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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
EcOnOmizing Food.

SAMUEL SMILES says there is one
special de partment of wOman's work
deman ing the earneet attention of
all true female rcformer-, though it
is one which has hitherto been unac-
countably neglected. We mean the
better economizing and preparation
of human food, the waste of which
at present, for want Of the most or
binary culinary knowledge is little
short Of scandalous. If that man is to
be regaI ded as a benefactOr of his
species who makes two stalks Of corn
to grow where ouly one grew before,
not less Is she to be regarded as a
public benefactor who economies
and turns to the best practical &C
cunt the food products OF human
ski l aud labor. The improved use
of even our existing supply would be
equivalent to an Immediate extern
sion of the cultivable acreage of our
country-nOt to speak Of the increase
in health, economy, and domestic
comfort. Were our female reform
eIs only to turn their energies in this
direction with effect, they would earn
the gratitude of ell households, and
be esteemed as among the greatest
of all practical philanthrOpists.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
VALUABLE RECIPES.

To eExTRACr INK FROM CorToN,
SILK, AND WOODEN GooDs.-Saturate
the spots with spirits Of turpentine,
and let it remain seven hours; then
rub it between the hands. 1t will
crumble away, without irjuring
either the color or the texture of the
article.
Pork STAKE.-One pound of pork
chopped fine; one piUt of boiling wa
ter, poured on the pork; one cup of
molasse9; two cups of sugar; one
teaspOonful of salatatus; one-half
pound raisins; One-hsf pound cur
rants; eight cups Of flour; cinnamon,
cloves and auspice.
BosroN Brown BREAD.-One heap
ing quart of raw flour, one quart of
Graham flour, scanty quart of milk,
same quantity Of warm water, coffee
cup of molasses, one coffee cup OF
homemade yeast, teaspoon of sal
aratus, desertspoon Of salt. Grease
an iron kettle, put in the mix ure,
and bake IN small oven. Bake six
or seven hours.
CARE CF POTTED PLANTS. 1t has
been shown by experiment that sick
ly ported plants, even some that
have almost entirely died out, can
be greatly benefited and sometimes
entirely restored TO vigor by apply
ing warm water to them instead Of
cold In certain cases oleanders
which have never bleomed, or did so
mperfectly, af ,er being treated with
luke warm water, increasing the tenn
perature gradually from lao degrees
Fahrenheit, produced the most mag
nifcent luxurience Of blo9m.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
CaIiFOrnia-s Biggest nugget

How much we owe to California Her
precious metals have enriched thou
sands of our felIoW-citizens, and have
proved the main stay of America in
times of national Fecuniary embarrass-
ment Her mining Industries have
given employment to myFiads of me-
chanics and 1aborers. She is the land
of promise to the fortune seeker. But
the Golden State has lately sent us a
new treasure. Her last nugget Is DIR.
Walkers CALTFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs
The health-giving principles contained
IN this curative are a more precious
boon than gold. In all affections of the
liver and stomach, remittent and inter
mlttent feYers, rheumatism, and pulmo-
nary diseases, 1T may be relied upon.
As blood depurent and invigorant it
is unequalIed, purifying the circulation
and 1nfuslng new vigor into the debiIi-
tated frame. It cOnquers that most I'M
yielding of all NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and we know of no other remedy that
can accomplish this It's entire free
dom from alcoholic spirit, which retards
and neutraliZes the effect of any medi-
cine, and which forms the basis of many
of the pseudo bitters and tonics, doubly
enhance its value to the sick. The pa
pers of the United States vie with one
another in doing honor to DR.. Walker.
We, too, add our voice, and say all
honor to the man whose science and
skill have enabled him to draw from the
vegetable kingdom such a balsaIn for
human suffering.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
False theories Overthrovn.

