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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

An Eastern editor accuses an
other OF having stolen his report
of meeting. which was recOg-
nized by certain ear-marks. The
retort courteous is that the first
editor "should tie his ears over
the top of bis head while writing,
to keep them out Of the ink bottle. =
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

A Toledo servant girl discour
aged a burglar by throwing him
out of a four story window, and
he hasn't got into house since,
except the six foot one the city un.
dertaker made for him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

How THE TIMBER GoEs.-The
present consumption of wood in
the United States is enormous.
One hundred thousand acres of
the b st timber is cut every year
to supply the demand for railway
sleepers alone. For railroad build
ing, repairs and cars the annual
expenditure in wood is thirty-eight
millions of dollars. In a single
year the locomotives in the United
States consumed fifty-six millions
of dollars worth of wood. There
are in the whole country more
than four hundred thousand arti-
zans in wood /; and, if the value
of their labor is one thousand dol.
lars year each, the wood indus
try of the country represents an
amount of nearly five hundred
millions of dollars per annum.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

A county of Illinois claims ex-
ceptional distinction from the fact
that last year its marriages out
numbered its divorces.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

A southern judge refused to ac-
cept the plea of newly-appoin-
ted juror that he was not free
holder, on the ground that he had
kept bachelors hall six mouths,
and "no man could keep bachelor S
hall that length of time who had
not dirt enough in his room TO
make him q freeholder."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

A curious and painful scene was
witnessed at the burning ola mill
on Battle Island, near OsHego, N.
Y. .,afew daysa ago. The mill was the
home of focks Of swallows and
pigeons While the flames were
raging, the birds would circle a.
bove them in flocks and then dash
into them in a body. Hundreds
of them were found dead on the
ground after the fire. The birds
had nests in the mill filled with
young, which they sought to de-
feDd.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

The mosquitoes are go thick in
the Adirondacks that they can't
all get on a stranger at once, so
they stand around in "reliefs"
and wait for turns, like customers
in barber-shop. They exhaust
a man in three days and then let
him alone, like a deserted oil well,
to accumulate more blood.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

An Ohio widow who had missed
her first husband and got mar
ried again in his absence. was
gratified but astonished to see him
at the funeral of her second and
weeping like a mourner. They
talked it all over afterwards, and
concluded to begin life again to-
gether.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

A little girl being sent to the
store TO purchase some dye stuff,
and forgetting the name of the
article, said to the clerk-"John,
what do folks dye with?" "Die
with? Why, cholera sometimes y
replied John. "Well, | believe
that's the name; | want three
cents worth"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

A man who has just got out Of
a lawsuit, wants to obtain q large,
framed picture of cow, with one
client at the head and the other
at the tail, pulling, and the law
yers meanwhile quietly milking.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

a French statistician estimates
that since the departure of Garde
Mobile from Paris there is but one
able bodied man TO eighteen wo.
men.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

"A little boy in the infant class
OF a Sunday school out west, was
asked by his teacher if be had
learned anything during the past
week. "Oh, yes" said be. "What
is 1T you have learned?" "Never
to trump your partners ace" was
the reply.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

A fond wife threwa bottle of hair
renewer at her husbands head, at
which be said "We must cart !:
the dye is cast.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

An Illinois doctor, to be sure .
patient was really beyond farther
fee paying, burnt him with a hoe
iron. lie was too dead to resist.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29

Nominate !. your family disturb
anse, is the Vicksburg style of
asking "what'lly you take to drink"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-09-29
The following advertisement
appears in a Canada paper:

"All dose people what owes
Fll not ak 'em for dat,
But all dose people what owes me,
Must pay me immediat.,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14
How to Carve and Help at the Table,

