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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
A Lion Hunt on a Steamshlp.

Lion hunting on board steamship is
certainly a novelty, yet the passengers
and crew of the Euphrates and TigrIs
Steam Navigation cOmpany'S vessel,
CITY of London, seem to have had
most exciting and successful lion hunt
on the 18th of March last.
From the account given by a cores
pondent OF the Times of India, it appears
that on the morning of that day, when
at the junction Of the two rivers Eu-
pirates and Tigris, where the rivers had
oyerhowed the embankments, three full
grown lions were seen walking along
the shore in the water about mile
ahead of the steamer. On nearing the
beasts one was shot dead while trying
to vim toward the ship. The launch
was manned to pick up the carcass, and
the steamer pursued the two others,
who turned round to charge the vessel
After many shots had been fred at
them, one was struck dead by the com
mander, and the other was shortly alter
ward despatched by a bullet from a
Snider. The steamer then approached
the bank, and the dead lions, or rather
lionesses, for such they proved to be,
we're taken on board. About ten min
utes later large male lion was observed
crouching down on a small tract OF
ground surrounded with water, and
waving his tail, perhaps as a signal OF
distress. On being fred at he gave
tremendous roar, and with his name
standing on end, advanced to charge the
ship, when a fresh volley laid him low.
He, too, was carried on board when thor
oughIy dead, and his dimensions were
as follows: Length from head to end
of tail, 9 feet 6 inches length o! body,
| 6 feet 7 inches; height, 3 feet - inches;
weight, 400 pounds. The like OF TINS
| incident, it is stated, has never occurred
| before in that part OF mesopotamla--
| To1o7o,7 Pail Mall Gazette.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26

the city had become disgusted with the inhu-
manity Of their own race, and were disposing
OF their goods and property as fast as possi-
bic to escape from the island. All persons
suspected Of sympathizing with the patriots
were drafted into the army without law and of
course without redress. The whole country
for several leagues was one vast waste, many
Of the sugar plantations having been burnt by
the insurgents. There were two thousand
volunteers and regulars in the city. The COM
mandants were afraid to venture outside the
stocksde to fight handful OF Cubans and
Put an end to the work of destruction The
Spanish officers appeared disheartened, and
dreaded the approach of the sickIy season
now nearly at hand. which brings with it the
dreaded black Yomit.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
SO Ut II.

Fully one-third of Louisiana is un-
der water, which is from one to two feet deep.
John Jefferson has been sentenced to
be hanged at Memphis Aug. 7, for the murder
OF Dick Harris; both colored.
Gen. Edward w. Gautt, of Arkansas,
died suddenly at Little Rock, June 10. He
was elected to congress in 1860, but never took
his seat, the war having begun before his
term commenced.
Ambrose B. Ooe, who shot and killed
Miss Abbie Summers because she would not
marry him, has been sentenced to imprison-
ment for life; in Missouri. The trial of the
case has cost the state 500, 900.
Miss Sallie Smith, about seventeen
years of age, student of the female schoo
at Oakland, Ky, was fatally burned last week
during the school exhibition exercises. She
was standing on the stage near coal oil lamp
which exploded and at once enveloped her in
flames.
Charles Claiborne, clerk of Judge
Durelrs court at New Orleans, Ieftthat city on
the 14th of May to go, as supposed, across the
lake for his health. Fully two weeks elapsed
before any grave suspicious were aroused. 1t
was finally discovered, however, that Mr..
Claiborne had left the country-for Europe
and that he had stolen $780, coo of the funds of
the court.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
How a whip Snake Fights.

Reader, did you ever see a whip
snake? We did not, but we heard of
one. A short time since, while James
Christian was returning to his mines,
he encountered whip snake five feet
long. In trying to kill it the snake
turned upon him and made desperate
fight. It struck at him repeatedly with
its tail, cracking it like a whip. After
killing it Mr. Christian made an exam
nation of the 'sarpent." Its length was
fully five feet, two of which were plat
ted like a cartcr's whip. The plat seem
ed to consist of four strands, and taper
ed down to what might be termed a
cracker. This species of serpent is ex-
ceedingly rare (but we should think
lively), and many naturalists doubt its
existence anywhere, but as Mr. Chris
tian is a gentleman of undoubted YER
acity, it is certain that, in addition to
its many other rare attractions, Morgan
county has, or had, the whip snake
Versailles (HO.) Gazette.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
Facts Plainly Stated.

