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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
Mistaken Consolation.

Speaking of Job, I remark that he
was the worst bored man that everIived
+ have never thought his specified
troubles a sufficiently dark background
To set off his current reputation. That
lie deserves to be called patient there is
no doubt, but not alone because of his
boils, bereavements, and loss of prop
erty. I have seen men suffer from head
10 foot with the most painful diseases,
and yet complain less than he. There
nave been wars, fires, and whirlwinds
lat have left the serenity of modern
saints untouched, thoGgh destroying
everything else belong Hg to them.
The grief of many stricken parents has
distilled in tender mercies rather than
bitterness, and led them to devote them
selves to the most patience-t trying phases
# benevolence. But J b was torment.
al with bores, of whom the wife of his
bosom was chief. How they sat and
prosed away about causes the most If
irlevanti Above all tests of patience
IL that of mistaken consolation. Dis
tress of almost any kind may be courage,
ously borne by a very ordinary sinner,
bat only an extraordinary saint can en-
lure patiently these miscalled 'visits
of coincidence" Why does society
cuuntenance this system of torture fo1
the afflicted, by which the pangs of be-
lauvement are aggravated beyond mea,
sure? To be obliged to listen to com,
monplace when the heart is thronged
With high suggestions from the spirit
world ; to hear the dear ones memory
wronged, in pretense of sympathy, by
remarks which show how little he was
understood; to be Iectured on the duty
IF resignation, and told that Gods
nund has fallen. upon us for our sins-is
there any element of refined cruelty
wanting in this? The sad face, the low
voice, the friendly, insinuating manner
If the sympathizing bore are the more
cXa perating that we cannot then ex,
press evaporation. We must meet him
wholly disarmed, the emotional nature
being already charged to the full, and
the sacredness of sorrow forbidding us
10 reject violently even its unworthy as
aociations. Could some one only con
vince him that in the house of mourning
.strong love is silent and preaching il
profanity !-CharLes W. Jenkins.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
The Character of the Ocean Depths

Until a few wears past, nothing had
been ascertained with certainty concern
ing the character of the ocean depths.
It was the popular idea that they were
wholly incapable of sustaining animal
life. Men conceived of them as a desc
late waste, shrouded in eternal dark
ness, and subjected to such stipend
GUS pressure as to make life of any kind
impossible. Even men of science
shared in the prevalent idea. They
were unwilling to accept the instances
of animals, comparatively high in the
scale of life. that were reported to have
been brought up on sounding lines
from great depths. The great ocean
slumbered beneath the moon, covering
a region apparently inaccessible to hu-
man research and experiment. DR..
Carpenter and his colleagues, however,
found that it was possible to work with
as much certainty, if not with as much
ease, at depth of 900 fathoms as at
100 Their operations were carried to
the depth of nearly three statute miles
with perfect success. The bed of the
ocean, comprising an area of 40, 600, OOC
square miles, Is now added to the Ie-
gitimate field of natural history. It is
no longer barren waste, but a nursery
of rich and varied life. It's fauna IL
many cases exhibits a series of most
elaborate and delicate organisms, OF
exquisite beauty In their soft shades OF
coIoring, and the rainbow tints of then
marvellous phosphorence, far SURPRISING
the invertebrate forms which TEEN il
the belt of shallow water that fringes
the land.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

The New York World estimates that
there are 1880 women in that city
earning their living in other than do
nestle employments. OF these 1900
are milliners, 1900 artificial flower
makers, 10000 in the hoop skirt nanu-
factories, 1900 in the hating trade,
5000 tailoresses, while several Thousand
work in book binderies, and large mum.
bers are employed making parasols and
III other minor trades.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
Live it Down. -

