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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
How the Grange Pays.

In the grange with which I am c0D-
nected, during the past season there
was an actual saving, in one quarter, Of
S12O TO the few farmers who purchased
implements. Now take the 10000
oranges and we have a total saving
ST g, 400, 900 to the farmers of the
United States in three months. But
you will say at once that this amount is
not saved every quarter, nor by every
grange, nor do I say it is. Neither
does il cost the amount 60 D. L. p. Q. 3"
has mentioned 60 run the oranges every
quarter. The cost OF charters, seals,
regaIia, ETC., Is never imposed on Il 9
grange but once. This would require a
deduction from bis figures of over a
million of dollars, after the first quar-
ter.
We not only consider it a paying in
stitution to as on account of its fiuan-
cial benefits, but we, as a class, have
begun to consider the social influence
of the organization. We cannot deny
that we are far behind the city In regard
to social life, for we have never had the
opportunity of mingling together, and
educating ourselves In that sphere.
Thus it has not only proved itself TO be
a safe for our pockets, but also a store
house for our minds Cincinnati Times
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
A Curious Birds Nest.

There is bird in New Guinea called
the Megapodius, which in the size of its
eggs and its manner of Matching them,
must be considered extraordinary. 1t
is not larger than one of our ordinary
fowls, but its eggs are three inches long
bv two and half In diameter. It does
not attempt TO sit on them, 4 colony
of birds lay their eggs together in a
large mound, in the hottest part of the
year, from September 10 March, and
leave them to be Matched by the sun.
The mound is made of sand, loose earth
and sticks aud leaves, which latter by
their decay increase the heat. The
mounds are wonderfully large, being
ten feet high and about sixty feet IN
circumference at the base. The young
birds come ont at a hole in the top.
The mother birds wait on the trees
around till their chicks are Matched,
and then each leads off her own brood.
How each knows its own is a mystery.
The eggs are much relished by the ma
tives, but not at all by Europeans. A
native of Cape York ventured one day
into nest of eggs, and while he was
exploring the hidden riches of the
large mound the upper part fell IN and
he was smothered. He was afterward
found IN the very act of digging
alive in a birds nest,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
Upon the Occasion of His First Baby

It was his first baby, and he sat down
to think about IL, with a copy of ''De-
wees on Children spread out before
him.
Having refreshed himself with the
phenomena of Group, scarlet fever and
measles, he closed the volume and
"Poor dev l." That was his iudg-
ment on himself. "Poor devil"
Then he wrapped his morning gown
about him, and went and rested his nose
against the window-pane.
II was raining outside, and it didn't
seem to him so particularly sunsh ny
within.
"Hive syrup" said he to himself,
GO at 25 cents per ouncs bottle; socks,
S12O q pair relays of paregoric, 40
cents a relay; linen, 80 cents per yard,
and God only knows how many yards
it's going to take before I'm through
with it nurse, 1920 a month doctor,
twice a day, at s. a call.
Then he heard yell, and rushed up
stairs, expecting to find the baby dead
The door was slammed in his face, and
he meandered slowly back to the sit
ting-room.
It seemed gloomier than ever.
" What did I do it for? he muir
INJURED, while the rain beat a reproach-
ful rataplan on the window-panes.
He thought he would go round to the
club, and then he thought he wouldn't.
When a man is for the first time a
father, instinct tells him to dodge his
cid companions. It is better for him
TO "tread the wine-press alone.
But how to get away with the cease
less stir and rustic of females going in
and out doors and up and down stairs I?
He was nervous, and felt like man
sitting on the ragged edge of remorse.
Likewise he recalled the saying of
Isaiah, "In that day seven women shall
take hold OF one man.
But it seemed to him as If seventy
women had taken possession of his
house, and penned one man up in one
corner of it.
It occurred to him to sing a hymn
but then the baby might be asleep, and
his instructions were to keep as quiet
as pos sible. And still the rain fell, and
the dripping branches tossed to and fro
with every passing gust. Was there ev-
er such dreary day? Was ever the
problem, What shall do with my
self ?" so utterly unsolvable?
But it is the duty of a man of genius
to rise SUP erior to circumstances.
Little minds bend before the tempest
of human events; great ones turn that
tempest to their purposes.
So reasons the man with his first baby;
and when his house ceases to be his
castle, and nurses and nature combine
to make it his prison, he turns to and
finds nepenthe and occupation in whit
thing himself fresh supply of tooth
picks.-Ne1CS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
SOUTH.

