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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19
NO. 25.
HUMORs OF THE DAY.
Inn-debtedness-A hotel bin.

: Inn-debtedness- hotel bill.
Is it possible for a garnet window t
suffer room-attic panes? -.
Was the Roman matron. who's
sons were jewels, a mother of pearls :?
No, my child, the Gracchi wer
| Comedians"
A California editor has bought
mule, and brother editor chronicle
it as a remarkable instance of self
possession.
a colored sovereign IN Pittsburg
who wanted tOvOte, swore that he was
born in 1863, and was twenty-five
years od. He should have a place
under Boutwell,, by way of aiding the
people in understanding the condition
of the National debt.
q" How to keep cider"-Cut in slices
about niDe inches long, lay them out
| on the grass to bleach; then soak
/ in weak solution of lime and car.
bonace Of soda, and hang up ia a dry
| place near the chimney. This =
safer than to drink it while sweet
[Greeley.
At a late concert, a testy old fellow,
| Who had suffered much ANNOYANCE
from the inceSsant coughing of his
| neighbor behind him, turned around
with, " That's a very bad cold you've
got, sir" which met with this reply :
L am sorry for it, sir, but it is the
best have"
People should be careful in the APP
p'icatiOn of acids. n young lady with
6 )lden tresses tainted the other night
and an alarmed friend bathed her fore
head with vinegar, and in the most
expeditions manner bathed all the
golden color out Of her friends front
hair.
A Reverend gentleman was adj
dressing school concert recently.
and was trying to enforce the idea
that the hearts of the little ones We're
sinful, and needed regulating. Taking
his watch and holding it up he said
" Now here is my watcn suppose it
don't keep good time now goes too
fast and now too slow; what shall /
do with it ?' Sell itp' shouted
haxen-headed youngster.
A Musical Lecture" What is a
slur?' " Almost any remark one
singer makes about another" "What
Is rest ?'' Going out of . choir for
refreshments during sermon tinle.p
. What is called singing with an un-
ueESl3Dul0g = ~ - Marking the time
on the fiCof with your feet F" " What
is a staCeltO movement ?n Leaving
the choir in huff, because one is dis
Satisfied with the leader" 90 What
is q swell ?' " A Professor of music
who pretends to know everything
about the science, while he can not
conceal his ignorance"
A negro member of the Texas Leg
T-I lot 81 l.. ~
a large roll of greenbacks in his hand,
looking at his pile, and cackling SO
loud that he attracted the attention f
a bystauder who said to him " WhaI-
are you laughing at, Jim?" Jim re-
piled: you see that money?' ''Yes.U
. Yell boss, just got that for my vote
Use been bought four or five times in
my life, but dis is de fust time ever
got de cash myself"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19
Rustt. DS ""
of this kin

It is not legally nece- = "
a note "for value received:
A note on Sunday is void. -.
A note obtained by fraud, or Il I'm "
person in a state of iBtoxicatlon ca9-
not be collected
If note be lost or stolen, it does
not release the maker; he must pay 1t.
An endorser of a note Is exempt from
liabilities if not served with notice OF
its dishonor within twenty-four hours
of its nOn-payment.
| A note by minor is void.
Notes bear interest only when SO
stated.
Principals are responsible for tho
,cts of their agents.
Zach individual in a partnership Is
- usibIe for the whole amount Of
AZ AZ Jot IS of the firm.
To,aI,, &c Of the law excuses no one
r. e. I'd TO conceal a fraud.
M IN - - T. a., >pels no one to do impos-
sibilities. >.4l,4 o;ao~.+;o,
An agreement w. ~ '-'
is void. IL -o,o;
Signatures made with 8 lead Pehcl
are good in law. - Il
a receipt for money paid Is nor ie
oallv conclusive $50
The acts of one partner bind 81 w
others. -,
Contracts made on Sunday canno y
enforced.
A contract made with aminor is void.
A contract with a lunatic is void.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19
10 Avoid the Ague.

