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A YOUy8 HEROINE.
4 wl.covea- Giri saving sss Live ~ Her
Lhtie sisters ans Brothers.


Thomas Velfe and wife, with n family Of
small children. settled in this county something
more than a year ago, and being poor they,
after many hardships, erected small dwelling
and cleared few acres OF land, but they were
In the wilderness ten miles from neighbors;
few weeks ago the father and mother left their
family, consisting Of a girl aged IL years, one
aged years, and two other children, aged re-
spectively years and - months, on trip 70
some potatoes to plant. After the parents had
boen gone a few hours the house took 1re and
the oldest girl Immediately rushed to the roof
with water, but not being able to remove the
shingles she could do nothing to stay the flames,
the roof until bursting through they drove her
from her work. The heroic girl now turned her
attention to- saving her brothers and sisters;
Coming to the door OF the building, she found
that the child next TO her own age had got out
OF the house bringing the baby with her but the
little three wear old had crouchcd under shaving
horse In the further corner Of the room There
rom the burninp rnuf between The rhiid and Tho
,uor, and when asked to- come out it refused t.
drop here"
but rushing through the falling embcrs
brought he little one to safe place, both hav-
Ing their clothes somewhat uurnt. But now
comes the hardest ritt ot the tisk be-
fore her Scintily ciuthcd and with no
food she took the babe in her, arms,
and with the other children started upon
the trail for the settlement. After going
few uilcs she encountered "A rapid stream.
swollen 10y the spring rams, so that IN iutdtug n
the water came up 10 her arin-ps. She first
carried the babe across. aud then the little
thrcc-ycar old, and lastly half led half carried
the older sister through the water L. the other
bank. Thtcc times during the remainder uf the
day she struggled across the wullcn streams In
her Say until night set In the deep forest sur
rounding her. cold. wet. and hungry, she sought
place to camp, ard hy good fortune found an
old camp, lett 10y the Indians, upon which about
one-half Of the roof stu remained; Under I'M,
she placed her little flock and then collected
pine boughs and made "A rude bed. Placing the
little ono In the middle, the heroic girl stripped
of her dress aud spread 1t over the children,
then covered them with boughs to Keep them
from the chilly night air, and rat down
beside them. to watch through that long, cold
night, comforting the little one when II cried
and speaking words Of cheer to the older one
The long, dreary hours Of night dragged slowly
by, and at the flrst peep II day she resumed her
toilsome march. and had nearly reached the first
settler when She met her parents returning
An older and wiser head might have found an
easier way out Of the dilemma. but we feel Ger
tain that no one could nave acted brayer ut have
endured more than tue lit,lc daughter Of Thomas
Wolfe.
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KENTuCKY-EXTRA CLASS No. tl5 July H. Va
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B, N, ~, e., S3 S 6I, 4, 81, 70, So lS, 81, y H,.
~ SIMMONS & co, ManagrH COvington NJ,
shELBY COLLEGE Extra GLASS No&5, july hN"
q, ta ", Co. 81, 10 10. s. q. Q, "a, o.
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SMITH 4 CO., Managers tOVuginl hR.k
AdcToss J. CLUrk. Broker, lb liroanweN To- wv
ton ~. and PARK row, Post once box ty6h
~ Prospectus for 1874 now ready, Addr'ss '4fP W
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ID. ID. Young mems prayer meetings Thursday and sat
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o'clO a p. NJ. 10 parlors
Ill. SAINTS Free Church. corner of Henry and
~ scanned Sts, Nes York, tue Rcy wm, n. Dunnel.
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T. NJ. Seats free,
1T: T:AmBHOSEC CIiUKCU.-Thc Rev. Frederick
- S Rector Will preach his fourteenth annual dis.
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Thompson sts, on sunday the 18Th inst. Former par
usual Ohertory,
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Sonst furnishing.

