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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15
THE N. Ct.
What Bristol Has Next
Door.
Our Locked out Resources.
How Vigorous Enterprise is
Letting Them in
Our Locked out Resources
Lrrom the Dapyille News.l

IFrom the Dapvillo Newell
EsruLyILIR, 6oorT COUNTY, VA.,.
january, 20, 1881
Mo,oy ". T. Sutherlia, President, Dan
ollie, Va:
NV Dear Major.-1 was very glad to
hear from you day or two ago through
a mutual friend who had met you. |
was deeply interested In the accont nc
gave Of your rapid progress with the
narrow gauge road from your city to
Henry Courthouse. ! recall our IRE
ouent and pleasant Interchange Of views
ia Richmond, where you were laboring
In the interest OF your little road, and !
waa working for similar one to try and
onen I'M these "locked-out" mountain
oountIes In Southwest Virginia. Meth
or project looked very hopeful then, but
I am clad that both are now an assured
aucecss. As have heard what you are
doing, II may interest you to learn what
va have accomplished. About eighteen
months ago, with n handful OF convlcls,
and only few thousand dollars sub
ecrIbed, we began to grade our llnc from
Drlptol towards Big Stone Gap In Wise
county, The distance Il about 90 miles,
and the county, as you know, IL noun
tainoua. We found, however, u good
line by following water courses, ana
worked on hopefully. Many OF our pest
people laughed nj our undertaking, nut
q few had faith; that saved us. About
year ago our enterprise led 10 an lnNs-
tIgatIon Of tha resources Of these noun
tsIns BY some Western Pennsylvania
coal and Iron men. The discoveries
made under their auspices have been
sImply astonishing. II was vaguely
known that there was coal In Wise c0lln-
ty, and good deal Of iron ore In Scott
and Lee. our Northern friends soon
bscame convinced that they had found
bonnnya In both coal aud Iron. They
quietly sct 20 work and purchased be-
tween 30 900 and 10000 acres Of these
mineral lands, aud obtained n charter
from the Circuit Court Of Wise for the
uTlnealla Coal & Iron Company" to de-
yslop their property. Since thclr organ
isailon they have added about 2O,O00
ssrss more 10 their original purchases,
and have now over 10000 acres Of The
rloheet coal and Iron lands held IN one
ownership on this continent.
Their FIRST steps, after securing the
lands, was 10 have thorough scientific
investigation lnto their value. 10 tllis
end they employed Prof J. !. Steven
aon, OF the New York University, one
Of the forcmoat geologlsie Of this coun-
try, and Of very large experience. AZ n
coat 10 tho company of between $1,000
and 5000, Prof Stephenson has made
an exhaustive examination, not only of
iie properiy. but Of n belt OF twenty or
more nlllrs Nilc Hl along our rond. His
report shoNt tliht WC have splendid iron
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15
Peterson.

We have received the March number
Of Petcrson's magazine. Fresh, spark
ling, and teclning with the latest fasl'-
ions and novelties, 1t commends itself to
The ladies everywhere. There Is no
greater favoritc among the ladies than
this standard American fashion maga-
zine, and no wonder, for 1t is reliable
and interesting in every detail. Sub
scrlption % n year. The Ne"s and Pc
terson for one year will be sent to sub
scribers for the small sum of $2.75. Try
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15
Sale of Valuable Prop.
erty.

DursUsnt to a decree rendered by the
/ Circuit Court Of Washington G0un-
ty Va, on the 9Th day of Jan, 1881, in
the suit Of John w. Barr Assignee in
bankruptcy Of Philip Rohr W, the Va,
q Kentucky Railroad Company. the
undersigned special Commissioners
will sell on the 9th day Of Feb. 1881 in
fgont of the Mayors Office, in the town
OF G0odson Va. the house and lots
mentioned and described IN the plead.
ings of said suit. being one brick
house and lot fronting on Scott street
In said town. tie house contsiuing
four rooms, also two vacant lots front.
ing on said street.
TERMS or SALE:
The Sale will be made at public out
cry to tllc highest bidder, for cash in
hand sufficient to pay the costs ofsuit
and cor l. and comm ssiOus Of sale, The
balance on u credit o. g, II and IL
months, for which bonds hearing in.
terrst from date Of each, with good se-
curity will hc required and o lien re-
tsupd for deferred payments.
The foregoing sale Is postponed un-
I'll Saturday the 18th day Of March.
A. FULK KERSON,
A II, BLANCHARD,
jaulS'l tds Commissioners 4
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15

