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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-10-31

Roek-rfHted and ancient a. the sun, the oaks
Stretching in penEive quietnsss betweenS
The venerable woods rivera that move
IN ma jssty, and the complaining brooks
That make the meauows green aud, poured
round sli.
Old oceans gray aud melancholy waite,
Are but the solemn decorations ali
OF the great tomb Of man. The golden sun
The planets, all the intimate host Of heaven
Are shining on the sad abOdss q death
Through the still iapse Of ages. All that tread
The globe are but Z handful % the tribes
That sIuuibsr in is bosom. Take the wings
Of morning, and the Rarcan desert pierce.
or lose thyself IN the continuous woods
Where rolls the Oregon, aud 5ears no sound
Rrslnrf
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-10-31
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Al sulscIiE sons saust be paid in advance ani
u not reusTe- promptly at the exp ration, viii p
c.scoatiuurE 90 the address.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-06-12
English Lawyers and Judges.

The number of barristers IN actual
practice has through the extension of
the local courts greatly increased of late
years, and it is probably destined TO go
on increasing. But the men IN practice,
in steady, regular, continuous practice,
are still few compared with the number
of men who have qualified for the pro-
fession. There are many reasons why
ba11isters fail in their own line. They
may not possess the requisite amount
of ability or industry, or they may have
allowed themselves to be distracted by
literary or other occupations, or they
may have been unable to procure good
introductions at starting. The ordina.
ry work Of the profession makes very
slender demands either on the intellect
ual capacity or learning of those who
follow It. There are few really good
lawyers who know the law-that Is, law
yers who know the law-now at the bar,
and still fewer good speakers. The
great run of lawyers are content 20
scramble on with mOuthfuls of law
picked up from day to day as occasion
requires, trusting to textbooks and
luck for getting up the necessary in
formatiom when call happens to be
made for It. The c, mmon oratory at
the bar Is a deplorable exhibition. Tt
has reached a high average standard
when It is just articulate, and does not
too violently outrage the rudimeniary
laws of grammar. With the exceptions
Of the lord chancellor and the chief JUS
tice, there is hardly Judge on the
bench who, to say nothing Of elevated
thought and literary subtlety, can even
turn a decent sentence; and at the bar
Sir John Karslake and the attorney gen
eraI stand almost alone IN preserving
the old traditions Of forensic eloquence.
It seldom happens that If a barrister
has a fair chance Of getting into practice
/ he has not sufficient ability to take adj
vantage Of it. But many men break
down through want Of application, OF
through allowing themselves to be
drawn aside, during the duh years Of
waiting, into other grooves, and many
more through want Of the necessary in
Productions at the outset The key to
the profession hes, after all, with the
attorneys. When a man has made a
name. aud taken up q position, he may
I be independent of the attorneys. but IN
the first instance L is to them he must
look for m opening khe chances are
terribly against man iif only average
ability who starts without the open
sesame of their support Al English
lsarrister canHof, like aR American, ad-
yertiss in the newspaIers, he is for
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-06-12
Presldent Macndahon's Ancestors.


rFrosu the New yort Iri5uns.l
The MaeMahons are descended nom
Brian Boru, who was king Of Ireland in
lo14, and acquired great renosa as
the conquerer OF tho Danes, over
whom he gained a decisive victory at
Clonfarf. 4 petition 10 King Ions Is
extant. wherein Maurice HaehIahon,
knight Of Malta. formerly captain Of
cavalry in the regiment Of Fitz Jaines.
states that he sapplicates both for him-
self and for the Marquis d'Eqnilly and
the bishop Of Killera, his broiiers. tlist
sshe may be PERMITTED to represent boz
fore all the princea thet they draw Choir
eternal paternal orifin from the lords
Of Ciondirala, is ireland, Who we're de-
seended from the lords and princes Of
Glare. who were issae Of tie ancient
rnonarchs Of ireland. Their attachment
to the Catholic religion and 70 their
Legitimate prince having deprived them
Of their professions and titles. they end
Il impossible 70 establish their noble
and encient extraction by literal
proofs. But shey have proofs and tea-
tintonials beyond all suspicion. and adj
rnitted by fhe tribunals. which estai'-
Iish their nobility not only from tho
year 1900, but even up to Brian Bogu,
monarch of IRELAND, in the beginning of
the eleventh century, and tiat they ara
Of the same fenily - the earis % Tho
mond, 2 whom the king had '.honored
with his favor. This document is ac-
cempanisd by other papers izzsa which
It appears that She French slaoAlabeus
are descended frsm the two Brothers,
Maurice and John. WHO settled il
France in the year 1900, tse arst q
whom shared the fsrtunss Of prince Ed
ward in Scotland, served "a tha spaa-
ish army. aad aflerward vas made cap
tain III the French service the second
was created Marquis q d'i5sluill5. and asi-
nsifaed 10 the estates 81 Burgundy. Tise
AIacAIahons sere hestue zaes. and
their aames frequently oerar Is the
French military aanaas. staring IL the
disasters IS ueil Al the glariss which
attended the Fseaels afns. AZ Water-
loo one of them behaved With great
gsllautry. The battle waa lct. blt it
vas necessary = mehq S dssperato
effot to cover the retress 81 the shat
tered army Charge. keep charging,
boys. said Afacllshcn t. tue third
Cnirassiers Marshal ssid ths eSii-
onel. se are - eut ~ e s certain
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-06-12


