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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
The Fire at Hot SprinGS-LoSs
$300.O3O.

Hot SPRINGS, March 6.-The fire
boke out in a shanty occupied hy q
negro named Groulie and cOmmuni-
Gated to the French restaurant thence
north and south on both sides of the
street. All the buildings were burned
north Of Rock 4. Feevan'3 drug store,
and south below Malvern Crossing
About 80 buildings were destroyed
aud immense amount OF goods The
loss is estimated at $500 0UA. The
mountain is covered with people drIv-
Ell from shelter.
LITTLE Rock. March 5. "A special
to the EreHiHg star gives the follow
ing particulars of The great fire at Hot
Springs Ark. this morning About
> 80 A N. fire broke out in a shanty
occupied by negro named Greenleaf.
The fire communicated to the French
Restaurant, and thence north and
south ON both sides of the street. All
tie buildings are burned north of
ROckafeliow' drug store, aLd south
below Malvern crossing A bout 251
buildings were destroyed. and an inn
mense amount of goods. as there is
but one street in the val eY. The
steamer was cut off aud could afford
no relief to the lower end of the town
until the flames had been checked
above them. The horses, fireman and
engine dashed through the flames To
the SumDter House 81 q came around
the avenue and Quinn hill and are
now, at O'Clock, fighting at the south
end of town. Among the buildings
destroyed are the Hot Springs, Amer
lean and Earl Hotels. the French Res
tauraut. Valley and State Bank. post
office. Dniiy Sentinel Office, Huffman
& Hamilton's bath-hOuse. Jones Bros,
Little. Jenkins, Moore & Co. Kara
taneky. Western Union Telegraph
office Blake q Co., and Maurice's
bath house.
II is impossible at this hour to esti-
mate the loss. tut it will be 1900. 600
or $500 600. The mountains are COW
cred with people, driven from shelter,
aud goods carried from stores. No
lives were lost There is very little
inRurance. During the excitement
the Dnjly Tclcgr0ph Office was malls
cinusiy damaged. The Western Union
Office has been reoPened
and business il being carried on with
out interruption.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
TUESDAY, HARCH u, 1878.
T, TO Public Free Schools.

This disclOses the program me OF the
Tuudipg Factiou-and is IN strict con-
formity with the logic OF The Cover
,,orss vero That remarkable docu-
mont not content with characterlzIhg
,ba echools for the education OF the
c1iIJren of the State as luxury
-, farther. and denounced them as
t,ollu;lug. 9nd carrying 'iaint' WIN
ihem:-and though expressly ordered
Nv The Constitution, are declared 10 Ge
a., constitutional. The whole drilt q.
the message contemplates their annl-
hilstioD. and the money directed Ia
lac set apart for their support, Is 10 De
devoted to the BOndholdets. The
messare does not, iu so mdHy 1C0rGS,
recommend this policy-ior the Gov
ernor is careful to omit his conslltu-
tionaI duty Of recommending meas
ureg 10 the Legislature; but the denun-
Citations of and saeer1 at the SCHOOLS
and the failure To suggest any other
means for paying the debt, show that
these are the victims he would offer
up on the altar of Mamm"n.
The writer in the Dispatch Is prompt
In catching the Gubernatorial idea,
and urging it's reduction to practice.
This great question, which goes to
the hearts and hegrths Of every man
in the State, il thus made an lssue'
which cannot be lodged, and must De
confronted. Education may not oe
necessity to eXistence--it may be even
a luxury" as our high-faIuting Gov
ernOr denominates it, and vicious
one, too, in certain cases; but 10
civilized people, eager to MAINTAIN
their position in the ranks OF civillza-
ton, it is Justly regarded az standing
on the same footing with life itself -
We think the Funders will find TINS
is the estimate placed upon it by the
people Of VirgiDia.-Rjchnond Wht9
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
VOLUME Kill BRISTOL, VIRGINIA g. TENNESSEE, TUESDAY, MARCH

