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, 1873-12-11

WANTED TO DIE WARM.-A gentleman
who lives in Danbury recently read an
article setting forth the evil of two per-
sons sleeping together. He became SO
impressed with the truth Of the argu-
ment that he proposed to his wife that
they sleep in seperate beds, and she ac-
quiesced. The experiment was put in
practice that night. About two O'Clock
in the morning the lady was awakened
by some one'stealing softly into her bed,
and on uttering scream was greatly re-
lieved to find that it was her husband.
1t had turned off cold in the night
and he had concluded that if he had to
die any way. he might as well 90 of
quietly with a nervous attack, as to be
frozen dead in grotesque attitude.
, 1873-12-11

A CH1Ip's REVENGE the 24th o.
October the village of Mil.er's Place.
Suffolk County, L. T., narrowly escaped
destruction by fire, and all because one
Of the inhabitants had unguardedly
struck nins-year-old colored girl with
= broomstick. usa 4
Mr.. John Tuthill, one of the villagers,
detected Rosa Conklin, little colorsd
girl. in some tresspass on his premises
and punished her by striking her once
or twice with a. small stick. On the
morning of the Oath fire was discovered
in Mr.. Tuthilrs barn. The building
was totally destroyed. Davis barn
cauPht fire. and in few minutes two
other barns were in flames. There was
a panic, which was heightened when
Mr.. Pease's house Was seen to be in
flames. A change of the wind, with
the efforts Of the villagers, checked the
flames after they had destroyed four
barns with all their contents, and par.
TALLY destroyed the dwelling houses.
While the panic lasted the houses of the
village were literally turned inside out
and household goods lined the street. 3.
Mr.. Tuthill was confident that the
fire had been Of incendiary origin, but
knew Of nc one upon whom suspicion
l. 49,
could fall until the morning ofthe 26th,
when he and his family were aroused by
! the smell of smoke, Mr. Tuthill made a
hurried search and fonnd small fire
kindlea under the basement stairs
| Having extinguished the fire. he went
ato his yard, where he sawaRosa Conk-
=: - little celored girl. He asked
49, ~ N know who sst my house
on fire ?" .b;1d without hesi-
"'". ''op me over
the head with broomstick forf :.
"Did YOU set ssre to the barn, too q
eyes, I did," (detlacdy)
Rosa was arrested and taAeh W Ni'o
head, where the Court was in ses- -ioh'
on Monday. On Tuesday she was in>
dicted for arson. On Wednesday she
was brought to trial and was sentenced
to the House of Refuge, Randall's Is
land, until she reaches her eighteenth
year.-N. Y. San. .....
, 1873-12-11

NEWSPAPER EXCHANGES. Among the
grave errors OF the late Congress was
the repeal Of the free carriage of news
papers to rsgul4r subscribers within the
boundaries of the county, aad the repeal
If the free delivery of exchange papers.
The local press is the bulwark ofRepub.
llcan institutions, and especially the
champion of the Republican party. If
my interest in our entire land is de
serving of protection it is this. The
late enactment was bounty for the
city press, and in the interest Of gigantic
publishing monopolies. The carriage
of journal like the Independent from
New York to San Francisco thirteen
times for five cents is a large bounty to
that journal. The loc al press having
very little general circulation, it can
reap only to limited extent the advan-
tages of this cheap transportation to
long distances Therefore it should not
be taxed the same rate for the servics of
carrying it inside of twenty miles. No
additional expense for carriage has ever
been caused, and We hope that at an
early day this relief will be given.-
Washington Republic.
, 1873-12-11

T The tunnel of the Sierra Madrs
Tunnel Company of Colorado, upon
which considerable work has been done.
will be twelve miles long, and its great
est depth, at James Peak, will be 5000
feet. The objects of this stupendous
work are to afford a means of working
the discovered mines rapidly and cheap
y, to discover and open new veins and
afford track for railway. .
, 1873-12-11

2 A girl of the season comments
hus on Mormonism: "How absurd Nv
four or five wives to one man. when the
fact is, each women in these times ought
to have four or five husbands. 1t would
take about that number to support me
dsctntly." l'f-A
, 1873-12-11

