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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
TERMS.

ESs7 Two Dollars for one year, tsiVG-
TiGbiy an GGUaace; SWO DOlEsFs and
Fifty Gents if payment be deferred three
mont hs, AL papers going out Of the county
10 be paid for IN adcaace.
kS- Single copies, Five Cents each.
R7s% Advertisements inserted al One Dol
lar per Square Of Ten Lines or less for the
first insertion; Fifty Gents for each conGn-
rance.
ESg- Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Cents per line.
BG7- A liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve months
RGg7 Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Cents per square.
BS7- The privilege Of yearly advertisers
is strictly limited to their own immediate
and regular business; and the business of
an advertising firm is not considered as in
cluding that of the individual members
re- No deviation from these terms under
any circumstances.
re- Advertisements not marked with the
number Of insertions when handed in, will
be continued until ordered out, and pay
ment eXacted.
ia No advertisements inserted gratui-
tously.
BE@ Advertisements Of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
IA Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
TO be paid in advance in every case.
By@ lob Printing of all kinds neat
" done on New Type, and on as rea-
s0nable terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
Keepit Up.

The dead-heallsystemis grad
uaIIy receiving its Geath-bIows.
Keep it always in mind that the
people must pay for everything
and the newspapers viii find
their account in it:
whenever q gentleman wants
anything published, whether it
interests the public or only an
individual, he is willing and will
propose to pay. Somebody
must pay for it, and hereafter it
will not be the printer. The
fact that the proposed publica-
ton would interest the public
has nothing to do with the mat
ter IN issue. Newspapers are
private, not public property
They are published to make
money for their owners, and if
anybody would use them they
must pay the cost. Never did.
We goto q merchant and use his
goods for any public purpose
without paying, and if we and
hundreds Of others-the public
a lawyer about a street
or other public highway we pay
~ -
the lawyer. The dodge is very
tiresore, it is very old, and we
hope to hear Of it no more for
ever. If you want some scheme
ventilated, whether it interest
alone or thousands, you
and your thousands must not
expect us to pay the cost"
Memphis APpeGy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
LEI all tn. u4s n.u aims, at BE dy counh Thy Gods
Change OF Color.

Sudden shocks occurring to
human beings have frequently
changed the color of their hair
from black to white in a single
night. A physician Of Berlin,
"a strong, healthy and less than
middle aged, man, sent his wife
and one daughter to spend last
summer at It watering-place.-
The day that he expected a let
ter informing him Of their arri-
val, he received one informing
him that his daughter had been
taken sick very suddenly, and
was already dead. The shock
was terrible, and instantly his
hair became entirely gray. He
had to visit some patients that
same afternoon, and they scarce
ly recognized him. Their pecn-
fractions revealed the change
to him. The other case was that
Of man thirty-fiye years old,
living in the Netherlands. He
was one day passing the canal
III Rotterdam, where he saw a
child struggling in the water
He plunged in and brought it to
land, but it was already dead
by the time he had rescued the
body. Bending over it to try
to restore it to life, he discover
ed that the dead child was his
own son. The blow so sudden
and unexpected and coming on
him when he himself was so
much exhausted, turned his
hair entirely gray, and left him
scarcely recognizable.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
Use of Waste Paper.

A writer of one of cur exchan-
ges 1--WE have forgotten which,
says that few housekeepers are a
ware Of the many uses to which
waste paper may be put. After a
stove has been blackened, it can
be kept looking well Tor a long
time by rubbing it with paper eV-
cry morning. Rubbing with pa
per is a much NIGER way OF keep
Ing the outside of a tea kettle.
colfee-pot or tea pot bright and
clean than the old way of wash.
ing it in suds. Rubbing them
with paper is also the best way of
polishing knives and tinware af-
ter securing them. If little soap
be held on the paper in rubbing
tlnware and spoons. they shine
Ike new silver. For polishing
mirrors, windows, lamp,chim.
neys, etc, paper is better than
dry cloth. Preserves and pick.
les keep much better if brown pa
per instead of cloth is tied over
the Jar. Canned fruit is not apt
to mold if piece of writing pa
per, cut to fit each can, is laid di-
rectiy upOu the fruit. Paper is
much ter 70 put under carpet
than straw. It is thinner, warm.
er and makes less noise when one
is walking over it. Two thickness
es ofpaper placed between the otL-
er coverings on a BED are warm as
q quilt. If it is necessary to step
upon a chair, always lay a paper
upon it, and thus save the paint
and wood work from damage.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
A Horse Winning a Heat
Without q Driver.

