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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
Beauty and RELIGION.


Beauty is not accidental and law
less on the contrary, we believe it
does obey an infallible law. Always,
in its present form, it IS religious /;
and the varying estimates of differ
ent tastes are graduated according
to the purity of the religious concep-
tions involved. In the last anaIases
beauty is one truth, and both are
written IN cipher which the religious
sense alone can interpret and resolve.
The significance of things is definite;
but 1t is revealed to us according to
a sliding scale, of which religious
culture measures the degrees. It is
indeed our light thrown upon nature
which interrupts beauty but if that
light be religious, finer elements viii
become apparent, and beauty be-
come more clear. It is sympathy
with the outward world that unlocks
its treasures that sympathy is born
of religion, and is strengthened and
deepened by every accession of spir-
itual life. To the mind of God, un-
doubtedly, every fact in the material
world has a fixed significance, a pre-
else and definite value. The uni-
verse Is his art, and struggles to ex-
press the crystalized and imprisoned
thoughts which he has written there.
A delicaae correspondence connects
every beast and bird and tree and
flower with some type of thought, or
passion. or emotion, present in the
Creators mind at their foundation,
and of which they are organized ex-
pOnents. But we rise toward, and
appreciate so much of this infuite
art as the purity of cur inner life can
gauge. Likeness to the divine ma
ture only will admit us to the secrets
Of the divine mind. All the chang
ing degrees of significance, which
the objective word assumes, from
that feeling of health and buoyancy
and animal enjoyment which the
lowest minds experience in a clear
and bracing morning. to the un!ath-
omable inspiration of the poet and
the artist are determined by its pres
ence and it's purity. The truth of
this position cannot be shaken by
any seeming contradiction of expe-
rience or history. Raphael may
paint finer pictures than Canning,
by assiduous culture, could even i'm
itate but the finer sympathy with
nature, the purer delight in her COM
panionsbip, and deeper suggestions
from her inexhaustible stores of
truths will visit the soul of him who
has drunk deeper of the clements of
moral life. There are few of US who
cannot verify this by our experience.
Not while our souls remain stepped
in sensuality, or fettered by dull and
sordid cares, will come the revela-
tions that are hidden in the uni
verse. The lilies of the field have
no meaning to the cold eye of ava
rice, but to the warm spirit of Jesus
they reflect the doctrine of universal
providence. And So, with us, it is
in moments of calmer meditatiOns,
in seasons of quiet prayer, or after a
noble deed that the awakened ener-
gies of our inner life spontaneously
interprets the oracles of nature.
And thus where we least expect it
we find that love exists. Beauty is
always relative to our state of mind,
but it has also an objective existence
that reveals itself according to our
piety and virtue.-T. Starr King.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
The Science of Chemistry.

Of all the sciences which have so
far been developed to the world,
none is so nearly indispensable, or
has FURNISHED so much material for
blessings, progress, wealth, health,
and happiness, as chemistry. While
it was regarded as a mere beautiful
and intricate plaything, too subtitle
to be brought into general practical
use. the world made but little pro
gress in its arts, sciences, and me
chanisms; but as soon as it was ac-
knowledged as the indispensable
agent Of all knowledge, behold,
with what power the inhabitants Of
the earth leap forward. Nothing is
impossible; nothing is left undone.
An eminent writer says :-"Chem-
istry has added very materially to
the wealth Of the people generally; /;
but it has accomplished far more
than at first thought appears. 1t
has given US better ventilation; Util-
lied nOxiOus substances that were
otherwise repulsive or dangerous :;
made plain to the student what ar
ticles were poisonous, and the anti
dotes that render them harmless A;
has increased our pleasures, and
made existence far more enjoyable
to all, but particularly to the COM
mon labOrer. Besides, it has length
ened the average duration of hu-
man life. By the direct application
Of the principles of the science in
the development of almost every
modern art, success has been render
ed more certain, and the field of in
vention has shone with the brillan-
cy of its discoveries"
But our greatest industries are,
more than all, indebted to this
science for their principal strength
and prominence. Bury chemistry,
and all knowledge of it, and iron
and steel would occupy the same
grave. Without these, where would
our civilization be, or what would
! life be worth
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
Romance of History.

