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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
Touching Letter,

Every one knows the story of the lit
tie girl who, wishing to ask something Of
heaven, wrote letter to God, which she
put into the hands of the Virgins statue
in the parish church.
A circumstance nearly analogous has
just taken place near Marchiennes, in
Belgium. A girl named Blanche was in
the service of Monsieur and Madame c.,
vino were much attached to her on &C.
count of her fidelity and piety. Some
days ago Madame G. fell i'll and died
very suddenly.
The day after her death, Blanche,
profting by moment when the corpse
already prepared for the grave, was alone
made her way into the chamber OF death
lifted the shToud and then retired pre-.
cipita ely.
Those who saw her suspected she might
have been trying to pilfer the jewelry o.
| the corpse. Search was made and moth
ing was found missing, but there was {
| letter in the dead w0man's hand. Thi;
being opened was discovered to be let
ter from Blanche to her mother, dead s
| long time before. 1t was as follows:
My DEAR AND COOP MOTHER: This il
to let you know that NJ r. has asked me t
marry him; as you are no longer here bes
| you will let me know. IN dream, if ough
| to marry him, and to give me your consent
| In order to communicate with you I prof
by the occasion Of Nine. c., who is going t.
/ heaven.
This letter, which bore the superscrip
tion, To my mother Josephine, who i
in heaven ~ is truly poem Of ingenuou
pietY.- Baltimore Bulletin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
Jersey Red swine,

Our opinion is that there are two dis
tinct breeds Of swine known as Jersey,
for we have seen some very common
stock of that name, and we have read Of
Others, like those OF Col. GFundy's, that
were superior. 1t will be seen, by refer
ence to our report of the swine breeders
convention, that the breed has no friend
among those who spoke on the subject
there Indiana Farmer.
There is but one true Jersey red hog,
but we have in .KeGtucky q red hog COM
monty called red Berkshire which many
persons are led to believe is the jersey
red because of a similarity of color. The
| jersey red is of quick growth, and at
| tains a very large size, often reaching
300 pounds gross at eight and ten months,
and dressing 500 pounds at eighteen to
twenty months. It is docile, and easily
| kept fat at any age. Its ear is the most
Objectionable feature, being large and
sometimes hanging over the. eyes, so as to
prevent the animal seeing ahead. Many
of them, however, have ears not hanging
more than the Poland Chinas. The color
is from dark to sandy red, legs short,
face wide and short. There are several
breeders OF the Jersey reds in Ken
lucky.
The hog known in Kentucky as red
Berkshire is descended from an impOrta-
ton from Spain or Portugal, made many
= years ago. 1t Is not absolutely pure as
/ breed now, but some very fine specimens
are often seen. 1t is popular with the
packers on account of its fine yield Of
lard and its compactness. It is not o.
such rapid growth as the other red hogs
but is very popular in some portions o.
this state Courier Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
rhe MonOtOny of Life.

The general character of life is that
of monotony. Whether we regard the
life of man or the life of beasts, we are
struck by the same remarkable fact, viz:
That life, to all outward appearance, is
a nlonotonous succession of scenes and
movements, but all incidental. We won
der how the interest is kept up. But
we never tire of going to bed at night,
and we are very sorry when we tire of
getting up in the morning. We never
weary, except with regret, of breakfast
i'm, dining and supping; and yet these
actions are repeated necessarily three
hundred and sixty five times in the year
with renewed excitement on every sue
ceeding occasion. We take off our
clothes once every day, and put them on
once every dav. We do this at nearly
the same hour, in daily succession, and
when health is good the pleasure derived
from so doing is not marred by the repe-
tition of the act, for the ebbing and the
! flowing of our bodily sensations prepare
US, without any effort on our part, for
all the vicissitudes of our existence.
When hungry, the food is agreeable;
when weary, sleep or rest is a treat;
when warm, cool air is refreshing; when
cold, the pleasure derived from q cheer
| full fire is delicious. The excitement is
kept up by contrasts; and we purchase
the enjoyment OF one feeling by encour-
aging the reverse. With health, and
youth, and prosperity, we should never
be weary. It is age, and weakness and
poverty that prepare us for death; and
even that comes easy upon most men, al
last. like a sleep, and the heaviness of the
heart gives even the last sleep a welcome
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
ton. Can these notions be explained or

