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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-13
/ Virginia Battlefield.
Cold Harbor as II Now Appear9-A Sum.
mor Day on the Ground Of Slaughter ~
What tho Great Armies Left
Behind Bones, Bullets, and
EarthWOrks Stories OF
tho Natives.

tho Natives.
Correspondence of tho Philadelphia Timcg
Corn IIAHnoR, August 27.--'lhc little
darkry who brought me hlther behind u
vcll-lnthered horse, pokcy and tired
from n tcn-milG trot, ChuCklcd rs he said
"Buss, l'sc a-thinkin' an a-wunncrin'
why dry calls desc hcah surroundins
Cole llu' u'boh. - Something of that kind
bad occurred to me, for the ride from
Richmond had been tedious, the ruts N
the sandy roads this side Of the Chlcka-
homhy were deep, aud shimmerng lines
Of heat constantly waved above the whole
earth to the right and left, The morning
had been n "hllin' timc,' us the boy FREE
qucntly remarked, and the approach of
noon had made the mir no better But
however hot n hatbor this place 0T sun,
and, and dust may now seem TO me, II
was indeed cold hnrbor Tor the thuus-
mds whom Grant left In the chill of
death here IN the early days Of June
seventeen years ago.
TItr CoLp nARnoR HOUSE.
Half n mile down the road Is Farmer
Buruct's house, that bears the name
"Cold llnrbOr." II Is Hn uld-lHshOned
frame building, dark and stained from u
hundred storms. There have been no
material changes about the place since
the battle, during which the house re-
criypd several hard hits from shNpuel
and round shot sent hummug hthcr by
Lee. The yard retains H. oaks, the shade
of which looked 40 inviting to the troops
as they marched by under the summer
sun, The local story, rclold from ia
lher 10 child tor many generations, has
II that one severe winter % traveller was
frozen to death by the fireplace Of the
hoilsr. thus giving " u name now hlslor-
icn for all time. Somewhat nearer the
cemetery IA the Cartwright house,
which Is also a point Of interest. II
stands In the centre Of on untitled field,
aud In the chimney nrc u score uf grape
shot holes. when Wright and Smith
ncrcely assaulted Lees line at the edge
of the woods beyond, two thousand brave
fellows fell around the dwelling. Mira.
Cartwright was on her knees IN the cell
lar. and Vet prnls aud shocks 80 cracked
the mir that she could not herself tell the
words she said, Down through the roof
the partitions and the lloor came crn-l-
ing II grrnt ball Of iron, but as thc
nciHhbors sny, Mrs. Cartwright was at
her prayers, aud without exploding The
shell rolled harmlsssly upon The hem Of
her gown.
MANY tAHttl MAHNs,
with The purpose of following the linc
Of Federal pnrlhWorhs from o pout near
| the rctetp 10 the extreme left ! made
my way alone through hedge Of brlnrs
that topped fence and struck out across
d field Though the plough has many q
time scratched lts mark IN thc soft soil u
has failed tu obltcfhtc the cnlicnchcd
! line. which lies Ia low ridge, stretching
far before The eye. Evcn whcrc the
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-13
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER l3, 1881.
A Free Education.
"Common schools foStered and protected.
democratic Platform, 1880.
The Just Debt of Virginia.

Old registered and coupon
debt, as of Jan. !, 1861, $3l .5OG. .5S2 80
Old James River Stock and
James River and Kama
wha bonds, ......,.. 20l.130.00
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-13
For tho News,
The Valley of the Past,
ny r. =, D'DusG,

ny Il. x. D'BusG.
There Is lonely valley
Mid mountains dark and old,
Where all of carh's gny pictures
Aic wr0pt In solemn folds,
In It arc lights and shadows,
OF every hue and east,
And wc cNll this quiet valley,
The valley Of the past.
There are our hours Of dreaming,
And things that might have been;
The joys which once we cherished,
VIII ne'cr be ioya again.
There, too, are hopes aud treasures,
Which our yearning hearts did grasp,
But they are hddcn--hurled
In the valley Of the past
There are the scenes Of childhood,
lts sunlight and ~ shade,
Its song Of love aud innocence
IN silent gloom arraycd;
But would not recall them,
But q look to the future cast,
For II will soon be sleeping,
IN the valley OF the past
All IN, This vale Of shadows,
The gaycsl things of earth .
win fade like twilight pictures,
In the ,plrit-lond Of death,
No songs can break the silence,
That win forever last,
For lonely quiet valley,
Is the valley of the past.
o, who would o'er II wnndcrY ..
It's scenes again recall;
q, do not o'Ur II ponder;
But let The curtain fall. .. ...
For wc nll have ties 80 slcrcd ..
That time can never blast, .
Too sncicd To- he buried
In the Valley of the past,
lppt. 2. 1881.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-13

