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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
a New Step.
The Montgomery MEssENeFR

The Montgomery MEssENGFK
Says:
The A. ". & o r. z. Co., con
tempiate the use OF ceSl instead Of
voed for the Engines which run the
passenger trains. 1t is estimste6
that ] hr, a. minutes can be gained
from Lynchburg TO Bristol by not
stepping for wood, and that tbespeed
up heavy grade can be made equal TO
speed on average grade by use Of
coal, and thus the Co. can make
their schedule time so fsstss to make
their line Of read the quickest transit
70 the South.
10 experimenting with coal, it is
has been found that none along the
line Of the road will snSWer, unless
possibly q new bank opened near Mt.
Any. The Co Will be compelled. 10
secure coal from q point farther
vert.
hT Hnnper. one of the oldest and
most reliable Engineers on she road.
made ED experimental TIP with coal
On Monday last, and reported most
isversbly to the Co. He he has since
beer sent to Tennessee to purchase
coal for the use of his Engine.
Quick transit is the spirit Of thea !
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
Joel N. Galliher's
Stable,
GO0DS0N, VA.

I TAKE this method of returning
L many thanks to the citizens OF
GOodson, Va. and Bristol, Tenn. for
their past patronage in my line OF
business, and hope they will not for
get that | will continue the business
for the next two years in W. W.
James new
BRICK STABLE,
where I can accommodate as many rs
may call al 25c per feed or 75c per day,
$l2 90 per month, and will also keep
first-class Saddle Horses, Buggies and
Hacks, 10 accommodate parties wish
ing to visit any point in the surround
ing country, at rates, and will also
run two Drays in GOodsOn, Va. and
Bristol, Tenn. at as low rates as any
Of my competitors. Give me call
and will see that you are accommO-
dated.
Respectfully,
}. y. GALLIHER,
Dec. ], '74.-1y.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20

SENATOR Johnston, of Va, will
please accept our thanks for copy
ofhis speech on the Sinking Fund,
delivered in the Senate, March 1st,
1875. 1t is full of valuable infor-
nation and abounds in interesting
statistics. For instance we note
that the number of Indians now in
the U. S. is 275,003.
The subject is dry, hut very inn
portsnt one, and Mr.. Johnston haf
acquired reputation for the man.
ner he has looked into orr nation
al finances. This speech is positive
~ an able and valuable one.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
Capt. jacques.
The Greenvil,e ISTELuGENc

The Greenvil,e ISTELuGENCER
says:
Daring the late great frashets. Capt.
Jaques personally -uacs;n;edeA the re-
pairs on the road. Whsu un the low
eT end duriEg the second freshet dis
patch came krSL span of Hiwasse
bridge gone Here the Captain took
a long hryS;a. My Ged Is il never
going 10 stop. Ia about two hours
another dispatch came, another
span gone river still rising" The
Captain sat for half an hour, never
spoke, looked very serious, II must
go to Charleston and rent house for
Gould, (the foreman He went
river continued 10 rise-couldu't set
poles. He tried TO fret-thRt would
do no good. About - o'clock at
night the Captain felt piOusly in
cliBed-thsught of the patience of
job and ell his trials and fluctuations.
He sent and borrowed q bible from a
good sister and read till O'Clock 49,
DE cOuid'n find where Job had any
bridges 10 build here some one repor-
ted the rivers falling aud the Cap
tain discontinued bisscripture reading
but concluded that he must have had
some, and would have found them
had be continued to read.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
Ex-PresiGents as Senators at
LRrge.

1t has recently been suggested that
the Constitution should be so amend
cd as to provide that exp esidents
should be senator's at large for life.
The suggestion, if We are not mis-
taken, was first made through the
columns of the New York Tribune.
There seems to be merit in it. at
any rate, no harm can come from
thinking it over. There is no good
reason why men who have flied the
place of highest dignity in The nation
for four or eight years should be
forever thereafter shelVed if still pos
sessed of vigor and capa -ity. Their
experience, ability and knowledge of
affairs should not be Loot to the coun-
try. Intellectual wealth. like MAJ
terisl wealth, should be used not
locked up. Besides, # Presidents
had the prospects 0i this honorable
provision for them after tie expiration
OF their term or trrHs, the teEpIa-
ton To make money hy improper
means during their Presidential SER
vice would be taken away from :hem,
II sometimes happens thai ex-
Pre- idemts, q" their ,eiiFrG eht, are
un iliIne t1 siu~ ratio ob>euriiy.
Accus om"d - a. ivity and to i.nbI-c
Isle u'!l AL lrs re te,n,-n'H they d "a
il irBPos able 10 become droneS rGd
cipher. They IoRs FOR public EN-
yIoyment, ssd e1ier the PatiiicSi
srora u conteud foT the prizes.
Tins resPctscle Is not pleasing 10 the
the people, who do not fancy seeing
their ex-Cbief Msgintrstes engaging
in scrub contests with Tom, Dick +.
and Harry. Sach scandalous exhIbi-
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
Unwritten Side Of Great Men.

