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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23
PremOnitiOnS of Death.
her. 4.

The Springfield (Mass.) Union relates the
following: IS. NJ. Cooper, of Stock
bridge, who died on Friday night. had a
remarkable presentiment that his death
was near. He was an active, robust and
healthy man, but he had said to several
persons that he should never live to see his
fortv-fourth birthday. He was fOrty-three
in January. His father and grandfather
had died at fOrty~three, but of diseases OF
which he showed no symptoms; yet his
conviction that he should not survive the
year was so strong that he had been max
ing various arrangements of property, ETC.,
with reference to that impression. a few
weeks before his death, when at work with
his son on the mountain, he had a slight
attack of illness. but it soon passed of, and
he eniOined it upon his son to make no
mention of the occurrence at home. On
Friday he rose in his usual health, attend
ed an auction in Glendale in the forenoon,
was about ut the stores on StOckbridge
Plain in the afternoon, procured cheek
at the bank there, for the payment OF a
life insurance policy, went home and re
tired early, but to all appearances well.
He soon had occasion to get up to look TO
one of the children, and while standing by
his own bedside, was seized with a sort OF
internal distress, lay down and in less than
an hour was dead.'
A story which may be classed under the
same head is told by the Scranton pa
Times thus: -Four persons were killed
at recent railroad disaster upon the jet
ferson branch of the Erie. One Of these,
the engineer, John Harding, had sister
living in Carbondale. She was sitting al
the table reading at the time of the acci-
dent, and at the very instant, as afterwards
ascertained, of the catastrophe, she leaped
up from her chair and cried out, Jack is
dead She then ran to the depot, told
them something had happened to he1
brother, urged them to telegraph, and in
/ few moments thereafter came the news el
/ his terrible fateD
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

A WANT that may be - felt"-The want
of hat.
WHEN are eyes not eyes? When the
wind makes them water.
WERE il not for the clouds that darken
us there would be no rainbow in our lives.
Why is the elephant the most sagaciOus
of travellers? Because he never takes his
eye off his trunk.
An exchange says woman's sphere Is
marriage. We never saw one yet that had
any fear about it.
IpLENEss is the great slough into which
the vices of the world Drift and settle, to
rise again in miasma.
THE wave on which many a poor tel-
low has been carried away is the wave OF
a lace-edged cambric handkerchief.
A YOUNG pastor was amusing his sun
day-school scholars with magic lantern,
on one of the glasses of which was a pie
ture of a poor sinner clinging to the cross
amid the waves of the stormy ocean,
''What is that 2? - he asked. Robinson
Crusoe," was the prompt reply.
ONE of the chubby class of four-year-old
Sunday-schoOl scholars, when talked TO Oy
his teacher about the sins and fFailties oi
the body. was asked "Well. my son.
what have YOU beside this sinful body ~
Quick as thought the little fellow respond
ed "a clean shirt and a nice new pain OF
breeches.'
A DUBLIN gentleman, in speaking of
nobleman's wife of great rank and fortune,
lamented very much that she had no chill
dren. a south of Ireland medical gentle
man who was present observed that to have
no children was a great misfortune, but he
thought he had remarked it was 4" hercdi-
tary " in some families.
TALKED with a minion from her Maies-
tvs dominion. Says |, "Where are you
goingg'' Says he. To hide hoe says
I, What are you going to hide a hoe
for?" Says he, - aid not say hide hoe,
said hide a hOe.n Says |, ''Spell IT,"
Saws he, "I-d-a-h-O." "Oh," says |,
= IDAHO" EYES," says he, hide hoe"
A GENTLEMAN has thoroughbred point
er dog, which is said to be the most eiii-
cient animal of its kind. 1t never lets any
chance slip by it. The other day, as it was
trotting along the street, its master OBJ
served that it ran up the front steps ofa
house and pointed dead at the door-platc.
He whistled, but the deg refused to bulge
an inch. Upon going to see what the mat
ter was. he found that the doOr-plate bore
the name of A. Partridge"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23
SURSUM CORDA.

