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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-04
Saint Paul and the lnfidel.

A Christian was speaking to an inf
del of salvation through Christ.
Pshaw ~ said the infidel, in tone
of disgust, " this preaching of the cross
is to me perfect foolishness."
The gentleman smiled.
You and st. Paul agree exactly" he
said, quietly.
How so ?" asked the scoffer, in some
surprise.
Turning to Paul's first epistle to the
Corinthians, the other read:
''The preaching of the cross is to them
that perish foolishness."
The infidel was so struck by the truth
of this statement that he felt himself
impelled to read the Bible for himself
He began at once, and the result was his
conviction of its truth, and his accep-
tance of the Gospel that he had de-
spised.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-04
For THE TIMES.
ThrMoNr. O.. Februarv 81 1sl

FREMONT, o., February 2l, 1879.
MIR. EDITOR thinking few items
from Ohio would interest your many
readers, pen the following description
of the country between the cities of Ur-
bana and Springfield. The first-named
Is the county seat of Champaign county
is very fourlshing City. The last
named is about the size of the city of
Harrisburg, and is one of the greatest
manufacturing cities in the West. Here
the world-renowned Champion Reapers
are manufactured, and here, too, the far
famed Turbine Water Wheel was first
invented and made, besides great many
more of minor Importance. The Cham
pion works occupy twenty acres of land.
Their buildings are all substantially
built of brick and present a handsome
appearance.
The country between these two cities
is drained by the waters of Mad river,
slow, sluggish stream about the width of
Sherman g creek but great deal deeper.
This piece of country is called the Mad
River Valley, and is, undoubtedly, the
richest valley in the State. Farmers
last season raised 100 bushels of corn per
acre and had one of the largest wheat
crops | have ever seen, The hills (if /
can call them such) to the West of the
river are covered with beech and ash
timber, while to the East they are COW
cred with oak and hickery.
The roads, or pixies, are kept in better
condition here than in Pennsylvania
They use nothing but gravel to build
pixies here, there being no stone in the
country.
About six miles North of Springfield
is the town of fremont City, the birth
place of the Detective Association. But
for fear of occupying too much of your
valuable space, close, hoping this may
be of interest to your many readers.
GEO. NJ. YOST.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-04
Value of the Home Paper.

A LARGE proportion of the people
IA in every community do absolutely
nothing to support their local papers,
and yet reap the benefit-in dollars and
cents-every day, of the editors work.
A man will say, Advertising does no
good in my business it may be necessa-
ry for dry goods men, or milliners, but
it's of no use in my business; have to
keep men on the road and get my custo-
mers by going after them - and yet
the fact is that the town in which he
does business would be unknown, the
railroad over which he ships his goods
would be unbuilt, and he himself un-
heard of, were it not for the newspaper,
which he says does him no good. The
local newspaper is of benefit to every
man in the community, just as much as
the local government ; and when man
refuses to contribute to the support of
the paper, on the ground that it " does
him no good he might just as well re-
fuse to pay his taxes for the support of
the courts and the police, on the ground
that he "never breaks the law, and
doesn't need any officer" There are
men who imagine themselves to be per-
fectly honest, and very pious, who are
doing business in every community and
every day appropriating to their own
use the fruits of other mems labors, by
reaping the benefits of the newspaper
without contributing cent to its sup
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-04

