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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

Pickway," and of the late admirable
comedian, Mr.. Kelley, as corpulent
lad in "To Parents and Guardians"
suggest themselves irresistibly to the
mind but. turning from the fat boys of
fiction to those of fact, a very slight
amount of medical knowledge will suf-
fee to convince as that fat school-boys
and fat schoolgirls are nearly always
very stupid, because abnormal corpu-
lence in boyhood or girlhood really
amounts to disease. The sufferers are
slow to talk, and seem slower to think,
for the reason that they are in chronic
state of discomfort and unrest. Yet
here, again, we are brought up sharply
by the reminder that babies cannot be
too fat, and what mother would tolerate
the assertion that babies are stupid !?
1t is worse than idle to dogmatize on
this yexed topic.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
Highway Robbery in Nevada.

A startling episode of frontier life
comes from Nevada, where four bold
brigands recently waylaid and pllla"ed
a staoe-coach while going to a village IN
Sierra county. There were fourteen
pass enQers aboard, and they had Just
emerged from a thicket when four men
sprang from behind the rocks, and selz-
inc the horses by the briddles bade the
driver get down and take the horses
from the coach. Next the passengers
were told to dismount and seat them
selves on a redwood log. AS each OF
the robbers held double-barrelled shot
gun. the order was obeyed with alacrity.
The passengers sat still as mice under
cover of the shot-guns, and silently
watched the operations of the robbers
in getting at the contents of the safe.
The seoundrels drilled holes about the
lock and elsewhere in the door, poured
powder into the openings, tamped them,
and then lighted the fuse. In half
minute there was thick puff of smoke,
a dull, heavy sound, and there lay the
safe omen. It was but the work OF
minute to sack the bags of gold and
packages of greenbacks, and then the
robbers ordered the passengers to
mount. The travellers obeyed and TOOK
their seats, and then the driver was
ordered up and drive on quick. The ron
hers relieved them of between SS,OO,
and SI2, 900, and after making mile II
uncom monty quick time it was ascer
| tanned that every man of the fourteen
had a revolver safely slowed away III hl'
| trunk or valise.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

and you are an imposter /; and if you
ever name the subject to me again IN
the flesh, I'll trouble myself to kick two
or three kinks in your backbone =
So saying, I took the other fork of
the road and left him to his reflections,
which appeared to be of very serious
nature, Judging from the solemn coun-
tenance he put on. Since then I've
studied the question all over, and havnt
changed my opinion much, if any.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
LONG AGO.

Two roses hloomed upon tree;
Their white leaves touched with every sSRyNns
bent to gather one, while she
Plucked OF the other, gently saying,
When things do grow and cling like this,
And death almost sppeareth loath
To take but one 'twere greater bliss
To both for death to smite them both.
Lost love Dead love I They come aud go,
The surnmers with their sun and flowers.
Their songs Of birds. I only know
There is q blight upon the hours.
No sun is like the once bright sun
That shone upon that golden weather,
In which she said those flowers were one,
And death should spare or smtte together.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
Texas Doctor on a Case of Fove
First Doctor-It's yellow fever.
Second ditto-It's malarial.

First Doctor-Its yellow lever
Second ditto-It's malarial.
Third ditto-Tyhpo swamPo.
Fourth-It's epithalium OF the thora1,
superinduced by miasmatio memora-
billia.
Fifth have been practising twenty
wears with yellow fever, and the case re-
ferred to is purely bilious and bourbon
in its diagnosis.
Sixth-As for the remefy four grains
of the hydro-choloride OF the carbonate
of beeswax, tinctured with the muriatic
of iim-jam, applied eternally, will GER
tainly afford relief.
Seyenth-There are two mild cases
here. or else there is a heap o fuss and
feathers about two cases OF bilious
fever.
Eighth and ninth-So you have been
visiting one of my cases, have you 2 r.
M thug! The fur flies and the glass
ware smashes, and we draw the curtain.
Dallas NelOs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
OCTOBER.

