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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14
Flies.


Josh Billings begins one his Of his
sententient bits of philosophy son
The half-shell' with the somewhat
abrupt but highly forcible remark,
''I hate hize." Doubtless all Of us
share his aversion, and repeat his
truism every day during their season in
some other language; but sill the
little pests are queer creatures, and
are worthy of a great deal of study.
We can now here find better type
of a perfectly free creature than a
common house fly. Not free only,
but brave and irreverent to a degree
which l think no republican could
by any philosophy exalt himself to.
There is no courtesy in him; he does
not care whether it is king or Gown
whom he teases; and in every step
of his swift mechanical n arch, and
In every pause of his resolute aber-
ration, there is one and the same ex-
preston of perfect egotism, perfec-
independence, sef-conhdence, and
convection In the worlds having been
made for flies. Strike at him with
your hand; and TO him the immedi-
ate fact and external aspect of the
matter is what to you it would be if
any acre of clay ten feet thick, twist
cd itself up from the ground in one
massive field, hovered over you for a
second, and came crashing down
with an aim. This is the external
aspect of it; the inner aspect to his
fly mind is of quite natural and IN
important occurrence-one of the
momentary conditions of his active
life. He steps out of the way of your
hand and ahghts on the back of it.
You cannot terrify him, nor govern
him, nor persuade him, nor convince
him. No insect IN the world is la
zier. He is the aristOcrat that eats
what others produce. He has no
work to do, no tyranical instinct to
obey. The earth worm has his Dig
gings, the bee her gathering and her
building, the spider her cunning net
work, the ant her treasury and ac-
count, all these are comparatively
slower, or people of only business.
But your fly, tree in the air, free in
the chs mber, black incarnation of
caprice, wandering, investigating,
fitting, feasting at his will, with rich
variety of choice in feast, from the
heaped up sweets in the grocer's
window to those of the butchers
backyard, from the CALLED place on
your cab horses back to the brown
spot in the road, from which as the
hCofs disturbs he rises with any re-
publican buzz-what freedom like
this2
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14
Feeding the Chickens.

For the benetit'Of such of our young
readers, who like to poultry, we give
the following directions for the treat
ment Of chickens, so as to have plen-
ty of fresh eggs. 1t is a simple, life
like picture, and we give il because it
is so natural, and then too the advice
Is sound, though given in poetical
style:
A hourc-wife is busy preparing meal,
For Der chickens who waits und the door,
little white pullet, more bold than the rest,
Has mounted the steps and Is doing her best,
A sly ObseTyati on TO steal,
Concerning the delicate meal,
'Ob, those chickens, they such a bore
Says tn" housewife, and closes the door.
What is it she's stirring so fast with her spoon?
Let us peep in the kettle and see.
Ali here are pota 10 skins, jui';y and sweet.
And some small bite Of gristle cut from the meat,
Iha is cooking for dinner at noon;
The chicEens win spy t. cut soor.
Red peppers, and what may thsse particles be-!
Oh, eggs shells, ali broken pieces see.
And over the whole she has sprnllled some bran,
And the breakfast i boiling at last;
Now, she dips up the streaming mass from the
Take care. ye chielsl tits exceedingly hot;
'TwOnt answer to be very fast
But what longing glances theY cast,
As they jostle and crowd around the smoking
It looks good. bat you'd better If you can.
II they can, but they cannot, and who is to blame
II they hHster their tongnes with the stew?
Now, look out! dOn'I you know it will rcald you
chicEg
But mol that white puletforever must pick
For the very frs morse--whew!
reckon you're sCaldcd now, yuu
Greedy young chickensl you We one to blame
But yourself; l told you two Id burn; says the
hen
The feast at length finished, she pounds on the
stone
Some bones; the small bits fly around
''lmagine | can't says the good DAME at last,
Glow you maEagc TO swallow those bones so
fast
Have a carel well, now I'll be bOundl
II l didn't pretty near pound
Your dear little head! get away from this stone
While pound Ip the rest, and I'll leave you
alone.
There you've had good breakfast now hasten
and lay
The dame takes her pan and goes in with smile,
And congrai ulatOry speeches the while
Sh makes tn herself, 'Well, well! there
Are no hens that have better care;
And, Of course, the dear creatures can't help but
lay;
They Shall have warm breakfast andsbones
every day.
The moral my friends you will readily see.
II your chickens in the winter do well
Sou must give them at least cne warm meal a
day,
A comfortable house, where from cold they may
stay.
This plan you find TO work well;
The care you bestow will soon tell
In p enty of freshly laid eggs You eggs, you'll
II you try but one winter my recipe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14
Where Does the Gold Come FrOms

