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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-11
Outdoor Exercise for Mothers

Consider it your religious duty to
take outdoor exercise, without fail,
each day. Sweeping and trotting
around the house will not take its
place, the eXhIlaratiOn of the open air
and change of scene are absolutely
necessary, o, know all about 'LuCy's
gown that is not finished, - and "Tom-
my's jacket" and even his coat, his
buttonless coat, thrown in your lap,
az if to add the last ounce to the cancels
back still ] say up and out D.! 1t is not
more important that your children, in
their tender years, should not be left
motherless, and that they should not
be born to that feeble constitution of
body which will blight every early
blessing? Let buttons and strings 90,
you will take hold of them with more
Nigor and patience when you do return
bright and refreshed; and if every
stitch be not finished at Just such a
moment land it is discouraging not to
be able to symmetize in your labor,
even with your best efiorts) still re-
member that "she who hath done
what she could" is entitled to no mean
praise. Your husband is undoubtedly
1.-THE best of men," though there are
some malicious people who might say
that that is not saying much for him
Still, he would never, to the end of
time, dream what you were dying Of:
so accept my advice, and take the mat
ter in hand y ourself,-Funny Fern.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-11

THE nomination of Richard II.
Dana to be Minister to England,
has been rejected by the Senate
The vote stood about II yeas to SO
nays. We can't say that we feel
sorry over the result.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-11
Union Medical, July, lS75.ls
disappearance of u Flower at
the End Of Twenty Centu-


The effect of light, regarded as the
revival of life in the vegetable world,
has just been illustrated by the obser-
vations, near Athens, of Prof. Hend-
reich, under very curious circumstan-
ces. The mines at Laurium, concern
ing which of late years there have
been such active diplomatic proceed
ures, consist of the most part of the
scorie produced by the workings of
the ancient Greeks, These still con-
tain great deal of silver, which can
be extracted by the superior applian-
ces Of modern times. Beneath these
scori@ have lain in dormant state for
at least one thousand five hundred
years the seeds of kind of poppy of
the genius. Glaucium. But since the
scori8 have been removed to the fur
naces, this plant has sprung up with
its pretty yellow petals over the whole
space which they covered. Unknown
in modern times, il was described by
Pliny and DiOscorides, and had dis
appeared from the face of the globe for
fifteen or twenty centuries.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-11
INCREDULITY.

How potent is this trait of human mind
The Bible refers to it and says, "Were an
angel to come down from heaven We would
not believe" 1t is the cause of much in
jury. We are disposed to doubt the SINGER
ity of our best friends; and so far is it in
duged, that it often leads to misanthropy.
This is particularly applicable to the vir-
tues of many truly valuable remedial
agents, however strong they may be indor-
sed.
Reader! If you have Dyspepsia, Fever
and Ague, Sick Headache, Torpid Liver,
iilious Collie, Kidney disease, Flatulence,
Constipation Of the Bowels or General De-
bility, and hesitate to use DR., TUTT's LIv.
Err Fills write to him and he will furnish
yon with hundreds of certificates from the
most reliable men and women in the coun-
try, who nave been cured by them, of whom
you can make direct inquiry. 1t will cost
you but postage stamp. The proprietor
solicits the investigation of all who need
truly valuable medicine.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-11
From the ExPress.l
In the OkefOnOkee Swamp.

A surveying party sent out by the
Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist to
survey the Okefenokee Swamp, report
that it measures 142 miles in circum-
ference, and, with the sinuosities, 1870
miles around. This vast formttion.
80 miles long and II miles wide, is the
largest swamp in the United states
1t lies in the southeastern part of
Georgia, but partly in north Florida,
Here is the source of the Swanee river,
made famous by the old negro melody
of the "Old Folks at home" 1t ira
verses a large section ofupper Florida,
is bordered with valuable cypress and
other timber, and empties into the
Gulf at point about eighteen miles
above Cedar Keys. Okefenokee
swamp was for generations refuge for
runaway slaves. Indians have lived
there till recently, cultivating gardens;
and in the depths of the iungles and
forests are thousands of bears, and a
great many Florida ''tigersn-the
cougar, or American panther, One
curious experience of the surveying
party was to find themselves at one
time, while in the midst Of a great
swamp suffering for water, The last
letter to the Constitutionalist reports
the discovery of n number of mounds,
probably built by race of men eX-
listing before the Indians" several
skeletons were taken out Of one of
them, but some Crumbled as soon as
exposed to the air.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-11

THE Mexican revolution pro-
crosses. Gen. Diaz has taken pc.
session of Matamoras. He was
received with rejoicing.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-11
TUESDAY, APRIL II, 1876
EVENT and COMMENT.

