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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-17
Amnssments ana aElsstiuss aO-nisht.

Buou OPERA HOUSE" Olivette"
BOOTHS THEATRE" Uncle Toms CABIN p.s.,,,or
NAvERLY's FIFTH AvENCE THEATRE" Inc ooheinia"
k Girl" =. u,ao, Hadn't .,
tHAvkRLY'e 14TH STREET THEATRE M,cow "euo'~
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE" HazeihrAe'
PARK THEATRE" Oivette."
BAN Francisco MINISTRIES.
eTANDARD THEATRE" Bigamy.". -. yo,,o.o
Union LEAGUE THEATRE-'Tne MeIcnant Vi 'eni00'
IJxIoN SQUARE THEATRE" The Creole
WAIIAcK's THEATRE" The Guv'n0r,
BUNNELLs MUSEUM.
lI,IcKERINC HALL-11-Lecture
KOsTrR & BIAL's-Concert s,.,
METROPOLITAN CONCERT HALL.-Roler skatiDs'
NEw.YORK AQUARIUM-Circus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-17

Mother Sh1pton must have been right The
fashionable milliners may as we'll begin to
advertise ascension robes Persons owning
real estate will be wise to sell, and buy secu-
rites capable of aerial transportation. POliti-
clans will no doubt make ready to resign
their offices in a body July 1. The end of all
earthly things must be very near. The ice
companies admit that there has been a
splendid harvest of ice and express the be-
lief that the price will be low.
George Eliots constitutional reserve was so
great that such letter as that we print else
where, in which she took friend into her
confidence respecting the supposed origin of
one of her most famous characters, must have
been rare concession to the outside world. The
great authoress vino had an invincible aver
sion to being photographed and written abOut.
may be said to have drawn her own portrait
In some of the little touches of this letter as
for instance, where she says that Dlnah Nor
ris's prayers and exhortations, instead of being
copied from character she had known in real
life, "were written with hot tears, as they
surged up in my own mind" If her biography
should ever be written. this letter would find
place III it.
Three youthful burglars, eleven and twelve
years of age, have been arrested, and the
painful discovery is made that the whole band,
which includes two members not yet arrested,
IL composed of newsboys. This is sorrow
full stigma to be cast upon highly respecta-
bic profession. The newsbOy's grammar may
not be good, and he Is perhaps robust In
his speech to o fault but he works
for his living-which Is more than can be said
of many moro prosperous members of the
communicated he pays his way, which in .
world of deadheads would not always be q
safe remark, even in the obituary columns of
the newspapers. II some way can be devised
10 yindicste the fraternity, by unfrocking
these unworthy rnembers-or perhaps I'm.
shirting would be the more correct term
steps should be taken to that end, whatever
the action Of the extfa-professional authon-
has mag be.
Speaker Randall has acclaimed early and
lats h TIE House respecting the crime Of
double interest upon Government bonds.
The effect Of an amendment which he has
put upon ths Rsfanding bill will DO to give
The holders Of 600. 600. 900 Of six per cent
bonds interest Tor thirty days, which they are
not now entitled b receive. In other words, Mr..
Randall has done his best 10 present these
bondholdes with % 600. 600 which belongs to
IL 0ovsrnmsnt When was IL Ehst there was
. member In the House from Pennsylvania by
TIA name Of Randall. who used to have good
hsa - say Of "rstxenchment II this IL q
sample Of Mr.. Rsndalrs ststesmanship, that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-17

far-reaching campaign for the Presidency
which began at Cincinnati with compnmen-
tary vote the morning Hancock was nomina-
ted. would need to last long whiie' IL IL
were not that the Democratic party nominates
statesmen for the Presidency only occasionally
and bv accident.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-17

Mr.. BerRh will have to take General Garfield j
hand In causing the Democrats so much angus
he is laying himself liable to the law against cruet
to animals.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
Trnnessoe TnXatien.

