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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09
TIE STRAIGHTFORWARD OFFER.

But, after all, the main use of this
class of reading is in the vast scope aud
and field it opens 10 the intelligent in
quirer-the immense variety Of aterna.
sivcs, whether for warning or example,
which the pages Of fiction hold out; for
every lover in fiction furnishes material
for one or the other. The un5ounded
choice is the thing, directed by that in-
sight into character and temperament
which it is the high Office Of the novelist
to iustill. Thus the use OF the word
"wife" indicates the straightforward
offer. 1t pleases simple women. 'Anne
Thompson, viii you be my wife ?" is thc
conventional Quaker's first word oflcve-
making. She says Yes" and the
thing is settled. Also it is effective
where the advantage of wealth or po-
sition is on the gentlemau's side. "Of
course, Grace" said Major Grantley,
"you know why am here?" He
paused, and then remembering that he
had no right to expect an answer to
such a question, he continued: 81 have
come here, dearest Grace, to ask you to
be my wife," But there is a cou6dent
abruptness in this form tina, will not do
under reversed circumstances. In oppo.
si,iou to this, some women ore 20 be
approached with timid, distant en,reaty,
as Tito to Romola: "If you will only
let me say love you-if you Will only
think me worth loving little" Then
there is the manly offer OF heart and
hand, which is perhaps Of ali the modes
the most taken for granted by the QUE
side uuthinking world. "Th~re is my
hand" say Lucius Mason to Sophia
Furuivol. "There is my hand," says
she, as they stand holding one another
palm to palm. He quite honest; she
OILY able to reach the pitch of hall
honesty. Some times more point is
made of the shape, and quality, ard
action of the hands thus Felix Graham
offers his broad right hand. "lf you
can take it, you cannot doubt my heart
goes with 1t, and the tiDid Madeline
says not a word, nor does she lift her
eyes from the ground. but very slowly
she raises her little hand and allows hcr
soft, slight fingers, etc.
! SAM WELLER Is THE MODEL AFTER ALL
The subject is too full-full to over.
aoving-ior connected discussion with
in our limits. We can but touch here
and there upon some of its innumerab!e
heads. The question of letters, for In
stance But here it mus. be owned
that fiction has not so much the a6van.
tage over fact as in haud-to hand en-
counter: Perhaps the whole matter o.
a love letter is condensed in San
Weller's valentine: "Before see yor
thought all women alike, but now
find what soft headed. incredulous
turnip I must have been, for there aia'
anybody like you, though | like yol
better than nothing at ALL"
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09
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\ stolen kiss saved girls lie IN
Fond du Lac las, week for il the man
who did the deed had no, pnl!ei i.rr head
forward just as he did, beam which
tell from the upper floor would have
da>hed her trains out.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09
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Mrs. partington, in i.la~irri' III ct
tho proyerb. ~ SILT answer rat,'r'h
away wrath" says Atai, ut H. bc.'cr I"
speak para:oricaI oi pcrs"n t.. :" IL
all the time GInginS .pnai =" h N
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09

CARE OF TEErH.-Put piece Of
quicklime the size Of a walnut iu pint
of distilled water. Clean the teeth fre-
queutly with this fluid, washing the
mouth we'll with clean water afterwards.
The application will preserve the teeth
and keep of the toothache, aud will
harden the gums "A correspondent Of
tie Eayl;sh Mechanic.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09

A little boy, after watching the
burning of the schoolhouse until the
novelty Of the thing had ceased. started
down street, saying: "Goily! Is glad
the old things burnt; didn't have M
incfry lesson nohow ~
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09
Nininn IL 4 y

Calais, Maine. is nice rl'c" for
young men to 20 to. The local paper
there saws that TWO thirds Of the wealth
of the town is to be inherited bv ! 'urg
girls. The rich men there do npr have
sons
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09

A darkey gives the following r"a-
son why the colored race is SUPER II l..
the white race ".Ail men are ma!c oi
clay, and like the meer>chsnm II e. "a )
are more valuable when highly {. iorcd.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09

An injudicious XVIII amendment
10 Tennessee attempted to shoot dis
loyal white with the wrong end Of
a pistol II went of, aud there was a
black berryirg party.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09
popp1NG THE QUEST HON.
How shis Cheerful Work is Done in
Novels
From an article in the London Satur.
day Review on this absorbing question
we quote as to different methods:

THE PLEA OF lone ACQUAINTANCE.
! Of all the pleas, We think that ol
long acquaintance is the most dis
couraged by fiction, from Dumbledikes
downward. When Jeanie Deans is
obliged to be explicit with her extra>
ordinary lover, 81 love another man bet
ter than you, and I Gamma marry ye,"
his astonishmeut is quite natural
"Another man better than me, Jeuuie
How is that possible, woman? ye hae
kenned me sac !ong?" Dumbledikes
had read no novels. He could not,
therefore, understand why habit should
not work the same results on both sides.
Jeauie even, for The same reason,
thought the argument plausible. H.
stead Of confuting she accepted it. Gay,
but I4aiard, l kenned him LANCER" 1t is
this long acquaintance which at once
makes johnny Eames such persever-
ing suitor and renders his case hopeless.
He cannot understand the force of a
sudden fancy, aud expects to supersede
it. lu fact, however, if he had come
newly upon the scene he might have
had some chance, but Lilly had known
him long enough to be familiar, and it
wouldn't do. She no longer cares for
the 9th er man, but he has shattered her
as tree is shattered by storm. "It
is no longer tree" she says, "but a
fragment. He argues, "Theu be my
fragment" "No, dear, it cannot be"
Perhaps long acquaintance and readi.
ness to be made use of and to put up
with fragments induces contempt, as in
the case Of Major Dobbin and his Amelia.
The man who falls into Toot's vein,
and treats his own time, feelings and
exertions as "of no consequence" will
not be accepted till the romance Of life
is exhausted.
HOW YOUNG GUppY PROCEEDED.
Do our readers recall Mr.. Guppy, the
attorneys clerk in "Bleak House,
whose delicate attention to bis mothers
habits does him so much honor? As a
happy blending Oft real aud ideal,
his proposal deserves quoting at length,
though it meets with so chilling areturn
from the object of his passion:
"My present salary, Miss Summerson,
at Kenge & Carboy's, is two pounds a
week. My mother has little property,
which takes the foru of small life
annuity. She is eminently calculated
for a motheriu-law She has her fail
ings, as who has not; but l never knew
her to do it when company was present,
at which time you may freely trust her
with wine, spirits, or malt liquors. Miss
Summerson, 10 the mildest language, l
adore you. Would you be so kind as to
allow me Gas mag say) to file a declara-
tion-,o make an cfFer 2" Mr.. Guppy
went down on his knees. l said, "Get
up from that ridiculous position i'm
mediatcly, sir, or you will oblige me to
ring the bell.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09
The PENNSYLVANIA MANIFESTO

Address Of the Democratic Erecutiue
Committee of the Keystone State
The Political Issue Of the Day Clearly
and tStrong Stated-A Powerful
Paper 6y Hon. jeremiah Black.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09

n SPECIALITY, FLOUR SACKS, PAPER
BAGS and cTRkpPlNG PAPER,
At EDWARD PERRY'S.
30 Mesting-stfest opposite Charleston aotel.
4 oet.S .sm
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09
IONEY CANNOT BUY 1T,
FOR SIGHT Is PRIcELEsSH

THE DIAMOND GLASSES. manufactured
J. z. SPENCER l. CO., New York, which
3 nov offered to tie public, are pronounced cy
] the celebrated Opticians Of the world to De
3 most Perfect, Natural Artificial belly to the
,msn eye ever known.
bm minute Crystal Pebbles, melted together,
q derive their mace. Diamond" on account
4 their hardness and brilliancy.
The scientific principle on which they are con
Pucted brings ibe core or centre OF the lens d.,
e:ly in front Of the eye. producing clear ana
tinct vision, as in the nstural, healthy sight,
"a preventing all unpleasant sensations, such as
nmsring aud wavsring of sight, dizziness, &c.'
uliar t. all others in use.
They are mounted in the finest manuer 10
mes Of the best quality, of all materials ,sed
a that purpose. Their finish and DURABILITY
spnot be surpassed.
CAurrox,-None genuine unless bearing theil
|nde mark stamped on everv frame
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-08-09
CLOTHING and UNDERWEAR

