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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
The Baltimore Tunnel Finished.

The last brick of the arch of the
tunnel Of the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad under baltimore was laid on
Friday last, and the keystone of the
arch was fitted to its place. This tum>
mel is 7.4S0 feet long. and 15. 900 600
of bricks have been used in its con-
structiOn, besides immense quantities
of stone for the foundations and
backing up of the walls. The arch
at Fulton street." says the Gazette,
twas completed within two minutes
oc the time when the keystone was
placed in the face of the arch at
Pennsylvania avenue"
This tunnel is the longest in the
Union except the incomplete hoosac
tunnel. TIE contract to build it was
made on the 18th of August, 1879
and the work was completed on the
18th of May, 1873-one year and a
little less than eight months. 1t is
set down as the most rapidly-comple
ted work of its magnitude ever un-
dertaken in the Union.
When the tunnel of the same road
under Washington is completed, and
il direct connection with the rail from
Washington Uia Alexandria to Occc-
guam, a considerable facility will be
added to the means of travel between
the South and North very much to
the advantage of the public, eSpeci>
ally in winter, when the ice lays its
embargo upon the river transporta-
ton.
The rails will be laid in the Balti-
more tunnel and the trains be run
ming through in very few days.
When the like facility shall be afiOr-
ded at Washington, and the delay Of
about an hour which has occurred in
travel there is ended by a straight
shoot through that city it will be a
great blessing 70 passengers. We
wish the same facility afforded to per-
sons going through Washington that
we give them in going through Rich-
mond. Richmond Dispatch.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
TUESDAY, NAY n, 1873.
WISE VS. HUGHES.

The COURIER quotes prominent
" the editorial criticisms Of the
Cincinnati COMMERCIAL upon Ex-
Gov. Henry A. Wise, who it says
is seeking the nomination of the
republican party of Virginia for the
Governorship. The article, after
stating that both before and since
the var he was the most radical oil
states rights democrats, says that
he would thus become the candl~
date of an administration which is
now riding rough shod over State
lines and employs its military arms
to pull down and set up at It's
pleasure.
We do not understand that Gen.
Wise is seeking the NOMINATION Of
the republicans, but that he "ouIu
be glad of their support we have
very little doubt. It is becoming
very apparent that Col. Hughes
stands DO sort of chance to be cleo
ted, and a failure to nominate
Hughes would give Gen. Wise an
opportunity to run as an indepen-
dent candidate against the conser-
vative nominee, and we regard this
as the danger now confronting the
Richmond nominee of next August.
The republicans stand not the shad-
ow of regular success and if Wise
can sail between the hostile forces
he VIII be pretty sure to do SO.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27

laid down his pipe he spoke to bim-
self aloud
What fool I wasl Susan was all
IN good nature. and surely thought
herself correct when she spoke of my
lying a-bed after she had reused me.
What need was there of my contra
dieting her? Don't I know that it
always stirS my indignation to be
f1atly cOntradicted And don't I
know that she is far more easily and
deeply moved by her emotions than |
am? When ] found that she was
really impressed with the idea that I
had been late in rising, why didn't |
let the matter go with a laugh, Just a.
she was laughing as she pleasantly laid
the lmputation upon me? DON'T |
know that it is always these trivial,
n"nseESical matters, the decision of
which, one way or another, don't
amount to snap, that breed discord
and Ill-feeling ia the discussion? Upon
matters Of real moment matters in
volving anything Of OfinteTest-we never
disagree unpleasantly-never'
AS | live, l won't do it again.
Surely | ought to have learned by this
time. And l so stronG, and she so
weak Bless her! What should I do
withaut her%
And John LamsOn went downstairs.
and found his wife and he put his
arm round her neck and kissed her.
He waited until he saw a smile chase
away the cloud, and the gladness came
back to his heart and he repeated to
himself
Il won't do it again. Bless her dear
heart! how dark IL would be without
herr
1t is homely picture, and roughly
sketched; but many lie may find
reflection of its passages therein.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
ARLINGTON.

