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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
9arlrt aad Aonseltnld.
To keep Rats from Har-
ness.

Almost every person who uses
a harness has been more or less
annoyed by having them injured
by rats. We give a few hints as
TO how this may be avoided,
though everybody knows, or affects
TO know, what is best. The reci-
pes here given are collected from
different sources:
Take about q teaspoonful of ca
venue pepper, mix it thoroughly
with quart Of oil, and rub the
harness with the mixture. This.
it is claimed, will not only keep
rats and mice from gnawiug the
harness, but it will also prevent
horses and colts from chewing the
lines or halters.
Take two parts of green leeks,
pour over them one gallon of oil,
and let it stand few days before
using; the longer it stands the
better.
A little benzine rubbed over the
harness after it has been oiled is
said to he sure preventive, but
it is not recommended by many,
on account Of the idea that it in
lures the leather.
One ounce of aloes to one gal
lon of oil will prevent rats from
destroying the harness.
1t is also claimed that by mix
ing small quantity, say tea
spoonful of pine tar to one quart
of oil, harness will be most effect
ually protected from any injury;
but if too much is put on, the
leather will not absorb it. It will
collect dirt, beside making the har-
ness unpleasant to handle.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
Soaking Corn for Horses.

A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer writes as follows
One of the best farmers that l
know saves one-third OF his corn
by soaking it before he feeds it out
to bis horses. His plan is this !:
He places two hogsheads in his
barn cellar, secure from the frost,
fills them with earsot corn, and
pours in water until they are COW
cred. When we'll soaked he feeds
out of one to his horses, and by
the time this is exhausted, the
corn in the other hogshead is we'll
soaked. The Cubs become so soft
that the horses eat them with as
good relish as they do the corn,
and they require only about two
thirds as much corn as when fed
without soaking.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
Whooping Cough.

A motherly woman asked the
treatment of whooping cough we
will give recipe, not a borrowed
one. There were eight of us in
the family that had it at once,
and / don't think we los; ten min
utes sleep after using the remedy
for two days. Take one and a
half pints Of grated horseradish,
the same of grated elecampane
root, half gallon OF good rye
whisky; put in a stone jar, set on
the stove, simmer down one-half
Watch close it will be gone be-
fore you think. Put in a strong
cloth, squeeze out all you possibly
can, and put back in the jar.
Make warm, and dissolve one and
a half pounds of white sugar in a
little honey if it can be got. Let
some of those who are in the first
stages OF consumption use this
and give the result to the public.
1t makes pleasant medicine, and
can be given to a babe one month
old without strength. Dose for
adults, a table spoonful three or
four times o day. For children
lessen the dose. To those that
cough and throw up, give after
throwing up and let them he
down for a little while.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
LINCOLN COUNTY.

LINCOLN COUNTY. q
Bull, red and white, smooth crop off right
ear, about 2 years old L. L. Clark, 9th civ
il district, on the Petersburg road, March IA
i-$8.
Yearliag, pale red, little white about
the TANKS, no brands or flesh marks, 8 years
old; John H.>Taylor, LIST dis, Dec 22-S12.
sf MADISON COUNTY.
Mule, mare, dark brown-bay, barefooted,
no flesh marks, 49, hands, 6 OFT years old /;
Wilson Reaves, June 24-S86.
Mare Mule, dark bay, no brands, about
IA hands, about 3 years past; Joshua Stod-
ard, colored, near Huntsville, May 26-$10O
Horse, bay, right hind foot white, quite
thin in order hind feet shod, 151S hands, G
or years old; Will Wade, colored, in Me-
ridianville, May $50.
Mare Mule, dark brown, no brands, Is or
l6 hands high about z years; by J,D. Tan
ner, June 16-$225.
Mare Mule, bay, left eye out unshod, II
hands, about 10 years Jan. $3.50.
Mare, chestnut sorrel, blaze face, both
hind feet and left fore foot white branded
on left shoulder with letters 81 A." about
IA hands, about6 years Benz. B. CLARK,
June 1857 so.
LIMESTONE COUNTY.
Mare Mule, red bay, branded on both
shoulders with letter ", marks of harness
on sides, name lately trimmed, about Is
hands, about s years old Julius F. Hine,
near Athens, May 27-S155.
Horse, iron gray, gear marks on side,
shoes on front feet. Is hands high, about 6
years old; VIM. II. Notes, Feb. 20-$1O0.
Horse Male, bay, collar marks around
the neck and on the wethprs cut Mace on
lower part of under jaw, 161s hands, IA
years; ID. R. Barksdale, Jan. 23-S130.
Fire Jfales--two mousecolored one sor-
rel, one bay, and one black-also, one gray
Mare, with wart over right eye; by Jas
Morris, z miles from Athens, on Fayette-
vile road May 10.
GILES COUNTY.
Heifer, roam, no marks, 2 years this spring;
by Gill Bell, Pulaski, April %.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11

