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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
Saving and Having.

Either a man must be content with
poverty all his life, or else be willing to
deny himself some luxuries, and save,
to lay the base of independence in the
future. But if a man de6es the future
and spends all that b e earns (whether
he earns 81 or $50 per week., Let him
look for lean and hungry want az some
future time, for it will surely come, no
matter what he thinks. Saving is absO
lutelY the only way to get a solid for
tunei there IS no other certain mode on
earth. And those who shut their eyes
aud ears TO these plain facts will be
forever poor, and for their obstinate re-
jections of the truth, mayhap will die in
rags and filth. Let them so die and
thank themselves. Bat, no they take
a sort of recOmpense in eursing fortune
Great waste of breath For they night
as well curse mountains and eternal
hills. We would tell them fortune does
not give away her real and substantial
goods. She sells them to the highest
bidder, to the hardest, wisest worker for
the boon. Men never make so fatal a
mistake as when they think they are
mere creatures of fate tbs the sheerest
folly IN the world. Every II an makes OF
mars his life, whichever way he may
choose. Fortune is for those who, by
diligence, honesty, frugality, place
to emselves IN position to grasp hold OF
fortune when it appears in view.
About the best evidence of diligence
is the sound of the hammer in your
shop at five o'clock in the morning;
the best evidence of frugality is the 500
or more standing in your name at the
savings tank; the best evidence of hon
esty are both diligence aud frugality,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
Telling one of the Mammoth Trees

Bayard Taylor, in his interesting
work entitled Home and Abroad, 1"
thus described the telling of one of the
largest specimens of the Sierra Nevada ::
Alter Z steady labor of six weeks the
thing wss done, but the tree stood IN
moyed; so straight and sym metrical was
its growth, SO immense was its weight,
and so broad its own inhabitatiOn, toss
ing its outer branches derisjvely against
the mountlin wind that stroVs to over
throw 1t. a neighboring pine of giant
sizs was then selected aud feled in such
way as to fall with full force against
it. The top shook little, but the shaft
stood as before. Finally the spoilers
succeeded in driving their wedge into
the cut. Gradually, and with great
labor, one side of the tree was lifted;
the mighty mass poised for & moment,
and then, with a great rushing sigh in
all It's boughs, thundered down. The
forest was ground to dust beneath it, and
for mile around the earth shook with
the conclusion
The mere falling of it cost, at CalIfor-
MIA prices of wages, the sum of $3.50.
The smooth top of the stump of the tree
which Mr.. Taylor saw fall is floor 90
feet round.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
Chinese Treatment of Blind Girls

A striking illustration of one of the
verses of the 18th Psnlm-"The dark
places of the earth are full of the habita.
tons of cruelty" is given by Miss o c.
Stafford, in a recent letter from China
She writes:
1t is very common to meet blind
men on the streets of Chinese city,
but blind women are not seen so fire.
quently.
20, was the answer, "when child
becomes blind, if a girl, it is almost
sure to die, for no care is taken to pre-
serve the life of so worthless a creature.
A boy can be taught to do more things
for support, so he is allowed to live -
Then she told me history that she
knew to be true. Several years since q
little girl was very sick with smallpox
and when she got well it was found that
her eyesight was gone.
This was hard, bat even her own
mother said she ought to be killed; that
as she was blind she could not be taught
to cook, sew and keep the house in order,
so that when she grew up no man wou Id
marry her, aud her parents would have
to support her always
Day by day the hard-hearted woman
talked thus to her husband, until he con
santed to get rid Of the child. He
called the little thing to him, one day,
and taking her by The hand, led her
towards a pine thicket on hill, at some
distance from her home. In this thicket
he intended to leave her, to be eaten by
wolves, OF to die of starvation.
As they walked along, however. be
began to think how cruel it was to thus
treat his child, and at last be turned
back home and told the mothor that be
had rather work harder and keep the
little one She did not Ike it much
| but had to submit.
The girl Is now fifteen, and has learned
to do so many things that there will be nc
trouble IN getting her husband. and tn.
parents will not have to work for hel
much longer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
GOING OUT WITH THE TIDE.