There comes a month in the weary year,
month of leisure and healthful rest;
When the ripe leaves fall, and the air is clear:
October: the brown, the crisp, the blest.
Nv life has little enough Of bliss
/ drag the days of the odd eleven,
Counting the time that shall lead to this,
The month that opens the hunters heaven.
And for the mornings crisp and white,
With the sweep of the hounds upon the track !;
The bark-roofed cabin, the camp-fre's light,
The break Of the deer and the rifles crack.
Do you call this trifing 1 tell you, friend,
A life in the forest is past all praise,
Give me dozen such months on end,
You may take my balance Of years and days.
For brick and mortar breed filth and crime,
And pulse of evil that thrObs and beats;
And men grow withered before their prime
With the curse paved in on tie lanes and streets;
And lungs are choked, and shoulders are bowed
In the smothering reek Of mill and mine;
And Death stalks in on the struggling crowd,
But he shuns the shadow of oak and plne
And Of all to which the memory cllngs,
There is naught so sweet as the sunny spots
Where our shanties stOUd by the crystal springs,
The vanished hounds, and the lucky shots.
The ALdine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

The greatness of India is hardly
anpreciated by the western world.
Bombay, for instance, is the third larg-
eat CITY in the British empire; it is con-
siderably more populous than New York,
and nearly as rich and the province
attached to it is on an equality with a
first-class European state. The province
of Madras contains more men than
France Lower Bengal has population
now known to equal that spread over
the enormous area of the Russian empire;
and the Puniab, the poorest Indian
province, is moro populous than Spain,
aud hss a considsrNhly larger public
( EVenno.
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Mr.. Ruskin has now fallen afoul of

Mr.. Ruslxin has now fallen afoul OF
Darwin, and declares, in his last essay,
that Eve might sufficiently represent
the general manner of conclusion IN the
Darwinian system by the statementthatii
Won fasten n hair-brush 10 a mill-wheel,
with tbe handle forward, SO as TO de-
velon itself into a neck by mooving al
wavs in the same direction, and within
co5t;nnal hearing of steam-whistle,
ofter a certain number of revolutions,
tbe bair-brush will fall in love with the
whistle they viii marry, lay an egg.
and the product will be- \ nightingale.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

The latest feminine fashion of wear
;ng the front hair is known as the Skye
terrier STYLE. Probably it Is only a
natural consequence of the prevalence
of this fashion that the puppies are
attracted.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

Mr.. Young of the bureau OF statIstc
says that only $4,000 Americans went to
Europe this year and our foreign Obj
cations, all told are 81 900. 900. 600.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

The Nevada Cinnamon working
among the mines never labor after four
O'Clock in the afternoon, having hrm
belief that at that hour the angels leave
earth for heaven.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

MSS FLoRENCE CEoSIsr of Kent"D,
O has lust Lern admitted TO ths bar,
and will commence pIactlcc.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
The Patent Office.

The annual report of the commits
sioner of patents for the year 1872 has
just been issued from the government
printing Office. 1t gives a complete
alphabetical list of patents for the year,
13, 800 in number, with name, residence
and invention, alphabetical lists of in
ventions, designs, reissues, extensions,
disclaimers and trade marks. In addi-
ton to this technical information there
is a considerable amount of statistical,
official and general matter, which con-
yeys some idea of the vast field Of
scientific and mechanical progress COW
cred by the ingenuity of the people of
the United States. The report gives
the following exhibit of the business of
the Office for the year ending Dec. 81,
1872:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

The armory built by the Confeder-
ates. during the war, at Macon, Ga, is
to be torn down, and two public school
houses constructed from the material.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

PERSIAN ETIQUETTE other
customs enforced by Persian etiquetteis is
the rule that where a superior dimes with
an inferior the latter brings IN the first
dish himself, practice not without pre-
cedent at western courts. The bringing
a dish is, however, in Persia no light I'M
dertaking, and requires considerable
skill, strength and practice, forthe man
ner in which the operation is performed
Is esDeciaIly at court, strictly pre-
scribed. The dish or tray must be held
Mt arms length, carried perfectly hOrrl-
zoptallv. and DEPOSITED precisely IN the
RIGHT place at once. Some ludlcroussto-
riqs are related about this practice. One
old gentleman with a magnificent beard
had to bring in n large tray containing
several dishes, and place it IN front OF
the shah. The tray was heavy, the bearer
was feeble, and, to make matters worse,
;ust as he was about to deposit, acandle,
which he had not observed, set fire to his
magnificent beard. For a moment he
was in a state of the utmost perplexlty.
To put down the tray elsewhere than IL
its appointed place, an operation Whlcn
required some deliberatiOn, was out o.
the question. To allow his cherlsheC
beard to be consumed was also impossl
BILE. He was equal to the occasion, anC
plunging his flaming beard into dlsl
of curds which stood on the tray h'
calmly completed his task, amidst tn
applause and amusement of the be
holders. Hearth and Home.
New York has its ''DelmOnico's
and Chicago has its Browns" " Tn
walters at Browns wear white neck-ties
and il is fRery gilt-edged institution
Coffee is 25 cents a cup, cream 10 cent
eTtra. and an average dinner costs abor
e5 Bnt it must not be supposed, say
the Advance, that the patrons of Brown
ali role in wealth. A good many youn
bIoods chew Browns toothpicks who q
not pay their tailors, bill and cann'
afford to get married.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

