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FOR THE WHISPERS.

For sals BY Or. ]. J. Cis'ssasr,
Crescc. Iowa. ll.l
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-03-11
Cold Weather Long Ago,

If any of our readers were dis.
posed to complain Of the severity
of the past winter, let them read
the accounts of the hard winter OF
l74l, which we find in some OF
our Northern exchanges. In that
year all New England was COW
cred with snow as early as the
18th of November, aud as late as
April the fences were still hidden
by it. Even on the 9th Of July
letter from New London, Conn,
says that on the east side of Con-
necticut river there is "a body of
ice rs large as two carts can draw,
clear and solid, and it might lay
there month longer, were it not
that so many resort out of curios-
ity to drinA punch made out of it, }"
from which we infer there was no
prohibitory law in Connecticut at
that time. Ia the town of Ips.
wich, Mass, the snow was lying
in a mass nearly four feet thick on
the 18th of July. Compared thus
ly, our late winter is but sum.
mer's day.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-03-11
Natures Scavenger." "

! Muspratt gave to iron the
name of "Nature's Scavenger," "
and Professor Medlock justi-
fies the appellation by means
iof Observation-Disclosures and analy-
ses. By placing water rim con-
tact with a large surface of iron,
he discovered that in about two
days every trace of organic
matter had disappeared or was
rendered insoluble, in which
state it could be removed by
filtration. It was also discov-
cred that water, which had been
conveyed through iron mains,
instead of being contaminated,
was actually rendered more
pure; that which contained, on
entering the pipes, iron to the
extent of nearly one-half grain
per gallon was found to con-
tam on issuing scarcely a trace
of this metal. Water, contain
ing 2.10 organic matter and So
Of iron, after standing in con-
tact with iron for some time,
was found by subsequent analy-
sis to be virtually pure, the or
ganic matters having either
been decomposed or precipita-
ted. These results would seem
to suggest a simple and effec-
tive method for obtaining pure
water, and if we mistake not,
their publication will soon be
followed by an advertisement
setting forth the claims of some
new filter and water-purifier.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-03-11
Church Directory.

Presbyterian, ayetteyle-serviceS ev-
cry, Sabbath at l0:3O andt night; Rev Geo
Hall, pastor; Sunday schol at s AN.
McthOdist-services rery Sabbath at
10::D and at night; Rev B Fisher, pastor;
Sunday school at o'clk.
Cumberland resbytern-seryices every
Sabbath at 1920 and at ght; Rev C ? Du-
vail, pastor; Sunday sc)ol at 8.
Methodist, Flyntville-seryices lst Sab
bath in each month at and night; Rev w
a Gill, preacher in cha,e; Sunday school
as.
Union Church, PleaSst Plains-service s
1st Sabbath each montllt IL and night by
the Mcthodists; Rev NJ Barham, preacher
charge-2nd and 4th abbath each month
at ii by the Associate formed Presbyteri-
ans, Rev j b Muse, pstor. Union Sun
day school at 8.
A r Presbyterian, Ne Hope, services 1st
and 3rd Sabbaths at i; Bethel, 2nd and
4th Sabbaths at I1-Bg A 5 Sloan, pastor.
Methodist Mulberr-services 3rd Sun
day in each month at l O'Clock and every
Sunday night; RevWJollier, pastor; Sun
day School at 9.
Cumberland Presberian--services 4th
Sunday each month at o'clock A and at
night; RevMrM orris, ,paor; sabbath school 9
Baptist Mulberry-hurch session Sat
urdsy before 1st SABBATH in each month;
services lst Sabbath at l; Rev A Van Hoose
pastor; Sabbath schooa at9.
United Presbyterial Lincoln-services
every Sabbath at ll:lA NJ; Rev w Wait,
pastor; Sunday SchOoat 10.
Methodist, Shady Grove, (Shelton's
creek )-seryices 4th Sbbsth in each month
at ii O'Clock; Rev GLyrum, preacher in ch
Liberty Grove-ser.ces 2nd Sabbath at
IlAN; Rev w A Gil preacher in charge.
Cumberland Prestterian, Oak Grove,
(near Flyntville)-Serices 4th Sabbath in
each month at III o'cDck; Rev A w Suth-
erlend. supply.
Presbyterian, Unit, on the Petersburg
road. miles North Fayetteville, 1st and
Srd Sabbaths in eah month-also Swan
Greek Church, 2nd All 4th Sabbsths in each
Inon;h; Rev Z Osbrne, pastor.
Cumberland Prestterian, Cane Creek, on
Fishing Ford road, miles North of Fay
etteville, End and Al tSabbaths each month;
Rev j Tigert, pas)r.
Methodist, Oak Hll-services 4th Sab
bath each month at 10 O'Clock.
Cumherlend PresbteriaG-RevN \ D Craw-
ford, pastor.
Presbyterian, Peersburg-scrvices 1st
and 3rd Sabbsths a 10 a NJ and night; Rev
Allen Woods, Pftr.
Methodist lv,es End Sabbath at 10 A
N: Rev w b LOWRY, P C..
Cumberland Presbyter 4th
Sabbath at 10 A \: Rev b Tigert, pastor;
Union sunday school at 2 P NJ every Sab
bath; prayer meeting Wednesday night.
Mt. nermOn, Flmtville circuit--seTvices
srd Sabbath and preceding Saturday; Rev
W A Gill. preacher in charge.
Macedonia, Flintyille circuit-services 4th
Sabbath and preceding Saturday; Rev w A
Gill, preacher in charge.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-03-11
A Balloon Duel.

