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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
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Twelve rtsonths. ASK Af
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strictly limited to their. own immediate and
regular business; and the business of an ad-
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that of its individual m embers. OF No de-
.yiation from these terms under any circum-
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OF Ad vertisements not marked with the
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or No advertisement inserted gratn, n,tously
t1s Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
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to be paid in advance in every case.
Job Printing of all kinds neatly
dote on New type, and on as reasonable
terms as any offic sin Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
Paper and Rags.

The manufacture of paper. for
writing and printing purposes is
one of the most interesting as
well as important branches OF in
dustry in all civilized parts Of the
world. 1T is the growth of centu-
ries and the steady ,iaccompani-
ment of civilization. The reader
of the delicately tinted s.last po-
EN-" or the newspaper, would
doubtless be astonished could he
know the history of the particles
Of the linen and cotton which COM
pose the page before him. Every
one knows that paper is, made of
rags; but it is not every one who
reflects, when he takes up book
or paper, that he may be making
a use of his own clothes; or possi-
bly, of the clothes of a Hungarian
soldier or Bedouin Arab. Thechief
Importation OF rags into this coun-
try is from Mediterranean ports,
The supply from Trieste and Leg
horn was for long time of the
greatest value, especially what
was known as Hungarian rags, the
latter being the most esteemed,
because consisting very largely of
linen. OF late years the introduc-
ion of cotton wearing apparel has
resulted in a deterioration of the
quality of Mediterranean stock,
md the manufacturers are now
very largely supplied by the Amer
can product.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
are there SO many
Bald-Headed Men?

Why so many headed men
and so few bald-headed women
why is it that the skulls of young
men in their twenties shine like
billiard balls? Why this specta-
Gle of bald-headed BARRIERS rubbing
the dry tops of bald headed men,
recommending invigorators war
ranted toproduce- bushy locks in
less than a fortnight, while bald
headed spectators and middle-aged
men with wigs look ON with de-
risive smiles; though all the
while their wives and daughters
through our streets, covered with
crowns of beauty, and charming
actresses toss their blonde tresses
neutrality-suspicious. on the stages
of our theaters?ll Our male popu-
lation will no doubt take the
serene satisfaction in saying that
it is because men have more to
worry them than women and
have the trouble of contriving
not only how to support them
selves, but also how to support
these wives and daughters. Prob
ably, however, that is not the
reason. Women, of course, have
finer and longer hair than men,
but men destroy their hair by
making ovens of their heads un-
der their hats, and thus heat the
tops Of their craniums until their
hair dies out for very want Of air.
Men should either take off their
hats oftener or ventilate them
better. Bg sIfl1l54a 5ai
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

The New Orleans Picayune is
responsible for the following ;
can elderly gentleman friend of
ours who is extremely fond of chill
dren, having a large family HIM
self, meeting a number OF little
golden-haired, rosy-cheeked elves,
in charge of a tidy and good look
ing nurse, stopped, and having adj
mired the children, kissed them
goodbye. He was just about
starting on, when Madge, the cum
ningest little witch of the grodpe,
with apuzzled expression, inquired,
with the utmost naiyete-"Ain't
you going to kiss the nurse 2" The
question was SO unexpected that
our friend declares he felt the blood
mount to his temples while he
out, "Not Just now"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
The Havana Cigar Market

The prices Of cigars in the Ha-
vana market are S50Olper thou
sand for Celestials, $500 for Leo
poldinos, $3.50 for Senadores and
Patriarcas, 500 for Imperiales,
$50 to $75 for Regalias, S45 for
Loudres,F and $50 for Principes.
The tobacco crop this year issome-
what inferior to that of 1867, the
quantity is about twenty-five per
cent. short Of last years produce,
the price is fully twenty to twenty
Eve per cent. dearer. Some of the
fine quality of this years crop will
be finer than any produced last
year, but little or none of this
class has been worked yet. An
extraordinary dullness has existed
in The market, occasioned by the
price asked, the supposed inferior
ity of the crop, and absence Of Or
ders for cigars, caused by the large
stocks existing in the United
States, England, and Germany.
The quantity OF tobacco shipped
from Havana since the 1st of JAN
uary, 1861 is about 4,000,000|
pounds, of which about 2, 700, 900
went to the United States.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
Business Of the South.