great deal of 1t, 1 assure YOU" Doctors,
by dlnt Of long practice, acquire great
command over the facial muscles. Our
doctor was master of his. He surveyed
the flowery page with outward compos-
ure, but within, his soul was rent with
u convulsion of wonder aud merriment
which was terrible.
How inthe world did 1 come by
that nonsensical farrago Y' he asked
himself; "and how ever am expected
to explain to this poor little soul 2"
And suddenly 1t popped into his head, 1,
"Why notp What with the blue rib
bons, the flushed cheeks, the pleasant
little room, his full knowledge of her
sweet temper and lady-like ways, the
idea was not unattractive.
Not a bad thing for any of us,' he
muttered, half aloud
"What did you say ?" inquired Miss
Usher.
1 say" responded the doctor, with
great presence of mind, " that you have
heard enough-quite enough of this ag-
itating topic for tonight You won't
sleep wink if I let you go on. Go to
bed at once, please, and tomorrow I'll
come again and discuss it thoroughly"
and, after gallant taking, he stole
out on the professional tip-toe, saying to
himself: "I'll sleep over it, at all
events.''
need go no farther. When wild
over asks himself, "Why not ?" and
decides to "sleep over it." the case is set
tied beyond peradventure.
don't think Miss Usher, now Mrs.
Raymond, knows to this day exactly
how it was ; though the doctor cleared
himself some time later of the responsi-
bility of the verses. And / shall never
believe to my dying moment that the
idea would ever have entered his head
had it not been for the accident to Bob's
little venture. Poor Bobl That cupid,
with parti- -colored wings, failed in his
duty as far as he was concerned; but
then he turned around and wove a spell
for two other people; and perhaps that
is as much as one can expect of a
cupid
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-04

port; and yet they would be terribly
shocked II they should be charged with
stealing wood from their neighbors. But
the principle is just the same, the only
difference being that in one case the law
can reach them, and in the other 1t cah-
not; but, morally, 1t is just as dishonest
to steal the fruit of your neighbours en-
terprise, as to steal his fuel or his chick
ems. Too much credit cannot be given to
the weekly newspapers for the work IL
has done, and is still doing, for the ben
eft of this country Western Home
stead.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-04
Strange Jealousy.

There was a strange scene at a funeral
in Pittsburgh the other day. The de-
ceased was a young married lady, who
at one time had received the attention of
a gentleman who afterwards married
another lady. The last-named lady was
present at the funeral, and when the
services were over she went up the cof-
fin and talked in q very excited manner,
showing that she was jealous of the de-
ceased, and she declared that should her
husband approach to look at the corpse
she would tear out his eyes. The wom-
an became so violent that 1t was found
necessary to remove her from the room
and to request her husband, who was out
side, not TO enter the house. All the
parties occ upy high social positions, and
the disgraceful incident causes con sid
cradle talk.-Er.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-04

"a "Glory !" exclaims the Philadel-
phia " Bulletin" Likewise hallelu-
jah. Also to some extent, hurrah ~ 1t
is pleasant to see enthusiasm curbed
down to dignity like that. Hip, hip,
hur-sthop leetlel" exclaimed per-
son of German mind last Tuesday night,
deliberately opening his vest. " Wait
till putten mine sushbender.n
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-04
MARRIAGE AND HEAITH GnInE.

lA pages, fine illustrations price 20 cents. A
book for private, careful r. aiding by both sexes
married or single, explaining wonders and mys-
teres OF sexual systemf reproduction, marriage
lmpedlments, etc. causes. consequence and cure.
Sold az office or by mail, sent securely sealed on
receipt % price IN money or postage stamps Ad-
burgh, Pa. W46Iv
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-04
DIR. WHITTIER.
No. aO9 Penn Street, Pittsburgh, Pa,

No. 3O2 Penn Street, Pittsburgh, Pa,
Continues to afford reliable special treatment OF
Private and Urinary Diseases Perfect cure
guaranteed. SpermatOrrhOea or Seminal Weak
ness resulting from selfabuse. or sexual excess,
producing nervous debility, night emissions. de-
spOndency, dizziness, dinlness Of sight, pinples
OF the lace, weakness Of mind and body, and
nnaily imp0tency, loss OF sexual power, sterilty,
ETC.. uniting the victim for marriage or bus ness
ana IenderlnR HE miserable. are permanently
cured ~ shortest possible time GonOrrheas
FLEET, Structures, al Urinary diseases and syphl-
GERS In the mouth throat or on other Darts on the
body, are perfectly cured, and the blood poison
thoroughly. eradlcated from the system DIR.
WHITTIER Is regular graduate OF medicine as
his diploma at office shows; his life long special
experience In all private Diseases with purest
m dieine prepared BY himself, enables him to
cure difficult cases after others fa-it Is self EVIL
dent that a physician treating thousands OF eases
every year acquires great skill. The establish
ment Is central and retired, aud so arranged that
patients see the doctor ouly. Consultation and
correspondence private andf free Pamphlets sent
sealed for stamp. Medicines sent evefywhere. -
Hours 9 A. M to 4 p. M, and P. M. 10 SP M!
Sundays from 10 A. M, to / p M. Everybody
should read the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
A Grocer's Trick.

