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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
Late Telephone Stories.

The marvels of the telephone are in
Vulnerable. At an experiment made
the other day, between this city and
HarrisYille, near Phenix, distance of
sixteen miles, the ticking of watch
could be heard distinctly. A sentence
uttered in a whisper, three feet from the
transmitter, was heard at the other end
of the line. Music played upon a piano
standing forty feet from the telephone
was heard distinctly. 1t is not uncom-
mon for man to ask a question of
friend several miles away, and hear in
the friends house or Office the converse
ton which precedes the answering of
the question.
A very striking instance of this sort
occurred in Hartford the other day.
Mr.. j. G. PATTERSON 60 called - one of the
hotels and asked the clerk if an ac-
quaintance was in his room and could
be seen in half an hour. Keeping the
telephone at his ear, Mr.. Patterson
heard the hotel clerk call waiter and
give the message. He heard the steps
of the waiter as he went up stairs; heard
him knock at the gentleman's door;
heard the door OPEN the message de-
hvered; the gentleman's reply; the
returning steps of the waiter; his con-
versatisn with the clerk, and was in
possession of all the facts before the
clerk reached the telephone to reply to
the question asked.-PrOUidenc Or. II
Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

sob, yes I worked three months
steadily over here on the Rockville Sen
tsfaeLg getting small pay and living ex-
vagantly-sticking type, and writing
locals and stud-horse advertisements. -
did you ever try any other bust
Eess?''
" Yes. tried csnvassing once, but
couldn't make money enough 10 buy
whisky. There were lunkheads who
made twenty-five dollars day at it, and
l couldn't make money enough to buy
whisky. l had a good book, toO-'Our
Country I went as an acrobat in a
circus once when / was hard up. 1could
turn hip-haps all around a 250-foot tent.
could drop from afOur-story house and
bound like an India-rubber ball. Then
l could whip my weight in wildcats. l
am good fighter yet, but 1 am getting
a little weak
"What are your prospects, JackP''
81 am just waiting for that $3, 900
Mexican pension which the Government
owes me. 1 would have died four years
ago if it wasn't for that. God knows
what I'll do; we are all the creatures of
circumstances. 1 have good friends in
Baltimore. l have cousin there who
is an Episcopal minister. He never sent
me any money, though. He won't give
me money, he says, unless l come to
him sober. I never got sober enough to
go to him. If I have to pad the hOof
| this time though l will be sober enough,
because I viii have to drink from the
/ babbling brooks. 1 never do much walk
! ing, however; l always manage to get
on the railroads and steamers. "
"Why did you leave Rockville?"
g Sick. Didn't think the doctor there
had science enough to tackle my case !;
so l came to Washington and went to
the hospital -
'What was the troubleP''
"There is no feeling like it-shutting
down on drinking suddenly. If 1 could
keep it up-had capital enough, you
| know would be all right. My friend,
do you know there are men here who are
worth heaps of money who were pau
pers in my day? There is a Senator
1 here who used to borrow quarters from
me in California twenty-four years ago
Il mean Sargent. used to work with
him: We stuck type together"
The Capital man was about to depart,
when Jack hailed him, "Cap., aren't
you going to give up? Have 1 wasted
all this talk? Now, don't 90 away like
that; when get that s., 900 will open
a bottle of the best brand. I am going
away tomorrow, you know, and L don't
want to 60 away utterly destitute. When
get that 5000 l viii build log hut
beside some babbling brook and lead
the life of hermit Now, come, Cap,
give up" And the Capital gave up
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
Curious Incubation.

Indian birds avail themselves largely
of natural heat in incubating; as breed
ing-time generally begins In March, the
hot weather is generally well on by the
time the eggs are laid, and as the tenn
perature of the air is never below a min
imum of 90 degrees-100 degrees dur
ing the day-the eggs are but little sat
upon except during the night, and so
rest and duty are combined judiciously.
On one occasion | collected birds eggs,
and, until 1 could blow them, 1 used to
place them in a drawer of my Office
table, and there they would lie for two
or three days until had leisure. One
day, while writing, 1 heard strange
sounds from this drawer, and opening
it found a young crow (CorUass SpIende11S)
emerged from its egg. On a second
occasion l similarly found a young
myna. [ tried hard to rear these strange
hatchings, but failed. I once saw a
kites nest in the top of fan palm, and
sent up a native to bring down the con-
tents, which turned out to be eggs. In
a spirit of mischief, l placed them,
without saying any thing to any one,
under a hen which was sitting upon
ducks eggs, and awaited the result
Two days later my fowlman came to
me with a long and solemn face,
and asked permission to address
me. That accorded, he mysteriously
whispered, q My lord, a great wonder
has occurred in the fowl-house; a mar
vel has happened - devils have been
Matched in the fowl-house." Then be-
gan tableaux of descriptive acting
which can not reproduce. "Did not
l place ducks eggs under that hen, and,
my lord, have not ducks flat feet like
this [flattening and extending his hand,
and noses like this, comprising his
thumb and index finger; have they not,
my lord?" On my solemnly asserting,
he proceeded: "But these devils, my
lord, have feet like this, [clawing all his
fingers, and noses like this, hooking
his thumb and index together at his own
nose. Oh! my lord, what shall I do?''
well, let me see these devils,' l re-
piled, sympathizingly and we walked
off to the fOwl-hOuse and found the hen
sitting, dazed, beside her basket, in
which were five recently Matched kites.
The finale was tragical, for the poor hen
abandoned both her eggs and the kites,
and the latter would have died had not
had them replaced in their nest. AS it
was, the ducks eggs were abandoned.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

