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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-25
Mall D1rectOry-
Fayetteville POstscyhice.

R,lroad.sfoases every day except Sun
dsyat s:45 AN; arrivesat5;4 40 Pm. supplies
the following Offices: KelSp, Lincoln, tlynt-
v;lle. Oregon. Georges Store, Flora, Hunts
Station. Salem, Winchester and Decherd.
z Sheihyyille stase-arrives Monday, We'd
ocSday and Friday at ii A. NJ; leaves same
davs Al 2P.M. Supplies Mulberry, Lynch
bnro bonneville, County Line, Shelbyville.
IInn,sville stare-leaycs Monday and
rhnrsaav NJ & A. ~; arrives Tuesday and
sr,iday at , Pm. Supplies Goshen, iialie
Sreen, Meridianville and hontsNiile.
Shclbyviilc hack-leaves Mondays anG
Thursdays at A. NJ; arrives Inesday arc
Friday.at r. NJ. Supplies Nonls Greek
Chestnut Ridge, Hawthorne and SheipyViue
Pulaski horsc--arriycs every SATURDAY AZ
ll:3uAu; leaves same daya. l2:3O. Supphe,
c>rastpn, Millyilie, pissal, Bradshaw and
Pulaski. ~
BInnche horse-lcavcs every Tuesday anc
Friday at A. NJ; arrives Wednesday ans
Saturday ats = Al. Supplies Oaihargo, Mo
limo, Cold Water, Blanche.
Boops llill horsc-arrivcs every Satur
day AT IL II; leaves same day at ? N.
i tersl.urg horsc--icaves Saturday at 3 !
A.: arrives at Pm same day. supplies
Ronf,ow Station and Petersburg.
n. Money Orders can be ol tn n at this OF
ice upon post Offices in all parts ef the U
nitcd States. A list Of Money Order Office
may bc seen on application. Rates OF com
mission ioI Money o. .dcrs are as follows:
Nor EXCEEDING So. ...... 10 cent
Over Is apd not exceeding S30.. 10 DO
do % do do 40. -. 20 do
DO al do do so. .25 do
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-25

A one-mmed man drew S2,780
from a Philadelphia bank, and
was counting; the money at a
desk. \ thief dropped one dol
la. at his feet, and said, S'See,
YOU have dropped a bill" The
one-arqned man stopped to pick
mp the S1,.and when he straight
ened mp again the thief had gone
off with the $3.50. SO
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-25

"Can love die?" inquiries Ma
ry E.. Nealy-in Il recently pub
lished poem. 1t cannot, though
it gets drcadfully adjourned oc-
casionally.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-25

A thousand pounds of powder
exploded i'll a quarry near Read
ing, Pa, loosening about 10000
tons of stone at one blast,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-25

,.z- Two EollaFs for one year, tsea-
..,.Ti,, 81 gdconce, Two Dollars Rnd
rf0y Ccnts II payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out OF the county
be paid Ter IN adrance.
rs- Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-25

An Indian widow living near
Denison, in the nation, has had
her shoes marlc OF The =ssnned
hide Of her drsEd dcp~ried~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-25


lar per Square Of Ten Lines or less for the
first insertion Fifty Cents for each contin-
uance. p1~Local and Special Notices,
Twenty Cents per line.
pSE. Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Cents per square.
as;s- The privilege of yearly advertisers
il strictly limited 70 their own immediate ~
and regular business; and the business OF
an sAyertising firm is not considered as in
ciuding that OF the individual members;
aSy~ No deviation from these terms under
any circumstance.
pls- Advertisemis moi marked with the
number OF insertion when handed IN, VIII
he continued until ordered out, and pay
meni exacied.
nav. No advertisements inserted gratui-
ousl,
Reb Adyer sisemenis OF an abusive ma
ture win not he inserted at any price
aSs- Announcing candidates- County
Five Dollars Congressional, Senatorial, OF
Judicial. Ten Dollars-to be paid IN ad-
vance,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-25

The train had pulled ont. "A
young man rushed breathlessly
in. The Oil City Derrick tells
the rest of it: "Got left, did
you?" "Well, amt / here?'
he responded. Then one said he
could go across the bridge and
catch it, and another told him
when the next train would go,
and made various suggestions.
The chap looked at the disap-
pearing train q few moments.
when somebody asked, "Where
were you going?" Then the
wicked fellow said: 20! [ wasn't
going ON it, but there was a fel-
low on the train to whom | prom
Used to pay bill" Tableaux
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13
AN IDAHO FOSSIL FISH.

