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The place 10 buy your CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
Is ELLTSOE &c YANG EY'S
HIP Main street,
three doors above Dispatch ofice).
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NEW BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Our line Of CHILDREN'S BOOKS Is the nost COM
piete: we have ever had, and embraces all the
new and standa rd Juveniles OF which only few
can be mentioned In this advertisement.
Nelly's silver-Mnc. By Il. H.......... ......s1 so
ANGELO the Circus Boy. 90
Ike PartiDgton; or, The Adventures OF HUI
name Boy and His Friends ................. 25
Little Pitchers. By Sophie May. rs
Carts First Days.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 90
Christmas in the Country. 90
The Young Adventurer. BY Horatlo AIger
u i 20
Lake Breezes. By o. Optic. so
tratiotls ..... 90
Child Toiiers .......................... so
ST. Nicholas tor 1879. 90
Houseful OF Chisdren-.......- .............. rs
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LOGOMACIIY; On. WAR OF WORDS-a new
aud popular game. Price. 80 cents. Our stock OF
games IS very large, and includes all the novelties.
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sfGf.aatAf a..ls,ss.1s.
TfHRIsTMAs BOOKS,
POPULAR POETS AT 81.

new edition OF the poets finely printed on clear.
white paper. Illustrated with several full-p1ae
engravings. and bound In 4 new and elegan,
style. Price: 81 each. The list elnoraces the
works of Tennys0u, Burns, Moore. Milton,
Campbell. Shakespeare, Scott. Goldsmith, byron,
Hemans, Aomer's Had, Keats, and Shelly.
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A hne line of JAPANESE WARE, embracing all
the novelties:
A beautiful and varied assortment of CHRISTMAS
CARDS.
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Also, full linco
FANCY GOODS,
SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
4 call Is respectfully solicited from every one
to examine my stock, whether they wish 10 purchase
or nor +. e. TAYLOR.
dc II l0l | Main street.
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nor HANDSOME, USEFUL, AND
DO SUBSTANTIAL
HOLIDAY GIFTS

EOR HANDSOME, USEFUL, AND
L HoI IYfS1AS1 Girrs
JULIUS MEYERS. sos BROAD STREET.
ladies, PLAIN fp nEA Al F'N and aATELAssE
A CIoAKs, handsome styles, at .rcatiy reduced
Ees sitst1 PLAIN and 8RoCADE2 SILK HAND
New ifAsTITcHED SILK HANDNEn-
Ladies and Gentemen's HEAtSEfTCllED LINEN
Observation-Disclosures and fancy borders
sLLK anu LACE TIES aud 30 rs in new andice-
coEtiLlAEs and CUFFS, IN fancy ooxss; ,o..
ana hEcS GNaSfhE !aTRsy
Ladies' Two, Three, Foas-, and six-Busion KID
,1,s Sly Two 70 Button KID GLOVES:
ChilIren's THREAD AUD CLOTH GLOVES;
Childrtn's KNIT sAGQUEs, ULsfERs, and
Ladies hts and cLildrer,s FANCY HOSIERY in great
90 sets xaI'f LaGies and cren's FURs at prime cost
TO close them out; and lots q 9IHsr G SG@;
ND.-In order TO- close out our ifnEr Cl.OAhS We
siys nds Ks sessd re- o 81 % to
SIP. $50 10 sl5. dc -
rHRisTMAS GooDsl HOLIDAY
" GOODS. 80. & Z. MITTELDORFER win ex.
FANCY ARTICLES for The holidays, which they
aeW SOCK Of Of ctoak just received 10 &c sold az
agreat reduction:
CL0AkS from IS to $500 per cent. less thar
former prices;
CARPETS-we are closing out. Look NJ the prizes
HEMP, ! S and 2oe.; INGRAM, rs, 2s, 80 81,
40. AZ. and 45c.s
LAP-ROBES ut 50, real value 20;
BEAVER SHAWLS at 81 so worth So:
BLACK CASfINERES from l5c. to e. Fer yard
the cheapest aud best goods In the esty:
Best Calcoes at SC. per yard; Dress Goods, Trim.
niings Silks, FriD2es, ano Buttons- 10 DC sold ut
| a great loss 10 close them out UnGershtris for
ladies'. children, aud Sert'emef-tEe largest aud
chcanest stock in the eity Husc, IA full assort-
nent in all the latest styles, A we ask IL call be-
| fore you make your purchases.
D. Il T.. MFTTELD0REI,
/ de16 527 E.uad street.
C,HRISTMAS C,OODs.-We hayen
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OHRIsTMAs! CHRISTMAS!a
SMOKERS HEADQUARTERS