/, Late New Orleans newspapers
say, since the election, business is
improving, and that the prospects
for a lively season are promising.
1t is announced that about 150, 600
bales of cotton have been received
at that port, against 4O,000 at the
same period last year. One of
the New Orleans Journals adds !:
"This cotton sells readily at$l00
per bale, which is two and a half
times as much as cotton command
ded before the war. Thus if we
receive, this season, 900, 900 bales,
the money value will exceed
that of the two millions which
came to our city in the ante-bel-
lum times. In other words, there
will be $9o,000,000, which mast
change hands in the transactions
in this single product of our soil.
The diffusion of this, or at least a
large portion Of it among the va
rlous trades must give a stimulus
to our commerce, and dissipate that
languor and dependency which
have long hung over commercial
circles. But besides the cotton,
our cane crop, which is exclusively
OF our own State, must add some
twelve millions to the amount of
products which viii be brought to
this market. The cane has turned
out we'll and is now yielding finely.
On some. of the plantations the
yield has got back to the old boast
of our planters of two hogsheads
to the acre. All our sugar plant
ers will come out ahead this season.
To these two great staples we
trust to add largely increased re-
ceipts of grain, tobacco and pork.
Despite, therefore, all our disasters
and drawbacks, we have no reason |
to be discouraged in regard to the |
present season in New Orleans
We anticipate, indeed, great life
and active trade. and plethora of 7
Of money in our city.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

CONSUMPTION OF SNAILs IN PAR
Is.-The3 consumption of the escar-
got, or common snail, has within
the last few years increased to
such an enormous extent at Paris
that they enter into serious CON-
petition with oysters at the wine-
shops in the metropolis. tits es-
-timated that the breeding grounds
in the provinces of Poitou, Bur-
gundy, and Champagne, now
send every day no less than 4OO,-
900 dozens of snails to the Paris
markets, where they readily find
purchasers, M. Payen, the eele-
brated analytical chemist, has DEM
onstrated that these molusca, when
boiled, furnish a substance infinite
ly richer in nutritive matter than
that of oysters. * @ '.'i''
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
VOL XF=-a-N0R R.
Registration in Missouri.
A Father DISTINGUISHES
o his Sons. .9sasb
Correspondence 81, Louis Republican-l

Correspondence st. Louis Republican,
MACON, Mo-, Nov. 26, 1868.
A father, who has evidently
passed his three score years and
is tottering on the verge of the
grave, swore away the votes of
his three song, upon whom he is
almost dependent for support. In
one case it was a freside conver-
sation, had while he was visiting
his son during the war, and in the,
other case evidence no better
While stranger in BLOOD. and, a
Radical at that, swore to the 10y
atty of the son in question, the
father, gray-haired and bending
with age, details a private freside
conversation, and disiranchises. a
son that the wife of his manhood
had pressed oftentimes to her bo-.
som, and sung her lullabys osooth
its frettings, and whom the old
man had handled upon his knees
in playful glee, and listened to its
infant chirrups with the JOY of, a
parentearessing a first bora, And,
now this old man swears that the
son committed moral perjury In.
taking the Radical test-oath.-
Alas! poor old man, may thy sons
forgive thee, for the Father above
was even more merciful to the
thief on the cross. "This day."
said Christ, "..hou shalt be in
heaven with me-" And we be-
live that those three sons will pray
as did He on the cross, "Father,
forgive them, for they know not
what they do" The old, man
Griffith is urged on, not by his,
own nobler views of right and
wrong, but by set of Radicals
who urged it upon him, in his
second childhood, as a duty he.
believes it ALL. .,:.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
a. Negro Bali.

