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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

Waste no time on introductions.
Don't begin by laying out your subject
like a Dutch flower garden, or telling
your motives for writing. The keynote,
If possible, shOuld be struck in the very
first sentence. A dull beginning often
damns an article; a spicy one whets the
appetite and cOmmends what follows TO
both editor and reader. Above all stop
wheG you are done. Don't let the ghost
OF your thought wander about after the
death OF the body. Don't waste a mo-
ment's time in indicating your produc-
ton, against editors or critics, but ex-
pend your energies in writing something
which shall be It's own yindication.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09
The Instinct Of Mosquitoes.

The mosquitoes, it has been discovered
by a learned professor, are possessed of
great powers of observation and penetra-
ton. Down at the seaside we have
noticed this fact ourselves. When a big
trunk was landed from an express wagon
into the entry of hotel, the nimble in
sects usually made for it and crawled
through the kevhole for the purpose of
taking notes. If the clothes within be-
tokened that a fat person was the owner,
the mosquitoes would stay within and be
carried up to the room, where they would
lay for the fat person until bed time. If
the garments belonged to a thin person
the insects would pile out through the
keyhole in double-quick order This is
an actual fact hiIadeLDhiG Bulletin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09
Mounted Infantry Officers.

The necessity of mounting all captains
of infantry companies, if these officers
are to perform their duties efficiently, is
being again dwelt upon by the French
military press. In the French army, as
in nearly all other continental forces, a
company on a war footing numbers $50
men and, it is urged, that it is simply
impossible for its captain, however active
be may be, to properly superintend its
working if he has to move about on foot
Extended in skirmishing order, forma-
ton which has now become its normal
fighting order, or employed as an advance
or rear guard, a company of $50 men
covers a long stretch of ground, and can,
it is argued, only be adequately control
led by a mounted officer. After a march
again, the captain of a company ought to
look after the comfort of his men, visit
them in their bivouacs, satisfy himself
that they have received their proper "a
tioDs, and see that all camp duties are
properly performed. But if ne is IA
tigued by long march on foot, he will be
but too likely to perform this work in a
perfunctory manner; and, consequently,
his company will suffer. Moreover. now
that a short service system prevails in
nearly every European army, the captain
of a company will generally be the oldest
man in it, and therefore not 50 well able
to endure fatigue as the young men under
his command. For all these reasons it is
generally recognized as necessary that
the captain should be mounted officer
In the German army, he is provided with
a horse, and in tine of war even two. In
Austria and Italy the mounting of all
captains has only been temporarily post
poned from considerations of expense, and
in France, a captain, when on the line of
march, or during maneuvers in the field,
may tide, if he chooses to provide himself
with a horse at his own cost; but unf0r-
tunately the small pay received by them
does not allow many of the French off
GERS to avail themselves of this PeTmis-
sion.--PaH Nal Gazette.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09
AFTER THE COUNCIL.

dr. David Gray. editor of the Buffalo Courier, hai
article on Tine Last Indian council on thu
neses.'' in Scribner, for July, closing with thu
lowing poem:
The fire sinks low, the drifting smoke
Dies softly in the autumn haze,
and silent are the tongues that spoke
The speech OF ether days,
Gone TOO, the dusky hosts whose feet
But now yOn listening thicket stirred;
Unscared within its covert meet
The squirrel and the bird.
The story Of the past is told,
But thou, o Valley, sweet and lionel
Glen OF the Rainbow thou shalt hold
Its romance as thine own.
Thoughts OF thine ancient forest prime
Shall sometimes haunt thy summer dreams,
And shape 10 low poetic rhyme,
The music OF thy streams.
When Indian summer filings her cloak
OF bro0ding azure on the woods,
The pathos Of a vanished folk
Shall tinge thy sOlitudes.
The blue smoke OF tneir fires once more
Far DER the hills shall seem 10 RISE
And sunset golden clouds restore
The red maz's paradise.
Strange sounds of forgotten tongue
Shall cling to many a crag and cave
In wash Of falling waters sung
Or murmur of the wave.
Aud oft In midmOst hash OF night,
Shrill DER the deep-mouthet cataract 5 roar,
Shall ring the war-crY from the height
That woke the wilds OF yore.
Sweet Vale, more peaceful bend thy skies,
The airs are fraught with Tarer balm;
A peoples busy tumult lies
flushed in thy sylvan calm.
. sweet thy peace while fancy frames
Soft idyls of thy jewellers fed
They loved thee, called thee gentle Names
IL the long summers dead.
QuenChed is the fire; the drifting smoke
Has vanished in the autumn haze;
Gone, too, o Vale. the simple foil,
Who loved thee in old DAYS,
But, for their sakes-their lives serene
Their loves, perchance as sweet as ours
o, be Thy WOODS for aye more green.
And fairer bloom thy flowers
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