In the window of drug store on South
C-street, is to seen on thin slab of cream
colored clay slate one of the most perfect
and beautiful fossils imaginable, in the
shape of fish. 1t is of rich umber
brown and, unless closely inspected, is ia-
Die to be mistaken for painting or draw
ing. The fish is exactly foot in length by
u inches in width in the widest part and in
shape closely resembles the common perch.
It has one dorsal fin, which is spread to its
full width There is no second dorsal fin,
nor is any ventral fin shown. The anal fin
is spread and runs all the way back to the
the caudal fin or tail, which is forked and
beautifully spread. These fins are as per
feet as could be drawn by an artist. Every
bone, large and small, in and connected
with the vertebre is perfect and beautifully
delineated. The gills are also handsomely
shown and tie eye is quite ife-ike, both
the dark and white parts being wen-pre-
served The fossil appears to be that of
the whole and perfect fish SO compressed
that all except the backbone resembles
drawing. The back bone is the only part
raised above the general surface of the
stone, and it stands out to about what
would be the natural size of the vertebre of
fish of the size mentioned. This splendid
fossil came from Bear Lake, Idaho, and was
presented to the druggist by mining man.
The miner has what appears to be an exact
copy or mate to this fossil. Vuguua Ncg.
Enterprise.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13
THE DEVILS FRUIT.

Potatoes were first introduced at Moscow
by a Mr.. Rowland, eighty or ninety years
ago. At first the people would neither
plant nor touch them, saying they were the
devils fruit, given to him on his complain
ing to God that he had no fruit, when he
was told to search in the earth for some,
which he did, and found potatoes. A
curious Berwickshire legend which, how
ever, is palpably anachronicle, attributes
the introduction of potatoes into Scotland
to that famous wizard of the North, Sir
Michael Scott The wizard and the devil,
being in partnership, took lease of the
farm on the Martoun estate, called White
house The wizard was to manage the
farm, the devil managed the capital. The
produce was to be divided as follows: The
first year Sir Michael was to have all that
grew above ground, and his partner all that
grew below; the second year the shares
were to be the opposite way. His Satanic
Majesty, as is usual in such cases, was fair
ly overreached in his bargain, for the wiz
ard cunningly sowed all the land in the
first year with wheat, and planted it with
potatoes the second, SO that the devil got
nothing for his share but wheat stubble and
potato tops. And this scourging rotation
Sir Michael continued until he had not
only beggared his partner, but exhausted
the soil In spite OF this legend, however,
we must continue to give credit to Sir Wal
ter Raleigh for having been the introducel
of potatoes into that country. The first
that tried them, we are told, fell into the
very natural mistake of eating the apples
and disregarding the roots.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13
PAINLESS 0PER

The new anti-septic method of surgery
which has but recently been introduced into
this country, has been twice successfully
tried at the Alexian Brothers Hospital
Chicago, recently. In each case leg was
amputated, and the patient rapidly re-
covered, experiencing no pain whatever
from the use of the surgical instruments.
The method of operation is as follows:
The surface of the limb to be amputated is
first sponged with solution of one part
carbolic acid to forty of water, into the
wound. This makes the operation perfect
ly painless, and does away with the ne
cessity for using chloroform or ether. The
wound is then dressed with oiled silk, satur-
ated with sulphate of lead, which indicates
the presence of sulphate of hydrogen by
turning black and shows whether the
wound is suppurating Six layers of medi.
Gated gauze are then placed overthe wound,
and the whole is covered with Macintosh
cloth.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13
INSTANCE OF INDIAN DARING.

