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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
WashingtOn's Laugh.

1t is pleasant to learn that ones upon
a time Washington not only laughed but
fairly roared." The biOgraphers have
50 swathed him with dignity that
the man seemed lost in the hero. A
writer in Lippincott's Magazine tells the
following story, which she heard when a
little girl from Mrs. Madison:
" One day In Philadelphia" said Mrs.
Dolly Madison; L was sitting in nv
parlOE with a very dear friend. Mrs. r.
B. Lee, when in walked Payne Todd cher
son) dressed in my calico bed-goWn.
While we were laughing at the figure he
cut, the servant threw open the door and
announced General and Mrs. Washing
ton, What TO do with that dreadful bow
1 didn't know. he could not face the
President in that garb. Neither could
he leave the room without meeting them,
for the door they were entering was the
only one. l made him crawl Quickly
under q low, broad settles on which was
sitting. had just time to arrange the
draTery when the WashingtOns entered
After the cOurtly greetings and the usual
compliments OF the season, there came
from under the settee a heavy siph.
which evidently attracted the generals
notice. However, I only talked and
laughed q little louder, hoping to divert
his attention, when-oh, mel-there
came an outcry and a kick that could
not be ignored. So l stopped down and
dragged Payne out by the leg. General
Washington's dignity left him fer once
Laugh Why he fairly roared H.
nearly went into commissions. The sioht
of that boy in that gown, all so unex,
pected, coming wrong end first from
under my seat--it was too mueh.''
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
Brain CuIture.
IT. Clifford Aubutt. NJ D., Popular Science

IT. Clifford AIlbutt, NJ D., Popular Science
The mischief done daily by calling
upon the unripe brain for productive
work, for original composition, for COM
petitive examinations, for teaching, and
even preaching, is calamitous and the
evil is increasing. The inpatient ex-
aminations of young children are as in
furious and as foolish as the searching of
the roots of the pushing plant. Cram,
again, is that which secures the imme-
date production of brain~results rather
than the growth of the brain itself; and
it must be thrusting itself upon the
vision of all but the moon-struck, that
young men who are prize winners at the
the age even Of eighteen or twenty years
have too often spent their brains before
the natural yielding-time Too often
the star of their year is quenched ere
their course be well begun, and if their
life be not henceforth q failure it may
fall short of its early promise and the
brain which might have been year by
year more flexible, more potent, and
more enterprising, is warped, stiffsned
and stalled. Such young men are now
sent into the world in numbers, with
minds orderly, trim and garnished, but
without elan, and without initiative,
admirable clerks ard Journalists, but as
men of action spoiled forever.
Ne do not realize how long a time
the exhausted brain takes to exhaust
itself. A young physician may bodily
tell the overtaXed merchant or student
to take three months rest; but probably
three months must be added TO that
and even six months again to the sum
before any degree of stability is regsined.
It is nearly always true that & case of
characterization needs what may seem
a disproportionate time to get well.
Repair in so delicate an organ is slow,
and we know that gardeners and breed
ers would rather start afresh with young
stock than nurse round specimens which
have been checked. Brain-forcing is
very mi~chievous. It urges genius into
prococious fruitage, it drains the springs
OF nervous force, it excites high tension
without giving volume to fertify it, it
stints the variety of mental expansion,
and by enforcing control it breaks the
spirit. The true purpose of education
Is, first of all, to teach mind and heart !;
to encourage the budding faculties to
break freely in natural variety; to
quicken the eye and the hand, and to
touch the lips with fire; to promote the
gathering of the fountains of vigorous
life by fresh air, simple nutritious diet
and physical exercise; and, finally, to
watch for the growth, silent it may be
for years, of the higher qualities of char
acter, or even of genius, not forcing
them into heated and forward activity,
but rather restraining the temptation to
early production, and waiting for the
mellowness Of time; remembering that
the human mind Is not an artificial
structure, but natural growth; irregu-
lar, nay, even inconsistent, as such
growths are, wanting most often the
symmetry and preciseness of artitce,
but having the secret of performance and
adaptability.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
Big Words.

