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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23
Napoleon and Josephine.

It was 1900 when Napoleon took
the step which always seemed to
me the beginning of his downward
career. He himself read aloud the
decree of his separation from the
Empress, and though his voice
seemed strange and unnatural and
he faltered once or twice, he read to
the end. before the silent assem-
semblage, then entered his carriage
and drove to Trianon, while jose
phine returned to Malmaiso
which had been neglected during
the years of her reign by the
Emperor's side.
She murmured no more, though
she had pleaded with him long and
earnestly before the final step had
been taken by Napoleon. She
pleaded not to be cast off; it was an
Ill omen for him, she said. that he
should take the crown from her
head; his good genius would leave
him, she warned him, if he Danish
ed her from his side. But all was
in vain-and Josephine had spoken
truth. He Was losing the crown
from his own head when he took it
from hers; and his good angel,
who had averted his face when Jo-
sephine knelt helplessly before him,
never smiled on Napoleon again,
but departed from his side, slowly
and sorrowfully-weeping that
earthly grandeur and perishable
greatness should so dazzle the chill
dren of men with their glitter and
POmp.
Back she went, broken hearted.
to the scene offormer joys-walkine
slowly over the lawns his feet had
trodden-resting Wearily undel the
trees in the park where the statues
seemed to gaze on her with sorrow.
full brow, and the deer came olool
into her face with pitying eyes
Once only she left Malmaison
Perhaps the spacious halls seemed
too NARROW to hold such grief a
hers; but she returned from sum,
southern countries, to find peace a
last In the evil House" Napole
on never ceased to pay every tribut'
of respect to her. It was to her tn
first news Of the birth Of bis sol
was sent; and she rejoiced wit
him, as she rejoieed In ali good for
tune that came to him. Often h
sought the shade of the willow an'
| cypress st Malmaison, feeling, per
haps, with unerripg instinct, tina
his good genius" still hngere'
there Overland Monthly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23
True Heroism.
A victory Gained over PassEsnl

/ n ~
The following anecdote, extracted
from unpublished memoirs of q
French nobleman, may, it is hoped,
serve as an example, well worthy of
being initiated by all who desire to
be thought truly brave and cour-
ageous. It records an instance of
a victory gained by a man over his
own passiOns-victory more glori-
Gus, more honorable than any that
has ever been purchased with fire
and sword, with devastation and
bloodshed.
Two noblemen, the Marquis de
Valaise and the Count de Meric,
were educated under the same mas
ters, and were regarded by all who
knew them as patterns of friend
ship, honor, and sensibility. Years
succeeded years, and no quarrel had
disgraced their attachment, when
one unfortunate evening the two
friends, having INDUCED freely in
some excellent Burgundy, repaired
to neighboring hotel and engaged
in a game of backgammon. For
tame declared herself In favor of the
Marquis; he won every game, and
in the thoughtless glee of the mo-
ment he laughed with exultatiOn at
his unusual good luck. The Count
lost his temper. and once or twice
upbraided the Marquis for enjoying
the pain which he had excited in
the bosom of his friend. At last,
upon another fortunate throw
made by the Marquis, by which he
gammoned his antagonist, the in
furiated Count threw the box and
dice in the face of his brother sol
dier.
Every gentleman present was in
amazement, and waited, almost
breathless, for the moment when
the Marquis would sheath his sword
in the bosom of the now repentant
Count. Gentlemen" said the
Marquis, 81 am a Frenchman, a
soldier and a friend. I have re-
eeived blow from a Frenchman, a
soldier and a friend. I know and
acknowledge the laws of honor, and
will obey them. Every man who
sees me wonders why I am tardy in
visiting with vengence the author of
my disgrace. But, gentleman, the
heart of that man Is entwined with
my own; our education was the
same our principles are alike, and
our friendship dates from our ear
iest years. But, Frenchmen, I
will obey the laws of honor and of
France. I will stab him to the
heart"
Upon this he threw his arms
around his unhappw friend and
said: ''My dear de Meric, I forgive
you, if you will forgive me for the
| irritation I have occasioned in a
sensitive mind by the levity of my
own. And now, gentlemen, added
the Marquis, Though have inter
preted the laws of honor in my own
way, if there remains in this room
one Frenchman who dares TO doubt
my resolution to resent even an i'm
proper smile at me, my sword is by
my side to punish an afront, but
not to murder a friend for whom I
would die, and who sits there a
monument of contrition and BRAY
cry, ready with me to challenge the
rest of the room to deadly combat if
any man dares to think amiss of this
transaction"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23
WIT AND HUMOK.

