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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-21

LOUISIANA wants a change in her Con
stitution without a Constitutional Con-
vention. 1t is estimated that Conven-
tion would cost 100000, and its work
might then be repudiated by the people
of the State. The Legislature will put
the proposed amendment in shape, and
submit it to vote of the people of tt e
State. In all cases where this method is
possible, it has been found much more
satisfactory than Convention to frame
new Constitution. Where it is neces-
sary to thoroughly revise State Consti
tuition, the work can be much better
done by Commission made up of men
suited to the task than by Convention
of delegates elected by the people.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-21

THE business public sincerely hope
that railroad war has been
averted by the recent agreement
of the trunk lines centering in
New York The spring trade will soon
open lively, indeed it has already com
menced in quite an encouraging manner
The railroads are in good trim for the
transmission of freight with dispatch,
and railroad war, by unsettling rates,
would disturb all branches of business and
do good to none. Let us have neither
extortionate nor cut-throat rates. The
commercial men are willing to see the
railroads fairly remunerated for the
work they do, but when the wholesale
cutting comes, every man has to look
out for himself by getting the lowest
rates he can.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE NATIONAL REPOSITORY.

THE NATIONAL REPOSITORY
The National Repository for March has
an illustrated article descriptive of The
Soldiers Home at Dayton, Ohio" by T. H.
Pearne and another one on ''The Museum
of the Hohenzollerns, by Prof William
Wells The other contents are ''The Holy
George Herbert" by Rev Daniel Wise;
very interesting and we'll written sketch of
William Cowper," by H. B. Dawson; the
romantic story of the Scottish heroine,
Flora McDonald by Rev. r. Wheatly;
"The Eastern Question" condensed from
Schem's "War in the East Memories"
(pocm) from Chambers journal, several
pieces of fiction, etc.
LIPPINCoTTs.
The March Lippincott opens with the
second paper of Edward Kings series en-
titled with the Russians in Bulgaria, "
giving an historical and political account,
and social characteristics, of a people whom
recent events in the East have invested
with an especial interest-With a number
of fine illustrations The concluding paper
of Prof. James A. Harrison's ''Glmpses Of
Sweden is the second illustrated article,
and contains some entertaining and profit
able reading. 'The Ironsides at Fort Fish
err is by the author of former article,
"Reminiscences of the First Iron-clad
Fight and is a complete description of the
capture of that fortification and a reliable
contribution to the history of our civil
war Small Farce and Comedy" is
an amusing SKETCH which many
mothers who may read it will particularly
appreciate. "The Strange Story Of Paul
Scarron," by Edward De Leon; "Europe's
New Coal Field, by David Ker, will either
of them fully repay perusal. The two
Brown, are continued. without Inscrip-
tom is a rather curious and interesting
sketch from the German of Franzas. In
the monthly gossip is the usual variety of
short and entertaining articles
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-21
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-21
THE STAR,

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09
The Arfof ProLonefnE Lie.

