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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
The Girl who Wants to Marry.

New York weekly.l
If a man has right to marry, why
has not a woman? If man may ask
a woman to become his wife, why may
not a woman suggest to a man how
lovely it would be to become her hus-
band? But nay. Society, by its
usage which is stronger than written
law, says that such a proceeding is OBJ
jectionable, and that lovely woman
must not practice it. We bow to the
dictate of society's usage, and the wo-
man who rebels again it is voted
rude, forward and unwomanly. And
yet the honest desire for a companion
and partner for life is implanted in
the feminine heart as deeply as that
of the man. 1t does not find express
sion in the same manner. The woman
who bas reached the age of maturity
never having "a desire to marry, is
either mentally or physically imper-
feet, or else is, as it were, a wooden
doll, or partially animated peice of
wax-works. She may pride herself on
what she thinks IS her excessive mod
esty, but her ardent sister, who hon
estly longs for a real and live man to
be her comfort for life, is just as mod
est. and quite as sensible. It is not al
ways the case that the longing of the
girl who wants to marry assumes the
form Of outward and verbal expression.
There are thousands of bashful fel
lows who have had on their tongues
the propositions they would fain have
uttered, but were frightened by the
fear that the girls would refuse them
when at the verytime the dear creature:
were hoping and longing for these same
individuals to give them an opportunity
to accept.
But there are at least thousand anG
one ways in which a girl may with pro
priety communicate to almost any
bright young man her ideas concern
ing him. These are not set down il
the guide books. They are not par
of our written literature. They com
not by rule and regulation. They ar
above and beyond all these and re
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
Educating Girls to be Mothers.

New York Nation: We do not
know who first used the phrase "edu-
eating girls to be mothers" but we
fancy it is quite as capable of explana-
ton as thephrase "woman's fullest de-
velopment." Educating a girl to be a
mother, we presume, means very
much the same thing as educating a
boy to be a father. A boy is educated
to be a father by preparing him to earn
a living in some honest calling-or, in
other words, to support a family in
comfort, and behave well as the head
of a family. But such an education
has to have in view the calling he will
probably ursue, and not any vague
thing called his ''fullest development. d"
If boy is going to be mechanical
engineer, it is not educating him to be
a father to occupy large portion OF
his learning years with music, and the
classics. He would doubtless, as a
father, be the better of music and the
classics, just as every hotel waiter
would be the better of a university
education and foreign travel, but il
education, as in other things, the linn
itations of human life, of hu
man capacity, and of the Iabu
markets have to be taken into ac
count. So, also, in educating wo
man to rear children and manage {
household, you educate her for the
calling which eighty per cent. of he
sex follow. 1t may be small or near
calling, as most callings are, full o
drudgery and containing little chanc'
for the fullest development, but it is (;
TREMENDOUS fact from which there Is noe
escape. The truth is that tn
passion for development and i'm
patience for inevitable daily duties i
one of the great causes of the socia
troubles through which we are pass
ing.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
How I WouId Paint a Dar-Roorn.

IF we had the adorning of a bar
room it should be done somewhat in
this wise:
On one side I would paint Death on
the pale Horse, his arm welding the
thunderbolt, the fiery hoofs Of his Ay-
ing steed treading down everything
fair and lovely; the Garden of Eden
before him, blackened waste behind
him.
On the othersside I would draw the
picture of a wretched hovel, once a
happy home; the roof broken in, the
windows stuffed with rags; in the door
way weeping wife, ragged children
clingiag to her skirts, piteously be
seeching her for bread. In the dis
tance should be seen the once happy
husband and father, now a reeling
drunkard, on his way from the village
tavern to the hut he calls his home.
Back on the bar in full view OF the
bloated creatures that stand with cup
to their lips, Fwould paint company
of fendish hiIarity around a fire
kindled with the flames of alcohol, and
over it 1 would write IN Iurid letters !:
Moderate drinking lights the flame
that burns to the lowest hell?"
Opposite the bar should be a lone
ly and dishonored grave; a lightning
blasted tree should stretch its leafess
branches over it. and on some Yithered
bough should perch the melancholy
owl hooting to the wintry moon.
At the foot of the grave should
kneel the angel of mercy, with hands
and eyes upraised to the pitying
heavens; and at the head Of the grave
should be the angel of justice, carving
with stern, relentless hand, upon the
tombstone these fearful words Of doom:
'No drunkard shall inherit the
kingdom of God"
In the intervening spaces 1 would
have here q grinning skeleton, and
there a broken heart, shattered hour
glass, stranded boat, a torch extin.
/ guished in blackncss of darkness
while from over the do rway an6
from the ceiling should look down all
kinds of woful human faees-implor-
ing, wrathful, dreadful, despairing
The walls Of the room should be
shrouded in sackcloth, and the floor
/ covered with ashes, and the bar wreath
ed in weeping willow and gloomy cy
press; while ali the vessels that held
the damning fluid should be black
black as the gates of doom.
Then [ would call the rumseller, il
he would, to take his place behind
the bar, and, though a few besotted
wretches, hardened in crime, might
stagger up to the bar in defiance tc
their fate, yet I should hope that the
young-the pride of mothers and the
delight of homes-might turn away as
though they had caught a glimpse Of
the Internal world.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
SOntb and North.

