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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-14

VIRGINIA & TENNESSEE r. r.
v The semi annual coupons falling dina
upon the bonds Of this road on the LIST day
Of January, 1870, will be paid at our Office
LANCASTER, BROWN &cO.
~ Nassau Street, New York.
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NJ EN GOODS NEW GOODS -
II. uARAHLIKo. GEO. HARNELINo.
Late of Va. & Tenn. X. X.
HARMRLING BROTHERS,
The Subscribers have just returned from
Baltimore, where we lave selected with
great care a general assortment Of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard
ware, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Kerosene
Oil, Lamps. Chimneys, Salt,
Iron and Casting,
All Of which We offer TO our friends AMI
the public generally on the best possible
terms for CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE,
We do not intend to be undersold in this
OF any other Market: our business will be
conducted on STRICTLY CASH PRIN
CIPLES, which from experience we are
convinced is the only true mode Of con-
Quoting business, to enable a merchant TO
sell Cheap Goods. Therefore we hope ouI
friends will not ask us for Credit as
WE SHALL KEEP NO BOOKS!
Aud it will force us to refuse them, which
is exceedingly unpleasant. On these terms
We shall be pleased to have = call from all
our friends and customers.
Constantly on hand Fine Chewingand
Smoking Tobacco, Little Mollie Cigars, sc.
nov20tf DARMELING BROS.
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keep posted on that which Is transplrins
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I'M N f w FL ANDS


- icing the owner of this valuabl proper.
ID ty, have taken charge oft Oh my own
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The table will he kept well supplied ut all
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feb2' 6m.-r'd Oct. 23.tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-14

The TIro HORSE PLOW vm do Better on
Hsarier Bork thu other 7Lrse HO,ss pious.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-14

TfficATfss
Write to NJ. n. W. Hughes, at Abingdon, Va, ioi
full particulars Of the staTke Plow lie IL one ~
the most scientific aud cnterprsing farmers IN the
country, and recommends u above any other Plow
he mas ever known.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-14

This company has one of the largest and
most successful manufactures in the Uni
ted States. Every branch Of the business
being undcI the immediate supervision OF
the Cornpan-, whose experience as practi
cal Piano makers enables them to produce
an instrument which for power, fulnefs Of
tone, elasticity of touch and elegance Of fin p
ish, are equal II no superior to any in the
country.
Every instrument is warranted for FIVE
years.
Old Pianos taken in exchange, 'epaired,
and all orders and tunings promptly attend
cd to.
Professors, clcrgymen and institutions
| supplied at libel al discount.
GAEuLS PIANO COMPANY.
nov u ". Baltimore. Nd
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GAEHLR'S PIANO MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, Of Baltimore. Nd. Warerooms;
n. z. coruer Of Eutnw and Fnyetlc streets,
and 10, IL and 10 n. EutaW ct.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-14

DrBLIS, Va. March 10, 1859.
Ma. p. II. STAKE, Richmond, Va:
Dear Sir After Sovt ral days trial. pronounce
tho " Dixie" complete success. IL Is By far the
II .htest draft Pillow TO turn tho Dfdh and depth u
docs that ever saw. shall certainly give the
Dixie" fair trial In turning clover tho coming
Summer. II you can induce any TO take my new
left hand Lexington at hdy cost, 4 lake Dixie"
Very respectfully, IN. Y. HART
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-14

OR. Nt No LILLIAN o., Oct. !, 1888
Ma. p. II. sTAnK--Sir .-Aftcr giving your new
Plow avery sovers trial, am compelled TO say II
comes up fully TO your recommendation. Upon pea
falow II surTaAses any plow have ever seen used
IN no instance have seen Il choke except where
there WAS a close clay soil which was not In proper
order for blowing All who have seen II work are
pleased. am, very truly, yours,
W.. V. CKoNTON.
BT GILL at Fowler 6 Gibhonty's AID 'fnp
4 these rlows Ars2
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DoNDaoLDRs OF THE va. 4 TENN.
ID RAILROAD COMPANY.

