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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
sueeess BASED Upon Merit.

It is a subject of general remark, among
both Wholesale and retail druggists, that no
medicine introduced to the American public
has ever gained such a popularity and met
with so large sale in all parts of the land, in
the same length of time, as DR.. Pierces Gold
en- Medical Discovery. This cannot depend
upon its having been more largely advertised
than any other medicine, as such Is not the
case. The correct explanation, we think is
found in the fact that this medicine produces
the most wonderful and perfect cures of very
bad cases of bronchial, throat and lung dis
eases, is undoubtedly the most perfect and eff
heient remedy for all kinds of coughs that has
ever been introduced to the public, and at the
same time possessing the greatest of blood
purifying and strengthening properties that
medical science has been able to produce, thus
rendering 1t a sovereign remedy not only in
the cure of consumption, bronchitis, hoarse-
ness and coughs, but also for all diseases of
the liver and blood, as scrofulous diseases,
blotches, rough skin, pimples, black specks
and discolOrations. It has, therefore, wide
range of application and usefulness, and it
not only gives the most perfect satisfaction to
all who use it, but far exceeds the eXpecta-
tons of the most saDguine, thus eliciting the
lOudest praise, and making permanent living
advertising mediums of all who use it. For
these reasons it is that there is not perhaps a
druggist in all the vast domain of this CONT
nent, who tries to please his customers and
supply their wants, that does not keep and sell
large quantities of this most valuable medi-
cine.
JEsUP, Iowa. May s. 1873.
DR.. r. Y. PIERCE:
Dear Sir-We take pleasure in saying that
your medicines have sold entirely beyond our
expectations. We regard them as the best
medicines eXtant, and hear them spoken of III
49, R. L. SMITH & co.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
The Modern Hotel Clerk.

We say a great deal which is not COM
plimentary of hotel clerks. But, after
all, we are submissive enough before
them. There Is something in the. Of
fee they hold which has an independ-
ant influence of its own that takes us
in its meshes an holds US unresistingly.
Before him we are subject to his humor,
abashed and entertained by his CONVEX
satiOn. At his back we despise him,
jab him with sarcasm, prick him with
satire, and roast him with burning in
dignatiOn. In following, admiration
and interest be is ranked by the barte--
der only. The presiding genius of the
bar stands at the head. There are no
stories that are relished as are his sto-
ries there are no jokes with such pitch
and point to them, and which win such
appreciation as his jokes. His going
and coming are matters of engrossipg
interest to his admirers. If he buys
new garment it is closely examined IN
every particular, and his taste in select
ing it aud his Judgment in buying it
are commended with bated breath as
being but little short, if any, of the su-
pernatural. If he rips his boot the ex-
tent of the damage is subjected to the
closest scrutiny, and he is obliged to
narTate with strict minuteness where,
when, and how it was done, which he
does with an easy condescension that is
considered phenomenal, and received
accordingly. Everything about his per-
son or pertaining to his possession has
an interest in the eyes of his admirers
that is difficult to express. We only
hope he realizes and is thankful of his
blessing. -DGnblCTy NeeUS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
The Farming of the Future.