There was rather unusual in,
cident at the Steubenville race
grounds on the 10th inst. 1t was
in the pacing race for a purse of
$500, free to all. There were
five entries. The winning horse
was Copperbottom. He took the
first heat, and in the second heat
the sulky of Copperbottom came
into collision with another and
was instantly overturned. The
driver of Copperbottom was Of
course thrown out, and it was ex-
pected that Copperbottom would
run away. Contrary to expecta,
tions, however, the horse never
broke once, and came in amidst
the widest cheers ahead, in as
good style as if his driver was be-
hind him. The enthusiasm of the
crowd was immense. They cheered
and cheered' the selfpossessed
horse which declined to get fright
ened, like most of its kind when
from drivers care.
The judges were at first going
to give the heat to the horse which
came in second, because Copper
bottom came in without Il driver.
The crowd getting wind of the
possible ruling against the gallant
CopperbOttom. gathered around
the stand, while from every hand
went ur cries of "Copperbottom
Copperbottom e
The judges saw if they should
give the race to the second horse
that the crowd were just in the
mood to pull the stand down a
bout their ears. They then re,
tired, and after consultation, ruled
the heat dead heat They would
have been obliged to give the heat
to Copperbottom, as he never broke
once, had it not been for the claim
of foul put in by the driver OF
the sulky with which Copperbot-
tom collided.
AS it was, it is one of the rare
events Of the turf where horse
has lost It's driver, tut yet has
kept its place in the race as if
nothing had happened.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
Fair Warning InsoIently
Given.

The Memphis Appeal thus re-
ports some remarks made at
Grenada by Ham Carter, a Mis-
sissippi negro leader: at hap
pens," said Ham, "that you, not
we, must suceumb. You may
not like it, but there is no help
for you. We have the num-
bers, and do not propose to
yield an inch. You think this
Radical, half negro, half car
pet-bag mongrel Government,
as you call it, insufferable. 1t
will become more and more in.
tolerable to you. You must
educate all of these colored
people. We make you pay
now for four months schooling
for our children; you shall pay
for nine months per annum.-
You must stand aside, too, and
be satisfied to see US manage all
the affairs of the county and
State. You don't like it, I see
you don't" continued Ham,
sand if you can't bear it and
can't get into that new State Of
beatitude you were fixing up
at jackson, Tenn, a few days a
go, let me advise you, young
man, let me urge you affection
ately-go West"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
Established December 18th, 1850,
Wonderful Case.

Athens Georgian: "TLere is
a report prevalent on our
streets that a man living near
Scull's Shoals, about twenty
miles from this city, told his wife
last Saturday night to awake him
up before 'old God Almighty woke
on Sunday as he wanted to catch
a mess of fish for breakfast. His
wife, in accordance with his in
structions called him before day
Sunday morning, and he, taking
his fshing-tackle, went to the
stream, and finding a tempting
hole, took his seat upon a rock
His wife awaited anxiolsly for
his arrival, but he not appearing
toward night she summoned some
neighbors and went in quest of
the lruaDt. Going to the stream
she found the missing man seated
upon rock, and, upon the party
requesting him to get up and &C.
company them home, he told them
that the Almighty had sent
judgment upon him and he had
become a part Of the rock and
could not move. His friends,
thinking that he was only jesting
took hold of him and attempted
to move him, when he commenced
screaming at the top OF his voice,
and asked them for Gods sake not
to attempt to Eft bin up as it
would murder him. He further
informed them that he had been
Informed by an unseen presence
that, as a judgment for his pro-
family and Sabbath breaking, he.
would never be severed from his
present seat, but would remain
fastened to it all his days, and
that be would be made to preach
his own funeral. They say he
talks quite freely, and is visited
by immense crowds from this and
counties. Several par
ties, we learn, from this place and
Winterville, went to see him, last
Wednesday, but have hot re-
turned" 40 AS
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
The Winchester and Ala
bama Railroad.

