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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-27
A Bark Attacked by a Whale.

The bark Kate Williams, Capt. Hale,
of the regular packet line between Bos-
ton and Fayal, which arrived at Boston
on Friday last, had a remarkable escape
on her passage. The Boston Journal
thus describes the incident about
z o'clock one morning seaman aloft
cried out that there was q whale on the
port bow. Capt. Hale stepped to the
port quarter, and almost Immediately
could have laid his hand upon the
upper jaw of a sperm whale, which had
paid an unwelcOme visit to the vessel.
It was a COW whale, about sixty feet in
length, which had set upon them, and
had she struck the vessel little further
under, the Kate Williams would prOba-
bly, never have been heard from after
leaving Fayal. AS il was, the vessel re-
ceived pretty good shock, and lost a
portion of her mizzen chains. Ihls
monster had seen the bark about the
time the sailor discovered her, Tor sne
Immediately sunk and came up Win
great force right at the yessels stern.
Can't. Hale thinks her mouth measured
at least fifteen feet, and her under IA"
wac felt TO scrape the bottom OF the
vessel as she glided swiftly away from
her unexpected enemy. The whale
Jared as badly as the bark, no doubt,
for the quarterback was covered Sith
nieees of the leviathan's outer skin and
tbe Hmud" that is found between it and
the tougher hide. The Kate Williams
was sailing rapidly at the time, and IN
about fifteen minutes the FISH was ont
of sight. While the latter could be
seen, she appeared swimming about
looking for the vessel, and evidently in
rage"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-27
RATES OF ADVERTISING:
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Announcing the of person for county
Office, s. state Office, SO; federal ofice S15 In
yaFiably in advance.
The above terms and rates will be strictly ad-
hered %.
Religious, marriage, birth and death notices So
hcited, and viii be willingly inserted free OF charge
deaths, etc, viii be charged 10 csnts per line
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-27
The Brass Horse Business.


You can't imagine how little horse
can be made to look like a horse, until
you see Clark Mills equestrian statue
OF George Washington over in George
town. George Alfred Townsend calls
it "The Georgetown Goose"-which its
neck is the very image of a goose. The
tail looks like a Quill pen. Poor old
George sits in his saddle like a recruit
of Benham's Jael1ass battery, going over
Gauley mountain and he looks sorry,
as if he were asking to himself, why
was I ever born 2"
They are putting up new equestrian
statue of Gen. Scott, on Scott square,
in Washington, which is a grand one in
some respects-though the human fig
ure looks as though it had bowels
enough to fill the Hoosae tunnel. It
Is great relief, after seeing 50 many
horses standing IN the attitude of pas
tor delivering his benediction, to find
SCOTS horse standing comfortably and
naturally on his legs. 1t is dreadfully
tiresome TO sit and wait for those other
horses to come down off of one leg, and
rest themselves. It is a militia way for
a horse to stand on his left hind leg.
They never do it In the regular service.
Warrington Cor. ohio State Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-27

A RUSSIAN MoSTroR. The first vessel
of the future Russian Black sea fleet
the monitor Novgorod--resembles a
huge, circular kettle of more than 100
feet diameter, aud only rises a foot and
a half ont of water. In the midst of it
is a turret o fathom high and seven
fathoms in diameter, with two eleven
inch steel guns fitted to a movable plat
form. The Novgorod Is set in motion
bv six screws. and IN the trial trip it
moved at the rate of six and a haIf
knots an hour. The total cost OF the
construction Of this new sea-Tnonster
and of its conveyance from ~. Peters Z,
burg. where It was bHilt, to Nikolalen
is D 5O0 600 roubles. Since the naval
reViev held by the emperor last August,
At which eighteen iron-clads, including
six fri0ates, three turret ships and seven
monitors and thirty other ships were
present, an iron clad corvette, the Gen.
eral Admiral, has BEEN launched at st.
Petersburg.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-27

THERE is nothing on earth divine be-
sides humanity. Melaacthon.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-27

THOUSANDS of men who toll ten hours
day for dollar and half viii think
seriously OF turning their attention TO
music when they read that Nilsson re-
eeived s. 300 in gold last Saturday, in
Boston, for singing about thirty minutes
at a matinee,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-27

TIE Indians have got a new dodge.
When they are thirsty, which is said to
be quite frequently, they 60 into a
saloon IN Depere, Wis, and ask
a. Schnapps haben ?" This always brings
the drink, as the saIoon-keeper is bound
to believe they are Germans.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-27
BARBARA BRAY.