"For the fashion Of this world passeth away )"
Fold it up, and lay IL away,
mat silken kerchief OF rosy gleami
You thought it would heighien your charms fol
And bring to his smile softer beam;
But smiles, like kisses, OFT betray;
Fold it up, Maiden, and lay 1t awayl
Fold Il up. and lay It away,
The delicate veil with its orange bloom;
Roses and lilies shall fade in the gloom
OF the future, that waits with its silent tomb;
Footprints Of care will mark the wayl
Fold up, Bride, and lay it away!
Fold IL up, and lay it away,
The golden curl by the baby worn
Too soon he viii reach his manhOod's morn
And newer love than thine be born,
To sun itself in the shining ray;
Fold ii up, Mother, and lay it away
Fold II up. and lay it away,
The love that has blest some exquisite hours;
Thorns there were many, fewer the flowers,
Yet perfumed and glowing as summer showers
As ready with gladness and sorrow as thew
Fold itup, Heart, and lay it awayl
Fold it up, and lay It away,
Each relic 50 precious of kindliest thought:
Each trIiie 30 priceless with memory frauRht:
Each heart-throb whose image on paper was
Too sensitive now for the light Of the day,
Fold hup, Hand, and lay it awayl
Fold itup, and lay It away,
The pain, with love, that has given il birth.
They are equal heirs of one mOther-Earth,
And love born OF Love is alone of worth;
Ay, all, not of God, is but common clay
Fold il up, Spirit, and lay il awayi
Fold il up, and lay IL away
Dream Of the Maiden, all roseate bright;
Dream of the Bride, in visions so white;
Dream of the Mother, ere tears dim her sight;
Dream of the Sprint, while yet fingers light;
Change is predestmed-the world must decay
Fold itup, Soul, and lay il awayl
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23
Fish in a Hot Spring.

A correspondent, writing from Edo,
New, says that there are hot springs there
in which numbers of fish can be seen swim
ming about, though the water is SO hot that
eggs are cooked in less than three see
onds." The explanation of this pheno-
menon lies in the fact that these hot springs
rise in the banks of the streams, the water
of which is intensely cold. The cold water,
on account of its greater SPECIFIC gravity,
runs on the bottom without mixing much
with the water above, and the fish keep IN
cool stream. The water above the springs
showed a mean temperature Of forty-two
degrees, and by means Of thermometer
fastened to the end Of pole and kept as
close as possible 10 the bottom, the temper
ature Of the bottom water from above the
springs to point below them was iound
| to be very low. This stream is one Q. me
many that form the head-waters OF the
Columbia River. and to this point, one
thousand eight hundred miles from its
mouth, the saltwater salmon come hun
dreds in the spring and fall to spawn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23
How Not to Write Poetry.

1t is absolutely essential for poet that
he be natural, as well as imaginative.
His pictures must be drawn, not from
English poetry, but from his own Observa-
ton, The man who sees his deserted VIII
lagos and hears his skyiarks and llnnets
through GOldsmith's eyes or Words
wOrth's ears, is but a secondhand poet.
The following extract from an actual let
ter written in this Office, declining poem
from not unknown writer, will indicate
i'm a very concrete form what is this error
which cOntradicts one of the first canons
of pOetical criticism-be natural: When
you drew a picture of forest hunt In
summer, | tried to imagine and see what
you described. | Immediately got into
confusion. 1t sounded well, but, botanl-
ally, it was all awry. Ou drew 1t from
your imagination; or, rather, from the
poetry of your reading, and not from ma
ture. L don't know scenery in your re,
giOn very well but, l. | doubt somewhat
if the frs willows 'aspens,' oaks.
and 'dogwood' grow together. z.
doubt those daisies in summer on the
slope But it is possible. 3. There
is no heather in the United States, ex
cept a very little in Tewksbury, Mass
4. If there were heather on that 'side-hill. , II
would be dry hill, and it would be brake
and not fern 3. 'Daffodils' do not grow
on side-hills or anywhere else except in
gardens. 6. OF all green, emerald, is the
very last to describe Willows which art
very light, whitish green. Z. Dog
wood blooms in snowy bowers nevel
in SUMNER only in early spring. 3
Your 'woodbine's golden bell may bt
right if you mean what iscommonly called
hOneysuckle. 9. What the amber
dropped in summer by the poplar Is
cannot guess" Will some six or sever
hundred of our intending poetical CORES
pondents please not to read this note; FOL
/ it is a great convenience to US, compelled
as we are, TO decline nearly all the poetry
sent to US, to come across such words a.
lark" nightingale" primrose,
sloe," heath, :" =" gorze," or $ 'curfew,
which invariably suggests the waste
basket-N. Y. Independent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23

