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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26
81. Ntchnlas tor Anr1l.

The stories Of a foreign life form a
leading feature 81 the number There
ir. first, Sara Keahles Hunts account
Of How Kitty wa- Lost in q Turkish
BsZaaT," in Egypt, ILLUSTRATED by a
froutispiece then follows "Old NiCO-
IIi,n a tale Of Russian peasant life.
With a picture Of a snow-storm on the
S-rppes; next comes Puck Parker"
by Mrs Lizzie w. Champuev, with
Two illustrations by Mr.. J. Wells
Champney, n story of a little boys es-
rape fror helesgured Paris in a bal
loon with his father and mother; and,
after these, The Three .HorSe-shoes. -
hy David Ker. a tale of how Maurice
de SAKE, Marshal of France under
Louis Nv, found a Dutch Blacksmith
as strong as himself. Easter in Ger
msny," with mine illustrations, deals
with German country customs of the
Easter time, and "A Visit to a Lon
don Dog show" is a description, with
several pictures, OF an exhibition OF
canine pets Of all sorts, in Alexandra
Palace, London.
The instaIlment of f'Driftsd into
Port" the serial story for boys, has a
striking picture by Sol Eytinge, and
de6crlbes a deeply interesting incident
Of school-boy country life in Eng
land and the monthly portion of
Under the Lilacs," Miss Alcott's
story, tells about some funny and de-
iightful Sunday experiences of Ben"
and his friends, and displays a fine
ILLUSTRATION 10y Mary Hallock Foote.
In a lively short paper, entitled
The Professor, " Mr.. Clareure Cook
relates how a smart boy astonished
his brother and sister and the nurse,
with some curious scientific expert
ments.
Then there are sOmo very funny
Letters from Dick Hardun away at
school; - u laugbahle story. 10y How
ard Pyle, entitled Wise Catherine
and the khoutermanneken," which
TecJtes q Ehrewd girls adventure with
u gnOme, and il copiously illustrated
10y the author; and some comical
verses, written by MIS-, e. L. Corbctt,
aud furnished with droll pictures by
MIR. l., Hopkins, |narrating the woes
of Three Wise Women" on land and
sea.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26

JEFF. DAVIS ON TIE LATE PORE.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Catholic Unj-
cerSe quotes from a personal letter to
its editor from Jefferson Davis the
following tribute to Plus TX: 81
grieye with YOU over the deCease of
great and nobly>good Pho Mono. In
common with ali who honor true pie
ty, that which beoets universal char
ity, | feel the loss which the Chris
lian world has sustained in the
departure Of this grand e%Xemplar !;
hut | have personal obligations added
10 the common cause for mourning.
You have mentioned many ckarac-
t~eristic acts of that sublime an
Let me add one, of which you might
not otherwise learn. for iC was as
privately as it was graciously done /:
When our wal was closed in the de>
feat Of the South, and | was incarr
cerCted with treatment the most
needlessly rigorous, if not designedly
cruel; when the invention of malig-
aaurs vas taxed TO its utmost to fab
ricate stories to defame and degrade
ne in the estimation of mankind {;
when time-servers at home, as well as
abroad, joined in the cry with which
the ignobIe ever pursue the victim,
a voice came from afar to cheer and
console me in my solitary captivity.
The holy father sent to me his like
ness, and beneath it was written by
his own hand, the comforting %invita>
ton our Lord gives to all who are
oppressed, in these words 'Ven'te I'D
me omles gui laJoratiS, ct ego refcidm
coS, dlct DomiauS.' That the in
scription was autographs was attest
ed by al Cardinal Barnabo, De-
cember, 1906 under his SEAL"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26

The SOUTHERN PLANTER AND
FARMER for March is to hand. Il
is an excellent number, containing
sixty pages Of reading matter on
various subject Of practical interest
TO the farmer. The leading article
is \ $50 premium essay on The
True Methud ci Farming One Hun
dred acres Of Land"
Colonel Robert Beverly, probably
the most extensive farmer in Virgin
ia, contributes an excellent article on
Plaster and Orchard Grass, reporting
experiments with plaster from five
different quaries-Rll from Nova Secs
tia-shOwIng the greatest possible
difference in value dependent upon
solubiliiy,' some being worthless
lie thinks that good plaster is the
cheapest Of all fer ilizers. Raw bone,
at So per ton, being the next.
Roanoke. the farm of the Hon.
Johu Randolph, IS an interesting ar
ticle on the management ct that
great genius. whose life record recalls
the saying OF Cicero: THAT there
was but a hands breadth between a
= great genius and a madman.'-
Tie Stock Department, by DIR. EI'zey.
is well edited. 1t contains several
valuable articles. conspicuous among
them being communications on Sheep
Husbandry by General Meem and
also by General Ransom Write to
i r.. Dickinson. Richmond. Price,
81 per annum
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$1,000 PROFIT OH 500