SMOKERS HEADQUARTERS.
GEORGE sCHEN,
CORNER OF MAIN AND ELEVENTH STREETS.
Having recently remodelcd and enlarged my
store am now prepared 10 exhibit the finest selec-
ton Of SMOKERS ARTICLES ever offered in This
me finest brands OF IMPORTED KEY WEST and
DOMESTIC CIGARS:
| cHEWiNG- and SMOKING-TOBACCO;
MEERSCHAUM PIPES, CIGAR and CIGAR
ETTE-HOLDERS;
FINE RUSSIA-LEATHER CIGAR and CiGAR-
L = ->TOBACCO-POUCHES,
MATCH-BOXES, &C.;
Including everything that Is necessary 10 tue cou'
fort of smokers and chewers OF tobacco.
| I buy nv stock from the largest importers ana
manufacturers In this country FOR cash. ana tnere.
fore can sell as cheap as The cneapest. ae Iu-9M
WE ARE SELLING
| wv Choice ROLL BUTTER very cheap;
| Pure Ll2RD. 3 lbs. for 2oc.:
! CREAM CHEESE, 10 and 12Ec; 9 D.;
RAISTNs, CURRANTS, and PRC&ES-3 IDS.
c.NDiES and NIITs yery low;
| DATES, FIGS, ORANGES, and LEMONS, at
de i3-tJa4 WOODS. 919 sixth slreeI.
NJ. s25. ;. -, ; NolT e &c D. No. So
| BpACEET-SAWS, SKATES,
T6EI,-CHESTS, COAL-yAsES,
PLATE-WARMERS,
EIIfTISG-MACHlNES,
- EI6VER-POT BRACKETS, CARVERS,
f PofKET.KNIYES, RAZORS. fl case;
. SCISSORS, In case, Sc, Sc, CHEAP. lar.
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A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF DRESSING
CASES.
ANIMALS FOR 1873.
CHATTERBOX. NURSERY. WIDE AWAKE.
LITTLE FOLKS, and al the other ANIMALS, ut low
est prices.
The largest and finest stock of CIGAR-CASES in
the city:
HYMN.B0OkS Of all denominations, In every style
of binding:
PRAYER-ROOKS and HYNtNALS:
All the NEW ana STANDARD G IFr-RUnKS:
y large assortment OF SCRAP-BOOk PICTURES
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| SCOTT. SAKE. OWEN MEREDITH, PROCTOR.
| BRET HARTE, POEMS or PLACES .by Long
| fellow. Bound Ill cloth. Each 81.
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GEORGE SCHES, .
RNER OF MAIN AND ELEVENTH
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ton OF Observation-Disclosures appeared be-
fore the Senate Finance Committee to-day
| in advocacy Of Il reduction in the present
rate OF tax on manufactured tobacco.
DR.. Spence, of Ohio, was the first speaker.
| He maintained that the public mind, so far
as it related TO bacco-manufacturers, was
entirely unsettled, and until the pending
| which should be levied on tobacco was def
nte!y settled, the state of affairs could not
be improved. .......
After making 4 detailed statement regard
| ing the amounts consumed under previous
rates Of taxation, he said that the action OF
Congress increasing the rate from twenty to
twenty-feur cents stupetied the trade gene
rally, all retail dealers having fixed their
prices upon the basis OF twenty cents. The
manufacturers were compelled to add four
cents to their goods In order to cover
the increased taxation. In less than
sixty days, however, every manufacturer
YVES compelled to reduce his stock to
previous prices, and the result was
disastrous. Under the sixteen and twenty
cent tax there was an aggregate OF 20,0UO,-
900 pounds sold annually. Under-the twcn-
ty.four-cent tax the aggregate has been re-
duced to 100000 pounds. Under the eX-
listing law farmers and others are allowed to
grow their own tobacco, and in many cases
they sell to their Ieighbors, thereby avoid
ing the tax, which the manufacturer has 10
meet. He predicted, should this procedure
be permitted TO continue, that it will be but
a short time until common smoking-to bacco
ceases to exist. He produced sample OF
the commonest smoking-tobacco, which is
retailed at ten cents per package OF four
ounces--a profit OF one cent on each
package. He thought the consumption OF
tobacco was increasing abroad as well as in
the United States, but under less tax the
consumer would be materially benefited. In
order TO make the American product OF to-
baeco popular abroad, he said, we should
tax 1t lightly. In conclusion, Mr.. Spence
gave it as the opinion OF the entire trade
That in the event OF reduction OF the tax
to is cents the Government and the manu-
facturer would both very soon realize the
benefit OF the same. On the other hand Is !
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-11-28

