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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10
TERMS.

sTTwO Dollars for one year, iav0-
SiGbly in advance.
or Single copies, Ten Gents each
Advertisements inserted at One Dollu
per square of Ten Lines or less for the 6rst
insertion Fifty Cents for each continuance
9 Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
GA liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, OIL
twelve months.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Cents per square.
or The privilege Of yearly advertisers Il
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business and the business of an ad-
Vertising firm is not considered as including
that Of its individual members. OT-No de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
or Advsrtisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed In, will be
continued until ordered ont, and payment
exacted.
OF No advertisement inserted gratuitously
sP Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
tDe Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
to be paid in advance in every case.
OF Job Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10
Immortality Of the Soul.

A gentleman in Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania, publishes the following
offer:
81 will donate twenty dollars
for every passage of scripture
where the Immortality of the soul
is mentioned, to any church OF
Sunday-school the finder may
elect" His address is John A.
Best, corner of Fifth avenue and
Tunnel street, Pittsburg. If this
is a bona tide offer, the Sunday.
schools should, among other pass
ages, send the materialist Of Pitts
burg the whole of the fifteenth
chapter of the first epistle of Paul
to the Corinthians, and particular
ly the 51st, Sind, 53rd and 54th
verses. The text is as follows
"Behold, I show you a mystery:
We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed,
Gin moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trump; for
the last trumpet shall sound, and
the dead shall be raised incorrupt-
ible. and we shall be changed.
"For this corruptible must put
on interruption, and this mortal
must put on Immortality. f.
$50, when this corruptible shall
have put on interruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immor-
tality, then shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written,
Death is swallowed up in victory" J"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10
Through the Woods.

The flowers look up with fond regret,
The brooklet turns and smiles atme,
While as of old its waters fret,
And twist around this willow tree
l lay me on the freshened mold
Forgotten murmurs greet my ear,
While back afar the years unfold,
And leave my youth and childhood here
The hours that flowed with heaven near,
Come now to thrill with wonderous strain
The pulse stand still, and memories dear,
Fill up my soul with happy pain.
The humming bees sing low to me,
The waters lull my soul to sleep,
While flowers, and brook, and bird, and tree
Their faith and premise ever keep.
No footprints mar the neW-sprng sod,
May fondly calls her yiolets up,
No other steps, where mine have trod,
Depress the vielet's azure cup.
Without, the worldly noise and strife,
Grow mellow, distant, far away,
While here, themeasure of my life,
Is happy, filed anew to-day.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

train was started from the town la
den with local manufactures which
would account for the punctu
ality, and also for the noises be-
ing heard SO exactly at midnight;
passenger trains being so much
! lighter, together with the fact that
i in the daytime other poises around
would prevent attention being
drawn to the peculiar sounds.
The night following the discov.
cry 1 went to the house just before
twelve, arranged the pipe and
brush as before, and went down
to the kitchen. At the usual time
the train came laundering along,
and just as it went by the house
the engine-driver, by arrangement,
sounded his whistle. Simultane-
ously, the chain clanked, the bell
tinkled, and / saw the two doors
open. These were not fastened,
SO that the shaking of the house
caused them to open, as they hung
a little on the incline. In the
kitchen cupboard there was a
chain hanging loosely against the
wall and resting on an old dish
cover that had been left there.
In the parlor I found the brush
and pipe both Frustrated.
Being quite satisfied, | left the
house, and slept comfortably at
the hotel.
Next morning / waited OF the
lady, and informed her of my SO.
luton. She was much pleased,
and at first refused to let the cot
tage on any other terms except the
first named but at my pressing
solicitation she consented that /
should become her tenant at a
increased rental.
Even better than obtaining a
comfortable little cottage at a low
rent, was the acquaintanceship
thus formed, which proved very
valuable to my mother.
l should add that when the tun-
mel was repaired, the shaking was
hardly felt at all, and the noises
were scarcely heard.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10
A remarkable case of religious ia

