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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

Projection AGAINST LIGHTNING. IN.
Eouel. French scientist, has recently
devised an original plan for protecting
buildings from lightning. The idea is
not TO prevent the bolt striking 3
house. but to direct its current SO that
Il shall harmlessly reach the ground.
Usually, the highest point, say the
chimney Of a.house, attracts the Anid.
Thence IL makes its way from one me
tallic projection or surfaca to another,
until. Il. attains to the spout. when IL
follows the stream of water TO the
ground. As water is an excellent con
duetor of electricity, d. Nouel suggests
that the chimneys of city houses be
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29
POSTAGE STAMPS.


How THEY Are MADE AND D1srR1nurED.
In printing steel plates are used, on |
which 200 stamps are engraved. Two
men are kept hard at work covering |
them with the colored inks and passing |
them to a man and q girl. who are |
eq0a1iy busy at printing them with
large 1ollhg hand presses. Three of
thesa ktkle Rauads are employed al the
time, although ten presses can be put
into use in case of necessity. After the
small sheets Of paper upon which the
200 stamps are engraved have dried
sufficiently theysare sent into another
room and gamA9ds The gum used for
tbs pun pose Is peculiar composition,
made of the powder of dried potatoes
and Other vegetables IaixeH with water,
which is better than other kinds, for
instance, gum arabic, which cracks the
paper badly This paper is also. of q
peculiar texture. Somewhat similar to
that used for bank notes. After having
been again dried, this time on little
racks, which are famed by steam power
for about an hour. they are put between
sheets Of pasteboard and pressed in hy-'
drAu1ic presses. capable of applying
weight Of 200 tons. The next thing is
to cut the sheets in half ), each sheet. of
course, when cut, contains q hundred
stamps. This is sdone by . girl with a
large pair. OF shears. cutting by hand
being preferred to- that of machinery,
which method would destroy too many
stamps. They are then passed to two
0thRE squads, who in as many opera
tions perforate the sheets between the
stAmpss Next they are pressed once
more sand then packed and labeled, ard
slowed away in another room, prepara-
tOEysto being put in mail bags for dis
patching sto.5 fiji sorders.s If q single
stamp is torn, or in any way mutilated,
theiewhoie sheet of one hundred is
burneds sslAbout SOC, 600 are burned
every week from this cause. For the
past twenty years not a single sheet has
been lost, such care is taken in count
ing them. During the process of manu-
featuring the sheets are counted eleven
times. = si. A''s
AA-O4C e&AO OOsOO0 ECcgOAA4CCo sGAA1OAE4o
out the country. and they use in the
course Of one year 700. 600, 600 postage
stamps. a week. or two since "a, ,0OO,-
600 finished. and, $1,000. 600 unfinished
stamps were put into the safes. The
New, York Postofice alone uses 12O, ,0OO,-
600 A year. somewhat over one-sixth of
the whole number used, or equal to
the amount required by 6,0o0 other
Offices. Four tinaes year the different
postofices send orders for the number
of stamps they expect to have occasion
to use during the coming three months.
OF course, If they run out during that
times they are at liberty to send for
more.e The Office here in New York is
supplied differently. Twice month
an order is sent for about 5OO, ,000 of
various DETERMINATIONS. Three-cent
stamps are, of course, in much greater
demand than those of any other value.
In answer 10 the orders the stamps are
mads and sent to the offices, and there
counted imm ediateIy In the presence of
a witness. An accompanying blank re-
ceipt is filed up and sent to the Assist
ant Postmaster at Washington, who has
charge of this branch of the Postofice
Department. .-NetO York Letter.. s.s
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29
ALASS.


Probably the Romans were the first
to employ, glass for windows. Some
remnantstof glass. pai1es are to be found
to-day, lid their frames, In the buried
housessof Herculaneum and Pompeii
They substituted glass as material
for bottles In place of the leather which
is still in vogue among the poorer
classes III the Orient. Epicureans In
wine then, as now. determined the age
of theft article BY the seal upon the
cork, and tie label impressed upon the
glass. NGlass goblets were less popular.
Gold and silver reluctantly yielded the
palm to their new-fangled rival, which
sought popularity by appealing, not to
the poverty Of the poor, but TO the de-
sire of novelty among the rich Even
artificial stones and pearls Of glass were
not uplpoYn.- Whether mirrors Of glass
were known to the Romans, or whether.
they depended exclusively as they cer-
tainly did chiefly, upon the resources
of the, JeVa polished ametsls-sis q
question Of graves dispute, among the
learned in snch matters-a disputeintoi
which we shall lnohventuxeto enter sItis
safe, hOweyery toeay that the only use of
glass which modern art cam claim with
assuraneeg as exclusively its own, is the
employnrent osAitsin those optical In
struments which are at once the chill
dren ana the parents of so much of
modern ecience.
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now TO CONDUCT Il coURrsH1P.