1t may be a strange assertion that
silence is sometimes more eloquent than
speech. But it is true, as many knave
knows who has knawed for years at the
good character of others with detrae-
TONS tooth. The rat that roots through
rotten rafters works to some purpose
when it cuts its passage through to the
-four bags; but the rat that would per-
sistently try to burrow hole through
an iron door, such rat, in the phrase
of the burnt cork Dutchman, we should
say ''wass creazy shure." As yet we
have to hear of such foolish members
among the inferior rodents; but the
superior rodents, or two-legged rats,
belonging to the tribe yclel0t Bummists,
these are the craziest rats outside of
Bedlam. They will gnaw, and gnaw,
knowing we'll that their gnawing is use
less and what rouses their wrath most
of all is to see the object of the "gnaw"
perfectly silent. This thing of gnawing
at the character of others for the sake
of iniuring them in the very acme of
meanness; but the sure safeguard is
silence.
Let the detraction of Islander take it's
course; LIVE IT DOWN, and you viii
cheap Goals of fire on your enemy's
head" he will vince more under your
silent contempt than if you put poi
nard through his wretched carcass.
Public men, whose good name is com
mon property, must sometimes refute
Islander publicly, but as far as the gen
erality of persons are concerned, an
/ upright life is the best refutatiOn the
/ lying SANDER can get. Men will pause
| to admire the virtue of the silent man :;
whereas, getting in a furry over the
matter wilt avail nothing, and people
have misgivings they otherwise might
never think of entertaining. When
| SANDER stings, the world will admire
you all the more when you Give it
| down" But the pulling slanderer will
wish you a thousand things unsaid the
/ tables Will be turned on him, the finger
of scorn will be pointed at him, or,
worse still, his former friends will
freeze him with their cold reserve, and
he will hide his head with shame; that
is, if a spark of spirit is left in his
humanity breast. This is not drawing
on the imagination nor coloring the
matter too highly. Everybody knows
aud feels instinctively the malice that
underlies detraction. The detractor
himself will despise a man who black
mails or bellies another; and yet he will
manifest this devilish propensity in
himself and destroy a neighbours good
name in the most polished language i'm
aginabIe.-I Irish American.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
rour Persons Convicted of Murder by
a Paper-Gun Wad.

Ben Shelby, Arthur Shelby, Ball
Woods and William Smith were convict
cd of murder in the first degree, in Bur
net county, and sentenced by Judge
Turner to be hanged on Friday, tn 10Th
of January next. The prosecution was
conducted by Judges TerrilI and Walk
er, employed by the friends of the muir
tered man. The case was one of the
most interesting in the annals of crimi-
nal trials, and the evidence, though con-
elusive, was entirely circumstantial
Ben. McKeever, the murdered man,
was shot from luis horse at night. near
the residence of the Shelbys, his throat
cut, and his body carried on horseback
three miles and thrown into a cave in
he prairie $50 feet deep. A large rock
was placed on the bloody spot where his
throat was cut, and apparently every
precaution was taken to avoid detec-
lion. The appearance of the rock indi-
Gated to the keen eye of the frontiers
man that it had recently been placed
there Close by it was paper wadding
tIat had been fired from a shotgun.
On examining the gun of Ben Shelby
paper wadding was found in it, and an,
pther piece of paper that had evidently
been fired from a shotgun was found
under Shelby's doorstep. In his house
was found the Chimney Corner period
cal, and it was ascertained by compari
son that the three pieces of gun-wad
ling had been torn from that paper.
small fragment of McKeever's coat, o.
peculiar texture, found at the bloody
spot, revealed the fact tina! the murder
lad been committed there. There were
many other circumstances pointing tx
the accused persons as the murderers
bat one deserves especial mention Or
carefully placing the paper found where
the blood had been covered by the
rock, and comparing it with the wad
ding found in Ben Shelby's gun, the
following enigma could be read from
one paper to another:
with piece Of paper or = slate
( Sit round the fire both large and small
NH no a H
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
Guinea Pigs.


