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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
Look Out Eer the Rocks.

A gentleman crossing the English
Channel stood near the helmsman. 1t
was a calm and pleasant evening,
and no one dreamed of a possible
danger to the good ship But a
sudden tapping of the sail, as II
the wind had shifted, caught the ear
of the officer on watch, and he
sprang at once to the wheel, ex-
aiming closely the compass.
"You are half point off the
course" he said sharply to the man
at the wheel The deviation was
corrected, and the officer returned to
his post.
" You must steer very accurately
said the locker on, "when only half
q point is SO much thought of. F"
"Ah, halt a point, in many places,
might bring us on the rocks" he
said.
So it is in life. Half a point from
strict trutbfulness strands US upon
the rocks of fllsehood. Half a
point from perfect honesty, and we
are steering straight for the rocks
of crime. And so of all kindred
vices. The beginnings are always
small. No one climbs to a summit
at one bound, but goes up one little
step at a time. Children think
lightly of what they call small sins.
These rocks do not look SO fearful to
them.
A friend was once, when a lad,
sailing down East River, near New
York, which was then a very dan
gerous channel. He watched tbs
old steersmen with great interest,
and observed that whenever he came
near to a stick of painted wood he
changed his course.
'FWhy do you turn out for those
bits of wood?" asked the boy.
The old man looked up from
under his shaggy brows, too much
taken up with his task to talk, and
simply growled out Rocksl"
"Well, 1 would not turn out fol
those bits of wood" said the
thoughtless boy: I would go "right
over them"
The old man replied only by {
look which that boy has not tor
/ gotten in his manhood. "POol
foolish lad, it said, chow little yoU
know about rocks !!
So, children, shun the rocks as
you would the way to death. There
ara plenty of buoys to warn you
where they are hidden /; and when
ever you meet one turn aside, fol
! there a danger lies.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
HUMOROUS.

A FOREIGN medical journal remarks
that the most warlike nation IN mod
ern times is vaccination, because 1T
is always in arms.
A MAN up in New Hampshire nam
ed his two children Ebenezer and
Flora; he always speaks of them as
Eb and Flo-very tidy nicknames.
A ScoTcHMAN asked an Irishman
why farthings were coined in En-
gland, and Pats answer was: ''To
give Scotchmen an opportunity to
subscribe for charitable institutions"
A WELL known writer on farm sub
jects says that the way to raise pig
iron il to ring the pigs nose and
then let him root for 1t. Pig lead
can also be produced by attaching a
rope to the hind leg.
"I AM afraid" said a lady to her
husband, "that am going to have
a stiff neck" "Not at all improba-
bic, my DEAR" replied her spouse;
" [ have seen strong symptoms Of 1t
ever since We were married"
The cheerful horse-hy is said "to
gaily perambulate the spinal columns
of Tennessee horses, and the vocal
istic mosquito hovers about the
roosts and frightens the lusty fowls,
who mistake them tOr chicken
I hawks"
A LADY with a very inharmonlOus
voice insisted uDon singing at re-
cent party. "IYbat does she call
/ thaL?" inquired a guest. The
/ Tempest, [ think" answered anoth-
er. "Don't be alarmed" said sea
captain present. ITS no tempest.
! It's merely squall, and viii soon
be over
Two friends from two different
churches. but of one denomination,
met the other day, and discussed the
/ preaching Of their respective pas
tors. "Your pastor uses the ideas
of other men," said the one. Don't
you wish your pastor would do the
same ?" was the significant re-
sponse.
KISSING in the dark is not q safe
practice, especially if the object
practiced upon is a widow. A man
/ was engaged in that kind of prac-
tiee in Nebra-ka lately, when an inn
pertinent flash of lightning revealed
the performance to a select party OF
spectators, and the man was obliged
to marry the widow to get out Of the
scrape.
A NEGRO who was suspected of sur
reptitiously meddling with his neigh
bor's fruit, being caught in garden
by moonlight, nonplused his detec-
tors by raising his eyes, clasping his
hands, and piously exclalmIng;
Good Lord dis yere darkey can Z
go nowhere to pray any more wldout
being 'sturbed-"
A CoArPLAcENT landlord of noun
tain hotel, at breakfast the other
morning, planted his thumbs IN the
Waistcoat armholes, leaned slgnln-
cantly back In his chair and SAID !;
! g Gentlemen, where do you thlnk
that beefsteak comes from z, From
near the horns" was the qulet rep ,
of one of the boarders. The land
2 lord hasn't put any conundrums 10
his boarders since.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
Telegraph Extension.