ton. Can these notions be explained or
ploded &c. @. NJ, Mason, Mich.
These notions may be easily explained.
Certain arbitrary rules are first adopted,
and those who adhere to them remember
acutely every coincidence to uphold
them, and forget every failure We have
cured the most inveterate believers in
moon rules By carefully reminding their
advocates of every failure; not occasion
ally but continuously. It can make no
more difference to fattening pig whether
the sun shines on one side of the moon or
the other side (the only difference be-
tween new and full moon) than whether
it shines On the eszt or west side OF
stone heap ten miles off Il would be
mere conjecture for us to say what ipfu.
ences change the character or quality Of
pork, without knowing anything about
the details of the management. The
absurdlty ofascribing changes in weather
and vegetable growth to the light on the
surface of the moon is obvious from the
fact that they are diverse in different
parts of a large country, from all parts
of which the moon appears the same
| [COuntry Gentleman.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
Artificial Pearls.

To such perfection has the manufac-
ture of artificial pearls been carried that
none but connoisseurs can readily distin-
guish the real from the false. The man
ufacture has gradually spread from
France, to Italy and Turkey, and pearls
of all kinds of form and color are now
made. At the exposition of the pro-
ducts of French industry, at Paris in
1856. high reputation had been attained
tor these imitation pearls which were so
admirably made by NJ. Constant Wales
that it was impossible at first sight to
distinguish the real from the false strung
alternately on the same string, and there
is also claimed for them the merit of not
being affected by perspiration, water, or
any other effect of wear. He received a
silver medal then from the jury, and the
perfection of French imitation pearls has
been sustained at subsequent inteTna-
tional exhibitions up to the present day.
At the same exposition another maker
showed four strings of pearls, two of them
real and two false, which the uninitiated
could not distinguis i, yet one may be
put down as costing Is and the Other
e700. As false pearls are too perfect in
form, in shape and light, it became ne,
cessary to initiate the imperfections OF
nature, and this is now effectively done.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
Keen an Aceount.

1t is very good plan for farmers to
keep a strict account of their labor. We
know vely well that the majority oil peo-
pie dislike to be faced down by columns
OF figures, when the sum total shows a
cided balance against them buG if
accounts are kept, the result will be that
greater economy will be practiced in the
long run, and that efforts will be made
on every hand to make the balance favor
able. This is the time of the year to
begin. The first thing you ougl to do
is TO make an inventory of every thing
you have. Make IL carefully, and value
of all your property. Let it include
your acres, houses, utensils, stock, ma
chinery of every description, as we'll as
notes and all other monetary matters. II
there are any membranes on your prop
erty, put them down. Then make up
your estimate of operations for the en-
suing year and start out with the deter
mination to live up to it. As the year
progresses set down all your sales and
purchases, of every description; don't
let cent of expenses of income escape.
Your family expenses should have a Sc D.
arate place in the book, so that they may
be footed into the general result at the
close of the year, and still be so dis
tinct as to show Tor themselves what it
costs to clothe yourself, wife aud chill
dren. and TO furnish them amusements
and general pleasures. You will find, in
keeping your account of income, that it
is a good plan to run each field crop
separate, so that you can, at the close,
see at a glance what your profit or loss
has been on each. Keep dates OF times
when fields were plowed, how they were
cultivated, and what the labor ON each
has cost. This will teach the farmer in
a short time which crops are the most
profitable. In stock, keep a particular
record of each animal, with pedigree
] birth and other remarks of interest
Keep, as well, general diary of events
on the farm for future reference.
You will find plenty of time in which
to attend to these things. Keeping ST
account will take but few minutes eacl
day. and when you have once begun
you will be surprised to see how easily
| it can be done. There is one great poin
10 be kept in view always, and that is
to never run in debt. Shun debts as vol
| would the fire. Strive TO live within
Your means, and you viii have a ne
result when you balance your books a
the close OF the year that viii surpris
and make You glad Prairie Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
A woodworking Renedy.

