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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
70 Be Widow.

'I think it must be Jolly thing to be
a young widow p I heard this remark
the other day, in group of laughing
girls. I think I remember saying such
a thing myself in my girlish times. Do
you know, girls, what is to be widow
It is to be ten times more open to COM
ment and criticism than any demOiselle
could possibly be- 1t is to have men
gaze as you pass, first at your black
dress and then at your widows cap
until your sensitive nerves quiYer under
the inhiction. Il is to have one i'll
natured person say, ''I wonder how
long she viii wait before she marries
again ?'' and another answer, 'Untl
she gets q good chance, I suppose" 1t
is now and then to meet the glance of
sympathy, generally from the poorest
and humbIest woman you meet, and
feel your eyes fill at the token, so rare
tnat it Is, alas, unlocked for. 1t is to
have your dear fashionable friends
console you after the following fashion
''Oh, well it is a dreadful loss. We
knew you'd feel it. dear" And in the
next breath, ''You viii be sure to marry
again, and your widows cap is very
becoming to you"
But it is more than this to be widow.
1t is to miss the strong arm you have
leaned upon, the true faith that you
knew could never fail you, though all
the world might forsake you. 1t is to
miss the dear voice that uttered your
name with a tenderness that none other
could give it. It is to hear no more the
well-knovn footsteps that you flew once
so gladly to meet. To see no more the
face that TO your adOrning eyes seemed
as the face of the angels of God to feel
no more the twining arms that folded
you so lovingly; the dear eyes that
looking into your own, said plainly,
whatever it might seem to others, yours
was the fairCst face earth held for him.
It is TO fight with mighty sorrow as a
man fights with the waves that over
whelm him, and to hold it at arms
length for awhile, only to have-in the
hours of loneliness and weakness-the
torrent roll over you, while-pOOr
5or m-driven dove-you see no haven.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
A LIFE.

dun, bleak stretch aslant to the salt seas grey
Rock-strewn, and SCARED by fire, and rough with
stubble-
And here and there bold, bright touch of color
Berries and yellow leaves-tO make the dOlor
More dOlorOus still. Above, sky of trouble.
Later-a strange light lifted through the air;
darker mystery through the sky enfOld-
That gleam in the west makes the whole dim earth
fair:
The sun outshines and the grey sea is gold.
Erewhile moaned too long the lingering day.
And now for one hour mOre-one little hour pray!
-ScribRers
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
A Murderous Weapon.

NJ Krnka, the inventor of the breech
loader which has been adopted by the
War Department of st. Petersburg for
the Russian army, has just published a
pamphlet at Prague in which he de-
scribes new invention of his called
the 81 Kulomet, or hand mitrailleur.
The Kulomet, he says, is of simple con
struction, and may be used by the sol
dier on any ground, however hilly, just
like rifle. It is comparatively cheap
er and simpler than the Warnel and
other breech-loaders used by European
armies, and soldier armed with 1t can
under all circumstances fire thrice as
rapidly as with the acknowledgements; ;
in battle it Will fire twenty-fOur shots a
minute, while other breech leaders only
fire from twelve to thirteen a minute.
Any rifle may be-converted into Ku-
lomet, and any cartridges may be used
with IL
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
Italian Thieves.

From all accounts, Italy is not the
pleasantest of countries to be residents
in Just now. The London Times cor
respondent, in a recent communication
to that paper, says:
A practice formerly not uncommon in
Rome, and which used to be attribut ed
to the negligence or connivance of the
Papal police, seems to be reviving I'M
der Italian rule. I allude to robberies
upon the stairs of houses. A great
many houses in Rome are never closed
during the night Their inhabitants
may come in at any hour they find the
street door open, they light their taper,
or, if they have forgotten it, they grope
their way in the dark In old days it
used to be no uncommon occurrence to
find robbers in wait upon the landing
place, who presented knives at the
throat of the late conner, and relieved
him of his purse and watch. We have
now very smart police here, gentle
men IN long coats and cooked hats and
swords, who regulate the promenade on
Pincian Hill, and look alarmingly fierce
coachmen who break the line but at
night, it seems, they are less vigilanf.
A week ago, an italian Lieutenant-C Col
Onel was ascending the stairs of house
in the Via ArciOne, when he was stop
ped by two youths of twenty, one of
whom threatened him with a knife,
while the other took from his pocket
his portfolio, which, unfortunately,
contained 1,10Of. IN that dirty paper
which has replaced the precious metals
In Italy since the memorable year 1866.
4 similar misadventure has since be-
fallen lady, who was ROBBED of gold
watch and chain after dark on her own
staircase. The robber fed. she scream
ed, and, fortunately, the police were at
hand, and the man was captured with
the booty still In his possession.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
LOVE SONG.
BY ALICE CARY.

