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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
Pillmaker and Statesman.

DR.. James G. Aver, the well known
patent medicine proprietor, died yester
day at Winchendon, Mass For the past
two years ne has been in extremely poor
health, and for some part of that period
his mental condition was such that he
had to be confined in an asylum for the
insane. DR.. Aver was undoubtedly the
weslthiest maker of patent medicines in
this country. He had been engaged in
the manufacture of pills and syTups for
many years, and his name is known
through his medicines all over the world.
In the latter years of his life, before bis
mind became unbalanced, he was de-
sirOus to become known TO the public as
a statesman, and not alone as maker Of
pills Having great financial interests
in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he re-
sided, and in its surrounding towns, he
succeeded, in October, 1874, through
agents, while he was in Europe, in pro-
curing the republican nomination for
congress in the seventh Massachusetts
district a great deal Of opposition to
him was made on account of his cold
manners, and he was defeated by the
democratic candidate, Mr., Tarbox. A
few days subsequent to the election, the
superintendent Ill feeling toward him in
the town of Aver which is named after
him, found expression in the public
burning of his efigy. 1t seems likely
that brooding over his defeated hope OF
acquiring political position. and over the
indignities cast upon him by the men he
expected to rally to his support, caused
his mind 70 become unhinged. In June,
1876, he became so violent that he was
conveyed TO a private asylum in New
Jersey, where he remained for some
months + n. Y Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
Gnke Care of the Eyes.

Or. II. Q. Angel, in Atlantic Monthly
Persons having tendency to weak
ness Of sight, or thOse experiencing IN
usual fatigue of the eyes in reading or
similar OCCUPATIONS requiring close Wis
ion, should carefully observe the follow
ing rules:
!. Cease to use the eyes for the time
being, and look away from the work,
when sight becomes in the least painful,
blurred or indistinct. After perfect rest
for a moment or longer, work may be
resumed, to be continued az before
when the eyes feel again fatigued.
2. See that the light is sufficient, and
that it falls properly upon your work.
Never sit facing it. 1t is best that the
light should fall upon the work from
above or behind. Failing this, it may
fall firm the side. Never use the eyes
at twilight. Any artificial light for the
evening is good it it is brilliant enough
and steady. When artificial light is at
ali painful, it is safer to read or write
only during the day.
3. Never read in the horse or steam
cars. 1t requires too great an exertion
of the sccommodative power TO keep
the eyes fixed on the letters. Business
men are IN the habit of reading the
evening papers on their way out of the
city, and the morning papers on their
way in. This dangerous practice is q
somewhat frequent cause OF weakness of
! sight. There are those who can follow
/ it with impunity year after year, but
/ there are more who can not.
| 4 Never read when lying down; it is
! too fatiguing for the accommodative
| power. Many a tedious case of weak
sight has been traced to the pernicious
! habit of reading in bed after retiring foI
J the night.
/ 3. Do not read much during conVa-
/ lescence from illness. Before the mus,
cular system generally has quite re-
covered its healthy tone, we ought not
to expect the muscles of accommodation
to bear the continuous use to which they
are subjected in reading or writing
| We can not be sure that the delicate
muscles OF the eye are in s condition t.
be used until the muscles Of the leg anC
the arm have regained their strength anC
firmness.
6. The general health should be maiu
tanned by a good diet, sufficient sleep
air, exercise, amusement, and a pgope
restriction of the hours of hard work
One ought not to expect strong eyes il
a body weakened by bad habits or an in
judiciOus amount of labor. Bright gas
lights in crowded rooms, and the impurit,
OF the air in such places, are especially t
be avoided Medical advice should b
sought in regard to any nervous debility
disorder or the organs of digestion, O
functional disturbances of a geners
nature, whether they appear to have
direct connection with the weakness {
sight or not.
Z. Take plenty of sleep. 1t is a SOY
ereign balm for those who suffer froI
weak sight. Retire early, and avoid tn
! painful evening lights Ten hours slee
for delicate eyes is better than eight.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
THE SILVER DOLLAR.
H Remains In the Hands of the Gov eI1
naent AImDsG EnIIreIy.

