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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
RecIaimlng Louisiana Land.

Louisiana land is coming up--out Of
the water. 4 company was organized
to recover from tidal overflow a large
tract of swamp land and maTsh land IN
the parish OF Terrebonne and devote it
to the cultivation OF rice The work Of
dredging and leyeliDg has been carried
on 30 far that an experimental field Of
seventy-five acres OF rice IS already IN
cultivation, and everything indicates
that the enterprise will prove entirely
success ful. The soil becomes firm and
solid when well drained, and can be
drained at a small cost compared with
the returns from the crops. As there
crops are benefited by being flooded
from April to August, the land when
once well ditched and leveled, would
only need to be drained twice year, for
the spring planting and the fall harvest.
ing, the water being then again let in
during the winter months for The benefit
of the soil. As there countless thousands
acres Of land Of this sort in Louisiana. the
success of the experiment opens the way
for q large extension Of the states sgTi-
cultural interests,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
Sentimental and Tragic FIirts
Home Journa

Home JCuTna.
How much mischief these sentimental
firts do in their dayI They give you
the impression that you and only you
are the one sweet woman whOss love Is
needed for their happiness. Your touch
csn heal them, your smile rejoice, your
love render blessed. You give In to the
fond ilIusion-One of the most seductive
to q true Woman-and find that you are
Just taken as an perimentalist takes q
cat or a dog for vivisectiOn and that
you are only one of many who has been
30 taken before yOu-to illustrate tkat
point of female credulity and womanly
soft heartedness which the firt has set
himself to learn by all the methods given
to man. Or take the tragic fiirt from
the other side Of the house, that beauti-
full little woman with TIE big eyes and
melOdious vOiee, who sings sad love songs
as If she felt them, and around whom
melancholy cliDgs as q graceful garment,
how many men has she not CO ptured and
drowned in the unfathomsbie abyss of
her vanity. She looks all EorroW, and
her life has not a cloud sbe seems all
sentiment, and no neither milestone is
harder, more pTOsaic; she gives you the
impression of one seeking consolation,
and the merriest little grig who dances
sn night in pink and rosebuds is not
more light of heart. more free from care.
She IS shan all throughout, and she
attitudinizes-Ehe does not feel But
clever men believe in her and good ones
fall down and wOrship her. and she rides
on the crest of the wave in the worlds
esteem, while her sister, who disdains
falsehOod and eoquetry alike, gets only
scant sdmi alton, and her hesrt, which
never deceived human being, is disre~
garded "A a common kind of thing, worth
little love and Jess endesVor.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
ADVICE to a Young Han.
Rurlineton Hawkege.

Another thing, son, you want to re-
member, that wearing twenty inches Of
coat pTOpped out across sixteen inches
of shoulders DOESN'T make 3 eymnast of
you by any means, any more than
straight bsck, q measured step, and
Burnside hat with cord and acorn giys
YOU a war record. There hsve been
young men, aye, and old men too, before
your time, who owed the tailor iOr their
chest and should Is, and owed for them
a precious long time, too There have
been young men who could WalLz for an
hour and six ty-eiyht minutes without
once sitting down n Fe5t, who couldn't
saw enough Of wood o warm a flannel
cake, not il starvation stared them in the
face and tried TO drive them to it.
Don't worry about your shape, son.
Men will admire your crooked legs If
your trousers are paid for, and If your
back is 70 lopsided tnat yoa have to Keep
your helm hard a>pOrt all the time TO
keep from walking around the block TO
starboaTd when you want 10 20 straight
ahead, you'll never think of IT If you
don't owe for your coat that lies in such
ungainly, honest wrinkles across it.
The man who doesn't owe a dollar is
rich man, even if be hasn't 2 crust to est
in the hou.e. And don't borrow. II
you can't get along without having more
than you've got, don't borrow steal.
You'll feel better about it, and a
general thing, you will be more respected
and less tOrmented.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

OK and after June 1st, subscriptions
TO newspapers, reviews and periodical
publications will be received in sll the
postofices of France on condition. The
subscription, with all the necessary
details, will be forwarded direct to the
publishers who agree to the terms by
special postOfice order. The various
Postofices will hold at the disposal of
the public all information relative to
the publications. The postoffice will
also forward subscriptions to publishers
who do not accept its conditions, pro-
vided the subscriber pays three per cent.
commission in addition to the amount
of the subscription.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