TnH Wytheville ENTERrRIsE says there
was Court scene last Wednesday at
at,Eewbern, between Lieut.. Governor
J.A. Walker and the Commonwealth's
Attorney, Mr.. Wysor. Walker threw o
tumbler at Wysor, who nturncd the
compliment by tossing pitcher Mt the
latitudinous corporosity Of the Lieut..
Governor. Both fined, some water split
and nobody hurt.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15

We desire 10 emil the attention Of our
renders 10 the grand holiday offer Of the
MruLlsghon Piano Company, whose
advertisements appears elsewhere. This
Company offers mn 1850 Squntc Grand
Piano. 4 drugd n oct1rss, IN u hand
some rosewood ease. for only f2lj, nlso
many other styles Of Pianos aud organs
Al great hnrgnu, for the Holidays. IN
cluding sheet music NJ ouc-ilIld price.
These Pianos, including Glnnd,
Square and Upright, made one of the
finest displays NJ the Ccnlcnnlnl Exhibit
don. and were updHimOusW recommend
ed for thc Diploma n Hopor and R.doi
" uerH
The MrNpH gsonN PIANO Go. are the
hist to do general business with the
gurc1dscr dilcci, saving him mDtt ilaH
onc-hdif the price charged by oIhcr frsi-
cttss makers. This saving Il made by
doing nwny with the Agency Syslum,
and giving the people the Pianos ut
Wholesale or Agency prnos.
We would recommend my OF our
renders WHO have any ileu of over buy
ing piano or organ, to Heul for ilcir
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue,
which will bo mailed free 10 MI.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15
Two Mahone's.

Tho Wytheville DISPATCH says Judge
McTeer rejoices over new twelve pound
boy whom he has named VIM. Ma
hone. In respect to age he is not
quite tho equal of the Virginia Senator,
but in point of size he is believed to
have decidedly the advantage of the Gen
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15
Oil of amber,
Oil Of spike,

NpITlIs OF TITNVUTIIV'
Mix well and apply twice q day, and
greasc with n little fresh or unmltcd lard
or, what is better, the marrow from tlu-
cooked beef. bone. II viii make The
pnr,s sore and II will "run" n little, but
cach one must bc hls own Judge IN the
frequency Of the application after II be-
comes somewhat sore,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15
Splint in the Horse.

It's well known TO all owners Of hors-
"a that there L. what may be called n tu-
NOR which at frat Is callous and after
wards become. bony, which sometimes
grows upon the horscs's leg, the base
resting upon the line Of union Of the
shank-bone and the spllnt-bouc, which
frequently causcs the horse to go lOmc--
indeed almost invariably when It lnyadc'
the knce-iolnt, and which ls frequently
beyond the reach of the larrlcr TO cure
or remove. A short time ago, however
farmer, who appeared to be- fanlliar
with the ailmcnt or the horse informed
us that hc used remedy for II viii ID
was completely successful with him; ;nnd
having obtained the ingredients In Tie
belief that The ointment might be- Of SER
vice In similar cOscs, we append them us
follows;
Euunl parts Of
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15
1HE NASHVILLE AMERICAN.

Tlis faithful aud unwayeIing Sdyo-
cate OF Democratic principles, views
the result Of the late Ma
tiouM and State elections, ~ only m
additional Incentive to every sinCre
lover Of his country and itsinstitutions
90 look more closely than ever into the
administration Of public affairs by the
peoples servants II viii be the prov
incc 0f The american 10 approve right
and denO.nce error Nv heretofore, md
to give the people such inlormatiunas
viii lead them 10 correct conclusions,
The facts II VIII give VIII hp without
bias, upon which its readers can form
their own opinions. Time and the
recurrence Of popular elections, show
that y very large portion Of The voters
Of the Union net from the impulse ~
tle moment fAtlCr than from settled
convictions in regard 10 correct pr.n
ciples Of government. Hence the
greater necessity Tor the use Of public
journals 10 obtain iustcr and more ret.
He'd views on government al questions
Tbs The iWCjcdH Will uu@cuyor
with the utmost psiBs, 10 supply
The IHCrjc0H VIII continue The wDll
hnown and highly appreciated cXl"u-
sive vulump of general uewp, "Ln'e Hud
i%iiouul md will strive 10 d~rr,c
whit II urGly anlo,s. the nqmc ol
hnInp lhe beet HCW'p0pcr south OF the
Ohio River, regardless Of politics oi
location,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15
TllIl WNlNLY AMENlcAV

