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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
Transporting Stock.

The Turf, Field and Farm says Our
manner of transporting live animals is
so fiendish as to call for prompt reform ;
and without the real facts are presented
for the consideration of the people, there
will be no change for the better. In the
year 1872, there arrived at the seven ci-
ties, Washington, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, New York, Albany, Providence,
and Boston, 1,OOO,324 cattle, 1882, 149
sheep, and 8, 465, 446 hogs. Estimating
the average weight of cattle Mt 1000
pounds, and the loss incurred by death
in starving, smothering in process of
transportation, at 10 per cent, we have
a clear sacrifice of 100, OBS, $50 pounds of
beef. Placing the shrinkage on hogs
and sheep at 10 pounds per head, we
find that the loss on 1882, 149 sheep
amounts to 43, $50, 235 pounds; and the
loss on 3,465, 446 hogs is 81, 981, 500
pounds. Aside from this, we must bear
in mind that very large per cent. of the
cattle, hogs and sheep slaughtered are
absolutely unfit to go into the human
stomach. The tricks and inhumanity of
the drovers and dealers cause a great
waste, and add vastly to the cost of
meats. 1t is full time that the consumer
was made acquainted with the facts. in
order that the cry for reform may be
heard from one end of the land to the
other
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
Growing Old.

That period in the life of a popular
actress in which she begins to grow old,
Is always an interesting, albeit painful
one to those who feel deep and genuine
concern for her. There are some such in
ali publics. Everywhere you viii find
few deep-natured, wide-hearted peo-
pie who form something like a personal
affection for the particular actress who
has charmed them for many years, and
who observe the coming of the first
wrinkle with a generous pain. They
march sympatheticalIy to the theatre
every time she appears in a new piece.
| They applaud louder than ever before,
and weep more intensely over the pa
thetic passages. With an amiable pen
siveness they recall the time when their
idol first appeared before them, radiant
/ in youthful beauty and with a reputa-
ton still to make. They remember her
brilliant complexion, which, except for
/ fOOtlight purposes, the cosmetics of the
stage hid rather than enhanced They
dwell on her dazzling eyes. and the
magnificent and elegant sweep of her
proud arms, and that favorite, superb
pose on which the curtain descended
amid thunders of applause. They tell
their children pathetically, that they
need never expect to see the like. Nature
is not rich enough to send out two such
prodigies In two successive generations.
Yes; there is a sort of pathos in watch
ing ones favorite actress grow old.
The crows feet are more nimble than
her own used to be, and every season
she comes amongst us we sadly fancy we
detect q new one. The richness is dying
out of her once noble voice, as the Grim
son of leaf in late autumn, and wher
she attempts the tones of ecstacy o.
hate, it trickles off into a dissonan
falsetto. Or perhaps it is acomedienne
who is growing gray in our service. Sh
madly clings to such roles as Juliana
and on benefit night selects Rosalind
! Amid our admiration for the art that re
: mains and our regret for the glory tina
: is passed, we find ourselves asking
o "Why don't she retire" unaware tina
: the harvest is passed, and she has nc
saved. If any friend is so courageou
6 as to expostulate with her on the exces
sive juvenility of her favorite roles, sh
q reminds him that that wondered septU
agenarian, Dejazet, acted very recent
q the part of a youth of sixteen. It
p plain that orr idol thinks she is goo
It for few years longer. Who is brav
h enough to tell aOnce beau, iful and pOpI
, lar, but now veteran actress who hf
% ceased to draw, that she is too old fo
70 the, profession, and if she has not I'll
. means to lead life of leisure, that tt
% only thing for her to do is to give lie
,, sons in eIocution? Alas if an actress
good sense don't give her this inform
n ton, will any outside expostulation al
% swer? Everybody remembers MADAM
u Celeste's repeated farewells. Doub
20 less it wrung her heart to say the vel
! last, but it was the only wise thing
70 do, and, so far as appreciation of her
g this country is concerned, perhaps
- would have been wiser for her to do
Standardization.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
" Beasts " In America,