We have been lovers now, my dear,
It matters nothing to say how long,
But still at the coming round o. tn year
make for my pleasure little song;
And thus of my love / sing, my dear
So much the more by year, by year.
And still as see the day depart,
And hear the bat at my window fit,
sing the little song to my heart,
With just change at the close Of it;
And thus of my love I sing away
So much the more by day, by day.
When in the morRing see the skies
Breaking into gracious glow,
1 say, You are not my sweetheart's eyes.
Your brightness cannot mislead me SO;
And sing Of my love in the rising light
Sc much the more by a night, by night.
Both at the years sweet dawn and close,
When the moon is filling or fading away,
Every day as it comes and goes,
And every hour of every day,
My little song I repeat and repeat
So much the more by an hour, my sweet (!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
ERoM KASHLNGTOM

The President has approved the act abol-
ishing the Franking privilege.
The President has vetoed the bill for the
relief of East Tennessee University, saying
the same objections attached to it ar expressed
IN the message returning the Senate bin for
the relief j. Milton Best. He would heartily
favor donation of the amounts appropriated
by the bill for the relief of the University, but
precedent once established that the Govern
ment If liable for the ravages of war, the end
of the demands on the Treasury cannot be
forecast.
The amendments to the appropriation bill
sported by the Senate committee replace in
the bill the section reported by the House
committee, but struck ont the House, making
the term Of naval cadets at Annapolis six
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
Selected Miscellany.
GIRLS! PASS ALONG!

-RAPHRAsED FROM BERAEGER BY JOHN @. SAX
Bless me what rosy row
OF girls at me their glances throw,
As they gaily come and go,
The light coquettish throng!
Can't the darlings hear me say,
have had my youthful day.
Now, put such things away 2"
Girls pass along
An, my ZCa pray desist
SOOth, I care not to be kissed:
Ask yOnr mother if list
To Cupid's siren songs?
She-but that is entire nous
Knows what love and I can do!
Her advice you'd best pursue
Girls pass along!
laura you would hardly guess
How your grandma used to press
Lips Of mine we'll confess
We didn't think it wrong;
Look she's coming tempt me not
In gay saloon or shady grot;
Girls pass along!
You smiling too you naughty ROsei
7 wonder now if you suppose
I'm not aware what sort of beauX
ArOung your beauty thrOng;
I know the misunderstanding crew,
And all the pretty tricks they do
I'm old, but much too young for you!
Girls ! pass along
Awsy-away you madcaps fly
Your rOguish arts why will you try
To blind greybeard-such as l.
With Cupid's slender throng2
Yet, like pOwder-magaZine
My heart from flying sparks I screen
The sparks that shot from wantOn een,-
Girls pass along
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
BOLIVAR, HARDE1AN CO. TENNESSEE, FEBRUARY T. 1873

6 Yes, of course. I've explained to
Irene that I can't afford to lose my fee.
L told her at the beginning, and she
said must earn it. Seems to me I've
done that but TIL let you up"
Done it % exclaimed the deacon.
!" Well, yes, Joe, on the whole I should
rather be inclined to say rather guess
1 think you haze! Yes-yOu and
TS.o,7o Sy5
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
The Site of Athens.