In little low cottage, just over the way,
Half-hldden by woodbne, lives Barbara Bray,
With brow that is furrowed, and head that is gray
Full three-score summers have brought their bloom
And three-score winters have brought their gloom
Since first 10 the light of that little room
Came Barbara Bray
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-27
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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06

Mr.. Salvador, director of the Geological
Garden of Gherizech, in Egypt, has dis
covered simple method for distinguishing
impregnated from unimpregnated egse.
On the fourth day Of tncuoation he ex-
amipes tho eggs in rotation through an
India-rubber tube ten inches long, wide
enough to admit the egg, which he holds
up to the Gun. On the fifth day of iuenba-
ton the chickens hbres become perfectly
visible, and all the phases of ineabation
AH ue i ~ ,.h;nh n 49, aSy ~ gay.
the fifth day should at once be taken out
OF the nest and replaced by etheye. There
has recently been pateheed, IN this country,
a simple device designed for the same pur-
pose. It consists raorely Of tin cap with
perforated cover, and q small tRbe at the
side. The egg rests ia. the hole at the top
and is viewed through the lateral opening.
The amount Of light admitted by the egg
is the gauge of its freshness.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06
Our Priests.
rrssssbusz Cathclases,


There is startling fact that rcany of
our younger and middle aged priests are
dyi ing, One last week, and three eiek this
week unto death, add another in a very
dangerous state. This is~ an ass srtion
which is worthy of our deepest consider
atien. Our readers love thoar priests, and
woald be sorry to bear of their troubles
and sickness, and yet the 3set 10 apparent,
that they are overwOrked. Take from any
class that you please, the laborez on the
railroad, the clerk in the bank, the editors
of cur papers, and yen wiz 6nd tie Gatho-
lie priest 10 the na0st overVreFked, lhe worsS
paid, the worst fed, and tho most forsake
of all classes. He gives ua all, fnther and
mother, bsether and sistep, and al triends,
dev0tes himself entirely 20 his o0ugreSa~.
ton, and when sickness comes is she mo$h
God-forsaken, apparently, creassTe TIE.
face of the easth.
ENplain the fact how yOu mag, 1t is f.
truth and a shame that must bring the
blush to the face of our, CATHOLICS. Oar
Bishops and Priests sacs'sice all things, yet
many of them are livingjn po.GIty. They
not merely give mp the world but apPar-
emily are bound according to the practice
OF modern days, TO give up every comfort
for our sakes. They attend 10 us at any
hour of the night an6in any disease, no
matter how pestilentia4and deadly, aud we
take ib a matter of course. Others, ont
eft the fold, may shirk the duty, bat the
ppiess, never.
And yet they die broker hearted, often
and often, on accouDo of our indifference.
The church is built which, they may be re-
moved FROM on the lnorrSw-the 6ebts are
! pFeesing-they conDot meet their creditors,
| and their hearts ave lissrally aaA truly
broken, and yet we cannot see the cause.
Living IN palaces ourselves, we eannot see
that our Lord must be clothed, at least as
ourselves. How can we Catholics have
every luxury, how can we have grand par
lOrs, furnished in the most gorgeous sty les,
and see our Saviour, ii we have faith dwell
ling in q temple, st only for the vilest dregs
| of humanity.
If we believe that Christ is IN oar
churches, and dSells on our affairs, then let
us be generous, and contribute to His
house. Debts, troubles and Cares, are
killing our good priests. Night sick calls,
the worry and tear OF the day, pestilential
diseases, are thinning their ranks, and ap-
parently, we are Indifferent.
Arouse Catholic laymon and remove this
disgrace Be generous and charitable to
your priests, they will give you all in the
end. Pay OF Your debts, aid your Pastors,
and sympathiZe with them in their troubles,
which bavet been contracted for you and
your children. Now is the time, every
little helps, dOn't wait to be begged, go to
yOnr priests and aid them according to
your means, God who loves his minis
ters, will increase your store a hundred
fold. Up now, Catholics, and aid them 2
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06

