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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-17
NOTHING WON IS LOST"
BY GRACE GLENN.

Yes, know my roses wither,
But held them first in bloom
Kept them long enough to gather
All the sweet OF their perfume.
Aye, l see the light is fading
And the shadows grow apace--
And the twilight clouds are shading
Many an erst time glorious place.
But my soul has learned a gladness,
And my pulse has felt thrill
That the night time with it's sadness
And its silence may not kill.
Tho | hear the thunders mutter
In the blackness OF the sky,
Richest words of comfort utter
Tender voices nearer by.
And | own have been dreaming
What l wept to find untrue:
Now | know that sleep had cost me
Blessings waking brings be through.
And | scarce may count my losses
But my spirit has store
Where the worlds unhealthy Dresses,
Rusting, enter nevernloFe-- 10
Where of gold that bore refining,
Wasted in one single mill;
And my jewels, in their shining
Testify the workman skill.
Tho, for sacrifice,--an altar
Stands through life by every shrine
Ii my purpose shall not falter,
Worth once gained is always mine.
aginaw City, Mich, June, 1871. se-
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FEATURES VERSUS EXPRESSION How
sci dom do we meet a man or woman with
a face. There is great plcnty-a
slperfuity-of the people with features
with eyes to see the outside of a mills
stone noses to languish upon flower
like q sick butterfly, or turn up at a beg
gar ; mouths to chew, and lie, and assent
with cheeks to cover teeth, and fore
heads along which to train the supple curl
but not face no, not the faintest sug-
gestion of one. These eyes are but win
dows in vacant hall, unfinished with
even SO much rs mug; these noses have
no more significance than a hillock on the
prairie these mouths are merely the bur-
rows of " WEIGH rabbits" these cheeks a
blank expanse of canvas. These foreheads
are parchments upon, which nothing is
written. rafro4.i,t kr.-.I,.to- +.....f.
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BRNEFITs OF SUNSHINE. -SeClusion
from sunshine is one of the misfortunes of
of our civilized life. The same cause
which makes the potato vine white and
sickly, when grown in the dark. cellars,
operates to produce the pale, slekly girls
that are reared in our parlOrs Expose
either to the rays of the sun, and they
begin to show color, health and strength.
One Of the ablest lawyers in cur coun-
try, victim Of long and hard brain la
Dor, came to me year ago suffering from
partia! paralysis. The right leg and hip
were reduced in size, with constant pain
in the loins. He was obliged in coming
up stairs to lift up the lett
foot first, dragging up the right foot
after it. Pale, feeble, miserable, he told
me he had been failing for several years,
and closed with, "My work is done. At
sixty find myself worn out."i a29ola&a
/ directed him to lie down under a
large window and allow the sun to shine
on every part of his body; at first ten,
minutes day, increasing the time until.
he could expose himself to the direct rays
of the sunefor full hour. His habits
were not essentially altered in any other
paTElCulHE. Al SLA utOHtuS HO SouAO tAuA'
ming up stairs like q vigorous man OF
forty, and declared with sparkling eyes,
81 have twenty years more eff work in
me-" s51aias +. 800. .-.-1tIQ s..
J. I lave assisted many dyspeptic, neural
gic, hypochondrical people into health
BY the sun cure II have so many facts
illustrating the wonderful power Of the
suns direct rays in curing certain classes
of invalids, that have seriously tnopgnG
of publishing work to BIO denomlnated
the ''Sun Cure."o0 j. aIHsYTfY an
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A CARAT.-Whati is carat? The carat
is an imaginary weight that expresses the
linenesS of gold, or the proportion Of pure
gold in mass Of metal; thus, an ounce
of gold is divided into twenty tour carats,
and gold twenty-five carats fine is gold Of
which twenty-five parts out Of twenty
fonr are pure the other two paris being
silver, copper, or other metals; the weight
of four grains, used by jewelers. in weigh
ing precious stones and pearls,is sometimes
called diamond weight-the carat consist
ing of four nominal grains, little lighter
than four grains troy, seventy-four and
one sixteenth carat grains being equal TO
seventy-two grains troy. The term CIR
weight carat derives its name from q bean,
the fruit of an Abysslniah tree, called
kuara. This bean, from the time Of its
being gathered, varies very little in its
weight and seems to have been, from a
very remote period, used as a weight for
gold in Africa In Inuia also the bean is
used as weight for gems and pearls.
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A NOTED TREE-One of the noted
landmarks of the town of Brutus Is IL
monster elm tree on the premises of Mr.
e. c. Skadan, two miles from Weedsport,
N. The tree is fifty years old, girts
eleven feet around the trunk, and shades
an area of 1872 feet a, ross But not sat
isfed with this record, lively hen some
weeks ago flew up to the crotch Of this
tree, fifteen feet from the ground, and To-
Gated her nest there. Last week she
came off with ten chicks, having accom-
plished the object Of her vauttng ambl
ton, and brought forth a family IN high
life How the tender fledglings reached
terra frneG we are yet unadvi2ed; but 50
enterprisiuga matron as Mrs. Chanticleer
would undoubtedly have within her re-.
pertoire a plan for establishing commu-
nication that would place her brood upon
footing with the rest of chickendom.--
Au6urn (N ~ Advertiser.
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There are three ways in which men take
Ones money from his purse,
And very hard it is to tell
Which of the three is worse;
But all of them are bad enough
TO make a body curse.
You're riding out some pleasant day.,
And counting up your gains;
A fellow Jumps from out bush
And takes your horses relns,
Another hints some words about
A bullet in your brains.
'Tis hard to meet such pressing friends
In such lonely spot;
IT'S very hard TO lose your cash,
But harder to be shot;
And so you take your wallet out
Though you would rather not.
Perhaps you're going out to dine
Some filthy creature begs
Youth hear about the cannon ball
That carried off his pegs,
And says it is dreadful thing
For men TO lose their legs
He tells you of his starving wife,
His children to he fed, :,
Poor little lovely innoeents,
All clamorous for bread .,.t
And so you kindly help to put 1t# p~.
A bachelor to bed,
You're sitting on your WindOW-seat,
Beneath a cloudless moon;
You hear sound that seems to wear
The semblance Of a tune,
As if o broken fife should strive
To drown a cracked bassOOr.
And near, and nearer still, the tide
Of music seems to come.
There's something like human voice,
And something like drum;
You sit in spee chless agony,
Until your ear is dumb. @
Poor Home, sweet home" should seem
to be
A very dismal place;
Your Aud acquaintance" all at once
Is altered in the face,
Their discord sting through Burns and
Moore
Like hedgehogS dressed in lace.
You think they are crusaders, sent
From so'1e Internal cline,
To pluck the eyes Of Sentiment,
and d Ok the tail Of Rhyme,
To crack the voice 81 Melody,
Avn hr'"k thr legs of Time.
Bu: -, * .1.. u-aIu - still,
i4y music All Is ground,
And silence, like a poultiCe, comes
To heal the blows OF sound
1t cannot bet is-it is
A hat is going round
No Pay the dentist when he leaves
A fracture IN your jaw,
And pay the owner Of the bear
That stunned you with his paw,
Or buy the lobster, that has had
Your knucklee il in his claw.
But, if you are pOrtly man,
Put on your tiercest frown,
And talk about a constable
To turn them out of town;
Then close your sentence with an oath,
And shut The window down!
And il your are a slender man,
Not big enough for that,
Or, if You cannot make speech,
Because you are a fiat,
Go very quietly and drop
A button in the hat F.!
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A Syrian convert to Christianity, as
the story goes,was urged by his employee
to work on Sunday, but he declined
E"But," said the master, "does not your
Bible say that if man has an OK or al
ass that falls into a pit or The Sabbath
day he may pull him out :" eYes,''
answered Haydn |; "but ifthe ass has a
habit of falling into the same pit every
Sabbath day, then the man should fill up
the pit, or sell that ass" The story has
a sort of swivel "moral" which will tit q
great many disputed points in these days
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-17