Christian Intelligencer: ''Let any
man use the word Yankee again in my
presence and I will insult him. Were
the people in the North Of our own
flesh and blood they could not be more
our brothers. So said a gentleman in
Memphis the other day as he beheld
the garments which had been sent from
this and other cities for the relief Of
Southern sufferers. The knowledge
Of this unity of blood has been gained
at a great cost, but now that it has
been secured Ii viii be worth a vast
deal in the future. a nation to be
strong and prosperous must have q
common life, a community Of interest,
an identity OF aim. The States are
members one of another. IfLouisiana
suffers, it cannot suffer alone. Ifthere
is a wrong done in Maine, it viii re-
bound over the whole Union. Neither
our political, nor financial, nor social,
nor religious interests can be localized
We are Of one people from the Allan
tic to the Pacific. Whoever dOes npi
know this can not be patriotic .
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
An intelligent Revolver.
burlington HaEkeye-l

RqriingtoR HaTkeye-l
One night last week at a party in
Toronto, Canada, young man was
Tightening some of the young ladies
by his daring exhibition ofa revolver,
when the weapon WIS accidentally
discharged, the bullet entering tho
young mans side, inficting a serious
wound. We have said a great many
hasrh things about these young men
whose revolvers contain more than
their heads, but We retract everything
now. At last revolver has been
found that knows which man to shoot.
May its tribe increase,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05

sponsible to no law. Impossible though
it be to define them in words, the lam
guage of love speaks them more plain
ly than with cornet voice. Hardly any
young man asking young lady to
marry ought to be refused. Ifhe has
all the component elements of sound
good sense, he knows before he asks
the question what its answer will be.
If he is refused, it shows that he is not
quite as smart as he thought he was,
His defeat is mortifying. The girl
may have wanted to marry, but he
was not the man of her choice. She
will leave him to heal at his leisure
the wounds of his suffering heart, while
she takes her chances that some
body else may offer whe-wiiH prove to
be m,re acceptable. The youth gains
wisdom by experience, and after his
first grief Is assuaged, which may pos
sibly be not very long, he seeks per-
manent consolation ia some other di-
rection, this time taking his steps with
such careful caution as to prevent him
from repeating the blunder.
There are girls who start out in life
with an underlined idea that they viii
marry somebody, and then keep look
ing through the matrimonial market
just as they would look through the
stock of silks on the shopman's counter.
Taking down piece after piece they
find the shade of this too dark, OF that
too light, or of the other not exactly
what they think it ought to be. After
putting the salcsmen to much trouble
they say they Will call again, and
leave the place not knowing what they
want. So the girl who wants to mar
ry looks around to see what offers, and
finds that this mans beard is too red
that ones eyes too blue and the other
ones ears to long. She will look lit
tie farther. She examines all that are
in the market and concludes to lool
farther yet. And when, after having
almost unconseiously become a fir
and having broken the hearts of hal
the young men in the neighborhOod
she keeps on looking a little farther.
She finds herself going alone down the
hill on the shady side of the way, still
with an indefinite longing to marry
somebody, and wondering who sill
come along to propose to her.
It would be rash to advise the young
lady to accept the first marrying mar
who offers. 1t is equally rash to ad
wise her to wait, and wait, and keel
on waiting and at last marry nobody
Perhaps it is not necessary that al
should marry. Some of the mobiles
women in the world are what th'
world calls old maids; yet that is ;
lonely way of getting along. If th'
girl wants to marry, the young mel
will find out, and her soul will lool
out of the windows Of her eyes in al
unmistakable manner when the righ
man comes along. And all this with
out any lack of modesty or breach 0
perfect decorum on her part.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05

Machinery for shoemaking produces
marvellous results. One class of ma
chimes sewed last year 40, ,0Q0, 900 paira
of shoes, while another Pegged 5000
0C0 pairs in the same time. Ten men
can make 500 pairs Of shoes a day,
In New England 400 bushels of shoe
pegs are made in a day, and one cents
worth Of pegs will peg four pairs of
shoes. There are SO patents on shoe
pegz and peggegs, and 1900 on shoe
machinery. Machinery turned out
over two million shoe-lasts in the
United States last year,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
Fools and Their Money.

