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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
WONDERFUL GOLD STRIKE.
Rock Yielding s54,I4O to the ton
FErem the Calsveras (CaI.) ChroaisIe, New.

Rock Yielding s5S,I4O to the ton.
From the oalsveras (CaI.) Chronicle, New. Al
Developments have recently been
made at the GWin mine, in Lower
Rich GulCh, unparalleled in the his
tory ofGuartE operations in this State.
A strata of rock has been discovered
in the main shaft at the deph Of 400
feet, that for richness eclipses any
thingo of which we have ever heard or
read. The straRgest feature In tie de-
velopment is, however, that the rock
recently discovered so closely resem-
bles the slate Of which the walls of
the lead are composed, that 1t has
heretofore been taken out and thrown
away with the other debris from the
mine. The strata mentioned lies next
to the foot of the wall, and is about a
foot in width and thickness. In col
or and formation it so nearly rcsem-
bles slate that it requires a close ex-
animation to distinguish the two
from each other. The inclination of
the "streak" differs slightly from that
of the shaft. Commencing, at point
near the surface, it crosses the latter
diagOnally, leaving the shaft at the 400
foot leveI. "By drifting a short dis
lance on the lead, however, from the
500 level, the strata will undoubted-
Iy be struck again.
By the merest accident in the
world it was dicovered that this sin
gular deposit, ..instead of being slate,
was simply a mass of sulphurets, car
rying free gold in abundance. A
portion of the rock was brought to
this town, and critically assayed by
DR.. James Hepburn. Two and one
half ounces yielded one hundred and
sixty-siX grains of gold or, in other
words, at the rate of $54, I40 per ton
The rock assayed was not Selected
specimen" It was broken from q
chunk at least foot square, and is
considered a fair test of the whole
strata. The prOprietors of the mine
are sanguine that they will take $780,
900 out of the recently discovered
"streak" between the 500 foot level
and the surface. In fact, should this
strata PROVE to be one of the lead, as
IL undoubtedly will, there is no cal
culating the amount of gold that will
be taken from if. II ore of equal
richness has ever before been found,
there is no record of it. The Gwin
mine must now certainly be classed
as the most valuable in the State, and
further than that, in less than year
it will boast more extensive machin-
cry than any other lead upon the
coast. We shall wait farther deyeI-
Opmeuts in reference 10 the newly
discovered strata with impatience.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
WHAT Rats VIII DO.

Farmers who have large amounts
of corn do not realize what quantity
rats will take away TO their nest and
storing places. Thousands of BUSH
els are annually consumed by the
pests, and it is the small drainages
usually which take off the profit of
farming, the matter of securely stor.
ing corn should be attended to.
An exchange gives an account of
the work of rats in n hardware store,
from which something Ofan estimate
can be made. FOrty-five pounds of
choice pOp-cO was left in q box Oh
the floor near the center OF the store
Next morning the box was nearly
empty, and upon examination it was
found that during the night the rats
conveyed Off thirty-one and two
thirds pounds of the corn, and con-
ceaIed it In three different parts of
the building. About ten pounds
were taken through a small hole In
the door between the store and the
warehouse, some of which was con-
c3aled under the stairs in that part
of the building, while four pounds
weTecarried up the stairs-cOmpOsed
of twelve steps-and hid away in a
pile of paper rags lying on the floor
of the second story of the warehouse.
The rats evidently worked faithfully
all night, and no doubt chuckled
hugely next day over the princely
supply Of corn laid away for the win
tors uEq
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05

DISEASED LUNGS ARE GREATLY on
AN INCREASE IN THIS CoUNTRY.-The
sudden changing of weather has done
much to giverise to Consumption. But
there are thousands Of cases who bring
it on by their own imprudence-sucha as
wearing damp clothing, and going from
warm rooms into the cold air, and check
ing the perspiration, which causes irri-
tation of the Lungs, and then matter or
phlegm viii collect, which nature viii
try to relieve by coughing 1t up, to pre-
vent pustules nom forming. If nature
does not raise the matter with ease, and
stop this Inflammation, tubereles Will
soon form, and Consumption will soon
follow. Aliens Lung Balsam will cure
and prevent thousands of cases of Con-
sumption If 1t is only taken in time.
For sale by ali Druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05

