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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-11

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
Ladies and Vinegar.

Taken In moderation there is no
doubt that vinegar is beneficial, but in
excess it impairs the digestive organs.
Experiments on artificial digestion show
that if the quantity of acid be dimin-
ished, digestion is retarded if incI eased
beyond a certain point, digestion IS ar
rested. There is reason, therefore, IN
the vulgar notion-unhappily too often
relied On-that vinegar helps to keep
down any alarming adiposity, and that
ladies who dread the disappearance Of
their graceful outlines in curves of
plumpness expanding into " fat may
arrest so dreadful q result by liberal
potations of vinegar, but they can only
so arrest it at the far more dreadful ex-
pense of their health. The amount of
acid which will keep them thin will de-
stroy their digestive powers. Portal
gives case which should be a warning:
A few years ago a young lady in easy
Circumstances enjoyed good health she
was very plump, had a good appetite
and complexion blooming with roses
and lilies. She began to look upon her
plumpness with suspicion, for her
mother was very fat, and she was afraid
of becoming like her. Accordingly she
consulted a woman who advised he to
drink glass OF vinegar daily. The
young lady followed the advice, and her
plumpness diminished. She was de-
lighted with the success of the expert
rnent, and continued it for more than a
month. She began to have a cough !;
but it was dry at its commencement,
and was considered as a slight Geld
which would go of. Meantime, from
dry it became moist, a slow fever came
on, and a difficulty of breathing; her
body became lean and wasted away,
pight-sweats, swelling of the feet and
of the legs succeeded, and diarrhea
terminated her life" Therefore, young
ladies, be boldly fat Never pine for
graceful slimness and romantic pallor !;
but If nature means you to be Tuddy
and rotuud, accept it with a laughing
grace, which will captivate more hearts
than all the paleness OF a circulating
libFary
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
The Taste of Blood.

That strange and almost brutal SEN
timent which delights, for instance, in
watching an actor feign death by poi
son with horrible comfort ons, IT ached
its extremity in England the other even
ing. At the Theater Royal, Cambridge,
the stage was coupled by a raving sort
of tragedy, IN which a murderer is
brought to justice. The actor tax
ing this character refused 20 do moro in
the death scene than appear on the scaf-
fold, and make his last confession un-
der the dangling rope. There the cur
tain dropped, but the peculiar British
audience would not be satisfed, II
Foared, it hissed, it declined to leave
the theater, and the manager solemnly
came out and apOlog zed for being una
bic TO crafty his patrons by actually
hanging the actor unless with his own
consent, which ne was hardly likely to
give. Bring him out with the rope
round his neck, shouted these pleasant
people, and their demand not being
granted they growlingly and reluctantly
left the house. A curious story is this
for the student of ethics. We doubt if
the theater-goers in a Nevada mining
town would ever attain equal sublimity
Of bFutslity.-Ne1gY York Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
Corn Aceiimated in Englar d.


About a hundred years ago Indian
corn was introduced into England with
the expectation that it would furnish
the bread about the supply of which
the fast-increasing population were get
ting nervous. That country must then
have been experiencing a cycle of hot
summers, for the corn ripened all right
for three years IN succession. In the
fourth year it was largely planted, but
failed to mature. The attempt to grow
corn was then abandoned, it being clear
that the summer heat was not great
enough. while the liability TO june
frosts, similar TO those of this year, was
alone enough 20 make the attempt hope
less. The English papers now state
that William Cobbett, son of the IA
nous Liberal agitstOr, has successfully
accllmated corn at Hounsiow, near Lon
don, where he has three acres growing
which have withstood the severe frosts
Of last June, and are now very Dromis-
irC. II our English cousins have really
got a frost proof corn, II win be as valH-
able TO US as to them,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23