Tire first suggestion, Of course, Is to
Leave Shose districts whcre this trouble
some complaint prevails. Sometimes,
boreve-, ones residence cannot be
changed, To persons 80 circumstan-
ced there are preventions by the use
of which the mSiority might generally
escape it, as follows
1. Avoid exposing yourselves to the
nalarial air after sunset and before
sunrise.
2. Occupy rooms at night on the
sunny side of the house and up stairs.
3. Build a Ere in the house ss soon
as the dew begins 10 fall. The heat OF
the fre viii do naeh 10 Kill the mala-
Ma. Keep the skin healthy and active
by tho8Ough bath every day on ms,
| ing, in = warm Room, With sHfleisp'
friction TO produce healthy reaction
4 Keep the bowels open by health J
| Diet. In nine eases out Of ten th'
sausss Of agRs would be easily over
soas Il the dspursting organs WsFi
not oTertaxed and morbid matters a.
lowed to accumulate IN the system L
sPprsss it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19
A Bellies Conquest at washington.

Some gifted quill-driver ought to
take up the annals of the National
Hotel, that abounds in comic and seri
Gus events. For many, many wears
1t was the headquarters and grand rem
devious of political pumps, journal
lists, and prominent social actors and
actresses of past generations. The
volume of registers alone that must
be eXtant would be as valuable as
Patent Office reports, and as inter
esting as those of the Agricultural
Bureau. There was a time when
Presidents elect went from the Ma
tional to be inaugurated, and lovely
bellies swept through the parlOrs cap
tiVating beauX known to the Union.
The thought brings up one of the
last named sort, whose entrance to a
ball room was the ovation to a queen
IA fair girl from the West, and at
whose feet the sO-ca1led statesmen of
the day bowed in love that approach
ed alteration. She married one of
these statesmen, and a rival belle, her
superior in wit, but not equal in
beauty, said, commenting upon the
event:
q You wonder at the match because
yoI do not understand it.n
"What do you mean ?"
/ mean that she married one term
in the Senate"
"What a small ambition-onIy six
years out of a lifetime"
Six years make up a WOman's So
cial life. After it is living tomb a
nursery; and then she has her
chances"
q What do you mean ?''
Did you never read the story OF
che philosopher who undertook the
difficult task of making the Pasha's
donkey read the written words of the
prophet2"
' Never did tell me-"
1.-THE philosopher, like all phi1oso-
pliers, was poor. At times he was
hungry, Mt all hours he was ragged.
He offered the Pasha to teach his
donkey to read in five years. But
during the five years he was to be
clothed in purple and fine linen, fed
on the best, aud lodged in a palace.
If he failed the penalty was death.
One day an old friend met him leading
forth the royal donkey to the grove
where the lessons We're supposed to
be given, and said, Surely you do
not expect that ass to read ?' The
philosopher putting his thumb to his
nose, wipked one of his learned eyes
and said nothing. But - continued
his friend, " if you fail at the end oi
five years you will surely be stran-
gled.p " My friend" responded the
philosopher, you forget that in that
time the ass may die" These are
the chances. The Senator may die
The Capital
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19
CIPHERS.
Secret Correspondence Among the An
clients.


Among the most ancient ciphers may
be classed the Egyptian Hlerogiy pms;
consisting, as they do, of Picboflai
characters having a fixed yallse. An
other weII-known early example was
the I,aeedsemonian scytala, familiar TO
scbool-boys. the method of which was
to write the desired message across the
successive folds of paper of parch-
ment ribbon. wound around a wooden
cylinder, of which the correspondent
possessed a duplicate. This plan Is
useless as a protection against any one
possessed of ordinary observation,
since q very slight examination would
detect the nesessary juxtaposition OF
the letters, and consequently the size
of the cylinder used.
Julius Caesar was accustomed to use
in his dispatches a cipher identical IN
form with one of the most common
modern systems, namely, that in which
each letter in the message Is represent
ed by some other always the same) let
tiers of the alphabet. The cipher also,
as will presently be shown, Is of little
value. -.
Polybius describes a system devised
by him, applicable both to signaling at
q distance by flags or torches, and to
correspondence by cipher; it is remark
able as being very similar to that used
at the admiralty in the days when the
electric telegraph had superseded the
semhphore. Coming down to latter
times we find innumerable varieties of
cipher, some of them of very complex
description. One form occasionally
met with was, to arrange large num-
Der of characters, amounting perhaps
to some hundreds, each having dis
tinct Specification, and representing
not only letters, but also the most
common syllables, words and express
sions. A good example of this kind is
to be found in the dispatches of Clio
yauni Michel, Venitian ambassador to
England during the reign of Queen
Mary. These dispatches for long
time bafied the most accomplished
cPyptOgPaphcrs, but have lately yield
ed TO the skill and perseverance of NJ.
edmann. The very ingenious meth
FFi> solution, which are full of his
ods OF crest, viii be found in this
Iorlcal mt ed at Venice in 1869.
Dook, publish was q very jealous
Lord Bacon, whC YES the REQUISITES
eryptograoher, deh. iuR tbYee-fold.
OF good cipher as be. - and read |;
hrst, that 1T be easy to wrIt ~Eecti0n (:
second, that it be difficult of q, :. by
third, that it be void of suspicion. Se
which last condition he means that |.
be written in such a mannerl
as not to raise the suspicion of stran-
ger that 1t has secret meaning.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

