davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
Wen-Spent Lie.

A minister of the gospel was asked
to visit poor dying woman. The
messenger being ignorant, could
give no account of her state, except
that she was a very good woman,
and very happy, and was now, at the
end of a well-spent life, therefore,
sure of going to heaven.
The minister went, saw she was
very Ill, and after a few kindly in
quiries about her bodily condition,
said, 'Wel, I understand you are IN
very peaceful state of mind, de-
pending upon well spent life. -
The dying woman looked hard at
him and said: Eyes, I am in the en-
joyment of peace. You are quite
right; sweet peace, and that from a
wcu-spent life. But it is the well-spent
life of Jesus; not my doings, but His;
not my own merits, but His redeem
ing blood"
Derr reader, what q blessed state
to be IN, whether for life or death.
The blessed nature of gospel liberty
is just this, to be brought as a poor
sinner to see that all Jesus has and
is, and all he has done, is made over
to us, and that as He has taken our
place, we take His, and therefore are
accepted in the beloved" When
our good doings are based upon this
foundation, the well-spent life of Je-
sus, then our services find acceptance
before God. The life is well-spent
that understands this mystery. The
well-spent life of Jesus just put to
our account Tens of thousands are
toiling to recommend themselves to
God by well-spent life of their own,
but it Is labor In vain; it is an 0,
without figure before it. Crowd
myriads of cyphers together and they
stand for nothing. Christ is the fig
ure that gives value to all our ac-
commits, great or small, and the Spir-
it gives the receipt in full to His
Well-spent life.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
GOOD-BY.

G0Od-by, proud world I'm going home;
ThOu art not my friend, and I'm not thine.
Long through thy weary crowds roam;
a riVer-aTk on the ocean brine,
Long I've been tossed like the drigen foam;
But now, proud world I'm going home
Good by to fisttery's fawning face;
To grandeur with his wise grimace;
To upstart wealth's averted eye;
TO supple Office, low and high;
To crowded halls. to court and street;
To frozen hearts and hasting feet;
To those who 20 and those who come
GOOd-by, prOud world I'm going home.
/ am going TO my own hearth-stOne,
BOsomed in yOn green hills alone
= secret nook in pleasant land,
Whose groves the frolie fairies planned;
Where arches gTeen the livelong day,
Echo the biack birds rOundelay.
And vulgar feet have never trOd-
A spot that is sacred to thought and God.
oh, when am safe in my sylvan home,
l tread On the pride Of Greece and Rome;
And when l am stretched beneath the pines,
Where the evening star so holy shines
laugh At the lore and pride Of man,
At the sOphist schools, and the learned clan
For what are they all, in their high conceit,
When u an in the bush with God may meet?
r w Emerson
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
Evening Informal Meeting.
Hints on Health.

Coarse bred is better for children
than fine. Children should sleep in
separate beds, and should not wear
night-caps. Children under seven
years of age should not be confined
over six or seven hours in the house,
and that time should be broken by
frequent recesses. Children and
young people must be made to hold
their heads up and their shoulders
back, while sitting, standing or walk
ing. The best beds for children are
of hair and cotton. From one to
one pound and half of solid food is
sufficient for a person IN the ordina-
ry avocaton of business. Persons
in sedentary employments should
drop one-third of their food, and
they viii escape indigestion. Young
persons should exercise at least two
hours a day in the open air. Young
ladies should be prevented from
bandaging the chest. We have
known the worst disease, termina-
ting in death, which began In this
practice. Reading aloud is condu-
Give to health. The more clothing
we V ear, other things being equal
the less food we need. Sleeping
rooms should have a fireplace, on
some mode Of ventilation besides the
windows. Young people and others
cannot study much by lampighi
with impunity. The best remedy
for eyes weakened by night use, is g
| 6ua stream of vVatar freuueOtlv an,
piled 10 them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
Curious Experiments with lee.