monastery or nunnery present attrac-
tions which it is next TO impossible to
resist. The women also have au ex>
cu,e for entering religious orders
which Is denied 10 men, for there ex
lists in Thibet one Of those extraordi-
nary marriage customs which are oc-
casIonaliy net with in 0ut>Uf>the>way
parts of the world, ana which are to
be explained ooly by reference to the
surrounding circumstances Of the peo~
pie. y numerous progeny, in a poor
and sterile country, is doubtless a
distinct evil, and it is one which nat
uraiiy suggests the imposition Of a
check even to those who have never
heard Of Nautilus or MS d0ctrincs-
This We mSy suppose to have been
he positiou Of the Thibctlns when
they cast about for some plan by
which they might limit the increase
of the population. The plan they
adopted for the purpose is almost
unique, and is called polyandry,
which may be explained as being the
exact reverse of polygaRly,' for as in
most eastern countries il Is In awtuI for
a man to have a plurality of wives,
in Thibet it is tie custom for a wo-
man to have a plurality Of husbands.
The usual prac ice Is for Two, three
or four bro hers in a household to
marry one wife. They all reside in
one house, and the children are con-
sidered to be thc joint of, ,pring Of all
1t is iucOnceivabIe to US that such a
system should exist for an hour; but
in 'phibet, far from giving use to the
evils which might be expected to fl "
from it, it works easily I'D we'll, and
the pictures which travellers give US
Of Thibeian households display a
degree Of domestic happiness and
affection which certainly equals that
enjoyed in much more favored land.
This is description Mr. Boyle gives
Of family at whose house he spent
the night "The house belongs to
two brothers, who are married to a
very handsome wife, and they have
three Of tie prettiest children | ever
saw. They all came to drink tea and
eat sugar candy. After night came
on the whole family assembled in
loom to dance to their own singing,
AID spent txO hours in this mauner,
with abundance Of mirth and glee. -
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12

The young ladies OF Cumberland.
Nd, are hopping down from the stool
OF fashion and tom-foolery snd have
organized n cooking club and propose
meeting weekly at different residences
and discussing the refreshments made
up of articles prepared by the mem
bers' each lady being required by the
rules to contribute some specimen Of
her own cooking.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
a Curious Petition.

A petition is in circulation at Hawrs-
Vile Kentucky, and receiving numer-
Gus signers, for a passage Of law by
the Legislature making ineligible as
jurors and incompetent IS witnesses
all persons who voluntarily sign or
take a pledge of honor and afterward
violate it. This strikes Us as a move
in the right direction 10 correct public
sentiment which became so demOral-
lied during the war, when Oaths were
eXacted of man every time he turned
street corner. until they lost all their
sanctity. A voluntary pledge of hon
or is no light obligation, and society
and law should so teach until it can
be said of every one that his word is
as good as his oath or bond A man
who would violate his own pledge of
honor, can hardly be relied on TO do
justice under oath as 4 juror or wit
hess,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
A Good Place to Scratch In.

A few days ago Mr.. James Merck.
Sr., while searching for gold in his
mine, mile and half east of Gaines
willie, Ga, found nugget weighing
twenty-three pennyweichts. 1t was
not pure gold, but on being melted,
turned out eighteen pcnnyweirhts ts
of solid gold. Mr.. Merck is not work
ing this mine regularly. but when he
wants little cash snd other sources
fail to respond, he goes to his diggings
and scratches around until he finds
enough to supply his immediate
wants.-Gdinesrilte Eagle
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12

By making a solution of Shellack
with boraX in water, and adding a
suitable portion of pure lsmphlack an
ink is producible which is indistructi-
BILE by time or by chemical agents.
and which, on drying, will present a
polished surface, as with the ink found
on the Egyptian pspyri.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
POLYANDRY.
Z he Custom OF a Plurality of
Husbands as Observed in
Thibct MIR. BugrPS Tx
peFicncc and Obser-
VatiOu.
TTorphill Morzyion
LCornhiu Magazine.1


\ noticeable feature ia the ma
tional life is the immense number of
m0nasteries and nuueIies which are
to be found scattered over tue coun>
try. In the neighborhood of Lhasa
slone there are eleven monasteries
in which are clustered upward of
twenty Thousand monks, and the uun>
uerics are found in like proportion. -
This apparent devotion to spiritual
concerns IS, at first sight, calculated
to arouse our admiration and sympa-
thy. but. a little consideration sug-
gests the idea that The religious fer
v0r of these Thibetan monks aud
nuns is a good deal heightened by
keen sense of sordid self interest. If
the blood Of martyrs is the seed of
churches, poverty. especially in the
east, has a wonderful effect IN multi
plying the crop. 70 men who have
no taste for the hard labor demanded
by the soil for its tillers, and to wo-
men who have no means of gaining a
livelihood for themselves, the seclu1
ed idlcness and assured meals of a
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12

