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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20

AGRTOULTURAL NOTES,

Scaly legs in fowls are caused by |
parasitic mita which burrows under the |
skin of the shank and feet. They may
be destroyed by applying a mixture of
lard and kerosene oil.
Wood ashes are beneficial to all crops
OF grain, roots, grass and fruit, and can
not be applied amiss. From ten to
thirty bushels per acre can be applied
without danger of excess. Scatter them
over the plowed land and harrow them il.
We have found the following as a
cheap and easy mode of freeing plants
from leaf lice: Mix one ounce OF flower
Of sulphur with one bushel of sawdust
scatter this over the plants infected by
these insects and they will soon be free,
though a second application may possibly
be necessary.
In order to keep their butter over the
period of low prices and hot weather,
California dairymen simply seal up their
products IN tin cans, sinking them to the
bottom of cold streams Bu,t ter made in
| April comes out in October in good
| order, and continues t. keep fresh in
cold weather of winter. Foreground
cans are commonly used.
! When a man begins 90 down hill,
| says The Lady's JOurna he is apt to
betraY the TACT by his exterior appear
ance; he wears a long face, allows his
| clothes to 90 shabby, and acts like one
bereft of hope or prospects. Now this is
! very poor policy, the sympathy of friends
is not gained by wearing a dirty shirt ;
and unless man acts as though he bad
ONE confidence in himself, he must not
expect to inspire it in others. And so
with the external appearance of every
| thing. Neatness of appearance does not
end with man credit, but often enchsnees
the value OF articles which he may hays
for sale. This is especially true upon
the farm, and we will venture TO say
that the farmer who attends to the
exterior OF things ia general, such as
clean stables and animals, clean yagd-
and buildings, and fences in good repair
will obtain five to ten per cent more OF
the products of his farm than one " he
neglecIs such simple matters. If any
one doubts the effect OF external appear
! auce upon values in M 4rket or lse " here
let him try sending butter TO market IL
an old, weather beaten frkin, no mater
how God the butter or clean the ve~s.
may be inside. II this does not saIiz y
! Try some stained or dirty eggs, or hail.
plucsed pIultry. Producing a gOoc
article Is one thing, and sehIng il e
advantage is quite another, and the gOpc
saiesman generally makes the ms
money OF the two. The Importance OF
lair exterior can ssarcely be oVeresUI
mated. The principe is potent in any
; branch OF trade, and in every grade y
ocIety therefore IL is too inn OItaut L
overlooked or passed unheeded.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
Greenland COurtshin.

When the Danish missionaries had
secured the confidence of the Green
lAnders marriage was made a religious
ceremony. Formerly the man married
the woman as the Romans did the Sabine
women, by force. One Of the missions
aries, writing to his journal, describes the
style OF present courtship as follows:
The sutton, coming to the missionary
said, -" l should like to have wife"
" Whom ?" asks the missionary. The
man names the wO man.
q" Hast thou spoken TO her ?"
Sometimes the man will answer d" Yes
she is not unwilling, but thou knowest
wOmanhood." More frequently the
answer Is No" Why not?"
- 1t is difficult; girls are prudish
Thou must speak to her"
The missionary summons the girl, and
after little conversation, says:
" 1 think it time to have thee married. -
I won't marry"
What a pity l had a sutton for
thee"
" Whom ?"
The missionary names the man who
has sought his aid.
He Is good Tor nothing I won't
have him"
But" replies the missionary, ''he is
gOod provider; he throws bis harpoon
with skill, and ne loves thee"
Though listening 10 mis- praises with
evident pleasure, the girl answers: 81 ]
won't marry I won't have him."
Well, L won't force thee. I shall
soon find a vile for such clever fellow. -
Tne MISSIONARY remains silent a.
though he understood her mo" to have
endei the m after.
At last, with a sigh, she whispers
C. just as thou wilt have it, mis- -ionary
No" replied the clergyman, - a,
thou wilt; I'll not persuade Lhee.'
TheR with e deep grOan, comes the
yes" and the matter Il settled.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
chronological History of the American
Indians.