Professor Bottomly OF GLASGOW
University, IN a recent lecture to his
class, placed lump of ice as large
as an apple on a piece of wire eauze,
and on this board weighing twelve
pounds. Before the conclusion Of
the lecture, a considerable quantity
of ice was found on the lower side Of
the gauze, firmly united to that above
though apparently forced through
the meshes in a room at Is deg. Q.
(59 deg. +. In a second experiment
he placed q block of ice on two par
allel boards near together, passed
a loop of wire over the ice, and hung
weights on the ends. Various sizes
Of wire were tried, and in the final
experiment q wire One-tenth of an
inch in diameter was used, weight
ed with Sc pounds It passed en-
tirely through the block of ice, and
fell on the floor; but this block of ice
though the plain of passage was
clearly marked, was not divided, nor
could it be split in this plane with a
knife or chisel
This remarkable result he explains
to be a consequence of Thcmpson's
theory of regulation The stress
upon the ice, due to the pressure of
the wire, gives it tendency to melt
at the point In contact with the wire,
and the ice, in the form of water in
termixed with fragments and new
crystals, moves so as to removes it
self Of pressure. As soon as any
portion of the mass is thus relieved,
freezing takes place through it, be
cause its temperature is reduced be-
low that of the freezing point of wa
ter at ordinary pressures, by melt
ing contiguous parts. The obvious
tendency of the ice under the pres
sure from above is thus, by q series
of MEETINGS and refreezings, to allow
the passage of the wire and yet re-
mains a solid block.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
PITY for a Lonely Young Man.

o. w. Holmes, In the May atlantic,
writes as follows: "I know nothing
In the world tenderer than the pity
than a kindhearted young girl has
for a young man that feels lonely.
It is true that these dear creatures
are all compassion for every form Of
human woe, and anxious to alleviate
all human misfortunes. They will
go to Sunday schools through storms
their brothers are afraid of, to teach
the most unpleasant and intractable
classes of little children the age of
Methuselah and the Dimensions of
Og the king of Bashan's bedstead,
They viii stand behind table at
fair all day until they are ready to
drop, dressed In their prettiest
clothes and their sweetest smiles and
lay hands upon you, ike so many
would be Potiphars-perfectly cor
rect ones of cOurse-to make you
buy what you do not want, at prices
which You cannot afford; all this as
cheerfuIly as if it were not martyr
dom to them as well as to you. Such
is their eagerness to sympathize with
all their suffering fellow-creatures
But there is nothing they pity as
they pity a lonely young man"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
The Shady Side of Life.

When a man on the shady side of
middle life has the fortitude to look
around him to note the number of
bic old and valued friends, he is
shocked to find so meagre is the list.
One after another has disappeared,
from no other cause than that their
physical powers, originally vigor-
Gus, had succOmbed IN the feyerish,
and we might also say, insane battle
of life. Too long and too diligently
have they stuck to their professional
pursuits, or have been fascinated by
the allurements of society, taking
relaxation by fits and starts, and
seeming under the impression that
they have a loug career before them.
Having realized fair competency
they might as we'll ask themselves
why they continue to toll, to sPecu-
late, and to rack their brains, when
a life of comparative ease and refac-
ton would, in all respects, be more
becoming. This is exactly the ques-
ton, however, which they never put.
The upshot is well known. Through
sundTy real or imaginary entangle-
ments their day of safety is past. a
cold, fOg9y, drizzly November finish
es them, and about two o'clock on q
wintry afternoon they are, in all the
pomp Of hearse and carriages, dec
orously conveyed to the buryine
/ ground.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
why Do Children Die!

In answer to this questio1, the
Medical Record holds the following
language: ''The reason why children
die is because they are not taken
care of. From the day of birth they
are stuffed with water, suffocated in
hot rooms and steamed in hot bed
clothes. So much for indoor. When
permitted to breathe a breath of
pure air once a week in summer, and
once or twice during the colder
months, only the nose is permitted
to peer into daylight. A little later
they are sent out with no clothes at
all on the parts of the body which
most need protection. Bare legs,
bare arms, bare necks, girted mid
dies, with an inverted umbrella to
collect the air and chill the other
parts of the body. A stout, strong
man goes out on a cold day with
gloves and overcoat, woolen stock
ings, and thick double-sOled boots
with cork between and rubber over.
The same day a child of three days
old, an infant of flesh and blood
bone and constitution, goes out Will
hose as thin as paper, cotton socks
legs uncovered to the knees, neck
bare, an exposure which would disa-
BILE the nurse, XIII the mother out
right, and make the father an inva.
lid for weeks. And why? 70 hard
en- them to mode of dress which
they are never expected to practice
To accustom them to exposure
which a dozen years later would bt
considered downright foolery. Tt
rear children thus for the slaugh cl
pen, and then lay it to the Lord, il
too bad. We don't think the Al
mighty had any hand in it"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21

