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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27
The Bank of England.

A few steps further on was the pow
erful institution whose influence Is felt
in finance and trade all over the world
the Bank of England. Bounded all
four sides by the street, all its windows
prudentially open into a central court,
and since the riots of 1880 it has been
occupied every night by detachment
of soldiers. Its business requires a
working force of 1,200 men. Its bank
notes are printed within the building.
The same note is never paid out over its
counter twice. The new bill that is
issued this morning is retired as soon as
it returns, no matter if the same man
paws it in again this afternoon without
a wrinkle in it. 1t is allowed to issue
notes to the amount of G15, 5,O0O,O 600 on
the security of its standing loan of a
much larger amount to the Government,
which constitutes a part of the public
debt. For every note issued above that
and it has a circulation OF over 84O, ,OOO,-
000-bulliOn of an equal amount must be
paid into its treasury, and must be kept
there for the redemption OF the note
when it returns. The traveller on the
continent often finds its notes at a pre-
MUM in gold. No note is issued of a
less denomination than e.. Every note
Is nuDlDGE6ug anu LllC lltlAAlC u LiAC Jtli y
to whom it is paid out is carefully
recorded. The practice of keeping a
memorandum which will show from
whom he receives every bank-note that
passes through his hands is common,
also, with the painstaking London trades
man. 1t proved a fortunate thing for a
friend of mine on one occasion. He
had given his wife G10 note. Their
little child got hold of the pOrt-monnaie
and destroyed the note-as they sup
posed-by throwing it on the open fire
There would have been no hope of real
izing on a greenback under such cir
! cumstances. But $50 was worth trying
for. The number of the note was as
certained from the parties through
whose hands it came to my friend, q
sworn statement of the facts was filed
at the bank, and after a year or so had
passed without its having been presented
for redemption the bank paid over the
money. The bank takes in and pay:
out its gold coin by weight. Sometimes
| it sends out a sealed package and re
ceives it again before the seal is broken
and yet deducts quite a sum from the
amount at which it paid it out, to max,
| good the loss-detected by the unerring
! scales-which occurred by the abrasion
/ of the coins in transpOrtatiOn!-G GOOC
/ Company.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27
The Alaska Glaciers.

/ 4 writer in the San Francisco Bulletin
is enthusiastic over the great glaciers
near Fort Wrangel, Alaska. Standing
at the mouth of the ford, he SAYS, the
water foreground is of a pale, milky
blue color, from the suspended rock-mud
issuing from beneath the grinding glaci-
er-One smooth sheet sweeping back
five or six miles, like one of the lower
reaches of great river. At the head
the water is bounded by a barrier wall
of bluish-white ice, from 500 to GOO feet
high, a few mountain tops crowned with
snow appearing beyond it. On either
hand stretched a series of majestic
granite rocks from 5000 to 1000 feet
high, in some places bare, in others forest
ed ,and all well patched with yellOw-green
chaparral and flOwery gardens, especial
ly about halfway up from top to bottom,
and the whole built together in a Yose-
mite Valley, extending far beyond the
ice-barrier, one immense brow appear
ing beyond the other, while their bases
are buried in the glacier. This is, in
fact, Yosemite Valley in process of
formation, the modelling and sculpture
of the walls nearly completed and well
planted, but no groves as yet or gardens,
or meadows, on the raw and unfinished
bottom. The whole front and brow of
this majestic glacier are gashed and
sculptured into a maze of yawning
chasms and crevasses, and bewildering
variety of strange architectural forms,
appalling to the strongest nerves, but
novel and beautiful beyond measure
clusters of glittering lance-tipped spires,
gables, and obelisks, bold outstanding
bastions and plain mural cliffs, adorned
along the top with fretted cornice and
battlement, while every gorge and crew
asse, chasm and hollow, was filed with
light. Along the sides we could see the
mighty flood grinding against the gran
ite with tremendous pressure, rounding
the Outswelling bosses, deepening and
smoothing the retreating hOllows, and
shaping every portion of the mountain
walls into the forms they were meant to
have, when in the fullness of appointed
time the ice-tOol should be lifted and set
aside by the sun. Back two or three
miles from the front the current is now
probably about 200 feet deep; but
when we examine the walls, the grOoved
and rounded features, so surely glacial,
show that in the earlier days of the ice
age they were all over-swept, this glacier
having flowed at height of from thee
to four thousand feet above its present
level
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27
Cultivate COntentment.