"You make mc think" John William
said, dropping upon som beside u pfet-
~ gill, un sunday evening 'ol % hnhk
Whprcon tie wild thyme grows 10
tT' she murmurudt "it is nice but that
Is pas step IN The hall and unlcss you
can drop out Of tho trout window before
! cease speaking. you'll lave q litllo
Wild time with him, my own, for lac
loves You not
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-13
Handsome Property for
@ Sale ..'
AMI i@
Ar M1DH1DCTA.

iontr Cor sald bn t0ay terms MY
new 2 story cottage toutiguuue 10
Cfumloy t iarkefs eloge NJ Mgndoln,
with 0ue acre of ground The build
ing h entliely new, 0fntat molrfhUe
sign. bnl stands bptWteh tic N q, r.
H. aud tho river. Tile ground W ftli
Also my old Homestead near The
same and. sinllnrly located viii tlRht
ncrcA ~ pond tr0nnd There hfi Two
excellent spflDgs and tho building.
ON the . mite tiart are COMFORTABLE ]
will give q aud ~ months time
'fhia " a very rare opportunity 10
gct desirable nfoperiy 7 .ifh' '.HT
FRANK NJ, BANKER
muy2ll Ar,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-09-13
The White House,

We copy the following from the Gplica
Days in reference to the home OF the
Chief Magistrate Of the United States:
Its cornerstone was laid on the 18Th of
October, 1902, under the supcrintend-
cnce Of Capt. JAS. Ilobon, an Irish arch
itcct, direct from Dublin, who accepted
the award Of 5000 tthcn thought to be a
large amounD for the design.
Ilc Is buried in the Catholic cemetery
at Washington, and his deGendants still
live in that city. ..... ....... ..
The British destroyed The building'in
the year ISL +, but it was rebuilt by Capt,
lIObon, ana WINS first opened for the ru-
ccptiOn Of visitors on January |, 1918.
The porLiCo of four lofty 0oulmns, on
the north side, was added in 1922, during
the administration of President jackson.
Gtisa lofty building, two stories IN
height, with q frontage of one hundred
and eighty feet aud u depth Of eighty
five feet. The ycslibule within The front
dooris fifty feet long 10y forty wide, The
famous East room, which was flushed
fifty years ago. Is eighty feet long, forty
feet wide ANA twenty two feet high.
Eight large mirrors md three chandc-
licrs, Of crystal and silver, adorn the
room. The walls are covered with gray
paper, aud the furniture Is trimmed with
gray rep and maroon velvet, with the
exception of our public halls It is the
largest In the country aud for lts size, IL
certainly the haudsomcst.
The Presidents office, which is In the
second story, and which IL the cabinet
room also, is not very large. II u thirty
five or forty feet long and thirty or
forty feet wide with n ceiling about
twenty feet high. In the middle Of the
floor is u longmblo, surr0uudrdby eath.
cr-4calcd chats long lnmbrcgum cur
laius Of dark, bluish-gHy color udorn
the windows, and the carpet IA Of n red
tint with large figures, aud large map
Of the United Stalesis on The wall.
Washington Is q Government crcHtlon,
ami the White House Il chiefly memora-
Bile on account Of men who have llycd III
IT, Every one Of our Presidents except
Washington has resided IN this famoui
house. The original cost of tIlia building
In 1909 was about 1891 900, and the total
cost up TO This time Is about n 100000.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15
Turned White from Terror.
From the Colorado Gazette.