One part of the Sunday service in
the Spanish navy is to read the penal
code. This formality has just been
accomplished recently, on the Fero-
lando, war frigate, when Louis Co
darro, the second IN command, cried
out, God save the King" which
met with mute response. A sec
ond and third time he primed a
cheer for Amadeus, without develop
ing any more enthusiasm. Burning
with rage at this result, he ordered
the whole crew to be decimated,
which was carried out to the letter.
The counting commenced, and every
unfortunate upon whom ielithe fatal
number 10 was taken out Of the
ranks and received 100 lashes. This
barbarous sentence was executed IN
the presence of and to the manifest
disgust of the officers, who, as well
as the poor sailors, had refused to
Join in the cry Of "God save the
King"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21

In a Western railroad car the otn-
or night, 3 young and lovely couple
were talking "tunnel" asslduoasly'
until, as the train entered the tuh-
mel, while the lamps inside the car
burned brightly, the lovers Indqigea
IN one of those hearty salatatiols
that are made to be felt, but not (, TO
be seen by Indifferent spectators. VI
course the carload exploded, whlle
fbe imDulsive swain apologIzed to
his Dulcinea with the unsatlsiacVory
exclamation, ''OonfOund the lamps
I didn't think of them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21

sion, with fun power to make such ar
| rangements as they might deem best.
PENITENTIARY.
The invitation of Gen. Battle to visit
| the Penitentiary socially was accepted,
the Association would be prepared to
| go there at 5 P. II.
TEA.
An invitation was accepted to take
| tea at the Battle House, from Gen. Bat
| tie, aud the thanks of the Association
were rendered for the compliment.
SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER UNION.
An invitation, presented by Mr..
Saunders, was accepted to visit the es.
tablishment of the Southern Newspaper
Union.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1928.
The following were elected officers of
the Association for 1928.
President-T. 3. Kirby, of the Chat
tanooga Times.
East Tennessee Vice President-W.
J. Ramage, of the Knoxville Press and
Herald.
Middle Tennessee Vice President
II. @. Bate, of the Lawrence Journal.
West Tennessee Vice PFesident-W.
l. Westbrook, of the Brownsville Bee.
Secretary-R. L. G. White, Of the
Lebanon Herald.
Treasurer. w. McCord, of the Pu-
laski Citizen.
The first ballot for President stood:
Bate
On the fourth ballot Mr., Kirby was
elected, and upon motion of Mr.. Saun-
ders, was declared unanimous.
ENSUING LITERATURE EXERCISES.
J. B. KiIIihTeW, was chosen to deliver
the grafton at the next sem-annuaI
meeting; Ira 2. Jones, the annual ad-
dress, and Mrs. l., Virginia French, of
McMinnviIle, the poem.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The following were appointed the
Executive Committee for the following
year: r. S. Saunders, Chairman, J. o.
Griffith, Ira p. Jones, A. Thomas and
n. b. Buck.
Resolutions OF thanks were unani-
mOusiy adopted, returning thanks to
their old President, Secretary and
| Treasurer for the able and satisfactory
manner in which they had discharged
the duties of their respective offices.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
The Association then 5:45 P. N, ad-
jOurned sine die, to meet in ChattanOO-
ga on the second Thursday in Novem-
ber next.
Evening Informal Meeting.
On reassembIing in informal meeting
at o'clock in the evening
THE GRAFTON, %.
Was delivered by Col. II. II. Baker,
of the West Tennessee Democrat. 1t
was an able and highly interesting
production and was received with uni
versal favor by the Association.
THE ANNUAL ADDRESS,
An exceedingly well-digested and
ably written document was delivered
by Archie Thomas, of the Springfield
Record.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21

This is Germans account of his
experience on shipboard In a storm !;
81 feels dem big waves hit her shin.
/ hear dem crockery disher go smash,
Il get me out Of mine berth TO see
what's de matter; I make myself on
my head two times; I gets in my
berth quick, you bet; 1 no get up till
nowi What you do? How you like
EN-; hap"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
JOSHUA 2: 5.