A prominent and intelligent
gentleman of Lincoln county
writes us, under date of the 1st
inst, that he was present at a
meeting of the stockholders of
the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad at Huntsville the We'd
nesday preceding. The issuance
of the S., 100000, first mortgages
lbonds by the NJ. & G. r. r.,
| (S4,6O0, coo; to pay all bonds now
outstanding, and 100000 to
build the Winchester and Ala
bama connection from Rock
Spring to Fearns0 was thor
.oughly discussed, and the Board
of Directors were, by a unani-
nous vote, instructed to issue
the bonds in the form required
by the Southern Railroad Secu-
rity Co.
Our correspondent adds: Il
think there is no doubt Whatey-
er about the construction of the
road in a reasonable time. A
proposition was made and car
ried to the effect that the Win
chester and Alabama might be
sold to the Nashville and Chat
tanooga or other Co., they (the
n. & c. or other Co.. binding
themselves to build the connec-
ton, provided such sale should
in no event retard the building
of the road beyond january,
1875. l believe our people in
this county are indifferent as 10
which company builds it, but [
think the n. &C. will not agree
to build it. As to this, how
ever, | am not advised, and l
may be mistaken" "
This is a matter in which the
people of Lincoln and Frank
in counties feel, no doubt,
leep interest = that is, the
of the road from Rock
Spring to the Memphis and
Charleston road, and we shall
'ecur to the subject again
Wlnche8ter Home Journal.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
RAILWAY PASSENGER RIGHTS.

RAILWAY PASSENGER RIGHrs.-
The Indianapolis Sentjnel says:
u. Van KOuten brought suit in
the CaSs County Court, in this
State, against the Pittsburg, Gin
clnnatI and St. Louis Railroad to
recover $4,000 damages. Van
kouten had entered a car of the
Company's and refused to deliver
up his ticket until the conductor
furnished him with a seat. The
cars were crowded and no seat was
to be obtained, 30 the conductor
just stopped the train and put Van
kouten of. Nothing daunted,
be caught on the last car and was
put off a second time, and his bag.
gage flung off with him. The
case was entered in Cass County.
and under change of vendue ta-
ken to Carroll county, and the
plaintiff was awarded $1,000 b..
theJury as compensation for the
broken contract.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
Taxation.

While the citizens Of Tennessee
are complaining Of che burthens
of State taxation to which they
are subjected, perhaps it would be
well enough to institute a compar,
i5on between our own State and
the taxation Of some other States
In the Union. New York, with a
population OF 4,364,37 pays an
aggregate annual tax of $50, $685.
GS4, or a per capita of Sll.55-
Massachusetts, with a population
of 1,457, Sol, pays an aggregate
tax Of $2I, 1922, 500, or a per capi-
Ia of SI.435-Ohio with a popu-
lation of 2,662.2l4, pays an aggre-
gate tax Of So ,S77, or per
capita of S8.77-Vermont with a
population of 320,552, pays an
aggregate of S1,750,000, or per
capita tax of s. 20, while Tennes-
see, with a population of 1853
$40, estimating the county and
municipal taxes to equal the State
taX)pays an aggregate Of $780,
TIC, or a per capita of S3,8S, or
in other words, about one-half as
much as Vermont, one-third as
much as Ohio, one-fourth as
much as New York, and one-flth
us much as Massachusetts.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
Back Pay.

The political campaign has
just opened in Ohio, and the first
signs indicate Enthusiastically that
a most important question there
will be the salary act and back
grab of the last Congress. And
the same may be said of the other
States which are to hold elections
this fall. The public Indignation
on the subject has taken the form
of an epidemic, and must run It's
course in spite of the party mana
gers. They can no more arrestit
than they can stop the rushing
currents of a whirlwind, and
ttose who have INDUCED them
selves lingering the stolen treas
ure will find themselves held to
an accountability by the people
Too long have they submitted to
systematic robbery, and being now
thoroughly aroused" the retribu-
ton will be thorough and COM
plete. -~.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18

a dry goods dealer in Water
ford, Erie county, Pa, recently
brought a suit to recover a debt
of eight cents. A man living
in the town had previously Civ
en- warning to the storekeepers
not to sell his family any goods
except for cash. The mans wife,
however, obtained a spool of
cotton on credit, and when the
bill, amounting to eight cents,
was sent in, the husband re-
fused to pay. Suit was brought
to recover the debt, and tho
plaintiff got a verdict in his ia
yOr.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18