Rvery preparation has now been made for the
funding OF the past due interest In the manner and
upon the terms OF which notice has been prev iously
given.
On ard after tho frat day OF November, ] shall bs
glad Ia receive the past due Coupons Of the Gem
pany, and to have such communications upon the
SO bleet Otherwise, which bondholders may desire
to make IN fnTtheranee Of this 0bjert.
Isball occupy = room In the Company main build
ing Al Lynchburk CHARLES W. STATHAN,
Funding Agent,
oct e9lm Lynehburg, Va
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the advantage Of he skill.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07

TIE following tragic story comes from
Pesth: Two brothers, of the principal
families of Sy-Tatahaz lived in the bit
terest hatred the one to the other. They
ever carried their hatred SO far as to de-
sire to change their names, so that the
one should not peal the abhorred name
of the other. The daughter of one of the
brothers, however, named Zouszi, and the
son of the other, Pista, were deeply in
love. They had in vain begged for the
consent of their parents to their union.
At length they resolved to die together,
since there was nc prospect of their mar
rage. They accordingly put on their pest
attire, went into a neighborlng garden,
and there Pista shot Zouzsi through the
heart, afterward putting a bullet into his
own brain. Troubled by presentimentS
of evil, the two fathers followed their
children into the garden, and, finding
them both dead, they shot themselves in
remorse. Shortly afterward, the mothers
of the lovers happening to pass by, ga
the four corpses, and attempted to kill
themselves with knives, but were pre-
vented by the neighbors, who had now
fastened on to the scene. OF course
readers are left at liberty to believe a:
much of this story as they choose.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07

mythology of Rome; as all who remem-
Der the Dryads and Hamadryads; the
loves of Apollo for Laura, Daphne and
Acantha; or who at school or college
have pored over the metaphors of Ovid,
will readily admit. The Oriental poets of
India and Persia delighted to animate the
flowers and trees, and, according to Haiz,
the rose appreciates the tender melodies
of her love, the nightingale. Greek su-
perstition endowed the Atropa Mandra-
CORA with all the sensations of an animal,
and believed that it shrieked with pain
when its roots were wrested from the
ground,
Science may laugh at all such notions,
but science, though a very great and
learned lady, does not yet know every
thing. Her elder sister, poetry, often
sees further and deeper into things than
she does. Did not Shakespeare, in the
Tempest" foreshadoW the possibility Of
the electric telegraph more than two hun
dred years before Wheatstone Did not
DR.. Erasmus Darwin, long in advance Of
James Watts and Robert Stephenson, pre-
dict the steamship and the locomotives
Did not Coleridge, in the "Ancient Mari
ner," explain the modus operdndS of thu
then unsupported atmospheric railway p
Scientific american.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07
Horse Gears.

THERE is a great deal in gearing a horse
or mule so as to enable the amin 81 to work
easy, and to use a certain amount of power
with comparatively small animal force.
Much depends on long or short leverage.
The draft may be too high or-too low ;
the one will draw too heavy on the top of
the neck; the other will choke the animal.
The collar may be too large or too small,
either of which will cause sore shoulders.
A tender-mouthed horse should have a
large smooth bit, and not be refined up
too tight, or the mouth will become so
sore as to lose its sensitiveness to a gentle
draw of the rein. Every part of the hsr-
ness should be as complete a it as a dan
dy's coat, touching everywhere and pinch
ing nowhere.
The harness should be kept clean and
soft, There are several preparations made
aud sold for this purpose, but the misfor-
tune is, they are 100 little used. The
money paid for, and labor spent in using,
is not spent in vain. When the harness
gets wet, as it sometimes will, by being
caught out in the rain, straighten it out
to dry before it is hung up, or it will curl
out of shape. 1t should be put through a
course of greasing and handling before
using again. Examine the face of the
collar every time it is used before putting
on-see that it is clean and snOoth.-Fdrm
Journal.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07
Interesting Statistics Of HydrOphObIa.

On the fourth of July last, the French
secretary of the interior communicated to
the Academy of Science In Paris, areport
concerning all the cases of hydrophobia
which had come to the knowledge of his
employees from 1868 to 1869. Only eight
out of the one hundred departments into
which France is divided, failed to send in
reports, whilst in thirty departments
there had not occurred a single case ofhy-
drophobia. In the remaining forty-nine
departments $40 persons were bitten by
mad dogs. In 129 cases the biting was
followed by hydrophobis in 1913 cases
the bitten persons suffered from no evil
consequence, and it was never made
known what became of the remaining So.
1t is probable, however, that the majority
of those were spared from the terrible
disease. In every case, without any ex-
ception, where hydrophobia broke out,
the patients died. OF the whole number
of persons bitten only 26 were females.
Two-thirds of all persons who had been
bitten were males between five and fifteen
years of age. The number of mad dogs
was very nearly equally divided through
the four seasons, most of them, however
(S9(, became mad in the forepart of the
year. Their number diminished some
what during the hottest months. The of
fcers succeeded in establishing the time
when the hydrophobia broke out in LOG
cases. In 70 cases 1t broke out during the
first two months after the patients were
bitten, and the other cases were divided
among the following six months, only two
falling sick in the eighth month. The dis
las never lasted longer than four days,
and almost all the patients died the second
day, OF all the remedies employed after
a person was bitten by a mad dog, tho
burning of the wound proved the only
one which was followed by good results
of 134 persons whose wounds were burned,
80 remained without evil consequences,
whilst the same was the case with only 10
of SO whose wounds were not burned.
The sucking of the wounds, or their treat
ment with ammonia Immediately after the
persons were bitten, proved salutary also
in many cases, but cauterization was far
the safest means of all. The report, more
over, states that of 7S5 dogs which were
bitten by other mad dogs 500 were killed
at once, whilst more than 200 escaped and
were'permitted to propagate the disease.
If every dog which is in the least sus-
pected of madness were at once killed,
and bitten persons had the courage to
burn their wounds Immediately, the prev
alent disease would be greatly diminished.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07
Have Plants Intelligence