Every age has its Interpreter there
was the age of the drama there was
the age Of the pamphlets; there was the
age of the novel. This is the age of
the newspaper. The journalist is, to-
day, what but little. while age the
novelist was, what little while before
the dramatist was, tho observed Of all
observers, for he is an exceptional
a new creation. man, in deed, like his
feliow-men, but possessed with strange,
invisible powers. which effect mems
lives, fortunes, and characters; not
merely an abstract and brief clironieler
of the time, as tho player used to be
said to be; something more than a
myth or an almanac. There viii never
be another Dickens. The ronanee Of
yesterday, with its moving incidents
and real figures. VIII engage the inter
est Of vigorous writer's as they engage
that of the public, and rs fictitious sit
uations and conditions are pretty well
exhausted, actnaI situations and eondi-
tions, brilliantly written ont for the
daily newspaper, VIII taEe the placo OF
imaginary scenes and passions. As
Congreve and Sheridan were. as Dick
ems and Thackeray were. the journaiist
may be, and partly is already; man
in whom public interest, great OF less
according to his genius, is taken;
man who, loving his fellow-men, has
it in his power to be loved by them
The process is very simple To be
kindly. honest, fearless, capable, that
is all and / name kindliness drst, be
cause If a newspaper would be popular
it must, like an individual, carry q
pleasant aspect it mnst be amiiible sud
unpretertiouss speaking the language
and wearing the habiliments Of the peo-
pie; bone Of their bone and flesh Of
their flesh, a sincere as wel4 IS an effect
i've deliverer of their thoughts, wishes
and fancies. II Shakespeare lived in
our time, eonceiving him to have been
a robust, blithe, aud hearty person
eonceivine him to have been what we
understand by an able person and az
able-bodied, and, withal. a most gay
and festive person, I take leave 70 doubt
wheEher he would find the drama the
best vehicle for his overaowing wisdom,
his exhuberant wit, humoT, aud fancy,
his amazing activity and wonder that
man of such varied aud large resources,
OF such vigorous, current, and Taey
faculties as Dion Boucicaulg, ahonld be
comparatively a poor man. wondering
about the word and writiAs plays, when
he might be. had he bent himself that
way. the editor Of the London fines
Henry Waffefsoa.
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BY Tnr SHORE OF THE RIVER.

