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


Many defenders of the faith are greatly
alarmed, just now, By the spread of ma
ter1allstlc doctrines. Il is feared that
the belief OF men in the truth of the
gospel Will be undermined by this move
ment; and host OF apologists, under
the able and confident leadership OF Mr.
Joseph Cook, are aTming themselves
with such arguments as they can COM
mand to meet this dangerous foe. The
materislism which excites their alarm is
that which appears in connection with
the recent Investigations in physical
science-the materiali>m of Balm and
Bueehner and Carl Vogt; the alleged
(but not acknowledged materialism OF
Tyndal and Huxley and Spencer. From
the teachings of these ply sicists and
philosophers the danger to religion l.
supposed to me and these are the
names with which polemical pulpits are
resembling, and the pages OF quarterly
reviews are plentiully besprinkled.
We are not inclined to beittle the
perils CONFRONTED by the church on thi-
side, nor to ridicuie those who are irving
to meet them hui il may BE- that mate
rislism in other shapes is assalling our
faitn in another quarter. Sometimes it
Is true that the most dangerous EOes OF
the church are in its own household
Sometimes the enemy outside the camp
has a powerful ally within. We wish to
suggest the inquiry whether it be not SO
in this case whether there be not 9
very considerable ma eri4listic element
mingled though and through the pOpur
lar faith and whether this materiaIistiC
eaven, which is not the product oil
modern science, but which has been
prOpagating itself in Christian thought
all through the centuries, be not, after
all, more to be feared than scientific
skepticism.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
RELIGIOUS READING.



Oh the bit er shsme and touoW,
That time should ever b
v hen let the oaVi rs pity
Plead IN VAN, ana n4ou0ly answered:
All Of self anu none of lhee.'
Yet he found ne; beheld aim
Bleeding On the sceurseu tree
Head Him pay, " Forgive them. Father ~
and my W1stfui neart said family:
Some Of SELF and some Of Thee"
Day by day His tender mercy,
healing, helping, fDn and free,
Sweet AID strong, and an 90 pafientl
Bought l. e IL sT, while hispered
. Less Of self AID more OF fhee."
Higher than the highest heavens,
Deeper han the dee pest sea,
LORD, Ahy love Il last ma conquered;
Grant me now my s0ui desire:
Meme Of self ana ali OF Thee
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06

GIRLS, if you want to encourage
the men, get an album. It's the fist
thing a bashful young man grabs when
be enters a strange hOuss where there
are girls. We've seen them l9Ok through
one until they knew every picture by
heart, from page one to General Grant
ia the back part It's wonderful what
interest bsslifui young man will take
IN girls grandfather and pug-nosed tn
Gle, but it's always 70. Get 'em, girls.
It's the best thing in the world to occupy
a fellows hands, and it's q sure cure for
bashfulness.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06

at Skibbereen." Shot fifth "a snipe gets
ff)-"B Bother You may cry crake, my
one fellow-you may take your long
bill to the other world. You'll wake
tomorrow morning with a lumbagO in
your s0ft head" Poor Sheridan could
stand this no longer, but gave his coun-
trvman fee for his ingenuity and pro-
ceedsd on his beat alone.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06

As the irosty mornings come on when
we look at our manure piles, we see a
faint, blush mist rising from the centre
of q snow-white cap OF delicate frost~
work. What's the cause OF it? It's
very plain that nature has begun to think
of NJ xt years crops; she knows the land
has been over cropped, and that it nee d
manures, and with her usual toresigh hi
she is preparing against time OF need. Ii
the farmer will nOtO pile up all his man
uTe into heaps, nature will work like q
beaver till spring. Then let the farmer
haul his sovereign remedy 20 his land,
and hard times will vanish from the face
theTeot.--TS Ru'us Mason
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
ALOHA.