Does not the while drift Of the So
called education Of the country run to
a pretense in what people cali the high
er branches rather than TO solldity IN
the three Rs-reading, writing and
arithmetic? And does any one know
tbis better than the editor Of the daily
neyvsDaDer. condemned to read articles
badlV written. badly spelled, AMI based
on verv bad calculation It is not West
Point alone which rejects half the Peo-
pie who apply for admission. There IS
not a bank which ants a new teller,
there is not an importer who wants a
new clerk for correspondence, there If
not a clergyman who wants a new
auanuengis. there is not a merchant
who wants a new bOok-keeper, who does
not reject nine applicants out OF ten fol
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
sABBATH IN THE COUNTRY.

Now scars the lark in heavens ewes.
through leafy crypt now steals the stream
with seiloW d1mple, swOrd-blade CLEAN,
And glmpses Of divine SURPRISE
Heavens golden fire and air of bIue.
Are drooped about the bOwery world;
Within her holy bosom hurled,
The sun has drunk the roses dew,
The landscape all around is fair,
But this remains. the heart and gem
With stealing stream, and graceful stem,
And sunht park, and sweet parterre.
The vista fascinates my gaze;
lin ger in blessed trance.
See in . dream the waters glaace,
And things that are the food of praise.
In many q quiet cottage round
Japonica, glory gIows;
Her ruby-colored sister blows;
And purple pansies gem the ground.
The first Iaburnum droops her curIs.
And mingles with the hlac's locks;
Der golden meadows browse the focks;
The orchard blossom types sweet girls.
The sweet briar sheds its heavenly breath:
pass the walI-howeris rich perfume:
And chestnut with its tin-freaked plume
world to Danish dreams of death
The scent of flower, the song of bird,
The lace Of leaf, the light of heaven,
Are vital with mystic leaven,
We have soul for, not a word.
Unless it be-the breath of God;
Which also breathes in yon church-bei;
1t breaks on me with what a spell
Across the May embroidered sod
Earth, clothed with Sabbath, thou art fair;
Ye two upon each other act
The Sabbath sleeps the fioWery tract,
And finer seems to make the air.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK
EAST.

Prof. Blanchard's anti-secret society
convention at Syracuse, N. Y, organized
Htseif as The National Christian Association,
and agreed to establish new party to war
'agsinst secret societies, intemperance, tobacco
and kindred evils.
At the annual meeting at &1-s academy
of the West Point alumni, Prof Church in
troduced a resolution, which was unanimoulv
adopted, inviting all graduates, both south and
north, to join in the anniversary dinner next
year, on June IT, the anniversary of the bat
tle Of Bunker Hill,
While the International circus was
parading the streets at Van Vert. Ohio, last
week, the tiger, which was riding on top of
wagon, became enraged at something and
made terrible attack on it's keeper. Mile De
Graner Lee, badly lacerating her hand and
hnbs and tearing her clothes in shreds She
retained her presence of mind and succeeded
in keeping the beast partly cowed until it was
secured, when she tainted. Her injuries are
not dangerous
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus} mean that your sub
scrip3ion is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay mp at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone will pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to q strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF each
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
q We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
NUMBER IS.

the very reasons for which West Point
has rejected these boys, because they
can not spell, they can not write, and
because they do not know what the rule
of three means. And thus we come
round again to the question, "WouId
it not be better to teach three things
thoroughly than thousand things i'll o.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
Superiority of Fish Eaters.