THE QUEEN COMING OUT.-A late Lon
don letter says: 1T is understood that
the Queen is greatly charmed with her
new daughter-in-law, and she is also de
lighted with the reception. 1t has, in fact,
operated upon her as quite revival OF IN
tcrest in life, and it is expected that she
will now come out much more into public
than She has done since the Prince Con-
SORTS death. met her driving in the Ken
sington Gardens this morning, and talking
as brightly and merrily to her daughter
Beatrice as in the old days when she used
to ride there with her nurse on donkey.
The Queen has intimated that she will ac-
company the Duke and Duchess to great
civic entertainment to be given by the Lord
Mayor and Corporation about the second
week after Easter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23

THE FROG BARoMETER.-In some cOun-
tries frogs are used as barometers.: the
species employed for this purpose is the
green tree-frog. They are placed in tall
glass bottles with little wooden ladders,
to the top of which they always climb in
fine weather, and descend at the approach
of bad weather. This is cheap and high
ly interesting weather glass where the
green tree frog is to be procured in It's na-
tural state.-Science Gossip.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23

Mr.. ARTHUR HELPS explains the inter-
est people feel in other peoples love
affairs in this ingenious way 1T Is not
only from its infinite interest, but from its
infinite variety, that this subject has justly
demanded so many volumes to be devoted
to itself. Probably there is no instance IN
which any two lovers have made love ex.
actly in the same way as any TWO othel
lovers since the world begun. To the by
stander, too, there is especial interest IL
the matter, that 1t is the beginning OF
career of comparative unseltishness. lt l
when in love that human being, perhaps
for the first time in life, finds that anothe
human being is dearer to him or to he
| than his or her own self"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23

AH-Kow's way of thieving in san Fran
cisco is to wear brOad-brimmed hat when
he steals. and change it for small cap
when he gets around the corner. Then ne
walks off with blank innocence of face
which is impossible TO anybody but Chi
uaman.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23

THE New Orleans Pcaylcle wants band
of crusaders to try the bars at ehe mouth OF
the Mississippi.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-04-23

"A child is often the hyphen connecting
the uncongenial husband and wife.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-08
NOTICE
No. 37S, r. DC. NJ. Lambeth & Co.
rs. Clark l. Brown ct al.

No. 37S, r. DC. n. Lambeth d Co,
IS Clark l. Brown al
By virtue Of an execution from tbs
CkaneeFy Court of Hardeman county,
Tenn January term, 1874, | will sell to
the highest bidder for cash, ct the court
hOnse door in the town Of Bolivar, on
koRday the 18th day of May, 1874, the
undivided interest Of James n Rodgers,
one of the defendants in this execution,
in and TO q tract of land, about one
hundred and twenty acres, lying in civil
district No. IL of Hardeman county,
Tenn, about one and half miles north
east Of the town of Middleton, in said
district, beginning At stake, the begin
ming corner of Mary Rodgers dover,
and runs south 400 east 923 poles to a
stake, amallo oak pointers in w II Beck
west boundary line; thence north with
same % poles stake, black oak point
ers, his corner thence east 10 poles to
q stake; thence with line OF said Beck's
land - poles to w. +. Davis land !;
thence west along the line of w. F.
Davis land IS poles 20 stake; thence
north along the line of Said Davis land
90 poles to John McBride's land; thence
along the line cf said McBride's land
south 490 west I4S poles to stump in
the field, thence south 42s twenty ~eight
poles to the Simpson ferry P5ad thence
with said road south to she beginning,
including his, the said James Rodgers
interest TO the said Mary Rogers dswsr.
Sale within legal hours.
J. J. NELLY,
Gpl7W4, (pfs9,25.) Sheriff
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-08

At the convention of the eolored peo-
pie at Nashville last week Ed. Shaw of
Shelby, in speaking of the Civil Rights
Bill said lust so long as there was one
school house for the white and another
for the colored children, so long would
the latter be taught their inferiority TO
the whites" This is at variance with
the first letter of Brownlow in which he
expresses the opinion that o provision
which tends to force equality in this re-
gard would practically destroy the whole
public school system Of the South, aud
who, that is not insane, does not know
that Brownlow for once is right7 This
would work greater hardship to the
negro than to she white man, who, as 6
general thing, is better able to educate
his children than the negro is. Suct
fanatics % Shaw are doing mere to dam
age the negro morally and intellectually
than ali other agencies oombiued. Po
litical equality can be forced BY statut
bat social equality never. That vii
regulate itself white the two Tacss sx'
isk
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-08
No. 10027-F. Lambeth vs Z. G. Dun
can

