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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-05-21
Puzzle Department.

Mr.. w. &. Whiteker furnishes the
Q following
No. l.
A boat builder has an opening u
inches square in the bottom Of a boat.
and has, with which to close it, but
one piece of plank, o by Is inches.
How should he have cut this so as to
have bad but one seam in II?
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Bristol Female College.

The regular annual meeting OF the
Stockholders of this InititutiOn will
be held in the College Hall on the
9Th day OF June, at s o'clock. a. M
Full attendance requested, as business
Of importance will be brought before
the Board.
G. 3. YARBROUGH.
Prest. Board Regents.
Nav 81. lSTS-2t.
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Our Agents

The following gentlemen will act as
aur Agents, and are authorized to pro-
cure and receipt for subscriptions and
other business in our name.
Tazewell G. II. Va, II G.. Anderson.
Lebanon, Va, Capt. ]. w. Nc
Broom.
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LYNCHBUEG Va, april I'D, 1873.
SlEssRs. LAXDaUU & LITCuFICLD,
Ailu-toD Vn-

GEYTLrMEN-Your Seven Springs ''Iron
am Alum Musr' has ua3er Providence,
been such a blessing - ae that | cheertuIIy
ada ms testimony 20 its virtues. | bad >uf-
tered for s]everul years with dyepepsia-
while in tie discharge OF my ministerial
duties it assumed it's worst form, and final
L. produced temporary delcriHm, threaten
ing to dethroue tae reason. This continued
at intervals Tor four or Eve Years, | had
begun 70 despair Of ever finding Il remedy
for my malady. / Was induced to try the
''irOu and Alum Nass." AMI procured Il
bottle of Niessrs. May * Co. Stanton Va.
Before the first bottle was exhausted. |
tound my health Of both badg and mind e,
greatly improved, / continued its use, Uol-
lowing dircctions) until returning health
Inns crowned NY efforts aud satisfied me Of
the efficacy Of this excellent remedy. |
now weigh l75 lbs, and am ia the full en-
jolmCut Of all my faculties, | attribute nv
restoration to the Use Of the ''SEykN
SPRINGS ! uN and ALUu Mss"
Very truly yours.
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EENAHK

The times nay be considered hard, and
money scarce, but Il few dollars invested
for the Seven Spring. 'lron and Alum
Mass are worth $40 &c eyerv one thus
spent to any person who is not perfectly
we'll aui hearty. Their arc persons that
would give SO L bottle rather than be
without it.. A gentleman in Mississippi
says he would give Sl00 for n single bottle
If he could not obtain it for less. The re-
tail price Is only 3l.on Per hottle-seHt
pos'-tuit tc any post office. This Mass IS
for Fa'e Ly BUTrI>G & PEPPLR, and J.. a.
OICKEY 4 Co Rri~toi. Tenn, and by near
= all regular Druggist, bat if the Druggist
neares; ynu does u1, keep il, send TO Lam
rum x litchheli, Abingdon. Va, and 70"
will certainly get ii for the price.
Jal. % lily.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-05-21
truly YOURS,
TAZWELL NJ. MCC0REIE.

The "Seven Springs Iron and Alum
Mas>' Is Tor sale by J. A.. D!ckev q Co.,
and Bunting & Pepper Bristol Tenn.
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S'Gome and 5ea phsxn.S'

- ID ~ ~ XH L IL mnnLrt Ills. Cne and see" Jmu
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SULLINS COLLEGE.
KING COLLEGE.

Baccalaureate, June eth. Co m
mencement, June 18th. Medal Con-
test, June lIth.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-05-21

Tomorrow night the Fairi tels come +;
| hear them tap the marriage drum.
The graceful willows whisper love,
The Beavers mO0nlit waves above.
The southern vine shall deck the yoke
Virginia FORCES from the oak,
Aud English grace at cupid's feet
The conquest olden there repeat.
The fair, the brave, the old, the young,
Those sylvan scenes will mix amo'g.
They may tip the toe or tilt the glass,
Or swing on arm the blooming lass,
But penciled knight should stay at home,
At "yandtr eend'' of his telephone.
No argus eye the scene should scan,
Such as protr Ides from 'ye sidewalk man.
Dickey has opened his Soda FoUn-
tain. and has Beer Tonic Syrup. which
will be found not only pleasant but
beneficial. II is new ard j. likely t.
lie popular. OF Eureka cigars he has
a fresh lot. a?6.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-07
Goodness Under Fire,