A handsome Chicago widow
lately played it on Memphis in
way which. will render it very
unpleasant for future Chicago Wi.
dows to visit the Tennessee met
ropolis. She went there as a SUI.
ferer from the great fire, and soon
induced several sympathetic gen.
tlemen of means 20 aid her in
starting a clearinghouse, that un-
failing recourse Of adventurous
widows the world over. OF course
she could not do otherwise than
prosper, for she did a strictly cash
business with her customers, while
her relations with the butcher and
the baker were established en-
tirely upon a credit basis. This
went on until she had accumula-
ted the snug sum of S., 600, when
she bade Memphis a precipitate a.
1ieu, leaving the. e.ssympathetic
gentlemen of means as we'll as
sundry tradesmen very much cast
down.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
Life Insurance..

A man about forty years old and
a woman seemingly seventy years
Of age, were at the Detroit and
Milwaukee depot a few days ago
waiting for a train, when the man
strolled out on the dock and
caught sight of one of the life pre-
servers hanging to It's hook. He
asked what it was and a laborer
told bin, and then he asked:
GLOW long it would preserve q
ieIler's life?" The man told him
a hundred years, and the infor.
nation staggered the stranger
Walking around a few minutes
as if meditating, he stepped to his
Informant aud said: See here,
stranger, I'll taae one O them pre-
servers, ,and if it wouldn't be asking
too much Of you I'd like to have
you tell the old woman in there
that you haven't another one for
sale, and that the machine which
made 'em has busted"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
A Terrible Death.
A Man Falls into a Trance, is
Packed in Ice and Shipped for
Tnforuan+


Packed in Ice and Shipped for.
Interment.
From the Fort Wayne Qnd. } Gazette
One of the saddest cases Of
death, under terrible circumstan-
ces, we have lately encountered
was brought TO our, notice yester.
day evening. Mr. 3, P. Mink of
Kalamazoo, Mich, Roadmaster
on the Grand Rapids and Indiana
Railway, died-underEery rernarka-
ble1circumstaHees. Last Monda y.
while giving some directions TO
the groom IN, attendance on the
horses, he saddealy dropped, and,
was supposed expired. The
weather being warm, the body
was packed in ice and brought
down to this city, en- route for Val
paraiso, Ind, for interment. Ar
irving at the destination, where
full preparation had been made
for the funeral, the friends and
relatives were thunderstruck to
find evident signs Of life about the
body. 1t perspired freeIyT The
funeral Bof course. was delayed,
and yesterday afternoon blood
:
flowed freely. Restoratiyes were
applied, but without effect, aud
R. r Mink Is now q dead man,
but 1t is passed question that he
was consingned to bis icy tomb
while life was still abundant, as
the. fact of bis having SO well
withstood the awful confinement
atteSts. s.. zsss o. ,sEA0 s&s5se ss -s
The funeral will probably occur
today, but a sad moral connects
itself with the story. Itsecalls a.
gain the great danger Of a burial
before the fullest tests have been
applied to ascertain the certainty
of death -s- ,s.rs- s'e'e-7 fa-- r. -
O- NN'NNNN1s ....- -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18


A legislatorought to be honest,
Independent of the question of
salary. To say that at 1880 he
is above bribery, but at 5000 he
is moi, is to deny hin the posses
sion of an Intrinsic honesty, and
to2declare that he must be bribed
TO be honest. If the country
would ever accept 80 degrading an
idea, it would find that all the
money in theland would not sui
flee to purchase an integrity that
ought to be bad without price
ST. Louis Republican.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18

The louisville C3urier-Jour-
nal answers a contributor as fol-
lows: "Your communication.
'Juulus Junior, is declined. It's
quite TOO full of quotation marks
and Italics. You should not
honor with quotation marks every
stale, hachneyed sentence You
choose to borrow. And you may
often write for halt day without
finding the use for single HaJic
letter. Give your reader credit
for some intellieence-lor at leas I
enough to know when a word
needs to be emphasized without
having the fact thrust down his
throat by a tiPsy squad of reeIing
HGlics.'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
Grantand theSalaryGrab