Tho notion of an English writer in
Frazer's Magazine is, that the time viii
come when farming will be a CONNER
cial speculation, carried on by joint
stock concerns, issuing shares from $50
to 500 each, and occupying from one to
ten thousand acres. He thinks that
such companies would, perhaps, pur-
chase the entire sewage of an adjacent
town. Their buildings, their streets
OF cattle-stells, would be placed on a
slope sheltered from the northeast, but
near the highest spot on the estate so as
to distribute manure and water from the
reservoirs by the power of gravitation
A stationary steam engine would crush
their cake and pulp their roots, pump
their water, perhaps, even shear their
sheep. They would employ butchers
and others, whole staff, to kill and cut
up bullocks, in pieces suitable for the
London market, transmitting their
meat straight to the salesman, without
the intervention of the dealer. That
salesman would himself be entirely in
the employ of the company, and sell
no other meat but what they supplied
him with. This would at once give a
large profit to the producer, and a lower
price On comparisOn) to the public. In
suLLLASIs A1Sat AHSnt DC cOOlSu Dy the
ice-house or refrigerator, which must
necessarily be attached to the company's
bacon factory. Except in particular
districts, it is hardly probable that the
dairy would be united with the stock
farm but if so, the ice-house would
again come into requisition, and there
would be a condensed milk factory on
the premises. 1t is further predicted of
tins company that they will utilize land
now waste. by roofing up hedges and
filing bitches that an effort to shorten
the period between crops, and get more
than one crop from the same soil within
a year, viii be attempted. That irriga-
tion will be resorted to upon an extern
sive scale, and that artificial heat or
electric currents will be used to ripen
the crops, and that blasts of hot air
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
COTTON.
Report of the Crop in Tennessee, Ala
bama, mississippi and Arkansas.

Report of the Crop in Tennessee, Ala
hama, mississippi and Arkansas.
The committee on information and
statistics of the Memphis Cotton Ex-
change report the receipt Of 139 letters,
representing 81 counties in Tennessee,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and
two in Missouri, which aggregate as fol-
lows: Deficiency in acreage of cotton
planted, as compared with 1873, s Ito
per cent; as compared with 1872, Ito;
estimated yet to be planted after the
goth inst, 40 of the seasons plant
ing. The labor force has increased
numerically 40 the past year, and dur
ing the past two years L 40. In COM
parison with the past two years the
labor shows an improvement in indus
try per cent, but nothing in thrift
ness. There is an increase, numerical
~, in the working stock of but 1. 10
per cent. The condition of work stock
as reported, is 5 10 poor and 3 Ito
fair. The planting operations are re-
ported as averaging 49, days later than
for the past two years. OF the cotton
crop planted there is reported as upon
the Goth inst, ffty-fve per cent, of
which it is reported one-half is bad,
one-fourth fair and one-fourth good con-
ditioned.
The excessive dry weather since plant
ing has prevented a good stand from
coming up, and generally it has been
too dry to cultivate in the uplands.
The condition of the corn crop is bad,
and wheat and oats have suffered from
the drouth. There is a growing dispo-
sition to increase crops of cereals, in
Guiding millet, rye and hay. Since the
goth there has been but very light and
partial showers. General complaint ex-
lists of want of rain.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
The sewing-Machine Monopoly.

There is perhaps no greater swindle
endured by any people than that OF the
sewing machine monopoly in the United
States. There are a great many differ
ent machines manufactured. The orig
inal patent for the principle of sew
ing machine is now free. All that re-
main are certain Improvements, and
of these the &c Wilson feed " is perhaps
the most important. The proprietors
of six or eight different machines have
combined to permit no other manufac-
turer to use the Wilson feed, so that
the combination may keep up the ex-
orbitant prices demanded for sewing
machines. We are informed that the
manufacturer cost of producing a
machine of any of the designs IS not
over 81 each. The cost of the table
or box ranges from $3.50 to $15. So
that any machine now sold in the
United States for less than 800 may be
sold at from $25 to $35, and afford a
large profit. The same machines that
are sold in the United States at $50, $50,
$40. $50, and $50 are exported and sold
in England and in all parts of Germany
at from $25 to $50.
It is safe to assume that, by virtue of
this combination, these manufacturers
do now receive over $6,00O,O00 a year
for machines in excess of what they
would get if the g Wilson feed - patent
was allowed to expire. There is no
pretense that these persons have not
been compensated for their inventions,
and in the case of the Wilson feed, the
originator never got a dollar for it,
while others are reaping millions from
the product of his brain. All that
congress should do in tie matter is to
let these patents expire, and if neces-
sary take away any discretion in any
person in the patent Office to extend,
renew, or revive any of them. Ger
tainly, it is time to put stop to any
further monopoly under the Wilson
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
Substitution Of Charcoal for Lime in
Removing Hair from Hides.

