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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07
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SERENITY.

Rejected on the lake, love
To see the stars Of evening glow
So tranquil in the heavens above,
So restles7 in the wave below.
Thus heavenly hope Is ell serene,
But earthly hope, how bright so e'er,
StiA huctuates DER this changing scene,
As false and feeting as 'tis fair.
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Attractive Homes.

A home that is fitted up with taste
will be the resort of a better class of
people, and more genuine enjoyment
will be shown in visiting 1t, than one
which has nothing but the costliness of
it's contents to recommend it. However
much astonishment and vague admira-
the one may excite at first, it will final
" become an eye-sore rather than at
traction, while the other will reveal a
new and beautiful feature ut every
place, and viii never lose its pleasing
power. A part from this, however, Is
the all-important, hard, practical fact
that there is an actual economy in good
taste. Thousands Of persons annually
buy gaudy and vulgar carpets that there
are not and cannot be objects of interest
when for much less money they might
in humber material, but of equally
substantially quality, purchase some
thing much better suited to the charac-
ter of their rooms and much more in
harmony with the surroundings. If a
room is arranged as q work Of art,
carpet is only an item In the general ell
feet. and it is a matter of no conse-
quence that it should excite remark
on its own account. What we want
when q stranger enters our Parior IS
that he shall be impressed with a GER
tain beauty, by certain completeness,
nv a certain richness Of effect, by GER
tian home feeling, as if the place were
the dwelling Of refined people, who
think enough Of their home to strive to
make it beautiful. It is not necessary
that he should remark whether our
CARPET is Brussels or ingram, whether
whether or wall paper cost 10 cents or 50
a piece, whether our furniture is of the
most costly wood, elaborate carved and
covered with the most expensive mate
rails, whether our curtains are Of the
finest lace or richest damask, but rather
that our combinations of cOlors are har-
monious, that our furniture is solid and
substantial, and in fact, that our room
has a coy, comfortable look which
gives some hint as to the character OF
It's owner, and which seems to extend
! large and liberal welcome.
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Selected Miscellany.
GECIIY,

''Oh, Il my love would come 80 me,
Would come to me and speak to me
OIt Of these zha lows dark aud drer,
AIy heart would 80 much lighter be,
Ny heart would so much lighter BE-"
Sang Ceeily, sai Cecily.
s'Ot, II my love would come to nae,
And say tie words he said to ms
Another day for love Of me,
The world would 50 much brighter b,
The world would so much brighter H.
Sang fair, deserted Geo..
''Oh, If my love would come to me,
And hold my hands and look at me,
The while he softly spoke to Ee,
Nv life would 50 much brighter be,
Ny life would so much brighter be-
Despairingly sang Ceciy.
But silent and away from me,
He has no word Of cheer for me,
For one dark day he doubted me,
And doubling me, grew hard TO me,
And doubling me, grew hard to me-
Half betterly sang Cecily.
But oh, if he would come to me,
just for q little while to me,
Before he left me, he should see,
That I was true as truth could be,
That I Was true as truth could be-"
Sang tenderly, sweet Cecily.
"Oh, if he would but come to me
For long enough to learn Of me,
This precious truth, and say to me
The word he said before to me,
Bsr love Of me, for love Of me"
Sang Ceeiiy, fair Cecily.
My way would so much brighter be,
My cross would 20 much lighter be,
And patiently I'd wait and see,
Whatever was in store for me,
Whatever was in store for me-"
Sang Uistfully, poor Cecily.
- But now through shadows dark and dret
he will not help me, who might be
A rock amid this surging sea,
A shield between the world and me,
A shield between the world and me-"
Sang tesrfully, Cecily.
" And all I ask to comfort me,
Il that he'll come once more to me,
And say the words he said to me
Another day, for love of me,
Another day, for love Of me-"
Sang pleadingly, sweet Cecily.
yet though these shadows dark and DIRE
Grow hard and darker yet to see,
I viii not doubt, as he doubts me,
B1t still believe he'll come to me,
But still believe he'll come to mel
With sudden cheer
Sang high and clear
This fond and faithful Cecily.
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from papa, and promised to call this
evening"
And three months afterward, when
Eugene Russell was married to Minnie
Akerly, he wore one of the very shirts
that had been washed and ironed by
the brides fair hands.
81 could not be half SO proud of it, 9
he said, if it were fashioned out OF
cloth Of gold"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07
The Rivals.