MERRILLA, the grocer, tells us that the
grocery business is not what it used to-
1t is hundred times more exacting now.
He says this explaining to every Gus
toner why the war In Europe affects the
price of broom, mackerel, or a paper of
cornstarch-is what is sapping away his
life and covering the future with pail
-DGnbuTy NelCS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09
SAFE, PERMANENT AND COMPLETE! :

SAFE, PERMANENT AND COMPLETE -
Wilhoft's Tonic cures Chill and Fever, Dumb
Chills and Bilious Fevers-thOse Titans that
kill their thousands where this remedy is IN
known. 1t cures Enlargement of the Spleen.
It cures Hypertrophy of the Liver. It hurts
no one. 1t cures all types of Malarial Fevers
and is perfectly protective in all its effects.
Try Wflhoft's Tonic, the great infalibie Chill
Cure. G. r. FINLAY & Co., PrOprietors, New
Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09
AFTFR an experIepce of over twenty.
Please Bear tin Mind

that if your grocer does not have, and will
not get DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER for you,
you can send 20 cents for quarter, 80 cents
for half, or 90 cents for one pound can, dl-
rect to DOoLEY & BROTHER, New York, and
YOU will receive it by return mail. Always
use it for the delicious Vienna rolls,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09
Change of Scene.

Midnight on North Hill. The de-
clning moon CLEANS from the starry
heavens like the smile on the face of the
jack o'-lantern. A young man leans
against the end of the vine-embowered
porch beneath the window of his dear
and sings, ooh, for touch of that soft
white hand, on ny fever-throbbing
brow" And then her father, emitting
himself stealthily from TIE front door,
stole up and touched the young man just
below the tournure with number nine
boot, and the moon went down in a sea OF
blood, and the pail of darkness blotted
ont the sta s.--B,r Enqtop HdUEeyc
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09
UATcH's Universal Cough Syrup ha

HATCH'S Universal Cough Syrup has
beca put to 81 six years test in our trade,
with the following result 1t gives the best
of satisfaction to all our customers, and they
testify to that satisfaction by buying far more
of it than OF any other cough remedy al
though we keep in stock a large number OF
that class of medicines, in fact all that have
been heretofore considered most salable.
SLAUGHTER & WELLS, Waverly, n. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

VARIt TONS in temperature have a
marked effect on human constitutions, alb
normally checking the secretions IN some,
and forcing the excretions in others, making
a corrective or regulator necessary, which
can be found in HOME STOMACH BITTERS.
by the home Bitters Co., st. Louis,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

RHEUMATISM QUICKLY CURED.-Du-
rang's Rheumatic Remedy, the great Internal
Medicine, viii positively cure any case Of
rheumatism on the face Of the earth. Price
a n bottle ; six bottles, s.; sold by all Drug
oists Send for circulars to Helphenstine,
& Bentley, Druggists, Washington, d. c.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

DR.. Tut authorizes his agents to refund the
money in every case where his Hair Dye falls Per
feet satisfaction guaranteed 1t acts like magic,
easily applied and is perfectly natural Sold by all
respectable druggisgs. IS Murray Street, n. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

branch may be enlarged. With small be-
ginnings there is little risk, and they are
apt also TO receive more attention, so
that in the aggregate there is more succef g
with respect to general farming, and sheep
are included in this.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

From this it appears that the lowest
wages of ali are paid by the Baltimore
and Ohio, which pays the largest divi.
dends and has the largest surplus The
highest is on the New jersey Central,
which is bankrupt, the pay on the New
York. New Haven and Hartford paying
for longer runs. The average is higher
than on the Baltimore and Ohio before
the reduction Philadelphia Tines.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