A WOMAN in Scotland lived 80 years
after she was hung for the murder of
her child, born while her husband was
serving term in prison. The British
Medical journal tells about it: After
she became unconscious, the Sheriff,
thinking she was dead, gave the body
to her friends, who took it home in a
wagon. They stopped at a wayside
tavern to drink, and suddenly the lid of
the coffin moved. They took it off, and
she sat up. Every body ran away,
thinking it ghost, but one man, who
insisted on bleeding her. The next day
she was well enough to walk. The
Scotch law exculpates the convict after
the Judgment of the Court is executed,
and they couldn't legally hang her
again. It also absolved her from her
marriage, and her husband had to
marry her again when he got out of
prison.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
A Wooden Watch.

A North Carolina paper, the Abing-
don Standard, has the following:
q Some time ago, Mr.. Z. A. johnson,
of johnson Brothers, jewellers of this
place, made a plain, open-face wooden
watch that attracted great deal of at
tention, but was subsequently eclipsed
bv Mr.. Doriot of Bristol, in a watch
somewhat more elaborate in design.
Not to be outdone, MIR. johnson put to
work on another watch, and has turned
ont a handsome double case stem
winder and stem-setter, every piece of
which, save the main and hair springs
and crystal, are OF wood, and made
entirely by his own hands. Even the
springs to the eases are made of wood.
II keeps splendid time, and is sufficient
l., str6n0 to be used as a pocket time
1:oener 1t is of ordinary size, and
H ornamented as he expects to do,
Will be a handsome tribute to his skill
and ingenuity"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

THE Emperor of China is just now in
a serious difficulty. Young though he
is, he has already to maintain some 20
women on his establishment in various
capacities, and, like every other gentle
man who has ladies under his protec-
ton, the duty devolves upon him of
clothing them. This would be a COM
paratively easy task were the 20 fair
ones of a reasonable turn of mind But,
unhappily for the peace of the brother
of the Sun and Moon, their extravaganza
is pronounced to be beyond all bounds.
Two hundred and fifty thousand taels,
which is more than One-haf of the land
tax of the Empire, were expended last
year in silk, satin, gauze, velvet, red and
gilt paper, and pearls. 1t is said that
one dress which is in possession of an
Empress was covered last year with seed
pearls worked in so peculiar fashion
as to have cost fabulous sum. With
respect to this robe there is trouble
ahead The Empress is aged, though
the dress is new. If she die, according
to custom, it must be burned, supposing
it to be in her possession at the time of
her demise. She refuses to part with it,
and the idea of this wastefulness, coupled
with the prospect of increased extraya-
gance in the coming year, troubles the
owner of the vermilliOn pencil exceed
ingly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
Child Traffic in Hong Kong.

On the most recent occasion of his
passing sentence on a prisoner convicted
of kidnapping, the Chief Justice of
Hong Kong evidently saw no reason to
imagine that the traffic in children is
less than was estimated, or that the
institution of slavery is less extended
than it has been stated to be. There
being from 10000 to 10000 slaves on
the Island, it is not surprising to find
that a pretty well understood salable
value for the chattels has been deter
mined In the case last before the
Court, the market price of a stolen
child, % warranted sound like a horse
was fixed by a 50 competent judge at
S1OO As His Honor suggested, it can
hardly be wondered at that poor
wretches who go to the colony should
readily snatch at any chance of obtain
ing 500 so easily, especially, as is added
with fine irony, in view of g the morality
prevailing in that part of the world. -
Philadelphia Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