A heavy storm prevailed through
out Alabama and Southwestern Geor-
gia on the Sd inst, lasting 10 hours.
All the streams are greatly swollen.
On the Sd inst, a large crevasse was
reported at Dennis Landing, ON the
Mississippi, submerging three planta-
lions. No fears of general overflow
Of the river are entertained.
The Dynamite fiend has finally
been identified as Alex: Keith, Jr., of
Halifax, NOvia Scotia.
Congress has been investigating
Representative Purman, of Florida
He has been doing a lively business
In office selling. Send him where the
woodbine twineth.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-04-11
DIR. TUFTS HAIR. DYE.

is easily applied, imparts q beautiful black or
brown, and acts like magic. The best In the
world. Sold by all druggists. Price 81 90 a box
Sold by all Druggists, ana by Dickey X Wright
Bristol, Tenn,
Aug. 81, '75.-ly.
, 1876-10-29

companion an arms, and he doesn't wish to
quarrel with him.. Dufaure then instigates the
corning Madame Youngh The developments
resulting hereupon arc as follows: MADAME
Youngh's name is not Madame Youngh, nor is
she English; she Is German, from the neigh
borhool Of Mayence, and her name is Jung. 1n
her residence arc found charts and plans OF tue
War Ministry. which she had purfoined from
her patron; also various proofs, that the plan OF
the new defenses OF Paris, which is still a secret
to ercn tue army, had hcen al:eady sent to Ger
many through her hands. Dutaure now hastens
to Dccazes, and he TO MacMahon. Madame
Jung Is escorted across the frontier, aud de
Cissey is requested to hand in his resignation.
This IS the true inwarlness OF the fall of Minis
ter dc Cissey from which one may now readily
understand why the circumstances surrounding
it have hitherto been kept SO sdupulously
yeilcd's
, 1876-10-29

A lobster and octopus battle is certainly a
novelty In the way Of animal coinbats, but such
fight actually occurred III the Naples arena.
A lobster giant, who had previously exhibited
his powers IN crushing with his great pncer
claws the. skull Of q turtle as easily as if the
reptiles head had been nut, was introduced
into the happy family circle in the oc-
1he largest octopus gave battle to tie
crustacean; the lobster, eaaly in the fight, sez-
ing one of the soft, plant arms OF his opponent
in his claws; the octopus managing, however,
after a time to withdraw the captured mem
her. Day by day the combat dragged out its
weary length, sometimes one side being tempo
rariIy victorious-as when the lobster lost
large claw-and sometimes the other. At last
the combatants we're separated, the lobster be-
ing placed in new and unapproprfatcd domain
in an adjoining tank.
Now comes the strongest part Of the history;
for the octopus, rs if seized with the passion,
which, If exhibited in humanity, we should
term one Of. "dire revenge" climbed over the
partition separating the tanks, seeking his
enemy, and, having found him, proceeded to
wage war anew. The result was most dis
asttous to the crustacean, for the. octopus
was found, We are told, with the
lobster in his clutches, literary torn into
halves. This, to natural ferocity, We find
the octopus unites immense agility and stOlid
persistence. This same cuttle-6sh extended no
sympathy to his own species; for when two 9th
ers-in addition to the two who had from the
first been his compahions-were introduced into
his tank, he chasod, them from the water, and
above Another octopus, in British aquarium,
pulled out the plug Of his tank, and brought
death on himself and all his companions Ii
efnglp p{p}1t.
, 1876-10-29
TUE 4oF RESTAURANT.

-THE F.AI1l ON DIs CISSEY.
-. w.. ~. rs..,1.tt a;-.os ~ fo1,,u-
'ns 'tenua Heass 1egeola4' snes tno tol!o"-
tse singular story, communicated to It from
Brussels: "The unexpected and unexplained
Dismissal Of the French Minister of War, Gen.
de Cissey. has caused an immense sensation.
~ o.,0~. ~ ~e 11.n,--S. ~ - ~
Eve.y p1opaple .a,s ana nnpiooaole aeeouns o. tne
affair has been told; every possible and imposs
sib1e motive for the oct has been suggested,
without any avni1 to clear up the mystery. Blu
to This case nav be AMIN applied the maxim
tChtrche= Ia femme for a woman it was who
caused de Cissey's fall, and II no particulars of
the affair have hitherto become public, it is ow-
ing altogether to its verV delicate nature with
, 1876-10-29
CHOOSE HONEST MEN.