A remarkable case Of religious fa-
naticism, terminating in a whole
sale tragedy, has recently occurred
at Cox's Knob of the Brushy
Mountains, Alexander county, n.
C. A family lived there, consist
ing of James Land and his wife
Jane two sons, Eli and Nimrod,
aged sixteen and seventeen, and
two daughters, Sarah and Polly,
slightly older than the sons
Their religious feelings became ex-
cited last August, at Dover Church
in their locality, where pious exer-
cises were kept up sixteen hours
out Of the twenty-four. As the fa-
naticism progressed, Sarah and her
mother each claimed to be the only
true God and believed the other to
be the devil. This rivalry ended
In Sarah's being shot and then
burned to death, and in the moth
er being choked to death by her
sons in retaliation. The trial of
these fanatics terminated in their
acquittal under the plea of insani-
ty. They are now under the care
of their relations.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10
Washington Omcers.

Don Piatt illustrates the de.
moralizing effect Of ofice-holding
in Washington by this sketch:
81 saw sitting in chair of the
lobby, not long since, a creature
who had lost in drink almost the
semblance of a man. His ragged
clothes were actually indecent,
while his swollen hands and feet
and red bloated face, made the
passer-by turn his head, and hur-
ry on. He sat there half asleep,
a poor, sodden, wretched creature.
And yet l had known the time,
only II years since, when ! was
glad to know this man. He was
handsome, intellectual, well man.
nered and pleasant. He had then
been offered and declined, as be-
meath him, the position of Assis-
tant Secretary of the Treasury
He gave delicious little dinners,
was merry and liberal. But he
did accept an Office in Washington,
and sauk lower and lower, until
now, while write, he sits a loathed
thing in the lobby, Stunned by
ALL"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10
TempIe Of the sslnses.
An Old Mans Dream.

Beside astream whose liquid beam,
Was carolling and shining,
As dewy blades and azure flowers,
Harmoniously were twining,
An old mansat, and needed not,
The bliss below-aboYe him;
But sighed, that in lovely spot,
No heart was there to love him.
From bower and tree the bird and bee,
Flew happily over, singing,
While from a tower across the lea,
A marriage bell was ringing.
The old man wended to the place,
And met the people leaving;
Tie looked upon each sunny face,
And stayed awhile his grieying.
But as they left, again bereft
Of joy, he looked above him,
And sighed, though all the sky was blue,
That there was none to love him,
Again he sought the wildwood stream,
And rested, sad aud weary,
Upon its mossy bank, to dream,
Avision bright and CHEEKY.
He seemed to rove in land of love,
Where lute-toned bells were ringing,
And decked with jewelled light was one,
Whose speech was more than singing.
Oh, she was msmory's morning light,
That beamed on earth above him,
He slumbered, woke, and found, that hight
God, Heaven, and her to love him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

Brownsville, Tenn, has been
visited by a travelling dentist who
offered to put in full sets of false
teeth for twenty dollars, or ten
dollars to be paid when the old
sets were extracted. A number
of persons accepted the offer, paid
the ten dollars, and had their old
stumps drawn out. When their
gums healed, and they called for
the new sets, the dentist was not to
be found. Their readiness at
tSting at the dentists offer, has in
capacitated them for the present
from biting in any other way.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

Mrs. Scott Siddons, the beauti.
full English actress, has been
playing lately in st. Louis. On
her benefit night, when she was
called out for speech, she said
81 am like Gen. Grant" "a long
pause for applause, which did not
appear) "not having word to
say" Intense silence, in which
the pretty actress retired in dis
comfture. St. Louis knows Grant
and his status, and could not ap-
plaud any allusion to him, even
to please the elegant little lady
whose heart was well nigh bro
ken by their Indifference.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

Professor-"This, ladies and
gentlemen, is the Gorilla, or mon.
key man, the greatest living Gu.
riosity in the known world. He
was captured by party of travel
ers." (He punches it with a stick. }
Gorilla-Gndignantly) = "Jim
Briggs, if you punch me agin with
that stick, I'll come out thar and
lam you out of your boots"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

