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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

Of snow and curling clouds of
smoke; the ceaseless flash of
the busy rifles; the steaming
horses, urged to their utmost
speed; the driver, with his
broad sallow face all ll,ablaze with
excitement, shaking the reins,
and hanging forward to ply the
whip; the huge cumbrous sledge,
rocking and reeling over the
snow with it's freight of strug-
Cling forms-all this, seen in
the dim, uncertain light Of the
early dawn, has a weird and
ghostly appearance, sugges-
tive of an attack of goblin
highwaymen.upon one of those,
phantom mail-cOaches in which
the bag1Aan's uncle made that
marvellous journey which so
much astonished Mr.. Pickwick.
But "the pace is too stiff to
last, sas ourleaderobserye with
a knowing grin A run Of full
speed through half-frozen snow
tries the. feet even of a full
grown wolf too severely to be
continued beyond a certain
time; and in the face of stout
resistance, the beasts inherent
cowardice is sure to show itself
sooner or later. Already three or
four gaunt, shaggy haired vete-
rams, who had probably made a
good supperovernight, begin to
hang back, as doubting tie wis
dcIin Of riskin@ tliieif lives for
a hypothetical breakfast; the
speed of the rest slackens by.
degrees; and at length the
pack drop off, as if by
tacit agreement, leaving us to.
pass our way unmolested. As
We emerge again into the open
plain, across which the first
beams Of the rising sun are
just beginning to fall, We see
the last of our grim followers
sinking away like a belated
spectre into the ghostly shad-
Ows of the forest that we have
quilted.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
.Ls the hos .!nsl b M csnntry thy Gods and Truth
THURSDAY, = FEBRUARY i6, 1871.

: F.-y.. go
dead ahead. Well, we reached
the fence, and | went ashore over
the whole critters head, landing
on, the other side, aud lay there
stunned.
ct Yarn't long afore some of
them as was not scared came run
nin' to see whar | WARRIOR all
hands kalkerlated that the bull
and I belonged together. But
when brindle walked off by him
self, hey saw how it war, apd
one of 'em said ''' 'A0
''Mike Fink has got the ;wpst
Of thescrummage once in his life
"Gentlemen, from that day to
This | dropped the courting bizi-
ness and han't spoke to "a girl
since, and when my hunt is over
upon this airth, there won't be
any more Finks, and lis allowing
to Deacon Smiths brindle BULL"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

/ pied several months, and were
once or twice suspended entirely
as hopeless, but renewed by friend.
| ly intervention. Finally they
were broken off altogether, and
the causes already stated were as
signed as the reasons of the failure.
But persons who are familiar
with all the facts, attribute the rup-
ture to another and a very differ
ent motive. At one Of the last
interviews between Don Fernan-
do and the Spanish Minister, at
which the Countess D'Ela was
present, His Majesty inquired
what would be the eventual posi-
tion of his wife, should he 60 to
Spain! After putting this ques-
ton he withdrew, leaving Mad
anne and the Minister to settle the
del cate point between them
The Minister stated that she was
at liberty to name any title, dis
tmction, or donation, adding that
she would always be the first lady
of the palace. To which the
Countess replied: $50 far so
good but His Majesty desires my
position to be as clear as possible.
What l wish to know is, what
will be my part on great ceiemo-
mails like the opening of the Cor
tes or other corresponding occa-
sions 2 The aim OF this enquiry
was evident, and the Minister was
not taken by surprise. He re-
joined that she might be made a
duchess or grandee. OF have any
other title, but as Queen, never,
LeYer''
THIS took place on the 18th Of
July, and when the conferences
were going on there was a perfect
understanding that the refusal of
Dom Fernando to take the throne
would involve the most grave
complications, and probably the
war which is still raging; for it
was then known that the Spanish |
Government intended to turn to
his Majesty's son-in-law, the
Prince Of Hohenzollern, if the
negotiations completely failed.
As soon as il became certain
that there was no probability of
inducing Don Fernando to go to |
Madrid, unless the Countess d Ella
was recognized as Queen, the offer
was made to Hohenzollern. So it |
may be said that great Europe
an war, with all its vast conse-
quences, is to be attributed to the
dissatisfied ambition of a Boston
girl.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