Chafed and worn with worldly care,
Swectly Lord, my heart prepare :;
Bid this inwurd tempest cease;
Jesus come and whisper peace
Hush the wbirlw1nd Of my viii,
With Thysen my spirit fll
End in calm this busy week,
Let the Sabbath gently break.
Sever, Lord, these earthly tiee;
Fain my soul to Tnee would rise,
Discntanglc me from time,
Lift me Ia purcr cline;
Let me cast away nv load,
J ct mo now draw nigh to God;
Gently, loving Jesus, speak,
EEd in calm this busy week
Draw the curtain Of TepOsc,
While my weary eyelids close;
Seal my spirit while rest,
Give me dreamings pure and best
Raise me with a checfui heart;
Holy Ghost Thyeelf imJartl
Then the Sabbath day will be
Heaven brought down to earth and me.
-LyTd Sd66Gtjcd.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21

"Poor mani" said I; chow could
they? And his poor wifel"
She would be poor indeed If he
had one. We may thank Cousin
Chester for Riss escape. The con
vict was your lark young manlr,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
The name of james BuCord was trans
ferTed to the list of honorary mem bers.
HONORARY MEMBERS ELECTED.
Rev. James M. P. OTIS, of Columbia
nominated by A. S. HOrsley.
II. V. Redheld, nominated by It. 3.
Kirby.
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED.
Barney Hughes, of the Memphis Rail.
road Record, nominated by r.
Saunders.
NJ. J. Cofer, of the Temperance Her
dLd, nominated Mr.. Horsley.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
To the Press Association Of Tennes-
see: Your committee reports that pa
per mill, now in operation, can be Pur
chased for about $50, 600, which if work
ed properly, can be made to yield
nett profit of ten per cent annually as
dividends on that amount of stock.
If the newspapers OfTennessee can be
induced to form cooperative assOcia-
ton and subscribe stock IN sums rang
ing from $500 to So, 600 to purchase and
run such an establishment, the savings
in the purchase of their paper to be fur
ished at cost, will make their annual
dividend 25 per cent profits, beside
what the stockholders make in profits
on paper sold To outsiders.
Your committe is satisfied that moth
ing else can be done more profitable to.
publishers than the establishment Of
such company in our State, the min
utie to be arranged hereafter.
Respectfully submitted,
J. o. Griffith, Chairman.
The report was adopted.
Mr.. Griffith subsequently made a
speech explanatory of the project.
Mr.. Emack moved that a committee
of five be appointed by the Chair for
purpose of soliciting subscription for
| stock. Seconded by Kirby and car
ried. The Chair appointed the follow
ing; MesSrs. Griffith, Kirby, Emack
Westbrook and Boyers.
BYLAWS AMENDED.
The following was introduced by r,
| L. {. White
SECTION l. The sessions of the Ten
nessee Press Association shall be held
semi-annUally on the second Thursday
in May and November, at such points
| in the State as may be decided on by
| the Association st the previous meet
ing. All portions of the Constitution
and By-Lawsin conflict with this pro-
vision are hereby repealed.
The amendment was adopted.
EXCURSION COMMITTEE.
| Messrs. Kirby, Hughes, Bate, Griffith
and WestbrOOk were appointed the
committee on the proposed next excur
sion.
Mr.. White moved to strike out 'sBir
mingham" as the place of meeting
aud insert "ChattanO0ga," and stF1kt
out baltimore" and ''Washington.
| After debate the whole matter was re
ferred to the committee on the excur
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21

ANNOUNCEMENT the name of
person for County Office, s.; State olEce $40;
Federal Office $l5. Invariably ii advance.
E1g- The above Terms and Rates will be
triotIy adhered to.
~ Religious, Marriage, Birth aud Death
Notices solicited, and will be willingly insert
ed.FREE OF CHARGE Obituaries will be GhaTg d
advertising rates.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21

Rates of Advertising.
q inch, or l0lines oftype, constitutes SQUARE;
One square, frst insertion. ....-..... 81 W
Each subseuuent inge rtiOn. ......-..... so
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-21


1t came originally from Venice, had
been presented at court, been ship
wrecked, and had seen a great deal
OF life, no doubt. cts my only heir
loom" said. cousin Chester
thinks that it would be better
converted into railway stock and pay
ing dividends. He has any regard
for d1-ty heir-looms as he calls them
they remind him too strongly of NOR
tality. But I liked to think of all
this necklace has survived. Just con-
slider how many times it capere I
through Lady Washington's Reel,
how much lOye-making it had wit
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-09-12