In Harrisonville, Mo-, the party
in whose favor a lawsuit is decided
is generally pistoled, before day
ends, by the aVenging relatives of
the unsuccessful party. A raven
Gus lawsuit there has recently ter
minated in the murder of the de-
tFendant in whose favor it was de.
cided, and who, in dying, killed
his two assailants, sons of the plain.
tiff.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

NARROW EsCAPE.-The Defend
er, Of Norristown, Pa, says that
the rumor respecting the death of
a citizen of that place from hy-
drophobia caused by eating bolog-
ma sausage, is not correct.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

A Louisville milliner has sued
the wife of a prominent merchant
for slander, in speaking of her as
"that fancy Mrs. Smith," and
claims damages to the extent of
$4,000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

If you go into a store and find
the clerk lying on the counter
asleep, you may know that the
firm don't advertise. Anything
for a quiet life.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

A novel suit has been COM
menced in St. Joseph. A young
man sues young lady for obtain
ing goods under false pretenses.-
Said goods were presents he gave
to her while they were engaged
to be married.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

To a lady who had lost her
husband, Talleyrand once ad-
dressed a letter of coincidence in
two words-''O, Madame!' In
less than a year the lady had
married again and then his letter
of congratulation was" "Ah, mad
ame!"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

"Do you ever take anything?'
asked Sharp of Sozzle. 'Never,
except I'm unwell, and then my
weakness is cognac. just now
I'm troubled with hollowness, and
I don't care if / do"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

At the Women's Rights Con.
vention in Washington, Mrs. DIR.
Hasbrouck said that her husband
permits her to behave as she likes
toward the men. This exhibi.
ton of bitterness for his sex de.
monstrates that DR.. Hasbrouck
must be a thorough misanthrope,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

"My, SOB" said an old man,
"beware of prejudices. They are
like rats, and mems minds are
like traps; prejudices get In easily
but it is doubtful if they ever get
out"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

If you wish to recollect a mans
name, become security for him.
For keeping your memory freshs
there is nothing ike it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-10

John Paul complains that bis
landlandy's hash is ''ostentatiously
hirsute.D
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-16
Newspaper Patronage.

Newspaper patronage is composed Of as
MANY different varieties as the rainbow
has colors: One man comes in, subscribes
for the paper, ihd pays for it in advance.
He goes home and reads it With the proud
satisfaction that it is his. lie hands in his
advertisement, asks the price, pays for it,
goes to his place of business and reaps the
advantage. This is newspaper patronage.
Another man says: You must put my
name down on your books" and goes off
without saying . word about pay. Time
passes ON, you want your pay, what is hon
cstly due; he gets mad and,orders his paper
stopped. This is called patronage! An
other man has been subscriber for long
time, but has never paid cent. At last
he becomes tired Of you--wants change,
and thinks he must have paper printed
in some distant city. lie tells the post
master he don't want your paper, and it is
returned to you, marked refused" Docs
he call and payy No; he wants the money
to pay for his city paper. And this too,
is called newspaper patronage! Another
man brings in a fifty cent advertisement,
and wants a tw0-dollar notice given it. If
you refuse, he goes off and muttcrs somc-
thug about competition and extravagant
rates. think you editors like that kind
Of patronage! t.s.. tf
Another man lives near you, but does
not take tho paper. lie don't like the cd
itor, or the paper is too small, or its poll
ties don't suit him. Yet he goes to his
neighbors, reads it, finds fault with it aud
quarre!s with the opinion of the editor.
Sometimes he secs an article he likes, and
bcgs for the number to take home. This
is also called newspaper patronage.
Another man takes two or three city
papers, and cant afford to take his county
paper, but he likes it and comes into the
Office and begs one almost every week.
This is frstclass patronage over the left:
Another man likes the paper; he takes
copy himself. pays for it, and does all he
can to get new subscribers to it; he never
finds fault with every article, original and
selected. II any little item Of interest o.
ours in his ncighborhood. he drops into the
office and tells oft. This is certainly news
paper patronage.
Another man comes and says: The year
for which I'paid is about to expire, l want
to pay for it for another. No discount on
that kind Of patronagc.-Erchange.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-16