TIE statement that seventy mil
lions Of human beings ere starving to
death in four provinces Of China
makes little impression upon the we'll
fed people of our country. The mag
nitude of suffering and death which
these figures represent will appai us
If We reflect that these seventy mil
lions are men and women and their
children; that they are human beings
in their anatomy, in their thoughts g,
affections, hopes. fears and aspira>
tions, an d this almost countless
swarm is threatened with wholesale
starvation. Let US imagine every
man, woman aud child in the United
States and Canadas with only the
scantiest store of the coarseSt food on
hand and no hope Of repenishing it
and to this number add about twenty
millions more in the same condition ,
and We shall get an idea of the ex-
tent and growing horror of the CHI
nese famine. Take all the living
human beings on the globe. and here
are a sixteenth Of them in the fearful
extremity Of famine -Kn0xuW Tri-
B7gus
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
caution Needed In Vaccination

The Neckar Gazette a paper pub
lisbed in Hellbroun, Hesse, was re-
ceived to-day by the CITY Clerk, ad-
dressed to Town Council of R0ches-
ter" 4 marked article on vGCcina-
tion was the matter of interest to
which til sender wanted to call atten-
ton. II appears that on the first of
July, lS7G, t"euty-siX girls in Frank
fort we're yacciuated from child seven
months old in that city. The child
was in apparent perfect condition. bot
in from four Il SIX weeks aii the girls
who had been VGcciuIted exhibited
symptoms of syphilis, and on inNes ii
cation II proved that the child had iu-
herited the disease from it, mother
Until this case, il was generally held
by doctors that If this disease was In-
herited it would always appear on the
child Within five or six months of its
birth. 1t uot appearing on the child
within that period, led them sll To
suppose her totally free from faint. -
The PrHssian government made n
strong effort to suppress the facts IN
the case from the public, but the pa
pers are giving it pretty wide circuiA-
lion, and we call the attention of our
physicians to the matter, that in pro-
tecling their patients from one evil
Lhey may not expose them to great
er.-ROchCSter Democrat, FEB l3.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
Jan 2s,1S78-1y.
GREAT BARGAINS

In Musical instruments
A fine douhle-reed, stop organ, full
ly warranted, can now he had of w.
f. Cummins. Knoxville, Tenn, for
S95, cash with order. Write him for
particulars, jan /, '7S-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12

We request all mothers to stop us-
ing Lsudsnum for their Babies but
use Or. Bulls Baby Syrup, a good
medicine. 1t contains nothing inju-
rious. 25 cents.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12

a farmer told Us the other day that
he would not be without DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup if it cost five dollars a
bottle. 1t must be wonderful rene.
dy.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12

\. R.-Nr. G. Dnri9t being extra
fine Ma"linist. ~ well De Watch
Maker. will make TO order any new
machinery of tie finest quality, or re-
pair cld machinery. Wal undertake
new designs or new machinery for in
vent0rs. nov. q. lSTI-tt.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
LEXLCAN
~ -
ECG HAN AID BEAST.