The following shows the number of
patents by states and terc rorl S and
army and navy

The financial exhibit of the office is
not only flattering to its prosperity and
magnitude, but shows that it Is one of
the few, very few, self-supporting
branches of the government.
For the year ending Dec. 81, 1872,
the receipts and expenditures were as
follows
is IseNollSG. 19. =. - - 800 ' CG5 sos 90
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
williams g. fowler,
Wholesale and Retail
DRUGGISTS.

fun supply of Medicines, Paints Oils, Glass,
Wines and Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars, ETC., con-
stantly on hand; also Garden Seeds.
prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours
Of day and night. teI'-'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

The telegraph line to the top of
Pixies peak has been completed and
communication opened with Washing
ton. A stone house will at once be
erected on the summit for the use of the
signal officers, four of whom Will be
stationed there during the winter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10

The state OF business at different
times from 1887, the date of the present
organization of the bureau, to 1872, may
be seen by the following comparative
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
LAM NEi{S.

A NJ HUddES,
"A. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Columbia Tennessee,
VIII atten,i all courts 90 be holden Ter Maury ano
adjoining counties.
Once, WhitthOrne Block. fab2%n
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-12
TEE GOODRICH MURDER MYSTERY.

AnefKectuai Husc OF Female Detective
TO interview Mrs. Lucette Myers at the
Jail.
The darkness which enshrouds the Goodrich
murder promises never TO be dispened under the
present donothing system OF the detective force.
Charles Goodrich was found murdered in
the basement OF his dwelling house, No.
7sl Degraw street, Brooklyn, on the morn
ing Of Friday, March Il. Search for the
assassin was Immediately instituted by the police.
After the lapse OF one week Mrs. Lucette Myers, or
Armstrong, the poor seamstress Of Riv!ngton
street, with whom deceased had been acquainted
for several months prior to his tragic death, was
arrested on suspicion Of being implicated
in his taking or Alter lengthy cross
examination by the Chief of Police and
District Attorney, however, it was found
that she was in no way connected with the case,
and could only be detained as witness. She has
been confined ever since her arrest in the Ray
mond Street Jail, notwithstanding the fact that
the Court has admitted her TO bail in the amount of
$1,000 surety for her temperance when required.
Up to last evening no one had offered to go her
bail, and she is therefore Kept a prs
cner. few days ago bright idea
occurred to the authorities. They determined
upon cndeavouring to worm out certain secrets
which they believed Mrs. Myers was in possession
OF concerning the case. The strategy was simple,
but might prove effective. They procured the
services Of female detective, one Mrs. Lucy Ray
mond, whom they pretended was witness in
civil suit. This person was quartered in the same
apartment with Mrs. Myers at the Jail for the pur-
pose OF obtaining the confidence OF the seamstress.
''When Greek meets Greek" &c, struck Lucy Ray
mOnd most lOrcible adaptation OF her eX-
perence during her s0journ at the jail. She sue
ceedcd admirably in eliciting nothing further
than had previously been testified to by the
seamstresS upon her examination before Cor
oner Whtehill last week. 1t was useless, there
fore, longer to detaln Mrs Raymond in the
capacity OF detective, and she was yesterday dis
charged from custody All the Spaniards and
Cubans arrested from time TO time on suspicion of
being "the Roscoe" wanted In the Goodrich
have been released, 1t is understood, upon their
proving their non-identity with the particular
"Rosc0e." The prospect of earning the
$4,000 reward to be paid upon the con-
vcton OF the murderer are growing very
slender In the eyes Of the officers whose abors in
the urtherance of the lends OF justice" have been
so Improbable. Last evening several persons
subpGnaed as witnesses put in an appearance at
the County Court House for the purpose OF attend
ing the inquest, which, 1t WAS understood, would
be resumed before the Coroner. They went away
disappointed upOn being informed by the janltOr
the examination was not to proceed.
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SHARE RACHMIM.
Jewish Temple Conservation.

