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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07

Smart GirIs.-"W can all earn our own
living father" was the remark made in
family by one of several young ladies, a short
time since. That is right my daughter,
was the reply Of the parent; that fact
regard as the point Of triumph in your ed
ucation. Able and willing are the two words
which, when tne proper occasion comes, viii
ensure you success, and vindicate the prin-
ciple that women should be educated for
business and usefulness as well as for orna-
ment and attractiveness. Never fear to
work for your support nor fail to encourage
others in so doing.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07

A man adyertises for competent persons
to undertake the sale Of new medicine, and
adds, that it win be profitable to the under
taiter 4" No doubt Of it
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07

Governor TrenEplm and severed Episcopal
clergymea, appointed for the purpose by the
Episcopal Contention Of South Carolina, re-
Gently visited the colored schools in Charles
ton, South Carolina, and reported them
selves well pleased with what they saw So
far this affair is remarkable as being the first
visit ever made to these schools by Southern
whites. The committee have established
similar schools throughout the State, and it
is gratifying fact that their designs arc
approved by several influential representa-
tives Of the Southern press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07

4 Smart Quaker Mr.. K, the Qua
ker president of Pennsylvania railroad
during the confusion some years since, call
ed upon the R bank, with which the
road kept large regular account, and asked
for an extension of part of its paper falling
due in few days The bank president de-
clined rather abruptly, saying in a rough
tone to the functionary
a. Mr. --, your paper must be paid
ut maturity we cannot renew it.
e Very we'll" our Quaker friend replied,
and left the bank
But he did not let the matter rest here.
On leaving the bank he went quickly to the
depot, and telegraphed to all agents and con-
ductors on the road to reject the R
bank In few hours the trains began to
arrive, full Of panic, and bringing news of
the distrust of the r - bank all along
the line. Stockholders and depositors flock
ed to the bank quaking with panic, inquir-
ing thus
& What is the matter Is the bank broker
A little inquiry by the officers showed that
the trouble originated in the rejection of the
bills on the railroad The president seized
his hat and rushed down to the Quakers of
flee, and came bursting IN with the inquiry:
'' Mr. K, have you directed the re-
fusal Of our currency by your agents
Yes" was the reply.
- Why Is this it viii ruin us.
Well, friend L---, l supposed the
bank was going to fail as it it could not re-
new little paper for us this morning
1t is needless to say Mr.. L---- renewed
all the Quaker's paper, and enlarged his line
of discount while the magic wires carried
all around the road the sedatiye message
&" The R bank is all right Thee may
take all its currency.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07

It has been beautifully said that the veil
which covers the face of futurity is woven
by the hand of mercy"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07

A year Of pleasure passes like floating
breeze, but a moment Of misery seems an
age Of pain
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07

What is the difference between a spider
and a duck? One has It's feet perpetually
on a web, and the other a web perpetually
on its feet.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07

How long did Cain hate his brother? As
long as he was Abel
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07
Wanted.

Purchasers for 1900 bushels of Cotton Seed
of .as aaesg q,sIi z. Airlg al llis gaics. ar
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-05