Mr.. Charles Teller has forwarded to the
secretary of the French Academy a COM
municatiou in which he endeavors to prove
shat nearly all infectious diseases result
from the action of different genera of para
sites, increasing in proportion to the de-
creasing vitality of the patient. He main
tains that, when patients 30 afflicted are
subjected to the direct action of heat graz
dually rising until a high degree of tenn
perature is attained, the parasites are par
aiysed, and finally completely destroyed.
The human body being capable of support
ing high degree of'temperature without
danger, provided that it inhales q efficient
quantity of oxygen, Mr.. Teller has in
vented a mechanism which will enable
medical men to administer oxygen to their
patients with safety, and to subject them
to the proper degree of heat. The
French Academy has appointed a commit
tee to superintend the public experiments
about to be made by MF. Charles Teller.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06
Further Accounts of tho Horrible Masacrss
Christians at Tong KING, China.

The Missions Catalogues publishes the
following letter from Mgr. Paginier, Vica,
Apostolic to Eastern Tong King:
hasten to thank you for the interest
you have manifested in our cause by pub
| fishing several articles on the prosecutions
| in Tong King. The readers of the Miss
sions Catalogues must have been touched
by the terrible misfortuDes of our Christ
| ians, and will not have omitted to ask the
| Divine Master to restore peace and pros
perity to His church in China. We count
much upon the prayers OF the Catholic
| world. will not conceal from you that /
consider that the present fearful crisis
in Tong King will prove eventually very
favorable to the Catholic religion. God
will hear the prayers of our martyrs.
The massacre Of Christians and the pilla-
giDg and burning of their villages com
menced in my mission, and thence spread
into that of Mgr. Gauthier. How can l
ever describe to you the horrors We have
witnessed, and which We were utterly un-
able to prevent. The literati, freed from
all restraint, excited by love of pillsge, and
drunk with blood, abandoned all restraint,
and their wrath knew NO bounds. Armed
with iances, guns, and even cannon, they
threw themselves, followed by rumerons
bands of lawless men, upon the Christian
villages, none of which were strong enough
to defend themselves. They killed men
women and children without distinction,
sparing neither those who asked for pity
nor those who refused to do go.
A schooimaster seeing the literati COM
ing, took refuge in the church, aud there
Frustrated before thu alter, implored the
mercy of God. The marderers arrived, they
seized him in the sanctuary, and scalped
him. He still continued to pray, and they
at last cut his head off Among them were
several old women, girls and even children.
Three priests, twenty missionary students,
and ten catechists or scholars of Mgr. |
Gauthier met with the same fate. Aboat |
T0, 600 Christians in both missiens, were
totally ruined and dispersed. TIE msjor-
ity were killed in the sack of the villages ; |
many were ordered to apostatize, aud on |
refusing to do so, were condemned to death.
A great many are still hidden in the noun
tains, living there on roots and herbs. |
OTHERS have taken refuge With pagan
friends.
Over thirty presbyteries, 200 churches, |
800 villages, containing 1A.00e families and |
ten convents of ADDamite Nuns, have been |
pillaeed and burnt. The material loss to |
the missions is over 400, SS6 francs, and !
that OF the Christians exceeds 1880 900 7
fraocs. The labor before rs is immense. 7
We have, frss of all, to brisg the Gespieed |
Christians back to their villages, and they
are nearly baked and without money.
Moreover their homes being burnt, we
,hall have to help them to rebuild them.
estimate that each mission will require
10 least 300, 0oS francs to put it to rights,
md where are we to get the money p We,
rast in Providence, and enSEeat the aid of |
Sad through the intercessioo of His latest
u 2C1yrs.n
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06

Z NJ. Jean Leon le Provost, founder and
hTst Superior General of the CONGREGATION
of Brothers of st. Vincent de Paul, died ut
Chaville, France, on October 80 NJ. le
Provost was one of the most active and
Eealous organizers of charities OF our time.
He was.one of the original founders of the
Society of st. Vincent de Paul, and presided
for long time over the Conferences of St.
Sulpice. He created the Society of the
Holy Family, aud directed it for many
years with great ability. He was an ex-
ceedingly modest and retiring man. AL
though very rich, he lived in extreme pow
erty, giving all his wealth to the poor. The
mem beers at the Society of st. Vincent de
Paul beg the prayers of the faithful for the
repose of the soul of their deeply regretted
father. NJ. 10 Provost was seventy two
years of age.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06
Victor Emanuel.
abridged from Jnstin Mccarthy

