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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13

visiting cards bearing the Prince Inperial'a
photograph, and underneath the words, g 16
Mars, 1874; appel au peuple, and one cannot
travel twenty miles out OF Paris without hear
ing Of Bonapartist agents at work in every
village as patiently and tenaciousIy as the new
world pioneers.
A special from Bayonne contains the
following news, obtained from Carlist sources:
Don Carlos has announced that it is not his
intention to impose contribution on the peo-
pie of Bilboa, when that place is taken. On
his entrance into the city he will proceed to
the cathedral and be crowned King of Spain
He viii swear to support the liberties of the
people and will constitute a government with
Elio as president OF the council. An appeal
will be made to foreign powers to recognize
the belligerency of the Carlists. He viii de-
clare Spaniards exempt from allegiance to any
other government than his own. He viii draw
$50, ,0GO, 600 as the fret instaIIment Of a loan
previously contracted.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
Mark TWain's Portrait of the Duchess
of Edinburg.

Mark Twain, in his " Innocents
Abroad, thus describes the Duchess of
Edinburg as she appeared about seven
years ago: "During the imperial re-
ception whoever chose stepped forward
and spoke with the modest little Grand
Duchess Maria, the Czar's daughter.
She is fourteen years old, light-haired,
blue-eyed, unassuming and pretty. "
Further on the historian says of the
Grand Duchess "She had no heels
on her shoes. was glad to
observe that she wore her own hair,
plated in thick braids against the back
of her head, instead of the unconely
thing they call a waterfall, which is
about as much like waterfall as a can
v covered ham is like a cataract.
Taking the kind expression that is In
the emperor's face and the gentleness
that is IN his young daughters into con-
sideration, wondered if it would not
tax the Cars firmness to the utmost to
condemn a supplicaiing wretch to mise
ry in the wastes of Siberia If she plead
ed for him. Every time their eyes met
saw more and more what a power that
weak, diffident schoolg girl could WELD
if she choose to do it. Many and many
time she might rule the autocrat OF
Russia, whose hghtest word is law to
seventy million of human beings. She
was only a girl, and she looked like q
Thousand others have seen, but never
a girl provoked such a novel and pecu.
liar interest in me before. A strange
new sensation is q rare thing in this
humdrum life, and I had it here"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
How ThimbIes are Made.

The manufacture of thimbles is very
simple, but singularly interesting.
Coin silver is mostly used, and is OBJ
tanned by purchasing coin dollars.
Hence, it happens that the profits of
the business are affected instantaneous
Iy by all the variations in the nations
greenback promises TO pay. The first
operation strikes a novice as almost
wicked, for it is nothing else than put
ting lot of bright silver dollars, fresh
from the mint, into nasty crucibies, and
melting them up into solid ingots.
These are rolled out to the required
thickness, and cut by Stemp into clI-
cular pieces of any required size. A
solid metal bar of the size OF the IN
side of the intended thimble, moved by
powerful machinery up and down IN a
] bOttomless mould of the outside OF the
same thimble, bends the circular disks
/ into the shimble shape as fast as they
can be placed under the descending bar.
| Once in shape, the work of Frightening,
| DoIisbip0 and decorating is done upon
| lathe. First the blank form Is fitted
with a rapidIy-revolving rod. A single
touch of a sharp chisel takes q thin
shaving from the end, another does the
same on the side, and third rounds OF
the rim. A rou d steel rod, dipped IN
oil and pressed upon the surface, gives
il a Iustrous polish. Then q little re-
volving steel wheel, whose edge is a
raised ornament, held g. ainst the re-
volving blank, prints that ornament
lust outside the rim. A second wheel
prints a different ornament around the
centre, while third wheel with sharp
points makes the indeniatiOns on the
lower half and end OF the thimble. The
inside Is briohtened and polished IN a
similar way, the thimble being held N
q revolving mould. All that remains to
| be done is to boil the completed tkim-
bIes in soap-suds, to remove the oil,
brush them up, and pack them for the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
YaIYeless Stenm Engines.

