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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-20

BoRAx FOR CoLDs.-A writer in the
Medical Record cites number OF cases
in which borax has proved most etfec-
tive remedy in certain forms of colds
He states that in sudden hoarseness or
loss of voice in public speakers or
singers, from colds, relief for oil hour or
So, as by magic, may be often obtained
by slowly d.ssolving, and partially swal-
lowing. lump OF borax the size of q
garden pea, or about three or four grains,
held in the mouth for ten minutes before
speaking or singing, This produces a
profuse secretion of saliva, or watering"
of the mouth and throat-probably re-
storing the voice or tone to the dried
vocal cords, just as ''wetting" brings
back the missing notes to flute, wher
it is too dry.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-20

PRNTEEs.-So far as printers are con-
cerned, Mr.. William Lloyd Garrison
says: Il consider myself one OF the vet
eran printers Of the country, having
served an apprenticeship of more than
seven years in learning the art and mys-
terry Of printing, worked as journey
man at the case and press, and for al
most forty years occupied the post OF
publisher and editor, during that long
period putting many column in type
with my own hands, making up forms,
correcting proofs, and supervising other
mechanical parts of the business.
Doubtless Mr.. Garrison is an old hand,
but Mr.. Weed, who did all that thing
more than half century ago, ranks him
by many years, and is now one OF the
Oldest practical printers in the country
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-20

Pacific Coast.
The Printsrs Acquitted Of Libel-Ds
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-20
Distemper Among tho Horses.

The distemper which prevails among
the horses in this city and which was
thought to be confined to stage and
street car horses, is found in the stables
Of the leading express companies; also
in livery and private stables.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
Blue Sky and White Clouds.

The ethereal blue color of the sky is
due to minute particles Ofmatter which
float in the air. Were these particles
removed, the appearance of the sky
would be dead black. 1t is fact in
optics that exceedingly fine portions
of matter dispose or scatter the blue
rays of light. cOarser portions scatter
red rays, still coarser portions scatter
all the rays. making white life. An
atmosphere is full Of aqueous vapOr,
the particles of which diffuse white
light in all directions. When these
particles are enlarged, they become
visible in the form of clouds. The va
por PARTICLES of the white clouds are
supposed to be finer aud lighter than
those of the dark clouds.
That the diffusion Of light i'm our at
mosphere. the blue coIoriBg of the
sky and the colors of the clouds, arc
due to the presence Of matter floating
in the air, has been conclusively pro-
ven by Tyndall. On passing beam
of sunlight through glass tube, the
beam is rendered brilliantly visible by
the reflection Of light from the dust
particles floating in the air contained
in the tube. But OH removing the
dust particles, which is done by filter
ing the air by cotton wool, or causing
the air to pass over a flame, the beam
of light is no longer visible in the
tube.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
A Cannon Ball in the Hat.

An anonymous writer, generally
supposed to be Rev. Ii. Ward
Beecher, after describing how. when
boy, he stole a cannon ball from
the Navy Yard at Charlestown, Mass,
and with much trepidatiou, and
more headache, carried it away in
that universal pocket of youth-his
hat-winds up with the following
reflections; reflections which, though
philosophicaIly trlte, are in this man
ner conveyed with much force and
freshness:
"When | reached home had no
thing to do with my shot. l did
not dare IT, show in the house, nor
tell where | got it; and after one
or two sol;trr} rolls, L gave it away
on the same day to a Prince
Strecter,
% But, after all, that six FOUNDER
rolled good deal OF sense into my
skull. | think it was the last thing
that | ever stole Excepting a little
matter Of heart, nJw. and them,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
The Editors of the London
Times.