Lone Star rancho is becoming famous
as productive of some very remarkable
sheep. It was on the Lone Star rancho
that the wonderful three-ply sheep was
born. We refer, of course, to the sheep
with three eyes, three ears and three
tails, which was fully described IN the
Gazette some weeks ago. We have re-
ceived advices from our special cores
pondent, Mr.. w. W. Cook, whom we
have engaged as a specialist to keep a
scientific eye on the peculiar happen
ings at the rancho. :,
In the course of his letter on the re-
cent phenomenon, Mr.. Cook says: las
most of your readers probably know,
black wool brings from five to ten cents
a pound less than the corresponding
grade of white wool. In order to Sc
cure the separation of the inferior pro-
duct as our shearing operations pro-
crossed, we placed the black sheep in
pen by themselves. There were thus
on last Tuesday night sixty-three black
sheep and some lambs in one OF the
corrals. During the night coyote en-
tered and killed eve and two lambs,
and we we're greatly surprised to find
in the morning that the wool on the re-
manning sixty-two sheep had turned
perfectly white from terror.
Happily this increase in the value OF
the wool more than balanced the loss OF
the sheep that were killed. The bleach
ing effect of fear on the human hair are
well known, but never heard OF any
previous instance of its action on AMI
mails. 1 merely state the facts as they
occurred and leave to others practical
application of them, which will, l
doubt not, add thousands of dollars to
the value of the annual wool product
of this country The facts given so
succintly by our correspondent are de-
serving of especial notice, and will no
doubt attract much attention upon the
part of scientists.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15
Joke on Schoenwald.

They tell good story at the expen-
Sc Of Shoenwald, the lessee Of the Hotel
del Monte, at Monterey CALIFORNIA. It
seems that said proprietor was taking .
prowl through the kitchen department
at rather unusual hour one night, when
he discovered the steward seated in an
arm. chair in the'pantry, with his feeton
shelf, and further engaged in sharing
an imported pate and q few bottles of
eight dollar Burgundy with a good
looking chambermaid.
Mr.. s., who is himself connoisseur
in Burgundy, chambermaids things,
flew into rage and discharged the un-
faithful steward onthe spot. The latter
the next morning packed his trunk.
dressed himself in his best, and had his
beard shaved off, preparatory to a few
days pleasure trip to Santa Cruz. He
then went to the Office for settlement,
and s., who happened to be behind the
counter just then, said:
swell, my man, what are you looking
for?"
"Wel' am looking for a job as stew
ard, just now" said the fred-out en-
ployee.
"All right, said the hotel keeper,who
had not recognized the man, owing to
his changed appearance. Il have just
discharged worthless rascal, to whom
1 have been paying sixty dollars a
month. Now, You look like clever,
bright man, and if you give satisfaction
I'd let you have the place for seventy
five dollars"
And in five minutes the steward was
back in his pantry, and to this day his
employer innocently compliments the
new man on his superiority to the old
one. The steward is now putting up a
Job in conjunction with the same cham
bermaid to secure another raise-Indcr.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15

Does the young man who persists in
being a loafer ever reflect how much
less It would cost to be decent, re-
spectacle man? Does he imagine that
loaferism is more economical than gen.
tility? Anybody can be gentleman,
if he chooses to be without much cost,
but it is mighty expensive being a
loafer. 1t costs time, in the first place,
days, weeks and months of it; in fact
about all the time he has, for no man
can tie first-class loafer without de-
voting his whole time to it. The occu-
patton well followed, hardly affords
time for eating, sleeping, drive had
almost said drinkips, but on reflection
we will except that The loafer finds
time to drink, whenever invited at the
cost of friends. Once fully embarked
on the sea of loaferdcm and you bid
farewell to every friendly sail that sails
under an honest and legitimate flag.
Your consorts will only be the bucca-
neers of society. 1t costs money, for,
though the loafer may not earn a cent
or have one for months, the time lost
might have procured him much money,
il devoted to industry instead of sloth.
1t costs health, vigor, comfort, oil the
utre pleasures Of living, honor, dignity,
self-respect, and finally, all right Of
consideration when dead. Be gentle
man, then; it is far cheaper.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15