A Nashville dispatch says: "rhc total
assessment of Tennessee property, rcal
and personal, for 1881, Is .O00.000,
being $2.000.000 less than the assessment
for last year There has been steady
decrease In the assessment since 1873, IN
which year It reacted to S30s,000. 900.
This manifest decrease in the assessment
will have more or less influence in the
settlement of the State debt, having 4
tendency, in fact, like the bondholders'
circular to press the figures down from
sixty cents ane graded interest to fifty
cents and four per cent, interest, or u
purchase Of the present bonds at their
market value, stopping the present inter-
est by the issuance of four per cent.
bonds, the last named plan having been
suggested by Republicans"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
ICOMMuNICATED. |

Mr.. Editor: LA
The holidays were hailed with many
rejoicings by all the old as well as the
young. Santa Claus visited the dear lit
tie ones, swelling their young hearts
with delight as they scrambled down in
to the very toe of the little stocking,
searching for the last "goody." And
the beautiful snow as it dropped from
some angels wing came softly and gent
ly down to gladden. the older ones with
the fond remembrance of the old New
England Xmas, and the dear old. home
where the bowl of cheer was passed
around when fricndsand neighbors came
in. Shouts of glee were heard from the
school boys as in impetuous haste they
gathered the downy crystals to dash at Il
playfellow or some unfortunate who per-
chance was the object Of their fun. But
what did Xmas bring? A sumptuOus
breakfast with eggnog plentifully dis
tributed, and, to crown all, u dinner at
which the gods might revcl. The kind,
pleasant and genial faces Of our still
kinder host and hostess, Mr.. and Mrs.
John G. Wood, of the Virginia House,
presiding over their well filled board,
bade us II hearty welcome to their house
and VAIN reception in their breasts.
The dinner bell, "the sweetest music in
the world announced to. us that all was
in readiness, and on entering the spa
cioas dining hall and viewing the groan-
ing table laden with conceivable daill-
ties, it seemed as though Santa Claus
had, indeed, visited their happy home,
too, and not only he, but that Provi-
dencc had smiled on them and blessed
them in their basket and their store, +. a
number of guests were invited to par
take Of the hospitality tAat is always n
characteristic of the warm hearted chill
dren Of the Old Dominion. When night
drew his sable curtainsin that pleasant
home old folks weary Of festivities aud
children surfeited for once with goodies.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
The South.
'n EE -TJFRp9E1
AN INTERVIEW WITH, COLI ALEXANDER
MCCLURE, or THE PHTbApEbpHh
TINES. Hp
Nashville Banner.


Col. Alexander Mcclure, ofthe Phila-
delphia Times, arrived in the city last
night and registered at the Maxwell
House. In conversation with n Ban
ner reporter. this morning, the distn-
guishcd journalist said that while at Mo-
bile Inc spent a day with the Honorable
Jefferson Davis. He believed Mr., Da-
Wis had been unjustly abused at the
North. "Why," said the Colonel,
"whilc | was conversing with him Twas
struck by the affection with which some
little girls seemed to regard him, They
would climb upon his knee and caress
him as fondly as I'M iailcctionate young
mother would her first born. Little
dogs, too. would bound into his lap un-
hidden and kiss his hands and look low
ingly into his face. Whenever see q
man beloved by children and dogs, at
once conclude that he is Il good man. !
found Mr.. Davis TO be Il very interesting
mana much greater man than Mr. Ste
plcns. He was atfablc, kind and pleas
ant, and conversed freely upon affairs
concerning the prosperity of the South.
There Is no man living who Is more So
licltous for the colorcd race. ] was
somewhat surprised at this, in n man,
too, absolutely without country"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
For the Bristol News,
Rev. B. F. Whites Views on
Spiritualism.
Items Of News from Sullivan
County.

