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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-06
Don,t-PIease Don't.


Don't tell the little one, who may be
slightly willful, that "the black man
will come ont of the dark cellar and
carry it off if it does not mind" Don't
create a needless fear to go with the
child through oil the stages of its ex-
istence.
Don't tell the little five year old
Jimmy ''the school ma'am will cut off
his ears"-"pull ont his teeth"-'' tie
him 1lp"--or any of the horrible stories
that are commonly presented to the
childish imagination. Think you the
little one will believe anything you tell
him after he becomes acquainted with
the gentle teacher who has nOt-the least
idea of putting those terrible threats
into execution
Don't tell the children they must not
drink tea because it will make them
black, while you continue the use of it
daily. Your example is more to them
than precept and while your face is as
fair as June morning they will scarce
ly erenit the oft-told tale. Either give
up drinking the pleasant beverage or
give your children better reason for
its non-use.
Don't tell them they must not eat su-
gar or sweetmeats, because it Will rot
their teeth. Pure sugar does not cause
the teeth to decay and sugar with
fruits is nutritious and healthy, not
withstanding the "old saw" to the con-
trary. The case of city children is
often cited, as If the cause of their pale
faces and slight constitutions were an
over amount of sweetmeats with their
diet, when the actual cause is want of
pure air and proper exercise.
Don't tell the sick one that the med
icine is not bad to take, when you can
hardly keep your own stomach from
turning "inside ont" at the smell of it.
Better by far to tell him the simple
truth, that it is disagreeable, but neces-
sary for his health, and you desire him
to take it at once. Ten to one he will
swallow it with half the trouble of coax
ing and worry of words, and love you
better for your firm, decided manner.
Don't teach the children by example
to tell white lies to each other and TO
their neighbors. Guard lips aud briGle
your tongue if you desire TO have the
coming generation truthful. Truthful
ness is one of the foundation stones of
| heaven. Remember the old, old Book
says, ''no liar" shall enter within the
gates of the beautiful city. g There is
no distinction between white lies and
those of a darker hue. The falsehood
is an untruth, whether the matter be
great or small. 7s t.-.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

Internal revenue receipts for the
month ending Oct. 31st, 1921. .827; for the fs-
cal year, $35, $40, ,498.
The president has issued his proela-
nation setting apart Thursday, Nov 26, as a
day for national thanksgiving.
Hereafter, any official of the treasury
department, becoming candidate for an
elective office, viii be held to have resigned
George Reynolds, of Salt Lake, has
been indicted for -polygamY gznder the, con-
gressional act Of 1862 This viii probably
bring that enactment before the United States
Supreme Court. -
A private meeting of the Western
Division of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers, representing all railroads west of
the Ohio river, was held at st. Louis last
week, and protested against the proposed re-
duetion Of wages by various roads. as unjust
and uncalled for, and declaring it will not be
submitted to- - SEA
The bark Abbey Bacon, from Malaga,
arrived at New York, last week, having on
board Capt. LeaTy, with his wife and child,
and crew, comprising seven men, of the
schooner Doubtless, which left st. Thomas on
Oct. 8, with salt for Lunenburg, Nova Scotia,
and went down in gale the night OF Oct. 25.
The rescued persons were four days in
open boat living ON half biscuit and little
water each day. @ "
The president has appointed Thos. Fl.
scanlan postmaster at Houston, Texas, vice
J. Z, Whittleby, suspended under the tenure
of Office act, and T. B. sabin. postmaster at
Galveston, vice A. b. Hall, suspended. Post
master General Jewell says these two sus-
pended postmasters are the only officers in
Texas under his department against whom
public opinion seems to revolt, and that no
other changes are contemplated by him in that
state. 49,.
The attention of the postmaster gen
eral has been called to the fact that the sala-
ries of postmasters in large towns and cities
are entirely out OF proportion to the work per-
formed. A comparative statement of salaries
at many prominent points is being prepared
for the purpose of exhibiting the facts in the
case, and it is the intention of the postmaster
general to make such recommendations in re-
gard to the salaries as the actual duties per-
formed in each case seems to call for.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-06
Hygiene for the AGED.


