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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04
NapOIeOn's Marriages.

The marriages of the BOnapartes play
an important part in the story of their
fortunes, and none of them were so sig
nificant and important as those of the
Emperor. To one who, like him, looked
upon the world as made for him, and
upon laws merely as something which
were good for him to impose upon 9th
ers, it must have appeared that his two
wives were admirably planned for his
use. Josephine de Beauharnais was an
ideal wife for a young and rising man of
genius. She had every thing which
would appeal to a fancy like his, at once
selfish and passionate. She had beauty,
rank, the power Of pleasing, and GER
tain indOlent grace that promised an
obedience reasonably free from jealousy.
Up to the time that he mounted the i'm
perial throne and seated her by his side,
She was all that his narrow heart and
bOundless ambition could desire But,
after the marvellous victory of Wagram
had opened up to his fevered imagina-
ton still wider perspectives of dominion,
he looked for another style of wife, and
found her in Maria Louisa of Austria.
Her blonde beauty, formed of pink and
wife color and roundly curving lines and
the golden floss of a child's hair, appealed
strongly to his jaded taste. He was not
old, but, as he said to the Directory,
q one ages fast upon the field of battle, -
and he wanted some such solace as this
soft, unintellectual beauty (somebody
has called 1t the Alderney style of pret-
tiness) in his home, if such a word may
be used of the Tuileries. Besides, he
doubtless felt that an Emperor should
have an Emperor's daughter to wife,
and this was young girl who had a
4 hundred mOnarchs for her ancestors,
and vet she would be gentle and
/ obedient, and not argue with him or an
swer him, and would give him heirs.
He was genuinely attached to her, and
/ if he knew nothing about her, and had
/ no premOnitiOn of Count Neipperg, il
was all the better for him. She alsc
was quite taken by storm with him, and
for a while the novelty of being loved 10y
J an ogre-for such she had always con
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04
A Brides Room.

In the first place, her furniture was
this woven willow basket work, and that
costs a good deal, but it was the only
expensive thing she had. She had her
self wound it in and out with narrow
blue ribbon wherever an opening offered
the square low bed, the armchair, the
small rocker, the wOrk-stand, the little
bureau, the waste-basket. Her curtains
were hght-blue lambrequins she made
and put up with her own hands, good
quality of Nottingham lace leOped over
them. In the bay-windOw chirped her
canary, his cage draped with white
tarlatan, gathered underneath and tied
with blue ribbons. The pillow-shams
and cOverlet were of run lace over blue
silesia, the coverlet made in two pieces,
so that frill of edging ran across the
bed so as to simulate a sheet-sham. A
horseshoe of gilt with blue lines dangled
from the chandelier for luck. The pic
lures were not many, and they were
simple and inexpensive, but common
blue fans at D cents apiece were grouped
on the walls, sometimes three or four
running ObliqUely up the wall, or three
to form q rOsette or one wide spread up
on the curtains. A towel, brown linen
towel, was fringed and hemstitched at
bAtC ClANAos anu bItAC
bows placed helter-skelter on it, and this
was put on the wall slantwise as a work
of art. You'll laugh, suppose, but it
was such an odd little qUirk of an idea
that it quite struck me. She had other
odd things. A couple of clay pipes with
stems crossed and tied with blue,
fastened up, a couple of powder-horns
ornamented and slung from hooks, and
oh, me! two pigs tails, from two pig
friends slaughtered up the country,
decorated also in blue and placed either
side a window. Once in n while there
was a carelessly tied bow of ribbon
about two inches wide, with long stream
ers floating about on the walls, and
sprays of trailing fern, of which you can
get ever so much in a package by send
ing to a firm in the East, wound about
the chandelier, the pictures and the
walls, with clusters also of bright autumn
leaves. it just seemed to me, as l stood
upon the threshold and 'ttOOk i'm the
salient points of the little room, that l
stood at the entrance of fairy chamber,
it was all so light and feathery and
g chippery," if you'll know by that what
l mean And there stood the bride, her
hair lying in flakes on her forehead and
piled up in puffs over self-esteem, look
ing at me with very bright brown eyes
to see what the effect was on me-
Kate Heath, IN Sacramento Union.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04
Key West Cigars.

