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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
FelloWship With Co.

In all mems deepest feelings they do
acknowledges Is an instinct irrepressi-
bIe-that the one thing needfuI for
them is loving intercourse with God.
All other things we need only qualified
ly, as wealth, or friends, or learning.
or the arts of life, but this one thing do
we need absolutely. It were by itself
an essential bliss; yea, even in the loss
of worldly good. That an assured fell
lowship with God must exercise and
satisfy the exact self-hood Of man, is
a very intuition Of all men. Whereas
all worldly good, without God. does
but leave us restless and aching still.
All the things thou caust desire. the
passions gratifed the appetite regaIed,
the inebriatiOn of power, the ministry
of art, the wonders of science, the glow
of thought, sentiment and sensibility.
enterprise, friendship, the family, tho
State-all these things, without God.
are only triumph of tho pulse, n
dance of the spirits, a froth Of Joy, leav-
ing the soul more vapid than before"
IT,
Nor Is it any mere thanking Of God that
will satisfy us; neither the searching out
and admiring of his wonderful works,
but only the personal meeting with God.
A man viii give his lifetime TO the study
of butterfly, or a rock, or n star, and
fondly claim that he is conversing with
God; but vainly thus will he whisper
peace, peace to his soul, when there j.
no peace. That butterfly WAS but q
beaming forth from God-not God him
self. A light from yonder mansion is
shining into the outer darkness, and a
poor, houseless stranger on the street
thinks it beautiful, looks 1T il wistfully.
and all the more wraps his tatters about
him in the shivering blast of winters
evening. But, seel another wanderers in
the street. The long-Iost son of the house
has returned, his step is at the door. he
enters, the shout of welcome grects
him, loving arma are all around him,
and fathers heart is beating next his
own. What "A difference between the
two besause Of that one element of tillal
fellowship Even so the religious con
sciOusness, If shut off from personal
embrace with God, Is vagaDonu I'D
rags and darkness, although ln the
midst Of the marvellous works Of God;
and the sense of responsibility 20 God
goes shivering along his life Besides,
/ if now we stand aloof from God' ne
will hereafter say. to us, 3" Depart ye
cursed - while if he and we do -, come come
together now, he viii say to us; Come
ve blessed - OH surely present lei
iowship with God is the very chleIest I'..'j oi
onr bIessings; and how should we bound
/ forward 10 Il. seeing that we can have Il
bv simply drawing nigh to him pF l"i't
! ia Jesus Christ.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
Make Friends.

g I viii give you an Unfailing key to
success" said an experienced man to
his young friend "Make one ,eelO
friend every day, and retain all you
make. Three hundred and sixty-five
friends year would certainly be an i'm
portant auxiliary to the productive re-
sources" of an ambitious young man
making his may in the world. But then
comes the question: How are these
friends to be made It will be easy
enough to retain friend once earned,
but how can this very excellent pre-
scription of making friends be car
ried out? There may be many
ways in which progress may be had in
this direction, even if the task should
not be literally accomplished. Let us
look at the matter in rational way.
To commence with, civility is an ex-
cellent bait with which to catch friends !;
and civility is cheap. Nothing is easier
than to keep a supply constantly on
hand" There are bogus articles some
times attempted to be palmed off for
the real thing, but they are all so base
that they are easily detected. Obsequi-
business is one hattery another mock
modesty third officiousness a fourth,
and soon. These may have the d" genuine
stamp" but their spuriousness is easily
detected. True eivility needs no false
lights to show it's points. It is the en-
bodiment of Truth, the mere opening
out of the inner self The arts and
articles of a polished exterior are we'll
enough but if they are anything less
or more than fair exponent of inward
rectitude, their hollOwness cannot long
escape detection. Shakespeare has said,
g" A man may smile, and smile, and be
a villain - but all the world knows that
there is a wide difference between the
smile of a villain and that Of an honest
man.
Courtesy, which is the natural out
growth of inward gentleness, bears It's
characteristics by the artIess child as by
the grown man. Civility, therefore, to
be effective in this quest, must have the
sub-stratum of goodness. It must be
pervading and uniform. not exceptional
and fitful. 1t is all very well to lay the
blame of an unreliable and explosive
| temper upon weak digestion, or that
crash humor" inherited from others
| but its disastrous effects are all the same.
! The worst tempers are made subservient
/ to we'll settled and persistent prin-
ciple of right doing and that is the
only thing which can be relied on. The
whole question therefore resolves itself
! into this formula.
To make friends, Do right
/ To keep friends, Do right
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
Partisan Newspapers.