Toward the close of the fight of Inker-
mann, Lord RagIand, returning from
taking leave of Gen. Strangways, met a
sergeant carrying water for the wounded.
The sergeant drew himself up to salute,
when a round shot came bounding over
the hill and knocked his forage cap out
of his hand. The man picked it up,
busted it on his knee, placed it carefully
on his head, and made the salute, not a
muscle of his cOuntenance moving the
while. E" A neat thing that, my man, !"
said Lord Ragland. " Yes, my Lord, IRE
turned the sergeant with another salute,
but miss is as good as mile" The
commander WAS probably not much sur
prised by such an exhibition of saaaq troid,
being himself good that way. He was
badly hurt at Waterloo, and says the
prince OF Orange, who was in the hos
pital: {" was not conscious of the pres
ence of Lord Fitzroy Somerset until /
heard him call out in his ordinary tone
'Hellol Don't carry that arm away
till have taken off my ring Neither
wound nor operation had extorted a
groan from his lips Chambers Jour
| nal.
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How Russians Rathe.

We in the United States use the Rus
sian vapoF bath as medicinal agent only.
But in the life of Russian peasant it
plays a most important part. No ortho-
dOx peasant will enter church until he
has cleansed himself physically by
means of the bath. A ter laboring
among poilntions for six and halt
DAYS Ia the week, he dsYotes Saturday
afternoon to the vapor bath, and care
fully avoids thereafter all pollution
until he has performed his devOtions at
the morning service on Sunday. Some
OF the peasants take their vapor bath in
the household oven, in which the bread
is baked. Others resort TO the public
bath owned by the village, Strange to
saw, Notwithstanding their scrupulous
care in this particular, some of their
habits are absolutely filthy. While
bathing. the degree of heat which they
endure would Kill a person not accus
toned to it from childhood. And In
winter they often rush out of the bath
and rcli themselves in the snow. Such
rand transitions from extreme heat to
extreme cold illustrates a common Rus
sian proverb, which says that what is
health to the Russian is death to the
German. AS the old proverb hath it,
cone mans meat is another mans
poison"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-07
Napoleon's Predictions on Russia.

Now that the Turko Russian war is
raging. and all eyes are turning to Con-
stantinople, the hone of contention of
Europe, it May be of interest to quote an
opinion given by Napoleon at st. Helena
in 1917, to his surgeon, Barry O'Mears ::
"In the course of a few years." added
he, " Russia will have COnstantinople,
the greatest part of Turkey and all
Greece. This hold to be as certain as
if it had already taken place. Almost
all the caioliDg and fattering which
Alexander practiced towards me was to
effect this object. I would not consent,
foreseeing that the equilibrium of Europe
would be destroyed.
In the natural course of things in a
few years Turkey must fall to Russia.
The greatest part of her population are
Greeks. who, you may say, are Russi-
ans. The powers it would injure, ard
who could oppose it, are England
| France, Prussia and Austria. Now, as
| to Austria, it would be very easy for Rus
STA to engage her assistance by giving
| her Servia and other provinces Dor
| dering upon the Austrian dominions,
| reaching near to C1nstantinOple. The
! only hypothesis that France and England
| NAV ever be allied with sincerity will be
| in order to prevent this. But even this
alliance will not avail; France, England
and Prussia united cannot prevent it.
Once mistress of Constantinople, Rus
STA gets all the commerce of the Mediter~
ranean, becomes a great naval power,
| and heaven knows what may happen.
| She quarrels with you. marches off to
India an army OF 10000 good soldiers,
which to Russia is nothing; and 100000
canailIe, Cossacks and others, and Eng
! land loses India
"Above ali other powers, Russia is
most to be feared, especially by you. Her
soldiers are drawer than the Austrians,
and she has the means of raising as
many as she pleases. In bravery, the
French and English soldiers are the only
ones TO be compared to them. All this /
| foresaw. l see into futurity further than
Others, and 1 wanted to establish bar
rier against those barbarians by re-
establishing the kingdom of Poland, and
putting Poniatowski at the head of it as
king, but your imbt Giles of ministers
would not consent. A hundred years
! hence I shall be praised, and Europe
especially England, will lament that
did not succeed. - Phila. Saturday
| Night.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-07
Gamblers and Insurance Comnanies.

