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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
WHOLE NO. sS6.
Pecaliarilies of lhe different Slyles
of lEedeFn CARPETS.

Carpets are composed wholly or
partly of wool. and are made several
ways. The simplest form IS compOs-
ed of striped wooIen warp OF: a thick
woof of linen thread, as in the So
called Venitian. Kidderminster or
ingram carpetiag is composed of two
webs. each consisting Of separated
warped woof, the two being interwo-
ven at intervals to produce the figures.
as the two webs are passed at intervals
through each other, each part being
at one time above and the other be-
low. When different coIors are used
the figures viii be the same on botli
sides, but the eolors are reversed
These are made entirely Of WOOL
Brussels carpetiug has basis com
posed of a warp aud woof OF strong
linen thread; in the warp there is ad-
ded to every two threads OF linen ten
threads Of wooden Of different colors;
the use Of the linen being to bind toe
worsted together. 1t is rot visible on
the upper SUFFICE. Tho WOODEN
threads are from time to time drzwn
up in Loops to form the figures; eaci
each rOw passes over q wire, which Is
without cutting the yarn.
In the Wilton carpeting the yarn is
cut, in the turkey carpets which aIe
made entirely Of Eooi, the loops are
larger and always cat-the cutting Of
the yarn giving it the appearance Of
velvet. The Wilton carpets are thus
in fact only Brussels carpets. Il
three-ply has three thicknesses Of
cloth, each Of which is perfect in it.
self so that if one cloth we're cut
away, the other, if it we're two-ply,
would remain perfect: res, milling ..
coarse baize.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
PROBLEM.

Whoever originated the following
deserves to have his name handed
down to posterity:
''If dispatch from England to
America gain on the sun SO as to
reach here 4a hours by the clock
before it left England, at what time
would it arrive at the point Of depart
ure. were cable carried around the
world? Would it not arrive before
it left, less only the time exhausted
in making the circuit? If so then
with continuous telegraph line round
the world. why not send a dispatch
round until it reached back to
Adam, and let him know what bis
children are about in these latter
days?' F"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
Hair standing on End.

Tho earliest notice of this fact
will be found recorded in Job iv. Is,
IA, 15, ,-"In thoughts from the yis-
ions Of the night. when deep sleep
falleth on men, fear came upon me,
and trembling which made all my
bones to shake. Then aspirlt passed
before my face. Thshairof myfesh
stood dup,", &c. The Rev. DR. Andrews,
of Beresford Chapel, Walworth, told
me he once saw remarkable illustra-
ton of the result from the same
cause--excessive fear. William Pro
hert, who hae been concerned in the
murder of Weare, for which Thurtcll
was hanged in 1924, was indicted,
at the Old Baily, in 1925, for horse
stealing, and being found guilty June
%, was there executed. DR.. An
drews had been requested to attend
this man, and found him in state
of stupor which prevented reflection,
almost indeed, perception; but on
the morning of execution bis mind
cleared, ard he was anxious to listen |
and join in the prayers. Ga leav-
ing the cell, and going to the room
where he was ginioned, he became
somewhat excited, and the instant
the executioner pat the cord to bis
wrists to bind his hands, his hair--loDg,
lanky, weak, iron-gray hair--arose
and stood perfectly upright,
and so remained for some time, and
then as gradually fell down. The
fact is accounted for from the Cir
that the blood retires
to the heart, and the extremities
being left without due circulation,
E'the skin contracts, and the effect is to
raise the hair But this [ doubt.
That such is the result Of sudden
fear, and that it has been known for
ages, is very certain.-NotcS and
Queries.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30

An extraordinary case of suicide,
by voluntary starvation, occurred
last week in Manchester, N. Ii. A
Mr. Plant. So years Of age, was
paying attention to young lady of
the town some three years ago, but
his proposal for marriage was rejec-
ted. The disappointment preyed
upon his mind, and he soon after
wards attempted to blow his brains
out, but only succeeded in Destroy
ing both eyes. He has consequent
ly remained blind for three years.
During that time he once made an
unsuccessful attempt to starve him.
self, but without success. The sec-
ond time he was successful, having
partaken Of nothing for nine weeks
but coffee, sweetened water and NOR
phine--finding his chief sustenance,
during that time, from the fat Of his
system.
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30