REMEDY FOR SCRATCHES. -Thos j.
Graves writes to the Western Rural
that be has treIted hundreds Of Ca
ses of grease heel or scratches as fol-
lows, and never failed to cure iftrtat-
ed before he foot commenced to come
off: Wash the rarts IF cttd thor
oughly with soapsuds in order TO
take off all the grease, dir', sc. Wipe
dry; then take grease off the fire
while boiling and throw it on immed-
ateIy. Apply this way about every
other day, for three or four times,
sometimes Of en.r-bs your own
judge as to how often from the APP
pearance. Keep out of dewS and
mad as much rs possible. Do not
keep stabbed or leo up, and allow the
aDimalas much ex rise rs will be IT,
ken on bis own account. / give this
as my owl personal k owl9dg9 aud
experience,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-09-12

The disputed question wheth-
er the bite Of human teeth is
ever poisonous would seem to
be settled in the affirmative by
a case which recently occurred
at the Schenectady poorhouse.
About three months ago an in
mate was bitten in the hand by
"a maniac confined there, and al
though no bad symptoms ex-
hibited themselves at first, the
wound did not heal up rapidly
and i'll short time the hand be-
gan to swell, evidences of pois-
on becoming manifest. After
suffering intensely for three
months with the disease, which
gradually extended up the arm,
i was decided at last to perform
an operation, with was done a
few days ago, and the patient is
now in a fair way Of recovery.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-09-12
Suspended Thought.

Rev. Mr.. Hendrix, when visit
ing the patients in a Canadian hos
pi;al, a number of years since,
discovered therein a man who APP
peared to be perfectly demented,
but otherwise in good health. In
curing into the cause Of his NAL
ady, he was informed that it was
occasioned by a depression of the
skull npon the brain, by a blow
from a falling limb of tree
Procuring surgical aid, Mr.. Hen
dirk caused the depressed skull TO
be raised to its natural position,
when the patient uttered the cor
Guiding words of a sentence that
he had begun to address to his
son, with whom, fourteen years be-
fore, he was splitting rails under
the tree when he received The in.
jury that deprived him of his
senses: Put III the wedge.
This is a remarkable example
of suspended thought. For four
teen years he had lived perfectly
unconscious of the loss of a mo,
ment of time. But he ate, drank
slept, awoke, and moved about ;
but how Simply as a machine,
Like the clock, the human me.
chanism had been wound up, or
set in motion, and must run its
allotted time, though part Of its
complicated machinery, unessen
tial to its longevity, should cease
TO move. The hunger, and the
act of supplying its demands.
were but a part Of the natural
movements of the intricate ma
chine.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-09-12
Taking Cold in Warm
Weather.

Many people think there is no
danger OF taking cold when the
weather is warm, and expose
themselves in various ways when
overheated, fatigued or sweaty.
This is an erroneous idea, deStruct-
i've to life and health. When the
system is fatigued with exercise,
overheated or sweating, great eau
ton is necessary to guard against
taking cold. Some people say
they never take cold, and have no
fear of taking cold. Bat are they
never i'll in some form? o yes!
but they do not cough, and con-
clude they do not take cold.
Colds do not affect all people
alike. All do not cough that
have been exposed 70 cold; but
the insensible perspiration can
not be suddenly checked without
injury to people and animals.
Hence, it is dangerous to drink
cold drin when sits down to rest,
though if exercise is continued
they may be- partaken Of in small
quantities with benefit. The sys-
TENS Of men and animals that eX-
ercise must not be rapidly bat
gradually cooled. Horses should
not be watered when about TO stop
exercise, either in warm or cold
weather. This practice subjects
them to disease and often destroys
their lives.
More then twenty five years
since | read in Cutters Phys
iology" that when people were
warm with exercise, or from 9th
er cause, they ought to throw
something over their shoulders on
sitting down to rest. An ohserv-
ance Of this rule, has. am salts
fed, saved me much sickness. If
men would put on a coat when
r, sting, after work at night, it
would save them many bad feel
ings, sickness AID sometimes
death.