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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
Blood DrinEers:in New York.

Upon inquiry at slaughter-hOuses it
is found that there are nearly two
hundied persons in this city who are
in the habit of drinking blood flowing
warmly from oxen, for strengthening
purposes and for the cure of certain
diseases, A Mrs. Emily Hunter. of
Thirty-fourth street, is reported to
have said to an inquirer as follows =
"Prof. Velpeau, of Paris, prescribed
blood for me. | was cOnsumptive and
Fastening to the grave. 1t has pro-
longed my life fifteen years. | had
the utmost repugnance for it at first,
but now q half pint of hot blood from
a well conditioned OK is the greatest
luxury of my life. My sister's babe
has so far been preserved and nourish-
ed with little less than blood. l know
twenty people who drink it in my own
neighborhood to whom have recon-
mended 1t. 1t has extraordinary af-
fects on some people, especially wo-
men, but should not be resOrted unless
there is absolute weakness of the sys-
tens" On q visit of the inquirer to a
slaughter-house or Tenth avenue, near
Forty-second street, he found deli
cate looking women with pale, sick
ly boy holding glass to the blood
which raif from an OK with throat cut.
Both drank two or three glasses in
turn, and departed with an appear
ance of added vigor. One of the
butchers was asked whether he ever
drank blood, and is stated to have re-
pied to the following effect "SlIure,
an [ do now why not now faith an
We couldn't tell the difference between
it an milk. It's just as swate, shure !;
an in the winter it's warm and fOine.
Bedad, but It's strengthenin', sure
Houid on an I'll get you dhrap, Its
best warm, running right from the
baste." The proprietor said "All
last winter we had men, women and
children every morning to drink blood.
They always imbibe beasts blood,
never the blood of sheep. Some of
them vince at first, but when you
close your eyes, blood, warm from
the beasts neck, has just the same
taste as warm milk from the cow
We don't charge for the blood, except
when We sell it to sugar refiners. u
The blood of beeves is asserted to be
more efficaciOus for weak lungs than
cod liver oil, and to differ considera-
bly, in its constituents from that of
human beipgs.-PhiL0deiphiG Record
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
The Bay of Rio.

Rio de Janeiro we'll deserves the ap-
pellation of the "bay of beauties" 1t
presents view which always offers
some new scene of beauty and enchant-
ment. From being surrounded by
high mountains, whose peaks tower
above the clouds, and having very
narrow entrance. it was known among
the Indian tribes, who owned the
whole of the country before they were
conquered by the harnessed chivalry
of Spain, as 1.-The Hidden Water" 1t
is a small Mediterranean sea, and
what IL fabled of the entrance to the
sea is partly true of this, for here at
the mouth stands one of Hercules, the
great SugarlOaf Mountain, one thou
sand feet high, inclinIng over little,
like the leahing tower of Pisa. At its
base couch. like huge mastitfs, the
batteries of San Jose and San Theodo-
sis, while on the opposite side stauds
the frowning fortress of Vera Cruz.
like some grim setinel. There are sew
eraI other forts which guard the en-
trance to this beautiful bay. Did we
write more at length upon the beau
ties of this bay we could scarcely do
them justice-they need only 10 be
seen TO be appreciated.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
ALWAYS too Late.

Some people are always too late. and
therefore accomplish through life moth
ing worth naming. il they promise
to meet you at such an hour, they are
never present until thirty minutes af-
ter. No matter how important the
business is either to yourself or TO them
they are Just as tardy II one OF TINS
class is to take passage by steamer or
railway, he arrives just as the boat has
left the warf, or the train the station
His dinner has been waiting for him
50 long that the cook is out of patience.
This course, the character we have de-
scribed always pursues. He is never
IN time for church; at bis place OF
business, at his meals, or ia his bed
Persons of such habits, we cannot but
despise. Always start iR time, and be
ready at the appointed hour. We
would not give fig for a man who is
not punctual to his engagements, and
who never makes up his mind to q
certain course till the time is lost
Those who hang back, hesitate and
tremble-who are never at hand for a
journey, to meet an appointment for
business, or anything else-are poor
sloths, and are i'll calculated to succeed
Ia business or get living in this
world,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
Herd of Ca,nels in Nevada.

