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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-20

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ler has prepared the way for the intro.
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an almost absolute certainty Of the best
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-20
Wood WnnIeu

Fftycords Of mixed wood wanted
immediately, at the residence Of A.
j Hotchkiss, for which the under
sign ed will pay 81, 81 for Eastwood
5 LIS for oak. and $500 for maple,
alto be body, or straight wood.
The pay to be in goods at cash prices,
at Burhyte's store in the village Of
River Falls.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
The YerltabIe Lexington.

Your notice yesterday. of the famous
Kentucky horse Lexington. reminds me
OF an anecdote respecting him, which
IS at your service if You deem Il worth
anything
{ 4 In 1853, or early Ia "a, large numbers
Of condemned army horses were Occa-
slonallY mustered and sold ct auction
IN Nashville, Tennessee. On one coca
sion string Of one hundred or SO were
hitchei to z fence to be sold at twelve
o'clock. 4 gentleman wanted to buy
three or four, and not being a judge of
horses, got an expert to point out few
that would dc to Tecuperate. OF course
they were all in sad looking plight;
condemned sure enough The expert
passed along down the line marking
such as would do to bid on. In passing
down he paused at a very shabby-lOok-
ing frame of bones, cycling him for
minute with apparent interest. After
making the end of the line, be remarked
to bis friend, "There's a horse back
Wonder want to look at again" So he
begins again to survey the same old
horse.
t"There is something remarkable about
the horse, said the examiner "Surelv
you would not have me 70 bid on him ?''
said the purchaser. enc, but there's
something remarkable about him don't
understand" and continued to examine
very infinitely. ''This," said be, els a
high blOoded horse, and worth more
money, five times over, than all the
troop beside Still, he is a mystery to
me. He is certainly a Lexington horse,
and yet is too old for any of Lexington's
colts. I don't understand it. There's
something strange about him. There is
no such horse in this country, and vet
here he is" The man had never seen
Lexington, and was not dreaming OF
him.
This led to inquiry where the horse
came from. It proved to be the veritable
Lexington himself. He had been cap
tured in Kentucky. thrown into lot of
others, and, after months of "hard ser
vice, turns up in q crowd of "con-
demned horses" in Nashville. Tee man
went into ecstacy over him-hugged and
almost kissed him. The case was re-
ported at headquarters, and orders were
Immediately given to have the old Ken
lucky veteran kindly and carefully
treated.-" Nashville Mdn" az Wash
i1lgtO1l Star.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
GRANGE-WO
ADuuaI Session OF the Alabama state
Grunge.


Grunge.
The first annual session of the Ala
bama state grange met at Montgomery
last week. Fifty counties of the sixty
Eve we're represented by one hundred
delegates. Each county with twelve
oranges or less sent one delegate, and
those with more sent two. The state
officers were present. The address of
Mr.. Chambers was very elaborate and
able. He advised prompt action on the
constitutional amendments submitted
by the national grange; opposed the
plan of representation based on numer-
zeal strength, and advised the rejection
of the amendment providing therefor !;
recommended that committee memo
riaiize congress on the subject Of cotton
tax :; the appointment of an agent In
Washington to represent theinterests of
planters I; recommended a memorial TO
the state Legislature for a geological
survey of the state with q view of an
official PRONUNCIATION of its advantages
in minerals, that immigration may be
thereby induced, and promising the CO
operation of the state grange ia the
work reviewed, what is known as the
dead-fall system that is, small whisky
shops established near large plantations,
where the freshmen trade stolen pro-
duce for rum, to the ruin of themselves
and the planters, and recommended
that the legislature be memorialiZed
to put an end to said traffic: recon-
mended a change in the register of the
deputies by substituting a county dep
uty or general overseer Of oranges in
EACH county, who shall represent the
county In the state grange and act as
delegate to its annual session acknOwl-
edged the obligation of the grange to
the national body for therelief furnished
sufferers last spring, and addressed
suitable acknowledgment therefor.
He also recommended the establish
ment of grange organ at some CEN
tral point, to serve as a mode of CON-
munication between the officers of the
order; and proposed the holding of a
grand state fair next fall under grange
auspices, and suggested the propiiety of
attempting some reformation of abuses
In the matter of commercial fertilizers,
such as the erection of a home mann
factory under the supervision of resi-
dent chemists, supplied with cheaper
and better articles. In conclusion, he
reviewed the agency and co operative
system, and advised as the best means
of getting the aid of middle men in the
provision business, that more attention
be paid to the raising of supplies at
home. Much of disappointment aris-
ing from the system as practically ope
rated, he traced to imperfect organiza-
ton and the necessary friction in mat
ter so complicated and so new. When
southern farmers shall make their
farms self-sustaining, there will be less
complaint of middle men.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
OhieagO's Gentlemanly Thief

