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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10
FORELGN

There have been heavy losses on both
sides in the battles before Bilbos.- Santander
is crowded with wounded from the republican
ranks.
Later news from Hong Kong in re-
gard to the loss Of the steamship Nile on
voyage from that port to Yokohoma, says that
80 persons were drowned.
Reports from the districts affected by
the famine in India, show great Improvement
in the situation. There are no fatal cases of
starvation except in Tishoot and IN that dis
trict only few.
a dispatch frem Melbourne says
Rochefort and his. companions. escaped from
New Caledonia by slowing themselves away in
vessels. They have arrived at Sidney, and
viii proceed to Europe direct, ....
The report that Henri Rochefort and
Paschal Gransort have escaped from New
Caledonia is confirmed. dispatch from
Melbourne says that they, with Gourd and
BouriIlerer, two other conYicts, arrived at New
Castine.
A special from India says incendiary
fires are alarmingly frequent in the neighbor-
hood of Seetamus, in the Gwalin district.
Two large villages were entirely destroyed.
From Nepan large numbers of the inhabitants
are emigrating, in consequence of the famine.
The steamer Alaska has arrived at San
Francisco with dates from Yokohoma to March
10. The insurection in Sage was brought to
an end on the 1st inst. On Feb. 2S Sage was in
vested and the rebels abandoned theplace, dis
persing in all directions. Intelligence of the
rebel collapse was coldly received by foreigners
generally in Yokohoma, different result
having been confidently expected by the ma
jority. The United States minister Will take
up his permanent residence in Yeddo this
month. The British minister viii follow soon.
The Diario, of Havana, whose editor
was the intendente of that city during the for
mer rule of Gen. Concha as captain general,
has recently published editorials pointing out,
among special advantages, the general good
to the island that would fellow the restoration
of peace. Owing to the relations believed to
exist between the editor and Captain General
Choncha the articles are thought to be inspired
by the Spanish party, and that their object is
to prepare the people of the island for a man.
ifesto of prominent Hispano- Cubans, demand
ing an accommodation between the so-eaIed
loyaIists and insurgents, for temporary ces-
SatlOn OF hOsIu4GlesI anu lOIIO"eu OJ d loIAIdI
treaty The basis of the treaty is made known,
and includes pledge that the island shall re-
main united to the crown of Spain; that the
people shall elect representatives to the cortes;
that slavery shall only be interfered with by
the consent of owners, and in case emancipa-
ton should be decreed, then the owners of
slaves are to be indemnifed; general par
don to be granted for all political ofTenses,
and all embargoed properties to be restored
to their original owners.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10
The Disposal Of the Dead.

The Popular Science Monthly for
March says: 60 assume that there is
no point of view TO be regarded as be-
longing to the deceased person, and
that no one believes that the dead has
any interest IN the matter. We who
live may anxiously hope-as I should
hope, at least-to do no evil to sur
viYors after death, whatever we may
have done of harm to others during life.
But, being deceased, take it we can
have no wishes or feelings touching
this subject. What is best to be done
with the dead is, then, mainly a ques-
ton for the living, and to them it is
one of extreme importance. When the
globe was thinly peopied, and when
there were no large bodies of men liv-
ing in close heighborhood, the subject
was an inconsiderable one and could af-
ford to wait, and might indeed be left
for its solution to sentiment of any
kind. But the rapid increase of popu-
lation forces it into notice, and especi-
ally mans tendency to live in crowded
cities. There is no necessity to prove,
as the fact is too patent, that our pres
ent mode of treating the dead, namely,
that by burial beneath the soil, is full
of danger to the living. Hence intra-
mural interment has been recently for
hidden, the first step in aseries of reforms
which must follow. At present we who
dwell in towns are able to escape much
evil by selecting a portion of ground
distant-in this year of grace 1873
some five or ten miles from any very
populous neigborhood, and, by. sending
to be buried there-laying by poison
nevertheless, it is certain, for our
children's children, who will find
your remains polluting their water
sources, when the now distant plot is
covered, as it will be, more or less
closely, by human dwellings. For it
can be question of time only when
now every waste spot will be utilized
for food-production or shelter, and
when some other mode of disposing of
the dead than that of burial must be
adopted. IF, therefore, burial in the
soil be certainly iniuI ious either now
or IN the future, has not the time al
ready come TO discuss the possibility of
replacing 1T by q better process? We
cannot to soon cease to do evil and
learn to do well. Is it not indeed q
social sin of no small magnitude to
SOW the seed o. disease and death
broadcast, caring only to be certain that
they cannot do much harm to our own
generation? It may be granted, to an
ticipate objection, that it is quite pos
sible that the bodies now buried NAV
have lost most, If not all, their power
of doing mischief by the time that the
particular soil they inhabit is turned
up again to the suns rays, although
this is by no means certain but it is
beyond dispute that the margin OF
safety as to time grows narrower year
by year, and that pollution of wells
streams which supply the living must
ere long arise wherever I'VE bury our
dead in this country"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10
Comb Manufacture.

