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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
An Interesting Puzzle.

Perhaps some Of our readers
are not familiar with the follow
ing puzzle: A young man ask
ed an old man for his daughter
in marriage. The answer was:
$50 into the orchard and
bring in a parcel of apples.
Give me one-half of the whole
number, and the mother one
half the balance and half an ap-
pie over, and the daughter one
half oe the remainder and half
an apple over, and have one left
for yourself, without cutting the
apple, and then, if she is willing,
you can have her."
He solved the question; and
how many did he bring2 Four-
teen, as you ctn easily prove.
The old woman was TO have
of the balance, which
would make three and a half,
and half an apple over, which
would make folE apples for her.
There would be three apples
left, Of which the daughter VAS
to have one-haIf and half an APP
pie over, which would give her
two, and leave the lover his
own, "without cutting the ap-
pie"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
A Million Copies a Year.

An interviewer asked Mr.. w
II. Appleton, the head of the
great publishing house in New
York, what was the best selling
book published by his firm. His
answer was "Webster's Speller
and it has the largest sale of any
book in the world except the
Bible. We sell million copies
a year." Upon the interviewer
expressing his astonishment at
this statement, Mr.. Appleton
added:
"Yes, and we have been sell
ing it at that rate for forty years.
The year following the cmanci-
patton Of the slaves we sold
1,5OO, 900, because every negro
i'll the South thought it only nee
Iessary to have a 'Webster's
Speller' to read. After that year
it fell back to the original mill
ion and has never varied. We
sell them in cases of seventy
two dozen, and they are bought
by all the large dry goods houses
and supply stores, and furnished
by them to every cross-road
store in the country"
1t was in 1888, ninety-seven
years ago, that Noah Webster
published the little work which
he afterward named "SpelIing
Book" He first called it, First
Part of a Grammatical Institute
of the English Language" He
must soon have simplifed this
because we find DIR. Frank
lin writing to him in 1899:
NPermit me to make one OBJ
Servation that l imagine may
regard your interest. 1t is that
your Spelling Book is misera-
bly, printed here (Philadelphia), |
SO as in many places to be scarce
y legible, and on wretched pa
per. If this is not attended to,
md the new one lately adver-
Used as coming out should be
preferable in these respects, il
nay hurtthe sale Of yours. -
MFR. Webster probably acted
lpon this hint, for the book, as
We see, has held its own to the1.
present day. Noah Websteri
iyed upon the copyright of his
spelling Book for nearly half al
it is said; and was thus
enabled to produce his great
dictionary, which yielded him no
profit at all, although it has been
valuable estate to his family. /.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
CASTLES IN THE AIR.

They say it is foolish for mortals TO dream
OF bliss more complete ION life's turbulen
stream
Than that they enjoy, did they use i
Alright,
Nor cover Sol's rays with cerulean blight.
But think that the man who ne'er dream.
of a day
When his name shall grow great and hi.
sorrows decay
Is unworthy of the form that he bears and
the mind
That was made to explore in the mists un-
confined.
For, when the dark hairs of the dreamer
are gray,
And his tottering limbs speak of passing
away
If the castles he built were but castles of
air,
Yetpleasantit it was when he built them fair;
And the memory of days when his fancy
had fight
Will soften the shadows of swift coming
night,
And he'll eagerly turn to tlat beautiful
Where the castles are built, but not built
ON sand.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
A Noble Habit.

/ There are persons whom yot
can always believe, because you
know they have the habit of
telling the truth. They do not
"color" a story or enlarge q bit
of news in order to make it sound
fine or remarkable.
There are others whom you
hardly know whether to believe
or not because they sstretch'
things so. A trifing incident
grows in size, but not in quality
by passing through their mouth.
They take a small fact or slen-
der bit of news and pad with
added words and paint it with
high colored adjectives, until it
is largely unreal and gives a
false impression. And one does
not like to listen to folks when
so much must be "allowed for
shrinkage."
Cultivate the habit of telling
the truth in little things as well
as in great ones. Pick your
words wisely and use only such
as rightly mean what you wish
to say. Never stretch a story
or fact to make it bigger or fun
nier. Do this, and people will
learn to respect and trust you.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
For the Fayetteville Observer.
ENIGMA.
BY JESSIE F. BROWNE.