Be contented, my son. You need not
be satisfied with what you are; you
don't want to live without ambition so
long as you live, strive to be something
better and higher and stronger tO-mOr-
row than you are to-day, but don't wor-
ry; don't fret. Wear your ready-made
clothes with the air of a Prince, until
you can do better; eat your 25-cent din
ner with the manner of man who is
accustomed to fare sumptuOusly every
day on course dinners, and likes this
sort of Il thing for a change. Keep the
sunshine in your heart and it will shine
out of your face. The world is always
grateful to a sunny-tempered man, just
because he is good enough and gracious
enough to live in it. Laugh, my son,
if your stomach is so empty that you
can not tell whether your pain is in your
liver or your backbone; wear your hat
iauntily if it is so full of holes that you
can't see the grease and weather stains
that cover it; speak cheerily, though
you have to wear your oYercoat every
time your shirt goes to the laundry.
1t won't be an easy thing to do, right
along; the days will come when a good
indulgence in the " blues'' would seem
like Paradise; there will be hours when
you would rather growl and wall than
look pleasant; there will be times when,
in spite of your strength and manhood
and good resolutions, you will 90 away
by yourself and grOan and bury your
face in your hands and cry like a girl /;
1 know it, my son But don't make a
habit of it, and don't let any one see
you do it. 1t is a dangerous luxury, son,
and should only be INDUCED in at very
long intervals and on rare occasions.
Cultivate contentment; if you have no
gloves, put your hands in your pockets !;
if your coat is out at the elbows, back
up against the fence; if you have no hat,
you will never become bald. And when
prosperity comes-nOt if, but when
you win be prouder of your good nature
in the dark days of adversely, my son.
than you can be of all the hOnors and all
the fame and position that prosperity
and success can bring you. Never wor-
ry, son; don't fret; it will only make
your face thin and your hair turn gray.
| l-B1trdette, IN the HalObeye.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27
4 DAY DREAM.


shut my eyes and see It all
The garden and the wood,
Ine nlacs and the naples tail,
The grass plat where she stood.
Above, the spreading apple trees
Their snowy blossoms shed,
That floating on the morning breeze
FAN gently on her head.
The quaint old house with narrow caves,
The chimneys broad and low,
The shadows of the waving leaves
That softly come and CO.
/ hearthe sound of many feet
Upon the Oaken floor,
hear young voices glad and sweet
Within the open door.
And now they come, a merry throng,
Fresh as the vernal breeze,
Anu summon her with shout and song
Who stands beneath the trees.
I see them all together go
Beyond the wooded hill;
Their song sounds far away and low,
1t fades, and all is still.
'Tis but dream, for nevernore
To time do they belong.
Their footsteps press no earthly shore,
No mortal hears their song.
But one of all who gathered there
Remains the tale to tell;
'Tis she upon whose dark brown hair
The apple blossoms fell.
And once again upon her hair
Is snowy whiteness shed,
But 'tis not apple blossoms 9afr
That rest upon her head.
Thus, often as nights shadows come,
My eyes are filled with tears,
As visions of that peaceful home
Rise from the vanished years.
-SpriagJfetd Republican.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27
PITH AND POINT.


AN ex-spurt-A dried-up fountain.
/ WHOM the gods wish to destroy they
first induce to wear tight boots.
WEDDINGS are numerous. The early
frosts are nipping the bachelors.
WINTER comes when autumn leaves.
A BELT around the waist is better
than two over the head.
MILK made-A successful dairyman.
Is rain-water soft water when it rains
hard2
! ATTACHMENT notice: The announce
ment of a marriage engagement.
HE who drinks and goes away
Win live to drink another day,
But he who drinks between the drinks
Right quickly in the gutter sinks.
A 5-YEAR-OLD girl, left alone in a
house at HOlyoke, Mass, drank whisky
from a bottle that she found, got drunk,
fell down stairs, and died.
A FARMER should sow his P's, keep
his US warm, hive his BIS, kill off his
J's, remember what he C's, pay all he
O's, teach his wife not to rs, and withal
cOntrive to take his Els.
SCENE Passenger depot. Characters
Atlanta negro and country darky.
CollOquy opened by the Atlanta negro:
" Wher' you goin', buddy?'' g Duz you
own dis shedP'' - No. " - Ner none er
deze kyarsP'' "No.' "Ner none er
deze yer RAILROADS.&C. q No" s'Ner no
tavernP" ssNo.'' "WeH, den, yer
don't wanter come buddyin' me, an
you don't want no infamashun. De
kinder informashan wat you'd git Cut'n
med be mighty APP ter sour on yer. -
Atlanta Consultation.
4" LOOK heah, Hammer, you an mes
bin gittin' long fo' nigh Onter fawty
yeah an aint never had fuss yit, but,
To- de Lord, eff eber ketches you peal
in taters an scrapin' de ha'r often pigs
feet ag'n wild my razer, III wipe dis
kitchen flo up SO clean and slick wild
you dat de cat can't stan on hit. Now
you heah Ike a-preachin' ter yer, an if
you spec ter go to heaben wild my good
will don't you poster my razer any mo-.
Han me dem mushroom" And Han
ner pushed the dish of fried hogs ears
over to her excited lord and lit out for
the ekitchen.-LOstiSUiiLe COnTier-sjotT5sGI.
TRIMMING trees between the shedding
of their leaves in autumn and before the
sap begins to rise into the limbs in spring
is the most convenient time for the
farmer, as he is then most ut leisure.
When this is done close to the body of
the tree, the wound should be covered
with shellac or some kind of wax. But
the method 1 frequently follow is to cut
off the limb a few inches from the body
of the tree and let it remain until June,
then cut it close to the tree. At this
time the bark ard body are growing
rapidly, and they soon cover the spot
where the limb was cut off and leave no
scar or knot.--N. 7. Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27
FALLING.