Need not be endured, although what cant
must be. Among the bodily ilis susceptible
of complete removal by that benign tonic and
alternative, Hostetter's Stomach Bltters, are
general debility, malarisl fevers, constipation
dyspepsia, liver disorder, and nervousness
Its remedial capabilities are, however, by no
means limited to these maladies. Its proper
ties as a blood depurent render it extremely
serviceable in expelling the aCrid impurities
which produce those painful disorders, rheu-
matism and govt, and its inyigOrating and
mildly stimulating effect upon the kidneys
and bladder constitute it a useful medicine
for impelling those organs to complete per-
Torrance of their functions when they are
weak and inactive. In fact, there is scarcely
any disease of which weakness is an accom-
paniment, in which this admirable medicine
| cannot be used with advantage.
AFTER an experience of over twenty
five years, many leading phi ysicians acknow-
edge that the GrGsfeHbeTg AarSHGlPS Uterine
| CGthOJjcO75 is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject The
Graefen5eYq Vegetable Pills, the most popular
remedy Of the day for bilIiOusness, headache,
liver complaint and diseases of digestion.
Sold by ali druggists. Send for almanacs.
Graefenberg Co. New York.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

PcND's EXTRACT, for Varicese Veins,
demorrehages or any Pain. Physicians
allophatie, homeopathic and eclechc-reeom-
mend it. Ask Of them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

1t is said that garroters have to serve
an apprenticeship OF two years before
they can go out On the street and
tackle an alderman, with a short neck.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

UyHES WRITING To ADYERTISERS
w please sag you saw the advertisemend
is this paper. -. - u. %.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-09

Mr.. David Gray. editor of the Buffalo Courier, has
article on Tine Last Indian 'ounCil on the
Geneses.' in Scribner, for July, closing with the
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-10-29
Congressional Fault Finding.
Letter to Tribune.

With all this fault-fnding, however.
the admission has to be made that the
general tone Of the civil service has I'M
proved since President Hayes came in.
If he prefers for Office his friends who
have done him important services, these
friends are respectable men, and at least
ftolerably competent for their positions.
The motley crowd Of contractors, specu-
lators, adventures, and dead-beats who
used to impose themselves upon General
Grant, have disappeared; rings and
"bosses" do not flourish under the Presi-
dents nose; r:iscals do not get bis COM
mission to plunder the merchants of New
York; there is no longer an atmosphere
of ignorance, limpudence and sycophancy
about the White House. No one can
doubt that PRESIDENT Hayes is con-
scientious, high-minded gentleman, who
is trying to " ork out the difficult problem
of duty as best he can. Perhaps he can
get along without party at his back.
The Republican party probably needs
him as bad as he needs it; but can either
safely dispense with the other?
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-10-29
Briggs' Rash Bet.

Our old friend Briggs rushed one day
into lawyers Office, and put it to him
thusly: Il called in, Judge, to get your
opinion about little point of law.
S'posin' you lived near door to man
named johnson. And s'posin' that you
was to say to johnson that a splendid
illustration of the superiority Of the
human intellect was to be found in the
power of the human eye to restrain the
ferocity of wild animal. And s'posin'
johnson was to remark that that was
all bosh, and you. should declare that
you could hold the savagest beast that
was ever born if you could once fix
your gaze on him. Well, then, s'posin'
johnson was to say he'd bet hundred
dollars he could bring tame animal
that you couldn't hold with yous eye,
and you was to take him up on ii, and
johnson was to ask ysu Il come down
to his place to. settle the bet. You'd
go, we'll say, and Johnson'd introduce
a dog bigger'n any four dsacent dogs
ought to be and sick him on you, am!
he'd come at you like a sixteeen-iDcs
she'll out of a howitzer, and you'd get
skeery about it, and try to hold the
dog with your eye and couldn't. And
s'posin you'd suddenly conclude that
maybe your kind of an eye wasn't cal
culated to hold that kind of dog, and
you'd conclude to break for plum
tree. You ketch nay idea? VERY well,
then. Well, s,r, s'posin' just as you
got three feet up the tree, Johnson's
dog would grab you by the leg and hold
on like wise, shaking you until you
nearly lost your hold. And s'posin'
johnson vas to stand there and holleT,
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-10-29
RATTLING RUNNING.