One of the greatest comb manufac-
tories in the world is in Aberdeen, Scot
land. In this establishment there are
an immense number of furnaces for pre-
pairing horns and tortoise-shells for the
combs, and between one and two hun
dred iron screw presses are constantly
employed In stamping them. Steam
power is employed to cut the combs,
the operation being performed by this
means with great efficiency. The coarse
combs are stamped or cut out, two be-
ing cut in a place at one time by 1ngen-
io1s machinery. The fine dressing
combs and all small-tooth combs are
cut by circular saws, some so fine as to
cut forty teeth in the space Of one inch,
and they revolve thousands of times IN
a minute. There are about two thou
sand varieties of combs made, and the
aggregate number produced, OF all these
different sorts Of combs, is about nine
millions annually. The annual con-
sumption of OK horns, hOofs, tortoise
shell and buffalo horn, is, of course,
prodigious even the waste. consisting
of horn shavings and parings of hoOfs.
amounts TO hundreds of tons IN year,
and this becomes 4 valuable material in
the manufasture of prussiRte Of pot
ash, etc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10

providing for the payment Of the Louisville
and Portland canal company came up for con-
sideration. An amendment was agreed to,
providing that no money shall be paid under
this act until Kentucky shall have ceded the
jurisdiction OF the canal property to the UNI
ted States and the bill passed. The house
resumed discussion OF the currency bill, and
speeches were made for and against expan-
sion.
In the senate, April 1st, the commit
tee on claims reported a joint resolution,
which was agreed to, allowing Robert NJ. and
Stephen A. Douglas to have their cotton claim
adjudicated by the court of claims also, fa-
vorably on bill to pay James and z. G. Cam
eron, of Tennessee, for property taken dur
ing the war, and it was placed on the calendar.
-. House bill to secure to the Episcopal board
of missions land in White Earth Indian res
ervation, in Minnesota, on which is situated
the church and other buildings, was passed
80 MIR. SchurZ presented a joint resolution
OF the legislature of Missouri for the i'm
proVement of the mouth of the Missouri riv-
er. The senate resumed consideration of
the bill to provide for the redemption and
reissue of United States notes and free
banking, and it was discussed until adjourn
ment.
In the house, April 1st, the principal
business was a discussion on the currency
BILL leaving the matter precisely where it was
Jne previous Gay.
In.the senate, on the I'd, some de
bate took place on. the house amendment to
the bill in relation to the Louisville and Port
land canal, but no action thereon was had. "
A petition was presented from Mrs. Mary Hall,
widow of Capt. Hall, for pension The
senate resumed consideration of the bill to
provide for the redemption and reissue of
United States notes and for free banking, and
an amendment providing that 81, 900. 600 in
notes for circulation. in addition to such cir
culatiOn now allowed by law, be issued to the
national banking associations now organized
aud which may be organized hereafter, and
such increased circulation shall be distributed
among the several states as provided by sec
ton of the act of July u, 1870, was adopted.
In the house, on the I'd, considera-
ton of the currency bill was resumed which
was discussed until the hour of adjournment.
In the senate, on the Sd, after refus-
ing to ntertaln e motion to adjourn over
Good Friday, consideration was resumed of
the bill to provide for the redemption and re-
issue of United States notes and for free
banking D.. The business of the days session
was unimportant.
In the house, on the 3D., a bill was
passed to legalize pontoon bridge across the
Mississippi river at Prairie du CHEN, Wis. 80.
The claim of J. & F, McCIeon,r of Jackson,
Miss, amounting to nearly 81 OOO, 900, for cot
ton and mills destroyed during the war by or
der of Gen. Grant, and for cotton bonds and
confederate money taken from the bank at
Jackson, was rejected
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10
GENERAL.