EuhNiTunk' s,pp,so oAnpKr~
AT OFhIslsELL'S 40 EtgirrH AV.
- Between jUth and 3lst sta
PAYMENTS TAKEN WEHkLy or MONTliLI.
Iruh NiEtRf carpets anu bodfiing. The lar sest
a,ssotunent and .he lowest prices for osals or on
B,M, ooWfERrHwAIr-s.i las Chslls,su At
4 4 con secOnd.hsnd and misht caspe,s --.sN good
NJ thTeeply, Ingram and Brussels carsets for sale
ohfSpss' lo fa''oa ST., Oel broadway anL NASAu At,
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CITY OF ANTWERP. Thursday, July 81, 10 A. NJ.
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RATES OF PASSAGE.
CABIN. so. 49, and $50 gold. according accommo-
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Round trip tickets at low ratca.
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yNANvsB-A ycene man 10 srtys q esv,s.ss
TIE city snd tsovo~Ssiy posted % shpvtns need Apply
at is Grand st In store.
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MatIrn,rr.

4 COMPLETE set OF machinery. with improved
~ horse pow cr for SASH blinds, aud ooors 5g1 Wash
tngton at BrOOkiyn,
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Qi6iosnOs.

ntFICE or the MASTFACTURFR.
NJAND BUILDERS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
No sF broadway corner OF Fulton st., New York,
July ., 1873
The Board Of Directors have this day declared the
usual semi annual dividend ot fNe o. per Crut pay.
able on and after the lJth inst.
j. JAY NRsTElL. Secretary.
STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE co, ,-Oince
= III Broadway, New York, July g. ist3.-A diyFdrnu
of SIX per cent IS PAYABLE on demand.
WILLIAM NJ ST. JOHN, Secretary,
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IHIHM OF Jarratt 60. dissolved this day by mutual
! consent nrm continued, JarrNt & Kent, carvers
al Al West 5ith st CllAS. f. JARRATT.
ANTONY KENT.
fIllE partnership OF y. n. walford& Co. OF New York
IL tins day dissolved bY mutual consent. Al pay.
mtnts due to said finn are TO be made to VIM Emore 10
whom oil claims are to be presented
u, y wALFORD
WILLIAM flMORR.
witness WILLIAM 5. BUGGY, WILLIAM CAKiVLK.
Juy 7, 1873.
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ptrsonal Noilttb.


4 LII vol, enlisted before July q, 1881, for years
~ can get kh bounty lncuasc to a. invalid pension.
ers, lrHemoney for capture y, Orleans, r. Z. BROOK
nL ohio clerk, u, $ sanitary Com. Agency, III Nassau
lluuNTiE- formerly refused can now he ectrd
for enlistmcns before Juy q li tor rupture and
INJURIES, tor capture of Nee Orleans. Dicut and re-
Ieoted claims rr1Xam,ucd without charge by II. Is.
u OWN, 26i Broadway, formerly ut / q thirc aud no
Nassau sts,
EDWARD IL. CI.UUGH Oall At 81 Wall at. I'M.
H mediaoly, and al P,.st OihCo.
ISFDRMA ArION wantei Of Joseph FOrsyth, who
haA not leeh heard tI1m siEOe SOptOulaT last when
he wrOtc from New York lie In ID years old height
about feet VI, rather stout fair complexion aud Light
hhr, Hr IL SILVER plaier by traIa but his irienun
think he may have gone tO he ls served three
yoaIs In the uniioi StsIeS navy. Address
THVMAS FORSYTH. Hay.enylle. Maas.
ISfOKMATiON wanted OF PETER con, parish of
kiinow cnupty Clare ireland. When last heard from
ho was IN the pwrr part OF Washington st. Address his
cousin, JOIN COX, reeksAlli Woslchcster oolnsy
N. Y, W.
hgfICERS, sailors, and soid,srs. wounded. In,
~ lurrh or ruptaled, can O.Iy~n pension by apply.
Ing TO d. JScSsai late surg ", S Ma ~ Chanberu.
SrR rUkk hstula sad pcs r.dic ally oufed wi.h.
~ out kntc cAuHtc, or 9uCntiop from bus pcss Cis
eases Of the geheratve dlGaSes aud iaOrnites
ukhtg A. DAka.FJ.s M. o. IA LispKtopN.
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Musltal Snstrumrats.

