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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07
Skill in Trailing.

Indians in our Western prai
ries are famous for their skill il
following trails; but it is possibl'
that some Of the half-breeds il
the old Spanish States of Soutf
America are even more acute
A traveller gives an account of
one of them:-
During the year 1880, crimi
nal had escaped from Jail, and
Calibar was charged to find him
The unhappy man, knowing that
he would be tracked, had taken
al the precautions Which the feaI
of the scafold could invent.
Useless precautiOnsl Perhaps
they only helped to ensnare him
for Calibar felt that his reputation
might be compromised, and self.
pride caused him to acquit himself
well. The runaway took every ad-
vantage of the unevenness of the
ground, so as to battle his pur-
Isurer; but his efforts only proved
the marvellous sight of the trailer,
He walked the whole length OF
a street on tiptoe. then climbed
low walls, crossed pasture, and
returned in his own track.
Calibar followed, without los
ing the trail. If be momentarily
missed it, it was soon recovered,
At last he arrived at canal of
water in the suburbs, where the
fugitive had followed the current,
to foil the trailer. But in vain
Calibar followed along the shore,
without any uneasiness, and, at
last stopped to examine some grass,
with the words, "At this place he
came out; there is no track, but
these drops of water in the pas
ture indicate 1t.
The fugitive had entered vine-
yard. Calibar surveyed with his
eye the wall that surrounded it,
and said, "He is within" The
party of soldiers that attended
him sought in the vineyard with
out success. At length they be-
came tired of hunting, and re-
turned to report the uselessness
of their search. "He has not
come out" was the brief answer
which the trailer give, without
moving himself, or proceeding to
new examination. He had not
come out,indeed. Another search
discovered him, and on the fol-
towing day he was executed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07
Apples and Chips.

One of the elders of the Meth.
odist Episcopal Church has a son
who inherited his fathers love
for whatever is comic, and this
son returned from school a few
months with a report of scholar
ship below the average.
"WeIl," said his father, "you'ye
fallen behind this month, have
you?"
"Yes, sir"
GLOW did that happen?"
"Don't know, sir.
The father knew, if the son did
not. He had observed number
of dime novels scattered about
the house; but had not thought it
worth while to say anything un-
til a fitting opportunity should
offer itself. A basket of apples
stood upon the floor. He said /:
Empty out these apples, and take
the basket and bring it to me half
full of chips"
Suspecting nothing, the son
obeyed.
"And now," he continued, "put
these apples back into the basket. :"
When half the apples were re-
placed, the son said:
"Father, they roll off. I can't
put in any more"
"Put them inl No, of course
you can't put them in. Do you
expect to ill basket half full of
chips and then fill it with apples 7?
You said you didn't know why
you fell behind at school; and l
wifi tell you. Your mind is like
tha&-basket. 1t will not hold
more than SO. much. And here
you've been. the past month fill
ing it up with chip dirt-dime
nQvels!'
The boy turned on his heel,
whistled, and said, "Whewl / see
the point"
Not dime novel has been seen
in the house from that day to this.
-Rurdl NeeC Yorker.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07
A Slaves Gratitude.

