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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

Artificial Ivory is now produced from
india rubber by means Of a simple and
ingenious process. In the first place,
two pounds of pure rubber are dissolv~
ed in 80 podnds of chloroform, and the
solution is then saturated with q current
of ammonia gas. When the rubber has
been completely bleached, the admis-
sion of the gas is interrupted, and the
mass is transferred to a vessel provided
with stirrer, in which il is washed with
hot water until the bleaching agent has
been entirely removed. During this op-
Grafton the temperature may be incTeas-
ed to 1S5 degrees Fahrenheit, in order TO
evaPorate the chlOrofOrm, which by con-
ducting it in an apparatus of cOndensa-
tiOn, may again be made use of. The re-
manning product forms a kind of froth
which, being pressed out, dried, and
again treated with a small quantity oi
chlorOform, is finally obtained as a con-
sIstent paste. This paste is now mixed
with a sufficient quantity of finely pull
Yerized phosphate of lime, or carbonate
of zine, until it assumes the appearance
of moist hOur. In this condition it is
pressed in hot molds, which leaves II
Sufficiently hard to be burned, pIsBed
filed, or bored. In order to initiate
oorals, pearls, enamels, hard woods, etc
/ it is only necessary to mix the paste
| with the desired colors previously to its
! being compressed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
Practical Ideas.

To be a good hOusekeeper requires ed
ucation and practice; but if a wOman's
heart is in the work she will soon learn,
if necessity places the duty before
her.
When the comfort and prosperity of a
lovod husband renders it necessary to
economiZe and live to the best advan-
Cage with small means, a devoted wife
will turn her thought and care to the
duties of her home.
The help of good, careful prudent
housekeeper, enables a mani. to advance
his business prospects more than any
thing else woman can do.
The superficial accomplishments of a
boarding-schOol miss are nothing COM
pared to practical education in all that
pertains to making home attractive, and
sensible men know it.
It is very imposing to witness the ma
ieBtio sweep of yards upon yards, of eX-
pensive silk tiOunoes and laces into a
parlor, but, young man, it requires a
large income to support so much style
IL is delightful to talk with a young
lady who knows French, and all the Ia
test novels, and to havea divine creature
dfsnense her best skirmishes of flirting
with her eyes, smiles and fans, but,
young man, there oft is but little heart
or sencerity in such practised charms. A
girl who has only common school edu-
Gallon, and the accomplishments taught
her by Il loving mother, of cooking and
all Ter domestic duties, Will be more
likely 20 make you a good wife.
She may not have the most polished
address She may not be able to en-.
tangIe you with battalions of arts anC
wiles with which a petJeh fashionable
! belle surrounds and captures beauK, bu
she will prize the love ofan honest heart
more. and in truth and sincerity devote
her life to requiting the love and kind
! ness given her.
If your income be only few hundreds
a wear, fashionable devoted of stylt
i, aud heart smashing will in a few year
30, herself into n miserable discOntentet
wrccIr. and be dead weight upon you
while a fiesh-hearted, domestic CIR
will develop into a blooming matronl.
woman of sense and responsibility.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
Destructive Effect of Salt on AxIes.

The London paper give accounts Of
several accidents on railways occa-
stoned by the fracture of the axles Of
sslt-cars. 1t appears that between
the sound portion remaining and the
outside of the fractured axle the sur
faces were quite smooth, presenting
the appearance of having been sever
ed by a sharp instrument. This pc
culiGr effect is thought to have been
caused by the gradual action of the
brine on the metal, the heat at the
boss favoring the evolution chlorine
from the brine, and it then combin-
ing with the iron to form a soluble
chloride of iron. From the position
of the defect it was not discovered by
any ordinary inspection and, what
ever may be the scientific explana-
tion of the peculiar destructive action
which thus goes on in the axles of
salt-cars, the fact must be guared as
a very serious one, especially in view
of the statement made that on one
railwBy alone no less than seven ak
les of fslt-cars were broken while
running in period of less thanert e
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

Since The rage, says the London Re
rtegp, for dress and fine-y set il :
since extravaganza is wOnanly beau
ty, and TO live beyond ones means a
social requirement; since ihe loom
aad the workshop have taken the
mace of birth aud ye6uement, aud the
moneyed vulgarian IS counted highcss
than the peBniless aTtstS5Fss since
Yomen have been Tankk 81 1y what
they wear aud not by what they are,
and a becoming toilet is counted
equal to a personal grace since none
but a chOssH few dare to be simple,
none hut remnant of the faithful
dare TO hold themselves aloof from
luxury and fashion-moTe families
have been ruined than has ever Oeen
known before, and the boasted hap
piness of the English home is fast be-
coming a table aud a myth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
Harry Helgs and his Washer.WOman.

