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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-07-16
ri Ri and HOUSEHOLD.
IIay-Caps.

Grass in process of curing is injured
more or less by any exposure to rain or even
dew, and in any latitude, and during almost
any season, it is liable to considerable loss
from the former, and always some loss from
the latter. Any protection, therefore, that
should combine cheapness with durability,
and should not involve greater loss of time
in applying than it would save when applied,
is certainly an advantage to the hay grower,
and mercy to the cattle for which he
provides.
Hay caps are exactly fitted to these needs.
They are cheap. They are durable. They
are quickly applied, and when placed on
the top of Il cock weighing seyenty-tive
pounds, if it is to stand in the field through
a rcc-days rain, it will more than pay
for itself in protecting the mass from the
water, and thus the hay from damage, if
not absolute loss.
HOW TO MAKE THEN.
They should be made five feet square
four will answer, but five is better-and
they need be no heavier or thicker than
common brown Shecting, which is the most
suitable material for them.
The best mode of manufacture is to buy
yard-wide goods, and then cutting 4 piece
into two strips, sew it to the edge of the
whole piece, making it yard and ahalf
wide. Then cut into sections of the same
length as width, and you have a piece of
cloth four and 4 half feet square. Now
turn the corners back four inches, and stitch
them around the edge, and in the centre of
this double CLOTH work an eyelet, into
which should be tied a small rope. say two
feet long. To these cords attach pins about
fifteen inches long. They should be made
of white-oak and sharp-pointed. and the
cord is best fastened to them by boring a
hole diagonally through the mead of the
pin, letting it come out OH the side two
inches below the top, and then, after thrust
ing the cord downward through this aper-
ture, knot it SO that it cannot be drawn out
and the work is done.
HOW TO USE THEN.
Always have barrow with a platform on
it devoted to the transportation of these
caps, and when they are taken off. see that
they are placed on this platform evenly and
without any tangle of the cords
Make the cocks thimble-shapcd and when
they are ready to be capped, let a man or
boy seize the handles of the barrow, run the
wheel against the cock, while two men, one
on each side of the vehicle lifting the upper
cap, carry it forward over the cock, pin it
down i'll jiffy, following at once the bar
row-boy to the next, where the same opera
ton is repeated.
Three men will cover about four cocks Il
minute, if the distance is not above the
average.
When taken off the next day they should
be thoroughly dried, and then laid carefully
on the barrow preparatory to ready use,
should any exigency occur when time is of
as much Importance in the bayfield, as tax
ing in sail at sea, with a squat flashing the
water into foam but little distance from
the ships bow.-HearM and Home
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RHYMEsFOR THE SEASON.
The Young HUSBANDS Dilemma

| Inc kOuHB huSBfABO'S D11emmSRs i
John had just married and brought home q
bride,
a graceful and buxom ard beautiful miss;
And when at the altar he stood by her side,
1t seemed the last drop in his full cup Of
| bliss.
Indeed she was one of the fairestof creatures,
| Her lips were like rubies, her teeth white
as pearls;
The rose might have borroSed its hues from
her features, -s,t
The sualight was mocked by her bright
golden curls.
With feasting and music the swift moments
flew,
Till midnight approached, and the bride
and her groom,
After bidding their friends and companions
Retired, together of course, to their room.
There the beautiful wreath and gossameI
On top of the bureau was carefully laid,
Then placing her dress, with It's long siIkeG
trail,
Ger the back of a chair by the side of.he
bed
Of the various garments embroidered in
Nor the feeling over the young husband came
As he sat and observed her disrobe for the
night
But many brilliant illusion 1 ween,
The possession of Il such position dispeis,
To man who has heard, but yet never seen,
That wonderful process, the peeling of
bellies.
So John felt on seeing those beautiful curls
Those glorious masses Of bright golden
hair;
And the teeth he admired, they were whittier
than pearls,
All laid iu box that she placed on chair
Meantime in that box something more caught
his eye.
To show how the artist Dame Nature can
mock
A full and judiciouslv chosen supply.
OF cosmetics ad iib, rouse enamel, and
chalk
From her cheeks came her plumpers, which,
lest she should lose EN-,
She placed 10 her toilet box, too, with the
Then swiftly detached the full, palpitant
Her lover SO fOundly, SO blindly, had pres
sed.
Then she placed ON the chair the huge cush-
ions she wore,
When the husband was still more than
ever Ronplussed
To see what he had never had Witnessed be,
fore
A fair woman's hustle abreastof her bust
Then touching spring that was hidden
somewhere,
Her lower limbs parted precisely in halves,
And she laid on the alter, mean on the chair,
Her last sacrifice, a pair of fat calves.
Her dissection completed, she PLUNGED un-
der cover,
Like lath that might into q rivulet drop;
Then tenderly asked Of her notiOnless lover,
"My darling how long do you mean to sit
up7'
"My dear, I'm quite undecided" he said,
"What course in the case would be pro-
per and fair
To follow the traction that GO into bed
Or stay with the part that is piled in the
chaiS"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-12-17
The Lee Monument in Rich
mOnd,