A GOOD idea of the difficu lty expe>
rienced by the postofice department in
forwarding letters misdirected can be
had from the following, which shows the
total number of pOstoffices throughout
the United States of the similar name /:
Brooklyn, Is; Williamsburg, 20; Balti.
more, 8 Bangor, 10; Boston, IL; Buff
falo, 16; Burlington, II; Charleston,
II; Chicago, 4; Cincinnati, 8; Cleves
land, 10; Columbus, 10; Dayton, 25 !;
Dstroit, 8; indianapolis, 2; Louisville,
15; Memphis, s +; Milwaukee, 8 Nash
vile, IA 0maha, 5; Pittsburg, 8; Phil
sdelphia, z; Portland, IA; Quincy, Is /;
Richmond, %; st. Joseph, 10; St.
Louis, 4; st. Paul, II: Toledo, u;
Washington, 80; Weldon, Z; Whining
ton, Is
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

would have patent engine put in his
boat on the morning of the race SO as to
enable him to win. Ihe engine, the
Tynesider said, would be worked by
means of compressed air. This is anus
ing enough, of course, but no one can
hardly blame the bewildered watermen
for thinking there is something un-
natural and mysterious about the amaz.
ing facility with which this young fellow
walks away from all rivals.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

Mrs HATCH has for years been a con-
spicuous spiritual medium in Boston.
Her speciality is the production of
flowers from spirit sources. She gave a
seance a few evenings ago at a private
residence. TIE lights were extiDguished
as usual, and the persons in the circle
were enjoined to hold fast to each others
hands. Flowers were soon dropped here
ard there, and Mrs. Hatch began to ex-
plain how they had been brought from
distant places by spirit hands. All the
gas burners had been connected with an
electric lighting apparatus, and suddenly
the apartment was brightly Illuminated.
The medium was complete Y exposed.
In her lap was pile of flowers, and she
was caught in the act of tossing them in
the air.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

IT has been ascertaiued by actual Scien,
tific survey that the surface of - water
at the mouth of st. Johns y,Iver. FIori-
ds, is only three iet six IL. .ches lower than
1t is 25O miles above. In other words.
the riVer 'Aas but an average fall of less
thsn a sly-th OF az inch to the mile. Anoth-
or slng nlar lP.ct worthy of considerationis is
'hat 1t haP a course taking its many
me Ande' rings into sccount-of between
oDO or 400 miles, yet its source is not
moe than twelve miles from the shores of
fH.e same ocean into which it empties it.
self
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
Wonderful Cures.
All the Year Round.

All the leaf houuu
Sir Humphrey Davy was once tempted
into playing an amusing practical joke
by way of testing the curative power of
the imagination. When the properties
of nitrous oxide were discovered, DR..
BeddOes, jumping to the conclusion that
it must be q specific for paralysis, chose
a subject upon whom to try it, and Sir
Humphrey consented to administer the
gas. Before doing so, Davy, desiring to
note the degree of animal temperature,
placed q small thermometer under the
paralytic's tongue. Thanks to DR.. Bed
does the Fellow felt sure of being cured
by the new process, although utterly in
the dark as to the nature OF it. Fancy
ing that the thermometer WAS the magis
cal instrument which WAS to make q
new man of him, he no sooner felt it
under his tongue than he declared it
acted like a charm throughout his body.
Sir Humphrey wicked.y accepted the
cue, and day after day for q fortnight
went through the same simple cere-
no1Y when he wss able conscientiously
to pronounce the patient cured. NJ.
Voicipeiii, q Roman physician, played
s similar trick upon some Of his hospital
patients, who were greatly affecIed
whenever powerful magnets were
brought near them. Placing them un-
der exactly the same conditions, to al
ppearance, bat taxing particular care
to exclude magnetic influence, he found
that every one of them was disturbed IN
the same degree as when the magnets
were actually employed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
The Young May ETO8n.
AiT-The DaEfu. o.

. The young May moon is beaminP, love-
The glOw-woTm's lamp is cleaning, love,
How sweet 10 rove,
through Horna's grove,
When the dTOWsy world is dreaming, love-
Then awake the hravens look bright, my dear,
rs never TOO late for delight. my dear,
and tn best of all ways
To leDgthan Onr days
Is to steal few hours from the night, my dear.
Now all the world is sleeping, love,
But the sage, his star-watc1 keeping, love,
And |, whose star,
hIore glorious far,
Is the eye from that easement pseping, love.
Then awake TIL rise Of sun, my dear,
The cages glass We Il shUn, my dear,
Or, in watching the fight
of bodies OF light,
he might happen TO take thee for one, my desr
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

AiT-Tse Bells Of 50. Petersburg.
These evening bells! thO=e evening bells
How many a tale THEN music tells,
Ct youth and home and that sweet time
When last h ard their soothing chime!
Those joyous hours are past away
And many heart that then y as gay,
Within he iOmb now darkly CWells,
And hears no MILE those evening balIsl
And so twill be when am gone;
That tuneful peal VIII Etin ring on,
While other baTds shall walk these dells,
AND sing your praise. sweet evening bells!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