In California there are %. .607 indians
of various bands, all friendly except the
Piutes, who number 4, 600, and the Ser
ramos, a small tribe of 115. both OF
which are hostile.
In Arizona are the Yumas, Cheme-
huevis, New River Indians, Cocopas,
Pah-Utes, Moiaves, Hualopsis, Pimas,
Aaricopas, PapaRoes, Mogins, Casinos,
Tonto Apaches, Pinals, and Coyoteros
aud Sierra Biancos. The strength of
some of these is unknown. As far as
aseertained they number 16, 200 persons
The Hualapais, Yarapals, Tonic Apach
es, Pinals, and Coyoteros and Sierra
Biancos are hostile-the rest are friend
IL or peaceable. es
In Alaska there are 80, 400 Indians, Of
whom 700 are Esquimaux. The Hy-
das, Kakes and Awks are the hostile
tribes in this territory, and number in
all 1900.
To recapitulate, there are
East of the Rocky mountains ...-.-...185, AS
West Of the Rocky mountains. 80. .143, ,7O5
Grand total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1882, 100
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
FoRElcM.

The duchess of Edinburg has been
delivered Of son.
Important dispatches have been re-
oeived from Madrid in relation to negotiations
for the surrender Of Don Carlos army.
Dispatches have been received from
Para reporting conflict between the Por-
tuguese and the Brazilians. Several were
killed and ten wounded.
Don Carlos has returned to Tolosa.
Reports continue to be received of the defeat
OF the Carlists aud Of the arrival Of insur-
gents in the government camps.
Won Arnim's son has written a letter
denying that his father has any hand "a the
publication of the ultramontane pamphlet
entitled Revolution from Above" in which
the foreign Office feard the missing documents
would be published
Spain has sent a note to France
IN relation to violations of the frontier by
Cariisis, making specific charges extending
over period of four years. The note also
calls attention TO tho good Offices of Portugal
AMI 'he anomaly presented by liberal France
identifying herself with absolutism.
A London dispatch says the eompen-
setion paid England by the Madrid government
amounts to $1,000, so, coo Of Which is paid
on account Of the Nirginius butchery, and the
remainder covers outstanding claime Eng
land would not recognize the present govern
ment until al the claims we're admitted.
The members of the Austrian Polar
expedition declare that explorations in the
direction OF the north pole are hopeless OF
satisfactory result, aud that the reports Of the
existence Of al open Polsr'sea are untrue. A
similar opinion has also been arrived at by
nesrly all the leading geographists and scien-
tfAa l.oltea
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
Herdlng on the Plains.

A correspondent of the Chicago Trib-
Une, writing from Wyoming, describes
the system of cattle-herding there, and
the habits of the animals A herd of
cattle, left to itself, forms q sort of or.
ganizatiOn, and is governed by set rules.
In approaching the herd, first we see a
few stragglers on the hills, that look
like Indians, and which are the sentinels
for the great body quietly feeding under
their protection. IF these warders or
sentinels are alarmed, the whole herd
rushes together and prepares for flight
or battle. The bulls command, and
the dams and calves render them q
cheerful obedience. The cattle Craze
In families of two, four aud six head !;
then groups of a dozen and lastly we
come upon the great body of bulls,
steers. oxen and COWS mixed prOmiscu-
ously together. / visited a nerd on the
Laramie plains and observed them close
ly. I saw their warders, or seDtinels,
their families, and next the mass of the
herd. We drove for miles and miles
youug bulls believing around US, heif-
ers kicking up their heels and scamper-
ing away, and old dams fastening to
their young, as if fearful we came to
rob them of their pretty calves. It was
a grand sight, this herd of fifty bulls
and three Thousand COWS, with their
eighteen hundred calves. It seemed a
mountain of beef and a large fortune
for one man to possess f; yet 1 was told
the gentleman who owned this herd had
three others larger still.
If pasturing on high ground, about
the middle of the day, the cattle leave
the hills and go to the bottoms for
water. About four o'clock they go back
to Craze IN the high grounds, on the
rich gramma and bunch grasses. Here
they remain until nightfall, when they
lie down on the warm, sandy soil, and
sleep until morning.
The little family herds OF four, six,
eight and ten, stick close together, and
seem to have interests in common, de-
Tending each other, and exhibiting con
siderable signs of concern and affection
if one of their number gets lost or falls
into trouble. In travelling back and
forth TO water they march IN single file,
and follow the same path, like the buf-
falo, wearing deep rJits into the earth.
The cattle frequently go four or five
miles to water, and, having slaked their
thirst, nearly always return TO the place
from which they started out.
Not more than twO-thirds of the men
who try stock-raising on the plains sue
ceed. With one it is bad luck; anotheF's
stock is stolen another is lazy another
drinks and fifth CANDLES off not only
the profits, but sometimes the whole
herd. a man, to raise stock, must be
not only sober, but industrious and,
when the storms come, he must be
brave, and keep his cattle together, and
feed them, even at the risk of his life.
In time Of peril or danger, the herder
must never let go his grip if he does,
the herd is ruined, and the labor of
.,nnn.r Lost
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
Use Of Thermometers.