Mrs. JossIyn is washer-woman,
and works very hard for her living. In
the pslmy days of Harry Meigs she de-
posted with him no less an amount
than S24O0, and when Meigs aud her
money were gone, the time in which
a woman could lay up so large q sum
from the profits of her business wss
gone also. Some two or three months
ago she read in some publication that
her old banker had made money in
South America by building railroads /;
with a beautiful faith in human ma
ture, she embarked upon the Panama
steamer and wenaed her way to the
South, where Meigs now holds sway.
She sought the millionaire in the goT-
geOus residence described in The OUeT-
IdHd, and presented her handbook and
told her tale. Meigs listened, and
when she had finished he handed her
a check for the amount of the deposit
and interest from its date to the time
ofpayment. She departed a WEALTH.
er and a happier woman. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
The DELIGHTS OF BEING ESAIELED.

The DELIGHTS OF BEING ESAAIELED.
=" You lie on yOur back twenty-four
hours with a mask plaster of forty
hornet power that blisters your face
into a remarkable condition. The
second day you peel ike a banana.
just imagine that Then in perfect re-
pose, as If in that raw state perfect re-
pose could be possible, you must still
lie Oh your back, snppressing all emo
tion, as smile will produce a wrink-
le. To smile under such cir ;umstances
would certainly be a new wrinkle.
Calmly, TRANQUILITY, with a straw IN
your mouth for the administration of
your Cruel, there you lie for several
days, until a new skin is formed
Still more DAYS are necessary before
the gentle breezes can blow upon it
without raising waves and furrows
upon the uncOHgealed surface, and
after all these lasceratiDg operations,
il is quite uncertain whether the vic
tim comes out beautiful, or looking
as if she had escaped with her life
from a steamboat explosion"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
The Emancipation Movement in BEea
I'll,


The Rio Janeiro correspondent Of the
New York times writes, under Date OF
August p:
The Capital of the Brazils has been IL
a perfect fever OfeXcitement for MONTHS
owing to the bitter animOsities aroused
by the agitation of the slave bill in the
brazilian Parliament. In the Chamber
of Deputies the bin has passed the Sc
cond reading as amended by the special
Committee, and IS now at its third read
ing. Senor Perdigas -Malheiros on the
part of the minority, has moved the sup
preston ofthe free birth clauses, and
~ bs~s less important in the bill, with a
vieXv orrein.~iuG it's provisions TO re-
gistration Of the s.- s@Sss. ana 70 annual Il91
emancipation by a fund, tow - 49,,
he proposes a tax of two mfireis on -
now exempt agricultural slaves. It is
confidently expected here that the hill
will pass the Chamber of Deputies next
week, but it is supposed that the debate
in the Senate will be so prolonged as to
render it Impossible for 1t to become a
law this year. While the Liberals in
the Senate have declared their adhesion
TO the leading principle Of the bill, the
/ Itaborahy faction have announced theli
! sympathy with the opposition in the
/ Chamber of Deputies, and their inten-
/ tiOn 10 oppose it Obstinately. But
! Will not attempt to elucidate the mys-
/ teries Of Brazilian politics; they are in
] explicable. Owing to the time occupi
/ ed in the debates on the slave bill, the
/ budget for lS72-73 will not be taken NJ
/ this session.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

Although the tunic is suuch worn.
yet elderly ladies do not adopt this
FASHION generally, and especially for
uSuSe attlfe u tS considered quite out
Of place, a long sOmewbaf fraining
robe Is, With few rows of trimminS
at the bottom, being preferred. The
snort waist with band, is also replaced
by peak Ia front and body made
with whale-bOne, which gives more
h0id TO the figure. The trimming is
OF stun hounces - I2-3 ii inches
Wlde) and narrow braid or ribbon,
winch look exceedingly well on black
and white striped stuff. This dress is
pretty with a black silk apron tied
behind and finished below with a
plat stripe S inches deep, and a ribbon
velvet l-l4 inch wide bor,lered on eac
side with satin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
THE TRAVELLER AND HIS
FRIENDS.
A GaIIic Legend.
by JoHN G. SAKE.

