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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-09-05
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UOrILS n.

CIT1 -&LpON, !. p.
Ps-1 liquors kepr constantly on ra.l,i. soa
pubic square.
TEEPESI SALOON =. w. Austin, pr,
Iias ca Iag pure Liquors, fne Ciggr5. South s.o
EUnlit sbUure.
o. VI SALOON, \. 5. Osburn proprietor fu'
o. OF fine wines and other liquors South siI
pUulic square.
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DIR. c. McLANE'S
PILLS.

These Pills are not recommended as
a remedy for call the ills that flesh is
heir to-" but in affections of the Liver,
and in all Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia
and Sick Headache, Cr diseases of that
character, they stand without a rival.
.AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used pre-
paratory to, or after taking Quinine.
AS simple purgative they are un'
equaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DIR. M?LANE's
LIVER PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of
G. McLANE and FLEMING Bros.
Sold by all respectable druggists and
country storekeepers generally.
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CHANCERY COURT.-Cnancelur, J.. J. Living
z:on; Clerk and Master, james FentreSs, JT.
CIRCUIT COURT.-Judge, Il. J. Flippin; rlerk
VI RlchardsOn; Attorney General, !. J. Eupuy.
COUNTY COURT-Chairman, \. II. Rose; Clerk
=. DOrion Register, l.. T. Amin"ns; Sheriff
r. N Farley; Deputies. W. j. Bl:ic. ". C. Cr,iw-
~ jeff. Hudson Surveyor G. {. Mcdaniel I;
.auIard Keeper, Il. \. ParTas.
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Don't Drink.

Young man, a glorious future is per-
haps before you. A future as vet un-
tarnished and unspotted by single
sin. There are those who are looking
forward to the time when you will take
your place among the men of the
country, an honor to yourself and to
those to whom you are most dear.
You have no desire to bring dis
grace and shame upon your brothers
and sisters. You do not wish to bring
down the gray hairs of your parents
in sorrow to the grave. You do not
want the finger of scorn pointed at
you as you pass along, and to hear
it said, there goes a drunkard. You.
sec men with bloated faces, with de-
Pravity stamped upon every lineament
of their countenances, swearing, reel
ing, and falling in the streets. You
do not desire or ever expect to be as
they are, then don't drink.
AS you advance in middle life, and
have taken to yourself for a compan.
ion one of the fair daughters Of Eve,
and are the father of family, you do
not wish to find yourself slave to an
appetite which will blight all your
prospects, wreck your life, disgrace
your family, and oonsign you to a
drunkard's grave, then don't drink.
And when your head is silvered
over by the frosts of many winters, if
you would see a respected family
around you, would look back over a
life of temperance well spent, take my
advice and do not drink intoxicating
liquors.
Children are very nice observers,
and they viii often perceive your slight
est defects. In general, those who
govern children forgive nothing in
hem, but everything in themselves.
IN THE srREEr.-A gentleman VIII
ted an unhappy man in jail awaiting
his trial. "SiF," said the prisoner,
tears running down his cheeks, aI had
a good home education. MY street ed.
ucation ruined me. / used TO slip out
of the house and go off with the boy5
in the street. In the street ! learned
to lounge; in the street I leara6d to
swear; in the estreet I learnedto smoke.
in the street learned 10 pilfer and 10
do all evil. Oh, sir, it is in the street
that the devil turks TO work the ruin
( Of the young
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-09-05

Children are very nice observers,
and they viii often perceive your slight
sst defects. In general, those who
govern children forgive nothing in
hem, but everything in themselves.
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TOONS STATTON.

]. X. r. LAMBETH has large and assorted stock
OF Dry Goods ETC., which he offers very cheap for
cash. Cali and examine his arrival of Mer-
chandise.
5. c. WILSON, wholesale and retail Druggist,
dealer in Drugs, Paints, Oils, Soap and Fancy Ar
ticles.
A. J. BARRUM, dealer i'm Drugs, Paints, Oils
Glass and Fancy Articles, wholesale and retail.
=. q. BARTLIFF, wholesale and retail dealer in
Gne Wines, Liquors, Groceries, etc.
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81 AULSB UR Y.
MERCANTILE.

