The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-06-23
NO. II.
SUNDRIES.

RICHEs-The more experience W
I have OF the world, the more that eX
perience should show us how little i
in the power of riches; for wha
? indeed truly desirable can the,
estoW upon us? Can they Civ
beauty to the deformed, strength
to the weak, or health to the infirm
Surely if they could, we should no
see so many i'll favored faces haunt
ing the assemblies of the great no
would such number of feeble wretch
es languish in their coaches and pal
aces2 Can they prolong their OWL
| possession, or lengthen his days who
/ enjoys themP So far otherwise, tina
the slotb, the luxury which attend
them, shorten the lives of millions
and bring them with pain and misery
to an untimely grave. Where then
is their value, if they can neither
embellish nor strengthen our forms
sweeten nor prOlOng our lives
Again, can they adorn the mind
more than the body2 Do they not
rather swell the heart with vanity
puff off the cheeks with pride, shut
our ears TO every call of virtue, and
our bowels to every motive of pas
sion,-FIeldtng.
BRAIN GRowTH.-Persons who talk
do not always think most. IQuestion
| whether persons who think most
that is, have most conscious thought
pass through their minds-necessari-
| ly do most mental work. "Be aye
sticking in a tree, Jock, 1t will be
| growing when you are sleeping"
| So with every new idea that is
planted in a thinkers mind. It will
be growing when he is sleeping. An
| idea in the brain is not n legend
carved on q marble slab it is an i'm
preston made on a living tissue
which is the seat Of active nutritiye
| processes. Shall the initials l carved
in bark grow from year to year with
! the tree? And shall not my recorded
thought grow into new forms ard
relations with my growing brain
Daniel Webster told one of the
greatest scholars, that he had to
change the size of his hat every four
years. His head grew large as his
intellect expanded, Illustrations of
this same fact were shown me by a
famous phTenologist in London,
But organic mental changes may take
place in shorter spaces of time. a
single night OF sleep has often
brought q sober second thought
which was a surprise to a hasty con-
c cusion of the befOTe.-O. ". Holmes.
The WISE MAN-Tbe learned man
is only useful to the learned the
wise man is equally useful to the
wise and the simple, The m erely
learned man has not elevated his mind
above that of the others; his Judge
ments are not more penetrating-hi
remarks not more delicate, nor his
actions more beautiful than those of
others. It Is wholly different with
the wise man; he moveE far above
the common level; he observes
everything from different point of
View. In his employment there is
always an aim, in his views always
freedom, and all with him is above
the common level.
The BEAUTIFUL. - Perception of
beauty Is one of the most decided
characteristics by which man is dis
tinguished from the brute. We dis
cover no symptoms of admiration
in animals of a lower grade than
ourselves. The peacock eXcites no de-
ference from the splendOr of his plu-
mage, nor the swan her snoW-white
feathers; and the verdant fields, in
her summer bloom, attract no more
than as their fioWery sheets allure
the insect tribe, who in their turn
arc followed by their foes. To man
alone belongs the pTerogatiVe of mp.
preciating beauty, because admiration
is graciously designed as the means
Of leading him on to moral excel
lence.
PRAY IN YoUR FAAuLY.-Says Rev.
Norman Mcleod:
"I shall never forget the impress
sion made upOn me, during the first
year of my ministry, by mechanic
whom had visited, and on whom /
urged the paramount duty Of family
PRAYER. One day he entered mI
study, bursting into tears, as he said
You remember that girl, sir; she
was my only child. She died sud-
denly, this morning; she has gone /
hope to God. But if so, she can tell
Him what now breaks my heart,
that she never heard n prayer in her
fathers house, or from her fathers
lips! Oh, that she were with me but
for one day a3ainl"
CONTEKTMEET. - Never complain
of your birth, your tr'ining, your
employment, your hardships. Never
fancy that you could be something
il you only had q different lot as
signed you. God understands what
you want n great deal better than
you do. The very things that you
deprccate as fatal limitations or OBJ
strUciions, are probably what you
most " mt. What you call hin
ORANGES obstacles. discouragcment
are probably Gods opportuni-
ties; and it is nothing that the pa
tient should dislike his medicines,
or any certain proofs that they are
poisonous. No; truce to all such
impaticnce. Check that devlish envy
which gnaws your heart because you
are not in the same lot with others
bring down your soul, or rather
bring It up, TO receive Gods will,
and do His work in your lot in your
sphere, under your obscurity, against
your temptations, and you viii find
tnat your condition is never opposed
to your good, but really consistent
with II.
Eco EATING HPNs.-A writer in the
Journal OF Horticulture recommends
4 Il a l.