Chicago is rather proud of a very
gentlemanly thief who is now working
the fashionable residences of city. He
is young man of dandy cut, polished
manners and glib tongue. He has
been. seen several times in the houses he
has harvested of money and jewelry,
but suspected too late to be caught.
He meets one lady at her own front
door returning home, and politely apol-
ogizes for having made 8 mistake ia
the house. She soon finds out that her
chamber has been invaded and her Jew.
elry is gone. Another lady comes home
and finds stranger in her parlor fixing
his hair and viewing himself IN a glass,
as though he had just made q call and
wished to get his appearance up to the
mark before anybody came in. He sud
denly finds that he has mistaken the
house of his lady friend, who lives on
the next block, and after many excuses
for his intrusion bows himself out. The
ladies of that house find that they Will
have to lay IN a new stock of ieweIry.
He thas robs his victims before their
very eyes, and his genteel appearance
and charming address help him in and
out OF peoples houses at his Will and
pleasure.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Transportation of Coal Oil on Steam
boats,

Section 4 of the steamboat law, ac-
cording to a recent decision of the secre-
tary of the treasury, forbids the trans
portation of coal oil, crude or refined
petroleum, or other like explosive burn
ing-fuids, on passenger steamers, ex-
cept as provided in rule 18th, enacted
by the board of supervising inspectors.
The rule says Refined petroleum,
which will not ignite at a temperature
less than one hundred and ten deg1 ees
Fahrenheit, may, upon routes where
there is no other practicable mode of
transporting it, be carried on passen-
ger steamers, upon the guards or for
ward main-deck thereof, and at safe
distance from any fire: Provided, the
same shall be securely put up in good
metallic cans or vessels, and carefully
packed in boxes, or in iron-bound casks
or barrels plainly marked upon the
heads thereof with the manufacturer S
name, the name of the article, and the
degree of temperature (Fahrenheit) at
which the petroleum will ignite and
all such boxes, casks, or barrels shall be
placed and carried only upon the outer
edge of the guards and decks as afore-
mentioned. Any oil which viii stand q
fre-test of three hundred degrees Fab
renheit may be carried as freight, or
used as stores, on passenger steamers, y
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Eggs vs.. Neat.

Would it not be wise to substitute
more eggs for meat in our daily diet {?
About one-third of the weight of an
egg is solid nutriment. This is more
than can be said of meat There are. no
bones and tough pieces that have to be
laid aside. A good egg IS made up Of
ten parts shell, sixty parts white and
thirty parts yelk. The white of an egg
contains eighty-six per cent. water the
yelk 6fty-tWO per cent. The average
weight OF an egg is about two ounces.
Practically IN egg Is animal food, and
yet there is none Of the disagreeable,
work of tho butcher necessary to obtain
It.. The Yegetarians of England use
eggs freely, and many Of these men are
eighty and ninety years old, and have
been remark bly, freefrom illness. Eggs
are best. when cooked four minutes.
This takes away the animal taste that is
offensive to some, but does not harden
the white or yelk as to make them hard
to digest. An egg If cooked very hard
is difficult of digestion, except by these
with stOut stOmachs +; such eggs should
be eaten with bread and masticated
very finely. An egg spread on toast is
food fit for king, If kings deserve any
better food than anybody else, which is
doubtful. Fried eggs are less whole
some than boiled ones. An egg drop
ped into hot water IS not only q clean
and handsome, but delicious morsel.
Most people spoil the taste of their eggs
by adding pepper and salt. A lit le
sweet butter is the best dressing. Eggs
! contain phosphorus, which is suppOsed tC
Ale useful to those who use their brains
much. ~ A. ~ - t-@-. .-a.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11