The tunnel under Mont Gents still en-
counters difficulties, the last of which is
the want Of ventilation. The heat inside
the tunnel is intense, and when the first
train passed through, two or three men
were suffocated by the smoke of the en-
CINE. The passage is SO long that it is I'M
possible to make use Of the stationery en-
gines at either end, while at the same
time, no current of air can pass through;
Science, however, will doubtless surmount
or tunnel this difficulty, as it has done the
mountain. 5roIsJ - Ia
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BURGLAR PRooF.-From across the
ocean, in the London Builder. comes the
following: A mechanic in New Orleans
constructed safe which he declared to
be burglar-proof To convince. the in
credulous of the fact, he placed Il one
thousand dollar bill In his pocket, had
himself locked in the safe, and declared
that he would give the money to the man
who unfastened the door. All the black
smiths and burglars in the state have been
boring and beating at that safe for week,
and the man is in there yet He has
whispered through the key-hole. that he
will make the reward ten thousand
dollars if somebody will only let him out.
Fears are entertained that the whole con
Germ will have to be melted down in Il
blast furnace before he is released. and
efforts are to bemade to pass in through
the keyhole fire proof jacket, to protect
the inventor while The iron is melting.
The inventor swears if he once gets out,
that he will in future always try the ex-
pertinent with rival patentec inside. He
says he never thought he should wish, as
| he does now, that some one would find a
weak place in his armor.
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JUMPING EXTRAORDINARILY Boil
var (Mo) Herald, through local CORES
pendent, gives the following account Of
a trial Of muscular power in that place
recently:
yesterday, the Gath, being very cold,
the guests OF thc Whaey House got to
playing, and from that to running and
Jumping one hImp. There were nine
who supposed they could skip like deer,
commencing at AZ gaining to II feet,
when old Van Leaton came out, and said
Gle old Van try" and he did The first
bound he made 10 feet. Their st all quit,
with the exception of Mr.. Wasson, Of
Bloomfield, ILL.,, who, on trying again,
reached 20 feet full, when old Van came
to the rescue, jumping 81 feet and 10
inches He then, having no further OPP,
position, jumped against himself, trying
ic six times barefoot and in his shirt
sleeves, the nth time reaching the enor-
nous distance Of "a feet 10 inches Thus
the jumping game ended, the judges
awarding the first hon rs to old Van, the
second to Harlan Lambe, he being a very
small man-only five feet high and
jumping three times his length. The
third position was awarded to Lamber-
tine Larrimore, boy only sixteen years
old, his best being Is feet s inches.
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RUM AND SUICIDE.-A man about thir-
ty.fve years of age, who, had been drink
ing excessively for several days, entered
a saloon in Lawrence, Kansas, on the I'd
inst, and. took out vial of arsenic and
told those about him that it was quinine.
He then empticd the arsenic into glass
Of liquor and drank it. He walked out
and was afterwards found in u shed near
by, lying on some hay. q When found ne
was vomiting, but was conscious. lie
told the people who had gathered around
him that he was dying and did not want
any help. A physician was quickly sum-
moned, but, arrived to late. Upon the
BODY Of the man a letter, which read as
follows, was found: IS
/ ! sSuicide-there is nothing man can
present to justify it, but death must come
at some time To some lives the sooner 1T
comes the better it is for the Hvingthose
who make an earnest work Of life have
never in my life committed crime
against the laws of the country. have
never injured any person but myself and
relatives. 1t has been caused solely BY
the use of intoxicating drinks. Who !
am or where came from does not mat
tor. I have written to friends and told
them of my purpose. A warning. to
youths-never touch Intoxicating drinks.
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on the 18th Of June last q Mr.. Henley
living near Havana, ILL., gotta beard ca DO OF
rye in his mouth, under histongue, where
1t has remained ever since, causing MN
severe suffering. 1t is the opinion OF
physicians that il will finally work out
under the chin.
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the knife from his belt.