The Jewish congregation, Share Rachmm,
which formerly worshpped in Attorney street, has
recently taken possession OF the Norfolk street
synagogue, which was consecrated yesterday alter
noon, with the attending ceremonies. The AFFAIR
attracted a considerable attendance OF the
Jewish popuace OF the east side, crowdng
the galleries. including a large number OF
guests. The ceremonies OF the conservation were
OF an interesting and varied character, In which
the Rev. Dr. A. Hubsch, Rabbi OF the congregation
Ahawath Chesed, ofiiciated, assisted by the Rev.
Ed kartschnaro1, formerly OF Prague Bohemia,
VINO omclated as chanteur. The proceed
ings were opened by procession formed by
the officiating Rabies, the officers and
trustees Of the congregation, carrying the Thora-
robes. After the presentation OF the key OF the
temple to the President Of the congregation the
procession passed several times through the mid
die and side isles, while psalms and hymns were
chanted by the chorus and the chauffeur, ac-
companed by the organ. Prayer was then offered
by the Rev. Dr. Hubsch, whereupOn followed the
interesting ceremony of depositing the Thorarolls
in the holy repository OF the sanctuary. while
psalms and chorilscs were chanted by the chauffeur
and chorus. This part OF the service was
OF quite imposing character These
monies having been performed an impressive
Rev. Dr. Hubsch. in the course OF which he touched
on many points of the ancient creed and history OF
Gods chosen people-the people that were the first
20 embrace the true religion or worshipplng one
God, the creator OF all. Tie naugurating and
cohsecralng ceremonies were concluded by
aiyine service III the evening. which was also
iargey ATTENDED by a devoted congregation. The
congregation Ahawath Chesed which formerly
Worshipped in the Norfolk street synagogue, has
lcmVseu " Lexington avenue
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-12
BEEKkAN HILL METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH,

Tomorrow Sunday the new edi6ce OF the
Beekman mn Methodist Episcopal Church
Society, on Fifteth street, between First and sec
ond avenues. VIII be dedicated by Bishops Foster
and Jones. Rev. Thomas Girard OF Baltimore wiu
preach in the morning; DR.. Ives, OF Auburn in the
afternoon, and Bishop Foster in the evening The
church is one OF tue handsomest in the city, 1t was
built by the American Corrugated Iron Company.
and cost according to their plans and estimates
from the foundation 10 the turret. 333 800. The
cost OF blasting and preparation Tor the foundation
was $1,000 more. The walls are OF brick, sixteen
inches thick, ornameHted on the 'front.' and inside
with corrugated iron. The building combines
church and parsonage IN one imposing front. The
Society has been in existence about twelve years,
but has worshlpped hitherto in a good sized chapel
In the rear II the new edihce. The value OF the
lots IL 5000 tue furnishing OF the church cost
$4,000 which, together with the rost OF preparation
and erection, makes an aggregate OF S04,j0 The
Society has other property adjoining, which makes
the grand total OF It's assets $4,000. Rev. w. &.
steele Its pastor, has worked night and day to
forward the enterprise, and ne has secured two OF
the greatest preachers in the Methodist Episcopal
Church and probably the greatest ministerial fnan-
cier on the Continent 10 conduct the services
throughout the sabbath, 80 tRat tbe church wjlI
probably be dedicated lgee Vi debh
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-12
WAS THIS NOBLE7

At about eight O'Clock on Thursday evening
Nellie Henderson, young woman employed as
domestic in the boarding house OF Mrs Noble at as
West Fourteenth street, fell down flight of stairs
leading to the cellar, receiving severe injuries
about the head and body Information OF the AFFAIR
was brought to the Mercer street police station,
by one OF the boarders in the house
about ten O'Clock yesterday morning. Cap
tain Byrnes Immediately sent Police Surgeon
steele TO the house 10 ascertain ii Nelhe's injuries
were serious. Dr. Steele found that she had re-
ceived no medical attendance rem the time OF the
accident. The doctor inquired Of Mrs. Noble, the
landlady the cause OF the neglect, upon which the
latter brided up and said that 'she had no money
10 pay for servant gIrls' DEBTORS bills, anu she
Wished Nellie 10 be taken out OF the house, Dr..
steele attended TO the girls injuries, and then had
her conveyed TO Bellevue Hospital.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-12
GOOD FRIDAY
Observance OF the Day-Cercnonies in
the Churches.