Abridged rom 5netin Mccarthy
have before me now silver coin picked
kingdom. Now the head displayed on that
coin is not of kingly mould. The mint has
ffattered it's royal master much less than is
usual with such portraits. There is the
coarse, bulldog cast of face 5,there are the
heavy eyebrows, the unshapely nose, the
| hideons moustache, the receding forehead,
and all the other beauties and graces OF the
| "bloat kings" countepance. Certainly the
face of the coin is not bloated enough, and
there is too little animalism displayed in
the back of the head. But 1T gave, when it
was issued, as fair an idea as little piece
of silver could we'll give, of the head and
face of Enrope's most i'll favored sovereign.
Some fifteen years ago King Victor
Emanuel visited England. He was every
where welcomed with u cordiality of in
terest and satnrati0n not often accorded to
a foreign king. He was not then nearly so
bloated and burly as he is DOW; but even
then, how ma-veiloosly ill-favored he was
How rough and coarse looking; how unat-
tractIve in manner; hog brnsque and nn-
couth in gesture and bearing; how liable
to fitA of srolid silence; how utterly devoid
of grace and dignity! His huge straw
foot on each side OF his face, was as un
slightly piece of manly decoration as ever
royal couptenance displayed.
Victor Emanuel is lsan of gross habits
ana tastes, addicted TO coarse and lgnoble
immoralities. The manners OF moss
trooper and the morality of a be-goat,"
was the description which my friend, John
Francis Mcguire, gave. in one of his parlia !
mentary speeches, of King Victor emanuel. |
All things considered, this was not bad
description. Moreover, it was mildness, it
was complimentary, it was base aattery |
when compared with the hideons aecnsa- |
lions publicly and distinctly made against |
Victor Emanuel by one of Garibaldi's sons, |
not to speak of other aecuseSs, and privately !
whispered by slanderous gossip all over |
Europe. The man has the coarse tastes of |
a sailor turned ashore after q long cruise
aud each tastes are not kiEgly. He abso |
lutely wants all the elements of greatness. |
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06

Adelina Patti sings so finely because her
tonsils are cut of. 1t is a queer fact, bat
it so. What does the physician who at
tends her 10 New York say7 Lissen :
"When Adelina Patti commenced her
musical career she was unable to sing in
opera. She had fine voice, but it was in :
capable of enduring the tremendous strain
which the leading vele of an opera would
subject it to. She sang in concert, but
eveu after that she was sometimes hoarse,
her throat was very much irritated. i ex-
amiued her throat and saw that the tOnsils
were very large. The tonsils are of no
uss to the voice, except as moi1i6ers, but
they easily become inf1amed, and the in
f1amAtion extends to the vocal organs, pro-
ducinR hoarseness and sore throat. This
was PATHS difficulty. proposed to re-
move the tonsils entirely. Maurice Stra.
kosch and her uncle, Soda, the tenor, OBJ
jected strongly, saying that it would
destroy her voice entirely. every well, ;
said I, Il think differently. When you are
ready come to me, and will perform the
operation PATHS voice continued to
trouble her, and at last they did come. 1
cut out the tonsils and sent her into the
country for three months, at the end of
which time she appeared in italian opera
with immense success. From that day Iher
voice has been constantly improving.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06

tics, Egypt has @,4oO,0eS inhabitants,
1885,, $40 aeyes of arabic land, Of which
1925, 800 are under cultivation. The land
tax excee0s. on an average, five dollars
per acre. Tine expectation of cotton in
1873 amounted 39S,25S- bales, weighing
oun tee to sss, 02O cwts. The traffic by the
Suez Canal in 1873 con prisees u, Lzl steam
ers, measuring 2,0S5'27O tons. Of which 70
per cent carried the British flag. The
number of passengers carried was 6, 635,
the receipts OF the canal company having
exceeded S4, 500 900.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06