In a. recent clinical lecture at Guys
Hospital, London, DR.. Habershon dis
cussed the hygienie measures by which
the lives of the aged may be prolonged.
He urged that in prescribing for. old
people a uniform warm temperature
should be advised, supporting his coun-
sci by allusion to the case OF his own
mother, who survived to the great age
of 102. During the winter months of
the last year of her life she refused to
leave her bed. alleging that only there
could she keep warm. To this habit
the doctor ascribed her unusual longevi-
ty. He also cited, in proof of his posi-
ton, an instance in which on old man,
going out into the cold and Jog, died
simply from the shock of the chill upon
his system. a degree of cold which
would produce merely unpleasant sensa-
tions in usual eases would often lead to
fatal results in one whose circulation was
enfeebled, and whose vital force was
diminished by age Or. Habershon also
recommended that aged persons should
eat more frequently than others, as
their meals were generally sparing.
Those who wake at about or 4 o'clock
in the morning should have some noun
ishment at hand, and not wait until the
ordinary breakfast hour to take their
first meal Of the day. The interval be-
tween supper at night and breakfast IN
the morning. is too long for persons IN
declining strength.
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The Modocs.


So completely have tine ALOdocs dis
appeared frem- public notice that the
visit to Yreka, CAL, of small delega-
ton of their tribe on a twenty days
leave Of absence.fron their reservations.
has excited considerable interest IN
their fife. From the Yreka Journal We
gather the following facts regarding
them at the present time I" The tur-
buIent, discontented, war-ike Modoc
disappeared when Capt Jack, Sohon-
chin, Boston Charley, and Black Jim
were executed on the scaffold at Fort
Klamath, and those now ia existence
are Iesding quiet and peaceabIe lives IN
the different reservations to which they
have been assigned Sc1Onelnn's fol-
lowers are living at YainOx, a bleak and
dreary district seventy miles northeast
of Fort Klamath. They number about
100. Including women and children.
Jacks people, Numbering about ITO
pers ous. are settled Ia the Indian Terri
tory. under the chieftainahip of Scar
faced Charley. Some sixty of the tribe,
who had not been engaged IN the hostil-
itirB against the whites, and we're
friendly 10 them. are living IN the new
country of the Nodes. which igrmeEly
was paxt Of Siskiyou, in the lava re-
gion. There Is no perceptible inereasa
in their population, and IN few years
they viii undoubtedly. haYe seased 10
exist Rs q distinct tribe
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FoREIGN.

John Laird, the we'll known ship
builder, died last week, after protraotcd ill-
ness. M t
The cotton crop in the presidency of
Bombay promises to be the largest ever re-
corded, and fortnight in advance Of last
year. Picking has fairly begun.
\ correspondent at Bombay, tele-
graphs that it is estimated that two thousand
persons were killed in the town and district of
Midnapore during the recent cyclone. p
Won Arnin, when released, was merely
required 10 guarantees that his sbsence should
not cause any delay of proceedings in the
case de Is not bound TO remain in Germany.
CArdinel Cullen and the entire Catho--
lio Episcopate have Issued pastoral letters
denounoing the late address Of Prof. Tyndau
at Belfast, before the British association, asa
revival Of sganisu s a~4l ea
On the trial of Kullman, physicians
were called to testify in regard to the wound
OF Bismarck. 1t appears that he received a
severe nervous shock, and one doctor testified
that the mere exertion OF writing now ex-
hausts him.
A dispatch from Hong Kong says the
latest adviees from Pekin and Yeddo are of a
pacific psture. The general belief is that war
win be avoided. The Japanese government
has intimated that Chinese residents ia Japan
will not be nsoiested, Is war is declated
The Emperor William has written a
reply 20 ile Pope's last letter, protesting
AGAINST the persecution Of the German
bishops. The emperor says Germany has
done All in her power to live at peace with the
Church Of Rome, bat that he is bound TO pro
tect the state against the violent attacks and
eonspiracies Of the clergy.
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grRgxes1rs94rk wzH

