The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-09


THEE is a new wonder reported from
CALIFORNIA; rival yalley to the Yo-
semitic. IT is in the South FORKS of
Kings river, forty-five miles from vi
salia: The valley is nine miles in length
and has an average width at the bottom
of half a mile. 1t is 5000 feet above the
level of the sea, and its walls are about.
5000 feet high. The falls have more
water, but are less picturesque, than
those OF the Yosemite.
A MODEL for wonderful ferry across
the British channel and the Atlantic
has been tried in England The struc-
ture consists of three parallel tubes, far
enough apart to allow paddles to work
between them, the whole being linked
together to form a single. vessel, covered
by deck, on which the inventor, Mr..
Edgarton, proposes to carry railroad
trains and thousand headiof cattle at a
time. The channel passage is to be
made with these ferries in an hour and Il
half, and cattle are to be transported
. across the Atlantic at the, rate, of fra
bead.
T8E New York Sun says: 4''It was.
President Andrew Jackson who ofigi-
nally uttered the remark now attributed
10 Attorney-General Pierrepont: No
enc man is absolutely needed in the run
ming of government When jackson
was turning out the ofice-holders, there
was. am old fixture in the treasury whose
friends pleaded for his retention as an
absolute necessity, on the ground that
he alone understood the complicated
business of that office, and that the
treasury would be thrown into confusion
by his dismissal. Turn him ont! turn
him out!' cried Jackson, 'Pll have no
man here who is an absolute necessity
in the running of this government
WHEN the Prince of Wales was visit
ing the public gardens at Colombo, Cey-
lon, police officer, noticing tall gen
tleman following close behind him, went
mp TO him, and with AN angry oath bade
him take of his hat. The gentleman
replied that when he met the priuce or
had occasion TO address him, he took his
hat of, but that at other times he re-
manned covered. AS the policeman had
not the power to compel him to walk
bare-headed, Inc cobtented himself with
saying, in a menacing tone, g You had
better stand back, and not dog his royal
highuess like that" The officer was
somewhat chagrined when he afterward
learned that the suspicious character
whom be had threatened was the Duke
of Sutherland.
A FRENCH Journal thus relates the
romance connected with the marriage of
Lamartine: The lady was of an English
family named Birch, and very wealthy.
She first fell in love with the poet from
reading his 4Hcditatjons Poetigucs. She
WIS slightly past the bloom of youth.
but still young and fair. At length she
saw Lamartine in Geneva, and her love
became part of her very life. Not
long after this she was made acquainted
with the fact that the poet was suffering
from the embarrassed state of his
rccuniary affairs. Miss Birch wrote to
him frank and womanly letter ac-
knowledging her deep interest and pro-
. found respect, and offering him the bulk
of her fortune il Inc was willing to accept
it. OF course Lamartine could not but
suspect the truth. Deeply touched by
her generosity, he called upon her, and
found her to be not only fair to look
upon, but a woman of brilliant literary
and artistic education. He made an
offer of his hand and heart, which was
promptly and gladly accepted; and in
the after-years Alphonse de Lamartine
owed not more to his wiie's wealth than
to her sustaining love and inspiring
enthusiasm. u
How the heathen of India manipulate
English cloths for market is shown bv
ibe following zextract from the Madras
Mail: 9 A n unusual practice is common
among the CLOTH sellers in Jubbulpore.
Bales of English. piece goods are carried
t,tbe Oometee rivulet and washed. The
,b;ect of this is TO thicken the texture
If the cloth, and so 70 get a much higher
;,r;ce that that current for them as they
rive from Manchester. The pieces are
one bv one opened out at the rivers
,,a,k and washed in the running water
'yI,;s lakes off the English sizing they
next re-rolled and beaten with
a,den clubs, dipped and beaten again
"A AGAIN. and so on for hours; the
,Lroads then begin to swell and thicken
u,o cloth. 50 that the Weaving appears
' u and tough. They are then re-
o,o, med and partly dried, dipped into a
"f ,l,h Of well boiled rice-water (such as is
'"D nv dhobies for starching), and care
ustl,, u'r hung out to dry. When dry the
lul, utb il carefully refolded, pressed and
oD, p,cod in the shop for sale. The change
iha cloths undergo by this process is
'lo ,isbinc. 4 coarse, long cloth,
eth saw four annas yard, is trans
mod TO a close-textued fabric rivaling
~ -, 10 of Horroclss best. The cloths so
.lnroved o"T are chiefly sent out to vii
,Ioa L where they are readily sold as
Manchester goods OF the S'o"'''' anu
best quality.