Leander and Myron Fax, convicted
of sending obscene matter through the mails
have been pardoned by the president, upon
condition of their paying the five hundred
dollars fine imposed when convicted, and the
costs of the trial.
@. II. Sturgeon, of the st. Louis
commissioners to examine the Texas and Pa
cifc railroad has submitted his report to the
secretary of the interior. He examined 169
miles from the boundary line between Louisi-
ana and Texas. west, via Marshall to Dallas,
"A miles from Marshall to Texarkana, and Sc
miles from Sherman, east, to Brooklyn. Stur-
geon reports that the road is well built and
equipped, and recommends its acceptance.
The Farragut prize money is to be
paid without further delay, the prize list hav-
ing been forwarded to the fourth auditor. The
total amount of prize money proper is $3.50,
600, and $500, ,OGO additional bounty for the
destruction OF confederate vessels. The num-
ber of United States ships taking part in the
engagements is forty-four, and the number of
7 officers and men sharing in the prize awards
is between twenty-five hundred and three
thousand. TIE Fsrragut estate will receive
one-twentieth of the whole amount, or abeut
S35, OOO The three division commanders will
receive one-ffteenth each, and all the other
officers in proportion.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10


| the nineteenth century their eyebrows
| and their nails we're most ornamental.
| Wells were considered of great impor-
| tance no respectable woman was with.
| out them. But women were not then
| as closely yelled as they are at present
in the east. There were several kinds
| of wells. There was one like a light
mantle, which was worn in the way oul
ladies wear a fchu, and, to mention only
/ one other kind, there was veil fixed tC
| the covering of the head, which fell on
to the brow and then was turned back
ward while another veil fixed under
the eyes was let down to cover the
breast.
The most splendid article of clothing
was the turban, for those who could af-
ford it. The poor people had to be sat
| isfed with winding a piece of cloth
round their head and fixing it as well as
| they could. The turbans were of va
| rious colors, and wound in different
ways some of them were like a high
tower.
Shoes and stockings were unknown,
but soles of leather were fastened with
two latchets. The ladies, who carried
luxury into every department, and who
are supposed, even in the present day,
to be far from Indifferent to a nice, neat
boot or to elegant slippers, had their
shoes, or rather sandals, and their latch
cts; made of beautifully colored leath-
er dark blue, violet, and purple were
faYorite coIors. Solomon admired Shu-
lamite's shoes very much, and also the
feet which wore them, for he says {:
''How beautiful are thy feet with shoes,
o princes daughter % Round the an
kles bracelets of gold or dainty silver
chains and rings, with tiny silver bells,
we're worn.
Hair-nets and head-hands were in
great request. The latter were made of
gold or silver, and worn under the net,
extending from one ear to the other
Earrings were much thought of we
are told of some that weighed a thou
sand and seven hundred shekeIs of gold,
and that were so large that a man could
easily put his hand through them.
Some of the women wore several rings
with little bells attached tc them. They
were generally made of horn or of sill
yer. But the most popular ring was
the nose-ring. The left nostrii was
pierced for the purpose, and a ring made
of ivory or of metal was put through
it. To our western taste this practice
seems revolving and barbarous, but why
1t should be more so than tile piercing
of the ears am at loss to conceive.
Bracelets were generally worn on the
right arm, and some of them were ex-
ceedingly large, so that they reached
up to the elbow. Rings on the fingers
were worn; chains of fine gold, or
strings of pearls with little silver balls
or snail tinkliDg bells were worn round
the neck. ''Thy cheeks, said Solomon,
who knew more about women than most
of US do, ''are comely with rows of
jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. -
It was customary to attach ornaments
to these chains, either with no meaning
as the crosses which our ladies wear, or
to serve as amulets; such were round
tires like the moon, small scent bottles,
ornaments in the shape of serpents,
and little gold or silver plates on which
were written words supposed to be pos
sessed of magical power.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10
Cuban Sugar Production.