IF the oyster fastened on the rock can
feel, why not the rose or the convolvulus,
or the great oak tree that is fast rooted in
the ground? Of the glow of the sun
shine, or the freshness of the rain and the
air, are they not pleased recipients? Who
can tell? Or who shall deny, n give
good reason for his incredulity? Who,
however learned he may be, can decide
where animal life ends, and where vege-
table life begins? What, for instance, is
a sponge? And if, as Liuneus says,
plants have no feeling, what makes the
mimosa, or sensitive plant, shrink so tim
idly from the slightest touch, and appar-
emily with such pain or terror from a
ruder blow? Whether 1 am scientifically
and p~hlosophically right or wrong, L take
pit asure in believing that the possession
OF lie In however infinitesimal a degree,
presupposes in it's possessor, whether
animal or vegetable, a faculty of sensation
that administers to its happiness. and that
may consequently administer to it's suffer
ing. For, pleasure and pain a1e twins,
and the one is not attainabie without
liability TO the other. The idea is not new
to poetry, though not accepted by science.
1t blooms and sparkles in the graceful
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07
The Mystery of sleep.

WHAT are the differences between
sleeping and waking? What is the Pc
culiar nature of that mysterious condi-
ton which we call sleeps These are
questions long and earnestly asked, but
never answered. There is something
about this phenomenon that seems to defy
investigation. The distinctions between
the sleeping and waking state are, ave a
few external differences, as entirely un-
recognized today as they were ages age
Sit by the cradle of a child, and watch
it as it sinks into quiet slumber. The
muscles gradually relax (; the eyelids fall;
and voluntary motion ceases. The
of the heart. The temperature of the
body is slightly depressed; and a state of
apparent = Inconsistencies accompanies
the physical changes specified. That is
all we can see, and yet it seems hard to
believe these things are all that constitute
sleep. IF so, sleep might be accurately
defined as a simple cessation of
volition, or the action of the will,
go that thought and motion of all muscles
except those of the vital organs is impos-
sible. But a little thought will show that
cessation of will is only of the mani
festations of sleep, and that the win may
and frequently does only partially cease to
act, retaining commandAof the voluntary
muscles, and giving rise to the phenome-
HUI VI SOnudInDullem AJ bluCS dleO luC
mind becomes active in sleep, and often
reasons with surprising conference, and
dreams, more or less approximating to
realities of waking hours,a are produced
But the mystery Of mysteries pertain
ing to sleep, is 1.-THE fact that that il reno
Yates the system from fatigue. -AHda after
all, this is no greater mystery than ia
tigue itself. What is fatigue? In what
state of mind OF body, or of both, does it
consist, arehuestionsth the answers to which
still puzzle the p~rofoundest Psychologists.
The ~periodicity of the desire for sleep
is another popularity which is still in
volved in mystery. Why is it that dark
ness, monotonous noises, the fixing of the
eyes upon some stationary object, all favor
the approach of sleep ON all these
points there is still no certain light. Upon
respiration, digestion, circulation, repro
duction, and assimilation, some accurate
knowledge exists, but Of sleep almost
nothing. This function, which Influences
more or less every other, and which has
been aptly described as ia partial death
from which springs a fresher life" isap-
parently no less remote from present
means of scientific investigation than the
greatest mystery of all, life itself-Scien-
tiJfc american.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07
Want of Vitality.