Does it hurt a joke to crack it7
A tight ft-The dslirium tre-
mems.
The worst thing out-out of
temper.
A question of time-asking a
lady's age.
Preferred creditors - those who
don't dun.
What can q man have in his
pocket when it is emptyP A big
hole.
The Chicago Post wants to know
If the governor has had the State
arms Vaccinated.
What nose is more brilliant than
q toper's nose ? Why, volcanoes, to
be sure.
g. The climate on Mount Washing
ton in the winter is the cause why
so few climb it.
Young folks grow most when in
love. It increases their signs most
wonderfully.
The quickest way for a man to
forget all common miseries Is to
wear tight boots.
The Superintendent of the In
migratory Department is the last
name for barkeeper.
Jim Nye, Senator from Nevada,
SAYS "The hardest thing to deal
with is an old pack of cards"
If three feet will make a yard,
how many hands need you employ
to make a wash-house in it
How easy to beggar q shoemaker.
Purloin one of his instruments, and
you take away his awL
An. exchange alludes to the
family 5of MIR. Mapp, and wants
to know if SO many Mapps doesn't
constitute an atlas.
Appletons' Journal explains chow
obtain the gift to give US that power
to see ourselves as others see us
Run for Office"
Alexis is said to be " "six-feet two. "
We thought he was rather long in
coming over, but never supposed
he was as long as that.
At a Wedding, in Rochester, re-
centiyE9a nice lowered cake was
most horribly mutilated by an old
gentleman who mistock it for dish
of mashed potatoes, aud thrust a
spoon into it with the remark, L
will next carve the potatoes.
The following is fashionable
way to play observation-disclosures OF
cards IN Texas. The first holds the
cards, the second a revolver, and the
coroner the inquest.
"Is this seat unoccupied asked
a gentleman of an elderly lady IN
the cars, "I don't know" said she
hastily, running her hands over the
eurface. "It feels mostly like plush,
but YOU can't always tell
Now is the time to rally to the
festive do Ration party. A donation
is a festive @, thering. where . poor
clergvman's flock overwhelm him
with bead watch laockets, ana eA'
up about $I12 wort.' OF hls winter
provisions.
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myself Of the idea that there was 8
latent expression of consciousness
about the face. I saw it through the
CONCEALED blood upon Lis temple
even after I had touched his brow
with my fingers, and found it colder
than the marble slab upon the table
close at hand. No wonder they
should tell me I was white aud sick
Men have been as pale with tar less
cause.
They sent me home with a young
fellow named Compton. He aud I,
and some Others, were to sit up the
next night. I had not slept one wink
when the day dawned again; but I
was glad to walk about beneath the
light of the sun, and be able to talk
of that fearful accident with my
fellOW-townsmen, though in so
strange and subdued voice. When
the evening came, I went back to
the widowed house again. The
horror of the thing seemed as fresh
upon them all as on the evening
before; and strong men sat in the
shadow of this great calamity, with
eyes on which the mist had gath
cred ever and anon, and taIked-if
at all-in hushed whispers to each
other.
It was the old-fashioned way, and
we were sitting in the room with the
corpse. 1t was considerably past
midnight when I took book from
the little table, on which a pot of
coffee had been placed, and began
to read. Soon after this three of
the men proposed a walk; but as
Charley Fleet and Compton were to
remain, I said nothing. I was still
reading, as wide awake and as free
from fear as 1 ever was in my life,
when the same shudder / have spo-
ken of twice before ran over me
from head to foot, and froze the
blood in my veins. The book
dropped from my hands. I looked
up and saw Fleet and Compton
both asleep IN their chairs. strove
to call them, but my tongue refused
to utter q sound. And again the
voice 1 had heard upon the portico
came TO me in low but distinct
tones Hurry to the dispensary
or it Will be too late; Mary is there.
My spirit can no longer strive with
her; it is departing from earth" l
turned my head, with fearful sort
of attraction, toward the body. The
sheet was turned down and the face
exposed to view. The ghastliness
of death was still there, but the face
looked at me.
"My God, Compton, look, look
at thati" He sprang to his feet in
an instant.
"How did it happen? Where are
they all? His wife must have been
here while we were DOING" /
knew that had never. been further
from sleep; but his voice re-assured
me, though he said he had heard
nothing, and 1 rose hastily.
"Quick to the dispensaryl" He
followed me in amazement to the
little room In the rear of the house
where Fenton Atwick had kept a
supply of medicines, which he often
distributed gratis to the hands of a
factory, five miles down the river.
hastily pushed the door open and
beheld Mrs. Atwick standing by a
desk.
As I sprang forward she fell, face
downward, on the floor. We lifted
her to a sofa, but she was dead.
A phial of prussic acid was open
| -, 4l1a 1osIy
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23
Was America Originally Coli al-e~
from Asia3