show that it can, with less horsepower than
ordinary river boats, equal them in speed.
The Nautilus, at the trial ON Saturday,
started from Vauxhall Bridge Pier at eleven
O'Clock in the morning, and ran up and
down the Thames in company with the Citi-
zen and other river steamers, and held way
With them steadily, gaining little on some.
She ran between Nauxhall and Westminster
Bridges, with wind and tide, in 4 minutes
26 seconds, and against in ! minutes p sec
onds, being at the rate Of 1876 and 10 miles
per hour respectively or at an average
speed OF lO.3j miles per h0ur-say lOt
She then steamed down the river, and when
off the Tunnel Pier, with both strong wind
and tide in her favor, going at full speed,
was made to stop suddenly By reversing the
valves. She stopped dead in lees than ten
seconds, and in about quarter her length.
Her Maiesty's ironclad gunboat, Waterwitch
now being built, is to be fitted with the new
propeller, which is nothing more than water
taken Under her bottom, and set in motion
by simple machinery worked by steam en-
CINE. The water 10 discharged in a heavy
stream on both sides Of the vessel, eonse-
quenty there is nothing outside the vessel
to be injured by an accident. Another i'm
portant novelty is that the vessel is quite
independent ~ her rudder. and j. worked
under the cC.hplete control Of the master,
officers Of the watch, or man on deck, with
out anv communication with the engine.
The Nautilus is also fitted with RuthveR's
steering apparatus, an invention which
gives a large amount of power to the radder.
- Globe.
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she intended to muder him. He sprang
from the bed in horror, and no explanation
Tor entreaty could copyinee him to tbs con-
trary. So from that time there was a Jaw, a
quarreling and wrangiing nil the time. ~
With delight the Devil heard Of the faith
ful emissary, and sent her word il she would
meet him at the end of the lane, at certain
time, he would pay her the shoes AT the
appointed time she repaired to the spot, and
found the Devil ut the place. He nut the
shoes on pole, and standing on the oppo-
site side Of the fence, handed them over to
her. She was much pleased with them
they were exactly the article.
"But there is one thing, Mr. Devil, \ would
Hike to have explained; this is, why you
hand them to me on a stick 7"
Very easy 20 explain replied he; "any
one who has the cunning aud meanness to
do az you have done, don't get nearer than
twenty feet TO me-" So saying, he fed in
terror. t4g
After a while the old woman died, and
when she applied for admittance to the lower
regions the Devil would not lei her IN, for
fear she might dethrone him, as she was SO
much his superior. So the old woman il
yet condemned to wander the world, creating
quarrels and strife in peaceful families and
neighborhoods.
Would You know her nameS
II is Madam Scandal When she died the
young scandals were left orphans, but the
Devil, in consideration Of past services done
by the mother, adopted them, and 50 you
see he is father to that respectable class call
ed scandal mongers.
Reader, don't YOU know some of the
family ?
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NO. Al

instanced the great effects Of the Rochdale
C0-operative Society, and what had arisen
from two-pence a week collected among
twenty-eght weavers. The annual profits
of that society, now more than thirty years
old, were $4,000. Teetotalsm was also 4
tremendous help in this matter of doing
away with strikes. But the worst Of all
these matters was lockout lie was en-
tirely opposed to strikes; but still more
deadly against lockout. IL was not for q
raising Of the number Of the hours of labor
that a lockout occurred but spirit Of
vengeance actuated the man who locked his
employees OUT. Trade societies would be
beneficial if they would neither recognize
STRIKES" nor Clock outs" Already, Tie
workunen IN the iron ship building yards Of
this district had lost over g2,O00, which
would forever be lost to them and 10 the dis
trict- II the men saved the money expend
Ell in strikes, they would be able 10 start
concerns Of their own.-Scisn,tfr American
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The British lroncInd ''NOrIhnI
berlnnef.'s

The new British ironclad. NOrlhumbeT-
land, measures 400 feet in length " 5e feet
3 inches beam; and ii weighs, as 1t now
stands, 5000 tons. She is plat "a from stem
to stern with 5 l2-igch armor plates upon
backing Of . inches Of teak. Her carry
ing capacity b 5,62l tons. The engines
(made BY Pen 4 COY are equal 20 800
horsepower, with which a speed Of sixteen
knots per hour IL expected To be attained.
This ironclad is the largest vessel of ITS
class; but it has 50 great repugnance for
wa ter that all the machinery and skin that
can be brought to bear upon it cannot make
it y lnge into the ''brinv deep" The Lon
don Times, Of April 3. in referring 20 the
last unsuccessful attempt to launch the iron
clad on the I'd inst, states (. follows =
"Every kind Of power known 10 science was
brought into play--steam-pOw water
power, horse power, mechanical-power. Hy-
draulic rams were constructed On earh side
the vessel, teams OF horses were harnessed
to chains and pulleys, while AZ the bows
two great engipes borrowed from ancient
fashions were pressed into service. Two
bsttering rams, exactly like those used by
Titus at the siege Of Jerusalem, were each
swung with the force III a hundred men
against the ship for the chance Of lOossninc
her by the jar, 20 that with floating, and
lifting, and dragging, and driving, X wa.
hoped that the mass must at length b.
stirred. But the ship, ike Robinson Cru
soe's, was too heavy to be moved bv any
power whatever. When the bugle sounded
the horses tugged, and the presses worked
and the sailors at the capstan cheered, ana
tho huge rams thundered against the ves
se4's stem but all to no purpose. 'lf voJ
hard enough as the prcver saws
something must give way, but il i not IT.
ways the thing you want. Something did
give way -on Monday, but il was not th,
Northumberland The cables snapped un-
deT the strain Of the lighters, the chain,
broke under the pull of the horses, and th'
huge timbers were crushed to powder undel
the power of the hydraulic presses, but th,
great ship never budsed an inch; where sh,
previously stuck fast on the lTth Of Marc
there she stilt sticks" The London Punch
speaking "a the non-aquarian ironclad ia
the usual iron-ic ical style Of that journa
saws -" Though il is dubtful that SIZE viii
prove thc fastest ironclad anoat, it Is Fix.
"a fact that no other vessel ever was ),
fast before American drtisdn
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/ CHICAGO, NAY 8, 1866.