Those nations who eat fish with one
meal each day, are undoubtedly the
most active In intellect and the most
capable Of brain labor without eKhaus-
ton or fatigue. Not only is such Phos-
phatic food conducive to the activity OF
the brain, but It promotes fecundity and
increases the ability to endure cold,
fatigue. etc, and while the facilities for
obtaining it are constantly increasing, 1t
would be well for the rising generation
were they made so TO partake OF and
realize IT as second only In many re-
spects TO the staff of life and the hus-
band and father who occasionally takes
half day from his legitimate business
to fill his basket with delicious fish,
should not be considered as a "mere
sportsman" but " good provider fol
his family Of those things which are oi
vital utility.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
Spanking or Being Spanked.

Everybody knows that Richard Grant
White is a sad trifer about words
that he has verbal hyper-criticism bad.
OF course a writer who carries refine
ment to such pitch as he is fair game
for the humorist. Max Adeler, in his
Hurry Burly book, dissents from the
infaIlible Richards dictum respecting
the substitution of "being" for " is be-
ing" and &c doing" for " is doing" He
don't like the innovation. He says
" Suppose you wished to express the
idea that our boy Agamemnon is endur-
ing chastisement, you would say 'Ag-
amemnon is being spanked, not Aga
memnOn IS spanking The difference
may seem slight to you, but it would be
a matter of considerable importance to
Agamemnon and, if a choice should
be given him, it is probable that he
would suddenly select the latter form. q"
Max has unquestiOnaBly caught Mr..
White in peculiarly tender place.
USEFUL NEWSPAPERS. Newspapers
beginning to be appreciated. It Is
found that they are better than cedar
chests for keeping woOlen clothing ID,
over summer the moths don't like to
tackle the newspapers they know bet
ter. Whip the coats, shawls, ETC.,
thoroughly particularly about the
seams then fold them sDugly in q
large printed sheet, and paste the pa
per tight-gum-arabi mucilage is best.
Then fasten it all tightly in y linen OF
/ cotton sheet. This, we are assured by
those who have had years Of experience
with all kinds of preventives, Is the
most effectuaI protection of wOolen
clothing from the ravages of moths.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
Oh, or 10 lines Of type, constitutes 1 souare.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

announcing the name Of person for 3 county
once, $ state ofhce SO; federal oface e1s ~
Variably in advance. - IL
The Inc above terms and rates will be strictly sd.
hengious, marriage, birth ana death notices 90
c5ea, and VIII be willingly inserted fres Of oharge
O1ltuafles, Masonic and other society noticesSof
"S1'ii$' SIC VII be charged 10 cents per line.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26

SARAH BRIGGs (reading the lOcaD-
g. Sakes alive / would no more name
q child Alias than nothin' in the world.
They're allurs cuttin' up some caper.
Here's Alias Thompson, Alias Williams,
Alias the Night Hawk, all been took up
for stealin'."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
Public Life of Benjamin F. Bristow.

B. F. Bristow is the son of F. NJ.
Bristow, a prominent lawyer and politi-
clan of Kentucky, who filed many po-
sitions of trust. He is Al years old,
was born in Elkton, Todd county, KY,
and practiced with much success at Hop
kinsvilie before the war. He was
strong union man entered the army in
1861 was at DOnelson and Shiloh :;
major of the 25th Kentu ekv, and was
wounded at Shiloh. Afterward he was
colonel of the 9Th Kentucky cavalry.
He was appointed United States district
attorney abOut the close of the war, fill
ing the position with satisfaction, being
frequently sent by the treasury depart
ment to other districts to look after the
interests of the government. He re-
signed the district attOrneyship and re-
sumed private practice. When the of
fee of solicitor general was created he
was appointed the first incumbent, or
ganized the Office, and during the alb
sence of the attorney general, performed
the duties and filed his place in cabinet
meetings. The ability he displayed In
this Office gave him high reputation at
Washington. After two years service
he resigned to attend to his private af-
fairs. In October last he was nOmina-
ted attorney general at the same time
Williams was nominated chief Justice.
He is a man of the purest private char
acter. of strong viii and mind, great
lawyer, conservative in his financial
views, and thoroughly western in his
feelings and interest.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26

An INDIVIDUAL lately committed sui
eide in Partisan hotel. His headless
body was found in his room, tOgethsr
with a letter containing the following
bewildering statement 81 was bored,
and have killed myself. Let no one
be accused of my death. Do not look
for my head; 1 have hidden it myself
in order not to be recognized" "
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-26
BOLIVAR BULLETIN.
RATES OF ADVERTISING

. Al subscriptions must be paid In advance. and
discontinued to the address, w. -
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-02-12
Put Things ia Their Places.