A party of negroes in ithaca,
New York, recently decided to
have a ball. 1t took place about
six miles out of the city. They
engaged a six horse team to take
them to the spot. The owner of
the team, a wen known livery
stable keeper of Ithaca, not0wish;
ing to entrust his team to the care
of any one else, resolved to drive
it himself.
After the ball was opened, one.
of the darkey managers politely
invited the gentleman to go in asa
spectator if be pleased, and he did
SO. After awhile, the negroes be-
coming aroused blythe dance, the
odor Of the room became slightly
AS the ball pro
the aroma became strong
er and stronger until be concluded
to leave. Just at that sraoment I,
he saw a number of darkies In
consultation, and one of them ap-
preached him with much polite
ness, and informed him that the
ladies' requested that be should
|eave the room. The darkey
stated that he regretted to make
the request, but that de ladies in-
'isted, because they said-he smelt
100 much Of de stable!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
Great Poison Factory.

At Patna is one of the two great
opinm factories of India: Il is
the greater of The two, and may,
therefore, be styled the largest
poisoning agency in the. world. Il
The establishment faces the, river
Ganges, whose bed is here. four
miles across--at this season a des-
lert of caked mud, with the river
far away on the other side of the
waste. The opium is shipped to
Calcutta in a steamer, and it is a
good instance ofthe fickleness of
Indian rivers-those plaques of
engineers-that last year, and
for many years before, the sacred
stream ran SO close to Patna, that
wharves were erected from which
the chests could be put right on
the steamers, and on which the
timber wherewith to make the
years chests could be landed
This year the Ganges has re-
tired, and the chests have to be
carried a mile or 80 before being
shipped, and that can only be
done by small boats, all at consid-
cradle expense. c,.-sg
The opium packing for 1867
was just over at Christmas, and
nearly $4,000 chests of China
opium had been sent down. to
Calcutta, worth about g4, 600, 600.
Each chest contains forty cakes
The dark sticky stuff is ingenious
ly enclosed in coating of dried
poppy leaves, go that each cake
(weighing about two pounds) pre-
sents the appearance of a Dutch
cheese or a cannon ball. 1t has
given rise to the saying that in |
war the British gave the Chinese |
cannon balls of iron, and in peace
cannon balls Of opium; thus CIV
ing them the choice Of being shot |
or poisoned, and making them pay |
for either attention. In
return for this they feed US with
tea and clothe us in silk, which
seems to show truly celestial spir-
it. London Piper.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Josh Billings has been expert
menting with pills, and certities
as follows: 81 never have used
emmy ov doctor Emanuefs Liver
Consoling and Kidney Encourag-
ing Pills. and therefore Kant tell
WI how influenshal they ar, but
eff you are lookin after a pill az
mild az pet lamb and az search
ing az a fine tooth comb, buy
"Doctor Ringbone's Silent Peram-
bulators, 81 in box, sold by all res
peetfula druggers. These pills
don't phool round, but attend.
striekly tew Dizziness, and are ez
good in the dead of night az an
alarm clock k.c LII
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

To KEEP SWEET PoTAToEs.-We
take the following from the Rus
sellville Ky,} Herald .aisiizta 81
Have a house on a high situa-
ton, So the water will run off
from it; make aacellar in the mid
die of it large enough to hold the
amount of potatoes that you wish
to keep; dig your potatoes when
the ground is dry, put them in the
cellar the same day you dig them,
put planks over the. cellar and
eight inches of dirt on the planks,
SO as to keep the air out; then
three feet Of ,shucks or straw on
that Don't let air in until spring
and you may expect to have pota-,
to seed. ] have tried this plan for
l5 years, and have not failed to,
keep them. A good rule that
lasts 15 years. 81 - 20 r. B.
Logan county, KY. s5s a0sy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
gsa,apleS' Saf aof lhe aHuis;ssss,.. i; d.