Iluslta Snstrumrats.
A STElSWtl piano, oyerstrung, carved legs
rosewood planOfOrte only g0l
j. BlDDLE, 10 wWorcy place, near Broadway.
A plNNpFORTE at cheap bargain. ". KNOOP
~ 9 ~ g., second hOor, call any morning between
A SIPS, Beautiful iron frame pianoforte, tool
"A. sc, GoLDShllli's, 90 Blocco 81, near Bowery
A RO>EWOpD panofo-te for Cos. 2is East sOth
N ~" between I'd and 3d ava,
I(ARGAIN.-LeSs than 81 0 9ash will purchase four
Third o.. "
SkAUrlFU L. 1octaye rOssw OOd piano oyerstru az
10 bass improvements tlb)J inst lilmenis tsSen,
GABLE, lOl West }3d st,
JNIRST-OLA ~ ~ octaY Ye pianos retailcd nj whole
! sale prices Direct from factory Send for circular
PlAn N sold on mOnthly pa, utents.
CiRI3fIE, n Barrow, near Hudson st..
EEEAT bargains In pianos and orgaiai prices tTs
~ tlu, th, f3O, and UPWARD Cash or inst ailments
or 10 rent CHAS j, BELTS, 7S' Broadwas cor lOtn ST.
DIANO-, ORGAk-. AND NiELODEONs
l. thOroughly tuned aud repaired ct
S, B.iAMDACHS, 81 East tth al. near BOvlary
Snl plAN0S AND pRGAN-, NEW AND
OOil bECONDlHtND, Of nrstc.iAs makers. VIII Oe
sold a lower pricrs Tor cash installmenis or for
rent ~ city or colntry. by HORACE wATEiiS& son.
fork Agents wanted Great IsnleeWents 10 the trade.
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WxuhA---Mutts.

WSutfA. NHtts.
WASvsD--A ycenS MAS 70 ertys - 1870 g,,s
"a. s, :sS ..osssss, @ POSTED % :Spsias need apply
st isi Grand st.. In store.
WANTHD-One two men to make solder steady
w employment and good wages 20 men VINO thor
oughly understand their work. Address A., boz lS,
sun office.
WANTED-25 good, experienced sortcrs of new
w voolrn clips and 80 good sOrters of wnollen rags
Apply al eisNater st., GOuyerneur SIP NJ hlIChbbL'
WANTED-rn . brokers once, an honest. sc,iye
stating age. &C. b., boz Z 1ss, Post once.
WANTED "A granite tool shsrpener. INQUIRE At
w Granite Yard, cor Sedgwlck and Van Brunt sts..
near Hamilton ferry. south Brooklyn.
WANTED-An assistant foreman for the felt skirt
w department, Apply corner wnloughby and Kay.
mond SITS, BROOKLYN.
NNANTEU-Two brlcklayers and one laborer bring
w too'e. Milton st., near Washington sy over Hsr'
lem bridge.
\NANTRD-An active Young man TO set type and
WAVED good noorman hopcshocr. Call at
w JAMES MALONE's, 80 Van Brunt ST., Brooklya
WANTED Two strong hqys 70 work n moulding
w mil. CAMPBELL FERGUSON ii9 Baxter 81.
WANTED Hotel porter. farm hand, useful
w man. La West llth 30, corner 9th av.
XNANTED-A foreman on bead. and third hand.
w 29 Mcst st., saturday, 10 O'Clock.
M NNrHD-A Hrstclass harkeepcr. Apply at 2gs
w Hudson IT.. corner Of spring.
XyANTTD -AtLYNCH's oyster house, 2i5 s.h av.,
w small boy to wait ON tables.
snn LABOWEW- wNNTED.-s0 railroad
OV'' men wanted on the Ncw YORK Central Raj.
road. between rh'nectady a1l Fort Plain wayes, "
70 KiSany tih cars to F,nii iaro through, q s..
Al o. ~ horses ant rairc carts Tor man and two
forcncn Work Tor one year.
fonda June e. J. L. wARDEL. Agent.
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lSttamIlats mo RlllruIli.

albany TROY, 81 sARAroGA \, $50.
n Hl DAY LINE BOATS e. vlBBARD and DANIEL
DREw.-Leave Nestry II. Pier at SD A. w. and Sl1
north Of Erie ferry. sisi5 landing At Yonkers Tarry.
town and Ny ick (by ferryhOat, Milton Poughkccps
Rhuebeck, Tiyoli, Catskln, and Hudson. Connecting
for all points WEST and NORrl. Trip tickets to West
Point. Cornwall and Scsburgh, returning same day.
o.. Tickets by special cars aud baggage checked to
SaratOga aud sharon,
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Fifty Gents if payment be deferred three
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first insertion; Fifty Cents for each contin-
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persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve months.
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is strictly limited TO their own Immediate
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re- No deviation from these terms under
any circumstances.
ny Advertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will
be continued until ordered out, and pay
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BGy@ No advertisements inserted gratui-
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RI~ Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
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ly done on New Type, and on as rea-
sOnable terms is any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-06-26
A Fortunate Blow.

