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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01
TUESOOY. DECEMBER /, 1874.
EVENT and COMMENT

The storm last Sunday week, lelC III
martial ruin the little town Oh oI uoo af
bia Ala, killing II persons seEei". and
whom were people OF dlsllhction' 80
at least half the buildings were PIoo
trated. Such was the de5tliuUioh pio-
duced. that the cities ana lo"IS y, Ine
adjacent States, have oeeu asheN iOi
aid. Among the killed are Ihe liiotliI
or of the late Gov. winston, "le ohu
two children of Senator Moore, anu
+ ID Hodgkins, Editor OF the Cf'ro"-
icIc. together with his wife and iour
children. The new Catholic Church,
and new Female Institute. many ol
the finest residences, and two OF the
towering mills were destroyed.
Secretary Bristow and chief Archi-
tect Mullet quarreled last week.
MulIrt wished to control the dlspurse-
ment of funds to the hands In ms 9e-
partment. this Bristow could not see
and plainly told Mullet that lie uia
not mean TO see it. Thereup"h Mul-
let said he would tender his reslgna-
ton rather than yield, and then the
stubborn Kentuckian said, II uoh |
care a damn if you do" Mullet saIu
/ do resign, and old "kentuck" SAID,
il is accepted at Once.' How sour
stomached and i'll are these raudcals,
since the election.
Four young lawyers in Washing
ton CITY, undertook to drink dry a
three gallon keg of Port Wine. one
OF them. 9no b, Ellis went into std
nor. and died on Sunday the 22nd.-
The others were not quite Killed
Those who think that simply case oi
drunk will be the end of such reckless
drinking, are men Of poor observation.
There is a degree of engagement
which the brain cannot withstand
Judge Guigon is hunting down and
fparIessly imprisoning the last OF the
,oncIave which robbed old man
Folkcs of Amelia, of $50. Detective
John Wren now goes to Jail for year
Cr harboring old Jno. Dull, knowing
him TO he guilty The jury fixed ms
fine at one cent, the lowest limits. 1'
which the Judge said Every good gen
tIemeu. as YOU have given him the
minimum fine | will give him the
maximum term of imprisonment
which is one wear. The old man re-
fused bail, and coolly closed out day
light from the said John Wren.
Lady Franklin still offers ten thou
sand dollars for authentic intelligence
as To the fate of her husband sir Jnih
WHY should Longfellow write nc
titious Evapgelime, when he can ge
such real subject as Lady Franklin
The GOOD woman will enter HEAVIER
hunting for her lost lcrd.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01
Professor Tyndall on typhoid
Fever

A letter OF the greatest importance.
from Professor Tyndall, with refer
ence to the origin and mode of propa-
gatiOn of typhoid fever, appears in the
London Times of November 8. He
adduces and powerfully supports the
argument and evidence collected ty
DIR. Budd in his treatise oH typhoid
feUer in support of the theory that the
disease is not spontaneously generated
by the decomposition and putrefactIon
of animal and vegetable substances.
but is propugated solely through the
medium of matter which has already
been in contact with typhoid patient.
The Giving human body is the soil in
which the specific poison of typhoid
fever breeds and multiplies." frOfes-
or Tyndall relates the history OF ty-
picai case of typhoid outbreak Origina-
ting in the Village of North Tawton,
and shows by the series of events
which it exhibits that the disease ls
purely of a contagious nature; that
! the W worst drained country villages IN
! the surrounding district escaped SO
/ long as the specific poison kept away.
and were attacked only when, by some
means or other, that poison was con-
yeyed to them. "Ash-pits fail to de-
velop il; even the open privy is pow
| erIess so long as it is kept free from
the discharges of those already at
tackled" A" The sanitary measures
adopted by DR.. Budd were these; .ll),
| Flooding all the drains Of the place
| with disinfectants with view to de-
stroy rs far as possil lie the poison al
ready cast off; (2), the reception of all
discharges from the sick Immediately
Gu their issue from their body into
vessels charged with disintectants
(3), the instant immersion of all bed
and body-linen used by the sick into
disinfecting liquid before its removal
from the ward; al scrupulous ,ablu'
ton aud distinctions of the hands o
the nurses and lastly, the burning ol
disinfection of all beds occupied by the
sick as soon as vacated by death, con
valescenee, or otherwise. BY these
means, adopted. on this occasion, III
NAV he said that the plague was IN
stantly stoped.n We do not, however
remarks the. PdlL-lfdU Gazette, which
publishes this summary, gather IRON
Professor Tyndall's arguments tina
the adoption of similar measures IL
cases of typhoid outbreak ought to su
persede the sanitary improvements al
ready so urgently demanded in sucf
places Over Darwin. If the sewer b'
as DIR. Budd so graphically, describe
J it, "a direct continuation o
the diseased intestine" and only ii
that capacity propagator of disease
it is all the more necessary to preven
the infiItratiOn of its contents into TIL
drinking-water of a district.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01
What the Southern Press say OF
The Tribune.