laNow 1 lay nne"-s.Say it, darling" 4"
Lay me" lisped- the tiny lips 7o 4.q,sfp
Of my daughter, kneeling, bending,
Ger her folded finger. tips, 3i7oass8
!, "Down to Sleep 'sto sleep" she murmured
And the curly head dropped low;
81 pray the Lord, !" Igently added, 31s
"You can say it all, 1 know" ~
81 .fADsi = 1854 DGeaiA31t31 20
"Pray the Lord" the words came family,
Fainter stillG"My soul to keep"
And the tired head family nodded,
And the child was fast asleep.
But the dewy eyes half opened,
When clasped her to my breast,
And the clear voice softly whispered, ~
"Mamma, God knows all the rest
o, the; trusting, sweet confiding -.a
OF the child heart! Would that
Thus might trust my heavenly Father,
He who hears my feeblest cry.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
A Dream that was not all
a Dream. ~1

In June last, Henry Selmer, an
old man living near Canton, Miss,
was brutally murdered for the
money he was known to have in
his possession. The murderers
only succeeded in getting a small
amount in green backs, and the
secret of the hiding place of his
gold was buried with him, and no
clue could be found to the hidden
treasure. A few nights ago Mr..
J. K. Clomer, who has been living
on the place since the death of
Selmer,- had dream, in which an
old negro woman appeared to him
and directed him to spot where
she said the gold was then buried.
So vivid was the impression made
upon his mind by the dream that
ne Immediately proceeded to ex-
anime the spot SO mysteriously
designated, and after little search
exhumed a box containing S3, 500
in gold twenty dollar pieces.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Two friends were dining togeth-
er, one of whom remarked: sAs
| am going abroad, ] have made
my will, and have bequeathed to
you my whole stock Of impudence,' =
"You are generous as well as kind" |"
replied the other; you have be-
queathed to- me by far the largest
portion OF your estate.1 so. {
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Three Minutes too soon.

We take the foiloewRiHn er.t,r,s from. a
EPhiladelphia paper TO show how
ti"close things are run up there, .
and Of how much importance even
| three minutes may, be, not only to
Q man who expects to be hnng,
but also, to one who desires to
vote, and trust that q practical
application of q moral, conveyed
by it, may be, made by all our
readers, more especially those who,
like the young man mentioned,
need only q short time to take them
out Of their legal infancy: sgs,!
A, curious and amusing ques-
tion is pending at Salisbury, Penn
sylyania. Mr.. C. Pusey Throne,
son Of J, Williams Throne, is of age
on the day of the October elec.
tion Of this year. The Democrats,
anxious to exclude every Repub-
lican ballot, challenged his vote
upon the ground that be was not
born. until seven o'clock in the
evening, at which time the law
provided that the polls should
close. Twas argued on behalf of
the applicant that the law recog-
nized no fraction of days, and that
he was entitled to vote even though
he had not been born until -l1:59,
P, NJ, on said Z day. The Demo-
cratic election officers, however,
contended that he must be be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and
twenty-five years, and that he
would not have reached that pc
riod until the hourofseven o'clock
had passed. In reply to.this, Mr..
Throne, Sr., asked the officers if
they;recognized three hundred and
sixty-fiye, days and six hours as q
year, and they replied that they |
did. He then showed that six |
leap years had occurred in the
lifetime of his son; and further
mathematically demonstrated that
be had lived twenty-one times
three hundred and sixty-fve days
and six hours, and had eighteen |
hoursIto spare. This rather dumb |
founded the Democratic officers,
but they still declined to accept the
ballot. At three minutes before
seven o'clock, the Republican
Judge took the ballot and odeposi-
ted it in the box" .9H2l7oa,1
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Suppose a man owns a skiff; he
fasteas the skiff to the shore with
n rope made of straw; along comes
a COW, gets into the, boat, turns
round and eats the rope, the skiff
thus let loose, with the COW on
hoard starts down stream, and on
its passage, upsets; the COW is
drowned. Now, has the man
flat owns the COW got 10 pay for
the boat, or the man that owns
the boat get to pay for the cow
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

