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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
\ Petriaed Hand.
Silver CIV tNev.l slate.


A curiosity, which astonishes scien-
lists and puzzles them TO account for, is
now on exhibition at Gould's cabinet at
Mill City. II is a perfectly formed hand,
which apparently belonged to a boy
about fourteen years of age. The hand is
open, the fingers being slightly bent
toward the palm, on which the thumb
rests. The back of the hand seems to
have been crushed or decomposed before
1t was petrifed, hut the palm, thumb
and fingers are perfect. 1t was found at
the sulphur beds near the Rabbit Hole
by one of the men employed IL shoveling
crude sulphur into the refining retort,
and is supposed to have been imbedded
in the sulphur bank for ages. The fin
gers are comparatively short, s fact
which indicates that it did not belong to
an Indian, IS the red mems fingers are
generally longer than those of the whites,
but the thumb Is rather longer than the
average. To what race the owner Of the
hand belonged, and how and when It
was imbedded in the sulphur, will
probably ever remain unknown unless
svme eminent scientist should investigate
the hand and the sulphur bank where it
was found, and explain these mysteri es
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

or twentieth trip to Europe; to go is one
thing, to come is wholly another. Cross
ing and recrossing the ocean are not IN
like the lover, hurrying, eager, expectant,
imprisoned, to his wedding, and the
husband of year. repairing by easy
stages to join his wife. In both instances
it is the delight and Imagination Of antici.
patton cOutrssted with the consciousness
and certain disappointment of experi>
ence. The old world, unvisited or revis-
tied, appeals to hope, to ideal possibili-
ties, is part of the future when we go
out. Coming back, the dream has been
dreamed the feast has been eaten; the
what-is-tO-be has been, and our horizon
is sadly changed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
Going to Europe and Coming Back.

Everybody who has crossed the Allan
tic-and who does not cross in these
days ?-must have observed the marked
difference between geing out and coming
back. Sailing from home, one might
imagine, would be rather saddening, and
sailing to it rather joyous than other
wise. But just the contrary is gener-
ally true, particularly among men, who,
compared with women, are seldom sea-
sick. On the outward voyage the pas
sengers-those that are well, at least
are apt to be cheerful and lively, desir-
Gus to get up and take part in private
concerts, theatricals and the like; to be
full OF spirit, and ready for any kind of
amusement On the home voyage, they
seem, as a rule, Iistless and weary they
have no social enterprise they do not
care to do anything Efforts for enter
tainments are likely to prove uDavailing
the animation of the outward passage is
extinct. This is equally the case wheth-
er travellers have made their first, second
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
An Interrupted Story.
Madison (Ind.) Courier.

Old Bodkin likes a game Of euchre.
but he is such an inveterate narrator of
pioneer incidents that he often makes it
unpleasant for others by trying to plav
and tell q yarn at the same time. The
other evening he began a story Just as
he and three others sat down to play a
social game. He said: 1T was in l849
that q family by the name of Gobins
emigrated from Greenbrier county, Va.
- cut for deal--tO the glorious west
shucks, never could cut anything big.
ger than ten spot. Then there were
seven in the family, three girls and four
boys. The girls were bright-eyed, rosy-
cheeked-I pass-gracefuI gazelles, and
two of the boys were big enough to handle
their axes and riles-d'ye turn it down
Il make 1t clubs-and could help their
old father a right smart chance-an ace
beats q king, every time. Play on
heart. They wound slowly over the
Alleghanies, and finally, in May, 40,
crossed the Ohio valley--good enough
hearts are better trumPs, but l haven't
any leit-heading straight for Arkinsaw,
intending to make that territory-h5Id
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
RELIGIOUS READING.
SUNWARD.