The bagasse, or pressed cane, instead
Of being burned with nearly half It,
valuable properties, would be treated 20
q 10 yield Ill. or nearly al these prop
critics, and tho planter would thus got
the whole fruit Of his labor. And still
another advantage would attend the
central mill system. The large planta-
tons, instead OF being rudely cultivated
by hired hands. would be let out TO ten
ants animated by the ambition 10 get
from the soil all II could be made to
yield; or, the larger estates would be
divided into small farms and sold to
an industrious, thrifty, and independent
class OF cultivators. It has been said
that the soil of Louisiana is capable OF
yielding sugar enough TO supply the
United States. Whether this be true
or not, il is certain that II is capable OF
yielding twice or thrice a. much % II
does now. Tho Louisiana sugar crop
is now about 10000 hogsheads-not
one-fifth the amount consumed in the
country. 1.-THE business were reformed
ON the central mill plan, there is reason
for believing that the crop would, in q
few years, rise to 40O,0OO or 100000
hogsheads.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15
Sugar. Growing in Louisiana.
st. Louis Republican

The subject of changing the sugar
producing business in Louisiana SO as
to separate the agricultural from the
mechanical part is again attracting at
tention in that state. 1t is a little
strange that the Louisiana planters
should be SO slow to adopt a reform
whose advantages are manifest. There
is no more reason why every cane
grower in that state should make his
own sugar than why every Illinois
farmer should manufacture his own
cream into butter. This is what the
Illinois farmer actually did ten years
ago; but when it was proved that CEN
trail creameries run by machinery and
provided with labor-saving appliances
could make better butter and at small
err cost than the individual farmers
could, they at once gave up their home
diaries and adopted the practice of SELL
ing their milk to their creameries, or
central butter factories. The lesson
ought to be studied by the Louisiana
cane-growers. A farmer or planter
makes clumsy mechanic. 1t is his
business to produce the raw material,
and when he goes beyond this and en-
cages in manufacturing, particularly
such expensive and difficult manufactur-
ing as sugar making, he does an unwise
thing. One reason why sugar-planting
in Louisiana falls so far short of being
as profitable as it ought to be is that the
planter extracts so small proportion
Of the saccharine matter from the cane.
1t is stated that this proportion is only
fifty per cent. that is, one-half the SUI
gar is taken from the cane, put into
hogsheads and sold, and the other half
put into the bagasse furnace and burn
ed. The excuse for this waste is that
the machinery now in use will not ex-
tract more than one-half the saccharine
matter. But this proves the necessity
for abandoning a system which is so in
effective and resorting to better one.
If there were large central sugar-mills,
provided with improved machinery and
appliances and operated by experts, es-
tablished in the cane7growing districts,
and if the planters would limit them
selves to raising and selling cane, q
more thorough economy would attend
the business. The planters would raise
more and better cane, and the mills
would make more and better sugar.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15
Cattle In Western Texas,

Cattle In Western Texas.
San Saba Ne,ps: The cattle business
in Western Texas has become 30 profit
able that prices have advanced TO fig
ures nearly double that which governed
the sale Of stock cattle two years ago.
The grade of cattle has been greatly i'm
proved by crossing with blooded stock.
A two.year old half breed is now fully
equal in size and weight to q three-year
old of the scrub or native breed. This
improvement will continue until within
few years the long-horn will be an
animal Of the past. The long-limbed,
long-winded, long-horned rustler OF the
Texas plains is fast approaching extinc.
ton, to be replaced by race of ami
mails better suited to the wants of civil.
lied man As this change takes place
Texas beef will gradually attain high
er rank in the markets until eventually
it will be classed fully to that of any
other procured from grass-fed stock.
Prices for cattle, though higher now
that ever known Lefore in Texas, will
never perhApss be- lower; and owing to
the rapid Improvement in the grades,
and the certainty, Of an. increased de-
mand for Texas beef, there is o strong
probability that prices will continue to
advance until they become doubled
again. These facts, coupled with the
opportunity now offered for securing
grazing lands at an extreme low figure,
makes the cattle business an exceeding
~ lucrative employment. A stock Of cat.
tie, say 1000 head. judiciously selected
and carefully handled, will yield q clean
annual profit of at least Is per cent. on
the amount of their cost. The asser-
ton is based upon unequivocal proofs
furnished by numerous instances OF
success attained by citizens Of our
town and county. The facts and figures
elected by the winding up Of the bust
ness Of d cattle transaction, covering
five years time, we will give, as q con-
venient case to illustrate our position.
The parties interested we're we'll known
citizens here and our statements can
be easily verified. In the month Of
April, 1875, Messrs. Wiley T. Murray
and Thomas Mcconnell bought one
thousand COWS with their calves, for
which they paid $1,000. After being
kept upon the range, as per agreement,
five years they, with the increase, were
sold last May for the handsome
sum of $4,000. During the time
beeves were sold sufficient to cover the
entire cost of keeping the stock. This
transaction shows profit Of more than
100 per cent. per annum upon the or
iGinal capital invested. We do not
claim that all who may invest in the
cattle business will be SO successful as
these gentlemen. They had the advant-
age Of the thorough knowledge of the
business-were good managers and
financiers. All are not alike qualified,
and some may even fail, as in all other
business, but with an average amount
of common sense and due attention to
business, there is no reason why there
should be failure to make at least %
per cent. per annum upon capital in
vested in the cattle business in this part
of Texas. }n
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15