The differences in the ordinary mete-
geological observations are not 80 much
owing to the thermometer, as a general
thing, as to the want of a proper care
in observation. 70 ascertain the true
temperature Of the atmosphere the IN
strument should never be huDg against
the walls of a building, as the heat alb
sorbed and radiated will canse q change
of several degrees, depending on the
nature Of the material of the walls, and
the sides exposed to sun or wind, as al
so the radiation from the internal heat
of the building. The best place IS IN
der the shade of an open cover or tree,
away from any buildings, suspended a
few feet above the ground. The fact
that the air may be at rest or IN motion,
will not affect the temperature. To as
certain the heat of the direct rays Of
the sun, the instrument should be Gov
cred with a coat Of lamp-black and ex-
posed to the direct rays Of the sun IN
sheltered place.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
Remarkable Wei.

Some we'll. .borers near Odeli, Illinois,
are profane enough to report that they
have tapped hell, and are getting the full
benefit of the leak. Gas was discov-
cred forty feet below the surface, aud
at eighty feet vein of water was
struck which spouted two hundred feet
in the air, carrying up gravel as big as
hens eggs, and sending everybody fly
ing hundreds of feet awsy. This per-
formance continued until the sand and
gravel were six inches deep within a
radius of one hundred feet of the hole.
When the jet of water ceased, the aper-
ture was found much widened, with
quicksand at the bottom, and q stream
of gas had taken the place OF water.
A match was applied to it, and flames
leaped into the air, producing sound
like thunder. The wOTkmen think they
nave struck the gate of the evil doom,
or brought 70, tn a young volcano, they
don't know which. The gas they are
getting now causes blue color IN the
vegetation for miles around, and the
people are hocking from all quarters to
see the strange phenomenon.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23

ana the waves with the coming squal-clous
blacken.
Open one point on the weather bow,
Is the lighthouse tall on Fire Island head
there's shade of dcnbs on the captains brow,
And the pilot watches the heaving lead. s-r
The ship bends lower before the breeze, e
And as her brOadside fair to the blast she lays
Aud syV1fter springs on the rising seas, ~.
AS the pilot calls, 4" Stand by for stays !"
Then silence all /" as each in his place,
With the gathered coil in his hardened hands
BY tack and bovine, by sheet and brace.
waiting the watchword, impatient stands. lra
And the light on Fire Island head draws near,
As trumpet-Winged, the pilots shout,
From his post on the bOWsprit heel, I hear,
With the welcome call Of g Ready about!
No time to spare-it is touch and go,
And the captain growls, g Down helm! Hard
AS my weight on the wtirling spokes throw,
Hhe the heavens grow black with the storm
High DER the knight-heads aies the spray, l
as sne meets the shock of the pIunging sea
and my shoulder stiff to the wheel I lay,
As 1 answer, % Aye, aye sir! Hard lee!" 1870
With the swerving leap of q startled steed,
The ship flies fast IN the eye Of the wind;
The dangerous shoals on the lee Tecede,
Aud the headlands white We leave behind.
The topsails hutter. tae jibs collapse,
And belly and tug at the groanlng cleats;
The spanRer Stats. and the mainsail flaps,
And thunders the order, g. 'Tacks and sheets !"
Mid tie rattle of blocks aud the tramp of the crew.
Kisses the rain Of the rushing squall;
The sails aback from cleW to clew
And now is the moment for 's AIainsail haul "
And the heavy yards, like baby's toy,
By fifty strong swiftly swung; .
She holds her way, and 1 look with joy,
For the first white spray Ger the bulwarlzs flung.
" Let go and haul tits the last command.
And the head-salls fill to the blast once more;
Astern and to leeward lies the land,
With its breakers white on the shingly shore.
What matters the reef or the rain or the squall,
I steady the helm for the open sea
The trst mate ClamOrs, &c Belay there ALL"
And the captains breath once more comes free.
And so of shore let the good ship fly
Little care how the gust may blow,
IN my fOrecaste bunk in jacket dry
Eight bells have struck and my watch is below,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
Naming the Baby.

