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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1879-10-17
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Sraft unh @utpritit einer tslcnheren Gre
fulton fir riidfdrtise Steusrn fir bic Sabre
1874, 1875 1875, une 1877,
an Irdft 1, ME unttn beIhritben, ueeeiieltt
in err Office bes Gltrfs Der Circuit Court srn
@asepnatr County, RiGcuri, aurudsusIfattsa
In benz Rppembrr. .Jermiu 1879, ctistn &c
ridbtsbrfes unb an mid eeridtet ;u 8nnlfen
ees Staatss sRifcuri gum @tbrant ocn Striit.
aubn, SipIeftpr Der Steuern BON @asrCnief
County, Nip., unb 9essn
SSItpb StpneT,
babe i'd dllt Redbte, GitrI, 5nterehen unS Er-
iprii9s bfs trIastrn
SOitpb SspneE
an, in uub auf nahlIshenb tef8risteues Girunes
cigentbum in 8elis seHCmmsn uno NIT BE-
1dlaa bsiegt, ndmlid:
Die Sftli1e 6dlfte bes lubpetlt4en yterttle
Yrn Settirn 26, ScpnIbip Al, 8anee 9.
slass btIeesn In @asepnabe County, Sthdt
WiIouri, unb i'd ptrtaufe am
N1itt ~ d Den 5. Nouember 1879,
,piIdbsn 9 litr gcrmittdss unb 5 libr gtat-
mittaas Res pbissn Cages. an Der TrSnttbitrs
hts Gcurtbauits In Sfrmann, @astonaet
@cuntY, has @anSe pbtr 70 oisI BON Ubigth
Gieeutbum, ais nStbie TT, auf CHentttbfr
gnfiion an ben Meiifbifieneen fir Saar Sers
Eaufen, UNI bic Stsnern unb acfrn ftflef
8srfabrrus gu bedeH.
Ebepbpr 9ereuET
SberiIF rpn 0asernahe @pHnip.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1879-10-17
HrifMer tRaH
ftets su baben bei
6einrt6 9 . ) II 8.
sheriFs=Serfauf.

SubtkWP% NOSNNsSSfe
srnft unb gutbcritat einer tsicneersn Gre-
fulton fur riifif6nttee Steuern fur bic SABRE
1872, 1873, 1874, 1S75,urb 1876,
an Iraft 1, nie uRtru beldrtsten, aus
aefelt in Der Office hss GlrTf5 Der Circuit
Grurt ron 6asernane Gpuuts, Widcuri, an-
rii6,uerfatteu IN rem 9icpembsr- -3ermin 1879,
etiden @eri6tshofes unc an mid ssrttptFt 81
Gunifer ees Staates NiTruri sum 6t6rnut
snu Gbrtff. Rubn, Roltftcr eer Steueru rou
0asepnabt COUNTY, Mp., uno gt5tn
Gli,atstb Srtitb,
babe id ane Il eGte, 5itsI, Snterrhsn unS aa-
lprH6s Der bflasteH
Gli,abefb Smitby
an. in uub auf naSfrbeub tsi6riebenes @runo'
eiasntbum in SeFis seHcmmeH uEo nit Se'
fdIaa beIeat, ndmIid:
5Sie Sfiide 6aIfte bee fIfGfli6tu riertelE
sOn 5tctirr 4, Eprnlbip 43, &anst 4.
NIes bsleeen IN 0aeernaee &cuns Staal
Dlidpuri; unh i'd reree am
Rftfrs d, ern 5. Rrsenbr 1879
,wiIcbeu 9 tibr gcrmiftass unb $ litr PAD.
nlittaas, bef rtisen Easss, an btr SrrnhpnI'
hes Gcurftnus IN 6srmann, @sspHaef ooHHis,
sas Gan,e pSer 70 riel prn cbieeni GtgsHteum,
ala uTtbta IN, auf 6FrttiibeE MHtiteu an peh
Sl1,;abistenseu fir 81aT rfrfaitftHL nm DIG
Sfsrerrt unt sfrjtrn rites &srfaprtns Su
ktdeH.
Sberff psn 0asfcndpe ecnhIS'
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1879-10-17
geene Ybotograpbii9e @alerie'
ST. 6. Syia.,,,brauer

