
ministered to him by DR.. Corvisart, who
was with him in the same carriage, restored
him to little vivacity, but, during most
of the ride he was unable to open his eyes.
The Empress, who was at first in the car
riage following that of the Emperor, turned
deadly pale, upon hearing what had hap
pened to her consort, and she insisted
upon entering his carriage. Very few
cheers greeted the imperial couple during
the ride through the city
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26

An application will be made to the
Parliament of Canada, at its next session,
to Incorporate company for the purpose
of building a tunnel under the Detroit
River TO connect the Great Western Rail-
way with the Michigan Central Road, and
to secure to the railroads termination
either in Windsor or Detroit with the use
of the same on fair terms. Power win
also be asked TO work the same by steam
and horse power for local passenger and
freight traffic between Detroit and Wind
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26
POETRY.
TIE CHERRY WOOD CLOCK.
sr onanrxs CHAMBERLAIN, JR.

BY cHARIxs CHAMBERLAIN, IN.
Wrru a cherry. wood case,
And a ;o]ly roupd face.
<,srd;nc i1st In the niche in the wall,
TTcfinc an night and day,
IN ne ss5 sseaales' .,.cr, xay, IN the han
n an oio-aaSiiioi'00 " ~
There's A spot on the face,
And there's many trace
OF a scratch and a scar on the wood;
And the hands made of brass,
VII a.; Z. oaa . snaIum Nv "a pa
o 'D"' eSs ''@'~ e'
Yet the old clock IL ticking.
The second hsnd pjckino
Its way rouud te, - N 4 40 srIre.
And if ,frikes with q RING
Ar -. n.s;, Al In,e.,5ss ~ si,1ss s,,,,,ra
""''o 'ooA.'s oiu anu W
All, that cherry.wood clock. 80
Standing firm as a rock go
Looking down on the folks of to-day.
Could tell tales of its own.
Or ,ha rs, oTn ~ sole,i ;,I li5 ss,l':ooa w.v
P"'' a" i'S o'u'''10"-o"
II has licked slow and strong.
IN its mopotone sono
Wher fi,e house Was Ali ouief and still.
IN bss s,,oixen so loud
~ o,rs ,..;,l.1' au p,s.;e,,od 81, s,r;u
s'S A'' "''n""' "ii'''0u eo o'''
II has licked with the hell
Thsf A wedding would fell
II hs. licked keepinc time. with the song:
II has licked at the birth 2
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26

The Concord IN. H. Republican says
that when General Chamberlain, Govern
or of Maine, after one of the terrible bat
Ties of the war, lay upon a hospital couch,
shot through the body, and, as all supposed,
very near his end, the attendants began
preparations for embalming his body, that
il might be sent home This was little
earlier than the General desired, and NOV
ing himself, he said: Gentlemen, / have
made different arrangements. / invite
you all TO dine with me one week from to-
1&y"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26

A MAN in Woodbury. recently broke his
leg while wrestling. The village butcher
and blacksmith got up a match for his
benefit, aud like accident bcfel the black
smith,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26

THE cheese crop of the United States
this year IL estimated at 80, ,000, 900 pounds.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26

: II is proposed to erect monrnsn5w ~ 70
Mr.. Peabody IN Druid Hill k4zEs BARI
more, to cost $50, loco.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26

The Canadian schooner Kate Burley
was recently lost on Lake Michigan. Six
of the crew, including the captain and first
mate, perished.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26
FACTS AND FIGURES.
BAvAR,A has Pas. 80 hives of bees.