Young me6 to go to see girls
have adopted. a new way of obtain
ing kisses. They assert, on the
authority of scientific writers. that
the concussion produced by a kiss
will cause the flame of gas jet
to flicker, and easily induce the
girls to experiment in the interest
of science. The first kiss or two
the parties watch the fame to see
it flicker, bat soon become so inte-
rested in the experiment as to let
it flicker if it wants to. Try it
yourself. y
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

Two ladies were talking of
the sparrows and their useful
ness in ridding the city of the
canker worms which usedtO be
such nuisance. One said the
noisy cbirping of the sparrows,
early in the morning when she
wanted to sleep, was as great an
evil as the worIns: the other dis
agreed. just then a gentleman
came in and was appealed to-
"Mr. A, which do you think the
worst, sparrows or wormsp
He Immediately answered, '1
don't know; / never had the.
sparrows.' su s.s
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
Advertising.
From the Franklin Review.

From the Franklin Review.
We clip the following sensible
remarks upon the subjectof adver.
tising, from the Wig and 7r.ib-
ane. We endorse them. We
have bad the same thing said to
us by advertisers that the Wing
and Tribune conplains OF, We
can. not regulate our rates of ad-
vertising to suit newspapers with
one-fourth the circulation. If a
merchant thinks that SIS for an
advertisement in newspaper hav-
ing two hundred subscribers :, is
cheaper than SlO0 for the same
space in &paper having eight hun
dred subscribers, why let him gov
ern himself accordingly. We
can't rectify his mistake:
There is no one thing whose
advantages are less understood by
ordinary moltals, than that Of ad-
vertising in a ice newspaper.
There are those who think it makes
no difference ho,o, or in achdt pd-
per they advertise. Those who
know so little of what is TO Their
advantage, think that an advertise
ment in a paper with five or ten
thousand readers, ought not to be
charged at higher rates than the
same advertisement in a paper
with only hundred or SO OF read
ers. We very recently had a man
to complain to us that we charged
him higher for advertising than
he paid another paper, having not
filtieth part of the circulation OF
the Whig and Tribune. For the
edifcationo such, we subjoin the
charges of the New York Tribune,
for advertisements in its various
editions: -
"Daily Tribune, Soc, 40c, soc,
75c, and Sl,00 per line; Weekly
Tribune, 81, So and S. per line,
according to position in the paper.
Terms, cash in advance"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

A Raleigh dispatch in reference
to Holden and his impeachment
says The trial will not commence.
until afteT the Christmas recess.
It is rumored bere tonight that
Gen. B F. Butler, the famous i'm
peacher, will come down to defend
Holden, who finds it difficult to-
obtain an efficient corps of counsel
among the members of the bar
belonging to his own party. The
Governor was impeaehed on
Wednesday, professed reliaion on
Friday, aud quite sensation is
created this evening by the an
nouncement that be willbe public
liz baptized to morrow in the Bap-
/ tist Church Of this city.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

Amovementis on foot toinau-
gurate. among the churches of 9
Memphis a sort of evangelical
alliance fo4 the purpose of wi
ping out all immortality that
has made for that city an lnen-
viable name abroad. The COM
bined churches-are to, meet by
representation and form a gen
eral plan of operations for the
total suppression, 1sts of drunk
enness, 2nd, of gambling, 3rd,
of mackerelism, 4th, for the
suppression of lewdness, 9Th, for
the, extirpation of swearing,
and 9th, to infuse a more thor.
ough religious sentiment into.
the heart of the community
A big contract. 81 m
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
The Deaeon'g Mistake.