There are twenty companies of state
cavalry in Georgia.
The smallpox is reported to be Tag-
ing in Texas along the Rio Grande
The Arkansas democratic state con-
vention nominated Gov. Baxter for reelection
by acclamation.
The health of Alexander H Steph sns
continues to improve. It is said that he will
accept his nomination for congress.
According to the Richmond Wing,
Virginia has had the most unfayorable reason
for tobacco known in that state for many
years.
The reports that yellow fever pre-
vailed at New Orleans and Galveston are pos
itiyoy contradicted by the health officers Of
those cities.
United States Commissioner Frisbie
at New Orleans, has been1 sent before the
United States court under bond OF S., 600 for
trial on a charge of extortion in Office.
Postmaster-G General Jewell advertisea
reward OF $4,000 for the arrest Of the par
ties who committed what is known as Gads
Hill robbery, in Missouri, on the 31st of Janu-
ary last, aud S3,O 600 reward for the srrest OF
the robbers Of San Antonio Texas, in April
last.
Since the murder of Ivey, a mail
route agent on the Alabama and Chattanooga
railroad, several route agents in the south
have shown considerable alarm, and are ask
ing leaves of absence from the post-ofice de-
partment, and some decline to run any longer
on their routes.
The recent act of the treasury depart
ment with regard to the establishment of PFC
cautiohary measures agalnst tho yellow fever
a. various ports, is not intended to convey the
impression that the disease exists anywhere
along the Atlantic or Gulf coasts, but for the
purpose OF preventing its introduction by
ships.
The first experiment. is now being
made to utilize Chinese labor on the rice plan
tations OF Georgia. Some thirty of the celes-
tiais have been at work since March last on
Barnwell's plantation, on the Altamaha, oppo-
site Darien. They appear well satisfied them
selves, and give their employer entire satisS
faction.
The September returns to the de-
partment of agriculture show a very hoavy
decline in the prospects of the cotton crop
IN all the states except Virginia, whore it
about holds its own. The state averages are
as follows: Virginia 9S North Carolina 81, a
decline of Is during August; South Carolina
So decline Of 13; Georgia n, decline of II;
Florida 67, decline of 25; Alabama 81. decline
OF o; Mississippi rs, decline Of Il; Louisiana
81, decline of 81; Texas c. decline of II ;
Arkansas "a, decline of 40; Tennessee As. de-
cline of 80. The leading cause OF the decline
Is the prevalence over large sections of the
cotton area Of severe drought, accompanied
by intense heat
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
Vegetable Instinct.

Ifa pail Of water be placed within six
inches of either size of the stem of a
pumpkin or vegetable marrow, it viii In
the course Of the night approach l., and
be found IN the morning with one of the
leaves on the water. If a prop be placed
within six inches of 8 convolvulus, or
scarlet runner, it viii find it, although
the prop may be shifted daily. If, after
it has twined some distance up the prop,
it be unwound and twisted IN the OppO-
site direction, it will return TO its orig
inal position or die in the attempt; yet,
Notwithstanding, If two OF the plants
grow near TO each other, and have no
stake around which they can eDtwine,
one of them viii alter the direction Of
the spiral, and they viii twine around
each other.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
THE EXCUR SION.