THE --LATEST TRIUMPH OF TEMPERANCE.
We congratulate the temperance world
on the success everywhere. attending the
use of Vinegar Bitters. Certainly no
preparation containing alcohol has &C
complished such cures of malarious
fever, biliousness, dyspepsia, rheuma-
tism, lung complaints, constipation, and
general debility, as we hear of from all
quarters, as the results of this famous
vegetable specific. No true philan hro-
pist viii regret to see spirituous liquors
expelled from medical use, if they can
be safely dispensed with and that they
are not necessary IN any case of sickness,
whatever its character, appears at last
to have been demonstrated. IF public
opinion Is capable of making any i'm
preston upon the minds of the faculty,
they viii ere long introduce the most
popular of modern medicines into the
hospitals, and prescribe it in their prac-
tice. The millions have given the ar
ticle fair trial it has more than an
swered their expectations, and no theo-
reticsl opposition can shake their faith
Ia Il.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Horse-Thieves on the Plains.

The night after General Sheridan left
the Cheyenne agency a band of horse
thieves, headed by the notorious des-
peradO, Jack Dunnigan, invaded the
place and succeeded in running off sew
enty-fve head of fine Indian ponies be-
longing to the agency. Sheridan heard
of the bold exploit the next morning,
aud sent orders to Fort Dodge to pur-
sue the thieves as soon as possible, and
when found to plant them on the
prairie " without any further ado. Act.
ing under these orders, two detGchments
started out from Dodge hard on the
trail of the flying thieves, who, bur
dened by the unmanageable herd of
ponies, were making slow progress to-
ward the north east. About eighty
miles north of Dodge, on the north
fork of the PaWnee, the military came
upon the thieves, who, seeing that their
time had evidently come. prepared to
fight the thing out TO the bitter end.
There were only three of them-one
having left before the appearance Of the
military with part of the ponies-but
they thought not of surrender, and
calmly laid down IN the buffalo wal
lows" with their rifles to see the thing
out. For nearly an hour the slirnish
lasted, and there was no let up till the
horse-thieves had been riddled through
and through. Then the military CAP
tured the ponies, scoOped out hole II
the prairie, and literally s planted the
villains. Meantime another party under
the direction of Agent Miles we're
spreading about the country to cut off
the retreat OF Dunnigan, the chief OF
all the offenders. They followed him
TO Hutchinson and thence across the
country to some point near Leaven-
worth, but he succeeded IN escaping
capture, and Is now secreted somewhere
IN Platte county, Missouri. Dunnigan
is the most cunning and deliberate
hoTse-thief on the frontier, and $500
viii readily be given for his capture.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Nicknamed Churches.


There are great many churches in
this city that are known better by their
slang names than by any other. First
and foremost is "The Little Church
Around the Corner, that is never called
by any other name. Before it received
that name, however, 1t was called the
" Church of the Holy Cucumber" from
the way in which 1t covers the ground.
The present name has become so popu-
lar that few know it by any other, and
could not now tell you what lis real
name is. When the excitement about
this church was st its height, I used to
see s. drayman's cart about town with
"The Little Church Around the Cor
ner" painted In big letters on the dash
board. The Rev. DR.. Bellows church.
which is built of alternate layers of
marble and brick, Is known as the
" Holy Zebra" or the "Beefsteak. &"
There is a church further up town of
the Dolly Warden style of architecture
that goes by the name of the " HOLY
Oil-cloth." 81. Adams is called the
'' Holy Candlestick, from it's very high
church tendencies, and there is another
known as the " Great Tea Warehouse
of Prayer. An Episcopal church on
Fifth avenue, in the neighborhOod of
Murray Hill, whose rector and curate
have each the inevitable reputation of
being cruel fiiTts, is known as the
Z" Church of the Holy Jilts. There
are other churches with slang names,
but these are among the. best known
Nel0 York Letter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11