OutwaTd-and upward-aud on wardl
Though clouds may to-day meet your view,
Let your eyes and YOUR thoughts still 20 sunward
For sunward still lies the deep blue
Win the sight and the Might OF the one word
Which is more than ali words else TO you:
q" JEHoVAH!"
Jehovah, the God of the living.
The God Of the just and the true.
2.
All time-and ell space and the Being
NO msTtal hath seen yet, or known,
The -mighty-al -Eise- and alI--eeing,
In majesty cole and alone;
From he shade of whose Thro1e they are fleeing,
no came with a shade 10 His Throne
"JEH- VAH!'
Jehovah-the God of the dying
The dying who with Him are one.
5.
Then outward-and upwaTd-and onward
Look not left nor ct right, behind.
" hats The earth to the soul setting sunwaId?
Il pitfall, snare ard blind.
Look nward, and heaTken the one word
: hat fills both TIE soul and the mind:
"JEHovAHP'
JehOvsh-ths God Of the risen
Ih5 God whom the righteous shall find
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
Keep Your Secrets.

The whole world Is full of people crav-
ing for confdence-peoPle to whom a
secret is Ike gold in a chiId's pocket
burning TO be issued. Those who are
high liz rank and blessed with every ada
vantage are often tormented for want of
a true friend meaning thereby some
one TO whom they can confide secrets.
And on those who will simply take them
and keep them, they are willing to bestow
friendship. To those who would be in
such confidence it is enough that they
follow the advice already given of never
being directly or indirectly the means of
disseminating gossip q. any kind. Bear
continually IN mind the fact that in the
art of conversation the secret of success
lies not so much in knowing what to say
as in what to avoid saying.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

Those who publish the trash which gets
into the hands of the boys and girls of
the land are not likely to be reached by
any moral considerations. They take
good care to keep On the safe side of the
law, and press censorship is not possible.
Legal prohibition goes as far as it is well
to have it, and even the statutes are
being met with opposition. The pub
fishers of this wretched stuff of which we
speak, cannot be directly reached. But
their great sales are made in the country
through the small dealers. These are
within the reach of moral force. They
live in communities where they are
known, and they have q care to preserve
reputation. Many of them think little
of the matter. Newspapers and period
icals are to them only 50 mucn merchan-
dise. They are not aware of the harm
they do.
Now it is in the power of good people
to make these sales disreputable. They
must say frankly that they will withhold
all custom IRON the dealer who exposes
Objectionable trashy publications on his
counter. If these are to be bought
anywhere 1t must be only at stands
which are beneath any such influence.
The parents and teachers can draw the
line. They can say to their children,
" You must not buy anything at such
and such places" The harm now comes
from the fact that side by side with the
best periodicals of the day all this trash
IS exposed in reputable shops
Many Of these dealers are members OF
religious societies. They must be made
to understand that the sale of such matter
is inconsistent with their Christian pro-
fess.on, and that they cannot keep their
standing and continue to sell, especially
to boys and girls, the wretched rubbish
they do.
We do not, of course, think that thus
the traffic can be abolished. But it can
be driven into holes and corners, and be
made improbable, and those who have
the care OF the young can be enabled to
exercise greater control over the read
ing which comes into house and school.
1t may be said that it is impossible to
draw a line. Il is impossible to do so
by fixed rules, but where respectable
custom will follow the display of bad
books on their counters, they will take
care not to order them Churchman.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
Cost of the Beautiful Snow.
New York Evening Post.


The two great trunk railroad lines go
ing eastward from Bufalo-the Erie
railroad and the New York Central
earn between them, at rough estimate,
nine hundred thousand dollars a week, or
one hundred and tventy>nine thousand
dollars a day. For several days alreadr,
owing to the late snow storm and the
Que that preceded it, through traffic has
been entirely blocked both on the trunk
lines and on the local lines that center at
Buffalo and neighbOIing cities. 1t
would, of course, be an exaggeration 20
speak of the foregoing amount of traffic
as lost. Only a fraction of it has been
a real loss. and only part of that frac.
ton falls upon the railroads. But count
ing up consequential damages-the ex-
peDses of delayed passengers, the delay
to the business of individuals, the cost
of storage, the outlay for clearing tracks
and the injuries to rolling stOck-and we
shall find that the individual and cor
pOrate damages caused by the great
snow storm amounts to an immense total.
The citizens of this part OF the country
who are disposed 10 congratulate them>
selves on their freedom from the great
visitation OF snow will he wiser If they
mix grateful reflections with the thought
that the ties of trade have also made
many of US common sufferers in the af
Fiction OF our neighbOr5 in the western
part of the state.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
Some Curious Ftgnres About Paradfse

