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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26
NUMBER L.
Pearls.

The story of the dissolution of Cleo
patra's pearl in vinegar has been told
for nineteen centuries and since mod
ern chemistry can easily manufacture as
acid or " vinegar " capable of dissolving
the pearl and since history is very pos
tive about the disposition of the mate
to the one drunk by the Egyptian queen,
we may as well accept the story as true.
| This mate, it seems, ''fell into the hands
/ of Agrippa, the favorite of Augustus,
VIII divided it itnO two equal parts, -
and with them adorned the ears of the
| statue of Venus, in the Pantheon; and
even thus divided, it was the marvel of
Rome. In modern times we have had
/ an exhibition of ostentatious swagger
! quite equal In bad taste to the act of
Cleopatra. This was the grinding to
! powder and drinking of a pearl worth
! fifteen thousand ir Thomas
Gresham, in order to awe the Spanish
ambassador with the wealth and devo-
ton of Queen Elizabeth's subjects.
Pearls are among the most delicate
and unsatisfactory of gems. Even the
acid and other materials of the perspi-
ration in certain persons will change
them and greatly decrease their bril-
iancy. Formerly they used to be
cleaned by making pigeons swallow
them, but it was found by Redi that,
after twenty-four hours of such treat
ment, they lost one-third of their weight.
Nine. de Barrera, in her g Gems and
Jewels" says that the discoIoration of
pearls may be prevented by keeping
them IN magnesia-powder, and the ex-
pertinent is worth trying. The cause of
the lovely iridescene of the pearl was
among the ancients attributed to the
deity that dwelt within it. but it is now
known that the nature of the pearls
substance has nothing whatever to do
with its color. If we take q wax-cast of /
any pearl, we find the same sheen ap-
pearing on the wax; for it is due entire /
ly to the shape of the surface which,
being very finely corrugated, causes the /
rays of reflected light to interfere" "
Glass ruled or scratched with very fine /
lines, Will produce the same effect.
To this day we are ignorant of the /
cause of the formation of pearls, though |
they are of the same substance and Sc
creted by the same organs as the nacre,
or mOther-Of-pearls, which lines the in
terror surface of many shells. It is /
generally believed that the pearl depos-
it is formed around some foreign irri- /
tating substance for nuclus, as grain .
of sand but, then, many pearls are
without this foreign nucleus, and the
pratice of introducing pearl-provoking
nuclm into the mOIIusk's shell does not
seem to be attended with very certain
or satisfactory results. This has, how
ever, heen measurably successful in GER
tain cases. II. the fine Chinese museum
in the Louvre, there was exhibited some
time ago a collection of tiny Chinese
gods all incrusted with pearl. The re-
fections was irresistible that the pearl
oyster must be very compIaisantto to adorn
these fat, unsightly monsters with so
regal dress.-M HOaCLGnd.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26
Railway Speed.

Ghe London Engineer states that the
highest railway speeds in the world are
attained in England, and that the high
est of all is reached on the Great Wes-
tern railroad, the speed on the latter
being given roundIy as fifty miles an
hour. Instances are given, however, of
sixty-fve and seventy miles an hour,
and the engineer thinks il would be pos
sible to lay permanent way so well, and
to maintain it in such excellent order,
that trains might travel on it with per-
feet safety at one hundred miles an hour,
indeed, miles upon miles of such track
are now to be found on most the great
main lines, but nowhere can one hun
dred consecutive miles of permanent
way in perfection be found and, as a
chain is no stronger than its weakest
link, so a few hundred yards of bad
track would spoil, for the purpose of
travelling at one hundred miles an hour,
whole line. The really important
question, argues the Engineer, is, given
the line end the cars fit for it. what
shall the engine be like, and is it posi-
BILE to construct an engine at all, which,
with moderately heavy train, will at
tain and maintain velocity of one hun
dred miles an hour, on line with no
grade heavier than say one in three hun
dred? After a thorough examination
of the question in all its bearings, the
Engineers figures prove that it is abso-
lutely impossible to obtain a speed of
one hundred miles an hour on railway
if the resistance is anything like one
hundred and twenty pounds per ton.
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News Of the Week.
WEST.

The managers of the western railroads
have come to a determination to issue return
passes to stock drovers on and after Octo-
Der I.
Tho Sioux Indians are officially reported
as being on another raid. Runners into Fort
Petterman on the 7th, state that large party
split or from the main camp which was NOV
ing into PetteTman in consequence Of the
Arraphoes having killed Sioux on Tongue
river
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26

CHESTERFIELD happened to be at a ball
in France, where Voltaire was one of
the guests Chesterfield seemed gazing
about the brilliant circle of the ladies !;
Voltaire accosted him "My lord, I
know you are a Judge which are more
beautiful, the English or the French
ladies ?" "Upon my word, replied
his lordship, with his usual presence of
mind, ''I am no connoisseur of paint
ings." Some time after this, Voltaire,
being in London, went to a nobleman's s
ball with Lord Chesterfield lady in
company, prodigiously painted, directed
her whole discourse to Voltaire. and en-
tirely engrossed his conversation. Ches-
terfeld came up, and tapped him on the
shoulder, aging, Sir, take care you
are not captivated my lord" re-
piled the French wit, "I scorn to be
taken by an English vessel under French
colOrs."
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FORELGN LNTELLlGRNCE.