People generally desire long life and good |
he 3lth. Sickness and premature death are
almost always due to violations of the laws
that govern our physical being, ard of which
the masses are ignorant. If men knew better
they would do better but how can they avoid
an evil that they know not of? While efforts
are made through the public schools to give
each child so called common English edu~
cation. yet the children are permitted to
grow up and enter upon the responsible
duties OF active life, profoundly ignorant of
the structure of their own bodies, and the
laws of physical being upon which their
health and lives depend. They are sent to
school and crammed with arithmetic, gram
mar and geography, by teachers who, IN
many instances, have never studied physl-
Oiogy and hygiene. They are taught to locate
the mountains and trace the rivers OF foreign
countries, but are never taught to locate the
vital organs and glands CT their own bodies,
or trace the veins, arteries and nerves, In
their various ramifcatiOns. They are IN
structed in the dow of the tides, and the
course of the ocean currents, and the phllos-
Ophy of winds and storms, but they have no
correct conception OF the relative effects
upon their health of breathing pure or i'm
pure air, nor has their attention ever been
called 10 the importance OF keeping their
bodies clean and healthy by regular bathing.
The criminality Of such neglect in teaching
| becomes apparent when we consider that
the masses, ignorantly violating the laws of
health, bring upon themselves sickness,
suffering and death, that might otherwise
be avoided. In this condition of things we
welcome into being any work that is calcu-
| lated to impart to the masses a knowledge OF
the structure of their own bodies, the laws Of
health and the importance of observing those
laws. We find DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser to be just such work. 1t is
physiological and pathological, and the ma jOr
part of it should be converted into text
book for the use of common schools. Its
careful study will enable the healthy to pre-
serve their health, and the sickly to regain
I health. Every parent should read 1t, and as
their children become of proper age instruct
them in the all.impOrtaut truths it contains.
Were this done, much suffering and prema-
tUre death would be prevented. anC many a
youth saved from life OF shame and licen~
uousness. The book contains nearly one
thousand pages, is profusely illustrated with
colOred plates and woOd-engTavings and can
be had by addressing r. V. Pierce, NJ. D..
Worlds Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, n. Y. Price, postpaid, S1.50.
-rUnited Brethren Aid Journal
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09

In California and elsewhere the useful
ness of horns on cattle Ia domesticated
state is being urged by some writer's.
Mr.. William Clark, now of Denver, Col
oradO, but formerly of Wayne county,
New York, bred herd of hOrnless cattle
while residing in the latter locality, and
is quite enthusiastic on the subject. He
predicts that the time will come when all
domestic cattle will be reared without
horns. Ills herd was bred from horned
cows and hornless bull s. He claims the
following merits tor critters" of the
new pattern:
1. Ho were given to cattle to be
used in fighting to enable them to defend
themselves against dangerous enemies
For this purpose they are of value upon
wild cattle. Domestic cattle have no
valuable use for them.
2 The horns upon domestic cattle are
used mostly in goring and injuring each
other. All injuries to animals are paid
for in their distinguished growth, OF
diminished flesh, or increased amount OF
food consumed.
g. Horns are a mere dead weight upon
the heads of cattle, and the expense Of
carrying them about and warming and
supplying their waste is paid for in the
food consumed or the diminished weight o.
the animal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09

(baking), battle the feet in water as hot
as can be borne, or otherwise VAIN
them, and keep them quiet, and in two
hours, If relief is not obtained, take a
grain of quinine every hour till three are
taken.
MY recipe for cocoanut candy is this
Crate very fine sound, ripe cocOanut
spread on plates and let dry naturally
for three days; use one pound of white
sugar 70 four ounces of the nut; boil the
sugar down thick and white, then do not
stop stirring. until done keep the pan a
little above the fire to keep from burns
ing.
Corn STARCH BLANC NANCE. -
Nearly boil one quart OF sweet SKINNED
milk and and five tablespo0nfuls of corn
starch, wet smooth in little cold milk
and little pinch of salt; stir till it
thickens Serve cold, with ounce or
other jelly, or, if it is to be eaten with
sugar and cream, add one teaspoonful oil
vanilla, when taken from the fire.
THE following is a simple method Of
making freezing mixture: Pulverize
! finely chloride of ammonia and nitrate
of potash, FIVE parts of each, and mix
with sixteen parts of water. The tenn
| poIdIuIo Oh tne mixture VIII De reduced
so low that if test>tube with little
water in it be used to stir it, the water
in the tube will be converted into ice
APPLE TRIFLE.-Scald as many apples
az, when pull ed, will cover the dish you
design to use, to the depth of two or threS
inches. Before you place them in the
dish add to them the rind of half lemon
grated fine, and sugar to taste. NH
half pint of milk, half pint of cream
and the yelk of an egg; scald over th'
fire, keeping it stirring, and do not let i
boil add a little sugar, and let it stanC
till cold, then lay it over the apples, anC
finish with the cream whip.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09
FORMATION Of Character.

