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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24
The Ancient Crown of Scotland.

The ancient crown Of Scotland, now
in the castle of Edinburgh, has had
adventures not unlike some Of those
Of the Hungarian d adem. Il is sup>
posed to have been made for King
Robert Bruce, and is formed of two
circles Of gold. the upper one being
surmOunted by a row Of crosses and
heurs de lis, while the lower and
broader ring is adorned with precious
stones in :hcir rough, uupoIished state.
From this rise two arches Of gold,
which unite In a ball and cross. Even
when the Stuarts became kings of
England, they came to Scotland, after
their English coronation, to receive
this crown at ScOne. Charles | in
deed wished to have the crown and
regalia of Scotland sent up to London,
in order that .hc ceremony might
take place there, but this was regard
ed as an infringement Of the rights Of
the Kingdom, and he had to come to
Scotland, where he was crowned.
June IS, 1858.
When, after his father's d ath.
Charles II asserted his rights in Scot
land, he was crowned at Scone on
January /, 1851. On CromwelPs adj
vancing across the Border. the crown
aud regaiil were sent away fr,m Elin-
burgh TO Tie strong castle OF Dun
nottar, on the shores OF the Nor;h
Sea, lest they should fall into III.
hands. They were placed under the
protection Of picket garrison, com
nander by the Earl Mar shal ard
O.ivy Blrras, veteran soldier,
Several guns aere seat to reinforce
The castle, among others Mons Meg,
and the great embrasure through
which this monster was fred IS still
shown at Dnnnotar. On the Sd Of
January lG52, the Cromwelliau gem
eral Lambert, having closely invest
el the castle. summoned it to sur
render. The summons was rejected.
aad the siege began, OgiIvy had
pew u ly asked that Il ship mi; h be
sent to carry off the crown, steptre
and sHo.d OF state bat Charles hal
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not becn able to comply with his re-

not been able to comply with his re-
quest.
1t soon became evidcn. that the
castle could not hold out long aud il
was therefore necessary to devise some
plan for saving the regalia. The chief
agent in the plot was the wife Of the
Rev, JAS. Granger. of Kjnneff, a
small church four miles from Dom
nattar. She obtained from General
Lambert permission to pass through
his lines, in order to visit the lady of
the castle, and on her return secretly
brought away the Scottish crown
Her maid followed her, bearing two
lorg bundles of lint, as if for SPIN
ming, but in one of them the sword of
State was hidden, and in the other
the scepter.
On reaching KinncT. she gave them
to her husband. and that night ;hey
went into the church, raised a flag of
the pavement in front of the pulpit,
dug hole, and buried there the
crown and the Scepter. In another
part of the church they hid the sword
in the same way. When, on the fall
of the castle the regalia we're found
to be gone, great was Lambert's III.
dignation. Tradition says that he
suspected the Changers, and tortured
them in vain in order to extOrt their
secret. But suspicion was at length
lulled to rest by the report that the
crown had been sent abroad.
Occasionally the minister and his
wife went by night into the charch to
change the cloths in which the crown
was wrapped, in order to preserve it
from the damp and at the Restora-
ton they gave up the regaiia in safe
ty 20 Charles II, \ grant of two
thousand marks rewarded Mrs. Gram
ger for her faithful service. After
the Uuion, when. on account Of the
strength Of Jacobite party. the Eag-
llsh Government very unwisely ex-
hlbited. on many occasions. the mis-
trast with which they regarded the
sentI2Hcnt of Scottish nationality, the
crown and regalia, rs It's most s;riEr
ing emblems, were shutHp III n strong
Golfer in the cr0wn,room OF Edinburgh
Castle. This toak place in 1907, and
there they remained for more tbau
century, until they were again r"-
stored to light by the commission ap'
pointed for that p plrpuse in 1918.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24

THINGS have at length come to
pretty crisis. The Southern Ku-
klux have gone 10 their dungeons.
V. P. Wilson can travel all over
the South and be the recipient of
elegant courtesies Chas. Sumner
can visit Texas Seward can travel
around the world, but Jefferson
Davis cannot respond to an invita-
ticn to deliver an agricultural ad-
dress at Rockford, ILL.,, without
being mobbed. The Winnebago
Fair Company refuse to pander to
this murderous red-shirtism, but
Mr.. Davis hes notified them that
he will not excite trouble by his
presence and withdraws his accept
ance of their invitation.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24