I was living at Squire Jones. He
had a gal and she was pretty you bet
used to think she was pretty enough
to eat, say L loved that girl would be
no description of my awful felings but
[ was awful bashful-I could not tell
her about it; and to make matters
worse, there was feller coming to see
Sally; and he came once a week just as
regular as the cows come up, and he'd
buck right ug to Sally and set mp half
the night.
I hated him, of course, and nobody
could blame me for It. I determined
to stop him or bust. I fell on plan.
and told SaIIys brother of it; his
name was Ike, he was pleased, and we
went TO work. They were scarce of
house room had front and back
room, which was used for a kitchen and
smoke house.
Me and Ike slept in the back room.
The floor was made of puncheoEs, and
Immediately under our bed, and also
under the floor, was the big soap-trough.
It had about ten bushels of soft soap in
it. 1 told her that I wanted to sleep
with her sweetheart that I night. She
said all right. He came dressed up in
his best. He had one Of those high
collared, lon 2, scissor-tailed coats, kew
copperas pants, awful tight, high bee
gum hat, and a square-yard red cotton
handkerchief ai o md his neck.
He soon co.nered Sally, and me and
Ike welt to bed but not to sleep. We
raised the floor over the soap-troueh,
took the boards off The bed, all only on
The fireiide, where I was to lie-iust
enough behind to hold mp a bed with
out a feller. Ike lay before the fire. on
pallet. lay on my plank holding
very still. I b.gan to think they would
st no all night, but finally about 1
o clock he came in. I snored violently
He hauled of his linen, and over he
crawled, and in he went, down into tho
soap-trough. OF all the snoring and
kicking you ever herd, it was right
here. IbegaR to yell at the top Of my
voice. Ike was making a light, as no
got a flaming pine knot light it full
blast, the old folks came tearing IN in
their night clothes-the old man with
his gun and the old woman with the
poker.
had Sally's beau drawn out by this
time and stretched out at full leughth
before the fire. The soap was half an
inch thick all over him. OF all the
sights ever saw, he looked the most
terrible A KukIux wasn't nowhere.
Sally came with her dress ia her hand,
and as she entered the door he broke.
The dogs all went after him ont OF
hearing-he don't come back any
more.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07

THE referenc suit to determine the
rightful possession Of Eva Grifiing, a
young quadroon, who was adopted and
taken from her parents in the South, in
her infancy, by Frederick Grihilng Of
Brooklyn, and whose mother has been
seeking to obtain possession OF her. was
decided in favor of Griniing on Tuesday.
The girl, now about 16, is decidedly
averse TO leaving her happy home IN
Brooklyn for q howell with her mother
Ia The South.
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ing Bridget. "And it's youself would
make a decent livin' entirely as q 1aun-
dress, so you would Only it makes
my heart ache to see the little white
hands of yours all blistered and burned
with the irons, and parboiled with soap
suds."
My hands - said Minnie, contemp-
tuously, '' little glyeerine and week
of kid glowing, and they'll be all right
again"
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subsertptlon.

ANNoUNcEMESTs.- the name Of
person for County Office, IS; State Office $40;
Federal Office SO. Invariably in advance.
~ The above Terms and Rates will Be
trIely adhered to.
Notices solicited, and will be willingly inser-
sd FREE OF cHAaaE. Obituaries viii be charg
advertisi=g ratea.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07

''Oh, If my love would come to me,
And hold my hands and look at me,
The while he softly spoke to ne,
Nv life would 50 much brighter be,
Ny life would so much brighter be-
Despairingly sang Cecily,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07
IN GENERAL.

Robert K. Hubben, OF Chicago, forged his
fathers name for $3.50, and has been sent up
for five years by Philadelphia Court.
Edwin Forests personal estate inventories
1920 $50.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07

sob, Il my love would come 80 me,
Would come to me and speak to me
Olt Of these sha lows dark aud dree,
Ny heart would so much lighter be,
My heart would so much lighter BE, :"
Sang Cecily, sai Cecily.
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iOREIGN TNT,ELLTGENCE.