A writer of distinction says of those
little, plump, clean animals should be
used for food. A mistaken notion is en-
tertained generally that they are kind
of rat, and therefore an unjust preiu-
dice ought to be overcome, since they
are excellent eating. They are harm
less, timid, vegetable feeders. Their
flesh is nutritious and delicate. If once
received into our markets, being easily
raised, they would soon be priced for
their many desirable dietetic properties.
Being prolific, too, they might be rails
ed in vast abundance, their food being
an item of no expense, few cabbage
leaves, roots or waste parings being all
they would require to grow into proper
tons to fill vacancies in a gourmand's
stomach.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

TEE PUKEsr AND sWEETEsT CoI,-L4IyEs OH
Is Hazard & CGswell's, made on tho sea shore.
from fresh, selected hVers. OF the Cod only BY
CAswELL, HAzAED 4 Co., New York. II Is ab-
sOlutsiy pare and s1oes1 Pstiepts who have
once taken it prefer il 70 all others Physi-
clans have decided IL superior to al other ole
~ rnarEaA- [QEa-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

HoRsE-AIEN, and others who pretend
to know say that the following directions had
better be observed in using Sheridan's Cavalry
Condition Powders: Give horse a table
spoonful every night for week; the same
every other night for 4 or nights; the same
for a Enilch COW. and twice as much for an OK.
The addition Of a little fine salt VIII be an ad-
vantage.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

WE have heard recently of several
severe cases of spinal disease cured by John
sons Anodyne Liniment; one case Of a man
forty-five years Old who had not done days
work for four years. The back should first be
washed, then rubbed with coarse towel Ap-
ply the Liniment cold and rub it well with
the hand.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

LIKE lightning are the miraculous
cures effected with Flagg's Instant Relief.
Aches, pains, spTains, bowel complaints, etc,
cannot exist if this great medicine is used.
Relief warranted or money returned.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

Is sign-bOard vested right ? This
question is now before a Chicago court.
There are in that city two hotels named
the Briggs House, and each wants to
compel the other to get married, or re
sort to some other device for having its
name changed. The judge has the mat
ter under Amusement.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
The CONVENTIONS of an Invalid,

published as a warning and for the benefit al
young men and others who suffer from ner
vOus com plants, debility, loss Of manhood. etc
supplying the means of self cure. Written 10y
one who c4red himself after unde going rOnsidera
Bile quaCkery and sent free on receiving postpaid
directed envelope sufferers are invited 10 oddres
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

lapse of four thousand years. Such
workmanship would excite the wonder
and admiration of the world.
HOME READINa.-One of the most
pleasant and noblest duties of the head
of the family is to furnish its members
with good reading. Let good reading
go into a home, and the very atmos-
phere of that home gradually but sure
~ changes. The boys begin to grow
ambitious, to talk about men, places,
books, the past and the future. The
girls begin to feel new life opening
before them in knowledge, duty and
love. They see new fields of useful
ness and pleasure and so the family
changes, and out of its number will
| grow intelligent men and women to fill
honorable places, and be useful mem
! bers of society. Let the torch of IN
telligence be lit in every household.
Let the old and young vie with each
other in introducing new and useful
! topics of investigation, and in cherish
ing love of reading, study and i'm
| prOvement.
PUDDING AND Pies NOT UNHEALTHY.
There is probably a great deal OF
truth in the following extract, which we
make from DIR. Halls Journal OF
Health: The universal error as to the
unhealthfulness of pies, buildings, and
pastries, taking it for granted that they
are we'll made and properly cooked
has arisen from the simple fact that af
ter we have made full meal of othel
things, the stomach is oppressed by
them, and if the process is repeated
becomes eventually dyspeptic; that is
had not the power to work up the food
| b, cause it had been worked to death al
ready 1t would be quite as philosoph
zeal that if a N n has become very tiret
by blowing all day, and afterward, b!
choPping wood, has worked him
self out it was very unhealthy, K
chop"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

A NEW kind of fur rejOices in the
euphonious name of the skunks. The best
collar in the world is called the ElmwoOd. For
sale everywhere.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

CRIsrADoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE
is the most sure and complete preparation of
its kind in the world; its effects are magical,
its character harmless, its tints natural, it's
Qualities enduring.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
DR., S, VAN METER & Co.,

Charleston, III. New publications just issued, a
work dedgcated 70 young men and LHcIC tt o.
MARRIAGE. also treatise DIsEAsEs or 1ALkH
AND FEN Abs. Also on Piles and Fistuls. a me
ly ilusj rated. All OF above sent on re0ept o. ~ t7
TnfITmr ~ established IN 1875. All chronic d5et--
treated Over 400 csseS now under iTFhlIh-tlt'
Gases treated Ia, mail II desirpd- Addrf 81 HDTNf
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
Orchard Grass and Alsike Glover.