An instance of what an Apache Indian
will do in the way of cool daring, when the
prize is worth the risk once occurred on q
rancho in Arizona The owner of the
ranch was an American. To guard against
the Apaches he had built block house,
and, adjoining it, courtyard and corral
surrounded by an adobe wall eight feet
high and two feet thick. In the corral the
herd was nightly secured He had con-
tract to feed and guard four hundred head
of cattle belonging to the United States
fort, some thirty miles away. More than
one attempt had been made by Apaches to
capture the herd, while feeding two or three
miles from the block house. But the vigi-
lant herdsmen had driven the cattle at
gallop into the corral before the Indians
could stampede them One night there
came fearful storm solitary Apache,
unarmed, and with nothing but blanket to
protect him from the cold rain, climbed
over the corral wall; crouching in the cor
ner, he waited for day. Early in the morn
ing, the storm having passed away, eight
herdsmen, mounted and armed waited at
the gate of the corral for the herd to be
turned out. The gate was opened; the
stock poured out Suddenly up sprang the
Apache. Vaulting on the nearest horse, he
clutched his name with one hand, while
with the other he waved his red blanket
and yelled like demon. In an instant
every hoof made rush, and the stampede
began. The horse, frightened, darted into
the midst of the flying cattle. AS in q
frenzy they went through the gateway, the
Apache clasped his arms around the horses
neck, and, throwing his body on one side
of the animals, disappeared from view. A
Thousand men ranged in column could not
stop that rush of the crazed herd down the
valley The herdsmen fred volley which
wounded and killed some of the cattle.
Two bands of Apaches, darting out from
opposite sides of the valley, closed up from
behind the herd Four hundred head of
cattle were thus captured and run of
by the daring and cunning of one Apache.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13
IMPROVING THE VIOLIN.

All musical instruments worked with a
bow, and especially the violin, produce GER
tain acute, hard and disagreeable notes.
In memoir recently published by M.
Dien, a remedy is announced. Hitherto
the short part of the string above the
bridge has not been supposed to influence
the sonorousness of the principal part, but
really it vibrates simultaneously, though
very weakly, with the latter, and its vi
brations cause the interfences to which the
unpleasant effect in question is due. N
Dien has experimental by tanning these
prolongations of the strings to the unisor
or octave of the defective note by applying
small movable nuts to the prolonged parts
which can be adjusted as desired. Th'
correction thus made is said to be quit
complete. 4-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13

sion arrived at is that "the time for the
undertaken to mourn is when he is beat
en- out of his bill" which affords occasion
frequent enough. On the other hand, a
high degree of jollity should not be too
manifest in his department, even in an
ticipation of magnificent bill. A quiet,
free and easy demeanor, without fussi-
ness or undue haste, is very desirable, is
calculated to soothe the mourners with
the idea that they are parties to only an
ordinary business transaction of frequent
occurrence. A great many "artistic tri-
umphs" in the way of jewelry, trim
mings, trousseau, ETC., have been achieved
within the past few years, and FASH
ionable funeral of the present day has
many of the sensational features of a
fashionable wedding.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13

Whatever, shall pursue his ord1nary busi-
ness on Sundays, except in cases of ne
cessity, or, charity; and as the accused men
pleaded guilty to the charge, the question
for decision was whether when a barber
shaves anybody his act is an act either of
necessity or of charity. The police justice
held that it is an act of necessity, and dis
charged the prisoners. Many things, he
explained, are necessities now, which once
were easily dispensed with; the consump-
ton of ice, for example, the riding in street
cars and in carriages. SIS it the spirit of
the law" he asked ITO punish man for
that which has from habit become the ne
cessity of city ?" The word necessity"
he argued, might embrace such things as
we now recognize by habit or usage to be
essential to the well-being of society"
Moreover barber's shop, where men at
tend to the requirements of cleanliness, may
be as necessary in some instances as a
drug-shop. 'For myself" he said in con-
CluSlOn, Il CtunOI reel bndb tue uSe Vi u
barber's shop for purposes of cleanliness
is in spirit violation of the Lords day"
If the police justice had chosen the alter
native mentioned in the statute, and had
held that shaving is awork of charity and
therefore allowable on Sunday, he might
have made even a stronger decision No
gentleman, it is safe to say, would attend
church on Sunday unless he had shaved on
the morning of that day; but many gen.
tleman is simply unable to shave himself
without the shedding of blood, the ebulli-
ton of temper, and the provocation to hasty
and Objectionable terms of reproach upon
himself, his strop Or his razor. On the
other hand, when in the barber's chair,
the spirits are soothed, and the soul is at
tuned to reflection and meditation. Is it,
or is it not work of charity to fit man in
this wise for the privileges and duties of
the sanctuary?
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13