Fen Brock Beaten By Parole at Bal
ti1nore in the Presence OF an I'm
mense and Enthusiastic Crowd OF
Congressman and Others.
BALTIMORE, Oct. z4-The third race
and great event of the day was the dash
of two miles for all ages, $500 entrance,
play or pay, the club to add ST. 900.
Harper's Ten Brock, Georse L. Loril-
lard's Tom Ochiltree and p. Lorillard's s
Parole were the starters. In the pools
Ten Brock was the favorite at large
odds, selling against the field at nearly
two to one. He sold for $1,000, while
Tom Ochiltree brought $500 and Parole
1885. The widest excitement prevailed
about the pool stands and on the grand
stand The horses started well, with
Ten Brock in front, Ochiltree second
and Parole third. On the upper turn
Ten Brock opened two lengths ahead
of Tom, and Parole was two lengths be-
hind, and at the. end of the quarter,
while Ten Brock held his advantage
Parole fell back two lengths. The first
half mile was run without change, and
when the horses passed the stand the
most intense excitement prevailed.
Around the lower turn Ochiltree recov-
cred one length, and at the quarter pole
was only one length behind. On the
back stretch Ochiltree gained another
half length, and Parole ran easily at his
distance of two lengths in the rear, and
at the half mile Ochiltree was only half a
length behind Ten Brock, while Parole
had gained one length. On the upper
turn Ochiltree pushed forward and show
81 Iool ;,1C he
tage to half length. At the three.
quarter pole, down the home stretch he
increased his advantage to two lengths,
with Parole three lengths behind Ten
Brock. In that order they passed the
stand; but in the lower turn Ten Broeck
gained the length he had lost, as also did
Parole. At the quarter, Ten Brock
and Ochiltree ran head and head, and
on the back stretch Ten Brock showed
a. head in front. He increased his advan-
tage- al the half mile, and went into
the upper turn one length ahead Of
Ochiltree, who led Parole over a length.
At the three-quarter pole, Parole made
dash and ran up even with Ochiltree.
Down the home stretch the running was
fine. Parole went gaIlantly to the front
and finished two lengths ahead Of Ten
Brock, who beat Tom four lengths.
Time, 4:374. After the race, Parole
was,received with cheers and the people
gathered around him. AS soon as his
jockey was weighed the crowd raised
him on their shoulders and carried him
about the track with cheer upon cheer.
Among the threng present to witness the
races were Senators Bayard, Don CAM
eron, David Davis, Beck, McCrary, Nc
Donald, Bruce, Gordon, Armstrong,
Thurman, Howe, Johnston, Oglesby,
Ranston, and many members OF the
house of representatives.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-10-29
5 Oysters.
Mallory brand, wholesale and retail,
bY Fades & Westbauser. 62tf
A Surprised Lo!

We are Indebted to one Of the express
messengers on the Dakota Division for
the following account of surprise that
happened to one OF the Indians encamped
just below the Fort at Jamestown. When
the soldiers left Fort Seward for Fort
Tetten they left lot of loaded shells ly-
ing round the Fort; the Indians have
been picking these up for the sake of the
powder they contain. The hero of our
story thinking to be smart tried to open
a shell with cold steel c1ise1- Result:
an explosion, smoke, pieces of she'll, yelIs,
Injun minus right hand, heap dam.-
Moorhead Aduocafe.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-10-29
Buffers Hat Full OF Br1ckbats.

Ben Butler was asked to-day how he
liked being in congress this session, and
he answered: ''It feels very conforta-
Bile to sit IN the house without any res
possibility and have your hat full of
brickba.s" This expression is unooubt-
edly correct and complete announce
ment Of the policy which Mr.. Butler in
tends to pursue this winter, and men,
bers who have any reason for caution or
alarm in respect to any subject whatever
had best take notice and remain upon
guard Washington Tel: to ", r. Times.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-10-29
BISMARCK D. T, MONDAY, OCTOBER 49, 1877
A LETTER NEVER SENT.
An Episode Of the Black Hills.