WRIGHT Il burden have a full stock of Dry
Goods, Groceries and General Merchandise.
J. II. SANNONER has full and assorted stock
OF Drugs, Paints Oils, Fancy Articles, etc.
II. $. CLARK * BRO cash dealers in Dry Goods
and Groceries
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AIEKS.tH III.

X VI. HAMMER, WI '..s
ssc. constantly On "a :.
-It Fancy Articles. o'.I'
W. IL. CARUT1., ;:
loUndry, dealer iu
ug dom.
Z. l.. LIGIIl +.
Jewcie- COmpI,;
neatly and ch""pi:
au=zLns.s ~ a Ezs .a-e1.s-
Tn -IyS
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POCOHONTAS.

MERCANTILE.
IRWIN, McFARLANE 4 co. have Il large and
well appointed Saw Mill. All orders filed ut short
notice and upon reasonable TERMS
J. p. SMITH keeps constantly on hand full line
OF desirable Dry Goods, Groceries, etc. Sells very
cheap for cash. Call and get bargains.
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FORTY YEAR, BEFORE THE PUHLlc.
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-12-26
LNDIRECTTON.

Fair are the flowers and the children, but
their subtle suggestion is fairer;
Rare is the rose burst of dawn, but the secret
that clasps it is rarer;
Sweet the eXultance OF song, but the stfaln
that precedes it is sWeeter;
And never was poem Vet writ, but the mean
ing administered the meter.
Never a daisy that grows, but mystery guild
eth the growing;
Never river that flows, but majesty scep-
tiers the flowing;
Never O Shakespeare that scared but strong
er than he did enfold him;
Nor ever prophet foretells, but mightler
seer hath foretold him.
Back of the canvas that throbs the painter
is limited and hidden;
Into the >tatue that breathes the soul OF the
sculptor is hidden;
Under the that is felt lie the infinite issues
OF feeling;
Growing the glory revealed is the glory That
crowns the revealing.
Great are the symbols of being but that which
is symboled is greater;
Vast the create and beheld, but vaster the ia
ward creator;
Back of the sound broods the silence, back of
the gift stands the giving;
Back of the hand that receives thrill the sem
sitive nerves of receiving.
Space is as nothing to spirit, the deed is OUT
done by the doing;
The heart of the wooer is warm, but warmer
the heart of the wooing;
And up from the heart where these shiver, and
up from the heart where those shine,
Twin voices and shadows swim starward and
the essence of life is divine.
Richard Realf.
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Insanity in Massachusetts,.

That insanity is rapidly increasing in
this State the forthcoming report of
that branch of the Board of State Char
tiles will show conclusively. Much of
the insanity prevalent in this State has
its origin in the too free use of intoxi-
cants and business troubles. The mum.
Der of men who have been dethroned of
their reason on account of business
troubles is a frightful list. The insane
asylums of the State are full of such un.
fortunate creatures. The high pressure
manner in which some men do business
nowadays is sufficient to drive most any
man crazy. There is also a good deal
of hereditary insanity in the State.
Hereditary in this respect is a biological
law bringing with it a mania. In some
of the apartments at the Somerville in
stitution there are to be found men and
women who only live in state OF chaos
One man there, whose name | might
mention, who was formerly prominent
merchant in Boston, was at one time at
war with every body, but he has now
become demented. He can not recog-
nize his relatives. His once eloquent
tongue has become palsied. This man,
dragging out of stupidity the remnant
of his material life, without desires,
without regrets, sinking gradually into
death, has been forgotten by his numer-
Gus friends. Another old merchant at
Somerville, whose insanity is of diff
ferent type, imagines that he is the John
Jacob Aston of Boston. He spends his
time in counting pennies, each one of
which he considers 1920 piece. He has
half bushel of these pennies, and ar
ranges them in piles on table. He
fancies that he is running a bank, and
is loaning money at the rate of Is per
cent. Reverses in business brought this
merchant to his present pitiable posi-
on.-Bost0n Letter TO the San Francisco
CnH.
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every science outside Of bones and bot
any. can't say that | am the man,
but do say that 1 have men with me
who understand what I. do not under
stand. The subdivision. of the light is
perfectly successful, and its utility, to
my mind, already assured"
No carbon is used in producing the
light. Mr.. Edison thinks that he win
have it in practical operation at Menlo
Park within six weeks or two months
81 see," he added, sin this mornings
Tribune that have given up my exper-
iments with the electric light and sew
cred my connection with the Metropoli-
tan Evelevated Railroad sAMf4 G-tts-
"Where did they get their informa-
tion?" I asked.
After q grave pause he answered. 81
give it up. "-NeW York San.
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Edison's Experiments With the Flee.
trio Light.