Snouncc tho introduction of plan of ordcrin 6
CLOTHING and UNDERWEAR
BY LETTER,
to which they call your special attention.
They will send on application their improved
ID accurate
RULES FOR SELF. MEASUREMENT:
d full line of samples from their immense
bck of CLOTHS, CASSIUEKES. COAT
Yes. SHIRTINGS, &C., &C., thus enabling
>rties iu any par, Of the country to order their
iDIbing and Shirts direct from them, IN the
certainty Of receiving garments of
The Very Latest Style
And .Nost Perfect Fit
attainable.
'hoo.s ordered will be sent by Express to any
.rt of the country.
Aa is vel known throuchou. the Southern
stes they have for FOKTY-THREE YEARS
EXcELLED
all departments Of their business. which is
bstan,iai guarantee as to the character Of the
>ods they will send out.
"A large and well assorted stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING
always on hand. together With full line Of
FURNISHING GOODS
bluding all rbe latest Novelties in Design, and =.
3 POPULAR PRICES.
When Goods are sent per Express c. 0 D..
ere will lie no collection charge en- amounts Of
% and ever
Rules for Seif-Moasurement, Samples OF
tois and Price List sent free on application.
1The at;euli of the Trade is invited to our
fHOLESALE DEPARTNENT which is al
4ys KEEP, up to the highest standard.
NOAH WALKER & co.
anufacturers and Dealers in Mems and Boys
Cloth;Dg and Furnishing Goods. either ready
made or made to order.
I65 and 167 Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
April s. ly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
Medicine for Trees.

The Boston Journal OF Chemistry
Quotes from a scientific journal, which
recon mends boring holes in the trunks
of trees and injecting caloTneI to des-
troy insects, and comments thus:
''This idea of endeavoring to force
into the circulation of tree a mine
raj poison to destroy injurious insects
upon the leaves and branches, seems
to be very vulgar and absurd. We
hope no one of our agricultural friends
will indulge in experiments of this ma
ture, for by so doing we fear they will
greatly endanger their fruit trees
The sap in vegetable structure CORE
spends In many of its functions and
characteristics with the blood of ami
NAL organisms, and it is well under
stood among Psychologists and surge
Ons that that fluid is exceedingly sem
sitive to the presence of foreign agents.
No more sudden or effective way can
be devised to destroy life than to in
ject into the circulation any eXtrane-
Gus agent, solid or fluid. Blood will
abstract from food or medicine what
it requires heathful to perform its prop
or work, and can obtain it from no
ether source; and so with the say. it
viii draw from the soil the constitu-
ent particles it needs, and any attempt
20 force an abnormal substance in an
abnormal way, can bat result in ire
parable injury to the structure"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
g Civilization and PrOgress''-A st.
Louis FOgy.


| From the st. Louis Democrat, Sept 22.I
! An ancient FreDehman, who has re-
! sided in the FlOrissart Valley for half a
century or more, came to the city the
| other day. to pay his taxes. He has
known the Collector from the child
| hood Of tie latter, and therefore paid
up more willingly than he would if
his money was going into the hands
of stranger. In doing so, however,
the old pioneer gave expression to his
feelings In an unFeserved manner:
Hey, Mistaire Magwire, you collect
ze tax, hey 2n
Yes, sir, collect the tax and pay
the money over to the city, the coun-
What for you make him so much,
by gar ?"
go, the progress of the country and
the civilization of the age demand
heavier taxes every year"
Damn your civilization, and what
you call progress Look here, Mistaire
Magwirs, some time, q Ieetle while
ago, some men come to my place in ze
Florissart, aud stick down some
stakes, and put upa three-legged stool
wiz one telescope on it. say, What
you make here p Zey say, We make
one railroad for civilization and pro-
6LCoSs- All Next LWO OK LnIGS
days some more men come and put
down some more stakes, and set up
anozer tnree-legged stool and a tele-
scopeon it, say, What ze hell is ziz p
Zey say, Railroad I say, Cd d-n
re railroad Railroad / got railroad =
: give re oZzer fellow some railroad .
ley say TO me, You must be oppoze
to ze civilization and progress" say,
To hell wiz civilization and progress!
II makes too much tax In ze good
old time, when nobody but French
men live here, we leave ze door wide
open at night and nobody steal. Now
we lock ze door, and put one iron bar
zis way, and anoZer cross Eat way,
and yet ze burgIaire git in any how.
You make so much railroad you eat US
up wiz the tax. You put up re school
house and we learn to read, and zen
We git to be tief! And you call zis
civilization and progress Pm id if
I Amt had a leetle too much civilfza-
ton and progress. What in HI is it
good for If it don't make men honest ?
What IL re good of Ze railroad if it
take all we make to pay ze tax ?'
The Collector undertook to argue the
case with the primitive settler, but his
Rntiquated ideas were too deeply fixed
to be changed, and after paying his
tax he stalked away, cursing re
civilization and progress"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
Musical Instruments.