II is considered an accomplishment for a
gentleman or lady to know how TO carve
we'll at their own table. Il is not proper to
stand in carving. The carving knife should
be sharp and thin.
To carve fowls, which should always be
laid with the breast uppermost, place the fork
in the breast, and take off the wings and leea
without turning the fowl then cut out the
"merry thought" cut slices from the breast,
take out the collar bone, out off the side
piece, and then cut the carcass in two. Di-
vide the joints in the leg of turkey.
In carving 4 surloin, cut thin slices from
the side next to you, Gt must be put on tho
dish the tenderloin underneath, } then turn it
and cut from the tenderloin. Help the
guests to both kinds.
In carving leg of mutton, or ham, begin
by cutting across tne middle of the bone.-
Cut tongue across, and not lengthwise, and
help from the middle part.
In carving pig, it is customary to divide
it and take of the head before it comes to tho
table. as to many persons the head is revolving
Cut off the limbs and divide the ribs.
To carve fillet of veal, begin at the top,
and help to the stufing with each slice. In
breast of veal, separate the breast and bris,
ket, and then cut them up, asking which part
is preferred.
For a saddle of veuison, cut from the tail
towards the other end, or either side in thin
slices. Warm plates are very necessary with
veuison aud mutton, and in winter are desira-
BILE for all meats.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14
Nearing the Other Shore.

When, after the weary voyage that l first
made across the ocean, sick and loathsome,
arose one morning and went upon the deck,
holding on, crawling, thinking L was but a
worm, smelt in the air some strange smell
and said to the Captain. "W hat is the odor 2"
SIT is the land breeze from off Ireland" I
smelt the turf, smelt the grass, smelt the
leaves, and my sickness departed from me /;
my eyes grew bright, my nausea was gone
The thought of the nearness of the land came
to me. And when, afar, of, L saw the dim
line of land, joy came and gave me health,
and, from that moment, had neither sickness
nor trouble; was coming nearer to the land.
Oh is there not for you, old man, and for
you, wearied mother, land breeze blowing
off from heaven, waiting to you some of it,
sweetness? Behold, the garden of the Lord
is not far away; l know from the air. Behold
the joy OF home. Do not hear the children
shoutl The air is full of music to our silent
thought. Oh, how full of music when our
journey is almost done, aud we stand upon the
bound and precinct Of that blessed land =
Hold on to your faith. Believe more firmly.
Take hold by prayer and by faith. Away
with troubles and buffetings. Be happy I;
you are saved In few hours visions Of
God and all the realities of the eternal world
shall be yours, and you shall be saved with an
everlasting salvation.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
A Florida Youth Handles Poisonous
Reptiles with Impunity.

For the benefit of the outside world We hava
to put on record the fact that in ous island
city there lives a youth who in himself is one
among the great phenomena of the age
Listen, and be the judge yourself, He can
handle snakes, scorpions, centipedes, or what
not, with perfect impunity. He makes peta
and play fellows Of the larger kind of rattle,
snakes, twisting them around him, and dali
lying with their forked tongeed and their ten
or twelve rattlesl He actually has carried
scorpins in his bosom, and wasps and hornets
in his sleeves aud pockets, without receiving
bite or sting. In the Holiness of the grove or
forest,-Or in any secluded place infested with
snakes. he can by few talismanic words call
around him any number of snakes, whom he
can charm into perfect obedience to all his
mandates. He can pick them up and lay them
down at any given place, and Mt his bidding
they will remain there until his return, after an
absence sometimes of hours. He can take a rat
or mouse and so manipulate it-so put that in
explicable tyrant spell upon it-that it at once
becomes a mute suppliant for favor, is quies,
cent, and may be tumbled about at pleasure.
The young magician AYERS that this miracu-
lous power is given him by spirits-whether
good or evil, he knows not. We could relate
many incidents in this connection illustrative
of our little friends necromatc faculty of sub
DUNG the reptile creation. but the foregoing
must suffice. e.-Key Vest Dispatch,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14
Mr.. Davis Cane.

