The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
SAYINGS AND BONES.


EVERY British soldier who fought at |
Waterloo will henceforth receive a pen
sion of Is pence a cay.
THE New York clergymen preach |
against fall fashions, and then &c aud !
order stylish suits of their tailors.
Why is it that a sailor will persist in
calling all that part of ship below the
rail the "hull of her, when it isn't
much more than half?
Mrs. NYE, of Iowa, can get supper
split kindlings, wash the dishes, milk
the COWS, and feed the hogs while her
ave boys and two girls are playing a
game Of croquet.
BAzAINE viii live IN London, and has
taken the apartment, on King street. st.
James, that were once occupied by Ma
poleon III, in the days when he was
called Prince Louis.
Mas. CHASE, of Ohio, was arrested the
hrs5 time she appeared with her trous-
ers on, and now she's going to mortgage
her farm and see whether this is a free
Country or monarchy.
BURGLARS intending to visit Vicks-
burg are informed that one of their
brethren went through eleven houses
IN that city the other night and secured
nothing but charge of buckshot.
BLONDES, with blue eyes, faxen tress-
es, and pinkish cheeks, are absolutely
gong out of fsshion, and the old time
beauties, with dark hair, black ewes and
red cheeks will soon be in the ascen-
dant.
The winter style of hat for gentle
men Is made with such stiff crown
that If he goes home drunk and is
struck on the head with q poker. he
merely thinks he grazed the hall lamp
when passing.
THERE was something lovely about
them even in death. It was on q Kan
sas prairie, and they lay side by side.
TOMS thumb in Jacks left eye, and
jacks revolver pushed into Toms
right ear. They had fit it out.
HE modest department. of those
VINO are truly wise, when contrasted
with the amusing air of the young and
Ignorant, may be compared to the differ.
emit appearances of wheat, while it's eal
is empty, holds up its head proudly,
bat as soon as 1t Is filed with grain,
herds modestIy down, and withdraws
from observation.
WHEN you make a mustard plaster
use no water whatever, but mix the
mustard with the white of an egg, and
the result will be plaster that will
draw" perfectly, but will not produce
a blister even upon the skin of an III
FAINT, no matter how long it is allowed
to remain upon that part.
THERE is something classic in the con
duct of Toronto gentleman. His two
sons were drowned in the yacht Foam
near Niagara, and, unable to bear the
thought that the public gaze should bt
allowed to rest upon an article fraugh
with so much misery to him, he bought
the craft and burned it to the water
edge.
The Bethlehem (Pa.) Progress says
"AIrs. Carol and Mrs. Ford, twin sis
tiers, living in South Bethlehem, eact
gave birth to twins on Saturday night
The attending physician says these
cousins are almost of an age-within az
hour. These sisters were married OF
the same day, their first children were
born In the same month, their second IL
the same week, and their third in the
same hour"
THERE are in France cities of 10, O0C
inhabitants which have not a single ply
stefan there are cities of 20, 600 inhab
itants which have but one physician
he not graduate of medical school
There is always posted in the arcade Of
the Paris medical school the names o.
fifteen or twenty towns or villages
which have no physician, and wish one
Lille IS a city with population of 200,
coo souls it contains only forty-thrst
physicians. Roubaix is a city of 76, OOt
souls; it contains only eight physicians
THE project to construct tunnel be
tween France and England Is assuming
"a fkolS cfu
engineers embarked In this gigantic en-
terprise demand a concession Of thirt,
years instead of the ninety-nine usual.
accorded to railway companies, and AS
for neither guarantee nor grant. FUrth
er, they are ready to advance a sum O
four millions for preliminary investiga
tions. The project in question consist
in the immerging of duct on the Eng
fish and French coasts, and the borin
of two long galleries from each side.
KRUPP's steel gun, intended for tn
Austrian government, has been testet
by a government commission, who, afte
three days experiments, were highl
satisfied with it. They propose t.
Krupp's agent that half the guns re
duired be cast at Essens, but that Her
Krupp should divulge the process @
manufacture so that the other half coul
be cast in Austria. The agent, how
ever, said that the secret could not
revealed under any circumstances. I
competent military circles it is believe
that the guns cannot be made WithOu
Krupp's assistance.
BRAQUET, the aeronaut of Bordeaux
was about to make his three hundre
and thirtY-first ascension on Monday
August 10, at Royan (Charente-Infert
eure), when, by some accident, the Oh
der to "let go" was given too sooI
The balloon, in rising, came In contaC
with a ladder, and the jerk dislodge
Braquet, who was seated on his trapezt
He, however, caught the salvage rope
and by almost superhuman efforts ha
nearly gained the car, when the cor
broke and he fell from a height of thre
hundred yards. The body was horribl
shattered when it was picked up, an
life was, of course. extinct.
THE aliases viii have to be revise
again. Mont Blanc is no longer tn
monarch of the European mountains
He must bow his bald and awful
head" before Mount Elburz on til
northern or European side of the eau
clsian watershed. The height of Mon
Blanc is variouslv estimated at fror
10. 732 to 1874 feet, but his riva
Mount Elburz, which has Just been as
cended by some members of the En-
plish Alpine club, is found to be IS
526 feet high. In shape, the mountai
Is described as a fattened dome like a
inverted teacup, and although it has al
thu Alpine characteristics of snow fields
ice lakes, and glaciers, it can be CLIMBS
wit lout much difficulty by experience
mountaineeTs.
Best Organs on Most Favorable Terms