Two very old men Of East Ten
nessee have sat for their portraits
at Knoxville, the object kcing to
exhibit them at the Centennial next
year. Michael Hinkle, near Nary
vile, is said to be 1I5 years old,
and is native Of North Carolina.
Mr.. Grimaldi, of KnoxAille, is l04,
and is 4 native of England, being
in the British Navy 63 years ago.
The former is able to chop wood
every day, but is defective in mems
ory. The latter works at the car
pentcrs bench and has good eye
sight. We get the facts from the
Chronicle.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24

ONLY one boy in the 9th Com
gressional District of Va, wished
the vacant cadctship in the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. Young
Bell, of Pulaski, alone reported be-
fore the examining board at Wythe~
vile on last Friday week. If he
stands his examination successfully
at the Academy he will have be-
fore him a prospect which all might
envy but which few seem to appre-
ciate.
Gen. Terry, of course, will ap-
point him. This is the road that
young Farlagut, of Knoxville,
reached the Admiralty of the Navy
lv
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The sentence of Col. Valentine
Baker, cf the English army, for an
indecent assault on Miss Kate
Dickinson, in railway car, is very
crcditablc to The English society.
Col. Baker was a very brilliant
officer Of the regular army, and
commanded the 10th Hussars, the
Prince OF Wales regiment. lie is
brother to Sir Samuel Baker, the
celebrated African Explorer, and
greatly distinguished himself in the
public service, both at the Cape of
Good Ilcpe and in the Crimcan
war. lie was on very intimate
terms with and was tie friend Of
the Prince Of Wales, who used his
personal influence to keep The case
from coming te trial English
railway cars are not built like tiOsc
in America, but are dcridcd into
small apartments capable ii old,
ing some half dozen persons who
face each other front and rear
Thc doors to these apartment open
from the side Of thc car, and when
the passenger enters the conduc
tor {o:ks the door on Inn until the
end Of the journey is reached.
Miss Dickinson was travelling
alone and entered one Of these
apartments which Col. Baker was
permitted to enter at another
station. He commenced a con~
versation which she participated
in politely. Suddenly and with
ont the slightest introduc-
ton he assaulted her person in a
most indecent manner and sought
to crafty his lust at the expense Of
considerable violence on his part
and was only foiled in the attempt
by her resistance to the extent of
her physical power. There was no
means of alarming the officers Of
the train and she finally succeeded
in re~opening the window which he
had closed and in climbing to the
outside of the car, where for miles
she clung at The risk OF her life
until a station was reached.
The jury would have convicted
him of the charge of rape, but for the
instructions Of the Judge, that rape
implied all the violence he was ca
pable of, and this was negatived by
the fact that she could hardly have
escaped from the car but for his
having desisted. He was sentenced
10 one years solitary confinement
and the payment Of $4,000 fine and
the cost of the prosecution,
He will of course be cashiered
end is now disgraced and ruined
man, whose hitherto fine character
and lofty position only makes his
fall the greater.
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satisfactory.

Remember that every piece of work
done at
Picken's New Model Jewelry
Store, satisfactsOn is guaranteed, and
all promises carried out TO the letter.
Aug. loft.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24

Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is given up
as hopeiessIy insane. She sits down
silent and alone in her solitary room,
to keep imaginary company with Sen
atOrs and ambassadors in the light OF
that gracious, kindly smile long since
hidden beneath the coffin lid. / ; is
one Of the mcrcies vouchsafed her to
live her life over again with her loved
ones-dear little Willie, and rollick-
ing, boyish Tad--to sit at the head of
the table and hold familiar converse
with them all. Chicago paper.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24
Pickc'ns Information for the
People.
FIRSTLY.

FIRSTLY.
l shall continue to keep my work
up to its present standard Of excel
ence.
SECONDLY.
Ny best endeavors will be, to i'm
prove its quality in every respect.
THIRDLY.
To announce to all and every one. a
great reduction in prices, and still in
creasing the acknOwledeed largest
stock from Richmond to Memphis,
LASTLY.
Call. examine and purchase at the
New Model JeweIry Store.
l5ri.toI' jr z GoQdson'
Aug. loft,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24
NJ. L. bLAcHLEr, W. IT. Ro1ERTs0N, @, I.
BLACELEv-
BlaGElGT, Robertson & B!!aCElGI,
Attorneys at Law, s.
Real Estate Agents.