This happened long sgo-in the early
days of polis--and is related to
show that even in those days the grocer
was mp to snuff A certain well known
individual, now g resident OF st. Cloud,
was dealing in groceries in Minneapolis
then, and told the story himself the other
day, as follows:
f'I happened to strike four chests of
tea, which ] bought at q baTgain-25
cents pound. These four chests of tea
were all of the same quality and brand,
but were all had, and OF course IS my
customers expected g variety of prices,
[ accommodated them. l turned the
| tell-tale side of the chests toward the
wall, and marked the tea to suit the Gus
tomers. Deacon -, still q resident oi
/ the city, came in one day after some tee
and wanted good article. gave him
/ q sample from each of the four chests tC
| take home and try, stating their respec-
tive prices as 35, so, 70 cents and 81 {
pound. Well, after testing the samples
| he returned and rendered his decision, a
| follows:
That 35-cent tea is very fair article
| for the price; the 90 cent tea is muci
/ better the 75.cent tea is excellent, anC
the dollar tea Is very superior article
1 csn assure you. But ] can't quite g
that figure. Let me have 10 pounds o
the 75Scent teal"
He was accommodated. How grocer
have changed since theni
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
A Formidable Weapon.
Chieapo TrIbuns.


A dispatch appeared in the Tribune
few days since to the effect that the war
department. had ordered some of the
rev Hotchkiss guns tor use upon the
plains. The descriptions of tnis new and
terrible arm show that 1t is constructed
somewhat upon the plan Of the Gatllng
gun, but that it is tar more effective lt
consists Of q group of i've revolving bar.
rels, with q breech- block, hopper ana
crank. The barrels are Ct huid, com.
pressed steel, 51.23 inches long, and rifed
IN twelve grooves. The trunnions are 50
mounted .hat the gun can be trained 70
make q small angle with the axis OF the
carTiage. The total length OF the gun ls
rs "a inches, its weight 1,lO0 pounds,
and the caisson carries 600 ro0nGs.
Both shot and shell are used, the former
being Of steel and the latter OF east-1ron.
The experiments thus far made have
| been with those constructed Tor naval
use. which differ somewhat IN their
/ srrspcements from the field guns. though
| botb are worked upon the same princi-
/ Ole The Dutch commandant OF naval
artillery, who has thoroughly tested
them. considers that torGedo boats can
not have the slightest chances OF SUCCESS
/ against them. We have seen no accounts
] of the use OF the field guns, but from the
+ action Of the war departne in ordering
them it is evident that the experiments
with them must have been fully a. sIlc-
! eessipl - those with the naval guns
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

ing and buying the mineral, then melt
ing it as their own. They know Just
what they make every day. They are
smelling, and putting up two new fur
paoes and a w-mill for saving their
own lumber. Mr.. Butsch is not making
less than one hundred dollars every day
of his life. His settlement furnished the
brightest picture of enterprise saw dur
ing my journey. As for Leadville, my
advice is, stay away. It may not be as
easy TO starve TO death elsewhere, but il
can be accomplished in time even at
other places with 8 saving of railroad
fare and many miles Of rough riding in a
staCe-cOach !"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
ONE YEAR AGO.