From the New York Journal Of COmmeree,
The advocates of the hypothesis
that this continent was peopled BY
emigrants from the shores of Asia,
by way of the Aleutian Islands and
Alaska, will find encouragement IN
the telegrapic report of the arrival
at San Francisco of Japanese sea-
men, whose junk was disabled on
their own coast, but who were car
ried by the ocean current $4,000
miles to the island of Idaho, OFF
the Alaska shore. One of the chief
obstacles to the reception of this
theory has heretofore been the adj
NIT ted fact the early period when
tba 9 ettleaent must have been
mad re arts of ship building and
-nav;ost;o,,s = were too little advanced
to fn1nisb he means of making the
ocean - AN ma, nassa. 9. A Japanese junk,
however. beiol. 'gs to the embryonic
stare. and such a vessel dlsSoleo
bv sb;nwracl ca n hardly be sup
posed to have p ossessed s8lnhe
Qualities above the reach of the
most unintelligent snlp-Oullel'S' slll. 3
The length of the voyag , un0s. soon
circumstances, requiring cOnsle'ele'- - = :
BILE tonnage in order to sns
necessary provisions, has .s Sls5o PEE, PseL
an element of objection. Bo No 1nsss
shipwrecked Japanese wer, An, =,
months in making the transit, =
the mercy of the winds and waves.
and though twenty-three out o.
twenty-six starved TO death, tbs
survivors exceeded the number
originally planted in the garden
of Eden and, provided that one Of
the three was woman, and another
priest. the continent being found
unoecupied, we do not see extreme
difficulty in supposing that they
might have increased and multipli-
ed overfowed upon the main land,
and finally found their way south
ward into Mexico, Central America
and South America, IS the ances-
tors of the Azteos and the Incas are
coniectured to have done. The
conjecture has, at any rate, receiyed
indlsputable assist ance from the IN
cident.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

BLANKET FOR HoRsE.-At this
season of the year, when we have
many ycoId, windy days, horses, when
left standing In our streets for any
length Of time, should have some
sort Of covering thrown over them
TO keep them warm and comfortable
and prevent them from becoming
chilled. Careful drivers viii always
do this, and In passing through our
streets it is very gratifying to notice
30 many horses kindly cared for in
this respect, indicating the pleasant
sympathy and interest of the owner
in the welfare Of his beast. There
are those, however, who possess 80
little sympathy and care for their
animals that they never think Of
protecting them against cold, even
when sEeaty from hard driving OF
oTsrWerk. Sash people ought never
to have the ekArge Of q horse; but
as this eaznot always be regulated,
they should be compelled in some
way 70 take proper care Of them.-
HaYsrhin Pabhshsr.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23
GOLDEN WORDS.