TERRIRLE DoMEsTIc TRAGEDT.-Patrick
Devor, of Vienna, Rush county, Indiana,
was exasperated because his pistol wouldn't
90 on, and threw it on the floor with such
force as to explode one of the cartridges,
and the ball struck his daughter, who was
sitting at the table sewing, hitting her just
below the right eye, passing upward into
her head, almost instantly killing her. It
is reported that her mother nearly died
with grief, and her father almost became
insane.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06
LADIES' HAIR STORE.
GEORGE T. SHILLING,
Isl .Dryades Street. 351
I:el. rhalia and Erato. opposise Jsasraon School.

am fnily prepared to supply my customers and the
RIA IDS, guaranteed REAL HUMAN HAIR;
SWITCHES, CURLS of my own msnufaoture
from the DRhtest to the darkest shaded; HUMAN HAIR
GOODS. Of every descriptions Silk Hair Nets, Fancy
Toilet Articles Fancy and jet Bracelets Perfumery
Fancy jet and Black Sets, and every article used In
Hair Dressings Combs, Brushes, Toilet Soaps Powder
etc Hair Work nil kinds made and repaired COM
try and city orders promptly attended to: -
Attached to my store 1 have HAIR DRESSING
and HAIK CUTTING SALOON where an Experienced
and Children.
English, German and French spoken. noa3 TSlS
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06

"Land and water" says that the shrubs
which supply the mob as of Japan with tea
are reported to be five hundred years OLD,
the tea grown on old plants being the best
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06

The obituary notice of a mueh-respeoted
lady concludes with In her life she was
a pattern worthy to be followed and her
death-oh, how consoling to her friends !"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

All kinds 90 Engraving dOae in the best style. Bali
committees invited to look the latest styles of
orders OF D.acing and German favors received from
Berlin and Paris the MOE ious mind can
be battlefield po22 Am
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06

Black alpaca speciality at Levy Bros, $50
Magazine street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-31
By Green d Wise,

TReal Estate Agents and Auctloneers.l
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUA-
" BILE PROPERTY-By virtue of decree
of the Corporation Court for the city of .Alexan-
dria, Virginia, rendered at its December term,
1873, in the suit Of Burroughs vs. Harper the
undersigned, commissioners appointed by SAID
decree, will offer for sale by public auction, IN
front of the Market House, on Royal street, IN
said city, on ATURDAY, the It'll day of Feb
ruary, 1874 at twelve clock M, the following
REAL ESTATE, to wit:
No.1-A LOT OF GROUND on the south
east corner of Prince and Alfred Streets binding
on Alfred street 100 feet to IN alley - feet in.
wide; thence eastward 81 feet II inches thence
northwardly ~ feet; thence westwardly - IT, III
inches tn .nce northwardly 81 feet; thence west
wardly Al feet inch, fronting on Prince street.
No IA rent charge of $40 per annum on a
lot located on the west side Of Water street.
and south side of Franklin street. -,
Terms of Sale One tenth of the purchase
money to be paid in cash, and the residue IN
three equal inst alments at six, twelve and eight
cen months, respectively with interest from the
day of SALE to be secured by the notes OF the
purchaser, satisfactorily endorsed and the title
to be retained until the purchase money be fully
paid Costs OF conveyancng to be borne by the
purchaser. S. f. BEACH,
c. w. WATTLES,
81. o. CLAUGHTON,
ian Its Commissioners.
-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-31
s. RCCE KIES.
GAMUEL j. REED,

GAMUEL j. REED,
Dealer in Choice
FAMILY GROCERIES ANDPROVlSIONS,
No. a South Fairfax street, and
No. q Market cor Fairfax and Cameron sts.,
h IS on hard ut all times full supply of choice
MEATS, consisting of all kinds of Meats, Sau-
sage Meat, Smoked Sausage, Mince Meat, Puro
Leaf Lard put up in small packages expressly
for family u:e by himself, with good supply of
Prime Family Bacon, Hams, Breasts and Jowls
with Spiced Beef Rounds-ali OF my own curing
Also Raisins, Currsnts, Ctrnn, &c, together
with u supply of cheice Fresh Butter received
weekly. For sale at lowest prices Tor cash.
NV DIFF