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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
The Sons of Successful Men.

Next to the inquiry, "What becomes
of the pins p an interesting question
would be, "What becomes of the sons of
successful men 2" A few men and a few
firms are iu the hands of founders; but
these are exceptions. The old namc
and the old trade generally pass into the
hands of others "Do you see that man
shoveling in coaI2 Well, his children,
and children like his will jostle your
pampered sons and rule this land" said
an old New Yorker, the other day. The
old names have ceased in the pulpit.
The famed men of the bar seldom have
successor. The eminent jurists carry
their honor with them to the grave. Mer-
Chant princes are obliterated.
The reason is clear. The fathers laid
the basis of business one way, and the
sons build another. Men who earned
their fortunes by hard work, by diligence,
that knew sixteen hours toll, by personal
attention; they were their own book
keepers, statesmen, cashiers, and often
porters, are followed by sons who do as
little as possible; who delegate to others
all the work they can, and who know no
more of the road than of the ledger.
Famous hotel men were gentlemen, men
of intelligence, who were the equals of
the best in the land, and who never
surk the gentleman in their trade
Young men who fling the example of
their sires to the winds, find it easier to
squander valuable name, run through
a fortune quicker than it 1t was earned,
and find themselves, while young, at the
point from which their fathers started.
One thing Is quite marked in New Y YOrk.
1t is the fact that the heavy business is
getting into the hands Of foreigners.
The heavy Importers, the great bankers,
aud much of the trade of value, is slip
ping out of the hands of the Americans,
as the trade of England got into the
power of the LON Misunderstanding.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
Leap Year Privileges.

"Young ladies have the privilege of
saying anything they please during leap
year, she said, cycling him out of the
corner of her eyes with sweet look
His heart gave a great bound, and while
he wondered if she was going to ask the
question which be had SO long desired
aud feared to do, he answered, "Yes
'And the young men must not refuse"
said she mo, no How could they p
ighed he "Wen, then, said she, will
you" He fell on his knees and said
IS Anything, anything you ask, darling
''Wait sill l get through. Win you take
a walk, and not hang sroUnd our house
SO much. And he walked
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
FRENCH CRAFTSMANSHIP.
A Valuable Lesson.


During the late war between France
and Germany, nearly one-haIf of the
territory of the former was ravaged.
France had not only to maintain her
own army, bat that of her enemy also
After being beaten by the Germans a
terrible domestic conflict followed, and
to crown all, the French lost two -four
ishipg provinces. and were compelled to
pay a cash War indemnity of thou
sand million dollars
Notwithstanding all these recent ter
rible disasters, French industry, under
true craftsmanship and honest and eco
nomical civil administration, has never
been more prosperous than at the pres
ent time. Their exports and imports
have never increased so rapidly, end
have never beer so large as during the
last three to five years. The enormous
taxation rendered necessary to meet the
demands upon their treasury has been
promptly raid, and their volume OF
paper money has been so reduced as to
bring 1t TO par with gold. Confidence is
fully restored, labor Is emploved and
well rewarded, and the French people
are prospering.
And whilst French craftsmanship Is
commanding the admiration of the world
/ Will our own great American Republic
Is IN the hands and under the rule Of g
/ well-organiEed ring Of thieves. wbo
/ steal everything they can Law hands on
All over the land hundreds of thousand:
of honest industrious men, with starv
/ ing tamhies, are unable TO obtain ,yorL
/ to earn their daily bread.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
A Wonder Land.