If you ever watched an icicle as it
formed, yon would have noticed how it
troze one drop at time until it was a
foot. long or more. If the water was
clean the icicle remained clear, and it
sparkled brightly in the sun; but if the
water was slightly muddy the icicle
looked foul, and its beauty was spoiled
Just so our characters are formed. One
little thought or feeling at time adds
its influence. If every thought be pure
and right, the soal will be bright and
lovely, and will sparkle with happiness f.;
but, if there be thoughts and feelings
impure and wrong, the mind will be
soiIed, the character depraved and dark
ened, and there will be final deformity
and wretchedness. How important,
then. that we should be on our guard
against every evil impulse and desire
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09
SOUTHERN HOME AND FARM.


Much has been published within few
years on the subject of killing potatoes,
and bv some the flat-culture system has
been highly recommended. At one time
the arguments brought out in its favor
were 50 clear that 1 experimental on the
system, and the result was a very lean
harvest of small potatoes. / have no
doubt, however OF the sincerity of those
who recommended that mode Of culture,
which probably has seen succe ssful under
the circumstances by which they were
favored. But Ia farming, as in medicine,
there is no fixed and positive rules OF
practice. In medicine, the constitution,
habits and ali other peculiarities are To
be understood in order to apply safe and
efficient remedies. So in farming, the
nature and quality of soil. and other
conditions, must be understood in order
to insure successful practice. When the
potato rot first appeared in this country,
thirty-tive years ago, IL was soon dis
covered that the vines were first attacked
on low rounds, subject to fogs. and that
the disease was worse on stiff, ciammy
soils, enriched by iermenting manures.
This induced farmers to plant on lands
high and dry Git the soil was very sandy,
30 much the better, and to use manures
a saving of the crop under such manage
ment; while where the older system of
planting on lower fields of more compact
soil, and feeding with heating manures
was continued, a failure from rot was
the general consequence.
Here was a happy variation of results
brought about by a variation OF culture,
and we have no reason to suppose but
that fiat culture of potatoes, under
some circumstances, may be successful.
Admitting this to be so, we should
select sandy or very porous land as the
field on which to try this mode of culture;
while on tenacious, clayey soil, OF a
stiff, lOamy one, that requires much
working 10 keep it in a fiiable condition.
I should continue the old system of
blowing out, puIverizing the soil, and
killing up, for the following reasons
Where such aoils are fat-cultured, they
will become compact by the rains and
by tn atmosphere, so that they become
impermeable to the influence OF rain and
air-twO valuable elements OF growth
consequently the size of the potato is
diminished and its quality impaired, by
its being deprived of two essentials OF
healthy growth.
Ireland, with soil moistened by the
saline breezes of the sea, is famous fol-
potato-growing and her stalwart sons
who come To America are uniformly
successful in its culture here, and Otter
raise fine crops of potatoes under most
unfavorable circumstances. What theil
practice may be in other localities, 1 an
not informed but here, where they form
a numerous class. their uniform practice
is to Hill largely, or if they plant in drille
to bring the earth into ridges along the
growing crop, and their crops are large
Just when to form the hills is an i'm
portant consideration in securing a crop
and is better done after q rain than wheI
the ground is very dry; for by hoeing il
moisture, a supply is secured to cOun
teract the effect of dry weather.-IC Cor
Country Gentleman.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09

There is but one possible answer to these
questions. Christians must be Of all
men the most charitable The love of
God cherished in the heart makes it
unselfish, and unselfishness is the very
soul and substance of true benevolence.
The Unrenewed heart is in love with
itself. 1t seeks its own qualification in
all things When it finds delight in the
higher and purer objects of an earthly
character, it is as the result of happy
social condition and culture. Its selfish
ness is the same, but only less
unlovely in human sight than
that of the heart filed with
low desires and welded to correspond
ingly unworthy objects. When, now, the
love of God is shed abroad in the heart,
whether OF the naturally virtuous, or of
the demonstratively wicked man, it
works quite as radical change in the
former as in the latter, and this change,
in either case, requires the emnIpotence
of Cots grace to effect it. Chicago
Standard.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09
Wind LOcemOtiou on Land.