New laws new chiefs, our empire waits,
And for its National head;
Wits till the sovereign ballots speak,
The secret fates are read.
All! think what fates lie folded up
In those silent scrolls Of white;
What millions feel the veal or NO
or the noiseless ballots might
Electors, vote for honest men,
These anxious millions cry;
Such men as have for country lived
And would for country die;
Such men as scorn the touch Of gold
With taint Of honor brought;
Who would be just though God were bllno
And Heaven and He'll we're naught.
Vote out the false! Vote in the truet
The tried and true sustaInt
Uphold the men who bore the flag
Through Treason's lenden rain:
That flag our sires aud brothers loved
And gave their lives to save:
An hundred yaara its STATS have shone,
Let 1t forever wave!
Trust not the men who rent that flag
Trust less those men Of Northern blood
Who smiled when patriots fell.
Oh! trust not those with hearts SO cold
They would not lift q hand
To save the Glory OF tho Earth,
Fair freedoms Holy-L2nd.
Trust less those men With eouls 80 P0se
=. They would leave their gold
Or party caucuses to drop
One tear on Lincoln's mold:
o Saint OF Freedom, hover near
And guide the freeman yet,
And while thou teache6t to forgive,
Forbid us to forget
Trust least that miser vino could clutch
The golden spoils OF war
Thick-strcwn along the Nations path,
Besprent with patriot gore; ~
And when those patriots friends oesoushs
One pittancc from his store,
To cheer .sour heroes at the 'front.'"
RESPONDED: s'Neyermore"
Aye, voters, choose US honest mon!
Coiumbia's millions cry;
=, Men who can brave Corruptlon's gold
Az we'll as bleed and die:
But geek them not amidst the hordes
False in tho hour Of wal,
False to their Country and thcir God:
OF! trust them neuern.ore! j. P. j.
, 1876-10-29

A social scandal Of some magnitude has re-
Gently ruf1ed the smooth surface of Partisan
fashionable life The Vicomte dc c., 8 real,
undoubted Vicomte, belonging to one Of the
best families of France, rented few mouths
ago sptendidly furnished apartment from the
widow Of French General Of some distinction.
Scarcely was he installed i'll his new abode than
he inauguratcd series Of orgies OF the MOST
dishevel1cd description, which usually listed all
night and sometimes far into the next day.
When Ills rent bcca:nc duc he refused to pay it;
and when warned out by his 1andlady he re-
venged himself by smashing the furniture, GUT
ting to PIECES the pictures, and lbreaktnE tho
mirrors; add to which he sold all the silver aud
bronzcs, and employed the proceeds III one last
banquet. Being. threatened with arrest, ht fed
to England, and proceedings are now to be
commenced to try if, under the extraditlon
treaty, his arrest cannot, be affected in that
country The damage done to the apartment
is estimated at $4,000. Among the pictures
destroyed is said to be a charming little paint
ing by Chaplin, and an original sketch by Hcnri
Regnault-Hnris letter.
, 1876-10-29
How q Mans Signature Might Be Sent 1000
Miles.

Httiade;pht0 Ledger.
There is NOW In operation between the signal
service section of the Centennial Exhibition and
the chief signal Office at Washington, on q
circuit about $50 miles long, an Instrument
which transmits by telegraph the weather-maps
OF the signal service, heretofore produced only
In Washington. This invention reproduces the
map entire, with its lines and figures. The map
or message to be sent is first written upon
ordinary paper with ink, in which a little
g1yccrinc has been mixed; then. before the ink
is dry, 1t is sprinkled. with some powdered
shellac, which adhcrcs to the ink. The manu-
script is then passed between rollers with the
face against piece of hot zinc; the latter takes
up the she1lac, and negative is produced in
shel1ac. the best non-conductor of electricity,
upon zinc, good conductor. This plate Is then
bent around i cylinder. which is rapidly rerolv-
ed while metallic point connected with the con-
ducting wire is held to its surface by spring,
and makes spiral line over the face Of the
cylinder. At the receiving instrument similar
point trayerses the surfaces Of similar cylin-
Der, upon which is placed piece of chemically
prepared paper. As the transmitting point
comes to the line Of writing the receiving point
makes dot on the paper by decomposing the
chemically prepared paper, and, as every por-
tion Of the. writing Is touched BY the trans
1nitting point, the result will be fac
simile Of tho original, writing Or device.
To produce this 1esult { it Is necessary,
, 1876-10-29

