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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25
GOVERNMENT STAMPS.
The Articles Requiring Stamps u
der the New Law,

The Articles Requiring Stamps I'm
der the New Law
The new stamp law, which went
into effect yesterday, contains some
very important changes from the old
law which has heretofore been in
force. It drops thirty seven articles
from the list of those requiring to be
stamped, exempting everything in
the list except the following:
STAMP TAXES UNDER SCHEDULE c.
Proprietary medicines and prepa-
rations-For and upon every packet,
box, bottle, pot, phial, or other in
closure, containing any pills, pow
ders, tinctures, troches, lozenges,
syrups, cordials. bitters, anodynes,
tonics, plasters, hniments, salves,
ointments, pastes, drops, waters,
essences, spirits, oils, or other medi-
cinal preparations or compounds
whatever, sold, offered or exposed
for sale, or removed for consumption
and sale, by any person or persons
whatever, where such packet, box,
etc, with its contents, does not ex-
ceed, at retail price or value, the sum
of twenty-five cents, OIL.
Exceeding twenty-five and not ex-
ceeding fifty cents, OF.
Exceeding fifty and not exceeding
seventy-five cents, 03.
Exceeding seveRty-five cents, and
not exceeding one dollar, O4.
Exceeding one dollar, for every
additional fifty cents, or fractional
part thereof is excess of one dollar,
OF.
Perfumery and Cosmetics-For
and upon every packet, box, bottle,
pot, phial, or other inclosure con-
tanning any escence, extract, toilet
water, cosmetic, hair-Oil, pOmade,
hair-dressing, hair restorative, hair
dye, tooth-wash, dentifrie, tooth
paste, aromatic cachOus or any sim
liar article, by whatsoever name the
same heretofore have been, now are,
or may hereafter be called, known or
distinguished, used or applied, or to
ba used or applied, as perfumer or
applied as perfumes or applications
to the hair, mouth or skin, sold, Of
fered Tor sale or removed for con-
sumption and sale, the same rates
per package, etc, as for medicines
and preparations.
Friction matches-For and upon
every parcel or package of 100 or
less, Oh.
More than one hundred and not
more than 200, OF.
For every additional 100, or frac-
tiOnal part thereof Oh.
Wax tapers, double the rae for
friction matches.
Cigar lights, made in part of wood,
wax, glass, paper or other materials,
in parcels or packages, containing
twenty-five lights or less in each
parcel or package, OIL.
When IN parcels or packages con
tanning more than twenty-five and
not more than fifty lights, OF.
For every additional twenty five
lights, or fractional part of that
number, one cent additional.
Playing Cards.-For and upon
every pack not exceeding fifty-two
cards in number, irrespective of
price or value, O5.
STAMP DUTIES UNDER SCHEDULE b.
(On and after October l, 1927
Bank checks, drafts or orders, OF.
Note.-Until October 1, 1872,
stamp taxes under schedule B re-
mained the same as published in
Regulations, Series 6, No. 10.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25
VERY GENERAL.