The discovery of Anderson, of Scot-
land, that pulverized charcoal effects
the removal of hair from hides he's been
subjected to thorough trial by different
manufacturers of leather, and with very
favorable results, according to reports
made through different journals. Since
the charcoal, however, does not cause
the hides to swell, a short previous linn
ing of two or three days is still neces-
essary but this is not Objectionable, as
the charcOaling prevents any injurious
result in addition to the action on the
hair. The process can be carried on in
the ordinary lime-pits at temperature
prevailing for the greater part of the
year, namely so to 70 degrees four or
five days being sufficient at temporal
ture of 60 to 70 degrees, while seven to
eight days are necessary at 40 to so de-
grees. The temperature is easily regu-
lated by steam. Among the advantages
the following seem to be generally con-
ceded A decided economy of time as
we'll as of labor, since the subsequent
operations are rendered easier and the
tanning proper more rapid. The bran
or dung bath may be entirely dispensed
with. The liquids act uniformly with
out leaving specks. On account of the
absence OF disagreeable doors the
new process is much more pleasant and
less Injurious to health. The leather is
softer and better in quality, IS easily
worked, and does not tear out the sew
ing. There is q gain of one-half to one
pound IN weight of leather per hide,
while the charcoal, considering the
amount required, etc., is found to be
practically as cheap as lime.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
The Saratoga monument.

The Saratogian says of the monu-
ment for which New York state has ap-
propriated $50, 900, to be erected at Sar-
atoga in commemoration of Burgoyne's
surrender: "The plinth is seventy five
feet square; the shaft at the base is
forty feet square, exclusive of the apex
eight feet. The gable inches will have
presentations of the three generals,
Schuyler, Gates, and Morgan, with their
accessories, the fourth being vacant,
with the word Arnold inscribed under
meath. Within the monument, the first
story is one room twenty-five feet square,
the second story seventeen feet, the
third fifteen feet. These will have
historic tablets, memorials, cases, etc.
On the four corners of the platform are
to be mounted four bronze guns taken
from the English at the surrender.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
VECETINE
Puriies the Blood, Renovates and Invigorates
the whole System. Its Medical Prop
critics are Alternative, Tonic,
Solvent and Diuretic.

VEGEF TIN E IS made exclusively fl ON the juices
of carefully selected barks, roots, and herbs, and
so strongly concentrated, that it will efectuaIy
eradicate frOn the system every faint OF Scrofula
scrofuIous Humor, Tuners, Cancer, Cancerous
Humor, Eryspelas, Salt Rheum, syphilitic Dis
eases, Canker, Faintness at the Stomach, and All
diseases that arise from impure blood. Sciatica,
Inflammatory and Chronic rheumatism, Neural
gia, Gout, and Spinal Conn plants, only be eff
fectualIy cured through the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases of the Skin,
Puslules Pimples, BlOtches, BOils, letter, Scald-
head, and Ringworm, VEGETINE has never failed
to effect permanent cure.
Fer Pains in the Back, Kidney Complain Is,
Dropsy, Female Weakness, LeucCrrhoea. arising
from internal liberation, and uterine diseases and
general debility, VEsErISE acts directly upon the
causes of these complaints, Il invigorate and
engtheus the whole system, acts upon the Sc
cretive gans, sllays Inflammation, cures ulcera-
ton and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, HabituaI Costiveness,
Palpitation of the Heart, Headache, Piles, Ner-
vousness, and general prostration of the nervous
satisfaction as the VEeETINE. 1t purihes the
blood, cleanses all of the organs, and possesses
controlling power over the nervous system.
The remarkable cures effected by VEGETINE
have induced many physicians and apOthecariss
whom we know to prescribe and use it in Their
own families.
In fact, VEGETINE is the best remedy yet dis
covered for the above Diseases and is the only
liable BLOOD PURIFIER yet paced before the
public.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
Bailey's Nautical Experience.