Created with earth. and ending with time,
Allied with the simple, the wise, the SUBJ
lime.
Connected with fortune, existing in fate;
Discovered in excellence, wealth and estate;
In the shadows of evening-in darkness
lie,
Or soaring above with the eagle on high;
Presiding in health, and attending in sleep,
And found in the fathomless caves of the
deep;
Commencing in earnest and ending in
shame,
In ease and in elegance, always the same; ;
Attached to the evil--,o envy and strife;
Tho dweller in peace, and pertaining to
life,
In eternity seen, by the wicked employed,
Nor yet am wholly of virtue devoid.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
Of Interest to Doctors.

A question of interest to ply
sicians is before q Baltimore
Court. DIR. Thomas Shearer, a
practitioner in good standing, at
tended a woman who had been
hurt by falling down stairs. He
said that she was suffering sole
Ily from heart disease, and treat
ed her accordingly, but without
helping her. Then she was plac-
ed in other doctors hands, and
they found that she had small
injury, of which she was speedi-
ly cured. DIR. Shearer sent in a
bill for 500, and she refused to
pay. There seems to be no doubt
that bis services had no good re-
suit; yet he claims that the mis-
take, if he made any, was not
due to incompetency or careless
ness, and that he should be rec
ompensed just the same. he
takes the ground that no physi-
clan can guarantee cures OF
guard against an occasional in-
correct diagnosis.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
Ma11 D1reotOry.
Fayetteville Post-oaice.


p.lroad--lesves every day except Sun
-, o.l5 An; arrives at 5:40 Pm. Supplies
az fallowlne Offices. KelSo, Lincoln, tlynt-
s;lic~ lrcror. Georges Store, Flora, Hunts
station. Salem, Winchester and Decherd.
sbelhvyiiicxtase--a Monday, We'd
rosdss and FrsdM at IL A. ~; leaves same
49, ~ . IN. sSapplies Mulberry, Lynch
burg, Bpoacville, codpty Lae, Shelbyville;
Huntsville stage-leayes Monday and
rhursdav at 4. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at 5r.M. Supplies Goshen, Hazle
Green. Meridianvile and huntsville.
Shclbyville hack-leaves Mondays and
Thursdays at 8 A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Fridax-at5-r NJ. supplies Aorrs. Greek,
Chestnut Ridgo.llawtlprh and Shelbyville.
gPuhskf horse%arrfves- every nesday
and Friday al 1880 a NJ; leaFes next day
6NOp.M. Supplies Cyru Ston, Millyille, Pls-
rah. bradshaw andt Pulaski. ~ AANl tl
Blanche horse-lesves every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at / NJ; arrives
same days at HAM. Supplies Canlargo,
Nolino. Cold Water, Blanche, Cash Point
B2oas Hill hQrse-arriyes Monday and
SATURDAY at - n; lea res anleidays ut NJ.
Petersburg horse--leayeS Tuesday and
Frit..v at 8 RsS arrives Pt or = same. day.
Supplies Renfrow Station and petersburg.
Money Orders can be obtained at this Of
See unon post.eIBcesin al parts eff the u
n;ted States. A FIST of Money Order Offices
nav be seen on application. Rates OF com
mission Cor Money O.ders are as followss
Not exceeding $40. - 40 cents
Over Is apd not exceeding $50. 10 do
.ss 50 g SS sSSS sSlI0salss aaSSi
:" w. B. DOuTHAT. 2. M.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
The Gain OF a Loss.