Perhaps the mast remarkable
dueleverfought took place in 1868.
1t was peculiarly French in its
tone, and could hardly have oc-
Cured under any other than a
French state. of society. M. lie
Grandpre and NJ. lie Pique had a
quarrel, arising out of jealousy
concerninga a lady. They agreed
to fight a duel 10 settle their re-
spective claims; and, in order that
the heat of angry passion should
not interfere with the polished ell.
egance of the proceeding, they
p Istponed the duel for a month,
the lady agreeing to bestow her
hand on the survivor Of the two,
if the other was killed; at all
events, this was inferred by the
two men, if not actually expressed.
The duelists were to fight in the
air. Two balloons were con-
structed exactly alike. Ga the
day denoted, LIE Grandpre and
his second entered the car Of one
balloon, LIE Pique aud his second
that of the other; it was in the
garden of the Tuilleries, amid an
immense concourse of spectators.
The gentlemen were to fire, not
at each other, but at each others
balloon, in order to bring them
down by the escape Of gas; and,
as pistols might hardly have served
this purpose, each ueronaut took
a blunderbuss in his car. At the
given signal the ropes that re-
tanned the cars were cut, and the
balloons assembled. The wind Was
moderate, and kept the balloons at
about their original distance of
eighty yards apart. When half
a mile above the surface Of the
earth preconcerted signal for
firing Was given. NJ lie Pique
fred but missed. NJ le Grandpre
fired and sent a ball through LIE
Piques balloon. The balloon col. |
lasped, the car descended with |
frightful rapidity, aud lie Pique
and his second We're dashed to pie
ces. lie Grandpre continued his
ascent triumphantly, and termi,
mated his aerial voyage success
fully. ---
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-03-11

A singular suit is now OH trial
in New York, brought by a wo-
man who married for money,
and didn't getit. Jennie Young,
aged twenty-three, married Dan
iel S. Young, a widower of fifty
eight years, with the under
standing that he was possessed
of S15O,O00 in real estate. She
had ascertained this to be the
actual fact three days prior to
the wedding, but afterward lear
ned that Young, just before
marrying her, had conveyed all
his property to his two daugh-
ters by his first wife. Mrs.
Young sues to set aside that
conveyance as a fraud on her,
depriving her Of her inchoa.o
right of dover.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-03-11
Hiding a Diamond in his
Leg.