The revolution in Cuba has brought
about to a large extent a revolution in
the manufacture of cigars. A large
number of persons, formerly the cigar
makers of Cuba, became refugees in
various parts of the United States. Bal
timore and New York received some,
New Orleans a great many, and Key
West a large number, considering the
size and pretensions of that island.
There is scarcely a doubt but that the
manufacture of New Orleans has at
tanned a higher degree of perfection
than it ever reached in Cuba in the
palmiest days of that island. 1t is also
a large center of production. But for
some inexpHcable reason Key West has
obtained a special reputation, and g Key
West - cigars, sO-called, have the call in
the markets of the North and West. In
matters of this kind every thing IS IN the
name; yet the fact remains that not
more than 3 per cent. of the cigars sold
under the name of - Key West " were
made on that island Key West" as
relating to cigars, is the synonym of
- Habana, - but they are quite as largely
produced in Florida, Connecticut, New
York, Baltimore, Savannah, and New
Orleans as on the Island of Key West.
But of the - Key West - cigar proper, it
is to be remarked that it is made out of
tobacco imported from Cuba, such not
always being the case of cigars made at
the East and sold under the name of
- Key West. .''-NeaO Orleans Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04
Picturesque Scenes in Atlanta.

On Monday you may see tail, straight
negro girls marching through the street
carrying enormous bundles of sOiled
clothes upon their heads; or a man with
n great stack of homemade, unpainted,
and splint- chairs, out from
among the white legs and rungs, of
which his black visage peers curiously;
or urchins under baskets of flowers
poised like crowns. Troops of little
black boys, bare-foOted, bare-headed,
and ragged {" to degree" as a certain
English novelist is fond of expressing
it, 90 about carrying bags in which they
gather up rags in a manner wholly diff
ferent from the New York chiffoniers.
At certain corners stand farmers in scant
clothing of homespun, and the most
bucOlic of manners, waiting for some
one to buy for q dollar, or even half q
dollar, the little load of wood piled up
on the center of a homemade wagon so
diminutive that two men could walk
away with the whole affair, while third
carried the mule under his arm. 1t is
great fun, too, to go to the post-office
after the arrival of the noon mails from
the North. The office closes its windows,
although it is in the middle of the day,
and devotes itself to the task of distrib-
ution. Meanwhile a crowd accumulate
mostly the rabble who get a letter about
once in four weeks, but mixed up of all
sorts-and amuse themselves by making
remarks not always complimentary to
the rule of the office, or stand patiently
in line until the window opens. This
delay in post-office which supports the
delivery system looks like a "relic -
but every body has time enough in
EpOroia
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04

EARLY AMBER CANE.-A correspond
ent of the New York Tribune says that
this variety of cane, if planted the 10th Of
May, is ready to work ordinarily by the
middle of August. Recent experiments
have satisfied him that one acre of this
cane viii supply the annual wants of
most families, or, to be more explicit,
with the rudest implements, such as a
S65-milI to express the juice, two 20
gallon pans of galvanized iron that will
cost less than so, and the common
cider-mill or cheese-press to express the
sirup from the sugar, one acre of aver
age cane, drilled, viii yield 500 pounds
Of sugar, and 700 pounds of fine sirup.
This is based upon a yield of 140 gallons
of molasses, weighing 13 pounds per gal
lon, per acre. A recent experiment of
his upon one-fourth of an acre, indicates
more than this, although the object was
molasses solely. In addition to what he
has said Of the Amber cane for the farm
er, he is satisfied that If a neighbOrhOOd
will organize company with a capital
of 81 200, the yield of sugar can be raised
to seven pounds per gallon, by the use
of lime and sulphurOus acid, and the
process IS within the capacity of the
most ordinary farmer, but let it be dis
tinctly understood that the Amber cane
viii yield a fine sugar, in paying guam
titles, treated exactly as sugar or maple
water Is treated, save that 1t must be set
aside in proper vessels to granulate,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04
TIE PRINCE INPERLlL's DEATH