| 0OFCAhOA AlCOiu, VI MlSSlSSlp-
pi, recently appointed w. G. Hen
derson to Judgeship, and send
ing his nomination to the Senate,
said he selected him from several
gentlemen equally well qualified,
solely ON account of the letter
which we print below. The Gov
ernor added that he could not re-
frain from saying, son an occa-
sion SO touching to every man of
the South, that there is an elevat-
ing sense of 'the good old world
when labor toiled. for duty, not
for meat in this spectacle of an
emancipated slave conSenting to
sacrifice all other fayorites for Of.
flee, in order to concentrate the
influence of his position as a MEM
ber of the Legislature to bestow
honor on his late master" This
is the letter:
''To His Excellency Governor j. L. Alcorn :;
"GovERNoR--I was a slave of
Colonel w. G. Henderson. Boys
together as we were, he is the
center OF the tenderest associa-
tions OF my life. Arrived at
manhood's estate, was still inIi-
mately connected with bim in the
relation of his body servant
When he was wounded at Upper
vile, Virginia, e', route for Gettys-
burg, he languished in the Valley
of Virginia, in the hands of the
Federal authorities, until it was my
privilege to take him away, secretly,
through the lines to his own peo-
pie. The afectionate relation of
our childhood having ripened into
a fixed friendship in our manhood,
has been invigorated still further
by amutuality of service and Ge-
votion which makes him dear to
my soul.
"My friend and loving master
is a candidate for the office of
Circuit Judge of the First district.
He is a man of unblemished hon.
or, and is lawyer of high stand
ing at the bar.
"Now, Governor, l, by the
mysterious providence of God, am
member of the Legislature; !
want no Office, no honor, save
that Of standing here in my place
as a duty to my race. But ! be-
lieve my position gives me some
claim upon the patronage you are
about to dispose of, and | now
place, without reservation, all the
credit Of that claim to the ac-
count of my earnest prayer that
you appoint to the Judgeship of
the First district the playmate of
my boyhood, the companion OF my
manhood, the generous friend of
my whole life--my master, Colo
mel Henderson.
Hoping you will grant this
first and last prayer which |, as a
member of this House of Repf1
sentatives, make to you as Cover
nor of Mississippi,
81 have the honor to be, your
Excellency's very humble servant,
"AMBRosE HENDERSON"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07
ACRES OF. Strawberries.

ACRES OF STRAWBERRIES.--A
correspondent of the Petersburg
(Va.) hde.c states that. owing to
great profits which have been re-
allied, the cultivation of fruit in
the vicinity of Norfolk has become
almost entirely limited to straw
berries. The extensive peach or
chards OF former years have died
out, and no pains taken to replace
them. The number of acres in
strawberries this season is repre-
sented to be about twelve hundred,
the aggregate yield of which may
be stated at hardly less than five
millions of quarts. But the rapa-
cious NAV of the great northern
markets, from Baltimore to Bos-
ton, is capable of taking in the
whole, and the demand is for more.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

There is said to be an English
duke now living, who wrote the
following letter, when marquis, to
a friend with whom he had agreed
TO inspect some carriages in Long
Acre: ''It will not be necessary to
meet me tomorrow TO go to Long
Acre to look for carriage. From
a remark made by the duke his
tather today, | fancy am going
TO be married"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07
An artificial fish has been swim

An artificial fish has been swim
ming about in the waters of the
Seine, at Paris, for some time. 1t
is made of hides covered by India
rubber, OH a wooden framework.
The submarine navigator remains
on his stomach in the fish, and
works the fins with his arms
Tubes communicate with the sur
face to allow the man,fsh to obtain
breathing air.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

"Are you in favor of a return
to the street-sweeping style Of
dress ?" we asked of o sensible la.
dy, the other evening. "No, sir !!
was the emphatic response ION
ly ladies. who wear boots ranging
from number five upwards are in
favor of re- establishing the abom-
ination of. long skirts for street
wear" All Of which we verify be.
lieve.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

A day or SO ago an express train
on the Erie railway, drawn by
the locomotive VIM. NJ. Tweed,
was run seventy-three miles in
ninety-six minutes; forty-two
miles were made in fifty-seven
minutes. Newt. Servan, the en-
gineer, stuck his head out when
rushing through town, with the
inquiry, "How's that for high?'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

During a severe thunder storm
in Chicago a few days ago, as nine
labOrers were sitting in and around
a barn, partaking of their lunch,
three of them were instantly killed
by astroke of lightning, and all of
them experienced more or less of
a shock. There was no mark up
on any of tie killed to show where
the bolt had struck. They looked
as calm as if they had merely fall
en- into a sleep. Each of them
had a morsel of bread in one hand
and a piece of meat in the other,
which he seemed to be in the act
of conveying to his mouth.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

DIR, A. D. Taylor of Medoc, No,
SO beat and cut his wife the other
day that she will probably die.
The neighbors, believing that the
crime was caused by DR.. Taylor's
neck being too short, heightened
1T about an inch by hanging him
to a tree. The remedy was ef-
fectual. lie will never whip a
wife again,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

At the grand army fair in Lew
iston, Me-, a veteran was relating
bis exploits to some friends, and
in the hearing Of some boys men
toned that he had been in five en-
gagements. 'That's nothing,
broke in a little fellow, "lny sister
Sarah's been engagedeleventimes." "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07
Turkish Weddings.