Again, as I thread these rustic ways
Here IN the heart Of the summer land,
am gently reminded Of other days
BY ohjrcts rising either hand;
But mostly you bOwery isle, mid-stream,
Whose thn cape splits the blue river apart,
Recalls quaint feast, ike feast IN a dream,
But dear alike to my mind and heart.
There were only six Of US Ralph and Nell,
And Curtis and Rose (city cousins the last),
And gray-eyed Fierence. whose deep heart = Well,
was her lover, and its long since past:
But jollier party never filed craft
As we rounded that point by the cedar glade;
The s2urest aseetic could not but have laughed
At the highly romantic appearance We made.
Roses and jonquls on bright heads in crowns,
Wreaths OF them, too from ne Runwales float,
Boughs of fresh foliage in wild festoons
From stem to stern of the painted boat;
But under them all on cheek and lip
Rosebuds more tempting. and laugh and song,
Hands spiashing over, and Oar-biades a-dip,
And beauty and bliss, as We drifted along.
We reached the island: How well I,recau
TIE, pretty girls screams as We helped them 70
How Rose vet her feet, and Fio's Hirnsy shawl
Like cloud veiied my arm as she gave me her
Then the neat little lunch in the Iegended grot,
With the white cloth spread by the spriRg at its
The jets I remember, the toasts I've forgot,
And the wind pouring in from the clouds in the
south.
Then we made them swing from grapevine
Read poems, tod tales, with rOmp now and
then,
Played CroqUet while had rubber of whist,
And talked with the echo that baunts the glen.
Tnen in cOupess apart, betrothed lovers should,
Wtsstrayed, TO rep5at the Old tale ever young.
How well remember the bench in the wood,
Between the two oaks, and who sat there SO long.
Then, weary but bIithe, at the days dim close,
We drifted in peace in the starlight G-down,
And saw with regret, as the sickle-mOon rose,
The faint-twinklinR lights of our trim little town;
For our hearts were so full and our souls were so
blest,
We wished the fair stream were enchanted, that
We
Might glide down for aSe on its sof-heaving breast
Til lost in the gleaIn Of far fairy sea.
Tingsd with romance how these things appear!
For, just my way through the village to-day,
I passed the old house where for many a year
Fair Florence my rivals proud homo has msde
gay;
And r ilph aud Nell are long married and Rose
Passed away when poor Curtis was killed by the
And I am alone, while the calm river flows.
Unheeding and bright, through its poisoning
shores.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
PREHISTORIC Musical Instrument.

In French cave which III. Z. Pielte
discovered in 1871, he has found a pre-
historic musical instrument, which he
describes as atne J5sttO neolithique. IL
is formed of bone, and pierced with two
well-made holes and was discovered IN
layer of charcoal and cinders IN the
cavern of Gourdan (Hante- GaTonne),
associated with flint implements Of neo
lithic types. Evidences have before
been obtained of the existence OF the
arts of engraving and sculpture among
the stone-1sing folk of Gaul, but this Is
the FIRST testimony that has transpired
to show that they were Sensible to the
divine influence of melody. One can
easily construct q moving romance ont
of this crude bone flute, upon which
some enamored lover may have serena
ded his savage sweetheart by the light
of tender moons.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
GaIlIeO's Telescope.

In the year 1909, Galileo relates, ne
first heard from a friend in Flanders
that an instrument had been invented
by which distant objects were brought
near and the powers of vision extended.
He resolved at once to initiate and sur
pass it. By his singular mechanical
dexterity, his knowledge Of optics, and
his highly polished glasses, he was soon
able to produce q telescope before which
the Dutch instrument sank into neglect,
and was forgotten. It was never more
heard of but thrill Of wonder passed
over Italy and Europe when it was
known that the famous Paduan profess
or had prepared an optic glass that en-
larged the bounds of vision and endowed
mankind with new powers. The charm
of surprising novelty covered the won
deTfUl invention with an unprecedented
renown. The great and the learned
contended for the possession Of the new
instrument. Calico carried his tele-
scope to Venice, and from the tallest
bell towers senators and mobiles saw
through the magic glass great srgOsies
sailing far ont at sea, and the distant
shores brought near and made visible.
All the value OF the new instrument
broke at once upon their minds it
must change the principles of military
strategy, and diminish the perils of nav
cation. Magistrates, senators and citi-
zens covered the fortunate inventor with
applause. With discreet courtesy Cali
leo presented his telescope to the Doge
at a friendly audience. and the Vene-
tians at once raised his salary to a thou
sand forms. Covered with honors and
emoluments, he returned to Padua,
little conscious of the surprising dis
coveries that yet awaited him IN the
silent heavens, or of the pains and woes
he was destined to bear Ia his later
years from the heretical revelations of
his too truthful and fatal telescope.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18