Has been before the American publ
OVER THIRTY years. It has never vet
failed to give perfect satisfaction, and. hr.s
justly been styled the panacea-for ali lar.
ternal Wounds, Cuts, Burns, Sw e1lioos
Sprains, Bruises, &c., &C., for dan and
Beast. No family should he o sinc Ie v dav
, 1873-12-11

without this Lfniment. TIE money re-
funded unless tho Lini1nent is as r,cp-o-
sented: Be sure and get the gen uin.
MEA!CAN MUSTANG LJNIMENT. Scld
by all Druggists and Country stor es. at,
2oc:, 5oc. and s1.C0 per Bottle. N oti,o'
style, size Of bottle, SC, --- 81.
, 1873-12-11

LONDON, Dec. IA special dispatch
SAWS the inactivity of the Spanish fleet
at Cartagena is owing to the doubts OF
of fidelity of the crew of the ironclad
Sargossa.
The story of the duel between Gen.
Mantenfel and Count Won Goefen is
said to be without foundation.
NEW YORK, Dee. 2.-Suspension of ].
H. Herrick & Co., cotton and produce
merchants, is announced.
The members of the Bar will meet on
Thursday to protest against the action
of Judge Davis, in relation to tie Tweed
counsel and to Stokes jurors.
London Hour says it has Trustworthy
information that by the privately ex-
pressed wish of Plus X, the car
dinals have been in consultation and
elected Cardinal Pecci, Arch Bishop of
Perugioa, for the next Pope. He was
born in 1910 and became a cardinal
in 1852. He is hardworking bishop
and is called an Ultra-Montainist, but
would, No doubt, live on friendly terms
with the Italian Government. Even
the free thinkers of Italy greatly respect
Cardinal Pecci.
, 1873-12-11

, Our DEMANDS. Recent Washington
kilograms state that the following az are
the chief points Of our demands on
Spain: ss5g - .Os.. a4, -
l.. The formal delivery O. the virgin
ius to the officer of our Goyernnient 2 ! IL
Il port of the Uuited States. sf' a4,.
/ 2. The release and restoration 10 our 9li
protection of the surviving cartives.
3. A money idemnity to the heirs Of all
on board of the Yirginius who were put
to death. g.,.,,.i ..f 80. eiti,..sr.t, aas
4. The trial and punishment of Gen.
Burriel and all other responsible Off
GERS. i-
5. The immediate and unconditional
abolition of slavery in Cuba, as the
source Of all pending difficulties and
complications.
, 1873-12-11


It has been ascertained from the
of the Committee on Foreign
relations tkat its form will be the same
as on the organization of the Senate on
March last, namely: Cameron. Morton'
Hanily, Howe, Freslingheyssn, Conk'
lin and Schurz. Boutwell, will go on
either this committee or on the finance.
There will probabIyin all II vacancies
in the list, to be filed at the suggestion
Of Democratic Senators AZ hsrstofors,
among which is the chairmanship Of the
Committee on Eagresssd Bills. former
ly occupied by .Casserly. The Demo
crafts are allowed the chairmanships OF
two committees, namsly: the erlyase
Land Claims and the Engrossed Bills.
The Liberal Republicans have signlfied
their wish that the Rel ublicans DO not
GLASS them as Democrats, and will ac-
cspt such places as may be assigned
hem ON the COMMITTEES by the caucus
Summer, it is said tonight, will be ap-
pointsd on a COMMITTEES by the Republi-
Lcaps; perhaps, member OF the contem'
| plated new committee. o-ai Lls '1a
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LOWELL HOTEL.
Lo1ceU, Snoh0naish Co .

flRST RATE BOARD BY DAY OR WEEK
n excellent beds, double and single. attentiy Q
walters, GOOD COOK.
THE BAR is supplied with the very best of
Wines. Liquors and Cigars
e| FIRST CLASS BILLIARD TABLE. xa
Fresh Eggs and Butter, Game and Fish of al
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4l{8ag9W

EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE DAILY DISPATCH
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-05
The Sanitary Influence Of Light.