pines Il o..k-looks thriving New England
City but is situated amid the country's
quiet and repose the blue waves dash and
glide, and dance before it and the briny
fragrance mingles with the odors of the
garden flowers. For out at sea, behold the
islands Of the Bay and the white glihmer
Of sails. Ny ideal Of home is realized.
Within, no Brussels carpets, velvet fur.
niture, or costly ornaments, give sign OF
wealth or display. / am not rich but
have all l need. A pretty, hamsr bright,
three-ply covers my parlor fioor my pie
lures are simple home-scenss, summer aud
winter landscapes, few Of which can boast
gilded frame but | have framed them
with shells from the sea, and canes from the
abundant piRes have statuettes in plaster
that serve well the place Of marble / have
snow-white curtains, and furniture ink keep
ing with my cottage style. | have with me
widow rescued from the toll OF life in
cities her sweet little fouF-year old girl
makes the melody Of childhood in my home.
have eapacious garden, filled with the
beauty OF flowers, the usefulness Of vege-
tables and fruit-trees. have my household
pets and live in daily communion with
Nature. In my daily walks along the beach,
fail not TO uplift my soul in thankfnlness,
to renew my paN life with prayerful graft
tude
My neighbors are my friends and my
life is calmly happy, and unostentatiously
useful. In esisning the holy offices Of wife
anG mother, hope to fill lesser place with
honor; meaning by that, not TO win the ap-
plause Of a multitude, but the approval and
love Of the hard working-men and women |
labor for with my pen.
And here we might part, but that have
vet some incidents to relate, some sketches
Of character to give f; mayhap, few words
oi advice and encouragement TO protfer.
(coxcL rpFD SRxr wEKKJ
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e o bsauteeus period Of the world,
Decay its throne % fragments hurled,
Creation robed In dizdsms,
In frightening huss-in sparkling gems
Ger mountain barriers swept sublime
Bgbeating. surgins storms of time;
Along deep wales sequestered way,
Where golden srnbeAms sport aud play
Der forests dark with gloom aud sere,
Waiting new foliage bIight and clear.
Der land, Ger seA--o'er earth, In air,
Haste glorious Spring thine incense bear,
Renew thy realm, Ihy beauty tr'ght,
Give back thy glosies to our sight
'Tis in thy sof-shy geRal hour
We feel the klndlings OF new power;
new strong stirring pulse feel
Start from the dep Is sud thro' as steal
A vital throb, enlarged desire,
A hrrst Of ns~ re6meshesn are
Great central light With beam divine.
struggling to rsoent. 70 rEss and shine;
Tho soul grows rich IN brIghsening bloom.
As nature triamphs DER her tomb.
Tsen come sSset y ring. thy spIcudors fair,
Thai We thy power may richly share,
Thy Frightening lustcrs wake around.
Make earth new paradisalcai ground.
FIR type Of baauteous realms above,
Breaking IN aplendor. glory, love;
Sweet hyAcinths With lily, rose,
Sweet honey sue kle In repose;
Nature In aewery bright frescOes.
With sesniing orange. date With palm,
n.
CAstalian dews. fair showers % sweet,
0 ouce again We fondly greet.
Then come, thy throne Is radiance bright,
Thy scepter carved Of beanteous light,
Thy robes are beauiy, 'genmed With flower,
Thy tresses bright from emerald q wcrs;
With queenly air, With glowing grace,
Thy SMILES creations woes effara;
On lhy new bright creative day,
The sbmhre aspects pass away,
Loves rapturous hour again returns,
lite deepening Gre swakes and barns;
All. al, Is melody supreme.
JOY, gladnsss, hope. In golien gleam.
'Tis natnrs's spell q sweet surprise,
Whsu mid enehaninent sorrow dies
When harmony Ia deepening tone,
Breaks thru creations flower gemmrd EQns
when all the mystic powers Of light
ImpeAried. she'd radiance deep and bright;
When the fair neageJ. al radiant mind.
Retouehed by nstare, graced. refined,
AoGnts 70 some new snb.Imer height.
basss in more rich, more purgilg light,
Seeks thro' the shaded arch Of time,
The great'ning destinies sublime
Those splendors rare. those beauties great,
That I'LL alone the immortal state.
Then come proud Spring, thine snsigus spread
Wake newborn life, m grandeur tread
On mountain path, In valleys low,
Thro all the world IN bssnty go,
Renew creation Ear aud vide,
Make earth thy beAsteous smiling bride.
EnwsAye new garlands freS and brigl.,
Aui Nil the world With balmly light.
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CHAPTER III.