of course, that the two eylinderss s51S should I'd
revolve e1actly together, as, II one should go
Would be a confused mass OF dots. In this con
sists s the he great novelty Of the invention. 1so-
chronous motion Of the cylinders is secured BY
magnet at the receiving station, which at each
revolution Of the transmitting eyhnder accele-
rates the motion Of the receiving cylinder If too
slow. and retards it If too fast.
, 1876-10-29

r,v,.,, thoo+ro n Paris is either nre-
Esess pt1ns' st nsn .nu IT, " nram;ncnt 70 attre,
ton for the winter season, and they are all
crowded. notwithstanding tho mild weather,
,nb,c,, rardors the;r temnerture we11.nirb mn
,.~,,s 49,. anth.a tro.h1,-o,,o ofrs;r ond
Deafaole. IL Is ratncr ttouo1eeoms "1tn1' anu
certainly a1 expensive one, 10 81 e. 70 tae inea.Ee
in Paris. Your orchestra stall SioE We wll SUD
pose that you want TO sit IN tae pesI pace, "ucn
you VIII. oeins an Aincrlcanj VIII eosl you 1roul
Sl.So TO 81. ~ at ene least, gu must gave tne
trim, White-cap Pea, pink,ioooneu M Dame ,.11 10
coat, from ten cents to twenty, according to the
number and Importance Of Your wraps. Your
programme VIII COST you 1ouf cents, sucn lu4u-
res never oe!ng gwen TO you gratis as ~
American 1neatrcs. When the amount PAID
1or pfonaole carriages Is aooed 10 the ABOVE, II
cess 70 go 70 the tneatre IN Far1s; Inc r9les OF
snT nnc ocrnstont,.1 n the n1an nract;coi ton,s
m0n-scnse which governs such Lransactfons in
America For instance, you sec Advertised
new piece at one OF the leading theatres, the
oox-oook iof t6e nrst performance 70 open On
sns w, w. ~ se uay uio and .u thap
anse you so 70 ehgag pages ano ate M .o .asse eee
1,,1ht ~ .ha ean1,S ~ tboH m ), g ~ for tnat
Won ust ret,,rn @ the 1a1 alter alter to-mnrrow. W. We
never | sell seats for tD the second Of
pcss ~ ~ 'pe a., se tS eahIn n1 nd wv
@ 60 On Inc gay appointed, anu Ian eah nna ao no
seats 70 SUI you' AZ Inc engl0le PlacgS ;3
n1sng peen oousnt u5 Dy speeulasols: !, @ WI
san 'G9 e r he uu ross Guy, a 1ea1e
Who prcs}Ides over the boz.ofiiee {such officials
are Always women M IN ffans anu ana are aGSt I la a.
Mays aisasfeeaoe ana r"uG1 tiaI ypa W. uIse
lspsn psroranee 1 nees not 5ens ss et I'll Is
no fancy picture, be it understood. 1t was the
experience Of friend Of my own, who vas
, 1876-10-29

TOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WAGON. AND HAR.
L ness. Inquire At 1855 South Deazbosn-st.,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-06-15
Beyond the Wisdom of Man.

She was pretty girl, nicely dressed, and
she sat diagonally in rear corner of the
street car, occupying about two seats. Another
lady came in, and turning herself sideways,
sank into swam-like dip across the three
adjoining seats. The young lady in the
corner looked at the others back, and shifted
with her nostril looked at the languid con-
tempt of the attitude, and shifted with her
other nostril then regarded the lady's CO.'S
tune, and finding it elegant, shifted with
both nostrils. Beginning to get mad, she
rubbed her nose violently, first with the Sec
ond joint of her fore6nger, and subsequently
with her handkerchief. Slowly their eyes
met. One flashed undying hatred and scorn;
the other irradiated lofty pity and disdain
They had never met before, and now they
only for moment. What had happened?
We give it up.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-06-15
The Two WebSterS,