-a,a 2iEiE.c,'t az Irally originated in Ar7sri-
a. T-hc-e Ss5UIo provides IN her laboratory such
ru-IIisi-S o1tlio-cs for the rlaladies OF her chill
arco. It's fsIc2 has JccR aprcadirg FOR IS years.
uEti no" lt cac;Tc.as tac lsbltable globe.
y'5 se~.c=l >-s-a-S Linincnt is q matches
rsn-edy forel o-.e-ai ailments OF man and beast
TO stock owners and formers it is invaluable.
4 single bottI- often saves human life or re-
-11rrs t-s usefulness OF an excellent horse. OK.
row, s- sheep.
!. e--.s foot-rot, hoof-sil, hollow horn, grub,
rcF--,Fy---2, s-ovldeT-Tot, mango. the bites ana
.-.s e ECiroco-s Tentfle= and insects, and every
zsea --@S blcs, 10 stock breeding and bush life.
i cures every external trouble Of horses, such
@S is-crcsS, Ecratchcs, swinpy, Eprains, founder,
s',-d-r,-.l, ring SonC, etc, etc.
TGs .e--~-1 L-gs;an. !; Lininent IS the quickest
cure II the World fOr accidents occurring in tho
lsIn-ly, IN the absence Of physician, such as
5uI--E ecaids, gp-aiRs, cuts, etc. and for rheuma-
tts-r, I'D rtC-ezs cngcndered by exposure. Par.
,.~~i1-iy valuable 70 Miners.
Il 3 the cheapest remedy IN the world, for It
P-Es,Iz.cG tho muscle to The bone, and . single
ri'-,-o2ti-u IS generally sufficient to cure.
i-exicsu AuE-sng L!nImcnt IS put up in three
E.-ss q bottles the larger ones being proportion
Gtely LnucA tas cheapest. sold everywhere.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
$1,000 PROPIT OH 500

dade any day in Puts cn1 ClIrs Irva., ,..o-s,,,.
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PTiN tieE has brought 4 small fortune 4. he
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sPSfs'@ AniFsJ Book with full information
sent JTee. Address orders hv mail and tsIsgrs-b
20 BAXEE1 Hc CO.
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
The TREE is EE0li BY ITS FRUIT"

"Tutt's Pills arc worth their wcightin gold"
REV. l. 2. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
"Tutt's Pills arc a special blessing OF the nine
tccnth century."-REv. +. n. CSGOOD, New York.
~ have used Tutt's Pts Tor torpor Of the liver
They superior TO any medicine for hillary dis
orders ever madc.'
I. P. CARR, Attorney at Lsw, Augusta, Gs.
al have used TUFTS Pills ave years II my family.
They arc uHedualcd for CoStiveness and bliOusTess.
r. p. W!LS0h, Georgetown, Texss.
81 have used TUFTS Medicine with great heueft.'
". ~. HSHE, Editor Hobils Register
rN~S~3-a5-4
1--WE sell fftv boxes Tufts Pills TO Eve OF al
OthCrs.''-sAYEE { CO, Cartsrssile, Ca.
''Trtt's Pills have only 10 be tried 20 establish
their merits. They work like magic"
~. II. EARR0N, IS SuEamsr 81, Boston.
"1heTc IS no MEDICINE well adapted TO the cure
of bilious disorders TUFTS Pills"
JoS. BRuAMEL, Richmond, Virginia.
AND A TH6ye afsD EicRE.
Sold 6y 3ryggisfs. 20 cents & bor. Gf5c3
80 Murray Street, ke,v York.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
1878.
Eclectic Ma G'azine
OF
FOREIGN LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND Art.
LLL-L = E.L-L. TT Y
(THIRTY-FoURTH YEAR,

The EcLrcTIc reprints monthly from all the
foreign Guarieriies, R-virw-, Magazines. aud
Journals, their choicest contents, including f.
says, Scientific Papers, Biographical Sketches,
Tales Sturie- and Poems The field Of selection
is very lalEe and il i believed that the ECLErTIC
presents grenter rarte'g amt high~r s'1"foTd ~
Literature thsu any periodical that depends eN-
clu~ivey upon home tdeut.
knowledge uf the currput literature Of other
countries is Indispensable to all who would keel
pace with the progress az the sge and the &c
LECTIC offer the best cppo tuiity for obtaining
this know lsdg- at mod crate price.
In General Literature such writers 81
Right Hon. L. Gladstone, james Anthony
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Francis Power Bobba, Leslie stephen, Arthur
Helps. Alfred Tennyson Thomas Hughes. Will
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In Science, the best articles Of such thinkers
aad writers Prols. Huxley and Tyndall, Rich
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The ECLscrIc offers its reader, the best Se-
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It's Editorial Departments comprise Literary No
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briefly me new discoveries and achievements IN
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Each number contains a Fine Steel Engraving
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This engraving IS from one Of Landseer's most
celebrated paintings, sud represents a Highland
girl surrounded by grnuP OF fswrs which 81.
is feeding, while heT-T"nnR brother holds state
ly pair Of sntlerS, probably the trouhv Of som.
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
1898. THE 1878
LY H3JRG FLR 4IBIAH
IN IT'S SEVENTIETH YEAR.