o sweet our English greetings are,
Dear love of mine, dear love Of mine;
But will teach one sweeter far
To those bright docile lips of thinel
Where e'er we meet IN field or street,
Let this soft word my fond ear greet
" Aloha, dearl Aloha, sweetp
love you, dear; love you, sweet
I heard it in a sunny isle,
Altar amid the trOpic seas
Whose language learned its tender wife
From fervId sun and balmy bret Ze;
And when they meet in field or street,
The gentle island people greet
" Aloha, dear; Aloha, sweetp
love you, dear, love you, sweet
Too fond for this cold speech of ours,
Which shaped itself IN shade and storm,
In lands where grow no passion flowers,
And warmest love is not too warm.
We could not greet whom Per We meet,
In lonely field or crowded street
" a oha, dear; Aloha, swettl"
love you, dear; love you, sweet
But thou and I, love, thou and I,
We i've in loves enchanted isle
a cloudless sun is in our sky,
And starry nights above Us smile,
So when We meet IN field or street,
In loves own tender tongue we II greet
" Aloha, dear Aloha, sweet I"
I love you, dear; love you, sweet
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06

IF Ajax had only bOJed g light ming
rod-agent at the time that he de6ed the
thunder bolt his renown would rest on
8 more solid basis than it does now.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
Girls who Wr tie their Names EEie."
Burlington HaWkeye


The regular annual editorial TRADE
against girls who spell their names with q
diminutlve ending in''ie, y such as Sophie,
Minnie and Lille, has begun, with una
bated sarcasm and fury. We have inves-
tigated this matter little, and having
examined seven exchanges that are ut~
terly di gusted with this girlish practice.
We find that of the seven editors one OF
them is a crusty old bachelor 40 and
ugly, with q bald head and glass eve,
who was Tilted by three girls before he
was % years old; one OF them calls his
vile Lze," another calls his wife " Sal :"
the fourth calls his wife cold gal" the
fifth married an "IBjun" whose name he
can't pronounce at all, and the sixth
calls his vie Nance" because her name
is Nellie, and allows her two calico dress
esand one pair o COW shoes year. And
the seventh Is young man, % years old.
who recently wrote q letter 70 his sweet
heart, and called her his 'SOwn little dar>
ling ducksome duckie dearie" and Ibis
p'eciOus little toOtsie toOtsicums" to
that extent that the old married man
who picked the letter up in the street and
tiied TO read it, was seized with violent
convuisions, and fell down in the street,
frothing at the mouth, and was taken to
the hospital in great agony. That's the
complexion of the opposition. Girlies,
write your names just as you -please.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
AInha-MI LoYe YOU,

San Jose Letter to the Honolulu Gazette.
Honolulu Sandwich islands, Volea-
noes Semi>bar bariansi A live Ameri-
can newspaper, devoted to Hawaiian
progress, and-ye shade of epicur
NJ Muir avs fresh oysters for sale by
Brewer 4 Co. Great Calico What
a combination of paradoxes ~ exclaimed
friend but recently from Baltimore
(the paradise of oyster lovers) as he
burTiedly scanned q late number of the
Hawaiian Gazette with as much curiosity
as though 1t had been a newly discovered
page of Vedic Sanskrit. Yet my friend
wasno fool ne was simply one of the
late arrivals" fockiDg to this hOspita-
BILE static state whose chief charm lies
in its cosmopolitan population -whO
had yet to learn how near US, in sympR~
thies. culture and social progress, are
| your beautiful isles of the sea. a NUNS
Der OF our most intellectual and pTOmi-
nent San JOseans are in the habit of
referring TO some red-letter day of the
late past some hours re6Olent with
| spicy memories, and enwrapt in deWy
| freshness, SIS having had their birth dur
| ng that winter l spent in Honolulu"
| My cOmrade and l happened among
! family of such not very long since. The
| house mistress was weaving for her be-
| loved lord fOOt>Tug of sOttest woods and
warmest tints, and in it's center, embroi-
| der d with threads of golden hue, was
the mysterious and softly musical word,
" Aloha" Cabalistical pa concisely
queTied my cOmTade. " Ye am but d
native Hawaiian" was the smiling an
swer. To them it is the condensed
utterance of pages of loving assurances,
and because my husband and 1 under
! stand it, as such l lay it beneath bis
dear fest" A few days after my com
rade slipped into my hand the following
madrigal, which l gladly share with
your warm-hearted readers, as the pre-
Jude, 1 dare hope, of q better acquaint-
ance:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07
Sayages and Regular Armies.