Cuba. TO serve until the first of April, 1875.
This viii bring cut about $500 men. Exemp-
ton cannot be purchased with money. those
drafted being obliged to serve or provide sub
stitutes. Tie government Of :he island has
asked from the banks loan of $500, 600 in
gold and 800, 600 in paper money, which Is to
be returned shortly. The loan asked by the
government from the banks, $3.50, coo in bills
and $4,000 in gold, has been advanced by
the Spanish bank. The remaining $3.50, 600 in
gold and the came amount in currency, has
been divided between five other banks.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
NEWS OP TIE WEEK
EAST,

The employees of the Reading abroad
have been put on half time on account Of the
general stagDatiOn of trade.
At a convention of western nail man.
ufacturers, held in Pittsburg, last week, it was
unanimously agreed TO establish the card at
the factories at "a. IS for ten penny nails, net,
sixty days, two per cent. cT for cash, if paid
within ten days. No further abatement or dis
count will be allowed
There is great excitement in Green
Point, n. y, in consequence of the myeteri-
Gus disappearance Of an infant daughter, only
three months old, Of Jacob Hager, wealthy
German tobacconist. A nurse who had been
dismissed from the service OF Hager, took the
child to ride en- the feTryboat, since which
nothing has been heard of it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
The Grassh0ppGr Plague.

The plague of locusts IN Egypt, IS
depicted in the book of Exodus, Is said
by eye Witnesses of the rRvages of
western grasshoppers to be q correct
picture of the modern plague In some
sections of the country Z" For they
covered the face Of the whole earth, so
that the land was darkened and they
did eat every herb of the land, and all
the frnit of the trees which the hail had
left and there remained not any green
thing in the trees, or in the herds Of the
field, through all the land of Egypt. :"
Most melancholy details come from all
pats of the west. In Kansas a long
drought dwarfed and withersd grass
and grain then myriads of gTasshop-
pers dsIkened the atmosphere, and
swarmed down upon plain and valley,
literally stripping the fields of every
green thing. This ravaging insect army
travelled at the rate of twenty or thirty
miles a day the air was alive. They
worked in concert. swOopin2 down upon
town with fierce rapidity, beating
against the houses, sWarming in at the
windows, covering passing ralI road
trains, and leaving destruction IN their
path. Farmers and their families at
tempted to fight the invaders with fire.
PiIing brush and hay about their fielis,
they applied the torch, and the sulfO-
eating smoke filed the air for miles
around. In some sections this device
drove back the incoming grasshoppers.
But this calamity has destroyed the
hopes of many a farmer, who, as a new
settler, had risked his all in the hope Of
an enriching crop. Some, disheartened,
only desire to raise money enough to
seek some less stricken locality; but
the majority are energetically working
to guard against the disastrous cOnse-
quenees which naturally follow such a
scourge. But next winter IL viii be
very different in Kansas from what 1t
was three or four years ago, when corn
could scarcely find a sale at fifteen cents
a bushel, and was even used as fuel IN
some parts of the state, being cheaper
than coal
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18

HENRY CAREY, cousin of Queen Eli
zabetb, after having enjoyed her maies-
tvs favor for several years, lost 1t IN
the following manner: As he was walk
ing one day, full of thought, in the gar
den of the palace, under the queens
window, she perceived him, and said
to him in a joeular manner, What
does q man think of when he is think
ing of nothing ?" Upon a woman's
PROMISE - replied Carey. Well done,
cousin" answered Elizabeth. She re-
tired, bat did not forget the answer.
Some time after he solicited n peeraCe,
and reminded the queen that she had
promised it TO him. "True," she said =,
"but that was a wOman's promise, %
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18

fully astonished on going home at four
O'Clock IN the morning to fnd his wife
sitting up waiting for him. She gave
him a rousing reception, and he looks
like the last rise of summer. The wide
world may wag as it will, but It is doubt
full If he ever smiles again. The wives
are coming home unexpectedly every
day, and husbands had better look out
a little IN order that they may save
some trouble "
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18
The Wives Return.