We 1--we under q new medical dispenSation,
very different from that under which so
many of our fOrefathers died. The sick are
no longer bled till they faint, nor gOrged
with mercury, nor Frustrated with violent
cathartics, nor bIistered on their shaven
heads. Ever since the introduction of Hos
letters Bitters, twenty years ago, renovation
and restoration, not depletion and prostra-
ton, have been the watchwords of the judi
cious portion of the profession. The re-
markable success OF this famous vegetable
preventive, invigorant and corrective, has
worked a complete revolution IN the general
treatment of disease. At first the dOgmatic
members OF the faculty would not believe in
1t. "What!'' they exclaimed, "cure liver
| complaint without mercury, chronic rheu-
matism without colchtcum, fever and ague
without quinine! Impossible! But the
most obstinate incredulity must yield in the
end to practical demonstration. From that
time to the present dyspepsia, biliOusness,
Intermittent fevers, muscular diseases, ner-
vOus complaints and constipation have van
ished under the operation of the great specific
in at least ninety per cent. OF the cases in
which it has been used as a remedy for those
ailments, while as q preventive of all mala-
dies generated by change of climate, sudden
revuls!onS of temperature, epidemic poison
in the atmosphere, and unwhuleSome water
it's bene fetal effects have been so obvious
and uniform as TO secure the most perfect
confidence in its properties as an antidOte,
safeguard and cure.
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
The Famine in Persia.

Rev. J. II. SHEDD thus writes to one
of our religious papers about the aw-
full famine now raging in Persia:
The famine is not only one of ce-
reals, but of forage as well. The
prophet of old exclaims, "Alasl for
the dayl how do the beasts groanl
The herds of cattle are perplexed be-
cause they have no pasture; yea the
focks of sheep are made desolate. :"
These PASTORAL tribes have been
fighting for two years past with the
drought, aud as the pastures have
dried p,stheir stock has persisted.
The most melancholy result is the
death OF the enimals in such a land
IS Persia. There are no rivers, no
railways, no canals, no roads for
wheeled vehicles, SO when the ami
mails die there Is no means for trans
portation except on the backs of
men. In this fact is one of the agra
vations of the present famine.
A proper system Of roads, and two
or three railways, with some sys-
tematic provision for such a crisis,
would make famine like the pres
ent one impossible. But when all
communication is by caravan, over
paths not highways, provinces two
hundred miles apart are practically
OF no service to each other. Each
province must depend on itself; and
when the beasts Of burden are per-
ished, and in the case Of the Eelyats
the fOcks and herds also, on which
they depend for food, there is lit
tie left but for them to sit down in
the Mchammedan resignation Of IA
talism, and live on short allowance
till either rolief or death comes
There are this winter tens Of thous-
ands.of thesEelyats of Persia, with
their horses, dead, their cattle and
sheep largely 30, with no accumula-
ted wealth with which to procure
bread, and no place. where bread can
be bought if they had the means.
The grass nay arrive with the COM
ing spring, but it will be three years
at LEASE before the focks and herds
can be renewed, and one year at
least before theirs can be harvest
to supply the people with bread.
Thus Sir HENRY RAwLINsoN, who
knows Persia well, speaks of it as a
doomed country" Certainly many
ofthese pastoral tribes are doomed"
unless help shall reach them. Their
own resources are exhausted, and
their mediation /, such, and their
means of com N unication so destroy
ed, that, practically, they might as
well be on barren island in a sea
whitened by no sal, as intheir dried
up valleys.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
TO CONSIIHEpTIVRs-

The advertiser having been permanently
cured OF that dread disease, Consumption,
by simple remedy, is anxious to make
known to his fellow sufferers the means OF
cure. To all who desire it he Will send a
copy of the prescription, Gree of charge, }
with the directions for preparing and using
the same, which they VIII find a SURE CURE
for CONSUMPTION, ASSHhA, BROECHITIS,
&c. Parties wishing the prescription will
please address
REV EDWARD y. WILSON,
264 South 3rd SIT Get, Williamsburg, n. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
Cause Of the Deterioration of the
Wheat Crop.