Christmas, with Its many Innovations,
offensive to all good christian taste has
passed away. The greatest Of these, Is
AN "sbomination" which was esprit de
eorps. under the cloak of "spirituallsm, J"
Eor iiape commanded the attention of
the pulpit Of Bristol. "God IL n spirit,
and they that worship him must wor-
ship him In spirit and In truth" Let
nSt apiijtualisRa I've degraded by endors-
fng tho name under which that NbOmi-
nation Is to-day widely perpetrated.-
Fsstind ientd. An abonllnatiOn, In COM
psrlson with which drunkenness, with
all its cvils,) II but a plgmy! II was
that abomlnation that caused the de-
,struction Of the antediluvian world;
that caused the destruction m the city
OF the plains by fie fpom heaven; that
caused one tribe Of Israel 10 be cat OIL;
that caused twcntg-three thousand cd
Israel 10 full IN one day. That has caus-
ed the destryetioR N every nation that
has been eat of under heaven. That
ca,,scd sNapoleon Bonaparte to fall like
lightning from heaven" And IL Ia that,
that according to the inAeMble law of
God, made explicit by Christ, dksolyes
the marriage bond, and completely
hedges Ia the vile dcbauchee, by legal
barrien ~ that (Esau like) che can
Dad no plase Of repentance, though he
aeek n carefully with tear" That
determination that makoth desolate,
sisnding IN the holy place Is to-day the
great curse OF tho world. Fer three
hundred years \ easo Of this aboinilla-
ton Aas NOT known in the Romma Em-
ulre. with all her corruption, simply be-
cause sl,a let Gods laws have its course,
viz: IL waa punished with death. Let
the pulplt aud prces Of christian Ameri-
ca dlamaiitle the monster OF its assumed
spirittial cloak, and thus hurl " from
''tbe holy place" and then YET loose
their hebdoma lal thunders against the
abominable enemy, backed by the oner
gIee Of all the lovers OF good society,
until the law shall deal with u as God
commanded. Then they may expect
s,,ccsss, and not tiil then. Not every
pAryenuc should attempt an exposition
OF this subject, for sc non srero Don
frord.o
Fail creek attracted this deponent from
this conglomeratlon OF lam, and Thurs
day DNc, 23d, found him IN Cooks Val
lev, Jamea Kings, where Miss Eyeline
was united 10 Noah Poor, IN holy we'd
uook. A select guest was such ~ TO
make the occaslon superb. And Dec.
gOth nj the residence of Mr.. Faln Moo.
div Mlss Florence Galloway was united
10 Mr.. johnnie Brown In n union for
life. Another select company exhibited
she good aenee that never falle Of its
reward. Long live the parties to bless
sheIr race. hut IN the midst OF All THIS
n cloud oyorahaiowcd us, Samuel Cox,
ono OF our best ncighbors. accidentally
shot bimself. ~ WAS feared morthlly,
bnt NOW he ia IN n fair way to recover,
which IA the prayer OF many OF MS
friends. ,i..e...
JMs winter II So severe a. to intcrl'rr
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
The New ROthschiid Partner
sIitu

The act of partnership between the
members of the Rohsclild family eN-
pired on the 30th Of September last. A
new partnership has recently been form
ed between all but one Of the memberg
of the family--Barcn Adolphe RoIhe-
child, of Naples, retiring with fortune
of one hundred and eighty millions Of
francs 1885, 000.0O0) We lave million
aires IN the United States whose indl-
vldua fortunes far exceed that Of Baron
Adolphe Rolhschild, that Of Mr.. viii
liam II. Vanderbilt being Consplcuously
the of them; but the united tguupea Of
one Rohschild family make TIE iirm me
richest IN tlld world. &C. NnH,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
The Right of Way.

Railroad officials were trying to Sc
cure the right of way. In some cases
farmers Chrcrfully signed on; IN others
money had to- be used, but In one ease
the committee found most determined
opposition. The road would divide n
widows farm. aud She was independent,
obstinate, aud defiant, She knew that
her hay-stHcks and barns would he de-
stroyed by sparks, her live stock run
over by trains, and her slumbers dis
lurbed by the rattle Of trains, aud she
wouldn't listen TO argument In this
emergency ono of the committee said.
"Madam, do you know OF any widow
IN this nclghborhood who would be- will
ling to board gentleman connected with
the construction Of our road2 lie is n
widower, and prefers to board with n
widow"
mo, don't know as do. Is he a
nice man."
"Splondid man, md has money In the
bank. We want him to permanently
locate At this point, and are IN hopes hc
will take u wife. 1t Is unfortunate
that"
81 never did take boardcrs," she mus
ed, "but--'
"lf you only could, now, I'm sure
you would not regret It. lie Is eXtremc-
ly fond Of childlen, and would Do a la-
thcr to your little ones"
"Perhaps ] might to accommodate
you,'
"Ah thanks. He would be here next
week If this right Of way mutter was de-
cided but n 1t is he may not
"Do You agree to pay damages If you
burn my barnY
"Of course we do"
"And III probably get used to the
noiscY'
ooh, Of course. In u week you won't
mind it. Fact Is, youll slt np every
night ill midnight, anyhow, after the
gentlemen arrives"
"Oh, no shan't; shall never love
again; but If he Is Il nice man, and loyes
children, why, don't know rs ] ought
to stop your road. / guess III sign"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
TUESDAY, JANUARY IL, 1881.
EVENT and COMMENT.