There are two questions from which
violence is to be apprehended. First,
from the advocates of banking systems
who desire a Government of excessive
Capitalization, with soldied at It's
head, and an increase of the army.
Second, from the deluded followers of
that fell spirit born of degraded pa
rents, of poverty and strong drink,
which has most improperly been mis-
called communism. These are alike
in that they all wish to enjoy PROF erty,
or capital, without labOing for it to
live without labor in violation of the
divine decree. They differ in this
that the former aim at the con-
centration of property, or capital, In
the hands of the few, through the
agency ofusury and the National debt;
while the latter aim at division OF
property, or capital, by force and rob
berry. All who believe that property
should be acquired as the fruit of hon
est effort, and should be protected after
it has been acquired, should unite
against these foes of genuine Com
munism, which seeks only the common
good of the community.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-11-28
Another Rebellion.

The attention of every American
should be seriously called to the atti-
tude of the associated banks Of New
York in reference to the resumption
of specie payments. They have adj
dressed letter to the Secretary of the
Treasury, in which they assert that re-
sumption cannot be maintained with
out their aid, (that is to say, without
their CONSENT and arrOgantly declare
the terms upon which they will CO
operate with the o Ternment and the
country in the coming effort to redeem
the honor of the one and Tighten the
burdens of the other. The substance
of their demand is, that the treasury
department shall force resumption in
gold only, and that the country shall
abandon the use of silver as legal ten
&c c rrency. The banks declare, in
diplomatic terms, that they will not
permit resumption unless these con-
cessions are made, and we are told
that they control six hundred millions
of dollars of capital, the weight OF
which will be thrown against the gov
erlment if their terms are not accept
ed. 1t is the more alarming that this
ultimatum is presented to us only fifty
DAYS before the day set for resumption
and that Congress will have less than
three weeks in which to consider it.
1t is safe to assume that Congress will
not be able to do anything in relation
to the finances in time to affect resump-
ton.
1t remains then for the Secretary OF
the Treasury to handle the subject,
and it is plain he cannot meet the
views of the banks without disregard
ing the laws which are plain and spe-
clfic in the premises. The crisis is a
Grave one. The will of the American
people. as expressed by their Congress
is defed by the creatures of their own
government; and beyond this there is
every reason to believe that the officer
whose bounden duty it is to execute
their will, when so expressed, is in
league with the enemy and only toe
anxious to surrender TO their demands.
The Secretary of the Treasury is an
avowed enemy to the policy which the
banks oppose, and John Sherman has
never failed TO find a way to evade
any act of Congress of which he dis.
approves. He has VIGOROUSLY e. led
the letter and spirit of the silver bill,
by reducing the coinage to the mini
imum prescribed by law, and by omit
ting to put the coin in circulation. He
endeavored to commit the government
irrevocably to the sing ct j 81 nd
ard very early in tie n.s'o OF ne
RECOMMENDATION of We. and has not
omitted any partisan otf 'rt in 'avor OF
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-11-28
VIEWS OF A. H. STEPHENS.
He Supports the President and ha
Heard of no Change.

WASHINGTON, Nov 17.-An inter
view with Alexander H. Stephens is
to be published in the Post tomorrow
in which the following questions were
asked and answered:
"What do you think, Mr.. Stephens,
of Hayes recent change of policy"
"My answer to that is, | haven't
seen any change of policy on the part
of Mr.. Hayes. As far as l have
heard anything from him, it is that he
intends to execute the laws as expound-
ed by the courts. This l understood
to be his policy from the beginning,
AS | understood it from the beginning
it was to withdraw the Federal troops
from the occupancy of State capitals,
where they had been for some time be-
fore and to allow the people of each
State respectively to govern them
selves under their own State cOnstitu-
tions as they pleased, provided they
violated no Federal law. This l re-
garded as the true constitutional policy
then and now, and / have seen nor
heard nothing from MIR. Hayes neon
sistent with these principles upon
which his administration was based at
the time of his Inauguration. The
foundation principles upon which his
administration was based at the time
of his Inauguration. The foundation
principles of true Jeffersonian Democ-
racy, which is the true basis Of all
constitutional liberty, are law and the
the enforcement Of the law. Mr..
Hayes has done nothing contrary to
this, so far as I am informed, and ]
cannot see why Democrats SHOULD find
faelt with any executive for carrying
out their own funaamental principles.
Efr. Hayes has only, as | understand
undertaken to carry out the laws, and
! if Congress has made a bad law it is
not the Presidents fault, 1t is his
duty TO execute it, and if he don't dc
it he's not fit for the place. Whether
it is a moonshiner or bulldozer or
anything else, if the law has been VIC
lated it is the Presidents duty to en-
force it.
''Iyhat is your opinion of Senator
Hills recent letter criticising Hayes
and his Administration?
~ think it was an exceedingly in
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-11-28
HOW a Man Goes to Bed.