A FLEA UNDER A MIcROsCOPE.--
When a ilea is made to appear as large
as an elephant, we can see all the
wonderful parts of its formation, and
are astonished to find that it has a
coat of armor much more complete
than ever a warrior wore, and com
nosed of strong polished plates. fitted
over each other, and each plate cov-
cred like tortoise shell; and where
they meet, hundreds of strong quills
project Ike those on the back OF the
poreupine or hedge hog. There IS
the archad neck, the bright eyes, the
transparent cases, pierces to puneturo
the skin, asucker to draw away the
blood; six jjointed legs, four OF which
are folded on the breast already at
anv moment to be thrown out with
tremendous force for that jump which
bothers one when they attempt to
catch him; and at the end OF each leg
hooked claws, to enable him to cling
to whatever be lights upon. a flea
can leap a hundred times its own
longth. which is the same as il man
;nmned to the height of 700 feet; and
be can draw a load 200 times bis
own weight.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
The Closing Item.

The True Delta tells a hard story
On a lawyel at Carrollton, concerning
his making out bill Of costs in a
case in which raft had been tied up,
whereof one Jeptba Wabash vas cap
tain. The captain finally caved, paid
the claim and costs, and then reques-
ted a bill of items Of the cost. The
lawyer Spiffles proceeded to make
it out; the seizure Of the raft, cOnsta-
ble's keeper Of the raft, same man
going twice a day to see about The
raft, ropes to hold the raft, keeping a
general lookout for the raft, &c, &c.,
were all duly set down, and yet the
total fell $40 short of the amount
named in the "round' bill, Sp;fles
was puzzled, and Wabash looked on
with the air of man resigned to his
fate, and Indifferent to all small mat
tiers. Spifles stood in need of an
idea and an item; the latter being
powerfully necessary to establish &
proper degree of uniformity between
the two bills, and he leaned back in
his chair, and neryously scratched his
head. He WIS certain he had for
gotten something. Suddenly the face
of Spifles is lighted up with 4 look Of
satisfaction; he dashes bis pen into
the ink stand and addressing himself
in a rather harsh manner, wonders
that he could have overlooked "those
two men" SpifHes triumphantly
completed the bill is follows:
.".To services Of two men two days.
at 81 80 per day, pumping c,lt raft,
$40"
Wabash was speeches., and with
his eyes fixed upon that last item in
his bill, he gradually disappeared a
round the corner, entirely absorbed in
incomprehensibility.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
A PRETTY Ballad.

0, lightly floats the thistle-down,
Across the scented sea,
And softly sings the Nightingale
To midnight and to me.
0, tiny bird that warblest so,
How sorrowful thy straiDl
All, thou hast loved or else thou could's
Not voicad SO sweet pain!
And was she very, very fair,
With dove-like eyes that tell
How still a sleeping passion is?
All. foolish Nightingale
Were her rare bushes sea-shell pink,
Our sunsets crimson glow?
Her trembling bosom was it like
White roses on the snow?
And did she tell thee how she loved,
And then forget the tale?
Ah, thou hast loved the one l love,
Thou foolish Nightingale
Float lightly, thistle-down,
Across the scented sea;
Sing, softly, softly, Nightingale,
To midnight and to me.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
MUSTANGS.