HARD AND SOFT WATFR.-An house
wives may not know how materially
the effects of hard and soft water
differ IN the cooking of various veg
etables; while one species of vege-
tables requires hard or soft water, as
the case may be, another species be-
comes seusibly detoriated by it. For
instance, peas and beans cooked in
hard water, containing lime or gyp-
sum, Will not boil tender, because
these substances harden vegetable
caseine. In soft water they boil ten
der, and lose a certain raw, rank
taste, which they retain in hard wat
er. Many vegetables (as onions)
boil nearly tasteless in soft water, be-
cause all the flavor is dissolved. The
addition of salt often checl-s this, as
in the case of onions, causing the
vegetables to retain their peculiar
favoring principles, besides much
nutritious matter which might lost
in soft water. Thus it appears the
salt hardens the water to a degree.
For extracting the juices of meat to
make broth or soup, soft water, un-
salted and cold at first, IS best, for 1T
much more readily penetrates the
tissues but for boiling meats where
the juices should be retained, hard
water is preferable, and the meat
should be put IN while it is boiling,
so as to seal up the pores at once.
IKE FIRST oRaAN.-A Boston paper
gives the following interesting ac-
count of the first church organ in
America "In the Kings Chapel
was erected the first church organ in
America. I have a vague remem-
brance of once hearing that this or
gan, or a portion of it, is still in use
in a church in Salem. The history
of this organ, which was In the old
chapel removed about the middle
of the last century to make way for
the present building1 is interesting.
It originally belonged to Mr.. Thorn
as Brattle, who, dying in 1713, be-
queathed it to the church which bore
his name, on the condition that a
sober person should be engaged to
play on it in loud manner. That
however, declined to accept
the gift were sober musicians scarce
at that time?], and in accordance
with the terms of the will-though
the testator was probably dissenter
the organ was handed over to the
Kings Chapel, and was first played
at Christmas, 17l4, by an organist
sent over from England. Music, it
seems, did not advance rapidly in
the colony, for it appears from the
records that organlsts were imported
for the chapel as late as 1865. The
organ which now stands in the wes-
tern gallery was brought from Eng
land IN 1856, about two years after
the new chapel was finished. Ira
dition asserts that it was built by
the famous Father Schmidt. It is
known that it's first cost was $500,
and that the subsequent expense of
freight and putting up was 9137
more. When the difference in value
is considered, it will be seen that the
organ must have been a superior in
strument. There is collateral evi-
dence, worthy of credence, that it
was selected by the great Mr.. Han
del and it is on record that it was
first played at Thursday afternoon
service, in September, 1857, a sermon
suitable to the location being preach
ed at the time"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25
Little at First. Mighty at Last.

A traveller O'er dusty road,
Strewed acorns on the lee;
And one took root and Sprouted up
And grew into tree,
Love sought its shade at eventide,
To breathe its early VOWS,
And age was pleased at heat of noon
To rest beneath its bOughs.
The dOrmOuse loved its dangling twigs,
The birds sweet music pour;
It stood glory in its place
a blessing eYermore.
A little spring had lost its way
Amid the grass and fern;
A passing stranger scoOped a well,
Where weary men might turn
He walled it in, and hung with care
A ladIe at the brink
He thought not of the deed he did,
Butjudged that toll might drink.
He passed again, and 10 the well
By summer never dried,
Had cooled ten thousand parchiug tongues
And saved life beside.
A9dreamer dreamed a random thought,
Twas old, and yet twas new;
A simple fancy OF the brain,
But strong in being true
It fell upon genial mind,
And o! the thought became
A lamp of light, a beacon ray,
A safely guiding flame,
The thought was small, its issue great;
4 watch-fire on the hill,
1t sends its radiance far adOWn,
And cheers the valley still.
A nameIess man amid the crowd
That that thronged the busy mart
Let fall the words of hope and love,
a whisper on the tumult thrown,
Naught but passing breath
1t raised brother from the dust,
oak! o fount! words of love!
o thought at random cast!
We were but little at the first,
But mighty at the last.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25
Railway Reform.

A curious instance of the change
of opinion once on certain political
questions is presented by the New
York Post of a late date. That Jour
nal contains an elaborately prepared
editorial which virtually endorses
the system now being advocated by
certain parties in England, by which
the State is to have exclusive control
of the railroads of the country. The
New York Post was founded, we be-
lieve, by William Legget, one of the
most strenuous opponents of any
government interference in the f.
nanci8l or commercial affairs of the
country. His successor, Mr.. Bry-
ant, has advocated similar principles
for nearly half a century. Yet he,
too, feels compelled, in view of the
mOnopoIies which are expressing
the people, to go back on his record
and virtually advocate a system of
government interference which the
most pronounced Federalist of Mr..
Leggett's day would have considered
wild and visionary.
The Post contends that whether
all that is put forward in favor of
the plan Of government control be
warranted or not, there can be no
doubt that the necessity for cheap
transit is great. The solution of
the question, as proposed in Eng
lend, IS that the railways, like the
pOstoffice, should be managed as a
national institution, on the same
plan which in postofice economy
has been found successful and salts
factory. At present in Great Bri-
tain the railways are particularly
carriers of parcels under two pounds
of weight at a single rate for all dis
tances. It is proposed that, COM
mencing on their own account,
when they leave off on government
account, the railways should carry
parcels up to 1000 pounds, and
also the freight, tonnage and pas
sengers on the same plan as adopt
ed by the post Office. There IS no
magic in two pounds and it is urg-
ed there is no good ground for sup
posing the plan would not be sue
cessful, and satisfactory applied to
weights above two pounds, as it
proved to be applied TO weights un-
der that amount.
The Post gives the following tab
ulatiOn in reference to countries,
and to some of our own States. It
shows, at a glance, what a compare
lively low rate of fare and freight
for all distances, like the postage
rate, woulk suffice to raise a revenue
equal to that acoruing from the pre-
sent mileage rates:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