The early accounts of English trave-
lers in America must have been some
what unreliable, if we may Judge from
MIR. William Woods New England's
Prospect" published in London, 1854,
when our Puritan settlement was four
teen years old. Mr.. Wood says, in one
place: Having related unto you the
pleasant situation of the country, the
healthfulness of the climate, the nature
of the sole, with his vegetatives and
other commodities, it will not be amisse
to inform you of such 1rrationall crea-
lures as are daily bred and continually
nourished in this country. which doe
much conduce to the well-being of the
inhabitants, afording not only meate
for the belly, but clothing for the baeke.
The beasts be as followeth:
The kingly Lyon, and the strong arm'd Beare.
The larged lind Moses, with the tripping Deare,
Quill darting porcupines, and Rackcoones bee,
oastened in tho hollow Of an aged tree, >" etc.
Quite an homogeneous cummunity,
certainly, to dwell together in a hollow
tree but the author evidently desires
to be very carefully exact in his state
ments, for, after his peotical effusion,
he goes on Concerning Lyons, will
not say that ever saw any myself, but
some afirme that they have seen a Lyon
at Cape Anne, which is not above six
leagues from Boston; some likewise,
being lost in woods, have heard such q
terrible roarings as have made them
much agast, which must eyther be
DEVILS or Lyons, there being no other
creatures which used to rOare, saving
bears, which have not such terrible
kind of roaring" Then the author goes
on to show that even if it could be
questioned that Lyons were to be
found near Boston, there is no doubt
whatever that they are plenty enough
In Virginia, for " the Virginians, saw an
old Lyon in their plantation, who, hav.
ing lost his Iackall, which was wont tc
hunt his prey, was brought so poort
that he could go no further" The be
lief that lions kept jackals to hun
their prey was at one time universal
and is said to be still believed by tn,
people in lion regions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
FAITH. HOPE. CHARITY.

You wonder why, DER LIES rough sea,
Ny fran bark doth so gayly glide;
have three Angels by my side,
Three Angels sail with me.
The first, she bids my soul be strong;
She points me to q cross-scsrred form;
hear nor heed LIES widest storm
While listening to her song;
She bids me, when the waters roll
Heaven-high, to look aloft to Him
Before whose brightness stars are dim,
And trust to Him my soul.
The next, an anchor in her hand,
When the heart faints amid the strife,
And the black waves yawn for my life,
Talks of the Summer-land;
I see the glad port just ahead
wake as from pleasant dream;
Beyond the whirl Of waves I seem
To clasp my kindred dead.
The third, the loveliest of the three,
While shipwrecked barks float to and fro
Bids me with open hand to throw
My bread upon the sea
And then to hear sweet words Of love,
To see the grateful tear-drops flow
o this to me is heaven below,
And will be heaven above.
And this is why, mid gloom and glee,
My life-bark doth gayly glide;-
God keep these Angels by my side,
Till have crossed the sea!
Overland MONTHLY.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12

With the same rate of increase in the
next ten years as in the past, there will
be more periodicals printed in the
United States alone, than in all the rest
of the world combined In 1871 the
post-ofice department of the United
States delivered 80, $40, 553 newspapers.
Yet the post-ofice department performs
but small part of the service of news
paper delivery.
In the light of these facts, and of our
wonderful progress in all these matters
to report, to record, to stimulate, to
advise, to make the knowledge of the
day, the hour-who shall say what the
press of one hundred, even of fifty
years from now, shall be?-New8papey
ReDOrker-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
How John Paul Would Keep a Hotel.