The trial of -Kullman has been con
cluded. After the testimony as to the mental
condition Of the prisoner, the president Of the
court summed up the medical testimony to
the effect that at the time of the assassination
as well as at present. KuIlman was accounta-
bic for his acts but to a limited degree.
KuIlman was found guilty as found in the in
diciment, and sentenced to imprisonment for
fourteen years. In hope Of correction, a years
suspension of his civil rights and the price Of
the surveillance.
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.sEEz1E zeHE Har
LIFE,s Lesson.


said, my life is a beautiful thing,
will crown me with its flowers,
1 will sing Of its glory all day long,
Tor my harp is younG, ard sweet, and strong,
And the passionate power in Lny song
Shal thrill all the golden hours, J.
And over the Sand and over the stone,
For ever and ever the waves rolled on.
7 said, my life Is a terrible thing.
All ruined. aud lOst, and crushed.
VIII heap its ashes upon my head,
= will vail for my Joy and my darling dead,
lib the dreary dirge for the days that. are fed
Stirs faint through the dull, dumb dust.
And over the sand and over the stone,
For ever and ever the waves rolled on. f
I said, was proud in my hour Of mirtht
And mad in ny first despair. =HE 80
Now, know nor earth, nor sky, nor sea
Has heed Jr helping for one like me-,
The doom or the boon comes, let it be,
For us, We can but bear, --ar-5.
And over the sand and over the stone,
For ever and ever the waves rolled on. e.
And thought they sang, 81 We laugh to the sun
We simmer to InOCn or starr --a rex
We foam to the last Of the furious blast
We rage when the rain falls fierce and fast ,-s-
But We do our days work; and at last
We sweep DER the harbor-bar.A - -
q Aud learnt my lesson mid sand and stone, as
as ever and ever the waves rolled on. rf
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S18 WEST

hae SI8 WEST. fds t#EE#
The western railways propose to cut
off all indemnity to employees for injuries re-
ceived in the service. "
An Omaha telegram says the officers
and branch societies of Nebraska. in behalf of
the grasehopper sufferers, are receiving con-
Sributions to meet immediate demands. It
Is proposed to send a car load a week of
provisions and clothing 20 each of the six
principal stations in the western counties,
where the crops were destroyed, of the lib
eral contributions now arriving. Nine cars
Of supplies have already been forwarded.
Twenty-Five or thirty buildings were
burned at Greeneastle, Ind, last week. Four
squares were destroyed on Indiana street. with
TIE exeeption. OF the First National bank. 1t
is supposed to have been the work of an in
cendiary. The loss Is estimated at over $780,
600, with a small amount OF insurance. No
lives were lost but many were injured. kim
balls planingmil was set on fire. Citizens
pursued two incendiaries in the courthouse
yard
Information received from Southeast
ern Nebrasta shows that thousands OF people
are in starving condition. One saw many
who had nothing to eat but baked squash and
pumpkin and salt. Others had lived on baked
flour and water ono meal day, for weeks.
Ten thousand people in this state viii need aid
sufficient TO keep them from starvation and
freezing to death this winter. Hundreds are
nakeda and on the verge Of starvation. with no
means to leave the state
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compound extract of buchu, with Q
trace of old DR.. Townsend's sarsapa-
rilla The fortunate owner began to
think of building hotel, and in his
minds eye he saw no end of rheumatic
and dYspeptic patients from all parts of
the country playing bluff and drinking
the water. Alas an enemy examined
that we'll little closer. Two defunct
cats were there, and an equally defunct
rabbit added to the potency. The hotel
viii not be built.
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The New Italy.