It is an indubitable result OF the theory
of probabilities that every gambler, if he
continues long enough, must ultimately
be ruined. Suppose he tries the martin
gale, which some believe infaliible, and
which is, as I am informed, disallowed in
the gambling houses. In the method Of
playing, he first bets say 81 if he loses
it, he bets 81; if he loses that, he bets
81 If he loses that, he bets IS; If he
then gains, he has lost I + Al, and
he has gained 81 more /; and no matter
how many bets he loses, the first one he
gains will make linn 81 richer than he
will probably gain at first but, at last,
the time will come when the run oil
luck is so against him that he will not
have money enough to double, and must
therefore let his bet 60. This will proba-
bly, happen before he has won as much
as he had in the first place, so that this
run against him will leave him poorer
than he began; some time or other it will
be sure to happen. 1t is true that there
is always possibility of mis- winning any
sum the bank can pay, and we thus come
upon a celebrated paradox that, though
he is certain to be ruined, the value of
his expectation calculated according to
the usual rules (Which omit.this cOnsid-
eration) is large. But, whether a gam
bier plays in this way or any other, the
same thing is true, namely: That if he
| plays long enough he will be sure some
time to have such a run against him as
| to exhaust his entire fortune. The same
thing is true of an insurance company.
/ Let the directors take the utmost pains
| to be independent of the great cOnhagra-
tions and pestilences, their actuaries can
| tell them that, according to the doctrine
of chances, the time must come, at
| last. when their losses will bring
them to a stop. They may tide over
such a crisis by extraordinary means,
/ but then they will start again in weak
ened state, and the same thing will hap
pen again all the sooner. An sctuary
might be inclined to deny this, because
he knows that the expectation of his
company is large, or perhaps (neglecting
the interest upon money! is infinite.
But calculations of expectations leave
out of account the circumstance now
under consideration, which reverses the
whole thing. However, l must not be
understood as saying that insurance is
| on this account unsounG, more than other
kinds of business All human affairs
rest upsn probabilities, and the same
thing is true everywhere. Ii man were
immortal he could be perfectly sure OF
seeing the day when everything il which
he had trusted should betIay his trust,
and, in short, of coming eventually to
! hopeless misery. lie would break down,
at last, as every great fortune, as every
! dynasty, as every civilization does. In
place of this we have death.--L Popular
| Science Monthly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-07

rne ss.a Gov for small Farms,


It Is not supposed that cows kept on
a small farm are put there for the purpose
of raising calves tor sale. They are
placed there for the butter they prodSce
The question is often asked (WHICH
shall thew be, blooded or scrub stock ,
The question is easily answered. Keep
only such stock ss is best adapted for
the purpose. Our opinion, ard also that
of the principal dairymen Of the country,
Is that the Jersey, commonly called
Attorney, is above all others, the best
batter COW. They are easily kept, very
docile, point not to be overlooked, and
beautiful, giving mi k OF superior rich
ness, from which is produced 6ne-colored,
solid butter, having an equal texture
and favor. Butter made from such
butter has been known to keep, when
placed in dry, not cold, cellar, without
the use OF ice, and when taken out wa,
in hard, fam condition, and WAS Their
cold twelve to eighteen cents a pound
higher than the best ordinary butter
The cost of Jerseys is not much more
than for scrubs, and they will more thar
make up the difference ia price in a few
months.-[ Live Stock Record.
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silver bullion each year with the steady
demand from the east requiring $40, 000,-
900 year, and with the other causes for
appreciation, it will not be long ere the
chssm separating the two metals is
bridged over.
According to the latest and most trust
worthy figures, Germany, under the
operation Of her present monetary sys-
TEN, whereby silver is not a legal tender,
has in six years lost $3.50 000,00 in hard
cash. On the other hand, France, which
has adhered to the bi-metallic system, and
has continued to make the fve-franc
silver coin an unlimited legal tender, has
gained, in 1876 and 1877, no less than
$2l4, 000,000 in coin, and of this $lS7, :
500, 600 were in gold. If we take the
year 1875 into the account, it will be
seen that the inc ease of cash in France
has been 1878 5000 in gold alone that
is, $50 900, 600 more than Germany has
been able to add to her stock after trying
to turn $500, 100000 of silver coin into
gold. Ali the world knows that Ger
many is the most depressed and France the
most prosperous country in Europe to-
day. Nor is this a post hoe or proDter-hoc
argument. It is the natural and ineVi-
table result of the policy which has been
pursued in these two countries.
1t is useless to borrow trouble on
account of the fact that undertbe Bland
bill the principal Of the United States
bonds will be payable in silver. LONG
before these bonds become due, silver
will be equal to gold, if not more valu
able; and the bondholders may be clam
oring for the additional premium they
would receive by being paid in silver
| New York Graphic.
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Abandoned nj Nea.