1920. Pilgrim Fathers to Indian
" Give Us Z little loNthOid here, dear
Indian"
1850 P F. to l.: q More room, please.
G. Il little rarther west, Indian "
100 ?. +. to L: Just colony or
two farther vest, Indian"
1850 P F TO / : please stay on your
side OF the Catskiu mountains, Indian"
1890. White man to Indian q" Indian,
you re IN the way. CO farther west"
1900. American Eagle to Indian: "NO
p5nt up UJjCa contracts our powers. The
whole uHbOunded continent is ours IN
jun, quit Ohio! !"
1920. A. E. to I Iujun, step on the
other side Of the Mississippi. You are
IN the way Of civilization and progress
1910. A L. 10 l.: " Iniun, get over
the Rocky mountains. You're a nui-
sauce"
1850 4 E. to /: "Iniun, we want
sll the land. Why can't you quit being
an Injun2 Be white man. Sell u.
the land fairly. Tangle itUp with deeds
quiJclaims, mortgages, liens, and all sorts
Of things, as we dc. Injun, now DO Try
and be civilized"
1860. a. E. to l.: Injun, you're il
the way everywhere. Do git eoutl Gt
north /. Go south Go anywhere &c
to the -! Only gO!"
1870. A. E, on locomotive, to Indian
Seat Gitl Clear the track Scat
ter This is no place for you herr
anyway"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
Tbo Duke OF sutherland's Castle.


Standing with its rampsrts snd towers
on the edge OF the stormy Norm sea'
Dunrobin completely fultills the notion
of q castle. It Is 80 large thar aS many
as one hundred guests have been puo up
at the same time 50 iar north So 20 oe
tyTentv-three coed hours from LONDON,
and vet the life in It Is so admirably or
gsuized as 20 combine all the comforts
and refinement of Msyfeid with the
keen, invigorating a CT the hill and the
sea There is none Of that friction
which some times makes the domestic
machinery jar 50 terribly. Every thing
seems to do itself without fuss or eE1fJy
and every thing to produce itself withS
in the dukes domain. A few miles on
is the Brora colliery, with its little rail-
road and little locomotive. This pro-
duces all the coal for the hOuse-ln
which, indeed, no other is allowed 10 be
used Behind the house is "Ths Hill,
peopled with deer and grouse. The
house is opened in the autumn to many
notable persons. The charm OF the lie
at Dunrobin is that the guests may do
exactly as they choose. The duke often
has out his private saloon carriage, aud
coupliug hi private locomotive ut, VIII
himself drive the psrty over the High-
land railroad, possibly to Lairg, 10 see
somewhat of those 1000 acres OF lana
which he has plowed, stoned and re-
claimed rom peat -moss and barren moor
The whole life is at once stately ano
pleasant, for both the duke and the
duchess have the art of combining much
dignity with unaffected Kindness ana ge-
nialiLy,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
Chief Iosenh,s Wonder.

In his interview with the President.
the other day, Chief Joseph, OF the Nez
Pres, wa asked what OF all the won
ders OF civilization he had seen in this,
his first trip to the east, impressed him
the most II WIS expected he would
name the great tepee," the Capitol,
but he replied without a N lmeut'5 hesi-
tstion that the most wonderful thing
that he mad ever seen was the bridge
over the Mississippi river at St. Louis,
and he went on 10 explain thai ne could
scarcely believe hIs eyes when he saw it.
He could build mountain Of stone like
the Capitol, but he cOuld not build a
spiders web that would stand alone in
me air. He was afraid to cross it, but
he saw that the pale-faCes were not afraid,
50 he wrapped his blanket around him
aud trembled as the train was going
over
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
Results Of Int ermarrIage.

Mr.. George Darwin, after a searching
investigation, concludes that the " wide
~ DIFF rent habits OF life o. men AM wo-
men of c.viliZ d nations especially
am ing the upl er class tend to counte-
rbalaEce any evil rom marriage be
tween healthy, c.-seiy related persons 4"
Mr.. Darwin's views Are in mea-ure
sustained by Dr.. Vurni's inquiry into
tn GOmmeue OF Btz BIZ Is a rocky
secluded, ucsan-washs-d peninsula OF the
Loire lnlerieure, France, containing
over 3 600 people OF simple habits, who
don't drink, and commit no crime. For
generations they have inteTmarried but
no cas-s hav- occurred o. deat-mut eism,
aibiuIsm. blindness or maltormation, ana
the number Of children born Is c1nsideTa-
bly, above the average.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20

