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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
DR.. Schen CHS standard Remedies.

The standard remedies for all diseases Of the lungs
are SCHENCK's PULMONIC SYRUP, SCHESCKS SEA
WEED TONIC ant SCIIENCK's MANDRAKE Pills,
and if taken before the lungs destroyed speedy
cure is effected.
To these three medicines DR.. J. H Schcnck, of
Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in the
treatment Of pulmonary diseases.
The PulmOuic Syrup Tipens the morbid matter IN
the lungs; nature throws il off by easy eXPectO-
ration, for when the phlegm matter Is ripe a
slight cough will throw IL Off the patient has rest
and the lungs begin to heal
Ts enable the PumOniC Syrup to do this, SChenCk's
Mandrake Pill and SchenCks Sea Weed Tonic must
be freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver
Schencks Mandrake Pills act the liver, removing
ali distractions, relax the gall bladder the bile
starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved.
Schenck's sea Weed Tonic is a gentle stimulant
and Alternative; the alkal Of which IL is composed,
mixes with the food and prevents sOurinE. It as
sists the digestion by tOning up the stomach to a
healthy condition. to that the food and the PulmOn-
ic Syrup will make good blood then the lungs heal
and the patient will surely get well if care Is taken
to prevent a fresh cold.
An who wish to consult DR.. Schenck, either per
sonaIv or by letter do at his principal office,
corner Of Sixth and Arch Sts, Philadelphia, every
Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold 10y all druggists
throughout the country.
J.. !. HART & CO., Nos. % - and = TChOupltOulas
Street, New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
Improred bleaching 2, eee...

Wool, silk and straw, are now brought
to a great degree of perfection in the
bleaching process, by the use of sulphur,
either in the form of burning sulphur or
by sulphurOus acid in liquid form. In
the case of wool, a washing is first nee
essary, in order to remove the greasy
coating called the yOlk, this being effected
by the use of alkali or soap. Formerly,
putrid human urine was employed, but
now either warm water or an addition of
carbonate or caustic soda, much water
being also required, in all cases, to pre-
veht any injury to the fibre.
After repeated washing, the bleaching
is accomplished by exposing the poist-
ened wool in a close chamber to the va
POr of burning sulphur, or it is stepped
in water acidulated by sulphurous acid,
prepared by passing sulphurous acid gas,
derived from oil of vitriOl and charcoal.
But the most economical process is the
first mentioned. 1t is exposed to the gas
for twelve to twenty-four hours, and, if
to the liquid, from twenty-four to twenty
eight hours.
The harshness Occasioned wool by
bleaching with sulphur is removed bv
soaking the wool in a warm and weak
bath of pure soda soap and wringing and
drying it, or by dipping the bleached
wool in chalk water, a brilliant white
being thus impaired to the material.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
TerrestrIaI NEn-nctIsun.

The singular theory in regard to the
origin of terrestrial magnetism, pro-
pounded by Prof. Zellner, has led to
much discussion Of the subject, on the
part of European physicists, but with
out any general uniformity of opinion,
but rather, it would seem, the reverse.
The professor adopts the idea of drift
currents upon the liquid surface of the
sun, by means of which. he assumes to
explain the movement of the sun spots.
These drift currents originate, according
to his conception. from the current of
heat continually ascending from the in
terror, and from the rotation of the sun
Such currents, he maintains, exist in all
rotating COsmiCal bodies, even after the
surface, cooled by radiation, has become
rigid to certain extent this is the case
with the earth, and the continuous reg
uIar currents of the interior liquid mass
produce different effects upon the outer
shell, mechanical, thermal and also mag
netiCal, the latter as a necessary cOnse-
quence of the electricity originated by
the currents.
By this hypothesis, it is argued, the
general phenomena of terrestrial magnet
ism may be satisfactorily explained
proving that they are related to the cur
rents of the liquid inner mass, and, what
ever affects these currents, reacts i'm
mediately upon the magnetism of TIT
earth
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

a mercurial safety valve, the inven-
tion of an English engineer, has recently
been introduced with success. The aC-
ton of the valve is said to he such that,
the moment it begins to move in conse-
quence of an excess of pressure, it opens
fully, so as to allow a free escape of steam
until the pressure becomes sufficiently
reduced in the boiler, when the valve
closes as quickly as it opened.
According to the very ingenious ar
rangement and action of parts producing
this result, it appears that, when the
maximum pressure of steam at which
the valve is set is attained, the valve
proceeds to lift slightly, rs if constructed
in the ordinary way; but the moment
this takes place, the lever is thrown out
of its horizontal position, and the mer-
curry from the weight box begins to flow
through the tube into the box behind the
fulcrum. The weightoS the mercury is
thereby displaced from the end of the
lever, and acts as a lifting force bv being
transferred to the rear of the fulCrum.
Thus the valve IS no longer loaded to the
same extent as before, and opens freely
for the escape of steam.
When the boiler has been relieved OF
pressure TO the extent of two or three
pounds, the lever weight is sufficiently
heavy to close the valve, and the mer-
curry returns to its original position.
thereby preventing the valve from open
ing again until the maximum pressure is
once more attained. The steam blows
off at a pressure of thirty-five pounds,
and closes when it falls to thirtv-two
and half The valve is easily set.
however, to a pressure ranging from ten
to one hundred pounds on the square
inch.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
Points In Castor Rean Culture.

The increase in the culture of castor
beans in many counties in western
Missouri and eastern Kansas has been
very marked during the two preceding
years, particularly 50 last year, as it
amounted to an increase OF nearly two
hundred per cent. This is to be ac-
counted for from the fact that grass
hOppers do not touch the young plants
in the spring, nor will the chinch-bug.
Cut-wOrms, however, do some damage,
which necessitates the planting of more
seed than is required for the two plants
TO hill which are to be left, if the
rows are FIVE feet apart, and. only one
if four feet apart. Any good corn land
will produce a good crop of cOstOr beans.
A half bushel will plant about eight
acres. Four or five seeds are deposited
in hill. The seed should be that which
wa: ripened uniformly, say that which
is first expelled from the bowls,
or in other words, the first picking of
those that have ripened early and uni
formly. 1t will be difficult at present
to obtain seed thus saved Formerly
| the rows were left FIVE and six feet
| apart, and every seventh row was left
one way to admit a horse and wagon
or slide to pass. But further expert
enCe has demonstrated that the rows
| may be as close as four feet on thin
lands, and not more than five feet
apart on stronger soils, and that the
seventh row or blank space is unneces-
sary; for if the team attached to the
wagon is always driven the same way
over the bent row, it will not break
the plants.
Previous to 1874, castor beans were
imported largely, but now the impOr-
tation of them has ceased. The land
should be prepared the same as for
corn. On good lands, the yield averages
about twenty bushels to the acre. For
present prices of seed, see market report
| Directions for harvesting will be given
at the proper time, which usually begins
about the 10Th of August, and contin,
ues every eight OF. ten days until the
crop is gathered.-RuraL World.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
ONE sHEAF.
4 PASTORS SONG

One little sheai; hut ore,
LORD of the harvest, bring unto Thee.
Around me wave bread helds of holding grain
summer and springs glad sunshine and soft rain
And aHtUEan's witchery
Have piled my neighbors lofts with rpehed ears,
And yet small increase Of nay stores appears
Only one sheaf; fair, pure
As a young lily bending in the sun.
efners rejoice 20 guide the loaded vain
Ahe vintage rings to harvest shouts again,
But have only one,
',ne cluster from the true and living vine
Ohe Jewel IN my Masters crown to shine.
Master. my heart is sad
4 wearie led husbandman iJeiogc Thee kneeIs
through the night-wstches, through thu Iive-long
Ny hands essayvd to work, my heart to pray,
4 e now across me steals
= ne chilling pTesage of a coming blight,
"hleR oil the harvest sunshine paleS the light
One little sheaf, When I
Would tain have counted thousands Yet O Lord
] lay it lovingly upon Thy shrine,
ON rim in M mSek ,!, only what is Thine
hlds me me In this small spark rejoice to see
brilliant worthy, King of Kings, for Thee.
One human sheaf! One soul
5Sshs9med from sin, from darkness aud from tears
His Son to seek it came and dwelt with men
And all the starry spheres
6 hang With glad chorus Of the angel host
over the finding of His loved and lost.
One never-dying souI!
o ada new iustre to His august Name,
10 WTealhe another chaPlet to His fame;
With ever new delight
70 swell the everlasting song of praise
Which only souls redeemed are skilled To raise
Then, Lord, l need not faint,
hough small my tribute; Thy pure ewes can see
he love which gladly avs it at Thy feet,
And work for Jesus In itself is sweet
If IL is owned by Thee.
set disappointment crown il, or success
Salch fellowship Thine alone will bless.
And so this wihtry morn,
My little sheaf in thankful hands bring
JOIN the angel bands ound Thy throne,
With Joy which angels never can have known,
Thy praise with them sing,
GLADLY receive this blessing from Thy store
AND look in active patience up for more.
Let me Dut work In faith,
Rot weary, though the summer days seem long,
watching With care each tender bud and leaf
For surely rs bring this little sheaf
\ joyful harvest song
chali glad my spirit with its Heav' horn laws
And round the Lord of harvest wait His praise
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

A PLEASANT WAY OUr.-Mr Grant
(colored) -Mornin', judge. l come on a
circumstance I want you to delucidate.
Judge-Well, out with it.
Grant-Well, de circumstance OBJ de
DISMISS am dis: You see, judge, in sla-
berry time, | had tree wife on tree plan
tation. Dey got long berry well toged-
der, when dey was apart, and ] was we'll
satisfaction, but since rebel time desc
" devised statues" fotch up all desc dern
nonsense laws bout man and wife and |
find l amt got no wife tall. Is no iec-
ton to dat, but jis here | wants your
legal precision. De fac is. Judge, I
wants to jine de chuch. De boss leader
saw | can't come it onless | get legally
marrid Now, kin l, cordin to law, mar
rid all tree or mus l marrid but one?
Ell you say but one, and tempt it, my
spectacle judge, you better b'leve dar
Will be de berry debbil ris on dat 'casion
in dat chuch.
Judge-Mr Grant, under the circum-
stances, I seriously advise you to rub out
all old scores and begin afresh Marry a
new wife.
Grant-Dat's my hani l goes in for
you, Judge, all de time. ! tell you
white folks is smart. Whar dey can't
crawfsh out, cullud folks no use try.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
SaFatv Apparatus for F,Ieyntors

4 most ingenious device has been III
vented, to act as a safety apparatus in
conjunction with elevators. 1t operates
as a retarder, and regulates the rate of
speed which the elevator shall attain in
descending, but having 10 control over
its movements while going up.
This apparatus is placed upon the top
of the building, looks like the steam
chest of locomotive, and it is attached
to the elevator by two stout chains
The chain passes over a wheel, out of a
window, and to this end there are
weights attached which cOunterbalance
the heft Of the car. The wheel over
which the chain passes, without any
chance of its slipping, is controlled by a
body of oil which is confined in this iron
chest, and acts upon a fy-wheel, only al
lowing the wheel to move as fast as the
oil will flow through a crevice; being
forced by the fy-wheel, the oil holds
back, and only allows it to progress as
fast as it is desired 10 have the car go
down. Thus, the chains can not go any
quicker than the wheel will permit, and
the wheel can not 60 at any higher rate
of speed than it can force that body of
oil through a crevice much smaller than
its own volume. By this arrangement
it is almost impossible for the car to
meet with any serious accident, should
the wire ropes which control it's motion
part or become in any way injured.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

R. s. Steele writes to the American
farmers club: Some time ago I was
good deal worried with couple ofhorses
which had sore backs. l tried various
remedies without success, and was be-
ginning to despair when the following
receipt came to my notice: "The inner
bark of white oak bark boiled down in
an iron kettle (never use a brass one)
until it is as black as ink; while boiling
drop in piece of alum, about the size
of hens egg" This Iiniment is to be
applied with a sponge, and is good for
any sore or bruise in fact, it is a safe
thing to keep in ones barn ready to
use when occasion requires. As found
this so useful, | venture to send it for
the benefit of others who may not be in
the possession of anything as good. l
think it is also an excellent plan in
warm weather tg clean the collars often
with CASTLE soap.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.
weighing the Light of a Candle.


Professor Crookes, of London, has actu-
ally succeeded in weighing the light of
candle, although light has hitherto been
considered iinponderable. The principle
Of his delicate and complicated instru-
ment is based on the fact that fine thread
of glass, suspended at one end, may be
turned round twenty or thirty times
without breaking, and has tendency to
untwist itself BY fastening such thread
in a tube and throwing a ray of light on
the interior, it has been found possible,
with the aid Of other scientific appliances,
TO register the revolutions and tensions
caused by the introduction of the light
of a candle into the tube, the result of
which is that it weighs about 0.00172S,
or nearly two thousandth parts Of grain.
Taking this as an approximate starting
point, we find that the light thrown out
by the sun on the earth is equal to about
thirty two grains per square foot, or fifty
seven tons to the square mile, or 3,OO0,-
900, 900 tons on the whole earth, a force
that, but for gravitation, would drive
our planet into space.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
Woman Suffrage in Massachusetts.

Yielding to the opportunities of the
advocates of wOman's enfranchisement,
the committee of the Massachusetts SEN
ate to which the matter was referred has
reported a woman suffrage bill. The
bill is not at all satisfactory to the suE-
fragists; but they look upon it as a con-
CessiOn to them, and the fact that it has
been proposed AZ a reason for a cOntinu-
anCe of agitation rather than for the Ces-
satiOn thereof. AS it stands the bill
neither proposes to admit all women
who are citizens to the enjoyment of the
elective franchise, nor to allow those who
are admitted the exercise of the right in
all elections. Women to enjoy the priv
ileges of the bill must be at least twenty
one years of age, must have the eduCa-
tional qualifications of voters of the
other sex, and must have paid a tax
upon property within two years. All
women voters arc made eligible to mu-
niCiPal offices, and their right of voting
is confined to the offices to which they
are eligible. In speaking of the bill the
Boston Traveller says that it might be
urged in its support that more than
twenty-five thousand women are direct
ly, or through guardians, taxed in Mas
sachusetts on property amounting to
nearly one hundred and twenty millions
of dollars, and that the tax thus paid by
them amounts to nearly two millions of
dollars per annum.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

The VALUE OF EDUCATIoN.-Jake
was heard calling across the fence to his
neighbOr's son, a cOlOred youth who goes
to school at the Atlanta colored univer-
sity: s. Look hyar, boy, you goes ter
school don't yer 2? Yes, sir replied
yer? ~ '' Yes, sir LaTnin' 'rithme-
tick and figgerin' on slate, eh ~ % Yes,
sir" " Well, it don't take two whole
days to make a hour, do it 90 Wv
no." exclaimed the boy. You was
gwine ter bring dads hatchit back in a
hour, warn't ye?" Yes, sir" d" An
it's bin two days sence yer borrowed it.
Now, what goods eddykashun gwiue ter
do you thick-skuled niggers when yer
go to school a whole yesg an den can't
tell how long it takes to fotch back a
hatchit?' The boy got mad and slung
the hatchet over the fence and half way
through an ash barrel.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

''ECONosrY, my dear, economy" said
he. It's all right for you to have plants
and all that, but there Is reason in all
things, and there isn't a particle of sense
in paying fifty cents for a flower pot
when there are a dozen empty cigar
boxes about the house," and taking the
last Havana" from another box, he
handed her the box to put an oleander
in, lighted his cigar, and went out.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
Cultivation of Broom, Corn.

Proom seed corn should be planted in |
the spring, about the same time as Indian |
corn, on ground that has been thoroughly |
pulverized with the harrow. Corn stub |
BILE or clover sod is one of the best places
for crop Of broom corn. Let the rows
be marked out three and a half feet
apart, after which sprinkle the seed in
the marks as evenly as may be practi
cable by the hand. A better way is to
use a common garden drill. Cover the
seed by passing Fight one-horse harrow
over tie ground, going twice to the row
if the land is clOddy. Do not cover the
seed too deep. After the spears are up
about two inches high, go over the rows
with large harrow. Do not be afraid
of tearing up the young plants, as the
greatest mistake with most people con-
sists in planting too thick; the stalks
should be three and four inches apart in
the row. Two and half quarts of good
seed will be sufficient for one acre, if the
ground is in good order. By narrowing
the small weeds will be killed, and the
working of the soil will give the corn
start. after which the growing crop will
require the same cultivation as other
corn When the stalks begin to shoot
out in head, go over the field, bending
| down all that are out, before the tops
| get crooked. This operation will have
| to be done several times. After the
seed is nearly ripe, commence cutting
| the brush. First cut the brush on two
rows, then go back and with a COIN cut
ter cut the stalks, laying them crOsswise
| on the rows, 50 as to make bed to keep
] the brush from resting on the ground;
lay the brush on the bed and let it re-
main two or thee days in the sun, after
I L i
secure in round shocks, about twelve
| bundles together. One bed will hold
| the brush for eight or ten rows. Cover
| the shocks with stalks tent fashion, max
! ing tight at the top, but so that the air
can pass through the bottom. In this
manner the broom corn ought to STAND
| three or four weeks until thoroughly dry,
! then cart to the barn and take off the
| seed, which may be performed by using
| a common thrcshing machine; take Off
| the top, and, if an undershOt, cross the
| band; have boy to hand you the brush,
as much as you can hold tightly in your
! hands at once, holding the seed ends on
the cylinder as it revOlves. In this way
one man and a boy can clean several
| hundred pounds per day Much de
Pends upon the kind of soil in raising
broom corn. Flat, lOamy lands or river
! bottoms will yield the best crops. But
| paying crops of broom corn can be raised
on any good corn land that will yield
from 700 to 1000 pounds and 40 bushels
of seed TO the acre.
There are several varieties of broom
corn. The improved evergreen is much
more profitable, as the brush is worth
almost twice as much in the market,
and the yield of seed will be larger and
better than the crop of the old red va
riety of broom corn.-PrGctjcGL Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY.
Maine is the fifth state that has abOl-
ished the death penalty. The other four
are Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Con-
nccticut. Iowa is about to restore the
gallows, having found the immunity en-
ioyed by murderers to be fatal to a large
and constantly increasing proportion Of
her population. In Wisconsin and Mich
igan, two agricultural and eminently
peaceable and law-abiding states, the alb
clifton has worked well enough. In Yer
mont, the hanging statute still remains
on the books, but it has been practically
alb; lished for many years. Murders in
the Green Mountain state are very rare,
and a life imprisonment is punishment
enough where there Is no criminal class
to overawe with the gallOws. Maine,
however, has been the scene of some very
atrocious murders in the last five years,
and the abolition of the death penalty in
that state seems particularly inOPPor-
tune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

WORTH KNOwING.-PrOf. Wilder, of
Cornell university, gives these short rules
for action in case of accident: For dust
in the eyes avoid rubbing; dash cold
water in them remove cinders, etc, with
the round point of lead pencil. Re
move insects from 4he ear by tepid water;
never put a Ia d instrument into the
ear. IF any artery is cut compress it
above the wound if a vein is cut, COM
press it below. If chOked go upon all
fours and cough. For slight burns dip
the part in cold water; if the skin is de
stroyed, cover with varnish. For apo
plexy raise the head and body for faint
ing lay the person fat.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

PEHPLEs on the face, rough skin,
chapped hands, saltrheUm and all cutaueOus
affections cured, the skin made soft and
smooth, by the use of Juniper Tar Soap.
That made by CaswelI, Hazard & Co, New
York, is the only kind that can be relied on,
as there are many limitations, made from
common tar, which are worthless.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

SPRIGGINs recently had a pair of
pantalOons washed, and they shrunk so
az TO be too small, and he complained to
his wife about it. Said Mrs. Spriggins,
said she: Spos'in lou take a bath,
SpriggiDs, and shrink yourself to a proper
size for them. Then they'll fit you"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

AT our request, Craain 4 Co, of Phil
adelphia, Pa, have promised to send any
of our readers gratis ION receipt Of 10
cents to pay POSTAGE, a sample OF Dob
bins Electric Soap to try. Send at once.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30

If your hair whiskers are gray, they can he
instantly changed to a beautiful black by TUFTS
Hair Dive, and deceive the closest observer. This
article possesses qualities never known before. IS
Murray y Y