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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
Character OF Christ.

If we attempt to discover what it is in
the personal character of Jesus Christ,
as shown in His life, that thus attracts
such permanent admiration, it is not
difficult to do so. Ia an age when the
ideal of the religious life was realized in
the Baptist's withdrawing from men, and
burying herself in the ascetic solitudes
of the desert, Christ came, bringing re-
ligion into the haunts and homes and
every day life of men. For the mortif~
cations of the hermit, He substituted
the labors of active benevolence; for the
fears and gloom which shrank from men,
He brought the light of cheerful piety,
which made every act of daily life re-
ligious. He found the domain of religion
fenced off as something distinct from
the wall of separation, and conse-
Grated the whole sweep of exist
ence. He lived man among
men, sharing alike their Joys and
their sorrows, Identifying the hum
blest details of life by making them
subordinate to the single aim of His
Fathers glory. Henceforth the grand
revolution was inaugurated, which
taught that religion does not lie in selfish
or morbid devotion to personal intsrests,
whether in the desert or the temple, but
in loving work and self-sacrifice for
others.
The absolute unselfshness of Christ's
character is, indeed, its unique charm
His own life is self denial throughout,
and He makes similar spirit the test of
all healthy religious life. 1t is He who
said, cit is more blessed to give than to
receiver" who reminds us that life, like
the wheat, yields fruit only by its own
dying; who gave us the ideal of life in
His own absolute self-oblivien. We feel
instinctively that this gospel of love
alone is divine, and that we cannot
withhold our homage from the only per-
fectIy Unselfish Life ever seen on earth.
There is much, beside, to which I can
only allude in a word. He demands
repentance from al, but never for a mo-
ment hints at any need of it for himself.
| With all his matchless lowliness, he ad
vances personal claims which, in a mere
man, would be the very delirium of re-
| ligious pride. He was divinely patient
under every form of suffering, homeless
life, hunger and thirst, craft and violence,
mics and betrayals of friends, ending in
an ignominious death. Nothing of all
this for a moment turned him from his
chosen path of love and pity. His last
words, like his whole life, were prayer
for those who had returned him evil for
good his absolute superiority to every
thing narrow or local, so that he, Jew,
found a religion in which all mankind
are common brotherhood, equal before
God; the dignity, calmness and self
possession before rulers, priests and gov
ernors, which sets him immeasurably
above them his freedom from supersti-
ton, in an age which was superstitious
almost beyond example, his superiority
to the merely external and ritual, in an
age when rites and externals were the
sum of religion all these considerations,
to mention no others, explain the attrac-
ton of his character, even when looked
at only as that of an ideal man.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
A Gond and Chenn Fense.

A correspondent says: A post and
rail fence, better than anything I have
ever seen, patented or unpatented, is
made as follows: Set the posts nine
feet apart, or two feet less than the
length of the rails used. Bore q hole
one and a>half inch through the posts
one foot from the ground, and at right
angles with the direction of the fence.
Bore three holes above this nine inches
apart, one above the other, and drive in
wooden pins in all four holes to project
four inckes on each side of the post.
Law your rails of these pins, close to the
most on each side. Bore a threeNeight
inch hole above the top rail, and another
one one and oneNhalf inch below the
bottom pin. Take piece of wire ten
orr eleven feet long, and pass half its
length through the top hole, and cross
II Under tho top rail cross it again
under the second rail, from the top;
cross il again under the third rail, and
finally cross il under the bottom rail by
Shipping the ends of the wire through
the small hole, and bring them around
in front OF the post and twist them
together. This makes q cheap, strong
fence. that will turn horses and cattle
but ii sheep are kept, board should. be
nailed at the bottom or fifth rail
aided"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
COMPARISONS:

The weekly edition of the New York Times is p 0oO
copies and advertisements are h4rged st 30 cents
line. The american Newspaper Union gives an
advertisement 2, coo circulation for 20 cents line
The Times links the American Newspaper Union
List humbug.
The weekly edition of the New York Post is :. $50
line The American newspaper Union gives
advertisement $50 circulation for less than
line. The Post don't think very well Of the Amer
lean Newspaper Union
The New York Commercial Advertiser prints a
weekly edition so copies and charges advertis
ers 10 cents line. The Advertiser has a poor opin
ion also of the American Newspaper Union.
The Boston Post weekly issues 3 $40 Copi charges
advertisers 25 cents line; aud expresses donbts OF
the honesty OF thea nerican Newspaper Union, which
gives that circulation for less than onefoui tn the
lrice which the Post demands.
The Boston Advertiser charges l21z cents line for
advertising in weekly having 500 circulation,
and warns its readers tie beware of institution
which gives 800 circulation for 2 cents line.
The Toronto Globe prints the best weekly in Can
ada, has 20 600 circulation and charges 25 cents
line. The Globe has contempt for the American
Newspaper Union, which gives 600 circulation for
10 cents a line
The Utica Herald prints 6,432 copie, of a weekly
line 1t joins in a crusade against the Amer
lean Newspaper UniOn which gives 432 cir culation
for cents line.
The Warsaw, n. Y. Democrat prints 800 copies,
ana charges advertisers cents a line. When il was
a cooper alive paper only = a cent a line de-
manded for it's columns and IL is no better now than
it was then.
The St. Louis weeSI y Post sells 9I2 copies weekly
to Germans in and around St Louis. It's advertis-
ing rates 10 cents line and very lev, but
because the American Newspaper Union give II, 9I2
line the Post des ptsea and speaks uBkiDdlF Of IL.
The LockpOrt, N Y, " eekly Times prints 20 cop
the Lock port weekly Times becomes CO operative
paper advertisers its columns at = cent a
line, which is all the American Newspaper Union
demands for papers oflke circulation ana influence.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