Of the ], 1897, 164, 800 pounds of sugar
imported to the United States during
the year 1873, ], ,O73, 795, ,520pounds came
from Cuba that is to say, more than
five-sixths of all the sugar we use
comes from this important island. The
condition of its sugar interest is, there
fore, of very great consequence to US
It was anticipated that the continual
struggle of the Cubans for independ-
ence would materially interrupt the
growth of its sugar production, but
the statistics of the last three years
show, on the contrary, a steady and
healthy increase. The total prodUc-
ton of the island, estimated in tons,
has been as follows In 1871, 547, ,179 !;
in 1872, 708, pa in 1873, 796, ,179. The
prospects for the present crop are said
to be very fine, and there is no good
reason to suppose that there will be any
falling off from these figures. The
capabilities of Cuba for the production
of sugar are practically unlimited, and
under proper direction, it could be made
to yield as rapidly as the demand could
possibly grow. In 1873 it exported
ia, $50 tons of sugar, of which 231, 1876
tons, or 80. 81 per cent, came to the
United States. These figures show that
we are by far the best customers that
island has. This fact is still more
strikingly illustrated in the case of mo
Iasses, for of the 1S9, 1873 tons exported
last year, we took III, ,519 tons, or 1916
per cent. of the entire amount.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10
VEST

A Chinaman was admitted to citizen
ship at Grand Rapids, Michigan, last week.
He claims to be the first Chinanaan to renounce
allegiance to the empire.
A dispatch from Austin, Nevada,
gives the particulars OF horrible tragedy in
Smoky Valley. Charles Eckstein had been for
long time jealous Of his wife, or account of
attentions paid her by Yeung man, Martin,
and frequently quarrelled about him. Yester-
day man went to Ecksteins home and found
the door closed andno response. He opened
the door and on the floor saw the naked body
of Mrs. Eckstein, cut to pieces, the head split
Then at her feet lay her little girls head,
nearly severed from her body, and near them
the dead bodies of Eckstein and young Mar
tin, grappled, as in death struggle Eek
stein held large bowie-knife, covered with
blood, in his hand. Martin had dragoon pis-
tol, four chambers empty. There is no living
witness of this horrible affair
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the senate, on the 30th, the chair
presented sundry resolutions from the Wiseon-
sin legislature in regard to the improvement
of the Mississippi river AMI tributaries, and
for increasing mail facilities in that state, and
for the improvement of the Wisconsin river
80. The senate resumed consideration of the
bill to provide for the resumption aud re-is-
sue of United States notes, and Tor free bank
ing. An amendment to redeem United States
notes III coin or Understanding notes in 1876
was rejected, together with several other
amendments, and without making further pro-
gress on the bill the senate adjourned
In the house, on the Both, bill was
introduced for the construction Of the Port
land, Dallas and Salt Lake railroad, and the
performance of all government service free
of charge The bill continues in force the
appropriation made in the river and harbor
bill OF the 3rd OF March, 1873, for the pay
ment of debts of the Louisville and Portland
canal company and makes it permanently ap-
plicable for the same. The second section au-
thorizes the secretary OF the treasury to take
possession of the canal and all its property
subject to mortgage securing bo Ids, and the
secretary is to pay for stock held by the dlrec-
tors, with six per cent. interest since the 9th
Of February, 1864, and Is to collect any mon
ey due to or held for the company by its duec-
tors or trustees, and by any person Whatever.
The third section provides that the canal slal!
be held Tor the common use ana Deleut OF an
people, free of tolls and charges, except such
as are necessary to pay current expenses and
to keep the canal in repair; the tolls Ter the
present year are to be 10 cents per ton on
steam vessels, and cents OK other vessels.
In the senate, on the 31st, memorials
were presented, signed by 2,276 citizens of
California, sett ng forth the evils arising from
the use Of intoxicating liquors. and asking for
legislation TO prohibit the sale and manufa >
ture OF such liquors. Consideration was re-
sumed Of tho bill to provide for the redemp-
tion and reissue Of United States uotes and free
. banking, which consumed the remaining hours
OF tks session without definite result
In the house, on the 31st, the bill
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10
HOW STRANGE.
How strange it win be, i5v9-how strange, when We