An ingenious mechanic of ST. Paul,
Mr.. A. E. White, exhibited in the Press
Office, the other day, a small working
model of new steam engine invented
by him, for which q patent has Just
been issued. The engine is to al! ap-
pearauee a fac siDliJe of other engines,
except that it is entirely without much
of the expensive and complicated par
apbernalia which is necessary 70 the
successful operation of the old-fash-
toned machines. Mr.. Whites engine is
without valves, and consequently with
ont the machinery necessary to the
working of these hitherto accounted in
digpepsable attachments. His machine
consists of a cylinder, piston aud piston
head, connecting rod, gibs" or slides,
crank, main shaft, and balance wheel,
dispensing entirely with the usual &C
compartments steam chest, cover studs,
stufing- boxes, gland, valves, valve yoke
and stem, rock arms, boxes and bolts,
eccentric stops and rods, links, tum.
bling shaft and ifbers, cylinder cocks,
tallow cup, the use of tallow in cylinder,
saving the expense of oil, wear and
tear, and labor of repairs Of the above,
named parts OF the engine. The model
exhibited operated to a charm.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
How they Measured the Flagstaff.

The following suggests that many
studies dreaded by the young, and COM
monty supposed to be hard and uninter-
esting, may be made as easy as fun /:
told the boys to go over and mea-
sure the height of the flagstaff on
Georges Hill, in Fairmount park, and
they looked at me in astonishment,
asking at the same time how they could
do it-for both they and I knew they
could not climb to the top. So I ex-
planned to them how they might do it,
without going to the top-and they
made the instrument themselves with
which to do it.
They got a square rail, about four
feet long; then, at one end, they nailed
to it, at right angles, a straight stick
three feet high exactly one foot dis
tar t, they nailed another straight stick
four feet high, then another, one foot
distant, five feet high.
The instrument was complete, and
they all started over to the fag-pOle
with it. When they got as near 10 the
pole as they thought the pole was high,
they plumbed it, by holding a string,
with stone tied to it, at the top of one
of the sticks the stick was made to
stand just as straight up and down as
Then they sighted, or looked along
the tops of the upright sticks, at the
dsg-pole. By moving the instrument
just to the right place, they made the
sticks "range" with the top of the
pole that is, while looking over the
top of the three sticks, their eyes, see
ing the end of the sticks all the while,
saw also the very top of the flag pole
By measuring them, from that spot
10 the fag-pole, along the ground, they
were able to tell me that the flag staff
was one hundred and twelve feet dis
tant from them, and so the flag staff was
one hundred and twelve feet high.
Now, this was simple application of
geometry, a lesson that looks lawful D
hard to boys at school, but was only
fun learned In this way.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
SOUTH.

Hon. A. II. Stephens is still confined
to his bed, and is in very feeble condition.
OF the twelve Presbyterian churches
in Abbey lie county, s. c., eight are at present
vacant
The senate has at last oonfrmed the
nomination of Sam. Bard as postmaster at
Atlantis.
The Alabama democratic state con-
yention is to be held in Montgomery ON the
10th of July.
Jesse Bunkley, the Georgia Itch
borne, has been sent to the penitentiary for
ten years. for swindling.
Recent deaths Col. VIM. B. Haw-
kins, Corinth, Miss. Rev. Elias Jackson,
Water Valley, Mics Capt. Archibald Wiley,
Severn, Va.
Mrs. Jno. L. Davis, of Fayette coun-
ty, Ky. while laboring under arrangement
from too free use of opiates, shot herself
through the breast
Recent deaths Hon. E. w. Smith,
Sumter, Ala; Major W. A. Hurd, New Or
leans Major Tnlman, Watson Edgeiell CO.,
s. c.; James o. Cheek, Dougherty, Ga.
The New Orleans associated press
have passed a resolution to reduce the price
of composition from sixty-five 70 hfty cents
per Thousand ems, from and after March "a.
The failure of Chas. Zapata, of New
Orleans, cotton commission merchant, is re-
ported. Sterling exchange buyers lose $685.
600. No cotton was shipped covering the
bills drawn.
On the farm of David Warner, neal
Monterey, Highland county, Va, have beer
discovered vast deposits of marble, said to bs
of G superior kind, resembling very mucl
Italian marble.
The saloon keepers of jefferson City
Mo-, have been notified by committee o
ladies' that il they do not close their ssloonr
by Wednesday, they viii be visited and praye,
for in Ohio style.
Recent deaths A. II. Deems, Burks
Vile, Va; Mrs. Sue Wilson, wife of Co
Thomas Wilson, former proprietor of tn
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, Va
John Bancroft, NorfOrk. Va; Robert C. Bruce
Nashville
A fire in Petersburg, Va, burne
several buildings, including the warehouse c
Jno Arlington & Sons, containing five hut
dred bales OF cotton, nearly ali of which wa
burned or badly damaged. Loss heavy, b'
nearly covered by insurance.
The New Orleans chamber of con
snerce urge the speedy opening OF the Missil
riupi A. q work OF national Importance 10 I'll
mississippi valley, and favor a canal rath'
than isttics, IS better adsp ed both for con
merce AMI military purposes.
During riot in South Wheeling, Va
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
brilliant Success.

