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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
A Mysterious and Murderous Assault.

A dispatch (Sept. 25) to the New
York World says: Chester Goodale was
murderously assaulted to-day by some
unknown person. Mr. Goodale is SO
years old and one of the wealthiest men
in Berkshire County, Mass. He has
served several times as representative of
his town and was a man of vigorous
health and strong constitution. Before
breakfast this morning he went to his
barn, a short distance from the house,
to feed his horse, and nothing more was
seen of him until his grandson went to
call him to breakfast, about Z o'clock.
On opening the stable-door Mr.. Goodale
was found on the floor covered with
blood from head to foot and near by was
a heavy, blood-stained stick, with which
he had been assaulted. Mr.. Goodale
was not dead, but attempts to restore
him to consciousness were unsuccessful,
although at times he would mutter in
cOherently as if he was still
struggling with his assailant. At
such times he would cry, :" Oh, don't
strike me again. III give you all my
money, only let me live And then
again, So Oh, my head, my poor head!"
When asked by whom he had been as
saulted he paid no attention to the query
and finally sank into a deep stupor from
which it was impossible to arouse him.
The attending physician does not think
he can live the night out The back of
his head is badly cut, bad confusion
appears over the left eve, and the nose
is broken. The last two fingers of the
left hand are broken, and the right hand
is badly bruised and discolored. That
robbery was the object of the assault is
evident from the fact that his pockets
had been rified, and his pOcket-book,
containing $3.50, stolen. That it was
the work of tramps, is also believed, be-
cause the house had been broken into
the night before and quantity of pro-
visions stolen, a portion of which was
found secreted in the hay-mow, where
it is evident the men have for several
days been in hiding. 1t is thought
that Mr. Goodale in entering the
stable was surprised by his assassins and
knocked senseless ere he had a chance
to cry for help, and after committing
the robbery they fed. No trace of the
assassins has been found, although
many citizens are securing the country
round about. 1t is thought that whOev-
er committed the assault knew well that
Mr.. GOodale was in the habit of carry
ing large sums of money on his person,
and possibly knew that on the day before
he had drawn 5000 from the Mahuievie
Bank of Great Darlington in which he
was a prominent stockholder. A re-
ward of $500 has been offered for the
arrest of the assailant. Mr. Goodaie
had large interest in the marble quar-
ries, and is the father of S. B. Goodale,
dealer in real estate in New York, and
the grandfather of Elaine and Dora
GoOdale, the gifted little girls whose
book of poems, entitled ''Apple Bios
soms,'' attracted so much attention Il
year ago.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
Strange Uses fOr PhOtOgraphs.

Courts and lawyers are now putting
photographs to novel uses. The sun
pictures of various kinds have been in
popular use for a generation; but many
years passed before they were adopted
into the apparatus of courts of Justice.
The law of the land is wary old fox,
and scrutinizeS a new invention for q
long time before extending the paw to
appropriate it. But of late years, when
a person is to be identified, the Judge
and jury are very glad to look at his or
her photograph as an aid. In such law
suits as the great Tichborne trial, where
a man claims to be a person who left
the country years ago, and has not since
been seen at home, if there are photo
graphs of that person taken before he
determining the identify of the claim
ant. Every one has heard of the
Rogues' galleries, in which the police
keep photographs of noted criminals. If
a thief or yagrant, newly arrested, is
suspected to be an old offender, he is
taken to the gallery and confronted with
the portrait. A photograph Is an import
ant auxiliary in the still-hunt for default
er. If bank Cashier or insurance Secre-
tary has abscOnded with money enough
IN possession to warrant incurring the
cost, the detectives will quietly circulate
copies of his photograph. Experts can
usually form some judgment of the
course his journey viii probably take,
and loco will put a cheap portrait and
notice of reward in the hands of thou
ands of railway conductors and brake
men, hotel clerks, hall-boys and por-
ters. Postmasters, baggage express
men, news-vendors, keepers of saloons
and restaurants, and al that multitude
of alert, sharp-sighted, quick-witted
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
4 Checkered Life.