n curious D1G Oh u1SJOIy5 SHOWING
what a narrow escape the ex-Em-
press Eugenie had from becoming
the wife of an American gentleman
has come to light. The fact is thus
recited by relative of one of the
parties:
In 1851 the uncle of the writer re-
sided as American minister at Paris,
with large family around him. At
this time there appeared in society
there Eugene Maria de Guzman,
Countess de Montiio, lovely person
and aristocratic name securing her
brilliant conquests in that society,
and constituting her one of the
famous ladies in Paris. It was
thought, and indeed freely remarked,
that her mother was more ambitious
than herself that the mother de-
signed her for some great alliance,
while Eugene herself appeared a
model of simple sincerity, a girl who
would choose to consult her heart in
any matrimonial affair.
Her sister had just married the
Duke of Alba and Berwick, a ineal
descendant Of James II. of England ;
aud the worthy Donna Maria, no
doubt, designed at least an equal
matrimonial destiny for the more
beautiful of her daughters. But the
heart is not always to be controlled,
even in the most aristocratic life
or to yield to it's exactions or con-
veniences. Eugene lost hers to a
fne-iooking blonde Virginian -
young William Rives, son Cf the
American minister. They were en-
gagged to be married, but Aunt Judy
Rives, a Virginia matron, very de-
cided and angular in Der scruples,
broke off the match. The countess
was too "fast" for her old Virginia
views of social sobriety.
The woman for whom the future
had reserved so much, escaped the
comparatively humble match that
her heart had decided upon-the
destiny of a quiet Virginia house
wife-to ascend the throne of France.
Alas! what other contrasts may yet
remain tor herl If an event had
been ordained different If a Pro-
spectiye mother-in-iaw had proved
compIacent, the empress, the woman
who had adorned the throne Of
France and displayed to the world
the charms of another Cleopatra,
might at this time be quiet country
matron living In farmhouse near
Gotham depot. county of Albemarle,
and State of Virginia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
Talk without Work.

A terrible wreck happened some
years ago off the coast of Tuscany.
In his report of the affair, the Tus-
can coast guard remarks, with eyi-
dent complacency: "I lent every
possible help to the vessel with my
speaking trumpet, but, nevertheless,
many corpses were found upon the
coast next morning" What are
words without deeds &? You plead
for the destitute, but where is your
guinea? You are eloquent for fallen
women, but what are you doing to-
ward their rescue? You demand an
educated ministry: what institution
are you aiding? You pity the wild
ow and the fAtherless to what or
phanage do you contribute ? Silence
is most becoming In those whose
speech is not illustrated by suitable
action,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
Remedy for Ague.

A correspondent says: 1 promi s
ed some time ago to send you a rem
dy for ague which I never knew to
fail. There must be some good
brandy, black pepper and piece of
flannel to cover the bowels handy.
When the chill is at its hight, let the
person go to bed. Now let some
other person dip the flannel in cold
brandy. Don't wiring out the fan
mel. Spread it on the table, dust it
over with pepper out of the castor,
then sprea1 it over the bowels, pep
per side down; at the same time
give half a winsglassful of the bran
dy and half a teaspOonful of the
pepper to drink; this must be done
when the chill is at its hight.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
The Cnre for France.

