The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
FACTS AND FANCIES.


4 LITTLE boy, four years old, in Utica,
IS reported TO have been badly poisoned
by stockings dyed brown with Picric acid.
THE first original poem of the season
was received Yesterday. We regret that
a great press Of matter prevented its
publication, but it did very nicely for
the office boy to wrap round his mlnce
pie.
WHEN i man detects missing button
after getting on a clean shirt, no one in
the house Is aware of the fact. He takes
off the shirt and puts on another, quiet
" smiling all the while. he never,
never speaks to a soul. Oh, no!
When man empties the pockets of
his coat preparatory to laying 1t out Tor
repairs, there's nothing that makes his
conscience get upon its hind legs quick
er than the sight of the letter his wife
gave him to mail two months ago
4 COuNTRYMAN went to see his lady
love, and wishing so be conversational OBJ
served, 80 The thermOmokron ls twenty
derrees above scion this evening"
Yes inuocentIy replied .he maiden
"such birds DO fly higher some seasons ot
the year than Others"
A GREAT event mas occurred at ycru-
salem The Musselmans have permitted
tho Christians, who dispute the posses
sion of the church of the Holy Sepulchre'
to mt up bells in II. Such sound has
not been heard in the building since the
day when the Sultan Saladin entered the
CITY in the twelfth century.
4 ROY on his way to Sunday school
found seyentv-iye cents. This good for
time was held up To him as a reward for
being found in the path Of duty. lie
was much struck with the idea until he
heard that another boy had found dol
/ lar while he was setting up pins ID a ten
min aIIev. And now he doesn't see his
way in the luture quite 90 clear.
THE Prince of Wales is a mighty hunt
or Nimrod Is no where. Boxed up IN
/ a bomb-proof tower, he actually killed
/ a tiger driven towards him by beaters,
/ and all Albion rings with acclamatlonS
/ of praise and rejoicing. Unless he Is
/ beIied. however, he has hunted the
I tiger when the beast got much the best
/ of him.
a. MAN" saws the New York Times
/ "mav be a failure as a United states
/ senator: he may even disgrace his coun-
trv in 4 foreign official position or ne
NAV steal the peoples money, wear
nrison stripcs. and still manage to rub
/ along verv comfortably through lie.
/ Put 10 fail As a car conductor Is to be
social and moral wreck. To have ones
beII-Duuch and twenty-five dollars ue-
sosit taken away Is to be sent uHOh d
/ cold and heartless world a vagabond-
A MODEL for a wonderful ferry across
/ tho British channel and the Atlantic has
been tried in England. The structure
consists of three parallel tubes, far enough
aDart to allow paddles to work between
them, the whole being linked together 10
form single vessel, covered by ucch'
on which the inventor, Mr.. bdgaFIouI
proposes to carry railway trans ana
thousand head of cattle at time Inc
channel passage Is to be maae win me- me-
ferries in an hour and Il half; and cattle
are to be transported across the Allai'IiC
at the rate Of two pounds a head.
THE Scientific American says ol the
80 Great Britain one of the first made
ron yesscIs and one of the earliest to
DIy between New York and LIveTpool,
that she has recently arrived at Liver
pool and completed her thlTty-slXth
rim around the world. The Great
Rritain " was built at Bristol, England,
and in July. 1915, made her maiden
VOYAGE from Liverpool to New OK IN
fourteen DAYS Since 1852, lndepend-
entity of her employment IN the Crlmea
during 1854 and 1850. she has sailed
b. over one million nautical miles, ana
? when recently surveyed she was pro
r nounced one of the strongest vessels III
the mercantile marine.
; A DETROIT lady was trading at d
Woodward avenue dry goods store the
/ other day. when she ran short OF money
and asked the clerk TO put the balance
D on the books. He cheeriully agreed
d and said he would send the bill 70 hei
% husband. You'd better send II TO me-
she said. as she figured up the cost
= " Eve got peculiar husband II Iaa'
+ kiU reads eleven dollars for sugar, coffee
l. and tea he'll give me the money with
ont q word. IF it reads for balance due
on dry goods, he'll see you in Texas be
fore he paws it. Make it out for groce
q ries. 1t Is my duty as good Wlie q
: pander to his feelings"
, WE know the public Is down upon
, rs" remarked the old miikman, ~ h
= dipped out the desired quart from one O
- his big cans, " but the public Is mistaken
n In the fugt place we put in a ieetle W.
4 ter-onlv a bit, TO make up Tor shrine
- aoe. It goes to the big dealers, and the
- amt bit keerful when they gIt TO Poul
= ing in water They sells II 70 the gr'
20 Gers, and they put in chalk with on
. hand and water with the other, and the
: arc thinking Of politics and get in to
~ much The sr-"~nt gal goes alter pii
,o for the family and drinks third OF }
70 and she puts in water 70 make up u
or measure; and, you see, when the lamlI
NJ gifts it, the taste amt there and the
49, goes for us poor old men, who hasn I
~ dishonest hair in our heads. That Il
.Iv way, mister-gce up, there, Homer
NO SOMEBODY relates this little story
VS. the benefit of christian tradesmen
he gentleman wandering through the
be Zars desired to buy an cmDT0ldeh
tn. handkerchief Of a Turkish shopkeept
ng He asked the price. " seventy u
lth masters" " Nc" said the gentleHa
len aware that it is usual among all trade
ass whatever their creed, TO ask AT III
,ne more than the value; that II too muc
he I will give you seventy" and a. l
les. dealer seemed to assent he counted 0
the money. But great was his suTPI
when the hcavy-bcarded Osnah
Is gravelv pushing back TO him tWeH
Ith piasters, observed ''Ihls Il more III
was the lust price. 1t Is always the cus''
tier here to bargain over a thing down l"
ess. fair value. and as fifty piasters l.
his fair price. those twenty belong 10 yo'
ady .-. IL ,,..re found in
arm HoME CtiItou2 Il - l,-5., fatteT
y - - bullet was discovered imbedded IN
~ p trunk eighteen rings from the cent
~ and beneath the tree was medal %h
* described a. follows: II Is oi ID
size. Of copper or bronze, and has
dailion head on one side, ana on
ne -;J other figures of Justice with scales
s,.I,5 aLJ sword. and Of religion with a cross
an an, q circular temple in the bacAs.ooI1 ~
,mp Win y ui'o ~, Ht''N-' - side of