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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-27
TAKE NOTICE.

In N II NOTICE..
PETROLEUM CENTRE, May II 1870.
All bills Tor Torpedoes over thirty days
Sasuel R.ynoldss for collection, Walk ny
To the Captains Office md settle. By order
ofthe Roberts Torpedo Co.
Al7tJl. LEVI MAsoH, Ast.
Beautiful Gold Fish at NJ. 5. Summons
D.ug Sio,e.
Soda Water and Ice Cream at J. W. Beat
tvs
just received {, largo and well assorted
stock OF shelf haidware at j. Ruther!ord's.
Soda Water aud Ice Cream All. ". Beat
ty's. ..-
Sash, Glass, Doors. Putty DC. Large
stock very cheap at tho Furniture Store.
ml0-if
All kinds foreign fruits at Felter, Fenner
S5 Co.
Fine assortment of Paper aud Cloth Win
dow Shades and Fixtures, just reed at
mStf. GRIFPEs Bros.
Gold Fish, Gold Fish vt III. s. SimmOn's
Drug Store.
Sparkling Soda Water at N. s. SIM
mons. m4tf.
All kinds foreign fruits at Feiter, Fcuner
& Co. q
Another fine lot Of Plants ard Roses rc-
ceiVed to-day at NJ. $. Simmons. milf
Soda Water and Ice Cream ut J. VI. Beat.
tvs
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-27

Soda Water and Ice Cream at J. W. Bea
TVS
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-27

just received large and well assorte
stock OF shelf hardware at j. Ruther!ord's
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-27

Beautiful Gold Fish ut NJ. 5. Simu,on'
Dug Store.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-27

Lard OH ty barre, or gallon at
Mays If H. FREkMAN's.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-27

Nails who .esale aud retail Mt
II. FREEMaN's.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-27

The largest stock Of Gas Pipe in town q
II. FREENAN's.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-27

Soda Water aud Ice Cream All. ". Bea
,y's. .t-
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-05-27

Sash, Glass, Doors, Putty dc, Large
stock very cheap at tho Furniture Store.
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
Curious Advertisements.

Some English journals contain
a class Of advertisements which
are seldom seen in American pa
pers. They are called ''Excbang-
es, and are inserted by those who
wish to exchange one article of
any description for another of
equal value. The Queen, lady's
newspaper in London, appears
sometimes with two hundred such
advertisements in one issue, TO
an American reader, many of
them would be amusing, as, for
instance
Il wish to find a happy home
for a handsome setter; color, liver
and white; he is extremely gen
tie and good-natnred with chill
dren. Wanted in exchange harp,
music stand, or musical box play
ing four tunes. JOHN"
81 have a very handsome India
scarf, for which l want a child's
silver cup or a little silver candle
stick. JoNNY."
81 want to exchange an old Lat
in Bible, more than 800 years old,
full of curious pictures, for real
pearl ornaments, old point lace, or
old china. HECTOR"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
TERMS.

7Two Dollars for one year, izVr-
r'ably N a6rance.
GS- Single copies, Ten Gents each.
NsAdvertisement inserted at One Dollss
persooare of Ten Lines or loss for the first
inetssion Fifty Cents for each continuance.
Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
rA liberal deduction will be made TO
persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelFe months.
1S<r Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Gents per square.
az The privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business and the business of an ad-
vertisiug firm is not considered es including
that of its individual members. 6~TNo de-
viasion from these terms under any circum-
ssances.
az Ad vertisements not marked with the
nurnber of insertions when handed in, will be
continusd until ordered out, and payment
ezacted.
A. No advertisement inserted gratu:tously
Is Advertisements of an abusive nature
1lll ros be inserted at any price.
sDe Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
70 be paid in advance in every case.
~ Lob Printing of all kinds neatly
dene on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
Startling Announcement.

