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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
WEST.

The strike by the coal miners of St.
Clair county, Illinois, has terminated in their
defeat.
An auction sale of the Lick prope-tv.
at San Francisco, donated to public uses took
600.
The United States detectives have
discovered-ss they always do, too Iate-that
the western states have been flooded with
skHfnl counterfeits OF national bank notes.
The Illinois state Christian association
Is In session at Chicago One Of the main
objects sought by this association is the over
throw of secret societies, and a number Of
prominent opponents of Free Masonry. and
other secret organizations, are in attendance.
a dispatch from Mcclellan creek
states the 200 Cheyennes, who recently en-
gagged Captain ,Farnsworth's command Of 25
men and were defeated, recently encountered
81 men Of the United States cavalry and in
fantry, IN command OF Lieut. Frank ID. Bald
win, chief Of scouts. After fight, lasting
some hours, they were driven from the field.
1he Indians lost their entire outfit and left be-
hind them two little white girls named Ger
man whose parents, brother and older sister
were massaered in Kansas while the family
were moving to Colorado. Two other sisters.
aged thirteen and fifteen, are still in the hands
OF the Indians. Fresh and picked troops have
gone In pursuit of the retreating Indians,
VINO are moving for the staked plains
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
Life Without sentiment.

There was no sentiment whatever
about Mark Kaller Of Augusta county,
Va. There was no sentiment in his
courtship, none in his marriage and
none In his married life. He lived
without it. He had soma property
and a house and he wanted a house
keeper. He paid an agent S25 to get
him a wife. He married her without
word of lOve-making, and put her In
his house, and went on with his life.
The couple were entirely congenial and
exceedingly harmonious in one respect
both loved whisky and they drank a
great deal of it. They never quarrel
ed over the bottle, and life flowed
smoothly on. They drank as much as
they could and got drunk together,
and went to sleep when they were
sleepy, and it was nobody's business.
They got old together in Old Virginia.
One day they had some distance to
walk on 8 public highway. Old Mark
tramped ahead with his cane and the
old woman trudged along behind smok-
ing her pipe. There was a good long
distance between them as the woman
was fat and wheezy, and waddled with
difficulty. By some means her cloth
ing caught on fire, and she was burned
to death there in the public road. Two
gentlemen came along on horss back,
and saw the roasted woman. They es-
pied man, just disappearing in the
distance. One of them rode ahead
and, overtaking the old man, informed
him Of the occurrence. Mark expressed
neither sentiment nor emotion, but
with a grunt turned around and re-
traced his steps. There lay his wife,
50 charred and disfgured as scarcely
to be recognized. Mark hobbled up to
the body, and giving it a punch with
his stick, said: "Humph, I told her
she'd better leave her pipe at home.
Now, what'n I do for a housekeeper ?"
This was the only thing like a senti-
ment he ever uttered in his life. Old
Mark Kaller is dead now, but his type
still lives in a good many men who
hobble through life without the color
of sentiment.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