HOW TO CONDUCT A C0URTsHIP.
Don't be too sudden about it. Many
g. gixl has said =.snO,ss when neant.
yes" simply because her lover didn't
choose the right time and pop the queg-
tion gently.
Take q dark night for it. Have the
blinds closed, che curtains down, and
the lamp turned most cut. Sit near
enough to her so that you can hook
your little finger into hers. Wait until
conversation begins to flag, and then
quietly remark:
Susie. T .want to ash. Jon some
thing"
She will fdget around little, reply
YES !" and after4 a pause you can add -.
"Susie, my actions must have shown
you must have-I mean, you must be
aware that-that-',
Pause here fora while, but keep your
finger firmly locked. She may cough
and try to turn the subject off by asking
you how you liked the circus, but she
only does it to encourage you.5 After
about ten minutes you can continue:
/" I was thinking, as came up the
path to.night, that before Z went away
would ask you-that is, I would broach
the subject nearest MY mean, Iwould
know my" e
Stop again and give her hand gentle
squeeze. She may give yank to get
it away or she may not. In either case
it augurs well for you. Wait about
five minutes and then go on:
ssThe past year has been a very
happy one to me, but hope that future
| years will still be happier. However,
THAT depends entirely on, you. I am
here tonight to know-that is, to ask
4 you-I mean, am here tonight to hear
from your own lips the one sweet"
i Wait again. 1t isn't best to be too
rash about such things. Give her
/ plenty of time to recover her COM
posure, and then put your hand on
your heart and continue:
eyes, I thought, as I was coming
through the gate tonight, how happy
I had been; and said to myself that
if I only knew you would consent to be
my-that is, said if only knew-if
was only certain that my heart had not
deceived me, and you were ready to
share
Hold on there's no hurry about it.
Give the wind chance to sob and
moan around the gables. This will
make her lonesome and call up all the
love in her heart. When she begins to
cough, and grow restless, you can go
on:
Before met You this world was q
desert to me. didn't take any pleas
ure in going blackberrying and stealing
rare-ripe peaches, and it didn't matter
whether the sun shone or not. But
what change in one short year It is
for you to say whether my future shall
be a prairie of happiness, or summer
fallow of Canada thistles. Speak, dear
est Susie, and say-and say-that-
| that"
Give her five minutes more by the
clock, and then add:
That you will be-that is, that you
Wilt mean, that You win be-ninesl''
She will heave sigh, look up at the
clock and over the stove, and then as
she slides her head over your vest
pocket she will whisper;
''You are just right viii. Ter
ritOTial Enterprise.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

small beer for breakfast, and knew the
taste of herrings. Not ono Of Shakes
peare's women uttered line inspired
by hysteria. Their bodies matured like
nature, and became capable OF enter
tanning the great passion with it's own
honest ardors."
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

/. THE latest New York fashion, i'm
ported from Berhp,is that of early par
,ties.a We read that one OF the most
s. swell affairs of the season have been
recently issued, with g from 4 to IL
D. m.0 engraved in one corner. Ac-
eording TO this system, the blinds are
closed and the gas lighted at 4 O'Clock
in the afternoon; the dancing begins by
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

3 or and the ball is over by II. Still
an another foreign system imported into
New York, which is said to have been
started by the Prince of Wales, is for
gentlemen to appear without gloves on
fufl-dress occasions
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

provided with an iron bar, or even with
tunnels, which shall be united with the
sspeats by plates of zi11c Thus, the
lightning. first striking the chimney,
will leap along the track set foris, and
enter the ground without DETECTING
from its course or causing damage to
the house or It's Inmates.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29
APPEARAN0E8 ARE DECEPTI EE !.