To Southern Teachers and Scholars
Feeling sure that the young people of
the South will like to make contributions
for the erection of monument in honor of
the great man, whose devotion to the young
was not the least amiable trait in his charac.
ter, the undersigned propose that a collec>
ton shall be taken up in every Southern
school by it's teacher in the following man
ner let the teacher hand around box,
into which each scholar shall put at least %
cents, accompanied by a slip of paper on
which the scholars name and the amount
given shall be written, and it is proposed
that these names shall be deposited in the
corner stone of the monument. The teach'
er Will please remit the amount 80 collected
and the names of the donoIs to Miss s. n.
RANDOLPH, Secretary of Ladies Lee Monu-
meut Committee, box 83S, Richmond, Va.
LSigned by1 Mrs WIN. H. Mcfarland,
Mrs Geo W. Randolph, Mrs James Lyons.
Mrs. VIM. Brown, Miss Nicholas.
All papers favorable to the cause are re
quested 70 copy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-12-17
THE WAR.

VERSAILLES, France, December I3.-The
French assumed the offensive before Paris
in large f1rce but were repulsed at night(all,
after day 5 artillery fighting. Loss slight
At Havre the French captured detach-
ment Of Germans with artillery. In the
battles of the 3Oth of November and I'd of
December, near Paris, the French captured
10000 prisoners and six guns. Paris sufs
fers Bo privations, and the agreement Of the
population is good. The seat of govern.
ment has bee2 installed az bordeaux Wigs
orOus measures have been decided upon and
large reinforeaments arc going forward to
all parts fEomsth south of France All the
troops are we'll armed and equipped and
large number Of batteries are ready for ser
vice, as arc also men and horses for a large
cavalry force. Several French victories are
announced. a London dispatch says that
the rumors Of an armistice are utterly un
founded. The Paris government refused a
summons to surrender, saying they will
fight to the last man.
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A correspondent of the Manchester En-
ansiner says: "Before the war commenced,
the weekly consumption of cotton in France
amounted, according to several authorities,
to about / 3 900 bales, averaging English 400
pounds each, of which about 1000 bales were
consumed by the mills III AIsatia Since
October 18th some futher reduction may
have taken place, but it cannot be of much
moment, and France is, therefore, probably
still consuming cotton at the rate of 5000 to
1000 bales per week. In other words, one.
half of her g.. 100000 cotton spindles existing
before the war, according to the best infor-
nation, are still working full time"
One hundred and fifty Swiss immigrants
passed through Lynchburg, Va, on Friday,
the 18th INST, on the way to Water Valley,
Mississippi 1t is said that FIVE thousand
more are expected from Switzerland within
the next three months, all of whom design
Iocatingat Water Valley.
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ChdrLeston-A Dead Captain aoith Can-
! die an his hand - Remarkable Career of
Remarkable Craft
In 1864, says the Houston Telegraph, the
feet of Admiral Farragut was blockadiDg
Mobile, while heagy land and naval attack
was directed against Charleston. During
our long defensive war great deal Of ins
genuity hal been expended by the Confed-
crates upon tOrpedoes and torpedo boats.
The most remarkable of these boats was
! constructed in Mobile by Hundley d Ne
Clintock, and launched in 1864 and moth
ing which has gone down into the sea was
more wonderfully or more fearfulIy contriv-
ed 10 wreak destruction and vengeance upon
| friend and foe She was built of boiler
! iron, aud imperyious to water or air. Her
extreme length was about thirty feet, with
FIVE or six feet beam, and about five or six
| feet depth Of hold. In general contour she
resembled a cigar, sharp at both ends She
Was propelled by screw, the shaft of which
ran horizontally along her hold, almost from
stem to stern, and was turned by the manu-
al force of eight men, seated along it on
either side. The only hatchway was circu-
lar, about two feet in diameter, with low
combing around it, which was placed we'll
forward, and when desired, could be closed
by an iron cap working on hinges and made
air tight.
In the forward part of this cap was in
serted a clear glass bulls eye, through which
the pilot could see She was provided with
water tight compartments, by filling or
emptying which she would sink or rise, and
to enable her to rise instantly her bsllGsting
of railroad bars was placed on her bottom,
outside of ! er hull, and by means of keys
accessible to her crew could be detached in
a moment, so that she would rise quickly to
the surface Besides her rudder, which was
of the usual form, this vessel was equipped
with side paddles of fms, which, like those
of fish. served to guide It up or down with
reference to the surface OF the water. To
prepare for action, floating torpedo was
secured to her stern by line more than one
hundred feet long, and her crew having EN-
barked, the water tanks were filed until the
boat was en- equlLtbTio, and almost submurg
ed. The hatchway was closed, the men re-
volved the shaft, the captain or pilot stand
ing under the hatch, steered the boat, regu-
lating at the same time, by the action of her
laterBal Fms, the depth at which she should
move. Her greatest speed did not exceed
four knots. She could remain submurged
for half an hour or an hour, without great
Inconvenience to her crew, and on one Oc-
casion has been known to remain under two
hours without any actual injury to them, al
though no means were provided for procus-
ing fresh air, end from the moment the hatch
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MOTxCE,