Raise ne up in my bed, wife;
There's the sound of the sea in my ear;
And it sings to my soul in music
That ea Tn is not blessed to hear.
Open the little window, wife,
And come to sit by my side;
| Wen wait Gods sweet flood water
! To take me out with the tide.
l see the harbOr-bar, wife,
And my dear little boat in the bay;
| But who shall be able to guide her
When her master hath passed away
l know that her helm, so .trusty,
VIII answer no other hand
AS it answered mine, when l knew. wife.
You were waiting for me on the strand
| Our boys are all before us, wife
Wee Jack is beneath the wave,
And blue-eyed Freddie sleeps, wife,
In yOnder yew-bOwered grave,
] Where the early daises cluster
| Around his body bed,
! An the thrush sits chanting softer
In yOn tree that shades the dead.
! There's a chill runs through our h carts
wife,
When the harbor- bar doth moan;
But darker grief will be yours, wife,
When you're left in the cot alone
But few more flows of the sea, wife,
And few more Gibbs of the tide,
When Gods sweet food shall bring you
Again to the old mans side
The red sun is low in the west, wife,
And the tide sinks down with the sun
We will part with each Other in owe,
wife,
For sweetly our lives have run.
Give me your hand, my own love,
AS you gave it in days of yOre
We will clasp them ne'er to he sundered,
hen We meet on the far-off shore
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
Points of Fig Philosophy.

Wallace's Monthly con tains the fol-
lowing statement of facts which arc be-
coming well known by all who ell hogs
to the packers: Ii was only few years
ago that swine breeders were Vieiug with
each other for the greatest weight of
carcass; but this is now all changed
Hogs that will weigh 500 rounds are
sold at less price per pound than those
of $50 to 300 pounds The market in
England has long favored light weight is.
And this tendency of the market to
pigs well fatted but of small weight Is
just what the farmer should encourage
for it is exactly in the line of his interest
1t costs more to make the second hun
bred pounds of pig than the first, and
till moro to make the third hundred
pounds, and so every pound added be-
comes more expensive.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
Lie in the Black Hills.

Dea1wood City is located in a ravfne,
about six miles long, and not wide
enoug to allow of more than one street
Great towering hills, covered with thick,
heavy timber, and immense bouldsrs
rise on each side WhitewoOd and Dead
wood creeks here unite and form a stream
which flows on to the Big CHEYENNE
1 was not surprised or disappointed to
find the houses but mere shanties, or at
the best, huge log cabins with canvass
ceilings. Only a minority of the inhab-
tants shave; fewer still wash; long
hair, reaching to the shoulders; a face
we'll masked with beard, the exposed
parts coated with dirt; a dirty flannel
shirt of uncertain color, possibly a paIr
of soldier troWsers held to the hips by
the pistol belt, and tucked into q pair
of long-lsgged, hard-leather boots, and
some part of hat makes up the aver
age inhabitant The hat, it is to be nre-
sumed, falls of occasionally, and such
accidental removal is what the citizens
of the Hills understands as undressing
The chief attraction of the city is gam
bling. Faro Is the principal game,
although you can hazard your dust on
rondo, vingtun, rouge ct nOir, casino,
California Jack, euehre, roulette, keno,
of the strap game The play is invari-
ably for dust. Do you lose you toss
your little buckskin bag to tn g dealer
who produces a delicate pair of scales,
aud after weighing out the stake throws
back the rest. $50 per ounce is the
uniform value allowed for it. Another
feature of the play is the presence of
female dealers. | saw several ia the
city, and their expert manaer of hand
liRg the cards could not be surpassed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
Old sows for Breeders.

Experienced growers of swine have
demonstrated by careful trial AID years
of observation that Breeding by young
sows-that Is, those not yet matured n
their own growth should be utterly dis
cou:aged. No SOW should be permitted
to have the cars and nourishing Of a
litter of pigs until her own body has at
tanned its full proportions. Nature is
the same in its economy, whether mani
tested towards the animate or inamimate.
The tree or vine should not be permitted
to bear much, if any, fruit until it has
reached condition that all its energies
are not required to grow branches and
top. A young mother, if still under her
natural development, will withhold from
her filters much that she might do for
them, did shs not consume by her own
needs any physical demands percent
age that should go to them. The ten
dency and result of permitting this is
awaring of the breed. IF continued in
the same manner for few generations,
they will fall off from fifty to one hun
dred pounds per head. An increased
age Of SOW is no objection. Better
keep her until she is even three or four
years old before breeding be permitted;
and having first secured the stock or
kind you desire to grow, Keep her as a
breeder until sac Is dozen or even fit
teen years old, as pigs from old sOws will
average much heavier than those from
Young ones.-FGctOry aud Farm.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
Hams and How to Cook Them

