The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06

IF this time, out of compliment, they
tattOOed him. The following is an sc
count Of the operation Having taken
piece of charcoal and rubbed it upon
stone with q little water 50 as to pro-
duce thick liquid, they dipped into il
an instrument made OF bone with sharp
edge ike ehisel, and shaped in the fash-
ion OF garden hoe. They then applied
the instrument TO the skin, and struck
1t twice or three times with a piece OF
wood, thereby making it cut into the
flesh as a knie would have done, and
causing & great deal of blood to q lw,
which they kept wiping of with the side
OF the hand in order TO see whether the
impression was sufficiently clear il not,
thy applied the cutting instrument
sgain 20 the same place. Various in
ST uments were, however, employed in
the course OF the operation, one sort
| being made of 8 sharks tooth, ard an
other having serrated edge E; and they
were used OF different sizes to suit the
different parts OF the work. Ruther
! fOId states that the pain was most acute,
and that, although the operators were
very quick and deXterOus, he was four
hours under their hands; and he WAS
| completely blinded for a time by the
| operation. In three days the swelling
occasioned by it had greatly subsidized,
and ne began to recover his sight but
six weeks elapsed before he was COM
pletely well.
Although it is not often the custom of
| our fellOWscouBtrymen of the present
day to tattoo their faces, yet it Is not an
uncommon thing to find that soldiers
and sailors and travellers besr pictorial
| illustrations on their arms. examined
4 l..
since on it was really a work OF art
Brittania, trident, helmet and all,
- Ruling the Waves an elegant de-
J sign. An ornamental wreath OF flowers
encircled " Britannia and her anchor !"
on the other arm was picture OF q
| three-masted ship at sea in full sail.
/ The coloring OF these skin-pictures was
/ light>blue and red. / once when assist
ant surgeon OF the second life guards,
passed a recruit who was perfect walk
| ing Illustrated London News. l do not
recoilect the details ali I remember is
that the whole of his breast was com
pietely covered with illustrations repre-
senting the royal arms of England,
picture worthy OF the a. X.
[ believe it is the custom of gentlemen
who visit Jerusalem the first time to
have a certain mark put upon their arm
| just on the spot where people are gener-
ally vaccinated. II the mark Is not
| placed on this spot it is tattOoed on the
wrist I have read somewhere that the
many-curved and fexuOuS lines as tat
| tooed BY the New Zes andeTs on the
aces OF themselves and relatives were at
first suggested by the peculiar markings
made between the bark and the body of
some trees, these marks being produced
| by 8 boring beetle. Reader, please look
at these beautiful wood engravings made
| by the beetles, and you will have an
excellent idea OF the pattern on the race
/ of the New z .alander's head now on my
mRutt piece.
The wOOd-tattOoing insect is the ScOly-
tus estructor. This is beetle which
deposits its eggs in a group in a hOie or
crevIce of bank when the young are
] matched they begin their operations, each
taking its own course from the common
starting point, and GINS wing its way IS it
proceeds without interfering with the
run of its neighbOr for, as the lava
increases in the diameter of the excava.
zion, the galleries diverge until they
ultimately terminate"
The practice of tattOOing Is sometimes
adopted by the fair sex OF the present
day. Ladies VINO are about to have the
initials of their sweethearts permanently
engraved on their arms, should he care
full 10 make up their minds not to change
their sweethearts unless the same initials
will suit. When house-suTgeon at s..
Georges a charming creature came &c
me in grest distress. she said there was
nothing the matter with her, but was in
great trouble because her young man
had been faithless. He had Iersuaded
her to allow his initialg, with a true
lovers knot, to be tattOoed on her arm.
She pad quarreled with him and was
now anxious to erase all traces of their
attachment.
The design on the arm was too big foI
any operation, and the girl, for aught ]
know, still continues to carry about g
fue specimen of the art of tattooing
now in our own time.