in the evening, when my English friend
called for salt, stating that he knew Of a
case Of woman e ting heartily of nuts
IN the evening who was taken violently
III. The celebrated DR.. Alternately was
sent for. but it was after he had become
too fond of his on i, and he was not in
condition to go. He muttered, 4" Salt I
salt = of which no notice was taken.
Mex morning he went to the place and
she WAS q corpse. He said had they
given her salt it would have relieved
her; if they would allow him to make
an examination he would convince them.
On opening the stomach the nufs were
found IN mass. He sDrinkled salt on
this and it Immediately dissolved. I
have known OF a sudden death myself
which appeared to be from the same
ear1Ea. I generally eat salt with nuts.
and II consider that it improves them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
sore Throat Nlght COLLAR.

SAYS an exchange b" An eminent
physician, who devotes his whole atten-
tien y diseases of the throat and lungs,
told us the other day, that about three
fourths1of all throat diseases would get
well by wearing very loose collars, and
no aecktie at all. He said that often
singers would come to him for throat
disease and loss of voice, and he would
tear open their craYats and cure them
with no other treatment whatever
The pressure of the collar on the ar
teries Of the neck is very bad for the
health. said he. He also added IF
you have disease of the throat let ma
ture DO the eurine, and the physician
just Is little as possible.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Not Atheists at All.

The pendulum seems to have swung
back again. John Stuart Mill, being
dead, has spoken of religion in man
ner which has shocked those of his dis
eiples who believed that he did not be-
heve IN God, and who accepted his sup
posed disbelief as the reason for their
own inhdelity. Prof. TyndRll has re-
pudiRted the construction universally
placed upon his language at Belfast,
and has declared that he did not mean
to assert either that there was no God,
or that God, if he existed at all. was
only molecule. Mr.. FItziames Stephen
has called especial attention to tie fact
that ne Is OF the opinion that the weight
Of evidence is in favor Of the hypothesis
that there is God, who is very wise
and exceedingly powerful, but who, III
Mr.. Fitziames Stephens belief, is not
altogether benevolent. And to crown
all, Prof. Huxley, to the infinite grief
of hiss former admirers, has come for
ward TO say that he must not be num-
beYed among "fatalistic, materislistie
or atheistic philosophers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Won Moltke,s Habits Of Life.

A French tourist in Germany gives an
account of Won Moltke's daily life ID
the country. The chateau and village
belonging to the old marshal are stu
ated in Silesia, where they lie amid
fertile lands diversified by pleasant
scenery. The dwelling house is more
spacious than elegant, its white-washed
wall and green shutters making it look
like the property of some peasant grown
rich. It's solitary owner rises regularly
at 8, warns his coffee, which is pre-
pared over night, on his lamp fed by
spirits of wine, and then goes out i'm
mediateIy INTO the park. His media
tive air as he walks APP and down the
alleys, his closely shaver face, we'll
furrowed with wrinkles, his stiff, black
cravat, long coat and SLOUGH hat, give
him the air of some old Lutheran min
lister preparing his Sunday sermon.
At z the marshal commences q general
round of inspection through the stables,
granary, mills. and distillery, until he
arrives at The orchard, where he loves
to linger, knife In hand, now pruning
some unruly branch. or anon removing
dead twigs. At 10 he breakfasts on q
bowl of soup or glass of wine, with a
slice Of bread and butter. Then he
LuuS BAlLOuRn MS COELCE DOuuCGCos
Walking follows, or q drive to visit
some neigbbor, aud the return does not
take place until 8 O'Clock for tea. On
Sundays alone he abstains from work,
but after going to church he spends the
remaining hours among his workmen
and Iaborers in PiOus readings, for he is
sincerely religious. Often at niQht he
visits his wife's tomb, which is con
cealed by a row of Expresses, on q hill
ock in the park. She died on the
Christmas night of 1866. She was
young and charming, and they appear
to have been tenderly attached to each
other, although he might have been her
father. Whenever he arrives at his
seat, his first care, prior to entering his
house, is to go and pray at her grave.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Detecting Fuchsino In Wine.