Sometimes there is a lack of vitality in large and
s1news and muscles are not always indicative Of
stamina and constitutional vigor in their posses
sor. Health depends more upon the condition
of the stomach, the liver and the bowels, than upon
the breadth of the shoulders, or the size ofloose
levers and puleys Of the system in which strength
is supposed to reside. All this grand animal ma
chinery is OF itself no protection against sickness
and decay. Easy and perfect digestion, regular
and healthy eecretions, uncontaminated blood,
and a regular discharge of the waste matter of the
body through the intestineS, the kidneys and the
pores, are the most potent safeguards against dis
ease, the best guarantees OF longevity. To PRO
mote these objects Is The great end and purpose of
Hoetetters stomach Bitters. The Ingredients of
which the Great Tonic and Alternative Is composed
are taken solely from the vegetable kingdom, and
their medicinal virtues are counterbalanced by
the acid and poisonous elements which exist,
more or less, in all the powerful mineral drugs.
Sufferers from indigestion, biliousness, intermft-
only find immediate relief from the use of this
agreeable stimulant and invigorant, but become
conscious. as time wears on. of an increase Of con-
exposure no longer produce the same effect upon
them as heretofore, and they feel as If they had &C
Quired a new hold on life, q new reserve of physi-
cal and mental energy. This has been the ex-
perience of thousands OF both sexes, and every
day adds to the mass of confrmatory testimony.
At this season of the year, when the temperature
and state of the atmosphere exercise q peculiarly
depressing influence over the minds and bodies o.
inFaids Hostetter'sB itters is the only tonic upoT
| which the debilitated can rely for swift and permA,
nent restoration
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07
Sweet Potatoes without Ridges.

A writer In the South Land, published
at New Orleans, gives a method of raising
sweet potatoes without the use of a hoe.
He says: My plan is to fat-break, with
two horses, early. In April or May lay
of rows four feet with q subsoil-plow,
which makes nothing more than a mole
trace; drop the potato and sink it into this
trace with the foot; then run a harrow,
and continue to run often enough to
keep down the grass until the potatoes are
up. When up to a pretty good stand,
throw two burrows with a turning pillow,
covering them up entirely. Let them re.
main until they commence coming through
then run a subsoil pillow i the last fur
rows, and throw two more burrows with
the turning-plow, which viii cover them
slightly and cover up the grass, leaving
them in a nicely hillsd condition. Before
they commence running. break out the re
naming balk with a turning-plow anc
run about three burrows with the subsoil
When you dig, use the pillow.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07

ACCORDING to a French statistician, tax
ing the mean of many accounts, a man
worked $500 days, walked 500 days,
amused himself 1000 days, was eating
1900 days, was sick 500 days, etc. He ate
1900 pounds of bread, 10000 pounds OF
meat, 1900 pounds of vegetables, eggs,
and fish, and drank 1000 gallons of liquid,
water, coffee, tea, beer, wine, etc, all to-
gether. This would make a respectable
lake of 800 square feet surface, and three
feet deep, On which a small steamboat
could navigate. And all this solid and
liquid material passing through a human
being in fifty years.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07

m Numbers there is safety. 1t was. upon this
prfncipleE that the formula of JUDsoN's MoUNTAns
HERB Pills was prepared. DR.. Judson, in
tending to spend q fortune in advertising his pills,
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Intelligent and learned physicians OF the age, and
the result is q simple but most eficacioue medicine
the JUDsoN's MOUNTAIN HERB Pills. They
purify the blood, remove all distractions, cleanse
the skin of all pimples and blotches, and are per
fectly cure and safe in their operation. The JUD-
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Female Irregularities, Headache and many Of the
diseases arising from impure blood and aderanged
digestion. Use the JUDeoH's MOUNTAIN HERR
Pills, and when you have proved their virtue
recommend them to your friends. They are both
sugar-coated and plain. For sale everywhere.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07
The LITTLE CoRpoRAI MAsAzuSH.

THE LITTLE CoRPoRAL MAGAznH.-
The July number of this beautiful juvenile makes
its appearance, greatly enlarged and improved, as
well as finely illustrated. The matter is entirely
original and Of a very highrorder. The freshness
and V1Yactty OF Its pages cause the eyes of all our
young people to sparkle. In its new, improved
form IL is one Of the handsomest, as 1t is the
cheapest, magazines we have ever seen. Childlke
but not childish, it ~rejoices the hearts of both pa
rents and children. This humber begins a new
volume. One dollar a year; sample copy, II
cents. Published by SEwE1L q MILLER, Chicago,
Ill.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07

EVERY SATURDAY.-No. 81, for July Q,
contains a double-page illustration Of a Derby
Race; nve full-page cngravfngs-Making the Gar
den Little Emily, from Dickens story of David
Copperfeld; View Of Modern Athens; Fighting
Lions, from a picture by f. Snyders; On Board
the Cambria. 'sThe Mystery of Edwin Drood''
will be resumed in the next number. FIELDS,
osGooD q Co., Boston, Mass. $500 per annum.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07

AFTER a verdict had been rendered in
a late trial in Austin county, Tex, the
Judge addressed the jury in this way
BY your verdict you have said the &C
cused is guilty. of no crime. Your YER
dict being contrary to law, contrary to the
evidence, and contrary to the charge of
action in the strongest possible manner
1t is by such verdicts as this upon the part
of petit jurors, that Texas has beer
brought into disrepute among the other
States of the Union"