It is permitted to few men or compa-
nies to achieve acknowledged superiOri-
ty in any important position or business.
The present generation his Witnessed
stupendous rivalry In several branches
of industry, and nota' " the Sewing
Machine business. Amid a multitude
of competitors, fteadily and surely the
Wheeler & Wilson Company held their
way from the beginning, upon fixed
and honorable principles. Long since,
their leading position in America was
established. Abroad, at London, IN
1862, they won the highest premiums /;
as Paris, in 1867, they distanced eighty
two competitors, and were awarded the
highest premium, the only Gold Medal
fbF Sewing Machines exhibited I; and
lastly, amid unparalleled competition,
fe3lowed the splendid triumphs at
Vienna, noted Ia our advertising col
umns.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
The New Ten Cent Fractional Cur
rency NOtes

The new ten cent fractional currency
note, series of 1874, is a trife larger
than that of the last series, the size be-
ing under three and quarter inches In
length and two inches in width, and in
stead of the larger red seal across its
face has the small al of the treasury
department, encircled with lathe work
in green, on the lower portion of the
note. The portrait, engraved in vign-
ette form, of William M. Meridith, sec
retary of the treasury during the ad-
ministration of President Taylor, ap-
pears on the left end of the note. At
the left of the portrait, enclosed in a
pannel, is the white face Roman capital
lettering, " Fractional Currency" At
the lower and upper end of this pannel
is the monogram, gu. S." and in the
corners forming the borders of the note
are the figures, Sc x, 60" "Ten, .
elaborately ornamented with scroll. On
the right of the portrait is a large coun-
ter of geOmetrical lathe wolk. on the
face of which is the figure *" with
the word "cents " engraved in black
letters across its face. Over the coun-
ter is the title "United States" ruled
face, curved. The note also contains
the signatures of the treasurer of the
United States and the register of the
treasury, which are at the bottom, near
er to the right side. The reverse OF
this note has the usual legend engraved
upon it, and is printed in green; the
localized or bluing fibre appearing on
the left end of the back, instead of the
face, as heretofore. The engraving oi
this fifth serial note, or series of 1874,
as a specimen of artistic skill, is fan
superior to any ten cent fractional cur
rency note heretofore issued.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
WEST

The temperance movement in Chicago
has been virtually abandoned.
A summary of the temperance move
ment in Ohio from sixty Ohio towns and vii
ages, shows eleven towns in which liquor sell
ing has been entirely stopped, and over thirty
in which from five to twenty-six places Of
selling liquors have been closed. Work is
everywhere going on vigorously. In Chilli
cothe, Ohio, and Dayton, work has been be-
gun by frequent visitations daily by small
committees without singing and praying at
saloons. 1t is reported that Richmond, Il d.,
has surrendered.
The special meeting of the grand di-
vision of the brotherhood OF locomotive en-
gineers, hold at Cleveland Ohio, has ad-
journed, after session OF four days. What
they have really done cannot be arrived at
very fully. At the close of the session Mr..
Arthur, the newly-elected grand chief engi-
neer, stated that there was nothing he was at
liberty to give to the press. Enough has
leaked out, however, to indicate that the pro-
cecdings from day to day have been OF a
stormy character, and also that the non-strik-
ers were eventually in the majority, though at
the opening of the convention the action OF
Sho DAObhclhOO0 SONHAu 1AA. hASOhs anu tAle
ousting OF that gentleman from his position
of grand chief engineer, looked toward q
most radical change in the government and
policy of the brotherhood 1t is understood
that no changes have been made in the rules
OF the order, and that the new chief engineer
has said that he will enfor all rules to the
letter, and il a strike is ordered it must be by
the sanction of the grand division. 1t is au-
thoritively stated that demand will be made
upon all railroad companies that have made
reduction in the wages of their engineers tC
restore them to their former figures, and il
this is not complied with, strike will be or
dered. 1t was also determined that is case o.
necessity arising for strike on any of the
through lines, it should become general
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
A HEALTH.