envelopes contain the limbs and wings of
insects of all descriptions, which have
been the prey of the spider and his
family, who occupy the den formed in
their midst. There seems to be no doubt
that the spider casts the web loose and
rolls it round the nucleus in the center
when it becomes overcharged with car
cases, and then proceeds to construct a
fresh one, which In its turn is destined to
be folded nn with the rest %
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
To ConsumptiVes.

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to know how 20 stop cough and cause easy eXpecto-
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cure2 so, send my 32-page Treatise on Herbal
Medication without charge, without price. You
have only send your address on a postal card and
J eceive It by return mail. Address DIR. .. PHELPS
BROWN. No. q Grand street. Jertey CITY, N. j.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
RELIGIOUS READING.


Through all the weary toll of life,
Through all the battles, all the strife,
through all the hours with trouble fraught,
There's comfort, blessing, in the thought
That Jesus knows.
hen troubles come, we cannot see
Why life should full OF suffering be,
And tears come once again, again
lis comfort to the sufferer then
That Jesus knows.
And in temptation when we fall,
And we ourselves despised by all,
And when We feel that we must sink
Deep into sin ah then we think
That Jesus knows
All OF our sOrrows, doubts and tears,
All Of our longings, hopes and fears,
All that we do which leads to shame,
All that we do for His best name,
Cur Jesus knews.
Well pray 10 Him who always hesrs.
Wen trust with Him the coming years,
Wen trust our future 10 His care,
He'll show US what we have to bear,
For Jesus knows.
And when our weary feet have passed
il of this earthly road at last,
Wen take HIs hand and softly pray:
4" Lord, lead us home by The blest way
That Jesus knows"
Terrace B. Abbott, in Chicago Standard
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

The Greatest Discovery OF the Age
IS Dr. 1oolas' celebrated Venetian Imminent
50 years before the public, and warranted to cure
D1arrheas Dysentery, Cohe AID Spasms taken in
ternally; and Group, Chronic Rheumatisp1 Sire
Threats, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores ahd Pains in the
Limbs Back and Chest, externally. 1t has never
failed. No family will ever be without it after once
giving It q fair trial. Price, 40 cts. DR.. TOBIAS
VENETIAN HORSE IMMINENT, in Pint RottIe-
at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any stheT
or NO PAY, for the cure of Collie, Cuts Bruises
Old Sores, etc Sold by all Druggists, Depot--IO
Park Place. New York
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
The Grace Of God.

am pastor in New York. 1 know
a deacon in Newark. Forty years ago
we stood up to fight enc another amid
crowd of boys, each desiring to hurt the
other, each having heart full of hate.
To-day we love one another, and are
both laboring to save souls from eternal
death. What has made the change? We
both know well. We both say it is the
grace of God. That grace of God is a
mighty power in the world, but men so
leave it out in their calculations. At
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

WAR DECLARED. - Veterinary sur
geons all over the country are hercely de-
nouncing the parties who put up extra large
packages of worthless trash and sell it for
Condition Powders. They say that Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders are the only
kind now known that are worth carrying
home
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
The Reason why They
Don't Like It.

THE COST OF ADVERTISING IN AMERICAN
NEWSPAPERS Is TOO HIGH.
ASKING PRICES HAVE NOT BEEN REDUCED
BIZ THE BIG PAPERS SINCE THE WAR.
THE AMERICAN NEWS PAPER UNION GIVES
ADVERTISERS MORE CIRCULATION FOR THE
PRIZE THAN PAPERS PRINTED ON ANY
OTHER PLAN CAN AFFORD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

NOTHING destroys the appetite SO
quickly as the announcement that Jones,
of whom you have just agreed to accept
ten cents on the dollar. is going to Eu-
rope with his family to spend year. In
the bright lexicon of cheek there's no
such word as fail.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
RsIinhIe DE- Gooas-House.