The death was recently announced
in the obituary columns of the Lon
don papers of Mrs. Delane, wife of the
we'll known editor OF the London
Times. In common with the late Mr..
ThackeTay, Mr.. Delane has during the
greater portion of his married life been
condemned TO forego all the pleasures
of that state through the mental ILL
ness of his wife, and perhaps has, on
that account, felt the occupation which
only gives him one evening in week
10 himself the less onerous. In Lon
don he resides in one of the linus of
Court within easy distance of the Times
office, and the editor of the Times, his
horses and his groom. are almost as
well known to the frequenters Of the
Strand and the Temple as TIE Temple
Bar itself. His Saturdays and Sun
days are usually spent at charming
retreat close TO the race course at As
cot, where his mother, TO whom he is
"a most devoted son, long resided with
him. The full force of the Times was,
until lately, TO be found around the IA
1noUs heath. Mr.. MObray Morris, for
many years the manager of the paper,
has a seat there, and the enormous
mansion of Mr.. Walter, the proprietor,
is not many miles distant. Editorial
changes do not occur in London two
or three times a year as in many Off
ces in this country, and Mr.. Delane
has for more than quarter of a centu-
~ held the reins of the great journal
which he almost absolutely controls
He is n man of very kindly temper,
much liked and respected. The son
of Berkshire country gentleman OF
small means. Mr.. Delane was educa-
ted at Cambridge and called to the bar.
Soon after that event hC became con-
nected with the journal of which he
has so long been the directing iDhu'
Cnce.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
MARY'S DREAM.

The moon had climbed the higt
est hill" Join Lowe, (I75O-I79s
was the author Of this fine patheti
lyric. 1t was written on the death {
gentleman named Miller, q surgeo
at sea, who was engaged to "Mary"-
Miss McGhie, Aird8. The poet wa
! tutor In the family of the lady's fathe
and was betrothed to her sister,
| The moon had climbed the highest hill,
Which rises DER the source Of Dee,
And from her eastern summit shed
Her silvery light on tower and tree;
! When Mary laid her down to sleep,
Her thoughts on Sandy far at sea.
when soft and low, voice was heard,
gay, Mary, weep no more for me-"
She from her pillow gently raised
Her head to see who there might be,
ana saw young Sandy shiv'ring stand,
with yIsage pale and hollow eye.
"oh, Mary dear, cold is my clay
1t lies beneath the stormy sea,
Far, for thee sleep in death:
30, Mary, weep no more for me-
Three stormy nights and stormy days
we tossed upon the raging main;
Hnd long We strove our bark 70 save
But all our striving was in vain.
Z E'en then when horror chilled nv blood.
-, My heart was filled with love for thee
The storm is past, and at rest.
30, hary, weep no more for me,
On maiden dear, thyself prepare,
we soon shall meet upon that shore
" mere love Is free from doubt and care,
And thou and shall part no more
Loud crowed the cock, the spirit fed,
No more OF Sandy could she see,
But soft the passing spirit said,
sweet Mary, weep no more for me-"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28

and it gave me a notion of the foil,
of Governing more than you can en-.
JOY. which has made my whole life
happier. It was rather a severe
mode of catechising, bat ethics rub
bed in With six FOUNDER shot are
better than none at all.
"But | see men doing the sane
thing, going into underground and
dirty vaults, and gathering up wealth:
which will. when got, roll around
their heads like ball. and Le not
whit softer because it is gold. instead
of iron, though there is not man in
Wall street who will believe that.
l haze seen man put himself
to every humiliation to win n proud
woman who had been born above
him, and when he got her, he walked
all the rest of his life with a cannon
ball in his hat.
81 have seen young men enrich
themselves by pleasure in the same
wise way, spairing no pains, and
scrnpling a: no sacrifice of principle,
for the sake at last of CARRYING bur
den which no man can bear,
"All the world are busy in striving
for things that give little pleasure
and bring much care. l am accus.
toned, in all ny walks among men,
noticing their ways and their folly,
to think There is n man stealing
a cannOn>balI;' or, There is man
with ball on his head | know it
by his walk
1.-The money which cisri, purjo.n>
for his docket, at last gets lat0 hi,
bat like cannon-ba!l Pride, bad
temper, sclfishncss, evil passions,
will roll man as if he had bali
on his head And thou. and men
n New York will die this year. and |
is each one falls. his hat will come
'ff, and out will roll an iron ball,
which for years he has worn out his
trength carrying" Canada Chris
ian Adcocde.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
EdgingS for Garden Walks
Flower Beds, &c.