The site selected by the old Athenians
for their city was a fitting one for the
capital of a people keenly sensitive to
beauty, and destined to become the
leaders of the world In matters of taste,
especially in the important department
of the fine arts. Nowhere are there
more charming contrasts of mountain
sea and plain ; nowhere a more perfect
harmony of picturesque effect. The
sea Is not a dreary waste of waters with
out bounds, but smiling gulf, mirror
ing its mountain walls and winding
about embosomed isles, yet ever broad
ening as it recedes, and suggesting the
mighty food beyond from which 1t
springs. The plain is not illimitable
expanse over which the weary eye
ranges in quest of some resting-place,
but is SO small as to be embraced IN its
whole contour IN a single view, while
its separate features-the broad, dense
belt of olives which marks the bed of
its principal stream, and ancient Ce-
phissus, the vineyards, the grain fields,
and the sunny hillside pastures-are
made to produce their full impression.
The mountains are not near enough to
be obtrusive, much less oppressive !;
neither are they so distinct as TO seem
insignificant. Seen through the clear
air, their naked SUBMITS are so sharply
defined and 50 individual in appearance
as to seem almost like sculptured
forms chiseled out Of the hard rock.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07

THE propriety of knowing whom one
marries is verified in the case of an aged
couple in Iowa, who as widow and Wild
over married, and who, it was afterward
proved, were brother and sister, sepa-
ated in childhood.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
TIE STUBBORN BOOT.

Bother! was all John Clatterby said.
HIS breath came quick, and his cheek red,
He nourished his elbows, and looked absurd,
While, over and over, his " Bother :" I heard.
y arder and harder the fellow worked
and saTagely still he jerked
The boot, half on, would dangle and flap
'' BOther!" and then he bursted the strap.
Reddcr than ever his hot cheek famed +;
Harder than ever he fumed and blamed
he wriggled his heel, and tugged at the leather,
Til kneos and chin came humping together.
50 My boy" said L in a voice like a flute,
% Why nOt-aheIn :" try the mate OF that boot;
On the other foot 2"-'' I'm goose" " laughed John
As he stood, in a flush, with his two boots on.
In half the affairs
OF this busy life
(As that same day
said to my wife, }
Our troubles come
From trying to put
The left-hand shoe
On the right-hand foot,
Or vice versa
(Ieaning, reverse, sir,)
To try to force,
As quite of course,
Any wrong foot
In the right shoe,
Is the silliest thing
A man can do.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
News of the Week.
DOVW EA,VT

The jury in the case of Police Sergeant
Rodgers of Philadelphia, charged with murder
of John Tweedie, have returned verdict of
murder in the second degree. A motion has
cen made for new trial.
The Mormon-Gentile conflict in Utah
threatens to become serious.
-Congressman r. B. Roosevelt has put his
nomination for West Point up for competition
among fifteen hundred scholars in the two
drrblic grammar schools of New York
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07

ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCING the name Of
person for County Office, S.; State Office $40.
Federal Office SIS. Invariably in advance.
~ The above Terms and Rates will b
trictly adhered to.
~ RELIGIOUS, Marriage, Birth and Death
Notices solicited, and will be willingly inser-
ed FREE or CHARGE. Obituaries will Be charged
advertising rates.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07

NOTHING is more amiable than true
modesty, and nothing more contempti
BILE than that which is false; the one
guards virtue, the other betrays it. True
modesty is ashamed to do anything that
is repugnant to right reason; false mo-
desty is ashamed to do any thing that is
opposite to the humor OF those with
whom the party eOnverses. True mo-
desty avoids everything that's criminal; !;
false modesty everything that is IN
Fashionable. The latter is only a gen
eral, und terInined instinct the for
mer is that instinct limited and circum-
scribed by the rules of prudence.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
OFT VEOT


AT Solomon City, Kansas since the late
heavy snow, the wolves have dug into the
graves in the cemetery, and feasted on the
bodies of the dead.
The controversy between Duluth, the
State Of Wisconsin and the Northern Pacific
Railroad has been satisfactorily settled
San Francisco-The news from the camp
of Captain Jack is that he is anxious to have a
big talk looking to peace negotiations. A
squaw reports that in the recent fight many
Modocs were killed and wounded in the lava
beds. After the fight, the Indians quarrelled
because Captain Jack did not fight One In
dian shot Jack through the arm. The Captain
invited Doris and FairchiId to come to him
for a talk The Indians have hundreds of
beef cattle in camp, and along the lake shore
where there is abundance of grass to feed
them. Couldn't starve the Modocs out in
months. Doris and Fairchild will go to the
place designated by Captain Jack for a con-
ference.
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FORETGN LNYELLEGENCE.

