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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-28

a Good Reason for the Captains Faith
Read the Captains letter and the letter
from his mother:
Benton Barracks, no, April 80, 1866.
DR. JOHN BULL--DearS Sir: Knowing the
efficiency Of your Sarsaparilla, and the heal
ing and beneficial qualities it possesses, /
send you the following statement of my case
I was wounded about two years ago-Was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved SO often, my wounds
have not healed yet / have not sat up a
moment since 1 was wounded. l am shot
through the hips. My general health is i'm
paired, and need something to assist nature.
I have more faith in your SarsapariIla than
IN any thing else. 1 wish that that is genu-
inc Please express me half dozen bottles,
CAPT. C.P. JOHNSON,
St Louis 10.
p S-The following was written April
80, 1865, by Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother
Of Capt. johnson.
DIR. BULL-Dear Sir: My husband, DR..
@. S. johnson, was a skillful surgeon, and
physician in Central New York, where he
died, leaving the above c. P. johnson to my
care. at thirteen years of age he had a
chronic diarrhea and scrofula, for which /
gave him your SarsapariIla. 1t cured him.
/ have for ten years recommended it to
many in New Y ork, Ohio and Iowa, for
scrofula, fever sores, and general debility
Perfect success has attended it. The cures
effected in some cases of serofula and fevel
sores were almost miraculous. / am very
anxious for my son to again have recourse
to your Sarsaparilla. He is fearful of get
ting a spurious article, hence his writing to
you for it His wounds were terrible, but
believe he viii recover
Respectfully,
JENNIE JOHNSON.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-28
DROMGOOLE s 90
king of CHTLLe

Absolutely cleanses your stomach, arouses
your torpid liver, opens the bowels, carries
off the bile, makes quick and permanent
cures, never affects the head, nerves, OF
ears, gives tone to the system, and can be
administered to infants. 1t cures all forms
of Chills and Fever, Intermittent Fever,
Bilious Fever, CongestiYe Chils, Dumb
Chills, and no family should be without
1t. CHILLS AND FEVER
Can be permanently cured, whether of
recent or long standing. Do not shake any
longer, get a bottle and be cured.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-28
DROMGOOLE & cos


-Amygdal1ne PectOral,
A scientific preparation for Coughs, Colds,
Sore Throat Hopping Cough, Pneumonia,
Pleurisy, Group, Hoarseness, Dry Cough,
Pain in the Side, Tightness in the Chest,
Influenza, Splitting of Blood, and for all
1Oosens the phlegm, relieves the cough and
pain, promotes free expectoration, and
soothes and quiets the troubled nervous sys-
tenn, enabling them to sleep at night Price
81 90.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-28
- .aEpergssesssests.
NoTEeE.

Having retired from the Drug business,
and resumed ny prassos respectfully recommend my Sue
eeasor Mr.. CHAs II. OEAfs the favorable notice Of
my patrons and hope they VIII extend % him the patr
age so literally bestowed upon me- them that
the Drugs IN his store very best quality and VIII
be sold as Low IS GOOD rURE Drug Be sold snyh9Es
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-28

The proprietor Of this celebrated medicine justly claims
it superiority over an remedies offered 70 the public FOX
the sAFE cERTAIE SPEEDY and PEKsIAET cure Of Ague
and Fever ChilIs Fever whether Of short long
standing. refers 20 Western Soutez5orn
country testimony the truth Of the assertion
that wateFe VII It fail 70 cure, if the directions
are strictly followed and carried greas many eases
single dose has been sufficient fr and whole fai-
lies cured By single b5e with perfect rssto-
ration general health Itis however prudent and in
every certain cure, 81 Is continued
smaller for ater the disease has ssen
checked, especially dieu and standing eases
Usually, thi medicine wiz require any to keep the
bowels in COED order shoaia the ptsn o7sverrequirs
medicine after having taken four doses CT
she Tonic. a single dose Of BULLS VEGETABLE EAMI-
LY PILLS viii be sufficient.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-28
Farming Implernentsi
Iron. Nails.

We have been engaged the Hardware
Phs Tor over twenty er and have now the pleasure q in
forming old friends and the public generally, that
receiving very extensive stock CT Hardware
stock such kept before the and enabled to offer
Inducements Country Merchants Planters and
who may be wanting anything in line. Our stock
sists in part Of the following
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-28
MEDICAL PRoEEssEoLT =!