II Remains IN the Hands of the Govern.
nIent Aim ssI EnGireIy.
Washington Special to the New York World
The minis have now coined in the |
neighbOrhood of 900, 900 silver dollars, |
and will continue to coin them, after the |
LIST of J uly, at the rate of about 600 COZ |
month. There will, therefore. be |
about 50. 900, 600 of this coin in existence !
on the 1st of January next. Almost |
the whole amount of dollars thus far
coined is still in possession of the go
vernment. People do not want them,
and it Is utterly impOssibly to get them
into circulation. The issue ofsilver GER
tificates has reached an aggregate OF ST.
462, 600, but these certificates, like the
dollars then selves, come directly back
TO the government as soon as they are
issued. The treasury now has IL Its
various offices 81, 338. 10 of them. The
present operation of the silver law is as
follows: The government was compelled
at the start to use gold coin to purchase
silver bullion, but as soon as the first
million of silver dollars were coined, the
bullion was paid for in these dollars.
The seller of bullion Immediately passed
the silver dollar to brokers, who
paid them back to the gov
eminent for customs duties. As soon as
the issue OF SILVER C6fClncaIeS WAS DoSuh
by the government these took the place
of the silver dollars in payment for
silver bullion The bullion broker now
receives silver certificates for his bullion
and the silver dollars do not go out OF
| the possession of the government at all.
| The silver certificates are passed to
brokers and used in the payment of
duties. They are not legal tender, and
are rot sought for any other purpose.
As the government will only purchase
| bullion at the rate of 50, 10000 a month,
| not mere than 100000 worth of certi-
/ ficates are brought into use, and this
! amount will be sufficient to cover the
| silver bullion business for the remainder
of the yesr, 1t is calculated at the
/ treasury department that by the lst OF
| January next the government will have
! been deprived Of at least ten millions OF
| sod. which il would have received If
liver and silver certificates were not
used for the payment Of duties. Should
the treasury department increase the
amount of coinage, the use of silver Ger
tificates fer the payment of duties would
be correspondingly increased, but the
government would be wholly deprived
of its supply of gold coin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME.
sGrubS IA the Backs OF Cattle.

sGrubS n the Back OF Cattle.
AZ usual at this season, correspondents
are inquiring about the grubs or worms
iOurd under the hides Of cattle. These
are the young or larvaI form of the
;estrus bowls, or gadfy of the OK, which
chase and eriously harm cattle, while
leaving their eggs in summer and
autumn. Where the flies abound thew
retard growth and fattening, and in
extreme cases cause much fever and
arrangement of the system, as we'll as
deterioration OF the hide by the presence
of Larvae under the skin. But as the fv
does not survive the winter, save in this
larval form in the skin, it is easily killed
out In any district by a uniform destruc
ton of the grubs now to be found under
the integument. The parasites will be
found mainly in the back, and shouId
be squeezed out of their crusts by strong
compression of the adjacent skin, and
crushed under foot to destroy vitality
and prevent them from bulTowing in
the soil and undergoing their natural
transformation into the fly. If the hole
Is too small it may be slightly enlarged
with penknife 80 as to allow the easy
escape of the grub. The destruction nj
these parasites by introducing caustiC
liquids or red-hot irons into the sacks is
not to be commended, as it leaves a mas.
of dead matter in the sore to undergo
putrefactiOn, and develops an amount o.
surrounding inflammation that is alto
getheT unnecessary.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
Americans a Long.Lired Race.