the knife from his belt.
GLet the marriage vows be consummat
ed, and the marriage feast go On" he said
angrily
But I skillfnlly and adroitly manage d
to draw him into conversation upon old
times, when was the fame of his youth
full ambition told him several little
stories and amusing anecdotes of my
childhood spoke Of my carly schooldays
and his college life, and the honors he
had won.
At last steps were heard on the piazza.
I distinguished my husbands voice, and
the tread Of half dozen men Stanley,
to I, knew the voice. His rich raelodious
tones had years before grated harshly on
his jealous ear Springing like "a tiger
upon me, he shouted in voice of thun-
der:
my keepers have come, but they can
not capture me; they will find me cold
and stiff corpse. My spirit will have
gone to the eternal world to enjoy its ce
lestial glories with you, my beautiful
bride"
And again that same wild, fendish
laugh rang through the house, and the
bright steel blade OF the bowie knife gilt.
tering in the sunbeams.
A cold tremor ran over me, but cour-
age did not forSake me. With herculean
strength and energy seized the madman's
arm and averted the deadly blow; then
with the agility of panther, I sprang
through the open window and dashed at
lightning speed around the house
Taken completely by surprise, and be-
wlldered by my unexpected flight, Her
bert Stanley stood for moment unde-
clded what course to pursue. The next
he found himself rudely assaiIed by half
a dozen men. The uplifted knife was
knocked out of his hand strong rope
was thrown dextrously over his arms and
shoulders and drawn tightly around him
and in spite Of his desperate efforts to free
himself he was captured. My hour Of
peril was over. My lite had hung as it
were by thread, and my soul had been
fortified for the emergency, but now came
a reaction. My brain whirled; film
came before my eyes, and [ fell senseless
into the arms Of my husband.
At last I awokt to consciousness, as if
from u dream. Life and its blessings
were mine once more to enjoy, and from
the very depths Of my soul, 1 breathed
forth prayer of unmistakable Joy and
thankfulness to the Most High for my
unexpected deliverance Herbert Stan
ley was taken back to the asylum from
which he had escaped, and in few
months after completed his miserable ex
lSteDce.
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POETRY.
THE MUSIC GRINDERS.

BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
Sales to Take Place.

All sales Of property advertised
in the OBSERVER, or for which
handbills may be printed at this
office, will hereafter be noticed
under the above heading. We
call attention to the following:
BY Sheriff Morgan, at the
courthouse, Monday, Dee. 25th,
the life interest of Leah Bray
in a tract Of land formerly be-
longing 10 Iredell d. Bray, dec,
in the 23rd dis.
By d. M. Perkins, trustee,
on the premises, Friday and
Saturday, Dec. 29th and Both, a
fine brick residence in Fayette-
vile, between 1900 and 1000
acres of land, divided into seven
tracts,an interest in a lanyard,
besides interests in other tracts
and town property, belonging
to r. A. Mcdonald.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real
estate have been acknowledged
since our last, in the County Court
Clerks Office:
w. D. Wright and wife to II.
M. GODDARD, 2! acres in Oak Hill,
$500.
William Conway to A. L. Con.
away, 100 acres in Sth dis, gift.
j. C. Woods to D. w. Holman,
lot in Fayetteville, $4,000.
+. NJ. Allen to William Stew
art, 60 acres in 18th dis, $l35.
William Stewart to II. c. Ray,
60 acres in 18th dis, $l35.
E. M. Ously to Isaac Williams,
IA acres in 5th dis, $351.50.
Lewis Newsom to Isaac Will
Jams, y acres in 9Th dis, $3.50.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
nW- In County Court. sine

H0- In County Court, since
our last report, Henry Hende--
son was appointed administrator
Of the estate of Elizabeth Hender-
son, dec.
NJ. +. Hampton gave bond as
Deputy Sheriff.
Joel D. Parks also qualified as
guardian of William c., Aaron L.,
Woodruff, Jennie B. and Joseph
|. Parks, minor heirs Of Woodruff
Parks, deceased.
Also, John w. Braden guardian
OF Thomas G. Braden, of unsound
mind.
| Also, T. J. Carter administra-
tor of the estate of James NJ.
Bright, dec.
Also, J. w. Newman for Shar-
per Pamplin, apprentice.
Also, Il. N. T. Ship for Neil
Pamplin, apprentice.
Also, j. r. Bagett for James
Pamplin, apprentice.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
New Remedy for Canni-
haliSn.

The Northern newspapers
narrate a story of the recent
wreck of passenger ship up
on an Island in the Pacific,
where every person on board
was devoured by the cannibals
that inhabited the spot! We
wonder how much truth, ard
how much romance, there is IN
this startling bit of history
We also wonder whether the
introduction of pork to the pal
ates of such peculiar epicures
would not wean them of q dis
position to dine on "cold mis-
sionary," or cold anything else
in the form of humanity? Sci
ence tells us that human flesh
and pork are so much alike in
taste that they cannot be distin-
guiShed with the eyes closed
This may account for the fact
that roast pig, to us, always sug-
gests dreams of strangled inno-
cents, and that we never indulge
in the "crisp" without feeling
as if we were a species of mod
ern Herod pursuing for slaugh-
ter the first born of Porkopolis.
The Pacific cannibals might
possibly "go the whole hog" in
exchange fthe kind alluded to,
and how convenient it would be
to carry a deck-load Of swine
to serve as hostages in the e.
vent of being cast away among
a people so o"tre in their appe-
tites and digestion.
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Atlanta. Georgia.