SD made tisrmii bsm wntlffant son 1sr-
mann mn unb ifniaeaenb bftannt, eae t1 an eer
ncrbSifl. Gde ttr sIront nnb S%tasr SHass p
msins neue ptoilsrapbil&e @ellerts ersp!.. g.
babe unb i'm Stanne bin ygotceIape!s.n s III ~
beifsn 5tYIe an,ufrrtisen. 3nfrisefu1eu W''D
sarailtirt. cu,...6rau.r
HERMANN
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1879-10-17
Gesen Snten. Grfdltnnssn naS
Gtidbafen, se6ran9e

gin erprcbtes WfitteI, pelaes in teinsr
Nonlilie fehIen foEIte. 3u babeH IN
ie6er &pOtbete.
9spot: l4l7 Carr Ctr,
St. aOuis. Wfo.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1879-10-17
@eibEaM I!

Ser unter,ei&nete modt biermit benz
8ublieHm BON Sermann uno Hmge9eno
Die eraebene Nnseiae, oab Pr einen Setb'
tau eroffnet bat uno Subrwsrte iopte
Sattelpferoe su onnebmbaren Seoin9-
uneen ausletbt.
SG GTtce in SO. SoeIer & Co.'S
Store.
Sobn Sutter.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1879-10-17
gforSbentI6en SlogS,

ytOFODeNlIpcH S4UpOI
;ur licterfhtrt tenusen.
ARit 1ampffbiTen ec5 HCrbbeutI6en 2iceb
rrurbeu bis &nee 1877 iiber 65O,OOO gcrlcnsn
bcf0rtert.
Iie Dampfcr tieIer GOmpa9nie:
8rounId)ueia, .sIOO6ons, Gnplln6iitfd
@urubero, 3lO0 Sons Sap Sdger,
9eipsia, 25oO a $eTmo"n'
Obio, 2501 Nfeber
Berlin, $500 :, 4amfe,
Baltimore, 250O d, Se 2imon.
fobren ,eastmGsis ale ii Sage 3piIden Srcz
M en- un6 Baltimore unb nsbmen pafnSiere
,u t;tlieten &aten an.
Ter 9dnbnnasglas eie6er OamrflhtlTe in
Baltimore III sugeih DEPOT Der Baltimore une
Obip Gilsntabu, relbe 9aIin9tsre BON nno mao
bsm gBe ten IN billiecreu Nretfen be-
! fTreert, ais ir9eno etne Stenedph ppn NEW
gurf uub gbilabelpbta.
9et Mrfuuft Der DampflhifFe tpirb has Depot
! fir alle 9ihtanaeellten eeidlplien, 10 ede ctG
Gintpdneerer nttt Der Setabr auA ge1esi rnr
upn 9etriiaern beIhpineelt 3u trereen, mas IN
anesru Safenpl dssn Ieierr 10 oft Der Gau 1T.
gHir MAIDEN nod tsIpnters auf fcIsenbI
fir teutIte &eiSenee bepbdttun9spertbe Wcr'
,iide oufnertIorf pelhe bic &eile NIT unlerr
S6ifsn bistet. Die Yabasiers tno unte'
Geutl6en, fTnuen ttt allr NIT Seeermanr
pcrfinbieen rbne Hrlmstitsr gu 9eeranHen
Ifmiheu aus etuein Sdiif in baS dre re, Mi
Sei iubireeteu Raifen fntet nt6t ifatt; bi
WaiIaoiere asbsn q, gremsn ip9lei6 an Spr
Ses Seeanbampfers unh DerIaden benielben eri
in gaItimpre.-
E5g- g8eaen ndbsrer @ustunft penbs maj
ld an bic 6eueral-Ngenten.
81. Gbubmacber S Co.,
$40 s Cub San Ctr, Baltimore, N
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1879-10-17
1tcher Baltimore.

Setcr, Ser tas aIte Gatsrlanb teIu9sn cher
Ierpanete une 8rfunbe Srn @urrpn fcnmen
aIIen nil, 1rlte bic ero6tpcusn neuen. eiIernen
Gdrdutcn< Vclfoampfldife beS
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13
Bismarck and His Dog.