The last leaves are falling,
Falling and flying.
Along the dark air
The tempest Is crying,
The trees are all bare.
With its voice of despair
Winter Is calling
The leaves to their falling.
How fair was their budding;
Their golden unfolding;
Their Verdurous gloom,
And delicate splendor,
More lovely than bloom;
With tracery tender
And emerald plume
The wide forest studding.
How bright was their dyingi
What rashness of glory,
The rainbow defying,
On mountain sides lying,
In valleys reposing!
What wonderful story
Their bravery told
In scarlet and gold;
But wan with the cold
They are falling and flying.
Yet, once despairing,
A low voice is singing:
81 They have their repairing;
Far down in the earth
Is spring time preparing
Her wonderful birth,
Her ever upspringing.
Reiterunt mirth
But for thee, but for thee
Sole leaf on the tree,
All gone before thee.
What spring time shall be!
There remaineth for all
That thou fall %
Rose Terry Cook, Ia the Independent.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27
A Question That Puzzled the Pro-
fessOrs.

The New York Evening Post has been
overwhelmed with communications dis
cussing whether an ice-boat can sail
faster than the wind or not. To the
original query the Post answered, No,
of course not" and straightway found
itself in business with communications
from the sailors of ice-boats and amateur
mathematicians. The anti-POst party
took the ground Cor the ice) that an ice
bsat sails fastest with its sail at sharp
angle with the wind, and, as the resist
ing medium offered much less resistance
than water, boats have been known to
attain a speed of 90 or 20 miles an hour
whereas no boat could live in an hurTi-
cane blowing at that rate. In other
words, the fact is that while the wind Is
passing over one Of the legs OF right
anpled triangle, the ice-bOat viii pass
the whole length of the hypothenuse,
| The Post meantime, having asked the
opipions of Prof. Elias Doomis Of 1ale
and President Barnard Of Columbia Col
| Ie0e. published their replies confirming
| its own opinion. The next day, each OF
| these gentlemen sent in his retractiOn,
neither of them having taken into ae-
count the fact that the ice-boat sails
| with the sail at an angle with her keel
and without the retarding effect of wa
ter. This fact really distinguishes ice
boat navigation from water navigation
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27

them; but the heather hadn't left be-
hind so much as a trail.
g Yes, gents, yew've got to git up
airly to take in a Chinee. Waiter!
whisky and seltzer-and ce.''-AH the
Year Round.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27

IN regard to saving seed corn, awriter
in the Chicago Times says: The poor
est way, though one that is practiced
quite extensively, is to allow it to re-
main on the stalks till near midwinter,
to husk it, and throw it in a crib with
the corn that is intended for the market,
or for feeding. A good way, if not the
best, is to select the ears before the
stalks are removed from the hill, the
preference being given to those that are
of large size and thoroughly ripe. The
ears should be broken from the stalks
with the husks attached. In this shape
they may be taken to the house or barn
in a basket. All the husks should be re-
moved except three or four of the inner
ones, that should be used for braiding a
sufficient number of ears together to
form a string five or six feet in length
If the weather is fine, these braids may
be hung over a rail where the sun and
wind will have free access to them
During the winter they nay be hung II
a garret or unfinished room in the house
or in a dry place in some Out-building
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27

Mr.. j. H. NEwBERN, Little Rock,
Ark, read, with incredulity, the state
ment that peppermint plants thrust in
their holes or scattered literally in places
frequented by them would drive away
rats. Willing, however, to give the sim
pie plan fair trial, he was happily sur
prised, as he tells COEenaH's Rural, to
find it really effective, to such an extent
aaed IN IGI nS Which ebe aT Pesls ali enT Te Be a oace
and would run ont from under the house
and barn, and kill young chickens in day
time, and crawl up on the beds and bite
the children in the night
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27

