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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06
Man and Wife.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the fol-
lowing excellent advice. There Is
much human nature and good sense
in it: @
Harmony in the human state is
the very first to be aimed at. Moth
ing can preserve affections uninter-
rupted but firm resolution never to
differ in will, and a determination
in each to consider the love of others
of more value than any object what
ever on which wish had been liked.
How light, in fact, is the sacrifice of
of any other wish when weighed
against the affections of one with
whom we are to pass our whole life u
And though opposition IN single
instance will hardly of itself pro-
duce alienation, yet every one has
their pouch into which all these lit
tie oppositions are put; while that is
filing the alienation is insens1bly go
ing on, and when filed it is COM
plete. It would puzzle either TO say
why, because no one difference OF
opinion mas been marked enough to
produce a serious effect by itself.
But he finds his affections wearied
out by a constant dream of little
checks and obstacles. Other sources
of discomfort, very common indeed,
are the little cross purposes of hus-
band and wife, In common converse
ton, q disposition In either to criti-
else and question whatever the other
saws, a desire always to demonstrate
and make him feel himself in the
wrong, especially in company. Moth
ing is so goading. Much better,
therefore, if our companion views a
thing in a light different from what
we do, leave him in quiet possession
of his views. What is the use Of
rectifying him if the thing be anim-
portant; let it pass for the present,
and wait a softer moment and more
concilatory occasion of reversing
the subject together. 1t is wonder
full how many persons are rendered
unhappy by inattention to these lit
tie rules of prudence"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06
NUMBER II.
Re.DiseoYery Of the Open PoIar Sea.


Re-DiscOFery of the Open Polar Sea.
Captain Nils johnson, who sailed
in yacht of 26 tons burden from
Formsoe, Norway, May 8, with
crew of nine men, has Just been
heard from through DR.. Peterman
of Gotha, Germany, who makes
public these interesting facts:
Captain johnson directed his
course IN june toward the western
half of the open sea, reaching, in
the latter part of the month, the
middle of the usual position of the
polar stream which bears vast masses
of ice toward the Spitzenbergen and
the Bear Islands, but which this year
DETECTED toward Nova Zembla,
further east, leaving thewestern hall
of the sea free from ice. Spending
a portion of the time whale-fshing,
he had, by August Is, reached 78 de
grees north latitude, and 80 degrees
east longitude, where he came IN
sight7of land, which first appeared
upon maps in 1917 as WicheIand.
and which was then given as extend
ing from 73 degrees to rs degrees
north latitude. The land In these
seas, however, has never been very
definitely located. The whole sea
to the south and east of this land
Captain Johnson found entirely free
from ice on August 16. On the 18th
of August, he anchored near the
point Of this land in north latitude
! 70 degrees s minutes and east longi-
tude 80 degrees l5 minutes, for the
purpose of fishing and supplying
himself with fuel from the immense
piles of drift wood which were accu-
mulated along the shore. Landing
to explore the land, which he was
was first to set foot upon, he ascend
ed a mountain near the coast, from
which he obtained q view over a
wide circuit. He thus discovered
| that the land masses, which had
been supposed to be separated by
channels into three large islands,
were ultimately reunited so as to
form a continuous though deeply
indented island. There were also a
mum Der of outlying islands. On the
evening of the 18th of August, Cap
tain johnson again set sail, and fol
lowed during that night and the two
successive days the entire east and
southeast coast of the land, which
was everywhere, as well as the open
sea, far and wide, wholly destitute OF
ice. The ocean lying toward the
east-northeast was also perfectly free
Of ice, So far as it was distinguish
able from the summit of the hills
j Only on the north coast was there
any ice. Among the most impor-
tant discoveries made by Captain
johnson were the fauna and fora oi
these far northern lands. Birds,
seals, and reindeer abounded, the
latter of remarkable fatness. The
immense longitudinal piles of drift
wood, which ran along the eastern
coast some 20 feet above the highest
tidal mark, are Suggestive of the
current conditions of the Arctic
Ocean, and also of the meteorologic
and other atmospheric comm otions
in the "icy seas"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06
The Effect of a Good Example.