do not distinctly remember what said OF
did for some days afterwards. But | know
that | talked and acted extravagantly il
was such sudden change And then how
brightly my life cleaned before me and
how humbly ack cknowledged all the uses Of
adversely. Trial had taught me prejudice
and poverty had brQr at me grand lessons
of economy all was%ell.
Ipass over the space OF six months. in
which time | visited some of nav humber
friends, and | trust relieved some Of their
pressing wants. could do this freely, for
to the sum bequeathed to me by Ada Mail
liereswas added many gifts from each men,
Der Of the household. While remained
With them ma&e myself useful and &C
cepted OF their superabundanos that might
relieve the wants Of others. r.i4.., I.
IfOund thst too, had not lived ia vaia,
for in my humble, earnest efforts, had
aided in the exaltAtion Of Labor; !, too, had
helped to invest poverty with the dignity of
independence. And when my own future
was secured, | tuned and heedsd the in.
terror premptings that had been stiHed 20
long, and laid down the rsedle for the pep.
consecrated il 10 the uses Of humanity |;
to the cause of the oppressed 10 Woman
and her needs to Children and their rights;
10 the home and the flreside to NV fellow
laborers everywhere. And my labors have
been blest abundantly. a.s1 faql
SIX months before / had been dependent;
now | was free, mistress Of my tirae ;4frss
TO choose my avocatior, and my hiding
place. Thank God, have home.
ttstands spoE the brow Of hill fronting
soath towards the sea, this cosy, white.
two-story cottage Of mine, ibis truly s'vood-
smbosomsd, In q baek ground Of oaks and
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Alas, besIas MI haarthstone sit

Alas, beside MI haarthstene sit n
Dark phAntoms. brooding III
And threaten ing shadows ever tiit,
And wander at their viii
Over, beside the goddess shrine,
un-onsecrate TO use dislne,
In place Of meek -bsamsd, holy prayer.
Pass Idols Of this world,
Toll and vexAtion, grief and care,
Their gloom a Ags Aers have faried.
OHly 20 me, the angel Peace,
Promises Freedoms blest release.
Ny home will he where Kden'a gates,
Invite the pilgrim lorn;
Where bright fulhlmeRt's charm awaits,
The trust Of faith upborne.
The Joys On earth denied 60 me,
There, shall be mine, eternaliyi
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WfNtcn Tof FHf ADFOCAI
THE STORY OF A LIFE.
lsY CORA wILBUES.)
CHAPTER xf.

CHAPTER xi.
Have you ever thought Of ii, that thC
education of human being commences b.
tort birth That before the baby eyes be
hold the light Of this world, the character i.
formed indelibly; ana can only be modified
~ after education That lives Of friyohty
and worldliness stamp themselves upon the
plastic spirit, to grow with the life ath oi
the child; TO reflect, as in truthful mirror,
the vices and errors, the sins Of commission
and omission Of both parents.
Such is the grand and startling truth that
IN this century is attracting the thought aud
evoking the profoundest researches of physi-
ology. Mothers are awakening to tile mo
'pentous responsibility they incur; are
'earning with the solemn awe of new
revelation, that they can give angels or
, lemons TO the world.
What knew the fashionable Mrs Mailiere
Of these things absolutely nothing The
unwelcome child Ada, never loved her
mother, but shrank from ner with ssncon-
cealed avoidance. The grasping money
getting father, the young brothers So much
away from home the sisters given over 70
the love Of worldly and selfish indulgencies,
all these seemed no part u the being Of the
pale and puny child, nat looked in vain
around the home circle for the something
wanting they sought in vain amid luxury
and display for the sweet home affections
that should fill the craving void within.
All this she told me as ministercd to her
wants told it with a childlike pathos and
simplicity that won my heart The guilty
mother feeling how fearfllly remiss she had
been in her maternal duties, shrank from the
glance of her daughters eye. | learned a
lesson there | never shall forget
For years the poor girl had borne the
heavy burden Of an incurable disease But
calm and religious trust, and immortal glow
ing hope. had been born OF suffer ng And
the mind and heart, originally warped, had
gained instruction and expansion from the
ministering angels, pain and solitude.
All this she told me, and no longer en-
vieo the inmates Of that princely home
saw the angry scowl upon the fathers brow !;
his negligent treatment of his wife; the
naughty manner assumed towards his sons
The cold and stately mistress beheld con-
vulsed with the passions Of envy. and
jealousy The beactifui daughters were
running health and wasting youth in an un-
ceasing round Of dissipation, miscalled
pleasure. And the palace home became to
me gilded prison, whence issued oft the
groans Of tortured souls.
But when any Of them entered Ada's room
they assumed, or were their best. But the
young girl turned from them wearily, with
signs Of fatigue; with me she chatteo costly
and long.
She had wonderful talent for versifca-
ton, and would pen thoughts with facility
and rapidity that surprised me greatly. ]
have treasured some Of her pieces. give
one here:
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a private trial has been made Of new
principle Of motion, n. spplisd TO vessels,
entitled the Hydraulic Propeller, Ruthysn's
Psss1t. T. The Nautilus, 70 which the power
~ bssn applied, was bsilt expressly 70
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wHAT HONE sHOULp RE.