The general missionary committee of
the Methodist Episcopal church appropriated
$9OS, ,S59 for foreign missions, at their meet
ing in New York last week.
Admiral Almy reports that the United
States steamer Saranac remains at Lspaz,
Mexico. to protect American citizens and in
terests. Many robberies and murders are be-
ing committed and the authorities are taking
steps to arrest the culprits.
The commissioner of agriculture says
the demand for seHni-tropical fruits for ex-
periments in the southern states is very great.
The Chinese tea plant is especially in de-
mand, and many thousand young plants have
been distributed the past year.
The navy appropriation bill, as COM
pleted by the house committee on appropria-
tions, is for the navy establishment proper,
without reference to the continuance of i'm
provemsnts at navy yards and the construction
Of new vessels. The appropriations aggregate
seventeen million dollars.
The president has directed a telegram
to the governor OF Texas, requesting him to
delay the execution of the death sentence to
satanta until it can be satisfactorily ascer-
tanned whether or not he has violated his pa
ID4og INC pA1nANGLs DGLA6hAAE LIe NGlRuk OF
evidence thus far in Satauta's favor
The second national bank of Law
renee, Kansas, having failed to meet the calls
of the redemption agency Of the treasury
department to reimburse the treasury for it's
notes redeemed, and it's deposit OF per cent.
being exhausted, Treasurer Spinner gives
notice that on and after this date notes of
that bank viii be rejected when presented for
redemption at the national bank redemption
agency.
Commissioner Douglass, ofthe internal
revenue, reports the receipts OF the last fiscal
year at sIO2, 644 TAI or S2,644, ,747 in excess Of
his estimates. The estimate OF the current
fiscal year is S1O7, 900, 900. The receipts from
distilled spirits for the fiscal year OF 1874 we're
SO 444, ,090, q net decrease Of g, ,665, ,2SI. The
production OF spirits during the year was 90, =
5T2, ,062 taxable gallons. The seizures anoun-
ted in value to s476, $50. The production Of
tobacco the last hscsl year was rs. SIS. .619
pounds, an increase over the preceding year OF
2, 1O7, ,6s4 pounds. The number of cigars and
cheroots on which taxes were collected was
/, I,ss6, ,6s7, ,4Os, or 1862, $50 in excess Of the
previous year.
Under a congressional joint resolution
Of 1863, Eve citizens we're az pninted to ex-
anime into the condition OF the Union and
Central Pacific railways, who reported that
about two million dollars would be necessary
to supply the deficiencies Of both roads.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
Newspaper Postage.

The following in relation to newspa-
per postage is Of general interest. AT
the last session of congress, the subject
of postage on newspapers and periodi-
Gals was taken into consideration by
that body, resulting in the passage of a
bill compelling advance payment OF
postage. and fixing the rate at two cents
Der pound on all of that class of matter
published once q week or more fre-
duentlv, and transmitted to regular
subscribers through the mails, and
three cents per pound on such matter
issued less frequently than once a week.
The provisions of this law are to go into
effect Jan. /, 1875. The postmaster
general being by law confined to
choice of one of three modes of collect
ing the postage by means of stamps,
considerable attention has been given
to the matter by this office and after a
careful review of the plans proposed, 1t
was deemed best to recommend the
adoption of the system Of prepayment
by postage stamps affixed to memo
Tandum of mailing, or, In other words,
to a stub in q book retained by the post
master at the mailing office, a receipt,
showing the weight OF matter and the
amount paid, being given by the post
master to the person mailing the same,
the stamps afixed to the stub being can
celled by a cutting punch, thus pre-
venting their reuse. This plan, it Is
believed, is more practicable and less
expensive in its operations than either
of the others, while at the same time it
will be quite as efHectual In collecting
the D. stage. A series of stamps have
been devised of "a denominations, by
means OF which any sum which is
multiple of either the two or three cent
rate. from two cents to S72, can be made
by the use of not more than five stamps.
It is expected that, notwithstanding the
reduction of rates by the law, the sys-
ten of compulsory prepayment of news
paper postage will yield a larger reve-
nue. to the department than has ever
been collected. In the city Of New
York alone, a comprehensive inquiry
seems TO warrant the belief that not less
than 5000, 900 per annum viii be paid
a sum which is little less than one-half
of the entire revenue from newspaper
postage throughout the United States
during the fiscal year just closed. 1t
is. however, impossible TO estimate the
actual increase for the whole country,
owing TO that provision Of the law which
allows the mail circulation of newspa-
pers in the counties IN which they are
11T-intad
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
The Care of Babies.

A baby is a very tender thing, people
say but most of them are very far
from knowing how tender. Imagine
how nervous you are in certain states
when recovering from illness, say, when
the fall of a book or the slam of a door
makes you quiver and feel faint, as if
some one gave you q blow. That is the
way young baby feels at its best. A
puff of wind will set it gasping, its
little breath blown quite away. A noise
makes it shiver, a change of summer
air makes it turn death cold. A baby
is the most nervous of beings, and the
tortures it suffers in going to sleep and
being wakened by careless sounds when
just dropping off" are only compar-
able TO the same experience of an older
person during an acute nervous head
ache. Young babies ought TO pass the
first months of their lives in the coun-
try, for its stiffness no less than its
fresh air. But where silence is not to
be commanded, baby may be soCthed
by folding a soft napkin, wet in warmish
water, lightly over the top of its head,
it's eyes and ears. It is the best way to
put nervous babies to sleep. I have
tried it hundreds of times for a child SO
irritable that paregoric and soothing
syrup only made it wider awake. A
fine towel would be wet and laid over
its head, the ends twisted little till it
made a sort of skull Leap, and though
baby sometimes fought against being
blindfolded in this way, five minutes
usually sent him off into deep and bliss
ful slumber. The compress cooled the
little feverish brain, deadened sound in
his ears, and shut out everything that
took his attention, so that sleep took
him unaware. Teething babies find
this very comforting for their heads
are always hot, and there is fevered
beating in the arteries each side.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
EAsT.


