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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06
A Human Timepiece.

A wonderful story is told of q
man named j. d. Chevalley, a
native of Switzerland, who had,
In 1925, at the age of twenty-six,
arrived at an astonishing degree
of perfection in reckoning time
by an internal movement. He
was, in fact, a human timepiece
or human clock. In his youth
he was accustomed to pay great
attention to the ringing OF bells
and vibration Of pendulums, and
by degrees he acquired the power
of counting a succession of inter-
vals exactly equal to those which
the vibrations or sounds produced.
Being on board a steamboat at
Lake Geneva, on July l4th, 1888,
he engaged to indicate to the
crowd about him the lapse of a
quarter of an hour, or as many
seconds as any one chose to name,
and this during a diversified con-
versatiOn with those standing by;
and further, to indicate by his
voice the moment when the hand
passed over the quarter, minute,
or any other subdivision previous
ly stipulated, during the whole
course of the experiment. This
he did without mistake, notwith-
standing the exertions of those |
about him to distract his attention, |
and clapped his hands at the con- |
clusion of the fixed time. His
own account of his gift was as
follows: 81 have acquired by i'm
itation, labor and patience, a
movement, which neither thought, |
labor nor anything can stop. 1t |
is similar to that of a pendulum, |
which, at each motion of going
md coming gives me the space
of three seconds, so that twenty
If them make a minute, and these
add to others continually"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06
DiSinfectant.

The following is the receipt fo
making Labarraque's disinfectins
solution:
To buy it, it costs 81 per bot
tie, and you can make it for about
three cents a bottle. The mate
rials are:
One pound of chloride of lime
One pound of sal. soda;
One gallon of water.
First dissolve the chloride of
lime in the water, and stir it three
or four times in twenty-four hours.
When settled, pour off the water
into another bucket. Then dis
solve the sal. soda in a pint of
boiling water, and when dissolved,
pour it into the chloride of lime
water and stir it well. In twelve
hours it is ready for bottling,-
No family should be without it.
AS a wash for the mouth with bad
teeth, it has no equal, when mix
ed with two-thirdS of water, and
as a bath for the whole body it is
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06
Significant.

An exchange speaking of the
colored vote, says: At the only
two elections held in the South
west under the Sherman Bill, al
Pensacola, Fla, and Tuscumhia,
Ala, the colored people have
united their votes with their white
friends and. elected conservative
men. And we presume this will
ultimately be the result through,
out the South. The more intel
ligent of the freedmen are al
ready disgusted with the trans
parent game the Radicals and 10y
al leaguers are trying to play, and
the contempt for them will be-
come general before the issuing of
next years almanac. Just think
of q parcel of white men, remark
able for attending to everybody
else's business but their own, get
ting hold Of poor darkey, drag
ging him into a dark and secret
place, and swearing him to act
and vote. thus and SO. Just think
Of it!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

Honolulu justice is a rare COM
modify. In a late case one man
sued another to recover a horse,
and the justice gave verdict for
defendant. He added, however,
afterwards, that defendant must
restore the horse. "But," asked
the counsel for defendant, "did /
understand your verdict as given
for the defendant" ?" "Certainly," ("
replied the astute justice. "Then
of course he is clear, is he not?''
"Oh, yes, entirely clear-but he
must restore the horse"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06
VOL. XIT--NO. le.
A Genuine Pain-Killer.