a LAWYER AND a WIISESs.-T
tedious session of the Supreme Court
at Pitts held, Mass, was relieved by
an Incident, one day last week that
drew little smile. \ leading mem
Der OF the bar, rather noted for his
strategy Of confusing witnesses by
working them into a passion, had uu-
der crCss-exs min alton woman who
seemed an apt subject for his G.vorits
tactics; having wound her up to ths
desired pitch, he inquired, Madam,
are you now living with your first or
your second husband?'' "Vhat5s
none of your businessu' sharn and
snort With an air of offended dig
city, the attorney turned 10 Chief J us-
fice Bingham, who remarked, with Il
smile. 81 think the witness is about
right ia that, is she not?u Which re
minds the older members of the bar Of
q similar misadveH ture tha. q still
more distinguished menher CF the
Berkshire bar once met at the hands
OtChief ustice SnaW. 'Whpfedid Won
get the money with which Won made
the purchase p1ken ofg'' asked tie
'learBed brother" OF a witness under
| the tOrtures Of sS-exauiuafiru.
! None OF your gentle explptiv-G
business!' thundered the victim.
Now, may it please you, are the
counsel to be iHsulted I'm This n1au-
| neT?" appealed the lawyer W.
ness" said the Chief Justice, COM
| p3~sipnate!y, 'do you wish To change
your last 4HgweT?'J "NO. sir. dou1lI'
''WelI, wouldn't If / were in your
| placeu' And the chuekle that shook
| the bench was audibly echoed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

KINDNESS THAT WAS APPRECI.
ATED.-A correspondent of a New
York paper relates q touch ing instance
OF insects as follows: 81 found a
cockroach struggling in a bowl OF
water. / took half peanut she'll for
a boaC. put him into it and gave
him two wooden toothpicks for oars,
and left him. The next morning ]
visited him, and he had put a piece oi
white cotton thread on one of the
tOothpicks and set the tOothpiclI up on
end as q signal of distress. He had
a hair on the other toothpick, and
there that cOckrosch sat a fishing
The cOcsrOach, exhausted haCl fallen
asleep. The sight melted me TO tears
| never had to chew leather 10 get 9
soul. was born with one. l took
that cockroach out, gave him q spoon
ful OF Cruel, and left. That animal
never forgot that act of kindness, and
now my house is chuck full Of cock
reaches"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

VALUE OF AMERICAS PArESTs IN EU-
RoPE.-The American origin of an in
veutIou, says the AHgLO-AHlCrican
Times, is now a recommendation in
Europe, where many Of these inven-
tions are in successful operation, and
large fortunes have been realized bv
their Introduction. improvement
relating to some manufactures are of
great value in this kingdom. Mr.. Bes-
sener derives an annual income of
about p, 2,000,0D) from his English
steel patents, and the patentee of a de-
vice for dressing miIlstones by arevo v
ing diamond has realized over 81, ,OJG,-
600 the first year Of his patent. The
use of a diamond for this purpose is an
American invention, and the estimated
value OF the exclusive right ia England
for ten years Is $1,000, 600. British
patents, as a rule, are the most Talua-
ble, but many inventions are equally
profitable In other parts of Europe,
and some are peculiarly adapted to
Continental wants and customs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

Wall Papers of all colors, even
white, it is stated, contain arsenic IN
large quantities. An eminent analyji-
cal chemist Of London has recently ex-
amined wall papers Of many colors,
such as dark brown, buff, white, blue
and various delicate shades Of gray.
drab and mauye, and the results clear
ly indicated that il is impossible for
any one, professional or otherwise, to
Judge by the eye whether a paper con-
tains arsenic or not. A writer in the
British Medical Journal who suffer
ed for fourteen years from arsenica'
poisoning from this source, says that
he has given up having paper on his
walls, and now is relieved from his In
| convenient symptoms. When wallf
1 are painted care must be taken in Sc
lecting pigments, many of which con
| tain arsenic.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