/ -AN N-AA = AOA 4 dAAACGs
Among the rare and curious vol
umes in the Library of the British
aud Foreign Bible Society, says the
Reporter, is a little French book with
this title, "The Holy Gospels of
our Saviour Jesus Christ" Trans
lated by Lie Maistre de Sacy. Popu-
lar edition. Dedicated to the French
Nation by Working Printers. With
an Introduction by the Authors of
the parliamentary History of the
French Revolution. Paris, 1887.
The Introduction begins by stating
that the cheapness of the volume is
owing to the fact that the printers
gave their services gratuitously.
Born and brad amidst poverty and
trouble, they could not but feel svm-
pathy for their fellow-men. They
perceived that the worse slavery to
which the poor were subjected was
the slavery of the heart and of the
intellect; that the love Of animal
pleasure led the way to Incidence, to
discomfort. and to every kind of sell
ishness; that the evil example of the
higher classes had impressed itself
only too readily on the lives of the
lower; and that the herding together
of families in vast crowds tended to
do away with the simplicity, modes
ty, and virtue, which were still to
be found in secluded hamlets, and
in out-of-the-way fishing villages.
The writers proceed to point out
that invasions from without, and rev.
olutions from within, arise from the
fact that the leaders of the people
seek their own pleasure, and not the
elfare of those over whom they
rule. The Revolution of 1889 is
described as an outbreak against
evil rulers, but alas it was conduct
ed by those who were little, if any,
better themselves. Atheists came to
the head of affairs, but France was
not ready for atheism, and they had
to give up their position to men who
were sceptical and deistical, and whU
disbelieved in Revelation. But Lib
erty, Equality, and Fraternity are
idle words, unles those who uphold
them accept the Divinity of Jesus
Christ; hence France struggled on
without attaining her great end, the
regeneration of her social fabric.
Thus forty-eight years passed away,
anG the people had to witness more
crime, more vice, more debauchery,
more hypocrisy, more unbelief-in a
word, more selfshness than ever.
Instead of loving God above all. and
loving their neighbor as themselves,
men seemed to sum up their ideas
of duty in two commandments, that
they should love themselves above
all, and that they should love money
more than all men put together.
The writer's break off with pray
er, calling upon God to pity the peo-
pie, and to look favorably on the
work of these printers, who had free
ly given the labor of their hands to
spread the Gospel among the poor,
believing that the day on which
France accepted the Gospel of
Christ would be the day of her sal
vation. This was in 1887, under the
reign of Louis Philippe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
News of the Week
At Home.

At Home.
a large party of San Franciscoans
have returned from al unsuccessful ex-
petition to the Arizona diamond fields
and deDouDce the excitement as fraud.
John F. Cooke, British Vice Consul
at st. Louis, Mo, has been engaged
for some time past in taking statements
and dispositions of British subjects who
lay claims against the United States
Government for various kinds of dam
age during the war. The principal
case is that of J. NJ. p. Nolan, young
Irishman, who was imprisoned III two
or thee military prisons, in all about
six hundred days, and who claims
some 100000. The claims will amount
to considerably over a million of dol
lars. The depositions and statements
will be forwarded to Washington as
soon as made out, and the Commission
now in session there will consider
them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
NUMBER 10.
THEBOYN.

BY s. NJ. W.
There come the boys! Oh dear, the noise.
The whole house feels the racket;
Behold the knee Of Harry's pants,
And weep O'er Bertie's jacket!
But never mind, If eyes keep bright,
And limbs grow straight aud timber:
We'd rather lose the trees whole bark
Than find unsound the timber!
Now hear the tops and marbles roll!
The fiOers-Oh wo betide them!
And must watch the banisters,
For know boys who ride them
Look well as you descend the stairs,
often find them haunted
By ghOstly toys that make no noise
Just when their noise is wanted.
The very chairs are tied in pairs,
And made to prance and caper;
What swords are whitfield out of sticks!
What brave hats made of paper!
The dinner-belI peaIs loud and well,
To tell the miIkman's coming
And then the rush of ''steam-car trains
Sets all our ears a-humming.
How oft I say, "What shall do
To keep these children quiet ?V
If could find good receipt,
I certainly should try it.
But what to do with these wild boys.
And all their din and clatter.
Is really quite a grave affair
No laughing, trifilng matter.
" Boys will be boys''-6ut not for long;
All could we bear about US
This thOught-hOw very soon our boys
viii learn to do without US!
How soon but tall and deep-voiced men
VIII gravely call US I" Mother;''-
Or we be stretching empty hands
From this world to the other.
More gently we should chide the noise,
And when night quells the racket,
Stitch in but loving thoughts and prayers
While mending pants and jacket
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
VOLUME VIII.
LVSPLRATTON.