One year ago a ringing voice,
a clear blue eye
And clustering eurls Of sunny hair
Too fair to die.
Only one year-no voice, no emile.
No glance Of eye,
No clustering eurIs Of golden hair,
Fair but 70 die.
One year ago, what lave. what schemes
" hat joyous hopes, what high resolves;
What generous strifel
The silent pic ure on the:wan,
The burial stone,
Of all that beauty, life and Joy
kemsin alone
One year, one year, one little year,
And so much gonel
And yet the even flow OF life
Moves calmly on.
The grave grows green, the flowers bloom
Above the head;
No sOrrOwing tint OF leaf or spray
Gays he is dead.
No pause, or hush, or merry birds
That sing above,
Tell US how coldly sleeps below
The form we love.
Where hast thou been this year, beloyed9
WnaL mast thOu scent
What rising fair, what glorious life,
Where hast thou been2
The veil the yeill 20 thin, SO strengi
'TGixt US and thee
The mystic ven when shall it fall,
That We may reel
Not dead, not sleeping, not even gone,
But present still,
And waiting for the eomiRg hour
Of Gods sweet viii.
Lord of the living sndsthe dead,
Oar Saviour deari
We lay in silence at Thy feet
This sad, sad year.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27


THE plague fright at Berlin has re-
called the extraordinary precautions
taken during the cholera epidemic of
1881. A cord was drawn in front of
houses supposed to be infected. The
keys were given to a police agent, who
three or four times day went to see
what the inmates wanted. He then
placed what he brought them on the
outside near the door. The money was
put into glass of vinegar, and the agent
took it out with spoon. The paper on
which the commissions we're written he
took up with pincers. When sick per-
son was taken to the hospital police
agent preceded the vehicle with bell,
and two soldiers kept every one away
from the sick person. The doctors wore
loaks and masks of oilcloth. The skin
of dogs land cats being deemed particuA
larly favorable to the dissemination Of
the disease, persons were recommended
to kill them, except where they were
positively necessary. For months the
inhabitants lived in trepidation, and an
old lady actually hanged herself for fear
OF the cholera reaching her. The pre-
cautions gradually became matter for rid
icule,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
An AfiIetiOn to the Orange Groves,


A gentleman who has lately returned
from Lake Charles reports a most seriS
Gus calamity TO the valuable orange
groves OF that section. Some time ago
an insect appeared in the bark of the
trees and is now devastating the entire
country. Those engaged IN orange cul-
ture have tried every specific to kill the
pest, but so far all remedies have proved
futile, and they despair of saving their
valuable source of revenue. The insect
is popularly supposed to have originated
from lemon peelings, which were thrown
out in the rear of a bar room. This
opinion is founded upon the fact that the
insects were first discovered in the or.
chard adjoining the bar-room. IRE in
scots are rapidly spreading, and it is cor
sidered dangerous to import any trees u
cuttings from the locality, lest they be
infected ,and communicate the pest =
the orange trees in Texas,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

HARPER's DRAWER tells OF little
three -year-old whoss mother was mixing
a simple cough medicine fer him. he
watched the process, and asked II Is was
"goOd." He was permitted TO taste,
and exclaimed, It's awful good, NAM
ms. Let's keep it all for papa,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

high silver combs in dark hair. Fancy
aide combs are again worn.
A fancy new style OF jewelry OF brt
dbrao order has the celebrated "Will0W
pattern" seen on bfue Chinese plates,
engraved upon silver disks for earrings
hro.oaA
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

in New York institutions ought TO give
weight to his opinion, concludes thst,
''philosophieally speaking all men are in.
sane"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

THE oft-repeated story that the Qua
kers are decsying body does not seem to
be true, for an English journal asserts
positively that not only has the falling off
in tie number of members of the society
been checked for many years, but com
psratively rapid growth has also occurred
during the last few years, This is marked
by the increase of some of the older
meetings" of the body both in En-
gland and America, and by the spread
of the denomination into other countries,
if even on a small scale. NotWithstand
ing emigration, there is an addition to
the small number of Quskers in Norway
and Denmark, and monthly meeting
has been established in Syria. Some
time ago a Friends mission was begun
at Mount Lebanon, and there are a fcore
of members there.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