A writer to the Richmond (Va.)
Wing says of the Shenandoah Val.
ley: "The quantity of wheat
which will be garnered this sea-
son will equal, if not surpass, that
of any previous harvest, notwith-
standing the injury to crops from
heavy rains during the month of
June. A beautiful sight often
met with in this country is The i'm.
provements which have been made
since the war. The energy of
the people is worthy of commen.
dation. They have gone to work
in earnest, and are thoroughly up
to the spirit of the age"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11

To KILL LICE ON CATTLE.--The
Hearth and Home says water in
which potatoes have been boiled
possesses a poison fatal to lice.
Dip into it a large sponge or wool.
en- cloth, and wash the cattle
freely, choosing sunny, warm day
for the operation, and as their
hides dry comb them with the
eurrycomb, and see yourself the
effects of the water.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11

BONE FELoN-BIG HEAD-SPAv-
IN-BIG SRoULDER-RING BONE
Take two ounces bluestone, two
ounces corrosive sublimate, two
ounces gum camphor pulverize !;
put into a quinine bottle; add two
ounces spirits turpentine, two oun-
ces oil spike, and then fill the bot
tie with alcohol. To cure the bone
felon, hold the finger in this com.
positionSor half an hour three or
four times day, and you will
soon find relief; and for the other
diseases enumerated battle fire.
quently. | have tried it and new
er known it to fail.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
SaIt-its Effect on Blood.

DR.. Stevens, Scotch physician
and surgeon, saw a butcher killing
pig. He observed that he stirred
the blood of the animal, and add
ed a handful of common salt to it
while stirring, which Immediately
made it crimson, and on stirring
being discontinued the blood re-
manned fluid The change of the
color of the blood awakened his
curiosity. The butcher could give
no explanation of the phenome.
non, except that it kept it from.
jelIying and spelling. DR.. Ste.
vens seized a vessel, caught some
blood, and made several expert
lnen.s by putting salt in it, and
found that the blacklist blood was
instantly changed to bright YER
million by salt. COIL" said he,
there is fact which may lead to
a practical rule"
He had observed in cases of yell
low fever in the army, that the
blood drawn was very black and
fluid, and on adding salt it became
vermilion and retained its fresh
ness; whereas putridity of the
blood is one Of the characteristics
of the yellow fever. He therefore
abandoned the usual mode of treat
ing it, and gave his patients a
mixture Of various salts, and in a
very short time reduced the NOR
taIity of fever in the West Indies
from one in five to one in fifty.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
amsOavamcY.

DURSUANT to an order Of the Clerk Of
4 the County Court of Lincoln county,
Tenn, upon the suggestion Of the administra-
tor of the estate of I'm. Pearson, dec, of the
insolvency of said decedent's estate notice
is hereby given to all persons having claims
against said estate to present them to the
Clerk of said Court, authenticated, on or be-
fore the 1st day of February, 1871,
for pro rata distribution, or they will be for
ever barred. c. n. PEARSON, Adm.
iuly2S.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11

LADY CAKE.-One pound CT
flour creamed with half a pound
of butter, beat fifteen eggs to stiff
froth tthe whites only, and add
one pound of sugar; six teaspoon
fuls of baking powder should be
sifted with the -four into the but
ter. Mix all together and bake in
a moderate oven.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11

The Knoxville Wing says East
Tennessee has raised this year five
million bushels of wheat, and will
have a surplus of three million
bushels for sale. More than has
been raised in that section for
twenty years.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11

Corn BEER.-The following is
Captain 7. j. Massey's recipe for
making corn beer, which we clip
from the Southern Culticator =
Take a peck of corn, boil until it
is. done, put in five gallon keg
and ill it with boiling water and
sweeten to suit your taste with sy-
rup.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11

CEMENT FOR SEALING UP FRUIT.
Take of rosin and brick dust, q
sufficient quantity; after melting
the one, stir in the other. BE
careful and not put in too much
rosin, or the cement viii not hold,
and see that the brick dust is fne-
ly powdered.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11

The old belief that a feather
bed is proof against the attacks
Of lightning was refuted the other
night in Greenfield, Mass, when
such a bed was set on fire during
a thunderstorm, and its occupants
severely injured, while nothing
else in the house was harmed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
Come and SeeUS!