Official notice is giyen through
the Washington CHRONICLE, that
on the 30th, the decoration Of the
graves of the federal dead in
Arlington Cemetery will occur and
that any attempt to decorate on
that day the graves Of the rebel
dead will be regarded as an inter
ference and viii not be tolerated.
Yet these people demand that we
shall forget the war issues Lest
we be accused of exaggeration, we
give the resolution in full:
20 ReSy'rsd, That we, the members
of the executive committee of the
Grand Army of the Republic, do
hereby give notice that the 30th of
May being set apart by the Grand
Army OF the Republic as 4 memorial
day to their comrades who died in
defence OF their country, and the
grounds of Arlington and other
national cemeteries being opened on
,aat special day by order Of the
OuartcrHlaster General of the army
To the Grand Army of the Republic
for the purpose of strewing fioTers
upon and decorating the graves of
the deceased Union soldiers any at
tempt by the friends Of the rebel
dead to sirew flowers on their graves
tcjU he regarded as an interference acjth
the programme Of the dag, and 1rjU
not IL tolerated."
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
An old Established Firm.

The firm Of S. NJ. Pettengill & Co,
commenced their Advertising Agency
in the old Journal building. No 10
State Street, Boston. nearly quarter
of a century ago February 1849),
where their Agency is still located,
carrying on large and successful
business. They established brauch
IN New York City, May 1852, which
has grown to be larger than the pa
rent house,-increasing steadily,
year by year, until now it has the
agency OF nearly every newspaper in
the united States, and British Prov
inces, and does yearly business of
hundreds OF thousands of dollars
VI. Peltengill & Co.. have recen,Iv
opened another branch Office at 7Ol
Chestnut Street. Philadelphia, where
they are doing a successful Increasing
business. They have done advertise
ing exceeding ten millions of dollars
since commencing buineSs. This firm
is favorably known not only through
out this country, but in all parts of
the world, They have established a
reputation for honorable and fair
dealing which any firm might envy i,
and but few have attained to We
congratulate them upon their success.
We can recommend them to any who
want advertising done in any part of
the country. They can point to hun
dreds of business men who have fol-
lowed their advice and trusted to
their sagacity, and availed themselves
of their facilities, who have made for.
tunes for themselves, and they are
daily assisting Others in the same
path, Boston Journal, May Sth.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
Guilds's Signal.

Mr.. Bret Harte, in the Tribune,
celebrates William Guild the engi-
neer Of the train which, on the 18Th If
April, plunged into Meadow Brook,
on the line of the Stonington and
Providence Railroad, Itwas his Gus
tom, as often rs he passed his home,
to whistle an calls wells to his wife.
He was found. after the disaster, dead.
with his hand on the throttle valve
Of his engine. The poem fairly IL
Iusttates the genius Of Bret Harte.
To our mind it is one of the most elo-
quent that has been written for many
a day. OnIy Whittier writes such
verses-and he only occasionally.
Two low Whistles quaint and clear,
That was the siSnal the engineer
That was the signal that Guild, It's said
Gave TO his wife AT Providence,
As through the sleeping town, and thence,
Out in the night,
On to the light.
Down past the farms, lying white, he speed
As a husbands greeting, scant nc doubt,
Y ct to the women looking out
Watching and waiting, no serenade,
Love-song or midnight rouEdelay
said what that whistle seem to say :
''To my trust true,
So love to you
working or waiting, good night - it said.
Brisk young bagmen, tourists fine,
Old commuters along the line,
Brakemen aud portrrs glanced ahead,
Smiled as the signal, sharp, intense,
Pierced through the shadows of Providence
"Nothiug amss-
Nothing It'll
Only Guild calling his wife, they said.
Summer and winter, the old refrain
Rang Ger the pillows Of ripeniug grain,
Pierced through the budding boni h; o'erhead,
Flew down the track when the red Ieaves burned
Like living Goals from the engine spuTued
sang as il few
40 orr trust true,
First Of ali duty-good night it said.
And then, one night, it was heard more,
From StOniugton over Rhode Island shore,
and the folk in Providence smiled and sld
Is they turned in heir beds : ''The sineer
Has once forgotten his midnight cheer"
One only knew.
To his trust true
Guild lay under his engine, dead.
BRET HARTE.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
The Seconds at the Jail.

The seconds in the recent duel are
comfortably domiciied in an upper
room of the city jail, which has been
well furnished by their relatives and
friends, and their meals are supplied
from a first class restaurant. They
are supplied with books and papers,
and their friends call on them fire.
qrentIy. There is some unfair COM
ment on all this, for none of these
privileges are denied any prisoner
merely held for trial, except the up
per room, which, of course, cannot
be granted everybody; but Chahoon
ana Sands had an upper room in the
Jail. and so did O'Day and Others
Richmond Hhig
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
The NasOn-2IcCarty DueI--A
true Version Of that RcncOntre.

