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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-30

FOR APPELLATE JUDGES:
H. 7, WHITE Of Guadahpc,
H. d, ECTOR Of Harrison,
C. ", IPINHLER, Of NmaJro.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-30
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

For GOVERNOR,
RICHA RD COhE Of .HcL0maa
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-30

F0R TREASuRER
ANDREW d. DORM Of FaaMH,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
LAWYERS Studying the Bible.

The Rev. DR.. Vaughan, one of the
most distinguished clergymen of the
Church of England, has commenced a
course of public reading in the Greek
Testament at the Middle Temple lecture
room, London, at eight o'clock in the
morning. The course is intended spe-
cially for the benefit of the lawyers in
whose courts the lectures are delivered,
and it is to be continued every Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday dur
ing the law term. One who was present
at, the opening lecture writes:
"The announcement to which we have
referred awakened our curiosity. We
were anxious to see how such q man
would, to such an audience, expOund the
words of the great apostle. Despite,
therefore, the early hour and six or seven
miles which lay between our house and
the temple, we resolved to be present.
With some difficulty and after a good
many inquiries the lecture-rOom of the
temple was reached few minutes after
eight o'clock. To our surprise and, let
us add, pleasure, the room was full. It
looked like theological class in one of
our colleges. Ranged along desks or
seated in odd corners, where some facility
for writing could be found, were seated
thirty or forty men-sOme In the early
morning of life; some who were draw
ing near to it's evening hour. Judging
by appearances, nearly all belonged to
the legal profes sion, which finds one of its
favored homes in the winding courts and
halls of the temple. Here and there,
however, appeared a dress which told
Enthusiastically that its wearer belonged to
the clerical order Every one, however,
meant work Notebooks and inter
Ieaved Greek Testaments were being
rapinIy filled with the words which fell
from the lips of DIR. Vaughan. He was
seated at a little desk with Greek Tesla
ment and Concordance before him, and
with rare grace of manner and finish
and precision of statement was discours-
ing Of PauTs second letter to the Cor
inthian church"
1t must be an interesting sight, an as
semblage of men learned in the law
gathered at such an early hour to study
the word of God in the tongue in which
II was written IN T. Observer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
The Z. Society Girl,

Is the typical societ1 girl TO be blamed
for being and doing precisely what she 1s
taught to be and do +? Unlike men, a
woman can not choose her own society.
IF we find that the company we are with
seems to be .unsuited to us We can ex-
change. fof man has almost perfect
freedom in the 6hUics of his associates.
But the women, the passiOf1 being tas
the rules are now, musL go with th65e
who seek her or remain alone by herself
It is well known that we are mainly
formed by bur edaestipn and the people
we live with, and if they are senseles5
and useless we become so in the end oGf-
selves. Let us look at our society girls
life and education. She is sent to a
school and provided with masters who
teach her to study for the sake of acquir-
ing outside accomplishments. She must
learn to play the plano and sing, though
she may not have the remdtest idea of
time OF the slightest hint of voice She
is taught French. She is taught draw
ing and painting-in a WORT, she mist
be taught to make herself agreeable, or
at least to endeavOr to so be. Her
parents impress upon her mind that a
season or two lin society,"" with q mar
rage at the. close, Is the suVreTEe Of ex-
istence. From her friends Who have
"come out" she learns thdt, above all,
it is necessary to have host of admIfeTs
and be engaged several times or life Is I
failure. You may imagine that hearing
nothing else she treasures up all this IN
her little heart. Her education finished
she comes out" with great ecLa', and Is
fairly launched. In society she meets
men who are delighted With the ways
| and actions our voting lady has learned,
and wottld like no other. She finds that
her training has been just the right
thing for her position, and by personal
| observation she improves on Whit she
knows She fiirts desperately. Men
make fools of themselves before her
This amuses her, and she has an over
| whelming desire to make fools of a
many as possible, and repay some of thu
| injuries done by man to woman. Some
times she meets a sensible, powerful
man, who may completely change he
nature, but generally she does not hav
this good fortune; and after some seasons
labor in enjoying herself, she marries tn
most eligible man she can. That
right. Her marriage is as likely to b
:. happy as the majority of matches, an
she is able to answer all requirement
> made as a rich mans wife. She can pa
servants their wages, settle the hous,
hold bills, see that her home is tasteful, b
anornament to her carriage, receive guest
gracefully, pay calls and do her duty
society generally; in fact, be a perfeC
integer in that mighty fabric. She live
according to her life, and probably, 6
| much as any of Us, makes her life
success. We may abuse the state {
; society which produces her, but W
; surely have no right to blame her fC
| Lo-,oIc
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
Bathing in the Ganges.

A letter from India says: a long
drive of four miles brought us to the
junction of the Jumma and Ganges, and
here one of the strangest and most inter
esting sights met my eyes. The banks
of the Ganges, on either side, for dis
lance of four or five miles below its
junction with the Jumma, were swarm
ing with naked HindOOs of both sexes.
1t is no exaggeration to say that there
were in the water and on the shores at
least 100, 900 natives Ali were bathing,
or getting ready to battle. We pro
cured q boat, and were slowly pushed up
and down the stream, and were thus en-
ployed two or three hours in the prohta-
BILE manner of observing these strange
people.
81 trust 1 shall not shock you, gentle
reader, when / say that there were one
hundred thousand naked, of all ages,
sexes and conditions, gathered from all
parts of India, either in the water or
sporting about on shore, most of them as
destitute of clothing as our first parents;
but there was nothing immOdest or vul-
gar in their proceedings. So serious, so
earnest, and so devout were all their
ways and actions, that the lOoker-On
would soon feel that blushing was I'M
called Tor; In fact, so contagious was the
example of these dovout HindOOs, that I
speedily DOTTED my clothing and tried the
efficacy of dip myself in these sacred
but very muddy waters. The sculptor
or painter would here have found abund-
ant material for study.
g 1t certainly gave me a coed Opportu-
nifty to study the physique of these
swarthy races, and I viii give you the
result Of my observations. The men are
nearly all understood, few or none being
over five feet eight inches; sinewy, 1.-THE
and graceful in their motions, but, sub
sisting as they almost entirely do on
rice, I do not imagine them to be very
muscular. The women under twenty
years of age are mostly we'll and plumply
made, with rounded and shape1y limbs,
and many of them are deliberately tat
tooed-face, arms limbs and hips. But
here, rs in Egypt, early marriages and
early-child- birth cares speedily transform
them into ugly, lean old hays. After
thirty, and even after twenty-five years
of age, many of them become fearfully
ugly. Here, as elsewhere in oriental
countries, the female is obliged to per
form all the tiresome, hard drudgery OF
the household. No wonder her beauty
speedily fades away"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
One Generation of Men Wiser than
Another.

One day the Caliph Alamansor, one of
the vainest of the Arabian monarehs, was
conversing Familiarity with the famous
poet FazeIli, with whom he delighted to
talk, when retired from the cares of the
empire. Chou thinkest," said he to
Fazelli, that / am not wiser than my
father? Why is it so? Doth not every
succeeding generation add to the wisdom
of that which preceded it" "Dost thou
think thyself wiser than the Prophet ?"
answered the poet, bowling his head rev.
erentiaIly. " Assuredly nOt?" answered
the Caliph. "Dost thou think thyself
wiser than Solomon7" asked the poet,
bowling still lower. "Assuredly not, :"
again answered the Caliph. DOst thou
think thysef wiser than Moses, who com.
muned with Allah HIMSELF" third time
asked the poet, bowling to the ground.
Alamansor was for n moment thoughtful
and held down his head. g Assuredly
not ?" replied he, at length, g. were
fOolishly presumptuous to think So
"Then how" resumed Fazelli, " canst
thou prove that each succeeding genera
ton is wiser than another that is past y
"The aggregate of knowledge is GER
tainly increased " replied the Caliph
True, o my king, replied Fazelli, but
knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom points
out the road to happiness and virtue ;
knowledge is only an acquaintance with
mass of facts, which are not necessarily
connected with either wisdom, virtue or
happiness, the only objects worthy the
pursuit of a wise man. The knowledge
of things has certainly increased, but, o
king remember that wisdom is always
the same; as much so as the Great Power
by whom it is dispensed. Thou mayest
perhaps know more of the moon, the stars,
the earth, and the sea than thy father,
but of thy organization, thy soul, thy
passions, appetites, the power to direct
/ them, and the Being who bestowed them
upon thee, thou knOwest no more than
! the meanest of thy fathers slaves. y
Thou sayest true" replied the Caliph.
/ bowling his head reverentially. Allah,
teach me humility" Great king
said Fazelli, lament not thine igno-
rance. Everything We cannot compre-
bend furnishes proof of the existence OF
a Being wiser than ourselves"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
ECCLESIASTICAL.


The average salary of Methodist
preachers in North Carolina is 1886.
The Mormons spend two hundred
thousand dollars year in bringing con-
verts from Europe:
in the North Alabama (Methodist)
Conference there are a parscnages, 400
churches, and 116 travelling preachers.
of the fifty Protestant Episcopal
churches and ehapels in the State of Mis-
souri,, thirty-fotir have Been built within
the last seven years.
The present chaplain of the House of
representatives, in Washington. is an
EpiscOpalian, and was chaplain in the
confederate congress at Richmond.
The work on the Lutheran church,
in Savannah, Georgia, is progressing rap
idly, and the congregation will shortly
have one. of the finest religious edifces in
the South:
Rev. Geo. G.. Smith, of the North
Georgia Conference, has about completed
his e History of Methodism." It is to be
revised and annotated by Bishop George
F. Pierce before publication.
The Flower Mission Of London sends
between 5000 and 4, 600 bouquets weekly
to the hospitals, warehouses and sick
poor at home. The flowers are placed in
little paper bOuquet-holders, upon each
of which is a text of Scripture.
Mr.. Arthur, a Baptist missionary in
Yeddo, writes to the Waterman and Re
flector that the japanese news papers are
discussing Christianity very freely. 4
long aid able article on the resurrection
of Christ appeared not LONG ago in one
of the daily papers.
The First Baptist church erected in
San Francisco was lately sold for a Chi
nese opium factory. The old Sansom
street church in Philadelphia is now used
as stable, and the church on Seventh
street, below Arch, from which DR.. Kane
was buried, is converted into a comic op
/ era house,
in London letter to the New Yorl
World, is given an interesting review o
/ the state of Methodism throughout thu
world, the total number of communi
cants being estimated at 3,7O4, 1913, Civ
ing, with their families, 14,50O,00 at
PENDANTS on the worship of the sect. TIL
Year Book, whence these figures ar
taken, estimates the membership of tn
Methodist Episcopal Church in tn
United States at 100000 The officia
statistics give the Church North 1904
1868 members, including ministers an
probationers, and make the value of tn
property of the church in excess of $81
000, 600.
The Church Almanac's Episeops
statistics for the past year are as follows
Dioceses, 45; missionary districts, 10
bishops, 81; bishops elect, 5; priests an
deacons, 3,130; Ordinations--deacons, 10
priests, ia; candidates for orders, 322
baptisms, 38,675; combinations, %, 500
communicates reported, 265, 357; ma
riages, 9,7O8; burials, 1859; Sunday
school teachers, 23,34O; scholars, 218
400; contributions, Sc, 500, 575; clergy d.
ceased, 81. The communicates hay
fallen off more than 5000, and the col
frmations are less by four thousand tina
in 1874. This is in part explained b
the reformed secession. Bishop Gun
minis reports 81 clergymen, and 80 col
gregatiOns.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

SCHESCK's PULMOSIC SYRUP, SEA WEED IOTIC
AND MASDRAKE PILLS These deservedly oele-
brated and popular medicines have effected reVO-
luton in the healing art and proved the faliacy Of
several maxims which have for many years oh
structed the progress Of medical science The false
supposition that &" Consumption is inclsTabie" de-
TERED physicians from attempting 70 end remedies
for that disease and patients afflicted with IT recon
ciIe themselves 10 death without making an effort
10 e.scsre from doom which they supposed To b
unavoidable II is now proved, however that Cor
stBapff0 Be cured and that it has bezs cured ca
very great mum Der Of cases some 81 them apparently
desrdrate ones) by Schencks Puimonie syrup
alone; and in other cases by the same medicine "a
connection with Schenekis Sea Weed Tonic and
Mandrake Pills, one or BOTH according 70 the re-
quirernents Of the case.
DR.. Schenck himself, who enjoyed uninterrupted
good health for more than forty yesTs supposed
al one time 20 be at the very gate o. death, bis ply
sicians having pronounced his case h0Peless. and
aforaid medicines and, since his recoveEy, Iuanv
fhousauis similarly affected have used Dr. Scheneks
F,re1Iarations with the same remarkable success
Full directions accompany each, making il not
Absolutely necessary 20 personally Dr. Echenck
unless patients wish their lungs examined and for
thfs purpose he Is professionally his principal
ONCE Corner sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia
every Monday where ali letters for advice must be
addressed. schenek's medicines are SOD by all
druggists.
EJHART& Co, Nos. 70, IS, and u TehouPitoulas
Street, New Orleans, Wholesale Agents
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
Father and Son.

There are two singular patrons of the
police station in Springfield, Massachu-
sets, father and son, of whom the Union
thus speaks: g When the old gentleman
gets into limbo the son appears and pro-
ceeds to read him long lecture on the
sin of drinking and its attendant evils,
usually winding up with, It's good
enough for you. I have done all that a
son could do to make you live properly,
and you have no one to blame but your
self Money Is raised to pay the old
mans fine, and then the son takes his
turn at getting drunk and smashing
things. Straightway the father appears
at the station-house. and with q benion
expressiOnon his countenance. plaintiyelv
inquiries: Is this the example which I
have set you, and am to be thus repaid
for all my watchful care and tenderness?'
The family pay the sons fine, and then
it is the old mans turn. The funny part
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

Grandfather sits by the open door
And around his feet the sunheaunE NAV.
W nile MS sesrt gray locks are gently stirred
- by the breath OF the mild September day
MS gaze IS turned toward the distant hills
W mere the trees are yellow and green and gold
Ana they seem to say TO the old mans heart.
see! We grow lovely as we grow oldP'
Over the landscape far and near
Grandfather looks with tear-dimmed eve
or on the meadow, as on the hills,
Inc shadow Of summers slow death lies
But over it all, with restful calm.
There fingers dreamful tender haze
And the breeze Is fragrant with stolen sygee
In memoriam Of the summer days
Grandfather thinks Of the years gone BY.
The spTing-tine first Of his merry youth
And then the summer Of nanhoods lows,
W hon his heart grew warm with love and ruth
Alas y he mUrmurs, fthat time has passed
Aud winter comes for the year and me:
who knows, as the chill Of age ereeps on,
How lovely in my death shall be ~
Grandfath lies ON the hillside brown
Lies at Test-and the setting sun
Kisses the spot where loving hands
Laid him down when his life was done.
And over the meadow, over the hills,
The breeze goes sobbing the Iivelcng day,
For the lair, sweet summer whose life went out
with the shadow Of winter chill and gray,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

WHAT Is VEGETINE 1T is a COM
pound extracted from barks, roots and herbs.
It IS natures remedy. 1t is perfectly harm
less from any bad effect upon the system. 1t
Is nourisbing and strengthening It acts di-
rectly upon the blood. 1t quiets the nervous
system. It gives you good, sweet sleep at
night 1t is a great panacea for our aged
fathers and mothers; for it gives them
strength, quiets their nerves, and gives them
natures sweet sleep-as has been proven by
MANY an aged person. 1t is the great blood
purifer. 1t is a soothing remedy for our
children. 1t has relieved and cured thou
sands. 1t is very pleasant to take; every
child likes it. 1t relieves and cures all dis
eases originating from impure blood. Try
the Vegetine. Give il fair trial for your com
pIaints; then YOU will say to your friend,
neighbor and acquaintance: "Try it; it has
cured me-"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
4 Bold Eagle.

Saws the Worcester Mass Spy: Mr..
E. Il. Rand, of Hyde Park, Vt, recently
heard a noise among his geese. On
going out he found large eagle among
them, which had separated one goose
from the flock, and seemed determined
to carry It off BY the assistance of his
dog he put the eagle to fight, but it rose
only about ten feet, and flying some dis
lance. aIighted Immediately the dog
was upon it, when the eagle turned upon
its back, as is the custom of the bird, to
fight the dog, at the same time spreading
its wings. Mr. Rand's hired man coming
up about this time, grasped the eagle by
the wings and started for the house,
meeting AIr Rand, who took the bird by
the neck with one hand and with the
other grasped enc leg, leaving the other
leg free, wheTeupon it struck two of its
mOnstrous tal0ns into the arm Of Mr.
Rand. The cords of the eagles leg had
to be cut before the talOns could be ex-
tTacted, after which the birds throat was
cut. Thus ended the capture of a bird
whose wings from tip to tip measured
seven feet; the talons spread seven
inches and were two and three-fourth
inches in length the leg was seven and
a half inches in circumference.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
From the Lafayette Daily Courier
A Valuable Work.

DR.. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, distinguished
in surgery and the general practice in the
profession he hOnors, has made a valuable
contribution to the medical literature of the
dav, in a comprehensive work entitled The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser"
While scientific throughout, it is singularIy
free from technical and stiited terms. It
comes right down to the common sense of
everyday life DR.. Pierce is a noble speci-
men of American manhood. He has sprung
from the people; and, with many sympathies
in common with the masses, has sought TO
render them a substantial service in this, the
great work of his life.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

PAPLEs on the face, rough skin,
chspped hands, saltrheum and all cutaneous
affections cured, the skin made soft and
smooth, by the use of Juniper Tar Soap.
Thst made BY Caswsn, Hazard & Co, New
York, Is THE only kind that can be relied on,
as there are Many limitations, made from
common tar, which are H0rfbIesss
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

Of the affair is that father and son have
been lecturing each other in this way for
about nine years, and neither Of them
seems to have the slightest idea of the
extreme ludierousness which their con-
tinued exhOrtations have attained"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

WE would no more be without Dob
bins Electric Soap, (made by Cragin &
Co., Philadelphia,) in our family than
without a stove. It is pure, and does its
own work without the main strength of
the washerwoman. Try it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

There are in England 1888 Baptist
churches, with 185, go members. OF
these churches ,l94 have less than one
hundred members. About One-halt Of
the pastors receive from eco to $50,
many Others less, very few more than E30O.
It is proposed, by means Of a compre-
hensive sustentatiOn fund, to make el2O
the minimum salary.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
A Pious Daughter.

Children, says the Rev. w. jay, have
conveyed religion to those from whom
they ought to have derived it. ''WeH,"
said mother one day, weeping, her
daughter being about to make public
profession of religion by going to the
Lords table, Z" 1 will resist no longer.
How can 1 bear to see nay dear child love
and read the Scriptures while never
look into the Bible; to see her retire and
seek God while never pray; TO see her
going to the Lords table while His death
Is nothing to me !" ''Ah," said she TO
the minister who called to inform her of
her daughters intention, wiPing her ewes,
{. Yes. sir, know she is right, and l am
wrong. I have seen her firm under re-
proach, and patient under provocation,
and cheerful in all her suffeTings. When
in her late illness she was looking for dis
solution. heaven stood in her face. Oh,
that I was fit to die / ought to have
taught her, but am sure she has taught
me. How can bear to see her joining
tbe church of God and leaving me behind
perhaps forever!' From that hour
she praved in earnest that the God of ner
child would be her God, and was soon
seen walking with her in the way ever
lasting.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

Cultivated and superior as the Bos-
tonians affect to be, they turn out best
to see plays that are " full of fierce emo
ton and strong excitement" They want
something of the % Ha, ha, ha, all is lost"
in their .amusements.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

1t was in Omaha. A lawyer was adj
dressing the judge, and the judge was
eating peanuts and reading novel The
lawyer bore it some time, and then an
grily remarked: " I suppose Pm entitled
to claim the attention of this court"
''Well, sir" retorted the judge, "the
court has long suspected you, and will
do its duty the first chance it gets"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

WHEN the new church at Vestal Cen
ter. n. Y, was finished on the outside
reet ntly, the contractors, to fill the slip
ulation to put a giided ball on the
stecple, gilded nearly round gallon jug,
and, turning it with the bottom up,
placed it upon the spire. The jug thus
placed did not inlprt s. the Nestal Center
people as proper symbol to worship
under. 20 some of tn m rebelled. A VIII
liam Tell stepped to the front, and from
the first crack of his life the jug split
into fragments and fe Off