There arrived at Princeton a few
days ago a drove of one hundred
mustang horses which the owners
had purchased in Mexico, on the
borders of the Rio Grande. and had
driven distance Of 1900 miles
through Texas. Arkansas, Missouri,
and Illinois into Gibson county, In
diana. They cost on an average in
in Mexico $3.50 each. They bad
been driven the entire journey with
out one cent of expense for feed.
They had maintained themselves
in good condition by grazing at
night upon grass they found by the
way. The adventures started with
a drove of $50. They lost but tlhee
animals by sickness or accident, and
one of those was drowned by swim
ming the Wa bash river on Sunday.
In one instance the animals we're
driven over a jOurnada of nearly two
hundred miles without finding wa
ter, yet they apparently suffered
but little. Forty or fifty animals
we're sold on the loute, and the
owners are finding purchasers for
those they brought in at prices from
$50 to Sl00-which makes the spec
ulation very remunera ting one
EuaasriHe Journal.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30

THE TIPToS County jury, which
acquitted Bolton, the rich negro
trader of Memphis, for the murder
Of the old man Mcmillan, has be-
come stencil in the nostrils OF all
honest men. The Memphis Ava
lanche has the annexed paragraph
in reference to this notorious and,
no doubt, bribed jury:
Gall Of the notorious '.jurymen,
if we remember correctly, have been
arrested since the result Of the
trial, upon the charge Of committing
some high crime: but they have all
been admitted to bail, and none are
now in custody. Old man Archer,
also, one of the jurymen, it is be-
lieved, has fed justice, leaving his
securities to suffer, as be has not
been seen in the county for some
time.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
An Elephants Obituary.

The Cleveland Plaindealer, in re
cording the demise Of Hannibal, tht
elephant, pays the following tribute
TO his character, as a member of tht
managerial society:
He was old-extremely so. We
have heard his age stated variously
at from five hundred to one thousand
years. at times Hannibal was rath
er wild. Domestic troubles may have
been the cause of this. We believe
his faults were Of the head, however,
and not of the heart. He never used
tobacco in any form, and in all bis
travels was never forced to "spout his
trunk" for hotel bills. What other
Snowman of any note can say as much?
Still, the fact cannot be disguised,
Hannibal Gu! up some very hard ca
pers.
During his life in Maine, years ago,
he was one night shut up in shed.
In the morning he was found three
or four miles of, with the roof Of the
she'd upon bis back.
When connected with June & tt
tus' circus and menagerie, he had a
falling out with some of the perform
ers, and one day, while they were
making their grand entree in the
ring, on their high mettled and gor-
geously caparisoned horses. Hannibal
burst his fastenings, rushed into the
ring, and unhorsed every man of
them. After tossing them around
for while he returned to his accus-
toned place, and permitted bis keep
er to tie him up again.
Going from Boston to Salem, some
years ago, he became enraged about
something or other, and made terrific
work on the road : tearing down fen
ces, tipping over wagons, and tossing
men and horses into the air.
Travelling from one small town to
another on one Sunday afternoon, in
New Hampshire, Hannibal met a long
line Of carriages filed with people,
going home from church. The man
in the head carriage struck the ele-
plant smart blow with lis whip as
be passed. Hannibal Immediately
unloaded the entire line of carriages.
No one was seriously injured.
One night as his keeper was driv-
ing him through a strip Of woods in
in Vermont, violent thunder storm
arose. A tree was struck by light |
ming. and one of the shattered branch
es struck the keeper and killed him
All night long the ele-
plant watched the dead man closely
and tenderly, even as a mother would
watch the corpse of her child; and
never from that moment left him un-
til be was buried. Hannibal meant |
well. We don't hear what allied him
probably it was old age,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30

Whiskey drinkers may be curious
to know something about the COM
ponents of that beverage. The Gin
cinnati Gazette says: "We saw
two pieces of iron yesterday, which
had been used only a few weeks 10
pumping still-slop, which were SO
badly eaten by the acids as TO re-
quire to be replaced by new ones.
This, we are informed, is the uniform
result. If such is the effect on iron,
what must it be on the human stom-
ach?" Drinkers may talk of the
juice Of corn or of rye, and suppose
that they are imbibi ng it in its puri-
ty; but the fact is they are only
swallowing the extract OF. strychnlne
or some other substance, whose prop
critics are most destructive.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30