Through she gsay willows the bleak winds ire
Trere on the shore. with its drif-wood aud sands
Over the river tue Lilies are waving,
Bathed ia the sunshine Of Orient lands
Over the river. the wdes dark river
spring-time and summer are blooming forever.
Here All alone on the rocks, am aittings
Sitting and waiting.-my comrades all gone,-
Shadows OF mystery drearily fitting
Over the eurf with its sorrowfui moan;
Over tho river, the strange, cold river.
An must wait FOR the b0atman forever
wife and children and friends we're around me,
Labor and rest were as wings 70 my soul
Hoear and love we're the iaurels that crowned me !;
Little rocked how the dark waters roll
But the deep river, the gray, misty river,
All that lived for has taken forever!
Silently came back boat DER the billows
Steatliily grated the keel on the sand
nustling footsteps were heard through the willows I;
There tho dark boatrnan stood waving his hand,
Whlsporing 81 come DER the shalowy river
She who - dearest must leave thee forever
suns that we're brightest aud skies that were bluest
Darkencd and paled In The message he bore.
Year after wear spent the fondest, the truest,
Following that becroning hand to the shore.
Down to the river, the cold, grim river,
Ousr whose waters they vanished forever.
Yet rot in visions Of grief have I wandered;
Stin have I toiled though my ardors have h0wn.
Labor s. rnanhooa aud life r. but squandcred
Dreaming vague dreams Of the future alone
Yet from the tidos Of the mystical river
Voices Of spirits are Whispering ever.
lonely and aid. In tho dust I an waiting,
TIL tho dark boatman, with soft muitled oar,
Csildea DER the waves aud hear the Keel grating,
See the dim, heckoninR hand on the shore
Waiting me over the welcoming river
To gardens and homes that are shining forever
Atlantic.
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When she ianes z-sre white with roses--
t-istEe roses, r1a ie1-1 -1ear5eil--
IN t1e frz1lalt, zrIssr lUiiiEht
Two napfs lovsa u4Efca
Ne ldsses braak {be eiencs.
No word n love cr E1ltas5
his cia77.lag heuds we saii. 3 6elf-aF
ef7od-py ontii tc-luor1aFE
AZ the ep.n door we qsfsof
Nhsre tle E1nrvaac1L1 oesera
Eslf tie porch visn hilstfae sucEtncss5
We k1eM lqt we Nerc sextrs-
late sunshine sulo.s nv darling.
Round her bead glers making,
A. it kissed her aaintr- oiuuia-.
In nsii2S icuester walking.
Hor eyes were dsFk ~ pansiss.
With 1re1ly Eplend9r slouisV
Sla WAS far as ufifls weed ElHlcls
n shsitare1 crsnaz7s growing.
sim see the ssssst, dlua rs,.lErs
As IS ecnoca back = Io-lpofEqW
But mine ewes are e1sugs.s Ui.l weeping;
have tasted -pre au1 s1iroW-
rhe little hand tbaf aultsrod
Within nay saidd "A cissolne
Before TIN rir1f s.-s over
stroas peata hiinse1 was Ersspiss.
He entered hy tbc rorcii-sssy
That honeysuctio covers,
And only when my d3rlilE died
know that We were lovers.
It vvas long ago We parted
With g nitrrs, Quica lease-taklns,
When tise roa-s. f,lller-hoasfc1,
Ia leafy la'les were walking
Bnt the bro4th q honeysuchfe
GreetH me sta with sudden sorrow
II seems 20 eiqli. 2. Daar heart. nool-hyi
We meet again, to-norrov =
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-06-12
Ripenine for Death.


No one, says Won Humboldt, can fear
death less than I DO, neither am much
attached to life; but I have never
known the feeling of an anxious long
ing for death; and although it be no
bier one than that of an absolute weari-
ness of existence, it is nevertheless
blamable Life must first, for as long
n period as Providence wills it, be en-
ioyed or suffered-in one word, gone
through, and that with a full submiss-
ion, without murmuring, lamenting, or
repining. There is one important law
of nature which we should never lose
sight of mean that of the ripening
for death Death is not a break III ex-
istence, it is but an intermediate cir
cumstance-a transition from one form
of our finite existence to another. The
moment of maturity for death cannot
be decided by any human wisdom or
inward feeling, and to attempt to do so
would be nothing better fhan the vain
rashness of human pride That decis-
ion can only be made by Him who can
at once look back through our whole
course; and both reason and duty re-
quire that we should leave the hour to
Him, and never rebel against His de-
crees by q single impatient wish The
first and most important thing IS. to
learn to master ourselves, and TO throw
ourselves with peaceful CONFIDENCE on
Him who never changes, looking on
every situation, whether plersant or
otherwise, as a source from which our
interior existence and individual hars
acter may draw increasing strength
and hence springs that entire submits
ion which few attain to, although all
fancy they feel It
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NUMBER =
NuGGEqs