These who are experienced IN Southern
treatmeIlt, and have been and are in every
respect identified with the Southern people,
and Who are known and ACKNOWLEDGED as
such, shall, as far as possible, manufacture
and supply that demand, thus enabling every
family to procure at all times, a class Of
HONEST Medicines, and that are likely to
give, BY far more satisfaction than if pre-
pared In a locality where diseases are treated
differently. We are well aware that there
VIII be arrayed against US an army of
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-28

n - a 3 - 81 ~
To Farmers g Planters
Absolute necessity in times gone by,
forced you to purchase az. occasional supply
Of such medicines as might be administered
to the various members of your family by
yourselves, without the aid of a Physician
Various purgatiye Pills. Cough Mixtures,
Chill Medicines, Diarrhoea Compounds.
Eonics, Blood Purifiers, and many other
articles, have been prescribed for you at
northern standpoint, and IN many eases,
those who prepared them knew ncthing
about tle treatment Of diseases In anY els
mate and IN the absence Of better com
pounds, they. ia many instances, met with
your APPROVING SMILES
VOW gentlemen, by your assistance and
your influence, WATCH we intend to MERIT,
We wish to effect q slight change in the pro
gramme; and so long as we give satisfaction,
shall nope to be the recipients Of public
patronage. Our plan is, that the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-12-28
CAPT. @. P. JOHNSON,
ST Tlouis No

p. S.-The following was written April
80, 1865, by Mrs. Jennie Johnson mother
of Capt Johnson.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-24

Black. and was insured in the Germania In
surance Com mpany for $1,000. ,,,..... uuos
AT helfpast 0 this morning Souchimer was
taken before Fire Marshal Baker for examlilns- xl1l
tion. The evidence was strongly aEstLnst .ti nsugi
and he was remanded TO awa,s tn ibe station-
6onse he committed suicide by shootIng nun
self through the heart. Mr.. Soucheiiner was q
German, thirty-fve years OF age, anu Was nan
of much respecta bility.-N T. Epenfng Post of
EmbezzIement by an Expire % NTossoUger
THE MERCHANTS UNION ET- ,prss ooMpANv pp-
49, FRA. FRAU JED.
- we learn tnaC Tue merchants' Union Express
at between Sc" ooS and s7o @cS pv tbe disSon
esVS @ " oh' of its messengers. 1t appears that
Vh ~ SaSo day night the messenger, whose name
IS Is " q. Gillette, left Albany at 1925 O'Clock by
sc Montreal train, in charge OF a car of the
+ Merchants Union Express Company having on
board money and freight entrusted to the com
pany for delivery in this city. IT Is said that
! the money placed in tue safe amounted to nearly
| seventy thousand dollars.
! When the train left Albany, Gillette was
under the influence of liquor He asked the
messenger OF the American Express Company
! if the train stopped at Peekskill, and was told
that it did. When the train reached Thirtieth
street early yesterday morning, Gillette did
not open the door of his car, and 1t was sup
posed he was sleeping of the effects OF the liquor
he had drank. The car was subsequently
brought down to the freight house, at the cor
ner of Leonard and Hudson streets. AS the
messenger would not respond to the repeated
calls made for him. the door through which the
freight was usually taken was broken open.
It was then found that the opposite door aud the
end door we're unlocked, and the messenger
missing. al, - III,
The keyhole of the safe was filed up with
sealing wax, and the key was tied to the top ol
the safe. Attached to the key was note WTlt-
need not be troubled about the matter; that he
would return in two or three days, and it would
be all right n.
safes. but the way bills had not been destroyed.
One envelope, which contained nineteen thou
sand dollars, had been cut open and the money
abstracted No trace has been obtained of Gil
lette II is supposed that he asked the messen-
ger of the American Express Company IT the
train stopped at Peeksklll for the purpose OF
directing the search to that place, aud that ne
got off at some other pont.-N. Y. Evening Post
| of yesterday.
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-24
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Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04
CRITTENDEN'S
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
PHILADELPHIA.

This College occupies the whole upper portion OF lures
stories of tho large double building at the ~ B
CHESTNUT aud SEVENTH Streets, is we'll lighted,
and httsd up ia style Of elegance aud convenience
which is unsurpassed
The instruction given here ia Of the most practical and
busAesake character The appreciation u lts value
shown by the fact that during the past nearly
hundred students in attendance and also by the
readiness with which Its graduates secure lucrative
situations, and the large number Of applications made
to the College for them.
The course ofinstrueton includes
HOUSEKEEPING
which Y tsnghtn Az Us departments and appcations
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04