A paying hoax was played a few days
since, says a Clarksville correspondent
of the Louisville Courier Journal, upon
the family relatives of one of our young
married men who had the good fortune
Cor bad fortune, whichever way the
reader cOnstrues it, of having an addi-
ton to his family In the shape of a boy
weighing nine pounds ayOirdupOiE. A
friend of the parents directed a postal
card to each one of the uncles and aunts
of the little chap, bearing upOn the
back these few lines
CO has new baby at his house
named after you.
In few days letters of congTatUla-
ton began TO pour in. A gentleman
from our city, one of the uncles, sent
by express a beautiful silver cEp, &C
companied by these words / thank
You for an honor that my finances will
not permit me to accept very often from
my numerous relatives" another, writ
irg from Paducah. feels highly graf
fled that you should name your boy
after me, and If it bears in reality nv
name, and is not named inst forty-five
years after me, you can draw upon me
for his first boots and viii honor his
draft" He "smells a mice" An
aunt TO the infant, writing from Hop
kinsville, KY, says "You know not
how gratiied am that you have named
your little girl after me. am not well
now, but as soon as am able TO ven
ture out upon the streets I shall ac-
knowledge the hsnor in a more becorn-
ing manner" An uncle at Erin, Tenn,
writes: "Kiss the baby for me. ] do
not know how to thank you. As soon as
I can find time to dig several pounds Of
ginseng I will send my little namesake
a present" And thus they continued
to come from all sections, as the family
is quite numerous. The baby is yet
unnamed, and if IL receives the name of
each one who has sent present there is
a slim show for its future existence.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
EAST.

Tammany Hall has unanimously
nominated VIM. H. Wickham for mayor of
New York city. ea zlt sT
Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania,
has issued warrants for the execution of Wu,
E. Udderzook, Harrell O'Mara and Patrick
Irwin, on November 12.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23

TWENTY ONE girls Of Kenosba have
Z" resolved, thst if the young men won't
cone and see rs, we will 60 and see
them" Didn't somebody say that the
Iase Of revolutionary patriots wasn't vet
extinct?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WEST.

A d spatch from Darlington, i. IT,.
October 18th, says, twenty-four lodges Of Kio-
was under Santanta surrendered to Gen
Neill- santanta and Big Tree will be held in
close confinement as hostages, until further
orders.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23

The eight million fraudulent debt of
South Carolina has not been settled, but
negotiations looking to an adjustment
are In progress. The terms Of settle
ment in sll the states are in the main
similar. The general features of tie
agreement are simply that in the con-
sideration of these states entering into
a contract and ratifying It by state leg
islatiOn, the foreign bOndholders agre g
TO fund the debt, principal and interest,
and extend the time OF payment of the
principal for thirty years at four to FIVE
per cent. interest, as may be agreed.
His visit to this city Is for the purpose
of effecting the same arrangements as
to our state debt, and he has been IN
conference with Gov. McEnery and
other gentlemen; but, owing to the un-
settled condition of Our affairs, he has
not yet attempted to give the matter,
In this state, official shape. The draft
Of a bill, 20 be submitted to the state
legislatures IN ratification Of the con-
tract, has been approved by the execu-
tives of the states that have already
agreed to q settlement, and it's passage
viii be urged by the respective govern
meuts. This gentleman states that he
has authority 70 settle with Louisiana
fOf Q6f eAl1Io uSDts lOLe4Bu tlnu uOule5-
tic, principal and interest, and TO extend
the debt thirty years, and viii accept
new funded bonds at four per cent, but
is only deferred for the reasons al
ready alluded TO. The act whose rati-
fcation by the states effecting the set
tlement is indicated, provides a sinking
fund for the positive redemption Of the
principal, and vests IN the holders and
owners Of such new bonds absolute
power and authority to enforce the levy
and collection of taxes as authorized by
the cot to pay the interest and TO pro
vide the sinking fuEd to pay the Prin-
cipal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23