Infdelity, like death, admits of no
degrees Madame de Girardin.
Worship your heroes from afar;
contact withers them.-[ Madame
Necker.
Manners are like the happy ways
of doing things Emerson.
Every one is as God made him,
and sometimes a great deal worse.
-ISaneho Panza.
The mora a man denies himself
the more he shall obtain from God.
Il Horace.
Learning hath gained most by
those books by which the printers
have lost.-[Thomas Fuller.
No sooner is a temple built TO
God, but the devil builds a chapel
hard by.-IGeorge Herberd.
He who would write heroic po-
ems, should make his whole life an
heroic posm.-[Milton.
It is higher exhibition of Chris
tian manliness to be able to bear
trouble than to get rid of it
Beecher. -.-
We go to the grave of a friend,
saying, ga man is Dead" but an
gels throng about him, saying, "A
man is born"
I will listen to any ones oonvic-
tions, bat pray keep your doubts to
yourself I have plenty Of my OVID
l-[Goethe.
Quotation, sir, is 8 good thing
there is a community of mind In it
classical quotation is the parole q
! literary men all over the world
Samuel johnson.
n Sere are many shining qualities
in the !, lind of man, but there il
none moro useful than discretion
[ Addison.
Cast forth thy at, thy word, into
the everything, ever-WorkIng uni
verse; it is a seed grain thst can
not die.-[Carlyle.
The soul is cured of its malat1e'
by certain incantations; these in-
carnations are beautiful reasons
fromsWhich temperance is genera
ted in souls.-[ Socrates.
Temperance and labor are the
two best physicians of man; labol
sharpens the appetite, and temper
ance prevents him from indulgine
IN exeesa--ROusseau
If you would be well with a grea
mind, leave him with a favorabl,
opinion of you; ifwith little mind
leave him with favorable opinion
OF himself [Coleridge.
IF you wish success in life, max
perseverance your bosom friend
experience your wise counsellor
caution your elder brother, an'
hope your guardian genius.-[Ad
Olson.
/ Without literary history the his
! tory ofthe world seeD eth to be q
he statue of Polyphemus with hi
eve out; that part being wsntin
which doth most show the spir
T. nd life of the person. Lord BE
colI
a. I'D words, ike the golden eal
,;ngs n the Israelit,es, are Taiuabl
= fbams elves; but if Gpce erecte
into ! ooL Ten calf, to be worshlpe
anJ reiie5 upon, are damnEugi
pernicious.- ,o.sr1 fToplady.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23
WAITING.


She had gazed from the window long,
Down the dim and crowded stFeeti
She had listened with ear dOWn-bent,
To the tread Ofthe passing feet
She had watched the last hush die out
From the cold, gray, Wtntry sky,
And tbs first pale star looked sadly downs
She had greeted it with . sigh.
Like fash in the street below
The iamp-iighteF sped along;
And solemHly, faint and low,
Came the notes Of an old street song.
They were singing a weIl-known lay
She had often sang to him
Long ago, in the country homo,
And her eyes with tears grew dim
But she turned from the window away,
And glanced rSund the heme-like room
Tears. tears must not greet him. Oh toollsh
know that he soon will come"
And 50, wOman-like. with a half-breathed
She shuts out the dreary night.
Draws close the curtains and tends the hre'
Till the little room gloWs with light.
She Is kneeIing before the hearth,
Little wife with an .nxi0gs bscf faSs again
He is late-tims wears apace,
And the fro-ligbt CLEANS on the soft brown
And kisses the rounded cheek;
Deep thoughts are thronging the woman 9
That a woman lips fear to speak.
- love him, love him, /" she whispered low /;
he Is all the world to me;
Bat ahi husband mine, thou must never
How this frail heart worships thee.
"Yet I often think, when I'm waiting here.
Watching and waiting alone,
What if the world steal away his heart,
Which Is now my oWn-my OWnr
" For what am but Il simple girl.
With only nay love TO siTs3
And yet he tells me- am more dear
Than aught that this world can give.
- But when, Is tonight, he is lats-so late
Ny heart sinketh faint and low;
Bat al these fAnci0s, my best beloved,
Thou must never, al never, know.
Little she dreams ofthe IoVing eyes
That are watching her from the door,
And how deep down in her husbands heart
The love greWsth more and more;
Till. as he watches her kneeling there,
She seems, TO his fancy quaint,
Like the guardian GB gel Of his home;
A woman, and yet-a Ba1ntI
Saint and angel she Is to him,
Esnd, loving woman beside;
More fair and dear as the triAI-tri0d wife
Than the day she Was his bride.
what, Nellyi musing7'' A hand is laid
On the faiF aKd dOWR-bsnt brew,
And stands beside her the WatchOd-for enei
Ali where are her sad thoughts neWE
All vanished and fed ct the Weli-knoWn voice
At the clasp ct the fond embracei
And the fre-lisht falls on no fairer sight
Than the young Wife's happy taceI
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

The Tariff bill reported by the
Senate Finance Committee as a
substitute for the House bill, repeal
ing the duties on coal, iron and
salt, proposes to fix the duties on
salt in bulk. and on all rock salt or
mineral salt at nine cents per hun
dred pounds; on salt in bags, sacks,
barrels, or other packages at twelve
cents per hundred pounds; on all
bituminous coal, fifty cents per
ton of twenty-eight bushels, eighty
pounds to the bushel; on all iron
and steel, all manufactures of iron
and steel, of which either of such
metals is the component part of
chief value, excepting pig-iron and
steel rails, ninety per cent of the
present rates, the duty being a re-
duction of ten per cent. The bill
is to take effect July I, 1872.
It provides a duty of ten cents on
all kinds of teas, and two cents on
coffee of all kinds and substitutes
two cents per pound duty on hides,
leather, bone, ivory, etc, being a re-
duction of ten per cent. The free
list includes all medicines and
a long list of articles.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

