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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-01

NOR SALE-Prof Carmichael's residence.
T. Inquire of K. NJ. EOrde. 85-tf
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STRAYED.

A DAM MOHLER, boot and shoe manu-
"a facturer, 9Th Avenue. opposite POstoniee
Emporia. Kansas. 2-f
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-01

MARINERS who want hay rakes and seed
II drills, SeOuld call at the Emporia Wagon
Factory. We have good stock.
32-u RYAN 4 CONNER
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-01

The Nose On Your Face.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-01

DOCKET Books at greatly reduced nrices
Il at Perley & Ryder's. T-tr
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
Don't Stay Long.

"DOn't stay long, husband" said a
young wife, tenderly, in my presence
one evening as her husband was prepar-
ing to go out. The words themselves
were insignificant, but the look of melting
foudness which they accompanied spoke
volumes. It told all the vast depths of
woman's lOve-of her grief, when the
light of his smile, the source of all her
joy, beamed not brightly upon her.
"Don't stay too long, husband and
| fancied ] saw the loving, gentle wife
sitting alone, anxiously counting the
moments of her husbands 8 absence, and
every few moments running to the door
to see if he is In sight and, finding that
he was not, 1 thought / could hear her
exolaiming, in disappointed tones, mot
YETI
"Don't stay long, husband and l
! again thought l could see the young
wife rocking nervously in the great arm
chair, and weeping as though her heart
would break, as her thOughtless "Iord
and master" prolonged his stay to
Wearisome length of time.
Don't stay long, husband" the
young wife's look seemed to say, for
here In your own sweet house is a low
ing heart whose music is hushed when
you are absent here is a soft breast to
lay your head upon, and here are pure
lips, ansoiled by sin, that will pay you
with kisses for coming back soon.
Oh, you that have wives to say, "den't
stay long" when you go forth, think of
them kindly when you are mingling in
the busy scenes eff life, and try just lit
tie to make their homes and hearts
happy, for they are gems too seldom re-
placed. You cannot fnd amid the
pleasures of the world the quiet joy that
a home, blessed with such a wOman's
presence, will afford.
Husbands, would you bring sunshine
and JOY into your homes2 Then spend
your leisure hours in your families and
employ the time in pleasant actions, and
you will realize in all its richness what
is so beautifully described by the poet:
Domestic happiness, thou only bliss
OF paradise that has survived the fall"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
CAMPAIGN FUEL.

It's a big machine. One hundred
thousand employees receive pay from
the Federal treasury.
Under Tilden's administration it will
be very difficult for a Secretary of the
Navy to save $4,000 a year out of q
salary of 50, 600.
avoid Tilden as you would black
snake. Columbia Spy. OF course
this warning is specially addressed to
thieves and official rOOsters.
No Cabinet removals to report this
week and only one removal from Office
"a collector down in Alabama, who
was suspected of being honest.
Ten thousand dollars for excavation
ana filling up IN the garden of the White
House. The work was done by two
Irishmen and boy, in four days
At the close of the first year of Til
den's bachelor housekeeping in the
Presidential mansion, there will be no
incidental expense item Of $1,000 for
"fuel"
Civil Service Reform was the Grant
Republican rallying cry four years ago,
Just as it is now in the interest of
the CameIonian nominees, Hayes and
Wheeler.
Hon. Frederick A. Coukling, brother
of the New Y Ork Senator and a promi-
nent liberal of 1872, has agreed 20 speak
for Tilden and Hendricks in Pennsyl-
Vania.
Among the items of the White House
contingent expenses is one of 5000 for
attending the hot-house. Uncle Samu ue
will reduce that hgure very consid or
ably.
John W. Forney is manly enough to
tell the truth, 10 this, that President
Grant is the sincere friead of Governor
Hayes, and that he is doing ell ne can
to assure his election.
Peter Cooper, the Independent candi.
date for President, started his immense
fortune by starting a glue factory, and
the fortune has stuck to him ever since.
There is nothing like glue.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
A Successful Conundrum.