WILL practice in the counties Of SullI
van and Washington, and in the Fedora.
and Supreme Courts at Knoxville, Tenn
As real estate agents we offer for sale large
amounts Of improved and unimrroyci min
eral and farming lands. in quuli,y and on
terms to suit the purchasers. Our agents
wiz meet cu.igrau; ships, regularly, at Nor
folk and New y ork, and will be in constant
correspondence with Emigration Societies
and Mining Companies in Europe and the
United States. Persons having lau1s in T..
Tenn, s. ". Va, and Ky. for snle, rr any
description, will find purchases throtlh our
agency. Capitalist wishing 70 invest ir Iron
Coal, Lead, Grazing and Farming larfr end
Water Power, will find il to their int,rc-. 20
examine our lands, We also offer t,on
property for sale
OFFICE on Fifth Street.
Aug. %, lS73.-tf,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24
DR.. J. WiSTAR Wake, JR.
Sam'l. Hoffman,
Artist,
BRISTOL, TENN. Z VA.

Studio over the Book Store, Main
Street. Life size portraits taken in
CrayOn, from photographs, AmbrO-
types, Daguerrotypes, or from Life.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices mode
rate.
June ,5.-tf.
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Ladies are specially invited to call
and see the latest style in Fan Chala-
tines, also the new Patent Bracelets,
at Picken's new MOdel Jewelry Store
July 2O--tf.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24

Richest Prettiest, and Cheapest
Gold Rings at PIcken's new Model
Jewelry Store. June 15-tf,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24

Largest assortment Of Silver Plates
(engraved free, at Picken's new Mod
Jewelry Store. June I5-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24
U. l.. YORK, A. FULKERsON
YORK & FUGKER SON
ATTORNEY AT LAW

ID RACTICE regularly i'm in all tie
L Courts in Washington county, Va,
and in Washington and Sullivan cuun-
ties. Tenn. and attend to the collection
of all claims in Southwest Va. & +.
Tennessee.
OFFICE, on Cumberlahu Street Good
son. Va. sep rot g.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24
From the New York Tribune.
MOODY AND SANKEY.
American EvalIgelists.
Reception of Moody and sankey.

Meeting of the Revivalists and
their Friemds-Departure of
MIR. Moody for his Home
TFr. Sankey's Story of the
Revival in Great Britain
Work to be Begun Here
in the Fall.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24
TUESDAY. AUGUST u, 1875.
EVENT ana COMMENT.

Gold Smith Maid was beaten by
Lulu at Saratoga n. Y. on the 18th.
The first heat was won by the Maid
in 2.l5J and the three following by
Lulu in 2.16E, 2.15I, and 2 II.
These are the best four consecutive
heats on record, and now Lulu is,
instead of the Maid, queen Of the
trotting turf,
a cOlorcd woman was raped near
Knoxville on the 10th by two white
men, who escaped. The woman was
far gone in frequency and the outrage
caused and obortion in a few min
utes. Her cries attracted the atten.
tion of a man passing who took her
in his wagon to the city. Some ar
rests were made but the woman did
not identify them.
The wife of an a gentleman
named Williams of Mobile Alabama,
recently ran away with scoundrel.
taking with them their two little
children, whom they abandoned at a
boarding house in Lynchburg, where
they remained until last week, when
her brother, who had been tracking
1hem for six months found them, and
took them back to their father.
A terrible hail storm visited Straw
berry Plains Tenn. last Tuesday de
stroying $25 90 worth of Tobacco
for -four farmers in the vicinity.
Special Mail Agent Jno. 3, MINIS
arrested last Wednesday in Creenville
Ben. Wilhoite for indecen. writing on
q postal card mailed by him. He
escaped aud is at large.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24

Saratoga Fan Chains can only be
had at Picken's New Model Jewery
Store. June 15.-tf.
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DeRLUI.
DIR. J. N. KING.