Ifyou wish to purchase silks, dress goods,
black goods or dry-goods cheaper than the
market prices, and have the advantage of all
the great trade sales, send your orders or
send for samples to B. T. Devices, 7z5 Chest
nut street, Philadelphia
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

Mothers Mothers u Mothers III Don't fail to
procure Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for all
diseases incident to the period of teething in
children. It relieves the child from pam, cures
yri1d collie. regulates the bowels, and by giving
relief and health to the child, gives rest to the
mother. It is an old and welltried remedy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

Do not buy yeast powder or baking powder
of short weight. a manufacturer that de-
frauds by short weight will not hesitate to
make adulterated goods. You can always
RELY on DooLEY's YEAST POWDER being
full weight and strictly pure.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
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The science OF I.ISe, or Self-TsreservaaIoa on

Twohundreth edition, revised and enlarged, just
published 1t is a standard medical work, the best
in the ERglish language, written by physician OF
great perience, to " ON was awarded a geld and
ieweled medal by the National edicRl Association
1t contains beautiful and very expensive steel plate
enEravinRs. Three hundred pages, moEe than nifty
valuable prescriptions for all forms OF prevailing
diseases the result OF many years Of extensive and
success fui practice. Bound in French cloth price
only 81. sent by mail. The London Lancet says
No person should be without this valuable book.
The author is a noble benefactor." An illustrated
sample to all receipt of cents for postage
Address Dr.W. II. PARKER. No. Bulhnch Street
Boston The author may be consulted on all disease
requiring skill and experience
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

ESThe above facts ex plain the unfriendIy attacks
made upon the American Newspaper Union by the
n. Y. Times, Post Commercial, Boston Post, Adv
tiser, Utica Herald and other journals.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

THE HOME STOMACH BITTERs stands
this day second to none in the qualities de-
manded of a remedy which resuscitates en-
ergy, strength, and vitality for debilitated
human nature. Prepared by the Home
Bitters Co., st. Louis, Mo.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

DIR. Salmon SIS: In conclusion. let
me add , tnss se good kO!mns must be fed to
COTS ;c ~ necessary in li - b Gie
par Constitution is being formei @ ear :
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

EOOA1 EFOO1!. EEOOA : -
DR. IUTT: Dear Sir,-We wish to inform you thst
your Hair Dye excels all others For its natura
colorins it cannot be equaled, Our customers win
uss no other. It is a great triumph,
ANTHONY HAAS,l BARRIERS,
CHAS. HOLM, New Orleans
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

al HAVE my opinion of that man.
remarked a local philosopher the other
day, "who, when ask him to take q
cigar, goes hunting around in the fifteen
cent box I''
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
IouD-ooDJ's Anodvne Tiniment ;srichIv

JOHNSON s Anodyne LlnlmenJ lsrlchIy
worth ten dollars q bottle in certain cases.
For instances in cases of diphtheria.cr Group and
asthma, when the eufferer is almost dead
for want of breath, and something is required
to act instantly. 1t costs only thirty-fve
cents.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
l0NSuMPTI0N can BE CURED.

PULMORA is a certain remedy for the curb OF
CONSUMPTION and all diseases Of the Lungs
and Throat. Try it and be convinced. Price One
Dollar per bottle Druggists sent by the ProprIe-
tor on receipt of price pamphlet containing waltz
able advice TO COusumptivea, many certificates OF
ACTUAL CURES, and full irectiOns for using with
each bottle, or sent free 10 any address OSCAh e.
MOSES rs Cortlandt Street. New York.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
The Physical Effort of Thought.

An interesting paper was read at re-,
cent meeting of the Royal Society on
experimental Researches on the Tenn
perature of the Head" in which the
writer, DR.. Lombard, showed that mental
activity will at once raise the tempera-
tuTe of the head, and that merely to
excite the attention has the same effec::
in a less degree. This is a curious result,
as appearing to show that anything of
the nature of volition involves q waste
of nerve tissue which is not involved in
involuntary perception and observation.
There is no difference, we believe, be.
tween the temperature of the sleeping
body and that of the waking body, or
between that of the waking body and of
the head, so long as no act of effort is in
volved. But If even the least intel
lectual effort raises the temperaturel of
the head above that which it reaches in
amused and idle observation, it would
seem to show that there is a waste in
volved in volition which belongs to no
so-calIed automatic action of the
mind. And that is itself a fact of no
slight significance - London Spectator
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
THE Spectator says that there ar

The Spectator says that there are
artisan families in India and in Damascus
who have worked at the same work day
by day for a thousand years, peasant
families who have not only titled the
same fields, but have gone into them and
left them at the same hour, according to
the season, from a period before the
birth of Christ. They have no wish fer
change, no ambition to do better, no
inclination to roam, no sense of failure
because they are as their forefsthers were
and as their sons will be.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
HOPPER GRASSES =!