Few women can boast of or deplOre Ii
life like that of the Countess SOlange de
Kramer, which is just now again the
talk of Paris. Left when year old in a
drawer of foundling hospital at BTest,
France, with the simple name SOlange
pinned to her clothing, she was soon
transferred to an orphan asylum. As s.
child she was beautiful, but weak in
body and mind, and subject to frequent
fits. Her mOdesty and beauty attracted
many as she sold flowers in the street,
but when u years old she sickened, died
and was buried in an open casket, and,
it being winter, but thin layer of sand
was thrown over her body. At night
she awoke, and crawled, bewilGered,
out of her grave, and wandered, she
knew not whittier. Passing fortifica-
ton near by, she did not understand a
sentinel's q qatj UiUe,'' and he fired, fell
ing her to the ground. In the guard
house her beauty so impressed a young
Lieutenant, Kramer by name, that when
she had recovered he sent her to a Paris
educational institution. Returning to
Paris after many years of war, Kramer
found his prOtege a full grown, accom-
plished woman, of great esprit, no trace
of youthful ails remaining, and they
were married. An investigation show
ed that the founding was the daughter
of General Bernadotte, now King
Charles XIV, of Sweden, and Captain
Kramer and his wife were duly ac-
knowledged and ennobled at Stockholm.
Their son is now an attache of the SWe-
dish legation at Paris.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
PITH AND POINT.


SOME mems manuscript is more diff
cult to set up than a rusty stove with ten
lengths of pipe bought at auction.-Sy-
rGcatSe Sunday Times.
THE New Orleans Picayure wants to
know if babies suffer when they cry.
Good lands, not Their object is simply
TO make some one else suffer.-Free
Press.
THEY say / snore. Did YOU hear me
last night at the hotel in the room oppo-
site yours?' asked he. g Hear YOU, -
exclaimed the casual acquaintance
" not only that. l could feel you'll
TEACHER to a boy in a Philadelphia
school; Can you tell me where the
Apennines are?'' Boy No; but can
tell you where the Philadelphia mines
are. The Ath-'' " There, that viii do, -
interrupted the teacher; and the youth
subsidized. NorTtStO5Ca Herald.
A FASHION item has made us glad.
1t tells us that the lady's white surcingle
belt must 90. We never see one of them
but we are led to believe that the wearer
has somehow made mistake in the
order of putting on her habiliments.-
Boston TRANSCRIPT
DIR. HosKINs plants twice as many
trees in his orchards as he intends to
remain, calculating that the interme-
diate trees win twice pay for themselves
before they seriously interfere with the
others, and have to be eremoved.-RItraJ
NeeC Yorker.
He pressed her to his manly breast,
She seconded the motion;
His lips on hers he fondly pressed,
There was slight conmotion.
I'll put the question now said he,
That you and be married;
II . sN~f QV H.
-Decided:-Fate was carried.
HOT water thrown upon the plants
will kill the cabbage worm. Be careful
that it is not hot enough to scald the
cabbages. A market gardener, who
grows cabbage on a large scale, recon-
mends a mixture of twenty parts of su-
perphosphate of lime, one part of car
bolic powder and three parts of fresh
air-slaked lime, a small handful of
which should be scattered over each
head-NelO York Times.
a YOUNG and pretty girl stepped into
one of our leading dry-goods stores the
other day, where a spruce young man
who had long been enamored but dare
not speak, stood behind the counter.
In order to remain as long as possible,
she priced every thing, and at last said:
&" believe YOU think l am cheating
YOU - Oh, no, said the young man,
- to me you are always fair" " Well" "
said the lady, blushing as she laid en-
phasis on the words, - would not stay
so long bargaining if you were not 50
dear"
THOSE men who assert that the world
has grown wicked and suspicious will
please take a back seat. Yesterday af-
ternoon a farmers wife got aboard
Woodward Avenue car and rode to the
Fair Grounds with the confident eXpecta-
ton of finding the pocket-handkerchief
she had left in the Main Hall the day be-
fore, when more than $4,000 people
were on the grounds. In reply TO the
drivers doubts she explained: " Why,
of course I'll get it back again, because
it had my initials in the corner. De
tTOt Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
EngIishmen and FreHchmen-The Diff
ference Between Them.