The sanitary influence of light can
scarcely be over-estimated. It is essen
tial to the full development of nearly
all animal and vegetable organisms.
Plants, when deprived of the influence
of light, become blanched and stunted
in growth, the process of fixing the car
bon IN their tissues is arrested, a modi-
cation of the coloring principles takes
place, and they appear white instead OF
green. This is termed etiolatiOn, or
blanching, and is applied by the garden
er and horticulturist, in the case of
certain kinds of vegetables, to impove
their edible qualities. Childhood be-
ing, peculiarly, a period of growth
and development, it is especially i'm
portant that children should have the
fullest possible benefit of exposure to
direct sunlight. Many of the diseases
of the weak and emaciated children who
are reared in the narrow streets and
crowded tenement-hoUses of our large
cities, are attributable to the deficiency
of light and air. The sad effects of the
absence of light are, unfortunately, not
confined to those who, by the pressure
of poverty, are compelled to dwell in
localities and habitations where the So
lar rays vainIy strive to enter. In many
elegant mansions, whose occupants can
command every luxury within the reach
of wealth, we see the most ingenious
means adopted for effctualIy excluding
light, with the inevitable result of seri-
ously impairing the health of the in
mates. The nursery, where children
necessarily spend so large a portion of
their time, particularly during the
colder seasons of the year, should be
plentifully supplied with windows, and
should be selected with special refer
ence to the facility for securing the
genial and cheering influence of the
sun. Greenhouses are constructed so
as to secure the greatest supply of
light, and children require as much
light as plants. Light is not only
essential to the preservation of health,
but is equally important in the treat
ment of diseases. There are a large
number of disorders which may be
greatly benefited, if not cured, by free
exposure to the light of the sun, while
it certainly exerts an influence on the
mind favorable to recovery, which can
not be wholly explained by the mere
cheerfulness and caImness it produces.
Journal Of Hygiene.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-05
News of the Week.
EAHT

New York-COmpetion between the trunk
lines for western freight continues, and
further general reductions in the tariffs by
the Erie, New York Central and Pennsylvania
Central have just been adopted. The list of
stations, with the reductions and new rates
per hundred weight for first-class general
merchandise, which includes dry goods, boots
and shoes, ready-made clothing, etc, embrace,
New York to Cincinnati reduced from 70 to 81;
to Indianapolis, from 81 to 50; to Louisville,
KY, from Sc to 40; to Nashville, Tenn, from
40 to 73; to Memphis, Tenn, from 135 to 90 /;
to st. Louis, Mo-. from 81 TO 55.
The losses by the recent flood on the Della
ware are estimated at SG7O, 900, of which
$500, 900 may possibly fall on the Delaware or
Chesapeake canal; $4,000 by vessels and
barges stranded ON tho meadows, and $50, 900
by the Delaware railroad.
Several OF the outside railroad ticket offices
have recently made considerable reduction in
prices Of tickets to the principal points in the
west. The fare to Cleveland is thus reduced
from @14 % to S12 so; to Chicago from $25 to
$19 80; and to Cincinnati from the south S18
None Of the regular Broadway Offices have
been authorized to make the reduction but
they will probably be compelled to come down
to the cheap rates or lose business.
-Newburg, n. Y.--A committee of citizens
have undertaken to improve the appearance of
WashingtOns headquarters in this city The
expenses will be betrayed by private subscrip-
ton. The war department at Washington
promises cooperation. Secretary Belknap
has ordered thirty cannon, ten Spanish and
ten Mexican, and ten pieces captured during
the late war, to be sent here and placed on the
headquarter grounds. ....
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-05
A Very Surprising Surprise Party

Those surprise parties, somehow
nearly always turn out unpIeasantIy
They tell about one that came off up IL
Connecticut recently which was not
half as joyous as it should have been.
It was reported of a man and his wife,
who had been married for many years
without having any children, that they
had at last been made happy by the
birth of a daughter. Some of their
friends determined to give the man a
presentation surprise party. So aboutfor-
ty persons marched up to the house, one
evening, carrying a cradle, and lots of
gum-rings, and bibs, and bottles with
gum nozzles, and baby-carriage, and
some little night-gowns, and a coral
armlet, and gross of soothing syrup,
and paregoric. And they all burst into
the parlor at once on tip-toe. And
when the man, IN amazement, asked
them what they meant by such conduct,
they said they were coming quietly, so
as not to wake the baby. And when he
bIushed and stammered and asked,
What baby ?" they said his baby, and
began to hand him the things, and to
load him up with soothing syrup and
gum-rings, until he foored one of the
guests with quart bottle of paregoric,
and held him down until he expired
And then it was revealed that it was all
a mistake about that little daughter !;
that no such arrival had taken place at
all, but that the report was false. And
then the surprise party was a great
deal more surprised than the man was !;
and the guests gathered up that infant
furniture and tried to pretend to the
man that they never thought he had a
daughter, but that they understood he
had accepted position as director of
an orphan asylum, and that they
brought around few things for him to
distribute among the poor fatherless
children. The man said it was singu-
IarIy thin, and then the company went
home. The constitutional convention
ought to adopt some kind of a measure
to prevent these mistakes.-1LaUA 4 AdeLer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-05
Tobacco-Girls of Spain.