Senator Beck saysthere are five men
In America, who can, by a five minutes
chat, levy tax of two hundred millions
OF dollars on the commerce and farm
production Of this country, by raising
the freight two cents a bushel on grain,
and do It according to law. These five
men are Scott of the Pennsylvania Cen
tral, Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio,
Huntington, of the Union Pacific, Jay
Gould and Vanderbilt.
Whether there be an extra session of
Congress or not, the Senate must meet
in executive session March 4, to confirm
the new appointments of the new Presi-
dent. The Senate must then be organ
lied. The Republicans now have 81
Senators and the Democrats 3S. IfTen-
nessee shoule elect Democrat to the
Senate the party would then have 80 and
could organize the house. If IL should
elect Republican there would be no
trouble in their organizing the Senate as
that would make tie and the V. p,
Arthur, would cast the vote In their fa-
yor. If Tennessee should elect Demo-
crat, Gen. Malone will then have the
deciding vote. In the above estimate,
made by Senator Beck, Of 81 Republic
cans and 3S Democrats, Gen. Malone is
not counted with either party, he max
ing the 76th Senator. Senator Bailey's
time expires 4th March and Tennessee,
or Gen. Malone, as the case may be, has
the untying of the Gordian knot.
The colored people Of Richmond and
4. Il Al. - 81
tee, called a conference Of the colored
people Of Va. TO meet March l4th in Pc
tersburg. Their purpose is to concert
measures for the campaign OF 1881.
Each township of a county is entitled to
sene one delegate, and each city ward
three. The committee boldly proposes
departure from the color line policy,
and therein lies its good sense.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11

Gen. Malone Is the leader Of the true
debt-payers Of Virginia. His Bourbon
Funder opponents are = set Of ridiculous
gasconaders and pretenders.--Ndtionat
Republican.
This from the leading Republican pa
per at the Capital is.rathcr hard on Gen.
Wickham's crew, but we guess they
must bear it. 1t is little rough on
wickham' q conservative faithful allies,
but they went to bed with Wickham and
must share his fate.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
The Great Antarctic Problem

- - ~ y FH iii
The italian Antarctic expedition
which IL announced TO sail III March
next, to DC followed by an English cx-
petition Under sir Allen Young, revives
tho greatest problem Of modern geogra-
ply, Within tho Antarctic circle lies
anarea of about eight million square
miea, over which the atmosphere IN IN u
state Of great tonuity, ana upon which
tho evaporation Of the Southern llemis-
phere, which Dove called 'the boiler of
The globe, Is undergoing ccaselese con-
densation. 10 "unbar the gates of the
south, by finding u gap In the great
icc-bnrrcl. of the so-cHlled
Aniay'ilc continent is an enterprise that
will always ldndle the fire Of maritime
but the advance Of modern
seieice In lctrcsttial physlta, even lihce
SiIbamce R6ss ihnleil hghtcd The hAn-
fnt y6it6to Efahns Within I've lnAHfed
Leagues Of The South Pole, lnls raised up
questions Of tbcprofoundeft Importance,
'ihc great Antarctic problem l. whether
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11

AUGUST Augusta county, the last and
and strongest intrenchment Of Funder-
Ism, has readjusted her taxation to the
tune Of 80 per cent. discount, having re-
duced her assessment that much. Au-
gusta Is now the champion Readjuster of
the Commonwealth. Yet she voted for
the Funding bill Of II and the McCul-
loch bill of 70.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11

the south polar basinisa region of in
| tense condensation of the aqueous Vapor
! Of the southern seas, and, if 80, is the
oceanic surface in the ATTITUDES beyond
| the limits of Ross sen and the lee bar.
! rier generally aclimatlc region of com-
! pRrativc mIldncssy Mariners for many
years have found Off Cape Horn a zone
of wonderfully low barometer, and An.
tarctie explorers have determined that
this zone, wherein the mem pressure is
| scarcely 1920 inches, extends as far as
! they have penetrated toward the South
Pole. The quantity Of air snperincum-
bent on II square foot Of earth's surface
here averages about one hundred and
thirty pounds less than that resting up-
on square foot in our ATTITUDES, SO that
we must conceive the south polar area as
q vast barOmetric hollow into which
along all the converging mcrdinns the
Antarctic winds are Ceaselessly convey
ing the masses Of oceanic vapOr there to
be condensed. For every solid foot of
snow condensed in the south polar sky
heat enough is liberated to raise tens of
thousands cubic feet of air from freezing
to summer temperature, and we may
therefore infer that the climate within
the Antarctic circle is very much milder
than that in the Arctic area.
No explorer has yet wintered any dis
lance within the Antarctic circle but
the fact that the huge icebergs which
float thence toward the Cape Of Good
Hope are Of fresh, not of salt water,
suggest that they owe their magnitude
not to extreme cold of the South Polar
seas, but to that Of high, mountainous
coasts. When to this circumstance we
add that the most majestic Of equatorial
sea-currents--thatw which crosses the en-
tire Pacific and Indian Oreans under Il
blazing sun, and thence DIVORCES along
the East African Const almost into the
heart of the Antarctic basin-we may
not be surprised should the future ex-
porer find n channel that would conduct
his ship TO an extremely high southern
latitude. "My Investigations" wrote
Captain Maury to Lord Lyons in 1861,
when urging England to take part in a
new Antnrtlc expedition, "leading me
to- believe there is no great difference be-
tween the Antarctic sumner" aud this
conclusion was arrived at by a mature
study Of the barometric and other con-
ditions Hhch prevail at the antipodes.
Lieutenant Bove and Commentator
Negli think it viii be possible for them
to penetrate Ross Sea, and, perhaps,
winter the first year at Adele, and they
hope that canals in the ice will be found
through which they may attain very re-
mote latitudes. The civilized world will
follow this new southern exploration
the first in which steam has been invok-
ed for the conquest of The South Pole
with intense interest.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
The St. Bernard Dog.
Death OF "MOnK," the Finest of
That Breed Ever Seen In the