But there is some extravaganza at
Saratoga which I do condemn, and that
is in the housekeeping of these hotels.
The table expenses I would cut down
materially. Instead of the present null
tifarious bill of fare, meandering through
which, in the attempt to find what one
wants, one gets hopelessly lost, would
just give a good soup or two, some
seasonable fish (salt cod is always in
season. a joint or so, bit of game,
when game is cheap, and standard
dessert for those given to fiummeries-
I never waste my sweetness on the des-
sert air. Everything should be ex-
quisitely cooked, served smoking hot,
except the ice-cream, and from day to
day the bills should be varied. Under
the present system the poIyphagous
parsonage surrounds himself with dishes
up to the chin, some of which he smells,
few of which he tastes, but the ma
jority of which he sends away simply
mussed and spoiled, for man can't eat
everything on the bill. The same man
and his wife would order very different
ly where they serve things a la carte A;
if the traditional idea of one plate of
ice-cream with two spoons were not
really carried out, an approach to it
would be made by ordering one por-
| ton" of each course and making it do
/ for both. Men of moderate stomachs
and requirements are put to immense
and unfair expense by thisIavish regime;
some one has to pay for it all, of course.
It might correct the evil somewhat to
have the bill of fare graded off in inches
| charging so much for eating down
Then one would have to pay only fol
each inch one eat. And depend ont, {
good many wouldn't travel so far or 81
fast as they do at present.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12

WOAIEN'S RIGHTS. of the I'M
doubted rights of a married woman is to be
protected by her husband from the chances of
future dependence, or the possible restitution
fore he has had time to make sufficient provi-
sion for her future support and that of the
children he may leave behindhim One of the
most certain means of making this provision
is by means of policy of life insurance, as a
small annual payment viii secure 8 large
amount at his death to the family of the in
sured. One of the safest of these companies
is the Penn mutual life insurance company of
Philadelphia, through which life policies may
be obtained or agencies secured by application
to the home Office, or to Jas. W. Ireden, Jr
superintendent of agencies 70 West Third
street, Cincinnati Ohio.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
FAMILY LINEmENT

Is the best remedy in the world for the following
complaints, viz: Cramps in the limbs and stOm-
seh, pain in the stomach. bowels or side, rheuma-
tam IN all its forms. bilious collie, neuralgia
cholera, dosentery colds hesh wounds. burns, sozS
tAroat. spinal complaints, sPrains and bruises
chIlIs and fever. For Internal and external uss
It's operation e not only 70 reiisve the patient
bat entirely removes the cause Of the complaint
2 penstFaiea and peFvsdss The whole system, Re
tsFng healthy action all its parts, and quicken
ing she blood.
The Household PanaceR IS purely Veg
etabie and all healing.
Prepared by
CURTIS g. BROWN,
No. 2I5 Fulton street, New York.
For sale by all druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
THIRTY YEARS, EXPERIENCE
OE an OLD NURSE.

prescription OF one OF the best female physi-
clans and nurses In the UniIed States, and has
bean used for thirty years with never falling safety
and success by millions Of mothers and children,
nom the feeble infant Of one week old 70 the adult
u corCects scidIty OF the stomach, relieves wind
e0lic regulates the bowels and gives rest, health
Snd comfort to mother and child We believe Il to
% the best and surest remedy in the world IN all
cases OF DYSENTERY and DIARRH0A IN
CHILDREN, whether II ARISES from teethi2g or
from any other cause Full directions for using
all accompany each bottle. None genuine unless
De fac-simile OF CURTIS & PERKINS Is on the
&1sids wrapper.
Sold by all medtcil.5 dealers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
Newspapers and Periodicals in the
World.
The Estimate In 1870.