Made any day in Puts ant CrIs. Invest according
TO your means. $40. so or $lG0. in stock
privileges has brought a small fortune to he
careful investor We adv.fs when and how to
eperats 81 Eciy. Book with fall Information
seat free. address, orders by mail aud telegram
to BAKER 81 ca.
Bankers and Brokers. II Vail ST.. n. Y.
Nay 70, '77-ly.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26

Then they took their bstksts, the water to bail
Fhsy put up their fan, to make . sail
HGt what became Of the wise womeu then
Whether they ever got home again.
Whistler they saw any bears or no.
fOu HGst end out. for Idon't know.
Mrs. 4. T.. Cor5sH, 81. Nicholas FOR april.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26
NEVY YORK
Valuable Lands for Sale.

WITH a view to change my bust
w ness, / offer fd4 sale my place OF
residence, known as COlamO, lying 3
miles east Of Bristol, on the a NJ d o
/. r r, containing about eco acres, over
500 acres cleared and in good state of
cultivation. The mansion is of brick,
two stories. with ell and cellars, with
tin roof, and is elegantly finished. 1t
occupies a commanding site, and the
view is extensive and attractive. The
grounds are well improved, and 3D.
jOurning them are apple and peach
orchards, with a variety of other fruit
trees of the choicest kind. Altogether
the property is valuable, and with a
small outlay could be made rs charm
ing, as it is now q very desirable
place.
Beaver creek tIaverses the farm, af-
fording ample water supply, andupOn
it are two sites admirably suited for
machinery, one adjacent to and the
other Two hundI i yards distant from
the railroad. , Lere are also indica-
tons Of iron o. OF value.
The land is .vided into three par
GELS, with dive ngs and appurtenances
to each to suit purchasers, as a whole
it would mai q frSt-claS5 stock farm.
Also a trac of One Thousand Acres,
lying az the mouth OF B~eavercreek. in
Sullivan county. Tenn, y miles south
of Bristol and six from Union Depot.
This is good farming land. 800 acres
cleared, balance timber of fine quality
There is a very fine water power upon
the place sufficient for any kind of
machinery; would be a fine location
for the manufacture of wooden arti-
Giles a great deal Of cedar and pine,
with other valuable timber abound on
the land and in the vicinity,
Also some smaller tracts of unim-
proved mountain land of good quality
Correspondence solicited.
Address
Col J T PRESTON.
Box II.
April IS. '75-tf BristOl Tenn,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26

Du Chaillu mentions an African
chief who had three hundred wives ,
yet it only costs him three ceuts a
year to dress each one of them
This is not so very remarkable. We
can pick up a man in our town who
has only one wife, and it doesn't
cost him a cent a year to dress her.
Ga the contrary, it costs her about
one hundred and fifty dollars a year
to dress him.-NorTiStoaUn Herald.
It is less than five years ago that
men discovered that eggs would keep
longer if standing on the end. There
was Patrick Henry, the Websters,
Franklin-dozens of others who lived
for nothing.-Free Press.
4 Delaware church purchased 1877
cuspadores. - Exchange. As shak-
speare says otis true, tits spitty.
Spitty it's tits true.' Expectora>
tions in that church, Bulietin.
Buffalo capitalists are about to
build an immense fouring>mill at
Niagara. We suppose, when the
mill is completed, they will charge
you a dollar for looking at it
Ha1rkeye.
The ward boundaries of CONSTANT
nople will have to be drawn in a lit
tie in order TO get the capital inside
the limits of the new map of Turkey.
-Hdwkeye.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26

given to the people of Germantown
from the State House steep.e.
Mr. Adams, Mr.. Edison's agent,
will leave for London on Saturday
morning, taking with him two CONS
pIete sets of the carbon telephone
for exhibition in that city. A Com
pany of merchants in the English
metropolis has offered to pay the
inventor the SUN of 800. 600 if he
can successfully attach the apparatus
to the local telegraph wires.-PhR,
Record.
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EEXICAN
rE
Fos E aED EZAyT.