There was once n Bavarian duke
by the name of Christoph, who visit
ed pretty regularly a little church IN
some obscure village, to join with
the devout peasants in prayer, and
being a very kind and sociable man,
took pleasure in. speaking to every
man of the low class, whosoeyer
chanced to meet him.
One day he met an old man by
the name of Lorenz, from Merzing,
and being much pleased with this
mans intelligent conversation said
to him, on parting, that he would
take much pleasure in doing him
some favor, and whenever his assist
ance could be of any service to him
he should find the prince always
ready to help him.
"Oh," replied Lorenz, Your
highness could not do me a greater
favor than you have already done to
me; you have brought the greatest
blessing upon me and my family
that ever could be bestowed upon
u.s."
How could that happen ?" asked
Christoph; Il do not recolleet that I
ever had an opportunity to do you a
favor"
Well" said the old man, 'I new
er embraced the opportunity to tell
your highness under how great an
obligation I am to you, because you
saved my son from his career to
eternal perdition. He was drunk
ard-a very dissipated young man
always ready for the perpertration of
any crime. Ore day, lettering about
he saw you, my gracious Duke, en-
| ter the church. This stirred his Gu
riosity; he wanted to know what you
were going to do there in that place,
which he SO much despised. But
when he saw and heard your devo-
ton he became so deeply affected
that he prayed for the forgiveness of
his sins, and from that very hour
became an altered man. This heav-
emily blessing I owe to your instru-
mentality, for what neither my ad-
monition, nor my rebukes, nor my
prayers could achieve, that have you
accomplished by your pious exam
pie"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06
Washing Comnound.

The use of soda tor washing linen
is very injurious to the tissue and i'm
parts to it a yellow color. In Ger
many and Belgium the following
mixture is now extensively and ben
efcially used: 2 lbs. of soap are dis
solved in about gallons of water as
hot as hand can bear it; then next is
added to this fluid three large sized
tablespoonfuls of liquid ammonia
and one spoonful of best oil of tur-
pentine. These fluids are incorpor-
ated rapidly by means Of beating
them together with a small birch
broom. The linen is then soaked
in this liquid for three hours, care
being taken to cover the washing-tub
by a closely fitting wooden cover
Bv this means the linen IS thorough
" cleansed, saving much rubbing,
time and fuel Ammonia does al
feet the linen or wooden goods, and
Is largely used as a liquor in the
North of England.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06

The wasted wealth IN this coun-
try, in the shape of night soil, is al
most beyond computation, and is a
constant reproaeh upon the intelli-
gence and economy of our people.
Scarce a farmer or q gardener IN a
thousand, uses if. And we know OF
no city whose system of sewerage,
makes any provision for saving and
using this enormous resource IN the
production of food. And yet 1t IS so
valuable, that if such provision we're
made IN our larger cities, the reven-
ues that would be derived IRON It's
sale to neighborinsy farmers and gar
deners, would NOR than comPen-
safe the expense of such provision
annually, beside diminishing the cos
Of and increasing the production O
J the country,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06
Where Dickens Sleeps in Wesmin-
ster Abbey.
From Edmund Yates' Lecture.