A splendid gold>headed cane, presented to
Jefferson Davis by Franklin Pierce, was sto-
len in NIissippi by Federal troops during the
war. A lawyer, J. K. Linn, Esq, of Ottowa,
Putnam county, Ohio, seeing the cane in pos
session of clergyman of that region, wrote to
Mr. Davis, and received authority to recover
it if he could. Mr.. Linn then proceeded to
make the recovery, by hunting up the clerical
possessor of the property. An Ottowa paper
says:
The interview is said to have been in the
highest degree interesting the aforesaid min.
lister claiming as authority for holding said
cane the laws of nations and the rules of war,
and the afordsaid attorney falling back on the
divine law for his authority. The reverend
gentleman. insisted on retaining the property
until the questions discussed between the par
ties could be referred to the Hon. John Law
re1ce, NJ. C. The attorney denied the right
of appeal from the ten commandments to
Judge Lawrance. The minister no doubt be-
lieving the attorney to be about half right, did
not take his appeal, but yielded up the Soon
trabaud that had fought so nobly."
The cane was presented to Mr.. Davis by
Franklin Pierce. in 1856. 1t was made of oak
taken from "Old Ironsides," and heavily
mounted with missive gold head. On the
mountings is the inscription General Davis,
from Franklin Pierce, 1856, and below it on
the side are the words, "Old Ironsides."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14
Teoumseh A Mason.

Tecumseh, the famous Shawnee orator aud
warrior, and equally noted for his temperate
habits aud adherence to truth, was made
Mason while on visit to Philadelphia; aud
more than once, when under trial did he
prove himsslf true to the Brotherhood Past
Grand Master Scott, of Virginia, in an ad-
dress delivered before the Grand Lodge in
this State, in 1915, related an interesting in.
cident in Tecumseh's life, which he stated
was well authenticated, and vouched for by
several witnesses then living. "During tho
last war with England, detachment Of
Americans were overpowered in the North
west, by a superior combined English and In
dian force, and compelled to surrender
Scarcely had they laid down their arms when
the Indians began to insult, strip and mall
treat them. At length the tomahawk and
scalping knife were raised, and Tecumseh en-
tered upon the scene at the height Of the
barbarity. He made no motion to check his
followers, but, ON the contrary. encouraged
them in their work. Many Of his-best war;
riors had fallen previously by the Kentucky
rifles, aOd this was an Indians revenge. But
a cry of Mason and bother reached his
ear, in language that he could not but conn
prehend. In moment he sprang among his
followers with his tomahaWk uplifted, and
uttered the life-saEing command-'let the
slaughter sease kill no more white men,"
This is but one of the several authentic incl
dents in the Masonic life Of the braYe Tecum,
sch
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14
REMOVAL.

THE undersigned, proprietor of the MARKLE
J. HOTEL 10 Darkesvillc. has taken charge of
THE FARNSwoRTH HOUSE,
MIDDLEWAY, JEFFERSON CO., WEST VA.
His TABLE and BAR will be supplied with the
best OF everything In the market, and he hopes to
merit and receive share OF the pubIib patronage.
SAMUEL T. MARKLE.
April 5, ls70-u
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14

LADIES, JUST THINK.-We clip the fol.
lowing from The Richnaond Erening Neics
How astonished some of our fashionable ladies
would be if certain law passed in England.
in ITO, just century ago, were re-enacted
''Any person who shall, by means Of rouge or
of blanc, of perfumes, of essences, of arti-
fetal teeth, of false hair, Of cotton Espagnol
(whatever that may beg, Of steel stays or hoops
(the crinoline of 1770), of high heeled shoes,
or of false hips (can such things be), entice
any of his Majesty's male subjects into mar
rage, shall be prosecuted for soreery, aud the
marriage shall be declared null and void. ~
What glorious help this Law would give to the
divorce courts
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14
POETIOAL.
THE REPENT1NG DRUNKARD's sOLILOQUT.