CURE FOR Cold IN THE HEAB.-
DR.. PaillOn, of France, announces
what he considers to be new meth
cd for curing a cold in the head. 1t
consists in inhaling through the nose
the emanation of ammOnia contained
in smelling bottle. If the sense Of
smell is completely obliterated, the
bottle should be kept under the nose
until the purgency Of the volatile al
aki is felt. The bottle is then remOv-
ed, but only to be reapplied after
minute the second application, how
ever, should not be so long, that the
patient may bear it. The easy ope-
ration being repeated seven or eight
times in the course of five minutes,
but always rapidly, except the first
time, the nostrils become free, the
sense of smell is restored, and the
secretion of the Irritating mucus is
stopped. This remedy is said 10 be
peculiarly advantageous to singers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
She wouldn't Marry a Mechanic.

A young man commenced visiting
a young woman, and appeared to be
well pleased. One evening he called
when it was quite late, which led the
young lady to Inquire where he had
been.
81 had to work tonight"
"What, do you work for living?"
she inquired In establishment.
Certainly" replied the young
man, az am a mechanic"
II dislike the name of amechanic,"
and she turned up her pretty nose.
That was the last time the young
man visited that young lady. He is
now a wealthy man, and has one OF
the best women in the country for a
wife.
The lady who disliked the name of
a mechan C is now the wife Of a mis-
cradle fool, regular vagraDt about
grog shops and the miserable girl L.
Obliged to take In washing Ia order
to support herself and children.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05

Then speaking to another teggar who
was standing near he asked:
"Was not this the place where Hans
Keller's house once stood ?"
The beggar replied, "Yes, but ten
years ago he was carried off, no one
knows whittier, and his house and
family were destroyed. God is Just,
you see; OH the same spot where Hans
Keller let the poor die, the poor will
now live, and Providence will ALWAYS
punish those who will not aid Their
unfortunate brethren"
The old man fell upon his knees, il
the same place where ten years before
another old man had fallen dying OF
hunger.
''Oh Lord" he cried, "forgive me. u
His lifeless body was taken up from
the threshold Of the asylum; beside
the corpse was a parchment upon
which these words were written:
"GOd has forgiven Hans Keller,
who has Tepented of his hardness oil
heart and prayed"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
SUNDRIES

Thirty Hindoos are studying law
in London.
California has produced a twenty
four pound turnip.
a female barber has opened a shop
at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
France complains of a scarcitye OF
shorthand writers in that country.
In Texas they are lamenting a scar
city of hogs.
A canal is to be constructed from
Berlin to Dresden.
Some Of the most trusted light.
house keepers on the Atlantic coast
are women
Hamburg recovered from the great
conhlgratiou of 1872 i'll less than two
years.
1t is said that bananas can be sue
cessfully grown i'll Southern Califor.
MIA.
The Prince Imperial is studying
mechanics in Kings College, Lon,
don.
Nearly one million persons are
said to be employed in tho cotton
and whollen mills of Great Britain
| aud Ireland.
Ingenious inner-breeding of close.
ly-alIied plants has produced the ia.
VOrite fruits known to hOrticultur.
lists as hybrids.
The Presidents Wis to Boston
cost that city $40 for gloves and
hats, $23l6 u for entertainments
and SIG 80 for horse hire.
a Chicago paper of recent date
says: The first divorce suit since
the fire has been entered, and we are
once more city.
A factory for preserving wood and
rendering it iucombustible was dc.
stroyed by fire in San Francisco re.
Gently.
New Orleans thinks it has made q
mistake III organizing paid fire de.
| partmcnt, and wants to return to The
| old system.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
Niagara.

A traveller who has been there gives
the following schedule of hotel pric-
es at Niagara Falls: To lie down
one night, 81 e.; to sit up over night,
81; to eat, 81 TO stand fifteen min
utes with back TO the stove, 80 cents !;
to go where there is a stove, % cents ;
to shave as citizen, 10 cents; half
soiling shoes, 81; gin and milk, %
cents plain gin, 80 cents ;plain wash,
10 cents; with soap and towel, 20
cents to look out of the window, 10
cents three looks out OF the window
for quarter. If you have all your
baggage in your coat pocket the poF-
terage is fifty cents but it is a good
thing to know if you only stop one
day the p0rtcrage is paid for the sea
SON
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
The Squire's indigestion.