the Churches.
In al the Catholic, and in many OF the Episcopal
churches yesterday, the festival OF Good FRIDAY
was celebrated with al the grandeur wlich the
occasion and celebration permitted. In the CAIRO
lie churches the ceremonies were exceedingly
solemn anu impressive. The mass OF tne Pre-
sanctifed- was celebrated, but, before the mass,
the ceremony OF unwilling the cross was per-
formed. After the mass on Maundy Thursday the
affairs were stripped OF their drapery and oil
tending 10 make the surroundings OF the taberna-
Gle elegant and costly were laid aside. Yesterday
morning the choristers, and others connected with
the churches, commenced preparing for the
FESTIVAL OF GOOD FRIDAY
with more than usual elegance. At st. Patrick's
Cathedral the Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey
delivered an eloquent and impressive sermon on
the suffering and death OF the Saviour. Previous
TO the mass (O the re-sanCtidedl the officiating
clergyman stripped, by degrees, the crucfx,
which had been covered during the past week in
purple AS each portion OF the cross would be
ered the clergyman chanted "Ecce Lgnun CrHcis, -
TO which the attendants answered, .tFlectamns
Genua.n The extra host consecrated al the mass
solemn procession from The repository to the main
altar, and then the mass was continued as usual
outside OF the churches the day was observed
win more than the usual apparent fervor All the
schools were closed, the Stock, Gold and Cotton
Exchanges had stopped business, and even many
OF the mercantile houses OF the city showed by a
suspension OF business that their principles were
awake to the commemoratlon oil great event. IN
al the bakers and cOnfectioners' shops .'crOss
buns' were the rage, and In every quarter the TACT
was significant that Good Friday and It's awful be-
ginning was known 10 all.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-12
IGRANT FARES on ERIE RAILWAY.

This fraud upon the emgrants is either for the
benefit OF the railroad corporation or o. Its agent
in Castle Garden. Ii L. sanctioned by the Conmls-
sl0ners aud superintendent, or IL would not be
practised inside the garden. 1t is a clear and will
Iul violation OF an existing statute, ans by il the
emIgrant Is robbed by and with the consent OF the
pubic officers supposed to be created for their pro-
lection. When II Is remembered that nearly feur
hundred thousand emgrants pass through Castle
Garden In twelve months. and that each one who
travels by railroad on tickets purchased in Castle
Garden Is charged even on short distances In this
State rom fortyfour cents 10 enc dollar and forty
i've cents more than the law allows on each ticket.
IL can readily be seen that q fund Is fraudulently
accumulated which may do much to secure peculiar
privileges for those whs have its control in their
bands
We reserve for future time an exhibit OF the
cruel frauds and exactions DractiSed upon emf
grants In Castle Garden on the transportation of
their baggage-irauds even more outrageous than
the Official swindng permitted on the sale OF emf
grant passenger tickets.
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REAL ESTATE MATTERS.

Yesterday being observed almost generally as
holiday it was not expected that any great amount
OF business would ne transacted on Change, and
the suppostion proved TO be correct The atten-
dance was limited, and the transactions were
strictly confined legal sales, yet the sum realized
amounted to upwards Of u quarter of million dol
lars, Will he seen from the following scheduled
MULLER,
4 . bk s. and l., $50 Greenwich St, n. s., between
Harrison and Franklin SITS, lot 25x00 H. Wendt S2O0
bk b. and L.. 33i Greenwich ST., W. cor Jay St,
running through to Washington St, lot 266x1d0;
sarah and Mary Taylor. III 900
t a. Brown n V''' ~. ........ 1900
lot adjoining the above 25x0D5; j. c. Brown. 100
INQUIRE
lots, n cor. Grand Boulevard and ii5th ST., and
lots OF 1i5h 81. Din OF the above, together.
lots H. e. cor Grand Boulevard and l45th St. and
II lots ~ S. of Ii5th st. lin OF the above,
gether lO0x375; A. b. Herrick. 10000
Business in Pine street was very dull Only one
firm was closed UP on account OF Good Friday.