Now upon my pathway glisten
Little stars that seem to listen,
Little eyes that seem to know me.
= On this bright De cember nights
And the moon is brightly shining.
Casting shadows, silver lining
Fount and river, and consigning
Love and beauty to my sight
How can midnight shina 90 brightly,
And the moonbeams fall so lightly,
On wretch so foul, unsightly,
None but Providence can tell.
Often, as the day was dawning,
And the night her sable awning
Drew from earth, and woke the morning.
have left a drunkard's cell.
Onward where the trees are parted,
Where that nIght-owl hooting dartedS
There my wife is, broken n-heartedS
And my children cry for bread.
Oh, that Heaven, with love descending,
Would into my heart a mending
Vow implnnt, and cause an ending
OF the past! Oh that twas dead
Ali the Iamp-that, faithful, burning,
Always waits my late returning
Waits until my daily earning
All for rum is spent and gone;
And the embers, ghosts, now fitting
From the crate FIRE in the sitting
Hold their vigils, never quitting
Hearth nor hall till am home.
nv wifei can she be sleepings
More than likely she is weePingj
Or perhaps her heart ia beating E
Anxiously for my return
'Tis an awful dreadful feeling
That comes o'er me I, reeling,
Find my wife and children kneeling,
Praying for a better turn.
Often haveI knelt, rePented,
And TO Heaven have presented
Prayers that many tears have vented;
But my prayers were all in vain.
For the demon foul was creeping
Round the heart that summed his keeping,
Round the heart that now is reaping
I'M tFau nFGE nf yynR
Go, false PastI and with thee perish
All the vice once did cherish!
Ino more will pray in vain.
Come and kiss me. little Alice,
In whose heart there is no malice;
will never drink again.
Come, dear wife, and bring in Willie,
Kiss my darling baby Nellie;
Kiss me too-'tis not in vain.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14

-Immense swarms of species Of bug,
about as large as June bug, have made their
appearance on the ridges of the mountains.-
During the day they are engaged in Destroy
ing the foliage of the trees, and at night they
can he seen in countless numbers in the air,
some fifteen or twenty feet from the ground,
stretching in a continuous line for two or three
hundred yards, and some fifteen or twenty feet
deep. This is their first appearance in this
section, and nobody knows to what species
they belong. They are rapidly destroying
the young leaves on the trees.
[Horgantorn CON-, May 27.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14

"A society already counting more than
one hundred members has been formed in
Paris, pledgiDg themselves not to be buried
after death, but to bequeath their bodies for
dissection SO as TO aid the science of anatomy
a. much as pozzible They also hope thus
ultimately to eradicate the prejudice against
dissection. Curious society this
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14

FREAK OF EArURE-Mr. Jas. G. Brown,
near Hebron Church. in this county. has .
calf, about two weeks old. which was born
without sign of an eye-ball. 1t has long
eJe-lashes, but the sockets are empty. The
calf is in a perfectly healthy condition. and
strange to say-skips about with as much
alacrity as if it possessed both eyes.
!Stdunton Spectator.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14

Colored loyal guerillas amuse themselves
on the Mississippi river by shooting into
steamboats,. They are bound to maintain
their rights, and passengers have to maintain
their wrongs.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14
II o T E L s.

Neee eteer INC stdy OF MS guests PIeasanr
and comfortable.
The fine stock of Liquors. Wines, 60, with which
his Bar is supplied will lie kept and persons who
may patronize him in this department, can rely
upon getting the very best article.
The Shenandoah House is pleasantly situated
North Queen Street, the Railroad.
August 10, 1869.
Spirit of jefferson copy.-NelD ESd
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14

-"Is tha. clock right over there ?" asked
a visitor the other day. HRight over there"
said the boy; "tain't no where else"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-20
LAWS OF rHs UNITED STATES.