We have all along contended
that Grant was chiefly rcspon-
Isible for the salary grab. Mere
ly to keep the matter before the
people, we introduce additional
testimony, our witness being the
Chicago Tfjb%ae: ''We have
been informed aforetime, by as
good Republicans as there are
in the House of Representatives
that while the salary bill was
pending, General Grant could
scarcely be induced to talk on
any other subject. Whatever
matter Of statemight be brought
up in the conversation, he would
dismiss it impatientIy, if not a
droitly, and return to the only
legislation in which he eyinced
any interest, viz, the increase
Of salaries. We also know
that the attendants at the White
House were the most assiduous
and efficient lobbyists in favor
Of the grab. Recent develop
ments show that Gen. Grant not
only encouraged the passage Of
the bill, but that he was the O.
riginator, the promoter, and the
whip as well as the signer Of
the bill"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18

The Washington correspondent
of the New York World says that
most of the members elect TO the
Forty-third Congress have drawn
their monthly salaries at the in
creased rate. He adds J.: cit is
not to be doubted that q dozen
bills reducing the salary to the old
amount will be introduced as soon
as Congress meets; but | have to
yet meet Senator or Member who
has taken the back. pay, who ex-
presses the belief that such a meas
ure can be passed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18

A man was recently convicted
in New York OF having "steered''
another into gambling house
where the latter lost only seven
dollars. But there is an old stat
ute in that State which makes
this crime, and gives the court
wide latitude in fixing The pun
ishment. In this case Recorder
Hackett took advantage of the
latitude to sentence the offender
to two years in the State prison
and a fine of 81, 900, which will
add three or four years to his
sentence. Such a law in every
State would 90 much toward sup
pressing this evil.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
The Princetown (Ky.) Banner

The Princetown (Ky.) Banner
tells this story On Judge Grace:
A slip of the tongue on the part
of Judge Grace while charging
the grand jury on Monday at
EddyyiIle created considerable
laughter at the Judges expense.
In referring to the changes which
the last Legislature had made in
the laws Of the commonwealth
to take effect next December-he
said that III murder cases, when
the jury found a verdict Of guilty,
they might fix the punishment at
death, or in their discretion at a
long term in the State LegisIa-
ture.
And the best of it was the
Judge didn't detect his mistake.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18

The personal accomplishments
Of the average man of town in
Colorado are thus described by a
resident: "0ur butcher is a grad
uate from Yale; one of the gen.
tlemen working in the printing
Office is a graduate Of Cambridge,
and winner of the bishops medal
for proficiency in classics; a ranch
man near by is the son Of a Gen
eral in the British army, and a
near relative of Geo Stephenson,
the engineer; four other ranchmen
are the four sons of a former Gov
ernor of Bengal, who is still very
wealthy; and two are sons Of an
eminent London banker"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18
contemporary says :

a contemporary says: A
nice old man, vegetable gar
dener called at the office the
other day and inquired very
anxiously if the editor had seen
anything in the papers lately a.
bout q worm that was doing
much damage to celery. u in
tended" !" said he, "to have raised
q good deal of celery this year,
but durn me if ! think it will
pay if that burned celery grub
that started at Washington a.
while since, about what I've
heern so much on, is coming
this wayP' a light dawned up
on the editor's mind-the Sal
airy Grab"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18

Il once called" said TheO-
dore Hook, son an old lady,who
pressed me so urgently to stay
and dine with her, that, as l had
no other engagement, l could
not refuse. On sitting down,
the servant uncovered a dish
which contained two mutton
chops, and my friend said, 9Ir.
Hook, you see your dinner
Thank you, ma'am, said /, but
where's yours?' "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-09-18

As a fashionable young lady,
fresh from boarding school, came
to her honest fathers breakfast
table, instead of speaking English
and saying "Good morning" she
spoke French, and said, BON jour-
"0f course, the bones yours if
you say So" responded the prac
tical old gentleman, as he handed
her the ossiGed portion of beef
steak.