Big words are great fsvorites with peo-
pie of small ideas and weak conceptions.
They are sometimes employed by men of
mind, when they wish to use language
that may best conceal their thoughts.
With few exceptions, however, iliiterate
and halfeducated persons use more "big
words than people of thorough educa-
ton. 1t Is very common, but very
gorgeous, mistake, to suppose the long
words are more genteeI than the short
ones; Just as the same sort Of people
imagine high eolors and fiashy figures
improve the style of dress. These are
the kind of folks who don't begin, but
always Commence They don't live.
but reside" They don't 60 to bed .but
mysteriously s'retire." They don't eat
and drink, but "partake Of refresh.
ments." They are never sick, but tex
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20

this On him for a few times daily. and
there IL chance that he will become IS
thoroughly Disguised as ever you could
wish with every animal of the race
whose coat furnishes such odious mouth
fuls; but, prevention being better than
cure, pay great attention to your dogs
morals during the Landing season. Dogs
not led away by evil companionship
rarely commence their depredations upon
sober, tull-grown sheep. In ninety nine
cases out OF 100 they have previously
yielded to the great temptation of run
ming down soma iriskingS lamb, whose
animated gambols seemed to court pur-
suit Land and Water.
BOILED TONeUE-In choosing a
tongue, ascertain how long it has been
dried or picked, and select one with a
smooth skin, which denotes its being
young and tender. II dried one and
rather hard, soak it at least for twelve
hours previous to cooking it; if, how
ever, 1t Is fresh from the pickle, two or
three hours viii be sufficient for it to re-
main IN soak. Put the tongue into
stew-pan with plenty of cold water and
bunch of savOry herbs; let it gradually
come to boil, skim well, and simmer
very gently until tender. Peel off the
skin, garnish with tufts of cauifiower or
Brussels sprouts, and serve, Boiled
tongue is frequently sent to the table
with boiled poultry instead of ham, and
Is by many persons preferred. If to serve
cold, peel it, fasten it down to piece of
board by sticking fork through the root,
| and another through the top to
! strengthen it. When cold, glaze it and
put paper ruche around the root and
garnish with tufts of parsley. Cook a
one.half hours and a small enc two and
one-half to three hours; q large I'M
soaked tongue three to three and one
half hours small one two to two and
one-half hours.--T Christian Advocates.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
Genteel Lies and Shams.

There is one fact very amusing to the
cynical loOkers-on at the national capt.
tai. This Is the gorgeous and costly raj
ment which the male and female Jen-
kinses make their favorites wear. It Is
all pure invention. We knew q little
modest, bright-eyed girl who read a de-
scription of herselfin a journal one morn
ing shortly after her appearance in Wash
ington, and was first amazed and then
chagrined at the account, thinking the
ready writer was making sport of her.
She cried over the matter for an hour,
refusing to be comforted. The daughter
of newly-created official with but two
gowns-beg pardon, dresses-and those
village made, she could not comprehend
the fact that she wore real Worth the
night before. "The vile wretch" cried
a feminine fashionable correspondent,
referring thereby to a society woman
who had sighted her, ''this is my reward
for torturiug my imagination and tear
ing up my conscience in making dresses
for her, the miserable doWdy I"-[ Wash
ington Capital.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20

Happy in their own eyes are the peo-
pie who can talk when they have moth
ing to talk about, smile when there is
nothing to smile at, and grow enthusi-
astic over nothing. They are valuable
members of society. In fact, society
could not very well do without them.
Fresh ideas, interesting topics, and
amusing thoughts, are not always at
command by the most intelligent people;
but one of those happy persons, on being
presented to a stranger, can begin to
chat at once. as though the words, "Allow
me to make you acquainted, had been
thekey.to some musical-box hidden with
in him.
TinkIe, tinkle, tinkle the tune goes
on merrily, brightly, without hitch or
any pause whatever. How does he
think OF it sll7 tits nothing very new
or startling, but the air and tene make
it seem so, and you cannot help feeling
that it is an accomplishment, after all, to
be able to talkabout nothing delightfully."-
at q moments notice. Elk.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
Words Of Wisdom.

