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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28
An Historic Love Affair.

A valentine seen by a LsGger re-
porter, which was sent to girl in
Easton by a youth in Washington,
brings to mind the story of name,
and Of a name Of note in American
history. The name Of the sender of
the miSsive is Return J. Meigs, and
the same Christian name has been in
the Meigs family for several genera
tions. Many years ago, in ante-Rev-
olutionary days, Jonathan Meigs
courted a young lady, who rejected
his addresses. Meigs continued to
love the girl, and, though too proud
and sensitive to try second time to
win her, he determined never to mar
ry any one else and to live and die a
bachelor unless she, Of her own voli-
ton, relented. After a few years the
lady did relent, or perhaps got to
know her own heart better, and sent
a letter to her former suitor. Meigs
got the letter and found in it only the
two words: "Return, Jonathan, -
1t was enough +; Jonathan did return
and made her his wife. Their first
child was baptised "Return Jona-
than, to commemorate the brief let
ter that saved the Meigs family from
extinction, and from that day to this
there has been a Return ]. Meigs in
every generation. The sender Of the
valentine referred to is the grandson
Of Gen, M. c. Meigs, late quarter
master.general, now retired, --EdStOH
(Ad) LeGgy.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28

The time was when tobacco grow.
ing in Virginia was proftable In
those days il was the money crop Of
our farmers-that upon which they
relied to enable them to square their
accounts at the end Of the year, and
lay up, or reinvest, the surplus. But
they have no surplus from this source
now, and the cropping, in many cas-
eS, really brings the planter in debt.
And so we cannot help regarding the
tax upon manufactured tobacco as an
incubus upon the planter, whatever
Others may think or say upon that
subject, And therefore we hold that
II the tax were abolished altogether
the planter woald have better chance
of realizing a reasonable profit on his
staple. Lynch NjgiBiaH.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28

At recent meeting of a Farmers
Club in Massachusetts the question dis
cussed was, Glow can women best
promote the cause of agricultural ?"
Here is the answer Of one Of the mem
bers "By making farmers" sons and
daughters more willing to be farmers.
The mothers can do a good deal towards
influencing the chrldren by making the
home attractive. They should be taught
that it is not the most important taing
to be rich. Make them feel that farm
life is particularly honorable; let them
be taught to aspire to the possession of II
farm sometime of their own, and to re-
spect father because he is Il farmer. Let
the mother study to make home agree
able Tor the children.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28

In calculating the profit and loss In
poultry husbandry, Il Is seldom that any
account II taken of the yni-
ne Of the dropplngs Of The poultry hous-
%. In fact, ne poultry IL usually bred
much Of their manure la lost. willie the
farmer viii pay $40 a ton for the very
same article that he IA 100 careless TO
snvc NJ home. Az least once week let
the chicken house be s'rapcd out put
the scraplngs In barrels with alternate
layers of road dust, aud sprinkle little
plaster o yer MI. Keep these barrels by
themselves, mix the contents with coal
ashes IN the spring, and use II on corn
fields. II is equal 10 giiano.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1882.
EVENT and Co oMMENT.