The Scientific american gives the
following interesting facts in regard
to the telegraph: Europe possesses
100000 miles of telegraphic wire
and I3 900 stations. America, $50, e
600 miles of wire and 5000 stations;
India, 14,OO0 miles of wire and 200
stations; and Australia, 10000 miles
of wire and 270 stations; and the ex-
tension throughout the world is now
at the rate of 100000 miles OF wire
per annum. There are, In addition,
3OOOO miles of submarine telegraph
wire now in successful operation, ex-
tending beneath the Atlantic and
German oceans; the Baltic, North,
Mediterranean Red, Arabian, Japan
and China Sc as; the Persian Gulf
the Bay of Bisc4y. the Strait of Glib
raltar, and the Gulf of Mexico and
St. Lewrence. More than twenty
thousand cities and villages are now
linked in one continuous chain oI
J telegraphic stations The myste-
riOUs wire, with its subtle and IN
visible influence, traverses ali cIvlh
zed lands, and passes beneath
oceans, seas and rivers, bearing mes
sages of business, friendship anc
love, and constantly, silently, bu
powerfully contributing TO the peace
happiness and prosperity OF all N an
kind.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
Love.

True love is grounded on esteem.
-Buckingbam.
If iun is good, truth is still better,
and love best OF aL-Thacberay.
Love me little, love me long
MarLOlU
Hate makes us vehement parti-
sans, but love still more so.-GOthe.
In love We are all fools alike
Gay
Love, one time, layeth burdens:
another time giveth wings,-,Sir p.
Sidney.
Love is the virtue of women
-DudeUant
In love, the deceit generally out
strips the disguat.-RocHefo tcaltld.
Love is an affair of credulity.-
OUid.
Love at two-and twenty is terri
bly, intoxicating draught.-Lu6iyll.
Where love dwells is paradise
Richer.
Love is precisely to the moral ma
ture what the sun is to the Garth
Bdlzdc.
Words of love are works of love
-Alger.
Love as if you should beareafter
hate, and hate as if you should here
after ChllO.
When we love we live.-CoRgre0e-
Gold does not satisfy love; 1t must
be paid in its own cOin.-MadaHae
DELAY.
She that is love is safe.-Jsrcny
TdyiOr.
How shall / do to love? Believe.
How shall l do to believe ? Love
leighton.
[ could not love thee, dear, sc
much, loved I not honor more
| LOUeidce.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08

LTNsEED syrup FOR A CoUGH.-We
the following in chemical journal:
To make inseeJ syrup for cough,
boil one ounce of hnseed IN a quart
of wa-er for an hour; strain 1t and
add to the liquid the juice of two
lemons and half pound OF rock
candy. Ii the cough Is accompanied
bv weakness and a loss Of appetite,
add half an ounce of powdered gum
arabic. Set this to simmer for half
an hour, stirring it occasionally
Take a wine glass full whenever the
cough Is troublesome.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
FROM TIE GERMAN OFHELNE.

BY JOHN R. THOMPSON.
Where shall yet the wanderer jaded
In the grave at last reeline ?,
In the South, by palm-trees shaded?
Under Iindens by the Rhine?
Shall in some desert sterile
Be entOmbed By foreign hands?
Shall 1 sleep. beyond Iife's peril,
By some seacOast in the sands2
Well, Gods heaven will shine as brightly
There as here. around my bed,
And the stars for death-Iamps nightly
Shall be hung above my head.
-GdbdEy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08

DYISG BLUE-Dip the goods IN a
strong solution OF alum. Then pre-
pare snail amount Of water with
Prussian blus, and dip few rags in
it; add q little more blue aud i'm
merse a few more, and so on, the
amount of blue to be regulated by
the shade desired. I have found
about an ounce 10 a pound of goods
generally sufficient. The blue dye
to be used cold.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
NEWS or THE WEEK.
At Home.