saIrn for NJ invocation the UtIsz aAd AL cher
Presses this
y gripping blocks IN pressing east in sold
boeEE which grip the upright roa bars as soon - ths
power is applied holds fast As aoon a. the psEsr Is
taken or the blocks slide down the bar PoFfsety
loose ready for Of holt which renders it entrs
impossible to gss out sf virtue which ether
Press has The lever that use is common straight
lever applied direct gripping blocks sly follower
Aad dOWa By Of roPs sad vindsss sad is
AFrsnEsd 20 voFk very easy.
a. ySr sEtbSg tsssTEstloa address
= ~, 6WTEEREoAD.
JsSV 49, ARvAss -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-12-17

HoRRoRE OF War lit will bring home to.
rors Of the war when it is announced that
the PEussian- Government has ordered the
supply ft9o hundred thousand wooden-legs.
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Rantist Church.

Sabbsth Service. I01l N and 71f X SUNDAY sehaOi
AN; PRAYER Meeting Tuesday Evening; Regular Month
y Meeting Saturday before the Third Sabbath in eAcl
month Communion Seryics the SABBATH following.
ELD. TU3LIESON, PAsToE
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Methodist Church.

ssrvissS every Sabbath at loX A. H and P. N. y
the Rev s. b SURRAT.
SABBATH SCHOOL st 81 A. y.
Singing Sabbath School Scholars Sunday evening
2z o'clock Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night.
Choir msetinE every Friday night Regular Church
aE fret Wednesday night each month. Young Mems
prayer meeting every Monday night = u .
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St. James Church. Bolivar, Tenn.
Presbyterian Church.

Sunday School A. Z
Bible Class Tuesdays. at ?.
Prayer Meeting Thursdays. .............7 ?. X
Services every SABBATH, AZ Io3< A. Il. GAG7PA
Seats all FREE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-12-17
Mississippi Central r. R.
GEO NJ. DUGAE..........-. AGENT. BOtrr

Trains pass Bolivar follows:
MAIL TRAIN Soulful 20 North. 5+S
EXPRESS train Ssuth25 North, so
Freight train, ,South-IU45 45 North, 20
Way Freight Southl North 80
a. Mail train every day. RS- Express train
every day-MONcAYS EXCEPTED. -6a
Connection made by the southwark bound Mail and EN
Grand junction with trains the Nj e. y
trains going north Jackson TenF with
trains the NJ q. r. II.
The above aeheduls took effect Nov. 90 1853
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Memphis & Charleston
RAILROAD.