This question has never been sat
isfactolily answered by geologists
They can see as far into the mill
stone as anybody, but where the
great depot or quarry from whence
The gold comes that has been rasped
off in paI tieles and thrown toward
the surface to be rolled in the sand
by the action Of rlnning water or
caught as prisoners in quartz rock,
while that was eitl er held in solu-
ton or in the condition of pulveriza-
ton, is the problem.
Occasionally such enormous mug
gets are found, quite solitary; 1t
seems to indicate there were broken
off from large mass somewhere and
driven away III torrent of gravel
whose onward upward force was IL
resistable till it met with the coun-
ter current.
That cid theory which supposed
the precious metal was existing in
combination with others in a gaseous
form and occasionally precipi ated
by electricity into lum ps which work
ed their way like Inoies from the in
terror through strata Of the earth 5
compact crust, is now quite obsolete.
An impression is gaining advocates
that gold does actually exist in great
bodies, somewhere, not very far
down, from whence fragments and
particles are gradually brought up
by aquatic agency. This gives a
more reasonable explanation Of the
diffusion Of gold in small-parcels all
over the globe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14
4 Clever SMindIe.

AS n certain learned Judge in Mex
leo, sometime since, walked into
court one morning, he thought he
would examine whe her he was in
time for business, and, feeling for his
repeater, found that it was not in his
pocket.
CAS- usual, said he to friend who
accompanied him, as he passed
through the crowd near the door,
Gas usuai, I have again left my watch
at home under my pillow"
He took his sc t on the bench, and
thought no more of it. The court adj
journed, and he returned home. As
soon as he was quietly seated in
his parlor. he bethought lin of his
timepeace, and turning to his wife,
requested her to send for it to their
chamber.
But, my dear judge" said she,
81 sent it to you three hours ago"
"Sent it to me, my dear!' Ger
tainly not!"
"UDquestionabIy! replied the la
dY, ''and by the person you sent for
it,
"The person I sent for it, " echoed
the Judge.
'fYou did," said the judge.
"Certaiuly," said the lady.
"Well, " replied his honor, call I can
say to you, my dear, is that you are
as great a goose as the bird is a tur-
key. You have been robbed, ma
dame; the man was thief I never
sent for my watch; you have been
imposed upon, and as a necessary
consequence the watch is lost for
ever.
"Precisely, my dear, the very per-
son you sent for it. You had not
left home more than an hour when
1 well dressed man knocked at the
door and asked to see me. He
brought me one of the finest turkeys
I ever saw; and said that en- your
way to court you, met an Indian with
a number of fowls. Having bought
this one at bargain, you had given
him a couple of reals to bring il
home, with the request that 1 would
have it killed, picked, and put to
cool, as you intended to invite you1
brother-iu-law to dish of MOLE with
you tomorrow. And, 80, Senorita
said he, his excellency the Judge re-
quested me to ask you to give your
self the trouble to 90 to your cham
Der and take the watch from under
his pillow, where he says he left il
as usual, this morning, and send il
to him by me- And, of course, my
queradO, l did SO"
The trick was a cunning one and
after a good laugh, and the restora-
ton Of the Judges good humor by 6
! good dinner, it was resolved actu.
ally TO have the turkey for to-mor.
rows dinner, and his Honor's bro
theirs of the bench TO enjoy so dear
a morsel. Accordingly, after the ad
lournment Of court next day, they al
repaired to his dwelling with appe
tites sharp, ned by the expectation
OF rare repast. Scarcely had they
entered the sala, and exchanged
the ordinary salutations, when tht
/ lady broke forth with congra ula
tions to his Honor upon the recovc
ry If his stolen watch.
Glow happy am /, ,Iaimed she
chat the villain was apPrebendet.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14
How to Gire lhiIdren an Appettte.