And he measured the city with the reel twelve
thousands furlOnCs. he iengt and breadth and
the height of it are equal. Rev. xxi: 10.
Twelve thousand furlongs, 1920 600
feet, which being cubed, 500, 793, O88, 0OO,-
000,000,00 cubic teet. Half OF this we
viii reserve for the throne of God and the
court of heaven. and the balance for
streets, leaving a remainder of 124 1913 :
$4,000, 900 100000 cubic feet. Divide
this by I 1886, the cubicsl feet in a room
sixteen feet square, and there will be
80, 32l ,S43, 700, 900, 900 rooms.
We will now suppose the world always
did and always will contain $50 900 600
inhabitants, and that generation lasts
for 335 years, making in all 1870, 900 900
every century, and that the world will
will stand 100, 900 years. or l 900 centu-
Ties, making in all 1870, 200, OOO, 900
inhabitants. Then suppose there were
one hundred worlds equal to this in
number of inhabitants and duration of
years, making a total of 297, 900, 600. OOO,-
600 persons, and there would be more
than a hundred rooms sixteen feet
square for each person. Gleanings for
the Curious.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
Great Men ut PLAY.

The Magazine of American History
publishes, among its original documents,
a fac simile of the following bit of play
full verse, which Is signed as a round
robin by Thomas Jefferson, Richard Pc
tiers, and William Stephens Smith, and
addressed to John Adams
March % 17s6)r
X past 2-Dolly's.
One among our many folIies
Was calling in for Steaks at DoiIy's
Whereby we've lOst--and feel ike Sinners
That ne have missed much better dinners
Nor do we think that us tits hard on
Most humbly this to beg your pardon
And promise that another time
Wen give our reason not orr rhyme
So we've agreed-Our Mem: Con vote is
That We thus Jointly give you notice
For as our rule is TO be clever
We hold it better late than never.
The editor of the magazine gives the
following account of the documents orr
gin and history:
This amusing tTife, signed by men
whom We are taught to revere as grave
and reverend seiguiors, is in the posses
sion OF Charles Brufr Of Brooklyn, to
whom we are indebted for its reprCduc-
tion.
Mr.. Jefferson, then our minister to
France, had been, q short time before,
called by private letter of Mr. Adams,
then our minister at London, to consult
upon the terms cf treaties with Portugal
and Algiers. This letter was carried by
Mr.. Smith, then Adams secretary of le-
cation, and later the husband of his only
daughter. Jefferson returned with him
to London, where they met Richard Pc
tsTs, well known in revolutionary history
as secretary OF the board of war, later as
Judge O! the United States court or
Pennsylvania, and celebrated for his dry
wit and humOT
1t seems that these cOnNivial spirits
had engaged to dine with Mr., Adams on
the evening OF Saturday. the 3Oth of
March, hut were led sstray by the at
fractions of Dolly's chop house, long ia
nous for its good cheer There, at half
past , O'Clock on Sunday morning, the
rhyme, of which We give fac-simile,
was written. 1t Is supposed to have
been written in the handwriting of Col.
Smith, but dictated by Mr.. Peters. 1t
IS addressed to His Excellency John
Adams, etc, etc, etc, corner Brook
street, GrOsvenOr square"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

Knoxville Chronicle: On Sunday, the
goth ult,, on top of Boatmsn's Ridge, two
miles north of MorristoWD, Mr.. David Pur-
keypile was joined in the holy bonds of
wedlOck to Mrs. Polly Helton (his steps
grandmother) by Esquire d. 5. Noe. As
David is a sprightly young man, about %
years old, ami his fair companion is aged 90,
he stands a drst-rate chance Of OUTLYING her
and "scOoping in" his great-Rrsnd-step-
motheT-ln-law, sometime ia the future,
provided she be living.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