HOLLOWAY, the pill man. Is SO rich
that even the largest OF Barnum's sou-
ble-humped camels- can crawl through
the eye of a darniag- twies before
he cae get through the golden gates.
Nor only is Barnum's eaanibaI on a
strike, but his new gorilla is giving
Phineas considerable trouhIe, because
the great Snowman insists that the alai-
NAL must not swear whea heas bite
him, especially if ministers or their
families are standing in front OF the
cage
LORD SHAFrEsnuRY, the great social
reformer, told in a recent speech of his
having whitewashed and painted one Of
the dark houses occupied by a family
IN one of the foul districts of London.
and short time after returning to find
it worse than ever. He said, ssWhat on
earth is this?" And the reply was.
"Please, Your Honor, the house looked
so cold and uncomfortable that I sent
for a sweep and asked him to give us e
few warm touches.
A BILL, known as the Professional
Criminal Bill, has been ordered to
third reading in the New York Assem-
bly,, which is described as a measure to
furnish professional criminals a short
cut to the penitentiary." The bill pro-
vides that the police may arrest persons
who are well known to them as pick
pockets, sneak thieves, eounterleiters
or confidence men, when they find them
IN suspicious positions, that Is to say,
at churches, standing in the crowded
vestibules of theaters or hotels, push
ing their way through street cars, or
lettering about banks and auction rooms.
They must be taken before a Magis-
trate, who, if satisfied that such persons
have no honest means of support and
are professional criminals resorting to
the places named for unlawful purposes.
may sentence them TO prison for three
months, or to give satisfactory bonds
for good behavior for one year. Tt also
provides that persons charged upon
afidavits with being professional criini-
nails may be placed upon trial without
the presentation of immediate acts, and
be punished as in the other case.
A PATHETIC incident occurred during
the floods at Binghamton. A Mrs. Fox,
residing near the cemetery gate. heard,
in the morning, a peculiar moaning in
the direction of the cemetery. Going
there she found little child waist-deep
in the water and weeping near a head
stone, which marked lonely grave
Upon being questioned she said that
she lived long way of. She had heard
that the graves We're covered by water,
and she feared that her mothers would
be washed away. So she went to keep
her poor watch and ward beside it. She
was kindly cared for, and returned to
her motherless home.
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4ne pencil lasrks yea see afoslhz fE.is
pafseaalh ttilss1 mean tl.af y0uE sub-
1sptaer ont or unpasd. and fhas
~ are 9ea s. Pay M ct once.
. e Ne.iisf tsEe great Fl 81 extensI-
ing eeel5t - oae Trends ana patrons.
bus easll ssAene VIII pay expenses. and
We are 5oFces5 to adhere - Q strict cash
r1le. We hope Ycu VA! comprehend
ana sppreeiaie the necessity Of ssich q
course, ald renew your Subscription
without de We solicit yonr favor.
81 We entrr No neU names on our
books without the money "a a1r1ace.
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Mr.. BEssEsmR's original plan for
preventing sea sickness by building
vessels with saloons which are to be
hung In such manner as to keep
them level and steady. with the aid Of
hydraulic apparatus, even when the
vessel itself is tossing wildly in a storm,
is to be put to an actual test. Mr..
Reed, formerly naval architect to the
British Admiralty, is now setting the
plans of couple Of vessels, intended
for the English Channel, which are to
be provided with saloons ninety feet
long by twenty feet broad and thirty
feet high, constructed in accordance
with Mr.. Bessemer's plan. Above the
saloon viii be promenade deck seven
ty feet in length Of equal stability, and
Mr.. Bessemer says that in the roughest
weather the saloon and deck VIII not
be subjected to greater amount OF
motion than is felt 10 an ordinary rail
wav carriage.
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Bret Harte.s Literary oaraer.


Ss5ns1s64 he was appointed secretary Of
the United States branch mint in San
francisco. IA position which. during the
six years he held it, gave him time and
opportunity for more careful work than
any which he had heretofore accom-
plished. During this time some of the
most famous of his poems and sketches
were written. John Burns Of Gettys-
burg, "The Pliocene Skull, "tsThe So
ciety upon the Stanislaw, 'fHow are
you, Sanitary p and other little unique
gems of verse We're written about this
time and first appeared Gor the most
part) anonymously in tine San Francisco
newspapers. In July, 1868, the publi-
cation of the Overland Monthly was be-
gun, with Bret Harte as its organizer
and editor. The success of the magazine
was immediate and decided. We can
not tell how much of its renown was
owing to the series of remarkable stories
which Immediately began to flow from
the pen of its accomplished editor,
nor how much TO the rare talent which
he seems to have had in awaEing the
dormant energies Of those who consii-
tuted his loyal staff or contributors.
The Overland became at once a unique,
piquant and highly-desired element in
the current literature of the republic
and it found multitude Of readers on
both sides of the Atlantic. In its pages.
August, 1868, appeared The Luck Of
Roaring Camp, a story which. what
ever may be the merits Of those which
have succeeded it. gave Harte the first
of his great fame as a prose-writer. But
it was not until January OF the next
year that the stimulated appetite of the
impatient public was appeased BY the
production of s'The Outcasts Of Poker
Flat, dramatic tale which probably
contains more firmly drawn and distinct
characters than have appeared in any
one Of Harte's stories or sketches.
"NIiggles" came next, and, marshaied
in their long array, the iuimitable
personages who figure in still Later
stories emerged from their shadowy
realm and passed into the language and
familiar acquaintance of the English
speaking world. Harte's poems are
nose thicldy scattered through his later
work in California than elsewhere.
Some of the best-known were written
between 1865 and 1876; Plain Lam
guage from Truthful James, popularity
quoted as the ''Heathen Chinee. app
peared in the Overland Of September,
1870. A more abitious work. The
Lost Galleon, was an earlier produc-
non, aud gave title 10 q thin volume Of
fugitive bits Of verse published IN San
Francisco a year or two before, Harte's
first book was the condensed novels, 8
collection Of Wonderful limitations, too
real to be called parodies. first printed
tho Californian, published IN a poorly
executed volume in Kew York, called in
and republished and Reinforced il 1871.
-Four new volumes have issued from the
pen Of the poet-storyieller. and great
constituency hungriiy waits for more
Noah Brooks
PuDpno tsD PEa Sor UsHsALTar.
There is probably great deal OF
truth in the following extrnci, phieH We
nuke from DR. Halls .Jouruak ~
Heahh. The universal error - = The
unhealthfnlness IF pics. puddines. and
pastries taking ft for frrarffstl that fhrq
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-06-12