On a ranch ON the Carson river,
eight miles below the mouth of Six
mile Canon, is to be seen herd of
twenty-six camels, all but two of
which were born and raised in Neva-
da. But two of the old herd of nine or
ten brought here some years ago are
now living. 1t would seem that the
original lot fell into the hands of
Mexicans, who treated them very bad
ly, overlooking and abusing them
The men who now have them are
Frenchmen, who had formerly some
experience with camels in Europe
They find no difficulty in rearing
them, and now show twenty-four fine
healthy animals, all Of WashOe
growth The camel may now be said
to be thoroughly acclimdued IN the
State. The owners OF the herd find 1t
no more difficult to breed and rear
them than would be experienced with
the same number of goats or dOnkeys.
The ranch upon which they are kept
is sandy and sterile in the extreme :;
vet the animals feast and grow fat on
such prickly shrubs and bitter weeds
AS no other animals would touch
When left to themselves their great
delight, after filling themselves with
the coarse heritage of the desert, is TO
lie and roll in the hot sand. They are
used in packing salt to the mills OF
the river, from the marshes lying in
the deserts some sixty miles to the
eastward, They have animals that
easily pack eleven hundred pounds.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
THE COLORED CADET.
He Claims that the United
States Officers at West Point
Didn't Give Him Fair
Play Because of Gem
UleXiOII,
WARRINGTON, August |

WARRINGTON, August 1.
J. w. Smith, the South Carolina
colored cadet at West Point, who was
dismissed for deficiency in philosophy,
details the history of his examination
in a communication to the New Ma
tionGi Era, showing that the report
made against him was not for de-
liciency, but in accordance with a
suggestion from high authority not to
allow him to graduate, and thereby
save the War Department the
onerous task of finding a suitable
assignment in the army where he
would be welcomed by the white
officers as an officer and gentleman.
He quotes the following from the
Brooklyn Argus;
Though he has written letters to
his friends and is quite sanguine about
returning and finally graduating, the
professors and cadets say there is not
the slightest chance. Said pro-
fessor to friend. the other day: 1T
will be long time before any one
belonging to the colored race can
graduate at West Point. ;"
He then goes on to say that he has
a few pertinent question so ask which
he would like certain people to
answer. He says: 'At an interview
which l had with the Secretary of
War, on the 18th instant, the Secre-
tarv said that he went to West Point
this year for a purpose, and that he
was there both before and after my
examination, and conversed with
some of the professors concerning
me. Now did that visit and those
conversation have anything to do
with the finding of the academical
board? Did they have anything to
do with that wondeful wisdom and
foresight displayed by the professors
and cadets in commenting upon my
chances for getting back? Why should
the Secretary of War go to West
Point this year for a purpose, and
converse with the professor about me
both before and after the examina-
tion? Besides, he spoke of an in
terview he had with Col. Ruger,
superintendent of the Academy in
New York, on Sunday, the 18th
instant, in reference to me, during
which Col. Ruger had said that the
Academic board would nGt recOm>
mend me to return. Is it very wOn-
derful that the Academic board
should refuse such recommendation
after those very interesting conver>
sations which were held both before
and after the recommendation? Why
was the Secretary away from West
Point at the time of examination?
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
PAUL BOYNTON'S PROPOS-
ED FEAT.
The Pearl-Diyer to be dropped
two hundred Miles ....Eaway
from Land.

A correspondent of the Baltimore
american writes from the Atlantic
City as follows: "Paul Boynton's en-
gagement here terminates on Septem-
Der 18th. when he will proceed to
New York city to make. arrangements
for what might reasonably be termed
q hazardous undertaking. Mr. G.. S.
Merriman, of New York, the patentee
of the life-dress, has offered $500 to Mr..
Boynton to make SEA voyage in his
suit. in order to demonstrate to the
public its merit as life preserver. He
has accepted the proposal. and on or
about the 25th of September he will be
carried from New York by an outward
bound steamer to a distance of not less
than two hundred miles from land,
when he will be dropped and left to
the mercy of the waves until he shall
meet with passing vessel. He will
carry with him rubber bag contains
ing sufficient ratiOns, consisting of
dried meats, &C., for one week, as well
as a good quantity of fresh water
He will also carry signal lights and
flags, with sectional staff twelve feet
long for raising them, all of which are
to be stored away In the unlimited por-
tails of the rubber bag, which is about
two feet square, add is little or no in
convenience strapped to the side of the
swimmer. The feat by many may be
considered as deliberately challenging
death, but Mr.. BoyntOn is very san
guine of success, and even says he
would willingly allow himself t0 be
left a thousand miles out, if necessary,
without the slightest fears regarding
his safe recovery. He places implicit
confidence in the Merriman life-suit,
and feels an anxiety to have its merits
thoroughly tested and laid before the
public. In order to accomplish this
object he has chosen the mentioned
date as the one when he will be most
likely to encounter the severe
eQuinOctial gales.O
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
AsPersiOn, DetractiOn Defama'
ton SANDER, Calumny.