We Americans used to be STYLED a
short lived race, and there was probably
reason for it. But we do hardly deserve
the name any longer, as any one may
discover by recalling the number Of Old
people he is acquainted with, and by
looking from day to day at the death
notices in the newspapers. Our average
OF life has surely increased during the
present generation, owing, no dOu bt to
increased knowledge Of, and regard for
hygiene, 10 less anxiety Of mind and
strain OF nerve; 10 easier material con-
dlti0ns and better adjustment of individ-
uals 10 their surroundings. 1t i, not
very long since d man or woman of sixty,
even of fifty, was considered old. In the
country and in small towns, people who
had scored two score and ten were
inclined to think they had done their
work and were prepared TO withdraw
from active pursuits of every kind. This
IS all changed. Persons Of fifty and
upward in good health are considered
still in their prime. Hundreds OF men
at seventy or thereabOuts I'LL important
and responsible posts in all departments
of industry, and have DO thought of
retiring, nor. have they any reason to
think of it. They do not look, in fact
they are not, so old IS their prOgenitOrs
were with ten or twenty years less on
their heads They have learned how TO
take care of themselves, to husband
their strength, to conserve their facul-
ties. They are more IN accord with
denizens of Europe. when men are
ranked a. youths until thsy have passed
forty. The health of our people-EO-
ticeably our women-has improved
greatly, as our flces, figures, vitality
endurance, power o. performance, abund-
antly testify. Take New York for
example, which, as the metropolis of the
/ repnbiiC, shOulG be representative. You
/ cannot walk in Broad way or the throDged
avenues anywhere without being i'm
! pressed by the white-haired men and
| women who move with the spring and
| supp!eness of comparative juve nifty,
| who are clear eyed, smooth-browed, erect,
/ full of hope, enterprise, plans for the
! future, Who are among our most pros
! porous merchants, bankers, physicians,
! lawyers, clergymen, politicians, authors,
managers? A limited number of fresh
| and rosy veterans who never suspect
! that they are old, and who, therefore,
are not old. Read the obituaries OF
citizens, and note how many have lasted
to seventy-fve, eighty, eighty-fiye, even
ninety and odd. There is no question
OF it. The nation Is rejuvenating
! Years have cea ed to count against us as
they have done. While we live fan
more than we have lived hitherto, we
! live much longer, aud our average age
augment with each passing decade
Il Baltimore News.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
RuddlnR FruII Trana

L. I. Quinn, in Scribner's, gives there
directions for budding orchard trees:
The proper time for budding extends
from the middle of July until the first
of September. Whenever the bsrk
separates easily from the wood, the buds
may be set with fair chance of success
The outfit for building consists of some
narrow strips of bass mating, such az
come on the inside of coffee bags. and a
pocket knife with single blade, with a
small piece D worry fastened in the end
OF the handle. When the incision ia
made, the ivory is used to raise the bark
up on either side, so the bud may be
pressed into place. The buds to be in
serted should be cut from young, healthy
trees, ana always OF the present years
CROWN, thOse that are most matured
being selected. The leaves NAV then be
clipped off the branch of buds. leaving
say half an inch of the leaf stalk attached
to the bud. Then, with a keen-edged
knife cut off each bud separately, from a
hall to three quarters of an inch in
length, leaving thin slice of wood back
OF the eye or tud. These should be kept
moist and protected from the sun or air
until set; exposure, even for a short
Tune, may prove fatal
When the whole top, or any part of il.
Is to be budded over, select the spot foI
each bud in smooth part of the branch
not too large, say from one to two inches
in diameter. On this part make an in,
cIsion through the bark il
the form of the capital letter T, and raise
or separate the bark from the wood with
the ivory on the handle of the knife
The bud may then be pressed into place
Gut OIL square the portion that goe
above the cross incision Then, with ;
strip OF the bass mating, wrap firmly
around the branch, above aud below thu
eye, fastening the end of the strip by ,
slip knot.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18