fill this cup to one made up
Of lOyeliness alone,
A woman Of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon.
To whom the better elements
And kindly stars have given
form so fair, that, like the air,
lis less Of earth than heaven.
Her every tohe is magic's own,
Like those Of morning birds,
And something more than melody
Dwells ever in her words;
The coinage of her heart are they,
And from her lips each flows,
AS one may see the burdened bee
Forth issue from the rose.
Affections are as thoughts to her,
The measures Of the hours;
Her feelings have the fragrancy,
The freshness of young flowers;
And lovely passions, changing oft,
So fill her, she appears
The image of themselves by turns,
line idol of past years.
OF her bright face one glance will trace
picture on the brain,
And of her voice in echoing hearts
a sound must long remain;
But memory such as mine Of her
So very much endears,
When death is nigh, the latest sigh
VIII not be iifeis but hers.
fill this cup to one made up
OF loveliness alone,
A woman of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon
Her health and would on earth there stoo
Some more Of such frame,
That life might be all poetry,
And weariness name!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13

Ma. ROBERT CHAMBERs tells q good
story in his ''Scrap Book OF Mr..
Erskine. of Dun, who had an old man
servant, who took great liberties IN ylr-
tne Of his long and faithful service.
He had grown quite gray in the family,
and 70 one Thought of taking amiss any
thing he said, though he often spoke
very bitter things. At last. getting IN
- an alteration one day With his mas
ter. he so far forgot hinlsel4 as 70 call
Mr.. Erskine '1eear. wen, Gabriel
this cannot be put up With any longer
We must part a. last. !" sHoet, toot,
laird where wad your honor be better
than in your ain house
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
A Pig-IrOn Orator.

''Mr. Speaker" The infect on on
that last syllable has the breadth and
vigor of a thunder-clap. Blaine starts
nervously, and acknowledges I" the gen.
tleman from Pennsylvania. Pig-iron
Kelley, or Centennial Kelley as he will be
called for the next two years, hardly
moves his tracks. His heels are tied
well together, and the movement neces-
sary to bring his face in any special di-
rection is made with the upper part of
the body. A clock-work motion is kept
up with his hands. One of them RIBS
slowly up and down the outside OF his
left leg few seconds then clasps its
fellow palm, which, in its turn, is ex-
tended toward the speaker with stroF g
something like that used in carving a
cheese. The impression conveyed is
that Mr.. Kelley's ideas are secreted iD
his leftleg; coaxedout by one hand, and
with the other flung maiesticaIly into the
arena of debate. A pompops, heavy
voice, drilled into stage modulation,
dresses his awkward opinions In melo-
| dramatic garb. Kelley was yeritable
pupil OF Edwin Forrest, with whom he
studied elocutiOn for two or three years.
8 1t Is not so much for me political
/ ability says modest Centennial Kelley,
. that have been selected leader of the
Pennsylvania delegation, as it is on ac-
count of my magnificent voice. - Chi
cGgo Times Letter.
The Mount Sterling (Ky.) Sentinel
/ gives this notice of a marrisgeable
/ young female IN Montgomery county
g A young woman IN Slate, at party
the other night, for twenty dollars, ate
/ whole roast pig, an entire stuffed tur
key, ali of an opossum, ten large corn
/ dodgers. and drank a gallon Of hard cl
der st ere sitting Her name Is MIS-
Mary Jane Savereace, aud she Is plumI
and pretty brunette, lively as cricket.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
LooKI


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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13
GENERAL

Mrs. Myra CLARK Gaines has entered
suit against Caleb Cushing, claiming $500, 900
for libel in this, that in one of the recent bills
fled by Cushing he charges her with making
wanton and grossly malicious accusation of
bimaelF
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There are a squares in each column.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ANhOONCEAEN4S
Announcing the name Of person for county
Office s. state office, SO; federal Office SIS. In-
vaTiably IN advance.
The above terms and rates viii be strictly adj
hered to.
Religious marriage, birth and death notices so
Iicited and will be willingly inserted free of charge
Obituaries, Masonic and other society notices of
deaths, etc., viii be chsrgsd 10 cents per lins.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-13

THE oldest stove, probably, in the
United States is that which Is still IN
use at the capitol in Richmond. Va. 1t
was made in England in 1770, and was
sixty years in the house of Burgesses In
Virginia before it was removed TO the
capitol, where it has been for thirty
years.
a RIIssIssIPPI postmistress has dis
charged her husband from a clerkship
for non-at!ebdance 70 dutr. She wanted
no nepotism IN hers.
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PROVIDENCE.
The ways Of Heaven are dark and intricate.
Puzzled in mazes and perpiexed with errors ;
Our understanding traces them in vain,
Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search,
Nor sees with how much art the windings run,
Nor where the regular confusion ends.
a Addison
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SMmei3.

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piarrer ;u arrctiren. Sosar wdbrsnp
Der Na9t bewadten ie Gle SSuier, nell
DE ibnen 3uaudt sspdbrtsn. Set Bel
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