As everything relating to the gentle
men engaged in the late duel is of
interest We copy from the Lynch
burg UryiRjGn the following account
of the Masou- Carly duel oF 1919.
one party to which was an uncle of
Mr. Page McCarty.
In the FIST place, neither Mason
nor McCarty were in Congress at the
tmc of this occurrence the latter
never vas a member. Nor was Nc
CaTty, who submitted the desperate
proposition to jump off the summit
of the capitol with his adversary, or
to sit with him on a keg of powder,
which when. exploded, would send
them both into eternity, the challen-
ser The facts are briefly these:
General Mason was the challenger.
and pursued Colonel McCarty until
he consented to meet him, They
were hrst cousins, and the quarrel
was purely political. Mason being
Democrat and McCarty of the then
Opposite party. The latter, though
man of reckless courage. did not
want to fight his kinsman, but when
convinced that nothing less ,bar
blood would appease the wrath of
Mason sebmitted such propositions as
would, if accepted, result fatally to
both, and spare him the pain of she'd
ding a kisSman's blood. These prop
ositions being spurned. McCarty was
at length induced to yield TO the wish
es of Mason. and accepted the chal-
lenge to meet him with hostile weap-
ons He chose muskets and demands
ed that the combatants should stand
but twelve feet apart, so that the
muzzleS Of their weapons would al
most meet. In such a desperate en-
counter both parties expected, of
course to fall. McCarty was saved
by miracle, the ball from Mason's 5
musket striking the muzzle of his gun,
glancing along the barrel and tearing
of portion of the stock, which lac
Grated his arm severely, but produced
no other injury. Mason fell dead.
1t is due to Colonel McCarty to
say that though he survived many
years he never vaunted the fine quail
lty OF his valOr,' nor behaved other
wise than rs gentleman who was
deeply afflicted with the memory of
an act that he tried by every means
that he thought honorable to avoid.
lie was a man ofimposing appearance,
and when we saw him, many years af>
ter this occurrence, he was neither "a
one on, armed drunkard' nor a braggart.
lhe facts relative TO this melancholy
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
a Bucking CaYuSc.

Among our riding horses was a lit
tie cream colored cay"se. which after
fording the stream. performtd d the ex
traordinany feat of bucking complete
ly out of his saddle while it was
fastened upon him by cincho and
brest plate.
The poor fellow who mounts a
bucking cayuse without knowing how
to manage it, is very sure to be
thrown over his head or slipped over
its launches, at the infinite risk of
breaking his neck or being kicked to
death. But with a man on his back
who knows how to avoid these calam-
tiles. there is something ludicrOns in
ihe wrathfuI leaps and vicious dodg.
eS of the animal.
The little ponies, which take their
name from the Cayuse Indians, pos
sess, as native quality, this habit of
buc!ling, or Jumping high in air as we
have seen lambs do, striking, with
every joint stifened, all four feet for
chilly upon the earth. The conclusion
is so violent that, unless the rider is
experienced, one or two efforts will
be enough to dash him to the ground,
The very appearance of the animal is
frightful. The ears are thrown back
close to its head, the eyes put OH
vicious expression, it frOths at the
mouth, seizeS the bit with its teeth,
tries to bite, and in every possible
manner evinces the utmost enmity
for its rider. Bucking is deemed as
incurable as balking-whip and spur
and kind treatment being alike in
vain-"THe Ascent Of Mount Hay
den ;" ScribRer'S for Jane.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
Bret Harte.

Some ten years ago, Thomas
Starr King, then unknowingly
near the end of his short but noble
and glowing life, was guiding an
acquaintance through the dingy,
gold~strewn recesses of the Gov
ernment Mint building in San
Francisco. Pausing before enter
ing the Secretary's little office, he
said "Now | want you to meet a
young man who will be heard of far
and wide some of these days" The
visitor went in and was introduced
to Francis Bret Hartc, then Sec
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
Bad News For Baldheaded Men.