H. ih6llAN IN Ile austin EN press.
noticed in your weekly edition Of
May ,, an article entitled Cattle and
sheep Raising" copied from the Texas
sun. If you will permit, l would like
10 make few remarks in regard to that
article, and also give some statements in
regard to sheep-raising in Texas which I
think will be little nearer the facts in
the ease than that article makes them
60 be. My object is not to discourage
any one in the sheep business, nor TO
prevent any one from engaging in the
raising Of sheep, hut to give those
interested some reliable facts from which
to make their calculations. l am aware
that there are many persons coming here
from the old states with a view OF en-
gagjng in the sheep business, which they
have been led to believe from such
statements as the one mentioned above,
and many others of similar nature. is
q certain, quick and easy way by which
they can acquire fortunes. If the state
ment made in the Sun be true, there is
no doubt that all sheep men would soon
be immensely rich but the facts are far
different and such articles as that are
calculated to do more harm than GOOD
leading many TO sell their farms and
homes in the old states, to come here
and invest in sheep, soon to realize that
they have been deceived, and, il
able, often return to speak i'll OF
Texas. Thus these articles or mis-
representations of the profits OF sheep
raising in this country will in the lons
run be disadvantage instead of an ad
vantsge to the state. The sheep business
when rightly handled will pay a good in
teIest on the nt-ss good, or bet
ter, than any other stock that can b.
raised in this country, The business o
sheep raising is at present more certain
business than any other stock bushes
that can I've conducted in this country
But to know how to handle sheep right
ly is no small consideration when you q
to figure on the profits of your invest
meDU in sheep. / venture to say tina
there are "a many men who lose as max
in the sheep business, and it is all iron
3 ack OF knowledge of the business, sn'
proper range aud conveniences for nsnd
ling the stock. A word In regard 10 Tia
kind Of sheep To handle: Many get tn
idea that it is best to start with Mexican
owes and grade up. This is mistake
dna, They have neither the constitu
ion carcass nor wool. Tney count 10
heep. and that is all. Buy good trad
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Carrara Marble.

The famous marble quarries OfCarrara,
although they have been worked since
the reign OF Augustus, and have fur
nished a steady aud enormous supply to
the whole civilized globe, seem TO be
iuexhaustible. They compose an entire
mountain range. and embrace every
variety and quality of marble, from the
coarse, common kind to the statuary
marble, Monte CrestOia and Monte
Sagro yielding the largest and finest
blocks. The blocks are detached, drawn
out by oxen and rolled down the hill.
The quarries number some FIVE hundred,
only about twenty of them furnishing
the marble used by sculptors. Most of
the inhabitants of CarTara and the
vicinity-some 5000 workmen in all
are employed in the labor, at two or
three lire Qorty to sixty cents) a day.
The marble taken out year before last
was in the vicinity Of 10000 tons, val
ued at 81, 400, 900, of which 40, 900 comes
20 the United States. The export of
marble to this country has increased
immen-clY within twelve to fifteen years,
the Tia I'd largest marble firm now at
Carrara being American. On consul
there Is member Of the Il III. and his
consulate Is said to produce r larger
revenue than any other in Italy.
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and msjoram; one small onion; salt and
white pepper to taste, four sprigs parsley;
Line a well-buttered dish with paste,
make layer of beef cut in neat scallops,
sprinkle with onion and parsley minced
very fine and mixed on plate with the
celery salt, thyme, msjoram, salt and
pepper then another layer of beef and
Seasoning, and so on until all is used.
When the pie is covered in, wash over
with milk, crimp the edges ornament the
top with leaves {pasre), and bake in mod
crate oven one and one-half hours. This
quantity is sufficient for SIX in family.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
THE LOHD'srRAYER.


The following BEAUTIFUL poem is said TO have been
written by King James l., though by come it as
Cribed to Bishop andrews:
II any are distressed, and fain would gather
some CO mfort, let them hasten unto
Our Father:
For we of hope and health are quite bereaven
Unless thou succOr us
Who art in Heaven.
Thou showest mercy, therefore for the same
We praise Thee, singing
Hallowed De Thy name.
Oi all Thy niseries cast up the sum,
chow us ! by JOYS, and let
Thy Kingdom come.
We mOrtals are, and alter from our birth,
Thy win be done on Earth.
Toy name is blessed here,
As it's in Heaven.
Nothiog we have to use. or debts to pay,
Except Thou givs' it to us,
Give us this day
wherewith to clotne US, wherewith to be fed.
For without Thee we want
uTdatly bread.
We want, but want no faults, for no day passes
But we do Sin
Forgive usOur trespasses.
No man from SHINING ever free did live:
Forgive US, o Lord, our sins,
As we forgive.
Il We repent our faults, Thou ne'er disdained u.s.
We pardon
That trespass against us.
Forgive US, tnat is last, new path tread US,
Direct us always in Thy Faith,
And lead US,
We Thine own people and Thy Chosen Nations
Into all truths, hut
Not INTO temptation.
Thou that Of all good grace art the giyer
SuheI us not 10 wander,
But deliver
Us from the fierce assaults of world and devil.
And hesh, so shalt thou free us
From all evil.
10 these petitions let both Church and laymeu
With one consent Of heart and voice, say
Amen.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
COMMUNIST INGENDIARIEs.
a War Against Keeping Machines aud
Agricultural Implements