An old man, we'll known in
Brussels, who would appear every
afternoon with mathematical reg
ularity in the St. Hubert arcade,
where be would walk for exactly
one hour, from four to FIVE o'clock,
died recently in that city. The
oldest dwellers in that quarter f
Brussels remember to have seen
him take his daily promenade for
man years back without ever CON
versing with any one. Among
his papers will was found in
which he ask ed to be buried in
neighBoring cemetery by his wife S
side, and requested that person
who now fills an exalted position
in St. Petersburg be Informed Of
his death. Itappears when young
he was employed in a diamond pro,
ducing district in Asia.
One day he found an enormous
diamond and de;ermiI ed to secure
it for himself. The difficulty was
how TO escape the lynxeyed
agents. He made deep wound in
the calfof bis leg in which he con-
cealed the diamond. He then pre-
tended that he had been wounded
and bis leg was bound up and he
was authorized to leave the dis
trict. He succeeded in escaping
to Russia. where he sold the gem
for large sum. 1t is now one of
the crown diamonds of Russia.
Having thus acquired wealth, our
hero. travelled all over the world.
10 England be married a young
lady, who died IL Brussels some
years ago. After her death he
did not leave the city where she
was buried.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-03-11

Recently a man fell a depth of
40 feet into a chasm in the
Swiss mountains. He was un-
hurt. His escape was attributed
to the miraculous Intervention of
a saint, whose image he wore.
One of the newspapers ridiculed
this fancy, and the Government
authorities have proceeded against
the newspaper for attacking the
conscience and morals of the pub
lc and for a gross aud grl;uitous
insult to the persons protesting
the Catholic religion"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-03-11
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STAR OF HOPE.
by MRS. c. EYARD.

by MRS. C. W. EvARD.
The Star of Hope How many star
Did youths bright hope see loom afar;
How many one with hopeful beam,
Look wistful down on life's young stream
How many one peered out on high,
From childhOod's bright, unclouded sky.
Like stars along the milky way,
Those hopes to girlhOod's fancy shone,
And smiled adown with blissful ray,
They loOmed to chiidhood's wandering gaze
To girlhood's fancy beckoned on;
They cheered the truant schoolgirl DAYS
And bright in adolescence ShOne.
But childhood on like lightning flew;
And girlhood vanished quickly too;
And schoolday hOurs-tho' slow they crept
70 truant eyes-on quickly swept;
Adolescence too, with beaming eve,
And buOyant heart, rushed wildly by.
On-in the ne'er returning chase,
Youths stages in succession went,
And girlhood'S dawn stole in apace-
But, . how changed its armament
How changed, alas! at girlhood's dawn,
When the impenetrable shroud
Which veiled youths vision was Withdrawn
NOught, nought appeared but storm and
cloud.
lsearched in vain with longing eye,
For one faint glimpse OF youths bright sky;
For one bright orb; one-only one,
To glimmer out and guide me on
But all was dark! No ray appeared
From out that studded canopy
Which youths ETHEREAL vision reared,
In fancy's brilliant panoply;
No orb did the spark illume,
No Star of Hope-all, all was gloom
At girlhood's dawning day stood
Like limb, dangling oer the flood,
Ere yet the swelling torrant rolled
With strength enough to break hold;
But out the mountain streamlets gushed,
. And every tributary swelled;
And madly down the torrent rushed,
Swapping the feeble grasp it held.
So O'er my young aspiring SOUL
Still clinging to the parent stem,
And filed with many bright day dream,
The troubled stream of girlhood stole;
Stole like the torrent unawares-
Came with its mountain stream of cares,
Swo.'n with its tributary rills-
Deaths-broken friendships-ills on ills !
They hurled me in their wrathy foam;
They snatched me from the parent tree;
They dragged ma from my childhood's home,
And launched me On the worlds wide
sea-
Upon the worlds wide sea- alone
Without chart or helm to guide,
From wave to wave disporting thrown,
| rose and fell with every tide;
With every tide sought the shore
Where girlhOcd's dreamy vision roamed,
But each receding current bore
Me back amid the exultant roar
OF the phrenzied waves that round me
foamed.
And such has been my childhood's dream
ing,
And such my dawning girlhood's strife;
'Tis past:-Hope's star again is beaming,
And lights anew my path in life
NdShriile, TeAz., FEB. eth 1873.
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Mail Directory.
Fayetteville POst-Ofice.