Bad News For Baldheaded Men.
DR.. J. M. Toner, of Washington,
a physician of large experience and
a close observer Of facts, says that
according to his observation near
ly all persons Of both sexes who
lived to the age Of eighty years and
over retained a considerable if not a
complete suit of hair at the time OF
their deaths. He comedies that
there are exceptions to this rule,
but insists that large majority of
persons living at the age Of eighty
or upwards retain comparatively
good suit of hair, or are not bald.
His hypothesis is that a person who
retians his hair past the age OF six
ty five has a good prospect of liv-
ing to be over eighty. The rule
may be tested by any one calling to
mind the ages and condition Of the
hair of persons Of his acquaintance
of the ages indicated, the condi-
toin Of whor hair is known to him.
The vast majority Of persons who
become bald, Or lose their hair, do
so between thirty-fve and forty
five. and these rarely live to be
over sixty-fye or seventy years Of
age.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27

event we have often heard recited bv
those conversant with them, and have
read an account of the duel in
Sabine's Notes on Dueis and Duell-
ing,' although that account is not ac-
curate. As this duel occurred on the
9th of February, 1919, it is hardly
possible that long-haired plantation
persons with heavy revoIvers beneath
their coat-tails stood transfxed with
admiration at the conduct of McCar-
ty, for revolvers were not known in
those days; they were invented long
afterwards, and we are indebted to
New England Yankee. Colonel Colt,
for that discovery, which has since
been the prolific cause of so much
unnecessary bloodshed."
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
Tall Men and Women.

As a country becomes settled, and
especially in cities where great num-
bers OF human beings are crowded
into a comparatively small place,
men degenerate in height, and the
women are not only proverbially
shorter than in the country blt they
are less muscular. As th.re are
thought to be exceptions to all rules,
there are both tall gentlemen and Ia
dies in the old cities. A majority of
them, however. if traced to their
birth place, will be found to have
come from the country. Kentucky
and Tennessee produce the tallest
men in this country. A young boy
taken from the city, whose pareuts
are below the usual height. and rear
e1 in either of those States, would
probably quite overtop any of his
family The material abounds in the
grains and meats of those splendid
regions for developing the bones.
The PatagonianS have long been
celebrated for being the tallest race
of men in existence. Magellan's as
sociates give their average stature at
seven feet four inches; Commodore
Byron officers seldom saw one be-
low seven feet, and some exceeded
that measure. These statements,
however much they exaggerate the
truth, indicate. at any rate, the deci>
ded superiority OF the Patagonian ma
tive in physique over his European
visitor. a man rising six feet and
being we'll proportioned, appears gi-
gantic to another man but FIVE feet
six inches.
At the polar circles, especially
north. the Esquimaux rarely towers
above four feet and half to five feet.
As whole, the English are finely de-
veloped, tall. and energetic. Ameri-
cans are compound of all nations on
the globe, varying in size, strength,
height, weight, mental capacity, and
energy, according to the predomi-
nance of blood from any particular
source.
One cause of degeneracy and dwarf
ing is bad habits. Boys who smoke
and chew tobacco, or who violate the
laws of their Icing in other ways,
undermining their constitutions, can
not hope to transmit healthful cOndi-
tions, nor to leave a robust progeny.
Think of. a weak. sickly, dyspectic
parentage. producing a race Of men!
Think of whisky drinking, beer
guzzling men and women generating
children in the image of Gcd! In
beetles, idiots, criminals, and vaga-
bonds are the descendants of low or
carnations, or of persons in wrong
relations, God is not the author of
idiocy. If we would have race of
sound men and women. we must live
proper lives. It is the food we eat,
the liquids we drink, the air we
breathe, as well as the climate in
which we live that affect our stature
and our character. We are respOn-
sible for the inirmities which afflict
Us. God is not Knocked. ."-Phre-
nOlOyjcaL Journal.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27

retary of the Branch Mint. We
all know how the later career of
the young writer las more than
justified the affectionate prediction
OF Starr King; for, since that day,
Bret Harte's fame has, to borrow
the language of his admiring Ger
man translator, extended from
the coasts of the Pacific Ocean TO
the English coast of the North
Sea" "His works have drawn
hearts to him wherever the Ian
guage of Shakespeare, of Milton,
and Byron is spoken" "-FRoM
SCRIBNER's FOR JUNE.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
Patriotic Bunkum.

An old soldier writes: The day
before We left Camp Vredenburgh,
near FREEHOLD, New Jersey, for 'the
front, we who held commissions had
little glcritication IN the woods near
by where we made speeches full of
wounds, drank toasts full of scars, and
sang songs full of flags. We called on
a young lawyer, an invited guest, to
make a speech, which he did. He
urged the young men everywhere to
enlist for the defense of their country.
Some one. whose cups of wine ex-
ceeded his discretion, asked the orator:
Why do you not go yourself?" The
young lawyer threw out his right hand
in spread eagle fashion and said;
love my country love her peaceful
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
THE SENSATION OF DROWN
ING.