TuE LOCAL PREss.-An exchange
makes the following sensible remarks.
OF course We don't charge any Of our citi-
zens with being 'deadhcads," but if thero
are any. each "dcadhead" knows it:
Every enlightened citizen will conccdc
that the local newspaper press should be
we'll sustained. a cotemporary justly &C.
marks that the absence of newspapersis is a
bad sign for place, in a business point Of
view. as absence ofchurchcs is in morals,
of school houses in education. The men
who support the village paper do more to
build up tho place, and make it prosperous,
and draw trade there, than all other inau-
cnccs combined. Hence whether man
believes in advertising or not he will coin
eide that tho newspapers arc great help
to the place, and that business amounts to
very little in places that don't support one
or more of them. Therefore, the man who
tries to come in and take the benefits Of
that prosperity without contributingto sus-
tain, tries TO "deadhead' on the rest Of tho
business men, and docs them wrong. We
say it is the duty Of all good citizens to
sustain their town paper. ....i
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-16

- The grand Duke Michael Of Rus
sia, in his early days, was strongly welded
to discipline, but he was also strongly ab-
scnt-minded. On one occasion he met a
drunken soldier who abused him sadly, aud
on the same day he met soldier Of the
same regiment whom he promised 70 mako
corporal: The following day at review no
saw the latter, and, confounding him viii,
the drnnkard, ordered him to be whipped.
While the lash was being applied lie hap
pcncd to see the real culprit, and at once
discovered his smistakc Hc ran 70 ask the
Emperor what he should do. .tr
"You must not admit your error" re-
piled the Gar; I" it would be injurious 10
discipline. Go and appoint the other man
corporal" !
h The drunkard was made corporal:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-16

FUTURE ENrERPRIsE.-Ac cotemporary;
turning his vision to the misty distance Of
two hundred years, describes the follow
ing scene:
House of citizens in New York-A. d,
2O67. A tclegraphic message has been
sent to servant who presents himself at
the window in balloon. -at
Mastcr-"Joh 60 to South America aud
tell Mr.. johnson ] shall be happy to have
him sup with me this evening. Never
mind your coat, go right away." In FIVE
minutes John returns.
John" Mr.. johnson, sir, says he will
come; he is obliged to go to tho North
Pole for a moment, and will call here as he
comes back"
Master-"very we'll, John! now you
may wind up the machine for setting the
table, and telegraph to my wife that Mr..
johnson will be here presently. After
that you may dust out the balloon. I
have an appointment in London at ten
o'clock"
John disappears to execute his orders,
while his master steps down to the West
Indies to get fresh orange.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-16

" Tho Bradford Argss says: "Ths
world is full Of two classes Of men who are
paradoxes to their fellow -melf-those who,
being extremely Fortunate, srs extseuiely
miserable, and those who, in the midet At
misfortune andsu6ering are alwsyssmiling
and 60 whistling througk the world = happy
as the happiest. Here are two raiicsl ex-
tremes-what makes the wide difference,
reader! The former paradox = always ssy-
ing. sIfI--the latter never does."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-16
HoRsE SHOE WITH MovEABLE CALKs.

HoRsE SHOE WITH MOvEABLE CALKs.
We have ip our Office horse shoe, invented
and patented by Wilson Hodges, Of Balti-
more, which seems tosupply perfectly what
has long been desidcratum with owners Of
horses. The groom can caulk and uncaulk
his horses toes with the same facility with
which he can glove and unglove his hand.
The shoe has withstood the sevcrcst tests
for months in the stables Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and We predict for it
unparalleled success among the new inven-
tions every day coming into use. The
agent for the patent is now in Now York
to dispose Of State rights, aud can be seen
at this Office. The advantages Of the invcn-
ton are too apparent to need comment ;
this matter Of roughing horses gives more
trouble in tho great public stables Of this
city than all other annoyances combined.
For fast trottss this shoe will become an ab-
osluto necessity, as it is All impossibility un-
der the present system to rough them as
Is requircd.-Txy. Field and Farm. ar'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-16