The experiences of the United States
forces in the far West and of the French
armies in Algeria are shared by the
British in South Africa and Afghanis-
tan and by the Russians in Turkistan.
A well drilled tribe of hardy fighters.
with a chief having military skill, can
nearly always teach a regular army that
they are not to be.dispised. What Abdel
Kader was to the French and Sitting
Bull to the United States. Cetewayo has
been to the British The defeat of Lord
Chelmsford was almost the counterpart
of the defeat of Gen. Custer. The de-
feat of the Russians by the Teke Turco-
mans was probably due to the same
cause.-the natural contempt of regu-
lar soldier for an irregular, savage foe.
Yet these Teke Turcomans are by no
means to be despised. They are brave
to fault, they are the best horsemen in
the world, and they have kept up their
lighting qualities since the days Of Tam
erlane and Genghis Khan, when they
overran half Of the Eastern continent
Baltimore Sua
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07
what a Single Bean Cam PrOaace.

The history Of single bean. acci-
dentally planted in a garden at South
bridge, Mass, is traced by newspaper
correspondent, who figured out its pro-
duce for three years. The bean was
planted in a rich, loamy soil. and W hen
gathered in the autumn its yield, as
counted, was l,5l5 perfectly developed
beans from a single stalk. Now, If a
single bean produces ISIS beans, and
each bean produces 1,5l5 more, the sum
total of the second years product would
be 1926, ,225, equal to 1.l95 pounds, 597
quarts, or 1880 army rations. equal TO
eighteen and Eve eighths bushels This
would be the product of the second year.
Now, if we plant this product and the
Weld Is the same, we have d product of
5, ,26S, ,O55, 900, 1926 beans, equal to ls51ls-
500 tons, or 1851, ,57s bushels, or 54ss-
756,o6s soldiers rations. This third
planting would give the steam shipl
| Great Eastern ninety-two full freights
! Few beans. however, start SO well as
1 this one did.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07
Curing HydrOphObia by Force of viii.

1t will not do to say that hydrophobia
is always p disease of the imagination !;
but that it is sometimes such, and that
it may be controlled and cured by the in
fi1ence of the mind over the body, would
appear to be proved by the following in
teresting case related in a recent article
in the CornhiU Magazine:
Andrew Crosse, the electrician, had
been bitten severely by a cat, which on
the same day died from hydrophobia.
He seems resolutely to have dismissed
from his mind the fears which must
naturally have been suggested by these
circumstances Had he yielded to them,
as most men would, he might not i'm
probably have succumbed within a few
days or weeks To an attack Of mind
created hydropho hobia-so To describe the
fatal ailment which ere now has been
known to kill persons who had been Bit
ten by animals perfectly free from rabies
Three months passed, during which
Crosse enjoyed his usual health At the
end of that time, however, he felt one
morning a severe pain in his arm, accom-
panied by great thirst. He called for
water, but cat the instant" he says,
"that was about to raise the tumbler
to my lips a strong spasm shot across my
throat; Immediately the terrible convic-
ton came to my mind that l was about
to fall a victim to hydrophobia, the con-
sequence of the bite had received from
the cat. The agony Of mind | endured
for one hour is indescribable; the con
temptation of such horrible death
death from hydropho obia-was almost In
supportable. The pain, which hadsfrst
commenced in my hand, passed up to the
elbow, and from thence to the shoulder
threatening to extend. ] felt all human
aid was useless, and believed that
must die. At length | began to refiect
on my condition. said to myself
Either shall die, or I shall not; if
do, it will only be a fate which many
have suffered, and many more must suf
fer, and must bear it like man il, on thu
other hand, there is any hope of my life
my only chance is in summoning my ut
most resolution, defying the attack, AMI
exerting every effort of my mind Ac
cordingfv, feeling that physical as vel
as mental exertion was necessary, tool
my gun, shouldered it, and went out fo
the purpose of shooting, my arm achinI
the while intolerably. / met with n
sport, but walked the whole afternoon
exerting at every step / went stron
mental effort against the disease. Whe
/ returned to the house / was decidedl
better; / was able to eat some dinner
and drank water as usual. The mex
morning the aching pain had gone dow
to my elbow, the following it went dow
to the wrist, and the third day it left m
altogether. / mentioned the circun
stance to DR.. Kinglake, and he said b
certain v considered had had an attac
Of hydrophobia, which would possibl
i have proved fatal had l not struggle
against it by strong effort Of mind.h
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07
NO. g..
A RHYME Of the Time. .