It is curious to note that while to the
railroads is owing the abandonment of
the wind carriage formerly seen by
travellers in China, Spain and Holland),
to the same agency it now seems likely
that its reiuvenati0n will be due. Wind
vehicles are already in use on the long
stretches Of tracks which extend over the
western prairies, and the speed attained
is said to rival that of the fast express
train. One which has been in use on
the Kansas Pacific railroad for the
past three years was devised by Mr..
G. J. Bascom. The vehicle is said to
average a speed of thirty miles per hour,
and, with strong breeze, to travel at
the rate of iorty miles in the same
period. This last speed was reached
with the wind right abeam. A distance
of eighty-tOur miles has been passed
over in four hours, the car sailing part
of this time close hauled and over disad-
vantageously curved track.
The vehicle has four wheels, each
thirty inches in diameter, is six feet in
length, and weighs six hundred pounds.
The sail has two bOoms, respectively
fourteen and fifteen feet in length, and
an area of about eighty-One square feet
The mast is eleven feet high, tapering
from four inches square at the heel to
two inches at the truck.
1t will be obvious that many of the
laws applying to the iceboat apply
equally well to the sailing car. A little
consideration will show that when the
latter is sailing at forty miles per hour
it is travelling faster than the wind that
impels it, and this is constantly the case
in icebOat sailing. On the other hand,
iceboats always sail best close hauled ;
in TACT, the sheet is almost constantly
kept fiat att. The sailing car, as stated
above, goes fastest with the wind directly
on the beam or side. Of course the
difference is due to the greater resistance
offered by the larger and more elevated
surfaces of the car body and its occu>
pants, and to the friction of the axle
journals, which probably, under ordinary
condition, is sufficient to prevent the
sailing car ever attaining the iceboat's
speed Scientific American.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09
RELIGIOUS READING.


All Jesus had not where to lay his head,
And shaped for man prayer for daily bread.
Heaven Great King here suffered, vii no taOught
Or care for earthly riches; and BE taught,
In symbols ike the lilies Of the field,
That man should trust TO what Gods doth yield
He chose unsordid hearts. the low and meek,
To bear his spirit and diYinely speak;
And, though He made and owned the universe,
Babe them go forth with neither scrip purse
Heaven BE proclaimed the poor's who strive to win
And showed how hardly rich men enter in.
He shared and blessed an equal state for man,
SIS level ranks run through all natures plan
Her herds and hOcks and sTarms she daily feeds
And Yields the summsl 8 fruit for winters needs
sweet instinct music sWeiis tIom sylvan shades,
And common veal her even law peryades
But pride Of man impartial order spurns;
BE strains from service, and the ruler turns.
Though God gives ample bouRties without slack,
The greed OF one man makes a hundred lack.
Who's wiser, God or man2 Che truth is clear,
That man holds but ftful tenure here.
Whole cities crumb e 10 the earthq uake's shock
His fleets are tempest-toSsed on strand and rock
Ger all the world his ruiaed temples stand;
HIS helpless bones lie heapedin sea and land
Disease, defeat and blight all crowd his way,
nd in all earthly things he reads decay.
Amid such tragic scenes of life and death,
How vain to grasp, and next hour gasp for breath
How ask God mercy, while ones selfish greed
Refuses succor to brothers need
What fools to drag their gold to the graves brink
Then feel their souls gsIn-buTdened downward sink
All ii all issues of poor human strife,
Raught brings pure JOY ike kind, mnist ring life
Mans mission lies in goodness mercy, love
These, nurtured here, immortal bloom above.
Then o be patent-hopsi No golden key
UnlOcks the heavens as doth adversely.
Seek not the mountain-heishts where veTdure falls
But walk mid fruits and flowers IF level vaIess
It's not proud, idle pOmp that God doth bless
Bat toll and service briHg most happiness.
He keeps dependent children of His grace
Lest trust in wealth should trust in God dsplace.
Sorrows train heavenward: ills the faithful bear
Are left behind them here exchanged for glory
there.
-[Henry FaunderoY. in Chicago Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09
Mans Age

