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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27

Having taken the flless of beef from
the broijer. after broiling several min
utes. place them in dish and pour the
Dutch sauce around it, ready for use.
BITS OF WISDOM.
If the dough is net kneeded firmly IN
making puff paste, the butter will run
out in cooking.
Yolk of eggs is as nourishing as white,
though little heavier.
In making puff paste the batter should
be free frem milk and butter. SqueeZ-
ing it in clean towel win take ont all
supeIfuous juice.
In making Turkish soup the rice should
be washed before using, TO prevent it
elOgging when boiled.
For ali sorts of cooking except sick
rom beef suet is preferable, because
richer, essier dissolved and more digesti-
BILE.
Milk soup is very nice dish for chill
dTen or sick persona.
In frying anything the fat should never
be allowed to boil. It's proper hest for
frying may be known by observation.
When it reaches 375 degrees of heat q
faint blue smoke rises which tells that
it is ready for use, IF, however, it be-
gins to smoke before the things to be
fried are ready to go in it It's tendency
to boil may be checked by throwing in 3
raw pOtsto or q piece OF bread, which
gives it something to work on.
Fish and ether dishes often come upon
the table very greasy. The way to pre-
vent this Is to place brown or white
paper over them, letting it touch the
greasy surface. Paper sbsorbs fat.
Clarified at Is q great economy in
cooking. It may be used in making
plain pastry ano even apple dumplings.
The same tat may be used for different
bookings. One lot may be used twenty
or thirty times simply by adding little
more fat when it becomes weak.
In making spple>dumplings it is best
to put q little sugar inside the apple
before putting it in the stove. The
melting of the sugar helps to thaw the
apple.
Onions may be soaked all night With~
out taking the flavor out of them.
In making an Irish stew the suet should
be chopped finely and the dough kneaded
as lightly IS possible. The less it is
kneaded the lighter the crust will be.
The following Is the recipe for milk
soup:
Two new potatoes; one quart Of cold
water one ounce dripping of clarified
fat, butter or lard one and halt ounces
hne sage or taploca one pint OF mix
pepper and salt. Boil together in the
water the fat, potatoes, pepper ana salt.
When The potatoes get soft make them
smooth with-a wooden spoon then add
milk and tapiOcs or sage. Let the whole
simmer tor ten minutes.
Here Is the .ecipe tor potato croquet:
One pound mashed potatoes; one egg
one tablespoonful of milk little pepper
and salt a few spooniuls Of bread crumbs
and cracker dust. Potatoes must be
mashed when thoroughly dry. When
mashed throw in a small quantity of
salt, 8 tablespoonful of milk, little
pepper and the yolk of an sgg. Stir the
yolk with the potatoes over a fire till
thoroughly dry. Flour the board well
take little of the mashed potato and
roll lightly in the -four; make them into
any shape. When the croquet is well
formed beat well up the white of one
egg; roll the cIoquet in it; throw over
ali little bread crumb or cracker dust.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
Ouinfne.

