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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-11-15

"
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for all those Painful Complaints md W eRkneshss
eoeommOn TO our best female populations
ltwnl cure entirely the worst form OF Female Conn.,
plants, oil ovarian troubles Inflammation and Uleera
tIon, Falling and Dlsplucemonts, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness and Is particularly Gdepted to tho
Change OF life,
It will dissolve and expol tumors from the uterus In
on early stage Of development. The tendency to can.
cerous humors theres checked very speedily by Its use
It removes fplntness ,atlency, dcstroysGll craving
for stlmuantE and relieves weakness ofthe stomach
II cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostroton,
General Debility sleepesaness, Depression and lndi'
geston.
That feeling of bearing down, causing palm weight
and baokache 10 always permanently cured by Its use.
twill at all times and under all circumstances act In
harmony with the flaws that govern the female system
For tho cureof Kidney Complaints Of either sex this
Compound Is unsurpassed.
LYDIA Il. PINKIIAM'S VEGETABLE COM
POUND prepared at 2S9 and 235 Western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass Prco 81. Six bottle5for g. sentby mail
IN the form Of pills. also in tho form Of ozenges on
receipt Of price, 81 per box for other Mrs Pinlham
freely all letters Of inquiry Send for pamph'
lot. address as above Mention this Paper.
No family should DO without LYDIA r. PINBIIAMs
liver PILLS They euro constipation, bniou8noEg,
and torpidlty OF the liver. rs cont8 por box. g..
.BD- sold by all Druggiste. ia
sept. Is, SLY.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-11-15
THE BRISTOL NEWS
I. g. FOWLER,
EDITOR AND PR0PRILTOR.'
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1881.
Standing Alone.

The baby is standing III "lOncly"
The children shout IN their glcc--
And father and mother and auntic
Must hurry and come 10 see,
See baby--the cute little darling!
Is put through the wonderful feat,
And fOndlcd and kissed and commented
For being so smart and sweet.
All. many time In the IN urc,
She'll long for the aid Of TINT arm,
When the love and care Of Il mother
No longer can shield her from harm
For oft when our need il The sOrost
There's no one To whom we can turn
And stand alone as n lesson
It's hard for woman TO learn.
With the cunningcst mir of triumph
She standing IN the midst Of them all
While the Outstrctchcd arm Of the mother
Is ready to save from fall,
And whenever the little one tottcrs,
Around her is hastily thrown.
lis very fine fun-thiuhs the baby
This holc Of standing alone!
And often and over my baby
Before lire's long journey Is gone,
You will ycarn in youIhours ofwcahness
For something 10 lean upon.
When the props upon which you depend
Are taken away or ovcrhrown,
You will find it wcarisome, baby
So wearisomc, standing alone.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-11-15
T! .. CINCINNATI
w < T KLY TIMES

hns Tor moro thnn forty years maintained ia
pualtlcn ~ the leading paper of the West, 10
ranks hhOvc OIL others IN circulation, indu.
ehrc, aud Ia tho esteem ofits readers, hernuso
~ ~ just Tho Kind " pnpur the people want,
7he lIeehV times covers the whole pronnI
Of q nrt Clnsg faiuily Journal, II Ia lnrpor
ma better thpn any hifh.pflcod weekly IN.
fefcd the publlci III reading matter covers "a
giehl9t SCOPE " more entertaining aud In
btfuCtlvc, aud yet 70 costs
BUT ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
Our agents everywhere ANY II IA Tho enslost
paper IN the field Ia canvass for, aud rendpra
on one year nto no pleased that they are sufo
W renew thcir subscriptions, hYghi pdOst-
ir,WkWf cotyglns (Jr one dollar q Uodr, aud tho
Specimen copies noe. Send FOR ono bpforo
hubsctlblng for amy paper Address weekly
Iiines, w Walnut Street. Cincinnati, y,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-19
W, K P. A.