Editors Drawer. in Harper's Magazine for June.]
When Mr.. Webster visited England, after
he had attained fame enough to precede him,
an English gentleman took him one day to
see Lord Brougham. The eminent Briton
received our Daniel with such GOODNESS that
he was glad to get away and back to his
rooms. The friend who had taken him at
once returned to Lord Brougham in haste
and anger.
My lord, how could you behave with such
unseemly rudeness and discourtesy to so great
lawyer and statesman? 1t was insulting
to him and filled me with notification.
why, what on earth have l done, and
who on earth have been rude to?'
"To Daniel Webster, of the senate of the
United States"
Great Jupiter, what blunder! thought
1t was that fellow Webster who made die
tonary aid nearly ruined the English Ian
guage."
Then the great chancellor quickly hunted
up the American senator, and having other
tastes in common besides law and politics,
they made royal night of it,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-06-15

1t has generally been supposed that the
masculine portion of the population aggre
gated to themselves the sole right of making
love to the herones of the drama, and that
from their attentions solely the actresses suf-
fered. But such is not the case Indeed, it
would be matter of surprise were it known
how many of Our public woman are badgered
and bothered by the silly of their own sex
who fall in love with them and worry them
with attentions. One charming lady on the
Boston stage is actually beset by rorlatic
girls who have conceived strong affection
for her simply on the stage, and the tricks
which they restor to see har and much win
her acquaintance are varied and much more
ingenious than the other sex employ They
follow her about while she shops; they
besiege her door and beg for admittance; {;
they f1atter and coax her maid, and try to
wheede her into admitting them. They
send, daily, baskets of flowers and fruit, tied
about with white ribbons as though they
were wedding favors. They send her books
of poems with double pencil marks at all the
gushing lines. They write notes and inclose
newspaper poetry they find who her friends
are, and even play agreeable to them to get
into the desired presence. Perhaps the very
decided rebuffs which they meet only encour-
age them. If they did not know how utterly
impossible it is for hardworking women,
whose task-master is the pvblic, to give time
them, they would cease their opportunities.
10 send tokens of appreciation like flowers,
is all well enough, indeed, it is a pretty
remembrance occasionally; but no person
cares to burdened with an obligation which
she can not repay. and it is a great bore
be adored to such fearful extent
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-06-15
A UeStiOn OF Insurance.

le Chicago Tribune says: "A beautiful
and bashfu] young woman of about nineteen
summers called at the Office of life assurance
agent last week, and asked him tmidly if he
| could tell her how long people of certain
age would live.
"Madame," replied the agent, caughing
respectively behind a prospectus and drawing
his chair nearer to her, "here are our tables
| of expectation and average mortality, which
contains all the information upon the subject
that you can DESIRE"
Swell, said she, chow long will man
of siXty-seven, and that eats peas with his
knife, live?'
''Accordng to our table, madame, replied
the agent, che should, on an average, survive
eleven years, three months, and sixteen days."
"That," said his visitor, "woulG be to the
1st of August, 1887 p
"Precisely, madame, on the average ex-
pectation of mortality, for we all must die,
and it is, therefore, well to insure against loss
to the loved ones in a company whose char
acter-''
"And how much could insure his life
for?"
"Oh, for any amount, say for $50, ,OO0,"
he answered, taking up blank form of ap-
plication 'let me recommend the unexam-
pied advantages offered by our non-forfeita-
bic endowment policy"
"Well," said the young woman, 6 think
then, that I'll marry him.
Insure him, you mean?" replied the
agent.
No, marry him; you insure him. You
see,' she added, with burst Of confidence,
81 love Herbert, and Mr. Dawkins is old
enough to be my grandfather. But Herbert
is poor, and 1 just worship the corner lots
that Mr.. Dawkins builds on. And Herbert
is very patient, and says if will only fix a
day, no matter how long he may have to wait,
he will be happy. Now, you say Mr.. Daw-
kins will die by the first of August, 1887, and
as it wouldn't be decent to marry again till
I've been in mourning year, III arrange to
marry Herbert on the I'd of August, 1883, and
if Mr.. Dawkins doesnt die by then you'll give
me $50,000. Oh, thank you," and with
deep bow she swept out of the Office"