A French journalist, NJ. Millaud, has
taken a trip to England and enjoyed
himself so well that he advises all the
readers of lie Figaro to 90 and do like
wise. In his opinion Albion forms the
most absolute antithesiS with France.
The Frenchman is ward. He is every
where protected. He is forbidden to 90
where he might break his neck, as if he
was an idiot. He is not allowed the III
telligence necessary for avoiding acci-
dents, bad characters and intriguers. In
all public places, in railway stations, for
instance, the French are penned up like
sheep in fold; they are made to
maneuver between barriers, shown their
way, and their steps are measured. On
making the first stride in England one
feels himself free. He is warned Uy
placards of the dangers to which he is
exposed. IL is supposed that he will
not be so silly as to get in front of a 10
comOtive or to offer his watch to the
pickpockets of the United Kingdom.
The three-card trick succeeds nowhere
but on the Southeastern line, which is
the only one on which Frenchmen
travel. The sharpers know that none
but French can be taken in by it. In a
word, here is the most complete indie
pendence for ones movements, and for
ones self 1t has its drawbacks at first,
but its advantages are the more numer-
Gus. The Englishman is astonished at
nothing; he knows every thing, never
makes Il mistake, questions no one,
avoids the vehicles, which 90 along as
they please, and he never has To consult
policeman. This is, indeed, the coun-
try where every one is his own police
man, and where the police are hOnored
because they never take any notice of
any body. Even the animals are pene-
trated with the same grand feeling of
independence and personality. Sheep,
which, in France, would scatter in all
directions at the approach of a train,
here stand quietly at the gates watching
the engine pass, and appear proud of
that proof of the national industry. They
could not look more pleased if they were
shareholders in the company. The
traveller himself can not lose his time
unless he absolutely wishes TO do SO. He
steps out of the train into a cab, or else
goes up some steps and catches another
train going in a different direction; or,
if he desires it, he can 60 to hotel in
the station itself. 1t is the acme Of in
dustry and comfort. NJ. Millaud con
cludes his letter by short account of
the old Thames tunnel and the present
subway, which he likens unto a prom
enade in u pipe-stem, while admitting
its utility and convenience for those en-
DlOyed at the docks.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
How They We're Going to Get In.

q Your folks going to the State Fair
Jim?'' inquired a newsboy as he greeted
a Post-office bootblack yesterday, with
slap on the back.
q Not unless things change was the
solemn reply.
% Be they all sick?''
80 Its all mixed up, replied the black,
as he surveyed the fiagstones for cigar
stub. Dad was going to cheek it in,
but he's got big boil on his chin, and
he can't play off that he's a Congress
man from Ohio, as he meant to. The
old lady she was going in with a family
on pass as their oldest daughter, but
she broke her false teeth, and would
pass for 100 years old. Sister Sarah
was going in with her beau, but he can I
get away from the butcher-shop.'
''Well, amt you going?"
- L was going. | had a hole dug un-
der the fence, and every thing all fixed,
but wheE l went up there this morning,
III be hanged if they hadn't fastened a
drove of mules to the inside OF the hole!
1 guess our family viii wait for Fourth
OF July. ."--DetroW Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
SYMPATHY.

A knight and a lady once met in a grove,
Nhtle each was in quest OF a fugitive love-
A river ran mournfuily Inurmuring by,
And they wept in its waters Tor sympathy
"oh, never was knight such sorrow that
bore 20
." Oh, never was maid so deserted before!"
" From life and its woes let US instantly ny,
Ana jump in together Tor company
They searched for an eddy that suited the
deed,
But here was brambIe, and there was a
"How tiresome it isl" said the fair with a
So they sat down to rest them in company.
They gazed at each other, the maid and the
How fair was her form. and how goodiy his
'one inoSiGirful embrace sobbed the youth,
ere we die"
So kissing and crying kept company.
'Oh. had but loved such an angel as you'll
con, had but my swain been quarter as
truei"
"To miss such perfection how blinded
was / 20
Sure now they are excellent companyl
At length said the lass, 'twixt smile and
tear,
The weather is cold for a watery bier;
When summer returns we may easily die
Till then let US sorrow in company"
-ReginGld Heber
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
UPS AND DOWNS.