Give children an abundance OF out
door exercise, fun and froic; make
them REGULAR in their habits, aud
feed them only on plain nouriShing
food, and they viii seldom com plain
of a lack Of appetite. But keep them
Overtasked in school, confined close
ly t. tho house the rest of the time,
frowning down any attempt 10 play;
feed than on rich or high seasoned
food, candies, nuts, etc, allow them
to eat between meals and late IN the
evening, and you need not expect
them to have good appetites. On
the contrary, you may expect they
will be pale, weak and sickly.
Don't cram them with food when
they don need it, or have no appe-
tite-this course is slow murder. If
they have no appetite, encourage, If
it need be, command them to take
exercise in the open air. Don't al
low them to study too much, and
especially keep them from reading
the exciting literature which so much
abounds in our bookstores and cir
cuIating libraries. In addition TO
securing exercise for children as
above, change their diet somewhat; Z;
especially if they have been eating
fine flour, change to coarse or Gra-
ham -four.
Sickness is the most expensive
thing on the face of the globe. There
may be instances where IL makes
people or children better, but gener-
ally it makes them selfish, sad, mis-
anthropic, nervous, mean, and mis-
cradle. An important means of
keeping children happy and good IS
to keep them well.-B0StOr Journal
Of Chemistry.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14
Pride has many victims in all ranks

Pride has many victims in all ranks
of human society. A colored wo-
man died a few days ago in Allegha-
ny City, Pennsylvania, from the ef-
fects of white lead, with which she
was in the habit of painting herself
IN an attempt to abolish the distinc-
ton Of her race. She poisoned her
self In the same cause with the Louis
Vile lady who ruined her health by
having her face enan elled. They
were victims to the delusion that tho
leoPards might change his spots.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14

A Georgian was recently bit in
the forehead by a moccasin snake,
coilee iu a bucket out Of which he
attempted to drink The mans
head swelled TO an enormous size,
but two quarts Of whislIey were
poured down him, and he will get
well.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14
FEMINNICAL.

Said a conceited young lady-You
men are a covet-us-set.
Fashionable intelligence: Golden
hair has gone out; but now it is worn
plated.
A wife's kiss for money is we'll
termed legal tenderness.
What a man wants-all he can get
What a woman wants-all she can't
get.
A Philadelphia paper says that one
half of the servant girls III that city
are drnnkrads.
A sewing society at Milwaukee can
use up a neighbours character in ex-
actly seven minutes.
A prominent lady at Hayneville,
Ala, subscribed corn bread and
whiskey to a supper of temperance
society.
M. Lobrun, the French minister OF
educatio', has named his three
daughters "Jem apes" "Civiliza-
tion, and Republic"
A widow who has married and lost
five husbands remarks: "Widowers
never die of grief, although crushed to
earth by their sorrow. like truth,
they rise again and revive"
Archbishop Manning has issued
an edict to his clergymen forbidding
the employment or admission OF wO-
men in church choirs.
Mothers are reminded that the
present style of sharp boot heels is
dangerous for small children. Try
the palm of your hand or a shin
gle.
An Indiana woman keeps a divorce
from her lord IN her pocket, and
whenever he don't mind she takes the
ocument tn1 j bakes it at him.
A maiden lady being asked why
she had never married replied that
hse h6d never seen the man for whom
she was willing to get up three meals
a day.
Miss Stevens, a beautiful blonde
preacher, is creating a profound re-
ligious sensation in Georgia. She
is said to make all the masculines
feel like embracing her-doctric c9s.
The old-fashioned carriage bon
nets are coming in again, and have
already been worn by many fashion
able ladies. The only thing required
to make them becoming, IS a pretty
face inside.
Two Mexican ladies of high rank
fought a duel with short swords re-
Gently at Santa Cruz. There was a
man in the case, and the victor, hay
ing seen the vanquished heroine fall
into swoon from loss of blood til
umphantly marries him.
Among the competitors for the
darning prize lately offered at he
Georgia state fair, one laAy present
ed q stocking so neatly mended that
TIE judge could not Gnd the mark q
the needle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14