:" My dogi Where Is my dogPn were
Prince Bismarck's first words on alight-
inc on the platform of the Westbabn
Railway Station last night, and, sure
enough there he was, the sleek quad
ruped who so seriously imperiled
the precious existence of Prince Gort-
schacoff during the Congress. With "a
bound, Su tan, who had travelled second
class, was at his masters side, covering
him with bOisterous manifestations OF
canine affection, and not taking the
slightest notice of Count Andrassy and
Prince Reuss, who kept respectful dis
tance until Sultan had satisfied himself
that the Prince was none the worse for
his Journey. The meeting between
Count Andrassy and his illustlious guest
was n cordial one, and arm-in-arm they
walked to the court carriage, a private
brougham of the Emperor's, that was
waiting to take Prince Bismarck to the
hotel where he is staying.
Hardly were the two statesmen seated
and ready to start ere down went the
window on the near side, and a stento-
rian voice cried out . HeiR hand! W'O
tSt nleip hzf7ld2' If any thing had be-
fallen that blessed dog while Prince Bis
marck's attention was momentarily
turned in another direction, it is my firm
belief that it would have been all up with
the Austro-German alliance, and the
incensed Chancellor would have taken
the next train back to Berlin.
Sultan is, however, an experienced
traveller, and has very good notion
of how to take care of himself In a
twinklin0 he was at the carriage door,
and, assisted by two court tiunkeys, he
sedately took his seat on the rug ut the
feet of the two gentlemen inside.
Judge of the stupefaction Of the crowd
assembled outside the Hotel Imperial on
seeing the fouriegged occupant Of the
court brOugham leap out with y bark,
and, contrary to all etiquette, greet the
nearest bystanders in most unpleas-
antly demOnstTative style. / never saw
such q ridiculous sight in my life. Peo-
pie fled in all directions, for Sultan has
a bad reputation. he nearly upset the
Congress by an unjustifiable attack up
on the Russia Plenipotentiary, and since
then he has manned one of the Berlin
Foreign Office officers for life. because
he sat down on the chair usually occu-
pied by Prince Bismarck. The worst of
it IS that he is not the genuine historical
favorite of the Chancellor, but only q
spurious imitation. Sultan-the original
SULTAN learn was poisoned a couple
of years ago. and nothing can shake
Prince BiSmarck's conviction that il was
two Social Democrats who did it,
Vienna Cor IO1lLlO7E iStn1ldaT'd.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13
Robert COIIyer's Rebuke.

The distinguished preacher, Rev
Robert Collyer, lately left a fine church
in Chicago to accept the charge of one
OF the wealthiest churches of New York
City. The practice prevails in many of
the New York churches of quietly slid
ing out of church as soon as the sermon
is finished and before the congregation
IS dismissed. This practice was noticed
by Mr.. Collyer on the occasion of his
first sermon in New York, but no refer
ence was made to it. On the second
Sunday, however. he took occasion to
administer a well-timed but severe re
buke. He said
When / left Chicago ] was told that
would find the people in New York
very much better hammered than those
had been among; but l must say that
in two long years of my pastorate in
Chicago l never suffered from as much
ill-breeding as has been shown me in the
two Sundays l have been among you.
do not wish to become used to ii; and ii
the kind friends who have remained will
say to the friends who have left tonight
that / can not stand it, and win not
stand it, they viii have my thanks
Hereafter the reverend gentleman viii
not, in all probability, be annoyed by the
sliding out practice.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13
wonderful Feats OF Magic.