FOREIGN LNIELLIGENCE.
1t is reported that American bankers of
London loaned Napoleon $500, 600 to facilitate
Coup " he was meditating, and that since
his death the money has been returned them.
An official Spanish telegram has been re-
ceived which states that the Spanish guerrillas
had two encounters with Ygnacio Agramonte
The Spanish loss was two officers and eight
men, killed, and thirty-seven wounded The
Cuban loss was thirty-seven killed. The
number wounded is not known. James Ma
reira, Agramontes' chief of cavalry, was killed
"A special telegram from Rome says the
Pope told NJ. Corceles, the present representa-
tive of France at the Vatican, that he would
leave Rome if the establishments of the reli-
gious orders we're suppressed by the italian
Government.
1t is rumored that the difference between
Great Britain and Russia on the Khedivan
question are increasing, and that the Govern
ments OF France, Austria, Italy, Turkey, Dem
mark and Sweden are determined to support
the British Government in its position.
The Prince of Wales, who is President of the
British Commission will probably assist at the
opening of the Vienna Exposition The Shah
of Persia will also be present, as his visit to
Europe is now placed beyond doubt. Empe-
ror William will visit st. Petersburg at the end
of May he will proceed thence to Vienna ac-
companied by the Car.
Prince Lunaliol is elected King of Hawaii
The popular vote was unanimous The cleo
ton was held New Years day after the en-
dorsement of the Prince by ma iority of the
Legislative Assembly, composed chiefly of ma
tives of the islands. The burial of the late
king was to take place on the night of JAN g.
The new king is thirty-eight years old.
The Dominion government has put into
force the act passed by the, last session of
Parliament, in consequence of the discovery
that the smallpox has been carried into the
maritime provinces.
The steamship Brittania is ashore on the
island of Arran, Firth of Clyde, and will prob
ably become total wreck.
st. Petersbug-Pubiic opinion is in an ex-
cited state over accounts at Raccans of cruel
ties perpetrated 10y Khivans on Russians who
have fallen into their hands. The people are
heartily in favor of an expedition against
Khiya, and demand exemplary punishment of
the Khan Military preparations for a cam
paign are being pushed forward with vigor.
The total force Will number $4,000 men.
Princes and others of high rank are volunteer
ing to accompany the army.
The report in Berlin papers that the ex-
Empress Carlotta was dead is untrue. The
eN-Empress is still living, but her condition is
such that death is probable at amy moment.
The latest news from Livingstone says his
health Ii improved.
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BOLIVAR BULLETIN.
RUnLIsHzD EvEzx FRIDAY sx &
NJ, Il. Parrish, and W. T.
McCarIey.

AAStS AES - SqudEeS IL cdCu COiumu.
One column, / year ...........,......... Sl6O Oo
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quarter year ....--........-.... ...s..... 4S 90
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-03-04
From the Young Folks Rural.l
'I' LIttIe Things,

II love pictures! Some one has beau
tifully expressed that I cannot refrain
from borrowing it-"pictures are loop
holes for the soul to look through -
They lift up from the barren dreariness
of Winter to the beauty of Midsummer.
carrying the mind weary of the narrow
limits, the dust and noise Of city streets,
to the exquisite freshness and quietness
of a country landscape.
I love music!-bird songs, quietine
the restless impatience that becomes 8
part of some lives. Sometimes the sweet
words sung by the dear young singer o1
the household, sometimes the .music
drawn from the piano by the singers
light fingers.
Kind words, gentle Difference, q
Welding of self--little things! but they
make up the web Of life. Why rot
weave in as many bright, harmonious
colors as the influences about us, sug
gesting beautiful thoughts, originating
pure ideas of ''life's better part" Seed
the pleasant little things of life,and thei
uniting will form the glorious whole o
happiness that we call "beautiful life
Mistakes of life,so called, are The slight
ing of little things s-little opportunitie'
of doing good We forget that even
cup of water given in his name is pre-
cious in His sight. He has made litt''
flowers, little drops Of water-a iittl
world of life in itself, little pearls, little
childre n--God's best gift.
The world is wide, these things are small,
They may be little, but they're all"
Findlay, O.. PARvUs.
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TIT for Tat.