~ A worthy minister Of Fintray, Scot
land, had factotum whose notions Of ask
ing special blessings wero very limited. On
one occasion he wanted some stones, and
thought numbcflyin on piece Of fallow
ground belonging to the glebc would suit
him. Havinggot the minister's permission
to take them, John yoked the cart, but the
ground was too soh for, man and beast.
Tho minister, seeing the quandary John
was in, advised him 70 Golfer up T: prayer
for frost" Next day, by chance, there was
. severe frost, and John was busy at work.
Tho minister happened 70 pass, and obscry-
ing his man actively engaged, observed to
him: ,..,.....,s,s ,.tsi .,,.e.vei -,
"well, John, your prayer has been
heard" .,rsh ssa s..f.s ii
Johns reply was at least candid: -
"Uph! We'll, sir, twas need; it's nae
oitcn seek . favor" -s y
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-16
NOBODY.

II nobodys noticed you, you must be small;
II nobody's sighted you, you must be tall;
Ifnolody's bowed to you, you must be low;
II nobody's kissed you, you're ugly, we know.
II nobodys cnvied you. you're poor ELF; :,
lfnobody's Aattered you, you've fattered yourself
II nobody's cheated you, you arc a knave;
II nobody shated you, you are slave.
II nobodys called you a fool to your face.
Somcbody's wished for your back its place;
II nobodys called you a tyrant or scoii,
Somebody thinks you Of spiritless mould.
II nobody knows Of your faults but friend,
Nobody will miss them at the worlds end;
II nobody clings to your purse like fawn,
Nobody will run like hound when it's gone
II nobody's eaten his bread from ,our store,
Nobody'il call you miserable bore;
II ncbody's slandercdsyou-here is our pen
Sign yourself " nobody" quick as you can.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-01-16

A gentleman visiting the American
Watch Company's factory, at Waltham,
Mass, relates that small vial, such as
homeopathic pills are kept in, was handed
to him, which was filed with what seemed
to he grains of coarse sand ofthc color of
bluc-tcmpcrcd steel.
On examination under microscope,
they proved to be perfect screws, Of which
it required 10000 to weigh pound
Microscopic bits of steel, with the points
exquisitely polished, were ALSO shown, SO
small that fifty weighed only a single grain.
These were said to be worth twenty thous-
and dollars per pound.
These, as we'll as every other of the run
ming parts Of the watch, are made entirely
by machinery, which turns out each differ
cnt piece exactly like its fellows.
The following is his description of the
method of making the fine screws: What
you see at first glance is thin thread OF
steel, finer than the most delicate ofpins,
slowly pursuing its way through little
hole in machine, and being grasped by a
tiny tool which runs round It, as if embrac-
ing it; and then, presto. out comes a
knife and cuts off its head. All this is
done so quickly that you have to watch
the operation. after you know what it is
all about, before you can see the process
| have described.
The bits thus bchcadell with a knife,
look exactly like little grains Of powder.
But they are screws.
You notice that when you take micro
scope to examine them. They are COM
plcte-almost. Not quite yet A girl
picks them up, one by one. with dainty
tool, and places them in rows, one in every
hole in fiat piece Of steel. This little
plate as soon as it is filed, is placed under
another machine, and it would do any
lrishman good to SEQ it work. 1t beats
Doney brook Fair "all hollow" never
had more convincing proof Of tho supe-
riority Of the mechanical over manual labor.
For while Il gool hearty man with a
stout bit Of shillaleh may break half doz-
Oh heads of day-with fair luck-this
machine, without so much As saying by
you leave" como out Of its hole, aud runs
along each row. quietly splitting the heads
of each one of them exactly in the center.
And now the screw is made.