by the authority OF the Koran
the Sultan of Turkey is allowed
seven wives, and every other Mus.
sulman four, and as many female
slaves as they please; but in the
present day few men have more
than one wife each. Polygamy is
almost confined TO the very veal.
thy, and is not even general. a.
mong them, probably owing to
the expense the luxury of many
wives entails, to say nothing of
the family brOils which in such
cases must also occur. The Turks
can divorce their wives very easy,
and are allowed to marry near
relatives, on the principle that a
double tie makes the friendship
stronger. In Turkey, marriage is
mere civil contract performed
before cadi, or magistrate. 1t is
solemnized before him, not by the
parties themselves, as neither the
bride nor any other female at
tends the ceremony, but the con-
tract is executed BY proxies and
signed by witnesses.
A Moslem marriage is general
ly celebrated on the eve of Fri
day--the Moslem Sabbath--when
the bridegroom goes with his male
friends to the mosque to offer the
prescribed prayers and observan-
ees, which being finished, he is
conducted in state to the bride,
and formally presented to her by
some aged relative. The bride,
aS an indication of her servile con-
dition, humbly waits upon her
husband at the supper table.
A century ago it was the Gus
tom, when a Turk wished to
marry, for his. relatives to meet
those of his intended bride and
agree upon the dowry TO be given
by the bridegroom, which he af-
terward sent to the brides father,
TO be expended in the purchase
Of clothes and furniture, any bal
ance remaining being left in the
hands Of the father; without
whose consent the husband can
not touch it. The brides parents
sometimes contributed a portion of
the marriage expenses, but all ar
rangements were placed in the
charge of a fri nd of the bride
groom, called the Saquois. For
eight days previous to her we'd
ding the bride was covered up,
and not allowed to be seen un-
covered by the bridegroom or any
of his relations. He meantime
visited his friends and invited
them to the wedding, and those
who were so invited sent them
presents the day before that fixed
for the ceremony. Preparatory
to the wedding the hair, nails,
palms and heels Of the bride were
dyed red bya vegetable substance.
On the wedding-day the. bride
groom sent present to the eadi,
while the Saquois, accompanied
by all the guests and many mu-
sicians, proceeded to the brides
house, where they partook OF a
banquet, after which her father
took her by the hand and formal
ly delivered her over to the Sa-
quois, who then seated her on
horseback, and covered with a
veil and umbrella, conveyed her
to the house of the bridegroom,
all the guests following, and the
train being augmented by vehicles
carrying her furniture and effects. !
On reaching her husbands house,
she was received by him.. and,
along with the other women, con-
Quoted to a chamber distinct from
that OF the men. A supper and
ball terminated the ceremonies:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

An Indianapolis girl, who took
laudanum for disease Of the heart
the other day, left a note for her
lover telling him that she would
never see him again on earth but
chopped to meet him in some place"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

a pious but injudieious individ.
ual with a set of stencil plates de.
votes Saturday nights, in Water
bury, Conn, to posting scriptural
questions on the dead walls
Working in the dark he chooses
queer places. 1t is apt to destroy
the intended effect, says a local
paper, to read, "What must dc
to be saved?" "Try DIR. Sprague' q
Female Strengthening Bitters."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

The Virginia Enterprise sum-
marizes a new pastime in Neva-
da "Our friend Perkins went
out yesterday to practice throw
ing boomerang, sent him by his
brother in Australia. The physi-
clans think his nose can be patch
ed and Strengthened up, but say
his left eye is entirely gone"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

A good story is told Of a German
shoemaker, who having made q
pair of boots for a gentleman of
whose financial integrity he had
considerable doubt, made the fol
lowing reply to him when he call
ed for the articles; "Der poots are
not quite done, but the beel ish
made out"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

A negro tried to- saw his own
head off with a jack-knife in a
church, last Sunday morning, al
Madison, in Georgia. Being in
terrupted by some OF the congre-
CATION, he said he was "driven to
it by the inordinate length Of the
Sermon.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

Some. ungenerous biped has
patent medicine to make a fellow
rise early in the morning. A six
months old baby does the job most
effectually.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