The fact is that Italy, though its gov.
ernment is one, contains within itself
differences as great as those which exist
between England and Ireland. The en-
ergy of the country belongs to the north.
Not only is this the case at present, but,
speaking roughIY, It has been the ease
fer centuries. The great names, which
are really what We in England under-
stand by Italy almost belong to the upper
half of the peninsula. If the traveller
would know what Italy really is, hs.
must move about both. in the north and
in the SOUTH. both in~the towns and in
the country. In the north, especially
IN the towns, he VIII fiI1d activity, intel
ligence, moderate tr1stworthiness and
fair punctuaitY.s In the south he will
need great patience and fairness not to.
give up the Italians altogether as "a set
of raseals. The political feelings of
those dissimilar districts are Just what
might be respected. The northern Ital-
ian has sufficiently advanced to under
stand and value freedom the southern,
except under unusual conditions, knows
nothing of different governments, ex-
eept that they tax him differently It
is, therefore, to the north OF Italy that
the lover of freedom and progress will
turn ana Gl6Fo ne VIII nQQ SDGCIttCle
pleasing 60 his soul A system of rail-
ways has been created, Attending accom-
mediation which compares faYorably
with that of many European countries. !
In the streets of Milan and In the port
of Genoa be viii will find stir and bus
tie enough to persuade him that he Is
back IN England. New edifces are ris-
ing, new streets being laid down. New
vessels are being added monthly to the
commercial marine. Around, the coun-
try Is a perfect garden. The display of
articles of feminine dress at the weekly
markets Of the smaller towns testifies TO
the substance of the contadini. Villas
stud the hills for miles In the neighbOr-
hood of the ceuters OF wealth. And as
if the power and capacity of the Italian
mind were to be most signally- exhibited
on the northern and southern ap
proaches of Its most favored domain,
the magnificent engineering works of
the Mont Gents and of the Genoa and
Pisa railways belong to this same dis
trict. tits, perhaps, known to few. OF
the many English who intend 10 visit
Rome in the coming winter that the
line hitherto used will then no longer
be the direct FOute. The coast line
from Genoa TO Spezzia, which English
engineers pronounced impossible, and
which the greatest English firm of con
tractors refused to have an Dybhing to do
with, is actually finished, and viii be
opened within the course. OF lew
weeks. London NetpS.
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I.enrnst In Cnnaaa.


In the Arcadian village of Tracadie,
near the mouth of the Miranichi rive !,
saws the Toronto Globe, there have
been Iepers for the last eighty or ninety
wears. A hospital for their benefit Is
supported by the local government. A
correspondent of the Church Journal,
Who has recently made visit to the es-
Establishments says the LazarettO, though.
we'll kept as far as it goes, is much too
small to furnish the requisite accOmno-
dation. The sexes are kept apa.t, and
everv thing is done for the comfort of
the unfOrtunates that is possible with
the means placed at the disposal of
those who manage the institution.
The 1eprcsy from which they suffer is
Z eIezJHdgatiasSs 07-OcOggCy8, SO called from
it's tendency to make the limbs swell to
elephantine proportions. The disease
ia understood to have been brought
there by French vessel, which, on its
return voyage from Smyrna, touched at
the island of Mitylene and took In
large quantity of clothing fnd other
stores. and on her wsy to Beaubaris
Island-a French military pOrt-she
was wrecked near the mouth of the
Miramichi. The people IN the neigh
bOrhood played the part of wreckers
and helped Themselves to the clothes
cast ashore, which, it is supposed, were
tainted with leprosy, the consequence
of which was that the disease soon broke
out among them. Another account is,
that the vessel in question brought two
lepers from St. Maloes, and that every
Ieper known in Tracadie descended from
one or the other Of these men, s.a
The prevailing opinion there IS that
the disease Is not contagious, but sim
ply hereditary. The people have no
dread of It, and persons engaged about
the lepers for years never contract the
disease. Not only DO the lepers marry
among them selves, but such is the feel
ing among the poor French IN TracadIe
that there is no pugnance m n18ny
/. ca ses among perfectly healthy people TO
taking iepers for husbands OF wives.
The faint generally manifests itself IN
every alternate generation. In this way
the disease has become permanently
seated in the locality, while the general
poverty aud not very clearly habits of
the French population tend 70 extend
and intensity It.
1t fIrst shows itself IN the form Of
small white spots on the breast then
the face assumes puffy appearance,
and there is much pain, languor and
drowsiness. The fingers become crook
ed. the neck swelIs, the limbs show all
the symptoms of dropsy, the nails fall
off. and, at last, the throat and lungs are
attacked, and the sufferer dies, a mere
mass of Ioathsome disease. It's dura-
ton varies from five to twenty-five
years, according tc the strength of con
stitutiOn.
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Wind Power.