This Tiuiu fatveT- ue.lIsHy origi1atcdin Amerfs
&C. vH..e -rtare proviCr5 n Esr laboratory such
surprising rasdocc5 Eor the ma.adles OF her chill
t-c-. Is T1-a hes been speeding for 5years.
until NOS. +. c~oc.Tc.cI thc I2bltable globe
Tic Mexican ElUztGug Li1lnent is a matches
ren.cdy fo-cIc xte-2clc ailments OF man andbeast
To STOCK o~--rs a-I Eermcrs It Is Invaluable.
A single bottle often saves a human life or re-
=to--s sEe usefulness OF an excellent horse, OK.
--, O. Ecc-r.
J. c---5 ;~o7-vot, hoof-ail, hollow horn, grub,
-a~----H, fLluider-rot, mango. the bites and
a.-as1r2 Tc5scGogsr -Ytlc5 and insects, andevery
such &v5a 20 stock breeding and bush life
Il cUrc8 every eztern2l trouble Of horses, such
as iln.c7es5, scratches, gyytnny, sprains, founder.
w.nd-ca.l, Iing-bCac. etc, etc.
Ia 1e-ic-a -1U1:ang Linlment IS the quickest
cure N tls world for accidents occurring in the
family, IN the absence Of q physician. such as
burns, scald5, Fp-ains, cuts, etc, and for rheuma-
tis1n, and Stiffness elgendered by exposure. Par
tlcularIy valuable to Miners.
It Is the cheapest remedy IN the world, for &c
pcnctrstes the muscle to the bone, and n single
application IS generally sufficient to cure.
Mexican AustanS Liniment Il put up in three
sizes OF bottles, the larger ones being proportion
steJ m-cs tks cheapest Sold everywhere.
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IN IL can be made in three month by any
one OF either sex, IN any part Of the
country, who IS willing to work stea-
m Oily at the employment that We fur
NJ J ! ni=h. SG6 per week in your own town.
- ,oo3 not be away from home ovnr night. You
I've vour whole time othe work. or only your
s moments. We have agents who are making
49, 40 per day Al who engage al once can
ro,av fast. Atthe present time money cam
y. he ms9e 80 easily and rapidly at any other busi-
T. costs ,othing 10 try the business. Terms
- - 0,tst free Address II once, II. HALLETT
i c. portland. Maine. july p, 1877 -Iy.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26

Th
lis OF DrmRg an'
- at Bunting & Pep
NJ rarna
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26

The Question mas often beer asked
where al I get my fine watch or
clock properly repaired, so that [
can rely on it. That question can
easily be solved by having yonr
time keepers repaired, adjusted aud
cleaned by
4. PIoKEN,
practical matchmaker and jeweler,
from London, England,
Bristol, Va. & Tenn.
June 2A.-tf.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26
GOODSOI MILLS.

UHE proprieto's Of these Mills desire to
L inform the public that they have Sc
cured the services of IIr. John TaHWariBg,
a frst-class miller of long experience in
this country and England, and are now
turning out the best grades of -four ever Of
fered in this market, which they offer at
reasonable prices for CASH.
To customers Mr. Manwaring guarantees
forty pounds of good -four for every bushel
of m~erchantable wheat. Flour, Bran, Shorts.
Neal, Sc, constantly on hand.
We will also pay Cash for SAW LOGS de.
livered on our yard.
nov6'77-3m WE. WILLIAMS & co.
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We have a very large and well selec-
ted stock ofdrugsand chemicals which
we propose TO sell at very low rates
for ASH or PROMPT PAYING QUITO
MERs Special inducements offered to
Physicians and country merchants
Give us a trial. We have received
our supply of fresh and reliable Gar
den SEED We can supply country
merchants with Seeds. on commission.
Also a large stock of White Lead,
colored Paints, Oils aud Varnishes.
Our Store will be Open on Sunday,
for dispensing medicines. from s to 2,
A. M, and from 3 to 4 p. NJ.
March. 16-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-26

Everything in the Dry Goods Store
cost for cash at,BARKER'S.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-02-12