From Edmund Yates Lecture.
Death took Charles Dickens sud
denly, but who shall say he seized
upon him unprepared? (? Our shrift
may be short as the hghtnings flash,
or we may humble over cur beads
for fourscore years and die unready.
It is sufficient for US to know that
God took him in his own good time,
and that he had been permitted to
fill a place in the history of his age,
to enjoy a career and to accomplish
a life work which kings and con
querors might envy. That life
accomplished, he sleeps in Vest
minister Abbey. There was a pro-
position that he should be buried
in Rochester Cathedral, Rochester,
which is the cloisterham Of Edwin
brood, close to his old Kentish
home but the voice of England
spoke out, demanding that her great
son should be lain among the ashes
Of the dead In that poets corner
which has been consecrated to the
greatest, wisest and best of her
countrymen. And there he lies at
the foot OF Handel, and at the head
of Sheridan, with Richard Cumber-
land resting on his right hand, and
the great historian Macaulay on his
left, His grave is near the foot OF
AddisOn's statue, aud Thackeray'f e
bust looks down on the last resting
place of his old friend DIR. John
son and Garrick lie within few
yards Of him, while separated from
Dickens grave by the statues OF
Shakespeare aud Southey and Thomp-
son are the memorials of rare Ben
johnson, glorious John Dryden,
noble John Milton, and a host OF
other worthies, each of them the
glory of English literature IN their
i dav. When I visited the Abbey
| the next day crowds OF people, with
/ mournful, svmpathizing faces were
gathered around, and the broad
stone, on which, in plain characters
his name and the number of his
years were craven, were strewn with
wreaths Of immortelles. And
thought, my friends and brothers
that when I crossed the Atlantic
would, in your presence, as it were
: lay this poor -!ower upon the grav,
of one whom you appreciated 81
generously-whom you loved 81
we'll
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06
A New Way of Cutting Wood

Wonders will never. cease so long
as the active mind of man is allowed
scope and field for new discoveries.
Dame Nature herself will vet be
completely harnessed by indomit-
able genius into the service of hu-
manity. A curious invention has
just been patented for cutting wood
without saw. A gaIvanic current,
in sufficient quantity, when passed
over fine platinum wire, raises it's
temperature to a white heat. The
inventor discovered that wood, =
comparatively dry substance, even
when green, could be cut in the
same way. BY arranging the wire
with handles or 9th er means, so as
to guide it readily, trees, logs, or
plnnks may be cut as desired. There
is here, therefore, a simple and
easy-appied force, which may be
employed to feel the trees, divide
them into logs, and perform all the
operations of the saw and the axe. .
The surface of the wood is slightly
charred, but the black layer is very
thin. The battery employed needs
only be of the simple character.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06
CHUNDER ALPS WIFE.
the Hindostanee

/ From the Hindostanee.
ct am poor" said Chunder Ali, while tie
1 Mandarin above him
Frowned in supercilous anger ct the dog
who dared to speak;
/ " I am friendless and q hipdoo; such a one
meets few TO love him
Here in China, where the HindoO hnds the
truth alone is weak.
I have naught to buy yOnr Justice; were
wise had not striven;
| Speak your judgment;'' and he crossed his
arms and bent his quivering face.
Heard he then the unjust sentence all his
goods and gold were given
To another, and he stood alone, a beggar in
the place.
And the man, who had bought the judg-
ment looked with triumph and derision
At the cheated Hindoo merchant; then he
rubbed his hands and smiled
At the whispered gratulations OF his friends
and at the vision
OF the more queenIy dover for Ahmeer, his
only child.
Fair Ahmeer, who OF Gods creatures was
the only one who loved him
She, the diamond of his treasures, the one
lamb within his fold.
She whose voice. ike her dead rnoShers's
was the only pow'r that moved him
She would praise the skill that gained her ali
This HinQOO'S SILK ana BOlu.
And the old man thanked Confuctusi and the
Judge, and him who pleaded.
But why falls this sudden silence l-Why does
each one hold his breath!
Every eye turns on the HtndOo, VINO before
was unheeded,
And in the wOnd'ring expectation all the
court grew stiIl as death.
Not alone stood Chunder All /; by his side All
meer was standing
And his brown hand rested lightly on her
shoulder as he smiled
At the sweet young face turned toward him
Then the father voice commanding,
Babe his daughter fierceiy to him from the
dog whose touch defled.
But she moved not, and she looked not at
her father or the others
AS she answered with her eyes upon the
Hindoo's noble face;
{" Nay, my father, he defles not this kind
arm above all others
Is my choosing, and forever by his side shall
be my place.
When you knew not, his dear hand had given
many a sweet love-token, rH
He had gathered all my heartstrings and had
bound them round his lifes
Yet you tell me he defiles me, nay my IA
ther, you have spoken
In your anger, and not knowing was Chun-
uei All -GaIazs,.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06
He VIII Never Forsake.