Deem ye that only in the ages oIden
Was inspiration given?
The chain which binds us to the sphere
above Us,
By Time shall ne'er be rive1.
And through its golden links though all
unsp jken,
Come thoughts and words divine:
The sacred fire from heaven still burneth
On many an earthly shrine.
Still to the inmost heart, by intuition,
Come breathing from afar:
Still are we led, as by our spirit vision.
By Truth, our guiding star
And when we wander through the realms
ofdreamland,
Are not dim warnings sent;
Faint glimpses of the unreveaIed future
With past remembrance blent?
Whence comes the eIoquence which so en-
chains us,
And bends to its control
The deepest, hoIiest feelings of our ma ures,
Which sways the very soul?
The strains of music, which will charm US
ever
From youth to hoary age;
The gems of thoI sh which poesy ha tn
scattered
On every glowing page?
And o, by childhood, such rare thoughts
are uttered,
Such prophecies divine,
They seem to stand midway 'twixt earth
and heaven,
And on them seems to shine.
Some rays of glory from its open portal;
And, guarding them with love,
We gain some gleamings of the life immor-
tai,
Pure wisdom from above,
Man is but little lower than the angels,
If true to its high trust,
And still, if he but heed them, glad evan
gels
Shall raise him from the dust
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
The Difference.

One who knows, says that German
women prefer the man who is agree
able, and keeps his word strictly.
French women choose a man with
open brow and smiling counten-
ance. The Russian females prefer
a countryman of their own who
looks upon Western nations as bar
barians The Danish remain close
ly at home, and desire to hear moth
ing Of travel abroad. The Spanish
woman selects q man capable of
avenging his honor and her own.
The Hollanders one who is peace
able in his ways, and desires never
to hear of strife and war. And the
American ladies marry the earliest
good offer they get, taking the first
man that will take them, caring
nothing for his rank or social posi-
ton, and still less whether he be
halt, lame, deaf and dumb, or blind
-jfhe has but plenty Of money. How
fortunate for us that we live in such
a country!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
HUMOROUS.

The only thing that can live in
fire is a live coal
The difference between fixed stars
and shooting stars. The one are
suns, the others darterS.
If SPEECH is silver, and if silence
is gold, how much is a deaf and dumb
man worth ?
Ira TOPPER and a quart of whisky
were left together, which would be
drunk first?
"BoBBY, why don't your mother
sew up your trowsers ?" cause she's
at the vestry meeting for the hea-
thens."
A CAREFUL observer has noticed
that young ladies with new solitaire
rings never require much urging to
play the piano.
IT IS estimated that ye pedagogue
will administer not less than 1900
whacks during the current term OF
the public schools:
For as tits meet to bathe ye feet
Ye ailing head to meude,
Ye yOnker's pate to stimulate
ne DGht5 g0 OLLlSl C4AC'
A DRUNKARD, on being'told that the
world is round and turns on its axis
all the time, said: 81 believe that,
for I have never been able to stand
on the darned thing"
The Worcester Gazette says ga
correspondent who smells better
than he spells, intimates that the
result of the scrap;ng of Main-st.
this afternoon was 'offal.
A VETERAN observer says: 81
never place much reliance on a man
who is always telling what he would
have done had he been there.
have noticed that somehow this
kind of people never get there"
FASHIONABLE patroness to charity
girl, who has been away for a holi-
day-"WeJl, Betsy Jane, and what
did you do when you went to see
your friends?" Betsy Jane-"Please,
N m, wore a panier. Punch.
An exchange says: "This is the
fifth trout caught this year from the
same hole the total weight Of
which is six pounds" "GOod, ="
says the Ottawa Citizen, "nOw we
know what a hole weighs" >"
A NEW England advertiser wants
a woman who fears the Lord and
weighs 200 pounds, and the editor
of the PAPER remarks that "tbe eX-
perience of most men IS that the
woman who weighs 200 pounds
rarely fears the Lord or any body
else"
a CRAZY man having got into the
gallery of the Senate of the United
States during a rambling debate.
was taken out, the sergeant-at-arms
telling him that he was "out of
place in that gallery"
That's so" said the lunatic, 'I
ought to be on the floor with the
senators"
THERE was pun of Sidney Smiths g
that Charles Lever never tired of
telling. Mrs. Grote, the wife of the
distinguished historian, appeared
once at a soiree with a queer sort
of turban on her accomplished
head. Look at that" said Sidney !;
that's the origin of the word -grotes-
que"
A LITTLE boys grief upon being
refused permission to attend a
neighboring circus, was IN part as
suaged by the assurance from his
mother that if he would dry his
tears he might go up the street in
the evening and see his father have
q tooth extracted.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18
Wonderful Surgical Operation.