Waileth woman, q Ohi my GodP'
a breaking heart in a broken breath
hopeless cry DER her heart hopes DEATH
Can words catch the chords of the winds that
When loves lastliIy lies dead in the vale?
Let her alone,
Under the rod
With the infinite moan
of hcrsOul FOR God.
All song! you may echo the sound of pain,
ButNou nevermay shrine,
In verse or line,
The paug of the heart that breaks in twain.
Wailpth a wOman-Oh my GOdi
Wind driven waves with no tears that ache,
Why do your passionate pulses throbY
olips that speal-have ye souls that sob?
We carry the cfOss-ye wear the crest,
Whittier ye rush IN the storm to rest;
We have the havcns of holy prayer
And we have "A Iiope-have ye despair
EorstOrm rocked waves yc break evermore,
Adown the shores and along the years,
In the whitest loau OF the saddest tears,
And we, as yc, ola waves, gray wavesi
Drift over Il sea more deep and wide,
For we have sorrow and we have death,
and ye have only the tempests BREATH,
But We have God when heart oppressed,
As calm and beautiful shore ofrest.
Oh waves sad waves! how you floWed be
The crownless Prince and the exiIed Queenl
Waileth a woman-Ohl my Godi
Her hopes are withcred-her heart is crushed
For the Love of her love is cold and dead,
The JOY OF her JOY hath forever fed;
a starless and pitiless night hath rushed
ON the Light of her life-and far away
In an Atric Wild lies her poor dead child,
Lies the HcUrt of her heartfelt her alone
Under the rod
with her infinite moan,
OH my God!
He was beautiful, pure and brave,
The brightest grace
OF royal race
Only his throne is but n grave.
Is there fate III famcs?
Is there doom in names?
All what did the cruel Zulu spears
Care for the Prince or his mothers tcdrs2
What did the Zulu's ruthless lance .
Care for the Hope of the future France?
Crieth the Empress OH my son!"
He was her own and only one;
She had nothing TO give him but her love;
Twas kingdom enough on carth-AboVe
She gave him an infinite faith in God.
Let her cry her cry
Over her own and only one,
All the glory is gOne-is gone,
Into her broken hearted sigh.
Moancth a mother OH my childp'
And who can sound that depth of woe?
HOmcleSS-thrOuclCss. CrOWnleSs, now
She bows her sorrow -wreathcd brow
$50 fame and all its grandeurs gO).
Let her alone
Beneath the rod
With her infinite moan,
Oh! my GOdi
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04
The Man Under the Bed.

A woman in the South End of Boston
looked under the bed for a burglar one
night last week, as she had been accus-
toned to do from her youth up, and
much to her aStOnishment actually found
him. Her husband was close at hand
and grappled with the intruder, while
she ran to the window and screamed
- Murder!" The burglar asked to be
allowed to 90, adding, &" haven't hurt
yOu!'' No." answered the plUcky
lawyer, g but you would if you got the
chance" The wife at this moment left
the window, and, stepping up to her
husband, said, in loud whisper, % shall
l bring your pistol?'' Though there
wasn't even a toy popgun in the house,
this little strategy had its desired effect,
for the fellow exclaimed, in a whining
tone, % OH you don't mean to kill me?''
- Yes; if / can" was the response of
the lawyer, who tightened his grip upon
the fellows arm and throat, and held
him firmly against the wall, hoping
every moment that assistance would
arrive. Though his wife's mother and
daughter joined in crying at the win
dows for help, no one came to their aid,
and the burglar, growing desperate,
made another break for liberty, and
succeeded in gaining the landing at the
foot of the stairs. Here the lawyer
again collered him, but, after a hard
struggle, the fellow freed himself and
dashed through a window, making his
escape.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04

sidered him-was agreeable to her
But his tumUltuous glory was quite too
much for the daily food of such hu-
man small being as the Empress, and
she was doubtless relieved when the in
dignant soul left his body at LOngwood,
and she was free to follow her ignoble
little heart and marry Neipperg.
Josephine would have had her revenge
if she could have fOreseen the course of
history for even few years. 1t is she,
and not the pretty Austrian, who will
be known forever as the wife of NapO-
leon. 1t is her statue that rises in mar
BILE in the public places of Paris. 1t is
her name and those of her children that
mark the great avenues of the metrOpo-
lis-Avenue Josephine, La RENO Hor-
tense, Boulevard du Prince Eugene.
Though she was ousted remOrselessly
from throne to make room for Maria
Louisa, it was her children-the chill
dren of the creole proscript-who should
become the tenants of palaces, and not
those of her rival. The Duke of Reich
stadt was to pass youth of inglonOus
pleasure, and was to die before his
prime, and leave no son to inherit his
claims to empire; while the Beauhar
nais line was to stretch out like the
swarms of kings seen by the Thane of
Cawdor in his vision. Eugene, her he
roic son, after the fall of the Napoleons,
returned to the court of his father-in-
law, the King of Bavaria, and
became Prince of Eichstadt, Duke
of Leuchtenberg, and first nobleman
of the kingdom. His daughter, united
to the son of Bernadotte, became Queen
of Sweden; another became a princess
of Hohenzollern, and a third Empress of
Brazil. His eldest son won the hand of
the Queen of Portugal, and the younger
married daughter of the Gar Nicholas
of Russia And whatever doubt might
be thrown on the purity of the Napo-
leonic descent by which the Emperor
Napoleon III. claimed the throne, he
was unquestionably the son of HOrtense,
and was Beauharnais and Tascher-la-
Pagerie beyond challenge, The grand
son of Josephine, Louis Napoleon, ruled
France in peace and with sort of
splendor for the space of twenty-five
years, while the period of the first Ma
poleon's reign, counting Consulate and
Empire together, was but fifteen
though so powerful was the personal
imprint made by the uncle, and so vague
was the individual character of the
nephew, that the shorter reign seems
like an age, and the longer like an epi-
sode.-Harper's Magazt71e for December.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04