Three prisoners escaped from the
Wytheville Jail on the goth Inst, by
cutting hole through the wall. Two
of them are murderers. Charles Jones
and Randolph a, Motfett. Sentence had
lust been passed on Jones; the penalty
being glS years In the pcnitentiary, for
the murder of Henry Crockett. Moffett
and Wm. Pickett were jointly indicted
for the murder of Eldridge Hager, and
were awaiting trial in the circuit court.
Pickett was too large to get through the
hole, and dav broke before he had time
to enlarge IT, The other was Il small
colorcd boy. who went home to his
mother. He has been returned. The
two murderers are at large.
A big fire occurred at liberty, Va, %
miles this side Of Lynchburg, destroying
n number OF business houses. The Red
ford Star Office is reported among the
number. Loss estimated at $4,000. In
surance $l5, 900.
Reports from all pOintswcs', tell of de-
struction by wind and water. Traffic
WAS almost, II not entirely suspended
along the Ohio and lower Mississippi
during last week. Hail and sleet accom-
panied the storms IN many localities.
tits reported that the case Of Col. A.
=. Colycr and Jas. G. Warner, admins
traitors Of Col. Jno. G. Burch, ex-Secre-
tsry of the United States Senate, against
the Nashville American Publishing Co..
involving comptrolling interest In the
American, was decided on the Dad inst.
IN favor of the plaintiff. The decision
gives the management Of the paper,
which has always been n strong State
credit journal, 10 men who, judging
from their past records, may turn 1t In
to IL low tax organ. II is not known
what change the management will bring
about, but II Is generally believed that n
new morning paper will be started by
those dispossesscd.
A New Orleans dispatch Of Fed. 22d.
says: Two months ago Della McGraw
eloped with and married Victor Els
She wus cruelty treated by her husband
and he drove her OF 10 seek employ
ment M nurse, and yesterday while
passing down magazine street with her
employees child abe encountered her
husband, who after exchanging few
words with her. plunged dirk into her
breast, killing her instantly. The mur-
drrer was arrested aud imprisoned,
Samuel Roop, Of Montgomery county,
was caught under falling tree, last
week, and instantly killed.
Mrs. Louisa Washington, widow OF
the late Samuel Walter Washington, OF
HARDWOOD. Jefferson county, West Va,
died last Tuesday.
Benjamin r. Gravely. the producer OF
the famoue tobncco bearing his name. |,
very III At ihia home, "LcSthcrwood,' "
IN Henry county.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28
The Dollar Mark, A.

Writers are not agreed no TO the lcri-
walton Of this slgn to represent dollars.
Some say that II comes from the letters
y. s., which, after the adoption Of the
Federal Constitution, was prc1xod to
the Federal currency, and which after
wards, IN the hurry of writing were
run into one another, the u being made
frat aud the y overlt. Others say that
II Ia derived from the contraction Of the
Spanish word pesos, dollars; others from
the y S)aulph nitrtes, hard, to distinguish
silver from paper money. The more
plausible explanation Ia that II ls a mod
i1oalion oi the figure 3, and denotes a
piece Of eight reals, or, ma the dollar was
formerly called, piece of eight. II waS
then dcnlgnatcd by the hgurce s-s.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28

The latest Dogbcrry; In n country
place In North Carolina, sometime after
the war, they elected M Justice of the
Peace and old whltc-hcadcd negro, lgno-
rant, but honest and we'll liked. Ills
first case was jury trial, After the
pleading was over the counsel informed
his honor that he could change the Jury.
"II'm. Charge dc lury2""Yea, you
honor" oval, gcmmcn oh tie jury, II
pears dc case am trcw, an got to close
It wild dc charge. Conalderln' tic 'spei-
cncc you hab got, | tink | viii charge
you two dollar an' half n piece"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28
The nge ofMIraclos

Ia past. aud DR.. Plerce's Golden Medi.
cal Discovery will not raise the dead
will not cure you lfyour lungs are almost
wasted by consumption. II Is, however
unsurpassed both ~ n peotoral aud al.
leratlye, aud will cure obstinate and
severe diseases Of the throat aud lungs
coughs. aud bronchial affections, ny
virtue OF lts wonderful Alternative proper.
ties Il cleanscs aud cnrlchcs the blood
cures plinples. blotchca and crr,iptlons,
and causes even great eating ulcers tc
heal.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28
ScIp1o. n Y Dec. 1. 1870

pOITIV, " - DVN' 7 IOT''
am the Pastor of the Baptist Church
here, and an educated physician. am
not in practice, Lut am my sole family
physician, and advise In many chronic
cases. Over year ago | recommended
your Hop Bitters to my invalid wife,
who has been under medical treatment
of six Of Albany's best physicians sever
al years. She has become thoroughly
cured of her various complicated disea-
scs by their use. We both recommend
them to our friends, many of whom have
also been cured Of their various ailments
by them. REV, Il. r. WARREN.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28
Not 10 DO Sneezcd ut.