The extent to which fuehsine has late
~ been used in eoloring wines, candies,
'stelt renders it a matter of some i'm
portance to detect the existence of this
poison-principle. According to q recent
French writer, the simplest method of
doing this is to place a portion of the
suspected liquid in test-tube, and to il
add first 100 grains subaceate of lead,
and then 200 grains of amylic alcohol.
If, after agitation OF the mixture, the
amylic alcohol, on separating, appears
scoloriess, 1t shows that fuchsine hes not
been used; if, on the. contrary, it ex-
hibits a red tint, It Indicates that the
poisonous substance has been added.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11

large number of the children were Ia
ken to the Grenaby Mil, IN the Parish
Of Malew, three miles from Castletown,
in order to be subjected 60 the charm
Two hoppers of the mill were crammed
full of children, and as soon as they
were comfortably and safely settled the
miller caused the wheel to revolve
three times, the parents Of the children
being present at the time. In order to
be eficacious, the ceremony must be
gone through at time when the minis
tiers of the district are engaged in
preaching in their pulpits. For this
reason about noon on Sundays is gene
rally the time chosen for the perfor-
nance of this curious rite"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
The Great Favorife with the Ladies.

VIM Forsyth, Bynum & Son, druggists, Cf
Live Oak Florida, write, Sept. Is, 1874, a. fol-
lows: - Dr.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n Your
Golden Medical Discovery and Purgative Pei
lets sen very largely and give complete salts
faction. az numbers Of our customers and
friends testify with yleasure. Your Favorite
Prescription Is indeed the grsst faYeItts With
The ladies, and numbers can say With COY that
It has saved them from ekfug out a miserable
life OF uee- ing with premature death, and re-
stored them TO health and happiness.
Thousands OF women bless the dayo which
DR.. Piercs's FaYorits Prescription was drst
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
Uurlous SuperstItions.

A curious superstition prevails on the
Isle of Man. It is to the effect that
children may be preserved from Whoop-
iDg-eough by being placed in the hop
per OF a mill. " WhooDing- cough, -
says the Manx Tines, 'sis a. the pres
ent time exceedingly prevalent IN the
south Of the island, and on Sunday a
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
nitrous oxide Gusvs. OhIOro4Orm.


Avery extraordinary case of death by
the use Of nitrous oxide gas, now so
largely employed by dentists instead of
ohlorOform on account of its alleged su-
perior safety, lis related in the London
Times as having occHrFed Ia the pra,,-
tice of the well-known DR.. Masen. Il
appears that the patient, Miss WIND
ham, accompanied by her medical at
tendant, went 20 have her teeth exam
ined. DIR. IL. advised her to have a
large. upper tooth. drawn, and st her
urgent request administered nitrous OK
ide gas. After q few Inspirations it was
noticed that the pulse was becoming
rather ~ eatS, and the Inhalation stopped
The patient had not become insensible.
however, and endeavors were made to
extract the tooth, but the pain was so
great that, again at the lady's desire,
the gas was given a second time. The
operation appeared TO be perfectly sue-
cessful and the tooth had been drawn,
when suddenly the patients features
became livid, and it was at once appa-
rent that something was wrong Assis-
lance was Immediately obtained and ev-
cry thing done to restore consciousness,
but death eusued IN a few minutes.
The evidence at the inquest showed that
up 70 the dag of her death she enjoyed
excellent health, and that neither before
nor after death were any symptoms ei
or5aFic disease observable.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11

Con0NBUs discovered America, but it
has been found that the only economical shoes
for children are the celebrated SILVER TIP
PED Never wear out at the toe, and are
worth two pairs without Tips. All dealers sell
Abcr,n