[Reported Ueekly for the OBSERVER 6y II.
4. Goa d Bro, Produce Merchants.
Corn-white, 9O@95. Oats, 6O@oo: =.
Flour, sack, SO Tbs-fancy,$4 25@4 so; fam
ily,3 5O@4 90; extras So 25@3 so; superfne,
2 5O@3 90. .Bacon-shOulders, X @81a;
hams, 14@141a; clear sides, 81 @9H 80.
Rye, / 2O@1 25. :. Barley, 9O@$l Co.,.
Meal 9O@95. -. Lard, Dbl, 1O@ll; cans,
1O@11. :. Butter, 2O@25. Eggs, 25@
30. Feathers, new, 7O@75. Dry hldes,
l7@l9. "A sheeting, l2R -: q
Shifting, lOJ6 :. Cotton Yarns, l 40
per bunch. Tenn. hay, 81 4o@1 so.
Dressed Turkeys, 14@15; Chickens, o@Io
e. Apples, 50 5O@5 90. WI.
Corn scarce and demand active. Wheat
sells readily, if prime. Rye barley ana
Oats in moderate request. Flour fairly &C.
tive. Bacon, light Stocks, light demand
Hay sells regular. Butter and Eggs wanted
if fresh and sound. Apples scarce and &C.
tive demand. Poultry moderate request.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
LAND SAILS:
SHERIFF SALE.
30. III.


DY virtue Of one writ Of feri facias TO
~ me directed. and delivered from the
Honorable Chancery Court of Lincoln coun.
ty, Tennessee, at its October term, 1871, in
favor Of j. +. Gregory, administrator. and
w. +. Carter, and against Leah Bray. / will
expose to public sale, to the highest bidder.
for cash, at the courthouse door in the
town Of Fayetteville, on
Monday, December 10Th, 1871,
the undivided life interest of Leah Bray
in certain Tract of Land formerly be-
longing to Iredell ID. Bray, dec, lying il
Civil District No. %, Lincoln county, Tenn
and bounded as follows, tc-wit :-0n the
North by the lands of Nathan Pryor, de-
ceased, on the East by the lands Of joel
NJ. Harris, on the South by the kinds Of
David Jeans and William Bryant, and on.
the West by the lands of -, contain
ing 29S Acres, more or less. Levied
on the life interest Of Leah Bray in said
tract of land, to satisfy one execution in "a
vor of j. F.. Gregory, administrator, and W.
Z. Carter, for $1,000, besides interest and
costs H. b. MORGAN,
nov23-$7.2o Sheriff.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
Railroad Meeting.

Next Saturday, December
2nd, it will be remembered, the
Railroad meetingis to be held
in Petersburg. Times are hard
and money scarce, but the Com
pany can now be organized, a
charter obtained, and all the
necessary preliminaries transac-
ted, so that when monetary af-
fairs open up, all that will then
be necessary to do will he to Sc
cure the money and at once
build the road.
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sW On Thursday last a negro

e On Thursday last a negro
man named Henry Harris was
accidentally killed on the Shell
byville pike, about 5 miles from
Fayetteville. He was driving a
team, and stopping in Norris
Creek, he walked out on the
wagon tongue to loosen the bri-
dies, so that the horses might
drink. Whilst thus engaged,
the animals became frightened
and ran away. The driver
managed to get back into the
wagon, and subsequently jump.
ed out, but his clothing caught
On a hook and he was dragged
between a quarter and half a
mile. His skull was fractured
in three places.
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appears of record in said Court.
60 In testimony whereof
SSSo / hereto subscribe my
name, and affix the seal of said
Court, at Office, this the 9th day
IF November, 1871.
RANE MCKINNEY, Clerk.
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One fine brick Mansion House and Lot

in the town of Fayetteville, being the for
mer residence Of said Mcdonald.
One fraction Of a lot on the south side Of
the public square in the town of Fayetteville
adjoining the lots owned by the heirs of
r. Farauharson, deceased, and the heirs Of
EN-. Rngo, dec.
All the right which said Mcdonald had
in the lands and lanyard on which A. g.,
Downing resided up to the time of his death.
Also said McDonald's interest in the lands
of John Sandlin, deceased-also his interest
in the lands of Jeremiah Sullivan. Said
lands were purchased by said Mcdonald un-
der execution sales by said Mcdonald, or re-
deemed as judgment creditor.
The lands will be sold with the condi-
ton that all the creditors who accepted the
benefits of said Deed of Trust and who are
legally entitled to such benefits, shall have
the right of redeeming or advancing their
bids on said land after sale.
ID. NJ. PERKINS,
noy3o Trustee, dc.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
ERRORS OF YOUTH,

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years
IA from Nervous Debility, Premature De-
cay, and all the effects Of youthful indiscre-
ton, will, for the sake Of suffering human
ity, send free to all who need it the recipe
and direction for making the simple remedy
by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing
to profit by the advertisers experience can
do so by addressing, in perfect confidence,
JOHN B. OGDEN,
isn5-ly No. AZ Cedar street, New York.