States, and oil persons residing OF being within their
Territory or Jurisdiction that, while the free and fil
expression Of sympathies In public and private Is
not restricted BY the laws OF the United States, mil :
tsry forces In aid Of either belligerent cannot law
fully be originated or organized within their Juris.
dictlon; and that while all persons may lawfully,
and without restriction by reason OF the Aforesaid
state OF war, manufacture and sell within the United
etites armsa and munitions OF war, and other articles
ordinarily known a. '.contnband OF war" yet they
cInuo. carry such articles upon the high seas for the
use or service or either belligerent, nor can they
transport soldiers and ofieers OF either. or attempt
70 brsAk any blockade which may be lawfully rstab.
IIshed and maintained during the war. without IN
CURING the risk OF hostile capture. and the penalties
denouncrd BY the law Of nations In that behalf.
And / do hereby give notice that all citizens OF tho
United States and other1 who may claim the protec-
tion or this Government, who may misconduct
themselves In the premises, will do 10 at their peril.
and fiat they can In no wise obtain any protection
rom he Government OF tho United States against
Inc consequences OF their misconduct.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand.
and caused the seal OF the Cnlled states " BE- ar
Done at the city Of Washington. this twenty.
r. 81 second day or August, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy,
and OF the Independence Of the United States OF
America the ninety-nfth. U. uRAST.
HAMILTON TisH, Secretary OF State.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-20

De u enacted by the Eendte aud Housr Of Rspresrni.
aiires QEths Cnitsd Sato Of America in COa0ress
assembled.
That the military reservation At Fort Dakota, In
the county OF Minnehaia. and Territory Of Dakota
be, and the same Is hereby, vacated. AMI the lands
embraced in said reservation shall be subject TO pri.
waite entry under the provisions Of the presumption
and homestead laws Of the United States, except 50
much thereof as may BE- embraced In sections here.
toiore reserved ~ school purposes; provided. that
nothing In this AQ1 ehall b. W construed ~ to inter.
frre with any rtgttd which may have accrued pre-
vious TO the Withdrawal OF said lands for the pur.
poses OF such reservation; and provided also. that
any improvements OH said reservation made BY the
military authorHies prior TO Its relinquishmcnt by
the Secretary Of War, shall DC appraised by the
register aud receiver Of the land office VI thefdiSrict
in which said reservation n situated, and paid for
BY the purchaser OF the lands on. which the same are
issue for any portion VI said lands until the Improve.
mcnu thereon shall have been paid for nj their
appraised value.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-20
70 WOOD sTEALERs.

DrRISG THE PAST YEAR, TWO OR
,hrec hundred cords OF wood. belonging TO
the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company;
have Been stolen in the vicinity Of God HUI
and Virginia. The Company. Therefore, hereby
give full and fair warning TO any and al persons
that hcnceforward the moet stringent measures
will be taken TO preyept further steaing.
Any person caught stealing the company's
wood Win be prosecuted to the utmost extent OF
II. ". YERINaroN. Superintendent.
Gold HUI, September 80, 1870. ssad.lm
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-20
mo. ILL.,
A PROCLAMATION,

WHEREAS, Il has come 10 my knowledge that sun.
dry illegal military enterprises AMI expeditions are
being set on foot within the territory and Jurlsdic-
tlon OF the United States. with = view TO carry on
the same nom such territory and Jurisdiction
against the people md district Of the Dominion. OF
Canals, within The dominiops OF Her Majesty. the
Queen or the United Kingdom OF Great Britain and
Ireland, with whom the United States arc at peace
Now, therefore, I, Ulysses $. Grant, President Of
the United States. DO hereby admonish all good ciu.
zens OF the United States. and all persons within the
territory and Jurisdiction OF the United States.
against aiding. countenanctng, abetting or taking
part In such unlawful proceedings; and ! do hereby
warn all persons that by committing such Illegal
acts they viii forfeit all right 10 the protection Of
the Government, orr 70 It's interference In their be
half TO rescue them nom the consequences OF their
own acts; and ] do hereby enJoin all Officers In the
service OF the United States to employ oil their law
fui'authority and power TO prevent and defeat the
aforesaid unlawful proceedings, and 20 arrest and
bring 10 justice all persons who may be engaged
thercia. ..
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hanl, and caused the seal OF the United States 70 be
affixed.
Done at the city OF Washington. this twenty-fourth
II. 81 day Of May. In the year OF our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy. and OF the
Independence Of the United Slater Of America
the nlnety-fourth. U. 5.
BY the President:
HAMILTON PIsH, Secretary OF State.