Atall times ships of one kind or another are
floating about at sea, abandoned by officers
and crew, in what seems a hopeless cUndi-
ton. Some are dismantled and mere hulks,
some are swimming keel upwards, some are
water>lOgge4, bur beng laden with timber
will not sink, but are driven hither and
thither as the wind and waves may direct
So people afflicted with catarrh, bronchitis,
and consumption, are abandoned by physi-
clans and friends as incuraDle, yet thousands
of such are annually restored to perfect
health by the use of DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. The Catarrh Remedy is unequal
ed as a soothing aud healing local apphca.
ton, while the D scovery puri6es and en-
riches the blood and imparts tone and vigor
to the whole system.
VIDoLIA, La, April 18th, 1877.
DR.. PIERCE:
DEAR SIR suffered for twelve years
with that most offensive and loathsome of all
diseases-catarrh. My taste and smell were
completely destroyed. procured q supply of
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and your Golden
Medical Discovery, which 1 used according
to directions, and a complete and permanent
cure was speedily effected. I take pleasure
in recommending them TO all afflicted.
Ever thankfully yours,
CLARA E. Hunt.
WADING RIVER, Burlington Co., n. J.,
February 28th, 1877.
DIR. PIERCE:
DEAR SIR-YOur Golden Medical Dis
covery is the best medicine for coughs, colds,
and consumption, 1 ever knew. 1t has
saved my life. Respectfully yours,
HELEN B. MCAENEY.
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nrea1hing SIIaama without EDiury

These is no exaggersti in the statement
that thousands of persons residing from one
years's end TO another in fever and ague
regions on this Continent and elsewhere,
breathe air more or less impregnated with
miasma, without mourning the disease, sim
ply and only because they are in the habit OF
using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a pre-
ventive. 1t has frequently happened, and
the fact has been amply attested by the
parties themselves, that persons surrounded
on all sides by neighbOrs suffering the tor
lures OF this shivering and burning plague,
have enjoyed absolute immunity from it,
thanks to the protection afforded by the
Bitters. Nor is that standard anti-febrile
cordial less efficacious in remedying than in
preventing chills and fever, bilious remit
tents, and disorders of a kindred type.
Taken between the paroxysms, it speedily
mitigates their violence, and eventually
prevents their recurrence. These facts, con.
vincingly established by evidence, appeal
with peculiar force TO travellers and sojOurn-
ers il malarious districts.
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Mr.. rond. as Hartford.

It has been a remarkable sight, some
thing never before witnessed in Hart
ford, to see such great audiences assem-
bled TIVE or three times a day to listen
to the scripture teachings of an inlet
tered man, whose strength Is to be found
in his piainness of speech and his earn.
estness. While there are some who
question the methods employed, as work
ing rather on the emotions than on the
intellect, those who have attended
the meetings must agree that the gen
eral result is good Mr. Moody's strong
hold is the bible. In every address
he has brought the great truths of
the bible home to the hearts of his
hearers in a manner to make then feel
that it is the book of books for
everyday life. There is no fear that
such teaching can do any harm. On the
contrary, it has doubtless accomplished
great good in guickening the faith OF pro.
fessed Christians, anu in leading many
others TO accept the bible as their guide.
He has not endeavored to teach faith in
any particular creed or to upbuild aay
sect, but to preach Christianity as the
faith to live and to die by. He has
spoken earnest words against all dis
honesty or sham, in business or in morals,
anu ChhCdHO4AnS W AS1O W Live
Christian lives has done a great work for
the benefit of society at large, by en-
enlargement to lives Of honesty, temper
ance and unselfshness. There is always
need of such work as this in this world,
where the contest between good and evil
Is 80 often an unequal one. The good
result of his work is not to be measured
alone by the number of new members
that may be added to our churches.
| ibis is indeed a secondary matter. 1t
| is rather to be found in the number OF
| those who have switched off from the
| downward grade and are making honest
| efforts, with divine assistance, to lead
better lives. There are doubtless many
men IN this city who have honestly de-
sired, for the sake of themselves and their
| families, if for no higher reason, to aban,
don evil habits, but have been waiting
Tor a convenient season, It~was always
easier to keep on down hill than to turn
resoIutely around. To some of these the
present offers an opportunity when they
can find a tide setting in the right direc
| ton, and it is less difficult to begin the
work of reform. The work accomplished
in this way is Of inestimable value, and
has, we doubt not, brought Joy to many
| homes And this of itself is a gain for
which all good people viii be grateful
| that the gospel meetings have been held.
Il Hartford Daily COurant.
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Gold Coming Down, Silver Going Up