Old Squire H-Was very sue
cessful and substantial farmer, in an
interior town of Massachusetts,, and
a more amazing eater never lived in
any town anywhere. And especially
much did he eat when fresh pork was
to be the nOuTishmeHt. Well, at a
certain time one of his hogs had been
killed. The next morning there was
to be fresh pork for breakfast, and the
old man eat most WOndrOusly. In the
course of the forenoon he ate his lun-
cheOn, consisting OF bread and butter
and mlnce pie and cheese. At noon
his dinner consisted of fresh pork, pic
kles, mince pie, and the usual accom-
paniments. His afternoon lunch was
like that of the forenoon. When he
came home to his supper, his faVOrite
dish had been prepared a. part of that
meal. The old n an fretted and scOld-
eel till fresh pork was added to the
substaL tia s. He ate voraciOusly, as
usual. Ia The evening he toasted
some cheese, buttered and ate it. Just
before going TO ted he roasted a couple
of apples aud ate them. In the night
he was taken with n severe collie; the
doctor was with him till morning, and
wrought a miracle in saving the old
mans life. The next day Bodies W.,
one of his neighbOrs, went in to con-
dole with the old Squire. "Faithful
BOllcs, F." said the old worthy, al liked
to have died last night. I'll never eat
another roast apple as long as / live.
l never did love them very well; and
last night 1 ate only two, and they
nearly killed me-"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
Imports OF Dry Goods.

The importations of foreign dry
goods during the month of NoVem-
Der, says the New York Bulletin,
have been a trihe less than for the
same time last year, though gently in
excess of those in 1869. This state
ment represents thr importations of
the FIVE weeks ending November the
3Uth-OuT last monthly statement APP
pearing on October 26th-the same
number of weeks being included in
our comparative statements for the
two proceeding years. The total en-
tries at the port during this period
were s., S42 978 this year, against S.
957, 235 in 1870. There has been q
decrease on the manufactures of wool
and silk entered for consumption and
of silk and fax entered for warehous-
ing. This is offset in part by an in
crease in the entries for consumption
of linen and miscellaneous dry goods,
and Of the wool, cotton aud miscella-
neous fabrics entered for warohous-
ing, leaving a falling off in the total
entries at the port Only STA 260. The
Withdrawals from the warehouse du-
ring the month exceed those of the
same period in 1870 by about Sz27.-
600. OF the same amount S2ST0O0
is on WOolens and the balance IL dis
tributed over silk and miscellaneous
fabrics. There is a slight decrease on
cOttOns and linens.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
Removing Large Trees.

When it is desirable to more a
large tree, the depth of winter, when
the ground is frozen, shOuld be chOs-
en- for the operation. Not only de-
ciduOus trees, but any kind of ever
greens, even hemlocks, the most diff
fcult to remove, may be safely trans
planted at this season. 1t is Obvi-
GUS that the time to prepare for such
work is before the ground becomes
frozen. A trench should be dug
around the tree sufficiently distant
from the trunk to leave untouched q
large mass of the roots; and sufficient
" deep that they may be undermined
without being disturbed. 1t should
then be partly filled up with leaves
or coarse litter, which will pTeseve
the bottom from freezing. In Febru-
airy or March, when the frost is most
severe, the litter may be taken out,
the tree completely undermined, and
the frozen mass of earth around the
roots pried out of the hole and placed
on a stone boat. 1t may now be con-
veyed 10 its new home, which should
have been prepared and protected
from the frost. Sufficient earth from
the surface, or from some rich spot,
should have been placed in the bot
tom of the hole, the tree planted on
this, and the hole filed with sim lar
soil. When the spring arrives, the
tree will settle into its place without
further care, except perhaps a little
up, and will be improved rather than
injured.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
Messrs Mansfield & Rnbee.