Between the Indian and Pacific
oceans South, or a little Southeast, of
Asia, there lies continent whose great
est length is about q, 900 miles. with a
breadth of LOO to 1000 miles, having
a cOastline of nearly 5000. embracing
an area Of perhaps 5000 square miles
In this until recently unexpIored coun-
try, Nature appears to have worked by
laws and rules at variance with her ac-
custOmed methods elsewhere The veg
otable growth of this land is remarkable,
and seems projected upon a gigantic
scale. PaIm trees grow to the height of
seventy to ono hundred feet ana the
fern tree, a mere stalk until it reaches
fifteen or twenty feet ia height, suddenly
sends out its leaves, four or FIVE feet in
length, in every direction. a grass tree
produces for the cattle, and the inner
part of the top of the tree, both raw
and roasted, is eaten by the natives. Lii
lies, tulips and honey-suckles reach the
proportions of trees, and most beautiful
tuchias Chamber to the house and tree
tops. Cherries have stones outside
the fruit, and there are trees which shed
their Lark instead of their leaves
And the zoology of the wonderful
country is 10 less anomalous and inter
esting. There are 10 ruminating ani>
mails, no monkeys, elephapts, deer, bear,
lions, tigers, wolves, or other beasts of
prey. The wild dog is the only carnive-
rous animal. No less than forty of its
animals are marsupiaI-a pocket like the
opossum's--whiIe very many of its spe-
cies have no type elsewhere on the globe
So, too, of its birds, among which we
find birds-oEparadise, oven-birds, black
swans, and many other equally curious
creatures.-LOuisOjtle Home and School
TOR June.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
DUR YOUNG FOLKS.
MOTHRR-LOVE.

Lead thy mother tenderly
Down life s steep decline;
Once her arm was thy support,
Now she leans on thine;
See upon her loving face
Those deep lines of care;
Think-it was her toll for thee
Left th at record there.
Thank God for thy mothers love,
Guard the priceless boon;
For the bitter parting hour
Cometh all too soou.
When thy grateful tenderness
LOoses power to save,
Earth viii hold no dearer spot
Than thy mothers grave
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
REFORM IN THE PARTY.

Hon. George W. Julian, one of the
most eloquent men in the ranks of the
Republican party, is making terrible
onslaught on the supporters of Hayes
and Wheeler in Indiana, where he has
troops Of friends and followers Speak
ing of reform within the party, depend
ing upon so weak vessel as Gov. Hayes
for its successful Inauguration, he says
''ITave the Republican masses, after
their long and patient service under the
party yoke, the courage AID virtue to
take their old leaders by the throats
Will the party leaders l have named
meekly and peaitentially take the back
seats while honest and stainless men
come to the front? The man who be
lieves all this must have allowed his
Common sense to pack It's baggage. The
Grant | aders would reign in any con
conceivable political hell, rather than
serve in the heaven of honest govern
ment. In the maniduiation of caucuses
and conventions they have long been
masters. They are journeymen and ex
pert in the work of politics as trade.
They have reduced punder and pelf to
a science and the creed of clutch to a
fne art.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

The Colored Tilden and Hendricks
Club of Charleston held a meeting on
the 9th inst, and Republican negroes
made it an occasion Of a bloody riot
This is the Taft-CamerOn method of
electing Hayes, The outrage mill must
have grist.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

Barring. Secretary of the British Lega-
ton, at Constantinople, reports seeing
in one Bulgarian town 5000 slaughtered
bodies unburied. This Is the work OF
Achmet Agha. And vet Christian
England hesitates to stop the Turk, lest
her financial interests in the East may
suffer. Our sympathies are with the
Russia Beanr 1t is an outrage to call the
Porte Celestial.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

As a member of Congress, Governor
Hayes introduced one bill, and that was
to increase the salary Of his wife's
brother, who was clerk in the Cincin-
cinnati postofice at twelve dollars per
month.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

The salaries Of the present executive
officers of Tennessee amount in all to
loss than $4,000 year, those of Texas
amount to $4,000, of Minnesota to
$4,000, and of Nevada to $4,000.
These four States have nearly the same
population.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

There is Mourning Reform Associa-
ton in London, to cheaper funeral ex-
penses This country needs just such
work. A poor man can't afford to die in
these times-espeeiallY in cities and
towns.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

When Hayes first ran for Governor he
got 200 majority; the second time e
got 81 900 majority; aud the third tim e
(last falD he got 5000, thus losing q, 900
at each succeeding election. Such
popularity" as that will find the Radical
candidate $4,000 in the minority in Ohio
next November.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