Miss Pallas Eudora Won Blurky
She didn't know chicken from turkey;
High Spanish and Greek she could fluent |
speak,
But her knowledge of poultry was murky.
She could tell the great uncle Of Moses,
And the dates of the wars OF the Roses,
And the reason of things-wl1y the Indians
wore rings
In their red, aboriginal nosesl
Why Shakespeare was wrong in his grammar,
And the meaning Of Emerson's " Brahma."
And she went chipping rocks with a little
black box
And small geological hammer.
She had views on co education
And the principal needs OF the nation,
And her glasses were blue and the number
she knew
OF the stars in each high constellation,
And she wrote iu handwriting clerky,
And she talked with an emphasis jerky,
And sh painted on tiles in the sweetest Of
styles;
But she didn't know chicken from turkey.
--Nellie G. Cone.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07

A curious case of complete alopecy is
reported in French medical paper. A
girl aged seventeen, who had always en-
joyed good health, had one day a narrow
escape from being crushed by floor
giving way beneath her. She was very
much frightened, and the same night
began to complain of headache and
chills. The next morning she felt rest
less and had irritation of the scalp. Dur
ing the following days she steadily i'm
proved, with the exception of the irrita-
ton. One day in combing her hair she
noticed that it came out in great guam
titles. Five days later she had lost all
her hair. Her general health was good
The patient remained bald, and was
still SO when seen two years later by the
reporter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07
History of Singular Murder.

The escape Of VIM. d. KiDgin from the
State prison, and his voluntary return,
says the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Eagle,
will recall to MANY in the county one of
the most singular tragedies ever enacted
in this part of the State. Kingin and
Barber were neighbors, and on perfectly
friendly terms with each other. Kingin
was a man highly respected, and when
the news of his crime spread through the
community the feeling of horror at the
deco was fully rivaled by the utter
astonishment that he should kill man.
Barber was town treasurer, and had held
that office for several terms, which
shows the estimation in which he was
held. They started together early one
morning from Barber's house in Algoma,
in this county, to come to Grand Rapids
Barber's chief errand was to pay to the
county treasurer some moneys that he
lad collected. Kingin had an AK on his
shoulder. AS he told the story after lie
was convicted, at the time of receiving
his sentence, no thought of committing
such bloody deed had previously en-
tered his mind. But the thought sud
denly occurred to him, as they were
walking along lonely piece of road,
how easily he might knock Barber down
with the AK and get possession of the
money. Kingin dropped little behind
and struck Barber with the ak. A sim
gle blow accomplished the terrible deed.
crushing through the skull of his vic
tim Kingin threw the AK to one side,
and pursued his journey until overtaken
by some neighbors, who had discovered
the dead body of Barber. He went back
with some one to the fatal spot. There
was little snow on the ground, the
tracks were traceable, the AK was found,
and the proofs were so conclusive that
the conviction Of Kingin was easy at the
trial. He has been in State prison up
ward of twenty years.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Petroleum in extensive quantities has
been discovered in Peru.
The value Of this years cotton crop is
placed as high as $500, 100000
When the stove is put up In the parlor
look out for sparks. Toronto Graphic.
American corncd beef is superseding
all other kinds in the markets of Ger
many.
Women are archers by nature. The
bent of their inclination is to bend beaux.
-Nes6 York Mai.
The entire population of Paris, whether
floating or permanent, is counted off
cially every month.
1t is proposed to erect a statue to Law
fayette in Druid Hall Park, Baltimore,
at a cost Of $l2 1000.
The cotton factors of New Orleans be-
heve there will be 250,OOO more bales re-
ceived there this season than last.
"a Fraud in Silks" is the startling
head line in an exchange. All! Went
back on you, did RockEaad Courier.
Anybody is apt to be mistaken, but
boy never but once attempts to pat a
short horned bull on the head. .-NesU
York Express.
Louisiana's temperance alliance give
the amount Of liquor drank in the State
at S42, 900, 900 yearly, or Sc, ,O0O, 900 more
than the value of the combined cotton,
sugar and rice crops.
A Canadian girl carried twenty-foot
ladder one hundred yards, placed it
again burning house, climbed up
and-well she did not put out that fire.
She fell back on a man and nearly killed
him
The sumEreceived by Rowen the win
ner of the pedestrian match in New
York, equalled S5.9 for every lap "
around the track-a lap being equivalent
to one-eight of a mile. He made about
SO every minute of his walk.
VIM. Hazlett, of Portland, Oregon, in
the shadow of fatal illness concluded to
what by burning S22, 900 in greenbacks.
lie soon began to mend, however, and
is now as mad as he can be to think he
got well.
Now, thro' the woodland collonades
The withered bannerets of June
Float downward to the lowly blades
That sigh the summers parting boon;
From many lowly meadow nook
Tho thistle floats its snowy flakes,
And cometh to the faithful cook
A growing hint ofbuckwheat cakes
-Yonkers Gazette.
The London Times prints some statis-
tics relating to the population of the
United States, which exhibit a picture
of progress that cannot fail to gladden.
the patriotic hearts of sanguine citizens
of the North American republic" The
citizens of the United States" it adds,
Twill doubtless have ample reason to
congratulate each other as the figures of
each succeeding census are made public
They are certain to become as numerous
az tile most exacting among them might
desire. We witness their plogress with
satisfaction. AS they widen the circle
of their nationality they at the same time
enlarge the bounds Of our common race
and Of our mother tongue" The popu-
lation in the United States in 1870 was
38, ,555, 1888. Seventy years before It was
about 5,306, 600.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07