The Commercial Grocer makes the
following suggestions as to the sugar
cured hams and their proper treatment &:
It is popularity of sugar cured meat
that it moulds rapidly, and tae absence
of mould on a wintereITed ham at this
seasUn, is an indication of salt cure. In
stripping q ham, great care houid be
taken to clean it thoroughly before cut
ting as any mould carried down on the
knife blade in slicing will affect the
flavor when frying. In boiling the ham
should always be plae ed on the stove in
cold water, and what is more important
still, unless it is to be used warm, it
should not be taken out of the water in
which Ii is boiled until quite cold. This
important point is not generally known,
but the reasons are so obvious that no
one will question them when explained d.
If ham is taken out of boiling water
and cooled rapidly, the sud den eontrac-
ton which ensues cannot fail to harden
and tougher the fiber, while, if cooled
in that water in which it vas boiled, the
juices exp essed in boili ng are again
drawn into it, and it cools with pores
open, mellow and juicy. AT this season,
when summer cures are unreliable, aud
winter cured hams are partially dried
out, this is q matter worthy of ate ntion.
Ignorant treatment 10 cooking, will often
condemn a frst-class ham, and we recon-
mend our readers who use this article
of pork product to note the above.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
THE DISPUTED STATES.
Public Sentiment Aroused in the
NOrth-HOnest Count Demanded.
Cleveland Plaipdeaier

Cleveland PIaiDdeaier.
While the Democracy are anxious and
| willing to acquiesee in any fair and hon
est decision, they will resist to the bitter
| end any attempt to fraudulently count
in Rutherford b. Hayes as President Of
the United States.
Pittsburg Post
Five hundred thousand white votes
represent TiIden's majority over Hayes
| in the Union This vote largely en-
bodies the property, intelligence and
cOurag5 Of the American people They
know then rights, and knowing dare
maintain them.
Hartford Times
It ID Illuminating to the American peO-
| pie that such m1mentous results as the
return of votes of the State of Louisiana
are IN the hands of men who have, on
former occasions, been guilty of gross
frauds upon the ballot, and have been
convicted of those two frauds by two
Republican committees of Congress.
Buffalo Courier.
The chances remain, as they have
from the frs, immensely in favor Of
Tilden's election. This, of course, pre-
supposes an approximately fair count in
Louisiana, in the improbable event that
neither Florida nor South Carolina comes
up to the present appearances. Such
count the country, without regard to
! arty, will demand and must have.
Milwaukee News.
The simple fact seems to be that the
decision of the Republican managers as
to what result shall be declared In Louis.
lana and South Carolina is held in abey-
ance until it is ascertained whether Flor
ida can be Counted in, and also de.
cided whether to undertake the some
what risky project of conspicuously
apply ing the Mexican system of politics
Philadelphia Times
It is truth that none should misun.
derstand, that if Samuel J. Tilden has
been honestly chosen President Of the
United States, there will be 10 govern
ment to administer in this land, after
the 4th of March next, until he admin
listers it; and it would be but the feebIest
imitation of the revolutionary preten-
deTs of the tempest tossed South Amer
lean mockeries of civil authority, to
attend the Inauguration of Rutherford
b. Hayes against the deliberate judg-
ment of the people that his commission
is the creation of fraud. 1t is these
pregnant truths which will unite the
demand of upright men af all parties to
protest against the manipulation of re-
turns in Louisiana, South Carolina and
Florida
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23

ES- A secret agent of Partisan police,
wondering what attraction the sewers
offered to so many gamins, followed
some and found them fishing for rats
with very strong wire lines. They ex-
planned that they got from Eve to ten
cents (American) for the skins, accord
ing to size. They are turned into ladies
kid gloves. Rats should rise in the
market at this rate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23

~ Black velvet hats have the crowns
covered with green COCK feathers, and
a bird with shaded blue head and
breast.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
JUST RECEIVED.

We have just received from
the East a large and varied
Stock of the most desirable
Goods.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
Marrying for Money.