We consider THE TRIBUNE a very valuable pa
per.-TN, C. Citizen.
THRNEw YORK TRIBUNE, in its faithful and
searching exposure of outrage ISLANDERS on Ala
bzma and other States, has done Immense service
to truth and justice-[3lacon (Ga) Telegraph and
Messenger 80,
we thank THE NBw-YoRK TRIBUNE for its man
ly and powerful words In demanding justice for
the people of Alabama Montgomery (Ala) News.
The hsst ne wspaper In the world Is the NEW
YORK TaIBUSE. 1t combines the rights and sa-
Carv of the London times with the representative
news ENTERPRISE of AmerIca-I Baltimore Bulletin.
4 paper 10 be admired for its Independence OF
tone and its reliability Of news Episcopal Meth
odiSt, Baltimore, Nd.
ANY one who wants irst-class piper which
keeps fully up with the times in literature science
| and ar, should subscribe for. TEE TRIBuSB.-
! TSpartinburg (S c. Carolina Spartan.
The imperial sheet Of the world, THE NEW
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! South.
| We regard it as the best paper, all in all pub
| lished in the United stntes.-[ [Morristown CFenn
Gazette. .
| To day THE NEw-YORK TRIBUNE is undoubted
II the first of American newspaper; whatever may
be said ofits rivals, it has clearly won precedene'
| of all and very creditbly does 1t represent TN
Journalism of the country. While dealing with al
| the topics coming within the range of anewspaper
| THE TRIBUNE makes a specially Of the great SUB
iect of Agriculture. 1t becomes therefore matte
of vital Importance to the country that the direc
| ton of the ideas of this vast section
| should be In able and conscientious hands, and
| matter for cosgratulation that the farmers news
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01
THE Nashville BANNER SAYS

At the time of the civil war the
Methodist Protestant Church divided,
the Southern retaining the old name,
and the Northern taking the name OF
the Methodist Church. Proposals for
a reunion have been favorably enter
tained on both. sides. A commission
of nine from each body has been ap-
pointed, with power to submit the
terms of union to a General Convep-
ton. The convention will meet in
Abingdon, Virginia, on the first Mon
day in May, 1873.
This is news to us as we nRder-
stand the Southern Church as hav-
ing at Louisville favored fraternal
relations, but at the same time
having declared that reunion is
undesirable and impracticable. The
Banner is generally well posted
and we will wait and see if it be
correct i'll this.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01
The Hours at Which Death OC.
ours.

In paner contributed by DR..
Lawson td the West Riding Asylum
Medical Reports, England, for 1874.
several interesting observations are
regarding the number of deaths
which occur during the different
hours of the day Following up the
researches of Schenidcr and others
who had shown thatthe greatest nuin>
Der of deaths take place during the
arte-meridian hours, DR. Lawson has
been able to determine more closely
the time of day when the greatest
and least number of deaths occur.
Supplementing the statistics of other
institutions by those of the West
Riding Asylum, he finds that deaths
from chronic diseases are more NJ
merous between the hours of s and
10 in the morning than any other
time of the day, while they are fewest
between tie hours offs and 10 in the
evening. In the case of acute dis
eases, such as continued fevers, pneu-
monia, etc., a different result has
been obtained. Following up what
had been pointed out by other
authorities, DIR, Lawson shows that
the largest number of deaths from this
class Of diseases takes place either IN
the early morning. when powers OF
life are at their lowest, or in the al
ternoon, when acute diseases is most
active, The occurrence of these
definite daily variations in the hourly
death rate is shown. in the case o.
chronic diseases, to be dependent or
recurring variations in the energies
of organic life, and in the case o
acute diseases the cause is ascrlbet
either 10 the existence ola well-mar
ed daily extreme Of bodily depression
or daily maximum intensity o. acut
disease.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01