by JoHN G. SAKE.
a GEETI EarAN, aboutto make
A trip at sea, was begged To take
Commissions for a dozen friends
One wants a watch; another sends
For wine-"A very special caski
And-ifit'S not to much TO ask
Some choice cigars a box viii do
Or, while you're at IT, purchase tWoH'
Another friend would like pair
OF boo ts--'They' so much cheaper therei
A lady friend would have him buy
Some laces-" ifthey're II o toe high;"
Another wants a box of gloves;
"French kids, you know. are realloves! :"
Thus one wants this another, that;
4 book a bonnet, or a hat -
Enough to make the moody man
80 high their ''smau commissions" ran,
ia tale and bullz) repent that he
Had ever thought to cross the sea
MOrcover,-be II here remarked,-
Before the gentleman embarked,
His friends, for fear he might forget
Their little errands, plainly set
Their wishes down in black and white;
y sensible proceeding-quite;
But-as it happened-nOt Il friend
with one exception) thought to send
see See isi.eT heTyes Ii,G the cash YOUTH have to pay!
The man embarSs; secs Paris. rome,
And other cities; then comes home
Well pleased with much that met mis- eye
But having, somehow, failed TO buy
a single thing for any friend
Except the one who thought to send
The wnerewithaI Well, need I say
That soon his neighbOrs came to pay
Their greetings at his safe return,
And charming health and (also) learn.
About their little erTands-what
For each the traveller had got
"By Jove!' he said, ''it makes me sad
To think what wretched luck had
For as at sea l sat one day
Arranging in a proper way
The papers you so kindly sent,
A gale arose and of they went
Into the ocean! Dor could
Remember aught you Dade me buy -
But" grumbied one, "if that were so,
How comes it, sir, you CHANGED to know
What his MaH's errand was? for he
Has got what he desired, we see -
t'Faith so he has-beyond a doubt
And this is how IL came about;
His memorandum CHANGED to hold
A certain sum OF solid gold;
And thus the paper 10y its weight
Escaped the others windy fate ~
II Eedger
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
Seeing the sun at Midnight.

OF several recent descriptions of that
thrilling sight, "a midnight sun" this
is one of the finest. It is from a letter
dated at Hammerfest, Norway, July
18th, written to the Evangelist. The
writer, Rev. DR.. Daniel March, says:
It is midnight by my watch, mid
night by the watches of my travelling
companions, midnight by the ships
chronometer, midnight by our reckon
ing Of time on our ships voyage, and
vet the sun is shining directly in the
north, full-orbed and as light as when
within an hour of setting in the clear
sky of America.
/ look down a beautiful ford, be-
tween two walls of dark mountains
and calm, bright sea, and in the ut
most limit of the view is the great orb
Of day pouring flood of golden light
upon the water, kindIing the fleeing
clouds above him with all the hues oi
the rainbow, crowning the dark
ridges of the mountains with rosy
tints, and covering the whole face o.
land and sea with q calm sacred, aw-
full beauty, such IS I have never be-
| held in any other rigion of the earth
It seems as if / had climbed so high
up the ridge of the round world that
| could see over il into the secret cham.
| bers where the king of day retires Il
| bis golden rest. feel almost afraiC
/ TO look at the awful monarch while hs
/ is putting on his robes of brightnes'
aud preparing to go forth and shine
upCn the subject world. It seems a.
| I had intruded with rude and iun
| pertinent curiosity into the secre
place of the light, and that he nigh
! punish the intrusion by shifting M,
4 with blindness. Never could thi
strange sight OF the midnight sun b,
! seen to greater advantage.
The shin entered this 49, 80 a.
/ lust in time to give US the best posi-
/ ble position for behoiding the tw'
/ things which once seen are n sver to b
/ fOFgotten-the sun at midnight, an
the sun directly in the north.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
A Strange Dance.