Prof. Huxley, in his Evolution lee
ture last week in New York City attack
ed the Mosaic account of creation Not
directly, but over the shoulders of John
Milton. lie has none of the ora;orial
graces, but relies upon plain statement
of facts, favored with much biting sci
eu&fco-sarcasm.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

Zach Chandler, aIluding to Schurz,
ewears that "he is running the machine
and he'll be eternally blank blank
ed if any Dutch son of blank shall be
allowed to abuse the President ana the
Administration under the auspices Of
the Committee 'Rah for Zach
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

a new geological garden is proposed
for Washington Cay. If a new Jail was
built in the same place, there are en-
ough thieves hanging around that un-
fortunate city to fill it. Shepherd, Bah
cock, Belknap, Harrington and others
might be sent as pioneers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

Bate and Foote are tustling in Middle
Tennessee. The former so drenched
the latter with the star ting wickedness
of Grantism that he has had the Jim
Jams ever since
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
The Foppish Young Preacher.

Rev. Dewitt TaImage says of him :
"ue looks like one of Godey's fashion
plates. As he takes out his handker-
chief to wipe away tear in the midst
of his sermon, the fabric drops musk
and patchouly and balm of thousand
flowers and new hay and kiss rue quick.
He is a stick of ecclesiastical candy-a
moral peppermint, religious chocolate
drop. He taxes his text from the most
luscious part of Solomans song and
lithps in a manner thweet beyond des-
cription He has diamond ring on his
finger and a glittering stud in his shirt
bosom. He sucks a sugar plum while
the collection is being taken up, then
lifts his hymn book fantastically and
reads
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

The Republican press is Mortified at
the nomination Of Wade Hampton for
Governor of South Carolina. But it Is
delighted 60 claim Longstroet and Mosby
as shouters for Hayes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

BG- The Rev. E. S. Rogers was cured
of snake-bite, near Charleston, by
enormous doses of whiskey and the
Ne15s says: "NOw all the preachers in
the neighborhood are loafng around in
The high grass Of the mill ponds, waiting
for bite B." We haYe no idea that icur-
nal means to throw out base insinua-
ton, but simply means to state that said
minister's ''haye gone a fshin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

This train stops at all regular stations.
and at flag stations when necessary.
Round Trip Tickets on sale at Mem
phis, to Bolivar and Jackson, az reduced
rates. NJ. s. JAY,
ma6 x Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

The initials of the candidates
=. J T.-Shall Justice Triumph ?
T. a. H.-Truth And Honesty.
r. b. H.-Ruin Beyond Hope.
w. A. W,-Worse And Worse.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

The rates quoted via Norfolk includes
meals and staterooms on the Old Domin-
ion steamers, between Norfolk and New
York This is indeed a splendid route
for excursionists.
NJ. S. JAY,
General Passenger and Ticket Ag't.
may25
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

OF late we have seen brass field pieces
pass Bolivar en- route South to do the
foul work of the dafty Taft. The scene
thickens
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

Yardley and Ed. Shaw have no chance
to taste the sweets of official ease as
long as ewisism rules the Republican
roost
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
AND THE
New Orleans, st. Louis and Chicago
RAILROADS,

A through train leaves Jackson, Bolivar,
and all intermediate stations, every morn
ing for Memphis, returning same even
ing, with following time table:
TO MEMPHIS:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
Ghe 8ull&tim.
BOLIVAR, TENN, SEPT. %, 1875

The Catholic and High Church party
in England are moving to canonize Co
lumbus.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

Henry WattersOn says: "Hayes ls
merely a brass Pin in the ruftle OF the
bloody shirt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

The founder of the great English
financial House of Barring, wes once a
wooIstapler in the West of England.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

The Penitentiary is now no charge
Il, on the treasury. Under Republican
rule it cost $50 600 per year.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28
NORTH. STATIONS.