orchard GrdSS ana AlSlRe clover.
In answer to an inquiry the editor of
the Massachusetts PIOugbn,an says ::
We have tried orchard grass pretty
thoroughly, and have come to this con-
clusion: If most of the other grasses
on the farm are late, that is, if they are
mostly timothy, red top, etc, we would
SOW orchard grass, because it is desir-
able to have some fields that can be cut
earlier than others. That is a great ad-
vantage, and counterbalances some of
the disadvantages of orchard grass,
such as it's tendency togrow in punches,
and its hard and why nature, if not cut
early, etc. If orchard grass is sown
alone, or only with clovers, we should
use at least two bushels of seed to the
acre. With timothy and other grass
are late, it does not do so well, because
it is fit to cut at least three weeks be-
fore timothy, but with clover it is even
better than timothy. If we were going
to mix any natural grass with it we
should get a little perennial rye grass.
But orchard grass may be sown thickIy
with red and aliske clover. say five
pounds of red clover seed and FIVE
pounds of aIsike. If only red clover
seed is used, it ought to be at least ten
pounds to the acre, and fifteen is better.
! But alsike seed is much smaller than
red clover-seed, and you get vastly
greater number of plants. Alsike will
not show a great deal the first season.
If you SOW red clover it ought to give a
fair crop the first year, and when it be-
| gins to disappear the second year you
/ will find the alsike. The latter is a
| perennial, and it will last some years
unless it is killed ont by the severity
| of the winter. Tt does not seem to be
! perfectly hardy. It will sometimes get
| killed out, but it ought to remain sew
eral years. Orchard grass will bear the
shade and rich soil. It grows more rap
| idly after being cut or fed off than any
other grass we know, but the second
crop does not send up Towering stalks,
and does not, therefore, grow so tall and
imposing as the first crop, but it grows
thick and makes bulky, though not so
very heavy burden. Sowing it very
thiclkly prevents it from growing SO
much in clumps and gives it a finer
growth. Two bushels of seed to the
acre is little enough and more would be
better. With orchard grass, clover and
alsike the cost of the seed will be rather
greater than timothy and red-top, but
if you have never grown this grass We
advise you to try it. Sow it as early il
the spring as you can, give it a good
chance and you will see how you like it
But do not make up your MUD until the
second year, when you will like it, WE
think.-RUrGL World.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

THERE IS one man at Lime Rock
whom, if he were IN the waves off Lime
Rock, Ida Lewis, the heroine of salt
water salvation, would probably not
pull an oar to save-her husband
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

IT Is ALTOGETHER WRONG To rifle with a had
cough cold. WI en- Ih- risk is great and rem
edv 80 sure, prompt and thorough rs DR.. Jayne S
EEpectOTant.
IF YOU have ague in any form, you will save
both lime and money by trying ShallenbergeT's
AuIidOte at CnCe. The cure is Immediate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

Coughs and COIds.-ThOse who are sUf-
fering from coughs and colds, hOarseness,
sore throat, etc, should try Browns Bron-
chial Troches."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

Win as gloomy attendants loss spirft-. d-iii's
sion, Involuntary emissions, los % semen sI' iI
TORI hoa, JOSS OF power dizzy head loss Of me
and thFeafenHd Impotence. and 1mbec1illz. nn4 Il, =
sovereign turs IN EfCMPHH ", HON 49, -
&c SPEt-iFlff. No. TNf IN VETO HI rms ~
ereEn Rernety tones up The hy7fell ar ~ ~
d charges, ADD imparts ur and GhefsJ IL o.
vitality % the entire man they hsFe 81
sands 81 csses. Price, = per package ~ y r ~
and large - vial. EsfIt D j. very llnPfiaLAHt ~
obstinate " old case, VI 81 pss single - 80 -
AL druggists. and sent by mall On Ae-spt ~
Address II CM PHR - no = EOFA IfdlC -
TCIEE Co 90 Broadway. y 2 ClrcuA-fH Lte-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