French newspapers are celebrated for
containing very little of what an Ameri-
can or English reader would regard as
news. To supply the place Of domestic
intelligence or foreign kilograms, how
ever, Partisan editors show remarkable
ingenuity IN inventing pleasant stories,
with a sufficient appearance of truth
about them, to pass current with their
readers, for genuine accounts of actual
occurrences. The following is a sample
of local item in a Paris newspaper of
recent date: " For some months the
employees of the octrol, or city toll of
the Porte Vanguard of Paris, observed
every evening at nightfall an elegant
dog cart, driven by gentleman of ir-
reproachable toilette. At the back sat
a groom, with the most correct English
physiognOmy, his arms crossed on his
breast, stand-up collar, and looking as
grave as a Charge d'Affaires signing a
treaty. The formal question, q Have
you anything to declare ?" was always
answered in the negative, and the We
hicIe passed on. It happened, however,
a day or two back, that, by some awk-
wardness on the part of the driver, the
cart caught on the boundary OF the
road. and though it was not overturned,
the shock was so violent and so sudden,
that the gentleman, losing his balance,
was flung out upon the ground. The
ernplovees at the gate hastened to raise
and assist the sufferer. During this
time the groom had not moved from his
seat. 90 Come, said one Of the men.
The groom preserved a dignified silence.
d" Come down." cried they angrily,
"don't you see your master Is hurt %
q Is he drunk or stupid ?" The groom
preserved his English sang froid, and
the employees, giving him a shake, dis
covered, TO their astonishment, that he
was made Of zinc, and contained 80 gal
] Ions Of cognac,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
Education of the Eve.


No mechanic can ever attain distinc-
ton unless he is able to detect ordinary
imperfection at sight, so that he can see
if things are out of plumb, out of level,
out of square and out of proper shape;
and unless he can also detect dispropOr-
toned or ill-shaped patterns. This is a
great mechanical attainment. We say
attainment, because it can be attained
by any ordinary person. OF course
there are defective eyes as there are
other defective organs; the speech, for
instance, is sometimes defective; but
the eye is susceptible of the same train
ing as any other organ. The muscles,
the voice, the sense of hearing, all re-
| quire training. Consider how the ar
tist must train the organ of sight in or
der to detect the slightest imperfection
| in shade, color, proportion, shape, ex-
preston, &c. Not one blacksmith in
five ever attains the art of hammering
square; yet it is very essential in his oc-
cupatiOn. It is simply because he al
lows himself to get into a careless habit;
/
necessary for success.
The fact is that the eye is not half as
much at fault as the needless mind.
Some carpenters acquire the careless
habit of using try square every time
they square off a shaving, in place of
giving their minds right to their busi-
ness and properly training their eyes;
and unless they cultivate this power of
the eye they viii always be at journey
work. Look at the well-trained black
smith; he goes across the shop, picks up
the horses foot, takes a squint, returns
to the anvil, forges the shoe, and it ex-
actly fits the foot. Contrast him with
the bungler who looks at the foot, then
forges a shoe, often to the ruin of fine
horse. Now the fault lies in ever allow
ing himself to put shoe that is not In
proper shape for the foot; he should de-
termine to make the shoe fit the foot in
place of the foot fitting the shoe, and
he should follow it up until the object
is accomplished.
A very good way to discipline the me-
chanical eye is to first measure an inch
with the eye, then prove it with the
rule, then measure a half inch, then an
eighth, and so on, and you will soon be
able to discover at a glance the differ
ence between a twelfth and a sixteenth
of an inch; then go to three inches, six,
twelve and so on. Some call this guess
ing; there is no guess work about it; il
is measuring with the eye and mind
Acquire the habit of criticising for i'm
perfections every piece of work that yoU
see; do everything as nearly as you cal
without measuring Cor spelling it, o.
as nearly as you can trust the eye witt
with its present training. If you can
not see things mechanically do no
blame the eye for it; it is no more tC
blame than the mouth is because we ca1
not read, or the fingers because we can
not write. A person may write very
: good hand with his eyes closed, the
mind of course directing the fingers
The eye is necessary, however, to de
tsct imperfections.
Every occupation in life requires {
mechanically trained eye, and we should
realize, more than we do, the great i'm
portance of properly training tina
organ.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
IN GENERAL.