We take 10 exchange for Groee-
RES Gfeenbscks, Bacon, lard, Corr,
Flour, Nesl, &c. All articles that
we have not, sc order for cur GUS
TONERS. 1865 febZ4
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
The Housewives Table.

By which persons not having scales and
weights athand may readily measure the
article wanted to form any recipe, with
out the trouble of weighing. Allowance
to be made for an extraordinary dryness
or moisture of the article weighed or
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
To Measure an Aero.

To aid farmcs in arriving at accuracy in es-
timating the amount of land in different fields
under cultivation, the following table is Civ
en- hy an agricultural paper.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
Lincoln County directory,

H. B. MORGAN, Sheriff.
". A. MnLARD,
E E. 5 :. R So5E, Deputy sh'riffs-
w. 2. HIcKERsoN, Judge Of Circuit Court
N. W. WooDARD,. Clerk do do
w. j. Gift, Attorney General.
JOHN P STEELE, Chancellor.
DAVIS w. CLARK, Clerk and Master.
H. G. CowAN, Judge of County Court.
E. P. REYNOLDS, Clerk do do
JAMES d. SCoTT, Trustee.
P. D. BoYcE, Register.
n. 0. WALLACE, Ranger.
VIM. B. HEDGPETH, TaX-COllector.
e. C. MoLAUGHLIN, Coroner,
r. H. G. BAGLEY, Entry Taker.
HENRY HENDERSON, Surveyor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11
VALUABLE TABLES.
st1-ays Taixen Up.

LIST Kindof AninsaI is givea --2nd. Color
3D. Dsscriptio,a-- Attn. Aye--5th. Posters
'sanse--6th. Timcand Place Of arrest
7th. Valuation. - ~ -s-4@
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-11

Ball, red and white smooth crop off right
ear, about years old L. L. Clark, 9th civ
Il district, on the Petersburg road, March IA
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

CONFLICT OF LAWS. - Among the
curiosities OF the law none are more
interesting than the contradictory
opinions entertained by the Courts Of
different countries This conflict Is
the moro singular in tho United States,
where, 1t might be supposed, the same
conclusions would be drawn from the
principles Of the English common law,
which constitutes the foundation Of
civil society in nearly all the States.
4 singular instance Of the different
views entertained as to the RESPONSE
bility of railroad companies for the
Misconduct of their employees Inns re-
emily occurred in the conflicting de-
.isions of the Supreme Courts Of Michi-
yan and Of Massachusetts,. Thus, the
supreme Court Of Michigan has decided
hat the responsibility Of a railroad
company for the expulsion Of passer-
yer from a train Is not Of the same
description as the responsibility Of the
| CONDUCTOR who committed the act, and
that for a~ggravations that may arise
,ut of the wautonness and malice. OF
he conductor, the company will not
'tand on the same footing with the
gent. On the other hand, the Su'
oreme Court Of Massachusetts, has de-
sided that a railroad company Ia
responsible for the willful misconduct
u Its servants towards a passenger,
md is liable to exemplary damages by
'etainlng the offending employc In Its
service after his misconduct Is known.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

A MINING ENTERPRIsE.-rhe Jack
son (Cal.l Ledger Of November 26th
thus speaks Of a large and important
mining project: a
But few of our readers, or the pub
lie, have an adequate idea Of the ex-
tent and Importance of this work, now
near completion. With two or three
notable exceptions, the canal is the
largest In the State, being Of the capac-
ity Of carrying five thousand inches oil
water, miners measurement. The dis
lance from the vicinity Of Shutdown
where n tunnel seven hundred feet In
length is being runl to Suffer creek,
following the sinuosities Of the canal
to the hill on Tanners ranch. In the
| rear of Ito Amador mine, is % miles,
all of which will be completed In three
or four weeks. A deep cut, one thou
sand feet in length and twenty feet
decp, is being rapidly finished by con.
tract, OH which some fifty men are ern.
plOyed. Much more rock was encoun.
tered than was anticipated, and there
has been miles of continuous blasting
through solid rock. Nearly two thou
sand feet of the heavy iron pipe, thirty
inches In diameter, is finished and
ready for laying down. From Slab,
town up the river nearly two hundred
men have been constantly employed
many miles Of rock blasting has there
been finished. the rock being q rather
soft slate, and Is more easily worked
than in tho granite formation.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