Too TRUE.-The Recorder Of Chi
cago, Ill, in charging the grand jury
recently, said: During the past five
years l have held this court, it has
heen my unpleasant duty to try and
sentence to the State prison several
hundred persons; and l am sorry to
say that while it is an easy matter to
find jurors who are ready and willing
to punish poor offenders without po-
sition or fiiends, it is with great diff
ficulty that jurors can be found who
appreciate the fact that one man OF
position ard wealth can do more harm
than one hundred poor men can, who
are In the humble walks of life."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
Five rowdies and a woman

Five rowdies and a woman of bad
character went from st. Louis, Mo-,
a few days ago, to Bloody Island, and
while there behaved so badly that
the citizens caught them, and gave
the male portion severe cowhiding,
after which they tarred and feathered
them, ahd tying them all together
with strong rope, compelled the
woman to lead them on board the
ferry-boat, amid the laughter and
shouts. Of the assembled crowd. It
is pity that the example cannot be
followed in othef parts of tie country.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
A ScFip:ural ReprOOf.

An eminently Christian lady, now
in heaven, once administered a very
salutary repropf to a minister who
vas too frequently in the practice oil
showing a bitter spirit toward bis lei
low Christians. He vas dining at
the table of her husband, also a
minister, aud dealt out bis ,accusatO-
rv and acrimonious remarks to all
around him, and at length, with an
air and tone bordering on rudeness,
turned TO her and said:
"Well, now, madam, | am deter
mined to have your opinion.
She very calmly replied, "Why,
sir. | had rather be excused from CIV
ing it." 4,
lie reioined, shut we must and
will have it, for We live in times IN
which sll ought to show their cOlors, ,
"Wen, sir," she replied, "then my
opinion is this-that gentlemen had
better keep their razOrs to shave
their own faces, and not to employ
them 10 cut and slash everybody
that does not think exactly as they
do. | also think, sir, that Paul
Indeed the same when he said to
Tins .Put them in mind to speak
evil Of no man, to De no brawler, but
gentle, showing meekness to all
men. -" The gentleman sooE after
retired.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
Ghoife doetru.
Scatter the Germs of The Beautiful


Scatter the germs of the beautiful,
By the wayside let them fall,
That the rose may spring by the cottage gate,
And the vine on the garden wall;
/ Cover the rough ard the rude of earth
With veil of leaves and flowers.
And marx with the opening bud and cup
The march of summer hours
Scatter the germs Of the beautiful
In the holy shrine of home; There
Let the pure, and the fair, and the graceful
In the lovliest lustre come;
Leave not trace of deformity
In the temple of the heart,
But gather about its earth the gems
Of nature and of art
Scatter the germs of the beautiful
In the temples of our Cod
The God who starred the uplifted sky,
And fowered the tramped sod;
When he built temple for himself,
And home for his priestly race,
He reared each arch in symmetry,
And curved each line in grace
S cater the germs of the beautiful
In the depths of the human SOUL
They shall bud and blossom, and bear the fruit,
While the endless ages roll;
Plant with the flowers of charity.
The portals of the tomb,
And the fair and the pure about by path
In Paradise shall bloom
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30

To CURE TIE APPETITE FOR ToBAC-
.Co.--A clergyman who for many
years was addicted to the chewing
and smoking Of tobacco, but who
has entirely abstained from tie weed
for over thirty years; communicates
the method Of cure which be adopted:
81 bad a deep well Of very cold
water, and whenever the evil appe-
lite eraved Indulgence, | resorted
Immediately to fresh.drawn water.
Of this drank what desired. ard
then continued TO hold Uater In my
mouth, throwing out and taking in
successive moutbiuls, until The crav-
ing ceased. By faithful adherence
to this practice for about a month,
I icns cured: and from that time to
this have been as free from any
appetite for tobacco as nursing in
iant. ! loathe the use Of the weed
in every form far more than i did
before | contracted habits Of indul-
geuce."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30

A London Eng artist has sue {,
ceeded in photographing an expiod-
iug shell. The view IS taken as .ns
she'll energies from the smoke, and
shows three-eighths of an inch OF It's
track. It is curious that IN every III,
stance there is, in the smoke about
the shell, phantom human head
let visible TO the eye, but quite DIS
tincs in the photograph. II IS no
doubt the reflection of the shadow
af the gunner.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
OuACKS.