The important discovery made
by DIR. w. B. Richardson that
parts of the body can be rendered
insensible to pain at the will of the
operator, has been introduced in
to veterinary practice in England,
and with such success that hence
forth we ought to hear no more
of horses being tortured by OPP
erations. This ''local an@sthesia,"
as it is called, is produced by di-
recting q shower of ether spray
on the parts affected from an in
strument which acts as a foun-
tain throwing off the finest of dew.
In a short time after the instru-
ment has been let to play on any
part of the head, body, or limbs,
all feeling ceases in that particu-
lar spot. During a lecture recent
ly delivered, DR.. Richardson dead
ened portions of bis arm, into
which a brother physician thrust
large needles without occasioning
the least pain. The Importance
OF this discovery will be obvious;
for the risk incurred by rendering
the whole body insensible is avoid
ed, and the most painful opera
tlons can be performed as insensi-
bly, to the patient as under the
complete influence of chloroform.
And the results obtained ON the
human subject are obtained also
in horses, as has been made clear
to the London Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Veterinary surgeons have used
DIR. Richardson's process to rem
der the parts insenSible, and have
cut out tumors, put in setons,
made deep incisions to get at in
.ernal distractions without pain
% the horses. In case of local
Inflammation, whether in the hu-
nan subject or in animals, the
pray affords such a ready means
# falleViating the pain and abating
he attack, that it cannot fail to
'e adopted.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

A WONDERFUL CLoCK.-The
dials of the English Parliament
clock are twenty-five feet in diam
eter, and the largest in the world
Every half minute the point of
the minute hand moves nearly
seven inches. The clock will &c
eight and a half days, and strikes
for only seven and a half, so as to
indicate by its silence any neglect
in winding up. The mere wind
ing of the striking parts takes two
hours. The pendulum is fifteen
feet long and the wheels are of
cast iron the hour bell is eight
feet high and nine feet in diameter,
weighing fourteen or fifteen tons.
The weight of the hammer ex-
ceeds 400 pounds.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

The National htelligencer says:
Waiting for car ON street cor
ner recently, our ear was taken
by a strikingly novel but highly
expressive discrimination of class
es. A couple of colored women
were exchanging expressions of
surprise at the conduct of some
third person mentioned by one,
the other thereupon inquiring
"Was she colored or plain ?"-
"Plain!" was the satisfactory an
sMer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

Some one paints the following
picture ofpaternity: "Think of the
pleasure of a father, in dishabille,
trembling in the midnight hour
with his warm feet upon square
yard of oil cloth, dropping pare
goric in tea spoon, by moonlight,
somebody humping on a door,
wife fyour bosom shouting ''hur-
ry," and the baby yelling till the
fresco drops from the ceiling"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

: AN INQUIRY.-An honest but
unsophisticated German, who is a
diligent searcher after truth,
made the following pertinent in
quiry of a friend:
''Vat is dat leetle game when
all der fellers sets round nit der
tables, and buttons on pasteboard
carts NIT figgers on'em and don't
say someding already, and den by.
and-by one feller says "Geno,
and den all dem fellers says ooh
HIP
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06
Jsmpls af tlle aelnses.
THE TWINS.

In form and feature, face and limb,
1 grew so like my brother,
That folks got taking me for him,
And each for one another;
1t puzzled all, both kith and kin,
1t reached dreadful pitch;
For one of us was born a twin,
And not a soul knew which.
One day, TO make the matter worse,
Before our names were fixed,
As we were being washed by nurse,
We gotcompletely mixed;
And so you see, by fate's decree,
Or rather nurses whim,
My brother John was christened me-
And l was christened 'him.'
The fatal likeness ever dogged
Our footsteps when at school,
For was always getting hoggej,
If John turned out fool;
In fact, year after year the same
Absurd mistake went on,
And when died the neighbors came
And buried brother Johnp
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

RATHER A LUCKY EsCApE.-If
the project for the annexation of
Luxemburg to France has failed,
the French have escaped one OF
two minor trials thereby. For ex-
ample, there are in the canton of
Diekrich three rather picturesque
villages, the names of. which are
respectively, Schlindermander-
scheid, Observation-Disclosures
and Observation-Disclosures
Frenchmen have already turned
SChlesdadt into Celestial, but they
could never have hoped to strug-
gle successfully with NederschIin-
dermanderscheid.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