jesse George, lately deceased il Philadel-
phia, gave S4OO, 900 to charitable institutions.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03

juice of lemon, one cup of sugar. When
the pudding is baked, spread over it a layer
OF jelly or preserve (rasberry jam is nice for
this purpose(, cover with the prepared
whites of the eggs, and return the pudding
to the oven until it is light brown. This
pudding is nice made with three eggs some
persons add tablespoon of outterEto it.
ITEMS FOR HoUsEKREPERs.- or
vinegar is good to set colors-red, yellow, or
green.
Sal soda will bleach one spoonful is suffi-
for kettle of clothes.
Save your suds for the garden and plants,
or to harden yards when sandy.
A hot shovel held over vanished furniture
will take out spots
A bit of glue dissolved in skim-milk and
water will restore old rusty Grape.
Ribbons of any kind should be washed in
cold suds and not rinsed.
If f1at-irons are rough, rub them well
with salt, and it will make them smooth.
If you are buying carpet for durability,
you must choose small figures
A bit of soap rubbed on the hinges of doors
will prevent them from creaking.
Scotchsnuf, if put in the holes where
Rockets run out, will destroy them.
Green should be the prevailing color Ter
bed-hangings aud window drapery.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03

cision of arbitrators. This they rigidly
adhere TO, and law suits are becoming
things almost unknown, and the LAWYERS
and courts find little to do. A member
who refuses to abide by the pledge he takes
in this regard when he signs the constitu-
ton, is considered to have greater regard
for law than justice, and is subject for
grange discipline, even TO expulsion. This
feature of grange management cannot be
too highly extolled, nor too widely adopted
among the subordinates. If we could get
at the expense of litigation among farmers,
the lawyers and court fees, the time
squandered, to say nothing of the i'll feeling
and permanent enmity resulting in the
rupture of social intercourse, which is so
palpably essential to growth in morals and
happlness,-we have no doubt it would
be be found to go long way toward pay
ing the farm taxes of every community.
Let the example presented by our Iowa
friends spread, not only among patrons, but
among all organizations of farmers
Prairie Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
FARM AMI HOUSEHOLD.
Feeding Horses.

Waring says: Very much of the value
and availa bility of the horse depends on the
quality and quantity of his food and on the
manner in which it is given to him. Too
much at one time, too little at another, food
or improper kinds or in a bad state Of pre-
paration, is the foundation of one-half the
ills that horse-fesh is heir to. There is no
worse economy than the stinting of food, or
the administering of bad food because it is
cheap. Also, there is no more wasteful
practice than the giving of too rich and ex-
pensive food. Neither is there any greater
source of loss in connection with the keep
ing of farm horses than the neglect to which
they are systematically subjected.
The horse, even in the rudest state is of a
somewhat delicate organization. His pow
ers are very great-greater than is generally
supposed; but in order to their greater de-
velopment and to their long endurance, it is
necessary that they be fed with the greatest
care and with an ever watchful Judgment.
Probably the capital invested in farm
horses in the United States would go twice
as long-if they were thoroughly we'll fed
and cared for
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Principles of Breeding.

Scientific investigation and research have
established the following propositions as
true, in the transmission of hereditary ami
NAL characteristics
l. Like produces like, or the likeness of
some ancestor
2. When there is great uniformity
among tbs members of a species, the diver
gences of the offspring from the average
type are usually small.
8. When a considerable difference has
once been established, unikeness among the
offspring are frequent and great.
T. Any accidental variation from the es-
tablished type in the form, disposition or
habits of species, may be perpetuated, and
to g limited extent intensified, by careful
selection and use.
5. An unnatural strain or demand on
any particular part of the animal machinery
long continued, tends to weaken or dwarf
all the other parts not allied to the one SO
stimulated
6. Hereditary qualities are liable to be
weakened, if not entirely lost by disuse.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
An Exhibition of Landseer's Works,

The ensuing winter exhibition at
Burlington House will consist entirely
of the works of Sir Edwin Landseer.
F" Very DESTROYS that all honor should
be paid to their great and distinguish
ed member" the President and Coun-
Gil of the Royal Academy ''inv1te all
possessors Of fine works, either pictures
or drawings, by Sir Edwin Landseer, !"
to lend their treasures. This call, the
London Times thinks, will be literally
responded to. The Royal Academy
have already received promises from
the owners of some of the most famous
pictures, and the Queen has signifed
her entire approval of the Exhibition,
and has promised to lend the fine ex-
amples of her favorite painter
IN her possession. No doubt
the Landseer paintings and drawings
at South Kensington, a gallery ofthem-
selves, will be lent. The Sheepshanks'
collection of the Museum contains
"The Highland Breakfast" "There's
no Place like Home" "The Iva
Dogs" "a Jack in Office" "Sus-
pense," "The Old Shepherds Chief
Mourner," ''The Highland Drover's
Departure, and other works. The
Museum gallery also possesses "Dig-
nifty and Impudence, bequeathed by
Mr.. Jacob Bell, Glow Life, and "lhe
Sleeping Bloodhound" All these we
shall certainly see, also the very inter.
esting collections of early drawings.
Those famous masterpieces, "Bolton
Abbey" and "The Return from Hawk
ing" may again leave their stately
homes. Chatsworth and Ellesmere
House.
1t is proposed to exhibit not only the
paintings themselves, and drawings,
and sketches, but also proofs of those
marvellous prints which have carried
Landseer's fame further than his pic
lures alone could ever have done, and
IN SO many of which it is the genius
Of an elder brother which has multi
piled the creation of the genius of the
younger. The exhibition will open on
the LIST of January.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Sailed Wood.