Noremedisl agent has ever been offered to
the sick and debilitated at all comparable
Hostatter's Stomach Bitters, in cases of re-
mitetnt and interJaittentfevers, constipation,
nervous ailments, rheumatism and disorders
involving constitutional weakness or physi-
cal decay. :. ItliteraIly works wonders.h The
botanic ingredients, which its spirituovs basis
holds in solution, act like charm upon the
stomach, and through the stomach upon the
brain, liver, bowels and nervous system.
There is nothing in its composition that's not
salubrious. 1t contains some of the most Pc
tent tonics of the vegetable kingdom and the
juices of the best aperient and snti-bilious
roots and herbs, combined with perfectly
pure stimulating element. The Bitters are
peculiarly adapted to those engaged IN
exhaustiDg or unhealthy occupations, as by
its use strength is sustained and the ability
of the system to resist atmospheric and other
influences pr-judicial to health largely
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14

use, as TO urge the Importance of using
some kind, 50 as 20 increase the fertility
Of the orchard, and to say, now is the
proper time to apply manure. II you
wait until spring the manure viii hardly
become dissolved and appropriated in
time to be much benefit 70 the next
crop of fruit, and would probably affect
the growth OF wood so late in the season
as to be rather an injury than benefit.
It applied now, in this season of the
farmers leisure. il will become dissolved
by the rains and SHOWS of winter, carried
down to the neighborhood of the roots,
ready. to be appropriated by the first
spring growth. This, of course, applies
10 the mineral and BARNARD manuTes
only, as the green manure should be
plowed in when it has attained its great
est growth.
Another question that presents itself
is, where shall the manure be applied ?
We would answer, just where the iced
ing roots are the most numerous. In a
young orchard, but few years planted,
the feeding roots would not be many feet
from the base of the trees, but in bear
ing orchard, twenty years and upwards,
they would be found more. numerous in
the spaces between the trees than under
their branches. When the top of tree
is left to follow its bent without trimming
the new growth is principally al the ends
of the branches, and what is true of the
top is equally true of the roots, and Z
wise orchardist, if he has not sufficient
manure to cover the entire surface of ar
| old orchard, will apply what he has tC
! the spaces between the rows rather thar
under the branches of the trees.
This entire subject of manuriDg or
chards needs more consideration, and
better understanding, on the part
orchardists, of the habits of growth o
apple trees, We, to a certain extent
agree with those who have hopeful view
of the great capacities of western New
York for fruit growing, and the wealth
that fruit is destined to bring her farm
eTs, but to meet with the highest, o
even partial success, common-sense mus
be largely employed Rural Homo.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
Japanese Ingenuity.

A correspondent writing from Toxic
on the prospects of trade with that
country IN American manufactures, says
During and after the Philadelphia
exhibition the Japanese commission
bought large quantity of agricultural
implements, and so anxious were the
dealers to open a,tIade with Japan that
they sold these sample articles at less
than wholesale figures. In due course
of tim the things arrived here, and the
sharp-eyed mechanics went to work to
copy them. They are now making cast
iron -plows just as cheaplY as we can
make them in America, and st less price
than it would cost to deliver them here.
Harrows, cultivators, seed sewers and
similar simple implements they are
copying to perfection they may buy a
few now and then in America, but it
will be solely that they may use them
as models. With reapers, mowers and
similar intricate constructions they have
not succeeded as yet, but are confident
of doing so in time, and, in any event,
the character of the country and its
agriculture, and the low price of labor,
will prevent large demand for this sort
of labor-saving machinery. Hoes, show
els and other hand tools they have not
attempted to any great extent, and thus
far they have not been able to get the
peculiar strength and fexibility which
IS the boast of the American maker. The
Japanese laboIer is a conservative being
and viii not readily surrender the nipple.
ments of his ancestors. Doubtless ht
may do SO in time, and when he does be
will purchase our productions. provided
in the meanwhile, homemade article O.
equal excellence does not come to light
There are no patent laws in japan, anC
the inventor has no protection if the
native mechanics can succeed in copying
what he has created. A young American
came here recently with fond hopes o.
making fortune out of a refrigerator,
the invention of an enterprisiHg country,
man. But he found in the first place
that the japanese made no use Of the
article he brought; and, second, they
could COPY them
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
The Bank Of Nevada and Flood 4
fPRripn.