DR.. j. NJ. PEBBLES delivered an inter
esting lecture last night at B'nai Birth
Hall on India and its magic workers.
In referring to the conjurOrs, the speak
er said "They have no platforms, no
mirrors, nor any of the paraphernalia
of our wizards. They perform their
miracles with barred arms and breasts,
in your apartments or in the open air.
l saw one juggler take three balls and
toss them from his right hand to his left
Soon he stopped the movements of his
hands, but the balls kept on moving
through the air. placed one of them
in his hand and held his wrist. When
his hand was opened the ball had van
ished. But the most marvellous feat /
witnessed was the magic tree trick, If 1t
can be called a trick. The performer
was an old man and executed his feat in
the open air before scores of spectators.
He first drew with his wand a circle on
the ground some 10 feet in circumfer-
ence; he then exhibited a mango seed
which we all examined; taking the seed
he placed it in the center of his magic
circle, covered it with a cloth, over
which he sprinBled a little water; he
then walked slowly around the circle,
repeating his incantatiOns; then, stand
ING with his hands above the cloth, he
repeated another prayer, and then with
wand raised the cloth and we beheld a
perfect mango tree some five or six
inches in height. The tree was torn up
and the seed was shown bursted and
clinging to the perfect roots of the tree
The lecturer also described several 9th
er wonderful feats of magic and Jug
glery which he had witnessed.-SGl
Francisco Chronicle
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13
PITH AND POINT.


A WALKING-NATCH-C betting
on calves.
THE only kind of cake children don't
cry after; 4 cake of soap.
WHENthe country editor wishes to get
up big sale for his paper he sends
through an Office presided over bv a
woman a pOstal-card, to correspondent,
on which is written: Send me q full
account of that scandal.-BOSt0R Post.
DURING the afternoon exhibition of Il
circus a countrywOman, through curiosss
ity, lifted the cloth which covered a
large oval loOking-glass in the side of
one of the shOw-carTiages, and mistak-
ing her own appearance in the glass for
one of the ladies of the company, apoloS
gized unconsciously to her veritable self
for her rudeness, eXclaiming: q beg
your pardon, ma am, was only looking
at the carriages. - This was rejecting
on herself with a vengeance.
WHEN the young man Of the period,
the gay matinee-smasher desires to eX-
press his sense of admiration, he family
calculates, - Say, look at her, amt she
a daisy? She breaks me all up, par
alyzes me, and makes me tired" F." The
durndest clodhopper win concede that
this is infinitely more elegant than the
old style, . Gosh, amt she some pump
kins! Knocks me sitter than a corpse,
by go1-busts the wind clean out of
me-" 1t does not require the evidence
of statistics to assert the rapid mental
improvement of our youth.
The nervous mother of a bright little
boy was alarmed lest he should take the
whooping-cough, which prevailed in the
neighborhood. She talked so much
about it, and worried over it, that she
had infected the child with her fears to
such an extent that he would scarcely
leave her side. One night after the lit
tie fellow had been put to bed and TO
sleep, Il donkey was driven past the
house, and when just opposite, set up
his he-haw With "A shrek the little fell
low was out of bed, screaming at the
top of his voice, The whOoping-cOUgh
IS coming, mamma; the whooping-cough
Is coming
THERE were two old ladies in the
Providence and Worcester Railway car
waiting for the train to get in motion
Two nice, neat old ladies, going out on
Il visit, each carrying n little round black
basket, with their knitting III it; and
such dear old drab bOnnets As they
woreI Little, quaint bonnets, with
ribbed satin near the front and dove
colored ribbons tied snugly under their
slightly wrinkled throats, had been
talking privacy, innocent little gossip,
and often their softly silyered heads
came together in momentous confer
ence. Atlast the moment arrived when
the sOlemneSt and sacredeSt of all secret
communications was to be made, and In
this manner it was accomplished: " And
what do you suppose Prudy told me?''
- don't know-do tell. - - She said
and she didn't want any thing said
about it for the world-that the new
minister " Yes "That the min
ister-" "I'm hearing every word.
- That the new minister keeps a-mecr
sham pipe"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13
FORGET ME- NOT.