The second wife Of Prof S. 3. F.
Morse was a deaf and dumb lady,
graduate Of the New York Instltu-
ton for deaf and dumb. Her mai
den name was Swan, and her home
at Poughkeepsie, New York She
survives her distinguished husband,
and is the mother OF several -ntcr-
esting children all Of whom possess
the hearing faculty.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14

The trains If long dresses do not
begin quite so forward as they used;
this leaves the feet more liberty in
walking.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14

teen hundred miles Of the antipodes
of California where our last earth
quake sensation occurred.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14

ANNoUNCEMENTs.-AnnO The name Of
person for County office, S.; State Office $40;
Federal Office Sl5. Invariably in advance.
gzB~ The above Terms and Rates will be
trictly adhered to.
e1s7 RELIGIOUS, Marriage, Birth and Death
Notices solicited, and will be willingly insert
ca FREE or cHArGE. Obituaries will 6c hsTg d
advertising rates
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14

Relative beauty-APretty cousin.
The largest species of ants-Ele-
plants. A notice cf peal-Light-
ming. Bits of frontier 1ife-Scalps.
The last appeal-A shoemaker's
strike. Educated on a sound basis
The drummer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14

Spring goods-Baby. jumpers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14

Old dame: Now, Jennie, if you
wash up your dishes, make the room
tidy, get through your work early,
and are a very good girl, perhaps
as a treat I'll let you go and see old
Butcher Brisket buried this after
noon.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-14
subscriptiOn.
Rates of Advertising.

Il inch, or 10 lines oftype, constitutes square
One square, hrst insertion. .......... 81 o
Each subsequent insertion. n....... 5
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-12

Ter, of NeuehaIel, Gsnts and Ladies sizes, Key
and stem WiHderE, quarter plate. These watch
ss have Equilibrium escapeneuts. cnronometsr
bAlsn eE ex posed ruby psIletF. sergHet hslr.
springs, aud fall ruby -jewellsd, and combine all
modern improvements in watch making.
These " atches wee awarded the Grand Prize
at the Paris Exposition Of 1867, for the best per
formAnce and greatest accuracy ia adjustment,
and can be warranted to perform with the same
degree Of res uIsrity as those maoe by the best
uAnut actursrs OF Europe aud America.
tuIl Assortment constantly on hans for sale
bv OUINCHR KRUGLER. is Maiden Lane,
| Tup stairs New York. Only wholesale Agents
lar the MsuufActurers JunelSdly
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GIRkRD HOUSE,

BYRON A, BALDWIN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-12
Doiln Atgus.
Gen. Grants Opportunity.
Iron the Ubica 70 Tribnue.1

South of Us some twelve millions of peo-
pie are in chaotic and almost hopeless
condition. The instinct of self preservation,
no less than Christian charity, should impel
the people Of the North to do something
to amsliorate their condition. Il is idle to
expect reform from mass of brute ignor-
ance, guided by vice and demagogism
Some extraneous force must be applied to
superinduce it, and none appears so cheap
and SO well adapted TO the end as the exer
else of the power of appointment to offices
of honor and trust under the United states.
This power of appointment should be exer-
cised in such q manner as to weed out the
carpei-bsg tribe and supplant them with
men of character and local renown, TO the
manor born, having the respect and conf
dencs of the educated classes. The appoint
ment of Gen. Longstreet was 10 the riga
direction. He is & type of the Southern
character, and, unless true Southern charae-
ter is reinststed in its proper place in the
machinery of Southern government, 1t will
break down. and the whole fabric of civilZ-
ed society there will attend the boisterous
ruin. The North cAInot afford to have
anarchy at lis Doors Massachusetts oaOnoi
sford to have an open bed an in South
Carolina Illinois cannot tffJrd to nave
LC aasiaua made the cage of every unclean
and hateful bird. We are bound, Grant
men and Greeley men, TO clear away thii
moral horse-disease ere it Tavsges oul
streets.
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SFLClAL k01ItES.