RHETORIC. speaking of anecdotes, | must
give you one which one Of the most talented,
successful preachers in the State tells on him.
self He says that in his young days, when
Indiana was little more than a wilderness, when
'Gospcl Gre' was poured out in great abundance,
and rhetorical figures commanded high pre-
MUM among the youthful preachers, he was
selected to preach Sunday sermon at camp
meeting The audience was large, and the OccR-
sion demanded an extraordinary effort. lie was
just entering upon his theological career, and
the first steps were of the greatest importance.
At the appointed hour he took the stand, and,
after the usual preliminaries commenced as lOl-
lows
Brethren and SISTERS ladies and gentlemen,
il had the world for pulpit, the stars for an
audience, my head towering far above the lofteat
clouds, my arms swinging throughout immensely,
and my tongue sending forth the clarion notes
of Gabriel, I'D set one foot on Greenland's icy
mountains and the other on Indias coral strand,
aud-Id-rd howl like wolff
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04

TuSsoHOw, CHINA, August 20, 1906
Messrs, PERRY DAVIS soE;-Dear sirs,-Durlng a
long residence in China, have used your invaluable
Pain Killer, both In my own family and among the
Chinese, and have found It, most excellent medicine
In the Of 1862 aud 1913 while residing In
found it an almost certain for Cholera If ussd In
time Indeed, using it in great many instances, do
not remember falling in single For three years
have been residing in this place. than any miles
from physician, and have been obliged often to fail
upon my resources In of sickness. The Chi
nese to In great numbers for medicine and ad-
vice Though without medical knowledge ourselves the
few simple remedies We can command are so much in
advance Of their physcAua that we have almost
daily applications We allow them to come, because It
brings in contact with them opens door of use
funess In disrrh0s, collie vomiting, cholera, coughs
&C., your PAIN KILLER hA. been my chief medicine
Yours very truly,
T. p. CRAWFORD.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04
= FFFF 4t9 9 .
ASIATIC CHOLERA In CHINA.
Almost svsry case cured with
AIN KILLER.

From Rev r. Tsord, Missionary 10 China now visiting
his home In Pennsylvania
WARRINGTON, PBNSA, June IS, 1855.
Messrp. PsRRT DAVIS a soE, Providence, R. I;-DsAr
slrS;-Dutiug residence of ten years as a mis-.
sicnary in Siam and China, found your Vegetable Pain
Killer most valuable remedy for that fearful securgs
the Cholera
In administering the medicine found 1t most eneotua
to give teaspoonfu of Pain Killer in GID Of hot water
sweetsned with sugar. then, after about fifteen minutes
begin to give tablespoonful Of the same mixture every
minute until Fslisi vas obtained. Apply hot applca-
tons to the extTemitss Battle the stomach with the
Pain Killer, clear and rub the limbs brisky OF those
who had the Cholera, and took the medicine faithfully
in the way stated above eight out Of ten recovered
Truly yours,
R. TRLFORD.
II attacked with DAuh0a, Dysentsfy or oramp Collie,
don't delay the use Of the PAIN KILLER.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04
From the Petersburg Express
GOD Ess THE BOYs.


AsswBR TO "aop BLISS THE dIRls
ood bless the boys,
Who thrill our Joys,
With loving, tender kisses
Who squeeze our hands
Or loons our bands
OF flowing dilken tresseel
Then romp and awing
Us. Ger the SpTlng,
Adown the shady hollow,
Ills all the same,
They're not to blame,
Love leads, aud they but follow.
GOD BLESS THE MEN.
aod bless the men
We say Amsni
Who buy US ahAwla and dresses,
Or cAndied drops,
Or lemon pops,
stind treat when heat oppressss'
The ducks aud dears.
Well soothe their fears
Aud show heap of sorrow,
Just as II suits,
FOR gloves or boots,
That's wanted ior the morrow
oh, can't We vile,
Aud coax aud amlls,
When they VI cash seem weary
70 get the 'lob'
Aud ease their fob.
leaving them ne'sr a mary
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04

CiacuhsTANTIAL EVIDENCE. there
cannot DO found a more curious case than one
which occurred few years since at the British
Museum, by which gentleman might have been
made liable for disgraoeful transaction. He
requested tue attendant who was with him to let
him see particular coin he opened tue drawer
oil coins aud, pointing it out observed THAT IT
WAS the ONLY COIN OF THAT STAMP. The gentle
man asked If be was sure Of that, and was an
aWered that II was a known fact The visitor
requested leave to take il into his hand, aud on
oeing told that was against the rule, drew
written order from his pocket, which be had
procured from one Of the members. The coin
was then placed in his hand, and he examined it
CLOSELY for a few minutes and then returned it
TO the drawer, which the man closed, aud took
MS leave. Before he had time to reach The street
the man rushed after him demanding the coin
ihe gentleman said he had placed ii in the
drawer. It WAS positively declared not to he
mere. After sharp alteration on both sides,
the man declared that be must search the gem
ileman this he protested he would not allow,
ana insisted on his again looking into the drawer
the coin could not he found.
The police were called, and told to search the
gentleman lie insisted vehemently that he
would allow no such thing. and desired the at
tsndant to 60 back and look better u the drawer
ln a few minutes he returned with many apco-
gIes, and the coin in his hand it had slipped
into chinck in the drawer, where fortunately
II was at last found Had it remained uudis-
covered, the gentleman would have been placed
in most pitiable situation for be took from his
purse coin exactly like that just found. Hav-
ing heard that there was one Of the same stamp
In the British Museum, he had gone for the pur
pose Of examining it, aud comparing ii with his
own The other one-wheh was believed to be
the only one in existence land this found 90 the
gentleman, would have been an everlasting stain
upon bis character.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04