A young lady of Montgomery
county, Maryland, of a most re-
spectacle family and possessed of
considerable means, has just eloped
with and married a negro, in or
der to revenge herself upon her
parents, who refused to permit
her to have the man of her choice.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

CAN A MAN SWIM IN On?-
This question was practically
solved, recently, by a workman,
employed in an oil mandatory
of Nice, who fell into a tank of
olive oil nine feet deep. He was
an expert swimmer, but he went
TO the bottom like a plummet,
and was only saved from drowning
by the timely aid of a comrade.
Oil is too light to swim in; it is
not sufficiently buoyant, and does
not offer the resistance necessary
TO keep man afoat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

The Chicago papers make very
little of divorces, nowadays. An
Insignificant item few days ago
stated tthat defaults were entered
in twenty-four divorce cases on the
previous day."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

The Harvard Advocate says
that this is the last thing from an
impassioned lover to his mistress
"Would you were an exclamation
point and l a parenthesis q"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

A Wyoming coroner's jury re-
turned verdict that the deceased
came to his death from exposure.
"What do you mean by that q
asked a relative of the dead man,
"here are two bullet holes in bis
skull "Just So, replied the
coroner, "he died from exposure
to bullets"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

The San Antonio postmaster
received note lately "To my mani
N.Y." Itwas notdeliveredtil till, ,some
weeks after, small, fierce-looking
old woman appeared at the post
office window saying "Mister
have you got any letter there from
my Johnny" when Ire hit the
mark at. once.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

1t is said that bleeding a par
tally blind horse.at the nose will
restore him to sight. So much
for the horse. To open a mans
eyes you. bleed him in the pocket.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

Senator Sumner can never feel
that Virginia is properly recon
structed until Richmond elects q
negro Mayor and the name of the
White Sulphur Springs is changed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

A New Orleans ceIoreds artiss
settled a dispute with another by
stabbing him with "a ginletsll le
complained otlbe5ng bored hy Ire
conversation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

Which. was The last actual sale OF
Confederate Notes.
From January 1st, 1861, to Au-
gust, 1861, the premium was for
Bank Notes, then, Confederate
Notes we're issued, and the Iates af-
ter that were for Confederate Notes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

The editor OF the Hancock
(Kentucky) Messenger, in fare
well address in his expiring jour-
nal, regrets that he "has not had
the pleasure of writing the obitu-
uary of several of the miserable
skinfints of the town" This is
the bitterness of impecuniosity.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

Church lotteries are punished
tue same as faro banks and other
gambling games in Indiana.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07
Tfmple Of tte Alnses.
Poetic Justice.

In Herkimer County
There never was seen
A sweeter young creature
Than Annabel Green.
She was fair as the lilies,
And pure as the snow,
And Ichabod Brown
Was sweet Annabels beau.
Fair Annabel Green
Thus to Ichabod spoke
Should you ever prove false
Ny poor heart would be broke"
Then he answered, 81 hope
To be roasted and eat
If my AnnabeFs love
l shall ever forget"
But Ichabod Brown
Proved faithless, and soon
Poor AnnabeI Green
Was deserted and lone
Then she went and mourned,
And she sobbed and she sighed,
Till her tender heart broke,
And she lay down and died.
Then Ichabod Brown
Was never at ease;
He roamed far away
To the far Southern seas,
And going off ashore
Some sayages met him,
And built up fire
And roasted and eat him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07
A Key to a Persons Name.

By the accompanying table of
letters the name of a person or
any word may be found out in the
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

The jury list of Bibb county
Ca, includes forty.one negroes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-07-07

Way lbE, 10 JUNG ISI, 80 90
JuLe 10 TO July 18th 2 90 for l
Aug. l to Aug. 18th 2 20 for l
Sep. .1st,to Oct. 18th 2 so Tor |
Noy.1 to Feb.1, '63, 3 90 for l
1S63
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-23
The August Magazines.