We always think of great men as IN
the act of performing deeds which give
them renown, or else in stately repose,
grand, silent, aud majestic, And yet
this il hardly fair, because the most
gracious and magnificent of human
Deiugs have to bother themselves with
the little things of life which engage
the attention Of us smaller people.
No doubt Moses snarled and got angry
when he had severe cold in his head,
aud if fly bit his leg while he was in
the desert why should we suppose he
did not jump up and use violent Ian
guage, and rub the sore place? And
Csesar-isu'C it tolerab!y certain that
he used to become furious when he
went up stairs TO get his slippers in the
dark and found that C&lphurnia had
showed them under the bed SO that he
had to sweep a-OuHd them wildly with
q broom handle. Aud when Solomon
cracked his crazy bone is il unreasOn-
able to suppose that he ran around the
room and felt as il he wanted to cry.
Imagine George Washington sitting
on the side OF the bed and putting on
Clean shirt, aud growing at Martha
because the buttons were off or st.
Augustine with an apron around his
neck having his hair cut or Joan of
Arc holding her front hair i'm her
mouth, as women do, while she fixed
up her back hair Napoleon jumping
out of bed in frenzy 10 chase a mos
quito around the room with a pillow
or MaItin Luther in night shirt try
ing to put the baby 10 sleep at two
O'Clock in the morning : or Alexander
the Great with the hiccoughs !. or
Thomas Jefferson getting suddenly
over a fence to avoid dog ; or the
Duke of Wellington with the humps;
or Daniel Webster abusing his wife
because she hadn't tucked the covers
at the foot Of the bed or Benjamin
Franklin pairing his cOrns with ra-
zor or Jonathan Edwards, at the
dinner table, wanting to sneeze just as
he got his mouth full of hot beef; or
Noah standing at his window at night
throwing bricks at cat.-HdT Adler.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
THE BoIL UPON TIE NOSE

Did Dante e'er discover,
Can GLy one disclose,
More successful means Of torture
Than boil upon the nose?
How dreary seems each hour,
a. it slowly, slowly goes,
To the man who sits in anguish
With boil upon his nose!
All nature seems to mock him
Fen the sunshine and the rose;
How they seem TO laugh and litter
At the boil upon the nOeei
For the rougish sunbeam, stealing
Through the open easement, throws
A doubly swollen shadow
OF q greatly swollen nose.
How light seem other burdens,
How transient other woes
When compared with this affiiction,
A boil upon the nose!
But from secret trials, virtues
Come to him who undergoes
And not without its lesson
Is the boil upon the nose.
It teaches him to he humble,
And to feel for others woes
And thus the man is gamer
By the boil upon his nose.
For every human creature
His sympathy Overfiows,
AS he counts each fellow mortal &
chance
For boil upon the nose.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20

NJ. D. Lafayette College. Pa; Mikado,
by Prof w. E Griffis, Imperial Col
lege, Toxic, japan; manganese and
other chemical articles by Prof, c. A.
Joy, Phi. d Columbia College. n. Y;
Moilusca and other geological articles
by Prof. :. Kneeland, of Boston In
stitule of Technology, Foreign Ro-
man Catholic Mission, by Rev. -Ber-
nard O'Reiily, ID. d. and Moon with
other astronomical articles from Rich
ard A. Proctor, A NJ. of London. We
mention these as indicating the high
grade of talent employed by the en-
terprising publishers lin the various
departments of revision. When COM
pleted, the resent edition will be the
standard cyclOp9dia among US for
some generation to come.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
NIr. Bcecher on Vacations