No. I0027-F. Lambeth - Z. 6. Dun
can
By virtue Of = Vendiiinni txpOnas sa
ns directed from the circuit oours Of
Hardeman county. at the March term,
1874, will sell to the highest bidder
for cash at the court house door in the
town Of Bolivar on Monday she l8sh day
May, 1874, Z. G. Duncan's, Jr.. undiVid>
ed interest in and to about {345l skree
hundred and forty-fiEs acres Of land
more or less lying in the llth civil
district Of Hardeman county, on the
waters of Cypress Greek lying on both
sides Of the Memphis / Charleston Rail
Road, one and half miles cast of Mid
dleton, and h"unded by 4. NJ. Lambeth.
Jr land on the east, and Vim. N Beck
and Francis HaTrisons land on the
north and VIM. and Jesse Arm6eld's Oh
the west and w. +. Yopp and Friedrich
Mills land on The south and being grants
No. 1908 and 27I, from the State of
Tennessee to =. g. Duncan, ST., levied
on as the property of defendant to satisfy
this RxecHtion in favor Of f. Lambeth,
and subject to Mary Duncan's homestead
and dover. Sale within legal hours.
J J. NELLY,
spl7w4, (pf$7,75) SheriR
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-08
NOTICE.
No. IO0l7.-Armstrong, Nail 4 Co. rS.
II. A. & J. A. Baker.

No. l0ol7.-Armstrong, Nail d Co. rs
II. A. & J. A. Baker.
By virtue Of 70 Venditioni e1pOuAs 70 me
directed from the Circuit Court Of Har.
deman county, ct the March term, 1874,
will sell to the highest bidder for casb,
at the court house door In the town Of
Bolivar, on Monday, the 18th day of May,
1874, the following described lot or par
eel Of land, situated in District No. 6 Of
Hardemsn county, Tenn, in the Ramsey
addition to the town Of Bolivar, and de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at the
southeast corner Of lot No. i in said
Ramsey addition, and runs north l6A
poles 10 q stake thence west 20 poles to
stake thence south lot poles to q
stake, she south west corner Of lot No. II /;
thence east with public road to the be-
ginning, containing 2 acres and poles,
more or less, and being the south half of
lot No. y, conveyed by G. q. Adams to
q. G. Joy, and by him to Daniel Sinclair,
and by him to B P. Anderson, and By
him to Jno. A. Baker. Levied on - the
property Of Jno. A. Baker to satisfy this
execution. Sale within legal hours
J. J. NELLY,
spI7w4 (spf7,5 Sheriff
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-08
HOW TO REDUCE TAXATION

In the course of bis speech at the
Memphis railroad convention the other
day, M. B. NJ. Tiilmsn. Representative
in the Legislature from McNairy eoun-
t., made some wise suggestions, which
we hope had a favorable effect upon our
Memphis friends. He said that because
Memphis sAd shelby county had grown
more rapidly in wealth and population
than other parts of the State, Shelby
county paid nearly one-fifth of the State
taxes. He might have added that Shelby
and Davidson pay more than OnesfouTth
of the entire revenue collection for State
purposes. In this same speech Mr.. Tile
Z maintained that If q road were built
aud the ore banks Of Wayne, Lawrence,
Lewis and Hickman we're opened, CAPT
tai by millions would foW into these
counties; furnaces, rolling mills and
factories innumersble would be erecBCd,
and lands now assessed at fifty cents per
acre would be worth from twenty-five to
fifty dollars. Similar improvements In
the other counties of the State where
minerals are known to abound, would
result IN an untold increase of wealth.
As our resources are developed and our
wealth increased, We may reduce our
rate Of taxation even as low as twenty
cents on the hundred dollars, and as the
same time preserve our credit and pay
our State debt This is q much better
plan than TO talk of not meeting the in
terest on our bonds, which simply means
quasi Reputation, and would drive eap>
ital and enterprise from our State, and
make it so taxation would eventually be
burdsnsOme. Let rs keep our credit
intact and devise ways and means to
increase our wealth, make our lands
more valuable and more sought after,
an then we con safely decrease the rate
of taxation. We have lad sn uphill
business Ia righting the State after radi>
cal rule, and now that We are about to
succeed; let as not spoil all that has
bean dOna - Ef.in11 4 American
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-08

Speaking Of the late work of the
Episcopal Convention lately held at
Knoxville, the jackson Courier says:
Hon. Wm d. Stephens, of Memphis,
introduced some resolutions looking to
the early action on the part of the Gen
ersl Convention thai meets at Baltimore
this fall, upon the subject of ritualism.
There seems 10 be determined effort
on the part Of the lay members Of the
Episcopal Church in Tennessee, so far
as we have been snabled to learn, to
stem the tide Of Fituslism that has made
such advances amongst come OF the
clergy Of that church in the United
States in the past few years, and this
early movement Of Mr. Stephens looks
like taking timely action in Tennessee to
stop its progress, if not its inroads in this
diocese.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-08
NOTICE.
No. S7s, r. DC. M. Lambeth 4 Co. ca