one day, as have heard It said,
II Glanced rag and bit of lead
Lay in the kennel snug together
In very wet and muddy weather,
The rag was soiled, and old, and torn;
The bit of lead was bruised and worn;
Two waits, whose worth, at full account,
Was of such very small amount
They wen together might remain
10 bide the pelting of the rain.
Yet, low as was their present state,
They both had known better fate
The rag had once been whole and white,
In every way had pleased the sight;
And, In its time, had helped adorn
bride upon her wedding morn;
Lent to her figure and her face
An added, though unneeded, grace,
Nor thought such parting and distress
Gould e'er betall "a wedding dressi
The piece of lead could not forget
Its fortunes had been nobler yet;
For, nodded well, for use of one
VINO was his cOuntry's faithful SON
II had-thOugh that was long ago
Been sped against that cOuntTg's foe,
And, guided BY unerring hand,
Sitd stretched him liiclcss on the sand.
There came man with hook and bag,
VINO bore away the Lead and rag,
nnd both were to "A shop consigned,
With many others of their kind.
When winter passed, and summer came,
The former rag had changed its name
70 paper, and it might avow
II nc'cr had been 50 white as now
Meanwhile, the lead, so long despised,
Was altered so twas highly priced;
For, melted, purified, and cast,
lt was "A printers type at last.
Ihey now, in this, their new condition,
Were put into their old position;
Drawn closer than before, to kiss
And find their apotheosis.
What greater immortality
Than helping Genius not to dfe?
job Case, Ia October ScrtbRey.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
Ancient Fancies Regarding the Beard.

Mr.. Darwin, in his descent of
Man. inclines to the belief that the
beard was originally ornamental Ladies
liked a bearded man; he was popular in
primitive society, could select the fairest
fair, his offspring resembled him, and so
on, according to the popular statements
of this theory of selection. If this view
be true, it must be admitted that wom-
en- soon change their minds. - There is
no wife for a bearded man." says n
Maori proverb The Mortimer who
settled in Iceland were entirely of the
opposite way of thinking, and the only
reproach that his foes brought against
Nal was his lack of beard. The
Egyptians, as a rule, were clean shaven,
especially the priests, 50 and for this they
gave a certain sacred reason" which,
initiating HerOdOtus, We - do not think
it lawful to divulge." The neighboring
Libyans, on the other hand, were beard
ed, and the northern maritime enemies
OF the Egyptians, probably the early
Greeks, wore rather thin yellow boards
Yet out of shaven Egypt the Israelites
carried boards which they highly re-
spected. To cut an ENJOYS beard was
a gross insult, and he was obliged to
tarry somewhere till his beard was
grown. Friends might touch the beard
in reverential sort of way, and thus
Joab took hold of that of Amasa and
ran him through the body with his
sword. The Assyrian kings wore enor-
nous boards, and many curled tiers, or
stories, and we have an impression that
some Orientals carried their beard in a
box. DR.. DOran, in writing on the
beard, gravely maintains that the early
Greeks were shaven, and that they
called bearded and alien races bar
barous,'' connecting the word with bar
ba, '' beard" But Homer's Greeks,
we know, wore their boards, and the
race recognized as Greek on the Egyp-
tain monuments are sometimes bearded.
London NelUS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
In the Jaws of a Lion.

/ was out after pOrcupines, and was
lying down one night near pOrcupine's
hole, waiting for him TO come out. had
no gun, but only my hunting-knife and
a large knob kerrie with me with which
TO knock the porcupine on the nose, for
that, as YOU know, kills him at once. |
did not hear a sound until / found the
grass near me move and lion got his
paw on me and lifted me up. The brute
pressed his claws into me, but luckily
my leather belt prevented his teeth from
damaging me, and he carried me, hold
ing on to my belt and coat. If either Of
these had given way ! should have been
laid hold of in far more rough man
ner. A lion is like cat in one thing
he can hold live creature in his mouth
and not damage it., just as l have seen
cat carry a mouse. / knew the nature
of the lion well enough to know that if l
struggled | should have my neck broken
or my head smashed in an instant, so
did not struggle, but quietly drew my
knife and thought what was best TO do.
/ thought at first of trying to strike him
in the heart, but | could not reach that
part of him, and his skin looked so loose
that | could not strike deep enough car
ried as | was | knew it would be life
or death with me in an instant, so turn
ing myself a bit, | gashed the lions
nose and cut it through. The lion drop
ped me as / should drop a poisonous
snake, and jumped away roaring with
pain. He stood for an instant looking
at me, but did not move, and he did
not seem to ike to carry me again
More than once he came up to within
few Yards, licking the blood asit poured
from his nose; but there l remained ike
stone, and he was fairly afraid to
tackle me again. know buffalo and
an OK are very sensitive about the nose,
can't stand it, SO l thought lion might
be the same, and so 1t proved.-FrOpl
- An10rg the Z1ltts, -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
They Couldn't Make Him Speak.