We hope TO meet the members of
w. X. T. A at Hopkiusville on
the 18th and 10Th of next month, the
time and place fixed Tor the meeting.
AS the bounds OF the Association in
ciude all the couuIies of this Appel
late District, twenty.nine in number,
it is expecled the attendance Will be
large and the OCCASION an enjoyable
and profitable one. IL win be real
pleasure TO meet the boys OF all The
''alleged papers, in this end OF the
State and have a shake all round.
The Nestor ofthe Purchase press
Col. Len. G. Faxon, with his lordly
lnien, winning smile, and genial man
nera will DO there with his entcfpris-
Ing contemporary, John b. Gaines
And along will these disciples 81 old
Faust, we may look forStheir com
peer, thegrim yisaged and indomlta-
bic deiendcrof the District rings and
cliquess Capt. John II. Shields, OF the
Clinton Democrat whoinwe love for
His very ugliness and other whole
some qualities: with Marshall Beau
tnour, tic courteous aud handsome
editor OF the Mayfield Democrat.
Ben. e. Briggs, the Sspfighlly ,presid-,
ing genius of tie Mayfeld Monitor,
the erratic Tire-efgansinsihe lasteony
gressional campaign. Col. George
Warren, fhe able exponnder aud
COURAGEOUS advocate ofihe-old Dem.
ocratic iaith,s whomgwe have never
met, but love as brother, and the
scholarly EDITOR OF The Galloway
News, and presideht of the, Murray
Collegiate Institute, Prof. Babbitt.
Then from ibis, side Of the rivers,
will conn Capt. Allen ,,ofsihe Prince
con Bahnefs the stock Journalist OF
this end of the State, every inch q
gentleman anda forcible writcr; A.
J. Blake, Tie Kuttawa News, who
Yields trenchant blade inidefense
OF his new departure; bro. Casey, Of
the CrIlten,len Press, a ready and
sprightly quill driver, and Col. Ben
'Harrisqrthe lean gennt, 4apd volaer
ious editor Of the Henderson News.
And coihihgalitle iiearen ZONE, r@cI
may count in the portly, weighty and
gallant Zeno Young, Of the Madison
yiileT7iIimes,F an alleged news paper
btlonginglo.tbe Assoeihtiop, aid lheA
vivaclous, wide awake, and courtly
Woodson,, of the Echo, who can see
more, in agiYeh time and tell more
that he don't see. than any young
ihsn III tilis end of the State. Then |
near the point Of rendezvous is the |
ancient Ffiiik Bristow, OF the Elkton |
Register Who wears tho honors OF |
Journalism, brascly won III many a
holly copestedy, field, in which, old
Bout5obl freely fo we'd oanh crested
feif wiz their face to The foe.
Upon the iryslipg ground will be
found 70 welcome The coming guests. |
Sam Chimes, Charlie Mearham anal
Col. Miller, whose praises are l1ieii |
the dips Of all good editors.-lrigg
, DDee'pHOgSrs'2 ANE kGl
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-19
Meyer Marry a Girl ofthis Kind.

The settlement of Lower Oregon is
going on at an unprecedented rate.
A German couple haye recently ar
rived with fourteen, children, the
mother being only twenty-five years
of age. They were married in, the
fall of 1870, and the following sum-
Iner their married life was blessed
with twins, both girls. Less than
two years later, the woman, who
was then eighteen years old, gave
birth 10 four children, three girls and
boy, the latter living only few
days. In the summer. Of 1874 three
more girls registered OF that humble
hearth, and 1875 boy arrived SOL
iiary aud sloneJ Seven Years after
marriage The arrival OF anothercluster
offour, this time two boys and two
girls, was n'event that created some
CONSERVATION, and two years ago two
more little tlaxen-haired girls came
to'the fortunate couple. ors i7ff
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4 BaY,s IDEA q Heads,

itt -
"fIeads are Of different shapes and
sizes. They are full ofnotions. Large
heads do not always hsld the most.
Some persons eau tell what a man is
by the shape Of his head. High
heads arctic best kind. Very know
ing people are called long headed. A
fellow that won't stop for anything or
anybody is called hot-headed. II he
is not quite so bright he is called
soft-headed. II he won't be coaxcd
nor turned they call him pig-headvd.
Animals have very small heads. The
heads Of fools slant back. When
your head is cut off you are beheaded.
Our lieadsa are covered with hair, ex-
ccpt bald-heads. Where arc barrel
heads, heads 81 ssrmons--and some
ministers used to, liave fifteen heads
to one scrmoo-pim.heads, heals of
eattle--asthe farmer calls his COWS
ed oxen;s headSiads, drqmllcads
cal bage heads, l6ygerheads, come to-
a-heads head him of, head OF z the
fainify;s and 60 head2but first be
sure you;areright; but the worst, of
all heads are dead -heads. who hang
round anaeditor fol- free tick etssto a
show"
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-19
ats Grocery Store gsls. OH