That pure, sweet, safe and effective
American distillation of witch hazel,
American pine, Canada fir, maiigold and
clover blossom, called Sauford's Radical
Cure for Catarrh. A few doses instantly
relieve the most violent sneezlng OF
head cold, stop all watcry discharges
from the nose and eyes, cure headache
aud nervousness, and bauish all danger
of fever. Complete treatment for one
dollar.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28

Quite SO; ooh, Mira. Ramsbotham, F"
exclaimed learned professor, TO whom
that excellent lady hnd been relating
one of her most extraordinary adyen.
lures. "Oh, Mrs. Rnmsbotiam, YOU
must be Ioklngl" "lndced I'm not,
professor" " she returned. "I assure YOU
! was speaking quite scrlatim." She
liked to talk Latin TO a professor,
Sentiment put on Ice How beautiful
the dome oi heaven this evening, said
Angelica, IA she leaned heavily upon his
arm. "The stnrs seem 10 look down
upon us--." "Oh. yes," said practical
John, OTIS impossible for them 10 look
up TO us, You know They cawn't"
Sudden check 10 m evenings fll NJ
most delightful seniimcntality,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28
A Woman's lCxperIemce

Mothers and Daughters should feel
alarmed when weariness constantly
oppressed them, "IfI am fretful from
exhaustion of vital powers and the
color IL failing from my face, Parker's
Ginger Tonic, gives quick relief. II
builds me up and drives away pain
with wonderful certainty" Buffalo
lady,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28

Health, hope, and happiness are re-
stored by the use Of Lydia Il, Plnkham's
vegetable Compound, II Is u positive
cure for all those diseases from which
women suffer 80 much. Send 70 Mrs
Lydia II. Plnkham, 233 Western Avenue
Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28

GLOW far Is II to Club Creck?" asked
n traveller Of u Dutch woman. "Only
shoost n little Ways" ala II four, elN,
eight or ten milesY" lmpaticntly asked
the stranger. Eyes, | tlnk II is," &C.
renely replied the unmovcd gate keeper,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28

DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription, !"
for all those weaknesses peculiar to wo-
men, is an unequalled remedy. Dis
tressing backachke and "bearing-down"
sensations yield to its strength-giving
properties. BY druggists. ....
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28
Islcgnnco mud Purity.

Ladles who appreciate elegance and
purity are uglng parker'N Hair Bnlsam.
IL IL tho best article sold lor restoring
gray hair to It's original color, beauty
and lustre.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28
Get tI,s Original

Dr.. Plcrces's "Pcllcts"-thc original
"Llttle Liver pills" (sugar.coatcd)- -
cure sick aud bilious headache, sour
stomach, and bilious attacks. by drug
glsts.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-02-28

The public are cautioned 10 aak for
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, and take no
other Price 2j cents.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09

III RICHARD REAI.F.

Fair ARE the flowers and the children, but their
subtle suggestion Is fairer.
Rare II the roschurst Of dawn, but the secret
TINT clasps II III rarer;
Sweet the eNntanee Of song, but the strain that
rrecedes II II sMeeter:
And never was poem vet writ, but the meaning
Uutmasters the meter.
Never q daisy that grows, but mystery guideth
Never river that flows, but = majesty sccpters
tile fiuwing:
Never Shakespeare that scared, but a stronger
than he did enfold him,
Ncr ever prophet foretels, but mghtier seer
has foretold him.
Back Of the canvas that throbs, the painter IL
hintcd and hidden:
lnto u statue that breathes, the soul Of the
sculptor Is hidden:
Under the Joy that is felt, lie the infinite issues
Of feeling:
CT wnins the glory reveal d il the glory that
crowns the revealing.
Great are the symbols OF being, but that which
Vast the create and beh Id, but vaster the In
ward creator:
hack of til, sound broods the silence, back Of
the gift stands the giving:
Back Of the hand that receives thrill the sensi-
tive nerves Of receiving.
Space Is as nothing to spirit the deed Is outdone
by the doing;
The heart Of the wooer IL warm, but warmer tho
heart Of the wooing:
Aud up from the pits where these shiver, d up
from the heights where those shine,
Twin voices and shadows swim starward, and
the essence Of life Is divine.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES

o. tho National Grecnback Labor
Party, Adopted - Dcs NlOines, 1SS3.
]. That we reafiirm the principles OF our
party Ne declared ct orr convention in 1881.
q We are opposed to the monopoly Of money
through the nAtional-banking system, and favor
the General Government issuing Ill currency,
making It full legal tender, and keeping it,
creasing business and population.
8. We are opposed to all refunding Of the
interest-bearing national debt which places il
beyond the power Of the Government to pay at
will and We demand that said debt be paid ~
rapidly - possible.
and silver on equal terms.
8. We are opposed to the present system Of
allowing railroad and telegraph monopolies to
determine the rates for transporting persons or
property over railroads, or for the use Of tele-
graphs, and hold that all corporations created
BY law should be governed by Law in the inter-
est Of the people, and we regard the Iowa Rail.
road Commission ~ q wlllful and intentional
Lindrance TO that end.
8. We are opposed to the monopoly OF land,
and demand that oil public lands, including
those forfeited by Noncompliance with law,
shall be held for actual settlers.
Z. We hold that the representatives OF labor
have the right to combine to protect all their
constitutional rights, and that they should be
&. That our patent laws for the granting
patents should DO 30 amended - to prevent
courts from assessing damages against inno-
cent purchasers, who in open market purchase
any patent article which may b an infringe
ment on any other patent.
Q. We are opposed to all monopolies aud are
in favor Of equal rights, equal burdens, equal
taxation aud equal benefits for al, with spe-
cial privileges for none, aud wo hold that ID the
best government wherein IN injury to one i
the concern Of ali"
10. We favor revision Of the tarin laws in
the interest Of American labor, and not in thu
interest OF rich corporations and monopolies.
II. We urge upon al anti-monopolists Of THU
State to consider tho utter hopelessness Of OBJ
tanning the relief by them demanded At thu
hands Of either OF the old parties, and request
them to unite with M 10 assist in gaining thes<
ends, and we pledge them to make that ques'
ton one Of great prominence, and that oul
candidates shall earnestly labor to secure THU
desired reform.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09
The Sun.

In any reference to the physical his
tory Of the sun, the stupendoas magni-
tude of its sphere must be kept wildly
loo times longer than that OF the earth's,
the solar orb looks ont into space from
Il surface that is twelve thousand times
larger than the one which the earth en-
joys. The bulk of the sun is one mil
lion three hundred thousand times that
Of the earth If the surface Of the sun
We're "A thin external rind, or shell. and
the earth were placed in the middle OF
this hollow sphere. not only would the
moon have space To circle in its usual
orbit without ever getting outside Of
the solar she'll. hut there would he
room also for IA second satellite, nearly
rs far again rs the moon. to accomplish
similar course. The weight of tho
sun is three hundred Thousand times
the weight of the earth. or. in round
numbers, two thousand millions Of mil
lions of millions of millions of tons.
The mean distance of the sun from the
earth is now SO well ascertaincl.
through Investigations which have been
made i'll several distinct ways, that there
can scarcely he in the estimate nm error
Of 100000 miles. The distance. at the
present time given. is ~ So. 900 miles.
This measure is III itself SO vast that, il
any traveller We're to move ut the rate
of four miles an hour for ten hours Il
day. il would take him $500 years to
reach the sun. Sound would traverse
the interval ii there were ANYTHING in
space capable Of transmitting sonorous
vibrations, IN fourteen Years, and cam
non ball sustaining its initial velocity
throughout, would do the same thing in
nine years. A curious illustration, at
tributed to Prof. Mendenhall, is to the
effect that an infant, with an arm long
enough when stretched out from the
earth to reach the sun, would die Of old
age before it could be conscious, through
the transmission of the nervous impress
sion from the hand to the brain, that it
had burned its fingers. In order that
the earth. thus moving round the sun
with a chasm of 93,O0O,OO0 miles Of in
teryening space between them, may not
be drawn to the sun Ivy the preponder-
ant attraction of 100000 times larger
mass, it has to shoot forward in its path
with momental velocity fifty times
more rapid than that of the swiftest
rifle ball. But. i'll moving through TWEEN
ty miles Of this onward path, the earth
is drawn ont I "A straight line by some
thing less than the eighth part Of an
inch. This deviation is properly the
source from which the amount of the
solar attraction has been ascertained
II the earth were suddenly arrested in
its onward flight, and its momentum
was in that way destroyed, il would be
drawn to the sun. by m irresistible
force Of its attraction, in four months,
or in the twenty-sesenth part Of the
time which a cannon bali would take to
complete the same journes.--Edia-
burgh kerier.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09