BAVARIA has 233, ,139 hives of bees.
Mr.. STEWART, though he is called A. T.,
is only 81.
A CANADIAN bride in New York wears
a $1,000 diamond.
BROOKLYN has appropriated sec, 900 for
free public baths.
THREE hundred and severn ladies eX-
hibit works of art in the French Academy
of Arts.
THERE is lunatic in a New York asy-
lum who imagines himself William H.
Seward.
THE total valuation of property in
Kansas is 500, ,383, 1917, an increase over
last year of 9,434,147.
A JoURNEYMAN blacksmith says he has
been striking for hire wages these twenty
wears, with uniform success.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE genius isconstruct-
ing miniature steam engine, boiler and
ali, out of single silver half dollar.
CEN QUAD" and Shooting Stick are
the names of two rival base ball clubs,
composed of printers, in Reading, Pa.
BRIGHAM YOU'VE has a school for his
own children-sixty or seventy in num-
Der. II Is bWorctOly c4uoiO ouoDO anu
succeed building.
THE Commissioner of Agriculture esti-
mates the total value of the crops of the
United States, for the year 1869, at 81 ,S11,-
668,915.
THE st. Paul Pioneer thinks that not
less than one hundred and fifty thousand
bushels of apples will be gathered in Min
nesota this year.
ONE of the features In the New Hamp-
shire State Fair was team of eleven
yokes of oxen, from Darlington, drawing
a handsomely decorated rural cottage on
wheels.
BILL PENNYwEALTH, an Englishman,
living in Boston, on a wager of $50, eat
in succession three dozen hard boiled eggs,
without drinking any. liquid whatever.
AT funerals in Massachusetts, for two
or three generations after its settlement
the prayer was made by the nearest
relative of the deceased who W.
municant.
art.
A QUICKsnvER4
Borneo a year or two sine
prove one of the richest in the w.
e
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26

1t had been arranged that one of Mr..
Capitals little daughters should go down
with another little girl and see Bell some
time, but the time was put off from week
tD week, and then came the great strike.
That wrought evil in the miners homes
and in their hearts At first the Black
brothers held out against it, but they final
ly were forced to fall in with the rest, and
so want and trouble came into their cab
ins.
An unhappy summer it was. Bell Black
wes not wise enough to know that God
knew what was best for her when He sent
her to be miners daughter, and that she
was in Just the best place in the world for
her to be; so she went on finding fault,
and wishing that she had rich man for
her father, and trying to think that fine
house and fine dresses would make her
happy.
All last the strike was over. The min
ers were going to work again, and there
would be better times every body
hoped.
took one of his daughters down with him,
and left her at Mr.. Blacks cabin until he
should return home he was going on to
visit other mines in which he was inter
ested.i
Helen was the little girls name. She
had never before been at the mines, and
she was delighted with every thing that
she saw.
To please Bell, Mrs. Black had put ON
the best appearance possible IN view OF
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-26

1t is rumored in England that state
ment in Lord Byron's handwriting will
shortly be published, which will settle for
ever the unhappy question which has late
ly been raised in the papers relative to
Lord and Lady Byron
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
Mistaken Identity.

Few days since lady, evidently in
deep grief, applied to the Chief of Police
to take some steps for the reformation of
her son, a lad of fourteen. She frankly
confessed he was addicted to the worst
habits, and had got far beyond her con-
troll. She wished him sent to the House
of Refuge, or in the event that could not
be done, to prison or anywhere, so that a
check could be put upon his vicious ca
reer. He had possessed himself, she said,
at different times Of large sums of money
belonging to herself and boarders, and at
the siQe of his last evasion had carried
away with him nearly hundred dollars
The chief gave orders for his arrest, and
on Tuesday morning he was brought to
his Office. The mother was sent for, and,
all her love for him aroused, approached
him as only mother can. She wanted
him to promise her to reform, and she
would forgive all the past. Imagine her
surprise whom the. young outlaw turned
upon her, and declared he never saw her
before. She was mistaken in the person,
he said.
care you not my son"
"Not that am aware Of"
"James, what dpes this maapW
"Why, that | never saw you before
never heard of you; don't know your
name, or anything about you"
"You are not in earnest %
eyes, am"
Sand you deny your own mother P'
81 don't know you-Pm not your son."
Just then the chief, who had been an
amused observer of the young villains ef-
frontery, interposed:
"Madam you only wished to procure
the release of your son. AS this is not
the person, and as | know him to be
thief, Pll have the Recorder send him to
prison for six months"
The mother, preceiving the drift of the
affair, was turning away, when the youth,
not approaching the turn affairs were tak>
ing, looked up into his mothers face, and,
as if sudden recollection had come to
him, said
"Now I come to look at you good, !
believe you are my mother. 1t is wonder
full l didn't know you at first p'
eyes, it is very surprising" interposed
the chief; "but you were 70 certain then,
we think you are mistaken now; lock him
up" and the disconsolate youth was
marched off to cell.
Ne1o Orleans Crescent.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
Secretary Fletcher.

