The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-06-23
TRTFLES.

Later English papers say that a
: though the birth Of the last child of Tia
Princess of Wales was premature, th
health of the Princess was but littl
affected thereby.
The London Advertiser, writing G
London clubs, says: 'The one grea
comfort of a club, as at present cOnsti
tuted, Is that no lady can cross tn
threshold"
Lucretia Mott IS said to be at worl
endeavoring to brighten Quaker life
little. Gay carpets in the houses ant
music in the schools form a part o
her contemplated reforms.
The apprehensions that wheat il
the northern part of Wisconsin hat
been winter-kiIled We're unfounded
and it is said the prospects for largl
| crop were never better.
The English Parliament has mad,
four additional holidays, beinl
discretionary, Whit Monday, thI
first weekday in August and the day
after Christmas.
The SOD of Hegel, the celebrated phi
Iosopher, is professor of history at tbt
University of Erlangen, but he is sucI
a dull lecturer that he hardly ever ha!
any hearers.
It is reported that the Countess dt
MOntijO, Eugenie's mother, has beer
treated very coolly at Madrid by the
Spanish aristOcracy since the downfall
of the Second Empire.
Chang, the paralyzed Siamese twin
! has so far recovered as to be able tC
ride a crutch about the house. His
brother hasn't left him a moment
since he was taken i'll.
The stockholders of the principal
| Cleveland skating rink have concIud-
ed that the day of rinks has passed
away, and think of converting theiI
| costly building into an opera house.
The Charleston IS. c. Courier very
suggestively heads an article upon the
anarchy which prevails in France as
follows: "France in Search of Mas
ter"
Dan Mace has given up the public
training of trOtting horses and will
confine himselfeXclusively to training
and driving Lady Thorn for her en-
gagements this season.
The Emperor and Empress of Brazil
viii sail for Europe next month, and
spend year in travelling. Russia,
Turkey and Greece are among the
countries they intend to visit.
Troy's affection for Albany finds ex-
preston in the Wing of the former
place, which speaks of Albany as a
'little One-hOrse place, made up of a
legislature and another cattle mar
ket"
A young lady at an examination in
grammar was asked why the noun
''bachelor" was singular. She replied
Immediately with much naivete: 'Be-
cause it is very singular they don't get
married"
An event of scholastic Importance is
the publication of a successful transla-
ton into Greek, by Samuel Searpe, of
the Egyptian inscription in hiero-
glyphics, known as the "Decree of
CanO Us.n
An enthusiastic EngIishman has of
fered Count Bismark two hundred
thousand thalers for his country seat at
VaFzin, twice as much as it is worth /;
but Bismark has rejected the offer.
Almond trees flourish in California,
and OLe near Santa Barbara yielded
$40 worth Of nuts last year. This
spring a farmer has set out 50, 900 trees.
The olive crop will be large this sea-
son.
'Tis a soiace for the man who is new
er happy unless he is winning or los
ing, or making wager, to recall the
Witticisn, GA man who don't bet is as
bad as the man that does, or at least,
he is no better"
An old bachelor says that giving
the ballot to women would not amount
to anything practically, because they
would insist that they were too young
to vote until they got too old to take
any interest in politics.
The Rev. Professor Summers is car
rying on an investigation Of the cas-
tern Himalayan dialects, and is dis
covering testimonies of the connection
between them and Chinese which have
not before been detected.
Saratoga has no amusements at
present, and in lieu Of it the people all
90 to look at the "Live INDIAN that
acts as sign for a cigar store. It is
an unhealthy sign, for it denotes great
curiosity on the part of the SaratO-
gians.
The master mechanic of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail-
road has 1904 men under his supervis-
ion at the machine shops in Fort
Wayne. This is said to be the largest
number of skilled workmen under one
man in the United States.
Victor Emanuel is building a villa
in the environs of Palermo, where he
will hencefOrth reside good deal of
his time, his physicians having told
him that prolonged sOiourn in Sicily
would be beneficial to his health.
Foundations are hidden. It is not
the apparent virtues which gives sta
bility to character. It is not what a
man appears to be, but what he is in
the foundations.