APPEARANOES ARE DECEPT1EE
You cant always believe what q man
says, any moro than you can Judge OF
his heart by. the clothing he wears. The
other night a policeman in the east end
grabbed negro who came running
down street at full speed painting Ike
3 wind broken horse, and the officer
wanted to knov why and wherefore the
colored man Was dpsting around in that
lively style at midnightis solemn hour.
"Wifeis1 sick gwine for the doctorf
gasped the man. q 4S 80
ssWhexe dOy0u live ~ tass
sLemme go-can,t stop- she's NOSE
dead +, was the answer, yet In spite Of
this the, officer pushed the African up.
against the fence, and . search brought
to light xAo chick anss clothes-Ifne, 9
hatchet and pair Of bo0tss the same
the properly 7o9 some other man. -
Detroit Free Fpsss. Y
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

THE HEALTH OF SHAKESPEARE WoM-
RN.-Mr. Weiss, in his lecture on the
6 Women of Shakespeare, delivered in
New York, said 's Before the gymna-
sium and the health-lift were invented
at the peevish persuasion of dyspeptics
and invalids, who die by inches OF fried
food. fricassees of high-school pre-.
Rramnes and ragouts of French novels,
shakespeare's women earned their
health on horseback in the broad En-
glish fields. They saw the sun rise,
and could not afford to outdare the set
ting crescent with gas-light streaming
from over-heated rooms. They drank
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29
DON'T SCOLD.

Scolding is habit very easily formed.
It is astonishing how soon one who in
dulges in it at all becomes addicted to-
it. It is an unreasonable habit. Per-
sons sometimes get into the way of
scolding at the mere absence Of any
thing to scold at. Tt is an extremely
disagreeable habit. The constant
rumbling of distant thunder, caterwaul-
ing, or hand-organ under ones win
dows, would be less unpleasant.S The
habit is contagious. Once introduced
into family, it is pretty certain,sin
short time, to affect 1.-the members.
IF one of them begin finding faultabout-
something or nothing the othersare apt
to take it up, and very unnecessary
bedlam is created.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

A CAUSE FOR HEADACHE. CAPTAIN
Spicer, of the New London whaling
bark Nile, says that in the scalp-bone
of a two. hundfed-b barrel whale, struck
by his boats crew, was found the head
of Scotch gun harpoon, marked with
the name of the Scotch whaler True,
Love. and the date 1s6Ise The True
Love has not made voyage during the,
last eight or ten years, and this fact,
taken in connection with the date
in the harpoon, would indicate
that the whale had been earrying this
ugly piece of iron around for not less
than eight years, and perhaps twelve,
or thirteen. The whale was captured
by the Nile in Cumberland inlet, while
the True Loves station was in Bafin's
Bay, SO that he was something of a
traveller. The harpoon head weighed
between four and five pounds.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

WE give our washerwoman notice
that hereafter we want our own clothes.
Last Sunday we put on another fellows.
shirt, but couldn't wear itaat all. Tt
was all rufaed around the top and look
ed real handsome, but tfske was no
place for collar, and it, hadn't any
bosom, though we are bound to say
there was plenty of room for one. Yes,
it was handsome shirt, but we don't
have ours made that way. .-Mnr Ade5er
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

VICroR HUGO recsntly walked bare-i
headed in funeral PROFESSIONS disf
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

- . ss44 * - saSy3
sn5se ssssss5sa II - -. ~ ~ 3sssS
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

$50 - n .tf.s# fEs ssss ssats sssss =
.ses.e ltr.ssctJ tI..sz 81 s-ads 81
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02
Nashville. Tenn,

Brandy-applc,new,2.2 5; old, 2.75-pcach;
FEW, 2.75; old, $50.
Beeswax,-3Oc.
Blackberries-driod,4 @5c 2 n.
Butter-mcdium to good, l4@ loo; choice,
2O@25.
Baeon-clear sides, Az @I43{c; Shout
ders, lO1ac, packed; breakfast bacon, loo;
canvassed hams, l4c.
Cotton-ordinary III; good ordinary
1875; low middling, l314; middling, 1324;
good middling, Az.
Coffeo-Rio, common to choice. 212L@
244c p ID; Laguyra. 24114; Javo, 2924@ $3.50
Candles-l6l5c for fll weight.
COrn-shelIed and sacked, Sass.
Flour-fancy, p Lbl, S7.25; choice family,
$6.25@G.75; superfne, $5@5.25; fine, 90.
Eggs--l2c Per doz.
Feathers-primc to choice, 4S.
Lard--kegs 1Gc; buckets, l6H; tiercc, II.
Mea-sackei in depot, 92'5 @95.
Peanuts8Oc@$i.1l, as to quality.
Poultry--ducks, l5@18c; hens; 15@22;
turkeys, GOO soc.
Potatoes-Trish, new, $1@1.25 per barrel.
RYe-S0@9 SOC
Salt-7-bush Dbl 50 40 in depot.
Sirups-N. Q. molasses, 55@55c; golden
strip, Goa 75c.
gar-Demarara III; New Orleans, 10
Tallow-choice, 7Jac.
Wheat-4115d l.3O.
Whiskey-Lincoln county, S1.G9@3.0O
Wool-Washed, 37@41.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02
The Importance Of Labor
Bureaus.