past in the subterrapean regions under the
Sub Treasury, at New York, was put into
use recently, when 100000 in silver was
deposited, which was supplemented by an
other 100000 the next day. The new
silver dollars are being slowed away in it
like the corn in Egypt's storehouses which
Pharaoh gathered up against the famine.
There seems to be little probability, how
ever, that there viii soon be silver famine
in this country, to judge frosn the condi-
ton of the money box at the Sub Treasury.
Against about $4,000, 900 in currency,
there is nearly three times that amount of
coin. 1t is true that the greater portion of
this is gold, but goodly amount of silver
is on hand and is constantly increasing. To
afford convenient and safe place of de-
post for this bulky treasure the new vault
was built.
The silver is placed in canvas bags, not
quite so large in bulk as small bag
Of buckwheat -four and is stacked and meas
area by the cord. 1t is lowered from the
coin room by lpeans of an iron elevator,
worked by hydraulic pressure. which lands
the bags Just outside of the door of the
vault Here also an iron stairway leads to
the coin room.
The new vault, which is the largest of the
kind in the world, is in every way a remark
able structure. It is the most complete
and finished piece of work of its kind in
this country Or probably anywhere. 1t was
built by Boston contractor and cost about
$25, 200.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13
ITEMS AT LARGE.
Denmark likes our cheese.

DeHIlldTk likes our CHeeSe.
1t is hard winter on bees
Partridges are dime per head in Macon,
Ga
The freshest stuff for chairbacks is Per.
sian canvas.
Ogeechee. Ca, is shipping Lghtwood
kindling 70 the North.
Utilizing waste leather is a large busi-
ness at bingham, Mass.
Burlington. Ia, has sewing school with
one hundred and twelve pupils.
Rock Hill, S. c., received in five days
10000 pounds of Western pork.
Madison County, Ga, is called the land
OF hoop poles and huckleberries.
A fox trap at Emporium, Pa, snapped
and caught large wild cat lately.
Georgia farmers are locking horns with
guano dealers for cheaper fertilizers.
General Bldwell's poultry-yard, near
Chico, Cal, is to cover one hundred acres
A Waterbury, Conn, factory turns out
six million seven hundred and twenty
thousand pins day.
Jersey Shore (Pa letter says: James
Rush, young man residing with his father
in Potter Township killed a garter snake
| eighteen inches long on Saturday last as
he was walking in the lane near his fathers
residence. The lane is a solid mass of ice
and where the snake came from is mys-
terry.
Louisiana paper saws: We hear very
| little complaint, so far, among the farmers
as to scarcity of labor The river planta
tions are fairly supplied while the hill
| farms have nearly their full quota. Several
river places in this section were partly cul
tivated with white labor last year, but when
he sickly season came on they abandoned
their cotton crops and moved to the hills
hence The supply of labor in that section.
The San Antonio Express fears that the
reports spread about the great mortality
among sheep in Western Texas will prove
hurtfu to immigration. 70 prevent such a
result, it says that not many sheep were
lost, and those that did die were of no ac-
count nohow, that they were old, had the
scab and were ready to die 1t also men
tions that one gentleman. who had eighty
five thousand sheep, only lost five thous-
and.
California this year produces seven mil
lion gallons of wine, and starts raisin cul-
ture of great future promise with prod
uct of thirty thousand boxes. All known
varieties of foreign grapes that gave any
promise of fourishing in California soil
have been tried, and no expense has been
spared in their cultivation. The wine
| growers of the Pacific coast, with a varied
experience of twenty years, now under
stand their business thoroughly. Some ol
their experiments have proved successful
and some of them have failed utterly; bu
they have found dozen varieties of excel
lent foreign grapes that are as prolific as il
their native soil, and turn out as well.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13
USEFUL FAMILY RECIPES.