It is curious fact, and one of great
practical importance in structural
science, that in the salt mines of Po-
land and Hungary the galleries are
supported by wooden pillars, which are
found to last unimpaired for ages, in
consequence of being impregnated with
salt, while pillars of brick and stone,
used for the same purpose, crumble
away in short time by the decay Of
their mortar. It is also found that
wooden piles, driven into the mud of
salt flats and marshes, last for
an unlimited time, and are used
for the foundation of brick and
stone edifces and the practice
of docking timber, by immersing
it for some time in sea-water, after it
has been seasoned, is generally admit
ted to promote it's durability. There
are some experiments which appear to
show that, after the dry rot has com.
menced, immersion in salt water effect
ually checks it's progress and preserves
the remainder OF the timber. If care
be taken to renew the coat of paint as
often as it decays, wood on the outside
of the buildings may be made to last
for centuries paint, however, is no
preservative against the internal or dry
rot, Notwithstanding the opinion so
generally prevalent to the contrary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Tive Pieces of Gossip.

The Secretary of War will bring a
bride to Washington in the course of
the next four weeks. The wedding
will, no doubt, take place IN New York,
and with as little parade about it as
possible. The bride elect is a lady
than whom no one is more universally
admired and beloved in WASHINGTON
and wherever else she is known-Mrs.
Bower, whose youth, beauty, wit and
nobility of character have alike won
for her every social distinction. She
is native of Kentucky, and is one of
the ladies of whom her State is proud.
1t is whispered that the marriage of
MI. Henry Clews, of New York, and
the niece of the Secretary. of War,
Miss Lucy Worthington, who, as a
guest of Secretary Belknap, was a
reigning belle in Washington during
the past two winters, has been post
poned for the present, and probably
will not be celebrated, as was original
ly intended, at the same time as that
of Secretary Belknap and Mrs. Bow
ers.- Washington Cor. N. Y. Graphic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Cheap Ice Houses.

At the meeting of the Elmira Farmers
Club, some time since, W. A. Armstrong
said that cheap ice house could be made
out of II simple well-roofed enclosure with
out hollow walls Or pits, or other costly ap-
paratus. He leaves six inches of space next
the sides all around, into which he Grams
clean sawdust closely, and covers the ice
when packed with a foot of the dust. The
ice is cut into large blocks and made to fit
at the joints as closely, as conven-
lent, but where edges are jagged he fills
in with pounded ice or sawdust-the latter
being the cheapes. Drainage is important
but if the house stands on porous soil, or is
SO elevated that the water will run off readi-
ly, it answers every purpose. He had kept
ice several years in such building, nine
feet square and the same in height, the
sides being of inch boards When the ice
is taken out be careful to keep all cavities
covered with sawdust, or it will waste away
rapidly. In answer to question as to the
cost of a house IA feet square, he said that
$50 would pay for it and the sawdust; and
built Of cheap lumber it might cost only
$25. In packing, spent tan OF cut straw
would answer nearly as well as sawdust
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-03
Tobacco in the HOLY Land.

Captain Burton's new work on unexplor-
ed Syria, says an English journal, is full of
passages which are of the deepest interest
to all smokers. The tobacco which is grown
on the slopes of the Libanus and the Anti
Libanus mountains appear to be one of the
finest quality and most delicate flavor. The
question, " Can any good thing come out of
Nazareth ?" is answered by the fact that the
monks of the convention at the celebrated
locality are famous for the production of a
snuff, which for pungency, at least, is far
superior to the snuffs of Europe. Personal
experience of it convinces us that great
deal of the pungency of this snuff is due to
the addition of some aromatic herb in adj
dition to the natural acridity produced by
the highly dried tobacco. Nazareth snuff
is not the least valuable relic which tray
eler will bring from the Holy Land The
cultivation of tobacco in Syria will proba-
bly, increase in relation to the improved
condition of affairs in Syria, we have little
doubt and we trust that when agricultural
science is better studied in the Holy Land,
Englishmen will have the opportunity of
testing the value and Importance Of Syrian
Tobacco products.