Speaking of how man goes to bed,
an exchange says:
"There's where man has the adj
vantage. He can undress in a cold
room and have his bed warm before a
woman has got her hair pins out and
her shoes united"
That's how it looks ia print, and
this is how it is in reality: 81 am go
ing to bed, my dear. It's half-past
ten" No reply. ''Now, John, you
know you're always late in the morn
ing ,whydon't you go to bed!" eyes, in
minute" he replies, as he turns the
paper wrong side out, and begins a
lengthy article headed ''The Louisiana
Middle" Fifteen minutes later she
calls from the bed room: "JOhn, come
to bed, and not keep the gas burning
here all night" and murmuring some
thing about" the bill being big enough
now," she creeps between the cold
sheets, while John sits placidly on, his
feet acoss the piano stool and a cigar
in his mouth. By-and-by he rises,
yawns, stretches himself, throws the
paper on the floor, and Selling the
shaker, proceeds to that vigorous exer-
else, shaking the coal stove. Just at
this stage not altogether pleasant
voice inquiries: ''For PHYS sakel amt
you ready for the bed yeti" Eyes, yes,
Pm coming. Why don't you go to
sleep and let fellow alone?"
Then he discovers that there's coal
needed. When this is supplied and
ratified into the stove, he sits down 10
warm his feet. Next he slowly begins
to undress, and as he stands scratching
himself and absently gazing on the last
garment, dangling over the back OF
chair, he remembers that the clock is
not wound yet. When that attended
to he wants drink of water, and
away he promenades to the kitchen.
| Of course when he returns his skin re
sembles that of picked chicken, and
once more he seats himself before the
fire for last "warm up" AS the clock
strikes u he turns out the gas, and
with flop of the bed clothes and g
few spasmodic shivcrs he subsides-no
not yet; he forgot TO see if the front
door was locked, and another flop Of
the bed clothes brings forth the re
mark: Good gracious! if man aim
en- rgh to hy the patience of Job!'
Setting her teeth hard, she awaits the
final flop, with the accompanying blast
of cold air, and then quietly inquiries
''ifhe is settled for the night, " to which
he replies by muttering: eff you aim
the provokingest woman! !"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-11-28
AN OUTRAGE. UPON THE STATE
TREASURY.

At the present term of the Cir
cult Court in this county a man
was found guilty of stealing a
pair of shoes valued at 81 so, and
sent to the penitentiary for one
year; the expenses attending said
case amounting to forty dollars.
The law warranting snch trial
for petit larceny by an august
Circuit Court is nothing but sheer
public robbery of the people.
Not only Hardeman county but
throughout the State the Circuit
Courts are largely converted
into petit larceny mills, at which
the taxpayer is forced to pay
enormous toll to defray the costs
taxed in SAID cases. It is high
time that an enl ght, d public
opinion be directed to the over
throw Of the legislation sane
tlOning such q wasteful CON
sumption of public money.
Other States refer petit larceny
offences to Justices Of the
Peace and have them dispose OF
such cases. Our State should also
adopt legislative provision pro
viding for just such economical
investigation and punishment OF
all minor infractions Of Inv. To
have the whole machinery Of the
Circuit Court arrested, and be-
sides compelling hundreds of cit
liens to dance attendance around
the court square, impatiently
waiting the call of sundry litiga-
ted civil suits in which they are
interested, that the theft of a dol
Tar and half pair Of shoes may be
considered by judge and jury, is
a costly farce. Quite quarter
million dollars is the sum annu-
ally paid by the people of Ten
nessee to support the require
mcnts Of this feature of or Grim
inal law. The taxation incident
to an honest settlement Of the
State debt will comparatively be
nothing compared with the oner-
Gus burdens now fastened upon
the people to maintain the reck-
less extravaganza of criminal
prosecutions throughout the
State. Herein is an inviting field
wherein our Legislators can show
in Il practical, substantial manner
thoir considerate devotion to the
best interests Of the dear people
At this day money-saving legis
iatiOn is more to be desired thar
Vapid defamation.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-11-28
KING COTTON,S PALACE.
An Interesting Novelty in Cotton Stow
ing in New Orleans.