In order to enjoy the present, it Is
necessary to be intent on the present.
To be doing one thing and thinking OF
another is a very unsatisfactory mode Of
spending life.
Would you be exempt from uneasi-
ness, do nothing that you know or sus-
pect to be wreEg. Would you enjoy the
purest pleasure, do everything in your
power which you are convinced is right.
We rise ourselves by adoring tEat
which is better than we are. 1t is the
one virtue of the soul which is always
tending upward by its proper motion =
upward to something higher, purer,
better.-[ james Freeman Clarke.
The rainbow is beautiful, but without
storm, without a passing cloud, without
descending raindrops, it does not appear.
1t comes after darkness aud gloom, and
the contrast makes its light the more
charming and attractive. patterson,
The wind is unseen, but it cools the
brow of the fevered one, sweetens the
summer atmosphere, and ripples the
surface of the lake into silver spaDgles
of beauty. So goodness of heart, though
invisible to the material eye, makes its
presence felt; and from its effect upon
surrounding things we are assured of its
existence.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
How to Make cow. Give ss,Ik.

A writer in the Southern Farmer saws
that his cow gives all the milk that is
wanted in a family of eight, and that
from it, after taking all that is required
for other purposes, two hundred and
sixty pounds of butter were made this
year. This is in part his treatment OF
the COW. If you desire to get large
yield of rich milk, give your COW every
day water slightly warm and slightly
sailed in which bran has been stirred at
the rate of one quart to two gallons OF
water. You will find if you have not
tried this daily practice, that your COW
will give twenty-five per cent more
milk Immediately under the effects of
1t, and she will become so attached to
the diet as to refuse to drink clear water
unless very thirsty. But this mess she
will drink almost any time, and ask for
more. The amount of this drink neces>
sary is an ordinary water pailful at a
time, morning, noon and night"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
L sOZ.IFAIRE.
By J. c. BcRsETTK.

a solitary LIE the heron leads
10 every land
In thoughtful equipose among the reeds
You see MIN stand,
As AZ great prob ems OF heroic deeds
His thoughts command.
he comes from out the sky with IaHtlng flight
Down through the al,
as II hsek OF cloud from realms Of light
We're falling there
Aud scans murky beach with watchfa' sight
And timid care.
Arrest lie shuts bis wings with quiet pride,
And seeks the dredge
OF weeds aud moses woven by the tide
Within the se5ge-
Come lonely spot along the river tide
Or bsvou's edge,
Think not he comes from labored flight to seek
For needed rest;
Or that his lonely life is but freak;
The grim Dehest
Ot hunger makes his whole demeanor meek
And food his quest.
II fish or serpent, needing not the form
Inst stands so still.
Comes lurking near, all recklesa Of the harm,
flashing bill,
With nser piemnnitiou OF alarm
VIII stgike to kill.
The solitary lie the heron leads
Is like some mems;
dis thoughtful equipOiEe among the reeds
and lent fens,
Reminds Us of the stole men of deeds
Who strike with pens
Forest AID Stcea "a
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20

Becoming alarmed, he visited DR.. Haus-
man, who at once discovered that the
case was q serious one of poisoning by
the sting of some insect. He called DR..
Z. E. Holland, and after consultation,
they used every effort to reduce the in@
flammation and correct the state of the
blood, although satisfied that the boy
could not be saved. The poison grad
ually crept through his system till it
rendered him frightful object, his head
being four time its natural size, and
blood and pus issuing from mouth, nose
and ears. At fSur o'clock on Friday
afternoon he died. Of course, it was inn
possible to determine what kind of an
insect stung him, but II seems probable
that he received the sting at the park
fist. Louis Republican.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
OF the Joy of a Good Conscience.