All the telegraph companies except the
Western Union having formed a combination
TO lower rates, the Western Union has now
appointed committee to confer with the op-
position lines, to fix, if possible, on a uniform
tariff. The new Automatic Telegraph Com-
pany has just cut down rates from two cents
to one cent word. The Western Union is
the company which transmits the messages of
the Western Press Association, but the pro-
posed modification of tariff will not possibly,
interfere with or reduce the press contracts, or
make the news any cheaper to the newspapers.
1t is stated that combination of tele-
graph companies outside of the Western
Union Company are about to purchase the
Franklin Line, and viii consolidate upon
over telegraph rates upon the trunk lines
between large cities, while the rates on short
distances will remain the same as at present.
"A French surgeon has now inserted sue
cessfully into the skull of his dogs watch
crystals, through which he can observe the
processes of the canine brain during sleep,
Indigestion when influenced by rage or other
emotion, and in its normal movements. The
pack seems to show no aversion to having an
eye set on their inmost thoughts, nor to con-
tributing to science through their sky-ights,
and the savan expects to show, as clear as
crystal, that the theory that blood tends to the
head in sleep is an error.
1t is stated that the Pope has requested
Father Burke, the Dominican antagonist of
Froude, to hasten back to Rome.
On New Years day there we're 80, $40 post
offices in the United States.
Gen. schofeld is going to the Sandwich
Islands, some say on secret political mis-
sion.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
MYSTERY.

BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
The river hemmed with leaning tree,
Wound through its meadows green;
low, blue line of mountains
Showed the open pines between.
One sharp, tall peak above them all
Clear into sunlight sprang;
saw the river of my dreams,
The mountains that I sang.
No clew of memory led me on,
But well the ways I knew;
A feeling Of familiar things
With every fOotstep grew.
Not otherwise above its crag
q Could lean the blasted pine;
Not otherwise the maple hold
Aoft his red ensign.
So up the long and shorn foothills
The mountains road should creep;
So, green and low, the meadows fold
It's red-haired kline asleep.
The river wound as it should wind;
Their place the mountains took,
The white, torn fringes Of their clouds
Wore no unwonted look.
Yet ne'er before that rivers rim
Was pressed by feet Of mine,
Never before mine eyes had crossed
That broken mountain line.
A presence, strange at once and known,
Walked with me as my guide;
The skirts Of some forgotten life
Trailed noiseless at my side.
Was il a aforementioned dream?
glimpse through Bons old7
The secret which the mountains kept,
The river never told.
But from the vision ere it passed
tender hope 1 drew,
And, pleasant as a dawn of spring.
The thought within me grew,
That love would temper every change,
And soften all surprise,
And, misty with the dreams of earth,
The hills of Heaven arise.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
OTT WEST