The following amusing correspond
ence lately passed between the acting
manager respectively of distinguished
Broadway theater and distinguished
Uptown milliner:
"SIR: II you are now issuing any
complimentary orders to your theater
may ask you to circulate few through
me, for the ladies and gentlemen of ouI
house? By doing 80 you may rely upor
their being used by fashionable and vel
dressed persons. hope you will par
don the liberty / have taken by writing
to you, and, trusting that the suggestion
may meet with your appreciation, Lam
sir, yours obediently,
The following answer was Forwarded
by return post: '''
'.S1e: II you are now issuing any,
complimentary black silk dresses, may
ask you to circulate few, through nae
for the ladies of this theater9 By doin!
SO you may rely upon their being mad
up fashionably and worn by ladies o
good appearance and figure. l hop
1y on will pardon the liberty and, trustin!
the suggestion, may meet your approval
] am, sir, yours -obediently, -;
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Gem for the GERMAN.

Saphron, wise teacher, did not al
low his grown up sors and daughters to
associate with those whose conduct was
not perfectly correct and proper. "Dear
father,' said the gentle Enlalie to him
one day, when he forbade her going in
company with her brother to see the
light minded Lucinda, "you must take
us to be very childish il you think she
can do US any harm!" But the father
quietly took an extihguished coal from
the. fireplace, and reached it to his
daughter. ''It does not burn" said he;
'take it, childw Eulalie did SO and
behold! her delicate hand and pure
white dress were soiled at once. Zone
cannot be too careful in touching coalr
said she, imbatiently. Certainly" re
piled the father. "You see, my child
that coal blackens even, where it does
not burn; so does the society of the
immoral. ."ARe5an.
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they % woulq lust lhe 70 sec ls nov A. ssn Toslu
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Changed Hts Mind.

A few days ago tall, rough looking
entered the Union. Rail-
road ticket Office at Denver,an through
purchased a ticket for New
York via the Kansas Pacific line,. when
he wanted to go over the Union Pacific.
He did not discover this fact until after
the ticket had been paid for, and on
asking the agent to change it, the latter
refused to do so.
"You won't change this ticket then,
won't you l'
mo. sir," replied the agent; .syou
have your ticket and have the money
for it, and if you want ticket over the
other route you will have to buy it. /" j.
Very quietly the stranger twisted his
ticket intb 4 small roll; very serenely
he drew from under his right coat-tail {
six shooter about the dimensions of {
mountain howtzer; coolly and deliber
aiely he stuck the twisted ticket into tht
muzzle of that six-shooter, and sticking
the ugly looking thing through the littl,
square window of the ticket office, ant
almost into the agents face, and speak
ing in tone that left no doubt of his
determination, said: ,f
stranger, there's that ticket; take i
yourself and change it, or I'll blow
clean through you."
The ticket was changed Immediately
and without any more words from tn
agent, the mountalneer walked away
saying: 81 jest thought could Undue
him to change his mind leetle." '4
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There are thousand and one things
1 would like to know (and probably
shall, in time, unless I haye to learn
how to yote) but this | do know. that
tomatoes must not be cooked in an iron
pot. Some beniicient housekeeper,
following in the footsteps, Of the Illus
trious "scraple" maker, gives asreceipe
in last weeks Rural for 4 cheap comp,
in which she directs the ingredients to
be put in an iron pot. sometimes, ut
good tables, taste tomatoes which have
been made bitter by this process. II
the intention is to medicate them, the
result will satisfy the design --Rsras
Yorker. 1t might be added that veg
etables should never be cooked in iron
pots, unless the latter are enameled or
otherwise coated internally ]-Scieatfe
american.