VIII be furnished In mlurc at the
exceedingly low price Of 81 per am
nuns PIX months ~ cents, three
months iOcls rhp ppmi-wcokly 10y
natl "a - mud the daily 5000 per nil
mum. Postage paid 80 papef sent
by mail unlrss paid IN adgspro,
Address
THE AMERICAN,
Enthyillr. Tenn.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18
ConspiratOrs Caught.

News from Russia nowadays consists
principally of accounts of plots and
co1nterplots. A short time ago twenty
one students were arrested in a con-
spirator's lodgings on the confines ofSt.
Petersburg, female student of medi-
cine being found among them in male
attire. The police learned of the con.
spiracy from a carpenter on the adIoln-
ing premises. An officer was detailed
to hide under q bed in the room where
they met, while other. policemen were
concealed near by, ready to rush in at
given signal, the sound of pistol shot.
After lying hidden for six hours, the
officer heard the nihilists perfecting
plot to shoot the Czar. Five of them
voluntarily offered to accomplish the
deed. A choice was about to be made
when the officer suddenly jumped out
of his hiding-place fred into the air,
and declared to the twenty-one con-
spirators present, who had not recovered
from their surprise, tho t he would kill
the first who moved. A the same time
the police rushed in and arrested the
whole company.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18
LADIES, DEPARTMENT.
A Feminine Trick.

A feminine trick, very common among
foreigners at Rome, Italy, is described
as follows: A lady goes to milliners
and looks over her stock OF bonnets.
She selects those which she thinks will
suit her, and begs the milliner to send
them to her the following morning that
she may try them on at home and select
the one which suits her. The poor
.milliner consents. At 9 o'clock she
sends the Donnets. The lady is not up.
Will the "young woman" call again q
little later2 The "young woman" con-
sents to leave the bonnets until 3
o'clock. What does my lady do then
She takes the bonnet she likes best to q
little working milliner in back shop
of a back street, and bids her make one
exactly like the model she leaves with
her until half-past 2 o'clock, when
she takes it back to the grand miIliner,
saying that she is very sorry, but none
of them "suit her."
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18
Poultry Notes.

A sickly fowl should never be allowed
to roost or run with the rest of the flock,
because the disease may be contagious.
Eggs from hens well fed on nutritious
and wholesome food will partake in a
great degree of the flavor end quality
of the food.
Sunfower or hempseed promotes a
smooth glossy plumage, and is a great
desideratum in the making up Of exhibi-
tion fowls.
Fowls having unlimited range may be
kept in focks of considerable size and
do we'll, but when restricted or shut up,
large focks soon become diseased and
cease to be productive.
If you commence with fowls in place
of eggs for a start, buy reliable
breeders who breed none but the best
stock.
Crushed bone Or oyster shells is
needed in every hen-louse where the
fowls cannot have access to calcareous
matter.
Milk in any form is good for poultry.
Mixing it with ground feed is very nu-
tritious and healthy for chicks, and is
one of the best articles for fattening or
the production Of eggs.
Many Eastern fruit-growers say they
are vastly benefited by allowing their
poultry among the fruit trees and
hrubbery, as they ate all the wssH.s
and curculio within their reach-even
the canker worms.-Pouhry Monthly.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18
A Womnn's Aae.