At Home:
The Treasury Department has issued
a circular to the Collectors at the prin-
cipal ports instructing them to care
fully observe existing regulations
which prevent importation of neat
cattle hides from country where the
hOof and mouth disease is prevalent.
The Department received information
that this disease had again broken out
in the Argentine Republic.
The horse disease is extending West
ward, but is abating in New York.
Its influence upon business in that
city, however, has been disastrous, and
the loss in consequence is to be meas
ured by hundreds of thousands. The
crisis in the disease seems to have
arrived, however, and in the next few
days 1t will probably commence to
abate.
The steamship Missouri sailed from
New York to Havana on Oct. IL, and
has been reported missing. An
arrival from Nassau states that she
was burned at sea, and that Of all on
board only twelve persons are known
to be saved. Seventy-nine lives are
believed to have been lost; among
them the Captain and all but five OF
the crew.
A special from Norwich, Conn, SAYS
that great excitement prevails in the
seaport villages near that place, owing
TO the report of a vessel having arrived
at StOningtOn from San Domingo, with
cases of yellow fever on board. The
schooner Crown Point, which was
driven into port at Stonington, on
Sunday night, by stress of weather,
had two men Frustrated by the disease,
which had broken out during her voy-
age. The vessel was at once ordered
TO quarantine in the lower harbor.
No new cases have occurred, but the
two sick men are at the point of death.
1t is understood that early In the ses-
sion Congress will appoint a commits
sion to take evidence with regard
to distributing the lump sum awarded
at Geneva among the claimants who
suffered from losses by the Anglo Con-
'~~SASeO SANoSAS uuAAhB bhC Wal
Many claimants appear to be possess
ed of fear that the French spoIiatior
claims of 1903 would overlake them
but there Is no foundation whate vel
for this apprehension. -
Some eight thousand families, mum
beTing fifty thousand persons, of tn,
Jews of ROumania, who have of lat,
suffered so cruel prosecutions in thei
native province, desire to found col
ony in the United States, and woul,
like the Land Office to give them It'll
TO $50, 900 acres in one tract.
The Southern Claims Commissioner
to-day heard testimony in regard t.
the claim of Elizabeth A. Gould, o
Alexandria, for $2s, ,s75 for wood cut b,
the army OH the Potomac river nea
Washington. The point of publi
interest in this case is the endeavO
made by the claimant to show a highe
value for standing timber than tn
price of one dollar a cord establishe
by the Quartermaster General, q
which rate similar claims to the amoun
of several million dollars have bee
from time to time settled by the Quar-
termaster's department. The claimaT
Is one of the heirs of the late Congress.
man Edsall, of New Jersey, VIII
owned large estates in Virginia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08

THE Baldwin Locomotive WORKS,
Philadelphia. recently shipped three
locomotives to Cronstadt, Russia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
TIE H4PPY HOUR.

THE HAPPY HO UR.
BY MRS NJ. F. BUTTS.
The busy day is over,
-r The hOuTehOid work Is done;
The cares that fret the morning
Have faded with the sun:
And. in tha tender twilight,
3 1 sit In happy rest,
With my darling little baby
Asleep upon my breast.
II.
Il - White lids, with siIken fringes,
Shut out the waning light
A little hand, close folded,
Holds mammals fingers tight:
And in their soft, white wraPpings,
At last In perfect rest,
Two dainty feet are euddled
Like brides in nest.
I'D III. -
All hopes and loves unworthy
Depart at this sweet hour;
ALI pure and noble Iongihgs
Renew their holy power;
For Christ, who, In the Virgin
Our motherhood has blest,
Is near to every woman
with baby On her breast.
t- -APpEetoH's Journal
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08

THE railroad survey between Mar
shall and Jefferson, Texas, is com.
pleted.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08