1t is generally desirable that we
should preserve the shape of our flow
er beds and borders from year to year,
so that the plants shall not bt ell
crOached upon by the walks. When
flower beds are cut out in the turf on
the lawn. an eiging with the spade is
all that is necessary to keep them i'll
shape for all time. / t has been the
custom for years to Use dwarf grow
ing Box for edgings; still this is only
used by few, and. as it does not flow
er, there are many of our customers
who would prefer to use towering
plants for this purpose.
The double Towering Sweet Vio.et
is a capital plant for edgings to beds,
borders and walks. The best time to
plant them is in the spring, when the
beds are spaded mp and got into shape
for the season. Draw line where it
is desirable to form The edging, and,
after separating the plants INTO small
pieces, plant them firmly about six
inches apart, along after the line. In
a short time they will present an I'M
broken line or edge, and the next sea-
Son they will give an abundance of
their acceptable, fragrant flowers
The Double Russian is the variety best
adapted for this purpose Tie annu-
ais and other Towering plants can be
planted quite close to the ViOlets, as
some shade VIII be found to be bene-
ticial TO them. The double Daisey
makes one of the best of floral edgings,
and should be planted quite thickly
for fine affect. We have seen edgings
of this pretty and popular flower that
were vastly superior to ANYTHING else
in the line of edgings. The Sedums
SeibOldi and Variegatum are excel
lent, used for this purpose, being
both perfectly hardy, besides standing
perfectly well through the hottest
summers, becoming denser each sue
ceeding year, rs we'll as being loaded
with rosy purple flowers in the Au-
tumn. The dwarf, fine grO'Oing varie-
ties of Sempervivum (Livesfor-ever)
called Moss by many, may be used
with capital effect and results, and will
please all who try them for this pur-
pose. For edgings to walks and beds
in the kitchen garden, there is moth
ing to equal or compare with the dou-
BILE curled Parsley, and. as this can
be procured cheaply and with so little
trouble, as well as being of service in
the kitchen, we advise all who care
for trimneSs and neatneSs in their gar
den walks to give this trial the pres
ent season.-From Briggs &; Bros. |
Quarterly for ApriL.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
TUESDAY, APRIL, %, 1874.
\ Word with Our Exchanges.


RUSSELL Co.-Progrcss.-Dr' E. D.
Hermann, whose death on the 18th
has been already announced was 65
years Of age.
The frost destroyed fully three
fourtks Of the peach crop, and woun-
ded the remainder.
"Uncle Joe" Haskew. in his 18th
year, is trying to get up one more re-
vival. He is assisted by Rev. H. w.
Bays and Rev. p. S, Sutton He has
lad gospel harness on for so years aud
means to fall in front of the beam.
Wm. Cromwell, of New Garden,
aged 90 years, and captain of the
war of 1872, died on the Ilth. On the
day previous, L. Music. aged 90 years
died in the same vicinity.
Tie Progress says the Bristol Courier
publishes births. If the editor had
made this accusation against the Bris-
0l NcUS the statement would have
been correct. AS it is wrong.
The NctcS is the only paper In the
county which has adopted the very
proper custom.
SALEM.-Rc1istcr.-The Register
boasts that the new Judge Blair will
be Sober judge. Very good, but now
that one of your men has his slippers,
don't be throwing stones at poor
Judge Mahood. We have an idea
that he is quite as good as Blair, and
then he had the good taste and fine
honor which dictated resignation.
4 writer in the same paper steals
Charley Goals thunder and goes at
believing about Wilburn Waters, the
hermit of White Top.
The Register also swe8rs that Gov
McMullin is down, and then falls to |
kicking him. let Mack alone! IF |
you can't pray over your sins don't
pray over his.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
A GEORGIA SERMON ABOUT
NOAH'S ARK.
Slight Reference to the Temper.
ancc Question.