Frederick Watts, commissioner of
of agriculture, in a recent letter says:
"The experience of many years has
led me to the conclusion that the de-
terioration of the wheat crop is main
ly attributable to the improper and
untimely use of barnyard manure.
In our practice the clover sod is
turned down and planted with corn.
The ground is again ploughed in the
spring, and sowed with oats, and
upon the stubDle of this crop all the
manure of the barnyard is put, then
ploughed again and sowed with
wheat. This delicate plant is
thus subjected to the rawness and
grossness of barnyard food, with
all It's germs of flies, worms, lice and
bugs-seemingly a sufficient cause
of the unsuccessful growth of a grain
so pure and delicate as wheat. Corn
is the hog of plants, and will devour
food of any quality and thrive upon
it. Here, then, upon the sod, to be
ploughed for corn, and when the
corn is cut of, break the stubble
even with the ground during winter,
in the spring harrow the ground
well, SOW your oats upon it and roll
it. You will thus keep your manure
where you put it, and not subject
the Oat crop to being thrown down
by it. When this crop is removed,
bring } our manure to the surface by
deep ploughing and thorough til
MI, I,.,,--,-.7
thus received proper preparation, is
a fit food for The wheat plant. Ex-
perience has taught me this lesson.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

DIR. S. o. Richardson's SHERRY WINE
BlTTFRs.-A pharmaceutical preparation by
regularly educated physician, is one of the
most pleasant and valuable tonics of the
day. Persons recovering from protracted
illness, or those who at this particular season
of the year are subject to jaundice, habltuaI
constipation, or any disease arising from a
disOrdered stomach, liver or bowels, Will fl
in the Sherry Wine Bitters a friend more to
be desired than gold.
Sold by all Druggists
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
Hints for HypOchOndriacs.

Quinine should not be eaten after
q hearty meal of India rubber; the
spermaceti contained in the former
will unite with the oxalic acid of the
latter, and wagon grease will be
evolved with disastrous results.
Before taking bath the entire body
should be carefully washed. Then
lay On n coating of tar and get into
the water 1t can't touch anywhere.
1t is not so fashionable as it was to
chop a cord Of wood before break
fast; none but very old men, who
cling to the traditions of youth like
a lean leech to a stuffed frog, ever
do it, and they commonly perish at
it. Getting ont of bed in q perspi-
ration is to be avoided always lie
In bed as long as you have any ex-
cuse for it. Nothing is more iniu-
rious than the ordinary method of
going up stairs 1T causes the alkali in
the blood to settle in the corns, pro
ducing Arianism and strangulation.
The proper way is to lie on your
stomach and so up feet first. Never
sleep with your eyes shut; it is n de-
generate habit. Bathing as intima-
ted above, is conducted on a wrong
principle. It isprobale that the Gus
tom might be advantageously abol-
ished altog Bath houses and
bathing rooms Ia dwellings, are a
thing of recent growth. Our grand
fathers seldom or never bathed; and
it is conceded that they lived to be
several hundred years cid. Potatoes
should always be eaten with the
skins on. skins contain bi-carbonate
of mucilage, which is just what the
liver requires. When the custom of
giving the skins to the poor origina-
ted, science was not wholly I'M
known.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

The planet Venus will pass be
tween the earth aud the sun on the
9Th of December, 1874, in a such
n position that it viii apparently
Dass over its surface. This phenom-
deron is called the transit of Venus.
Although apparently a not very i'm
oortant matter, it is looked forward
70 with great interest by astrono-
mers, since it furnishes with greater
ocenTacy than has been had a unit of
measurement for calculating dis
tances in space. This unit is the
d;stance from the earth to the sun,
h,,t e is not positively known what
+ns+ distance i. The coming event
LII LII beln to estimate it accurately.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