The following circumstance
actually occurred in Dublin a
short time back. Mr.. L.
was much attached to Miss
c., the young, the beautiful,
and accomplished heiress TO a
property of some 915,0O0 per
annum; but, being himself lord
of no other earthly possessions
than talents and good looks, he
"never told his love-" fearful
not only of a refusal on the part
of the lady to rcciprocate the
sentiment, but of the probable
imputation Of mercenary mo-
tiyes by her friends. Miss c.,
however, had sufficient pene-
tration to discover the genuine
disintercsted affection of the
swain, ,and the hig hly praisewor-
thy sensitiveness which caused
him to shrink from his avowal.
She was by no means indispos-
ed to encourage his suit, but
the consciousness of his COM
parative poverty rendered more
than the ordinary encourage
ment given by a lady to her
|suitor necessary to stimulate
his courage to PROFOUND the de-
cisiye inquiry. How was she
then TO give expression to her
sentiments regarding him, with
out at the same time overstcp-
ping the bounds of "maiden
|modesty." She proposed a game
at cards. 81
lHFor, what stakes shall We.
play?" asked Mr.. l. .as +.
lrThere's my stake said the
lady, laying down a sovereign;
elf you win, you win it-if i
WIN, L WIN yourself. Il am a.
ware | have no chance Of win
ming, though, against SO expert
a player as you.'
Mr.. L. was, indeed, about
the best player in Dublin, while
his fair companion knew little
or nothing of the game. How.
ever, strange to say, onithis oc-
|casion his luck deserted him.
The poor gentleman was SO nn-
fortuate as to lose bo'h the
game and himself-and win the
helressl Their marriage was
Heelebrated at St. Peters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09

A cave in East Tennessee is
two miles in length, and has an
opening in both ends. The own
.ers Of the ground around each
entrance charged for admission,
and acted as guides for visitors.
The rivalry led to serious fights
IN the cave, for each held the
other to be a trespasser. Then
one of the contestants hit upon
a novel and effective means of
ruining the others business. He
sunk q shaft so as to admit a
large stream into the cave at
about the center, and, as there
was an incline in a favorable dl-
rection, the water poured out at
his enemy's portal, while his own
was unobstructed. The matter
lis to be made the subject OF a
lawsuit. 4
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
A JILTED LOVER.
Refused by His Sweetheart, he Mar
ries Her Mother, and Turns
the Tables.
TFrom The AHA OaIifornia.1

From the Alta California;
j An awful case of the conse
quences of refusing a youns
mans honorable love is reported
on the West Side. A really
hice young man fell in love with
a handsome girl, the only daugh.
ter of a beautiful and well-pre-
served widow of thirty-eight,
and offered her marriage. She
ridiculed him because he was
twenty-five, and said he was old
enough to be her father, and SO
on, and with her taunts goaded
him to such a pitch of frenzy
that he swore that he would be
fearfully avenged. According
ly, he proposed to and married
the wretched girls mother.
Now that miserable girl has
to wear stout leather boots two
sizes too large for her, and go to
bed at 8 p. M, and eschew the
theatres, chocolate caramels, ice
cream, and in fact everything
else that makes ones life worth
living for. Her step-father's
nominal object being that when
she grows up she may be as
splendidly matured as her moth
er, the compliment implied in this
indncing the mother to second
him enthusiastically. b
When a young man comes a.
round to see that wretched girl
her step-father bounces him
down the front steps, throws his
hat after him, and tells the girl
that the young man is not a fit
companion for her, and that he
is as solicitous for, her future as
he would be for that of his own
child, and altogether in the kin
lest manner possible he makes
hat miserable girl even wish |
hat she were dead as many as q |
hundred times a day.
Let all other beautiful girls,
who are often tempted to refuse |
he matrimonial offer of eligible
Toung men, be warned by her
fate.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
Church Directory.