Potato bugs tramps and travelling agents the
fsrmerss Gu Sc. The last can be avoided by buying
direct Five Ton Wagon Scales sold at $50
each. On trial freight prepaid, by JOHEsOF BIHG-
HAMTON Binghamton n. 7. send tor free price list.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18

WE WILL PAY the HiR nest Market Price for all
w Produce. &C, &C, we will sell them Tor you
on five per cent commission. Liberal cash advances
made on large consignments staple articles Farm
ers, hippers and dealers in General Merchandise
should write for reference, price current stencil &C
When writing us state whether you wish 10 shlpSn
consignment or sell II you wish to sell, name the
rticies amount of each and your very lowest price
for same. delivered f O. b. free on board carsl at
your nearest shipping point also, II possible send
pample by mail, if too bulky by freight ADDE'S
HULL 4 -SCOTNEY, General Commission ana ship
ling Merchants 22l& $40 North Water street Phila-
delphia Penn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-04-18
PIANOS ann ORGANS+kss,dE.ee.e aP:s.

Reduction TO close out present stock Of sou New and
secon -hand Instruments of five firstclass makers,
fully warranted and at prices that DEFY ONmPE-
Triton for this class Of Instruments, AGENTS
WANTED for WETERS' So PERIOR BELL Or
CANS and PIANOs. Illustrated Catalogues mailed;
HORACE WATERS SONS, Manufacturers and
Dealers so East 18th st New Y ork- Also General
Agents for SHONINGER'S Celebrated PREMIUM
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14

The list Of wounded wiz foot up fifty.
Many badly injured are not expected
to recover, The wounded are at the
railroad hospital inSteubenville, receiv-
ing every care and attention. The dead
have been neatly coffined and are being
forwarded to friends. 7D !-a.'.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14

sleep, and had to bniId rude huts.
which they hired the natives to cover
with palms. While the thermometer
did not reach more than ,125 degrees in
the SUM-. yet the heat was very dry and
oppressive, and the men, +, who were
attacked by the breakbone fever, were
SO thoroughly depressed as not to be
good for anything. Altogether, five of
the men had died since the starting of
the Mercedita, one of the deaths occur
ring on the way up the Amazon. In a
a letter from one of the men, the
writer, in concluding, says: 1--WE are
away from San Antonio, in q wild
country. Tigers prowl around our
camp every night. We have neither
sides nor ends to our shanties. This is.
the dry season, and we have no rain,
but at night, or early in the morning
the dew falls SO heavy that one would
think it was raining" ~. ...tt.... -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14
'VirginianS in the Surf.
Baltimore American.


The young ladies manage to make
out very we'll for themselves, which is
not surprising, as the most of them are
Virginia's fairest daughters, who are as
noted for their self-reliance as Boston
girls for bookishness. This remarkable
quality is seen at the best advantage
during bathing hours, and the visitor
soon learns that some of the girls here
are as much at home in water as ducks,
and can dive around as daringly and as
gracefully as dolphins, even venturing
into deep water away from shore. 1t
comes very strangely to young man,
proud of his strength to have the APP
parently frail and. gentle creature he
met and walked with in the moonlight
last night dash past him into deep wa
ter, and, daring him to follow her,
breast the running pillows and swim
far away with ease, while he stands
shivering and gasping for breath, and
wondering why women are called the
weaker vessels and man creations lord.
Miss De Russey, who has lived here by
the water side for many years, the
daughter Of an army officer, now de-
ceased, swan mile out and back this
afternoon with an officer from the fort,
and came back looking as fresh and
buoyant and bewitching as any siren of
the sea. From constant exposure to
the sun and salty air her face and arms
are Drowned as deep as any Tuscan
beauty. q 1855 .---. T..G yezae
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14

protection is another question. We
think it would be found that the natural
structure would adapt itself to any
ordinary requirement. There is, how
ever, a wide difference Of opinion upon
this point among authorities on horse
management, and the problem is not
likely to be solved until the experiment
has been tried. There can be no doubt
as to the additional power of graspine
road surfaces which would be secured
to the advantage Of the rider or driver,
and the relief of the horse, if shoes
were not used. Meanwhile we should
like to see the trial made. It should.
however, be understood that the expert
ment must be tried with colts that have
never been shod. This is an essential
condition of the test" rsF
And Tom Jennings, the weIl-known
English trainer Of French race horses,
has b recently tried his colts unshod, and
with the most favorable results.
The weight of opinion and argument
based on experience would seem to be
in favor of dispensing entirely with
shoes for horses. At all events more
than enough has been said on that side
to- show that the question should be
thoroughly tested, practically and
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