The moral condition of the sunny
land of Andalusia is not of high stand
ard; therefore, we must expect to
hear that morals among the lower elias
ses of Seville are of a very loose char
acter. The girls of the tobacco manu-
factory bear a significant reputation,
and are FaImost considered a class By
themselves. All Seville girls have
glossy black hair and sparkling eyes,
and though, to our tastes, they nd
not be called pretty or beautiful, they
are exceedingly handsome. Many such
girls are to be found IN the ranks of the
tobacco-workers. With all the obvious
miseries that hang about them, their
unabashed assurance does not fail to
create timely amusement at our ex-
pense. During our walk through the
shops, familiar jests-which, unhappi-
ly, through our ignorance of the Ian
guage, are lost upon us, bland smiles
and mischievoUs glances greet us in all
directions. UnequivocaI applications
for gratuities are general, and one bevy
of girls, engaged in carrying away the
finished bundles of cigars, concert
very neat practical joke, which causes
considerable merriment. My light and
somewhat curly hair is apparently a GU
riosity amongst the raven locks of Sc
Williams, and an attempt is made to cut
off a SouVepir, probably as a trophy of
skill to be hung up in the shop how
ever, the snip of the scissors saves the
curls, but the merry laugh is at my ex-
pense. Amongst the women ale many
unmistakable gypsies, who display
marked contrast in feature and charac-
ter to the others. A sulIen manner,
offensive staring looks, and a repulsive-
Iy dirty condition, are characteristics
which we already well know and shrink
from. A great number of children of
tender years are at work, who seem to
act rather as assistants to more ad-
vanced hands than as piece-workers
themselves.
Quick as are the fingers of the cigar
makers, the folders of the little paper
cigarettes move faster still. I must con-
fess look upon cigar r-making as a mys-
terious art. Being a non-smoker, I
have never seriously studied the busi-
ness true, I have frequently tried to
make one of these insignificant articles,
but to my discredit I have invariably
failed. My admiration is complete
when witnessing the mechanical pre-
cision, the skill, and quickness of these
cigarette makers. We stand watching
one old gypsy-Iooking woman and two
children so long that she very proba-
bly, feels she has a claim upon us for
the instruction we have received there
fore, as in previous cases, we have to
pay a few coppers for the lessons.
Other girls are busily engaged in weigh
ing and wrapping up small packets of
tobacco, and on the ground-foor is a
large department for making snuff All
these productions entail large staff of
carpenters making cases, packers pre-
pairing consignments for shipping or
home trade, porters, wagoners and teams
of horses; the yards are filled with
piles of heavy packages and ready for
despatching; and, with foremen, clerks
and officials, it is as busy a place of bu-
siness as can be found anywhere in Eu-
rOpe
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-05
Banks Departure from the Shenan
doah Valley.
John Paul in the New York Tribune.I

John Paul in the New York Tribune.J
I met General Banks at a pleasant
picnic in Mr. Frank LesIie's grounds on
Saturday. It was on the banks of the
'lonely lake, =" and there were water
falls and fountains, MOSES and ferns,
cold chickens and cold champagne, to
the hearts content. It grieves me that
the general does not remember how we
travelled in company once; but the cir
cumstances were not very favorable for
photography, perhaps. We were
travelling out of the Shenandoah valley,
and maneuvering very successfully to
draw StonewalI Jackson along in our
rear. Not man of us but swore that
the rebel general should not set foot on
the frontier of our native state without
finding us sternly confronting him IN
the interior. And it was only necessary
to gaze once in each soldiers face to see
that the hated enemy could not capture
us without stepping over the boundary
lines and violating the territory of
Maine. I wished several times during
mare 1 rode through that campaign here
to enter for some of the purses. The
bursts of speed which that faithful
creature showed on several occasions,
would pass belief if you did not know
just how near the detested foe got to us
at times. 1t may not be that I won any
spurs in the Shenandoah, but had
pair to start In with, and used them
well coming out. No, I am confident
that no one won any spurs down there,
though we played straight poker for
most everything else, and lost my
blankets, once to a cavalry captain, who
subsequently had no need for them.
But this is depressing. You may not
think me hero from all this, but who
is hero to his valley
HE that lives alone lives ia danger:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-05
LooKI