OF the Joy of a Good Conscience.
The glory of good man is the testi-
mony of a good conscience.
Have a good conscience and thou shalt
ever have JOY.
A good conscience is able to bear very
much, and ia very cheerful in ADVERSE
ties.
An evil conscience is always fearful
and uDquiet.
Thou shalt rest sweetly, if thy heart
condemn thee not.
Never rejoice but when thou hast done
well.
Sinners have never true Joy, nor feel
inward peace, because There ia no
peace to the wicked" saith the Lord.
And if they should say, 81 We are in
peace, no evil shall fall upon US, and
who shall dare to hurt us?" believe
them not for upon a sudden will arise
the wrath of God, and their deeds shall
be brought to nought, and their thoughts
shall perish.
To glory in tribulation is no hard thing
for him that lovsth, for so to glory, is to
glory in the cross of the Lord.
That glory is short which is given and
received from men.
Sorrow always accOmpanieth the glory
of the world.
The glory of the good is in their con-
sciences, and not in the tongues of men.
The gIadness Of the Just is of God, and
in God and their Joy is of the truth.
He that deaireth true and everlasting
glory, careth not for that which is tenn
poral.
And he that seeketh temporal glory,
or despiseth it not from his soul, shO Weth
himself to have but little esteem of the
glory of heaven.
BE eDjoyeth great tranquility of
heart, that careth neither for the praise,
nor dispraise of men.
He will easily be content and at peace,
whose conscience is pure.
Thou art not the more holy for being
praised nor the more worthless for being
dispraised.
What thou art that thou art neither
by words canst thou be made greater
than what thou art in the sight of God.
IF thou consider what thou art in thy
self, thou wilt not care what men say Of
thee.
Man looketh on the conutenance, but
God on the heart. Man considereth the
deeds, but God weigheth the intensions.
To be always doing good, and to
esteem little of ones self, is the sign of
an humble soul.
To be willing to have any created
being for our comforter. is sign of great
purity and inward confidence.
He that seeketh no testimony on his
behalf from without, doth show that he
hath wholly committed himself unto
God
"For not he that commandeth himself
is approved (saith st. Psul), but whom
Cod cOmmandeth I"
To walk in the heart with God, and
| not to be held in bondage by any out
ward affection, is the state of spiritual
man.-TThomas A. Kempis.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
Userul and suerentIre.

STOVES set away for the summer
should be well rubbed with kerosene,
and unless in a very dry place it viii be
best 10 wrap some carpet or thick paper
around them.
A MIXTURE OF red lead, Indian meal
and molssses will be eagerly eaten by
cockrOaches and will soon exterminate
them. Paris green, phosphorus or
arsenic are sometimes used, but are very
dangerous. Borsx, to which cockroaches
have great antipathy, will drive them
away.
EVERY lady should subject her toilet
powder to this test Place a teaspoonfuI
of the suspected powder in glass and
add the juice of lemon. If eferveg-
cence takes place it is Sn infallible proof
that the powder is dangerous, and it's
use should be avoided, as it will ulti-
nnstely injure the skin and destroy the
beauty OF the complexion.
SAssAFRAs BEER.-POur two quarts
OF boiling water upon two large spoon
fuls of cream tartar, and add ten drOrs
of oil of sassafras, ten drops of oil OF
spruce, ten drops of wintergreen, then
add eight quarts of cold water and a
pint OF good yeast and sweeten to taste
let it stand twentyNfour hours, and then
bottle 1t. This makes delicious sum-
mer beverage.
CURE FOR CRoUP.-A medical journal
says Group can be cured in one minute,
and the remedy is simply alum and
sugar. They way to accomplish the deed
is 70 take knife or CRATER, and shave of
in small particles about a teaspoonful OF
alum, then mix it with twice its guam
tity of sugar, to make it palatable, and
administer as quickly as possible. Almost
instantaneous relief viii follow.
DR.. Foote'S Health Monthly saws
the following, served with canned straw
berries for sauce, is a dish too good 'foI
any but very good people: One teacuE
full of rice, one heaping teacup full OF
cocoanut and the milk from the center
of the nut, one quart of water, one pint
of milk, and salt to taste. Boil three OIL
four hours in q double boiler If il
boils away too much add more water.
OyEz WATERING kills more plant,
than dryness Pots in the house, especi
alIv the handsome glazed ones, should
he provided with abundant drainage
broken pots, cindeIs. oyster shells, any
thing TO make an open layer at the bot.
tom then a layer of moss to keep the
earth from washing down, and then 8
soil made so open by sand that it will
always allow the water to pass through
With these precautions there is nj
danger, but where the surface of the sol
il muddy an hour after watering, there
is something wrong, and plants viii not
thrive American AgTiculturist.
To CURE Docs OF WORRYING SHEEP
Wrap a narrow strip of sheepskin, thai
has much wool on it, round the dog
lower jaw, the wool outward, and faster
II 90 that he cannot get rid of it. Put
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
SOUTHERN HOME AND FARM.
Turning STOCK to Pasture.