A FRENCH widow was very indignant
because the railroad company did not
pay her any more than they did the
widow of another man who had also
been killed by n railroad train. The
railroad officials said that the two men
came to their death under similar cir
cumstances. oh, that's NIL very we'll
as n matter of talk said the widow,
"but, US matter Of fact, my husband
was killed by the lightning express,
while her man Was run over by "A way
freight train
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09
ORGANIC WEAKNESS

ihhleuiateiS CURED ana fnit Sig0r restored. This
affiiction-which renders life burden and mar
rlaSe impossihle-ts the penalty paid by the vic
tim Of Improper indulgence, ioan. persons arc
too apt to commit exccsses fsom not being aware
OF the dreadful Consequences that may ensac.
Now who that understands this subject will deny
that procreation Ia lost sooner by those falling
into improper habits than by the rraden,s He
sides being deprived Of the pleasure Of healthy
offspring, the most serious and DESTRCCTlvE
symptoms Of both mind and body arise The
system becomes derangcd, the physical and
mental functions weakened, loss of provocative
power. nervous irritahiiisy, dyspepsia, lalrita-
ton of the heart indigestion, consts ntional de-
hiiity, wasting VI the frame. cough, consamp-
ton, decay and death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09

An Alabama man invented patent
tail for cows. which would knock the
flies into the middle If next summer,
and the first time it hit the man who
was milking it loosened four teeth for
him and took the hide all off his nose
They hadn't thought Of that part Of il.
Boston Post.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09

Browns IRON BrTTERs is
composed oflron in soluble
form; Cinchona the great
tonic, together with other
standard remedies, making
a remarkable non-alcoholic
tonic, which will cure Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Malaria,
Weakness, and relieve all
Lung and Kidney diseases.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09

Mansfield. Ohio, Nov. IS, 1851.
Gentlemen :-lha suffered with
pam In my side and back. and great
soreness on my breast, with shoot.
Ing pains all through my body. At.
tended with great weakness, dcpres.
sion Of spirits, and loss Of appe-
tite. Ihavc taken several different
medicines, and was treated by prom.
inent physicians for my liver, kid.
neys, and spleen, but I got no relief.
! Thought I would try Browns Iron
Bitters; Ihave now taken one bottle
and half and am about well-pain
in side and back all gone--soreness
all out Of my breast, and / have !
good appetite, and am gaining in
strength and flesh. Itcan justly be
called the hag IF ,nsdieisss.
JoHN X. ALLENpER.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09
DR.. FlsHaLATT.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE,

DIR. +. addresses all those who have injured
themselves by improper indui4ences and solitary
habits which ruin both mind and body, uniting
them for business, study, society or marriage.
These are some of the sad aud melancholy effects
produced by the early habits Of youth. viz. /:
Weakness in the hack and limbs, pain in the
head, dimness Of sight, loss Of muscular power.
palpitation Of the heart dyspepsia, nervous irri-
liability. arrangement of the digestive functions,
debility consumption, etc
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09

Simmonds there. The rascal must have
bolted of directly my back was turned
without asking permission. - London
T,.nyI
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09
DR.. FI6H8IATT

Has discovered the greatest cure In the world Tor
weakness Of the haek and limbs, involuntary
discharges, imrotency. general debility, nervous
ness. langnor. confusion Of idcas, palpitation Ut
the heart. timidisv. trembling. Aimncss " sight
or gi,idiness, diseases Of the throat. nose or
skin, affections of the liver, lungs, stomach or
bowels-.hose terrible disorders arising from
solitary practices. more fatal to their victims
than the songs Of the sirens to the mariners u
Ulysses, hlirh,ing their most radiant hopes Or
authorizations rendering marriage imnossihlc
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09
SEEK

~
health and avoid sickness.
Instead Of feeling tired and
worn out, instead Of aches
and pains. wouldn't you
rather feel fresh and strong3
You can continue feeling
miserable and good for no
thing, and no one but your
self can find fault, but If you
are tired Of that kind oflifc,
you can change it if you
choose.
How1 By getting one
bottle Of Brown IRON Blr-
TIERS, and taking it regularly
according to directions.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09
YOUNG MEN

Who have become victims Of solitary vice. that
dreadful and destructive habit which annually
sweeps to an nntimely grave thousands Of Young
men Of exalted talent and brilliant intellect, who
might otherwise have entranced listening scmatca
with the thundcrs u their clo0ucnce. Of walked
to ecstasy the living Tyne, may call with full con-
ndence.