As compared with other nations,
America is far ahead in the extent of
her journalism. In 1850 there were
printed in the United States 427, 900, 900
copies of newspapers. In Great Britain
in the year 1851, there were 81, 900, 900
copies, or less that the United States
printed in the year 1886.
In a tabular statement, we find the
periodicals printed in the world given
as follows
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
The National life insurance con

The National life insurance company
of the y. S. A, charges three-fourths
the usual rates for their insurance, and as
no other company in the world does,
guarantees their sufficiency by q capital
of one million dollars, paid by its stock
holders. It wants agents everywhere
E. A. Rollins, president, Jay Cooke,
chairman finance committee, PhiIadeI-
phia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
e Ii AND WHIT K
Kirkland & Blanchard,

Manufactures and dealers in
MISS YOUTHS ASD BOYS FTSE cLoT HING
are nov replenishing with the finest and cheapest
stock Of FA LII a ND WINTER goods ever in this
market. We manufacture our goods TO suit our
trade especially We guarantee perfect ~. and
with our stock TO select from YOU cannot fau 70 be
suited We keep large supply OF working men g
clothes at prices that would seem unrchsOuably
cheap Visitors to the exposition will find our
house convenient a distance Of only two squares.
No trouble 10 show goods klhILAND q
BLANCHA RID, northeast corner Fourth and JEFF
fersOn streets, Louisville, KY.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12

For loss of appetite, dyspepsia, indigestion,
depression of spirits and general debility,
in their various forms, FERRO-PHosPORATED
ELIXIR of CALIsAYA, made by CAsWELL, HAz-
ARD & Co., New York, aud sold by all druggists,
is tho best tonic As a stimulAnt tonic for pa
tents recovering from fever or other sickness,
it has no equal. II taken during the season it
prevents fever and ague and other inteTmit-
tant feYera. Com.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12

ONE would think that the larger the
company is in which we are engaged, the
greater variety of thoughts and subjects
would be started into discourse but
instead of this, we find that converse
ton never is so much straitened and
confined as in numerous assemblies.
Addison,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
FEVER AND AGUE

Prevails, there is no remedy held in greater es-
teen.
- Directions accompany each bottle.
Price, S5e., soc, and Sl.OO per bottle.
sold by all medicine dealers generally.
For sale by all Nash yi.ir. Memphis. I51.zyi.Ia
aud other southern druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12

4 GENTLEMAN in the eastern part of
the state, who was about having his leg ampu-
tated on account of its being bent at right an
giles and stiff at the knee, heard of Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment. After using it a short
time his leg became straight, and is now as
seryiceab le a. the other.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12

If YOU feel dull, drowsy, debilitated,
have frequent hesdache, mouth tastes badly,
poor appeti and tongue coated, YOU are suf-
fering from torpid liver OF i" biliOusness," and
nently as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
cOvery. 656
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12

WE see that PRoCTHR & GAMBL.R's
Extra OLIVE Soar is becoming very
popular in our city, its quality we know
is superior, and being nicely perfumed
we are not surprised that consumers
prefer it, and that it has large sale.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
PEERLESS
CLOTHES
FRANK MnIER's harness oil is the best.
Natures AppeaIs for Help.

Every indication Of debility and exhaustion is a
mute appeal of nature for medicinal aid to arrest
the progress of decay. How these silent aP
peaIs OF physical weakness TO the resources Of the
healing art usually met ? Too often, unfortunate
", the drugs prescribed aggravate the symptoms.
whoever recommends drastic purgauves, or min
eraI saIvants, or poisonous aIkaloids, under such
circumstances, is an ally of the aimsnt and
my Of the patient. Whoever, on the contrary, adj
vises the broken down and responding sufferer 70
resort 70 that peerless vegetable invigorant, Hostel
ters stomach Bitters, for aid and comfort is true
pbiIanthropist It is safe to say that there never
was an instance in which such advice was given
and accep-e ed without the happiest results From
the very depth OF weak mess and dependency thou
sands have been restored 10 vlgOr. health and
cheerfulness by the renOyating operation OF this
wholesome stimulant and Alternative All its me
tive properties, and in cimbinatiOn form an abSo-
lutte specihc for indigestion. liver complaint nef
yous affections, rheumatism, intermittent ana re-
ruitteut fevers, general and local weakness, ADO
every species of disorder incident 20 change o. -
son climate 7 he sttmulatIye element OF -
invaluable protective and restorative IS not AZ III
pure excitant but the thoroughly rectined essen -
Of souHd rye, admitted by all good CHECKLISTS ~ S
the heaIthful OF eLhllirGniS-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12

of late, " How do you keep your korse8 look
ing so sleek and glossy :" We tell them it's
the easiest thing in the world give Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders two or three times
q week.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12

The difference between the Elmwood
and Warwick collars is in the width. They are
both made of superior stock, with all the
edges folded. The Warwick is peculiarly
adapted to low cut shirts Com.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
Fresh Eggs. Fresh Fish, Fresh Butter.