They had a dime supper in the neigh
borhOOd of Pawtucket, r. L., conceived
and carried out by the ladies. The con-
ditiOns of this novel supper were these:
For every word spoken by the gentlemen
at the supper-table forfeit of ten cents
was imposed; but, on the other hand
(as duties are always compensated with
rights and restrictions with privileges
it was agreed that whoever could wealth
er the whole supper, submitting to all
queries, surprises and ingenious ques-
tiOns without replying, should be enti
tied to it gratuitously. Many and fire.
quent were the artifices and subterfuges
resOrted to by the ladies in attendance
to entrap the unguarded, and one after
another stout and discreet men went
down before the constant volley of artful
interrogations At last all fell out and
paid the dime penalty save one indi-
vidual-a queer chap-whom nobody
seemed to knew. He attended strictly
to business and passed unheeded the
jokes, jibes and challenges. They
quizzed him, but all in vain. He
wrestled with the turkey and grappled
with the goose. He bailed out the cram
berry sauce with an answering hand,
and he ate celery as the scriptural vege-
tartan ate grass; and finally, when he
had finished his fifth piece of pie, be
whipped out a pOcket.slate, and wrote
on it, in a large and legible hand: q
am deaf and dumb
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23

ELECTRICITY AS A FARM POWER. -
In the Gramme electrical machine
a powerful current of electricity is
generated by the rapid revolution of a
ring of soft iron surrounded by copper
wire, in close proximity to the poles of
Il powerful magnet. If this current is
carried by wire cable to another
Gramme machine and properly connect
ed with that, its rings of soft iron will
be set in motion also. Power from a
stream of running water may be used
to generate the current of electricity in
the first machine, and this power will
be converted into an electric current :;
this current being transmitted to the
second machine sets that in motion, and
thus serves to convey the power from
the stream to the place where the second
machine is located. This method for
the transmission of power has been car
ried into execution in France for agri-
cultural purposes, such as blowing,
threshing, running beet-sugar factory,
etc. There is loss of power in the
course of the transmission, but for a
distance of mile and a half it does not
amount to more that 30 per cent, and
it is claimed that where water power
can be had, especially adjacent to sew
eral farms, this mode of transmission of
power can be. profitably used. The
machines need but little repair and are
easily managed /; no water or coal is re-
quired at the barn or in the field, no
skilled engineer Is necessary, and there
is no danger of explosions or fire.
Novel as the plan IS, ii yet seems to
have much to recommend it. The cost
of the two machines, which would be,
perhaps, at least, IS 600, would prevent
its adoption, except for a number OF
adjacent small farms or for large estates.
N, y. Tribune,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23

links. and the thoughtful and the dis
cerning can see many of them in this
world The whole viii be revealed in
the next. ~ T0uth's COMPANION.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23

BAKED ToMAToEs.-Peel them and
put into a baking-dish with bread
crumbs, butter, pepper and salt, one
onion, if you ike it; sift corn-meal over
the top of them and bake slowly; they
" Ill take between two and three hours
to bake; if they are acid, use sugar in
stead of salt.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23

SOME valuable observations have been
made in French forests by M. Fautrat to
determine the influence of trees on the
distribution of rain and moisture. He
finds that forests receive more rain than
open plains, and pines more than leafy
trees. Pines retain more than half of
the water that is precipitated upon them,
while leafy trees allow So per cent. to
reach the ground. According to this,
pine trees furnish the best shield against
sudden foundations, and the best means
for giving freshness and humidity to a
dry climate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
EUening Post temporarily cured horse
of the habit of backing, and general dis
agreeableness at starting, by simply
giving him an apple. When the tan
trums returned, after six months, po-
tato was administered with equally good
result.