SOLOMON SHAW, a merchant, and proprie-
tor of Sbaw'S Cotton Mills, at Quincy. Glib
son county, Tenn, says: Your Hunga-
Iiau BsiSam is truly an Invaluable medi-
cine. Il has cured promptly many cases in
iItis section, where the Throat and Lungs
were involved. We want no ether Cough
Medicine, such as is generally gotten up to
humbug the people. Your Balsam is the
only reliable medicine for the disease it pro-
feS s6s to cure"
MANSFIELD & HEGBEE. Memphis, Tenn,
Sole PrODTietOrS
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

The Engines of the Buckeye Engine
Company, at Salem, Ohio, are almost
without rivals in the chief clements of
merit. We purchased one of them.
five horse power, from their Southern
Agents, John P. Dale & Co., of Nash
vile, Tenn, and have never seen any
piece of machinery work more satisfac-
sorily. For economy, simplicity, dura-
bility, speed and smoOthness of motion.
1t has Do superior. We advise all pub
fishers everywhere, who desire the best.
cheapest and most economical Engine
in the market, to order the Buckeye of
JOHN P. DALE & Co., of Nashville. Tenn.
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SCIENTIFIC.

The following interesting scientific
notes are from Mature and Science"
in Scr1bneg''S for May:
PRoF. OWEN in q recaot Article,
says: physiology can affirm no
other than that bipeds enjoying (D
500 years of life could not belong to
our species"
Typhoons move in a parabolic
rather than q circular course Is the
result arrived atby careful invesUi-
CATION OF the phenomena connected
with the fearful storm of September
last Mr.. Frank Armstrong;
The Suez Canal, among its. other
curiosities, presents the traveller with
the extraordinary spectacle of vast
flights of flying fish, which at times
suddenly appear in the vicinity Of
the vessel and as suddenly disap-
pear.
The iron consumed in the United
States is year by year coming in
greater quantity from Great Britain.
Dat of 100000 tons exported by
that country last year, 157757 tons
were taken by the United States
against 97,586 tons in the year pre-
ceeding. In October last the guam
tity imported from this source was
S2,l74 tons, or more than the whole
product of the irOn-works Of this
country during that month.
Lobos Islands Guano is stated by
n commission in the interest of the
Peruvian Government to be equal, if
not superior, to that from the Chin
cha Islands.
Xylonite, which is prepared by the
action Of nitric acid on woody fiber,
is made into q sheeting or tissue i'm
permeable to water, which may be
used as substitute for india-rubber
In the manufacture of all waterproof
articles.
Poisoned air, that so frequently
gains access to rooms from the sew
ers, l. the cause of many an attack
of fever. All contapinat on from
this source may be avoided by reliev-
ing the pressure Of the traps of the
waste-pipe by means of tube com
municating with the open air at the
top Of the house.
Asbestos is now used rs a packing
for the piston-rods of steam engines
Its power of resisting the action oil
heat fits it admirably for this pur.
pose.
Railway dust is, according to a
recent analysis, composed chiefly Of
iron. No less than fifty per cent. Of
n quantity that collected on news
paper was found to consist of fine
particles of this metal, which were
easily separated by IL magnet. The
rest is chiefly finely divided frag-
ments of cinders.
The teeth In thu insane are prone tc
undergo certain changes. DIR. Lang
don Down, who read a paper on this
subject recently before the Odonto.
logical Society, states therein that
from the examination of nearly one
thousand cases he has found that he
could in the majority of instances
state the period at which the imbe
cility or insanity began.
Explosions in gas-tubes made Q.
copper are not of infrequent occur
ence where such tubes are employed
A recent accident of this kind at the
station at Liege in France was caus
ed by the contact of file with the
interior coating of the pipe, and the
serious consequent led to an investi-
cation of the cause, when it was
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

The story is told of negro who
was praying earnestly that he and
his colored brethren might be pre-
served from what he called their up
settiu sim" "Brudder," said one of
his friends, at the close of the meet
ing, "you amt got de hang of that
ar word. It's 'besettin, not upset
tin" ''Brudder," replied the other,
eff DAFT so, it's so. But was pray
ing de Lord to save us from the sin
ofintoxicatiop, and if dat amt an
up-settin sin I dunno what am"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