Oatmeal Porridge-Into one quart of
perfectly boiling water, into which small
leaspoonful of salt has been added, stir one
teacupful of granulated oats (cost centsl
and let them boil actively two hours. Boil
them in double boiler, and do not take
off the lid or stir them until the very last,
when they may be stirred thoroughly and
noured into mold.-LL. S. L., Greensburg,
Ind.
| Wafers-Melt quarter of pound of
butter and mix it with half pint of milk,
teaspoonful of salt wine glass Of wine,
three beaten eggs and sufficient sifted -four
to enable YOU to roll them out easily. They
should be rolled very thin, cut into small
circular cakes and bake in an oven of mod
crate size Frost the whole and sprinkle
sugar sand or comfts over 1t as soon as frost
ed.-[M. l.. r., Glendale, o.
Broled Quails-Pick them carefully, SC
as not to break the skin: split each one
down the back and baste with melted but.
ter; then broil over bed OF live Goals, ard
! baste twice with butter while cooking. As
SOON as done, lay each bird on thin slice
of buttered toast, sprinkle with pepper and
salt, put little more butter and spoonful
of currant jelly on each quail and serve i'm
mediately.-[S. L. G., Lebanon, XIV.
Flummery-Lay sponge cake in a deep
dish. pour on white wine to moisten it;
chop some raisins fine and sprinkle over
the cake; then spread over it a layer of iel.
iv and turn over it custard made wi h the
volks of eggs. Beat The reserved whites
to a froth, and spread over the Top. Put a
dash of red sugar sand here and there over
it or tiny drops of jelly. Slices of oranges,
cut yery thin. make good garnish for it
I'M. S., Brookville, Ind.
Bread Pudding-Half pound of stale
bread, soaked in warm water for ten min
utes, and wrung dry in clean cloth; one
quart of milk, four eggs, yolks and white:
we'll beaten together; two ounces of butter
one even teaspeonful of salt, half pound
of well-washed and picked currants, dried
in towel one coffee-cup light-browr
sugar, half a grated nutmeg; mix well; but
ter the pan, and bake for three-quarters o.
an hour in hot oven. Cost, about 81
cents ut present; when eggs are cheaper, q
cents. and is sufficient for eight people.-
[M. D., Columbus, Miss.
Tartar Sauce-Put the yolk of raw egt
into bowl with one level teaspoonful o
dry mustard; one level saltspoonful of salt
and as much cayenne pepper as can b'
, taken lp on the point of small pen-knif,
blade; stir these ingredients with a wooder
salad-spo or spatula until they arr
smooth; then add, few drops at time
one gill of saad-oi and three tablespoonful
of lemon juice, stirring quickly all the time
When the sauce is thick and smooth ado
| the following ingredients to it, and keep i
cool until wanted for use: One Tablespoon
, each of chopped parsley, capers and gherkin
and. one tablespoonful of chopped onion
l -[Miss Juliet Corson.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13

California, like many other parts of the
country, is suffering from an excess of rail
ways. The San Francisco Aha says that SO
many railroads have been built in California
and they have advanced SO far beyond the
the demands of business or the probability
of any large profit that the future construc-
ton must be slow. Out of 1000 miles, at
least 600 do not pay six per cent on the
cost. Long stretches have been built with
the expectation that they would be unproft.
able, one motive being to increase the trade
of other roads already built.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13

THE Boston Traveller refers with pleas
ure to the successful operation of the
New Hampshire tramp law, which has
driven nearly all the yagabonds from
that State. While this fact might be a
source of delight to New Hampshire, it
is difficult to understand why the other
States, which are forced to receive her
outcast tramps, should rejoice at the op-
Grafton of the law.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13

GUET1G, the emotional murderer at
indianapolis, continues to roll his eyes in
the fine frenzy of fits, Recently in one
Of his attacks he frightened his priest so
completely that the reverend gentleman
refuses to administer spiritual consolation
to him now except between the bars of
his cell.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13
A NOVEL DECISION.

A Georgia police justice has just decided
a case whose bearings have more than To-
cal significance. Seven BARRIERS were
brought before him charged with violating
the law which ordains that no "Gadesman,
artifeer, workman, labersr or other persons
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13

MRS APPEL, who died at the Widows
Home Tuesday, aged ninety-seven years,
was more modest than most people of her
age. She made no pretensions to having
been Washington's nurse, although it
was her pride that she had seen the dis
tinguished man many times.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13

Mr.. POTTER and his committee will
60 down to posterity as fraud and de-
fusion, and be remembered as men who
shut their eyes while pretending to seek
light if they close the testimony without
calling Hon. VIM. NJ. Ampt, of this city
Ampt went 70 Florida in the dual char.
acter of statesman and journalist, and
when a man of naturally inquiring turn
assumes these two roles he is sure tc
gather information. Call Ampt.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-13

Hon. JAMES J. FARAN is spoken of as
a candidate for Mayor. He is a good
man and above the political filth of the
day, but we very much doubt his accept
ing the place.