How TO DEVELOP TALEST.-Place
man in a position that will fearfuliy
tax him and try him, a position that
viii often bring the blush TO his cheek
and the sweat to his brow, q position
that Will 0vermaster him at times, ana
cause him 10 rack his brain for EesOur-
ces. Place him in position like this
but every time he trips go tO his res
cue, go not with manful words Of en-
eouragement look him boldly IN the
eye, and speak them with soul and
emphasis. This is the way to make
man of boy, and q giant of a mar
| If man has pluck snol talent, ne mat
ter whether he ever flied q given Po
sition or not, put him / n it, if worthy
and he VIII soon not oIly fill 1t, gu
outgroW It. But put on in pOsItlo
| With faint keart-this Is the way y .
kill him Put him in g1 adually, Slti
most unmistaken confid 'ence. OrOl
no caveats, but boldly po int the way
and stand by With a Win and souRSe
nance as true friend. Is bus try tFSn
ty men, such as have been named an
tWssty VIII sUessSd.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

4 young man who had become snit-
ten with a Southwestern beauty, who
was the daughter Of q blooming wid-
ow, after a protracted courtship,
plucked up sufficient courage to pro
pose, when the damsel Tephed-l
should be glad TO accommodate you
were / not already engaged; but ma
wishes to marry, and / think she If
Just now without an engagement. The
young man left for his childhOod'i
] home,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

There is no greater expounder of
moral principles, no eloquent teacher
Gods world than business man who
carries his religion into his business,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

ANROUEC En- EAESTs.-AnnOunciDg the name Of
person for q County Office, s.; State ofEee $40;
Nsderal Office SIS. Invariably in advance.
- The above Terms and Rates will be
-, ~dhered to. -|
.p.,; sous, Marriage, Birth aud Death
- aise,. 4. and will be willingly insert
Nosloes - SoirT Obituaries win be charged
ct or advertising rates
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

Is these scientific times a new theo-
~ Is not much Of a novelty perhaps
but Mr.. G. +. Varley, an English engi-
neer, has started one OF the subjects Of
subterTaneau electrical disturbances,
Of which more probably will be heard.
Immediately after the earthquakes Of
the 18th OF March, IL was observed
that powerful positive electrical cur
rents were rushing towards England
through the two Anglo American tele-
egraph cable broken i'm Newfoundland.
Mr.. Narley thereupon fears his specu-
latien that some earthquakes may
be due 10 subteTrraneRn elecirici-
ty- He argues that as the hot centre
of the earth is approached a layer Il
hot dried rock may be found. which is
an insular, while the red-hOt mass
! lower down Is q conductor.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

An ingenious cOUntTymau Of ours has
been measuring the duration Of q light
ming fash. Considering that ne makes
1t out to be only about tile fve-huld-
radth part Of a second, there may be
suspicion upon the accuracy of the e.
tim t on, for where is the sense Hat
can appreciate such an interval? But
there are simple and certain means for
measurements even more minute than
this. In the actual case before us tine
only apparatus was cardboard di-k-
rotating at great but known veIocit-.
and with hole IN its edge The OIL
server placed has eve behind the disk
and when a fash came he saw the ho.e
lengthened into a streak by the light
ming shining through it as it moved.
The length Of the streak showed how
much the disk moved while the flash
lasted: It was Just p forteth 81 CIR
Gle The card turned once IN the
twelfth part of a second, so the flash
lasted the fortieth of a twelfth # q
secOnd-that Is one four hundred
and eightieth of a second. when
next you use the expression "quick as
lightning you may speak by the card.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19

The woman's elub-The broomsticl,
The Pacific mails-Quiet husbendz.
If all flesh IS grass, is hay beef q Ia
mowad2
The New York herald., 1872-10-19
MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES.