In these words the English Ian
guage fails to give the full meaning of
the Greek. It implies, ''NeYer; no,
never; nor never.
This world is a world of 'leaving,
parting, separation, failure, and dis
appointment" Think of finding
something that viii never leave nor
fail Grasp this promise: 'I will
never leave thee" and store it In
your heart; you will want it some
day. The hour will come when you
will find nothing so comforting or
cheering as a sense of Gods COM
panionship. Stick to the word "nev-
er." It is worth its weight IN gold.
Cling to it as drowning man clings
to a rope. Grasp it firmly as a sol
der attacked on all sides gTasps his
sword.
Never !" Though your heart
faints, and you are sick of self, fail
ures, and infrmities-even then the
promise win not fail
''Never p Though the devil .whis-
pers, ''I shall have you at last; your
faith will fail and you viii be mine"
even then God win keep His word.
''Never :" When the cold chill of
death creeps on, and friends can do
no more, and you are starting on
that journey from which there is no
return-even then Christ viii not
forsake you
Never p When the day of iudg-
ment comes, and the books are open
ed and eternity is beginning-even
then the promise will bear all your
weight. Christ will not let 90 His
hold on your SOUL. c. RoGle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06

THE woolen industries of the Uni
ted States thirty years ago were all
located east Of the Allegheny Noun
tains, but now they are scattered
throughout the entire couRtry. The
total number of mills is 2,782, and
the sets Of cards 8,419. Pennsyl-
vania has of these mills All; Massa-
chusetts has 182 mills and ], AIS sets
of cards; New York has 24S mills
and 834 sets of cards. The re
ing mills are principally situated In
the West.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06
DAYS OF VANITY.
Ply MISS RoSsETTT.
A dream that waketh.

PY MISS ROSsETTI.
A dream that waketh,
Bubble that breaketh,
Song whose burden sigheth,
A passing breath,
Smoke that vanisheth-
Such is life that dieth.
A flower that fadeth,
Fruit the tree sheddeth,
Trackless birds that f1ieth,
Summertime brief
Falling of leaf
Such is the life that dieth.
A scent exhaiing,
Snow water falling,
Morning dew that drieth,
A sudden blast,
Lengthening shadow cast,-
Such is life that dieth.
A scanty naeasur re,
Rust eaton treasure.
Spending that naught buyeth,
Moth on the wing,
Toll unprofting,
Such is life that dieth.
Morrow by morrow,
Sorrow breeds sorrow
For this my song sigheth
From day to night
We pass out of sight
Such is life that dieth
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06

H.
In 1914, during the great war in
France, M. Jean Bernard had reach
ed his fifteenth year. He was living
in Nancy with his mother. His
father had been killed in Liepsic,
and his eldest brother, a captain in
the young guards, was one of the
10000 heroes who disputed, step by
step, the march of the allies on the
soil of France, whose success lay in
their numbers alone.
1t was rainy day at the end of
February. The Prussians, beaten
the night before by Napoleon, fed
toward Nancy, and traversed hastily
the almost deserted streets of the
town. Worn out and covered with
mud, they formed on the public
place In front of the Hotel de Vile
Suddenly there was heard the gallop
of a score of horses soldiers hurry
ing on and turning their heads to
look back, loaded their guns. They
felt that they were pursued by the
terrible cuirassiers who had passed
their lines on the night before.
FThey are afraid :" cried a young
boy, who was one of the small
crowd of citizens looking on.
A burly captain, with a grizzly
moustaehe and an athletic form,
heard the remark, looked the boy in
the face and advanced toward him.
My old triend-the young boy,
mean-turned very pale, but doubled
up his fists and awaited his coming.
The colossal Prussian stepped up,
seized the boy by the throat, slapped
his face, and threw him to the
| ground. This revenge accomplish
ed, he heightened out his step to
regain his already retreating COM
pany.
The young Frenchman jumped
up quickly to his feet-livid, breath
less, mad with rage-threw himseli
upon one Of the retreating grena-
diers with an effort to disarm him
He was quickly thrown to the
ground, trampled under fact and
wounded in the breast with a sabre
The curious crowd that had gather
ed had fled IN d state of consterna-
ton when the trouble began, ana
the enemy was already out OF town
when the young Bernard, in his
paroxysm of rage, was still fighting
/ IN his own blood with an imaginary
foe.
He was picked up and carried
home. A brain fever placed his
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06