Gold is tossed about and trucked aboat
as lead and copper are in New York
Mere boys with canvas bags in their
hands go around carrying and collecting
the precious metal. Kegs OF gold and
bags of gold are thrown on cart as if
they were kegs of nails. In the princi-
pal jewelry stores necklaces, diamond.
studded belts and sets valued at all the
way from $40 to 100000 are exposed to
view and are laid witain grabbing dis
lance. The Bank of Nevada is the great
gold bank of the city. It's vaults are
said to contain over $10,000,000. Trays
of gold stand on the counter not Gagged
in and wired in as with US, but with as
little guard around the money as is
thrown around silks In dry goods store.
Yet nothing is stolen and nobody at
temps it. The bank is owned by Flood
& O'Brien, the great bonanza men.
Their income is fabulous-from the
mines alone said to be $4,000, 900 a
month. They were traders in
small way, and the store is
still pointed out where they served
their customers for years. They made
friends with the miners, trusted them
for goods, loaned them little money,
and when tie miners had a good thing
! they let Flood & O'Brien know it.. They
were careful, prudent, saving men, and
always had ready cash for small ven
lures. The bonanza possession was the
result of this thrift and forecast. Flood
is about fifty years of age. He is slightly
under size, sturdy and stocky in build
His face is expressive of self-pOssession
resolution and common-seDse. His fam.
lily consists of wife, a son and daugh
ter. The daughter is young lady o
prepossessing appearance, who puts OF
no airs. Mrs. Flood is a matronly lady
quiet and benevolent, and enjoys tb'
esteem of her neighbors. She refuses t.
give large parties, because she would
have to ignore her friends and acGuain
tances of humber days. The family live
cozily in a comfortable. house, which
would not be considered, more than res
pectable for a. Well-to.dd mechanic or I
moderate shOpkeeper. Floods word i
as good as his bond anywhere. O'Brie1
is an old man, full seventy, He is tall
with very gray hair, and slightly stoops
| Flood "holds the fort in the presi
dents room. and is seen by few persons
O'Brien can be found outside, in tn,
banking-roem, sprightly old man, ap
parently looking after things. He
unmarried, but lives in princely style il
mansion built by Senator Sharon. Hi
relatives keep his house.-San Francisc
Cor. Boston Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
Myth. Are But $, mbDI. OF Truth.

AS the scholar sees in the vain but beauti-
full mytholOgies of the ancients the embodied
expressions of the hungry human soul,
bhndEy gToplng alter the Infinite, so the
physician sees in that popular myth of the
sixteenth century the fountain of perpetual
health and youth-an expression of the long
ings of suffering humanity for a remedy that
should forever prevent the incursion of
disease. The wildS OF Europe were ransacked
for this wonderful fountain, and Ponce de
Leon sought for it in the cypress swamps and
tangled everglades of our sunny Florida.
Men have searched for it everywhere and
anywhere but where it really is-in the
human body itself. The blood is the real
fountain of perpetual health and youth.
When this source is corrupted, the painful
and SORROW producing effects are visible in
many shapes. The multifarious forms in
which it manifests itself would form subjects
upon which I might write volumes. But as
all the varied forms of disease which depend
upon bad blood are cured, or best treated,
by such medicines as take up from this fluid
and excrete from the system the noxious
| elements, 1t is not of practical importance
that should describe each. For instance,
medical authors describe about fifty yarie-
ties OF skin disease, but as they all require for
their cure very similar treatment, it is OF no
practical utility to know Just what name to
| apply to q certain form of skin disease, so
| you know how best to cure it. Then again,
| / might 20 on and describe various kinds of
/
enlarged glands, and ulcers of varying APP
| pearance; might describe how virulent
| poison may show itself in various forms oil
eruptions, ulcers, sore throat, boBy tumors
ETC.; but as oil these various-appearing mani
feetations of bad blood are cured by a uni
form means, deem such a course unneces
sary. Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which
is the great fountain of life, and good diges
ton, fair skin, buoyant spirits, vita
strength, and sOundness of constitution, vii
all return TO us. For this purpose DIR
| Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pur
gatiye Pellets are pre-eminently the articles
needed. They are warranted to cure letter
salt rheum, scald head, St. Anthony's fire
rose rash or erysipelas, ring-worms, pimples
blotch es, spots, eruptions, pustules, boils
carbuncles, sore eyes, rough skin, scurf
scrofulous sores and sWeIIings, fever
sores, white swellings, tumors, old sores o.
| swellings, affections of the skin, threat and
bones, and ulcers of the liver, stomach
kidneys, and lungs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14