From the New Orleans DemOcrat-I
A site has been selected with about
one-half mile from the river front, on
which will be erected cotton ware
houses sufficient to handle 1000, 900
bales of cotton each season. These
warehouses will be in ten divisions, and
will be built with brick walls and iron
roof; no wood whatever in any part of
this structure. Each division will be
divided into sections, and each section
will be furnished with storage cribs
made of wrought gas pipe, perforated
with small holes, and so arranged that
every bale of cotton rests on the pipe,
and not upon any other bale. Every
bale will be exposed to view for selec-
ton, and any one bale can be taken
out without moving any other one in
the tier The cotton will be slowed in
the crib tiers and taken out by travel
ing hydraulic cranes. More cotton can
be slowed by this plan on the area Of
ground than is now done. The perfo-
rated gas-pipe crib tiers are connected
that a current of heated air can at any
moment be thrown around every bale
of cotton in the press and dry it if re-
ceived wet, and keep it dry it if receiv-
ed wet, and keep it perfectly dry in
wet weather; and In case of fire a show
er of water can be at once thrown upon
all sides of every bale of cotton in the
press and Immediately be followed by
a shower of heated air until it is dry
again. The air will be heated by the
escape steam of the presses and thrown
in by f;ln-blowers, and the water sup
piled from elevated cisterns, always
kept full by a steam pump. The
Yards will covered with glass roofs, so
that cotton can be classed and weighed
in all weather. The entire leyee, from
the warehouses to the front of the
warves, will be covered with an iron
roof, so that receiving and shipping cot
ton can go on as well in wet as in dry
weather. The flooring of the whole
will be of granite blocks, faced perfect
ly level.
There will be eight presses, each
capable of turning out 1000 bales or
com pressed cotton every twenty
four hours, or 10000 bales altogether.
Steamboats, will discharge their cotton
at the press wharves and cars from all
of the railroads will unload under the
sheds at the rear of the press. Ships
and steamers viii load at the press
wbarvcs.
The main office will be in the bust
ness center Of the city, and connected
by telegraph and telephone with each
division u the pres. 50 that sellers,
rs, sop - p
ana
H..a a. often, or
Ira-sa.t - Orders to .ae.r elassers.
se er, press cier.s or their ships.
WI "a lhe tor The
az 4.oa uso4 ii l-.a.ly laree c.-ie..
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-11-28
Words of Warming.

The Fifth Episcopal Church Con
gress was held in October, in Cincin-
natl, and occupied several days.
Among the subjects discussed was that
of
1.-THE MUTUAL RELATIONS OF CAPIvAL
AND LABOR"
The first paper upon this all-impor-
tant subject discussed was one offered
by layman, Mr. B. f. Queen, of
Dalton, Ga. 1t is temperate vet very
significant document, and, as it is not
very long, / give it entire to our read
ers:
The danger to the working classes of
Capitalization and imperialism has al
ways been very great. The first error
of the governments in regard to their
citizens was the systematic diminution
of their private and local liberties in
the middle ages. The second abuse
had its origin in the corrupt epoch of
the last of Valois. 1t is the desire of
most sovereigns to increase their power
beyond all due limits 1t has destroy
ed local and provincial liberties, spolia-
ted we; K natl ms and attached them
to the stronger States, and led Kings
and Democratic Governments to main
tain that they have the power to pro-
vide for the happiness and interests of
their people in every department of
their lives.
There are two forms in which CEN
tralism and the art of expressing the
people have attained perfection in
these latter days which are not noticed
by lie Plac, but were long since point
cd out by Thomas Jefferson, and more
fully Illustrated by Calhoun, from the
sSateman's standpoint, There are the
banking systems, twin monsters, which
in their progress have become, as Cal
houn for.tnld in 1887 they would be-
come, utterly intolerable. They, more
than all else, are I2pidly lntenslfying
the antagonism of CLASSES and ranging
society into TIVE hostile forces. On the
one side are those whose capita Is IN
vested in the form Of money and bonds
On the other are all whose capital Is
invested in all other forms of pro HertY
with labor, which has no accumulated
capital, as their ally. Between the
two, uncertain which to join, fit the
de- r .ded elias e.
This antagenism has reached a point
whore, if some remedy be not found,
and that speedily, it will end in ''deso-
lnting strife As Calhoun said in 1887.
at is useless for to disguise the fact.
As the Biz hop of Connecticut said in
1877. eve may well face the fact. +"
The time is near at hand when we will
be forced in to choose between ballots
and bullets in solution of the problem.
Which should we as Christians choose ?