4 capital joke, and all the more,
pala,able because it is true, and
can be yOuched for, took place
few days since at ore of the prom
inent New Jersey churches. It.
seems that q worthy deacon had
been very industrious in selling a
new church book; costing seventy
five cents. At the service IN
question, the minister, Just before
dismissing the congregation, rose
and said: Gall you who have
children to baptize will please pre-
sent them next Sabbath. The
deacon, who, by the way, was
little deaf, and having an eye TO,
selling the books, and supposing
his pastor was referring TO them,
Immediately jumped up and shout
ed, "All you who haven't any can
get as many as you want by ca! ;
ing on me, at seventy-fiye cents
each" The preacher looked cross
eyed at the brothers, the brothers
looked at the clergyman, the au-
dience punched the audience in
the side, the bubble grew larger
until it burst in a loud guffawSS. ;.
ladies colored, crimsoned and
thanked the Lord for the low price
of peopling the earth. There
was no benediction' that morning
worth speaking Of The deacon,
after he found out his mistake,
changed his pew from the front of
the church to the third from the
rear, and though he cannot hear
the sermon, he Is consoled with
the thought that the young ladies'
can't snicker at him. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
I5fr1pIe uf fhf Mnses,
y GOO
- ~ ~.t,.. % as
PApA's COME.

One bright and happy summer time, Ter
When birds and blossoms filed the bow
As, weary at the days decline, ga
l sought my home to spend the hours,
Two little feet would pattering run, e
a silvery-yoiee shout ''Papa's tum"
Blithe as bird, our darling boy II
Would gather pleasure all day long
From flower. or lesf,ser simple toy,Ss . Z
Or humming whilst his Iairnie song,
At eve the, joyful feet wouldrun,
r The gladsome voice shout, "Papa's tum.
But when the autumn time drew on, -
And frost the, trees IN gold had drest, =,
Our little flower, alas. was gone,
By frost of death toorudefy prest, ~
And ceasedthe pattering feet to run, g..
y The gleeful shout of "Papa's tum."
The little limbs are resting now, -.r.
The sunny head, too, is at rest,
And mother earth, with placid brow
The Gttle form folds on her breast,
No more the blithesome feet shall run,
= The silyery voice shout, 'Papa's tum."
But when the day of life is o'er,
And weary with its tolls and strife,
Oh, tell mel when at Heavens door
Iseek the rest of endesslife,
Shallnot hear the welcome home.
The joyful shout of "Papa's come"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

A colored boy and a white girl
were married at Biuffton, Wilma
Shiek county, Iowa. the other day,
by a Justice of the Peace. The
Squire remarked thst. lit went
agin his grain to see such cussed
doin's; but a nigger's two dollars
is as good as a white mans, when
you-dun't break the law in gettin'
ont" so
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

A contemporary in Indiana tells
how brakemen, who was left by
his train, the other day, took a
short cut on foot, and beat his
cars fifteen minutes 10 a walk of
five miles. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

The "most married. woman OF
which there is any record, was un-
doubtedly TIE Harlem woman,
spoken of by Evelyn in his diary,
whose propensity for marrying had
finally to be checked by law. She
married her twenty.ffth husband,
and being now a widow, was pro-
hibited to marry in the future.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

A verdapt youth in .Vermillionl,
Ohio;s inve sted- $50 in q; box OF
counterfeit greenbacks, the other
day, and found therein enough
shavings to kiudle tie fiae' Fl next
morning. n z
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

A New Orleans broker, awak-
ening from a nap the other day,
found that his tender child had
gone through him fer Sl2,000in
notes and drafts to make akite of.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

A few days ago, the wife of a
well-to-do farmer Of Warren
county, nine years married, elop-
ed with, a boy 16 years, who
lived IN the family. The hus-
band overhauled the runaways
at Cincinnati, and the truant
wife finally consented to return
home, provided her boy lover
was allowed to return.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

The proprietor of a hotel was
busting about the other morn
ing with twenty things to. do,
when some one asked him why
he didn't call up his waiter. 81
shan't call him as long as I can
help it." replied he; ''for when
ne is in bed / know where he is,
but after he is upI don't know
where to find him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

Watts composed 697 hymns,
and Wesley 600. About every
tenth of them Eyeand are sung
in every Christian church where
the English language is used.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

The French balloons, with a.
fair wind, 60 about as fast as the
express trains on Americans Iail--
roads. e1J 4aA -5H..-At $3.50
.tsas9 sn~ : esi p
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

The game of chess originated in.
India about FIVE thousand years
ago-the game Of checkers is even
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
western Trick.