"John has never given you ring p
said Katies sister to her one day. John
was Katie's lover.
"Never," said Katie, with a regretful
shake Of her head.
''And he meyer will until you ask him
for it, returned the sister.
"Then 1 fear I shall never get one, ="
was the reply.
"Of course you never will John is
too stupid to think Of such things, and
you can never pluck up courage to ask
for one, it follows that you will never
get one.
This set Katie to thinking, and to
what purpose we shall see.
Thas evening her lover came to see
her He was very proud and very hap
py, for the beautiful girl by his side had
been for several weeks pledged to marry
him as soon as the business could be
properly done, and John as a grand
good fellow, too, notwithstanding his
obliviousDess to certain polite matters.
''John,' said Katie, at length, looking
up with an innocent smile, "do you know
what a cOnuudrum is -?
"Why. it's a puzzle-a riddle" an
sWered John.
do you think you could ask me one
could not guess p
Il don't know, l never thought of such
things. Could you ask me one p
Il could try"
swell, try, Katie"
"Then answer this Why is the letter
d like ring ?''
john puzzled MS brain over the prob
lem for a long time, but was finally
forced to give it up
81 don know, Katie. Why is it p
Because, replied the maiden, with a
very soft blush creeping up to her tenn
ules, tCe cannot be l0ed witho it.
Ia less than a week from that date
Katie had her engageme ut ring.
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Ex-Secretary WelIes Out for
TiIden.

Hon. Gideon WeIles, Secretary of the
Navy under Mr.. Lincoln, writes the fol-
lowing lettOF to Montgomery Blair, his
colleague in the Lincoln Cabinet:
HARTFORD, Aug 8, I876.-I have read
Tildens letter with great satisfaction.
It Is the product of an able mind--s
statesman and politician, who will give
as an energetic and capable administra-
ton, The paper carries as back to
better days and times, when we had
statesmen for chief magistrates, who
were capable of defining a policy and
shaping a course Of wise administration.
l regret that Tilden's and Hayes letters
could not haYe appeared simultaneously
80 that the public could have read and
studied them together The tame plati-
tudes of one, and the profound ana
intelligent thought and utterances Of the
other, are in strong contrast.
The letter Of Hendricks is better than
l apprehended. But il is the head Of the
ticket which always gives It character.
The Fiee-President or Lieutenat Cover
nor is little thought Of, and is often sup
posed to have vieWs different in some
respects from his chief Jt was very
cunning on Sno part OF the haQlcal5 10
try to create a difference Of opinion be-
tween she two candidates, or to make
the public believe there was a conflict.
1t seems to me there can be little
doubt of Tilden's ele etion.
as things are, Grant will be q violent
PARTISAN in the present contest. The
whole weight of the Administration
with ell It's corrupt appliances, viii be
used 10 elect Hayes. Morton, Boutwell,.
and faetious men of that class are striv-
ing, with Grants assistance, TO revive
sectional hatred Gen. Dix, with more
military zeal than be displayed during
the var, Is appealing to the "Boys in
Blue" to organize for Hayes; and the
werst elements Of faction will be busy
10 defeat Tilden.
What a mcHstFOns suggestion is that
of Boutwell,, 4 Senator from Massachu-
setts, 10 remand Mississippi back 20 a
territorial condition What are the
ideas Of such mau Of the structure uT
our Government ?
But ! trust We shall be able to over
run Boutwell,, the devil, and all theis
works.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
Big Feet in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Times.

In one of his lectures on astronomy,
Professor Proctor, to illustrate the
earths d distance from the sun, states the
curious fact that if one have an arm
long enough to reach and touch that
fiery luminary with the tips Of the fin
gers, be would not experience the sense
of burning for a period Of one hundred
years. A few days ago Mr.. Theodore
Leyerman, of this city, the remarkable
length of whose feet we have had occa-
sion to notice, felt a singular and pain
full sensation in one of his heels. BE
could recall nothing to have produced
it, but upon our mentioning Professor
Proetor's illustration be concluded that
he might have severely stumped his toe
when a boy. A similar experience is re
lated of councilman Reuben McDannold.
We commend these highly interesting
phenomena to the attention of the scien-
tifc.
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this may be done is capable of demou-
stration. 1t was done before the war,
and by consulting the records, as to the
time actually employed, it Will be seen
that 1t may be done again. The Dock
cts of the Circuit Courts are now
generally reduced to such size that they
are readily disposed of in one-half the
time it took in 1870, and before that
time. Then again, Mr.. Editor, the
class of litigation consists very largely
of small cases, brought into court by
appeal from magistrates sockets. There
ought to be some means adopted to stop
this in1ireet mode of buFdening the
CIRCUIT COURT DooKETs.
1t matters not how just J. p. judg-
ment may be, even if rendered on a
plain note of hand, without any defence,
it is customary to appeal to the Circuit
Court, taking the chanoes of the
courts delay to gain time, to the great
delay of other more important and liti-
gated cases. This class of judgments
ought only to be carried into the Cir
cult Court on torit Of cirtioraHi, re-
quirIng the petitioner to set out wherein
the judgment is wrong. But more
anon. Yours respectfully,
REFORM.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
HOME CIRCLE.
ALL THINGS PERISH SAVE
VIRTUE.

The following truly charming lines by
the poet Powell, touch tile heart strings
so tenderly that they remind us forcibIy
of Pope's ''VitaI Spark of Heavenly
Flame:"
Sweet mOrn-so cool, so calm, so bright
The bridal of the earth and sky,
The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,
For thou must die.
Sweet rOse-whOse fragrance now I crave
To glad my sense and joy mine eye,
Thy root is ever in its grave,
And thOa must die.
Sweet Spring-fulI of shine and showers,
1t makes the weary spirit sigh,
To think, with all thy herbs and flowers,
That thou must die.
Sweet music cen the lovely song
Which from my harp in window nigh
Is floating on the breeze along,
Fen thou must die,
And all the bright and glistening train
Of stars that stud the deep blue sky
Must they all perish-none remain
70 glad the eye?
And yales, and fields, and rushing streams
And mountains that invade the sky,
And they as baseless as our dreams7
And must they die?
And all that's beautiful and fair
On Natures face-love's melody.
That makes sweet music of the air,
All-al must die?
And man, fraiI form of senseless eIav.
Tho now his glance is proud and high,
Perchance upon this passing day
He too may die!
But the bright soul-that, shrined within
The quenehless light in mortal form
Tho dimmed by misery and sin,
Defes the worm.
When all the stars shall fade away,
And suns in their own blaze expire,
And trackless comets cease to stray
With wandering fire,
The soul shall eEer live, nor know
The lapse of time, but dwell on high,
And share-in endless joy or woe
Eternity.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
Leather in One Hour.
New York merciaI Ru uetin.


Wonderful are the changes that have
been effe cted of late years in the man
ufacture of leather by the use of
chemicals and machinery, in place of the
old-fashioued tan-pits and the slow man
ipulation of the currier and tanner. If
some old leather manufacturers could
be resurrected-men who were accus;
toned to soaki ing their hides for years,
and turning them assiduously at certain
seasons-how they would stare to see the
present prOcessl But every day we hear
of something new in this direction. 4
Joint stock company was recently formed
in Detroit for the purpose of tanning
leather in one hOurl We give the inGOr-
nation for what IL is worth; but it Ger
taiHly does look like sleight-of-hand.
i he process is a chemical one perform
ed by the action OF certain inexpeG-
sive materials, the cOmpOunding of which
in the right proportion is a secret. t Is
claimed that robes tanned with the
hair on, are soft as the finest wool; hides
of the deer, horse, dog ETC., are smooth
and soft, while calf and kip show the
texture and grain which good shoemakers
most admire No bark is required ex-
cept little to give the proper color to
the leathe er. Bark is worth So to SO a
cord and about 200 cords are required
to tan l 900 hides By the common meth
cd. Two cords would be sufficient to give
the proper color to the same number of
hides, and the saving in this item will be
enormous. We understand that the COM
pany are turning out from 2,0U0 TO 3 600
hides per month. How the article is
wearing we have not been able to ascer-
tain. but shall watch the result with
interest.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
A Disappointment.

4 young man having preached for his
bishop was anxious TO get word OF ap-
plause for his labor of love. The bishop
however, did not introd ace the subject,
aud his younger brother was obliged to
bait the hook for him. Il hope, sir, l
did not weary your people by the length
of my sermon to-day 2 No, sir; not
at all; nor by the depth either.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
The Men who go for Hayes.

Boss Grant goes for Hayes.
Babcock the bribe-taker goes for
Hayes.
Boss Shepherd goes for Hayes.
Belknap the bribe-taker goes for
Hayes.
Landaulet Williams goes for Hayes.
Mckee, Avery, Mcclure, Joyce, and
all the other whisky thieves in state
prisons and penitentiaries, are for
Hayes.
Robert c. Schenck, the professor of
draw poker and discharged minister to
England goes for Hayes
Columbus Delauo goes for Hayes.
All the coTruptionists in Federal Office
and ali the defrauders of the Federal
revenue go for Hayes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
Muttou-Wiee.

Mr. Nelfe, an educated Frenc hman,
says that the left hind-quarter of a sheep
Is much tenderer than the right, since
sheep invariably kicks his right leg
and hardens the flesh; also, that black
sheep makes much better mutton than a
white one, because black wool con-
ducts the offensive smell from them
better than the white wool In France
the butchers always cave a piece of the
black wool on the mutton of a black
sheep.
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stonewaII House e.

T. L. PLEDGE, Proprietor,
GRAND JUNCTION, TENN.
This is enc Of the best Hotels IN West
Tennessee. The tables are furnished
with the best the country affords.
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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, at reduced
rates. NJ. :. JAY,
maGsS Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
THE DAY FOR REFORM.

Messrs Editors
In these days of needed reform, of
financial distress and threatened rspudi-
alton, may it not be we'll for the tax
payers to discuss some of the measures
of economy 10 be considered of by the
next General Assembly. First, of
course, we want men of sufficient abil-
ity to understand and comprehend what
is needed and how to attain ito dis
cover the remedies for existing evils,
and of courage to assert and maintain
his convictions In spite of
INTERESTED LOBBYISTS
and venal members; men of practical
judgment, and not merely experimental
theory. We had an instance of this
in the indIgested and impractical law of
the last Legislature, providing for Coun-
ty work-houses, which, though plaUsi-
bic IN theory, is considered impractica-
bic, because more expensive than the
old system, few, if any. counties in the
State having built them. There are
many leak holes in the treasury of the
State, which ought to be stopped. They
may seem small, as compared with the
$4,000, 600 debt of the State, but in the
aggregate these losses are not to be
neglected. For instance, the number of
judicial circuits might we'll be doubted.
Before the war, there were fewer judges,
and they were PAID less than at present
that is, with
LESS SALARY
they each had more work to do. Per-
haps the salary IS not too much now,
for only good salaries will secure good
judges, and this is a most important
thing to do. But they ought to be will
ing to give their a0boLs time and labor
to the people. Offices are not sinecures
or privileges made for the benefit of the
officer. He who offers to serve in such
places should give his whole time aud
labor for the consideration paid. His
ia sn implied promise, which officers
should sacredly perform. Nowadays,
too many judges, taking the fashion Of
the reigning King at Washington, must
have a season every year at the sea side,
or some fashionable watering place, or
other times Of luxurious eEse, drawing
their salary regularly in the mean time,
and discussing the great sin Of repudia-
lion, or failing to pay
TEE PUBLIC DEBT.
Give them more to do, and every con-
scientious, patriotic judge will cheer
fully desire to do all that he can, 50
that thereby our taz-ridden people may
be relieved and perhaps save the expense
Of several judges in the State, By enlarg-
ing the circuits Of each judge. That
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New York. Aug. 31st.

Wessrs. Editors
The present canvass is remarkable
for the amount Of individual scrutiny
that is being bestowed upon the acts Of
Grants two administrations, and the
calm and intelligent manner in which
the great body of the people is oonsid-
ering what is best to be done in deciding
the destiny Of the country, for the next
four years. At no time, perhaps, has
there been so great desire, and so evil
dent an intention to lay aside ell per
sonal considerations, and put the action
of the two parties by the side OF each
other, ana judge them by theiV merits.
L cannot but be perceived that there is
every probability of the verdict bein g
rendered IN favor of the party which,
during its hold upon the House, has
made large reduction in our National
expenses, and has done so much to ex-
pose the impurities cf the Administra-
ton. This is a
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
About that Alabama widow.
Atlanta Times.

Atlanta Times.
A gentleman from Alabama was in
the city yesterday and he stated it as a
well founded report that Gov. Tilden
was soon to be married to a wealthy Ala
bama widow (Mrs. Todd) who is now
visiting Boston. 1t is said that this in
formation has been in the possession of
a small circle of the lady's friends in Ala
bRma for some time, but has never been
hinted to the public. The lady of the Gov
ernor's choice is represented as woman
fully worthy of his panionship. She is
descended from a family that has been
one of the proudest in her native state
since its formation. Their great estate
although much diminished by the abb
clifton of slavery, is still so large that
the former elegant style of life is yet
maintained. Beautiful, brilliant and ac-
plished, we can imagine that this
daughter of Alabama is the realization
of an ideal which seems to have waited
sixty years in coming.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-09-07
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
GRAND JUNCTION,
September 1st, 1876.
Messrs. Editors

Hessrs. Editors:
The attention of our candidates for
the Legislature of the State of Tonnes-
see should be called to the fact that they
viii be expected to express their views
upon certain questions, some of Shich l
viii mention
There is general dissatisfaction to the
present law for the collection of taxes.
The people are almost unanimous in de-
claring the constables to be the proper
collectors. The reasons for this opinion
are seIf-evident, therefore need not be
mentioned. It is expected that an effort
will be made in the next Legislature to
abolish the law that requires farmers to
enclose their fields with fences; there
fore an explanation is wanted on this
subject. The present law taxing a bitch
S. per annum is considered an outrage,
and its repeal is demanded No man
who indorses this law can be elected in
Hardeman County.
1t is expected that salaries shall be
reduced. $4,000 per annum is sufficient
for
ANY COUNTY OFFICE,
and where an Office pays more than
81, 900 the excess should go into the
County treasury. A great many men,
who are capable and willing to do the
work of any office in the County, are not
realizing $500 for a years hard toll,
through heat and cold.
1t is to be hoped that the color ques-
ton viii be considered as a settled issue,
and no time will be consumed in discus
sing it It is to be hoped that the de-
neuneement of the people will fall upon
the men or party that attempts to
arouse sectional prejudice by reference
to settled issues. 1t is high time that
sectionalism was buried.
And it is to bO hoped that the people
will shun greedy and ambitious of6ce>
seekers-for they are after the perequi-
sites, not the good they can do the
people.
There are many ideas that should be
mentioned, but 1 do rot wish to con-
sumo too much of your space.
am very respectfully,
J. NJ. MORRIS.
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0he 8alG4tim,

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
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TIE NEW YORK HERALD

saw danger of Cwsarism long ago. but
but thinks all this is ever now. 1t is
not SO however. With Hayes as Prssi-
dent, it would be far more menaeing
than ever it was. Grant and the men
who, with him, have made the country
what it is to-day know well what they
are doing in working for the success of
the Cincinnati ticket, aud the thoughtful
among the Republicans know too. Hence
do the honest of the latter come out and
refuse to have a part in the villaiay.
We may as well acknowledge the posi-
ton at once, and prepare oursel Ves for
the emergency. Grant is desirous of
electing Hayes. Ualimited amounts of
money will be used to further the design.
If this be not effectual the military will be
employed. If be then succeed it may
be a long time before we again, by means
Of the ballot, name those who shall ruls
over us. Let US take warning in time
and prepare for the emergency.
The Republican nomination for Gov
ernor is made, and E. D. Morgan is the
man destined to bear the br ant of the
partys disappointment in November.
He viii make, perhaps, as strong a can
didate as could have been presented,
yet the only recommendation which he
poss esses is his wealth, and this is not
going to carry the election. Samuel J.
Tildeu Is not to leave the Executive
Chair feeling that he has been spend
ing his strength for nOught. Our next
Governor must be man who will pur-
sue the policy which our present one
has inaugursted, aud not man fully
committed to the most corrupt elements
Of the Republican party, as is Gov. Z.
d. Morgan.