~. u. 4. -, f- "a M lA ~ III
| ihv a'lyies ma .srocerJ siore got
iiiaa inc o'ber morning, ana hsd'a ut
lie 'alF oyer PONIES, resigior, escpi N
i,ost spirited manner,
T ii;'i ho'su On ef,. s''iu INC mas eret :
ou gre q ihlsnly scals fort OF
parry snouss'', san l, Wy Slisar,and iiiye
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your iacc,
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1 = Pounds Gained In three Weeks,
and Cured of Consumption.
}. CrauU0ck z Co., luz Rate St.,
nlgf.Hxtt ~. ,

4HV95To' OIuNNtVNh q OU'i IVlz N.tVU ol.,
,rr. rgf Philadelphia, Pa.
Gentlemen :-Please send me twelve LottleH
ofDr. II. JAMES CASsABfs lSDlCA, one each
of Pills and Ointment, for friend OF mine
who is not expected To live; and as your medi-
cines cured me Of Consumption some three
years ago. want him to try them | gained
fifteen pounds while tai ing the first three bot
ties, and know 1t is just the thing for him,
Respectfully, J..Y. HULL,
This remedy sliehksl FOR .i3selfa iOne bottle
will satisfy the most 7keptical. There is, not
q single symptom Of CONSUMPTION that 1t does
not dissipate Mt once, Hnd twin break 90 a
fresh cold in "a hours $3.50 per pint bottle.r.
Address CRADDoBK X Co ,lO32 Race st Phil-
adeluhia Pa. fh hii " 600 may IL 49, g
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I Thousands Of soldiers and heirs are entitled I
to Pensions. AUTHORIZATIONS date Of dis
charge or death, II applied for before July |, |
1850. Wound, accidental Injury or disease on
titles to a Pension. lSounty and back pay col.
Iected. Increase Of Pensions secured. This |
1un established, In lSsR Address, epclnairg
stamp, EDsoy Bros, U. $. Claim Attorneys,
III Gstreet. Washih Gton. DAC. hgf h aai
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-19

Tennessee negroes are immigrating
to Kansas by the hundred from the
vicinity Of Huntingdon,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-19

A Young lady who had been mar
riod little over year, wrote TO her
matter Of fact father, saying, ave
have the dearest little cottage in the
world, ornamented with the most
charming little creepers you ever
saw" The old man read tho letter
and exclaimed, "Twins by thdnderw
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-19

kiss. SAID young Charles, as a
noun, we allow but tell me my dear,
is it proper or common y Losely
Mary blushed deep and exclaimed:
"Why wow, Ithink that a kiss is
both proper and common"
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There will be no more niekles
made. This will interfere with our
plans very materially, as we had CON
a,emplaled making nickle sidewalk
FROM our Office to our residence. II !.
| faducah Enterprise.
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CULTIVATION OF ToBACCo.-It was
once a very common thing to rank
Virginia as the leading tobacco pro
drcino State, but she must now yield
to Kentucky in quantity; and for
quality, better article is now grown
in Pennsylvania and Connecticut
than in the famous tobacco belt. The
crop is very remunerative one-for
awlfile-but we doubt if any section
of the country can constantly under
go the annual drain of thfs great i'm
poverisher of the best lands of the
country. 1t may be enriching to the
farmers of this generation, bat the
succeeding one will have much to do
in order to bring the tobacco lands
to their primitive stages OF fertility.
In Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
nessee the soil is wearing out to such
degree that it is becoming matter
of discussion among farmers regard
ing the abandonment of its culture
altogether If it is required to ex-
pend large sums of money in order to
bring back to the soil those substan-
ces derived from it in order to secure
large yield of this crop in single
season, it is reasonable to suppose
that it viii not be long ere farmers
will realize the fact that temporary
temporary remuneration does not
compensate for that which will more
than balance what was supposed to be
at certain time absolute clear gain
SEED procured from one section
does not produce leaves similar tt
the original if transported to othel
places, and the thick leafed tobacco
when sown and planted in Connecti'
cut and Pennsylvania, brings out 9
crop Of thin, large leaves, entirely diff
ferent from what is desired by the
change. Perhaps there is no plant
known to us SO susceptible of infu-
ences Of climatic changes than tobac-
GO, and there are many difficulties to
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
HOUSE, FARM AND PRESIDE