The Bureau Of Statistics of La
Dor, of Massachusetts,, has ISSUED
its report, which well sustaips the
reputation for clearness of con
ception and thoroughness of WORK
which the previous ones issued
have gained for it.
The story which this repor
tells Of the obstacles placed in its
way, and the attempts made &c
destroy its influences by those
whose best interests, in reality
are aided by its labors, shows the
social necessity there is for just
such institutions. engaged in just
such work and publishing just
such reports. In the scientific
study of natural phenomena, and
of the laws regulating their rela.
ton and sequence, the very basis
of all advance is the gathering of
the facts derived from careful and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. This course
of proceeding, which is the charac,
teristic method Of modern times.
has changed our entire conception
of nature, though-the general pub.
lie opinion is hardly yet ready to
receive conclusion which the
most competent scientific men have
drawn from the more extended
data which have thus been gath.
cred.
In the study of our social and
industrial condition, the same
course of development is begin
ing actively to develop ITSELF
The value, therefore, of such
branches of the public service as
this bureau eXemplifies can hard
ly be overestin.ated. 1t is thus
only that the data can be gather.
ed for a correct and scientific
knowledge of the facts, and those
who, either willfully or ignorant
ly, are unable to see its import
ance, will oppose it, as the same
classes have opposed the growth
of every science, but their oppOsi-
ton will be vain since it is a.
gainst the spirit of the age.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02
Now for q GAY old Time.

The Great Southern Circus is
coming, the agricultural fair will
shortly be on hand, and we are
already receiving our fall and win,
ter stock of boots and shoes, man.
ufactured expressly for us by the
Bay State shoe and leather com,
pany, every pair Of which we war
rant and propose to sell at such
prices that the most humble need
no longer go barefooted, bnt be
clad in the best, from neat calf
cable screw boot to an iron clad
shoe, from which person receiv-
Ing one kick would be consi gned
to the hospital Tor six months and
two kicks cause instant DEATH
MURRAY g. MORGAN.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02
with them the sad reflections Of
the past. More anon. ALLAH.
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, free
Of charge. We call attention to
the following:
BY D. w. Clark, G. and M.
and special CON-, Thursday, 30th
inst, OH the premises, 162 acres
and % poles in the 4th district,
belonging to James G. Pitts.
BY the same, Friday, October
lst, at the courthouse door, rs
acres and 40 poles in the 9TH
district, belonging to j. B..
Wakefield.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real
estate have been acknowledged
since our last, in the County Court
Clerks Office:
Mrs. Julia Wright TO W. N.
Wright, land in Sth dis. gift.
J. C.McClellan to W N. Wright,
interest in land in Sth dis, $275.
j. II & w. q. Tucker to W. w.
james, 40 acres in 4th dis, ST..
jos.
W. C. Sugg to R w, Wilson,
One,third interest in 3SS acres in
l4th dis, $3.50
James G. Little, Seburn Stiles
and Robert StIlrs to John M.
Dickey, 1923 acres in 4lh dis, ST..
500.
W. II. Ashhy and others TO j.
R. Ashby, 100 acres in 9th dis,
S2,64O,.
A. J. Smith to W F. Smith, Il
acres in 25th dis, consideration
not named.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02
Fayetteville Produce Market.

Wheat is being freely taken by
buyers, at slightly reduced figures,
but they are in harmony with
both Northern and Southern
markets. Attention is paid to
good and prime. but they are
disposed to turn the cold shoulder
to low grades. We quote choice
white and amber, SL0501.I23;
prime, 90c0$1; low grades, NOM
inal.
Corn has been quite active for
Tilling purposes, and is selling
from store at 60@S5c.
There is some inquiry for ba-
con, with small Transactions
We quote, nominally, hams, 143
els; sides, 143@15.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02
NONRESIDENT Notice.
Chancery at Fayetteville, Tenn, August
Rules 1879