Gradvate Of The Baltimore college gr De1,t,i Sur
gsry)
viii! Scientifically perform all Den
tai Operations and guarantee Satisfac-
liOn.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-24

A terrible hail storm visited Straw
berry Plains Tenn. last Tuesday de
stroying SO 90 worth of Tobacco
for four farmers in the vicinity.
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u I'LL BE At

" III BE 4 Z
BRISTOL, Tenn, from the I,t to the 9th Of each
month Oaice 9th street, lst door for Main.
UNION, Tenn, from the 9th 20 the 10th Of each
month Orca, Main street. East End.
JOHNSON CITY Tenn. the remainder Of the
month ONCE, DR.. See horns old oflce.
May II, '7j,-Iy-
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NJ. L. BlAcarrr, W H. Ronrnrsox, G, 1.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-12-31

SATURDAY NIGnT.-IIow many kiss
has been given, how many curse, how
many Il caress, how many looks of hate,
how many a promise has been broken, how
many heart has been wreck ed. how many
a loved one has been lowered to the narrow
chamber, how many babe has gone forth
from earth to heaven, how many a crib or
cradle stands silent now, which last Sat
urday night held the fairest of the treas
ures of the heart A week is life. A week
is history. A week marks events of sorrow
or gladness, which people never heed. Go
home, heart erring wanderer. Go home
to the cheer that awaits you, wronged waif
On life's breakers. Go home to your family
man of business. Go home to those you
love, m IN of toll, and give one night to the
joys and comforts fast flying by. Leave
your books with complexed fgures-leave
everything-your dirty shops, your busy
store. Rest with those you love, for God
alone knows what next Saturday night
will bring forth. Forget the would of care.
the battles of life which have furrowed the
week. Draw close around the family
hearth. Saturday night has awaited your
coming in sadness, in tears, in silence. Go
home to those you love, and as you bask
IN the loved presence, and, glad to return
to the loved embrace Of your hea, It's pet.
strive to be better man, and to bless God
for giving his weary children so dear a
stone, marking progress on the road OF
life, as Saturday night.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-12-31

MIssPENT EvENINGs.-The by who
spends an hour of each evening Longing
IDLY on street corners, wastes IN the course
If I. year three hundred and sixty five pre-
;ious hours, which, if applied to study,
would familiariz4 him with the rudiments
If almost any Of the familiar sciences. Ii
in addition to wasting AL hour each even
ing he spends ten cents for cigar, which
is usually the case, the amount thus worse
than wasted would pay for ten of the lead
ing periodicals of the country.
Boys. think of these things. Think how
much time and money you are wasting,
and for what? The qualification afforded
by the lounge OH the corner or by the
cigar, is not only temporary. but positive
ly hurtful. You cannot indulge in these
practices without seriously injuring your
selves. You acquire idle and wasteful
habits which will cling to you with each
succeeding year You may in after life
shake them off, but the probabilities are
that the habits thus formed in early life
will remain with you till your dying day.
Be warned then, in time, and resolve
that as the hour spent in idleness is gone,
you will improve each passing one, and
thereby fit yourselves for usefulness and
happiness.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-12-31
ODD FIsH

! Frogs, toads and serpents never take an.
| food but that which they are satisfied j:
| alive.
Ii a bee, wasp Or hornet stings, it is
nearl, at the expense OF his life.
! Serpents are so tenacious Of life, that
/ they will live six months without food.
! Turtles dig holes in the SAND by the sea
shore and bury their eggs. leayin. them to
be hatrhed by the sun.
I4obst"rs are very pugnacious and fight
severe battles II they lose u claw, anoth-
| er grows out.
Naturalists says that q single swa low
win devour six thousand flies day.
The tarantul. OF Texas is nothing more
than an enormous spider.
4 single goldfish produces more than L.
00o000 eggs in one season.
\ whale suclSies les young, and is there
fore not a fish. The mothers affection is
remarkable.
loads become torpid in winter and hide
themselves, taking no food for five or six
months.
Serpents, of all species, shed their skins
annually, like sea crabs and Holsters.
Turtles and tortoises have their skele-
tons partly outside, instead OF within the
body.
Il is believed that crocodies live to be
hundreds of years old. The ancient Egyp-
tians embalmed them.
In South America there is prolific hon.
ey bee that has been furnished with
sting.
In the darkest night, fishes pursue their
usual movements the same as by daylight.
Serpents never feed on anything but ami.
NAL food, which they themselves put to
death or swallow alive.
Seals are as intelligent as dogs, and
may be made to perform many tricks like
them.
The head of ratlesnake has been
known to infict a fatal wound after being
separated from the body.
If the eye of a newt is put out, another
perfect eye is soon supplied by rapid
growth.
Fishes have no eyelids, and necessarily
sleep with their eyes open.
Alligators fall into a lethargic sleep du-
ring the winter like toad.
There are agricultural ants in Texas
that aetuallysplant grain and reap before
the harvest.
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Poetry.
NEW YEARS BELLS.