An Episode of the Black Hills.
DEAR JIN-
suppose that you are enjoying
Your Summer trip down to Long Branch,
While l, poor unfortunate mortal.
Still 60 it alone in my rancho:
"I've not struck it rich since left you
In fact things have gone rather slow;
But what 10 the use of repining?
IT'S best as It Is, that you know.
''Whst with lodging the sneakns red In juns,
And prospecting ont on the Hills.
haven't muck time for complaining,
And look rather light on life's ills.
'Yes; digging for gold is quite risky,
But some day Ill strike rich pocket
struck q rich color this morning.
And hope has gone up like rocket.
''Ive finished letter to mother,
And told her to be of good cheer;
Some day I'll be with her, God bless b er!-
Without me her life must be drear,
''Tm writing this screed in the doorway,
The sun isjust sinking to rest,
Somehow it reminds me of home. Jim,
But God doeth all for the best"
1.-THE crack Of rif. rings sharply,
The miner Will prospect no more;
There's shout OF the red man exuIting,
The writer falls dead in the door-
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The Fremonts.

st. Louis Times.
That Gen. Fremont should have been
SO far reduced in circumstances as to be
compelled to sell his personal property,
including his family portraits, is a sad
piece of intelligence, indicating actual
poverty. Missourians cannot fail to feel
sympathy for Gen. Fremont's accom-
plished wife, the daughter of our distin-
guished senator, Thomas H. Benton.
The fact that she and her husband are
reduced to such extrenities should cause
that sympathy to take. some substantial
shape. The Fremont's ought not to be
afflicted with poverty in their old age.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-10-29
BY TELEGRAPH.
Special to the Bismarck Tribune
ST PAIN Oct %

Special to the Bismarck Tribune.
ST. PAUL, Oct: %.
GIN. GRANT WILL
remain in France through November and
afterward visit Spain, Portugal, Barbary
and Egypt. Numerous demonstrations
in his honor at Paris will occupy most of
November.
The American masons, who accepted
passage to England under contract to
work, having joined the England strikers
are liable to prosecution and 1mprison-
ment for breaking their contract and the
masters threaten proceedings against
them.
ATTY. GEN. DEvENS
with reference to the Massachusetts, Of
fee holders declining to take part in the
pending campaign writes that the Presi-
dents order distinctly states the right of
officials to vote and express their views
on political questions.
TnDEE,
in response to a serenade last night, en-
dorsed the New York Democratic ticket,
spoke in favor Of free trade and bitterly
denounced the counting in Of Hayes.
GROVER KENNEDY,
the most notorious outlaw of Kentucky,
was captured near Lancaster, Kentucky,
yesterday morning by the marshal of
Bardstown. A squad Of twelve unknown
men entered the house of McVey, the
toll gate keeper on the Circlevilie Pike,
six miles north of Chillicothe, Ohio. Fri
day night, shot McVey through the
heart and his wife through the head kill
ing both instantly; then ransacked the
house for plunder and set it on fire and
escaped to the woods.
Leonora has seeded from Mexico.
D1az has ordered several regiments to
the RIO Grande to enforce the extradition
of criminals demanded by the Governor
of Texas. .-...
PRESIDENT WRIGHT,
of the N. p, bought Of the Government
at sale 1900 tons of railroad iron which
have been held at Duluth several years
for non payment Of du.ies. He Faid $780,
50 per ton. ..,.-...-= e.- -.r. -.-..
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Beecher and THton.

New York Sun.
Although Beecher has returned to his
pulpit for the winter. he has not aban-
doned the lecture platform. He has en-
gsgements for an averageeof two lectures
a week, at from 5000 to $500 each, for
almost the entire season. Theodore Eli
ton devotes al his time to 1ecturlng,
and his route has been arranged so that
he rarely misses an evening except on
Sundays. He gets from 500 to $50.
Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-10-29
Yield OF Precious Metals.

tits estimated, according to official adj
vices received at the Treasury Depart
ment that the yield of the precious met
ais in Nevada and California will agSre
gate for the present calender year $33,-
100000 of gold and S,7,ooo,oooo Of silver,
as follows: Mines OF the CoDstock Lode
Silver, $4,000 ooo; gold ST. ,oco, 900;
rest of State of Nevada. 5000 ,oco sil-
yer, 100000 gold; State Of California, ,
SIS 100000 gold and sIspeo,ann silver.
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Fix your eye on him, Briggsl' and 50
on; and s'posin' he kept that dog on
that leg until he made you swear to pay
that bet, and then at last had to pry
the dog off with q hot poker. S'posin
this, what want to know 1s, couldn't
you sue johnson for damasess"-
Ads2er.