The Danbury News man details the
incidents of his temporary soiourn on the
briny. He shipped the first sea on the
fourth day out. An elderly gentleman
with eyeglasses had his starboard end
to the intruder at the time, busily en-
gagged peering at the horizon from be-
meath one of the Iife-boats. It struck
him on the beam, and filed his coat
tail pockets with salt water. "Helen
Blazes," said he, and he stepped down
stairs to see her. The fearful and con-
tinuous rolling of the vessel was the
cause of painful and ludicrous accidents,
of course. The intellectual man with
a long brown overcoat that touched his
heels, and sharp, inquiring eye that
seemed to reach into everything, was
knocked off his feet by the wave, and,
besides being drenched TO the skin, was
driven out of sight under a life-boat.
Bailey enjoyed that trip better than he
did. One of the stewards-a bald-head-
ed gentleman-was teetering" along
the deck with plate of highly seasoned
beef in one hand and cup of hot tea
in the other, when a sudden lurch of the
vessel lifted him into the air, and drove
him with great violence against the
guards. The spiced beef and a fox
v ere never heard of again, but the tea
he saved by catching it under his collar.
One lady was cut in the head, and one
gentleman broke a number of his legs,
but was out again in an hour, eating a
Welsh rarebit
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
Typhoid Fever in Pigs.

The London (Eng.) Agricultural Ga
zette says: Typhoid fever of pigs is al
most the only zymotic disease of the
lower animals which has distinct re-
preventative among the diseases of the
human subject. In many cases the term
typhoid is used to indicate any form of
disease in which fever of low kind is
present /; but in typhoid fever of the
pigs the characteristic affection of the
glands of the intestines is always well
developed, as it is in man. From a few
weeks to six months old all kinds of
pigs are liable to typhoid fever. After
the age of six months they appear to
possess a remarkable power of resisting
the disease some older animals are of
course attacked, but the rule is that the
extreme susceptibility comes after the
pig has reached the age of six or eight
months were it not so, the losses from
the disease would be more serious than
they are.
Excepting age, there appear to be no
modifying circumstances which exercise
any particular influence. Temperature
has little or nothing to do with the pro-
gress of the affection. In summer and
winter the disease is equally rife, and
equally fatal and observation leads to
the conclusion that the utmost care In
the treatment of the animals does not
preserve them from the ravages of the
malady, nor does the susceptibility seem
to be increased in animals which are
Systematically neglected. The one es-
sential is the typhoid germ; when that
is planted in the organism the results
follow in regular order, undisturbed by
the external conditions of the animals
existence
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05

A DERANGED stomach and impure
blood force human beings into a melancholy
state; they do not enjoy life and are not in a
fit condition to do business successfully. One
of the best remedies extant is YEaETINE,
which has acquired reput alton as wide as
the country itself, and is extensively known
all over the globe. This remedy has been ex-
tensiveIy advertised, but its cures have sold it
at more rapid rate than the newspapers.
The latter serve to bring it to public notice,
but like all medicines or inventions it has been
found to stand the test of trial aud time, and
its rapid sale shows how strong hold it has
gained.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
Medical View of Asparagus.

A medical correspondent of an Eng
lish journal says that the advantages
of asparagus are not sufficiently esti-
mated by those who suffer with rheu-
matism and govt. Slight doses OF rheu-
matism are cured IN a few days by feed
ing on this delicious esculent, and more
chronic cases are much relieved, espe-
cialIy if the patient avoids all acids.
whether in food or beverage. The Je-
rusalem artich0ke has also a similar eff
feet in relieving rheumatism. The
heads may be eaten in the usual wav.
but tea made from the leaves of the
stalk, and drank three or four times
day, is a certain remedy, though not
equally agreeable.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05

will be employed toprepare the crops for
harvesting as soon as cut. This predic-
ton will strike most American readers as
being wild dream of an enthusiastic op-
timist, and yet the author has given ex-
preston to not a single impossibility.
Artificial heat has already been employ
ed to a large extent in cultivation, and
artifcially heated air currents have been
used to dry crops with perfect success.
The employment of steam motors for
the principal operations of agriculture
is largely increasing throughout the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
A Little Game of Yasquez,s Frustrated.