Beauty.
Not on the earth
Hath Beauty bloom, hath Beauty power
This is alone its natal hour
The chamber of its birth
Here the germ dwelIs,
And prone to silence and to night
1t bursts to love and life and light,
As daisies IN our dells.
But not on earth
Hath Beauty growth beyond the flower
The life that in day or hour
Goes to another birth;
And all we see
OF beauty is a glimmer bright
Is but the promise of n night
The glory yet 10 be.
When in the skies,
The spirit doth unfold and find
Lies hopes grown perfect to the mind,
For Beauty then it sighs;
And Beauty there
Compares with Beauty here below
"A $ mornings golden skies agIoW
With murkiest clouds compare.
The forms we love
And cherish for each faultless Iine,J
But shadows are of those divine
That we shall know above.
So let us live
In love of nature, not of art,
That each may thus with reverent heart
Fit homage have to give.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

The following is said to be the
copy Of a will left by a Capuchin
monk, who was we'll known for his
deeds of charity in the FaubOurg
St. Jacques, Paris: "I bequeath
first, to the Able Michaud, my bre-
wary, because he does not know his
own; secondly, to NJ. Jules FavreJ
my frock, to hide his shame third
", to NJ. Gan beta, my cord, which
will prove useful one day round his
neck fourthly, to n. Theirs, ms own
work, that he may read it over
again; and, filthy, to France, my
wallet, because she may shortly nave
occasion for one to collect aims
The foregoing composed the entire
worldly possessions ofthe deceased
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

STRANGELY do some people talk of
getting over" a great sorrow; over
leaping it, passing it by, thrusting
into oblivion. Not so. No one ever
does that-at least, no nature which
can be touched by the feeling OF
grief at all. The only way is to pass
through the ocean of affiiction sol
emnly, slowly, with humility and
faith. as the Israelites passed through
the sea. Then its very waves of mis-
erv will divide and become to us a
wall on the right side and on the
left, until the gulf narrOws and mar
rows before our eyes, and wa land
safe on the opposite shore.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.

" Would you take the last cent
person has for a glass of soda water?
asked Kankakee youth. "Yes,"
responded the unthinkipg proprie-
tor; whereupon the hopeful pulled
out the cent and got drink.
A LITTLE girl was tenderly nursing
her sick doll the other day, and on
her mothers asking what allied It
she replied, Its got the Alabama
claims very bad"
AYoUTH entered into a bookstore
and asked, What kind of pens do
you sell her mister ?" Ali kinds,
you young rascal, answered one of
the clerks. Do you?" said the lit
tie chap, "then sive me ten cents
worth of pig pens"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

IF YOU wish to do good, do good 4;
if you wish to assist people, assist
people. The only way to learn to
do thing is to do it, and that i'm
plies, before you learn to do right
you will do wrong-you will make
blunders, you viii nave failures-but
persevere, and in the end YOU will
] arm your lesson, and many other
lessons by the way.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

MULTITUDEs, in their haste to get
rich, are ruined every year. The
men who do things maturely, slow
ly5 deliberately, are the men who Of
tenest succeed IN life. Peoble who are
habituslly IN a hurry generally have
to do things twice over.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

"WHAT are you drawing, Anna ?'
'I'se making your pictur'" So the
gentleman sat very still, and she
worked away very earnestly for a
while. Then she stopped, com ared
her work with the original, and
shook her little head. 81 don't ike
If much, " she said. "'Tant 81 great
deal like you, dess III put q tail
to it and call it dog.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

pass over and get out of the wet
weather. Goodbye Antioch"
" Harwell," )" and " Boylston." Good
be till we meet in glory.-ReU. T.
De Wt IaInlaqe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

a MAN was complaining because
his wife was recently taken with
the OH fever. She had a piece of
lanu Of her own in West Virginia
where oil had been found, and MOTH
ing would do but she must organize
company and so to boring. So
she bored him to go for long time,
bus be wouldn't; so she went her
self. l told the man he would he
justified in suing for divorce. "On
what grounds 2" asked the man.
fright there, on her oil grounds. J"
81 mean what plea could [ offer ?''
"Why, that she left hero bread and
bored.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25
Abroad.