There is singular kind of dance
on the greens of country villages in
Russia. The dancers stand apart
a knot of young men here, knot of
maidens there-each sex by itself,
and silent as a crowd of mutes.
When a piper breaks into a tune, a
youth pulls off his cap and challenges
the girl with a wave and a bow. II
the girl is willing, she waves her
handkerchief in token of ascent the
youth advances, takes q corner of the
handkerchief in his hand and leads
the lassie round and round. No word
is spoken and no laugh is heard.
Stiff with cords and rich with braids,
the girl moves heavily By herself,
going round and round and never
allowing her partner TO touch her
hand. The pipe goes droning on for
hours in The same sad key and meas
ure; and the prize of merit in this
"circling," as the dance is called, is
given by spectators to the lassie,
who, in all that summer revelry, has
never spoken and never smiled.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

MODERN EXTRAVAGANCE We are
often asked If there are no signs that
the eXpensiveuess OF EaglIsh society,
especially in the higher ranks, may
speedily begin to decrease. We see no
signs of it, and hold it to be much more
probable that we are on the eve of an
era of Ostentation as tawdry and of
extravaganza as pitiable as that which
marked the regency. That is the
American tendency, and we see moth
lug, no new and stroug idea, which
should mark off the manners of our
society from those Of the wealthy with
il the United States. Public life is be-
coming rather less than more attrac-
tive to those who have all but power.
The taste for art which is developing
rapidly is the most expensive of ali
tastes, except the taste for gambling,
and that is not on the decrease. The
miliionaires are becoming more num-
erOus eS cry day, and certainly do not
spend their wealth more for the public
benefit. The electorate seem every
year to prefer the great spenders as
representatives, while the great nOhles
who might check the mode are expert
mentaliZing in a new and most costly
enjoyment-thato Of becoming the lead
ers OF cosmopolitan waste, and, like
the patricians Of Rome eud Spain,
maintaining establishments in a dozen
countries at once. 1t is coming rapidly
to this-that a frst-class leader of so
ciety with a fiTst-class fortune, to be
''on Level with bis position" wants,
or chooses to think Ea wants, a house
in London, 4 house ON the river, two
palaces at least In the country, a
shoOting-bOx in the Highlands, a hotel
IN Paris as cOgtlV a. his 4 .ouCIor horssa
q villa ct Como, q floor in Rome. an
establishment in Cairo or Constanti-
nOple, yacht, a theater, and a rae
ing-stud, and then thinks that life .
as mOnotOnOUs as it was wien Tin his
cool hall with bsSgard eyes the 40
man noble lay."-[so.tsSosa spqeto56r
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

Perhaps thore is no city in Americ9
where the Sabbath is 50 regularly ana H'
systematically violated as ~ Ne" "a, Ut
leans. And desecration is hoO Gun
fined to the lower classes, ncS Ly Ine
Teliped and educated as well. rarIlc-
nlarly are the young men addicted %
tSabbath- breaking, going in crowds 20
SDiIiiard-roOms, bar-rooms base ball
grounds, and worst of all, to the so~call,
Cd Neutrality-suspicious., where the ilesh ana
the devil hold joint high carnival
J9e5frJ,rS Leter To CiRciradti CONNER
~
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

The newspapers announced recen-
lly that the Asiatic cholera had made
its appearance in India. its progress
has been always westward, along
the most prominent lines of travel,
until 1t reaches America, CROSSES the
coast OF California, and is lost in the
boupdless Pacific
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

John Z. Hol6roek, a prominent sqra,,
~ CielS..s.li slG 2outh, aled i.w days since in
III 'y iesIoli, D - IN his seYeBty-seventh
as natUrailzt; was The author OF seyera
Fal-soie forks on fishes and reptilesI
ana tor number Of years Professor OF
Anatomy in the Medical College o the
city where he died. lie was North
ern man, having been graduated at
l'rown University, and was an intimate
friend OF = gassiz
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

CrOssing-SW eeper-ff Remember the
crOssiUg-sweepeT, sir ~ Fiendishly
Irritable Person 4" o, get out, and be
hanged to you, and don't kick up sucl
a dust 30 CTossing-Sw - Is1T,'
now There If you'd a sent me word
as YOU was a COMM I'd q had some
tea-leaves laid down. Punch.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03