a war against 0eaDluE A2Bch1nea aud
Agricultural Implements.
The destruction of reapiug machines
by tramping communists in Ohio and
Indiana Is getting to be of such frequent
occurrence as to thoroughly alarm the
farmers, who fear that it is the beginning
of an organized crusade against agricui-
tural machinery. Notices are nightly
posted about the rural districts. warning
the farmers who are in the midst of haro
vest against the use of patent reapers.
In return the farmers are posting notices
warning the tramps that any man who is
caught burning their barns or stacks or
reapers, will be promptly shot. The
number of reapers already reported de-
stroyed is not less than twenty or thirty.
A few of the more timid farmers are dis
carding machines and cutting their grain
by hand. Most of them, however, will
not heed the incendiary notices, and will
protect their property at all hazards.
Any man who desires work can readily
secure it now in the harvest field. In
some places hands are scarce at 81. so per
day and board. Farmers think the
bread or blood plea of barn-burners is
not well founded.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18
HeroiSni.

Presently heard the men pumping Oh
the MAN deck, and the boats9ain's voice
singing 10 encourage tue other. Whist
courage that InaD had /, who tell the
story, am ashamed to think OF the prom
inpnCe I give ~ NY own small action
when I'll the heruism bei"ngs to him ]
know not what crest writer il was who,
visiting the field ~ Waterloo, asked how
il was that the officers who fell in that
fgHt bgTf graves an ! monuments erected
10 them, when the s2ljisrs The privstfs
by whom all the had work vas DONE
Law naneless IN hidden pits? And 50
when we send ships to discover the north
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18

A MINISTER was telling his Sunday
school all about Sampson and his ex-
ploits. % With what remarkable wear =
on did Sampson STAY his enemies ?'' Re
asked. No one knew. In ORDER to coach
the school little he tapped bis jaw and
said, % Children what is this ?" It was
enough. Torpid memories were quick
ened and the victory was won A dear
little boy, who, If he keeps the promis
of his childhood, will some day be cans
di6ate for Office, cried out, d know
know, sir" Ested at the success of
his plan. the minister turned to him and
said, Well my little man, stand up snd
t i The wticIa scHcri What / is." He
a.Css with great dignity, and replied,
It's the jaWbone OF an ass, sir :! "
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pole, we have little to say about poor
Jack, who loses his life by scurvy, or his
toes and nose by PROSTITUTES, and who
makes all the success OF the expedition
80 far as it goes. ], who have been to sea,
say that Jack deserves as much praise as
his skipper, and perhaps little more;
snd If honor is bestowed, let Jack have
his share; and if monument is to be
raised, let poor Jacks name be written
on the stone as well as the others; for
be sure that Jack could have done with
ont the other, but also be sure that the
others couldn't have done without Jack.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-07-18

FOR upwards Of thirty years n rs. WInsloW's
Soothing Syrup has been used Tor children
with never-failing success. 1t cOrrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind oOlic, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhGa,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and weIl-trieG remedy. 25c. a bottle.
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Tne ereaEest OIscovery % boz. a,

The Greatest Discovery OF the age
is Dr.. TObiss' celebrated Venetian Liniment
so years before the public, and warranted 70 cure
Disrrhea, DysenteTy, Collie, and Spasms, taken. L.
tsrnally; and Group, Chronic rheumatism, Sore
Throafs Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores, and Pains in the
Limbs, Back and Chest, externally. 1t has never
failed family viii ever be without 1t after once
giving ii fair trlal. Price, 40 cts DR. TOBIAS
VENETIAN HORSE LINIMEFr, in Pint Bottles,
at One Dollar, 3 warranted superior to any other, OF
NO PAY, for the cure of Colo, Cuts, Bruises, Old
Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists DePot-IO fark
Place, New York.