The farmers of the United
States lose annually, SIS, 100000
worth Of live stock by diseases
which might be cured, and the
stock saved by little timely
knowledge of the Veterinary SCI
ence. The important discoveries
made of late in Europe, in the
several departments of Veterinary
Medicine, are indicative of the age
in which we live. Americans
must not be behind the age
Their interest, pride, and patriot
ism should arouse them to a sense
of their Indifference and conse-
quent dependence on other nations
Tor Veterinary knowledge. To
Fill this great want of the people,
the Veterinary Editor ofthe AMER
ICAN Stock JOURNAL answers
through the JOURNAL, free of
charge, all questions relating to
Sick, Injured or diseased Horses,
Cattle, Sheep, Swine or Poultry.
This makes ita very valuable work
for reference, and an almost indis-
pensible companion to all interest
ed in STOCK BREEDING. The low
price at which it is published
(Sl.0O year, brings it within
the reach of all. Address, N. P.
BOYER & CO, PUBLISHERS,
Parkesburg, Chester Co., Pa,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
Switches and Chignons,

The recent revelations about
<jute'-the Gark fibrous bark, re.
sembling hemp-wherewith wo'
men endeavor cheaply to counter.
telt the luxuriant heads of hair
denied them bynature-have been
regarded, no doubt, as merely sen
satlonal, or perhaps the product of
some miSogynist imagination, but
The doubters have no chance. The
disgusting little borers that fill the
fibers Of the "Sute" plant, wheth.
er used in massive chignons OF
long lunches, are causing a lively
and by no means pleasant excite.
ment in various quarters, finding
their way to the heads of their
harborers, they burrow until the
scalp becomes raw, and in many
cases affect the whole nervous sys.
tenn and craze the brain. The on.
iy remedy we know of is to aban.
don the use of chignons and switch.
es altogether, and treat with "Bar.
rett.s Vegetable Hair Restorative,
a thorough application of which
according to directions will soon
supply the deficiencies of nature
and give you a fine, 1,truriant
head Of hair. The Ladies all pre-
fer "Barrett's" because it is much
cleaner and does not gum or ma,
the hair.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
Temple uf The a}lnses.
THE TRUNDLEBED

As rummaged through the garret,
Listening to the falling rain 7
As it pattered on the shingles,
And against the window pane,
Peeping over chests and boxes
Which with dust were thickly spread,
Saw in the farthest corner g
What was once my trundle bed.
And drew it from the recess
Where it had remained so long,
Hearing all the time the music
Of my mothers voice and song,
AS she sang in sweetest accents
What | since have often heard fte-
"Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber,
Holy angels guard thy bed"
AS listened, recollections l.s.f
That thought had been. forgot,
Came with gush of memory,
Rushing, throngiDg to the spot. -
As wandered back to childhood
To those merry days of yore,
When Iknelt beside my mother,
By this bed upon the floor.
Then it was with hands so gently
Placed upon my infant head,
There she taught my lips to Utter B3
Carefully the words she said.
Never can they be forgotten
Deep are they in memory craven, r.
"Hallowed be Thy Name, o Father!
Father, Thou, who art in Heavenp'
This she taught me then she told me
Of its import great and deep;
After which l learned to utter
Now lay me down to Sleep" rn
Then it was with hands uplifted, ...
And in accents soft and mild,
That my mother asked Our Father, $50
Father, do Thou bless my child"
Years have passed, and that dear mother
Long has mouldered meath the sod,
And trust her saihted spirit
Revels in the house of God.
But that scene at summer twilight
Never has from memory fed
And it comes in all its freshness
When / see the trundle bed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
Drowning the Rat.