In Alexandria, Va, where cOlOred
Justice OF the peace has just sentenced
wealthy white man to be 7" hipped for petty
larceny, the sentence would have been car,
ried into effect by a COlorsd constable had
not the case been appealed. The case arises
out OF a dispute as to the ownership of
some ice cut from the Alexandra canal, one
Of the parties charging the other with steal
ing lot OF ice, of the value OF ten cents.
The CcloTed justice found the white capitals
list guilty OF petty larceny.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

The pOstOffice department has ordered
a new postage stamp to be used on let
tiers not prepaid. Heretofore a letter
being posted and wanting stamp has
been held in the office at which it was
mailed. The postmaster st this Office
then writes to the individual addressed,
saying that such a letter has been held
in that Office for him, the postage not
having been prepaid. The new stamp
which has just been ordered under the
new regulation is put on the letter not
prepaid and sent to the postmaster at the
Office of its destination, who is charged
with the amount due, and to collect the
same from the person addressed on the
delivery of the letter. a new stamp has
also been ordered to be put on the letter
after it passes into the hands of the car
rier, who thea becomes responsible
for the collection of the postage.
This new stamp is intended as a
check. upon the carrier, who Is there
by prevented from Pocketing the col
Iections. The now system acts some-
what similar to the bell-punch of the
street car conductors.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

Country EBjOyment.-A late writer
says farm life is prosaic. " It need not
De. ihere are infinite resources for in-
teiIectual enjoyment within reach of the
country resident. He has ALWAYS q
Droaa landscape and a sky with ever
varying clouds before him, PeautifuI
trees with their mass of rich foIispe .
Gurlously formed plants in prolusion
MS ieet; the constant work of the great
aDoratory OF nature for his examinationt
mowers, minerals, insects the melody of
morn at his rising; the " GLORIOUS spien.
uor OF the sunset clouds, " at evening
ana every operation during the day, in
the termination of seeds and the growth
OF crops on the farm or in the garden. are
all ready for his study in the Dbvsioiorv
OF organic growth. The comparative
cheapness OF his land allow him to miami
small landscape garden at little ex-
Pense. a room set apart in the house
LOT museum, In which he or his chill
dren may deposit their collections Of
dTled plants, and of minerals. and of in
fects, and study the transformation of
worms to glittering butteIhies--these
ana thousand other resources for
study are always before him to cccupv q
Few leisure minutes or hours he NAV
nave to spare. For a growing family
what can be more delightful than Sn
occasional holiday ramble through woods
Oh on the banks of streams, the collection
IJ"Iid MOWERS, or the pencil sketches OF
"id twisted trees, of mirrowed streams.
wild rocks, or blue hills? This
Is certainly less prosaic than the cramped
visions OF brick walls and stone pave
mehts OF clties.-L Country Gentleman.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

CREAM SPONGE CAKEs.-Beat the
yelks of four eggs and WORK in one cup
of white sugar. When thoroughly
mixed stir half a cup of sweet cream, the
juice and rind of one lemon and p scant
teaspoonfuI soda. Beat the whites to a
roth and add to the other ingredients,
together with two cups Of si'ted flour
Stir TIE whole up lightly and bake.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
Southern Epidem;cs.


There is a vast amount of talk going
o. about protecting the public health
by congressional legislation, but the
doctors, as usual, disagree, and it is to
be feared that the winter may pass away
without securing any action by congress
at all. At a recent meeting of the adj
visory and executive committees Of the
American public health association, at
Baltimore, it was proposed that a com
mission be appointed to investigate the
cause of yellow fever and report at the
meeting of the next congress. Surely
we have had enough investigation, even
thus far, upon which 10 base the con-
illusions that yellow fever is generally
imported directly; that when it Is not
imported directly it breaks out in To-
cality where the germs have been for
merly deposited, and developed with
fav0ring local conditions. IF we take
the view that yellow fever is Indigenous
st New Orleans for instance, We have p
stronger motive for immediate action,
with or without congressional action
If it is both Po-t8ble and ind 'gsnous
there is need for both quarantine and
rigid local sanitation. Whichever way
we look at either yellow fever or cholera,
the positive duty presents itself to the
authorities of every town and city in the
south of securing good drainage and
other sanitary results, whatever they
may cost. The expenditure of 81, O0O, 600
in southern cities will prevent loss of
5000 600, 900.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