'Rah for the obelisk and its safe arrival
Now where is the fool who was going to
buy one for America?
Wasn't Cleopatra's needle intended to
thread the River Nile2 Answer that an
Nile give you harder one.
"Will the coming woman dancei in
uuired the Cleveland Leader. She must
either do that dear sir, or pay the fiddler.
Ten years ago a Newburyport girl
broke off a needle in her right foot,
ard last Sunday it worked out Of the little
finger of her left hand.
A correspondent asks whether we be-
lieve that women should VOTE Well,ves,
when parasols are stolen as freely as um-
brellas.
There is a Morristown man who has
offered to bet that he can walk million
hours without sleep. If his girl will only
walk with him.
The Chicago Times exults because the
Game law is so thoroughly obeyed in
California; butt wishes to know when
Chinsmen are out of season.
A Maine boy ask that he might GO
home because his mother was dead
When asked by the teacher when she died
he, tearfully, said, "Four years ago d
The people in town in Iowa wanted q
Touring mill, and finally they got it; and
they are now very anxious to have bank
established, SO that they can borrow
money to buy -four.
An English critic says that the most
selfish. offensive person in the world is 9
woman with an iron constitution, iron
nerves and principles of steel. IT ley are
the dragons Of society"
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The RelIabie man,

Qall qualities that combine to form 4
new character, there is not one more i'm.
portant than reliability. Most efnphat.
ically Is this trne Of the good busiaess
man The word itself embraces both
truth and honesty, aud the reliable man
must necessarily be truthful and honest,
-Wesee 80 much all around US that exhib-
its the absence Of this browning quality
that we are tempted, In our bilious
moods, to deny its very existence. But
there are, nevertheless reliable men. men
to be depended upon, to be trusted, in
whom you may repose confidence,
whose word 10 as good as their bonds, and
whose promissis performance, II any
one ofyou know Of such man make him
your friend
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classes, but they are being rapidly edu
Gated now. The condition of the coun
try is teacher whose awful lesson is en-
craven or all their hearts They have
also recently read the proclamations Of
the great organs of the money power, re-
moving all disguise as 10 the meaning of
our financial legislation and the misery
it has created. In the columns of one
they have read that:
The American laborer must make up
his mind henceforth not to be 40 much
better off than the European laborer,-
Men must be content to work for low
wages. In this way the
workingman will be nearer to that sta.
ton 10 life to which it has pleased God
to call him"
In the columns Of another organ of
consolidated capital they have read the
following revolving sentiments:
''There seems to be bat one remedy.
1t is change Of the ownership of the
soil, and the creation of class OF land
owners on the one hand and of tenant
farmers on the other; something similar
in both cases to what has long existed
and now exists in the older. countries Of
Europe"
And. in every form in which the Ea
glish language can be used the American
people, and especially the people OF the
west, have been notified, not that their
consent will be asked, but that they will
be compelled to submit to the legislation
which results in this British system oil
baronial landed estates, dependent
tenantry and pauper wages for the work
ingman. Sir, have no word of menace
to utter on this floor, bui in behalf OF
every lahorer and every owner Of the
soil whom represent, l warn all such as
value their investments that when thest
doctrines of despotism are sought to be
enforced this fair land will again be con
vulsed in agony and the fires of liberty
will blaze forth again, as they did hun
dred years ago, in defense OF the natura
rights of man. May the wisdom OF oul
fathers and the benignity of our Goo
avert such an issue; but II it shall come
if infatuation has seized our councils, ,th,
result will only add one more instance tt
the long catalogue of human crime ant
folly, where avarice, like ambition, over
leaps itself, and in its unholy attempt t.
rob others of their possessions loses i'll
i own.
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NUMBER 81.
o'clock in The evening came the news
that Etropol was evacuated,sp there was
nothing tosdo hut 70 quietly take posses-
sion OF the place.
he caIne Rack.