The San Francisco Chronicle says,
in speaking of the recent capture of
Vasquez Vasquez stated to Major
Mitchell that if he had $4,000 and the
kind and quantity of arms he required
he could revOlutiOIize the entire south
ern portion of that state. It is believ-
ed that this has been the objective point
of his scheme. A boldly conceived
plot of his was an attempt to plumber
the paymaster's car on the Southern
Pacific railway. He heard that on a
certain day the pay car would traverse
the road attached to the regular train.
Accordingly he gathered about him the
bravest of his band and prepared to at
tack and despoil it. The banditLi Sc
lected a spot between San Jose and Gil
roy, known as The Divide The plan
included the cutting and removal of a
section of the rail. This was the first
exercise on the programme. The char
acteristic laziness of the Californians
delayed their preparations, and, as the
train was ten minutes ahead of time,
the affair was an utter failure. As the
train approached, the members of the
band were bUsily engaged in damaging
the track. It came laundering down
and past them as they sprang back, and
whisked out Of their reach ere any harm
could be accomplished. The officials
on the train noticed the bandits and di-
vined the true reason Of their presence.
On the evening of the same day the
tragedy at Tres PinOs occurred"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
Crop Prospects West and South.

Reports from the west and south,
which are generally regarded as trust
worthy, do not indicate favorable crops.
The area of cotton is not only less, but
the planter has suffered from frost, flood
and lice. To a considerable extent re-
planting has taken place, but not under
circumstances that encourage hope. In
western barley the falling off is said to
amount to fully ten per cent, while the
reduction of acreage planted in spring
rye is fully six and one-fourth per cent.
The wheat prospects, however, are re-
ported to be fattering, although from
some localities come complaints of bad
weather. This is especially true of
southern Illinois and the corresponding
belt of country. 1t would be more
gratifying, however, to know what is the
condition of crops abroad. IF they are
likely to be short the United States will
be the gamer, for we can sell with
profit and employ our ships to advan-
tage. If, on the other hand, they are
abundant we may again see the melan-
chOly spectacle of corn burned as fuel
and the smaller grain entombed in store
houses.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
FHRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF AN
OLD NURSE.

Ms. WInslows Soothing Syrup Is The Prsscrip-
ton Of one of the best female Physicians and
nurses in The United States. and has been used nsR
thirty years with never failing safety and suceeA
by millions Of mothers and children, from the re-
BILE infant Of week old TO the adult II coFTsCls
Acidity OF the stomach, relieves wind collie rogH-
Iates the bowels and gives reat health and comfort
70 mother and child. We believe It &c b the best
and remedy the world in All cases OF Aya-
EMERY and darrhoea IN children whether Is arises
from teethiHg or from any other cause Fuu d.
reciions for using viii accompany each bottle
None genuine unless the facsimile OF CURTIS q
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper.
5sId by ali medicine dealers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
ssThe Great Northwest. "

The Chicago and Northwestern rail-
way has arranged with its Southern con-
nections for the sale of cheap excursion
tickets at all points south of Chicago.
Cheap "roll,ad trip" excursion tickets
are sold by this road at Chicago for
Denver. Send to w. II. Stennett, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, @. & n. W. Ry.,
Chicago, for an illustrated Guide Book,
and it will be sent to you free.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05

OUR readers should remember that it
costs something to press soap into fancy
shapes and wrap it in bright coIored wrappers,
neither of which are of any service. Proctor
& CANDLES Extra Olive Soap is neither press
ed nor wrapped, but Is of convenient shape
and size. It relies upon ats superior quality to
recommend it