The Paterson Guardian says: ga
recent paragraph calling attention TO
the fact that the summer widOWers were
having the iolliest times imaginable IN
the absence of their voluble halves has
had a most remarkable effect. The
wives come trotting homo to see about
this thing. One gentleman who was
having an unusually good time, and
whose wife had gone away to stay till
the middle of September, was wonder
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18

HIRE is a description of a mean
which has q moral In It: AZ
ter the old pastor died the deacons went
about for q two-hundred-snd-ff
and you can get about as
much minister foFsthat price as you can
get psalm tunes ont of a file"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-09-18

CEcNNATI men, when they hear of
contemplated visit from the mother-in-
law, write the family has the smallpox.
They get mad, though, when they re-
ceiVe telegram from the old lady say
ing she has had 1t, and so has Aunt
Jerusha, who &c I viii bring with me to
help nurse the children" F."
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-26
PROPOSALS FOR NEW DRAINING
MACHINE.
DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS, I

-,
New Orleans, July 8, 1874.
CEALBD PROPOSALS, ADDRESSED TO THE
y undersigned, will be received at this Office I'M
til 10 A. M MONDAY, August 10, 1874 for the erec.
ton of buildings and machinery for draining ma.
chine at the lake end of Upperne canal.
Bids to be made for payment in cash, and in new
consolidated bonds. drainage series, at par at the
option of the City Council.
The city reserves the right to reject any or ali
bids.
Proposals to be accompanied by plans and speci.
fcations both general and in detail. The propo
sails to state the price of the machinery including
boilers engines, pumps, foundations and buildings
total height Of lift force, both to be seven
teen feet also to state the quantity of fuel peces
sary for the discharge of q certain quantity NJ
water in given time
Machinery to have capacity Of Is 600 900 gallons
per hour to be Of a durable character and in ali
respects first class
Buildings to be of iron good design we'll yentl.
lated, and constructed in a substantial manner.
work to commence in sixty days following sd-
Judlcat1On OF contract and complete in We mont hs
The work will be located Immediately inside Of
the northwest angle OF the lake embankmentat
Its intersection with the west upper embank.
ment.
plan showing arrangement for pump engines
and boilers can De seen at the Office Of the City
vey0r. but bidders will not bs confined to any
particular class of pumping machinery.
All parties making proposals for this contract
are required to deposit with the Administrator of
finance, as evidence OF their intention to abide BY
the adjudication, the sum Of $500 in cash, which
shall be forfeited to the city In case Of failure to
sign the contract.
Bidders to whom the contract is not awarded
shall have their deposits returned to them on the
day the adjudication is made.
No bid will be received unless accompsnied
by the certificate Of the Administrator of F1nance
certifying that the required cash deposit has been
Bids to be indorsed "Pzoposals for Drainin,
Machine" s
jystd JAMES LEWIS. Administr,tsr.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-26
PROCLAMATION.
,NE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, ,
New Orleans July "a, 1874.
Whereas during the night of the ninth Of July.
1874 on the Bayou Pierre road, in the parish Of
Caddo thirteen miles from the city of Shreveport,
one MANUEL NUNEZ an Industrious and unoffend
ing Spaniard was called from his bed and cruelty
murdered in cold blood by body of armed and
mounted men, claiming to belong to the so-called
White League of Caddo parish, On the false pre-
text that he had been carrying arms to negroes.
Whereas these some men subsequently proceeded
to rob the widow and fatherless children of the
said Nunez of all the money and valuables they
possessed, leaving them in a state Of sickness and
utter restitution; and whereas such crimes are a
disgrace to the State community which t0ler
ates them or permits them to go unpunished;
Now, therefore, l, William Pitt Kellogg Cover
nor of the State of Louisiana, with view, if pos
sible Of bringing the perpetrators of this outrage
to justice. and of preventing the repetition Of
such crimes In the future, do issue this, my
proclamation offering reward Of ONK THOUSAND
DOLLARS for such evidence shall lead to the
arrest and conviction of the said murderers or any
of them.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the State
hereto attached this twenty fourth day Of July, in
the year Of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy -four, and Of the independence OF
the United States the ninety.ninth.
WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
By the Governor
WILLIAM WEEKS,
Assistant Secretary of State. jy25