THE DIFFUSION OF SEEDs.-1n a
very large number of cases the diffu-
sion of seeds is effected by animals.
To this class belong the fruits and
berries. In them an outer fleshy por-
tion becomes pulpy and generally,
Sweet, inclosing the seeds. 1t is re-
markable that such fruits, in order,
doubtless, to attract animals, are
like flowers, brightly colored-for
instance, the cherry, currant, apple,
peach, plum, strawberry, raspberry,
and many others. This color, more
over, is not present in the unripe
fruit, but is rapidly developed at ma
turity. In such cases the actual seed
is protected by dense, sometimes
almost stony, covering, so that it es-
capes digestion, while its termination
is. perhaps FASTENED by the heat of
the animals body 1t may be said
that the skin of apple and pear pips
is comparatively soft; but then they
are embedded in stringy core,which
is seldom eaten. These colored fruits
form a considerable part of the food
of monkeys in the tropical regions of
The earth, and we can, think hardly
doubt that these animals are guided
by the colors, just as we are, in Sc
lecting the ripe fruit. This has a
curious bearing on al interesting
question of the power of distinguish
ing color possessed by our ancestors
Z in bygone time. Magnus and Gre
ger, relying on the well known fact
that the ancient language is poor in
words for color, and that in the old
est books-as, for instance that of
the Vedas, Zendazesta, the Old Test
ment and the writings of Homer and
Others, and though, Of course the
heavens are referred to over and over
again. its blue color is never referred
to. have argued that the anclents
were very deficient in the power of
distinguishing colors, and especially
blue. In our own country Mr.Glad-
stone has lent the weight of his great
authority to the same conclusion.
For my part l cannot accept this
view. There are, it seems TO me,
very strong reasons against it, into
which, cannot. of course, now enter:
and though / rely mainly on other
considerations, the colors of the fruit
are not l think without significance.
If monkeys and apes could distin-
guish them, surely we may infer that
even the most savage of men could
do so too. Zauxis would never have
deceived the birds if he had not had
fair perception of color. In these
Instances of colored fruits, the f1eshy
edible part more or less surrounds
the true seeds; in others the actual
seeds themselves become edible. In
the former the edible part serves as
a temptation to animals; in the latter
it is stored up for the use of the plant
itself. When, therefore, the seeds
themselves are edible they are gener
ally protected by more or less hard
or bitter envelopes; for instance the
horse chestnut, beech, Spanish chest
nut, walnut, etc. That these seeds
are used as food by squirrels and
other animals,is however,by no means
necessarily an evil to the plant, fol
the result is they are often carried
some distance and then deopped, OF
stored up and forgotten, so that il
this way they get carried away from
tie parent tree.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-23

PRESENTATION OF HARNEsS.-Ihe
first point to be observed is to keep
the leather soft and pliable; this can
only be done by keeping it well charg-
with oil and grease; water is a de-
stroyer of these, but mud and saline
moisture from the animal are even
more destructive. Mud, in drying
absorbs the grease and opens the
pores of the leather, making ready
prey to water, while the salty char
acter of the perspiration from the
animal Injuries the leather, stitching
and mountings. 1t therefore follows
that to preserve harness the straps
should be washed and oiled whenever
it has been moistened by sweat or
soiled by mud. To do this efiectu-
ally, the straps should be unbuckled
and detached; then washed with a
little water and brown soap, then
coated with mixture of neatsfoot
oil and be allowed to remain undis-
turbed until the water is dried out;
then thoroughly rub with a wooden
rag; the rubbing is important, as it,
in addition to removing the surplus
oil and grease, tends to close the
pores and gives finish to the leath-
err In hanging harness care should
be taken to allow all straps to hang
their full length; brides, pads, gig
saddles and collars should be hung
upon forms of the shape of each; and
| as light is essential to to the care
of leather, when the harness closet is
dark the door should be left open al
least half the time during the day. AL
closets should be ventilated and wher
possible they should be we'll lighted
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-23
A Fool once more.

"For ten years my wife was confined
to her bed with such complication of
ailments that no doctor could tell what
was the matter or cure her, and / used
up small fortune in humbug stuff.
Six months ago ! saw U. S. flag with
Hop Bitters on it, and / thought ]
would be fool once more. | tried il
but my folly proved to be wisdom.
Two bottles cnred her, she is now as
well and strong as any mans wife, and
it cost me only two dollars. Such folly
pays. III. W., Detroit, Mich.-Free
Press.