Among all known remedies for disease,
none perhaps has such universal use as
quinine. In its place it may be regarded
as a specific, and a Samson in accom-
plishing its work. The discovery of
quinine is of comparatively recent date,
having been made by a French chemist,
Pelletler, about sixty years ago, and for
which discovery the French academy
awarded him a prize Of ten thousand
francs. Its value in all forms OF levers,
especially those of remittent and inter-
mittent forms, can not be oyer-estimated.
AS tonic and Prophylactic in all MAJ
larial districts, no known remedy can Tor
a moment be compared to it, and it
would be difficult to find a substitute in
case the supply should become exhausted.
The high price of the genuine Bolivian
cinchona calisaya, owing to its universal
use and the limited region from which it
is obtained, offers great temptation to
palm off upon the market other than the
genuine. The banks thus obtained fur
nish quinidine, instead of quinine, and
the article in the market is thus largely
diluted and impoverished, and the hu-
man family suffers in consequence. Con-
siderable attention has been attracted to
this imposition, and the careful physi-
clan depends much upon the names of
the manufacturing chemist. While the
quinine, as we remarked, was discovered
only sixty years ago, the cinchona bark
has been q well known remedy for over
two centuries. In fact, there is q 70
nance about its discovery and its name.
In 1888 the countess of Cinchon, the
wife OF the governor Of Peru, was seized
with violent fever, and was cured by
an infusion of what was known before as
Peruvian bark, or Jesuit's bark. From
this fact the name of the countess was
associated with the bark, and from Gin
chon it has become cinchona. 1t is
found growing on the highlands of Peru,
New Grenada, Ecuador and Bolivia. It
grows in isolated clusters from FIVE
thousand to ten thousand feet above the
sea level, and it is work of great hard
ship TO gather it for the market. The
forests are dense, and every foot of the
way has to be hewn through to reach the
trees in their high position. The trees
grow about eighty feet in height, and
every part OF the tree is robbed of its
bark and destroyed when found. The
attempt to grow the trees in other lati~
tudes has frequently been made, and
with some degree of success. The Ger
man government, in 1854, sent an expeS
ditiOn to Peru, and a large number 10
plants were obtained and planted in
Java, and the promise there is good. In
1860, through the influence of the East
India company, Sir Robert Christison
and DIR. oyle, a second planting of trees
| was made in southern India, Ceylon, and
upon the slopes of the Himalayas, as
we'll as in British Burmah and the island
of Mauritius. The reports from these
localities as to the thrift of the plants
are most gratifying, and remove the
well-s rounded fears which were before
entertained, that in a few years the Gin
chona forests would be annihilated.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
Artificial Diamonds.

In examining the papers of their de-
ceased father, J n. Gsunal, Messrs. A.
and T. Gaunal found one which pUr-
ported to be copy of a memoir pre-
sented by him to the Paris academy of
sciences in 1928, and which gave an ac-
count OF q process for the artificial pro-
duction OF diamonds. The academy
simply buried the communication in its
archives, and never mentioned it IN any
way. The substance of this document
is now published in " LIE Monde de Sci
ence ct de PIndustrie," from which we
take the following particulars Equal
weights of carbon sulphide and of phos
phorus. both SIS pure as possible, are put
in a flask, and little water added which
floats on the top aud prevents the sui
phiie from turning to vapOr and taking
ire. The whole having been placed in
some situation where it will not be dis
turbed, the sulphur of the sUlphides
combines with the phosphorus and re-
leases the carbon, which falls to the bot
tom and assumes a crystalline form
This result takes place slowly, and not
till after the lapse of six months was NJ.
Gaunal able to obtain diamonds the size
of grain of millet- seed. AS to the pur-
ity of these small diamonds it was proved
by the strictest tests, and that not only
by M. Gaunal, but also by others. The
experiment was repeated several times In
the course OF many years by M. Gaunel,
and always with the same result. The
artificial diamonds consist of pure car
bon in dodecahedral crystals, and they
scratch steel like the natural diamonds.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
10 Cut Glass without a Diamond.

Carpenters, joiners and csbinetamak-
eTs are frequently called upon to fit
glass to frames or sashes where no glass
has been prepared to suit under such
circumstances it would be well to know
how to cut glass to answer their purpo
ses, without the aid of diamond. Many
persons may not be aware that glass can
be cut under water, with great ease, to
almost any shape, by simply using pair
of shears or strong scissors. In order
to insure success, two points must be at
tended to first and most important, the
glass must be kept quite level in the
water while the scissors are applied !;
and, secondly, to avoid risk, it is better to
begin the cutting by taking of small
pieces at tie corners and along the edges,
and 80 reduce the shape gradually to that
required, rs if any attempt is made to
cut the glass all at once to the shape, as
we should cut piece OF cardboard, it
will most likely break just where it Is
not wanted. some kinds of glass cut
much better than others, the softer
glasses being the best for this purpose.
The scissors need not be at all sharp, as
their action does not seem to depend on
the state of the edge presented to the
glass. When the operation goes on well,
the glass breaks away from the scissors in
small pieces in a straight line with the
blades This method OF cutting glass
has often been of service when diamond
has not been at hand, for cutting ovals and
segments, and though the edges are not
so smooth as might be desired for some
purposes, yet it will answer in a great
many cases. The two hints given above,
if strictly followed, will always insure
success.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
mOusEuoLD HELPS.