At the last Friday night meeting at
Plymouth church Mr.. Beecher gave
some wholesome advice as to the duty
of every man combining himself to his
true calling. Said he,
''Some of you have the gift ofspeech,
and may become public Speakers
Then it is the line of your duty. a
man, because he is a hard, harsh. man,
is not necessarily al unchristian man,
Ii you are by nature dry. enjoy your
drvnese. Laughter. Make the
best of that which God has put into
your hands. Some of you are persons
with qualities for business. | have
Seen men who thought they bad a CALI
to the ministry that is. they wanted
to be ministers and they were con-
scious of it, and they supposed it was
call. They were slow to learn ;. they
had no power of speech they were
dry But their conscience leads them
into the ministry, and it keeps them
in the ministry, and they stay for
years, until at last, by the providence
of God, they are elected to be secretary
of some society. Laughter. 1t just
suits them. They were born for it,
People say it is wrong. and look upon
IL az an awful SIN. Inc mistake was
not going on out of it, but in going
into it. Laughter. |.
Now, if a man is lawyer and is
converted he don't want to become a
preacher. Why, my dear friends,
there are as good men as Ministers
Laughter There is usefulness out
side of the pulpit. Don't you know
that the greatest part of human affairs
are outside of the pulpit? Don't you
know that the humanity of man is
outside? The field is not in the
Church, the field is in the world. So
then be a merchant, but be a Chris
tan merchant be a lawyer, but n
Christian lawyer be servant, be an
editor, [laughter], be reporter
There are duties even for them
Long and continued laughter,] The
true calling of every man is to do his
duty in his place"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20

tinns would cease if on leaving the
Presidential chair they ~ere provided
with places for life in the Senate
With the pay OF senator's. While NOT
desiring TO be understood as to thi-
scheme decided support, We have
glanced at some of the good results
that might follow from its adoption -
RichmOnd WIN.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20

merchant. and shall pay the license
tax rs wholesale liquor merchants
This section shall not be so construed
rs to prevent any planter from selling
all tobxcco raised by himself by sABl-
pie or otherwise: Provided. however,
That nothing in this or the preceding
section shall be construed to require
any licensed merchant or manufzctur
er who has paid lIcense-;ax of not
less that $l00 TO pay an additional tax
for selling or offering to sell by SAM
pie either 10y himself or agent.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20

The eleventh volume Of this stand
ard work is now ready for delivery,
extending from Magnet To Moon. -
Amsng The more prominent articles
Ve note the paper on AeleuFulcgy.
written by Prof. Cleveland Able
(''Oid Prov abiiili~s''), Of Washington.
ID. e.; Mint and Money, from tiIe pen
Of iienTy Carey Baird. at Ptitl-lphia;
Meth'.iism. 10y Prof. &. w. I;..nH.t
ID D.. Syracuse University; M1iec.l,.,
BY Prof + III Clarke. Harvard !.
Mortgage and either legal article, by
HOA. 7. II. COs'Iey. LII. d.. of Ann
Hart-er. Marrow and Physiological
articiea, by Prof. J. q. DHl.on, ". d.;
Metsllurgy, by Prof. tn. NJ Drown,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20

Reclifers. $500 90
Dealers, retail liquor, % On
Dealers, wholesale liquor, 100 co
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale, so 90
Dealers in malt liquors, retail, 90
Dealers in leaf tobacco, 20 90
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco, 525 90
And on pales of over 81 900, fifty
cents for every dollar in excess
Of 81 900
Dealers in manufactured tobacco, 5 90
Manufacturers Of stills, so 90
And for each still manufactured 20 90
And for each worm manufactured 20 90
Manufacturers of tobacco, 10 90
Manufacturers of cigars 10 90
Peddlers of tobacco, first class imore
than two horses or ether animals so 90
Peddlers Of tobaC 90, second class
two horses or other animalsl 25 90
Peddlers of tobacco. third class ZONE
horse or other anmaN II O0
Peddlers OF tobacco, fourth class ION
foot or public conveyance) 10 On
Brewers of less than 500 barrels 81 m
Brewers OF 800 barrels or more, TOO On
Any person, 80 liable, who shall fai,
TO comply with the foregoing require
.ments will be subject to severe penal
ties.
Persons or firms liable to pay anv OF
the Special Taxes named above must
apply to JOHN K. MILLER, Collector
of Internal Revenue at Johnson CITY.
Tenn, and pay and procure the Sns,
cial-Tax Stamp or Stamps they need.
prior to May !. 1875. and WITHOUT
FURTHER NOTICE,
]. W. DOUGLASS.
o. ComH'Ssioner o. Internal Reps,,ue.
"A'Hi>SToE' d. C., February l, 1875,
Mar. 23.-4t.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
THE MERCHANTS TAI
BILL.
TIL Z;

We gave recently, a portion of
the Va. Tax Bill as applicable to
merchants. We now furnish our
readers with the remainder of it,
or that portion applicable to sam
pie merchants.-T Ed. NEWS.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
" L. BLAckLGr, W. II. RoBERrsoS, o, I
BLACELRv.
BlaGEIGy, Robertson & BIaGEl8y,
Attorneys at Law, q
Real Estate AgeRte.