A billiard match for 50, GOO and the
championship Of the United States viii be
played in New York the last week Of Deeem-
Der.
The reign of lawlessness in. the coal
regions Of Pennsylvania appears to be con-
tinuslly growing worse, caused perhaps nv
the fact that most of the perpetrators of the
assaults and murders escape capture and NM
ishment.
The creditors Of Neil MeOullum.
leather merchant, of New York, who failed
Tor $3.50, ,Oo0, have accepted thirty cents on the
dollar McCulium's books show losses OF over
one hundred Thousand dollars the past year
owing to the failure Of shoe dealers in various
parts Of the country.
The number of deaths in New York
city from diptheria and membraneous eroun
during the last six weeks aggregates 8ss. of
which 6T occurred within the week closing
november z, 81 Of these being from diptheria
and Is from the kindred malady-eroup. In
its nature the disease is clearly epidemic. and
large proportion of the cases, if not the ma
1ority, are due to unfavorable sanitary con-
ditions.
About one thousand families of the
Mennonite sect are arriving, this fall, in Kan
sas, where 10000 acres of land have been
taken up and paid for in cash for the site Of
the colony. They are all farmers who have
yet made their appearance although under
the law of the sect every man is also master
OF a trade. They carry on most Of their man
ufaotures and probably win not add much to
the custom Of the local trade.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
Business Still Imnroring.

The present condition of business in
New York city and through the whole
country is decidedly better than it has
been for some months past. There can
be no question that a decided improve
ment has been established Within the
last few weeks, both in confidence and
in the volume of transactions. This is
demonstrated by the general activity
in the various forwarding and trans
TortatiOn routes. The near approach
of the close ef navigation is hurrying
merchants from the interior to COM
plete their winter purchases. Aud on
this point it Is satisfactory to know
that the accounts are favorable. Orders
cautiously given in the early part of the
season have been generally doubled,
and In numerous cases Implicated. And
it speaks well for the condition of affairs
in the interior that remittances at this
time of the year were never so satisfac-
tory. In spite of all drawbacks it is
not improbable that the averaS e OF tran
sactions for the current half year may
finally compare favorsbly with cores
ponding periods in former years.
The accounts from the west and south
continue to be encouraging. a vast
amount of money is being distributed
TOE the movement OF INC uO8 CEOPs
which causes a healthy advance In bank
rates in Chicago, st. Louis, Louisville
and other cities. This money finds its
way into the farmers hands, and thence,
as a matter of course, to the country
stores, until it finally returns to the
great financial centres. Nearly all the
western and southern papers speak OF in
creased business activity and the pros
poets of a good winter trade. The 1um-
ber interests seem to be more partiou-
larly depressed.
From the New England manufacture
ing districts the accounts are hopeful.
The short time movement in the cotton
trade still continues, but it will leave
the business in a better position than
before, and more free from embarrass-
ments of every kind.
Taken IS a whole, then, business IS
better and manifests better signs OF still
further improvement all over the cOun-
try. OF course, due allowance is to be
made for the season. It will soon be
annual "settling up" time, and firms
will begin to prepare for this in various
WAYS, which will render money more
difficult to obtain, but without directly
affecting general business.-U United
States Economist.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27

with the babe in her arms. AS the boat went
down she clung to the wheelhouse of the
Bradley johnson, which stood alongside, but
the violent shock wrenched from her grasp
her child, who fell in the water and was
drowned. Capt. Jungfrau cannot tell how
many passengers are lost, as the books are in
the safe in the clerks room. He thinks there
were about thirty-five lost, among them four
Of his children The following are the names,
as far as known, Of the missing and those be-
heved to be lost by the Empire disaster.
Henry Jackson, Robert Carpenter, William
Green, engineer, Mr.. Maddox, all from Belair
plantation; Mr.. and Mrs. Kemper and two
children, Mrs. Joseph, Point Louisiana !;
Mr.. Mazelle, Union plantation Rose st. John,
stewerdess Charles Ward and John Williams,
cook bows
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27