PENNSYLVANIA annual production Of
minerals neatly equals that of all other
states and territories put together. In
the last year reported by the census
her mines yielded SIC, Dos, 396 worth of
minerals, and all the rest Of the conn
try $40, 800, 6G4 worth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
Mammoth Pumpkin

EROAI ONE SEED of this new species there was
4 raised last year the largest pumpkin ever grown
in Anne lea weighing $50 Ms Five seeds sent post
paid for = cts or u seeds 50 ~ dresS
F. II. GREGORY, Davenport, Iowa.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
Sit round the fire both large and su
A letter make, almost an eight.
And now you see what covers all.
AN UNIQUE establishment, and the o

AN UNIQUE establishment, and the on
ly one of the kind in the South, is the
asylum for aged INDECENT negroes now
building at St Augustine, Fla. The
endowments is due to the hberality of
the late Buckingham Smith, at one
time minister to Spain, and IA liye-long
STAKEHOLDER, who willed his whole es-
tate, amounting to over $4,000 to this
object
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
SCHENCK's PUIMoNIC CANDy

Embraces in general degree the principles u
SCheHeS's PuimOHic ~ up, aud while as please
the palate the pure5I CBiectiOns, is medlCEi
properties render j. ehectuaI ia coughs colds,
bronchial and catarrhal affections, etc II IS the
most acceptable remedy for children or infants. and
he given with impuHuy- while for prof ssoual
gentlemen those who suffer from loss Of voice IL
Is indtspen- able. These candle are put up in =
cent boxes CO BvpuIent E the pOskpt, ami are fol
sale by all druggists and dealers ). fl. Sch
q SnR. n. r cor. sixth ana Arch streets. Phila.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

d. BENSON, SON & CO., PFOpT's,
See testimonials IN local column. Buffalo, Ne Il
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25

three great continents of the South. A
lowering of $3.50 fathoms would com
pletely unite Newfoundland to Ireland,
end consequently form bridge between
the Old aud New Worlds. Even of the
Central Atlantic there would remain
only narrow " Mediterranean sea in
front Of the Antilles and Guiana. Final
ly, let the waters be lowered 4,375
fathoms, and the northern part of the
Atlantic would be reduced to a small
triangular " Caspian, situated between
the Azores. the Bank of Newfoundland,
and the Bermudas.
Though the Pacific Ocean is scarcely
15B miles in depth, it is known to be in
one part nearly nine miles deep, or so
deep that two of the highest mountains
on our globe might be piled on top OF
the other, and sunk into it, and yet
scarcely emerge above the surface.
The depth of the Pacific has not only
been ascertained by numerous sound
ings, but Professor Franklin Bache cal
culated, from the rapidity with which
the great tidal wave accompanying the
earthquake of 1854 in japan crossed the
ocean to California, that the Pacific has,
between the shores of Japan and the
United States, a mean depth of about
2,342 fathoms.
The highest part of the continents
raised above the surface OF the waters
IS of much less elevation than the deptL
OF the sea; and we can estimate tha
land above the level of the sea at only
about a fortieth part Of the mass of wa.
tiers, aud as much of this land Is nm
availabel by mankind, we get here some
notion of the very limited use which we
are, as yet, able to make of the plane
we inhabit
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

IF there is anymau who deserves
well of the State of Indiana that
man is Professor Cox. Through
him, the coal mines have been made
to yield almost double; capital has
been enlightened as to the capabili-
ties of the mineral resources, and
by every effort, late and early, he
has fixed the attention Of the coun-
try upon the treasures of the State.
It would be impossible to pay him
in mere money for his persistent
and energetic services, but there
should be very liberal compensa-
ton fixed upon his Office. As a
matter of economy the State would
be very largely the gamer if the
Professor were retained at $4,000
q year. His excellent sense and
good Judgment have already been
the means of increasing the pro
duction and industry of the State
q great many millions, and if an
enlightened policy is to prevail, be
will be strengthened by generous
appropriations and q liberal salary.
Otherwise it is probable he will be
lost to the Office, for so far as com
pensation goes he can make . bet
ter income than the present salary
OF his Office saving wood-Ind
Sentinel.