If I speak slightly of my neigh
Dor, and insinnte any thing against
the purity of his principles, or the
rectitude of his conduct, l Asperse
him.
If he be a charitable man, and l
ascribe his charities to a selfish mo-
tive, or otherwise take away the merit
of his conduct, | am guilty of detrac-
ton.
III publish anything openly that
Injuries his reputation, l am a de-
ftmer.
If | communicate to Others the
reports that are in circulation to bis
disadvantage, | am Sldnderer.
III fabricate anything myself and
spread it abroad. am a cat1mnidtOr.
G.. Crab.
The tongue of slanderer is de-
vouring fire, which furnishes what
ever it touches; which exercises its
furry on the good grain, equally as
on the chaff, on the prOfane as ON the
sacred, which wherever it passes,
leaves only desolation. -MasSilIOn j..
What world of gossip would be
presented if it was only remembered
that person who tells you of the
faults of others intends to tell others
of your faults,
DR.. South says: "The tale>bearer
and the tale-hearer should be hang
ed up both together, the former by
the tongue, the latter by the ear"
There would not be so many open
mouths if there were not SO many
open ears,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
The New African Sea.

We have often spoken in these "Mi-
nor Topics" of the new African sea,
which will eventually be made by
turning the waters of the Mediterra-
nedu into the upper part of the great
desert near the Bay of Tunis. 1t is a
French plan for the better protection
of Algeria. The waters can be easily
let in, as only a narrow stretch of
sand separates the desert, which is low
"a lower level than the Mediterranean
from the sea coast. 1t will carry the
French right into the interior by wa
ter.
From these advanced posts, says the
author of the French report on this
scheme, we should watch the nOmadic
tribes of the South. The numerous
and rich oasis of the SOuf and the
Oued. only nominally subject to us,
would fall completely in our power
Our colonization would extend to the
the south of Constantine as surely as
it is established OH the Mediterranean
coast, A beneficent change of climate
is also not the least of the advantages
promised by this bold scheme, the first
step to tie realization of which has
already been taken, the Bay Of Tunis
having been requested by the society
to allow q survey of the country to be
made.-BdltinlOre Gazette.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11

cess? In his case, the natural way
wafdness of genius had never been
balanced by either severe scholastic
training or by the discipline of re-
peated failures. If he had had to win
his laurels against repeated discour-
agements, or had fought through
years for mere subsistence, as scores
of other successful men have done,
he would have been stronger and
more self-contfolied Perhaps Mr..
Beecher himself is to blame for
Tilt0n's undue advancement when so
young. Had he checked the aspir-
ing youth it would have been bet
ter for both of them.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
TUESDAY. AUGUST II. 1874.

Tat extremes meet is an adage
that has come down to lis from onr
fathers. The child>stealing mania
of the day has been characteristic
of darker ages of the werld. 1t
may seem strange, but it cannot be
denied, that cur boasted develop
ment has given large play 20 the
worst passions ard vices of man
kind. The mightiest civilizations
and most populous cities afford as
fine a refuge for thieves and mur,
derers as do the forests on the most
obscure frontiers.
The Nathan murder and the
Ross abduction case, the one in
New York and the other in Phila-
delrhia, seem as inscrutable as the
bloody deeds of John A. Murrell.
We who live midway between the
city and the frontier need not de-
lude ourselves by the belief that
this vicious propensity for making
money by stealing Our children
will not come to our doors. The
railroad and the telegraph are rap
idly converting the world into a
great city. The means of living
are becoming more difficult of ac-
quirement and the gulf between
poverty and riches is becoming
deeper and broader. 1t is now
more necessary than ever before
that he who would rise in the
world should have plenty of money,
and TIE desire to acquire itprompts
the most cruel deeds. We believe
the mothers in this very county of
ours sleep less easy since the Ross
abduction, and there is scarcely
household that has not shuddered
at the thought that some day wien
their little brightcyed cherubs which
gladden. its circle may be abroad
at their sports one of them, and
the dearest, may be snatchcd and
held for a coveted ransom.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
TRrom the Richmond Enquirer.1
VIRGINIA.
BY BRECK WAKEFIELD,