Now comes the report that plan is
being tested which promises to make the
city of Pittsburg, colored, as clean as
any respectable city. It is to wash the
smoke, which, it is said, is done by pass
ing the smoke through the spray pro-
duced by paddle-wheels revolving in a
tank of water holding soda-ash in solu>
tion. The tank and wheels are placed
in the fue, the wheels being made to
revolve in the direction of the chimney,
the draught is increased. The smoke,
says the New York Sun, after being
thus treated, will not soil white hand
kerchief.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

The youngest convict ever sent to
the illinois penitentiary was q colored lad
named Bradshaw, aged twelve years. from
Msssac county, who killed his playmate
with pistol because the latter refused to
pay him a debt of FIVE cents. Bradshaw's
sentence was for 20 years.
Frederick Billings, the new president
Of the Northern Pacific railroad company
is wealthy Vermont lawyer, who made his
5ortuRe ~ ssa.n Eraeniseo, Beginning in 1919.
BE Is now the largest individual stocks
holder in the Northern Pacific, carrying
$7,0OO,O00. Besides, he is proprietor Of so,
600 acres of the wheat land
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
THOMAs MOORE,


A lord OF lyric song was born
hundred wears ago to-day;
Loved OF that race that long has worn
Tne shamrock Tor the bay
&c sung Of wine. and sung of flowers,
OF WSmaR's smile, and wonaan's tear
Light songs, that suit our lighter hours
But oh, how bright and dear
Who viii may build the epic verse,
And, Atlas-like, its weight sustain;
Or solemn tragedies rehearse
In high, heroic strain.
So be it. But when all is dore.
The heart demands for happv-days
The lyrics of Anacreon,
And sappho's tender lays.
Soft souls with these are zatisfed
ne loved Lhem, but exacted more
For ms the lash that Huraee piled,
Inc sword HaTm6ydiUs wore
Where art thou, Brian. and thy knights,
g Greaded by, the flying Dane2
$50 thoui Cop of the updTed Fight
Aour sPIlts< are not slain ?
StTlRe pl oI ior as, as ye did of yore.
30, De vi a us, W. shall conquer still,
AHoue L Irish kings are crowned no more
Oh raTa's holy hill
erhaps he was not hero born,
Like those he sung Heaven only knows;
he had the rose without the thorn,
But he deserved the rose
For underneath Its odoTous light
His heart was warm, his soul was strong;
He kept his love Of country bright,
and sung her sweetest song
Therefore h 7 Fons have gathered here
To honor him. sg few before,
And blazOn On his hundredth year
The fame of 1homas MooreI
R II Stodddrd. IN ScTibHer for july,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

The growing of wheat on a large scale
in the Argentine republic has only been
carried on two or three years, and yet,
at last accounts forty vessls were loading
in the river Plata with W beat for Europe.
The country is fast filling up with emil
grants from Italy, France and Germany
and promises to he a sharp rpcompetitor in
grain shipments with the United States
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

enduring because founded on sound eco
nOmical principles. From all quarters of
the south come the glad tidings Of increased
acreage and increased fertility. The cereal
crop is likely 10 be larger than that of last
year. 1t is apparent that the southern peo-
pie are doing more than usual for their own
feeding, and at the same time will have
more of their great staple for export. Prices,
too, promise to be well maintained. The
outlook inspires the hope of very prosper.
Gus season for our agricultural interests and
this viii react in activity in all branches of
trade,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

IN Stockholm and other Swedish cities,
the police now arrest men who are accus-
toned to annoy and insult women in
the streets, and such offenders are
made to pay fine of about twenty-five
kroner (sbout So, and their names,
residence and profession are published
in all the journals under the head of
"disturbers of the peace of women
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

THE Tynesiders find it difficult to be-
lieve that Ned Hanlan, who is ''n o great
shakes of man" can play with the
brawniest scullers of England, as he
does, without the aid of machinery or
some internal Yankee contrivance. Some
think he has gas>bags under the oiled
silk covers of the boat, while one man
was overheard Un the day before the race
gravely telling another that Hanlan
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

THE police of Chicago had occaeion to
make a raid upon the Office Of "ticket
scalper" in that city recently, and among
the stock discovered were passes snd
1000 mile tickets to the value of nearly
$500, which had been granted by rail-
road companies to various individuals,
and by them disposed of for a money
confederation
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

THE large collections stored in the
vaults of the Smithsonian institution
are in fair way to become exposed to
public view one of these days, work hay
ing begun on the national museum, for
which congress aPpTol riated $3.50 COO
The builcing is 10 cover two and a half
acres, and will be finished next spring.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

ONE of the private schools IN WASH
ington this year held its annual exercise
and distribution of prizes in 8 river
steamer, which ran down the Potomac
some thirty miles and returned. This is
an improvement over warm, badly
ventilated halls. In California COM
mencement exercises are some times held
in the open air.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
Oft, In the suIIy hight.