Nov VOW ,or. oILlo olnelnualI oasIls n


New York cor. Of the Cincinnati daieie ,',.
"Monk." said TO be the largest him
moat valuable 81. Bernnrd dog IN this
couutry, died Sunday morning Of hqms
orrnre Of the lungs. He Ya8 qWplp,hy,
u, =, Foster. OF No. 80 south Nlflli tS-
cnue. @tbronght Monk, nrald. W. fos-
ter Yesterday 'from tho mollasleryQfSt.
Cjothnrl, in Switzerland, last fugtiet.s-
cost me $500, but have refused $500 f0r
him and valued him az 81 900. He,Sn'
with me night and day while ! owned
him, He weighed about j 20 pounds,
alood "a ihuhce from The shoulder tp the
ground, and measured slx feet nine inch
es from his nose 10 the tip of hlahil. -
lie MAS two Years old, of'h tawtt lion
color. with large, lustrous, kindly hazel
ewes, heavy, dropping jaw and huge
overlapping upper lips. llisii0ne was
mnsslyc and his face bcamcd wltlrintel-
cencr when he reared upon his hind
feet hc looked enormous and fierce, yet
he had such n gentle, kindly nature that
children delighted 10 pmy Win HIN ana
hc with them Every day ] took him
ont I'm Washington Square for his airing,
nnd he wna n great fp,orlc WIN ih"
nrrsc and chlldirn and would poke he
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11

with teaching, but we are struggling
hard forthe existence of the little school
on Va. Hill. School teaching is like
else. I'empora matdntur CT
nos nlutatur IN Ills. B. +. WHITE.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11

ELsEwHERE we copy an interesting ar
ticle from the editorial columns of the
National REPUBLICAN, which looks as
though, despite Hugh McCulloch, the
northern people are about. to get their
eyes open. .. t.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11
SCIENTIFIC.
PROF. BELL PROPOSES TO MAKE AUDIBLE
on EARTH STORMS IN THE sUN-rHE
TELEPHONE AND PnoroPHONE.

A New York Dispatch says; Prof A.
Graham Bell, who went to Paris last
September to receive the Volta prize
awarded him by the French Acadculy
for the invention OF the articulaling tel
ephoue, returned to this city on sunday
By the steamer City Of Montreal. He
said Tonight that the commission Of the
Academy, after determining TO award
the Volta prize to the inventor of the
telephone, considered the question of
originality for several months, and final
ly awarded it to him unanimously. This
hc thought ought 10 settle question, ,--
The Nolia prize is 80, 600 francs. II was
originated ny Napoleon I, for improve
monts In electric apparatus, and has pre-
ylonsly been awarded TO but one person
---lIuhmkoiE in 1913. The professor says
he firmly believes he has transmitted
arliculato sounds by means Of bis new
instrument, the photophonc, without
the electric current. He IL not ready
yet TO fully demonstrate the fact. 1n
the solar observatory near Paris" he
says, "wc made some experiments on
theeun, but the apparatus was not prop
er for that purpose; and, although we
obtained results IN the shape Of sound,
they really proved nothing. My belief
Is that with n minute selinum cell and n
telescope so arranged that we can get the
rays from II single grGnulation, we shall
he able TO hear on earth storms ON the
surface Of the sun. We have transmtt-
ed artculate sounds by the photophonc
eight hundred feet. An cighlieth OF the
light of the sun Is sufficient TO produce
results. We have used artificial lights
a good deal. In Its present state Of per-
'fo2tlon the photophone Is Of more sclen-
enuGc than practical value, but when
wo gan transmit urtlculDtc sounds four
or five miles, it will be of Rrent value,