A case has just been decided before
the appeal court at Metz which shows
how lady's age is matter entirely
within her own control. Fraulein Gath
crime Mahl was engaged to a desirable
partner to whom she had imprudently
declared her age at six years less than
it really was. As soon as the moment
arrived for producing the certificate OF
birth, she was aware that her little de-
ception would be discovered, and she
feared that the match " Nould be broken
off. She, therefore, took the liberty OF
altering the official document so as to
make it correspond with the statement
already made. The ceremony took
place, and the husband was duly united
to lady whom he believed to be quite
q ieuns ingenue. Unfortunately the
certificate, in passing through some OF,
fee, happened to be minutely examined
by one of the clerks. The bride was
charged with the ofense of falsifying
public document, and condemned to
spend, if not her honeymoon, at least
three of the first months of her married
life in prison. She had the courage tc
appeal from the sentence, and cause the
case to be argued out before the court oi
Metz, which reversed the decision o.
the inferior tribunal, and acquitted thf
lady on the ground that she did not in
tend to commit an illegal act, but had
been actuated only by "female vanity.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18
BY every effort we make in their behalf
The Isle of Man.

Little is definitely known about the
early history of the Isle of Man. The
people are of Celtic origin, the Manx
language has strong afiinities with the
Irish and the Gaelic of the highlands.
The island was long under the rule of the
Earls of Derby, from whom it passed by
succession to the Dukes of Athole, and
IL was not till 1929 that the crown OBJ
tanned full possession of it, by the pur-
chase of the rights and privileges ofthe
latter family. It has never been repre-
sented in the imperial parliament, but
possesses an independent form of gov
ernment, to which it adheres with the
utmost tenacity. The executive power
lies in the governor, who is appointed
by the crown. The parliament, or as it
is called, the Court of Tynwald, consists
of the governor and council, forming
the upper, and the house ofkeys, form
ing the lower house. In 1866 reform
bill was passed, ,enfranchising the people
who elect the members of the house of
keys, general election taking place
every seven years. Justice is admin
istered by two deemsters, or judges ap-
pointed by the crown, and by the high
bailifs of Douglas, Ramsey, Castletown
and Peel. The tax gatherer and the rate
collector are almost unknown in the
Isle of Man. There is neither income
tax nor poor rate, and only in the towns
is there any local rate, and that but
small one.-Cham5ers' Journal.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18
War Material in the Brain.

The death of soldier who had car
ried bullet in his brain for sixty-five
years was reported recently. The wound
was received at the battle of Waterloo.
The bullet entered at the right eye, de-
stroying it, of course, and traversing the
brain, lodged in the back and lower part
of the head. After the outer wound was
closed he suffered no special inconve-
nience from the presence of the bullet,
although always, when turning himself
in bed, he could feel that the ball dropped
into different position. He was un-
usually healthy, and he died of old age.
Another remarkable case is cited. A
young military officer was carelessly
manipulating musket, when the barrel
burst in his hand. The pieces fractured
his skull so frightfully that fragments of
the skull had to be removed, and even
part of the begrimed brain substance
was amputated, but the terrible wound
soon ceased to trouble him, and he
lived for several years. Dying at last
of a fever, an examination of the brain
was made, and it was discovered that
almost the entire lock of the gun had
been imbedded for years in the base OF
the skull. It is said that no impairment
whatever of the mental faculties had
been observed.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18
Dream, Memories.

When the spring creops.up through the golden
glades,
And the woodlands sleep in their daffodil bed,
In the dreaming time, ere the daylight fades,
Will You think of dream that was long since
dead;
Will you think of tho spring when first we met,
And Of April suns that forever have set?
When the world is red with the summer rose,
And sweet with the music of mellow June,
Will you miss some light when the sunset glows,
Till the song of the summer seems scarce in
tune;
Will you say how swiftly the june days went
In tic fulneso Of last years sweet content:
When the reapers rest in the ru2dy gold
OF the ripening fields on the breezy down,
Will YOU think Of the time when our tale was
told,
And our hopes were ripe for the reaping down,
When the fields OF life that flowered of late
Were stripped and swept by the scytho Of fate
When the world is awaiting the springs sweet
prime,
And the snow lies SOFT over forest ann uelu,
Will YOU think how we wept in the winter time,
Ere the pain of our parting was numbed and
healed:
When tho Glove of your lifetime" was just
newborn,
And your "life-long sorrow' WAS scarce out
worn2
A lifelong sorrow. mind me yet,
When we stood in the glow OF the golden
grain;
'Twcrc better, you said, that should forget,
"For the greater half Of love Is pain"
All, true. He who loves most, the most
endures;
But the "life-long solrow" is minc-not yours!
-Ha,pe1's Weekly.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18
10 be bashful of the dos