1t is estimated that three millions of
inhabitants have died from famine in
Persia.
The steamer Charles Bright has re-
covered the Panama cable, and laid
the shore end to Harbor Head, jamaica
Count Won Arnim, First Secretary of
the German Legation, has been re
called from Washington, and will be
succeeded by Andreas Bermstoff, son
of the German ambassador at London.
The public refuse to take note of the
Bank Of Spain on account of the num-
Der of counterfeits in circulation, and
the shares of the Bank has fallen per
cent in consequence.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

NATURE breaches cheeriulness in
her saddest mood she covers even
forgotten graves with flowers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25
Oo-aw-gee-bah
Ah-me-la-he
O-pah-sah-dah
WO-haw-gee-e-e-e.

Ny wife, seated beside me, did not
like the music. But said {" What
beautiful sentiment Ny dear, it is
pastoral. You might have known
that from W0haU-gee!t" You have
had your taste ruined by attending
the Brooklyn Tabernacle, The
choir repeated the last line Of the
hymn four times. Then the prima
donna leaped on to the first line,
and slipped, and fell on to the sec
ond, and that broke and let her
through into the third. The other
voices came in to pick her up, and
got into grand wrangle, and the
bass and the soprano had it for
about ten seconds; but the soprano
beat (women always de), and the
bass rolled down into the cellar,
and the soprano went up into the
garnet, but the latter kept on sduall-
ing as though the bass. in leaving
her, had wickedly torn out all her
back hair. I felt anxious about the
soprano, and looked back to see if
she had tainted but found her re-
clining in the arms of a young man
who looked strong enough to take
care of her.
Now l admit that we cannot all
have such things in our churches.
It costs like sixty. In the Church
Of the Holy Bankak it costs one
hundred dollars to have sung that
communion piece:
eye wretched, hungry, starving
poor - But let US come as near to
1t as we can. The tune " Pisgah
has been standing long enough on
"Jerdan's stormy banks" Let il
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

ANEoUNCEAENTs.-Anno the name Of
person for County Office, IS; State Office $40;
Federal office SIS. Invariably in advance.
N The above Terms and Rates will Be
trictly adhered to.
~ RELIGIOUS, Marriage, Birth and Death
Notices solicited, and will be willingly inser-
ed FREE OF CHARGE. Obituaries will Be charged
advertising rates.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

Rates OF Advertising.
1inoh, or 10 lines of type, constitutes square.
One square, hrst insertion. 81 90
Each subsequent insertion. so
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-25

LET EVIL words die as sUon as
they're spoken.
-, l;F, :. 1.yo,-s1 Er, IDaor than
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-06-29
nlarria9es.

On the 18th inst, 10y Rev. Douglas
F. Forrest. JAMES MARSHALL Nc
CORMICK, Of Clarke county, Va, and
ROSALINE ALLEN TAYLOR,
daughter of Lawrence Is. Taylor, OF
Alexandria.
On the 18th inst, in Maatinsburg, by
Rev. VIM. ID. Hanson; ANDREW D.
DORLEY, to ANNIE McGRADOR,
both of Frederick county, Va.
On the 18th instant, at Grace Church,
Berryville, by Rev. r. +. Martin. JNO.
A. WHITE of Sioux City, Iowa, to
Miss GETTlE, daughter Of DIR, VIM,
ID. Mcclure, of Clarke county, Va
On the 18th inst, at the Presbyterian
Church, Bcrryyillc, by Rev. W. 5. Plu-
mer, d. D., Rev. WM, II. TllOMP-
son to Miss ANNIE, daughter ofCoL
John White, OF Loudoun County, Va
In Washington, on the 9Th inst, by
Rev. Mr.. Drinkhouse, ROBERT ID.
SWINGLE, of Berkeley county, to
Miss EMMAC. JOHNSTON, of W ash
inpton. u. G.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-06-29