AMERICANS are said to be the most
ingenious aud original advertisers.
But what theater manager on this
side Of the briny deep ever equaled
the annexed, which is from a Liver
pool paper: "Wanted-Two hun
dred boys to pick mp the buttons that
fall from the gentlemen's waistcoats
by their screams of laughter at the
great Rollin Howard as Artaxerxes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06

"LET that pudding alone, there
That's the dessert y Exclaimed
waiter to q ceuntryman, who. was
devouring the tapioea at an early
stage of the dinner. "I don't care il
it is a desert, +" testify said the coun-
tryman I'd eat it if it was viii
derness."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06

A YOUNG subscriber wants TO know
if it is better to hide your savings
or save your hidiBgs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06

THERE is 5000 wine shops in
Paris, employing over 10000 per
sons.
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NEVER laugh at man with pug
nose; you don't know what may turn
up.
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A STRANGE REVENGE.
The Man that Never Laughs, and
why He Never Laughed.

I had an old friend. If fate should
ever lead you to the graveyard at
Rheims, you might read his name
on slab that is neighborIy with the
tomb of Able Castle, an amiable
poet, who has received credit for
some things which were produced
by somebody else. It is as much
as ten years that my old friend has
lain under the cypress that his
grandchildren planted over him.
The wind has gradually filed with
earth the inscription which was in
tended to inform the public "Here
| lies M. Jean Bernard. Moss has
| crept over the specimen of lapidary
caligraphy until the letters of the
| epitaph have become a velvet green,
OF the most picturesque appearance.
My old friend, ike a goodly num-
Der of those who sleep about him,
was something besides a tender
spouse and excellent father, for
whose soul prayers are offered up.
He was brave and adventurous he
had travelled extensively, had been
shipwrecked a half dozen times, and
was the possessor of a worldly ex-
perience well worth consulting. It
was a most singular thing, however,
that in spite of his amiable and
often Jolly humor, he never laughed.
NJ. Bernard was fond of telling
pleasant stories, but, while all
around him was convulsed with
lo17orbtay, bn o10Da Tetainod his i'm
FEASIBILITY. His features would be-
! come animated, his forehead wrin-
kled, his eyes were plainly visi BILE,
but, as to his lips, they did not
seem to be able to explain even that
silent grimace that Fontenelle toll
erated-the smile.
One evening-it was on board the
English steamer Soient-a nephew
of my old friend was sitting by my
side.
''Tell me-" I said, suddenly, to the
young man, "why is it that your
uncle never laughs p
''What have you also marked
that popularity that dates away
back to TIE days of his boyhood ?''
"Can't you tell me about it p
eyes; on condition, however,
that you viii be careful never to
make any allusion to it in my uncle's
presence.
I promised, but now my old friend
is dead, can take my turn an6
tell why it was that he never
laughed.
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A FINISHED life, life which has
made the best of all the materials
granted to it, and through which, be
its web dark or bright, its pattern
clear or clouded, can now be traced
plainly the hand of the Great De-
signer-surely this Is worth living
for 1t has fulfilled its appointed
course. and returns to the Giver o.
All breath pure as he gave it. Noi
win he forget it when be countetf
/ up his Jewels. Mss Dftlloch.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-12-06

CHATTANOOGA is soon to have sev
en- railroads.
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''ANoTHER lie nailed, as our shod-
1y shoemaker says when he throws
aside shoe
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Although Mayence in 1922 con
tanned a federal garrison, the cafe
Aux Armes de Brandenburgh was