GAINESVILLE (Tenn } Tobacco Leaf:
Such an ice season as We have had recently
WAS never witnessed in this country. Ice
was from seven TO ten inches thick. Every
body has a full ice house, aud some have,
filed cellars and other houses.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

A LADY who arrived recently from the
east in Sacramento, Cal, on a train, had
in her possession rare pet-a land turtle
of which she seemed 10 think very
much. The animals shell had been
highly polished until it resemb!ed one of
the large bacK-Comb5 worn by ladies and
rs was most obedient to the calls of has
mistress. A call or low GlUck from the
lady was sufficient to bring him from
under the seats in the car, and with but
little encouragement or assistance he
would climb TO the lady's lap. The pet
would also tear a pin from the lady's
dresg.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

A Mr.. Muller, from Minnesota, visited
the bureau of agriculture at Nashville,
few days since. According to the American
he is the general agent Of, and is now wait
ins the rival of, company of fifty people
from Minnesota, and will 90 with them 10
their destination-East Tennessee.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

APPLE CUsTARP.-Parea and core six
apples; set them in pan with very little
water, and stew them until tender; then
put them into a puddiDg~dish without
breaking; fiji the centres with sugar,
and pour over them q custard made of q
quart OF milk, five eggs, four ounces of
sugar and a very little nutmeg; set
the pudding dish in baking~pan half
full of water, and bake half an hour.
Serve it either hot or cold at the dinner.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun: Au-
gusta is the only city OF its size in the world
where the COWS are allowed to patrol the
town instead OF policemen. II is said that
one eHterprIEiDg heifer climbs up the bell
tower and TOosts there every night.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME.
USEFUL AND aUaGEsTTvr.

A Convenient Land Measure
To aid farmers to arrive at accuracy in
estimating the land in different fields
under cultivation the following is given !:
Five yards wide by 968 long contains
one acre. -''''--'
Ten yards wide by 484 long contains
one acre.
twenty yards wide by 242 long con-
one acre.
Seventy yards wide by co. long con,
tains one acre.
Eighty yards wide by 624 long contains
one acre.
Sixty feet wide by 726 long contains
one acre.
One hundred and ten feet wide bv 397
long contains one acre.
oo one hundred and thirty feet wide by
800 long contains one acre.
1--we hundred and twenty feet wide by
1872 long contains one acre.
Four hundred and forty feet wide by 80
long contains one acre.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

WHILE all the world seems to howl
" the Chinese must 60 Cuba offers to
take the slsnt-eyed heather in. In the
treaty, which Spain has just ratified
with China, the Chinese are to have in
Cuba all the rights, privileges ana i'm
munities that other foreigners enjoy.
Chinese consular officers are also to be
appointed on that island. SPANS Iiber~
atty in This matter, however, savors
somewhat Of Ar.emus Wards magnani7
nifty in sacrificing his wife's relations on
the altar of his country. 1t IS re-
markedly easy for Spain to grant all
sorts of liberties to the Chinaman in
Cuba.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30

THE Buddhist priests, with q steel die,
stamp the image of Budha on a thin
piece Of sheet cad. These pieces they
take out with them to the fishing
grounds, fifty or more miles at sea-
When the large sea mussels common 10
that coast are drawn up by the nets they
manage to place severa! Of these lead
impressions inside the shell, and then
throw them back into the ses. Every
once in q while the fishermen draw some
of them up in their nets and find the
picture Of Budha coated with pearls.
They then exClaim - Budha Is God.
We found hin in the bottom of the sea-"