BUTTERMILK PIEs.-One cup sugar,
two cups buttermilk, two eggs, two
tablespoon uls -four, two tablespoOnfuls
butter flavor with lemon. This makes
two pies.
INDIAN CAKE One pint OF sweet
milk, one egg, two large tablespoonfUls
OF molasses, two of melted butter, one
and one-half cups of corn meal, one cup
-four, one teaspoonful cream tartar, one
half teaspooniul soda, little salt mix
together, then chop some sweet apples
about the size of raisins and stir In and
bake.
To DESTROY INSECTS ON PLANT rs
Take of quassia chips 81 ounces, lark
spur seed drachms; boil these together
in pints water until the decOction is
reduced TO 5 pipts. When the liquid il
cooled it is to be strained, and used with
s watering pot or syringe, as may be most
convenient. This is most excellent
method of destroying insects on plants,
without injury to the latter. 1t is recon-.
mended by the highest ut lority.
SCOTCH SHORT BREAD.-Four pounds
-four, two pounds shortening (half lard
and half butter), one egg, and as much
milk rs would i'll an egg-shell; beat well
together, and add to the -four and butter,
with one pound of fine sugar then with
your hands work the whole until it is
soft enough to roll out on your baking
board about half an inch thick cut into
any form you may wish pinch the edge
with your finger and thumb and bake.
To KEEP BEEF STEAKs.-Have the
steaks cut about the usual thickness.
Mix together some salt, sugar, and some
finely powdered saltpeter. In an earthsn
lar lay a steak, and sprinkle it with this
mixture put on another, and sprinkle
the same as before, and over all turn a
plate with q heavy weight on it. THIS
will form a brine OF its own. and the
meat will keep sweet in this way for a
long time. You can take it out to boil
in the usual way. This is very good
receipt for people who live away tTom
cities. Do not let it freeze.
BAKED FIsH.-Take any mics fish, boil
it. remove the bones, and chop consider
able parsley very fine, with one small
onion. Have about as much bread
crumbs as fish Take q pudding DISH
and butter it, then iay ia q lageV Of
bread crumbs, then lsyeT q, fish, end-
ing with the -bread-cFumEsf Dix your
parsley and onion with salt ard pepper
through your bread CRUMBS. Put Jumps
OF butter aver the top, s very slight
grating OF nutmeg, and pQus over it. al
sweet cream e very rich milk. till il
rises nearly 70 ne top Bake in a quick
oven till il has q lie, rich brown crust
BaowN SoUP.-Take cold roast bee
or fowl, cover it with cold water, let thin
simmer for 2 hours, then take out the
meat and strain the liquid, Have chop
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
The AntlnuItE of Weaving.

The earliest records of the art of
weaving are to be found in the Old Tes-
ament. Pharaoh arrRyed Joseph in the
50 vesturss of fine linen," and Job lamen-
ted that his days were switter than the
weaver's shuttle, the use of the simile
,roving that the shuttle was a common
and well known object at the time.
Portions of wsven cloth and q weayer's
shuttle have been found among the re-
mains of the lake dwellings, and as the
latter are believed to belong to the stone
age, the origin of the art may possibly
have been nearly CONFIDENT with the orr
gin of man. Few, If any savage races
have been discovered entirely ignorant
OF the art, and many of them have
brought it to q considerable degree Of
perfection while the relics of the ancient
Perugians and Egyptians show that they
were Skilled weavers. Some fragments
of Egyptian cloth were found on exsmi-
nation to be woven with threads of about
one hundred hanks to the pound, with
one hundred and forty threads to the
inch in the warp, and sixty-fOur in the
wool. Although the art Was practiced
extensively, and with no mean skill, In
very ancient times, it progressed slowly
and grsdually-by small steps, at long
tervals. The great advances in the
art of weaving have been made during
the past 800 years, mainly during the
past century.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
Wanted An IndOrser.

A Vallejo (Cal } butcher was over in
the mountain wilds OF Contra Costa the
other day, buying meat on the boot.
He found an Old Mlssourian with
thousand cattle on q hill, living in all
the simplicity of primitive life as it is
generally discovered q thousand miles
rom the outpOsts OF civiliza ion. In
appearance he looked something like the
picture one sees OF Robinson Crusoe In
the books, after the latter had worn out
all MS good clothes But the caJtleiWeTe
tat, and the ValiejOan bought what he
wanted. When il came to settling for
them, he handed the Contra Costa Cru
soc some greenbscks SIS part of the pay
ment. The man did not seem to know
what to make Of such 8 kind OF circula
ting medium, and II was found necessary
to explain to him that they 7gers gov
eminent notes for the sum indicated.
=" WRal," said he, after much hesita-
ton, f" eff yer'n ag1ee to indorse them ar,
Pll take EN-" But the Vallejo man,
not being in the business of indorsing
Uuele Sans paper, refused, and he had
to pay him in gold,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
THE WIDE WORLD.