The price of silver in London on Sat-
urday last was 545d per ounce. Itshould
be remembered that when silver was
demonetized the market rate of silver
bullion was Sid per ounce. The lowest
point to which it sank after demone-
LizatiOn was AID. The drain of silver
coin to India and China, a demand
which normally requires some $40, 00O,-
900, but which was stimulated by the
shrewdness of money brokers' to a much
larger sum, and the other causes with
which our readers are familiar, brought
about the steady rise in the value of
silver from the low ebb of AID up to its
present mark. It has to advance only
I'D more per ounce to be again the equal
of gold, and one cannot doubt that with
the Bland bill the law of the land. Great
ing q certain demand for less than $24,-
100000 or more than $40,000,000 Of
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-07
RELIGIOUS READING.
a Sabbath Hymn.

How sweet TO ne the chime
W -aoha bells-Whose chanting tella
VI rest from toll, and earth's turmoil
Guerdon Of holy time.
dJiuk the blessed air,
That seems 20 BE- as pure aud fres
As that vi ich played in Eien's shade,
Ere sin breathed venom there.
No sound afilcis the calm;
But voice of birds, and lowing herds,
To nay worn heart glad pescs impsTt,
And 70 its woes sweet balm.
drive the world away;
bid its gaiDs-its Joys AID palms
Disturb me not; and these forgot,
Welcome the Sabbath day.
Vot.chsafe, o God pray,
Upon my head, Iky love to shed.
And to my heart Thy grace impart,
That joy may crown this day.
Ard when the bbsth chime
Ceases on earth, may new birth
Ny soul prepare. TO breathe the air
OF Heavens pure Sabbath climel
L William c. Richards.
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Tine ltoa-eIAO4d.
ouEsr1oNs AND ANswERs.

Question &c Can you tell me how to
make sn Indian pudding with suet so
that Tho suet will be in transparent
lamps when done '
Answer.--Scald one quart of milk,
and while boiling stir in sufficient corn
meal (yellow ia besJ) to make thick,
hut not TOO stiff halter add salt to taste.
Remove from the fire and stir till cool.
Pick over half pound of beet suet, re
moving all that is strlngy, cut into pieces
the size OF chestnut and stir into
the meal when halt cooked. Beat two
eges and add with two tablespoonstul
S5Sar and two of molasses. Season with
.cinyer and cinnamon. Wet the puddi lg
6ag in hot water, -four it and fill bali
mi with The mixture, tie it tight close
70 tn top of the bag, as the pudding
viii swell. Boil five hours. Dried
whortIeberries added, say two teacupsful
or stoned raisins with tour sweet apples
cbonned fine are a great Improvement ;
~ + little acid is liked, four sour ap-
1,ies instead OF sweet. chopped fine
Eonld make it sufficiently tart. Serve
vv;th cream or hard sauce.
A baked Indian pudding may De made
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-07
The True Wife.

What do you think the sweet word
" wife" comes from 1t is the great
syllable in which the English and Latin
language conquered the French and
Greek. hope the French may some day
find an expression for the idea in lieu of
that dreadful word femme. But what do
you think it comes from2 The great
value of Saxon words is that they mean
something. Wife means weaver. -
You must either be housewives or
housemoths; remember that. In adeeper
sense, you must either weave mems for
tunes and embroider them, or feed upon
and bling them to decay. Wherever a
true vile comes, home is always around
her. The stars may be over her head :;
the glow-worm in the dewy grass may be
the fire at her feet but where she is
dweIls the spirit of home and for no.
BILE woman it stretches far around her {;
better than houses ceiled with cedar or
psinted with vermiliOn, shedding a quiet
light for those who else are homeless
This is woman's truest place and high
est power.