The partiality of the darkey
for the sun is proverbial. At
MONDAY, with the fierce rays shin
ming down on his bare head, the
mosquitoes singing around him,
and the flies making amorous dal-
lance with his nose or lips, he
sleeps and dreams. One old dar-
key in The Fourth District, New
Orleans, has daily, for months
past, selected the doorstep of a
prominent residence for his noon-
day nap. Being driven off one
day, he comes the next. With
his head thrown back and bis
mouth wide open, he snores away
to the exceeding discomfort of the
inmates. Called to the door by
this disagreeable diapason a few
days since, the lady of the house
concluded she would try an ex-
pertinent. For this purpose she
procured a small piece of ice and
dropred it into the huge orifce
that served as Sambo's mouth
1t disappeared like a shot, and
with cough and a snort, Sambo
started to his feet. 80 ~.
"Ugh!' he cried, as the ice
sept violent thrills through his
stomach.
"What dis ?" and his finger
clutched nervously the afflicted
parts.
Just then some one cried out in
The house thaS. big rat had run
down "Use@Sam's" throat
This adds6 terror to bis PAIN
He rolled on the banquette and
cried Justify 2Ae1p.
" Fore God, nissus, he's gnaw-
ing out'n me. feels him. Oh,
goIly, he's kiln me-" and the
whites of the darkey's eyes pro-
truding like saucers, and the con-
vulsed and anguished face, showed
that real pain was strongly en-
hanced by his imaginary terror.
"Oh, golly, how he do jump and
kick about" and Sambo again
gave himself up to a paroxysm
of lamentation.
Drink warm water, Uncle
Sam, and drown him" the lady
suggested.
Without a moments hesitation
Sam started for the water plug.
He turned on the crank, and the
water started. Sam glued his
lips to the nozzle until his sides
were putting like an inflated bal
loon.
"How do you feel now, Uncle
SAM" she inquired, as Sam stag
gered back to his seat
81 guess he's drowned, missus !;
but here's what's troubling dis
chile: ho,0's dat rat g,cine to git
out'n dare?''
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

During a recent thunder storm
at Independence, KY, lightning
struck threshing machine at
which eight men were working,
stunning the whole number, and
on recovering consciousness, three
of them found the front part of
their tongues blistered, as II they
had been touched with red-hot
iron. Z 3
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

An English gentleman died, re-
Gently, after keeping up his insur-
ance policy for seventy-one years,
and his heirs are expressing good
deal of dissatisfaction because
they only get about a quarter as
much as hepaid out for premiums.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

1t was thought necessary to cali
a public meeting in Mount Car
rol, ILL.,, for the purpose of express
ing opinion on the conduct of one
of the citizens regarding his sons
widow. The resolution states
that the cruel fatherin in law should
'be spurned and treated accor-
dingly." ."b1aia'15 ~ ra5ir rsiuI
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

Lizzie Boynton, the nice girl
who has been lecturing upon the
enormities of the monster, other.
wise known as man, has captured
one of the wild animals in a mat
rimouial moose, and is going to
try to tame bim.-Detroh Tribune.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

"A Newark merchant gave a
deacon a lot of fans on which bu-
siness cards were printed, to dis
tribute at a camp meeting, and
the deacon set boys to selling them
at five cents apiece. n Tl
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

A Mrs. Spinner, of Massa-
chusetts, has formed a limited
partnership with her husband
for the manufacture of shoes,
The lady pays in $1,000. r p
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

An old man of eighty-six, in
New Orleans, toothless for thirty
years, now rejoices over the ap-
pearance of a new set of teeth,
sprung from his own gums. Many
middle aged and even young peo-
pie will regard this as a waste on
the part Of creative nature.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

A young stone mason Of Louis
vile, KY, blew bis brains out last
week with a revolver while labor
ing under conceit that there were
too many of his trade in the world
already.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
Prussia was all Ready.