, Secretary Fletcher earnestly advocates
the removal of political disabilities from
the disfranchised people of this State.
He says the time has come when a sound
policy and the interests of the whole peo-
pie imperatively demand this course.
The rebels, he says, have suffered more
than enough already, and if liberal pol
icy is not at once ipaugurated by the par
ty in power, Radicalism in Tennessee is
bound to go by the board, He sharply
criticiseS BrownlOw's policy, and contends
that the disturbed condition of the State
is mainly owing to such Vindictive policy,
In ability, Secretary Fletcher is head
and shoulders above any Radical in the
State, and the fact that he has now come
out squarely in favor of extending the
franchise, in OOppeetion with his large in
Auence, is favorable fpE the early inaugu-
ration of liberal measures, provided the
present Legislature is capable of anything
of the sort.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
of Hon. Alexan-
der III. Stephens.

On a certain occasion Hon. Alexander
H. Stephens of Georgia, was engaged in
political discussion with Hon. Benjamin
IL. Hill, when the latter charged him with
saying that he could eat Judge Cone for
breakfast, himself (HilD for dinner, and
Howell Cobb for supper. Mr.. Stephens
repled 81 never said it; but if I had,
the arrangement of the meals woafd~h&Se
been different. | should not have taken
Mr.. Hill at dinner, where he has placed
himself, that being the heartiest meal of
the day. In fact, should prefer him for
supper, in accordance with that wise rule
Of medicine which prescribes light diet
to sleep uponp
At another time Mr.. A. R. Wright, of
Georgia, is said to have drawn the fire of
the "Great Georgian" in the following
way Mr.. Stephens, at the time of the
great Know Nothing conflict in the South,
was accompanied by favorite dog named
Rio, and the intelligent animal was almost
as we'll known on the hustings as the
statesman.
Mr.. Wright, at the close of "a political
speech, turned to Mr.. Stephens and said
"Sir, demand a list of your appoint
ments. l intend that the people shall
have information. 1 want to know when
and where you are going to speak, for l
intend to dog you all around this Con-
gressional district"
"Then," retorted Mr.. Stephens, point
ing to his dog sleeping on the stand at his
feet, and lifting his fifc-like voice to its
highest note, "then | shall send Rio home.
One dog at time is enough"
An overgrown political opponent once
undertook to sneer at the diminutive size
of Mr.. Stephens, and said, 81 could put
little salad oil on you and swallow you
whole" To which Mr., Stephens at once
replied, Sand if you did you would have
more brains in your bowels than you ever
had in your head"
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
Southern Loyalty at a Dis
count.