Forget me not when timorous Day
Her charmed palace opens to the sun;
Forget me not when through the dream kissed
way,
Meath spangled veil the pensive night
moves on,
When quick at pleasures hest thy full heart
beats
When twilight shade to sweet love thought
cntrcats--
list from the deep woods nigh
Voices, low pleading, sigh
Forget me not!
All forget me not when Destiny
shall have forever rent my life from thine
when exile, grief and long years misery
Have withered this hopeless heart OF mine ::
~ my sad love thmk-Of our last farewell
Absence ana time are nought meath loves
true spell;
To thee my heart viii cry
Until its thrObbings die
Forget me not!
Forget me not when in the frozen earth
My heart, 50 broken, shall unWalxened sleep /;
fOfBet me not when blOssOming forth
upon my grave the lonely flower viii weep
neer shall see thee more, but o'er thy life
Ny deathless soul viii watch through calm
and strife.
Hear my low moaned prayer,
Borne on the midnight air,
Forget me nOtl Forget me mott
FROM the French Of Aifred de 3IIsset
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13
A New Industry in the South.

A cotton factory which spins yarn
directly from the seed-cOttOn, located at
Westchester, ). c., is attracting atten-
ton in the South. 1t has now capacity
of from 400 to 500 pounds of seed-cot-
ton per day, and is operated by seven
women and one boy Practical men in
the South found great expectations on
this accomplishment. The machinery
is cheap and simple, and it is claimed
that by setting it up in the neighbOr-
hoods throughout the cotton belt the
value of the staple can be increased
nearly 100 per cent, taking into consid-
Grafton the amOnnt of money saved on
bagging, ties, packing, weighing, stor-
ing, and shipping. The Atlanta Con-
stttatttO1s is g inclined to believe that this
method Of preparing the staple for mar
ket solves the problem for the South.
1t enables the planters of each neigh
borhOod to add the industry of manu-
featuring to the business of cottOn-rais-
ing, and at profit that viii more than
justify the small investment to be
made" 1t predicts that in the course
of the next two years at least 100 of
these factories win be IN operation in
Georgia, as % wherever there IS Il grist-
mill, planing-mill, or saw-mill yarn
factory can be added without an in
crease of power and at a very little in
crease of cost" The cotton is taken
from the gin and brush on card and
comes out in roll, and the threads
made are better than those made from
compressed cotton. Wheeling (WeSt
Pa.) LiateLiige'1oer-
THE pedestrian that -he-don't
please-The one in a tread-mill.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13
Il HEBREW LEGEND.


RiOiii an ancient, learned Rabbi comes this
legend full of grace,
'ttllE ~ y uoHn through countless ages, from a
lost and scattered race.
= "t away, where the horizon forms a line
~, -rWlxt earth and sky,
--Aieie arose glitterfng city, with its peaks
ana turrets high.
fiooded with awondrous glory which in splen-
DOR downward rolled,
seeming like the way TO heaven through q
country paved with gold.
Sweet as odors from the tropics was the free,
life giving air,
fraught with the divine elixir-mahing all i'm
mortal there.
And the fame Of that far city, seen above the
Pointing with its sparkling fingers ever up
ward TO the sky
went abroad to all earth's people and thev
clasped their dear ones tight,
ana they 1Ourneyed from the valleys mn to
ward the golden light.
Ana Tor long, long years they dwelt there with
LIES goblet brimminp O'er;
Deep and deeper though tEev ouafFesi If ful
sparkled evermOre.
But strange and restless yearniDo woke s+
last, as years went by,
ANA they stole away in silence one nv one
that they might die
Boston TraRscyipf.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13

DIR. Havershaw took care of their fu-
ture. 1t began in a neat two-story
brick house, with big brass sign upon
the door, to which the worthy surgeon
drew attention enough to set the pot to
boiling.
And now, in her stylish brougham,
with a liveried lackey at her command,
with her rustling silks and dainty laces,
with her widest fancies more than real
lied, who could find fault with the fate
of little Miss Turuin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13
Effect Of Last Arctic Discovery.