A HAUNTED MINE.-Tt Is believed
by many, says the Owyhes Acalanche,
that the disembodied spirit Of John
c. Holgate, who was killed during the
Chariot Elmorc war Of '6s, has Its
abode in the old deserted chambers OF
the mine which he died In defending.
Not long since = Chariot miner saw
what he termed Holgate's ghost stand
ing In a dark passage near the bound
airy line between the two mines, The
CHASTITY lips moved rs If In speaking,
and tho thin bony hand beckoned the
observer to approach. He felt his hair
standing on end, and turned and fed,
reaching his companions In the stopc
moro like n ghost than a human being.
Others have seen the same apparition,
and declare 1t to be either Holgate or
his ghost.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

ASK no woman her age. Never joke
with a policeman. Do not play at
chess with a widow. Never contradict
4 man that shutters. Be civil to all
rich unclss and auats. Your oldest
hat, Of course, for an evening party.
Always sit next the carver, If you can,
st dinner. Keep your own secrets.
Tell 10 human being you die your
whiskers. Wind up your conduct like
your watch, once every day, examin-
ing infinitely whether you are fast "
or "slow." Mako friends with the
steward OH board a steamer there's
no knowing how soon you may be In
his power. Write not n letter
more than you can help the man who
keeps up n large correspondence Is
martyr tied, not to the stake, but to
the post. en-
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29
RIDE.
AzALin OF ONO.

Up from his bed at break OF day
Snipkins sprang In great disnlay. Il
The cool morning air With clearness bore,s Il
Like Z herald In haste, 10 Snipkins' neor,
An omInous grumble. and rumble, and roar,
Telling his hogs had got out once more,
And Snipkins almost two miles away.
And louder still those sounds from far
Thundered along the horizons bar,
And clearer yet to poor S~nipkins' ear
The clatter Of gr1ntlng hogs grew near;
Standing the listner's hair on end,
As he thinks OF tho loss the sounds portend-
And Snipkins almost two miles away.
Away! and Snipkins spared not heels nor whip
As no rode on with compressed lip,
And soon through the flush OF morning light
A 'shoss" with bonesi In wretched plight
Was seen TO pass with all his might.
As " he knew tho hogs were freed,
lie hurried along at his rickety speed.
Hill rose and fell, and 30 did old Gray o.
And Snipkins only one mile away.
Tho nrst thing snipkins saw was the fence
All down In the rood, and then tho dense
Mass OF porkers. all outof tnclr pens.
Then digging Gray's ribs with his old boot
BE dashed down tho road md q storm Of
The runaway hogs checked their course because
The sight oftheir master made them pause.
Hurrahl hurrah [! for the bold snipkinsl
Hurrah! hurrah! for the horse that winsi
And when the hogs are high and dry, :
Secure meath the roof Of the old pig sty, Ell
Then rs We speak our Sniplin's namo,
Let US think Of old Gray In q song to his fame
Here 10 the hoss that saved the hogs,
BY carrying Snipkins over tho logs, aT
From Snipkins' house, two miles away.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

A SUBSTITUTE FOR LlQuoR.-The fol.
lowing recipe flor intemperance la:
been sold all the way from M hun,
dred to five hundred dollars, rs II great
secret. 1t is undoubtedly good, and
will in many cases effect a perfect cure
Take sulphate Of iron, four grains
peppermint water, eleven drachms
spirit Of nutmeg, n drachm; twice
a day. This preparation acts as a tonic
and a stimulant, aud 80 partially sup
piles the place Of the accustomed liq-
nor, and prevents that absolute physi-
cl and moral pr~ostration that follows a
sudden breaking of from the use Of
stimulating drinks. It is to be taken
in quantities equal to al ordinary
dram, and as often as tho desire for
drains return.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