DIR. JOHN s. CHRIsTIsoN asserts in
letter to the Omaha Herald that men
are not born criminals, lunatics or drunk
ards. "They may" he says, "inherit "
abnormal dispositions which, by healthy
habits, become so intensified as to over
rid, the effort of nature to bring them to
a healthful state, anu they may there
By become creatures of delusion. vice
or crime. But any inherited diseased
disposition can be mitigsted by sanitary
observances. The doctor AYERS that
the skulls of the worst criminals
will average as well in formation as the
skulls Of church elders Is 1 have N.Y.
SELF" he continues, examined over a
hundred brains Of lunatics and crimi-
mails on BlackwelPs island, New York,
and do not one. recollect of having OBJ
served any anatomical deformity that
may not be found among rational
and well.behaved persons" DIR Christi
SOD, whose experience as s medical officer
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

The Railway Age puts tn annuale
cost of working a Pullman car, including
the employees pay, at $4,000. To defray
the cost of maintaining and running, let
alone the profit, an average of seven
berths a night must be kept up. The
company keep up the discipline Of their
servants by means Of a staff of inspect
ors' who report on the efficiency Of the
conductors, &c.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

THERE are now ION the rolls Of the
pension Office the names of 10, ,407 SOL
diers of the war of 1912, and Of the
widows of soldiers of that war, 3. 3.725.
Considering that the war of 1872 closed
more than sixty'three years ago, these
rolls show some Of the most remarkable
instances of longevity on record.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

The mania for spending large sums in
forts and big guns still obtains in Italy.
The forts around Spezia are now receiv.
ing a supply Of 1O0-ton guns cast at Tu-
rim, to be placed SO as to command the
entrance OF the vast harbor. Spezia it,
self is miserable hole, not worth the
powder snd shot intended to protect it,
even If it could be protected against any
OF the larger European naYfes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

THE Grand Lottery of the Sacred
Heart was Montreal scheme for endow-
ing several Roman Catholic institutions
and had the warm endorsement of Bish-
op Fabre. The tickets were one dollar
each, and the prizes amounted to $272,-
7SS. The advertising was extensive, and
the sales were heavy at first, but latterly
the project has been abandoned as a fail>
uIe. Although there is no charge of
dishonest intentions, the ticket-holders
will get nothing for their money.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

THE great objection to the Tennessee
law compelling insurance companies to
pay the full amount OF the policies when
the loss is total is that it offers induce
ments TO incendiarism but the compan-
les have brought it upon themselves by
their attempt 20 take advantage of every
iegA quibble to avoid the payment of
claims that are just.
OEE-THrRD of Chicago's population
is German, and nearly equal proper
tion of the public school teaching isdone
In the German language. The board Of
education proposes to exclude au Ian
guages except English from the schools,
lnlesstaught simply as accomplishments,
and the Germans are holding public
meetings in opposition to the measure.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

NEW York seems as fond of roast
horse flesh as Paris is. Within the last
month two large stables have been
burned and each time over fifty horses
We're roasted to death. A great number
OF horses have been thrown out of en-
ployment since the elevated railroad be-
gan running, and as the horses were all
insured the singular event Of two such
horseNdestroying fires becomes less singu-
lar.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
FACTS AND FANCIEs.
ABoUr RKN ADHEAI.

AbUUL EllLN lllllllllll
About Ben Adhem (maT his tribe inoreasel
AvFoke one night from dream g piece
OF pie he'd ate the nSght bsfOre
DESTROYED his siuEabsr and broke his snoes.
And By the light Of q fat dvtodhnz tsPsEs
sc saw fellow writing on paper
Ben Adhera having cursed the 9isce o. Pis,
Al the ehsp s writing ginked his eye
And said q nv friend, you sling nasty gull.
TViirf tsIl me y hat you wTite2' rsd he, VII.
write the names Of those that love fheiE nsign-
.And Is mine the1s1' &" It Is" he sid, " be
jabera.
These are the names Of those alone
Who to their fellows always give loans
10 those distressed thRy take and give oono,
And ten per cent is the interest ehsrEea thsFec1.
he vanished left bankrupt list
And loI Ben Adhe7n's nsme LED ali the rest
-OH City DeTTick.