These three articles are only good
when they are as described, fresh. Then
they are royalty good, Yet seldom is
it that they are so obtained. An egg is
not fresh when it is two or three days
old. Kept but a day in hot weather,
and there is a difference already incu-
baton has commenced. An egg should
be eaten the day it is laid. It is much the
same with butter A fish a few hours in
the sun is seriously hurt. An egg may be
impaired by bad food, by filthy air or
water. The different kinds of food have
an influence. Corn, with some other
clean food, will give good flavor, will
impart that peculiar sweetness which so
distinguishes a good egg from an ordi-
nary or poor one. Tainted food in all
cases should be avoided This is our
experience, independent of what the
books say. A fresh egg, perfect in fla
vor and quality, cooked with butter
equally good, is a tit-bit, is a rarity.
Hence each family, if possible, should
maven lew uellb 10 ensure GIAl5 O4Su AOI tllS
table. It is not enough, though favor,
to have access to a hennery which fur.
nishes eggs for the market. They are
seldom all good or of the first quality.
Each family should furnish its own eggs,
as it can be made all the more profitable
where but a few hens are kept From
half dozen to a dozen will generally
do this, and it will do it winter and
summer if rightly managed.-Cou'otT3
GeOTge7glU71
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
sCHENOK's MANDRAKE PILLS.

These Pills are composed exclusively OF vegcta-
BILE ingredients, and although they entirely super
sede the use of mercury, do not leave any of its
Injurious effects. They act directly uDOn Ihe liver
and are valuable remedy in all cases Of derauge
ment resulting from q disoTdeTed OF that or
gan. Liver Complaint. bilious disorders. indizss-
uoH, sick headache, typhoid and other feveTs, etc
all suCcumb to the free Use OF SCH ERyCE- = NAN
DRAKE Pills.
For sale ny all druggists aud dealers
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-12
seIf-EvIdent AbsurdIty.

Ia all transactions of life
{ ~ the exercise of common
| EH%@4S- sense IS always attended
| MZ[S with good results. That
| XIX + man, who, in undertaking
kTEA the accomplishment Of
} any object in life is
es=Sf7ess g guided by this natural
attribute of our being, hardly ever falls OF
attaining success This fact being so well esjab-
ISbed how pv jeTltly absurd IL is should
often so thoroughly neglect it in medical practice
when the question OF health and even life IS at
stake the greatest of all that We possess often in
cases of bilious attacks, indigestion and cOustpa
tion when the patient requires all his strength TO
combat the disease. we find him dOSed with strong
purgstives or emetics. facilitating and rendering
teaches Us that tht system beng out of order all
that is required is tonic whose reLOyatlug proper
ties will assist nature in throwing of disease and
the experience OF thousands has established the
fact that Smiths Old Style BitteTs is the most
efiicaciOuS, and at the time the NEST palata-
bic preparation of this character be fOund in the
entire scope of medical knowledge 1t not only
renovates the system with its anti-bliOuS and apa
Tient Qualities, but purifeS the blood cleansing IL
fron all DoisOns. returning the patient to health
with all the organs of his being rendered stronger
and better qualified for their functions How much
more sensible then, wei as pleasant, TO use his
great invgOrating tonic than the sickeninR pOtlOns
and pills of common practice. Sold by the best
druggists. address, UNION MEDICINE CO., 5
and North Second street. st. Louis. Mo.