HarbFJs IOa@ly always acceptable, Il
especially ~ in its August number. TIE
opening Article! '%Thc Aqdeta Club" +
a well illustrated and highly enjoyable
sketch of q trip " uIe Adirpndscks, j.
which all summer excirstonists can more
or less sympthize. Mr.. Conway cOntin
ucs his South Coast SaunteFipga in ENG
land" An illustrated "visit to Bangkok
gives much entertaining information
about Siam. Besides these leading, ,arti
cle4 t4erSaFc' numleAess essayS ant, $40.
ries; and that never.iAiIing fountains Of
fun, the ElitoFsDmwer is Nas lively as
usual,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-23
PAPER FoR CLoTHTN9.-A new Kind q

PAPER FOR CLorHNg.-A new kind Of
paper, speedily sahpd for varidas kinds
Of clothing, has D b Invented in Ehgland.
Bod limal ind segelahls materials az
np 81 iinits psoaus,iOn, lie folner.be.
6g sil, Ali, "a, he latlr New
.Zed nd Gag, jdte, hemp and cotton.
Til . matters are reduced to pulp and
bleathedaand felted in appropriate ma
ChineFy The mixture Of these materials,
Il L said, gives paper Of extraordinary
pliaDcy, fiexibility and strength, which
may be sewn together as easily as the
woven fabrics, and make as strong . seam,
Among the articles made Of the paper are
quilts and tahle:cloths, Stamped patterns
Of great beauty, curtains, shirts, ana Varl'
Gus OlherartiCieS Of. dress. A1 ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-23
LEMONADE AND FEvERs.-A co.empo

I LEMONADE AND FEvERs.-A cotempo.
rary says that in most cases OF (evcrs we
have 10 d6GbE that de attabkmight have
been prevented and the patient well in .
few daSs%lthOut particle o. medicine
by rest, partial fasting and free use orlem
ons and Lemonade. The virtue orthij ar
ticle in bilious attacks and incipicnt fever
has been tested with the best results, ant
We recommend its use during The hesteG
tSmaS i preventive oEthcs5 diseases.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-23

IT would be remarkable IrSpain, whose
action was The immediate cause or pre-.
text for the Franco PrusSian quarrel,
shOuld be able TO sAVOid participating In
the war about the Spanish crown. Thus
'farshe has not only given no sign ofg6t-
ting involved! but she has been counted
out by both parties, and has been courted
BY each Of them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-23

TINS has generally been thought tol,
erabIy free country, but In the United
States Of Columbia the Liberty of the indi'
vidual seems 70 he carried to point Of
which we have hardly dreamed. In q
trial for perjury recently in that happy
country, the presiding Judge decided thai
10 swear falsely Is merely to make uSe o.
that liberty Of speech guaranteed By The
Constitution" -. :. ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-23

HORNED SEAHE7From AIR, D. II.
Miners, Of this place, we learn that a
"horned snake" was killed a few days
since at 0conoco, by a laborer on the, B,
& o. Rd, which measured 8 feet In length
and IL inches in circumference. The
horned protubefance measured II inches.
Mao 6FeeE Gazette.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-23

YOUNGER by TWENTY YEARS IS THR
APPEARANCE OF the man Of fifty, or the
lady 0E-never mind how many summers
after he or she has charmed away the
gray hairs with PHALoE 5 VTFALIA. Pleas.
ant, clear, and Transparent No sediment.
Sold by all druggists and fancy goods
dealers. .;,,,5 eod.g
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-23
SPECIAL. NOTICES.

THE LATEST AND CHOICEST.
SEA MOSS FARINE-saId to be ysry, fne for
Desserts and an elegant and dainty
.i'l dish for the sick. LtL ?
COX'S SPARKLING GRLATlNE-Al old "a.
vorits with the ladies for Jellies-
bright clear and beautiful.
SUPERIOR SHERRY WHIE4Jnst the article
70 use with CoX'a GelAtine-Of rich
and luscious favor. ,..,,, %
BAKERS COC0A-Warr1nted Pure, 4 delicious
aud nutFitiOuBbeTefaSe.
HECKERS RAR1SA-PTspaEcd, especially for
inValIds and ehiIdfen." ~.
ANGUSTURA BTTTERS--The genuine article
for l4dlea and children 10 feeble
health.
WINE oFlPRPSIN-Tho most perfect remedy
ItN@II for indigestion and dyspepsia.
CORN STARCH-For Puddlngs aud Custards.
TAPI0CA-A splendid dessert' either alone OF
fB. with BeETiea. bad ~
Al LAUGHIlN, SMITH = CO.. /.
iuull Wholesale Druggists, Main ST