Take up thy harp SO broken now,
=. And wake anew it's ministrelsy-
Inou art redeemed, Virginla-thou
Hast crowned again thy chivalry.
We hngeT on thy towering hills
And gaze upon thy valleys greenI
For beauty sparkles in thy rills
And glory hallows every scene.
No sister of the stately train
Can point with pride to higher name,
No other realm in all her reign,
Can fill her page with grander fame,
There's not land upon the earth
With fairer wales or brighter sun.
There's is no land with RObler birth
Than peerless Lee and Washington.
The consecrated names of war,
Forever loved by freedoms throng-
The names that tyrants most abhor,
The sweetest names in Freedoms song,
10 search through earth's forget-me-nots,
Go travel daily with the sun,
lOa'l find no dearer, hoiIer spots
Than VernOn's tomb and Lexington.
"mie heavenWard o ter lifts his peaks
While seward Appomattox runs
While Shenandoah proudly streaks
His silver streams in summer suns.
These grand, historic names of theirs
Shall ring along the Risles of time
Your Washington, your Lee will shine
In every age and every cline
Thy hills may yield richer store,
nobler art may crown thy pl iins,
More bounteOus sh ps may reach tby shore,
Thou may'st be gr, alter in thy gains,
But never, never! in thy day
Wilt thou, Virginia, proudly see
richer, sweeter, greener bay
Than laurel wreath of Robert LED.
kear high! thy wonderOus arch, Rockbridge,
Sweet birds in Paxton Meadows sing.
And wave thy oaks On Timber Ridge,
And gurgle forth thy tinkling. sprinr.
For thou art blessed with sacred dust
Within thy hallOwed bosom lie
What thou cau'st only hold in trust.
For they are men who cannot die.
Roll on Potomac to the sen
And gladly glisten in the sun.
No name of other times shall be
Sublimer than thy Washington:
Lift up, Blue Ridge, thy shaded brow
And battle it freely in the clond.
1t hath halo round it now
That storms of earth can ne'er ensbroud
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
A Beautiful PRAYER

A poor Irish women asked wealthy
lady, the owner of beautiful flower
garden in Detroit, for a flower or two
to put on the coffin of her dead child.
The good lady invited her to be seated.
and very shortly brought magnifi-
cent cross and wreath, The afflicted
one was overcome. and as soon as she
was able to express herself, she said
most fervently, "May our blessed Re-
deemer meet you at the gates Of heaven
with a crown of flowers more beautiful
than these, "a most touching prayer,
in which many will join the afflicted
mother
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11
.srhe Shock to Religion. -

Because one hypocrite, who hap
pened to be eloquent, gifted and con-
spIcuous, has been exposed, the cry is
raised that the church has received a
fatal blow, and that religion itself will
be overthrown. They talk about the
"shock to Christianity" and all that.
There have been greater hypocrites,
and far worse men than Mr. Beeeher
in all the ages since the Christian sys-
tenn was established. There were such
right under the eyes of the great Mas
ter himself, and He denounced them
as hypocrites and 'whited sepulchres.' ,
He was betrayed by one of the twelve.
Yet the religion He founded has gone
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11

on "conqiering and to conquer. y
Those who fear that one mans hypoc-
racy can break down a system which
has survived every form of persecution
and abuse must have very little faith
to begin with. In their exaggerated
estimate of Beecher they fancy that he
can, by his evil example, break down
u religion founded by the Son of God.
The thing is almost too absurd for
Ifhig.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11

A Philadelphia paper thinks that if
Mauch Chunk were in Europe it
would be celebrated in a song. The
name would undoubtedly give charm
to verse.
4 red nosed gentleman asked wit
whether he believed in spirits. "Ay,
SIR" replied he, looking him full in
the face, 81 see too much evidence be-
fore me to doubt it,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11