prepared and ready fort pres
ent war. 1t is altogether mat
ter of certainty that the war
with France has been regarded
since 1866 as only question of
time, and liable to occur at any
moment; and, with this certain
ty of its future, preparation
for years has been made, even
to the most minute particular.
Since the termination of the
Austrian war, not a railroad car
even has been constructed IN
Prussia or any of its dependen-
dencies-Saxony, Bavaria or
Baden-in which the primary
idea of its construction has not
been military capacity and adap-
tation, rather than passenger
or merchandise traffic ; and on
every such car to-day in use in
Prussian Germany may be seen
distinctly marked the capacity
of the same for so many men,
orso many horses.
The system of military en-
irolment and enumeration, as,
affecting all those liable to per-
form military duty, but not in
actual service, was also so per-
feet that the men fell as it were
into their places at theinstant the
summons reached the district
or town commanders, through
the medium of the telegraph.
.Shunted off for a period of some
hours to allow Of the passage
of military trains, at a town Of
about five thousand inhabitants,
on the. Minden and Cologne Rail
road, we learned that in this
place the conscription had
amounted to almost ten per
cent. of the whole population,
or to an aggregate of five hun
dred men. The summons to
the field came, we were further
informed, at night, after a ma
jority Of the inhabitants had
retired to rest, and yet before
noon of the next day the whole
of the municipal quota had been
assembled, uniformed, organ
lied with sub-Officers, and were
far ON their way on the cars to I
regimental OF division rem
devious. To use use the Ian
guage of my informant, the men
were actually taken from their |,
beds. +
A large factory was closed
and silent. The proprietors and
a son, and all the able-bOdied
workmen in their employ, had !
left for the war; and as the for
mer through wealth or influence
admanaged to escape in some :
degree the full requirements of |
service, they were placed
in the ranks, while their carmen
or porters, as sub-officers-ser-
geants or orcorporals-were placed
over them. Another illustra-
ton of the extent of the Prus-
sian military preparation was to
be found in the circumstance,
that even on the borders of I.
Holland, in situations appar-
emily far removed from the con-
tingency of invasion, the equip I,
ment Of the forts, the prepara- !,
ton of the glacis by the telling
of trees and the erection of new
lines of palisades, seemed to be
as carefully and strategically
made as in respect to its more
fo1'tifcations of May
ence or Cologne. ill
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

A Michigan. census,taker came
across a man who had been mar
ried FIVE years, but had never in,
iquired his wife's christian name.
He alwayscalled her "Say !"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

1t is said that if woman would
paint the skin of the face blue, at
the corners of the eyes for small
space, shading off in the direction
of the ear, it would give a Ian
gushing softness to the counter.
ance, end will make the greatest
OF shrews look lovely, mild and
meek.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

New Lisbon, Ohio, has a fe-
male baseball club. One of
the girls recently made a ''home
rum" She saw her father
coming with a switch.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

A lively fellow under arrest in
Iowa has made a confession cover
ing his doings for seven years.
lie remembers nine murders with
in that time, but don't care to 60
back any further.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

When Wisconsin prisoners are
unusually ill-behaved. they are Ia
ken out of Jail and boarded at a
hotel until they are properly re.
pentant. eeH aG
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

The Chicago Board Of Educa-
tion has adopted rule prohiB-a
iting teachers from receiving pre-
sents from their pupils on PAIN of
dismissal from service.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
Census of Middle Ten
neSSee.

The following is the population
of each county in Middle Tennes-
see, as taken from the official re-
turns in the United States Mar
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
AUTOMATIC nGovernment.

York Times, is SO well expressed
and approaches SO nearly to the O.
Ipinions Of many leading papers
lorators and quiet people Of the
radical party, that to disbslieye
what it would be to set up ones
own judgment.against that ofall
the classes named as well as the
very respectable class, politically
in the minority just now. Is it
safe to hazard so much assufaEs
ton even by bread and butter
politician ? Read the article and
then tell us whether you will vote
to Perpetuate such party in pow
ter or not:
Washington is almost bare Of
cabinet officials. The government
is running itself-a pretty good
proof Of its capacity to 60 ahead
in the accustomed grooves despite
the imbecility oflthe men in office
under the Grant administration.
If it really did require unusual a.
bility on the part of the head of
departments at Washington, our
government would be in asad way,
and its dissolutioHimight soon be
anticipated; foi President Grant
knows less of statesmanship than
any one of the men he has made
his constitutional advisers, and
with almost a solitary exception
they know still less of statesman
ship than even the ordinary run
of small politicians. From his
secretary of state, who is gentle
manly ignoramus, down to his
attorney general, who is not an
ignoramus of that kind, all are
but respectable, nobodies with
whom he has carefully surround
ed himself to escape being oyer
shadowed in the White House.
Yet the government machinery
keeps in motion, simply because
it was originally so constructed
as ito be selfacting should fate
chance to impose upon it an inea-
.pable chiefengineer and subordi-
mates.
Perhaps it is a fortunate thing
for the nation that President
Grant is 50 utterly helpless an ex-
ecutive, and is unwilling to play
second fiddle to any brilliant mind
BY bringing it into bis cabinet. A
brilliant mind is apt to be ambi.
tious. If Grant enjoyed a master
intellect he might want to indulge
in coup a. etat like Louis lNapo-r
leon, and make himself the head
of an empire. Ii he had a master
mind in the cabinet, it might aim
at absolute power, and by subtle
means instigate revolution. a.
gainst official inbecility to secure
it. We are safe from such perils
now, because no man in federal
has the capacity to stir
up such mischief. General igno-
rance occupies the White House
in point of fact. % General corrupA
ton occupies the capitol. Gener-
al stupidity controls the different
bureaus of war, the navy, etc.
General apathy inspires the people.
We are under military rule, there
fore, in the strictest sense; and e
what would be the civil result if
the Fathers of the Republic had
not so fashioned our government
as to make it 60 by itself, and Mon
roe, Madison, and Jefferson had
not SO set in motion thsti cannot
jump off without a violent dis.
arrangement Of its organization 2
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
Profitable Bookkeeping.