Secretary Cox at that time directed the com
missioners Of the general land Office to with
hold from them one-half OF the land grant as
security for the supply Of the deficiencies Of
the road. The reports OF the commissioners,
who recently examined the roads, say the
Union Pacific has since that period expended
S2,2l5, 600, and the Central Pacific expended
$500, 600, in excess Of the sum first named
The deficiencies having been supplied and the
roads considered as complete, reports were
submitted by the. secretary Of the interior to
the president, who, On the recommendation
of the secretary, has directed revocation Of
the order Of Secretary Cox, Withholding pat
ents for half Of the lands, which win there
fore be released to those companies.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
The Growth OF Commerce.

According to a statistical authority.
the eleven leading commercial nations
of the globe namely, Great Britain,
the United States. France, Germany,
Belgium, Austria, Russia, Italy, Spain.
the Netherlands and Sweden-hsve
nearly doubled their commerce in less
than two decades. The total foreign
commerce Of these eleven countries. in
1856, was S4,241, 700, 600; in 1865 the
total foreign commerce of these coun-
tries was SO, ,276, 900, 600. This shows
an increase Of 118.5 per cent. The pop
ulation in the same countries in 1865
was 271, 4A3, COO; In 1872 it was 81. $40, =
900. Increase in seventeen years, IA 8
per cent. Foreign commerce per capita
of population, 1855, S15 81; in 1874,
S29. rs. Increase per capita in seven
teen years, SI414, or 90 per cent. The
same authority observes that, while
these representative nations have been
increasing IN population faster than the
average of the world, the growth Of &c
cumuiation has exceeded 1t, but attr1b-
utes this growth mainly TO the applica-
ton Of steam to machinery in various
forms. and facilitated the division OF
labor, and IN numerous other ways has
made each 1aborer stand for a greatly
enhanced amount Of production.
SoME enterprising tradesmen IN Macon
L,-o .-A-r.Ir7oaI r,auufau and t4.afr ans
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27

spread burning oil, and increase the
danger. Before passing through smoke,
take full breath, and then stoOp low,
but If carbon IS suspected. walk erect.
Suck poison wounds, unless your mouth
is sore. Enlarge the wound, or, better,
cut out the part without delay. Hold
the wounded part as long as can be
borne to O hot coal, or end of cigar. In
case of poisoning, excite vomiting by
tickling the throat, or by water or mus
tard. For acid poisons, give acids in
case of opium poisoning, give strong
coffee and keep moving. If In water,
float on the back, with the nose and
mouth projecting. For apoplexy, raise
the head and body; for fainting, lay
The person fat
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
VAeRANT.
B4 5osErH1sE POLLARD.

By JOSEPHINE POLLARD.
cannot check my thought these days,
When incense fingers in the air,
But with unwearied wing II strays,
know not how or Enere.
know not where the blossoms hide
fhst throw thei- lures across its fight:
How stars can fling their gates go wide,
To give my thought delight.
There is no door CLOSE barred and sealed
Where covers suffering or sin,
But viii to touch OF whisper yield,
And let this vagssnt in.
1t bears no passport, no parole,
But free, and careless as the air
nv thought despises all control,
And wanderB everywhere.
Its warrant from the throne of thrones;
It's duty to the king Of kings;
Through heights, and depths, and circIing
zones,
It soErs on seraph wings.s
What canst thou bring from yon fair height,
What bring me from the deepening sea
What gather for thy own delight
That is not wealth to me ?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
Secretary StantOn's Death.