In a place in Wisconsin. the name
of which we cannot pronounce if We
should succeed in spelling it, resides
a correspondent Of an exchange
who furnishes the following:
Odd and good is old Dr. Nichols,
who formerly practiced medicine in
Ohio. He "took up the business.
having been drought up" TO a trade;
and as the calls and fees did not come
fast enough to suit him, he added an
apothecaIy's shop to his business, for
the rqtail of drugs and medieines.-
He Lad a great sign painted to at
tract the wondering eyes Ct the VII
layers, and the Doctor loved to stand
in front Of the store and explain its
beauties to the gaping behOlders.
One of these was an Irishman, who
gazed at it for while with a comic.
Al look, and then exclaimed
Och! and by the powers! if it isn't
fine! but there's something a little
bit wanting in it"
And what, pray. is that?' asked
he doctor.
"Why, you see. said Pat, "you We
got beautiful sheet of water here,
md net q lit of bird syimmino In /
t."
"Ay-yes," replied the doctor;
'ibat's good thought. III have a
couple of swans painted there;
wouldn't they be fne?''
Faith, l don't know hut they
Eou 3D." said Pat; "tpt I'm after
hinkin' there's aniiher kind Of a bird
That would be more appropriate"
"And what's that?" asked the Doe
OF.
"Why, l can't exactly think ofhi
lame jist now; but he is one those
lind Of birds that when he sings, he
ays, 'Qaack, Quack, Qaackr'' 4
The last that was seen Of Pat and
he doctor, Pat was running for dear
lie, and the doctor after him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
GOING SNAcKs.

Not long ago, in neighboring
city, as butcher stood at his stall
selling meat he saw man stoop down
and pick something up.
What have you got tbere?' asked
the butcher.
The fellow said
1T looks Ike money.
On examination it proved to be Z
ten dollar bill.
i suppose said The butcher, it IS
one | dropped when making change
a little while ago
To which the finder replied
4 think ought to have one-half.
for hsd it not been for NE, you would
not have seen it again
The butcher, knowing it not to be
bis bill, thought be conldn't DO less
than to comply with the fellows re-
quest; he therefore took a FIVE dollar
bill out Of his pocket book. and gave
it to Lin, taking the ten himself.
Soon Afterwards, the butcher Kas
purchasing some goods in a store,
and Offered the bill in payment to
the store-keeper, who pronounced it
counteritit. The butcher vas sur
prised, and not over veil pleased, but
on considering thought the best thing
he could do would be to stow the ten
dollar note away in a safe place, and
say nothing about the way in which
he had Overreachvd himself
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30

The quarterly conference Of the
Methodist church at Dayton, Chic,
passed a resolution at the last meet.
ing disappearing of the wearing Ct
hoops by members Of the church. =
They consider it to be inconsistent
with truly christian character, and
even indecent, and to have originated
with those Of suspicious character.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30

The express train on the Central
railroad, one day last week, made the
run from Schenectady to Utica. a
distance Of seventy-e;ght miles, in
two hours and seven minutes. From
Little Falls.to Utica, q distance of
III miles, the run was made in just
thirty-two minutes This trip is
probably one Of the most. remarka-
bic in the history Of railway speed
in this country.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-30
SUT LoyENGooD. The Athens Post

SUI LovENGooD. The Athens Post
learns that Sut Miller, the hero of
the L0uengoOd papers, died sudden
ly in the neighborhood of Ducktown,
a week or two since. Poor Sut!
After having innumerable encounters
ald conflicts with man and beast
shot several times, aud consumed
bust head enough to run an over-shot
mill for forty days and nights, he
died ignobly at last from blow in
flicted with the fist Of fellow NOR
tai. "Sut" is but following the
"papers," which had long since been
run into ihe ground.