THE fire in the Rutler Colliery, a short
distance from the Lehigh and Susque
hanna Railroad, on the outskirts of
Pittston, Pa, continues to burn fiercely
At present il is estimated that 10 acres
of anthracite are glowing in the upper
vein, and the most startling phase of the
affair Is that the miners in the employ
of the company are working the vein
beneath. A visit to the wOrkmen in
their subterranean oven gives some idea
Of the intensity with which the fire is
raging over their heads. Although
separated from them by 20 feet of solid
rock, yet the heat is so great that they
are compelled to work without a particle
of clothing upon them, excepting a light
| pair of drawers or overalls. The per
/ spiration pours constantly from their
| bodies, and the temperature is con-
| tinually much the same as if they were
I at work in presence of a roaring fur
mace. 1t is very seriously questioned by
those understanding the situation wheth-
er the men should be permitted 10 work
in this intensely periiOus position,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27

NINE. LIMA, the daughter of a Cen
evese matchmaker, has settled in Lon
don as a repairer and manufacturer of
watches. She takes apprentices, SO that
her English brethren OF the trade may
find her q formidable rival.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27

THERE is something strangely par
allel in the tragic fates of Donaldson
and Wise. These men were intimately
associated in former years. Donaldson
went up from Chicago, and Wise from
its rival city, st. Louis. Each had with
him one companion. Neither of the bal
looms was ever found, and the exact
fate of each is matter of conjecture,
although it is thought that both were
engulfed in Lake Michigan. Each of
the companions was found some time
after the occasion, each on the shores OF
Lake Michigan, one with a copy of a
Chicago paper in his pocket, the other
with a st. Louis paper. Donaldson was
never found, and neither has any thing
been heard of Wise.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27

A WRITER in the London Times de-
clares-what general facts in European
countries seem to justify-first, that
there Is no successful treatment of the
grape phylloxera which will not at the
same time kill the vineyard, and, sec
ond, that the only feasible way to get
even temporary relief from the pest is to
root out and burn the vines and devote
the land to TILED crops for at least two
years.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-27

PAINFUL suspense-Hsnging.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
Youthful Shepherds.

One pleasant day we rode twenty miles
over the Laramie Plains, from Laramie
City to the Little Laramie River, where we
found n prosperous sheep raiser from
Nebraska, named Edward Farrell. There
were no neighbors for miles around, with
the exception of a nephew of Motley, the
historian, who had left his fathers pleasant
home, near Boston, Mass, and located a
sheep ranch close by here. The Farrells
gave us a most hospitable reception, mas.
much as one of our party was Mr. Weston,
the Auditor of the State of Nebraska.
Furthermore they had long been sub.
scribers to the american AgriculhUiSt, and
the last number lying on the table was not
an unpleasant reminder of home to one on
these far.away plains We bade them good
bye late in the afternoon, turned off to the
right of Sheep Mountain, and entering a
narrow plain between high ranges of hills,
spurred forward our jaded animals, until
the gathering shadows warned us that we
could proceed no further with safety. At
day-b we spied a large flock of sheep
in corral close by a rude cabin or dug-out,
in which were two boys, sons o! Mr.. Farrell.
Here, twelve miles or more from home,
they had been tending flock of twenty
three hundred sheep during the entire sea
! son. 1hey shot their game with an olu
| rifle, did their own cooking, and lived en-
| tirely alone with their dogs and two ponies
employed in herding the sheep. They
alternated in watching the sheep, which
were driven into the corral every night, as
protection against bears, wolves, and
other wild animals. An antelope which
one of them had shot the day previous,
was suspended near the door of the cabin
There was a good range here, and the
father had in tho spring.time sent the
sheep, ard the boys to possess it. You will
be surprised when tell you that these two
lads, entrusted with the care of over two
thousand sheep, and living here in this
remote, secluded spot, were only clever
and thirteen years of age. 1t is astonish
ing, the early selfreliance which these
frontier children display, and the skill
which, as mere urchins, they attain in herd
ing sheep.--From Editorial Correspondence Q
American Agricuhrist for March l.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

Dry, hilly pastures are most suited tc
sheep.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

Always on hand Vim. lea & Sons Brandywine
Flour. AL Brands.
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PRICE-LTST
OF TIRE
s SMYRNA NURSERY,
A. SCOUT, Proprietor,
SMYRNA. DEL.
5000 PEACH TREES IN BID.