Wood is $50 cord in Nevada, and no
prospect of relief.
The epizootic has reached Rawlins, Wy
oming.
"A commercial traveller WAS robbed of $40
GOO in jewelry while at supper in Chicago last
Week
The woman Stickney, and her daughter,
Almira, who shot the school-teacher, Wright,
at Cedar City, Iowa, have made full confess
sion. They determined some weeks ago to
make Wright marry Almira or kill him, and
have been shaping their plans accordingly.
The intention was to kill him at noon on Mon
day; but, coming to the house at recess, the
bloody act was done then. The young man,
Richard George, also makes full confession,
His object was to get Wright out of the way,
that he might marry the girl. At last reports.
Wright still living
A most remarkable weather phenomena
occurred last week between Milwaukee and
Sparta, Wisconsin, one hundred and eighty
miles west. The thermometer of the last
place was 45 degrees below zero, and at Mil
waukee eight above. The difference was due
to two distinct currents of'air, that at Milwau-
kee being from north to northeast brisk, with
lively storm of snow while at Sparta ant
west the wind was from the northwest with G
clear slSy
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
News Of the Week.
DOWN EAST.

l[O " EdDL.
There are IA murderers awaiting trial in
the New York Toombs
Three hundred men have commenced
work at Seventy-ninth Street, New York, upon
one section of the underground railroad. It
is expected that one thousand men will be at
work within a month. The road viii be in
working order the first of January, 1875. A
contractor who employed large number of
italian emigrants, sent them back to the Emil
grafton Commissioners, pronouncing them
worthless.
Cuban tories in New York sympathizing
with Spain, have forwarded to Madrid protest
against the Intervention of Secretary Fish in
regard to slavery in Cuba 1t is stated that
the friends of the Spanish cause are in receipt
of late news from Havana of a depressing
character, and it is understood the Spaniards
have received some reverses.
Mortar, who some time ago defaulted in
tho Post-office Department at New York, has
been arrested and an increase in his bail
asked to 5115, 900.
1t is stated that new horse disease of a
dangerous character is prevalent in New York
Surgeons pronounce it to be spinal meningitis
and it is believed to be the outgrowth of the
distemper recently prevalent, caused by work
ing the horses before they had fully recover.
ed. There have been several fatal cases
already.
A Pottville, Pennsylvania, letter states
alarm is felt in the Schuylkin and Lehigt
Valleys at the prospect of the Reading Com
pany effecting monopoly in the coal trade
Coal men say it is only question of time
when they will have to shut up business Il
IS also stated that every iron mine and all the
large factories using quantities of coal, will
be at the mercy of this monopoly.
Heavy freshets Of flood and ice are re-
ported in Pennsylvania and New York, doing
great damage to property.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
NUMBER d.
THERE IS NO DEATH.

By LORD LTTroN.
There is no death! The stars go dow
To rise upon some fairer shsre,
Aud bright in Heavens jeweIed crown
They shine forevermore.
There is no deathi The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the. summer shower
To golden grain or meIlowed fruit,
Or Iainbow-tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disOrganize.
And feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest trees drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no DEATH The leaves may fan.
And flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming Of Nsy-day.
There is no death. An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread:
And bears our best loved things away;
And then we call them "dead."
He leaves our heart all desoiate,
He plucks our fstrest, sweetest flowers;
Trsnsplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones
Make glad these scenes Of sin and strife.
Vow sings an everlasting song
Around the Tree Of Life.
Where'er he sees a smile too bright,
Or heart too pure for faint and vice.
He bears it to that world Of light,
To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undying life,
They leave us but to come again;
With joy we welcome them the same.
Except their sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread;
Fsr all the boundiess universe
In life-fhere are no deGdl
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
FOREIGN .LNTELLIGEYCE.


Russia takes rank among the financially
prosperous nations of Europe. Her Minister
of Finance announces a surplus of receipts
over expenditures in his budget for 1872.
More than 25, 900 people witnessed the re-
mains of Napoleon while lying in state One
of the persons who came from France to at
tend the funeral of Napoleon brought with
him some soil dug from the gardens of the
Tulleries, which he strewed over the coffin
after it was deposited in the sacristy of the
chapel at -Chiselhurst. Many French spies
were present while the funeral services were
taking place
"A cable telegram from Liverpool reports
the laundering of the ship Tuscarora off
Gibralta. She was loaded with cotton from
Mobile. 1t is reported that eleven men we're
lost.
The Lendon Telegraph publishes a letter
from the Duke de Grammont, announcing an
early refutation of Count Won Beust's state
ments as to the Austrian policy towards France
at the beginning of the Franco-German war.
The Duke says that he will prove that Austria,
after the declaration of war, promised France
material support, she only requiring time to
arm herself and find pretext for hostilities
with Prussia. The opportunity would be fur
nished in an ultimatum to Prussia, demanding
the observance of the stipulations of the
treaty of Prague. This would be refused
and Austria would then join France in an
alliance, offensive and defensive.
The steamer Edgar Stewart which recent
ly sailed from Aspinwan and Carthage with 6
fun cargo of arms and ammunition, and some
forty recruits for the Cuban revolutionists
under the Cuban General Aqueno, has sue
cessfully landed all her cargo on the Cuban
coast
"A London letter says that the retirement
of Bismarck from the Prussian cabinet il
really due to a difference arising between him
and the Emperor William on the church ques-
ton. The Kaiser became alarmed at Bis
marcks course towards Catholics. and declined
to further follow the Prince in his policy.
The sheba OF Persia will leave Teherar
next April, on European tour, and will visi
St. Petersburg, Berlin, Vienna, London, Paris
and Constantinople.
"A letter from a naval officer states that
the foreign population of Tim Psin, neal
Pekin, are much alarmed from the fact tina
the Chinese are being literally supplied will
breech-loading guns.
Prince Napoleon is reported as saying tina
he viii abstain from all intrigues, either in hi
own behalf or for Napoleon ". When hi
rights French citizen are recognized h
will adhere to the Republic.
private London dispatch reports a strik
among the iron foundrys and rolling mill
throughout Wales.
The number OF emigrants who left tn
port Of Bremen for the United States, las
year. was $4,000
The Turkish government has sued tn
London Times FOR libel in publishing a con
mumication alleged to have been signed by tll
Turkish Minister in London. containing III
true statements in reference to the finances
he government OF Turkey.
London-The council OF holders OF 10
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24
THE OLD BARN.

Rckety. old, and crazy,
Shingieless, lacking some doors
Bad Ia the upper story,
Wanting boards in the floors;
Beams strung thick with cobwebs-
Ridge-pole yellow aud gray,
Hanging in helpless innocence
Over moWs Of hay.
How the winds turned around it
Winds Of a stormy day
Scattered the fragrant hay seed.
Whisking the straws away;
Streaming III at the crannies,
Spreading the clover smell,
Changing the dark old granery
Into fiowery dell.
o how loved the shadows
That clung to the silent roof,
Day-dreams wove with the quiet,
Many a glittering woof;
I climbed to the highest rafters,
And watched the swallows at play.
Admired the knots in the boarding,
And rolled in the biIlows of hay.
Palace of king couldn't match it,
The Vatican loses its charm,
When placed in my memOry's balance.
Beside the old gray barn!
And I'd rather scent the clover
Piled in the barns roomy mows,
Than sit in the breath of the highlands
Poured from Appenine brows!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24

eign bonds have Issued report which charges
Ecuador and Venezuela with continued dis
honesty, complains of the default of Nicaura-
uga and Honduras, and stigmatized as dis
crsditable the positions OF the States of
Florida, Virginia, Alabama and Georgia.
Prince Humbert has declared to his father.
King Victor Emanuel, that he will leave Italy
if the latter declares his marriage with the
the Countess Marfiori legal
Funeral obsequies of Napoleon were OBJ
served in Milan, Italy, and throughout Rou-
mania.
The Chinese Emperor has been frightened
by present of two large red candles in which
Orsini bombs were discovered.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24

THE Census Office has completed it's
statistics of the manufacture of agri-
cultural implements for the year 1870.
It shows their value have been $50, 900,
OO0 This is more than three times the
value of those made in 1860.
In the happy land of Canaan, \. Il
dwells a.peaceful citizen sixty years OF
age, who sees the locomotive pass
in view every day, but has never
ridden IN the cars or stage coach, and
has never had a lawsuit, In fact he has
never been forty miles from home. and
yet he is tolerably happy, and says the
local paper. &" Is a man Of business anC
highly esteemed