A colonel in the United States
Army, visiting Venice, recently
walked out with his cavalry over
coat on. The cape was lined
with yellow, and the populace,
supposing him to be an Austrian,
hooted at and followed him. An
officer Of the National Guard
stepped up and turned down the
cape so as to hide the yellow, and
an explanation being given, the
excitement terminated.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

Among the objects Of interest
at Chickopee, Mass, is a pair of
folding-doors that are being made
by the Ames Manufacturing Com
pany for the Capitol at Washing
ton. Work upon them has been
going on for two years, and it will
require as much more time to fin
ish them. The bronze work on
only one of the panels has been
completed. The device on this
represents the scene at the battle
Of Bunker Hill where Warren
fell. The other panels are orna.
mented with designs representing
scenes in the history of the ma
ton. The cost of the door will be
100000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06
Charles Chafy, a plain farmer

Charles Chaffy, a plain farmer
aged %, of RecklesStown, N. j.,
became so enamored of the wife
of his neighbor James Pierce,
with whom, it is rumored, he has
maintained an intimacy for two
years, that he finally resolved to
desert home and family, and unite
his fortunes with the more youth
eul wife of his neighbor. Mortgag-
ing his farm for 81 900 and taking
1890 belonging to his wife, he
left home for New York, ostensi-
bly, to buy Government bonds,
but really to meet Mrs. Pierce
and her husband, and thence to
take passage for California. The
story is, that Chaffy is to pay
Pierce $4,000 for his wife, deliv-
cred in the Golden State. The
trio sailed from New York last
week. Chafy leaves a wife and
SIX children, two of them married.
Mrs. Pierce has one child which
she takes with her, and is we'll sold
at $4,000. Chaffy's farm is worth
$4,000 upon which his family
will continue to reside. A broth
er of the infatuated old man, is
said to have followed the party to
California.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

A little girl at Bethlehem, Pa,
about ten years of age, during
school hours complained of pain
in her eyes and asked permission
to go home. Her request was
granted, but before she reached it,
only about five hundred yards
from the school, she became total
ly blind. Up to this time all ef'
forts to restore her sight have prov
en- fruitlesS. She is SO blind that
she cannot even distinguish a
burning gaslight.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

A watchman at New London,
Conn, last week, when the engi-
neer and fireman had gone to
breakfast, thought he would play
engineer awhile on a locomotive.
So he let steam on. He intend
ed to go back but the engine went
ahead, and before he could reverse
it, it went off the dock into the
river. Efforts were made on Tues
day to raise the engine, but it will
take some time and the Company
will have the pleasure Of paying
for the watchman's curiosity.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

The Salt Lake (Utah) Kdette
says that ga short distance South
Of the Cottonwood creek, trout
are so plentiful that hooks and
lines are unnecessary. All that
is needed is pair of India-rub-
Der boots, to keep the feet dry,
and a shovel to throw the fish
ashore. Carloads can in this
way be accumulated"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