WHAT the GEAR SAID TO HIS PREsRRvER, "A
Paris letter says; The luckiest man in France is
Monsieur Raimbeaux, who spurred forward his
horse and probably saved the. life of the Car.
He ia the son of a rich proprietor of mines in
Northern France and Belgium, and son-in'laW
of the late NJ. Moquard, Private Secretary Of
the Emperor. lie received the most coveted
honOrs from both EmperOrs, and now all Russia
is sending him testimonials Of nations graft
tuds The Gear gave him the warmost invita-
ton to visit him at his capital. 4 have, he
said, sixty millions of subjects, and there is moi
one of them to whom your name is not now
familiar; you eau judge of the welcome you
will have at ST. Petersburg
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04

snHENok,s sEANVEMn rnNIc.

This medicine, invented by DR.. j scHEEcK, of pills.
delphis is Intended to dissolve the food aud make 1t into
chyme, the first process Of digestion BY cleansing thu
stomach with sehenek's Mandrake Pills the Tonic
restores the appetite and food that coud not be eaten be-
f1re using 1t will he easily digested
Consumption cannot be cured by Scheneks Pulmonie
syrup unless the stomach and liver is made healthy and
the appetite restored hence the Tonic and pills
quired in nearly every case of consumption. half
dozen bottles of the sEAWEED TONIC and three
boxes OF the MANDRAKE PILLS will cure any ordi-
nary Of dyspepsia
DR. sehenck makes professional visits in New York,
Boston, aud at his principal Office In Philadelphia every
week. See daily papers Of eacn place, or his pamphlet
on consumption for his days for visitation.
Please observe when purchasing that the two kenesses
OF the Doctor When In tue last stage Of Consumption
aud the other he s in perfect health, the
Government stamp.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers, price so per bottle
W $3.50 the half DOZEN All letters for advice should be
addressed to Dr. Schencks Principal Office No. 10 North
9Th Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
General Wholesale Agents Demas Barnes Co, N. ";
$, S. Hauce Baltimore, Md. john D. parke, Cincinnati
Ohio; Walker Taylor Chicago H.. Collins Bres. ST.
Louis Mo. oei26lst ". ca, mo. / VI
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04
FOR SALE AND TO RENT.

INOR SALE.
L No. /. 4 THREE STORY BRICK HOUSE on Pine
street, above Fifth street.
No. >. A STORE, DWELLING, &c., on Fourth street
between Market and King streets. II lisa very desirable
part Of the city for business Of any kind.
No. 3. FIVE TWO STORY BRICK HOUSES on Nc
Caulley street Lombard between Eleventh aud
Twelfth Streets.
No. :. BRICK DWELLING gu TstnAll street, above
Second street
No 3. A BRICK DWELLING AND STORE at corner
o Seventh and French streets, Good business stand
No. g. A BRICK DWELLING AND STORE on Front
street. first house West of Black Horse Hotel. Good
stand Tor store aud boarding house.
Also number Of other Houses aud Lots. Apply 10
Wll, McCAULLEY,
iAn22 sos Market street..
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-07-04
enEFTy Is THAT PRETTY DOES.


The spider wears a plain brown dress
And she Is steady splnusri
To see her, quiet as mouse
Going Aboat her silver house,
You would never. never, never guess
The way she gets her dinner.
she looks as II no thought Of III
In all her life had stirred her,
But while abs moves with careful tread,
And while she spins her aiken thread,
She 10 planning, planning, planning still
Ths way to do some murder
Ms child, who rsads this simple lay
With eyes down dropt aud tender,
Remember the old proVsrb says
That pretty IL which pretty does,
And that worth does not 60 nor stay
For poverty nor splsudor.
'Tll not the house, and mol the dress
That makes the saint or sinner
To sss the spider sit and splu,
saul with her webs Of silver III,
You would never. never. never gusss
The WAY she gets her dinner