What Jerry Black has darkly limited
is now boldly stated in some of the
papers, that Secretary Stanton hastened
his death, during the last days of his
desponding illness, by a partially sue
cessful attempt to cut his own throat.
It was one of his customs, runs the now
extraordinary revelation. to be shaved
at home, and the duty was performed
by a cOlOred barber who came regularly
for the purpose. In Mr.. Stanton's pri-
Vate apartment stood an improvised
shaving chair, and to this the trusty
valet would go at the appointed time to
perform his duty. Mr.. Stanton had
been apparently failing in health for a
week, and had become so despOndent as
to almost excite fears of an alteration
of the mind. On the evening of the
23d of December the colored valet
called to shave Stanton. They were
left alone in the private apartment, and
Stanton took his seat in the chair, The
barber had partially finished his task.
and, laying the razor on a little table
beside Stanton, stepped across the room
for some water. A movement startled
him, and he turned inst in time to see
the glistening steel fash by the barred
throat, leaving a streak in its wake
huSQluB TO the blu9 OF stanton, tine
barber caught the razor before another
stroke could ; q made. He called for
help, and in q few moments there were
at the bedside the surgeon-general. q
few trusty attaches of the government.
and one or two members of the family.
The work had been done, however, and
the life current reached. at three
o'clock, next morning, Stanton was
dead. How we'll the secret Of his death
has been kept, those who read this may
know.-SpTinatfeld Republican.
PRoF. LYMAN, of Yale college, thinks
that there Is no deception IN the opera
tiOns of Brown, the mind-reader, but
gives no satisfactory explanation of the
phenomena. He simply callsst them q
SORT Of mental telegraphy, and says
that man physically strong and having
/ the power of mental concentration IS
/ the best sort Of person to operate with.
Brown has performed some Of his featr
+ while connected with another mar
merely by a copper wire, and with q
/ good degree of success, though the re
! suits were not so striking as when there
! was direct contact Of flesh With flesh.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
Presence OF Mind.

Prof. Wilder gives these short rules
for action IN case Of accident For dust
in the eyes, avoid rubbing, dash water
into them; remove cinders, ETC., with
the round point of lead pencil. Re
moveinsects from the ear by bepid water:
never put a hard instrument into the
ear. II an artery is cut, compress above
the wound If a vein il cut, compress
below. IL chOked, get upon all fours,
and cough For light burns, dip the
part IN cold water; If the skin Is de-
stroyed, cover With varnish. Smother
FIRE with carpets, etc; water viii often
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27

GRACE GREENWOOD, an exchange tells
rs, doesn't believe IN liquor as q beve-
rage. Such, We are told, is the expert
ence of all who have tried it to excess.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27

SoME enterprising tradesmen IN Macon
have introduced pennies. and their Gus
toners get full change,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-27
RATES OF ADvERrIs1Ne.

(There are q squares in each column.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-12-19
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY EVENG., DECEMBER 49,

A SINGULAR CAsE.-A young manin Wheel
log, West Virginia, was carousng last New
Years Eve with party of friends, several OF
whom celebrated the occasion by very care
less and iudiScrimiuate discharge OF firearms
H was fuay put to bed in state OF insensl
bility from iutoxication, and his companions
were at the time 10 such q condition that they
did not notice he had been wounded. Inc
next morning au ue " confusion was discovered
over the left eye, which his family aud doc
tor,whom they consulted, agreed in prcnuDclDg
merely the result Of fall A more expert,
euccd surgeon. however, visited him, and said
that the wound appeared very like bullet
hole. He passed bis probe through the noe
into the braiu. The injured mau remained III
a stupor for short time, but soon recovered,
and 10 two weeks was able to 90 about agalD
as usual. He said he experienced no pam
worth mentioning, but that his right arm teIt
yerr numb. He confessed, however, that he
remembered that one of his COMPANIONS had
shot him. 4 few weeks ago he was at work
as usual, when he suddenly fell to the ground
and was carried home in a delirouS state, his
sane utterauces being constant references to
terrible pain 10 his head. He fingered five
DAYS and then died His brain was removed
and dssected, and in the cerebrum, Just back
of and above the optic nerve a pistol ball was
found, considerably hattened by its passage
through the skull and the interior OF the head.