Have any OF our readers, while lis
tening to the mellifluOus strains of a
grand orchestra, or even while under
he infliction of the dOieful noise of a
wheezy organ ground out by some va
grant son of fair Italia, ever thought
concerning the means of producing
those sounds, which in the one case
afford so much pleasure and in the
other such misery? The subject is an
interesting one, and an inspection of
some of the newest and most imprOY-
ed forms Of musical instruments, a
few days since, leads us TO speak of
them. History gives us no record Of
the first instrument ased for produc-
ing those hRrmOnies, the loveof which
seems so deeply planted in almost
every being. The harp, the cymbals,
the flute, and the trumpet are all men
1 toned in the Scriptures, while the
fables of mythology indicate that the
pipe is even still mnFe ancient.
Among the Egyptian sculptures and
paintings, dating back to periods prior
to that of the bondage of the Israelites,
are found figures representing men
performing on an instrument which
looks like the pipe and the trumpet
combined; but conclusions inferred
from the custom OF barbarian tribes
yJlut 10 LuNl 1Q6A tLittt nOlStS
made by cymbals or rude drums were
mans first efforts TO initiate the
sounds of the voice by mechanical
means.
Musical taste in a greater or less
degree is implanted in every one; but
nothing among the various types of
mankind differs more widely. We
can scarcely comprehend how the un-
earthly noises made by the goDgs Of
the Chinese OF the tom-tOms of the
Indians can please any one; and it is
a matter of surprise and speculation
TO find that those people enjoy such
sounds as much as We DO the most de
lightful harmonies. The advance of a
nation may almost with certainty be
judged from the progress it makes in
perfecting its musical instruments;
and no more foTcible contrast can be
drawn between the civilization of the
past and the present than by referring
to the vast difference between the sim
pie pipe made from a reed and the
grand organ, with its triple key
boards and array of stops, Of which il
was the drogenitoT.- MCtHlgidc-
t5tI'cF and Builder.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
BOLIVAR, HARDEAN COUNTY TENNESSEE, NOVEMBER 1871

1 was fool" quoth Kenneth
aloud, but-Who's there ?"
1t was Rosa with two or three
white Glove pinks in her hand, coming
from the lower part of the garden.
And by the full, brilliant moon.
light, Kenneth saw traces of tears on
her cheek.
Rosa, you have been crying"
"No, 1 havn'ti"
And TO prove the truth of her as
sertioE, Rosa began to cry afresb.
Look here, Rosa," said the young
man graveiy, / have been thinking
of leaving Warburgh tomorrow"
But" pursued Mr.. Ross, I'll
stay if-if-You'H only tell me to my
face, what you told my cousin when
| was hidden away like foolish rat
in a trap, Rosa. Speak to me, little
onel
What shall 1 tell you? falteEed
Rosa"
That you love mel that you will
be my dear and cherished wife ~
And she told me so in the language
lovers best like TO hear.
And Mr.. Kenneth Ross stayed in
Warburgh and braved the ridicule of
Alice an Flora, with little Rosa mar
shalled on his side.
But he never read the girls any
more homilies, on the dignity of
manhood or the majesty of human
nature.
To use Miss FIora's expressive
language, 1T wouldn't have gone
down."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
EnamcIed Cloth.