9EY cHILD'S ORIGIN.
One night as old st. Peters slept,
He left the door Of Heaven siaF,
W hen through little angel crept,
And came down with falling star,
One summer as the blessed beams
OF morn approached my blushing
Awoke from syreet and pleasant dreams,
And found that angel by her side.
God grant but this-I ask no more
That when ne leaves this world of sin,
He'll wing his way to that bright shore,
And4lnd the door of Heaven again!
Whereupon, some fellow OF a practical
turn, without any imagination, and not
possessed with the ''diVine afnatuS," has
attempted to destroy the beautiful siniie.
ST. PETERS REPLY.
FHl eigh teen hundred years or more,
I've kept my door securely tied
There has no little angel strayed
Nor one been missing all the while.
I did not sleep, as you suppose,
Nor left the door of Heaven aiar,
Nor has little angel left,
And gone down with a falling star.
Go ask the blushing bride, and see
If she don't frankly own and say,
That when she found that angel babe,
She found lit In the good old way y
God grant but tbis-I ask no more
That should your number stiu enlarge
That you Will not do as before,
And layit to st. Peters charge
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
BOLIVAR BULLETIN,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
BY NJ, II. i A RR!I SH.
Subscription.

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

CATARRH N THE HEAD.-Take balm
Of gilead luds, one ounce; skunk cab
bsge, three drachms slippery elm,
three ounces; iObelia, two drachms
all powdered fine aud mixed divide
into three powders give one at each
feed. The discharge can be cured by
the following edt1Tyyt stuff, powdered
bayherry bark, bloodrOOt and iobelias
equal parts, To be blown into the nos
tril with quill,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

A single firm Of furniture manu1ac-
iurers in Vienna employ over foui
thousand workmen, aud produces an
nually about $4,000 pieces of furni-
sure
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

Is the city OF New York, sewers are
dug by machinery. A steam en-
giDe placed in the middle Of the street
runs two boom deTricks, which raise
the dirt in patent coal hoist buckets.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
Evening AmUscments.
WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT LIKE?

One Of the pleasantest games we
have ever played is called "NYhat is
your thought like 2" There are two
ways ofplaying it. The first and by
far the best is as follows: 4 goes
out, and in his absence the others
decide what they will all think about
1t may be anything they choose, in
nature, art or fiction.
We will suppose by way of illustra-
ton that it is the sky, and that only
four persons arc present.
a being recalled inquiries of one of
the party, ''B, what is your thought
like ?" 3. "Like an umbrella" A
then asks the next one, "What is
your thought like?" T.. thinking
also Ofthe sky) Like ballet dancers
dress 5" and Z. compares it to Joseph's
coat.
a, being quite unable 10 deter
mine what one thing is like all these,
begins at B again with the old query,
''What Is your thought like 2" and
goes round the circle once more
When the party numbers six or less,
he may ask each one three times but
when more are playing it is as well
to go around but twice. BIS second
answer is, Like Mr.. DOmbey." &.
says Like the seams of a dress :" D.
"Like a literary lady; ;" and L. Like
a rat"
After asking the third time, A. is
at liberty TO inquire, ''B. why is your
thought like an umbrella 2" 3. BE
cause it arches overhead" "Mr. 9,
why is it like a woman ?" because
it is varible, and like the seams of
dress, because often overcast" D.
explains that his thought is like
ballet dancers dress, because often
splaDgled with stars, and like liter
ary lady, because decidedly blue"
L. says it is like Joseph's coat, be-
cause iJ is of many colOrs, and like a
rat because it is spelt with three let
ters." a. (refecting) off it is blue,
arched, star sprangled, variable, Of
ten overcast and has but one sun, it
is surely the sky, and as BIS answers
gave me my first light on the subject,
she must go out next. Young
Folks.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

The question which is just now
most rife on the Western frontier is,
1sDo the Indians who constantly scouT
dbe plaines use soap"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

King Louis, of Bavaria, has pTohib,
tied his officers from becoming Free
masOns.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03

What am unlucky suitor did: lie
wooed and she wouldn't; he cooed ana
she couldn't.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
CONTUGAL POETRY.

. An impCcuneOus "cus," pleased with a
little incident that happened IN his family
kJhe trst occurrence OF the kindJ gave vent
to his feelings thusly: