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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31
How Eyes Gr0M.


Few products of nature are more in
tercsting than a sound, fully developed
eye. By the aIu Of a good microscope il
Is e@s,sy to see and count some seven thou
sand lenses, admirably set to receive light
from all directions, in the eye of a com
mon house Gy. Until quite recently,
and after the facts of evolution had been
carefully studied, it was believed that an
eye not only suggested, but revealed the
handy work of an architect quite as
clearly as a watch or a steam engine.
Now, men of science have little doubt
that the beautiful and wonderful tneChah-
ism of the eye in all Its Varieties, grows
like hundred thousand species of plants,
and much greater number of animals,
from an inherent, active force in matter.
This change of method does not detract
from the creative energy of the great
first cause. The origin of life is still a
mystery, but not the origin of eyes, ears
and the organs of sense. Democritus,
two thousand three hundred years ago,
recognized the existence OF a general
sense of touch from which all the senses
are slowly developed. In this idea We
see the germ evolution.
Fish have been found in the
dark Mammoth cave of Kentucky
with no eyes. They had no use
for eyes, and they ceased to grow.
If light produces eyes, as it does green
leaves on trees and grass, the question is,
how? Tyndall, who has studied the
properties of light more closely than
most scientists, says: "The action of
light, in the first instance, appears to be
a mere disturbance of the chemical pro
cesses in the animal organism, similar to
that which occurs in the leaves of plants.
By d grees the action becomes localized
in a few fgment- cells, more sensitive to
the light than the surrounding tissue.
The eye is here incipient. At first it is
capable of revealing differences of light
and shade produced by the bodies close
at hand. Followed as the interception
of the light is in almost all cases by the
contact of the closely adjacent opaque
body, sight in this condition becomes a
kind of anticipatOry touch The adj
justment continues, a slight bullying out
Of the eperdermis over the tigment
granules supervenes.
A tense IS incipient, and through the
operation OF infinite adjustments, at
length reaches the perfection that it dis
plays in the hawk and the eagle. So of
the other senses they are special differ
entiatiOns of tissue which was origin
ally vaguely sensitive all over"
Eyes are very suggestive. They prompt
the inquiry whether that vitality which
has done so much to give remarkable
wings, bones and lungs, as well as keen
vision to the eagle; which imparts fins
and tail to the fish for swimming; and
enables man by his electric batteries and
wires to talk understandingly with his
brothers of the globe may not continue
to grow, and do infinitely more for ex-
allied manhood on earth, in the infinite
future? There Is unmistakable evidence
that life has been progressive on this
planet millions OF years; and all know
that the end Is not yet, and may not
come for millions Of years.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31
Household Receipts.

MUFFINs.-Three pounds of flour
one. quarter pound of yeast powder,
three eggs, half a pound of sugar. three
ounces of butter. Mix the powder drv
IN with the Hour; in another pan rub
the sugar and butter well together, then
add the eggs and beat 10 a thin batter :.
then add the flour and wet with milk |:
beat thoroughly fill the rings and bake
an quick oven. CHEESE mullins are good
cold as well as hot.
To Cook Wash free from
dirt and grit, and boil twenty minutes
IN salt and water. Add a snail lump of
alum to- give a handsome color. Drain
we'll, and chop as fine as powder. Add
butter, salt, a little pepper, and nutmeg,
and garnish with hard boiled eggs, cut
up in various shapes.
STRAWBERRY HoRTCAKE.--Oneu quart
OF flour, half a cup of butter, two spoon
Iu'5 OF sugar, two teaspOOnfuls of Yeast
powder, -four to roll. Split open, spread
with butter, then thickly With etrnw-
berries, hen sprinkle with suear, then
put on the upper half. crust down. Spread
with butter, berries and sugar, and cover
all over with pad, to steam and soften.
while hot. Eat with cream.
AsPARAGUs.---The fresher the better
and all stalks not crisp and tende r
should be thrown aside Cut off the
white parts, tie the rest in punches, and
boll, with a little salt in the water, for
almost twenty minutes; then take out
ana drain minute. lay in a deep dish
on shces OF buttered toast, the heads all
one way, covered with a rich drawn
butter. Or the stalks may be cut i'm
inch pieces, boiled tender; then seasoned
and cooked for few minutes longer in
thlcE cream.
COFFEE CUsTARD.-Boil one quart al
milk with five spoOnfuls sugar. Add one
cup very strong hot coffee, four beaten
eggs, one half cup corn starch, rubbed
very smooth, in a little cold milk. Stir
we'll till smooth, put into cups, and when
cold ornament with the beaten whites.
just before serving, Another good
method is to crush the coffee Gains
cOarsely, and add one spoonful to the
boiling quart OF milk; then proceed as
IN an ordinary boiled custard, and strain
into oups.
VEAL LOAF.-Minee cold roast veal as
line as possible, add ene-fourth fat ham
chopped very fine, one cup grated bread
crumbs, one grated nutmeg, two bea,en
eggs, little salt and CAYENNE: mix
- - A'AlS ldLt over WITH eggs
and sprinkle with bread crumbs; bake
half an hour; serve with roae= veal gravy
heated, and thickened with beaten egg
put in just before serving.
RHUBARB PIE.-Peel and cut the
stalk quite small into a rich paste, put a
layer of rhubarb, then deeper layer of
sugar, sprinkle with nutmeg or CHINA.
mon, lay onseveral small pieces of butter
and cover.
VEAL SwEET-BREADs WITH IONA
ToEs.-Set over the fire two quarts OF
nice ripe peeled tomatoes, stew half an
hour slowly in their own liquor and
strain through coarse seive; then put
IN iour or five sweet-breads, we'll trimmed
ana soaked IN warm water add little
salt and cayenne, and one-quarter of a
pound of butter, smOothed in three
spoontuis of flour. Stew slowly till the
sweet breads are well done, or about an
hour and half A few minutes before
dishing stir in the beaten yolks of three
eggs,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31
Convfcts Who Suffer Most.

The chaplain of Nillbrook, London's
largest convict prison, says that the men
whose condition is the most pitiable
when they leave Jail are mercantile
clerks, post-Ofice employees, etc. In
competition with the crowds Of reputa-
bic men eager for every employment, no
matter how small the remuneration,
they have little chance of obtaining en-
plOyment of the kind to which they were
accustomed, and being unused to manual
labor they find themselves in a position
which renders a return to crime an al
most overwhelming temptation. And
yet they are the most hopeful and re-
pentant class, and only dire necessity
eompels them in most cases to repeat
their Offenses. What is still more against
them, he says, is the fact that they have
little to expect from their friends. " The
poor, it cannot be denied, are far more
ready TO assist a fallen relative than the
more well-to do members OF society, and
in the present instance | might cite a
case in which an application 1 myself ad-
dressed on behalf of a discharged con-
vicU TO his friends, persons OF some posi-.
ton IN society, was not deemed worthy
of even formal acknowledgment"
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Settling Coffee.

This can be done without anything
being put into your coffee to settle it.
1t Onl V wants to be known how to handle
1t. Put your ground coffee into the
colt, e>pOt, and add cold water sufficient
Ter use, if but few cups are wanted.
Set on the stove and keep there until
the boiling point is reached, but in no
case boil. This requires some watching
toward the last. 1t is better to set it
off few minutes before boiling than to
have it bell up. Immediately when set
off stir the surface with q spoon. This
can be done two or three times in as
many minutes. Then let it rest. In
abOu0 ten minutes time it will all be
sunk to the bottom and fit to pour out.
Where more than few cups are wanted,
more water (hotl may be added when
the cofeeNpOt is removed from the stove,
or hot water may be used to dilute the
coffee when it is poured out, as is sOmC~
times done with tea. In this way your
coffee is clear and sparkling, and, what
IS of equal Importance, it will retain all
its fine flavor and exhilarating proper
ties, which, had It been boiled, would
have he thrown off. Be particular in
carrying out directions to the letter.
You will soon get the hang of it, and
thank US for the directions, simple as
they are.-kndtGHa Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31
PONDS EXTRACT.
PONDS EXTRACT.
The Peoples Remedy.
The Universal Pain Extractor
Note: Ask for Ponds Extract.
Take no Other.
PONDS EXTRACT

PONDS EXTRACT is daily prescribed hy Ply
siCiaus of all SCho0 - and las a"Hrf~ed the title
&c The Peoples Remedy 90 + T Piles. Spf.HtIGEi
BsIuIeuEsz- EsUruE- SCaIdss ESTuiEeE'
Soreness, Rolls, Ulcer, old Sores,
Wounds. etc.
PBNB-S ENRAET also cures TOOfhBcIP,
Headache, S6re Throat, HOarsenesss
BiUIItIgTIH. Asthma. SsltaIThs RAIS'TI-
UtattHuIs Neuralgia Collie. btaTIlOas
etc. II Is the great specific for IIPTHOTTll
from al organs, and promptly arrests bleeding
from any source
Send for Pamphlet. address,.
PONDS EXURACT CO..
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31
Mhittling Strangers ont of ,Lnrmondon.

\ duty assigned to the police was to
watch all strangers that came into the
city, and whittle every suspicious person
out Of town. This whiting process was
peculiar. Some ten or fifteen Mormous
would get around the man they wanted
to drive away, each with keen ground
butcher knife, and Il piece of soft wood
IN his hand. They would crowd close up
TO him and commence whiting, all cut
ting toward him, but no one apparently
paying the least attention to the stranger.
surrounded and threatened thus, the
poor man was compelled TO retreat from
the town. On his retreat he was sur
rounded by whittlers whiting, whit
Il ng, some of them make skittish lunges
tJward his breast and arms. If he took
ais escort quietly, very well. If he was
FOOLISH enough to resist or threaten, he
was very likely to be put out Of the way.
From Supplemental Confession ct d IN
ID. Lee.
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,ss9-RyTV4L Or TnE f51TvEsv,,'

The ingeniou5 dRetrine propOunded by DIR.
Darwin, the tireless investigator Of nature
and her laws, is as applicable in determining
the fate of medicines as in that of the animal
species Every year new remedies are
brought before the public, and are soon com
pIetely discarded as their sale ripidly de-
creases. Only those medicines which are best
suited TO the peoples wants survive the first
test. Ifthey ''are tried and found wanting
in the merits which they are claimed to pos
sess, no amount of advertising will make them
popular. Ofall the remed les ever introduced
TO the public: none are so popular as Dr.
Perce's Family Medicines. Their sale has
steadily increased each year, and wholesale
druggists assert that the present demand Tor
them is greater than ever before. II you
would patrnnize medicines scientifically pre-
pared Use DIR. Pierce's Family Medicines.
Golden Medical Di7cUvery is alternative, or
bIood-cleansing, end an excellent cough
remedy; 2. easant Purgative Pellets scarcely
larger than mustard seeds, constitute an
agreeable and reliable physiC; FavOrite Pre-
scriptiOn, remedy for debilitated fema lie 5
Extract of Smart Weed magical remedy for
pain, bowel complaints, and an unequaled
Eminent bOr both human and horse flesh
while his Dr,Sage's Catarrh Remedy Is known
the world over * the greatest specific for
Cdtarrh and Gold in the Head" ever given
to the public They are sold by druggists.
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Nerves that culver.

Heads that ache, stomachs that intiict dys-
pCptic tOrments, muscles and Joints racked
with the rheumastsm, are .infaihbly restored
to health by the celebrated elixir, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, medicine prescribed by
physicians; possessing infinite purity, and
which no one takes in vain who is afflicted
with any of the numerous complaints to
which it is adapted. 1t frequently happens
that sO-Called remedies fan to produce a
permanent effect. This is because they are
merely Palliatives, and therefore do not re-
move the cause Of the ma'adies, whose symp-
toms they after a time cease to ame!liorate.
This is notably the case with opates and
sedativc drugs. 1t is not so, however. with
HOStetter's Bitters, which are searching
specific that conquers the disease as well as
baniShCS its i01iriu
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31

DURANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY mas been
before the public three years, and has never
failed in a single case Of rheumatism, no
matter how aggravated the case. Write to
any person IN Washington city, where II Is
manufactured, and you viii learn that this is
rue in every respect. Il is taken 1nternaIlK
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31
The War Talk at Paris.

Here in Paris We hear a great deal of
war talk, the BOurse being agitated by all
sorts of reports, afternoon and evening
But there is hope that France may not
be involved at this time, for all reasoning
men see that she would have to struggle
again without allies. Changes NAV he
brought about as the eastern war is de-
velOped which will bring her into in
innate relations with England, Austria
and Italy, but for the moment she has to
keep extremely quiet. Every movement
she makes is noted across the Rhine the
transfer of a single regiment to the
eastern departments is questioned as a
menace. And the speech of Field
Marshal Won NIeltke shows us that the
military authorities of Germany are on
the gHi rice. But the French govern
ment has resolved to keep out of the
quarrel il it can, and the Due Decazes is
showing great prudence in the conduct
Of his department. The French do not
want war. They dread it above all
things at this time. Their military
organization is not yet fully completed !;
but they regard the possibility of cOmpIi-
cations with a sort of resignation which
IS, perhaps, a surer evidence of strength
than the excessive confidence shown at
the moment when the pOpUlaCe was cry
ing u Berlin about the streets of the capt
taI.-Parjs Cor. y. y Times
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TO BIZ PROUD o..

Statistics show that more Of JUTT's Pills are used
In Europe than Of all other manufacturers com'
bined. As Americans proud Of The suPcri.
orIty of our productions These pills have world,
vide reputation.
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$777 !. 81. CD. : z.
per week ia your own town. NOu need
not Zoe away from homo over night You rHu give
your whole TIM" ." the work or only Eparc
m|ul-- W" nave agents who arc making over s20
Ter day at the huslHe-- All who engage once
make money ia-t- NJ tlr Tre=eu time money cannot
r. inHh" 90 easily aud rapidly at her businesz
ont hf free Addrerz once
II. HALLETT g. Co, Portland Maine.
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TO CORREs PONDENrs.

An communications for this paper should be &C
ON panied by the name of the author; necessary
publ cation but evidence Of good faith on the
part Of the writer. Manuscript should be written
only side Of the paTer. Be particularly
full in regs I'd to yoEr dates and TO having al sigma
tSres plainly written.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31

AFTER an experience OF over twenty
FIVE years, many leading physicians ackHowI-
edge that the GrGeteH6erg HdrShGiPS Uterine
Coi5otriOu is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. The
Groefsabfrg TCgctabie Pills, the most popular
remedy of the day for biliousness, headache,
Hver complaint aud diseases of digestion. Sold
by all druggists. Send for almanacs. Graefen-
berg Co, New York.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31

THAT NASAL TWANG; it X Ca
tarrh: cure it al once, before 1t shows on your
face, by DR.. J. II. McLean's Catarrh Snuff,
1t soothes irritation, cures Sores IN the nose,
face or skin. Trial boxes 80 cts, by mail.
DIR. J. II. Mclean, 314 Chestnut St, st, Louis
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31
Remedies Aeaun., worm, and rnsec..

A correspondent says! The insect
question Is a very important che they
will destroy us If we don't destroy them.
The following modes / use as occasion
demands, and never fails: Melon and
| cucumber bugs like radish leaves better
| than any ether kind. 1 sow a few radish
seeds in each and never lose a plant.
Earth-wOrms, Cutworms, white grubs
and, in fact, all soft bodied worms, are
easily driven out by salt sown broadcast.
! You can do no harm with ten bushels to
! the acre, but half bushel is ample.
! Dry Stacked lime IS also eff5ctuaI. PO-
tato bugs find their "auti" in paris
green, one tablespoonful; -four, ten
spOOnfuls; water, ole bucket; mix and
keep mixed as the paris-green settles !;
! apply with a waterproof. For cabbage
worms apply dry salt if the plants are
wet, or strong brine if they are dry.
Turnip-fies are destroyed by fine slaked
lime busted over the field. But the
whole tribe of depredatcrs are wonderN
fully kept down by making friends with
| the birds. They are the natural enemies
OF all insects, worms, grubs, etc. In
lighting vermin we must not try to OPP
pose nature, but to rather follow her
plans, and assist her if she falls Vest
eTn Fc-Htcr.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31

INFORMATION worth thousands to those
out Of health. Self-heIp for weak and nerv-
GUS sufferers. Facts for those who have been
dOsed, drugged and guacked. The new
Health Journal teaches all. Copies free.
Address, Electric Quarterly, Cincinnati, o.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31

WILHOFT's Tonic Is not Banacea-is
not a cure for everything, but IS a cathOiicon
for malarious diseases, and day by day adds
fresh IaurelN to its crown Of glorious success.
EngOrged LiverS and Spleens aIOngthe shady
banks OF our lakes and river, are restored to
their healthy and normal secrctiOns. Health
and vigOr follow its use, and Chiils have taken
their departure from every household where
WilhOfts Auti-PeriOdic is kept and taken.
Don't fail to try it. G. r. FENLAY * Co.
PrOprietorS New Orleans
For SALE By ALL DRUGGISTS.
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THE Chinese missionary who is irving
to convert Americans to Buddhism has
got to give bonds that his religion will
not interfere with a man who wants to
run grocery bill of $500 per annum on
a salary OF $500, or he will not get many
converts in central New York. - ROME
.ScRfiHcL
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the country, for the New Workers will
bet on their favorite horses, and this
meeting will afford them the nearest
chance to do Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31

The increasing popularity Of HOME
STOMACH RITTFRS is strong evidence in IA
vOr of its medicinal virtues and those who
are suffering from maiarial effects are ear
nestly requested to try them. Prepared by
the Home 3itters Co., st. Louis Mo.
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The citizens of Winfield. Kal

The citizens of Winfield, Kansas,
turnedsout en- masse lately, headed by a
band of music, and fought grasshoppers
all day. The account says: CAS- the
people drove clouds of these pests from
them the band discoursed sweet music,
and made the war very amusing and
interesting one"
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NATURES REMEDY\
IVEGEYTNEm
IHE CRtAT BLOO0 PUsHER~
RELI4BLE ETTDENCF.

LIS Baltic street. BROOKLYN. y. y Nov. a. T--4
II. K STEVENS. E-q
Dear From personal benefit received by its e.
well az from personal knowledge Of those whose
cure thereby has seemed almost miraculous 7 cen
most heartily and sincerely recommend the NEEE
TINE for the complaints for which il is claimed "a
cure JAMES T. LUDLOW.
Late PssterC alvaTy pits che rCI
Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists.
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great discovery new SOAP compound u su"titeS
ottens and whitcnz the skin. has wonderful hcaln
ana superior washuETr PERTH sand Is tqual sHltr
Tor the bath. uUreTy and general toilet IL is Eht
fully perfum "a. and sold rveTyW here at moderate
price Registered patent office, l-76 by the manu-
tacturerE- NICK EOS +. VAN HAAtEN IS tO-.fhtlS-
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OF SHALL HAVE TIT your grocer
or storekeeper does not keep, and will not
get, DOOLEY's YEAST POWDER for YOU, send
zoe for quarter pound, Soc. for half pound, or
6Oc for one pound can, direct to DOOLEY &
BROTHER. New York, and Won will receive
It, postpaid, by return mail. 1t is absolutely
pure, and every can full weight.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31

A TERRIBLE famine is raging in the
Chilli and Shangtung districts Of China.
In a village visited by Europeans the in
bayitants were putting an end 10 their
suf1erings by suicide, and in one family
the father and mother buried their chill
dren alive, that they might not witness
their agonies. The people have devOured
the grass and the foliage of the trees, and
the efforts of the government and the
priests have been insufficient to meet
the needs of the furnishing multitudes.
/ China Is so densely populated, and the
/ facilities for internal traffic so inadequate,
that a failure of crops in any large sec.
ton of the empire is sure to cause awful
/ distress.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31

A NEW BEDFORD school boy, TO ex-
nlain the difference between " dear" and
deer" said that one is biped and the
other a quadruped,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-05-31

IT Is said TO be a fact in the history of
silver production that wherever in any
part of the world silver mines have been
worked they are worked now, unless ar
rested for some expIainable cause. The
mines of the Andes have been worked
for three centuries. Those Of old Spain
from the middle ages, and are in working
condition now. In Hungary the same
mines worked by the Romans before the
birth of Christ still yield their steady
increase. Those of Freiberg in Saxony,
worked from the eleventh century, know
no dimunition. In Bohemia, TyrOl,
Norway and Sweden, in the Ural and
Atlas mountains, and wherever else dis
coveries of silver have been made, we be-
licve, without exception, the mines con
tinue to be worked, anG are generally
more productive now than at any time
in their past history.
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l SELL more of Hatch's Universal Cough
Syrup than of all other similar preparations.
l have sold it for about six years. and my
customers would certainly not continue to
buy it If it were not valuable remedy.
{. {. HIGGINS, Friendship, All. Co.,N.N.