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1I.,,
Under the wave the coral climbs trailly,
Safe from the rush OF the raging commotion,
Under the dashing wave,
Under the crashing wave,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07

A search of the juveniles who are on
the street, Youths from twelve to eigh-
teen years of age, would reveal the fact
that two-thirds of them carry pistols.
At any baseball gathering majority of
the men and boys in attendance have pis-
tolls. dirks or other weapons = Chicago
Tribune
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-07

A dreadful story IS reported from
France. A young sportsman went shoot
ing. In wood he met charming young
girl, the daughter of neighboring
farmer. Falling into conversation with
her he set his gun up against tree. and
sat down himself on knoll with the
fair enchantress. The girls father going
by that way saw the loving couple. crept
up softly through the wood behind them,
seized the lovers gun and-disappeared
with it
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-11-06
FR/NGED GENTIdN.

ALONE this quiet wood-road. winding slow.
When ircc October ranged its sylvan ways.
YAH. Naultng up the tcrl;,ccti steep below.
CHASED laughing sunheams thro' the golden
IN matchlcSs beauty tender and serene.
III" gentian reigncd an untisputcd queen.
One Sudden break. half down the lengthenng
shade,
Revealed a ,iark-rimmcd circle. still; and
lone
Her presence filed that Sun-illumined glade,
She made the enchanted solitude her own:
The heavens above their watch eternal kept.
And. stepped i'll light, the embracing woodland
slept.
Pale knots of grasses frngcd the open s pa &C.
Her lifted cups passed lightly thro' and
thru
Each cha!icc nodded in tlivinest grace.
Each hrimmed with pure. intense and per-
feet blue:
Meme and spotless in her virgin fame.
tier lltr upheld the years immortal Claim.
Now wall low winds about the forest caves.
New life grows cold meath cold ;inds dre cary
skies.
And rls,liug aukl,-deep in fallen leaves.
The lone. deserted wood-path blanching
lies:
Yet pi,lrhed and wan, of youthful charm be-
rCtt
The last for>akeu gcutiau still is left.
wondrous fairness hath the perfect flower,
Screnely calm beneath the sapphire sky,
But Roller far. i'll alltumnS widest hour.
The constant love that cannot wholly die:
TO me hor radiant youth new faith did bring.
hct now her pallor seems Il higher thing.
Thrilled 10y her gaze. | deem no fancy wild
Where spirit grace putlaSts the rilicr clay:
Fer lic. the uutumn'S last and loNelicSt child
Takes not even now her haunting charm
away.
But when cold storms have stripped the snow
clad hill.
In inner Spifit-prc>encc fingers still.
-EjJtNC GoudIis. ia Good ConptaM