MISSISSIPPI local editor: 'Once
more the Anglo-Saxon walks erect
his eye proudly beaming with the
glad light of triumph and his breast
heaving with the undying spirit OF
freedom. Once more the children
of tho Conqueror and descendants OF
Alfred and Edward glory in their
ancestry and fling the standards OF
white supremacy to the the fragrant
breezcs of of the Southland, ard the
shouts of the victorious and uncon-
querabIe Caucasian ascends in a
grand diapason to the eternal throne
of Liberty.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01
The Excellence of no Govern
nIent.

France, since the departure of the
Assembly. enjoys perfect calm, busi-
ness is fast riviving. Paris becomes
more and more animated foreigners
are swarning on the BOulevards, all
the hotels are full. up to the fifth sto-
ries % the theatres are nightly to refuse
money. and by this splended sun the
enw oI6ndes danes and the numerous
cocoStes who have returned are exhio-
ling IN the Bois de Boulogne tbeir
splendid toilettes, without its occurring
TO any one to rebuke the. National AS
sembly for its idleness and the Minis
tiers for their silence. twill, perhaps,
be discovered some day that the Dest
government which France can have Is
have no government ut all.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01

We learn from the COURIER that
Judge Gillcnwaters in opening his
court at Blountville last week dis
pensed with his usual custom OF
opening with prayer. We are at a
loss TO account tor this. The puri~
ty and picty of the Judge Lave been
SO much sung in our ears recently
that we had begun 20 believe the
song. 1t is evident he thinks
0damn it," Perhaps between the
calls he has had to the ministry,
the Ecnch ard Congress, he has
"gctten the thing in such a devil OF
a fix" that he has forgotten to
pray. Then may be that while he
has been having the Judgeship run
by proxy he has concluded to have
his praying done by proxy too, and
that while he was opening court
publicly he had some brother
privately doing the praying,
Then perhaps, having heard OF
his old namesake dropping his
mantle of proPhesy, he has at
tempted to follow the example
Can any of these be true
Nay, we think not. Judge, die
we not tell you when you trailed
your pulpit robes and ran for office
ycu did bad thing, and did we no'
tell you when you trailed your er-
mine and went smelling over tht
District for a seat in Congress yoU
were simply making things worse
and worse 2 See how you came
at last to tell an unseeinly
and profanc anecdOte! And then
last and worst of all, you said tha
Roderick had the worst record yol
had ever seen-that such things a
he had done we could rot approve
ana should not endorse, and theT
YOU eOolly withdrew, and SOM
have asserted that sou made bar
gain that you wOuid "approve" AM
.Eendorse" the said Roderick thi
time if he would return the favo
next true. Now this looks to n
like a rather "unfriendly record
and see what it has led you to
You have abandoned prayer
Brother Gillenwaters! you are nov
only a politician and politician
will do these things!
Woes the race and woes the day,
That costs ones virtue, Gallant Ora
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01
A Hundred Extinct Volcanoes

The Academy of Science met as
usual on Monday evening, General
Hewston i'm the chair. The attend
ance was good. The donations were
numerous and some Of them interest
ing. DIR. Harkness,s spoke of dlscove-
ries made by himself in parts OF PIu-
mas and Lassen counties, little Known
hitherto. A tract of country contain
ing about s 600 square miles he de-
scribed net only as volcanic, but snow
ing traces of recent volcanic action
and having within its limits lOO dls-
t.nct volcanoes. A large crater on the
dividing line of the two counties had
damed up lake giving it new out
let and spreading its waters over an
area of three square miles. The vol
canic cone is higher than Vesuvius.-
Ashes and scOriee are scattered all
down its sides. In different parts Oh
| the lake are stumps OF trees, some oi
them fiorty-fve feet In helgnt' ahu
showing above the surface. some ol
them standing in the lava, are Only
partially burned through, lndhcatlhg
| that the matter elected, from the Vol
caro- was not all in melted state. ID
other places occur round cavities
which were sounded by DIR. HarKnes'
and HIS party, and stumps touhu a
the bottom. Higher up, the trees
though untouched by the lava, were
burned by the heat. The growth o
a portion of the trees since the erup
tion shows about twenty-five annual
rings. The lava fIom the volcano
covers about one hundred square miles
An old resident of Red Bluff, who wa
in the neighborhood in 1853, told tn
doctor that he saw bright sheet o
flame rising from the mountain, whlci
continued during his entire stay
shaved Head, an old Indian OF tn
Mill Creek tribe. says that in his youttl
the region was alive with volcanoes Il
active operation.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01