, the meeting between Martha AM
: Jesus, and the whole scene at tn
house, with a vividness that cal
| never be forgotten. The visit t.
the tomb-Mary leaning on thu
arm of the Saviour, followed by
her sister-the Twelve, and the
rear brought up by long line Of
bearded Jews, Priests, and the
head men of Bethany and Jerusa.
lem, came next.
The scene where Mary falls at
the Saviour's feet and eXclaims, in
her wild agony: "Lord, if thou
hadst been here my brother had
not died." was portrayed in a pc
culiarly vivid manner. But the
climax, the sublimity of his Won
derful descriptive eloquence, was
reserved for his text.
"But see" he cried, "that coun-
tenance whose light could illumine
heaven, and whose smile all the
holy angels would rejoice, is over
cast with the deep agonizing lines
of human sorrow. ooh, man! hard,
obdurate man! Jesus, the Mas
ter, the God of Heaven, the
Prince Of Peace, wept at the sight
of human woe. Thou hast no
tear to shed, even while contem-
plating thy eternal fate, thy or
dained consignment to eternal des-
pair"
The tone, the manner of the
preacher was more eloquent than
his simple words. Strong men
wept like children, and as the
preacher bowed his head and
wept for several moments, no
sound was heard but sobbing. |
Recovering from his emotions,
the preacher continued his des-
cription of the scene at the tomb, +
when answering the divine sum-
mons, Lazarus came forth clad in
the ghostly habiliments of the
grave, he elevated his voice, and
with tone, the very ideal Of a
shout of victory, he exclaimed:
ooh! Death, thou art subdued,
thy sting is lost. The Prince of
Life has triumphed over the
gravel"
| have listened to many elo-
quent preachers, but to none who
approached him in that magnetic
power that sways as one man the
hearts of all auditors.
During the whole service he ,
never alluded to the occurrences
of the morning, and at the close,
he stalked away, speaking to no ]
one, and seemed to care for no one. 6
Of his late career, | have heard {
much, but little Of which, how
ever, with certainty. Is
He has since had charge of q {
church in Missouri, and l believe, 6
has presided over an institution {
of learning. At all times, how
ever, he has exhibited such un-
mistakable evidences of insanity I
as to leave no doubt in my mind I
that | have not done amiss in |
calling him a crazy preacher. {
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

A NOBLE REPLY.-"Why do
you show favor to your enemies
instead of destroying them 2" said
a chieftain to the Emperor Sigis-
mund. 'Do l not destroy my
enemies by making them my
friends 2" was the Emperor's no.
BILE reply.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

A Philadelphia lawyer gives
the following definition of law
and equity: "At common law
you are done for at once; at equity
you are not 50 easily disposed of.
One is prussic acid and the other
is laudanum."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

The tax on the people of Eng
land, for the support of the estab-
lished church, exceeds S25,000,-
900 a year. All other denomina-
tions have to help pay this tax,
besides supporting their own
churches.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

A New York paper says g
modern undertaker's bill is about
as frightful as q visit of the sher-
iff. To lay out, ice, shroud, cof-
fin, decorate, remove and bury
an adult costs about 1882.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

France obtains, as statistics show,
fifty per cent. more wheat per
acre than the United States, and
England over one hundred per cent.
more. Secret-Superior cultiva-
tion, manuring and understanding.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

1t was a gratifying relief to an
astonished husband, as his amazed
bride, at a recent crowded fair,
dropped her arm from
the shoulder of the 'handsome man
of the parish" and exclaimed,
"Why, John, l thought it was
yOu."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

Daniel Y. Boynton, of Warren,
N. H., died of starvation last
week, being unable to eat any
food owing to a cancerous forma-
ton that closed the passage to
the stomach.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

Never plead guilty of poverty.
As far as this world is concerned,
you had better admit that you are
q gcoundrel.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

An influential member and of.
ticer of a church in Wilmington,
Delaware, has just disappeared
with some Sunday school funds.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

An Alabama paper says, "With I
the lights before US and bayonets
behind US, we had better knock
under"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

Two-thirds of the prisoners in
the Pennsylvania Penitentiary
were formerly volunteer soldiers.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

A man in Napoleon, Ark, said
he would drink a gallon of liquor
in a day or die. lie did both.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

How does a fellow feel when a
woman laughs at him? He feels
---6he-grinoedi
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-06-06

A horse lately died at Peek
skill, N. Y, aged torty-one years.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-07
RAILRoAD
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE
Reduction Of Passenger Tariff.
ON AND AFTER NOVEMBER lsr, 1867, the
" rates OF fare from Memphis 70 the Sari-
Gus stations will be as fOllowt:
From MEMPHIS to-
COMPUTATION TICKETS.