The Washington correspondent of the
Raltiwore Gazette says:
The treatment received by the Union
men of the South at the hands of the
Federal Government is just now under
going severe criticism here, owing to the
arrival Of sufferer from the State of
South Carolna-widow of the late Judge
Mutt, of that State. The we'll known
loyalty of Judge Mutt had caused his
plantations opposite to Vicksburg to bo
plundered by the Confederate troops of u
large amount of property, but it was not
until General Grant made his celebrated
movement around Vicksburg that Judge
Mutt fell within the Federal lines, and
then it was that he supplied the Federal
troops with quartermasters' supplies IL
the amount of 100000. Everything he
had was placed at the disposal of the ar
my--a fact within the personal knowledge
of General Grant, and from being mil
lionaire Judge Mutt was reduced to abso-
lutte poverty, and died, leaving his widow
only the claim of loyal citizen upon his
government for the supplies he had fur
nished the troops. This claim the several
departments of the Government have re.
fused to recognize or pay, and the widow
is now here to present her case to Congress
having actually pawned her last diamond
tor just money eonugh to reach this city..
The case Of the widow of ex-senator
Dawson is similar one. Her loyalty is
not questioned, and the proof that the
supplies were furnished is complete, but
the plantation was found to be not in Ten
pessee, where the widow lived, bat on tho
Mississippi side of the State line, and
hence Mrs. Dawson is allowed to suffer in
poverty the pangs of hunger, while tho
government holds in possession hundred
thousand dollars of her property. Surely,
ours is the best government on earth.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
Manufactories in the south.

AA AAR INC 0OnLH .
The Northern people are toe. shrewd in
matters Of practical utility not to appreci-
ate the advantages of having cotton facto-
ries right where the cotton is grown, in
stead of transporting the raw material to
New England or Europe to be worked up.
1t was announced few days since that
Senator Sprague had purchased very
fine water power for paltry sum at Co.
lumbia, South Carolina.
The New York Tribune, in aliusion to
the purchase, presents the following hope
full view of the future of the South in
manufacturing point:
"The rush Of Northern capitalists to
the South Immediately after the close of
the war led to such losses as to create
revulsion. For year or two past Nor.
thern capital has shrunk from Southern
investment as earnestly as from oil-wells
or copper-stock. Meanwhile property
which, in 1865 and 1866, was held far
above its real value, has sunk even far
ther heloy it, A few judicious business
men, however, have been quietly picking
up the bargins. Senator Sprague seems
to have been among the foremost; and
the telegraph brings us news to-day of his
purchase of the very valuable WATERFOWL
er at Columbia, South Carolina, for cot
ton factory, for the incredibly triaing sum
Of two hundred dollars. Great as this
sacrifice must be to the immediate owners,
we nevertheless reckon it still greater
gain to the State. No two things in the
South, during the past year, have seemed
more auspiciops than the tendency to
higher cultivation in the raising Of cotton,
and the disposition to plant the cotton
manufactures beside the cotton fields"
Be honest and Won will aet to heaven.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
Nelc Orleans Crescent
Shaving.

The recent exposures in New York
daily paper of the short weights and adul-
teration Of articles of food, suggests the
question whether cheating has notbecome
one of the fine arts and the fashion of
the day. Have all classes become cheats
in their business, and adopted the policy
of shaving generally! For itappears that
"The barber shaves with polished blade,
The merchant shaves in constant trade,
The broker shaves at twelve per cent,
The landlord shaves by raising rent,
The doctor shaves in batent pills,
The tapster shaves the pints and gills,
The farmer shaves in hay and oats,
The BANKER shsves on his own notes,
The lawyer shayes both friends and foes,
The pedlar shaves where'er he goes,
The office-holder shavcs the nation,
The parson shaycs to mems salvation,
The willy churchman shaves his brother,
The people all shave one another"
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
Dangerous Oils.

At an inquest the other day in New
York on the body of little girl who was
fatally burned by an explosion of kerosene
oil, it was shown that the oil vas below
the lawful standard. The jury returned
verdict charging her death upon both
the manufacturer and vender of the oil,
and they were arrested and held to await
the action Of the grand jury.
The present Legislature of our State
passed law, which IS now in force, max
ing it unlawful to vend illuminating oils
of less degree of inAammability than
l20 degrees Fahrenheit. The vender of
any such oils of less degree of purity
than that prescribed by law, becomes liza
BILE in an action at law for any damages
that may result to person of property from
its ordinary use as an illnminator, and in
case of death would be liable to q prose-
cution for murder. Oil merchants, there
fore, should be careful in their purchases
as we'll as their sales.
IL
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
Pricking a Bladder.