The greatest work And what is that?
Il is something beyond any one OF the
seven wonders of the world2 Is it bigger
than the coliseum. higher than the
Pyramids, more splendid than St
Peters? It is wrought in scuiptured
marble, or laid in colors on the caDva-,
or lifted In pillar or architrave What
is the greatest work that man can do
It IS To build u p man in the image OF God
IL is tS make toe mortal fit or im NOR
tslity. 1t is to transform the image
o. the earthly into the image of the
heavenly. Nothing can equal in es.
sence, substance. or proportion, the
grandeur OF that labor which eventuates,
through prayers aud pains, in training a
oni.d 20 share all the royalties of q csles.
tlal birth, and TO come into the posses
sion, at last, of life incorruptible and
audefiled.- Ebert s Porter, d. D.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
Strange Puns From The Pulp t.

London World
There are preachers who delight in
startling their congregations, and some
ole -fsshioued people, at Brighton were
astounied 70 hear last Sunday he fol-
lowing CO ument on the text: he that
Is washed nesdeth not save 10 wash his
eet, but is clean every whit" " In
other words" he said, g. man needs no
more washing who is clean in toto (toe-
toe}." The same preacher made the
trials OF JOB the subject o. his discourse
a lew Sundays ago, when, after enumer-
ating the repeated messages of misfortune
which came fast one after another, he
gravely remarked: 1t Is characte riss
tic of Jobs simplicity of character that
he did not suspect this extraordinary
accumulation % trouble OF being a
hoax"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20

We do not sympathize with those who
think cold heads should be founu on
young shoulders" but we do believe in
strengthening and preparing those
young shoulders" TO carry the head
with firmness, with manly and wemanly
grace, when crowned with dignity and
weighty with the responsibilities of MAJ
turity. To this end we would have the
young longer limited to the sphere OF
discipline, subordination and study
longer subjected to domestic and practi-
cal training, than present custom seems
to sanction.
Our Sons and daughters come out too
ess.y. Irey some how cOntTiye 20 throw
of al too soon, ard TOO easily, parental
authority, and to think and act Tor them
! selves. Their minds are diverted from
| the most important studies and pursuits,
at just the period when months are worth
| precious years, and years comprehend in
! their results and advantages whole de-
csdes.
Why cannot our youth see that it il
character, culture, habit aud principles
that mske the man or woman? 1t is not
dress, nor gallahtriss, nor AirtatiOns, mol
affected airs, nor unsOiled andp, nor per-
sOnal beauty-neither is it wealthy
parents or friends, nor aught that wealth
N produce, that makes true and noble
man or woman, We have often founC
all these combined, where every element
of a high toned and desirable character
WAS wanting.-- Presby terian.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
Occupation and Health.

Dr. Richardson, speaking on health
ana lie, says: The most startling
tact of ali in reference to occupation and
health is that which is told of the inn
keepers and publIcaus. This class OF the
community is really at the lowest Of the
vital scale The cause, unhaVpily, is
not d Ecult tO!discover. There i~5nOthing
In the occupation of an innkeepeT as an
occupation, which can account for ITS
unheslthines5 on ordinary grounds Of la
Dor. II is not an occupation which
exposes those who fill /. 10 physical dan
ger, as the work OF the miner or the en-
CINE driver. / IS not an occupation
which makes great demand on the physi-
cal organism like that of the blacksmith
or rope-maker. x 4 It is not an Occu-
patton which brings those who follow it
to the miseries OF want and starvati N.
Why, then, is it. the occupation most
nearly allied to death The snswer is
simply told. The occupation Is the one
most nearly allied to alcohol. This
agent of death, which diauses danger
more or less among all classes OF work
ers, tempts most rapidly into destruction
those who are the dispensers of it."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
Parsee InnuisitiYeness.