TIE late Hon. Sam. Galloway, OF Co
Iumbus, Ohio, was a remarkably home
" man. On one occasion, while dining
with a personal and political friend IN
OhilIicothe, the six or seven year old
daughter Of his host, who had been in
tently studying GallOway's face, said,
Ioud enough to be heard by al at the
table " Ma, didn't that mans mamma
love children mighty well ?" Why so,
my dear p asked Der mother. 'Oh,
lust cause she raised him -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
European Capitalists to Pay Southern
State Debts.
n. o. special to Louisville cOurier-Journal

In July last there arrived in this
country the duly commissioned repre-
ing upwards of 5000, ,OOO,O of bonds
of the southern states, armed with the
power to effect with such states a
settlement of their indebtedness, ac-
cording to the terms to be hereinafter
set forth. This gentleman Is now here,
and as a partial result of his mission he
has effected settlements with the follow
rInkrr u, Al,o -,rrr,- c.fr-or,.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23

AFTER a Kansas City man has sat by
his chamber window and fiddled " Old
Dog Tray eighty or ninety times pa
tience ceases to be a virtue aud bricks
begin TO lodge IN bis hair.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23

THE experiment of lighting railway
cars with gas has been brought 70
more successful solution IN Prussia than
even IN this more rapidly progressive
country. On one Of the railways the
experiment has been 80 successful that
there is little doubt Of the ultimate e1
clusiOn Of all kinds of oil lamps on the
railways Of Germany.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
TACKING SHIP.

The weather leech OF the topsaH shivers.
The bowIines strain and the lee shrouds sacken,
Inc braces are taut, the 1.-THE boom quivers, -.rl
And the waves with the coming squall-cloud
blacken,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23

HARRY, after looking on while his
new little sister cried at being washed
and dressed the other day, turned away,
saying, eff she screamed ike that IL
heaven, 1 don't wonder they sent her
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23

THE railroad commissioners of Mas
sachusetts have held hearing on the
subject of steam-whistles on railroads,
and have recommended that they should
be restricted IN use to leases of danger
and the necessary management of
freighb-trains, AZ r
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-25

The Montpelier Female Humane Association,
chartered by the Legislature of Virginia and
the Circuit Court of Orange county, proposes,
by series Of Grand Gift Concerts, to establish
and endow q Home for the Old, lnhrm and
Destitute Ladies of Virginia. at Montpelier,
the former residence Of President Jas Madison.
The Association is under the control of eight
trustees, six Of whom are elected bi. .ennislly by
the stockholders and two appointed by the Gov
ernor of Virginia
References by permission His Excelcnfcy,
James L. Kemper, Governor of Vlrginia His
Excellency, Gilbert G. Walker, cx-Gov. of Va;
Hon. Robert E. Wthers Lieutenant Governor
of Virginia and U. 5. Senator elect; Hon Robt.
W. Hughes, Judge Eastern Di4kict of Virginla;
Senators and Members of CongI&s from VIrgi ins.
Governors Office Richmond, July g. "a.
It affords me pleasure to say that am well
acquainted with large majority Of the officers
of the Montpelier Female Humane Association
who reside in the vicinity of my home, and l
attest their intelligence and their wortha high
reputation as gentlemen, as well rs the pubic
confidence influence and substantial means lib
orally represented among them.
JAMES L. KEMPER, Gov. of Virginia.
Alexandria, Va, July sth, 1874
My personal acquaintance with majority OF
the gentlemen controlling the Montpelier Fe-
male Humane Association and the reputation of
all of them enables me to commend them rs fully
entitled to the confidence of the public. No act
or representation inconsistent with honor and
integrity need be app!ehended in the conduct or
representations of these gentlemen.
4. w. HUGHES,
U. S. Judge East Dist. of Va
For full particulars, testimonials, &C., send
for circular.
Remittances for tickets may be made by ex
press pre-. paid postotfice money order on Alex.
andris, Va, or by registc ed letter, addressed
Hon. JAMES BARBOUR,
President M. f. II. A., Alexandria, Va.
Gg~ Reliable Agents wanted everywhere.
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