place 70 rest the weary feet,
And stay the seeking soul,
Where all things beautiful should greet
The hearts dVinest goal.
Where Love, and Truth, and Harmony,
Should form the spirits sanctuary.
place 20 dream, and fondly REST,
Al hope and aim OF life;
Where ~ . shrine, the mother-breast
Shall shield from outer strife.
Where the fraternal scnl links bind.
The equal spirits, heart and mind
Where, crowned with the halo white az years.
fathers blessing falls:
And haman sympEihy and tears.
Loves sacrifciai cails
Are answered with the prayers of sove.
~ good deed registered above
Aplace where fSses sicans OF The heaven,
We strive for here beL,w; s 4s
should Ia sweet recOmpense be given
For MI 0f earthly wee ls
A gieam Of Immortality. g'
sESald love illums this hous for me T. :
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l A rp0rter Ia New York has at last been
able TO iot down one of Mr.. John 4. Coughs
unrepOrtable good things, being a passage
\ from his lecture on '.ifabit." Those who
! fhave heard II from the orators lips will en-
\ JOY the reading N it,; those who have not
must try to imagine some of the speaker
| humOr and dToliery OF action. which added
so much to the fun If the story, as be told
it, MIR. Cough said he once sat in "a railroad
station for an hour, and watched how civil
| the railroad off aials were, and the extent to
which their ciylity il taxed. lie listened
| 20 the following conversation between an
I intending passenger and a ticket clerk
/ ''Docs the next train stop at NewtOnl''
''No, sir; it is the Express train
| ''Den't the Express train stop there ~
| "No, sir; 1t goes past.''
slow much is the fare RI
"One dollar aud tewnty- five cents
"When will tn rext train 20 that stops
at Newton ~
"At four O'CLOCK"
"Why don't the Express stop there f''
''Because it goes right through"
"Does it never stop there2n
''No, sir; never.n
"Will the train that starts at four O'Clock
stop there?'
eyes, sir.''
"Thers is nc danger of its going past
without stopping is thereP"
sit isn't the Express train that goes at
O'Clock, is it?"
sN0, sir.'
"Coaldn'. the Express train just as well
stop as not 2"
''No, sir"
"Wby don't il p
"DoR't know, sir"
s'Wiil this ticket take me to Newton S''
s3fes, sir,
''Doss the train stop anywhere between
here and Newtonf''
@No, sir"
81 eouldn't get on anywhere for few
minutes, could 70
s.No, sir.o
"What time does the train start9'
"Four o'clock, sir.n
"lt viii be sure to start on time, will it."
"Clerk-( (angrily) )-"Yes, sir.D
|. Trayeler-"Well, ye might be civil"
An E.Glash C.pisaliss o. Lock-
ea Oats.
Recently Mr.. Thomas Llshmsn, or Stock
ton, (fornerly manager of the Millbank
Jorge, Hart-warren, nov in partnership with
his brother delivered lecture on strikes,
% hartiepooL in the course of which be
said TO strike Tor the shortening ef the
hours Of labor. puts short hours further
lon than sver. The way to cure low wages
wss for workingmen to hoard up money and
become themselyes the employers Of labor,
Lee was done y co-operatise societies, and
limited Liability companies. The lecturer