A dispatch from Caltutta announces the
loss at sea of the ship Judas, coolie laden, and
one hundred and eighteen coolies persisted.
There was violent storm on the Black Sea
last week, which proved very destructive to
shipping. Seventy vessels were wrecked near
the mouth of the Bosphorus, and nearly all on
board perished. At one point on the coast
265 corpses had been washed ashore.
"A letter from Havana giving an account Of
the recent great fire there says Tacon market
Plaza del VapOr was an extensive building
Of masonry, forming a square about six hun
dred feet front on each side, and two stories
high, built in 1897, for the general purpose of
a market. The immense court was filed with
booths, wooden sheds and other buildings,
occupied by hucllsters and butchers, while the
lower floors of the four sides of the building
comprised a variety of shops and stores of all
descriptions, andin the upper stories lived the
families of those who had their business and
callngs in the shops and stands of the plaza.
Bnder the arches of the colonnade which sur
rounded the building were stands and silver
plated show cases of venders of varieties and
dry goods, diamonds, jewelry of all descrip-
tions, fine and bogus shoes, fancy goods, ready
made clothing, cigars, lottery tickets, in fact
everything imaginable in the way of trade
Over two thousand persons lived within its
precincts, and without estimating the value
of the building and its lucrative rental the
value of the goods it contained is set down at
three million dollars.
1t is officially reported there have been
2,755 cases of cholera in Vienna since the out
break Of the disease, and of this number
l $40 were fatal.
"A civil war has broken out in Morocco,
between the son and brother of the deceased
sultan, and trade of the country is paralyzed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26

GEN'L JACKsoN's idea of govern
ment, as defined by Jack Downing, was
One big wheel, and that a smasher. 7.
And the idea appears to he as popular
no as It was then
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26
HAPPY THOUGHTS.
Nursy-Pursy
v a child Of Eve years.

Who wore hideous high crown'd cap,
Who called me tOOtsy-woOtsy chap
Yet used my little head to slap2
Dear Nursy-Pursy.
Who said she'd watch, then meanly slept,
And pinch'd me spiteful when I wept,
And for my pap her stale crusts kept2
Dear Nursy-pursy.
Who gazed into my heavy eye,
! And said, d" powder We must try;
! Ehis hOrrid child, he lives too high?
Dear Nursy-pursy.
Who, when yelrd, cried, "Hold your din -
Or choked me with drop Of gin
| Ut wasn't spasns, but pin2l
! Who on my toddlums let me run
Much sooner than she should have done,
Dear Nursy-pUrsy.
Moral: Drat her.
SHARP practice-Sword exercise.
A NOTORIOUS eavesdropper-Rain.
The evening papers-C Curl-papers.
THE cheese is mitier than the pen.
To CURBafasty young man-BridaI him
IMPECUNIoUs animals-Those who
haven't a scent.
CRoQUET has been defined as billiards
gone to grass.
A NAN cannot see the point of a joke
when he is the butt.
EVERY genius is an impossibility till
he appears.-6tarT King.
PARTING words from Germany to
France-Our occupations gone.
THERE is no courage but in innocence;
no constancy but in an honest cause
Southern.
He is not only idle who does nothing,
but he is idle who might be better en-
ployed.-SOcrGteS.
MANNER is everything with some peo-
pie, and something with everybody
Bishop lfiddleton.
THERE is nothing so effective in bring
ing man up to the scratch as a healthy,
high-spirited flea.
THE way to procure insults IS to sui
NIT to them. A man meets with no
more respect than he exacts.
THE retrospection of past misfortune,
like shade to a picture, gives to our
present bliss greater force and bright
ness.
WHEN some one told DIR. Barton that
Mr.. Vowel was dead, he quietly re-
marked "Let us be thankful that it was
neither U nor I.
KANSAS CITY complains of its com
that ''the kernels shed blood. 1t
strikes us that that's Just what coloneIs
might be expected to do.
ORDERS for young alligator meat
have been received at Palatka, Fla. It
is said to cure poodles and other dogs
of the mango.
WHAT did Adam first plant in the
garden of Eden ?-His foot.
IT is proposed to hold convention
Of the editors and publishers of Florida
in Jacksonville on the 18th
If October, to organize a state press
In AN advertisement of a bakers
business for sale, the following appears:
% Death the sole reason for leaving
gone where ovens are not
needed"
UPHOLD truth when thou canst, and
ior her sake be hated but know thy
Individual cause Is not the cause Of
ruth, and beware that they are not
onfounded.-GOetHc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26
An English Story of American Act
ing.