Governor. n;,val 'of Elor;da xvae i3,a
son Of noar v;r1;eser sfsr5 = n,sc;
turn man ma ~ , ,s@s : b,,eS e 'ye,,,,,
Of Is AZ the csl,;n : & ss,,',;5c q
accor limo - ,ts css,on, . ~ ,,,,,,'. I, 4
back.loo NJ M oId man % aid a ,sf ~ -
vhiffs of tSs: M !; lsns s., ss;.o'. 49, s. (; s
aTsh 90 Nm ~. !, IS. 4,
hacl, Loo 10, o. ana Ks, - - 4 s a a
rs Tai gsus ~ 81, ~ - = : :;
He knew Il wac M of ~ ~ |6y
az, az Aas - y g W. q "a y 8
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It was an Irish pilot WHO being asked X
he knew of the rocks in the harbor re.
piled with confidence, 81 do yer honor,
livery one av them. That's one,' he
added calmly. as the ship struck 1t, dned,
and sank.
A patent medicine advertisement asks,
"Are you wearing out?" Yes, we are
wearing out our boots, and our hat. and
all our clothes. We wear 'em out as
soon as VIC get 'em on, aud We don't see
how all the potions, pills and plasters ia
the country are going to prevent it
without killing the patient.
Tue Scientific American says YOU
cant snore unless you open your mouth
According to this theory woman snores
four times as much as a man; and the
practice may be readily checked by per-
sons closing their mouth before going to
sleep and bring some one to sit at their
bedside during the night 10 keep 1t shut.
little fellow, five or six wears old,
who had been wearing undelshirts much
tOO Studll lOI uitli, Wao ouC uoys oitoi
having been washed, put into garment
as much too large as the other had been
too small Our six year-old shrugged
bis shoulders, shook himself, walked
around and finally hurst ou. with, "Ma. I
do feel awful lonesome in this shirt"
There is something refreshing in the
absolute astonishment that visitors in .
printing Office sometimes display at the
commonest things "What is that black-
looking thing standing up in the corner :"
is sometimes asked by IN unsophisticated
observer, and the pearest typo answers,
"That is the printing office towel. We
always stand it up in the corner
Midwinter, the proverbially lazy sea.
son for the farmer, is so only tothe lazy
farmer. TIE grand trouble with indus.
trious people, no matter what their occu-
patton, is that they always have too much
to do Industrious farmers need the
hints of agricultural papers only as they
may lay before them the work which had
best be attended to. Forthe others, tho
hest advice is to shake of your lazness
and 90 to work There ale hundreds OF
things to be attended to and you know it {!
lyon don't. sell your farm and hire
your selfto those who dc.
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BACK yard courage. 6.

A man was saving wood yesterday AZ
ternoon in the back yard He severed
two sticks as thick as your wrist, aud
then went into the house. /" Mary" said
he to bis vie, niy country needs me;
there is no use talking, we will just go
to slaughter all these Injuns, no true
patriot can be expected to hang around
woodpile these days" John," said
his wife, "if you fight Indians as well as
you saw wood and support your family.
it would take one hundred and eighteen
like you to capture one squaw, and you'd
have to catch her when she had the ague
and throw pepper in her eyes," John
went back to the woodpile wondering
who told his wife all about him.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-02-12

~T Too much care cannot be exef.
cised in regard to the spread Of that fa-
tai disease, scarlet fever A physician
writes in the Sanitary Record: There
can be no question in the mind of any
one who has taken an interest in santa.
ry subjects that scarlet fever poison is
by letters. Proofs Of this
accident have been repeatedly afforded.
The outbreak of this disease in village
post-office has presented itself to my no.
tice or two occasions, and 10 both cases
the disease has spread
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-02-12
An Alphabet Of Good Counsel,
Attend carefully TO the details OF your

Attend carefully TO the details OF your
business.
Be prompt in all things.
Consider we'll, then decide positively
Dare to do right; fear to do wrong.
Endure your trials patiently.
Fight life's battle bravely, manfully.
Go not into the society Of the vicious.
Hold your integrity sacred.
Injure not another's reputation or
business.
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Keep your mind from evil thoug hts.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few acqusintances.
Never try to appear what you are not.
Observe the Sabbath day.
Pay your honest debts promptly.
Question not the veracity of friend
Respect the counsel of your parents
Sacrifice money rather than principle
Touch not, taste not, handle not intox,
icating drinks.
Use your leisure time for improve.
ment.
Venture not upon the threshold of sin
Watch carefully over your passions.
'Xtend to every one kindly salutation
Yield not to discouragements.
Zealously labor for the right.
And success is certain.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-02-12
L. p. FARQUHAR. M. ID.
- Formerly Of ZanesyilLe. Ohio,l

Physician and Surgeon,
Ohico and residence in the Kirkbride property,
WOOD SFIEL OHIO.
Having located st the above place, offers his
Professional services, where he hopes by
close attention to business to merit public
conadenos and patronage.
Chronic Diseases VIII receive special
atesntsou. nzy4j'sJY.
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CATARRHAL AFFECTIONS,

Such as ssre. Weak, InHamed Red, and watery Eyes
liberation and Inflammation of the Ear; Ringing
Uyula and swelled Tonsisi Nervous Headache, Neu.
rslgia, Dizziness Clouded Memory, Loss OF Nervous
scientifically treated with this remedy according 80
directions which accompany each bottle, or win es
Each package contains DR.. Sanford's Improved In
haing Tube. with full directions for tsc in all
Price $1W. Sold BY all Wholesale and Retail Druggists
throughout the United States and Canadas. WEEKS q
POTTER, General Agents and Wholesale Druggists,
Boston. Masa