Few men die of age Almost all die of
disappointment, passion, mental or bod
lily toll, or accident. The passions kill
men sometimes, even suddenly. The
common expression, choked with passion,
has little exaggeratiOn in it for even
though not suddenly fatal, strong pas
stems shorten life. Strong bodied men
often die young - weak men live longer
than the strong, for the strong use their
strength and the weak have none to use.
The latter take care of themselves, the
former do not As it is with the body,
so it is with the mind and temper. The
strong are apt to break, or, like the
candle, to run; the weak to burn out.
The inferior animals which live, In
general, regular and temperate lives,
have generally their prescribed term
of years. The horse lives twenty. FIVE
years; the OK fifteen or twenty the
lion about twenty: the dog ten or
twelve; the rabbit eight; the guinea-pig
six or seven years. These numbers all
bear a similar proportion to the time the
animal takes to grow to its full size,
But man. of the animals, Is one that
seldom comes up to this average. He
ought to live a hundred years, according
to this physiological law, for five times
twenty are one hundred; but instead Of
that, he scarcely reaches, on an average,
four times his growing period; the cat
six times; and the rabbit even eight
times the standard of measurement.
The reason is obviOus-man is not only
most irregular and the most Incorporate,
but the most laboriOus and hard-wOTked
of all animals. He Is also the most IT.
ritable of all animals; and there is no
reason to believe, though we can not tell
what an animal secretly feels, that more
than any other animal man cherishes
wrath to keep it warm, and consumes
himself with the fire Of his own secret
reflections.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09
The GrafafnI Poodle.

MARX Twain In Atlantic Monthly for Nay.l
All my life. from boyhood up, have
had the habit of reading a certain set of
anecdotes, written in the quaint vein of
the Worlds ingenious fabuIist, for the
lesson they taught me and the pleasure
they gave me. They lay always con-
venient to my hand, and whenever 1
thought meanly of my kind / turned to
them and they banished that sentiment;
whenever l felt myself to be selfish,
sordid and igneble, 1 turned to them,
and they told me what 10 do to win back
my self-respect. Many times I wished
that the charming anecdotes had not
stopped with their happy climaxes, but
had continued the pleasing history Of the
several benefactors and benefciaries.
This wish reese in my bFeSst 20 persist
emily, that at last determined to satisfy
it by seeking out the sequels of those
anecdotes myselt. 80 I set about it, and
after great labor and tedious research
accomplished my task. I will lay the
result before you, giving you each anec-
dote in turn, and following it with its
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-09
Funeral Fees.

Ministers who are engaged to attend
funeral services should be compensated.
Oltentimes the journey from the resi-
dence or church to the grave occupies
several hours OF valuable time. Pastors
should not be expected to give time and
toll in this department of professional
service gratuitOusly. II it is right to
pay s. marriage fee, it is equally so to
pay funeral fee. Both forms of service
are extra; and if one should be more gene
rously rewarded than the other, surely
the one which requires most thought,
time and exposure should claim the
preference. Of course, there should be no
formal charge; in some few instances
the family which is bereaved may be teo
poor to pay for ministerial attendance.
In such case, no true pastor would even
think of compensation, or accept it, if
proffered. But ordinarily, we suggest
the propriety and justice of paying the
| minister q reasonable fee for his services,
| just as the undertaken is paid. 1t often
occurs that pastors are asked to venture
| through Indictment weather long distances
to the neglect of other important duties
and to the forfeiture of opportunities tt
secure needed temporal helps, to conduct
funeral service, and are permitted tc
! go home weary and unrewarded. It il
wrong Methodist Recorder.