II n AANAh -
Put things right back in their
places when done with them. Never
leave them all about, helterskelter,
topsy-turvy-neUer. When you use
any article-hoe, shovel, rake, pitch
fork, AK, hammer, tongs, boots or
shoes, books, states, pencils, writing
apparatus, pins, thimbles, pin-cush-
ion, needles, ork-baskets, kitchen
furniture, everything of housewifery
or husbandry, no matter what it is
the very moment you have done using
it, return it to its proper place. Be
sure to have a special place for every
thing and everything in its place
Order, order, perfect order is the
watchword- heavens first law. How
much precious time is saved aside
from vexation) by observing order
systematic regularity! And little
folks should begin early to preserve
order in everything. Form habits
of order. These loose, slipshod
slatternly habits, once formed, ar,
apt to cling for life. Young friends
begin early to keep things in thei
proper places; study neatness, order
economy, sobriety-in everything b
just, honest, pure, lovely, and Xoll
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-02-12
not the New World.

Recent scientific explorations in
Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska and
Dakota tend to demonstrate that
America, instead of being the new
world, is in reality many ages older
than the Eastern Continent, and that
the Far West was once inhabited by
races greatly resembling the present
people of Asia and Africa, with
whose tropical regions its climate
once corresponded. Professor Hay
den, the eminent geologist and savan,
whose explorations and interesting
discoveries in the Yellowstone Valley
are familiar to our readers, in q re-
port of the United States Geological
Survey of the Territories, for the
past year, records many convincing
facts resulting from research and ex-
ploration, proving the above men
toned theories, and AYERS that these
and other important discoveries made
during the past two decades enable
the geologist to reconstruct the ply
steal history of the barren, traceless
plains of the Far West.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-02-12
A Pretty Prison Story,

A prisoner in the Missouri Peni-
tentiary, too weak to work, and who
had the run of the yard, one day ask
ed the warden if he could be allowed
to cultivate small corner of the in
closure. "Cucumbers, sir. "Why.
you can't raise them here; the other
prisoners would steal them" ''No,
sir, said the man, firmly, "they will
not steal one of them" "Well, go
ahead" said the warden; if any of
your cucumbers are stolen, don't
come to me with your complaints.
''You will never hear from me on that
score, sir" The cucumbers were
planted, watered, trained and cult
vated, and an immense crop was the
result. As fast, however, as the
fruit ripened, it disappeared, and the
warden became convinced that the
owner sold it for liquor, produce OF
other contraband articles. He di
rected the man to be watched, and
finally he was detected in the act o.
carrying his cucumbers to the hospi
tal, and giving them to the poor fel
lows who in their sickness craveC
them. Not one had been stolen.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-02-12
New Exemptions.

By an act of the Legislature, pass
ed April 18th, 1878, new exemp-
tions Of personal property have been
made. The list has been somewhat
enlarged, and for the information of
all concerned we append the prinei-
pal features of the law:
1. All wearing apparel; necessary
beds and bedding; stoves and pipe
necessary for purposes of cooking
and warming, together with fuel for
sixty days.
2. One cow, orhousehold furniture
to the amount of S45; six sheep, or
cloth therefrom, or furniture to the
value of SIG, with food for animals
for sixty days
8. Bibles, hymn books, school books
ane pictures.
4. Provisions to the amount of
$50 and household and kitchen fur
niture to the amount OF $50.
5. One sewing machine; one knit
ting machine; tools and implements
necessary to carry on the debtors
trade, not to exceed 800 in value.
6. Personal earnings of the debt
or and his minor children for five
months previous to Judgment,
when it is shown that the same is
necessary to the support of the debt
OF and his family.
Z. Ali specimens and cabinets Of
natural history or science, except
such as may be kept for exhibition
for gain. -
s. Draymen (the heads of famiiies)
may each hold a dray, horse and
harness; farmer horse or a yoke
of oxen and a wagon, and physician
one horse, saddle and bride, and
books, medicines and instruments to
the amount of 800.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-02-12
A DOUBLE WEDDING.