No. S7S, r. DC. n Lambeth 4 Co c.
Jsnes Rogers.
By virtue % sn execution issued by
the ChanceEF Court of HaFdeman coun.
~, Tenn, as January term, 1874, at the
court house door in the town of Bolivar,
on Monday, the 18th day Of May, 1874,
will sell 20 the highest bidder for cash,
the undivided interest Of James ". Rodg~
ers IN aud to 8 tract of land, about one
hundred and twenty acres, lying in civil
district No. ii Of HaFdemsn county, and
about one and . half miles northeast Of
the town Of Middleton, in said district,
beginning at . stake, the beginning corn
er of Mary Rodgers dover, and runs
south -" east 92i poles to q stake, small
oak pointers IN w. NJ Beck's vest bound
asy line; thence north with same % poles
10 q stake, blsck oak pointers, his corner;
thence east 10 poles 30 . stake thence
unrth with line Of said Beck - poles TO
W. &. Davis land thence west along
the line of W. +. Davis land As poles 70
= stake; thence north along the line of
said Davis land 80 poles to John No
Brides land; thence along the line Of
said MeBride's land south 490 west l4S
poles to q stump In the field thence
south 42e % poles to the Simpson Ferry
road thence south with said road 20
the beginning, including bis, the said
Rodgers, interest IN Mary Rodgers dow.
eF. Levied on subject to Mary Rogers
dover. Sale Wiihin legal hours.
J. J. NELLY,
aPi7w4 CPfRe, 25) shsFiG
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-08

The State of South Carolina IL in a
most deplorable condition, made SO by
radical rule. Out OF the I25 members
of the lower branch of her Legislature
IS are cclored; thFee-fourths Of her
Senate are colored. Seventy-fivs out Of
ninety Eve members of the lower house
can neither read nor write, and few of
the colored members of either branch
of the Legislature possess taxable prop
erty. The taxable valuation of the State
before the war was near $500, 600, 600,
and the tax levy was about $500, 600.
By the ravages of war and emaneipa-
ton these values have been reduced to
SITS 900 600, while the annual tax as
sessment is $2,500,OOO. Here is at once
the gravamen Of all complaint. Sum up
ali grievances and the total may be thus
stated: The impoverished people of
South Carolina are made to pay twenty
times the amount OF taxes they were re-
quired to pay 10 their day Of prosperity
Of course the Legislature, backed by
the radical party, and redolent with
ebon-hued loyalty has brought this cad
state Ofaifairs about. Let every Tenn
essean think Of poor South Carolina ere
he gains his own consent to cast his vsts
for man or party who can sanction
such terrible outragss upon the laws Of
deceney and right If it were possible
for the radical party to get Tennessee
in their clutches it would not take ten
years to bring her to the level of South
Carolina. They sre only respectable in
minorities, and no trivial or selfish mo-
tives should cause their opponents to
lose sight Of this indisputable fact A
radical in Tennessee would be a radical
in South Carolina, and a Democrat or
Conservative will no more aid the mon
eter in one place than the other. Every
man In Tennessee who deplores the con
dition of South Carolina, Florida, Louis
lana or Arkansas should utilize bis
strength and strike heavy blow at rAdi-
Gals in Tennessee. In no other way can
the mischief breeders be kept down.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-08
NOTICE.

No. l0022.-A. M Lambeth, Jr, rs.
Ripley Railroad i Co.
By virtue Of Venditioni exponas to
me directed from the Circuit Court of
Hardeman county, at the March term,
1874, will sell to the highest bidder
for cash ct the court house door in the
Town Of Bolivar. on Monday the 18th
day Of May, 1874, the following described
property belonging to the Ripley Rail
Road Company, in Hsrdemsn county,
TO satisfy this execution in favor of A.
NJ. Lambeth, Jr., and known a. the Right
Of Way, extending from Middleton south
four and half miles together with the
superstruoturs, track, rails, cross>tiss,
bridges, viaducss, culTeris, fences and all
other Improvements and appurtenancet
on and belonging TO the same. Sale in
legal hours. }. }. NELLY,
apl7W4 (pfS5 500 Sheriff