TRAINS ARRIVE AT AND LEAVE MEMPHIS AS
-r.. FOLLOWS:
-.-- DEPART
Through Mai-pAILY-.. .....-..,-.. 20 10 80
cept sunday. at........ ................. sO5Au
SiEand Junction Accommodation, daily
eEceut sunday at .............. IS IS m
Through Grand function with trains
BoliN var and jackson, Tenn. -.
AZ Decatur, Athens. Pulaski Ala Columbia. Nash
At Chattanooga. trains fer points
Express Trains.
baggage checked through. -.--
tickets and further information. apply AZ thS Oee
corner Main and South Court street.
W. }. ROSS. GerT Superintendent.
A. A. BARNES Gen1 Ticket Agent. Oets
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-12-17
SWINEBROAD'S
IMPROVED
COTTON PRESS!

As have succeeded in getting a new in
v.nsioa grated me PRESSES. propose TO PlAes
them before the people for general use. q - .
nv invention Is reduced down to SIMPLICITY. DU-
RABILITY and STRENGTH. much 50 that any set Of
aeId hands can work it with good success.
All those who wish Press see oss in working or
der 81 this place.
propose 70 sell ROIAbTY. COUNTY aud STATE
RIGHTS enly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-12-17
Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Services foflows;-Sscond SABBATH in each month b
Or. A. A MOoRENAN Fou:th Sabbath il each month b
Mn. II. MOMENT.
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quested to copy.

The oldest stove probably in the United
States is the one which warns the Hall of
Virginia's capitol, in Richmond. 1t was
made in England and sent to Richmond in
l770-one hundred years ago-and warmed
the House of Burgesses for sixty years be-
fore it was removed to It's present location,
where it has been ever since. 1t has sur
yiyed three British monarchs has been con
temporaneous with four kinRly monarchies,
two Republics and two Imperial Govern
ments of France. The great Republic of
America has been tern by internal strife.
the breaches partly healed, and still the old
stove remains unmoved in the midst of all
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-12-17
Death at The ocean Rottonn.

Discovery Of a Buried Torpedo Boat off
CtarIeston-A Dead Captain ,oith Can
die an his hand Remarkable Career of
Remarkable Craft
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-12-17

THAr PET.-In the legislature, on the
18th inst, Mr.. Smith introduced bill to
create q new State cut Of the Eastern Diyi
sion Of Tennessee Passed 6rst reading
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my dear, I'm quite undecided" he said,
"What course. in the case would be pro-
per and fair
To follow the traction that GO into bed,
Or stay with the part that is piled in the
chair"
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1870-01-29
Hasten Slowly.

One of the chief sins Of our time Il
hurry it is helter-skelter, and the devi
take the hindmost. Uff we go, all toe
swift at starting and we neither run SC
fast. nor SO far as we would have done
had we taken it cannily at first. This
is true of boy as well as OF blood
colt. Not only are boys and colts made
to do the work and the running Of full
grown men and horses. but they are
hurried out of themselves and their nor,
and pushed into the middle Of next week,
where nobody is wanting them. and be-
yond which they frequently never get.
The main duty Of those who care for
the young is to secure their wholesome,
their entire growth; for health is just
the development Of the whole nature in
its due sequences and proportions first
the blade then the ear; then, and not
till then, the full corn in the ear. Thus
should we, as DR.. Temple wisely says
I" not forget wisdom in teaching knowl-
edge DR.. jain Brolon, of Edinburg.
in Spare Hours.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1870-01-29
There Is Much That May Be Done,
By GRACE APPLETON.

There is much that may be done
While the glittring life-sands run:
II ye be but earnest-minded,
II ye 20 not weakly blinded
BY gay Fashions heartless folly,
Or selfish melancholy
BY a momentary pleasure.
Or love OF ease and leisure
Lured not BY the worlds false beauty
From the narrow path of duty
Much there is that may be done
BY an ezrnest-lrinded one.
There Is much that must be done
Ere the victor crown be won
In the fierce and deadly strife,
On the battlefield Of Lie,
Should a soldier kiss the ground.
Thou mayst stanch the bleeding wound,
Stay the tott'ring falt ring step.
Cool the parched and fcvered lip,
Give him back the priceless boon
OF a lifetime, TO atone.
Much there is that may done
BY brave, true-hearted one
There is much that may be done
BY gentle, loving one !
Hers sweet Mercys prayer to breathe,
Hers the manly brow to wreathe
With fadeless garlands from above, [love
GemHed with the dew Of Heavens own
To soothe the cnre-worn, troubled breast
To guard the weary pilgrims rest
To close the eye Of age and youth
To whisper OF celestial truth.
Much, oh. much may cen be done
BY gentle, loving one!
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1870-01-29

