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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

| The pneumatic mail system has
| been opened for public use in the city
of Vienna. By this method letters and
packages not exceeding two ounces in
weight can be sent from one end of the
| city to the other-a distance of about
! eight miles-in something less than two
! seconds.
| -" How is your church getting on ?"
! asked a friend of rigorous ScCtchman,
who had separated in turn from the
Kirk, the Free Church, the United
| Presbyterian and several lesser bodies.
Pretty weel, pretty weel. There's
| nobody belongs to 1t now but nay
| brother and myself, and I'm nae sure
| Of Sandy's sOundness.
"A hen-pecked Englishmsn, lately
| deceased at Bath, has Wrsaked postum
NOUS revenge upon his widow by leav-
| ing ESQ per annum to be expended in
| having mournful dirges ruBg with muf-
| fed clappers from the abbey chimes all
| day long upon the anniversary of his
wedding day, and joyful peals to cele-
| brate the recurrence of the date of his
death, which released him from matri-
monial bondage.
The thieves of Spain are gayly pur-
suing their mad career among pictures
and statues. The celebrated cartoons
of Goya at Madrid have gone after the
Seville Murillo-which latter, indeed,
has been recovered. The Virgins
crown in Saint Ferdinand's chapel at
Seville has vanished. So has the
/" Master Dolorosa" of AIonzo Gano at
Granada. The latest exploit of these
enterprisipg fellows has been triumph
antly carried out at Madrid. Their
booty is a small statue of the Virgin,
most excellent of workmanship, and
dating from the end of the sixteenth
century. Its material is wood, gilt and
painted. The thieves got it safely into
Paris, where they borrowed a round
sum upon it from MN. Andre and Mer-
Guard, bankers. The Spanish legation
has claimed the statue.
The punishment of lepeTs is rigor
Ously carried out in the Sandwich isles.
There was a recent official search for
persons affected with the incurable
malady, many having been secreted by
their relatives. Hundreds we're found
and put into a vessel for transportation
to the leper village, to be kept until
they die. Their families gathered on
the beach, and expressed their grief in
loud lamentations. A talented half
breed, called Bill RagsdRle, has long
held high place in the regard of Sand
wich Islanders. He is an orator of
great natural power, and leader in the
district of HiIo, and man of notorious
bad morals. He discovered that he was
Ieprous, though the Indications were 80
slight that he had escaped official no.
tice, and at once gave himself up to the
authorities. A procession of natives,
singing and carrying flowers, escorted
him to the vessel which was to take him
and the others to their living graves.
He made a speech to the assembly,
urging submission to the measures for
eradicating leprosy by Punishment, and
expressing his hatred of missionaries.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02

''We won't discuss the matter" said
| I, IN an irritated tone. " VIII you, OF
will You not, grant my request?"
" OF course, [ WILL" he replied
but it is a difficult task. The poor
child Will be so disappointed -
detected a joyous ring in his
voice, and I looked at him rather sus-
piciously.
| His diplomatic mission was success
| full, however. Late in the afternoon
Katie came down into the library where
l was sitting. I had never seen her
look prSt 'ier.
"Oh, Mr.. Raymond - she said.
eagerly, 81 am So glad that you have
| changed your mind It was go unex-
| pected yesterday. I never dreamed
before that you loved me in any other
way than as a daughter"
Was this acting? was she trying to
| deceive me in her sweet unselfshness
:" Then you never loved me ?" I
asked,
Dear Mr.. Raymond, you know bet
ter, ;" she answered " only it was not
exactly the kind of love one ought to
feel toward a husband. You are as
dear to me as if you were my own faith
er; but you are so much older than I,
that-that-"
She hesitated, and did not finish her
sentence. 1 remembered my gray hairs
with pang of mortified vanity. Was
not the ghostly visit enough? Must I
! be tortured in this manner afterWard
The veil was torn away from the de-
lusiOn [ had cherished. Alas I had
misinterpreted her childish affection.
1t might be that she loved another. I
lnnknH H0xrT1 into tho fooo
scarlet glowed, and read her secret.
"My dear child" I exclaimed, at
tempting to control my agitation, " tell
me everything"
"Oh, Mr.. Raymond" she answered
IN confusion, ''Charle has asked me to
be his wife"
The rascal No wonder that he re-
mained with her such long time that
morning no wonder that he boasted of
the satisfactory manner in which every
thing had been explained.
"The impudent fellow - muttered,
impatiently. What did you answer,
child? Do you love him2"
Low and soft the answer came =
eyes"
The heart of a woman is q mystery
that I cannot fathOm. I was certainly
oUtwitted by my nephew. He might
have been afraid, however, that my
conscience would reproach me if Katie
showed her disappointment. I have
little doubt that she loved me far better
than she would confess.
All, welli they were married in due
time, and we are all living together
The dear children do everything they
can to add to my happiness.
Katie is still beautiful woman, and
Charlie is the staff of my old age.
I never saw the ghost again. In fact,
I have good reason to think that the
mysterious visitant was a certain grace
less nephew of mine, who had fallen in
love with Katie. OF course I forgave
the deception long ago, as it saved me
from a terrible mistake.
I am much happier, probably, than if
I had married the young girl whose
heart belonged to another. I am not
certain, however, that she did not ac-
cept Charlie from pique at my reiec-
ton. Any way, he has made her a good
husband.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02
Early Marriages.

Discussion in the British house of
commons on the subject brought out
information as to the earliest ages at
which marriage may be legally solemn
lied in each of the states of continental
Europe. In Austria it Is II for both
sexes Hungary, IA for males, II for
females Russia, 1S for males, Is for
females Turkey, as soon as they are
able Italy, Is for males, 15 fOrfemales;
Prussia Is and IA; France and Belgium,
18 and IS; Denmark 90 and Is ; Greece,
IA and u. In Hesse Darmstadt and
Baden the consent of parents is nee
essarv in the case of men until they
have completed their 25th year in that
of women until they are 81. The com
pIetion of Is years by males and l6 by
females is necessary in the Netherlands,
and in SAKE. Coberg GOtha no male is
permitted to marry before he has at
tanned his 21st year. Ia Saxony the
legal age for males Is 18; for females
Is years. According to the amended
paragraph of the new German civil
marriage bill, the ages would be re-
spectively 20 and 16 years, instead of
Is and IA, as in the draft bill. In some
sf the csntOns of Switzerland the law
as to the ages of the contracting
parties Is as high as 20 years for males
and II for females, and in others as low
as IA for males and II for females.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02
FROM WASHINGTON.

The books of the internal revenue
Office show that in February last there were
distilled 613, 363 gallons of spirits, and the tax
was paid upon II, 5O4, 1856 gallons. There were
remaining in warehouses on the 28th of Feb
ruary 973, 666 gallons on the first of that
month the amount of spirits in warehouses
was 12,747, ,61O gallons.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has issued circular revoking the former re-
ward for information leading to the forfeiture
of distilleTy not legally operated, and offer
ing $50 for information which shall lead to the
seizure of any distillery of not less than forty
gallons capacity and the arrest of the owner
the money to be paid upon presentation Of the
certificate Of the collector Of the district and
the district attorney
The attorney general has directed
suits to be instituted against several of the
Pacific railroads for the amounts certified by
the secretary of the treasury to be due the
government for the five per cent. of their re-
spectiye net earnings. The following are the
roads and the amounts: Central branch OF
| the Union Pacific, $47, 1877; Sioux City and
Pacific, S21, 1O4; Union Pacific, S1,O4O,O67 ;
Kansas Pacific, S308 $50.
The attorney general has decided that
the secretary Of the treasury cannot except
the designations of the commissioners OF the
Freedman's Bank rendered a few days ago,
with the condition that their acceptance should
release their bonds, nor can the commission
! ers demand divesture of their trust till the
affairs of the bank are finally administered, or
congress by new legislation, comes to their
relief. To relieve the present commissioners
/ would be to relieve from responsibility the
only executive officers to whom the depositors
may look for final administration of the law
under which they accepted Office, making no
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02
AFTER THE BALL.

They cat and coInbed their beautiful hair,
Their long, bright tresses one by one,
As they laughed and talked in their chamber ther
AfteI the revel was done.
Idly they talked of waltz and quadrilIe,
Idly they laughed, like other girls,
Who over the fire, when all is still,
Comb out their braids and curlz.
Robes of eatiu and Brussels lace,
KuOts Of flowers, and ribbons too,
Scattered about in every place,
After the revel is through.
And Maud and BIadge, in robes of white,
The prsttiest nlgbt-gOwns under the sun,
Stockingless, slipperless, sit in the night,
After the revel is done.
Sit and comb their beautiful hair,
Those wonderful waves of brown and goids
TIL the fire is out in the chamber there,
And the little bare feet are cold.
When out of the gathering winter chill,
And out Of the bitter st. Agnes weather,
While the fire is out and the house is STILL
Maud and Madge together
Maud and Nadge, in robes of white,
The prettiest night-gowns under the sun,
Curtained away from the chilly night,
After the revel is done.
Float along in a splendid dream,
To golden gittern's tinkling tone,
While tho usand lustres shimmering stream,
IT palaces grand saloon.
Flashes Of Jewels and futter Of Iaces,
tropical OdOrS SWeeteT than musk,
Men and women with beautiful faces,
Aud eyes of beautiful dusk.
Aud one face shining like a star,
One face haunting the dreams of each,
And one voice, sweeter than others are,
Breaking in silvery speech.
Telling through lips of bearded bloom
an old, old story DER again,
As down the royal bannered room,
To golden gittern's strain,
Two and two they dreamily walk,
While an unseen spirit walks beside,
And all unheard, in lovers talk,
He cl8imeth one for his bride.
Oh, Maud and Madge, dream on together,
With never paug Of Jealous fear!
For here the bitter st. Agnes weather
Shall whiten another year.
ROBBED for the bridal and robed for the tomb,
Braided brown hair and golden tress,
ThereT be only one of you left for the bloom
OF the bearded lips to press!
Only one robe for the bridal pearls,
The robe of satin aud Brussels lace
Only one to blush through her CurIs
At sight of a lovers face.
o, beautiful Madge, in your bridal white
For you the revel has just begun;
But for her who sleeps in your arms tonight,
The rsvel of Life is done!
Bat rObed and crowned with sanity bliss,
Queen of Heaven and bride Of the sun,
O, beautiful Maud, you'll never miss.
The kisses another has won
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02

BoYs WILL BE BoYs.-SO thought the
occupants of a Boston horse car, who
listened to the story of a mischievOus
Young lad, who was telling an old gen
tleman why he liked the new master OF
one of our schools. The master, he
said, was a frst-rate fellow, and then he
had dismissed the scholars lately at
$50 o'clock in the morning. q" Why,
what did he do that for ?" asked the
elderly gentleman. After the youth had
had a good laugh, he managed to ex-
plain that one of the boys had put a
piece of ice under the thermometer, and
sent the mercury down to forty, and the
master thought the room was not warm
enough to remain in. And the way the
old gentleman laughed and shook told
plainly enough that he had once been
one of that kind of boys.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02

box. The coupons are furnished by the
government in place of stamps, and
when a cigar is sold a coupon has to be
destroyed before the purchaser. The
design is to make the smokers detect
ives.
Itappears that the late John Mitchell,
who was elected a member of the
British parliament from Tipperary,
Ireland, as a subject of Queen Victoria,
was in fact a citizen of the United
States, as appears from transcripts of
the records recently made in the Office
Of the clerk of the supreme court of
the District of Columbia for the British
minister.
Gov. KELLOGG has issued a call for
an extra session of the Louisiana leg
islature, to meet on April Il, to carry
out the adjustment, and to enact laws
necessary to the changed condition of
affairs.
Navigation in Canada is not expected
to open before the 18th of May. The
canals are solid in many places, and
the ice in the st. Lawrence river is un-
usually thick.
THE citizens of Augusta, Georgia,
have contributed $4,000 to the suffer-
ers from the tornado, which desolated
several counties in the state from Chat
tahoochee to Savannah rivers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02
SOUTH.

The Georgia papers report that one
hundred and five persOne were killed and one
hundred and twenty-three wounded by the
terrible tornado which passed over portions of
that state a few days ago.
The new tax bill before the Virginia
legislature, providing for the funding of the
state debt by means of tax OF fifty cents on
every hundred dollars of assessed value of real
estate, to be discharged by the payment of
forty cents lawful money, mas been defeated
by large majority.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02
The Art of Listening to Music.

A writer In Scribner's says "There
is no greater delusiOn than that of sup
posing that the best music can be en-
joyed only by the musical Ordinary
people can derive keen pleasure from a
Sympathetic listening to great music if
they Will but believe that they can, and
so attend to it accordingly. There is
no need of being baffled by won't of
knowledge concering keys; nor by an
ignorance of mOdulatiOn. Your next
neighbor may know that the air began
in G major, and then passed into B
minor, but you can get your own sim
pier pleasure out of it. What Is 1t to
me what Titan's secret of color might
have been? He had it, and that is
enough for one who cannot even draw.
The first rule in listening to music is
to listen. We do not want to arouse
ourselves to a frenzy of delight, but
we do want to hear what the music IS
like. A very simple and very good rule
for those who are perpieXed by an or
chestra, and who fancy they are puz-
zeld to know where the tune comes in,
is to listen to one instrument, the
ViOIins, for instance, alone for O time.
These win probably take up the melody
and sing it plainly enough, then the
movement may become more compli-
Gated, and the air seems to have grown
more fOrid, to be broken perhaps into
brilliant fragments, but hearken THE
viClOncelli have taken it up, and over
it floats this new and lovely strain of
pioIins, then the flutes catch the melody,
the comets and the bassOon swell the
harmony, the drum makes it rhythmic
beats, the whole orchestra is alive with
are in the very center of the music,
and what was before involved and in
tricate now becomes plain and beauti-
fu1 -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02

APPREHENsIOEs OF DROUTH.-Says
the Sugar Planter: Our planting friends
have serious fears of a long drOUth so
soon as the pre-ent rains pass away,
and with some show of reason. As we
have stated in previous issues of this
paper, the rains have been almost inces-
SAINT since December last, giving our
farmers and planters but little OppOr
tunity TO geJ their fields in order for
cultivation. Now, it seems to follow,
as a rule, that long rainy spells produce
drouths of an almost equal duration,
and should the rule hold good IN the
present instance, 1t would be wise to
make preparations to meet it. While
every one will use his own judgment III
the premises, we desire to offer one
word Of advice, and that is to plant as
deep as possible and hill up well when
the shoots are above ground the proper
height. Plenty Of soil around young
plants hold the moisture, and should
the anticipatiOns Of drOuth be not
realized, little labor will remove any
superhaous soil from cane, cotton and
corn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02
LATE NEWS SUMMARY
EAST

The Equitable Life Insurance Com
pany of Elizabeth, n. Y, Of which Augustus
F. Ball, deceased was president, has failed.
There is no money in the concern for the
craditOrs
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02
Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Ma
chimes.

We call attention to the Wheeler Il
Wilson advertisement IN our columns.
This weIl-known Company has ths
most advantageous facilities for supply
ing the public with Sewing Machines,
on as favorable terms as the business
will allow. They warrant all their
work, and il Is a matter of impor-
tance to the purchaser to deal with
Company whose position and perma-
nence give assurance that their guar
anty will be fulfilled. They have
agencies and offices throughout the
civilized world, for furnishing needles,
thread and other necessary supplies,
and have an established reputation for
reliability and fair dealing.
STUFFED EGGs.-Cut some hard
boiled eggs in half, mince the yelks
with capers. anchovies and trufhes IN
due proportions, and 8 little tara
gon add pepper and salt. Fill each
half egg with this mixture, pour some
liouifed butter over each egg, warm
them In the oven, and serve each nan
egg on a bread sippet cut with an orha-
mental cutter, and fried a light Color
IN butter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02

In a foZ-chase in England lately
the Rev. G. W. Wilkin. on broke his
neck and Lady Florence Douglas
smashed her eollaT-bOne but the fox
was caught.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02

RETAIL cigar dealers are to be afflicted
with a patent cigar-box, which the
commissioners of internal revenue has
invented in order to keep them from
swindhuF The box has perforated
coupons on the inside edge, correspond
ing with the number of cigars in the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-02

They cat and coInbed their beautiful hair,
Their long. bright tresses one by one,
As they laughed and talked in their chamber there,
Aftel the revel was done.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-10-21
SCHOOL

Pursuant TO announcement, the com.
mittes appointed to make requisite ar.
rangements for q celebration at the now
Gold Hill public school.houso met ut tho
town hall. subcommittee wcro mp
pointed to attend to tho details Of the
affair, and q good time may DO antici-
pated. 1t will DO essentially the dedicc-
ton Of tho large and handsome new
school.house and celebration OF Its occu-
pancy. under tho very favorable and en-
c~ouraging auspices existing OF present,
for spacious n II Is, 30 great Is the in
Q In attendance Of scholars TINT the
building Is already found to DO actually
rather too small. This celebration will
take place at the school.houso on Satur-
day next commencing at 2 o'clock r. n.
The beautiful new flag obtained
through tho efforts Of Professor
James, tho late Principal. will float
from the top OF the lofty rev
flagstaff presented by Judge Hall. there
will DO music, singing, interesting exer'
cises, speeches and other good things,
and q particularly good time generally.
No charge for admission and no collec-
ton to 10 taken up. II will DO n FREQ
affair throughout, and all the friends oil
school education are invited to be pres.
ent-parsnts, children and all. No
doubt many will DO present from Vir-
ginia City. M well Ms Silver, Dayton,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-10-21

The Ixouxsr To-DAY.-Eight nddi.
tionnl witnesses were eIaminedto-day be-
fore tho Coroner's Jury, impanneled to
inquire into the circumstances attending
tho injury Of Fred Bulotti, who was run
over In Virginia by the switch engine.
J. W. Bowker. last Monday evening.
Each OF the witnesses testified that tho
bell was ringing Mt the timo the unfor-
tunato man was injured, and no reason.
able doubt can be loft In any ono's mind
TINT his death was owing almost wholly
to his W carelessness. Tho following
IN the verdict Of the jury: That deceased
came to his death by being run over ON
the 18th inst, by Che switch engine OF
the v. x T. Il. Il. Co., accidentally. and
that this Jury In this case sIonerates
the employees OF the said company from
al blame, and recommend that the ON
pany use greater precautions In running
their locomotives aud trains within tho
city limits.
NOVEL PosrEn.-Talk about imitation,
and tho dimension 10 which greenbax
may 10 distsnded NJ much Is you will.
the ono who has not soon tho big u
got up by W. J. Florence and posted
conspicuously In Virginia. has NO idea
of the stretching capacity Of that handy
circulating medium. But. once take .
look Of that gigantic ~greenbax, and tho
evils Of imitation appear In horrible
reality, for Il would take q fourteen
mule team TO haul enough Of them 10
buy one OF our wildcat mines.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-10-21
departures I.n.s ESestss.

srocE rErvusoss Persons DESTROYS
Of making money in stocks faster than
Iy the ordinary methods and upon
much less capital. should read tho adj
ysrtisemcnt Of Samuel Mckee X Co..
brokers. etc. San Francisco, 10 DO found
IN another column to-day.
NEGLECTED CeuGns AND CoLIs.-Few
are aware oi the importance Of checking
"a cough or common cold in its iirst
stage; that which in tho beginning
would yield to Browns bronchial
Trochcs. IL neglected, often works upon
the lungs.
SnoULpr. DrIoc,rsD.-The Lyon
County 7Is'es % this morning says that
MIR. Buckley. Superintendent Of the
Devils Gate toll.road. hal his shoulder
dislscaied while s%cufling with n man
last Tuesday.
DIN or Hrs IsJumEs.-Thomas Null
~. the man injured by n quartz wagon
ON the Divide at 2 4. N. yesterday. died
al \ o'clock last evening. Coroner May
~ will hold AN inquest ut . o'clock this
evening.