PRESBYTERIAN, ayetteviile-seryices Is
and 3rd Sabbath at 1890 and night; lie
w II Groves, pastor; Sunday school, SA.
Methodist--services every Sabbath at
SO:3U and ut night; ReEllSM cBrile, pastor;
Sunday school at 8 O'Clock. e..
Cumberland Presbyteria ev-
cry Sabbath 1920 and at night; Rev w q
Tcmpleton, pa stor; Sunday school o'clock
Methodist, Pleasant Plains-services Isl
Sabbath each month at ii and night; Rev
+ S Petway, pastor. Sunday school at ..
AR Presbyterian, New Hope services LIST
and 3rd Sabbaths at II; Bethel, 2nd and
4th SaLbatias at ll-ReE a. s Sloan, pastor
Methodist, Mulberry-services 'Srd Sum
day in each month at ii O'Clock and every
Sunday night; Rev WI Collier, pastor; Sun
day School at 8. N
Baptist, Mulbcrry-services lst Sabbath
in each.month at ii Rev Wm Huff, Iastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian. Mulberry
services -2pd Sabbath in each mouth at III
and night; Rev W G Templeton, pastor.
.IJn;ted PRESBYTERIAN, Lincoln-services
-svery ,ksbbath at ll:l5 A N; Rev David
sSrang pastor; Sunday school at 10.
Liberty Grove--services End Sabbath at
HAN; RevT L Darnell, preacher in charg' v
methodist, Shady Grove, (Shelton's
-,.reekl-services 2nd Sabbath in each month
.nt1l o'clock; Rey n r Tucker preacher in
charge.
CumberlaudPresbyt yterian, SulphurSprings
services Bird Sabbath IL o'clock; Rev VIM
Estill pastor. f. -,
Methodist, Oak llill-services 4th Sab
hath each month at 10 a. m; I L Darnell
preacher in charge.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Oak Hill, Rev
J B Tigert, pastor, ..l,.It.s,
Prospect. Wells hill, Saturday before I'd
sunday. each month, Res u I Kine.pastor.
Hestor's Creek, Saturday before 4th Sun
day. each month, Rev D I King, pastor.
Methodist, Flyntviile--services 4th Sab
hath Mt 1890 Am; Mt. Hermon, Flintville
,srcuit services lst Sabbath at 1920 AN T;
Macedonia. Flintyille circuit. services 3rd
. Sabbath at 1890 A M-Rev T L Carpenter,
preacher N charge.
Union. lst Sunday; Providence, End; Lib
erty Grove, 3rd; Oak Hill, 4th; Rev I l.
DarneIl. preacher in charge.
Shiloh. Methodist, near Millyille-preach-
ing ON End Sunday iFeaeh month at 3 P.
~ and on Saturday A. NJ, before the
9nd and 4th Sunday, RS Nichols. pastor
Cane Creek Church, SIX miles north Of
Fnyetteyilla, services every 2nd and 4th
sunday, Rev. J. .. Tigsrt, pastor.
q
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
Travelling Facilities.
Philadelphia Times.[

81
Two additional fast morning
trains have been added to the
Pennsylvania Railroad Compa-
Iny's passenger service between
Philadelphia and New York, a
train leaving this city at eleven
and one leaving New York at
eight o'clock, both. making the
trip in two hours, the time made
by the several other fast trains
already on the passenger sched-
ule. These added facilities for
travel between the two cities
suggest a glance backward at
the manner in which science of
travel has been developed with
in our own time. A little less
than hundred years ago, when
the "French packet" left "New
York about the 18th, and the
British packet on the first
Wednesday of every month";"
the journey between New York
and Philadelphia was a pretty
serious undertaking. The pub
lie prints of the day contained
this announcement:
"Stages to the eastward set out
for New York every morning
Sundays excepted) from Mr..
Dennison's, at the George Tav-
ern, corner of Second and Arch
Sts.; others return every evening
Sundays excepted). In SUM
mer the stages reach New York
in one day, and in two in winter.
Two other stages for New York,
partly by land and partly by
water, leave the Crooked Billet
Wharf on Wednesday and Sun
day mornings, and return gen
orally on Tuesday and Friday
evenings. From New York the
stages reach Boston in six days."
Great as the change is from
these primitive times to our own,
we notice it less because it has
come so gradually. When the
old Camden and Amboy Line
was open to travel forty years or
80 ago, the Improvement upon
stage coaches which covered the
distance in a long day-and this
under favorable circumstances
was very great; but it was not
SO great as the Improvement up
on primitive railroading which
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has effected within the past
ten years. Some of us. reinem-
Der with feelings of misery the
six or eight hours in the wretch
ed little cars and in the slow
going boat that the journey to
New York involved, And yet
as We journeyed we ,marveled
not,a little at what we then re-
garded as the greatest wonder
of the age-a locomotive engine
moving at the rate of twelve or
fifteen miles an hour. As trav-
cling facilities have increased
travel has increased proportion
ately. These forty trains which
ply between the two cities every
day carry backward and for
ward eighty Thousand or more
passengers-more than in old
times made the journey in year.
Nor is this increase surprising
when we reflect that a business
man can do a good days work
in either city and still have time
to run across to the other for
business or pleasure or both COM
bined; can leave Philadelphia at
eleven o'clock, have three hours
in New York, and get back to
Philadelphia again in time for
supper at $50.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09