Good fol- ten or twenty trips, g. be used within
sixty and ninety days respectively, viii be sold
at the following rates:
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-07

Tee low stage OF water in all the western
rivers has undoubtedly contributed IN a meas
ure 10 the present inactivity In commercial
circles. but as the depression in trade Is not
confined l. the West, but perva1es all sections
alice, the principal causes OF the dullness viii
be found 70 lie Geeper than a lack OF shipping
facilities upon our Western rivers Want Of
aprce will not permit, even II We had The dis
position. 10 present. ali the causes that have
operated 20 depress trade during the present
season, and therefore We will merely repeat
what we have heretofore remarked, that the
want OF confidence In the Immediate future,
and conrequeniiy the restriction OF al tansac-
lions 70 the requirements OF the present mo-
menr, rs undoubtedly one OF the most direct
The umculues or navigation IN Inc upper
rIver4 renders the receipt OF produce still light,
but. g. tue demand fOr most articles Coming
under TINS head is limited, The supply mas been
ample. and IN some cases more than ample to
meet ali requirements Mess PORK is in fair
stock, and held az So 1894; clear sides, lsHG
l8c; shoulders. l4}kgl5c; breakfast bacon, $50
Zc: plain mans. lsa3Jc; plain eanvassed hams,
lSa2jc; sugsr-cured haIns. &927c. Corn, scarce
"a lot sold on the levee al 81 l2H9l Is Ear
corn IN demand at S59g)c. Oats. nirm Al 45G7sc.
ErRn, scarce, S4gf5. Hay, nrm at sS9SIcr
choice, on the l~anding, and Sos@ In
st95s apple are ,no' SIC" sac
ats aga Butter Is coming In more freely
Goshen, 434fic; choice western, 8g41c: good
gihg IN good demand a. SG2sc for India,
BGNc for Kentucky power, and Riggs for
hand made Eggs are active az &GS5c. Flour
OF 50 Xxx SlSai4; fancy brands s. 5Oal5 50.
Chickens are in better supply s. 5g4 for young,
ana 81 % f0r old. Potatoes are ia large sup
My ana weaE atE 7584o per Dbl, and 81 5C8l %
IN tacks Onions scarce at sis4 50 per Dbl
sHsst PslatOsB T5c aSl per busheL Mackerel in
good p NO. half bbls $40 5ogll; No. 2
= 50glU; No Kit, y 7583; No. S2509E5
No. 3 & &82 50. Moizsses firm az 75Ssoc
Tor 81. Louis rebOiled no New Orleans Of
consequence IN market; syrup, sal 50. sugar
nrm I8,9Isc fOi While crushed aud powdered
and coffee sugars At lzL Elkal9c; brown LA &c.
Rio Con e, fair % choice, AaELc, Tin line
g Eg2 50; Cape Lime, 8. 282 50 western
reserve cneess, l8SGl7c; factory, 1895;
English daily, lsglsc. Common, whisky,
81 f0g2; imitation Bourbon, g 3sS: BOur-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-07
10. BANFIL q CO..

III Block. in rear Of No. IA Jefferson street,
Were they may be found BY parties interested.
oc1e
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-07
WHEATON NURSERY.

VIZ are prepared to an orders for every de-
w acTiudon Of Fruit, Flowers and Orna-
mental Trees, Grape and strawberry Vines and
Hot House Plants, Roses, etc, etc.
Our stock is made mp OF the best selections
whic can be gotten up, in Europs or America.
We solicit correspondence from all who pur-
chase trees in large or small quantities, or any
who wish 20 adorn their places with choice and
rare Flowers and shrubs.
So First class Landscape Gardener
Flowers for Boquets and Wreaths always on
hand.
- Descriptive Catalogues, with prices and
all necessary information, VIII be furnished By
applying personally or by letter to
oee aSw Il JOHN TRENT q CO.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-07
MEMPHIS CITY SAVINGS INSTITUTION

Gold, Silver, Exchange, Government Sc
cUrities, DneuFFent Money, Stocks,
Bonds, Land Warrants, Police
City and County Scrip,
Etc., EtC.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-07
KEABE PIANOS!
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THE nIsCOYERY NF zee ACE.
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NO raterial which has ever been discovered
N has effected greater BENEFITS IL the house
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