WILL practice in the counties Of Sulh
van and Washington, and IN the Fedora.
and SUprCme Courts at Knoxville, Tenn
y real estate agents We offer f0r ,alc large
amounts Of improved and uEjmprDved min
eral and farming lands, in quality and on
terms to suit the purchasers. Our agents
vii! meet emigrant ships, regularly, at Nor
folk and View York, and will be in constan1
correspondence with Emigration Societies
and Mining Companies in Europe and the
United States Persons having l:.rds in X.
Tenn, =. v. Va, and Ky, Tor sale Of any
description, viii find purchases 4 cough our
agency. Capitalist wishing 10 iuyes, IN Iron
Coal, Lead, Grazing and Farming Boa %, and
Water Power, Will find It TO their Interest to
examine our lands. We also cfsr town
property for sale.
OFFICE OF fifth Street.
Aug. %, loI3.-tf,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
NOTICE.
=. S. INTERNAL REVENUE.
SPECIAL TAKES.
May 1, 1876, to Apil 50, 1876.

The Revised Statutes of the United
States, Sections 3232: 1897, 1888, and
3239, require every person engaged in
any business, avOcation, or employ
ment which renders him liable to a
SPECIAL TAX, 40 PROCURE
aud Place C0nspicuOuSIy In His
Establishment eT Place Of BUS
iness a STAMP denoting the pay
ment of said SPECIAL TAX for the
Special-Tax Year beginning May l..
1875, before commencing or cOntinu-
ing business after April 80, 1875.
The TdEeS Embraced Within the
Professions of the LGtO ADORE
Quoted are as fOLLOlCS Yiz:
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
Observation-Disclosures

ANY person who shall sell or offer ia
sell any description of goods wares, or
merchandise by sample, card, desert D.
ton. or other representation, verbal OF
otherwise, or any agent for the sale or
collection Of orders by sample or de-
scriptive list such as ia furnished by
the G. o. d. Supply Company of
America, or any simil&r company,
shall be deemed TO be sample-mer-
chant but nothing in this act shall
be so constructed as TO prevent any
resident merchant or manufacturer
from exhibiting a specimen OF his
goods, W2re-, or merchandise any
where in the State ; nor shall il pre-
vent the exhibition of Z sample of any
property which the person exhibiting
is authorized to sell without sample
merchants license. 1t shall not bC
lawful for any pe son or persons to sell
or offer 20 sell any description Of goods
wares, or Uncertainties, except articles
manufactured by hIUl IN this state, 10y
sample, card, description, or other
representation as aforesaid, without
Grst having obtained iicense therefor
from commissioner of the revenue,
which licenfe shall grant the priviI-
egg "a sell anywhere in the Stale, ana
shall he valid for one year from the
date Of It's issue : but If used out Of the
cJuLty or corporation @h%re granted
the clerk of the court of aHch county
or corporation shA!l certify therein,
With the seal of the court affixed, that
the officer signing The ssid license is
really the Cnnl Stinntr of the FeV0-
nur for tue district wherein the Ii
ceuse issued, and that his signature, is
believed TO be genuine: PTOUtGcG,
That it shall not lee lawful for the
clerk of any county Or corporation
cnurt 10 furuish aHy certificate rela-
ting to the grant OF license thus OBJ
tanned shall toe o peTsUnSl privilege,
ant shgil not be transferable, nor,
any aba cement in the tax thereon al.
lowed HoT shall & license granted any
resident sample-mefchRnt be con-
strued rs authorizing any commercial
traveller nr salesman who is a non
resident to cell under such license
No county, city. or town shall have
the right to levy or collect a tax on
sample-nerchants. Any person or
persons who shall cell or offer to sell
la violation OF this act shall pay & fine
OF 500 for the first offence, and $500 for
eachsucceedinG offence, the informeT
10 receive one-half Of the fine so cOllec-
ted: Provided. That in every case
where there is failure to convict, the
infoTmer shall pay all costs attending
the prosecution. Nothing in this sec
ton shall be construed to allow nom
resident sample-merchants to sell to
any persons other than a manufacture
er or licensed merchant, keeper of
an ordinary, or Keeper of an eating
house, without taking out the addi-
tiOnal license required of resident mer-
chants.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
REFER BY PERMISSION, TO

Msssrs. Hinton < Dunn, BANKERS J. ANDRE
White, Pres. Citizens Bank; Judge r II. Jones
Ness-s Pettcsson, Madison Co., Grocers an6
Commission Merchants Messrs. Potts & Eridg'
aTs, GroeeTs and Commission Merchants AesSTs
IIeTvy Co,er Co GTCeeT5 snd Commission
Merchants Capt. z. d. Mcllwain, Grocer and
Commission Merchant; Messrs, Marks Friend
General Commission Merchants Messrs. Mead
Orr & Co., Hardware Mr Joseph Carr Druggist
Capt II. Proctor; Mr. A. A. Allen, Halter
Messrs white. Corling Co, Dry Goods
Messrs. Nash s Rogers, stationeEs, &c.
pee. 22-Sm.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
TAX on sAMPLE-MERcHAYTs.