III OudHCSfH dt Il a ctltNlitcs lSHil.f august
Rules, 1875.
Wiley A. Hobbs, Admir- Re, rs Joseph
Blythe and others, and James Blythe ct
ais Us. Vim. Smith, ct ais
" HEREAS, Wiley A. Hobbs, Admins
w traitor Of Phebe Blythe, deceased,
fled his original bill in the Chancpry Court
at fayetteville, Tenn. against Joseph Blythe
and others on the 18th of June, 1850, for
the sale of land, and at the sale of said
land r. NJ. CoUser became the purchaser Of
one Of the tracts; and said cause being
still pending, and said COuser being dead
and his heirs not before the Court, it was
ordered at the adjourned June term. 1874,
that sc ire tGciGs issue and publication be
made in the above causes for said heirs to
show cause why said causes should not be
revived against them.
And it appearing to the Clerk and Master
from the return OF the Sheriff Of Moore
county. Tennessee, 70 whom scire facias
had been issued for James Couser. one of
the heirs Of said Z. N. CoUser, that said
James COuser is a nonresident of Tennes
see, and resides in the State OF Texas.
1t is, therefore, ordered, by the Clerk and
Master that said James COuser appear 1T
the next term of cur Chaucery Court to be
held for Lincoln county at the courthouse
in Fayetteville on the 1St Monday in
October, 1875, and show cause, ii any
he has, why said causes should not be re
vived against him as such heir Of said Z. NJ.
COuser, deceased. It's further ordered, that
this notice be published for four consecu-
tive weeks in the FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER.
A true copy, attest: d. ". CLARK,
aug. 26 Clerk and Master.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02

~ Rowcll's Newspaper Re
porter of August 30 contains
what purports to be a "list of
all the weekly newspapers pub
fishing 1000 copies or more
each ISSUE" in the Southern
States. In the Tennessee "list''
the OBSERVER docs not appear,
Notwithstanding its bona fide
subscription is, and has been for
many months, ocer LOCO copies
weekly = and the Reporter pub
fishers were informed of the
fact. We find the Murfrees-
boro Monitor in the ''list," how
ever, and that paper has been
dead fully three months! Such
"lists" are of little value.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02
In Cbancery at Fay tt vile. Tcnncsscc.

In Chancery at Fay tt vile Tennessee.
August Rules, 1915.
D. +. Hobbs and others as. John W. Hobbs
and others.
I'm motion Of compliments by counsel
" and it appearing to the satisfaction Of
the Clerk and Master from the allegations
in compliments bill, which is worn to- that
the names and residence Of the three miner
children of VIM. 2. Hobbs deceased who
are made defendants TO said Hill, are un-
known, SO that the ordinary process OF law
cannot be served upon them.
1t is, therefore, ordered by the Clerk an1
Master that said nonresident dt PENDANTS ap-
pear before the ChaEoeli on or efors the
first three days Of our next Charccry C01rt
TO be held Tor Lincoln county at the court
house in Fayetteville, TcnncsEs G, on the
first Monday in October, S55, aad
plead, answer or dcniur to SAID bill, Cr inc
same will be aiken for confessed and sci for
heariI ex partc az to them
1t is further ordered that this notice be
published for four consecutive weeks il
The FAYETTEvILLE OBSERVER.
A tree copy, attest: d. w. CLARK,
Clerk and Master
KcTcheraI &c x erchecal, Solicitors.
son 9 1875
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02

BE- With no ordinary grief
do we announce the death Of Mrs.
ANN WILSON, wife of our friend
Mr.. James B. Wilson. She died
Tuesday, 3Ist ult. She was kind
and gentle, in her disposition retir'
ing, but ever ready to do goodwhen
duty called. She was an indul.
gent mother, an affectionate wife
and considerable neighbor. She
leaves a discoDsOlate husband and
children and other relatives to
mourn her loss; but she leaves
them with the sweet assurance
that she has gone to meet her
Saviour.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02

DS Our informant was III
error in narrating the particu-
lars of the arrest of the white
man and negro chronicled in last
weeks OBSERVER. The negro
was suspected of having robbed
and murdered a white woman
near New Market, Ala, and the
white man-Hugh Horner, by
name--is charged with larceny.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02

I@ Mr.. Clayton Shofner,
"a son Of Mr.. Webb Shofner, a
worthy gentleman of this coun-
ty,) a cadet at West Point, re-
turned home on a visit the Dist
Of June, and started on his re-
turn to West Point last week.
When within seven miles of his
journeys end, the cars ran off
the track, killing him instantly.
lie was about II years Of age.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-02
~ Last Saturday, in County

ne Last Saturday, in County
Court, the executors of Peter Kent,
deceased, resigned, and W. II.
Pcindexter was appointed admir-
istrator in their stead.
On Tuesday, Joseph S. Hobbs
qualified as administrator Of the
estate Of Mrs. G. S. Hobbs, dec.
The same day, the will of Hen
ny Renegar, dec, was admitted
to probate.