On certain days you will hear the
beating of triangles, and have your at
tention attracted to the red flag of the
curb-stone autioneer, whose vOlubility
viii be heard above the din of traffic.
These Out-of-door auctions are always
amusing, and the crowd of negroes,
poor whites,'' and loungers that they
gather afford an interesting study to the
lover of physiognomy. 1t is ike a bit
of the BOwery or Chatham Street turned
out-of-doors; but the articles sold are
more miscellaneous and wretched. You
may buy wOrn-Out stoves and tables,
secondhand bacon, muddy croquet sets,
rubber hose of one kind and cotton hose
of quite another, canary-birds, hat racks,
baby carriages, old fruit jars, clothing,
bath-tubs, straw sun-bOnnets and hats,
squirrel cages, carpets, books, bed
clothes made (" befOh de wah,' sweet
oil, saws, crockery, iron garden settees,
ice-cream freezers, saddles, window
sashes--every thing out Of time and
miserable, from pair of snuffers to a
horse and wagon alive and harnessed.-
Ernest HlgerSoU, IN HGrper'S for De
cenlber.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04
YESTERDAY.

What If but yesterday
/ laughed and said to him nay,
When here's to-day. day
To change my mind and say
y sWectcr word than nayY
What II but yesterday
1 told him that my nay
Could never turn to yea,
Though he should pray and pray
Forever and a dayl
What If but yesterday
He swore he would obey
My cruel Will, nor stay
To further sue or pray
Then strobe in wrath away?
What If but yesterday
Like this he strobe away,
When here's day, day
For him to hear me say:
- love You, Love, to-dayw
Moro Pey-T.y
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04

4 YOUNG man not more than y years
of age, a son of one of our best families,
came into this office yesterday and Of
fered us S3 to print a paragraph stating
that a young girl had been fatally
poisoned, dying in indescribable agony,
from eating oysters ut a church sociable.
We have enough mercy on the young
man to refrain from publishing his
name, but the next time any man tries
to save S75 by S3 paragraph, in goes
his whole pedigree HG5rkeye.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04
Remarkable Sagacity OF a Goat.

A remarkable instance of the sagacity
of animals occurred recently at the resi-
dence of Peter Killean, No. 35S Dryades
Street. The participants in the event
about to be related were a goat, which
for some years past has been a great pet
with the children of the family, and
pup, a comparatively recent arrival in
the domestic circle. The goat and dog
were on the best of terms, and had come
to enjoy occasional rambles together
around the yard during the goats spare
moments, when there were no oyster
cans, door-scrapers, or other edibles for
it to dispose of. The singular behavior
of the goat during the afternoon, some
DAYS since, attracted the attention of the
family. 1t ran to and fro, crying in the
most piteous manner, and seemed half
distracted. Some one at last suggested
that the animal should be followed, and,
it seeming to appreciate the fact that it
had been understood, led the way to the
rear of the yard, where its canine COM
panion was found in the vault, almost
in its last struggles. The puppy was
quickly rescued and restored to the goat,
who greeted it with the fondest caresses.
Men, Orleans Times
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04

Opposite the new Central Station,
in Berlin, Germany, colossal hotel is
building. 1t is to contain numerous
and large suites of apartments, besides
800 single bedrooms, theater, two
chapels, and synagogue. Statues of
celebrated travellers are to be found in
the courtyards, and a large garden,
with hothouses, win be connected with
the building.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04