i - 1 - ~ 4--f 4 i - II i 44-A IL
TIE NIEGINIAN il recognized &c
le8diug exponent of Conservative SEN
iment in Virginia. aud now entering
upon the seventeen year Of its exis-
tenCe, its aim in the future ~ it al
ways has been in the past. will he to
advocate the maintenance of the pub
lie faith, and all measures calculated
70 develop the resources and increase
the prosperity of the Commonwealth.
The YIlGidIAH Is published at Jyachturg, "a.
DAILY 81 per annum; TRI-WEELLY
s. aud WEEKLY 81 so.
ssA- These issues. contain the latest
information On all subjects, and tele-
grams up To midnight before the morn
ing Of publication, together with the
Congressional and Legislative news.
regular special correspondence from
Washington, the stock. Tobacco,
Grain and Produce Markets, and ffn-
anciai quotations, which ure corrected
with regularity and care.
Special inducements tc Clubs :!
Advertisemeuts inserted at nloder-
ate rates. Patronage solicited.
Address G. W. BUTTON, Editor
and Proprietor, Lynchbu Va.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
SEWING MACHINE
x H = a I r SH DIP,
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE.

sF8HE undersigned would respectfully announce
= TO the cj'izaus Of Sris,ol- @ oot-an, Virginia
and Tennessee. Jlat De has opened shop for the
repair and adjustment Of sewing Machines he
viii repsir, dust sud furnish new parts 70 all
the leading machines on short notice and at re.N
enable prices.
2ltaclmca.s, Tcsdles, &c, furnished at the
recul lar STANDARD pIfraK.
Fer The rreseut hr can be fogud at hi' residence
on The corner of RUSSELL ana Edmond streets, Va.
ill, Goodsou. Re r5p-ctiul!y,
-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-28
An ASYLUM FOR IluBECILEs.

A city physician writes letter in favor of
an asylum for imbeciles, and the incurable
insane, on the European plan This sys-
tenn combines employment with guardian
ship custody and care. For this purpose it
is suggested, that a section Of land be pur-
chased and settlement of this unfortunate
class be made on it in family groups occupy
ing cottages and under the supervision
Of keepers-that employment be furnished
winter and summer and SO on. We sugges-
ted, a few days ago, in an article on this
subject, the establishment of an asylum for
the class described as imbeciles and harm
less patients. These are generally incurable
but we do not understand the purpose of a
Hospital for insane to exclude all pronoun-
ced incurable. The object Of Hospital is
to alleviate as well as cure, and
there are many apparently incurable
cases requiring constant treatment
The State pays for the treatment Of all, and
pays WE'LL
nothing new in the plan mentioned in the
physicians letter. Every one who has paid
the least attention to the subject is familiar
with the system as practiced in Europe fo1
many years, and with great success. The
newspapers of this country have contained
lengthy descriptions, and the magazines, no.
tably Harpers' not many months ago, profuse
illustrations Of the villages and settlements in
the AlDine country. The T,epis1at11ra r,uc1
look to the expense. The land would cost
comparatively little, and the European plan
involves very little expense, being simple
and comprehensive. The three quarters OF
million expended at St. Peter might posi-
bly, have been more judiciously used. We
want neither marble palaces nor marble
prisons, but homes, medical treatment, and
care for the unfortunate, and with as little
expense as possible.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-28

REV. JABEz BROOKS, of the State Univer-
sity, preached sermon last eve
ning at the jackson Street Methodist Church,
on the all absorbing topic Of hell. The
Rev. Jabez is very positive in his belief that
there is such an institution as hell, but be-
yond this very emphatic declaration of
opinion there was nothing notable in the dis
course The 'shell' topic is becoming rather
threadbare by the sensational efforts Of the
clergy. and it might be as well to give us a
few glimpses of heaven, if for nothing else
than for variety. We trust it is not owing
to the degree of familiarity with the respec-
tive localities that we hear so much of the
pit of woe, and SO little of the realms of