We have often thought that We might
make greater use of the wind as a mo-
tive power. There are u 600 Wind
mills in Holland and Flemish Belgium,
each doing from six TO ten horsepower
service, according tO the strength Of
the wind, and working twenty four
hours per day, and every day IN the
month during the rainy season, and
when the snow and ice are melting and
the streams are high. The annual cost
of the vind-miils in Holland IS q, co.,
900. Twenty times that sum Egonld nos
operste steana-pOwer sufficient to do the
work. for all the coal consumed in Hol-
land has to be imported from Engiand
or Belgium. 80
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WHEAT allowed to stand two weeks
in the shock waiting for the thresher
will lose ten per cent. in value, four
times the cost Of stacking.
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Where Did Columbus Land /!


Harper's for November has a clever
article on the Bahamas, which says
In all probability it was not Cat Islaud
which Columbus named San Salvador,
but Watling's Island-a smaller isle a
little more to the southward and east
ward. The facts in the case are these
Contrary, probably, to the general
opinion, it has never been definitely
known which was the island entitled TO
the honor but about fifty years ago,
when historians were busy With the
history of Columbus, they undertook
to settle the question by comparing his
journal with the imperfect charts of the
Bahamas then existing. Navarette fixed
on Turk s Island, which latter investi-
cation has proved to be erroneous,
while Irving, supported by the strong
authority of Humboldt, argued for Cat
Island, and since then this has been
generally accepted as San Salvador,
and is so designated on our charts TO
this day. But the English reversed
their opinion some time ago, and trRns-
ferred the name OF San Salvador to
Watiing's Island, and It viii be SO found
on their latest charts. The reasons for
this change seem conclusive. Lieut..
Beecher, of the English navy, proves
concIusively that Cat Island answers the
conditions required better than any
other island lying in the track Of Co
lumbus His two strongest reasons
against Cat Island are that Columbus
states that he rowed around the north
ern end In one day. The size. OF Oat
IslanI makes this p1yy icaliy impossible
there, while it Is quite feasible at the
other island. He also speaks Of a large
lake IN the interior There Is no such
water on Cat Island, while such lake
does exist on Watling's Island.
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sFwr,zo srAcHrsEs are opposed in
China on the score- that they cheaper
Labor. Several tsiiors IL Hong Kong
who tried to introduce them were
mobbed. In America Chinese cheap
labor is derided, and in China Ameri-
can cheap labor by machinery is forci-
bly, repudiated.
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A lightning Team.

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal says IN his letter {:
s'Frotting horses to New York are what
race horses are to IIOndon. IF q horse
has speed he viii b ing any price. The
arrival of fast team produces an i'm
mense excitement on the streets. The
men who keep the market in a turmoil
are the men who buy the fast trotteTs.
Il is not difficult to buy single team
that is fast. The story that Wander bit
kept a standing offer of $4,000 for a
first-cIass horse is a canard. He could
get speed at any time, if he would pay
for it. The old commodore wants
something besides speed. He wants a
fast hor5e-a horse kind and quiet
that will drive on slack rein-one per
fectiy safe-and at low figure. But
to get a fast team is difficult matter.
It is so difficult to match horses in the
spirit and, motion aud bottom. There
is one team in this city that al ways
produces a sensation on the road f; one
of those is the horse COmnOrs, owned by
J. f. Merrill, of Boston. This horse
Is black as Jet. The other horse IS st.
James, belonging to Rochester. He Is
mahogany in color. The two horses
are of the same height about fifteen
hands. S The recorded time OF the team
is 2:225. C0nnOr's record Is 2;l94.
ST. lanes record is r2:1S. 1T is said
that he has shown the speed Of 2:lI
This team was sold last week, and Budd
DobIe wes the purchaser. Every body
knew that he did not buy it for himself
It turns ont that the real buyer vas q
California miner he made an immense
fortune in about ter, days by the rise of
the Ophir mining stock. 1t is said on
the street that for an hour or more lie
made million q minute. The price
paid for, ths- team was $40, 900. The
team left Yesterday for the Pacific coast.
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OF THE WEEK.
EAST.

An Illicit distillery In Brooklyn, New
York, has been seized, together with large
amount OF whisky and materials for its man
ufacture- The property seized and destroyed
is estimated to be worth SIS, OO0 1858