GENTLEMEN: Your Hungarian BalsRm
for the lungs has won for itself great repu-
tatiOn in this town. Many cases of lund
diseases have been promptly cured by Its
use. Some of these were reported as having
consumption, others with pains in the
chest, breast ana side, accompanied by
night sweats, while others had all the symp
toms OF pneumonia. In all these cases your
Hungarian Balsam acted like a charm,
giving in most OF them Immediate relief.
the reasons which induce me to recommend
your remedy in preference 10 ali others are.
First, 1t Is prepared In assctenitfie .nanner:by
responsible parties; secondly, 1t contains
no opium or morphine, which drugs while
they Palliate at the same time prisons. The
use of such remedies, cherry pectOFals, SC,
containing these opiates, disturbs tho sys-
tehR, and produces opium caters, thirdly,
1 recOmmed your Hungarian B5iSam In all
cases of lung complaints, because of It's
known efficiency and value.-The inRredi-
entS Of which it is composed, are the expec-
tOrants, diaphOretics. alternatives and ton
les best known to the medical profession of
the present day.
Yours RESPECTFULLY.
I'D. GLIBBON. NJ. d.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
NOn-SmOking ChInlneys.

To build a chimney so that it will
not smoke, the chief point is to make
the throat of the chimney not less
than four inches broad and twelve
long; then the chimney should be
abruptly enlarged1to double the size,
and so continue for one foot or more:
then it may be gradually tapered off
as desired. But the inside of the
chimney, throughout it's whole
length to the top, should be plastered
very smooth with good mortar,
which will harden with age. The
area of a chimney should be at least
half n square foot, and no fue less
than sixty square inches. The best
shape for a chimney is circular or
many sided, as giving less friction
(brick ia the best material, as it Is q
nOn-cOnductOr), and the higher above
the roof the better.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05

TIE MORNING SSTAR.-NenUs is 1T
her brightest now, and Ia n brilliant
object in the eastern Sky before dawn.
We had the good fortune TO catch a
glimpse of the starry queen, ycster-
day, just as the stars were paling in
The first gIimmer Of morning light.
A charming sight il was to behold
the fairest Of the stars hanging in the
sky like golden lamp whose beams
CGmc to our eyes through the intrl-
cate network of tho brown branches
Of the elTnS, shOTn Of their last leaves
Ay the recent storm. The star was
aiane in her glory, and as VIC watched
her, she took on rs many phases rs n
chameleon, now hanging like lamp
suspended by golden chains, now
cleaning like o diamond, now tinCcd
with the changing hucs Of the opal,
and now appearing like n brilliant
sapphire. We never saw a more
beautiful view Of the planet than the
ono we have attempted to describe.
She took on the aspect Of a young
moon rather than that OF star, and
the sight Of her lovely face is well
worthy tho trouble which is needed
to obtain it. The planet Venus is
now passing from her inferior to her
superior conjunction. During this
period, commencing on the 10Th OF
September and continuing for 292
days, she Is on the west side of the
sun, rises before him, and Is our morn
ing star. On the first of November
She reached her point Of greatest bril-
liancy, and on the 9th of December
she will reach her greatest western
elonRation, or greatest apparent dis
lance from the sun. Those, therefore,
who wish to sec the morning star
under the most favorable circumstan-
ces must improve the present Oppor-
tunity. -PTOCiIGRcc Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
An ImnroEhmenf.

The Titusville Herald says /:
Among the new improvements in
poultry houses in this city is the in
Production of hen-roosts made of gas
or water pipe, which are kept warm
by steam passing through them 1t
is said that when hen once tries these
hot roosts they will never use any
other, aud in fact the chief objection
to their use is that during the cold
weather the hens find them so COM
Portable, they keep right on roOsting
through the daytime, though we un-
derstand this is to be remedied by a
club worked by steam, which can be
sat to operate at any hour required,
aud when this time arrives, flies up
and knocks every bird of the perch.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05

To MAKE BOYS GOOD FARMERS
The american AgricUttUrtst says ::
Induce them TO take an interest in
the farm, in the implements, in the
stock; tell them all your plans; give
them a history OF your own life,
what you did and how you lived
when you was u boy; but do not harp
too much OH the degenerate character
of young men of the present age !;
praise them when you can, and en-
courage them to do still better. Let
them dress up in the evening instead
of sitting down in their dirty clothes
in dirty room. Provide plenty of
lights. Thanks to kerOslne, Oul
country homes can be as brilliantly
lighted as the gas-lit residences of
tile city. Encourage the neighbors
to drop in at evening. Talk sgricul-
ture instead of politics. Speak Of
the Importance of large crops, of good
stock, liberal feeding and the adVanta-
yes of making animals comfortable,
rather than of hard times, low prices
and high wages. Above all, encOur-
age the boys to read good agricultu-
raj books. Papers are we'll enough,
but an intelligent boy wants some
thing more. Get him some good a9ri-
cultural books TO study. Read it with
him, and give him the benefit of your
experience aud criticism. When he
has mastered this give him another.
In our own case, we owe our love to
farming principally to the fact that
our father told us everything he was
doing on tho farm ; answering all the
uuC stiOns and encouraging rather than
pushing, cur child-li&e desire of help
ing him to pillow, to chop, to let off
water, and fire the brush heap.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05