The following bit of drollery has ap.
peared in the Independent:
In the autumn of 1880, l attended 9
Methodist camp meeting in the inte.
riOr OF Georgia, and heard a sermon
which | have never been able to for
get or describe. At the earnest solici-
tation of friends. l have attempted
several times to write it.
But it cannot be put upon paper
The main force Of 1t was in the snuff
ing and splitting and groaning and
hound-after-a-fOx sort of yclp and
whine, to which no pen can do justice
1t must be intoned to be appreciated,
L have preached it a thousand times
for the amusement of friends, and
have been satisfied with my effort. /
have used it as a remedial agent in ex
ercising the demons of hypochondria,
and have never failed Ito send them
down steep place in the sea-" or
somewhere else to the great relief of
| the sufferer.
The speaker had just been licensed
and it was his first sermon. In per-
son he was a small, bullet-head, of a
fair, sandy complexion, and his coun-
tenance was indicative of sincerity
and honesty.
His remarks evinced great reverence
for the work of God as manifested in
zoology and natural history, and was
taking up the Bible in regular order
for the first time in his life." He had
gotten as far as the history of Noah,
the Ark, the flood, etc. Besides. lust
before his conversion he had been
reading Goldsmith's Animated Ma
ter and the two together, by the aid
and assistance of the Sperit, had led
him into a powerful train of thinking
as he stood at his workbench day in
and day out.
But whatever his sermon might
have been, it was his own. The text
was: "As it was in the days of Noah,
so shall the coming of the Son of Man
be-" After commenting upon that
portion of Genesis, descriptive of the
flood. he warmed up" suddenly and
broke out in the following strains:
"Yes. my brethren, the heavens of
the windows was opened ah, and the
floods of the great deep kivered the |
waters-ah, and there was Shem, and |
there Ham, and there Japheth-ah, |
into the Ark-ah.
"And there was the elephant, that |
O. eat animal-ah of which Goldsmith
describes in his Animated Nater-ah,
and what is as big as house-ah. and
his bones big as tree-ah, depending
on the size of the tree-ah,
all gwine into the Ark-ah. And the
heavens of the windows was opened
ah, and the flood OF the great deep
kivered the waters and there was
Shem. and there was Ham, and there
was Japeth-ah, all gwine into the
Ark-ah.
"And there was The hippopotamus-
IN. that great animal-ah, of which
Goldsmith describes in his Animated
Nater'-ah what had a great horn-ah
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28

Have you seen my black-faced an
telope ?' inquired Mr.. Leoscope, who
had a collection of animals. of his
friend, Bottlejack. mo, 1 haven't.
Whom did your black-faced aunt cloIe
with ?"
A Kansas City tombstone pays the
following beautiful tribute to inno-
cence:
with yell and whoop
He died of the Group"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
HU MOROUS.
"a little nonsense NOW and then,
Is relished by the Wisest men,"

A fashionable ynung lady dropped
one of her false eyebrows in a church
pew, and badly frightened young
man next to her, who thought it was
his moustache.
At a prayer meeting in Maine, a few
days ago. one of the members prayed,
Lord, thou knOwest that Charles
Tompkins has sold poor boots to us.
Make him do the fair thing"
The Herkimer Democrat asks -
Who is there that is not chained to
some rock of the past, with the vul-
ture of memory tearing at his vitaIs,
screaming forever in the ear of Con-
scieuce?"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
magnitude of the undertaking.

OoiNSi iOi IHOtleDL the ln0uS
!, tries, products, and devices necessar
. to an adequate expression of tic pro
gress OF your own State and tn
space that will be essential to thei
: full presentation. and you can hardlr
fail to perceive that your State alone
will require an area in the exhibition
buildings and grounds equal to tha
occupied at Vienna, by England o
France This is true of not less thar
ten OF the older States. The othe
twenty-se States and ten Ter
ritories will each of them require
space in proportion.
That the stock of the Centennia
Board of Finaace might be within
the reach of every citizen the Con,
gress OF the United States fixed ever,
share at $40, which will be repre-,
sented by handsome steel,eneraved
certIflcate, executed by the Treasury
Department of the Government and
lIt!ingly designed in commemoration
OF the event. The Board in soliciting
subscriptions to its stock feel assured
that there is a patriotic desire TO
render the exhibition worthy of the
occasion.
Notice is hereby given that checks
and drafts can be addressed to the
financial Treasurer, Fredrick Fra
ley, No. 9Oi Walnut street, Phila>
del phia, for any number of shares.
at $40 each, and certificates of stock
Will be promptly returned, The
International Exhibition will cons
mence on the 18th of April, 1876.
and close Oh the 18th of October,
1876.
The undersigned, President of the
Board OF FiEance, speaking for his
colleagues, and he believes for the
great body of the American people,
does not doubt the answer of that
people to this earnest appeal. They
are not unmindful to the patriotic
interest in the centennial of their
own independence, nor of the high
duty of honoIing it as it deserves,
Philadelphia, the scene of the i'm
mortal Declaration, not only in the
old hall where it was written. and
whence it was proc aimed, but in the
extensive Park where the exhibition
is to be held, sacred as the resort oil
Washington and the Revolutionary
worthless, has given many times her |
share to the memorial. 1t is not her |
celebration-it is the nations. His |
tory has simply designated that city |
as the spot where the national senti-
ment can be historically expressed. |
Every other city and State is inspired
by the same sentiment. Every man
and woman, North and Sodth, is
stirred by TIE same impulse. All
the peoples of earth are earnest
spectators and students Of progress.
The work, therefore. is at once ma
tlonal and International 1t reaches
every class AID every interest, 1t
will be the most remarkable cOmpar<
lSoH and Interchange of ideas and
inventions Of art and science, of the
products Of the earth. the brain. and
The hands-the most friendly aud
Intercourse between tie
races OF all countries in modern
civilization. 1t is impossible to
believe that any portion of the
American people will hesitate to
mite in what is a sacred memory and
sacred obligation.
JOHN WELSH.
President of the Centennial Board of
finance.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
TMVHOMAS
IL HOUSE,
Re opened by
J. NJ. THOMAS,
Main Street. Bristol, Tenn.