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scriptior is out or unpaid, and that
You are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope you VIII comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
e We enter no new names on our
books without the money il advgrce-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-05
Limits of Multiplication

Every species of creature goes on null
tiplying till it reaches the limit at which
its mortality from all causes balances its
fertility. Diminish its mortality, by
removing or mitigating any Oneof these,
and inevitably its numbers increase IN
til mortality and fertility are again in
equilibrium. However many injurious
influences are taken away, the same
thing holds, for a reason that the re-
naming injurious influences grow more
intense. Either the pressure on the
means of subsistence becomes greater /;
or some enemy of the species, multi
plying IN proportion to the abundance
of its prey, becomes more destructive ;
or some disease, encouraged by greater
proximity, become more prevalent
This general truth, everywhere exem-
pIified among inferior races Of beings,
holds of the human race. True, it is In
this caseyariously trayersed and obscure.
By emigration, the limits against which
the population continually presses are
partially evaded by Improvements in
production, they are continually re-
moved further away; and along with
increase of knowledge, there comes an
avoidance of detrimental agencies.
Still, these are but qualifications of an
inevitable action and reaction.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-05
DO NOT SLAM THE GATE.

Now, Harry, pray don't laugh at me;
But when you go so late, ...
l wish you would be careful, dear, ..
To never slam the gate.
For Bessie listens every night,
And so does teasing Kate, .r. .r
To tell me, next day, what O'Clock
They heard you slam the gate.
Twas nearly ten, last night, you know,
But now tits very late
We've talked about so many thingsy
Oh, do not slam the gate. f~
For all the neighbOrs hearing it
Will say our future fate .
We've been discussing; so I beg
You viii not slam the gate.
For, though it is very true,
wish they would wait
To canvass our affairs, until ..
Wel-pray don't slam the gate.
At least not nov; by-and-by,
When in " our home +" I wait
Your coming, shall always like
To hear you slam the gate.
For whether you go out or in, ..
At early hours or late,
The whole world will not tease me then
About that hOrried gate!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-09-05
Buried in the Sand.

A Fort Garland letter to the Pueblo
People, thus describes a sad accident
that lately occurred in that vicinity :
Recently two Mexican boys, Jesus Maria
and Juan de la Cruz Limbustero, were
taking herd of sheep across the sand
hills of the "Lomas del ArrenO, " about
twenty-four miles northerly from Fort
Garland. These sand hills extend out
into the San Luis valley about fifteen
miles, opposite the Mosco pass. The
herders undertook to make " short
CUT across the hills, instead of going
around as directed by their father. At
first everything moved gaily the boys
and sheep and dogs only sank few
inches in the white sand, and they
thought how foolish it was of old fogies
to 90 around twenty miles, when it was
only four across; but before they got
half across, one of those sudden storms
arose. Up came gentle breeze, the
breeze became a wind, and 5he wind an
awful hurricane; the sand moved about
in binding clouds, hills changed to
holes, and every hole was a seething
caldron. The poor boys struggled hard
to avert their doom, and Jesus Maria
managed, by drawing his Serape over
his head, and keeping his feet, and
climbing as the sand piled up around
him to survive the tornado but his
younger brother, Juan de la Cruz, sue
cumbed to the suffocating blast, and as
a ship goes down at sea, so sank the
boy, surrounded by his bleating sheep
and whining dogs, and when the storm
ceased, as suddenly as it commenced,
little Jesus found himself all alone,
with quiet mounds of glistening sand
all around him, and not trace of the
cruel storm nor wreck of the sad
disaster could be seen. He hurried
home, where he arrived the next day,
and told his tale of terror. The whole
plaza turned out to search for the lost
body and the missing sheep. Up to the
succeeding afternoon they had not re-
covered over four hundred sheep, most
of them being found about six feet be-
low the surface, and the natives from
neighboring plazas had flocked in to the
scene, and were busily engaged digging
out sheep, saving the wool and feasting
on mutton.