ssAre you still confident that you can
produce an electric light that will be
cheaper than gas and give as good
light?" l asked.
"I am more than ever confident" he
replied. 81 may say 1 am positive. I
am experimenting night and day to as
certain the exact cost, but am already
sure that the light will be much cheap
er than gas. Ihave told you that I am
putting up brick building 1925 feet long
to practically demonstrate the utility
and economy of my discovery. The
building will be completed within two
weeks. Come out and look at it'
The Professor covered his head with
a new felt hat, and we went back of the
laboratory. Brick walls had risen from
the ground like magic. The building is
almost ready for roofing. A hundred
horsepower boiler is already ia posi-
ton, and the engine will be on the
ground tomorrow. Mr.. Edison en-.
gaged his engineer yesterday. 1t took
but a moment. The man was familiar
with the engine to be used, and came
on from Boston and applied for situa-
ton. The Professor read his letters of
recommendation. " Be here as soon as
you cam" he said. "I'll give you SO a
day and extra pay for extra work.
With this hundred horsepower en-
CINE Mr.. Edison proposes to light Menlo
Park. He says he. will start in with
1900 lights. He will use telegraph
poles, with arms across the tops, plac-
ing Is lights on each arm. The lights
will be run across the plateau far out
into the woods 81 shall also put them
in all the houses around here" he said,
to see how the women-folks handle
them" The main object is to ascer-
tain how many electric jets, each equal
to one gas-jet, can be obtained from q
one-horse power. The experiment will
also enable him to discover any defects
and make the invention complete before
trying to adapt it to the great cities.
"The thing can not be done in q
day. said Mr.. Edison. "I ann work
ing on principle without known laws
to guide me, and the experiments de.
mand both time and money. They re
quire thorough knowledge of chem.
istry, metaliu-gy, electricity, the
laws of light and heat, steam engi
neering, magnetism, and other sciences
| They must be made by practica
man, who is conyersant with almost
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to put surplus and deficit together
through series of years, and make
them meet all liabilities. 1t is the APP
plication of arithmetic to character, the
granting of quitclaim to obligation
and responsibility, and there are very
few who have the force and resolution
to do it.
There are, of course, many men who
acquire wealth, position, power, and SO
lift themselves above the need and
thought of getting living; but COM
pared with the multitude they are not
many; they are really exceptions. The
rank and file of the army of humanity
who do the hard fighting, and win the
victories that grid others with laurels,
have such pay as fol- bids all luxuries.
The great bulk of workers, whether
manual or mental, never rise above and
frequently fall below, living. AL
though it may not so present itself to
them, it is only food and raiment and
shelter they labor and fret and suffer
for, and much of their anxiety and ap-
prehension is lest they be deprived of
these. Well-to-do merchants, bankers
and professional men are wont to say in
dull times like the present, ave are
making nothing; we are merely getting
a living" But it is a different living
from the living of most. It is not the
proyerbial bread and butter; nor chop
and coffee, nor beef and beer; it is pate
de fois gras and Chambertin. But what
ever it is, it is over-modest, perhaps
ironical, to say sincerely getting liv-
| iugn This is more than the majority
get in any strict sense, and all that SO
out of 100 have any cause to expect.
How immeasurebly the contentment of
the world would be increased if all its
inhabitants could be assured of their
living with reasonable industry!
What a serious and solemn business
is this getting living! 1t is universal
and imperative. We can not, any of
us, shirk it. We must get it or accept
it, and the crust of independence is
sweeter to every manly man than the
daintiest dainty of dependence. 1t is
humiliating to reflect that the best OF
our endeavors, the highest of ouI
thoughts, the Hottest of our aspirations,
must be directed to so poor and plain
an end But the universally of the
need should bring us into sympathy
with all who are our co-workers, though
in another and lower way than ours
When the ragged man or the repulsive
woman worries US to buy the things we
do not want, perhaps our tone of irrita
ton or our act of rudeness might bt
softened or altered if we should remem
Der that they are only trying to get {
living exactly as we are, though by {
different trade. Men are brothers more
by their struggle to live than by augh
else, and the struggle of many is too sax
for words. Getting a livingP Is tina
all we can do, after we have gushed 81
fondly of the dignity and destiny o
man? Yes; all that the majority Cal
do, and more than the majority reall,
do, in this working world.-Ne,o Yorj
Times.
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Many a Reporters Experienee.