Ring, BELLS ring, with your mellow din,
Rig the % year out an the new year in !
Like the voices of birds fl ON the old gray spire,
Let your silvery notes Use higher and higher
Floating abroad DER the hillside bare
III pillows OF sound on the tremulous air,
Let it rise and fall with the iitful gale
Tell over city an wooG the tale
Say that to night the old year dies
Bid the watchers look o the e stern akies,
For the beautiful halo that tells afar
OF the welcome rise of the new years star
Ring the old year out, With its signs and tears,
It's whitening heart aches and tiresome fears
Away with its memories of doubt AMI WI. ng,
Its cold deceitS and its enyying strong,
All its pander ng lures TO the fltering sense
ii its pi lful sllams and cold preaense,
Ae wiil heap them gether and bind them fast
To the old mans load as he totters past,
he ills thar he brought he nay take again
Keep we the joys, let him bury the pain !!
hing sof ,oh bells, as he goes to rest
Far in the sh ide5 of the darkemng west
ring. bells, ring, with merry din
he old yearhas gone with its Gaze and sin -
Smiling and fair. at the eastern gates,
Clad i'll tinted lights, tie new year waits
Welcome him in with the rosy band,
Who waltthe wave of his beakoning hand
Hope, with the wreathS of sweet spring flower s.
Joy for the summer glowing hours,
Plenty ana pea e for the fruitful iall,
And love for all seasons-best of all.
Ring merriy, bells !-oer the bllshing skies,
See the beautiful star of toe new year rise
lFrom the Aldine for Dec embe
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-12-31

A ChILD's SyMPATHY.--Ap poor widow:
the mother of two little girls, used to call
on them at the close of each day, for the
report Of the good they had done. One
| night the eldest hestated in her reply to
her mothers question, "What kindness
have you shown!" and timidly -
81 don't know, mot err
The mother touched with the tone of
the answer, resolved to unravel the mystic
ry; and the sensitive being went on to
say
son going to school this morning, I
found little Annie G., who had been absent
some days. crying very hard. l asked her,
mother, why she cried so, and that made
her cry m IRE, so that I could not help
leaning my head on her neck and crying
too. Then her sobs grew less and less till
she told me Of her dear little baby brG ther
whom she had nursed so long and loved so
| much; how he mad sickened, grown pale
and thin, crying with pain until he died,
and they PUT HIM away from her forever.
Mother, she told me this, and then hid her
face in her book, and cried as if her heart
| would break. Mother, [ could not help
putting my face on the other page of the
book and crying too, just as hard us she
did. After we had cried together a long
time, she wiped her eyes, and then she
hugged and kissed me, telling me l had
done her good. Mother, don't know hou
did her good, for 1 onzy cried Nth her ,
indeed, I did nothing but cry it'll her,
That is all can tell, mother, for I can't
tell how did her good.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-12-31

The REMARK OF A WOMAN TEACHER
OF MEN TEACHERs.-One great trouble
with men teachers in the public schools is
their short term Of Office and their conse-
quent want OF heart In it, while they are
there. Reading law, studying theology,
attending medical lectures; this is what
they are doing, and their teaching is only
their bread and butter, meanwhile.
might say that almost no f1rst-class man
will stay in the profession now, because ii
does not pay rs well rs other employments
We have many first-class yemen in it, be-
cause it is their best chance; but the man
who has the requisite power for a f, ST
class TEACHER has penetration enough to
discover other roads and energy enough to
strike into them.-Anno =. Bracket.