The specific license-iaX on every
merchant, mechanic. or manufactures
for the privilege of selling by sample,
card, description. or other repTesen-
tatiOu, shall be one hundred dollars
ANY sample or other me. chant who
shall permit any person, except du-
~ authorized agent or statesmen. to sell
under his license Othwise than for his
exclusive Use and benefit shall paw q
fine OF so for each offence: Provided,
hODeper, That no agent or salesman
shall he permitted to sell az aforesaid,
except he have with him at the time
the license granted 10 the person for
whom he acts, and 3 duly-eXecuted
power or attorney from said person.
constituting him his agent or salesman
for the time being: PrOUidcG hoU-
eUer, That SddItional statesmen may
ba allowed under the following restric-
tions: For each sgent or salesman
employed To sell AS aforesaid there
shall be sn additional tax of $50, and
said additional agent or statesmen shall
not lie permitted TO sell or Offer to sell
a. aforesaid except he have with him
ST the time copy Of the license grant
ed % the person for whom he scts, GER
liHc0 bN the CtSiA " TIC tOuEt iGtAIl
which the license WAS issued, and the
additional tax required by his act has
been paid, which said license and pow
er OF attorney shall be exhibited when
ever required by any officer OF the law
within whose district the agent pro-
poses 10 operate. This section shall
not be construed TO apply IT, sales of
wines, ardent spirits. or malt hquoFs,
cider. or any mixture thereof Any
sRmple-merchsRt who shall sell wine.
ardent spirits, malt liqsnrs, cider, or
any mixture thereof, by wholesale ar
retail, shall obtain the same license
and pay the same tax a other whole
sale or retail liquor merchants Moth
ing in this section shall he 80 caH-
strued a. 20 permit the sale az BHrsH-
uiEctured tobacco Wv s&mple-mpg-
chants license, but II sssy Fs.r'-On 9TH
81 than 8 commission merchant shzh
sell or Offer 10 cell by sample, card,
description, or other represents i0R
any manufactured toba,Vca, the hsoru-
head or box c0nlAiaiRg the same fr5'ta
which the sanl pie was taken not being
deposited in the city, town, ~ village
where the same il Offered ftsr ssie,
shall DC deemed 4 tobacco sample
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
TUESDAY. APRIL %, 1876.
EVENT and COMMENT

Now we have It. The Bristol News
10 make up regularly and no news
in the air. All the world il asleep,
cave 81 occasional murderer and h"use-
burner. IL il too early for lightning,
too late for Congress or the Leglsla-
IuTe. The X. Il. X. are gone Ia their
caves Southern outraRes have ceased 4.
and the commencement season comes
not until June.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20
Pr De z Es<gTUS
OF THE
LynahbuFg Weekly Virgi1ian,

The undersigned yielding to tie ;esire
expressed by many lricuds OF TIE VnHCIS-
IAN, has determined TO issue a WEEKLY,
which viii contain the choicest selections
from the Daily, including, Editorials, Mar
sets and the Latest Tele 'rams receivedIon
the day Immediately preceding 5he day Of
its publication. The Weekly is not desigH-
ed to supercede either Of the other Issues Of
THE VIRGNIAS but TO accommodate distant
subscriber, and those in the country who
receive but one mail week. It will be
printed on a sheet ~ by 80 inches, viii
contain % columns Of matter, and being in
smaller type than any other Lynchbmg
paper, will furnish an amount Of reading
matter equal to a sheet one-lou tn larger.
Il will he Tnish ~ the low price OF
$3.50 Per C0pD IOP One Year.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20

Barnum bag removed his Hippo
drome to Philadelphia. He gave one
OF his most brilliant exhibitions in
New York in the evening and next
morning had the whole thing in the
Quaker City.
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-20

Mecklenburg, \. c., is'tO have her
Centennial this year. Among the
invited guests IL GeG. Malone, who
declines promising to comply with
any degree Of certainty.