E6y New Postal BnL.-The new
Postal Bill, which became law just
before the session closed, makes some
changes in existing postal regulations
which are of general interest. The
most important is the authorization of
one cent postal cards for correspond
ence, or for printed circulars, similar to
those which were introduced i'll Great
British nearly two years ago,and which
are now in use in nearly all European
countries. The House provided in the
bill for cards with paper flap to cover
aud conceal the writing tho Senate
changed this to an open card. In Con
ference Committee the style Of the card
was left to the discretion of the Post
master General, who prefers the open
card, and will order that kind only to
be manufactured The face Of the card
will bear n one cent stamp, and Will oe
provided Win lines lot the dhHIc>>' anu
the back will be ruled for the letter.
The face of the card and stamp will be
ONLY one cent. it will probably be
three or four weeks before any Will be
ready for sale, as the plates for printing
have yet to be prepared. The postage
on circulars, newspapers, and other
transient printed matter, which under
the old law was two cents for every four
ounces or less, is now one cent tor every
two ounces or less. Small circulars,
which formerly cost two cents to mail,
can now be sent for one cent, an impor-
tant reduction to business men who use
the mails largely to advertise their busl-
ness. The change is now Ill force, the
law being immediate in its effects.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-06-29
For The Register.
LEErowS, JEFF. Co, W. Va,
lime u 1872

I had thought that some Of I'VE uns
were getting kinder prolix at times, but
l didn't say "nuthin." | will try to
stick to my pints this time, and will first
tell Of couple OF serious accidents,
which occurred last Monday.
Robert Burns, colored man i'll the
employ of DR.. 5. F. Balch. Twas engaged
in cutting wood, at the wood-pile, when
a small piece flying off. struck his left
eve. DR.. Rodgers, OF Baltimore, lat pre-
sent on a visit to DR.. Balchs, attended
to his injuries, and Robert is still under
his care, being confined to the house,
though now there is faint hope that
the sight has not been entirely destroy
ed
On Monday afternoon an arcident oc-
Cured at Mr.. 5. T. Rowlands steam
saw mill. Mr.. James Tansell was en-
gagged in "wedging off, being only en-
gagged as supply, one OF the hands be
inc sick. Mr.. T. became careless, and
rested his right hand upon the log in
the rear of the saw, just as the motion
of the carriage was reversed. The re-
suit was that four teeth Of the saw struck
the inside of his hand, tearing of nearly
all the flesh, inhicting a painful wound.
DR.. Logic attended to his injuries, and
he is improving little, though ne Is
not yet considered out of danger.
Our quondam acquaintance, Hamp
Perkins, after leaving Leetown, concu-
ded to appropriate the coat, pants, and
shoes Of another "cullud person., but
the loser became indignant thereat, and
set the authorities Of Berkeley after
him, who induced him to visit Martins
burg, kindly providing him with quar-
tiers in + ort Blondel. Wonder if his
epicurean appetite will be gratified now
with the best of Jefferson chickens
We are now in the midst of harvest,
and the unanimous verdict Of the farm
ers is that the wheat is very well filled.
Dame nature has been furnishing
some rain today.
don't think any portion of the
County can exhibit more grasShoPPers
than be found between this place and
the Berkeley line, going northward.
They are numerous for sartan.
You can almost see the corn growing
now that the insect enemies of ourmost
important cereal, appear to be retiring
from the contest, and inasmuch as our
farmers have planted at eight per cent
more land in corn than usual, we may
anticipate a sufficiently large crop to
meet all of our home demands for corn
or fodder.
Deputy Sheriff Koonce and Assessor
Irwin, visited Our village and vicinity
last Monday and Tuesday, | under
stand that Mr.. Koonce was reasonabI!
successful in collecting taxes hercabouts
and since we were favored with Mr.
Erwin's official presence here, m0Ssess
ed dogs have been dying at an unusually
rapid rate. As ever yours,
TEMP LAR.