The Louisville, Paducah and South
western Railroad connects at NOrtOnville
with St Louis & Southeastern Railroad.
At Louisville with lines diveTging Tor all
points North and East.
Take tickets, and ship your freight via
Fulton and Paducah for Louisville and
the East. EDWARD p. WILSON,
Gen. Freight and Passenger Ag,t,
Louisville, Ky.
D. F. WHITcolIB, Gen1 Sup't. jelly
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-28

It would take about sixty of them to
equal one decent rag baby
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-18

COMPULSORY EDUCATION IN NEW
YoRK.-A recent report of the Superin-
tendent of Truancy TO the Board of Ed
ucation of this city exhibits the practical
working of the compulsory education
law, which went in force on the 1st of
February, 1875. BY comparing the fig
ures showing the average attendance on
the above date, and those showing the
same at the close of December last,
there appears an increase of !, 5,443 in the
number of pupils registered, aud of g.
SIS in the daily average attendance. In
Guiding the increase of average attend
ance at the industrial schools also, the
last mentioned figures are augmented to
7614. In other words, in ten months
and at an expense of S14.355. IS for the
period, nearly 5000 children have been
iuduced to abandon a course of idleness
and vagrancy, fitting them to become
paupers and criminals and to enter upon
a course of industry and instruction, pre-
pairing them to be future thrifty and in
teIligent citizens. This is an admir- able
aud encouraging showing for the first
workings of the law, although one
which we may hope to see improved up
on after the lapse of another year
Scientific american.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-18

TEACHING AT HoME.-Mrs. Dodd con-
trived a queer occupation for the boys
when they began English history. For
Joe, who has a passion for drawing and
daubing in paints, she provided a man.
moth blank book, each enormous page
labeled century. On these Joe drew
figures, giving his idea of the people,
houses and state of civilization in that
century. You may be sure that Druids
and oaks; Boadicea, with her spear and
yellow lair; wolves, Alfred and his
burned cakes, filed up the first pages
with magnificent blotches of color. We
confess that his zeal slackened as he
came down to civilized times; there were
but two or three figures in a century,
but their histories were as fixed in his
head 10y his mothers repetition as those
of Cinderella, or the great Jack himself.
For VIII, who had an odd skin i'm cos
tune and dramatic effect, Mrs. Dodd
contrived paper boxes, with the name of
the century in great gilt letters. There,
by the help of little figures, the Black
Prince played his part, and Richard was
himself again. The plan with Mrs.
Dodd's other plans, may seem trivial to
our readers, as they did to the teacher.
''Yoar facts are nails" she used to say.
Iron nails. l only silver them over,
and drive them in. ."-ScTibner's.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-18
Hpsfifal.
WHO IS MY NEIGHBoR .

Thy neiglbors 1t is he whom thou
Hast power to and and bless,
Whose aching heart and burning brow
Thy soothing hand may press
Thy neighbOr? 'Tis the fainting poor
Whose eye with want is dim,
Whom hunger sends from door to door
Go thou and succor him.
Thy neighbor? 'Tis that weary man,
Whose eyes are at their brim,
Bent low with sickness, cares and pain;
Go thou and comfort him.
Thy neighbor? 'Tis the heart bereft
OF every earthly gem,
Widow and orphan, helpless left;
Go thou and shelter them.
Where'er thou meet'st a human form,
Less honOred than thine own,
Remember It's thy neighbor worm,
Thy brother or thy son.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-18
THOSE WOMEN, FELLOW-LABORERS.

The apostle found at Philippi earnest
Christ, whose faith and labors he spe
cially commended. 1t is noticeable that
in every place and in every age the wo-
men of Christ's elect have generally de
served similar commendation. Some
men, not knowing what they say, speak
of the sisterhood in the church as the
weaker portion, and of their compare
tive Importance contemptuously. Such
estimates and remarks usually proceed
from unhappy men and half grown
boys who are unfortunate at home, or
have no one to make a home for them.
And these instances of unhappiness are
most frequently traceable to those who
claim eminent superiority.
What would church be, what would
it be worth. anyway, that was made up
of men and boys? What thoughts and
ideas would be suggested by the term
''brother churchesp How long could
any church live and prosper that should
not be made up largely of Christian wo-
men9 Mary and Martha and Phebe,
Lydia, Priscilla, Salome and Synryche,
notwithstanding their varieties of tenn
permanent and views, and occasional DIFF
ferences of feeling-but in these partic-
ulars no oftener blamable than men
are just as valuable aud efficient "labor-
ers together with God" as James and
Apollos and Silas and Timothy, aud
others of masculine names.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-18
WHAT A BOY CAN DO.