HoRmrI.E DEATH.-A. b. Stanficld,
assistant engineer Of Renwick's saw
mill, Davenport, Iowa, met with a ter
rible death, August 2sth. He went
among the pulley shafts and fly-wheels
to take off a belt, when his shirt-sleevc
caught IN n belt pulley of the lumber
c%arrier. This pulley has n l, 500-ponnd
fly-wheel, ard was revolving Mt the
rate OF five hundred turns per minute.
Stanfeld was whirled around the shaft
with fearful velocity, his right arm
broken below and above the elbow,
and actually pulled from his body Mt
the shoulder, taking the shoulder blade
out. This all happened in an incred-
IDLY short time. The machinery was
stopped on the instant, and the
man fell from the Shaft, got upon his
feet, and staggering ont from among
the machinery, said to q commde, ~
am gone" and died In a few minutes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

PIocuE - The following advices
from Phoebe. dated the Sd instant, are
received at Salt Lake: "There has
been quite an excitement here fos the
past few days regarding the boundary
line between Utah and Nevada. A
Government surveying party places
Phoebe and Panaca about three miles
In Utah from the State line. III Phoebe
Is In Utah, Tom Fitch is elected Con-
gresham from Nevada, as tina: place
gave Kendall a majority Of $50 over
Fitch, which decided the result Of the
election In favor Of the former" This
10 very important, ifcorrect. Although,
owing to Kendall's great majority In
Lincoln county, this survey may not
decide that Fitch is elected, yet 1t will
materially affect Others on the State
ticket. We shall see, uiy
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

PrxI.EY IN SpAIN.-Frank Pixlcy
has been in Madrid, attending a bull
fight, which he describes thus graph
ically In one Of the morning papers:
Eight or ten Spanish loafcrs. with
great red togas to blind the bull while
they stick barbs Of steel into his neck,
anu at the slightest danger run away
and jump out Of the ring-horses
blindfolded, with riders armed with
lances. Your sympathy is with the
bull and horses. Finally, the poor,
iaded. bleeding, fainting bull is muir
dered by another cowardly Spanisl,
rullan, and all the audience applaud.
| would give money for a bull who
would XIII every human in the ring
and then lave an hour of indlscrim-
mate goring of the audience. The
sight Mt first made me sick-recovering
from that feeling, / got mad, and shall
stay so, at the whole internal Spanish
.oan 200. DO .H H IL .. g..
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

Joan BILLINGS on THE EEFENINATE
MAN.-The efieminate maj Is a weak
poultiee. He Is a cross between 4 root
beer and a ginger pop, with the cork
LEFT out. A fresh water mermaid found
la a new pasture with hands filled
with dandelions. He Is n teacupful OF
syllabub-a kitten in pantaletts-a
sick monkey with a blonde m~ustaclie.
He IL a vine without any tendrils-a
fly drowned IN ola paper kite In a
dead calm. He lives like a butterfly.
nobody can tell why. He is rs harm
less ~ = cents worth Of spruce gum.
aud as useless "a a shirt button without
q hole. lie Is as lazy rs n bread pill.
and has no more hope than a last years
grasshopper.7 He goes through life OH
tlptoe, and dies like cologne water
split over the ground.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

LOUIS ApoIrHE TnIERs.-Thc Lon
don Times, commenting upon this eel
ebrated French statesman, says:
ON. Thiers Is n charming old man
one Of the best of takers, especially
In the company Of those who pay due
Difference to his age and experience
We all like his wit, his spirit, his sal
lies, his energy. Yet there are two
points to be noted about THEIRS. The
first Is that his circle of ideas Is nc
longer elastic. Such as they were
twenty years ago they arc now. Sc
dan, We know, made no change In his
views. and In all probability Metz had
rs little effect upon him. The second
Is that If we were to search for the
man who, above all others, was the
original cause of the present misfor'
tunes of France, we should be COM
PEELED, harsh as the statement mus
seem, to point to THEIRS"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-29

SAN Francisco, November 81 Pm
Gold, at II A. NJ, Ill. Greenbacks,
9Ol4; selling, 81.
The wind is blowing strong from
southwest. Raining pretty steadily
There Is every Indication Of the rainy
reason having fairly set in.
A private letter says that General
Grant will positively visit California
immediately after the adjournment OF
Congress; probably in April or May.
General Stoneman and family ar
rived here last night. General Rob-
erts Is also in town. .
Twenty-seven men left for lower
California rs emigrants to the Magda-
lena Bay Colony, yesterday.