Rev. George C. Baldwin very truth
fully says: Gold can not buy happiness,
and the parents who compel their daugh-
ters to marry for money or station, COM
NIT grievoHs sin agaisst Col and hu-
mainly, and a woman who marries a
churl for his wealth will fad that she
has made terrible bargain; that all the
glittering of heartless grandeur are
phOsphorescent gatherings of heart
wretchedness; that her life will be one
of giIded misery, and her old age will be
ike erag on Che bleak side of desert
mountain, where cold sunbeams some
times glitter. but no birds sing, but wild
storms howl and hoarse thunders roar,
and through the sweeping storms shall
be heard the stern voice of the Great
God, saying, "Your riches are corrupt
ed, your garments are Doth-eaten your
gold and silver are cankered, and the
rust on them shall be a witness against
you, and eat your flesh as if it were
-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-23
You will save money by Civ
ing US a call before buying.

Long experience in Merchan-
dizing justlfies us IN saying we
are now prepared to offer the
best and cheapest stock ever
seen in Bolivar.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-01
The Petrihed Fern.
aAHY BoLLEs BRANCH

Ia valley, centuries ago,
Grew a little fern leaf, green and slender,
veining delicate and fbres tenderi
Waving when the wind erept down 50 low;
Rushes tail, and moss, and grass grew round il
~PhyfaF sun6esHE. dsrted In and found it,
Drops Of dew stole in by night, aid erozned ii,
But no foot Of man e'er trod that wayi
Earth was young and keeping holiday. =
Monster fishes swan The silent main.
Stately forests waved their giant branches,
Mountains hurled their snowy ayalanches,
Mammoth creatures stalked across the Piainj
Nature reveIIed in grand mysteries
But the little fern was not Of these,
Did not number with the hills and trees.
Only grew and waved It's Wild sweet yeay,
No one came 10 note it day by day.
Earth, one time, put on a frolic mood, ~
Heaved the rocks and changed the might. mo;i'
OF the deep, strong currents Of the ocean,
Moved the plain and shook the naughty wood,
Crushed the little fern in soft moist clay,
Covered it, and hid it safe away
o, lhe long, long centuries since that day
o, the agony. o, LIES bitter cost,
Since that useless little fern was lost
Useless Lost There came thoughtful man
Searching Natures secrets, far and deep;
From a hszure in a rocky steep
He withdrew a stone, Ger which there ran
Fairy p enciIlings, quaint design,
Veining LEAKAGE, f5res clear and fine,
And the ferns life lay in every line
So, think, God hides some souls away,
SWeetIy to surprise US the last day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-01
BOSTON BOARD OF UNDERWATER,

rENH UNDERSIGNED, AGENTS OF THE
Boston Board Of Underwriters notify
and others that all bills for Repairs Vessels bills
Tor General Average be approved
OF the Boston Underwriters who represented
all surveys or such bills will not be allowed.
n6 1y C. BREWER 4 CO. Agents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-01
Mttbanital.
Manufacturing Jeweler.
NOTICE

rENHE UNDERSIG NED. FORMERLY WITH
Mr.. Eckart begs inform citizens of Honolulu aud the
public generally that he has taken the Fort
opposite Odd Fellows Han, QorIneFly occupied by Thos Tan
nst where he viii give special attention to the manufacturing
and repairing of all kinds Of Jewelry.
Particular attention given tn shell AMI kuku Work.
~ Will guarantee satisfaction m all his Uork. n
Honolulu Nov 9Th. 1875 (no2ll WM. VI. WIENER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-01

~ Advertisers residing IN the rssteFu ursd staiss
psy their ~ eucosiug Cfysuhacis Uusd
Postage alnrs such they wish psy sud sr
cards wi Inserted pr abovr iahi r the time paid f
~ B0slnsss CARDS, vhsn FoH vrAs, are
allowed disoouu fp these which Or transient
advertisements when paid or chsrrsd guarsSiy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-08

THE TRUE ART OF being agreeable Is TO APP
pear well pleased with all the company, aud
rather TO seem well entertained with them
than to give enter tainment TO them. a man
thus disposed perhaps may not have much
learning or any wit; but ii he has common
sense, and something friendly In his baha-
vior, Ii conciliates meas minds more than
the brightest talents without this DISPOSE
ton; and when man OF such a turn comes
to old age he is almost sure to be treated
with respect. 1t is true, indeed, that we
should Botdissemble and fiatter In company;
but man may be very agreeable, strictly
consistent with truth and sincerity, by a
prudent silence where he cannot concur, and
pleasing assent where he can. Now and
then you meet with q person so exactly
formed TO please that he Will gain upon
every one that hears or behslds him. This
disposition ID not merely the gin OF nature,
but frequently the effect of much kno Wedge
OF the world and command over the pas
siOno.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-08

WHY THE MULE WAS UNHAPPY.-And
then, with the sad eyed male with para boic
spine laboriDg In advance. the little street
car went on its way. The engineer was
socisbly inclined, and so we fell into init
mate converse.
Don't 1T require good deal more genius
TO steer q mule than it does to handle
"Yessir, you bet! You see mewils is diff
fefent from horses; you've got TO know EN-
10 git along with 'em. Let green hand axe
that yere mewil an he'd go TO kavortin'
around and gittin' on his ear, and raisin'
HI to an extent that would just more u
amaze your
"He don't look like that sort of hair pin
hes too melancholy. Whats be growing
"I'm thinking he's In love, and is kinder
disappointed, somehow. You know how IL is
with mewils. They're awful sentimental
and falls in love jest like any other critter,
but there don't seem to be any satisfaction
In 1t, somehow. The more he's In love the
wnss he seems To feel"
GA case OF blighted, unrequlted affection,
you thipk?"
'Certinl You give that we're mewII q
nance and he'd git OFF q piece OF poetry on
the state OF his fee Inns which I'D draw tears
from q sick oyster. Whoa you id mud
dl.-hesded son OF thunder! Where are you
This interruption was caused by the mewil
taking q side shoot, and taxing the car with
him. IL required much effort on the part of
the sallow driver to restore the status O 10
much curstDg, which must have lacerated
his sides were bruised by the heavy boots of
his manager. Being finally kicked and sworn
Times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-08


Philadelphia Possesses three elevator tow-
ers or FRAMES, az extraordinary height. AMI I
asceDoed one yesterday vito Mr. 3tr.ttan
the largest cigar manufactures In The Goa !.
The latter had been a soldier, Oslly vouna.s
In several battles, and vet his stom .oa
weakened Ne he slid mp this tower, and he
bad to be taken down Immediately. Toe
tower is a double elevator 2Ss feel above tue
sronnd where az IL planted. ana the frame
which holds the two cars IL d ~ four feet
square AZ the bottom and thirty six feet
anu Is IN res,,S os se nos. sas no, 70 Sesss
and another At the top, Enclosed ana
warm, while between me two Is nearly
made OF plated iron, In slender Ieos ths. NV
eieu together aud strengthened oy diagonal
oolts. There II no surface 90 oppose the
wina, and ~ is therefore somewhat like .
mectrn railroad bEdge standing on tts end
sno toe cars going pp and down instead OF
across. Not trembling motion OF any Kind
~. no.en. Ihe two cars were independent
oieecn otner and had separate cylinder and
sIscnments and separate Conductors The
lte OF The elevator was % feet aooye The
Schuylkill. and therefore we had an Altitude
outyipg landscape, which unfolaeS -
US me crests OF its steeples and the monde
oe Us loi.y reservoirs. Tue birds new far
unoer us; the water that suppl,ed tnst NIL.
lion headed populsce mounted 10 stsod a1,..
levels $50 feet under our porch. Tbe fsss
inst blew ON Thousand masts were "a
Ike q couple 81 house flies in a Iiehf horse'
looking at villages fifteen miles away; al q,
long, lsse-like Delaware river, muddiiy
white or cloudy green, suspended between q
woodland OF walls and forests. the Identity
OF the city lost In Its extent, until al the fur
hest outlines the blocks OF houses locke ed
like land aud the woods like q city. Planted
airily on one high plateau the temple OF
Slrard strobe forward on It's futsd legs
Ike lion I'm a desert head land, It's marble
pertinent, like low forehead In q strong
man, bringing out the power OF ik form
Ibe oattlemented penitentisry, on whose
so1tsry captives Dickens shed his profes-
slonsl tears, developed its radiatiug CORR .
OF the Schuylkill like golden efrdles on a
Vebuous snat e, and trains unseen In sylvan
an pushes whooped softly ss nut gatherers
whistllng 10 each other. The vast main M
cheer1ul brick took shadow and smoke non
u, iost In lts innnity and hardly conscious
OF It's monotony, ss N the mind OF wlllfsn
Penn brooded there aud smoked his CLAW
pipe, waiting In everlasting peace for the
spirit TO move and the silence broken by q
Yea or nav. - -