The Baltimore American says :
"If the 'Heathen Chinee' who i'm
posed upon. Truthful James and
William Nye were tO.extend his.
travels westward to the Hawk
| eye State, we are confident that
the settlers of Guthrie county.
Iowa, could instruct him in a
game he did not understand.
A real estate agent at Panora,
Guthrie County, Iowa, explains
on the reverse side of his business
card howit happens that the taxes
of nonresident land owners are
so high in that State. We pub
lish it in full for the benefit of-the
afflicted
HIGH TAXES AND THE CAUSE.
"Nsarly three.fourths of the
taxes In Iowa ere for school pur-
poses. How applied? In a very
thinly settled township, not more
than forty miles from here, man
concluded he must have schools
for his children. He. applied to
the board Ct Sub Directors of the
to have a new district
set off, which would place him a.
bout the centre and alone in it.
"He next elects himself sub-di-
rector Cor his district, and again
applies for an appropriation to
build schoolhouse for this. dis
trict, which is, of course. granted,
amounting to from $500 to 81, 900.
This money he uses TO build. HIM
self two-story house, furnishing
he upper story for a school room.
He then uses the contingent fund
% bny himself a cooking stove to,
leat the school room. He places
he stove in the lower room, which
ne occupies for his dwelling, and
passes the pipe up through the
school room, where he employs,
lis wife as teacher for $50 or $40
,er month, and as there are no,
;hildren besides his own. In the;
district. his wife has an easy time.
Thus the school fund furnishes
lin a home, fuel, employment Tor
lis wife, &c, and the nonresident
and owners pay for it. This case
S not alone, but many other local
ties are afflicted to a greater or
ass extent"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-20
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN. SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 1871
rear. You must STAY here q month { and

wear. You must stay here month and
learn
"My God, madam, think of my relations,
my youth. Life is still dear to me, though
have been here over Sunday"
But what is life by the side of duty.
Duty to society. Do you thinks we sit here
all through the summer in ennui and full
dress because it gives us pleasure Alas,
how little you know of the self-sacrificing
nature of women"
Madam, Iadore your heroic purpose.
am fascinated by your charms. kiss your
hand, but | have an appointment in the
city, and the train waits"
Give him gore!" shouted the maniac,
rushing across the lawn after me. '.He
despises the race and refuses to have his
boots blacked. It's all out now" he added
in confidential tones as he caught me by the
arm Have You seen those men in boats
out there in the mornings!" pointing into
the sea. lyon thought they were fisher
menu BAH So did I. They're husbands
watching the verandas and windows. Look
out for the quicksands. They'll swallow up
everything; money, wives, happiness, all go
down. See the children digging for them
But they never find anything. Too deep;
too deep"
1 asked this fellow as politely as could
if he would let me hit him just once over
the head with his umbrella, but his mind
was in such dismal condition that he only
glared at me a moment, and then rushed
like wild beast back to the hotel to get
his boots BACKED, in which pleasing recrea-
ton they say he has sunk princely fortune
NYM CRINKLE. q
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-20
Keen it Before the People.

That after eight months of so-called De-
mocratie administration in Alabama, the
State treasury is bankrupt. there is no
money TO run the schools, and warrants on
the treasury of Alabama are being dis
counted in this city TOR fifty or seventy-tive
cents on the dollar.
VIII all our exchanges who favor the
truth, no matter whom it affects, publish to
the world that Robert B. Lindsay, the Gov
ernor of Alabama, and Joseph Hodgson,
the Superintendent of Public instruction,
are the two principal characters who have
figured the State of Alabama down to a
bankrupt! They are the two heads that
were toreduce taxation, inaugurate public
retrenchment and transform Alabama into
an utopia. We have it now-bankruptcy
and soiled credit. Now, let the truth ring
from every hill top in the land.-Alabanlo
StnfA .I07ll.nnL
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-20
4 How a One.Armed Printer Works.