Railroad-leaves every day except Sun
day at A. M; arrives at p. NJ. Supplies
the following Offices: Kelso, Lincoln, Flynt-
willie, Oregon, Georges Store, Flora, Hunts
Station, Salem, Winchester and Decherd.
Shclbyville Stage-arrives Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday at 10 a. NJ; leaves same
days at q N. Supplies Mulberry, Lynch
burg, Bonneville, County Line, Shelbyville.
Huntsville stage-leaves Monday and
Thursday at Q A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at P. A. Supplies Goshen, Halle
Green, Meridianville and Huntsville.
Shelbyville horse-leaves Mondays and
THURSDAYS at A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at P. II. Supplies Norris Greek,
Chestnut Ridge Hawthorne and Shelbyville.
Pulaski horSe-arriyeS everv Friday at II
NJ; leaves same day at l2:3o. Supplies Cy-
ruston, BoOns Hill, Millville, Pisgah, Brad
shaw and Pulaski.
Blanche horse--leaves every Friday at
ga. NJ; arrives Saturday at 3 P. NJ. Sup
plies Camargo MolinO and Blanche.
Money Orders can be obtained at this Of
Ace upon post offices in all parts eff the U
nited States. A list of Money Order offices
may be seen on application. Rates of com
mission for Money Orders arc rs follows:
Not exceeding $40. .....-... cents
"a
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An Old Superstition

A sOjourner at Frankfort on
Main, iu Germany, had occasion
to order a single bedstead. He
says, "When it was brought home,
| was surprised to find that the or
nament of one side of the bed
stead was not repeated on the op-
posite side, it being, in fact, quite
plain. | expressed my surprise
and dissatisfaction to the maker,
saying that when the head of the
bedstead was placed against the
wall of a room, the sides then
showi, 6 would appear quite un-
like one, ornamented and the 9TH
er plain. At this the maker ex-
pressed bis surprise that + should
be SO ignorant OF German Gus
tom and prejudice; 'for,' said he,
'in Germany single bedsteads are
only placed sideways against a
wall or partition, and only placed
with the head against the walItore.
ceive a dead body
And the worthy maker assured
me that nowhere in Germany
could a native be induced to sleep
on single bedstead, which had
not its side placed against wall
or partition The same objection
does not hold against the placing
two single bedsteads side by side,
with their heads against a wall"
Another instance of the inner
ent superstition of humanity.
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A coincidence in the matter Of
names will be noticeable in the
Senate of the Forty-fourth Con.
gfess. There will be two Gamer.
ons, two Joneses, and two Nor
rills, with exception OF t, two
Johnsons: Senator Johnson, of
Virginia, and Senator Johnson, of
Tennessee. Did not the term of
MIR. Hamilton, Of Maryland, ex.
pire on the 4th Of March next,
there would have been no less
than five couplets of similar
names III the Senate.
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Considerable atteL ton has been
excited hy the account Of the
French losses in the campaign of
1870 and 1871, prepared by DR..
Chenu. Comparing the French
aud German figures, we find that
France had 10000 dead and
$4,000 wounded in the war,
against the A, 900 dead and 49,
600 wounded recorded in the
German official lists. Adding 10
this the 10000 who died in be-
seised Paris and Strausburg, and
the 1900 who succumbed as
prisoners in Germany, the total
of the dead is raised to over 220,-
600.