The brusque iuquistiveufs1 o. the
Pars, e. WIS we'll illustrated a f-w week.
ago when a gentleman-say Mr.. Critic
was travelling by rail from Bombay 10
Calcutta His tellOw-pssseDRer WAS a
fat and sleek Parsee, who opened g con
vsr-atiou with g Just from England,
sir p Mr.. CIR fin replied that such was
the case. q" ", why not" said the
desc ndant OF Jamsed. " Hope you had
8 pleasant ptsssge?' Mr.. Griffin as
sured him that he bsd on which he wss
pIese nted with sn orange and the Obser
walton. % Yes, why not ? Just 50. God
Is great! hope your mother is well ?''
Mr.. Gcffin's mother WAS we'll, and he
said so, when his irrepressibie com pauiOn
prOceedei >, q" Have you a wife ?" g Yes."
80 OF course. Why not? God Is great
And she i well % Yes" g And
happy ?" Yes" And virtuous %
Mr. Gifia came to the conclusion that
the Parsees were queer people.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
THE suGNENa LITTLE HOUSE.

It hung in he sun, the little house,
II hung il the sun. and shons;
Ard through the walls / could hear ais vote
Who had II ali for his own.
The walls we're of wire, as bright as gold,
HTOusB IN pretty design;
The space bets cen fT " mo served,
and the floor was clean and fine.
There was plenty, too, 70 eat and drink,
q this It'll h use that shone
a luc- hing, 10 b. sure, YOU say,
a use ike this for ones own!
But the door was shut, and locked all tight
The key vas on the ou'sine;
The e VI was in Gu d not get out,
No matter hOF much be tired.
twas only prison sitter all,
This bril- h IJLl- house that sheue
Ah We wOul1 not wsat q house ike that.
No matter il 'twere our own!
And yet through the walls heard a voice,
OF the one Wk1 lived inside;
To warble S. cetec song each day,
1t did seem as If ne tined,
To open the doJr, he never sought,
Nor hutteTed in idle strife
He ate ana drank and tlept and sang,
And msde the BEST of his life.
And I, to myself, said every day,
AZ his chez song heard,
There a lesson 70 US IN every note
Of that little prisOHed bird.
We ali of US 1--we life Ike his.
We srs al walled on every side;
We all long TO 90 hundred things,
Which We could net # We tried.
We can spend our strength all fOelishIy
In q disconteEted strife;
Or We can be wise, and Laugh aud sing
AMI make the best of our life.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
Trout Jumping for Oxygen.
Truckss CEsv.) Republican.

The. recent cold weather has destroyed
the trout fishery OF G. Frazier, be-
tween Truckee and Lake Tahoe. The
trout require fresh running water, and
when the supply Is cut of Il is inpossi-
bic FOR them to survive more than two Oh
three days. On Tuesday night the tenn
peraturewas twenty>four degrees below
gro Solid ice filed up all the bitches
from the reservoir to the f-h ponds.
Ice covered the various ponds to great
!spth, and all the outlets were choked
with massive cakes of ice. Not drop
OF fresh water could reach the imprisoned
fish When the holes were cut in the
sur. ace of the ponds the large, beautiful
front would leap clear out of the water
IN their Efforts to get the oxygen, which
the water lacked. The fishery was the
finest one in the Sierra Nevada
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
Human Nature in a Load OF Wood.
Rachaster Mimi Record

There is better, more truthful Dor
travail Of human nature in a load of
wood, /. o, in the way it is loaded, than
in half the plays" we see, and for test
that s0n will not read the signs Alright
an uue.ring guide is given. When the
outside Of the load is straight, body OAK,
and the inside crooked Eastwood and elm
you may know the man who loaded it Is
an honest, confding soul, who wouldn't
cheat his own mother if the old lady
watched him too closely. Then there Is
the load OF solid oak; oak clear through
except about so cubic feet Of daylight
which the ingenious owner has incJrp9-
rated by g tancilUi arrangement OF the
ethereal element of his load. The bust
ness OF this mans life is TO sell three
quarters Tor four, AMI he most always
succeeds. The arrangement of this load
indicates rock-bottOmed integrity on the
part of the owner. There sre many
other kinds of loads, and the owner never
tails to hold the mirror up to his own
nature when he piles it on, but We skip
them all kept one b very scsrce variety
it is, and probably always will be. 1t is
composed of good, honest wood, and
there is Just as much Of it as the owner
claims. This indicates an entire lack OF
knowledge Of the wood business on the
pa,t of the owner, but such dense ignO~
rance Is seldom Exhibited here.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
The ALahbnfh.