EuameIed' cloth is rapidly coming in
to use as asubstitute for leather, being
light and pliable, and at the same
time firm and durable, and having all
he appearance of leather. with nearly
its durability. It's most important
use is that of covering for carriage
tops, traveling-bags, and trunks,
while it is also extensively employed
in the manufacture of cushions and
upholstering OF q similar nature, and
not rarely it is worked up into rain
proof coats and pants. The founda-
ton of the black enameled cloth
which enters mostly into consumption
is cotton cloth of the best quality.
made expressly for this manufacture,
and varying in texture and width ac-
cOrding to the kind of goods for which
it is intended. The cloth Is taken
from the bale and wound upon large
iron cylinder; and looks in that posi-
ton very much like the huge rolls of
homemade cloth, sseen in the garrets
and chambers of many old New
England farm-houses, when weaving
was In fashion. It is now ready to re-
ceive its first coat; so 1t is slowly
passed through the machine, across
and between the huge iron cylinders,
from the smaller of which, at the top,
it receives its first coating of compost
ton a - black, sgreeabIe-looking
substance composed of Oil, lamp
black, resin and other ingredients,
boiled together till about the consis-
tency of melted tar. From between
the cylinders, dressed in it's black coat,
the cloth is carried to and wound upon
huge wooden frame, RESEMBLING in
shape the old-fashioned reel. By an
arrangement of spokes upon the arms
of this huge wheel, each layer of
cloth is kept separate. so that no two
portions of the cloth will come in con-
tact. The frames, with its contents
well filled, is passed to what is called
the heater, an apartment kept at a
high temperature, for the purpose of
drying in the coating or composition.
After remaining in the heater a sufTi-
cient length Of time to complete the
drying process, it is removed and
passed through the hands of woFkmen
who make all the rough places smooth.
1t is laid on long tables, and the
workmen alternately sprinkle with
water and rub with pumice-stone, till
the whole surface is made perfectly
sm Doth. The cloth is passed through
the machine five times, or till the re-
quired thickness has been laid on.
After the last scrubbing down, the fab
ric is taken to another department,
thoroughly vanished, and again pass
ed through the heater. It is now rep-
resented as a piece of cotton-elotb,
with a thick, shining coat of black,
very much resembling patent-leather.
But it has not yet received its leather
finish; so in another apartment it is
passed through the enamel-machine,
which consists of another set of huge
rollers, one of which covers its sur
face with regular indentatiOns resem-
bling the grain of leather. The cloth
is now carefully measured, and rolled
up, in packages of suitable size, put
up in boxes, and is ready for the mar
ket.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
Our Foreign Population.

IT appears that the whole number of
aliens added to our population since
the formation Of the Government is
about 1900, 600, and of these about
1900 coo were living in the country on
the first of last June. During the
year ending December 81, 1870, the
number Of immigrants was 378, ,706,
against 395, 922 In 1869. The decrease
is accounted for by the FTanco-Prus-
sion war, the immigration from Ger
many being diminished by that cause
about 2S, 600. More than half the i'm.
migrants are British subjects, and
about one-third are Germans. The in
flUX from Germany has for some time
exceeded that from Ireland. During
the last ten years, for instance, the
average immigration has been as fol-
lows German, IS coo; Irish, "a, 600;
English, II 600; British America, 16,-
600; Scandinavian, 13 600; Scotch, s.
200. How rapid the German element
is gaining upon the Irish IS shown by
the returns for the three years imme-
diately preceding the war Of 1870,
during which the annual arrivals of
Germans averaged as high as lbs, 600
against 50, 900 Irish. Even in 1870 we
received 1000 Germans, and only 75,-
600 Ilish. Since 1920, the whole num-
Der of Irish immigrants has been o
700, 600, and of Germans ., 300, 600.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
A Silken Newspaper.

In Pekin a newspaper of extraor-
dinary size is published weekly on
silk. tits stated to have been started
more than thousand years ago. In
1927, a public officer caused some false
intelligence to be inserted in this pa
per, for which he was put TO DEATH
Several numbers of this paper are
preserved in the Royal Library of
Paris. They are ten and a quarter
yards long. But silken newspapers
are not confined TO the FioWery
Land" The editor of the Journal de
Brest, in France, during a short stay
of the Prince de Joinville in that
town, after a cruise, in the reign of
Louis Philippe, presented the Prince
with copy of his paper on white
satin. Likewise, in April, 1889, copy
of the Cheltenham, (England) ChrOn-
icle, printed on the same material,
containing an account of the proceed
ings, in that town, on one occasion of
presenting her Majesty with a gold
medal, was transmitted to the Queen.