1t will be seen by the above that the
liquid weddings are much stronger in two
OF tie indispensable elements of plant
food than are the solid excrements. Any
neglect, then, TO save these liquids re-
suits in q loss of the very richest part of
the stable manure. Es M
To give a clearer idea of the magni-
tude OF this loss 10 the farmer, we have
only to consider the amount of liquid
voided by a single animal. BoussiDgault
estimates that a COW voids Is, 900 pounds
in a year. Other authorities place the
amount still higher. My own opinion,
based on a careful observation, is that
the amount will reach 10000 pounds.
Taking, however, the frst-named figures
as a basis for reckoning, and estimating
| the solid drug at %, 900 pounds annually,
and reckoning the commercial value of
ammonia and potash-say at twenty five
cents for the former and eight cents for
the latter-we have as the total value OF
these two elements alone, from a single
cow in a single year, the sum of $53 40.
This estimate, / am confdnt, is below
rather than above actual results. Then,
| whatever of this is allowed to go to
waste must be supplied by purchase, in
! the form of commercial fertilizers at the
| above rate.
One of the editors of the Scientific
| Farmer estimates that the waste of liquid
manures in all forms at the hands of ar
ordinary farmer. Is three-fourths of the
total amount of liquid, and this would
amount TO loss of one-half of the tota
amount of manure made at the barns
The loss from a single cow. in ammcni'
and potash alone, would be $26.7 Will
herd o! twenty COWS, or their equiyalen
in other stock, the loss would aggregat.
the very respectable sum of 1914. Thi
is lost to the farm, or must be supplied
from the market at these figures.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-14
winter Flowing.

Winter blowing Is good thing. It
upsets the insects, turns them up from
their warm quarters below 10 cold quar-
tiers above 1t throws up the clay to be
pulverized by the frost and air. 1t gives
much aid to spring work, as, if the soil
is dry now, it will not need to be plowed
again in sprirg--a good harrow pulver.
iZing it finely for any crop. For cats
and clover, timothy. red top, blue grass
orchard grass, etc, by all means do win,
ter piowing Then in early spring you
can SOW the seed at once, and not wait til
the ground is in condition to pillow, and
then spend several days in doing what
could better be done in any open weather
in winter. " A word to the wise is suffi
oient. "--I Rural World.
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s0uTnERN HOME AND FARM.
rhe ~. e.s Farmer.

Huppy count the farmers liie,
ne vari1us round # Wholesome toll
An honest man with loving wife,
And ofspring native 70 the coll
rhriae happy. surely lin his breast
Yiajn Weldon ard the trust IN God;
His path more straight from east 20 west
Than politician ever tToil
His gains no loss to other men;
MS staiwart blows iufiet no woand
Not buy with his tongue or pen,
BE questions truthful shy and ground.
Partner with seasons and the sun,
Natures co-wOTker; all his skill
Obedience, eV'n as waters run.
Winds blow, herb, beast their laws fuIhll.
A vigorous Yonthhood, clean aud bold
manly manhood. cheerful aRe:
His come children proudly hold
Their parentage best heritage.
Unhealthy work, false mirth chicane,
Guilt needless woe. and useless strife
y cities. vain. insane insanel
How happy Is tbs farmerslife