A TRAMP with his arm in a sling called
on Gilhooley for a quarter, alleging
that his arm had been injured in the
recent railroad accident near San An
tonic. But yesterday you had the
other arm in the sling replied Gilhoo-
ley. well, supposin' / had. Don't you
think feller's arm gets tired Of being
tied up all day? Besides, I have got
conclusion of the brain, and can't re-
member half the time which arm was
broken.'-Teras Sitting
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15
THE NEW SOUTH.

The New York Herald ssys within
the last eighteen months tluO, 900, 900
has been subscribed in the North and
Europe for investment in the South.
OF this 10000, 900 goes into new and
old railroads, and the rest into mines
and manufactures. The Investments
in railroads are given as follows: &c.
600, 900 in the Cincinnati and Georgia
syndicate; tl2, 800, 900 in the Georgia
Pacific; Sll,000,000 in the Norfolk
and Western; $l0,000,000 by the Err
LANCER syndicate; sl7,S00,O00 in the
Richmond and Danville; q, 800, 900 in
the Louisville and Nashville; and &c.
600, 900 by the Baltimore and Ohio
extensions. Texas is totally ignored
in the article Of the Herald, which was
made up by an Atlanta man. And,
therefore. over $40, 100000 must be
added to the count on account Of
Northern and European, capital being
expended in the South, a larger sum
than any other four States combined,
and which brings the figures up to
$4,000, 900 now being expended in
the development Of Southern resources.
However astonishing, this is all very
true. The late census astonished the
North at the extraordinary advance
ment the South made in the last ten
years in population. After all their
Dragging and blowing, the South beat
them in that respect. They may as
we'll prepare at once for as equally
startling showing in wealth. The
South is bound eventually to be the
wealthiest end Of the Union. It has
far more natural wealth, and this only
requires development to attain the re-
suit. Its soil is richer, timber far
greater and better; it has more coal,
iron, copper, lead, gold and silver mines
and forty times the water power the
North has. 1t has fifty times the best
climate to live and die in, and besides
producing every article the North
does in greater abundance to the acre
annually sends to market about $780,
100000 worth Of cotton, for which
the North has no offset. Eventually
that amount will be annually produced
in Texas alone. Whilst agriculture
has about reached its zenith in the
North its sun has scarcely arose in the
South. The great task now in hand is
to complete our railway system. This
will be finished within the next five or
ten years. The next will be cotton
and wooden mills, and manufactures Of
every kind and character. The ground
work of these is even now being laid.
The latter half of this generation Of
people will see hundred mills in the
South where one is running now, and
the next generation will see more cot
ton spun and wove at Southern fac
tories than is now raised in the United
States. It is simple problem, re-
volved, and the result is, it is economy
to locate the mills among the cotton
patches. 1t just exactly saves freight
two ways. There is more to be saved
in this than there are clear profits in
Northern and British mills.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-09-15
ALesson in Pronunciation.

There was a young maid of Mexia,
Fell in love with a railroad survexia
She gave him her hand
And her chattels and land
When he promised to love md obexia
Waco Examiner.