An American lady has purchased
this season in Paris the costliest
switch" ofhair ever made in that city.
It was made ofsnow-white hair a yard
and aquarter in length, and was sold
for $500. Another lady, also an
American, bought fan, the leaf of
which was painted by famous French
artist. The owners monogram was
set in diamonds on one of the outer.
sticks, and the price Of the entire fan
was 81, 400.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
Agents Wanted fer Dr.. Eareh's New Book,
FROM DARK TO DAWN.

In this new volume the popular author of
NIGHT SCEHEs IN TIE BIBLE portrays with
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Recommended by leading thinkers and
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Philadelphia, Cincinnati. Chicago, St. Louis
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05

mark at this stage of the. proceedings
that my heart aches for you"
"Maw! Maw!" scream John Henry.
"Your dear nav is far, far away,
my son, and 1 am now ready for busf-
ness. Here Igo."
He went. The sound of a single
striking a boy was heard in the land.
1t was also felt in the land, but from
the first stroke the boy shut his teeth
together hard and refused to utter
sound He had been there before, and
he didn't believe it was going to be much
of a shower.
With steady, even motion,
Like the roll of Mother Ocean,
Ana with no undue commotien,
The spanker fell
81 hate to d, it, but" remarked
Bijah, ,as he worked his elbow with more
zeal, and the silence was broken only
by the deep-toned whacks of the shin
gle. 1t was shingle VS.. boy, and the
boy had bet ten to one that he would
come in head. After two minutes
steady motion BJah let up and kindly
inquired:
MY son, do you now feel as if you
owned this town.
81 feel as I'm a mind tor was the
brief reply.
''What! haven't I got down to your
feelings yit! Jist wait a minuet!"
The lad was adjusted and the Elixir
again applied. The arm rose higher
and came down faster, and the fifth
stroke new stratum of soil was reach
ed At the tenth the boy wasn't sure
which would beat. At the fifteenth he
concluded that he was a goner, but
just then BJah halted and asked
"My son, do you think you run the
house,"
81 kin run half of it, replied the
lad, suddenly taking courage.
cam 1 growing weaker in my old
age?" sighed the janitor, as he reached
for spanker, cor is this an unusual
case?"
It was simply an unusual case. The
new spanker started off like a dose Of
buckshot and had only got the regular
motion when the boy gave in. Before
the shingle let go he wos ready to
promise anything. He took the most
solemn VOW to stay in nights, go to
Sunday school, quit fighting and earn
money for his mother, and as proof
of his firm desire to reform, he took a
tablespoon of castor oil without 4
vince
Don't you shudder when you realize
what a narrer escape you've had from
the gallus?" queried BJah, as he wiped
off the spoon on his elbow.
81 do, and L shall always love
you"
''One day longer and you might
turned cut pirate, I tell you, boy, shin
gle of the right size, laid on the right
spot, will put new and better thoughts
into a boys mind as sure's you're born.
You can't mention a single great man
in this country, from Peter Cooper to
Brother Gardner, who didn't get his
regular dose Of the Elixir when a boy.
You can now sit with me down stairs
and learn lesson in history while ]
darn my socks"
When the mother came softly in, q
look of maternal anxiety on her coun-
tenanance, Bijah was pushing a darn
ing-needle threaded with a pink twine
through an 6x10 hole in the heel of q
gky blue woollen sock, and the boy wa;
reading aloud;
'Is the hen on her nest? Yes, the
hen is on her nest. Is the sun up:
! Yes, the sun is up, and no good boy
will laugh at man who is blind ?
The Elixir is a success. All orders
by mail promptly attended to.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05

The cooperative associations of Ger
many have made steady progress du-
ring the past year. notwithstanding
the stagnation IN business. Their num-
Der has reached 3, 300, with mpre than
million members, snd the business
transacted exceeds s6Go, 400, 900.
Their capital in stock, buildings, and
other property in cash resources is osti-
mated to be in the neighborhood Of
3 %. 600 GOO.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
B Baby1amd. q

The only magazine ias the acorld expressly
for the Babies,
FIFTY CENTS A YEAR. FREE OF PosTAGE.
Take it for your BABY!
Eight large quarto pages. Fine amber
paper, thick and strong Sweet wee stories,
dainty pictures. merry jingles and funny
bits of baby-life, all in large type with
words divided into syllables. A Kinder
garten in itself Address,
d. LOTIIROP & CO.,
nov2l-lt Boston.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05