An engineer on the Detroit
and Lansing road.named Frank
Dolan, saved a mans life not
long since, in a rather singular
manner. He was coming in on
a wet track with a heavy train,
and soon after leaving Howell
put on more steam to make up
for lost time. The train was
running attherate oftwenty-five
miles an hour when Dolan
caught sight Of a man on the
track, about half a mile ahead.
He was certain that the man
was deaf from the way hewalked,
but he opened the whistle and
rang the bell. The man paid no
attention to the sounds, and
Dolan whistled for brakes
They did not take well, and, al
though the engine was reversed,
it was plain that the pedestrian
would be run down unless some
thing was done promptly. Do
Ian ran forward over the engine
and down on the cow catcher
By this time the pedestrian
was not three hundred feet away
and was trying to walk on one
of the rails, swaying this way
and that, but apparently not
feeling the rumble of the train.
as it would naturally be expec-
ted he would. Doian, leaning
forward, reached foot beyond
the COW catcher, and as the train
came close upon the mans heels
struck him in the back with
both fists. The victim was not
on the rail at that moment, and
caught it with his feet as he
went over, so that he was whirl-.
ed around lengthwise of the
track and was cut in the scalp
by some portion of the first
pair Of trucks. He was floun-
dering in the ditch when the
train stopped, and when he had
ascertained what the fuss
was about he squared off and
wanted to whip somebody. He
was so deaf that the railroad
employees had to scream in his
ears to make themselves heard,
and SO mad that they would not
let them examine his wound or
do anything for him. He was
recognized as a farmer living
near Plymouth, but would not
accept free ride home.-De-
h'O1 Free Press. 4
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-06-26
Chloroform as a Motive
Power.

Yesterday morning, says the
Louisville Courier Journal, a well
known East End physician en-
sconced himself comfortably in
his buggy and started himself up
on his usual morning tour among
the sick. Prior to leaving his Of
fee be placed a two ounce bottle
of chloroform in his coat pocket.
All went we'll until the doctor had
reached point on Broadway, near
Sixth street, when the wheels of
the buggy ran over stone, with
quiet a shock.
The bottle, upon which he was
sitting, was crushed, and the fluid
emptied. Now it is a well known
fact that chloroform, when appli.
ed to the flesh, will blister, and in
this case the application gave a
most vigorous expression to the
doctors actions. The horse was
driven at a laundering rate to
the nearest drug store, in haste
the buggy was vacated, and the
rear of the store haunted by the
healer of men. The druggist
says he sold half a pound of NUT
ton suet, and the porter says be
had to increase the usual supply
of Ice for the day. G 9/t}l@
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-06-26
A Romancei in Real Life.