On one occasion Mr.. Edwin FOREST,
then a young man, gave a tremendous
display of really powerful acting. He
was supposed to represent a Roman
warrior, and to be attacked by six min
ions of a detested tyrant At the re-
hearsals, Mr.. Forrest found a great
deal of fault with the supers who con-
descended to play the minions. They
were too tame. They didn't lay hold of
him. They wouldn't go in as if it were
a real fight. Mr.. Forrest stormed and
threatened the supers suIked and con-
suited. At length the captain of the
supers inquired, in his local slang,
g Yer want this to be bully fight, eh ?"
'I do" replied Mr.. Forrest. "All
right, " rejoined the captain and then
the rehearsal quietly proceeded. In the
evening the little theatre was crowded,
and Mr.. Forrest was enthusiastically
received. When the fighting scene oc-
Cured, the great tragedian took the
centre Of the stage, and the six minions
entered rapidly, and deplOyed in skir-
mishing order. At the cue seize him :"
one minion assumed a pugilistic atti-
tud,, and struck blow straight from
the shoulder upon the prominent nose
of the Roman hero, another raised him
about six inches from the stage 10y a
weII-directed kick, and the others made
ready to rush IN for a decisive tUssle.
For a moment Mr.. Forrest stood as
founded, his broad chest heaving with
rage, his great eyes flashing fire, his
sturdy legs planted like columns upon
the stage. Then came a few minutes of
powerful acting, at the end of which
one super was seen sticking head fore
most In the bass drum in the orchestra,
four were having their wounds dressed
in the green-roOm, and one, finding
himself in the flies, rushed ont upon
the roof of the theatre and shouted
'' Fire p at the top of his voice; while
Mr.. Forrest, called before the curtain,
bowed his thanks Pantingly to the ap-
plauding audience, who looked upon
the whole affair as part of the piece,
and "had never seen Forrest act SO
splendidly."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26

A MAN in New York has a watch which
he claims has gained time enough to
pay for itself III six months.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26

All what we affirm, or what deny, and call
Our knowledge opinion. Milton.
LOVE has a way of cheating itself
consciously, like a child who plays at
solitary hide-and-seek it Is pleased
with assurances that it all the while dis
believes. George Eliot.
An Indian lady Of an original turn
Of mind bases her application for dl-
vorce on the circumstance that her hus-
bands legs are too long for her to keep
step with hin when they take a walk
together.
THE idea seems to prevail that an ora
tor, like a poet, IS born, not made,
whilst the fact is clear that a real ora
tor is the most artificial product of hu-
man education. Not more 50 is the
splendid pile of st. Peters at Rome
c. r. AdGDl8.
81 FOUND it very inconvenient, and
great loss of time, said Chateaubriand,
''to dine before o'clock. My wife
wanted to dine at ; o'clock, and insis-
ted upon that hour After many argu-
ments and many heated discussions We
finally compromised upon 6 o'clock, an
hour which was very inconvenient to us
both. This is what they call domestic
concessions.
How is it that the poets have said 80
many fine things about our first love, 50
few about our later love? Are their
first poems their best or are not those
the best which come from their fuller
thought, their larger experience, their
deeper-reoted affections? The boys
fute-like voice has its own spring
| charm but the man should yield a
richer, deeper music.
! The gIories Of our birth aud state
Are shadows. not substantial things
/ There Il no armor against fate;
/ Death lays his iCy band on kings;
| Scepter and crown
| Must tumble down,
And iu the dust, be equal made
With the poor crooked Ecythe and spade
.Shirtry-
A NEGRO minister widower, who mar
/ ried rather sooner than some Of the SIS
| ters thought proper and becoming, ex-
cused himself as follows ." Ny dear
brethren and sisters, my grief was
greater than I could bear. turned
every way for peace and comfort but
none came. ] searched the Scripture
from Ginisee to Revelations, and found
plenty Of promises to the widder, but
marry one to the widderer. And so L
took it that the Lord didn't waste sym
pathy on a man when it was in his pow
er TO comfort himself; and having a
first-rate chance to marry in the Lord,
I did so again. Besides, brethren, I
considered that poor Betsy was just ne
dead as she would ever be.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Announcing the name of person for county Of
fce S. state Office $40; federal office, $l5. Invari-
ably ia advance.
The above terms and rates will be strictly sd-
hered TO.
tied and will be willingly inserted free of charge.
Obituaries will be charged advertising rates.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26
GENERAL LNTELLIGENCE.