One of the most remarkable cures
on record has been nearly effected
upon the person of Miss Hattie
Thomas Of Waterbury, Conn, who
was seal ped in button manufactory
over year ago, from the nape of
her neck to her eye balls, so that the
skull was laid bare. Death was ex-
pected, and almost hoped for, as the
only relief that could come TO her,
but the doctor noticing that she
rallied from the first prostrating
effects of the accident, determined
to experiment with the French pro-
cess of ''skin grating" and after
the head had been brought into a
healthy state of suppuration, he
made the first attempt, taking the
seed Skin" from the patients arm.
The result was admirable, but ex-
haustion was in1uced by the new
wounds, and supply of skin had to
be taken from other sources. The
nurse of Miss Thomas kindly vol
unteered the doctor, delighted
with success, applied the knife to
his own arms, and many young lady
friends came forward ard sacrificed
portions of their own bodies for the
salvation of their suffering sister.
Over one hundred separate pieces
made up the new scalp, and Miss
Thomas has souvenirs of her friends
much better than bedquilt blocks,
or even locks of hair.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18

A NAN a hundred years old went to
have a pair of shoes made. The
shopkeeper suggested that he might
not live TO wear them out, when the
old man retorted that he com
menced this one hundred years a
great deal stronger than he did the
last one.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18

AHNoUNCEMENTs.-Ann the name Of
person for County Office, S5 State Office $40,
Federal office SIS. Invariably in advance.
~ The above Terms and Rates will ks
trictly adhered to.
E1Sg RELIGIOUS, Marriage, Birth and Death
Notices solicited, and will be willingly ipser-
cd FREE OF CHARGE. Obituaries viii Be charged
advertising Tates.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18

Or THE many Poles immigrating
to this country, it is remarked that
a very large percentage are journey
men tailors. This IS doubtless
owing to the mutual attractions be-
tween the needle and the Pole.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18

A CITY fop who was taking an air
ing IN the country, tried to amuse
himself by quizzing an old farmer
about his bald head, who solemnly
remarked, "Young man, when my
head gets as soft as yours, I can
raise hair to SELL"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-10-18

SPEAKING of theoretical farming,
Josh Billings says that he once knew
a man who wouldn't even set a gate
post without having the ground
analysed to see if it possessed the
proper ingredients for post-holes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-12-12

Ar the village OF Sperenburg. about
twenty miles from Berlin we'll has
been sunk to the depth Of 4, ls4 feet.
A shaft was sunk in this locality. be-
cause the known existence Of gypsum
there led the explorers to infer that
they might possibly find a mine OF
rock salt. At the depth Of $50 feet.
they. did reach the SALT and contlnu-
ing on they did pass through the salt
deposit, 1907, without having reached
the bottom Of ir. The boring would
have been continued to ascertain what
deposits lay under the salt, but the
mechanical difficulties were too great.
The greater part OF the boring was
done By. steam. - --s-rr ~rsar