Iceland has celebrated its Millcn-
NAL. What other government Of
the earth has preserved unimpaired
for a thousand years, the laws,
languages and customs of its peo-
pie Only the government Of
Jehevah can out nhmber it in lapse
Of ages.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01

Bishop Cummius, of. the Reformed
Episcopal Church, it is said, will soon
take up his residence in Baltimore.
The Bishop was formerly pastor OF the
old st. Peters protestant EpiscopaD
chu ch, in that city.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01
NJ. L. BLAcKLEr, ". II. RoBERrsoS, s @,
BLACKLEv-
BlaGklGI, Robertson & BlacllRy,
Attorneys at Law, G
Real Estate Agents.

Will. practice in the counties Of Sullf-
van and Washington, and in the Federal
and Supreme Courts at Knoxville, Tennl,77--
As real estate agents we offer for. sqlc large
amounts of improved and unimproved min
eral and farming lands, in quality and on
terms to suit the purchasers. Cur agents
will meet emigrant ships, regularly, at Nor
folk and New ork, and will be in constant
correspondence with Emigration societies
and Mining Companies in Europe and the
United States. Persons having lands in f..
Tenn, S. W. Va, and KY, for s-l", of any
description, will End purchases tIl-''.,h our
agency. Capitalist wishing to invc: y! Iron,
Coal, Lead, Grazing and Farming i,i -, and
Water Power, will find it to their i':''r,t to
examine our lanls. We also ,rcr 1own
property for sale.
OFFICE OH Fifth Street.
Aug, %, IS73.-tf. -
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-12-01
GOODE GETS THE CERTfFI-
GATE.

Norfolk roars and blazes with
cannon and flame over the triumph
of Goode over Platt. The board
of Canvassers met on the 23rd, and
refused to allow the amended re
turns from various counties, but it
rejected the returns from Prince
George, because they were not
certified, and this gave Goode I3l
majority. Col. Goode argued his
own case and Platt was represent
ed by Jno. Lyon.
The DISPATCH says:
In accordance with law the Board
of Canvassers met at II o'cleck ip
the Office Of the GoYerDor, capitol
building. All the members were
present-viz, Governor j. l.. Kemper,
Attorney-Genera Raleigh 7, Daniel,
Secretary of the Commonwealth James
Mcdonald, Auditor, William F.
Taylor, and Treasurer r, NJ. Z.
Hunter -.
After the argument came
TIE VERDICT OF THE BOARD.
The Board was, in session from
7 80 to 8 :A5 2. NJ, except for {
short time when the members wen
to supper. At the end of that time
they made known their conclusions
as follows:
The Board of State Canvasser
b wing considered the ObjectiOn
made by the contestant to their re
turns from the Second congressiona
district, from which it appears tha
1887 votes we're given for james
II. Platt as representative in Con
gress from said district, ard IA, O8'
were given for John Goode, Jr., a
such representative, giving to jane
H. Plat, Jr., q majority of 294 votes
are of opinion that there was N
power by law IN the commissioners
election in Prince George, Sussex
Southampton, James City, and Yor
, counties to amend the returns of e1ec
ton and. returns them to the otic
of the Secretary of the Common
wealth, but they are of opinion tha
the return made by the commissions
of election in the. county of Prime
George is defective in this, that til
abstract of votes given .at said cleo
tion is not certified and attested
required by law. And, rejecting tn
return from that county the vote vi
stand:
Fol- James II. Platt l3,3s
For John Goode, Jr 1872
making majority of l3l votes f'
said Goode: and we do decide TIL
the said John Goode, Jr,, has by Il
greatest number of votes been du
elected to represent the said district
the Congress of the United States.
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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05