E.sh q -. g q
/. An oil cloth should never be
scrubbed with a brush, but, after
being first swept, should be cleaned
by washing with a soft flannel and
lukewarm or cold water. Il On no
account use soapoor waterthaf,is
hot, as either would have a bad
effect on the paint. y 'Whens the
oil cloth is dry, rub itlwell with a
small portion of -beeswax, softened
with q minute quantity of turpen-
tine, nsingsfor this purpose a soft
furnitnfe polishing brnsh.l OIL
cloth cared for in this way'will last.
twice as long as with ordinary
treatment. u
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

The democracy should vigorous.
ly maintain its organizations in
the various States, and in no wise
become discouraged or lukewarm.
The country will need the Demo-
cratic party at no distant day
The people will yet tire of Radi-
.calism,. and look to the Democrat
ic party for relief. i.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

J IA Concord paper tells a nice.
story about a remarkably intelli-r
gent dog that chased his masters:
runaway horse, but. was unable to.
overtake him until he come to a
icircuitous place in the road, when
he started across lots, headed him
of, caught the reins in his mouth,
and stopped the fugitive. mod 5aI
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

j To KILL WARrs.-The follow
ing is said never to fail, il proper
ly applied: Make strong steep,
from red oak bark, ID hot water:
when cold, apply as convenient
the oftener the better. In a few
days the wart will disappear. sc
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Il The Radicals Of New York are.
proposing to make New York city
and one or two adjacent counties
a State by themselves. A short
er, simpler, and more usual plan
would be for Congressto disfran-
chise all the Democratic voters in
that portion suggested for a new
State. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

% The Hartsort Rbst asks If it
ought not tosgive God the glory
for the election to which the
Norwich Aasertiser responds, "No,
nc-give the devil his due.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Aayouns writer wishes ,hss to know,
of a contemporary switch maga--
zine will give me the highest po.
sition quickest The reply is al
fspowder magazine, it you contri-
butte a fiery article"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

"A. Andrew S. Fuller, author of
aSmall Fruit Culturist,s says that
with him coal ashes are worth So
or a load, especially on sandy
land. aaS. - -ls',glss !, 81 9ii7fd
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

The Chicago Republican says
that the instincts of the people
prevailed in the late election.
'Tis pity that their reason didn't
prevail. Instinct is the brute,
part OF our nature; reason is pure
1y human and divine. 5sh :
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

There is in Brazil a very com,
mon poisonous snake, the Surucu,
respecting which the inhabitants
relate the following facts: They
say that such is the antipathy of
this reptile to fire, that when fires
are made in the clearing away
of woods, they rush into it scatter
ing it with their tails till it is ex-
tinguished, becoming half roasted
in the attempt; and that when an
individual is passing at night with
a torch they pass and repass him,
lashing him with their tails till ne
drops it, and the snake is immedi-
ately found closely eoiled round
the extinguished torch. The
greatest enemy of this snake is an
immense lizard, five and SIX feet
long. 1t is said when the snake
succeeds in effecting a bite, the
lizard rushes into the woods, eats
some herb, and returns to the con-
flict, which almost invariably ter
inmates in its favor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Government contractors in Salt
Lake buy Aourat So, and turn it
over to the commissioners at $26
per barrel. . OF course, even con-
tractors must livey aosso5 6ooa q 20.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

~ Greenbacks are worth fifteen
per- cent. less today than they
were just after the war; The
radical Congressional policy has
deprecated the national credit IN
just that proportion.a ed bs &,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Every time that the people re-
fuse to elect ay Radical to Office,
the leaders of that party eryo out,
Contest the election. s''9 - 2 -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10
Weights-Paste it up.

s For the information of business,
men, and the, public generally, we
republish the following table,
showing the weight Of grain, &C., /,
per bushel, as established by the
Nashville Chamber of Commerce ;
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Down in Georgia the negroes
voted labels of assrat and roach ex-
terminator," being told that the
pictureSof a. rat stood for. ratiif6icaa-'
tion.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

A. Aocka Of ants, IL. miles6in
width, recently swept across Shasta
valley, Siskiyou county, California.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-12-10

Ta The 'sGrecian tend" has attacked
the kitchen girls and colored ladies
of New York.