There appear to he many different
ways of understanding the true meaning
Of Newspaper patronage. as it is called.
Newspaper patronage exhibl;s as many
varieties as the colors of the rainbow
and is as changeable as the chameleon.
One man comes in and suhscribes for
a paper, pays for it in advance. goes
home ard reads il with the satisfaction
that it is his. He hands in bis adver-
tisement. asks the price, pays for it. goes
to his place Of business and reaps the
advantages thereof. This is Newspaper
patronage.
Another man asks ron to send him
the paper and goes off without saying a
word about pay. Time passes on. the
printer is in need oil money and asks
him to pay the sum he owes. He flies
into passion, perhaps pays. perhaps
not, and orders his paper stopped. This
is called patronage.
Another man has your paper for a
long time. becomes tired Of you and
wants change--thinks he will have an.
other paper. But be don't pay. oh, no
he has to keep your money to buy an
other paper Pay comes when you sue
him. Such may be called Newspaper
patronage.
One man brings in City cent adver-
tisement aud wants two dollar puff
thrown in, and when you decline he goes
of mad. Even this may be called News
paper patronage.
Another man don't take your paper ;
it Is too hiph priced. but he borrows it
regularly OF Others and reads il or takes
Il from his neighbor's door where the
paper has been LEFT by the carrier, una
wares to the man who has paid for It.
and leave him to grumble with the prin.
ter because he does not receive his pa
per. We saw a man do this mean low
act a few mornings since. And then
wondered IL that could be called News
paper patronage.
One man likes the paper. he takes .
copy aud pays for Il, and gess his friend
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1870-01-29
EooNoxY IS DuE TO oun EnPLoYEn

EcoNoNy is Due TO OUR EMPLOYERS
+" Waste not. want not" is good old
proverb. I" He that is faithful in little
is faithful also in much" A person who
takes no care Of the materials commit
ted to his hands by his employer, will
never duly husband his own property
Economy and wsstefulness are habits
that will influence us in all things both
when we are engaged about our own sub
stance or that Of another. To waste an-
others goods is the same as to rob him.
The loss in both cases Is equal, and the
principles whence they spring very much
alike. The man who takes care Of his
employers goods is sure TO look after
his own, and thus is on the road to pros
perity.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1870-01-29

| in the sitting-room on the sofa. ln re-
ply to his question, "where am ! TO get
my dinner 4" she said," Jet il where
you got your lunch" Then she COM
menced to revile. cursing him and finally
starting to attack him. Under the cir
cumstances. he thought it would be ad-
visable TO lock her up, so he turned the
key, and went below. Soon after, she
commenced to rave in the most violent
manner. running to and fro in the room,
stamping and finally bursting the door
open. She came down stairs and stald
a few moments. going to her bedroom
at Q oicIock. Nothing more was seen
or heard of her until 10 o'clock, when
Mr.. Hill went up stairs to retire. He
found her lying on the bed, her clothes
on, in an unconscious state. He sum
moned DR.. Wood. a druggist. and upon
his suggestion, called DR.. Macintosh.
who pronounced her dead. Information
was Immediately sent to the Coroner,
who had the body removed to the
MOrgue.
An examination of the sitting room
where she was locked in. revealed the
fact that she had behaved in the most
extraordinary manner. and showed that
she must have been deranged. She had
succeeded in bursting open large trav-
cling trunk, by forcing the lock with
three silver forks. The articles OF house
hold furniture were bent and twisted in
all shapes, the clothes were tossed around
the room in the widest disorder, and
the door was badly dented The deceas
ed was Of rather slight built, comely, and
her husband says that she never used
vulgar language to him before that Gay |
The pillow case on her bed was stain
ed with what is thought to be strych-
nine, although it has not been carefully |
examined. A partial examination Of
the remains to-day shows several bruises
on the scalp. The Coroner is holding a |
post mortem examination. and will thor
oughly investigate the matter.