HAVE again reOpened the Thorn
l. as House. on Main Street, and am
prepared to furnish first-class accom-.
mediation to the public. y" money
and no pains will be spared /, make
the hotel all it was in its palmiest
days.
Boarders will be received on s,od
terms.
Being provided with good stables
am prepared to furnish stalls. food ano
attention to horses.
Rail road passengers will find the
house located in easy distance of the
Passenger Exchange, the tables we'll
furnished and lodging unsurpassed.
POrters regularly at the trains to re-
ceive baggage aud conduct ps5ose ngers
Jan 81 '74-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
SUMNER.
The EulOgy Pronounced iii Bos-
ton.

The EulOHy Pronounced iii BOs-
ton.
BOsToN, April 14.-HOn Robert =.
lIIlIoIt's euIogy Oh the late CharI, :
ETmuer in Faneuil Hall, this after
noon, was an eloquent and feeling
tribute, and was listened TO with ub-
sVrbing attention throughout. The
following was the orators perOration :.
10 have lived such "a life were glory
enough. Success was not needed to
perfect its starbright, immortal beau
", but success came. What amazing
contrasts did hIs life witness! He
Lcard The hundred guns which Bos
tpn fired for tlIe passage of the fugi-
tive slave act, and hc saw Boston send
ing forth with homors and blessings a
regiment Of fugitive slaves to save that
CnIun which the crime of her WeJ-
ster had imperiled. lie saw Franklin
Pierce employing tie power of the ma
JIon To force back one helpless fugi-
live to tllc hell of slavery, aud he saw
Abraham Lincoln write the 6dict OF
emancipation. He heard Tancy de-
clare that Tie the black man had no
sights, which the white man was
auUnd To respect" and he welcomed
ltchels Ia his seat rs n Uditcd States
senator; but a. defeat could not dam
pen his ardOr, SO success could not
AGATE his zeal. He fell while bearing
aloft the same banner of human rights
which, twenty-eight years ago, he had
Enfurlcd and lifted ia this hall. The
lessings of the poor are his laurcls.-
One sacred hought-duty-pre
over his life, inspired in youth, guild
ing him in manhood, and strengthen
Jag him in aye. BE II ours To walk in
The light of his pure eXGmple, BE it
ours 10 copy his stainless integrity,
his supreme devotion to humanity, his
profound faith in truth, and his un-
conquerablc moral enthusiasm. Adieu,
great servant and apostle of liberty
If Others forget thee thy fame shall be
guarded 10y the millions of an emanci-
patcd race, whose gratitude shall lie
more enduring than monumental
marble or brass
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28

It you are in hurry, never get be-
hlhd 4 couple that are cOurting. They
want to make sc much of each other
mat mat they wouldn't move quick if they
Ingre going to a funeral. Get behind
LIehlnd your jolly married folks. who
a"Te ~,"t lots Of children at home, if you
"'AF TO move fast.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28
Passage of the Newspapers Free
Distribution Bill by the
House,

The House on Monday consented to
lhe bill allowing papers and periodi-
eals to be sent free to subscribers in
me county in which they are actually
published, and restored newspaper
Exchanges TO the free list by the signi-
Meant vote Of lis yeas to Al nays.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28

An old lady hearing some one read
about a Congressman-at-large, rushed
to the kitchen door shouting, Sarah
Jane. Sarah Jane! don't you leave the
clothes out all night mind I tell you !;
for there's Congressman at large.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-04-28

THE marriage license of Mr.. Jeffer-
SON, the will of George Washington.
and tile will of KosciuskO have been
placed in the Virginia State Library.