About 260 years ago poor lad of sew
enteen was seen travelling on foot in the
south of England. He carried over his
shoulder, at the end of stick, all the
clothing he had in the world, and had
in his pocket an old purse with few
pieces of money given him by his moth
er, when, with throbbing prayerfuI
heart, she took her leave of him on the
road, d short distance from their own
cottage.
Aud who was John? for that was his
name. He was the son of poor but hon
est and pious people, an1 had six broth
ers and five sisters, all of whom had to
labor hard for living. He was goodIy
lad, and at fourteen was disappointed in
getting a place as parish clerk, and with
his parents consent set out to get EN-
ployment.
At the city of Exeter, where he first
went, he met with no success; but as he
looked On TIE beautiful cathedral. and
in the booksellers window, a strong
desire sprung up in his mind to become
a scholar, and at once he set out for the
University of Oxford, some two hundred
miles off, walking the whole way. At
night he sometimes slept in barns, or Oh
the shelter side of hay stack. and often
met with strange companions. He lived
chiefly on bread and water. with occa-
sionally a dranght of milk as a luxury.
Arrived at the splendid city of oxford,
his clothing nearly worn out and very
dusty, his feet sore, and his spirits de-
pressed, he knew not what to do.
He had heard of Exeter College in
Oxford, and there he went, and to his
great delight was engaged 90 carry fuel
into the kitchen, to clean pans and ket-
ties, and that Kind of work.
Here, while securing his pans, he
might often be seen reading a book
His studious habits soon attracted the
attention of the authorities, who admit
rni:'ed him into the college as poor
scholar, providing for all his wants
He studied hard, and Wa soon az the
head of liis class. He rose to great eIni-
nenee as scholar, was very successful
a. minister of Christ, and many years
before his death, which took place when
he was seventy-twO. he visited his father
and mother, who were delighted to see
their son not only great scholar, but
pious bishop. Such was the history of
DIR. John Prideaux, who used to say ''if
| had been parish clerk Of Ugborough,
/ should never have been Bishop of
Worcester" He left many works as
fruits Of his industry and learning.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-18
SOClE S.

Masonic Hall located in third story OF Cages
block, Main street
FisDLAY CoUScIL, X. q ). NJ, No. 80. Regular
Council second Monday evening in each
month
FINDLAY CHATTER, X. A. NJ, No. IS. Stated
Convocati0n first Monday evenings in each
month.
FINDLAY LODGE, +. Il NJ, No. ~. Stated COM
munication first and third "Wednesday even-
Ings in each month.
Odd-FeIlows Hall east side of Main Street, be-
tween Sandusky and Crawford Streets.
GOLDEN RULE ENcAMPMENT, No. ", i. o. D. r.
meets secoLd and fourth Friday evenings OF
each month.
HANoocK LODGE. No. 70, l. o. o. F., meets eve
ry Tuesday evening.
FINDLAY LODGE, No. s., K. of p, meets every
Monday evening in Odd Fellows Hall.
FTSDLAY SAVINGS AND BUILDING LOAN AsSo-
CIAuoN meets at the Courthouse ON thethlrd
Monday in each month.
THEWoMENs CHRIsTIA v TEMPERANCE UNION
meets at the League Rooms, opposite the Joy
House. General prayer meeting every Sab
bath afternoon at o'clock. Women's pray
er meeting Wednesday afternoon o at 2 o'clock.
Children meeting first Saturday afternoon
in each mouth at o'clock.