No country C 'nsumes etatemen e9!
with such rapidity IS Austria; =, since since
March 13, 154s, the date OF hstIer- t
nieh's fall, one hund ed ana zen
ministers have resigned Voluns--LllJ
or by compulsion. OF tn Se' s"eE7 IN,
ty-have died and eighty-se ven 81 SSau
receive pension of $1,000. Inc Inc
annual expenses of the AutSSFiS'n
government for retired and disn- -Nss@
ed ministers is. therefore, $15s, ~
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

Wong Hang Soon, one of the
most prominent Cinnamon in San
Francisco, died lately, aged sixty
two. His funeral was conducted
according TO the ceremonial Of his
native country, and was the most
remarkable demonstration of the
sort ever seen In America. About
twenty Cinnamon, dressed in long
white probes, attended the hearse,
and among these were two or three
hired mourners, sustained by men
walking on either side. The
mourners carried joss sticks and
bent themselves toward the ground,
appearing not to walk, but to be
dragged along by the attendants
There were ffty-eight hacks and
other carriages in line, four bands
of music, and four or five express
wagons loaded with prOpitiatory
roast pigs, chickens, and ali sorts oi
complicated and uncertain edibies
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

The Toronto Globe, In an able
article on the lumber business OF
Canada, states the total value Of
the lumber and other kindred ex-
ports of the Dominion for 1870 to
Be $50, ,940, ,45A The Georgian
Bay manufactures 10000, 900 feet
OF lumber annually. The ship
ments to the United States for the
year ending September 30th last,
were liz, ,632, $40 teet from Toron-
to and Collingwood alone.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

There is but one door to come
into the world, q thousand to go
forth. Death has his choice OF
mays TO let oat life; and while We
are busily watching at one door, ne
cones IN &C aEsthsg.-lAdams.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

OF 10000 Scandin avians IN Min
nesota, $4,000 are Norwegians, TO-
600 Swedes and 10000 Danes
Nearly ell are Lutherans. G.a-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

Zsno asked the oracle how he
sheuld live, aad he WAS told to ea-
qUirs 81 the asAA.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

Davenport, Iowa, has voted for q
loan of $500, 600 to introduce water
works.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

Never put of till to morrow what
you did the week before last.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

ANNoUNcEHEsTs.-AnBo The name q
person for County Office, S.; Ststs Ofkce $lOj
Federal Office SIS. Invariably IN advance.
"a The above Terms and Rates will be
strictly adhered 70.
E-Relieioua, Marriage, Birth aud Death
Notices solicited, and will be willingly insert
cd FKRE OF cHARGK. Obituaries win be ehETged
at or advertising rates.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23
BOLIVAR BULLETIN,
PUBLIsHED EyE8x FRIDAY
3 Y M. r. p A RRlI SH.


Asssoo OA AANeEsAAAA8s
q inch, or 10 lines Of type, constitutes square,
One square, FIRST insertion. 81 "
Each subsequent insertion. 90
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-01-25
A Deserved Tribute.

The following letter from Robert T..
Lincoln, son of the late President
Lincoln, IL another deserved tribute to
the value Of the Babcock Fire Extin-
euisher:
F. w. FarweIl. Secretary Bsbcock
Extinguisher Company.
Ny Dear Sir My no use caught on
fire to-day in the partitions over and
aroundthe furnace. and when discover.
ed was burning IN several places on
each floor. threatening the destruction
Of the building Fort unately help
came IN the shape Of your Rabcock
Extingulshers, and although the fire
was very difficult to get at. was speedily
ubdued, with no damage. except the
necessary breskage Of walls between
three floors. Had the hre been put
out with the ordinary fire engines, my
building, furniture. library and paint
ings would have been flooded with
water. cansing damage 10 the extent
Of many thousand dollars. I am ex-
cerdipRly gratcfni for this generous
and timely use Of the machines, aud
feel owe to them the safety Of my
house mud furniture One Or the Ex-
tinguisheFe kindly left here ] desire to
purchase. Very Truly Yours.
ROREKT T. LINCLN.
Chicago, November Is, 1871.