Francis f. Hummel writes from Maunch
Chunk to Rowel's Newspaper Reporter,
concerning one-armed, left-handed prin-
ter, named w. Henry Eberle. He has only
the left arm and hand, the right hand and
part of his arm having been blown off while
celebrating Washington's birthday, a num-
Der of years-ago. Mr. Eberle is no amateur
in the business, having, in his younger
days, served some time in one of the offices
at this place. In composition, he sets the
''stick' upon the cease" and goes forward
with the easy swing of one who uses the
right hand, and in the justification" of his
lines. no one can easily find fault. In the
distribution" comes the difficult part; but
he has so reduced it to practice that it is
amusing to see how easily the type go iato
his case, and filing it in not much longer
time than those who use the right hand.
In order to distribute he takes the matter
for distribution and places it on a small
galley used for this purpose, and which is
placed so that one end rests ON the case
and the other on his lap, he, however, sit
ting down at the same time, with the
''nicks" facing him, or more plainly, so that
in reading it it runs from the right to the
left. Having got ready, distribution now is
comparatively easy-to him. The press
work is all done by himself on a small
Ramage handpress, and doing the rolling
also; and the work done compares favor
ably, if not better, than some that is turned
out by would-be experts, with all the
modern machinery and appliances
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-20

The New York Sunday Mercury has the
following programme of the Chapman Sis
tiers, who sprung from and are especial
favorites in this community: 1.-THE win
ming Chapman Sisters are in this city pre-
pairing for the fall campaign. They open at
DeBar's, st. Louis, September 4, for two
weeks: thence to Chicago, two weeks Louis
vile, one week, and subsequently, in rota-
ton, to Cleveland, Indianapolis. Buffalo,
Rochester, Albany. New York, Galveston,
Savannah, Charleston, Mobile, New Or
leans and California. which will fill their
time until May. They were last season m
der engagement, with their mother, 10 j. B.
Ford, for three years, under salary, with
the condition of possessing the wardrobe of
the troupe at the close. The contract, how
ever, ceased on July l, owing to the numer-
GUS other arrangements of Mr., Ford,
and the ladies have since been ''going it
alone " in Albany and Montreal with good
success. They formerly travelled with the
entire troupe, but will now move only with
Mr.. Locke, their low comedian, who viii re-
place the fat and funny bishop. The minor
characters of their pieces will be filed from
the theatres where they may play. Ny. B..
+, Chase is to be their agent.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-20


b, The Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial has picked up the
following story in the Census Bureau. 1t is
local and will do for Trifies:
One of the Ohio Inarshals reports that q
man and woman said they married in Feb
r1ary, 1870. They were asked, merely as
matter. Of form, if they had any children.
The reply was:
Eyes, one"
when was it born9"
I'm June," was the reply.
What year." asked the Marshal, greatly
astonished.
This year." said the woman, '1S70."
The Marshal, of course, had no more to
say. 1t was none of his business when the
child was born. So he merely made the en-
tries in his blanks and started off. He was
stopped by the wife and mother with:
.'Say, mister, don't think hard of me.
You see was widow when George here
married me, and my first husband had been
dead only about four months. You see, my
first husband and George were brothers.
You see how it is"
So, to ease the woman's mind, the Mar
shall made an explanatory note opposite the
record of this family.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-20
NRass,, Tweed.


In 1861 he ran for sheriff, and was de-
feated by James Lynch, the war candidate.
When G.. G. Cornell became street commits
sioner, he appointed Mr.. Tweed as his
deputy. When Mr.. Mclean came iHto
Office he retained the deputy. He was
elected State Senator in 1867, majority of
10000 being claimed for him. He never was
q speech-ma but worked behind the
scenes in committees, being soon granted
the position OF party organizer Early in
his career he had joined the Tammany So
ciety; and as is universally known, his great
strength in latter years. has been derived
from his leadership in that organization. es-
pecially since he became Grand Sachem-
having succeeded to the office when John
L. Hoffman left it to go to Albany as Cover
nor. As Chairman of the Democratic Cen
eral Committee, BOSS Tweed has been
monarch of all he surveyed" The follow.
IN incidents illustrate the wanton manner
In which he used his power at Albany, and
strange as they may read, come from au-
thentic sources
A friend approaching the great man while
ne was seated in the lobby, said "You
seem TO have great power here" mentioning
some evidence that he had noticed. "Oh,
yes" said Tweed, "but that is nothing. l
Will give you better proof. Here, boy, call