The BEST AND CHEAPEST HARDNESS
ING in the world" Millions who have
used Burnett's Cocoaine, and who now
make 1t a constant appendage to the
Toilet, confirm this expression,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
OmaI,n go Enfernrisc-

$500 in 300 Cash Prizes will positively
be drawn in open public May 3Oth. In aid of
Mercy Hospital. Endorsed by the Governor
and State authorities. Tickets s. each, or
two for So. Last chance. Address PArrEE i
GARDNER. Omaha. Nebraska.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

A San Francisco pair who attempt
ed to be married on a tug-boat on
the bay, were so seasick that they
were forced to go through their GER
emory on THAR k9ees.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

Ny FRIEND, stop that terrible cough.
and thus avoid a consumptive's grave,
by using DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. For curing all throat. bron-
chial and lung diseases it has never
been equalled. Sold by Druggists. 569
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

Some Distance.-The number of Charter
Oak Stoves made and sold last year by the
Excelsior Manufacturing Company, if placed
in a line close together, wOuldStTelch out for
a distance OF sixteen miles.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
MISERABLE AND KNOW NJ
= ELL = r.

But when il is stated as an unimpeached
and unim peachable fact, that the HUNGA-
RAN BALSAM OF LIFE is certain cure
for Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Asthma, and
all the complaints which are considered the
NUdJtt cOUTTerS of fatal pulmonary diseases, the
skepticaI reader nay indulge in an incredu-
IouS smile. But the statement is susceptible
of ample proof; it is boldly and confidently
made, and contradiction challenged and
defied.
MANSFIELD < HIGBEE, Memphis, Tenn.
Sole BrnnrIeInrS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

L schoolmarm of Newton, Mass,
has cleared $4,000 in real estate
speculation during the past five
years.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10
sPITTING OF blood.

This frightful symptom of approaching
Consumption is speedily checked and pre-
vented by The use of Mansfield's Hungarian
Balsam, which heals the affected membrane
and restores those vita OrganS-the Lungs
to n sound and healthy condition. RE-
MEMBER THIS, Splitting of Blood always
arises nom n tendency to tubeTculOuS dis
ease; and If not checked at The outset, will
sooner or later terminate in death. The
Hungarian BalSam has proved itself equal
TO every emergency, affoTding prom pit relief
in all cases where such symptoms have
been exhibited.
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BY Hook or Crook.

There appears to be no want of
an origin this proverb. In the
great fire of London many boundary
marks were destroyed. This in con-
sequence of many disputes as to the
sites of different properties, had a
tendency to hinder the rebuilding of
the city. In order to escape from
the delay, it was decided to appoint
two arbitrators, whose decision
should be final in all cases. The
surveyors appointed were a Mr..
Hook and Mr.. Crook, who gave so
much satisfac ion in their decisions
that the building proceeded rapidly.
From this circumstance comes the
saying, by hook or by crook"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

There is a 81. Louis woman who
drinks one hundred glasses of lager
beer daily.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

Profanity never did any man the
least good. No man is the richer,
or happier, or wiser for It. It com
mends no one in any society. 1t is
disgusting to the refined, abomina-
bic to the good, insulting to those
with whom wo associate, degrading
to the mind, improbable, needless
and injurious.
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]. 5. MARYE. p. a. BRAwSTsii.
ETARYE * RSAWNER,
eYS at Law.

No. l75 MARKET STREET,
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.
They refer, by permission, to the following gen
tlemcn:
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Court Tennessee Memphis
Hos J. W. e.. WATSoS. Holly springs Miss
Hos r. =. LYocs. De5uoIsoiI5, Alabama
HosS- r. c. l. MO,sCUEE, Pres't- Court o. Appeals
Of Virginia.
GrS Jo8N b. GoHDoS. Atlanta. Gporeia.
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For one of tae Best Book Catalogues published
send ? cent stamp to ALFRED WARREN, No. 2I9
Central Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio.