The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-03-19

If women are angels, what's all
this talk about penitentiary for fe-s
males in Indiana?
The correspondent who aDxiousIy in
! Quires concerning Sanscrit, is informed
/ that it is the language which the San
sctitters used to talk. r.-
The San Francisco Bulletin notes
| that at one of the Chinese theaters in
that city f" the power of the orchestra
| has been increased by several new
gOngs.
This more like spring, says QuiIp,
when Mrs. Quilp presented him the bill
for her new bonnet.
Some one sent n Delaware man by
I express a paving-stone weighing thirty
six pounds, and as he opened the box
after paying S1I charges his voice was
heard clear over in the next county.
A lady at Memphis says she doesn't
want any jewelry, hasn't looking-g glass
IN the house, and wouldn't take silk
dress as a gift. Memphis has another
living curiosity cross eyed cat.
OurIif is but winters day:
Some only breakfast and away aH
Others to dinner stav, and are full fed
The oldest man but suns and goes to bed
Large is his debt who Fingers through the day;
Who goes the soonest has the least to pay!
The sudden eruption of the small
pox IN China, simultaneously with the
transit of Venus, has solved the prob
lem. The Heather says there was no
transit. The sun had the smallpox
that day. Science must defend its
claim.
--The city of New York has a charm
ing municipal debt 1t amounts 90
$I15 for every man, woman and child
in the city. Think of the number of
people who haven't got S115 where they
can lay their hands on it
-SchoolinspectorC Ito urchin) -''Now.
Johnny, how many cRn you count ?"
johnny One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. !" Inspector
90 Good, Johnny, go on" Johnny
Cafter a moments thought -" Jack,
queen, king, ace. ="
The contractors who have under
taken TO furnish 24O, 600 headstones for
the national cemeteries, cut the names
IN their works at Rutland. VT, by
means of the sand blast. This cuts a
name in four minuies, and they com.
plete 500 stones daily.
Several passengers on the lower
Mississippi were attracted by the ALI
gators basking In the sunshine. Are
they amphibiOus, captain ?" asked
lOOker-on. '' AmphibiOus, thunder?'
answered the enthusiastic officer,
" they'll eat hog minute"
A lady sends us some lines COM
mencing
A bird is singing IN my heart"
And asks that they be published. If
she takes Our advice she will wiring
that birds neck, cook it and serve il
up on toast for. some sick friend
BrOOktYll ArguS.
"A corps commander IN the French
army has notified the soldiers who are
so unfortunate as to have to serve under
him that those of them who commit
suicide shall be buried at night, with
ont military honOrs. 1t must be very
trying to a corpse to be buried without
military honOrs.
Simplicity of purpose begets sim
plicity of life. This is manifested not
IN one way merely, but in every way.
. There is no double dealing in business.
There is no praying for the salvation of
souls, and then, for the sake of making
money, helping them down to hell In
the ordinary avOcations of life.
Austria seems to lead the world in
recognizing the rights Of women. The
employment of women IN the Austrian
telegraph service having given satisfac-
tory results, the minister of commerce
has adopted the system IN the pOstOffice,
and the railway boards have been
asked to report on its extension to rail
ways.
Among the peasantry in Russia the
bride always presents whip TO the
bridegroom. It is hung at the foot of
the bed, and not infrequently used.
Unfortunately, in the case of small men
with big wives, the wrong person some
times applies the whip. There Is no
custom in the world, Young men, which
can be a comfort to all of you.
"A mOther-in-law has sent a cOmmU-
nication to 3 Milwaukee magazine, de-
nounciog "t the vile rabble of coarse,
! low bred Journalists, who make para
graphs about mems wives mothers,
! Wen bet that woman keeps her son-in-
law within the traces. Perhaps she
/ even stood over the poor devil and
made himswrite her communication tor
| her.
| They're having 8 delightful little
discussion IN the east as to who wrote
50 No Sects in Heaven" We cannot
undertake to decide between the con-
tending authors, but wish to remark In
a general way that the other place
dOsen't discriminate between sects,
/ either, and that some Of the dlsap-
fpointed claimants might tune their
! harps 20 that grand theme chicago
1 Times.
Ordinary mixed putty has been
/ found by Mr.. COurvall to be the sOltest
| and most u eful medium for treating
! excrescences Of tumors Of various kinds
where compression il desired, as it
! uouIds itself so neatly 70 the skin. He
believes it to be superior 10 dextrine.
silicate of soda, or plaster bandages.
1t is a cheap and always attainable ma
terial.
If the Bonaparte Prince Imperial
should marry the Danish princess, 1t
would be a great stroke. as it Is IN
{" grand alliances that French states
men put their trust for the future OF
their country. But he will hardlJ get
her Probably the empress Of Russia
viii be an insaperable obstacle. Her
objection to .seHcTnGiLLerait" herself
was made against this family.
Our revolutionary fathers used to
see tough times An old Virginia book
tells how tvo OF them received fifty
Iashes each for being abIent from roll
call, and it speaks nf another who re-
eejved one hundred Iashes for ''misbs-