At PeDsacola, Fla ,. turtles weighing
$50 pounds are caught.
Sore throat epidemics are the fashion
now, and q cold in the head is all the
blow.
Salmon can get over distractions
twelve feet high, but they don't do it by
scaling.
Near the site eft Jacobs well, in the
city OF Samaria, Palestine, there is q
Baptist church with congregation num-
bering hundred.
About 5000 cattle have been shipped
from Baltimore 20 England since May,
1873, but the late restrictions have al
most entirely stopped that trade there.
Troy, n. Y, makes more shirt collars
than any other city in the world, and
it may be well to direct all requests for
larger button-holes to the mayor of that
city.
The Etowah (Ala.) Herald says:
" One of our old fishermen, with forty
wears experience IN the business, has
just found out that splitting on the bait
is all humbug." Now comes the ques-
ton How did he find it out
The Buffalo Express says that sin
Michigan a bride may be married Withs
out gloves precisely the way she han
dies her husband"
1t is proposed to celebrate at POmpeii
this summer the eighteen hundredth an
niversary Of the destruction OF that city
by the eruption of Vesuvius.
DR.. Samuel Eliot, superintendent o
the public schools of Boston, says
" Physical pain, OF the fear of it, moth
ing, in fact, that is itself no motive,
and that apl eals to none, can be a neces-
sity in school. Only duty, only the love
of duty, only motive, and Que leading
to other motives, can be called q neces-
sRry part Of education. Here, positive,
not negative forces are essential"
a short me ago a bartender of st.
Louis coolIy shot and killed girl who
had refused to marry him. The deed
was committed on the street, and with
out the slightest prOvocation. The plea
of insanity wa set mp, and it wss proved
that some of the prisoners distant rels-
tives had been afflicted with " falling
disease" The jury thereupon agreed
that they could rot agree. Still St.
Louis must not be judged too hsrshly. 1t
is great mule market.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
The. lee Indnstrr.

1t may not be generally known, but
the capital employed in the ice business
in the United States aggregates over
S25, coo, 900, and the annual sales reach
at least $SO,000,O goo. This has become
an important industry, and, in the past
forty years. experience in this business,
lately has shown that the crops of ice
for the seasons consumption cannot
always be depended ON. And more than
this, when it is considered that 8 large
outlay must be made for 8 considerable
period before the season opens sufficiently
to commence its sale, and the consequent
loss by wastsge. naturally makes its
production artifeiaIly during the sum-
mer months a very important question,
and has engaged the attention of many
inventors. Although quite number of
excellent machines for this purpose have
been constructed, it must be admitted
that no one has yet succeeded Ia pro-
ducing machine, simple in its struct
ure, and cheap enough to make is in
PRODUCTION universal The man who
can invent q machine with these latter
requirements will put himself in the
way of making handsome fortune, and
render an incalculable service to hu~
manity,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
A Rancher's Life in Colorado.

A correspondent OF the Troy Times
writes We at the east can hardly real
ize the isolation oftentimes attending
ranch life. A few days since we renewed
the acquaintance of young gentleman
whom we met in Denver last year. He
is of distinguished family of northern
New York and graduate of one of our
eastern colleges. He came to this state
about a year since for the benefit of his
health, which was considerably i'm
paired. His physician advised him to o
ON "a sheep ranch, where he would have
constant outdoor employment. He
soon engaged himself to two Scotch shep-
herds to assist them in the care of sheep,
and FOR five months the three men mani
aged the affairs of tine ranch, both in
doOrs and out, each taking his turn in
the art OF cooking. and each doing his
own washing. This ranch is situated
seventy-five miles from Colorado
Springs, which is their base of supplies.
The unvarying duties of a shepherd
are about as follows: At sunrise to take
his flock, usually from 400 to 600, &C
companied by his trusty horse and faith
full dog, to green pastures and beside still
waters, ii be can find them, and there
remain sill the day long with 8 watchful
eye over his charge to see that none fall
into the ditch or go astray. When the
sun goes down behind the Rocky
Mountains it is time to start for home
The signal is given by the shepherd,
the dog is on the alert, the bell weth-
er leads the way to the told or corral
for the night, and when safely protected
from foes without, such as prairie wolves,
the days work is done, only to be repeat
ed day in and day out, month after
Wonth. The dog is q valuable auxiliary
in the care of sheep. The '' Scotch coli
lie" surpasses all others in his natural
aptitude for this work, and oftentimes
one well trained sells for $3.50.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
The BOuquet-An Amusing Game.