CURES ALL CHRONIC AND SPECIAL
~ Diseases in a short time, either in Male or
Female; charges low fees; uses no Mercury.
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hessTs. ]. LATHAE L Co., Boston
Your csthsTtio Extract is the best medicine I
ever used. would not know how TO keep house
without it. 7. Il. sTEvEss,
Milton, Aka1
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"VIcroRIA REGIA" sc'
knowled ged the most
fragrant and persistent
odOr for the handker-
chief the world ever
produced.
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RditoT of Worcester Gasefts, speskiss from
personal knowledge, says: "Lstham's Csthartie
Extract is an old and stan dard family medicine,
much priGsd by all who are acquainted with it.
For children it lie invaluable, AMI is worthy Of
Trial.
MI. Freeman Il. Lothrop, Mail Agent Cape
Cod Railroad, says "My fOlks don't ike med
icipe, bat they can take Lathsn's csthsrtic Ex-
tract, and would not think of being without IL
| in the house recommend it TO ali my neigh
bors."
/ AssIrs J. LATHAM 4 Co, Boston 81 have
used the Cathsrtie Extract fos other patients
besides my mother. 1t proved TO be excellent
! NJ. e. MATHEWS, NJ, D,
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! Messrs J. LATHAM L Co., BostOns 'I am
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Wallace PARK, NJ. D., of Salem, Mass, says;
az used the Extract first my own family
and found II to be the best remedy ever saw
for what it is recommended; and have since
used it largely in my own practice, it giving
myself and patients perfect satisfaction"
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AGENTS WANTED.

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LATHAM,S
SllIt!;llas.lI'sb

Is afuid extract prepared from valuable med
icsl plants, having known action on III. secrs-
nonH and excretions of the system. 4 single
Dotsie does more for the removal of diseases and
preservation Of health, than gallons Of bittsrs.
1t speedily and surely removes sonstip alton, sick
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rites ofthe blood and bilious complaints.
It is Endorsed By the profession, and approved
by oil who use it. No better medicine can be
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to pills, being mild of action, pleasant to the
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Sold by ali Druggists.
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A FEW TESTIMONIALS.

BosToN, Jane 8, 1871.
AesErs. j. LATHAM q Co., Boston
sentIemen-I have for some time past been
suffering from bilious headache and midget
tiOn, and have been advised to try your Goa
th artic Extract took but one dose, and
fell SO relic ed that l was induced to take an
other, and since then have fslt like 9 new man
have recommended it 10 many of my friends,
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! Yours respectfully,
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Watch BUYERS AtteEtian F!

The uudersien-
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call the attention
of persons con
ten plating the
urc b ass OF
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peSIorIty of the
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Movements. man
ufRctu re d by
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4 COURV0IS-
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"An excellent remedy for the ills Of humanity
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Extract. Ia Is mild and effective; it can be
used by the young, and it makes the old feel ss
if their sshoolboy days we're renewed.
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va DR.. BOHANNAN's 'Treatis on Spec
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MEDiCat4
WARRkNTE

" 4 EFS Z NTFD 4
perfect cure for all Eind !
Of PLEs, LEPEosY
eCHRcFULA, CANCER,
SALT bGEUN, CATAERH
DYSPEPSIA, RBEUaA
rIsM, and al dtsepses Of
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EXprsss 10 al parts OF the United States. re-
quest ali to send or call on me and take back
their money in all csses IF failure From the
fact that, during Il years from one TO cir bottles
have never failed t. care ewes il the worst
forms OF all the aoo, . seases. (Sse c.rcuIars)
Some ssslerr prefer to sell me iiciues that Herer
cue beesgse they receive larger profit and have
unlimited sales. 5 a botte. &a- Sold every
who're H D. FOWLE, Chemist, Boston.
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Go . Rotton. Mas

Ne.srs. J. LATHAM 4 Go, Boston, Mass:
have been tToabled with piles (internal or
bleedingl for many years. l now feel myself
entirely cured by the use Of less than half bot
tie Of Lztham's OaIhartie Extract.
". ". KNIGHf,
Boston Transcript.