PUDpno AID PIEa Nor UsHEAEfaT.
There is probably a ereat deal Of
truth IN tie following extract, which we
nuke from DR. Halls ,Jouraak ~
Hcalg,s The universal error - E the
unhealthfnlness IF pies, puddings. and
pastries. taking il ief granted that they
are vel made and properly cooked,
has arisen from the simple fact that az
ter We have msdea fdll mcd ~ ofhef
things. the stoHaeh IS oppressed by
tEem5 and = tiie process b repe4ted,
had not The power - gork np the fel51
because it had been worked q. tlealfi 81
ready. it WonId he quite as pfiiasopi-
iell that 4 q n p has become very tired
by piouilg 81 day. and sJterwaf.l. -
ckopping wood. has worked Aim-
self out, i Hus very unhealfhy, - hop.
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TILE LONG DRIFT.

Captain Tyson's story OF the Return
From the POInris - Nineteen Persons
Anoat on Zee for Six DIOnths-A BIg
Thing on Ice.
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Tunneling the Rockies.

A scheme is now on foot for running
a tunnel through the Rocky Mountains.
This may seem a prodigious enterprise
at first to the casual reader, but the
passes who have the matter in hand are
sanguine of the most complete success.
For some time past gentlemen have been
investigating this matter, and they have
arrived at the conclusion that the pro
iect is feasible in every particular. The
idea Is to tunnel the mountains from
point about one mile below Black Hawk
to the Middle Park, running in q north
westerly direction. The tunnel to be
run will, it is presumed, cut many rich
veins of gold and silver, and thus a
great mining interest be developed.
Money for the prosecution of the work
is furnished by English capitalists, who
are sanguine of the ultimate success of
the enterprise. Some idea of the mag
nitude of the task may be gathered
from the fact that the tunnel, if COM
pIeted, will be twelve miles in length
It is intended to make it large enough
to be used for railway purposes, and so,
if a road is ever to be constructed to the
Middle Park, it wlll find its most con
venient route through the tunnel.
Tt viii be called the Sierra Madre
Tunnel company, and the incorporation
papers for its organization have already
been fled.
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Care ofHorses.

Horses that have been at rest during
the winter should be worked only mod
erately at first. See that the collars fit,
and that the parts that come in contact
with the shoulders are clean and soft.
Wash the shoulders with salt and water.
If the skin becomes inAamed or sore.
bathe it with petroleum mot kerosene),
or wash with warm water or carbolio
acid. Keep the feet and legs clean.
Wash them, If necessary, aud rub them
dry. At noon remove the harness and
clean the horses Feed cut hay moist
ened with water and spriiikled over
with meal oebran. This can be eaten
quicker than long hay, and the horses
have more time to digest it before go
ing back TO work At night always
clean the horses thoroughly ard make
them comfortable. This is more inn
portant than cleaning IN the morning.
Let them have ali the salt they vii
eat.
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A EAs in ChitteBden county, Vt, has
made an experiment designed 10 asoer-
tain bow far soil is protected from~coid
by snow. FoF fons consecutive winter
davs. there being four inches Of snow
on a level, he found the aFersEs tenn
perature Immediately Shove the snow
fourteen degrees helaW zero fmmed3-
ately beneath, ten degrees above zero :
under a drift two feet deep. twenty
sevaG degrees above.