THE origin of weights and meas
ures was derived from of grain of
wheat. According to the old statute,
thlrty-twO grains, well dried and
gathered from the middle of the ear,
We're to makeOne pennyweight, TWEEN
" pennyweights one ounce. twas
afteTward thought better to devide
the pennyweight into twenty-four
equal parts, called grains. William
the Conqueror introduced into Eng
land what was called Troy Weight,
from Troyes, a town in the province
OF Champagne, in France. The Eng
ish were dissatisfied with this weight.
because the pound did not weigh so
much as the pound in use at that
time in England. Hence arose the
term AUOir dlt pods, which was a
medium between the French and
the ancient English weights.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
colds seventy afx. ;,

The success Of the famous brand of Whisky,
' Old iSoUeRtySjr, 1" introduced by tho NAM
moth Wholesale liquor house ofHBNDRIx. Nc
NABB & Co. Memphis, has been without para
lei in the South. It meets with uuTivaled
favor with all who test its excellence, and is
pronounced the finest and best in the market.
1t is destined to have the biggest run of any
brand ever used in this section. We congratu-
late Messrs HENDRIX, NCNABB & Co upon the
splendid " hit" they have made, and take
pleasure in commencing them to the public.
Try them.
INCONSISTENCIES ATTENTIoN.-ThereI Is
no stale, sour or heavy bread where
DAwsoN's method has been introduced.
See advertisement.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
To ConsuInptiNes.

The advertiser, having been permanently cur
cd Of that dread disease, Consumption, by 3
simple remedy, Is anxious TO make known t..
his follow sufferers the means Of cure. To al
who desire il, be will send a copy Of the pre-
seTiption used, (free sf eharge), with the di
roctions for preparing and using the same,
which they will find SURE CURE for CoRsUHF-
TON, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Re. Parties wish
ing the prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
264 South STd Street, Villa msbuTG,. n 7.
Ibtc a Nv
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05

u A magnificent 1918 inch engraving, rep
reseating tho tsmb Of the great Southern var
riOr. StoneWaH jackson. The nOble-IOo king
form ef Gen. Lee stands beside the flower
streWn grave, ever which hangs a weeping will
lew. In the distance Is ta be seen D beautiful
landscape, bills deeke1 in Verdue; clouds a.
Natural a. real ones, and may ether things
which make this picture a. gem Of art one
which should and will find place in the par
l0r Of every southern homo; Sent By mail, Sc
cents Or for % cts. Agents wanted. Address
J. G. BURR0W. Bristol, Tenn
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05

TIE Cincinnati Commercial, the
leading Republican journal in the
Northwest, has recently made an
elaborate arithmetical calculation OF
the travels of President USELESS S.
GRANT since he was nominated down
to the present day, and finds that out
of about eleven hundred days that
have elapsed since his nomination,
he las bCeu absent from the seat OF
government five hundred and one,
and has travelled about the land to
the extent of thirty-seven thousand
six hundred and tweuty-nine miles,
10 attend horse races, fairs, railroad
openings, fishing frolies, and other
events. The Commercial should con-
tiuue its estimate and furnish the
statistics OF GRANTS presents and
the number of mansion houses, horses,
libraries, four Thousand pound oxen,
cottages ut Long Branch, hull pups,
veIUcipedes, and So forth, that have
been sent to him a testimonials OF
regard ana earnes;s Of a desire for APP
poJutment to office.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-05
Storing Roofs.

Now is the time 50 store away
roots. Collect them carefully, see
that they ara not bruised in he hand
ling, and put them away in a dry but
moderately cool place, where the
frost cannot reach them,