. 80 .
tax collector.
How tender twiligh; / ys cooling hand q
In gentlest blessings on earth's fevered brow
BY beetles wings the air TO life is famed
While faint and far is heard the cats MEOW
Like fairy lamps the fre-iies thickly glow,
And the mosquitoes treble song you hear;
Your hand is raised with cautious move and
slow,
10 wildly slap yourself upon the ear.
Little Johnny had been caught by his
aunt teasing fly. "Johnny," said
she, "supposing some great beast a
thousand times bigger than yourself
should tease you, and perhaps eat you
all up% 81 hope" said Johnny, "he'd
feel as bad as I do when I swallow a
fly"
Nearly 100000 hairpins are made
in the United States annually, but up to
the present time woman has never
succeedeam holding more than forty
seven-in her mouth when doing up her
back hair and talking about her neigh
bors,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18

| A pew species of wild horse has been
discovered j1siberia, and , g,
,.Esnssa tne language
| fnsSfe siiveis 81 first discovered in
South America, is the heaviest body In
nature. .sss.
During the glacial period, the ice in
America, latitude A degrees N, is sup
posed, from evidences known to scien-
lists, to have been 5000 feet deep.
Dividing the human body into hun.
dred parts, the head of the infant is "a
per cent, the body 40 and the legs 36.
In the adult the head is Is, body "a and
legs "a.
Water is considered soft which con-
tains less than $4,000 part of its weight
in saline Ingredients; hard if it contains
more than 1-4OOO, and mineral if more
than 10000.
Phosphorescent paint, it is reported
from Turin, mixed with printing ink,
renders the letters luminous in the dark.
A daily paper is to be published there
with the luminous ink.
The crow is the most inveterate
enemy of the singing birds OF New
England. Robbins, plovers, larks, and
nearly all the birds of smaller size, fall
victims to his ravenous appetite.
There is little or nothing known
with certainty in regard to the invention
of glass. Some Of the Oldest specimens
are Egyptian, andare traced to about
1900 before Christ (by some 1890 B.
C) Transparent glass is believed to
have been first used about $50 before
the Christian era. The credit of the in
vention was given by the ancients to the
Phenicians. The story is n familiar
one, of the Phenician merchants who
rested their cooking pots on blocks OF
natron (sub-carbonate of soda), and
found glass produced by the union, un-
der heat of the alkali and the sand to
he shore.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18
Best Pasture Grass.

The best pasture grasses have creep
ing or wholly fibrous roots, the creeping
root running horizontally under ground
and pushing up stems every few inches
from this creeping part Of the root or
rhizome. This creeping root is not
likely to be injured by close cropping,
and retains its vitality better through
severe droughts after close feeding,
when bulbous root would be destroyed.
The function Of the bulb in Dubious
glasses is evidently to store up materials
for future growth, and if these bulbs
are injured or eaten off the root is
destroyed. Ths nutriment in all grasses
is gathered by ibrous roots alone, and
these fbrous roots are joined to the
rhizome or the bulb in creeping or bulb
GUS roots. The best specimens Of creep
ing rooted pasture grasses are blue grass,
June grass Poa pratensis)and wire grass,
also called blue grass (Poa compressa).
Both of these grasses, when well estab-
lished in the soil mentioned, will retain
their foothold against many discourage
ments. Both of these grasses start
quickly after cropping. Orchard grass
(Dactylis glomorata) is one of the very
best pasture grasses when once estab-
lished. It starts, perhaps, more rap
dly after cutting or cropping than any
other grass. It will grow in the night
almost as much as cropped off in the
day. Red top (Agrostis 0ulgaris) should
be included. White and red clover
should always be mingled with the
seeds for pasture. There are many
other grasses that might be sown, but
| the seeds are difficult to be obtained.
A good mixture OF these seeds is the
following: Timothy six pounds; Ken
lucky blue grass, four pounds; wire
grass, three pounds; orchard grass, four
pounds; red top, three pounds; red
clover, four pounds; white clover, three
pounds and sweet-scented vernal grass,
two pounds. A pasture we'll stocked
with these grasses and clovers will GER
tainly produce the milk for "gilt-edge'
butter. Too little attention has been,
as yet, paid to the stocking of pastures.
The subject needs careful examination
and discussion, and we shall be glad to
have the views of some of our expert
enced readers upon it.-Mtaional Lice
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