Oft, in the Silly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me
Fond memory brings the light
Of other days around me;
The smiles, the tearE,
Oh bOyhoOd's years,
The words of those then spoken
The eyes that sbone,
Now dimmed and gone,
The .hesTful hearts now brokenl
Thus in the Silly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad memo-y brings the light
OF other days around me.
When I remember all
he friends, 50 linked together,
I've set n around me fall,
Like leaves in Wintry weather.
] feel like one
Who treads alone
Some bsnquet-hall deserted,
Whose lights are fed,
Whose gaTl dead,
And all but he departed
Thus in the stilly night,
Z 9 slumbeT's chain has bound me,
Sad mem0Ty brings the light
OF other days around me-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

THE postofice department at Wssha
ington is testing DCw canceling stamp,
which is considered by many at the de-
partu eut as the best thing that has eve
been tried. The caDceliDg agent is heatr
The stamp is heated by tiny gas jet
within the handle. The impression
made is very distinct and can not be
ranooyod
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
Row Geauy Here.

Venetian AfTs
Row gently here, my gondOHer; so softly wake the
tide
That not an ear on earth may hear, but here's to
whom We glide.
Had heaven but tongues to speak, as we'll as starry
sTes to see,
oh think what tales 'tEOuld have to tell of wan
deTing youths like ne!
Now rest thee haze, my gondOlier; hush, hush, for
up go,
To CLIMB yon light balcony's height, while thou
ksep'st Watch below.
Bh did We take for heaven above but half such
pains
lake daY and night for wonan's love, what angels
we should be
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
NATIONAL AIRS.
A GROUP OF SONGS ARRANGED BY H. K. BISHOP.
Flow on Thou Shining River.

Flow on, thoa shining river;
But ere thou ref ch the sea,
Eeek Ella's bower and give her
The wreaths fling DER to thee.
And tell her thus, If she'll be mine,
The current of our lives shall be,
With joys along their course 10 shine,
like those sweet flowers on thee.
But If, in wsnderi lg thither,
Thou fnd'st she mOcks my prayer,
Then leave those wreaths to wither
Upon the cold bank there.
And tell heT-thus, when youth is DER.
Her ons and lOveless charms shall be
Thrown by upon LIES weedY shore,
Like those sweet flowers from thee
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

Mr.. EDISON, It is reported. after spend
ing 90 much valuable time and means
on the elaboration of his theory of the
electric light, has dropped It and decided
to adopt that of Mr.. Wallace, OF Ansonia,
(Nour
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

DIR. Smith, Of New Orleans, recently
removed the right kidney from a woman
with every success. It was the second sue
cessfuI operation of the Kind ever per.
formed in the world.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-08-28
HERNDON BROS.
DER DRUMMER.

CINCE my last advertisement through this pa
y per- the Convention nominated another party
for the Legislature, and we guess wewlll Decline
simply on these grounds: Our cheap, good and
wholesome bread is having such run that we
wanted some one else to run. So you can show
your hand on the second day of September, and
vote for the chosen one But do not neglect to
buy YOUR Bread, Cakes and Candies from HERN
DON BROTHERS. Confectionery, right over on
the other side close to Cal. Parish's hotel-better
known as the Kings Mountain Hotel. In my
last to you-you seen the great reduction In the
loaves are smaller. They are as large as when
they were five cents piece; and now, since they
are reduced to 81 cents piece, tor 10 cents 8for
25 16 for so, ard 33 for Sl00, mover say too hlgh
For at such low prices as these, for one OF the es-
sentials of life, you can certainly live. Some ask
why we can afford to sell bread so cheapI we
are like the Irish orange woman, we sell so much
Can afford to do it by selling large quantities.
Our little Drummer says every ono knows that
by buying Bread, Cake, &c, at HERNDONS
Confectionery, you get it cheap and good.
Our little Drummer remarks that when such
bold, naked facts stand before your eye through
these columns that bread is cheap at 3 loaves for
$780, 33 tickets for $l00; lG oaves for 80 cents,
or 16 tickets for so CENTS loaves for 25 CENTS or
tickets for Is cents; loaves for 10 cents, or 3
tickets for 10 cents and each ticket entities you to
a one pound loaf of the incest bread you most
ever saw. Why grumble? These are facts g: set
forth, my friends, and you can rely on getting the
worth Of your money at HERNDONS' Confec-
Oh! No. We have no samples. We sell too
cheap 10 have any remnants Our business Is
thoroughly systematzed. We carry no ldstock,
nor does the stock depreciate in value. Our Mr..
DUDLEY is fully versed in his art of zymology,
and with his long experience in his line of making
nice light. nutritious bread, he has no cOmpeer.
LITTLE DRUMMER.