! The Des Moines Register con-
tains the following story of ro-
nance and sadness:
I Several years ago young
girl in Indianapolis, the daWgh-
ter of wealthy and highly re-
spectacle parents, and herself
raised and educated in home
of luxury and refinement, con-
tracted an alliance with gamb-
bier and a debauchee, a man far
below her in social rank, and
whose only recommendation
was fine person. After the
marriage, which was strenuously
opposed by her parents, they
left indianapolis and came west.
Soon her husbands money was
exhausted, and finally she wrote
to her parents for assistance
They sent her funds, and with
the gift a kind offer for her to
leave her worthless husband and
Ireturn to their residence. A
gainst this her woman's heart
Irebelled, and she refused, pre-
Iferring a home with the one to
whom she had plighted her trOth,
although it was a squalid one,
to an abode Of wealth away
from him.
Time went on, and children
came to add to her cares. Time
and again her parents sent her
money, and as often her wretch
ed husband squandered it in
gambling and drunkenness. FL
Inally, when his treatment of her
became unbearable, she applied
/ for divorce in an Iowa court.
1t was granted, and she became
a free woman. Her health was
broken and poverty stared her
in the face, but pride kept her
from revealing her whereabouts
to her fathers family, and at
length she drifted to the Polk
county poor-house. There she
died some three weeks since,
and was buried among the un-
claimed dead of the paupers.-
She left the name other people in
Indianapolis who were discover
ed and notified Of the circum-
stances. Last Wednesday the
brother of the buried pauper
came to Des Moines, had her
body exhumed, placed in a me-
tallic casket, and, with the ash
es of the sister started to bear
them to the sepulchre where her
kindred sleep, at indianapolis.
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We do our very best to be-
live all thegqueer stories that we
find, for we could not conscien-
tiously present them to our read
.ers unless we believed them to
be true, but here is one that we
caution the public seems to us
a little doubtful. We will not
say it is a lie, but it is improba-
BILE. A horse in St. Paul, Min
nesota, drank beer till he was in
a beastly state of intoxication.
His owner, knowing that his
previous habits, were exempla-
ry, thought he was dead, and
skinned him. Next morning a
ghastly steed. without hide or
hair, was found grazing on the
public common, and a skillful
veterinary surgeon is engaged
in planting his superficies with
hair from a neighboring tannery.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-06-26

The Queen of Sheba's Palace is
the latest archaeological discovery,
announced by NJ. MaucL, the
African traveller, who, some years
ago, discovered what he believes
were the ruins OF ancient Oplin,
hut the accuracy of whose suppo-
sitiOn having been called in ques-
ton at the time, now writes with
the greatest confidence that he has
finally found the real "Oplin," in
latitude 20 deg south, longitude
2G deg. east. The ruins consist
Of two masses Of edifices, and a.
mOng them is to be remarked one
which is an imitation of the Trm-
pie of Solomon, ii e walls being
built of wrought granite, and the
ceiling still showing fragments of
beams of cedar. The circular edi.
flee, supposed to tie the Queens
Palace, is still called by the ma
tives the "HOuse of Great Prin-
cess. The discovery, ifauthenti-
Gated, must be accepted as anoth-
er link of evidence unearthcd in
of the Scriptures. TO
which many more will doubtless
be added by the parties now ex.
ploring in and around Jerusalem
and beyond the Jordan.
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He Died Earnest.
From the San Francisco Bulletin,

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Two negro acrobats from Ja-
maica went over the other day
to Port Linen, in Costa Rica,
to give some of their exhibi-
tiOns for the amusement of the
residents there. Of the said
African acrobats, one played
the banjo while the other did
the tight rope business. Their
exhibitions were brought to a
sad end by the following tragic
event: The crowning gymnas-
tic effort was reserved for the
last night; and that was that the
celebrated Jamaica acrobat was
to astonish the audience by
hanging himself. The house
was full, and expectation on tip
toe. Not that the nigger artist
would actually hang himself,
but would come SO near it as to
create a sensation well worthy
the entry money. When an
was ready and the banjo music
at its best, the other partner
stood upon a chair and put the
loop-Of a rope around his neck
and either stumbled or jumped
off. The symptoms of real
hanging were so well initiated
that the audience, both black
and white, applauded, and the
banjo-player did his best'to en-
courage his partner. But things
at last began to look. serious,
the eyes began to protrude as
well as the tongue, and the high
peaked Chinese hat looked sha-
Ky on his head. The banjo man
being appealed to, said: SOh,
let him alone, he understands
his business. At last one of
the engineers of the RAILROAD
went up and looked closer in
the face of the unfortunate rep
resentative of Jack Ketch.-
The face was blacker than nat
ural, the tongue was purple and
swollen, and the pulse had
stopped at the wrists. "H-Il!'
he exclaimed, ''the man is as
deadas a door-nail." The black
woman set up howl of grief,
and the hard-hearted white men
laughed at the too successful
feat Of the dead nigger.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-06-26


A man brokeaa a chair over his
wife's head a week or. two ago
When he got to Jail, and the
clergyman undertook to, talk with
him, he displayed a good deal of
penitence. He said he was very
sorry that he bad permitted his
anger to obtain the mastery of him;
and to suffer him to do such an
act, because it was a coed chair,
one of those good old fashioned
Windsor chairs, which was an
heir loom in his family, and be
never could replace it, -se1 5as,