A correspondent of the New York
World sends the following communication
to the paper:
70 the Editor of The World:
Sir-Will you call upon the executors
of the late Thaddeus Stevens, to state un-
der oath if there were not 100000 Pa
cifc Railroad bonds found among his as
sets, and not mentioned in his will.
When it is remembered what a Peck.
snifian howl of admiration went up all
oyer the land from the admirers of this
wicked Old man over his incorruptible
honesty and hatred Of corruption-how
he sent back presents of greenbacks, etc.,
with fine show of scorn and indignation,
the point of the query will be readily
perceived.
Mr.. Stevens executors have the floor.
We shall be glad to hear from them.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
On the Wrong. side.

A few days ago a lady appeared at army
headquarters and asked General Grant if
he could not give her an Office, enforcing
her application with the plea that she had
two sons killed in tie late war, and that
she was in need. General Dent question
ed the lady, and finally asked her under
what General her sons were fighting when
they were killed. The lady hesitated,
and finally stammered out: "To tell the
truth, sir, one was killed under Ewell and
the other under Mqseby." The inter
view was terminated at once.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21
The FoolishnesS of Intem-

The habft OF liquor drinking is, to our
mind, the most foolish, inexcusable piece
of destructive nonsense in the world.
And nowhere is it more prevalent than in
cities. The money poured down the
throats of men each year is CRATER than
the amount expended for improvements.
Whisky>shops, saloons, gin-mills, beer
cellars, wine-rooms, and all sorts of irri-
gational devices and places to fool away
money, are found by the hundreds and
thousands in cities. If man is tired, he
drinks, If he IS at work, he must drink.
If doing nothing, he must have a nip each
hour. If too warm, he takes a mint julep.
If too cold, hot whiskey. If he is by
himself, out comes flask or bottle. If in
company, he stands treat till his money
be gone; then, like dead-beat, sits
around till some one asks him up.
A man on moderate salary steps into a
saloon, invites half-a-dozen friends to
drink, pays half dollar or more, and
walks out. Three or four times day he
repeats this, and always drinks when ask
ed. It is social. Men mean nothing by
it. But during the week half of mans
salary has been poured down his throat,
destroying his stomach, weakening his
nerves, over exciting his brain, robbing
himself and family of money needed for
other purposes. But it is social Drink
in the morning-at noon-at highland
then few times between drinks. The
brain whirls-the head grows unsteady
the pocket grows empty-the home ones
suffer-the eye looks red and tremulous,
as if STANDARDIZATION is drowned or
poisoned. Pretty soon the poor fellow is
unfit for business. He makes mistakes.
He is sick, unable to work. He is not
the man to be relied on. He leaves his
place, and in time finds poorer one.
Then he feels blue-drinks still more-his
family sufers-he leaves his place again,
and at last dies wretch. But it is social.
We believe man has a right to kill
himself suddenly or by slow poison. 1t
may be none of our business in the ab-
stract, yet we are sorry to see men fooling
themselves away-dying like weeds in a
gutter when they might be men, upright,
healthy, loved, and useful; of benefit to
themselves and others. And this is why
we write against intemperance. Health
is too precious to be wasted. Manh BOD
is too noble to be thrown into the gutter.
Life is too sweet to be drugged with the
poisons now compounded and sold as liq-
uOrs. To drink poison may be social, but
it costs too much for US, or for any man
of sense who loves himself or others. Who
of our readers dare think of this matter
and act as their better judgment shall die
tate ?-New York Democrat.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1869-01-21

GF The express Car with the down
passenger train on Wednesday last ran off
the track about mile and half above
Sweetwater, and went humping along on
the cross-ties for about four hundred
yards before the engine could be stopped.
The car was so much damaged that it was
found necessary to leave it at this point.
1t is seldom that accidents occur on the
e. 7. & Ga. Road, and when they do they
are slight ones. @7rh ss-