A mandatory for turning
out boneless Goldfish has been
established in Boston. 1t is an
industry that should be encour-
aged, and it should also be per-
suadcd 10 include shad i'm its
products. II it can capture all
the shad in our rivers, remove
the bones and then replace the
fish In the waters, it will have
accomplished a greater work in
the cause of religion than if it
had built a cathedral costing
$10,000,000. A homeless shad
would not encourage profanc
thoughts at the breakfast table
and make more back sliders in
u month than could be recon
ycrtcd in a year. ilp.,1.i.. .,..i,. ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09


"Don't get out of ianybody's
way" advised Henry w. Beech
er. But, Mr.. Beecher, when you
recognize your landlord only
half a block away, and three
days past rent day, and there
are two cross streets, an alley
and three four-story stairways
with rear exits winking at you
from the near side of the street
ARC we-is u man. that is, to
go straight ahead and collide
with the landlord? Oh, nom
sensel what kind of talk is that
to give a debt-laden people, with
money at 8 per cent, and your
summer clothes not paid fer?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09
MINERS DARING.
"If I Don't Come Back in Fifteen
Minutes, Shut the shsfs
Forever
tGoId Hin (Sev.l News

O1tVeIs
lGold Hill CSev.) News
There are no braver men in the
world than can be found among
the miners of Comstock. Ac.
customed to face danger every
day OF their lives, they never
shrink from the call of duty,
An instance of personal brave
ry occurred recently at the Halo
q Norcross which is worthy Of
record as showing what men
will do and dare. When the
pump column in the mine burst,
the flow of water which is usu-
ally pumped at the Hale &
Norcross, a large portion of
which colaes from the well
known north drift on the 1900
level Of the Savage" and is ye-
ry hot, was sent through con,
nections to the G. N. S. shaft to
the Sutro tunnel level. One
day the flow Of water was un-
usually strong. The pumps la
bored assiduously TO keep it
down, but labored IN vain. Bail
ing tanks were added, and still
the accumulation could not be
kept down. When the 2,4OO
station at the shaft was some
three feet under water, informa-
ton was sent to the Hale 6
Norcross of the fact, and a de-
sire was expressed to know the
cause of the increased flow.
The necessity of an invpstiga-
ton thus became imperative.
Supt. Deidesheimer, not know
ing what had happened in that
confined locality to threaten the
safety of the mine on the lower
levels, and not wishing to send
men where he was unwilling to
go himself, sent for Foreman
Kellogg, who was working on
the broken pump column, in
formed him of the situation Of
affairs, and asked him to go
with himself and see what was
wrong. Dir. Kellogg would
not allow Mr.. Deidesheimer to
incur the risk of the exploration
and set about preparing to 60
alone. He saturated a WOODEN
shirt with ice water and bound
t ever his head, leaving bat
one eye exposed. He then muf-
led both han1s, and thus prepar-
ID, entered the drift, leaving
With the Superintendent a re-
Iuest that, If he did not return
n fifteen minutes, the drift
'hould be closed behind him, to
,e opened no more. This could
veil be done, as the Savage had
,ulkheaded that level, the air
lad been shut out, and the
we're practically aban-
loned. After enduring that ter
ibic heat for twelve minutes
Or. Kellogg came back and re-:
'orted nothing amiss. The ex-
ra water was but an unusually
lrge intermittent flow from the
Id north drift in Savage. When
tripped OF his mufiings Mr.
Kellogg found that in some
'ay one of his hands had be-
ONE barred while he was IN the
rift, and tho back of it had
cen burned to q solid blister
y the dry, hot air to which he
ad been exposed. Wateuboils
n the Comstoek at 1913 deg,
nd he had sustained for twelve
linutes a temperature of only
} deg. below that of boiling
ater, and sufficient. to have
'asted him in very short
me. H IN
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09

A Delaware man afflicted
with heart disease, and possess
ed Of an inexplicablc wish to
die with bis head to the north,
was accustomed TO lie down in
the accustomed position when
ever he felt an attack coming
on. The final illness found him
at a political meeting. He
stretched himself on the floor his
head northward, and died with
a smile of satisfaction on his
face. M