am more and more sure by expert
ence, that the reason tor the observance
of the Sabbath lies deep in the everlasL-
ing necessities of human nature. and
that, as long as q man is a man, the
blessedness of keeping it, not as day of
rest only, but as day of spiritual rest,
will never be annulled. ! certainly do
feel by experience the eternal obligation,
because of the eternal necessity, OF the
Sabbath. The soul withers without it.
1t thrives in proportion toits observance.
The Sabbath was made Tor man. God
made it for men IN q certain spiritual
state, because they needed it. the
need, therefore, is deeply hidden in
human nature. He who can dispense
with it must be holy and spiritual in
deed And he who, still unholy and
unspirituaI, would yet dispense with It
il man that would tain be wiser than
his Maker We, Christians as we are
still need the lay, Doth in its restraints
and its aid to oar weabbess.-CF F. w
Il 5bertsOn
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20
A Charlie boss Mystery Cleared Up.
Springfield lMass.) Union.

Springfield lMass.) Union.
A romance OF real life stranger than
any fiction, has recently had It's 6e"O1e-
n1eat, one OF the parties most interested
being a resids Mt o. this civ. This Is g
widow lady whose name we are not at
liberty to make public for the present,
VINO has T Gently discovered the where
abJuts Of q long lost dsUghte~, stolen
from her twenty~seVen years sgQ when
an infant The lady, though a resident
OF Springfield tor sOle years past, is q
native Of Hartford county, Conn and
went with her husband, alter her mar
rage. 10 western New YORK, which WIS
then q good deal of q wilderness as COM
pared with lis condition now. Her hrst
child, q girl, WIS born there, and she WAS
on her way to r5JOin her husband after a
temporary separation when the infant
ggs stolen from her during q long stage
Journey, aud she has never seen the child
since, though, Is noted above. she has
recently discovered that size is alive and
living IN Wisconsin, where she Is mar
Red and hss three children.
The anguish OF the mother at losing
her first~oorn child can De conceived hut
not described. a long fit OF sickness
followed, and after her recovery all pos
sible search was made for the missing
babe, but without success. But the
mother never gave up hope of hearing of
her child, and alter tweBty-seYen years
had elapsed, heE faith and patience have
at last bseu rewarded. 1t seems sine
always sus ected man who carried b. ?
ST me fifteen miles by private conveyance
to meet tue stage, when on her way to
Join ner husband, OF stealing the child,
with the intention Of adopting It as his
his own Sac now knows that he has
the abducJor He gave il 10 al accom-
plice, who took it s5me fifty miles across
the border mo PenDsy lyania, where it
was placed in 2 family, with 3 sum Of
money sufficient 10 provide Tor It's wants
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20

'G8Ve lie Manly BOys-NOt BOyiEh Mem
AS we listened to the uttersnce of this
sentiment by enc beloved and honored
we were deeply impressed with its
force and importance. We mentally
added-give US, also, wOmanly girls--uct
girlish women.
But who are % give Us such boys and
girls ? Is there any special need for such
demand at the present day
Upon the parents, guardians and
educators of our youth does society make
thisclaim, and it needsno marked astute
ness 10 describe the necessity of the claim.
The great aim Of the juveniles OF both
sexes now-aedays, it would seem, is IL
doff as early AS possible the habiliments
that SAVIOR Of childhood, and to don thos-
af maturity, together with the habits aud
manners OF the beau and the belle We
hate too sudden transitions from the
nursery aud short clothes to society -
snd full dress.
The time our young people should
sneud in preparing for lie they are too
eager to devote 10 selI-exhibition and
the enjoyment OF lie.
And our daughters marry while vet
4bev need maternal guidance, and as our
80 Isunch out upon life without STAN
- witbout moral development, without
, 80, vigor, they find themselves bows
me- thew should show themselves ncn
I,acanse forsooth, they neglected the
- oulture in their boyhood which
Inonia have secured a strong maturity.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-20

Tor some time. His evident intention was
to reclaim the child when he could do so
without suspicion. But the time never
came when he dared to do it, and the
little girl grew up the adopted child of
the family, finally married the younger
brother Of the master of the house, and
removed to Wisconsin, where the family
is prosperous and happy. COmmunica-
tiOn has been established for some months
now between the mother and the daugh-
ter, and photographs exchanged, which
would leave no doubt of the relationship
If any had existed before. They propose
to have a meeting soon near the scene OF
| their tragic parting more than quarter
of century ago. What q messing 1t
will be