farming stock to Pasture.
The National Live Stock Journal saws:
All herbivOrous animals, when first
turned out on the succulent spring grass.
are liable to be severely purged and if
this Is allowed to go on to excess, infam-
nation Of the stomach or bowels. or
chronic securing or dysentery, is not an
uncommon result. The secret of pre-
venting such untoward results consists
IN making the transition from the dry
winter feeding to the aqueous grass a
slow and gradual process. No stomach
can bear an abrupt and extreme change
OF aliment, and q sudden overlooking
with new and unWonted kind of food.
without serious strain. We should
not, therefore, turn out either horse or
sheep with an empty stomach First
give a good feed of grain or hay, and
when the appetite has been satisfied,
turn out Gu the young grass. Then,
after two or three hours picking at grass,
for it will not now be devoured in the
ravenous manner it otherwise would be,
drive them back TO their yards and al
low the rest of the day for Illumination
or digestion, with access to their old
winter fare, should the pangs of hunger
return. Let the same be repeated on
the second day; after which the grass
should have made its way through the
alimentary canal, the digestive organs
shouid have become accustomed to the
altered stimulus, and the stock may be
left at pasture without danger. One
other precaution should be observed
do not turn out stock, and especially
ruminsnts, on the grass when still wet
with dew or rain. This precaution il
especially necessary in the case of red OF
white clover.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-20
First Babies.

A somewhat extended observation,
and a solitary experience, have convinced
us that first babies have q hard time.
Parents must have two or three children
before they know what q baby is-hew
to treat it, and acquire patience suffi~
cient to treat it properly. The poor
little fellows that have the misfortune to
come along first have to educate their
parents to their task, and in doing so
they get spanked, and shaken, and
abused. After a man has had three or
four children, he learns that striking or
whipping a child under two years old is
barbarfsn. We know one "paternal
head y who struck his first child when
only six weeks old-he actually believing
that the child knew better than to cry,
and that he stopped crying at that par
ticular time because he struck him. We
carry certain notions of children and
family government into married life, and
the first child is always the victim of
these notions. And not alone of these,
ter the parents have not learned self con-
troll, and baby Is whipped qui5e as
often because the parent is impatient or
angry as because it is vicious or intracta-
bic. We inhics ON our first children the
fieggings we ought to have for our own
impatience or freLfulness. This pound
ing children before they become, in
Gods eye, morally responsible beings, is
very strange business. Patience, good
people, unwearying patience Don't
wait to learn it when one of your little
ones shall be hidden under the daisies.
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The American Wool Industry.

Formerly the greater part of the wool
in the knitting factories at Cohoes came
from Australia. A few years ago sam
pies OF California wool were tried and
found to be of superior quality, though
30 dirty that half the freight charges
were paid for dirt. To remedy this
defect, large wool securing establishments
were opened in California, and ever
since then they have been sending clean
wool, saving not only half the cost OF
freight, but placing the Cohoes manu-
facturer in possession of q better article
than Australia could furnish. As a
natural consequences the Australian wool
is now entirely discarded. Sheep raising
is wonderfully increasing in Oregon, and
the prospect is that in a few years the
Pacific coast will have monopoly of the
wool trade.
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Terrible Result of an Insects Bite.

Daniel Wehner, boy sixteen years of
age, met a strange death yesterday. A
wound no larger than a pin-point did the
mischief and entailed upon him agony
most intsnse, preliminary to the final
result. On Sunday last he was one of a
crowd who sought comfort at Union
Park, and like many Others he lay upon
the grass until quite late hour at night.
He felt no fatal result, but went to his
home. No. $40 Allen avenue, and slept
souudlv till morning. He worked all
day Monday, and towards evening began
to experience a sharp pain on the right
side of his face, near the right eye. A
close examination revealed very small
infamed spot under the eye, and in a
few hours the Inflammation extended
downward to the neck, causing great
swelling. He suffered much that night,
and by morning was terribly disfgured,