The late Gen Hood is said TO have
left a manuscript history of the War of
the Rebellion, which he had intended to
publish this autumn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04

EVERY body gives advice; few take it
and none act upon it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-04

THE string game-Making fish-net.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-30

In some counties OF the State they
call the existing county courts corn
Dob conventions. Judging from the
returns from several counties this lie
a favorable season for corn cobs.
They have got too big to bounce. e.
REGISTER,
Will the REGISTER please tell us
whether, even if county judges were
elected, we would not still have
county courts2-Richie Gazette.
Yes, and no. Or by way of illus
tration we would say, that we heard
young lady remark, few days ago
on seeing a mule that she Thought
it was the worst specimen Of a
horse she had ever SEEN" On being
called to account for the inaccuracy
Of her observation in styling the
mule horse, she replied that about
the only difference she could see be-
tween horse and what was termed
mule, was thet the latter had very
long cans, and wore taasel on It's
tail"
We think, to casual observer,
that about the same difference would
be noted between the county court
presided over by single Judge, and
and that by justices. The ears would
be more conspicuous in the latter
case, and about the sale character
istic differences would also exist as
usually distinguish the horse from
the mule. Register.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-30
A Good Story of Judlcious Adj
Vortising.

A man was denouucing newspaper
advertising to a crowd Of listeners
IA asst week, " said be, Il had an am
brelia stolen from the vesiibule of
church. 1t was a gift; and val.
uing it very highly, spent double
It's worth in Advertising but have
not received it." Flow did Won
word your adYertisement?" asked
merchant. Here it is, said the
man, producing slip Gu from
newspaper. The merchant took it
and read, Loot from the veqtibule
oi---church, last Sunday evening
a black elk umbrella. The gentle
man who took it will be Handsomely
rewarded by leaving il At No San
Fernando street. Now, said the
merchant, "l am a liberal ADVERT
SER and have always found that it
paid me well. A great deal depend
upon the manner in which an advor.
hsement is put, Let US try for your
umbrella again, and If you do not
acknowledge then tina. advertsino
pays I will purchase you new
one" The merchant then took
clip oiTaper from bic pocket and
wrote, "Jttho man who was seen 10
take an umbrella from The vostibule
Of the----church last evening does
not wish TO set into trouble and
have stain cast upon The christian
character which be values 20 higblv.
he will return it 20 No. San Fer
uaodo street. tie is we'll known.
This duly appeared in The paper, and
on the following morning tbe man
wac astoni5ned when he opened the
door Of bis residence. On the porch
lay at least a dozen umbrellas of all
shades and sizes, while the front
yard was literally paved with un-
bre.Iss Many Of them had notes
a..acaed 70 them, saying that they
bad been taken by mistake, and baa.
gng The loser 10 keep Che li.Ueaniir
4uIet.-U1nlora Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-30
COMMISSIONERS Sale.
Bishop and Morris
vs.

Bishop ard Morris
vs.
Dcakius * Pulliam.
BY virtue of a decree OF tho Circuit
Court of Preston County, the undcrsign-
ed Commissioner will, on the list dav of
September, 1879, the same being court
day, before the front door of the Court
House IA kmgyoOd, offer for sale the
really GCcreod TO be sold in this case.
consisting of 1870 acres, known as the
farm on which said Dcakius resides. also
the following other tracts OF land, 70 wit:
9J8 acres lpGrt OF $3.50 acresl i'm Tucker
county, also 100 acres, IO5 acres, and l29
acres parts OF 6lj7 acres, situate III thi,
county and l4Ol acres and 533 acres in
Tucker county,
The first Nune mentioned tract of 1870
acres Us situated ON Cheat River about b
miles above ROwlCsburg. Several nun
drcd acres thereof lis rich river bottom, IL
q considerable portion OF the Same is
cleared. The remaining tracts arc unim
proved, but embrace large amount of
land that is smooth, rich, and a'uablc
for timlCrand ullago.
10 viii be sold torso much cash i'm hanG
as is sufficient 30 pay the costs ogsuit and
expenses e. sale, and the residue on a
credit OF o, II, and Is months, the pur,
chaser executing interest bearing notes
with apprOycd security for the deferred
iustuimcnts Ofpurchase money,
JAMES A. BROWN, Com,