1t is quite difficult at times toy H.
right" of a story in Franklin. Mee
er day while at work at our De-
heard something OF 40 upFea1 ~
street and FASTENED through TIE halle
to q front window to iDvestigate -
tiers. By the time We reached IN u!
dow the excitement had snbsided, 8.
we heard some one say something -
q runaway horse. Wewalted -
badly and descended to the stse9 :
learn the particulars of the rahassL
We first accosted a boy who infaF9es. :
that it wasn't horse, but . mule Ia
had dashed away with q wood,a
and, after converting the vehles
kindling-wood had started dow =
railroad with only the tongue ana -.
wheel of the wagon as COMPANY ~
next asked an old gentleman ap9 n
affair, and he kindly expldned |. Il.
understood that yoke Of steer n
come frightened at q dinner.oen
ran through the couIt-house J!fa,
ing down a portion Of the &C.,
damaging the paint Ii ) fearful tnen,. r.
Another gentleman who had 49, ~:
the latter portion of the old M
cital, broke in with: - Tours ~
old man-'twa' t oxen that rnn ri
it was horses. / seed 'em ~ II
When he made the remark Wee
him for information -ap eyes .x;| b
the affair was what we were altor. s, q
you saw the runaway, did iJosss ~
asked. .sWell, now, You see All. 4 mi
exactly see it, you know, put ~
ger he seed it, an he says tna. 49,. 49,
horses an thet they jest went Z. ~
That was enough OF that ini le,.s
and the next man that we tees n
that there had been no rana
excitement was all caused is
COW getting her tail fastened = ". : ~
barrow and prancing out e =
| ground and back with i. lzsSt
mildly inquired of IN aged coz, ~ q
if she knew aught Of the VIZ .s ~;
span Of terrified steeds.
dey bofe killed deyselves slo y 20
who was dribin', he's done ~ 81
/ suah-dat' 8 what my son 80 -
ime.s' After that we gave y " -
| gust, and, returning 70 our ~ ~ +!
led at the facts in the case; sff
I the above Is exaggerstion, tns - y
any thing happens just tr5 = ssIre
facte IN nroner shape for ps -
Franklta (Ky.) Patriot.
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fRdNSLATTONS FROM HEINE'.