Nordenskjold has made the North
west Passage in safety, but it seems
clear that it will not be prudent for mer-
chant ships TO attempt it. Traders can,
however, safely visit the ports ON either
side of Cape Chelyuskin, starting re-
speciively from the East and the West.
In favorable seasons q vessel might
round the Cape and enter the Sena, re-
turning the following year, but 1t is
doubtful if such a voyage would be PEE
cuniarily profitable. Professor Nor
denskjold was imprisoned i'm the ice un-
til the middle of july, but the Professor
visited several points of interest and
fortunate TO capture the large and rare
marine mammal, rytina stelleri, sup
posed hitherto TO be extinct.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13

EXPERIMENTS in a deep lake near
Berlin have shown the practicabiiity of
a new and ingenious plan for raising
sunken vessels and other heavy objects
lostin water. The invention is that of an
Austrian engineer, and consists Of an
uninfated balloon, containing a bottle
Of sulphuric acid packed in salt, which.
when exposed to the action OF the acid,
generates carbonic acid gas The bal
loon Is taken under water by diver and
fastened to the object that IS to be
raised. Then screw is turned that
liberates the acid, gas Is formed, the
balloon expands and rises, and it Is only
"a question Of the size Of the balloon, the
strength of the tackle, and the weight of
the sunken object, whether it shall be
raised or not. The experiments near
Berlin were successful.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13

LIME will renovate and purify ont
buildings. sheep shelters, COW stables
pic stys and hen ro0sts. AT the end of
the summer season a coat should be
spread over the inside of these build
ings in order to destroy all vermin or
eggs that remain secreted inthe crevices
and cracks, ready 10 prey on the ami
mails, when they come home 10 their
quarters in the chilly autumnal nights.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

BIsULPHIDE OF CARBON FOR ENTO-
BIOLOGISTS. Insect collectors viii be
interested to know that DIR. J. NJ Eder
proposes the use of a bisulphide of car
bon bottle for killing insects in place of
the cynide of potassium bottle which is
now so commonly employed He de-
scribes it as particularly well adapted
for beetles. The apparatus recon-
mended is a wide-mOuthed bottle, well
cOrked, containing a few fragments of
blOtting-paper. When an insect is cap
tured and put into the bottle it is to be
followed by three or four drops of BIZ
sulphide of carbon Ga supply of which
must be carried in small store-bottle), ,
when the animal is almost instantane-
Ously killed by the action of the vapor
produced. The largest beetles die in q
few seconds. With careful corking
after the introduction of each capture
the three or four drops of bisulphide of
carbon will continue their action for an
hour or two; but as soon as the insects
begin to die slowly a fresh supply of the
reagent must be added. The great ad-
vantage is that owing to the rapidity
with which biSulphide of carbon evapO-
rates, the interior of the vessel is al
ways perfectly dry, so that no insect,
however delicate, can be injured by it.
Solution of cyanide of potassium is said
to be slower in its action and to have
the disadvantage of introducing moist
ure and of giving origin to carbonate
OF potash, Microscopic salt.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13

SWEET PICKLEs.-Take eight pounds
of green tomatoes and chop fine; add
four pounds of brown sugar, and boil
down three hours; add one quart OF
vinegar, a teaspoonful each of mace,
cinnamon and cloves, and boil about
fifteen minutes Let it cool and put in
to jars or other vessel
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-13

WOOD STAINs.-TO turn oak black so
as to cause it to resemble ebony, the
wood should be immersed for forty
eight hours in a hot saturated solution
of alum, and then brushed over several
times with a logwood decoction, pre-
pared rs follows: Boil one part of best
lOgwOod with ten parts of water, filter
through linen, and evaporate at gen
tie heat until the volume is reduced one
half. To every quart of this add from
ten to fifteen drops of u saturated solu-
ton of indigo, completely neutral. At
ter applying this dye to the wood, rub
the latter with a saturated and filtered
solution of verdigris in hot concentrated
acetic acid, and repeat the operation
until black of the desired intensity is
obtained. To initiate rosewood con-
centrated solution of hypermanganate
of pOtassa is spread on the surface of the
wood, and allowed to act until the de-
sired shade is obtained. Five minutes
suffice ordinarily to give a deep color
A few trials will Indicate the proper pro-
portions. The hypermanganate of po-
tassa is decomposed by the vegetable
fbers with the precipitation of brown
peroxide Of manganese, which the influ-
ence of the potassa, at the same time set
free, fixes in a durable manner on the
fibers. When the action is terminated,
the wood is carefully washed with water,
dried, and then oiled and polished in the
usual manner. The effect produced by
this process on several woods is remark
able. On the cherry, especially, it gives
a beautiful red color.