CoGGIA's Gomez has scarcely disap-
peared before another erratic celestial
visitor dawns upon the world On
last Sunday night Nj. Borelli, at Mar
seilles, discovered new comet. Its
position Is reported in right ascension,
15h, 52m., and its polar distance 30
deg. 1t can be seen in our latitude,
and it is described as moderately
bright" and having a movement to-
ward the northwest. BOrelli is very
industrious astronomer, like his col
league, COggia, has made heretofore
some important astronomical discove-
ries. Whether his present comet will
rival COggia's is yet to be demonstra-
ed.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11

An Iowa circus drew a big crowd by
advertising that Schuyler Coliax
would euter the ring on q bet OF SOU
that he could ride the trick mule.
Tt is too bad that the Mayor of Grass
City, Kansas, is dead, for the local pa
per says that "if he hadn't but one
chew of tobacco he'd divide it with
friend.n
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-11


Out in Wisconsin horse kicked and
killed a book agent, whereupOn the
citizens made d0nation party for the
horse. and he now has oats enough TO
last him full horse lifetime.
"Sad thing to loose your WIFE" said
a fIiend to VermQnter who stood at
the grave of his wife. "Well tolera-
bly, sad." replied the mourner, 'but
then her clothes just fit my Oldest
girl."
A cloud of gloom and sadness over,
spread the land, and newspaper read
ers weep. 1t will be year--a whole
year-before any more college COM
mencemets will thrill the bosoms of
our people.
"Have you got little Indian
there ?' said the engineer; as we
passed young squaw with a pappoOse,
standing at a depot on the Paciflic rail-
road. NO" said she; 'half lnjun-
half Injuneer"
When a stranger stands on public
square in denver, sTits on his hands
and cries out, "climb on me by thotI-
sands" even the postmaster pulls off
his coat and goes out to make the re-
spOnse success.
A district schoolmaster in one of
the upper counties of Michigan was
asked what algebra he preferred, and
he replied: "Oh, l amt particular ;.
most any kind that will just peel the
hide when yoa strike"
North Platte, Neb., was once q vir-
tuOus town; not a swear was ever
heard there, and the people just spent
their tine in preparing for heaven
Now all is changed. In an evil mo-
ment brass band was organized
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-02-20

poet of Chicago, who was recently
informed that Madame Nilsson
! had thoughtfully built shelter
for her COWS on her land at Peoria,
kMindful of the catastrophe which
led to the destruction Of his na-
tive city, he Immediately burst
into this wild and beautiful frenzy
of verse: christine, Christine,
thy milking do the morn and eve
between, and not by the dim reli-
gious light of the fitfnl kerosene.
For the cows may plunge, and the
lamp explode, and the fire f1end
ride the gale, and shrek the knell
of the burning town in the glow
of the molten paii!
Dom Piatt, of the Washington
Capital, in entering upon the
third year of its publication, says:
sit was said when our senior ed.
itor visited Europe last summer
for the sole purpose of giving rest
to his gigantic intellect, that he
had sold out his interest in the
Journal for the pitifal sum Of
twenty-five thousand dollars. He
would IS soon quit claim his title
to mansions in the skies for few
North Pacific or Seneca Sandstone
bonds. And now we see running
like the epizootic that the same
gentlemen has sunk sixteen
thousand dollars lin the Capital.
'How this world is given TO lyingi'
! To the wide circle of our readers
which includes not only our
own land, but six subscribers in
Canada, two in New Jersey, and
thousands over the ocean, which
includes Spain Portugal and Tur-
key-we tender assurances of
good health and renewed strength
for the new year"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-02-20

II child wants a light to go to
sleep by, give it one. The sort of
Spartan flrmness which walks of
and takes away the candle, and
shuts all the doors between the
household cheer and warmth and
the pleasant stir OF evening mirth,
and leaves o little son or daughter
to hide its head under the bed
clothes, and get to sleep as best it
can, is not at all admirable. It is
after the pattern Of Giant Despair,
whose grim delight, confided to
Difndence, his wife, over the mis-.
cries of his wretched prisoners
always seemed most mimitable--a
perfect picture of the meanness
of despotism. Not that the deal
mother means to be cruel wheI
she tries this or that hardening
process, and treats human nature
as if it were clay 20 be mouldet
into any shape abe may please
Very likely she has no idea what
ever OF the injury and suffering
she canses,or her heart aches; bu
she preserves. thinking she Is do
ing right. 8