OF choice seC elton, as follows Troths Early, Noun
tain Rose, Reeves FavOrite MOUr's FaVoritc Yellow
Rare Ripe Rccsc'S Choice, President StOuts Choice
Pullen's Seeding, Bears smOck. St per hundred So
per thousand.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
Delaware & Chesapeake
Railway.
FAIL AND WINTER ARRANGENEyT

On and after MONDAY, september -ari ~. trains
Will run daily - follows, SUNDAY excepted
EnrNE NnpTII - --.-
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EEEANwATEE &fEA$ET"l: A>o oa.L,riRf.
Kent County. SuryI2 & Delaware Ba72f
SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS
Connecting with Delaware L. Z. a, r,,y,.

on AMI after MONDAY, May I.l. ~ D..
further notice, trains w..l run "a, io,.nw>. o.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

Chambers and farcy in horses are different
notifications of the same disease.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

W>"Ti"& @rrEAKwa1rEr.E
TEAIT, >nEGH r-..,..-
A. II. F.N III
5.Cl......l Y 45...... leave i,.,yc- arrive iF
S.5o...... 2.:5n............... .N:la,ri
'@'...... 5"'~.-a:rirr iia:r.a2t,l. ..4.cl1,l
Trains on The Junction {, iir.aGwa,crj..,
ncct with trans Ga delaware Ka.r,a,4 ar II, --
~ a, n. a.! ".J T.. " Noili. atlI II =, q.
+. II. south The train leaving IL..r1r.,.
makes connections w.'h Steamer ;yr N,.. ~
Wednesday end saturday a'.rH I.-t,,',a.
and Fridays cnI.ncct.!.I IL Lc%,, Is r. 49, .'-.
Harrington. Irah, NuIt!. nnI ~.u,.
cpMher,Ign al 'c.reclOwh " .t! tI....., D.. h.. -.
4 FrankiOrd a'.i Worcester Railroad.
II"NA- GROOM ,...
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
INCORPORATED lN47.
The Kent County Mutual
Insurance Company,
DOVER, DEL.
InSures Property generally against
loss by Fire.

InSures Property generally against
loss by Fire.
Since organization to Dee. 81,
1877, las received from lis
members fox Premiums and for
Interest on observation-disclosures: ::310, ,j36. 81
HAS PAID
Losses by Fire amounting to.... lI0,S44l5
Dividends "... GS,9Sl -
Members on witAdrawal.......... I3,544.57
And had on Dec. 3lst, lS777, to
the credit of its members. pro
tcctng their Deposit Notes,
and payable on withdrawil... e4,24I.g0
DDp.>1 Nofex hclI ia u,cct Ertr1tJ;uqlp
Losvcs, $40, o,I7G.73.
The ~trictc,t Mutuality throughout thus furnishing
insurance at cost 10 each member
DIREC TORS:
GEORGE W. CUMMIN~ President
Vim. " Tschudy, pr HoI.ry E5gely,
John II Ilr:crncr. J..4c. !. ii, vcrin
George III. Money. ,u.4u n. CaIEcy.
jacob Williams. of Scaf,r,l. EX-Goy james Ponder
WM. pENNEI, ,JE, Secretary ami Treasurer
Parties dc,r"u- Of in>uring in this Company will
call upon or address The following agents:
George y. Nou~y, Del. CRY. Grorgr Moore. FELTON,.
Jesse Huntingdon smyrna {. \ Hsw!in, Bridgeyille.
Alex jackson. Cam!en. LcrIuc. ". WApi-s. Lewis
jas B. Anderson Frcirrica. .uhu IS Wooften larreI
R-yr"ar Williams, Milford. H. IS. Baker. arord.
C.JIarriugt"u Pennington. II. T. Downing owl
ANDREW J. WILSON. C,..ciai Agent Dover
Al NbUSucS8con,Duutc3 street.-The aE{reSsedtc
WM. DENEEY, Jr.. Sec'y,
March I, lN7s. DOVER, DEL
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All trciEhtS must lie at the var;au, stations 6, e-;
thirty 80 minutes before Starting Of train, y;L,:gs
they VIII lay over twenty - hrU:>
J. .LCALUWELLS SG;:.
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J. &B., B. &Fr AND 7. RlIID0I0
~ 'oNNlCTIpN WIIIIHL m
OLD D0al!HI0N STEAMSHIP Gnwp..,
IMPORTANT NOTICE
CHANGE OF TIME

ON aud "ijcr WEDNESDAY >rr,. ri. IT,.
day excepted. train, Viii r,... ii. :...o,...
JlNITtnE Z Ir.l-. L...-.-----r :.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

A lining of tarred paper in poultry house
is recommended as a preventative for lice