Mr.. Lester Waack Is playing successful engage
.ment at the Boston Theatre In his own play OF
"Rosedale."
Mr.. J. II. Bonawitz, the pianist, will bring out at
Steinway Hall on the 7th prox. scherzo, with in
and orchestra.
VizZani, Sauret and Ronconi are announced to ap-
pear at the Grand Opera House on Sunday even
Ing In a choice concert programme.
Even royalty is not exempt from the ambition Of
musical composition The Duke OF Edinburgh
prince Alfred thinks more of his "Galatea
which IL Is named.
The admirable and chaste comedy "Pygmaon
and Gaatea," at allack's Is not, like the dissov
ing statue In the drama, TO disappear before the
any Of the new come lies recently produced In this
city, and Is deserving OF longer life.
The New York Mendessohn Union Is out with an
address to the musical Christian men and women
vive those musical entertainments OF which the
oratOrio, anthem, cantata and mass form the prin-
cipal feature. These grand works OF the old mas
ters should not be neglected In this city.
That the noble husband OF distinguished prlma
donna may be useful after all, was illustrated In
the effort OF burglar to enter the room OF Adena
Patti at H0mberg the other day. She was reused
by the burglars efforts at her bedroom door,
when she awOke the Marquis de Caux, who ran
down stairs just In time to see the wouldbe rob-
bers escaping over the garden wall.
The arrangement by which Mrs. Boucicaut Is to be
enabled to revive her celebrated character OF Jessie
his new play OF "Nght and Morning. .navors too
much OF the dramatic hash business to be generally
acceptable. Booths Theatre Is not place where
two plays are expected In one evening nor are Mr..
and Mrs. B0ucicault actors from whom any such
demand would be made, even II the plan were ac-
ceptabe.
The New York herald., 1872-10-19
OPERA BOUFFE.

The Grande Duchcsse at the Olympic.
The presentation last night Of the "Grande
Duchesse," with Mile. Aimee In the title role, filled
the Olympic, Notwithstanding the unfavorable
nature of the weather. 1t is saying good deal
for the popularity OF opera bouDe that it could
bring together SO large an audience under
such adverse circumstances. When we re-
member that the performance Is in q
foreign language and that therefore some
OF the finest points cannot be fully enjoyed
by the general public, the wonder will be increased
But in defiance OF all obstacles opera oonGe appeals
to the public taste and will undoubtedly establish
itself here as one OF our recognized amusements
Without any very exalted pretentiOns to high arts
there is sufficient musical ability displayed to make
the entertainment interesting even from the mus-
Cal point Of view, while the drOllery Of the carica
lures, which lightly but artistically sketched,
supplies the occasion OF good, hearty laugh Aimee
was as usual arch, brilliant, sung well
and acted efficiently She was very well supported
by M. Juteau, who comes to US from the BOuffes
Parislennes. He has good voice. and his acting
In the part OF Fritz Is finished and well considered.
M. Lecuyer as General Boum, NJ. Marcas as Prince
Paul and NJ. Duchcsnc as Baron Puck gave general
satisfaction, and proved themselves and
skilful artists. As q whole the performance was
remarkably complete, and, II we except q certain
weakness In the female voices that we would like
to see remedied leaves little to be desired.
The New York herald., 1872-10-19
THE COLORADO RIVER RAILROAD soUABBLE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. II, 1872.
The directors OF the San Francisco and Colorado
River Railroad Company publish q card formally
withdrawing from submittal to a vote OF the
people the proposition TO give said company sub
sldy OF So 100000. They ay:-"we are reluctantly
compelled to admit that, after diligent and careful
canvass OF the city, we ascertain that there exists
very general and fixed prejudice against any
further railroad subsidies. Therefore, under the
decided conviction that the people at this time are
opposed to granting aid to railroads, we abandon
for the present all efforts to obtain O subsidy,
The Independent press including the Bulletin and
eau have steadily maintained that public senti-
ment was nearly unanimous against the Colorado
Railroad subsidy, In the conviction that it was
Central Pacific scheme in disguise.
The New York herald., 1872-10-19
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A HUSBAND

MADISON, Ind. Oct. 49, 1872.
Henry A. Armstrong. formerly one of the pro-
prietors OF the Marine Railway. came to his death
about eleven O'Clock last night under mysterious
circumstances. The evidence before the Coroners
jury showed that Armstrong had not lived ami
cably with his wifo for some time past and that
during the last two weeks he has been at New
Albany. Returning to his home last night, ana
dvesting himself OF his boots he went up airs to
his wifes room, when, as she says, he beat and
abused her and dragged her down stairs. Whenat
tho foot OF the stairs Mrs. Armstrong screamed
and her husband released his hold, and she then
went up stairs, very soon afterwards hearing q
pistol shot. Armstrong was found by neghbor
lying outside the back door, with bullet hole at
the Of his left eye, his forehead covered with
bruises and one OF his hands somewhat lacerated.
violent struggle.
The jury have not yet returned verdict.