In their travels they had been in
North Carolina, and its climate
pleased them. So they bought two
plantations, and secured wives to
complete their domestic establish
ment. Here they took the surname
of Bunker. They were then bache-
lors of "A. They married English
sisters, aged 26 and %. The girls
had been servants, and it is said
that Lancashire dialect still clings
to them. The making of the double
match involved much trouble, for
although the twins were not unduly
exacting, it was hard to find women
who were both willing and at all de-
sirable. There was no love making
before their engagement; the courting
was done by proxy and correspond
ence, and the ladies had seen their
future husbands only at show in
London when they accepted the offer
of marriage. The twins based their
choice upon ikenesses forwarded by
their agent, who gave assurances OF
the responsibility of the girls. All
having been arranged, they were
brought to America, the twins pay
ing their expenses, and the marriage
was solemnized quietly in Salisbury
The wives were not beautiful, bu
were strong, healthy, English work
ing girls. The domestic lives Of tn,
couples were peculiar. Each famil,,
had it's own house, servants, and dc
mestic establishment. The planta
L .tions were owned and managed seE
? arately, although in matters of cor
sequence Chang was usually the mas
: ter. The wives lived entirely at thei
respective homes, and the husband
alternated-staying one week q
g Changes house and the next at Eng
Each looked after his plantation an
s other business during the weeks
living at his own place, and the visi
5: ing brother was not supposed to il
terfere. The wives did not agrt
:: very well, and the strangely tie
:. families quarreled so seriously TIL
ausF the Fees5s stfTs fEsageggtEGG bad ss s2srioda
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-02-12
From the st. Louis Republican.
TIE LOGICOF DEBT.
Why Rich Men Often Find
Themselves Poor.

The mistake which our people are
continually making, over and over
again, is that of imagining they can
grow rich by going in debt-that
they are rich if they own houses,
farms and stocks, even though they
are in debt to half or three-quarters
the value of them. A man who
owns 100000 worth of property,
and owes $4,000 of debt, imagines
he is pretty well off, and is supposed
by his acquaintances to be rich. But
is he2 BY mathematical calculation
he appears to be worth $4,000, since
his debts amount TO one-half his es-
timhted possessions. But the fierce
logic of legal reckoning tells diff
erent story. As long as skies are
bright, confidence unimpaired and
business prosperous-so long, in
short, as his creditors do not want
their money-he manages easily TO
so through all the forms of being
rich. But he forgets one important
fact, on which the whole question
hinges, that his debts cannot depre-
ciate one half. AS1,OO0 debt cannot
grow smaller by any financial disturb
ance that takes place; but $1,000
piece of property, whether it be a
farm or arailroad bond, if put ur at
a forced sale for cash, at time when
money is scarce and nobody wants
to buy, may not bring more than
$500. This is the simple explana-
ton Of the constantly recurring fact
that 100000 worth of property,
when forced into market by the
sheriff or administrator, only pays
$4,000 debts, and leaves the man
who imagined himself rich absolutely
penniless.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-02-12

The Boston Transcript says: "If
the gates Of heaven were suddenly to
swing open and all mankind beasked
on equal terms to enter into the king
dom, don't you know some people
who would pause to see what some
other people were going tOdO aboutit,
and some would draw back for fear
the celestial city was getting vulgar,
and some who would refuse altogeth-
er if they saw the so-and-sos aboutto
enter9"