Each player in turn supposes herself
or himself bouquet, consisting of three
flowers. Then, having determined on
the flowers, each names them aloud, and
the leader writes them down privately,
and adds the names of three persons to
each list. He then asks each player to
what use the flowers named were to be
put the player tells him, and then he
adds them to the papers after the names.
AS for example:
Leader-Kate, choose your three
flowers.
Kate-Marigold, Bachelors Button,
and Rose.
LEADER have written down. What
will you do with the Msrigold?
Kate-ThroW it on the fire.
Lea,ler-Aud the Bachelors Button {?
Kate-Put it out the window.
Leader-And the Rose
Kate-Wesr 1t in my hair till it
droops, and then put it in water.
Leader-Very coed. Then, Miss Kate,
You have thrown Charlie into the fire,
put your aunt out the window, worn
John, the footman, in your hair till he
dropped, and then dropped him in the
water. Next player. A gentleman this
time. And so the game proceeds till the
circle is complete, or the players choose
another.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-27
WIFE And L
ouarreled this morning, wife and IL

We qusrreled this morning, wife and T.
We were out Of temper, and scarce knew Why's
Though the cause was trivial and common;
Bat 10 look fl our eyes you have sworn that We
Were a couple Of enemies, spiteiul and wrOth--
Not welded man and woman.
wife, like tTagedy-queen IN a play,
Tesssd her sweet little mead in As lofty way
as 50 little woman was able;
She nched her lips with sneer and fIown,
While being rougher, stamped up and down,
Like careless groom IN g stable.
You'd have thought US TIE blterest (seeng US then)
Of little women and little men;
lou have laughed st Cur spite and passion;
and would never nave dreamed that storm like
Would be rainbgwd to tears by that sunlight, a
TIL we Walked in the old fond fashion.
Yet the storm was over in less han an hour
And vas followed soon y sunny shower,
al that agsin by embraces
Yet SO little the meaning was understood,
That We almost felt ashamed to be good,
Aud Voc = blush on our fsess.
Then abe, as a woman, much wiser becsme
and tris d to bear the whole weight OF the blame,
By her kindness, her esIf-IeproTn
= hen seeing her humble, and knowing her true.
all st once became humble too,
And very coner1te and loving.
But seeing acted an humble part,
che laughed outright with fIOiic heart
a l=ugh Careless Cupid;
And the laughter WIansled along my brain,
I'LL almost felt IA passion agaIn
And became quite stubborn ana STUPID.
And this was The time for her arms to twine
Around this stubborn neck Of mine,
Like the arms Of maid round a lover;
And telling them there, with their warmth, you
knSw,
laughed quite a DIFF rent laugh, and so
The storm las called it) was over.
So then we could talk with the power to please,
as though the passing OF storms ike these
Leaves q certain felicity
OF getting easily angry again;
Yet they free the heart and rebuke the brain,
And teach US a rough humility.
You SEQ that we love one another so well,
That We ind more comfort than you can tell
In jingling bells and eOrals;
IN the hercer fights OF a world 80 drear,
We keep our spirits SO close and clear,
That we need such trivial quarIels.
In tins great fierce fights Of the world we try
To shield one another, my wife and l.
Like brave, strong man and woman;
But the trivial quarrels of days and nights
Unshackle our souls from this great fierce fights,
nd keep us lowiy and human.
Clouds would grow in the quietest mind.
And make 1t unmeet TO mix with its EiLd,
We're nature less wise mother;
And with storms like ours there must iutter out
From the bosom The boarded up darkness and
doubt
The excess of our love for each other.