ABNoUNCE1 CE1RlTTs.-AnnouncinR The naAs e
person for . County ofice, -; Stats oEcs oloJ
FEDERAL once el5. Invariably in advance.
~ The above Terms and Rates viii b
trietly adhered 70.
Notices solicited, and will be willingly inssr.
ed EEEs OF cHAssH. Obituaries VIII Be- charged
adVeFtisinK rates.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08

The United States now stands as
the first Wool-prOducing country IN
the world. In 1871, her wool crop
was III 600, 900 lbs, while the next
was that of England, 9,968, 600
lbs, succeeded by Australia, l52, ,5OO,-
600 pounds, and La Plata, 13S, no.
pounds.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08

Love as an egotisn of two.-D
La Sale.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08

Wish chasteIy AID love dearly
Shakespeare.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
Abroad.

Thiers has informed the Princess
ClOthilde, wife of Prince Napoleon,
that she is free to remain in France
without interference by the govern
ment.
Miss Agnes Livingston, daughter OF
MIR. Livingstone, has published a letter
from her father, in which he says;
have written two letters to Mr.. Ben
nett. 1 meant to keep the materials to
myself; but because the expedition was
expensive, gave Stanley what would
help him to write a book. In his
hands it is harmless; for Americans
are good and generous friends.
Efforts to arrest the food of the Pc
have failed, and it has submerged
Reggie, town of q 600 inhabitants,
the birthplace of Ariosto ~nn COrreg-
gio, and the seat of numerous converts
colleges, a museum Of antiquities, ano
a public library of 80, 900 volumes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08

THE vale of of land in the old city
of London has recently increased
greatly. Five years ago there was
IA tempOrar depression in real es-
tate operations, and large houses di-
vidod into suits of handsome offices
failed TO secure tenants. The close
of the Franco German war, howev-
or effected a change, and business
having revived, demand for Offices
in the business quarter around the
Royal Exchange has sprung up and
the value of real estate has i'm
proved. Ia Finch land, the free
hold of small house used as tav
ern, together with the good will OF
the business, was recently sold for
100000 in gold, the let being eigh-
teen feet in the front and titty-five
feet in depth. Finch lane is prin
cipally occupied by the offices OF
commercial brokers and by dining
rooms.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
PRESCRIPTION so. 2

Nitrate potash, |! OF; tartarized
antimony, 1 o.; digitalis, } OF.
Pulverize all together and make
twelve powders; give one morning
and night. p. S.-If they are not
very bad you might omit the last iu-
gredient, namely, djgitalis.-Bu6ato
Commercial AdGeTEiSe1-.
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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-12

FALSE HuR-Somc time since when
it was announced that the story that jute
braids and switshesn were infested
with insects, was merely an invention of
the enemy, tho women took heart and
built higher and stronger. But now q
distinguished chemist who has been in.
yestigalng the matter says that although
it is true there are no parasites in iute,
still 1t is sure to destroy the human scalp
ifallOwed to remain long in contact with
il. He says that in the preparation Of
iute corrosive sublimate, a most deadly
mercurial poison, and nicotine, the essen.
tial principle Of tobacco. nre used, aud
that the iate, becoming brittle like spuc
glass, breaks into small particls which
enter the pores Of the scalp, and, intro.
ducing the poison, cause first slight
irritation. and atterward serious ulcera-
ton. Similar, though less marked cf
fects follow the wearing OF other substi.
tntos for tho natunl covering Of the
head, so that evil results follow in any
case, These facts arc not stated in the
expectation that they will make the least
difference in the sale or use Of the nrti.
cal, but simply that We may be able to
say 10 the multitude Of baldheadCd wo.
men ten years hence, Eve told you 10 =
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-12