" WeaT da po1Wberarandelst.''
If thou COST but pass before me,
And feel but the touch of thy dress,
nv heart leaps and follows in rapture
The track of thy LONELINESS.
Then thou turnest about, and bendest
Those great eyes of thine on me,
And my heart is SO stricken with panic,
1t scarcely can follow thee.
ssEin Fichtenbaum steht einsans."
A pine-tre stands alone on
A bare bleak northern height;
The ice and snow they swathe it,
As it sleeps there, all in white.
IT'S dreaming of a palm tree,
In u far off Eastern land,
That inourns, alone and silent,
On ledge of burning sand.
Meia susses Lfeb ,ceril du ian Grab"
When thou shalt lie, my darling, low
In the dark grave, where they hide the,
Then down to thee will surely go,
And nestle in beside thee.
Wildly I'll kiss and clasp thee there,
Pale, cold, and silent lying;
Shout, shudder, weep, in dumb despair,
Beside my dead love dying.
The midnight calls, up rise the dead,
And dance in airy swarms there;
We twain quit not our earthly bed,
lie wrapt in your arms there.
Up rise the dead; the Judgment day
To bliss or anguish calls them;
We twain lie on as before we lay,
And heed not what befalis them.
Theodore Martin, in Btackacoods Magazine.
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GETTING A LIVING.

A Simple Thing to Do, Apparently, but
How Few Really Accomplish L.!
The entire aim, thought and occGpa-
ton of the great majority Of people, the
world over, is to get living-a mere
material living, to keep body and mind
together with some degree of comfort.
This may seem to be an ignoble, insig-
nificant employment and purpose; per-
haps it is; but it is solemn, undenia-
BILE fact, nevertheless. And compare
lively few people really achieve it, mean
though it be. If the mass of men should
show themselves capable of getting q
living fairly and squarely, of earning
whatever they possess and use, of being
pecuniarily independent, they might be
said to have, as things go, very good
fortune. But they do not, and, owing
to circumstances and their own temper
ament, they actually can not. Not half
of mankind has or keeps sound health,
to begin with, and not many of the
healthful have sufficient intelligence,
prudence, and industry to render them
self-supporting. The bulk of people,
from innumerable causes, partly with
out and partly within, fail to get q liv-
ing properly for themselves. They get
it through the guidance, assistance, or
indulgence OF others; so that, after all,
to get living-simply and only living
lis, relatively, a shining success.
1t may be that not many of as bring
this prosaic, unpleasant truth home, for
we are apt to be more concerned with
what we are going to do than with what
we are doing. We exist through our
wishes, commonly ungratified, and our
hopes, never to be fulfilled. The sole
time we can call our own-the Present
lis the time that we never appreci-
ate, and generally neglect, either
to dwell on the Past or to pic
ture the Future. We are generally
about to get SO much more than liv-
ing that we should fall pitiabiy short of
that but for outside bolsuering and BEN
eft. Our heads are in the sky, while
our hands are on and in the earth. We
are stuffed with plans, intents, expecta-
tions; tomorrow is ever to crown rs
with fruition; we are necessarily on the
eve of some sweet accomplishment and,
meanwhile, we slight our obvious du-
ties; we run in debt; we tax the pa
tiencc and kindness OF our neighbors !;
in short, despite our confidence, COM
placency, and egotism, we do not get
our own living.
Getting living? Pshaw, that is moth
ing. Any fool can get that. A man
who can not do that ought not to be
born; he is predestined bankrupt, a
gross incompetent, sheer zero. So it
seems; so it is natural to say; but how
is itp What proportion of men, even in
the Republic there is more self
reliance and practically than in any
other nation-perform vertically what it
is alleged that any fool can perform
Scarcely one in 20. we suspect, if men IS
whole lives could be unrolled and scan
ned. Many 60 far beyond making both
ends meet for a certain period; but
their progress is spasmodic; their pros
perity is eclipsed while they are climb
ing ambitiously theT tumble down, and
never. probably, mount SO high again.
70 get living means to get it all the
time, and at the end leave no arrears !;