DR.. Hoffman of Dixon III who
was one Of the victims of the recent
bridge disaster in that town, and was
very nearly drowned, thus describes
his sensation, while in the water:
Il could feel the water running
down my throat and in my ears, aud
all at once experienced the most de
lightful sensation. | seemed to be at
peace with everything, and perfectly
happy My whole life passed before
me like a fash of lightning, the
events appearing in sequence, the
most prominent appearing 10 be in
dellibly impressed upon my mind.
Circumstances | had forgotten APP
peared wildly, and / did not want to
be disturbed. | should have pref
erred to remain where [ was. While
in the midst of a beatific revcrie,
thinking what my wife would do if she
we're saved and | we're drowned, | felt
a hand on my shoulder. l was pulled
out and placed on a rock. was
almost insensiDle, but gradually came
to myself. Oh, how sick and wretch
ed l felt. l was greatly astonished
at the number Of events that passed
through my mind while under the
water. Nothing that occurred during
childhood was evident, but everything
since | was about nineteen years old
appeared before me as if photograph
ed. The sensation [ experienced
Ehile the water was going down my
throat was not unpleasant, 1t SEEM
ed as if l was going on a journey, and
was surrounded by all kinds of beau
tiful things"
1t thus appears that death by
drowning is by no means painful ; on
the contrary, rather a delightful ex-
perience.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27
SULLINS COLLEGE,

EyHE next Session Of Five Months, of this School
I for Young Ladies', will commence the
2Sth Day of January, 20, in charge
Of the following teachers
REV. u. SULLlNS, 4. ~. Principal. and Prof
OF Hental, Moral and Advanced Nat. Sciences,
Prof. F. Dcichman, D. Fh., Professor Of Mathe-
MATES and Languages
Ifrs. B. Chanceaulme, Principal Academic De-
partment,
Mrs. Sullins. Principal Primary and Preparatory
Departments aud Miss E. Cox and Mss Timmie
Car1well, Assistants.
Prof F. z. Hacker; Teacher OF Music and Paint
ing and Drawing.
Mrs A. r. Sullus, Matron.
TERMS, per Session of Five Nonths-one-ha!f
in advance, unless by special contract:
Primary Department ............. ......si0 co
Preparatory Department, -. ......-.-..... y 90
Academic Dept in Two Classes, lst Glass;. "A 90
-" ~ class, 80. II 0c
Collegiate Department Including Latin...... 20 60
Modern Languages. each ...............-.-.- 20 90
Music Piano and Guitar, each, with use Of
Piano ..--.-. -..-...-.-..----..- - W.
Painting and Drawing, each, .......-...... 10 90
Necdework and Emil ruidery, each, ...... 10 90
Vocal Lessons to the whole school, ,........ Free
Special Vocal Lessons, ~ &C
Beard and wood, o. o,
Boarding department in charge Of Principal and
his wife. Young ladies' furnish their owl pillow
cases, sheets, towels and lights. Washing can be
had at a dollar per month. No deduction from
bills unless in cases OF protrscted sickness.
E-For particulars address the Principal at
Bristol, Tenn Jan. q, '73.-tf
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Prayer Answered in DisappOint-
mcnt.


''One jewel more, " l asked, "to make me glad -
lie took the one / had.
"Come quickly, Lord, and heal this wounded
heart
Still more he made ii smart.
"At length from trouble bid my soul repose."
Yet thicker came the blows.
Grant me life Of active zeal, ! said.
lie laid me sick bed
81 asked to soar in sunlight, as the lark
But CROPPED on dull and dark.
g At least give peace in victory over sin"
More loud grew battles din.
go, let me rest with Thee in pastures greer"
Only steep crags are seen.
Why, with keen knife, dear LCrd, dost prune
me so?'
That grace may quicker grow"
Why in mc portion mix such bitter leaven ?"
- To ct thee more for heaven "
" Lord. take Thy way with me, Thy way, not
mine,"
Ny child, all things are thine
All in the end, though grievous, shall prove best,
And then-eternal rest"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-05-27

hills and dales! In short, I love nv
country as much as anybody, and I
am going to stay at home and enjoy it."