During the last war $4,000 Rus
sian soldiers poured down through
Roumania into Turkey. Ofthese So
800 were sent back by rail wounded
2,15O i'll, 81 900 sick went home to
Odessa by sea, 10000 are still in
hospital, $1,000 laid their bones in Rou-
mania and $4,000 perished in Bul-
Garia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05

We would ike for some double
storied modern statesman to tell Us
why it is that there are certain seasons
when a politician can see a hoFny-hand-
cd son of toll clear across the street,
and at other seasons cannot see him a
f1ot and half away.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05

The National Grange of Patrons of
HusbandFy met on the 20th at Rich
mond, Va, in twelfth annual session,
25 States being represented. The re-
ports Of the officers show the order in a
fourishing condition throughout the
country.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05

Won Bulow says that music can be
cultivated with success in those coun-
tries only where the sun shines and
the grape ripens; and Mr.. George
Bowyer says that not more than two
per cent. Of the inhabitsnts of Great
Britain can be taught to sing Z tune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
BOLIVAR.
PROFESSIONAL.

FRANCIS FENTRESs Attorney at Law, and
square.
DIR. J. ]. NEELY, Jr., Office Market street. in
McSesl Block. Orders will receive prompt atten-
tlsn.
DIR. D. c. DAY. once at his residence, near
Black Hotel.
\. NJ. LAMBETH, JR Attorney at Law, and
BOlicltsr Ia Chancery. ONCE west side public
square.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05
HOTELS IND SALOONS.

CITY SALOON, J. T.. Smith S Co., pToprietors
Bost Liquors kept constantly on hand. South side
public square.
TEMPEST SALOON P. W. Austin, proprietor.
Has on hand pure Liquors, fine Cigars. South side
pa bile sbuarc.
, GEMSALOON, A. 3. Osburn proprietor. Full
stock Of fne wines and other liquors. South side
public square
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-12-05

Jones says he hasen't got a mothe-
in-law, but he has a father in Jail, and
It Gnaounts 10 the sane tling.
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Through sleepers from Atlanta, Chattanooga,
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and Short Line. No other line can equal it.
G. r. KELLY, Gen'l Ticket Agent
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JUDICIAL.

CHANCERY COURT.-Chancelor, L. j. Living
ston Clerk and Master, James Fentrcss, Jr.
CIRCUIT COURT.-Judge, r j. Flippin Clerk,
]. n. Richardson Attorney General, J. J. DuPuy.
coUGTY cOURT.-Chairman, \. II. Rose; Clerk,
W. G. DoriOn Register, r. +. Ammons Sheriff,
W. w. Farley; Deputies, w. J. Blair. W. G. Craw-
ford, jeff Hudson Surveyor, &. G. Mcdaniel !;
STANDARD Keeper, T. A. Parran-
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MERCANTILE.

X. M HAMMER, wholesale and retail Druggist,
keeps constantly on hand Oils Paints, Stationery
and Fancy Articles. South side Of public square.
". II. CARUTH, Machinest opposite Boliv T
sundry, dealer In side and V harrows Repair
ing done.
r. l.. LIGHTFOOT & CO., Watchmakers and
Jewellers. Complete stock on hand. Repairing
neatly and cheaply done. Store in McNears Block.
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Local notices charged 10 cents line for first in
sertOn, and 10 cents line for subsequent insertions
The pay for yearly and half-yeariy advertise
ments is due quarterly and those inserted for less
than three months must be paid Tor when their time
expire
Announcing candidate faF city offices, IS 90
county, s. 00i District $50 OO State, $40 90 nvari
ably in advance.
rs Personal cards, when admissible, charged
double rates.
Mlrri ages and deaths announced free.
Obituary notices over eight lines charged for
adver tisements
$50 All letters on business must be addressed to
q. W. ARNfISTEAD.
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WM. NICK. HALL, Drugs and Groceries. New
and full stock. Goods sold al Aopphis prices.
". W. HAWKINS, dealer in all kinds OF Dry
Goods and General Merchandise. New and COM
Slete stock.
IRWIN MAULDIS keeps constantly hand
complete assortment of Dry Goods. Groceries, etc.
AESSRS. STINSON & CO., manufacturers of Glass
Monuments. Orders solicited Work guaranteed.
fhce opposite depot
J. NJ. PREWITr dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries,
Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Hardware, School
Books, etc. Large new stock, Cheap for cash.
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The BULLETIN Win be furnished on tho following