Next in importance to the habit of
self-help we would place that OF per-
sOnal tidiness. We do not care to
guess how many American men and
women sit down to breakfast every
morning with their toilets half made,
the men without collar and cravat,
the women with unkempt hair, and
the children resembling the parents
I'm dress, rs much as in feature. "But
you see there are SO many things to
do In the morning-stock to feed,
cows to milk, fires to make, milk to
to skim, children to dress, breakfast
to get that one can't spend much
time fixing themselves up." All
very true but one doesn't 90 round
barefooted in the morning, or with
out washing face and hands, because
a habit the reverse of all that has
been formed. "My hair is combed
in the morning for all day before l
leave my chamber" said an elegant
house-keeper the other day, and She
keeps no girl; and we couldn't help
thinking the happiness her husband
must. have had Just in the one partic-
ular of seeing her every morning for
twenty years with smOothly-combed
hair, and neat linen collar, opposite
site him atthe breakfast table, and
of the order and cleanliness in the
household of which that one little
item was an index. That "clean-
illness is next to godliness," should
be early and deeply impressed on
every child, and It should be taught
to shrink from uncleanliness as II
shrinks from vice. 'sl n''s- 4"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05
Encourage Your Children.

Encouragement works wonders
with almost everybody, no matter
what their occupation In life may be-,
A boy likes to be encouraged SO does
a girl; and man likes 1t; also women;
and even the old grandmOthers have
a relish for It. lA0 bii'Na it'n 2
Some parents often make mistake
in not giving their children credit
when they do q thing well and
some unintentiOnally let a lesson that
has been studied hard by q boy or
girl pass by without the least notice.
This discOurages a child, and has
bad effect otherwise. ir HHJ.pl .FH
ENCOURAGEMENT puts q new life In q
child, IL 1t be bestowed by a parent.
Yet there are people, who, though
anxious to do well, are continually,
and in a dispiriting way, telling that
they shouldn't do so and 90, and that
that is wrong, without ever having q
little friendly talk with them, and
giving them good advice, and encotir-.
aging them to do right. tstj7o '.I1'
Some parents also make q mistake
in leaving the education of their chill
dren wholly to the schools. They
think II they send their children to
school, and pay their way. that they,
the parents-ared doing their part, and
that their children should do theirs.
This may work very well with good
boys, but with the careless, thought
less, and Indifferent, 1t does not work
well. ,'sh"l' 'ibi''i ''i s'e9l '' N
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-05
HastIng to be Rich. !

My own observations I'm mercantile
life, Of more than half a century,
have convinced me; ;uua87 glHsT +
/. That eagerness to amass property
usually rObs man and his family OF
much rational enjoyment; tempts to
doubtful ana disreputable acts; en-
slaves a man to business and cor
rOding care; Injuries his disposition
and temper; makes him selfish,
mean, tyrannical, a bad nefghbOr, and
but nominal Christian.
9. That it destroys that calmness of
mind and that sound Judgment which
are requisite to success in business !;
that 1t tempts men to take hazardous
risks which often involve themselves
and others in perplexity and ruin I;
that it leads to suretyship, which pro-
duces inquietude and often results in
bankruptcy. 81. e,goA .o7s a.7.
3. That it leads to neglect Of domes-
tic, social and neighborly obligations; !;
neglect OF children, neglect Of prayer
and Scriptures, and neglect of ones
health OF body and soul. uit ~
4. The men of this description are
seldom, If ever, spiritual Christians,
however talkative they may be on the
subject of religion, or however lavish
they may be in occasional charities !;
and, on the other hand, ~ rsl'l
5. Men of modern views, as it re-
spects business, and diligent withal !;
men of caution, industry, economy,
cOntentment; men who are faithful
in'all the relations of life, as husbands,
fathers and church members; men
who seek first the Kingdom of
Heaven, and give freely and cheer
fully to good objects, as the Lord
prospers them, in obedience to His
commands and in faith In His prom
ises, are the men who have the prom
ise Of the life that now h and Of that
which Is to c0me.-Idppd'a. 4ga- o