"A circular issued by the secretary of war
orders that the officers of the army absent
from their stations in sections of the country
infected by epidemic diseases, or from sta
tions that cannot be reached without transit
through infected localities, are, after their
leaves of absence shall have expired, author
lied to delay starting to join their commands
until the epidemic shall have subsided. When
advantage is taken of the foregoing, the Off
Ger will report byletter to his commander, and
obtain from him an order, on which it will be
proper to start for his post
The commissioner of internal revenue says
the collection of revenue by the new system,
provided by the act which went into effect on
the 1st of last May, shows a considerable in
creas over the collections during correspond
ing periods under the old system.
The American consul III Scotland tele
graphs that the members of the Polaris expe-
dition had arrived there entirely destitute.
Due care will be taken of them, and as soon
possible will be forwarded to their homes.
After the separation from Tyson and his
companions, the Polaris was finally abandoned
in a sinking condition, by Captain Buddington
and the remainder of the expedition The
party wintered in Live Boat cave, where they
built timber house. which they covered with
sails. The winter passed without any event,
except the breaking out of scurvy, which,
however, was unattended by severe symptoms
Plentiful supplies of walrus liver for food
were obtained from the natives, and to this
diet is attributed the mildness of the disease
In the spring two boats were built of thin
pine boards taken from the cabin Cf the
Polaris, In these the whole party embarked
as soon az the ice opened, and sailed south
ward. On the 3rd Of June they sighted Cape
York, and the 22nd of the same month
were picked up by the Raven Craigs Mr.. Ches-
ter, the first mate, is regarded as the one who
did most to save the party, and the rescued
men speak in the highest terms of his exer-
tions. They also say Capt. Hall enjoyed the
confidence OF every one, and his death. which
was unexpected, was deplored by all.
-Advices from Indian territory say the ne
groes there, numbering some ], 500, formerly
slaves to the Indians, are moving to secure a
territorial organization for their protection,
and will soon hold convention in Choctaw
nation to consider the subject.
Some 228 New York families have formed
a syndicate to coionize in southern Kansas.
The sale of pews in the jewish synagogue
in New York footed over 100000.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26

A LADY was much beset by her negro
cook for permission to attend the fune-
raj of some relative but, to compensate
her for the deprivation, her mistress
said. d" Rose, really feel very sorry
for you, but you shall lose nothing by
staying at home. I promise that you
shall go to the first party that is given
by any of your friends, and stay all
night long" Rose, tossing her head,
replied, Law Miss Susan, how kin
you talk like dat? You know I don't
set no vally on parties. Forty parties
couldn't pay me for de sight of one
corp !" She saw the " corp"
A PLACARD in Brooklyn barber-shoI
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26

TALKING Of corn, a man out west say
he has two ears twenty inches long.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26

THERE is war between the cattle
owners and sheep-raisers of southern
Colorado. The cattle-owners, who are
in the majority, are the aggressors.
Corrals have been broken into, and
sheep slaughtered corn-fields trodden
down, and heards scattered upon the
plains. The cattle men seem resolved
to drive the sheep men ont of the coun-
try.
q PAY taxes" said she to Judge
DwineIle of San Francisco % am amen
dabIe to the law as much as you-then
Is there any real difference between you
and me?" q can't conceive, said the
the Judge, " Why there is a difference,
but there is a difference.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26

A PLAcARD in a Brooklyn barber-shop
window announces Boots blacked in
side. But must not that be very bas
for the stockings?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-26

A fine compliment is paid to the
ladies, as being the consummation of
happiness, in an epitaph on man who
was laden with riches, and g loved to
gather gear
.sy-.. oil Tis life did want q wife
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In the soul
Are many lesser faculties that serve
Reason as chief among these Fancy next
Her office holds: of all external things
Which the five watchful senses represent
She forms imagination, airy shapes,
Which Reason joining, or diEjolning, irameF,
All what affirm, or what deny and call
Our knowledge OF opinion. Milton.
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We have referred to the surviving
human pride which exists in some cpl
taphs. We must except one at Cupar-
Angus, on "Mr. Thomas Bell, come
dian," who is styled &" a respectable
performer, but then the poor player
does not say so of himself; the memorial
is put up by his friends of the Dundee
Eccentric X society" They probably
told the truth-a thing lost sight of in
these later days, when merely "respec-
table performers" in other parts of the
drama of life are magnifed into angels
and archangels by ecclesiastical snOb-
bishness. The Athen0eun1.
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The gIories Of our birth aud state
Are shadows. not substantial things
There il no armOr against fate
Death lays his iCY band on kings
Scepter and crown
Must tumble down,
And iu the dust, be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
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