"Who has bought the handsome
saddle, John 2" inquired a saddle
and harness maker, some time ago,
of his foreman, upon coming into
the shop and finding that very
handsome new saddle had disap.
peared. 5aaa ~,
"Indeed | cannot tell who II
was, and the worst of it is, it has
not been paid for. l was very
busy this morning, when a gentle
man came In, asked the price of
| it, told me to charge it to his ac-
count, threw it into his vehicle,
and drove off before / could ascer-
tain his name. ] lam sure, howev-
er, he is one OF our customers, for
he has frequently bought articles
here before" I-aaa 81.
"That's rather a puzzling case,
really" said the master, scratch.
ing his head, "and some mode
must be devised to find out the
the purchaser, and get the pay
for the saddle. Ay, l have it,
John! Charge every one of out
customers, who have accounts
pen, with the saddle those who
didn't get it will, of course, refuse
to pay, and in that way we shall
reach the right One." 159 81
John did as he was ordered. A
few weeks after Christmas bills
had been sent out the foreman was
interrogated as to whether he had
succeeded in finding out the pur,
chaser. 5fiat lib uf jaea5s
at is impossible to say, sir" he
answered, ''for about forty have
paid for it without saying a word"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

Belgium, a little kingdom of
1873 square miles-about the
size of Marylaud-gives comfort.
able support to, over 100000
people, or about 500 to the square
mile.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
The Water. Commissioners o.

Inc water. commissioners OF
Hartford, Connecticut, in view of
the ''nauseons taste and offensive
cdor of the city water" advise
housewives to boil it and let it
stand an hour before using it, and
resort to cold tea and coffee as
family beverages. ,. ga
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

1t was woman who FIRST prompt
ed man to eat, but he took to drink
on his own account.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

A man in Oxford, Indiana, was
bitten by a rattlesnake seventeen
years ago, and is still taking whis-
key to cure the bite.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

1t was in 1889 that some ten
persons came to John Wesley in
London to consult him concerning
their spiritual state. They formed
the nucleus of the society which
at this hour numbers more than
$4,000 preachers, 100000 COM
municants and Il2,00O,O00 hear
ers. -.ff.-y rf4 r- -I-I.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27

A dry genius who had occasion
to visit town daily, recently pass
ed farm house near which the
occupant had been butchering
something less than dozen very
small pigs, the result of the days
labor being hung up on pole fac
ing the street. Our genius delib-
erately stopped his team and asked
the farmer what he was doing?
"Butchering," was the quick re-
sponse. "Oh," says the driver,
Il thought you were dipping can
dies r and he hastened his horses
into trot-to make up for lost
time. ro Suisse -.eJ.f
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-30

New PASSENGER CAR.-One of the neatest
pieces of work ever made anywhere was, this
morning, turned out of the shops of the O., "A.
& NJ. R. r. Go. in this city, in the shape Of
new double deck passenger ear,and taken On
trial trip as far out as Springfield Station. 1t
was built By Jno. T. Nails, master builder
The painting and granting was done by G. D.
Rudd, and the upholsterng by John Ander-
son. With the exception Of few trimmings,
the material of which it is constructed is the
product Of Virginia, and the style, manner and
finish with which it is put together reflects credit
upon Virginia mechanics, and only shows
what they can do if they try.