Millions oS TnE SrRiKE!-ln spite Of
the enormous amount Of capital invested
in the promotion Of Intempeancc, the
Missionaries Of Sobriety have no reason TO
be disheartcncd. The strike against al.
coholic drinks is not confined to the Urdi.
nary liquors Of commerce. Its extending
to all medicine, Of which ardent spirits
form component part. The belief that
sumulants Of this nature arc LOir pOisoHS
gains ground everywhere. Eminent phys.
loloTsts preach the doctrine, and the dis.
secting knHe and the microscope afford
most norton evidence Of It's truth. FoItu.
naicly AZ the very time when our distin.
puished surgeons were making the expert.
mcnts which led 10 this conclusion, saga.
ciou' member Of the profession, DR.. Joseph
Walker Of California, was pcrieoting veg
etable tonic, possessing all the restorative
properties claimed for the spirituous as
tringents, and free from their deadly sting.
To those demotallling, health destroying
potions his famous VINEGAR BITTERs seem
10 DO giving the coup d, grao. Phe de-
mand for them declines, while the COM
mercin and sanitary success Of the new
medicine is complete, And we hear daily
Of cases Of dyspepsia, biliouSnoss, mnlaiious
fever, rheumatism, constipation, general
and local debility, govt, kidney disease,
etc., etc. that have suc;wnbed to the
gT,ai nIoydiirs after resisting all Others.
-eeA.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-12
symptoms Of Catarrll.

Dull, heavy headache, obstruction OF
nasal passages, discharge falling into throat,
sometimes proru'c, watcry, acid, thick and
tenacious mucous, purulent, muco.puru.
lent, bloody, putrid, offensive, etc. In
other. dryncss, dry, watery, weak or in
famed eyes, ringing in ears, deafness,
hawking and coughing to clear throat, ul'
centions, scabs from ulcers, voice altered,
nasal twang, offensive breath, impaired
smell and taste, liEzincss, mental depres-
sion, Tickling cough, etc, Only few Of the
above symptoms arc likely to be present
in any case at one time. No disease is
more common or less understood by ply.
sicians. The proprietor Of DR. SAGR's Ca.
TARRn RENpRr will pay $500 reward for
case Of Catarrll which he cannot cure.
Sold by Druggists at so cents. COS.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-12
A camp Meeting In the Olden Time.

The order Of the day would be almost
uniformly this The horn (which was
long tin one, hung in the preaching
stand was sounded at sunrise, when 1t
yas expected that oil persons in tho
tents would rise. Half an hour later Il
was blown again for family worship,
which must be observed in every tent,
after which breakfast was prepared and
eaten.
At eight or nine, according to the sea-
son, the horn announced prayer meet,
ing in the tents at ten it proclaimed
preaching after that followed prayers
ut the stand and call for mourners, or,
as it was more correctly and elegantly
expressed, ian invitation to such as de-
sired IN interest in the prayers Of those
present, from a conviction that they were
sinners"
Then came the recess for the midday
meal, and after this there was preaching
again at Or. NJ There were prayers at
the stand and mourners called forward
again, after which there was usually an
adjournment to the open part Of the
ground, and grand prayer meeting
organized in "the ring"
The ring.meeting was formed in this
way II there were many mourners ut
the alter, as it was called-that is, two or
three designated benches in front of tue
pulpit-some one in authority would
order removal, on which some active
follows would shoulder few benches
and carry them to the square, aud have
them placed in n convenient manner and
ready Tor the mourners to kneel by or
sit upon.
Before these were removed, but in IN
incredibly short time, enough stout
Young men would Join hands around the
benches to form compact Enclosure,
These again were enclosed by an outer
ring Of those who were the first to spring
to the place, that tiIey might have q full
view Of the proceedings for it was
understood tina. this circle was not to be
entered except by the mourners and
those who are to talk aud pray with
them.
The young people Of the country were
generally good singers and they knew
the HYMNS and tunes mostly in use, and
the numbers who would Join in the sing
ing would now be surprising. Two
resolute ones Of tue living wall of this
ring would be designated at once as door
posts and doorkeepers, who at their dis
erection admitted persons within the en-
closure.
The mourners wers then brought on,
and entering kneeled at the benches,
while brother or leading voice would
start "Come, yc sinners, poor and
needy" or some similar song. in which
every available voice would join, not n
brick Of the walls OF this tabernacle
keeping silence.
Then followed prayer, then n song,
and then prayer, and ut last a steady
stream of song and supplication, run
ming together like the parts Of ftgus,
harmonizing in spite Of all discord.