How strange it viii be, love-how strange, when we
Shall be what ali lovers become
You frigid and faithless-I cold and untrue
You tboughtless of me, and careless of you
Our pet names grown rusty with nothing to do
Loves bright web unrsyeled, and rent, and worn
And Hfes IoOm1eft empty-ah hum!
How strange it viii be
How strange it viii be when the witclery goes,
Which makes me seem lovely to-day: = ,.---
When yeur thought Of me loses its q couleur de
When you find I've odd eyes and an everyday nose,
And wonder you could for a moment suppose
was out of the commonplace way
All, me, 80 =.-.-e
How strange it VIII bel
How strange it win be, lOye-how strange when we
With just a chill touch of the hand
When my pulses no longer delightedIy beat
At the thought of your coming, the sound of your
When watch not your going, far down the long
When your dear loving voice, now so thriringly
-r- sweet,
Grows harsh in rePrOach or command
All, me, OBJ
How strange it viii be
How strange it will be, when we willingly stay
Divided the dreaTy day through!
Or, guttng remotely apart as we may,
Sit chilly and silent, with nothing to say,
Or cOldly converse on the news of the day
In a wearisome, old-married-foIks sort of way;
shrink from the picture-dOn't you?
All, ma,
How strange it viii be!
Dear love, if our hearts do grow torpid and old,
AS so many others have done
If we let our love perish with hunger and cold
If dim all life's diamonds and tarnish its gold
If we choose to live wretched and die uncOnsoled
Twill be strangest of all things that ever were told
AS happening under the sun!
All, me,
How strange it VIII be =
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-04-10

Hale floating down, and towed her to the
bank. The Hale is uninjured save the bursted
pipe.
The Weatherford CTexas) Times says:
" A man known as Henry Jones was killed at
Jacksboro one day this week. He was ares
ted by the deputy United States marshal, I'M
der charge of breaking open postoffice. He
delivered up his arms upon being arrested,
but afterward s arted to run, when the mar
shal threw his pistol at him and hit him on the
shoulder. Jones stopped and picked up the
pistol, and commenced firing at the marshal
and Mr. Strong who was with him. The two
returned the fire, and after exchanging several
shots, Jones was killed. Jones was an as
sumed name; his real name was Jeffries. He
left southwest Missouri not long since for
killing constable in Douglas county, in that
state. He was young man, not more than
twenty-five or twenty-three years old, and re-
specially connected"
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The Grange Reform.

It is not at all strange that the Grange
movement should meet with opposition.
An enterprise is hardly worth the name
of reform if it does not have this. Gov.
Carpenter, of Iowa, addressing last
fall convention of Patrons, told them
they must expect opposition that they
had money and talent arrayed against
them. but that Notwithstanding this
they must go right on, trusting to the
business of their cause and the necessi-
ty that rested upon them. That if they
would do all this impediments would
be swept away, and the oppressor would
be left at his tOlI-gate with free road
around it, on which the Patrons would
90 singing because Of a free road to
market and fair return for their pro-
ducts. All great reforms in church
and state have had to overcome great
opposition, and the labor reform against
the expressions of capitalists viii not
be an exception. But If it presses on
wisely and perseveringly it viii in the
end reap the appropriate fruits. Hon.
George Stephenson was opposed by the
aristocracy of England when. NE attempt
ed to get leave of parliament to lay the
first railroad track on her sacred soil.
"Why, it would frighten every thing
to WIdneSS bne DlEuS WCulu leave Jhe
island the COWS would dry up, and the
hens would cease to lay; the land would
be ruined, and the whole order of things
would be broken up" When Mr..
Stephenson was presenting his claims
before parliament he was sneered at.
One member said, ''WelI, Mr.. Stephen
son, see how absurd your idea Is. Sup
pose it were possible for you to run
--o,7v oarriorra Ilfrfv Ta51as an bO1r on
straight rails, so that it could not get
off-what If a COW got on the track and
you could not turn out for her % "Wel,
my lord" said Stephenson, sit would
be bad for the cow" So ali reforms
have met impediments. but they must
get out of the way or it viii be bad foI
them Ohio Enrn1er.