A CORRESPONDENT requests an eX-
change to inform those merchants who
employ female clerks that it would be
for their benefit if they would instruct
their saleswomen that there is nothing
disreputable in buying cheap articles.
Women like to save a penny where they
can do so, and are always on the alert
for cheap things. Yet, as soon as the
buyer and seller change places, and the
woman becomes the merchant, it is
amusing to loOkers-on, and aggravating
to purchasers, to see the scOrn with
which she will turn up her nose at the
individual who wants to look at 60 some
thing cheaper" Men are never guilty
of this rudeness. The most elegant
clerk in the most stylish of our estab-
hshments never betrays by the move
ment of a muscle that he is either sur
prised or disappointed when we turn
away from his $3.50 gloves, intimating
that we "would like to look at those
Isle thread which we hear he is selling
at 25 cents a pair And this is exact
ly why women do not compete in popu-
larity with men as store clerks. They
are, in reality, just as well suited for
the business, perhaps better; but their
own thoughtlessness and want of tact
(for we dislike to believe it arises from
genuine unkindness) make them less
successful, and consequently fewer OPP
portunities are open to them. And
they never will stand on par with men
in this capacity with as many openings
awaiting them, and as good pay-till
they learn Manners and are much
more considerate of the feelings of
others = and of their own sex espe-
cially.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

AN ingenious drugstore clerk, who
suspected that some one was tapping
the till, fixed an arrangement on it, so
that any one who tried to open the
drawer, without understanding it,would
get four inches of brad-awl rammed into
his hand. And then he went out and
forgot to explain the thing to the boss,
and as soon as he gets able to be about
again, he'd like TO hear of job.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

A WRITER in the Cott,stTy Gentleman
says that of every thing he has
tried for the cure of rOup in
fowls, the best is to take pulver-
lied copperas and put teaspOOnful in
three quarts of water, and give it to
them to drink. Should they not drink
much in day or two, mix it into corn
meal and feed to them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

RUsHEs.-Melt four ounces of butter
in half pint of new milk; add to this
seven eggs (well beaten), gill of yeast,
and three ounces of sugar; pour this
mixture gradually into as much flour as
viii make a thick batter, and let it rise
in a warm place half an hour; then
add -four till soft dough is formed
knead well, form into small loaves, let
them rise, and then bake them.
When cold, slice them and brown
them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

VEGETINE has never failed to effect a cure,
giving tone and strength to the system debil-
itated 10y disease.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

THE trademark is on every package of the
Frazer Axle Grease. Buy only the genuine.
For sale everywhere
DRUGGISTS keep DR.. Dodge's Heart Cor
rector. Richardson s. Co., st. Louis, No.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
Emerson Anthem Book.

By L o. EMERSON. Price $I25, or $1,000 per doz
It is pleasure to look through this fine book; and
Choir Leaders VII all be Pleased with the general beau
" OF the the great variety. There
than 90 Anu rs A1otes Stntencs. etc. including
Anthem DoX0lOly. and some fine Hymn AntheTnA
Also is lseponsgs and Chants Music for Christmas
Easter. and all other special occasions Is provided
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
Montreal Heard From.

r. l.. MOsELY, of Montreal, Canada, certified
Sept. p, 1879, that he had suffered terribly
from dyspepsia, aud was completely cured by
appetite is good, and | now sutT.r no incon-
venience from eating hearty mcals.n These
Bitters are also a specific for all skin diseases.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
DISTANCE ALL COnrPFTIrORs.

The daiTyman who uses Gilt Edge Butter
Maker VIII increase his product per cent,
improve its quality 20 per cent, and distance
all competitors who do not use it. - cents
worth Of the powder will increase product
and market value Of same $500. Can YOU
make a better investment Sold by grocers.
druggists and general stOrekeepers. send
stamp for - II ints to Butter Makers" Ad-
dress, Butter Improvement Co., Buffa-
10, \. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

GV0 A WEEK. S12 day at home easily made.
DIE Costly outdt free Addrs True Co. Augusta Me
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04
TEST~BETTER TALK

- TEST packets Of choice Seeds sent to every NEW
= NAME for 70 cents, stamps currency. Send
for Garden Manual and Price List for 1SS0-mailed
" free. Address J. b ROOT, Rockford, IL
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-04

THE SLEEPING QUEEN. go etsA Fine operOtI
by Baifa
, 1880-07-06
LIGHT ON A DARK POINT.

Why the Russians Dld Not Enter Con.
stantInoplo-AM Eyo.Wltnoss OF tho
Campaign Shows tAo Fuiptinexw OF
tho Eugltsl Clnin1 to 11uvc Prevented
tho Occupation.
Put Msn Oa4ss.s tLoadon).
Tho Inspired history Of tho luta war by a
writer who accompanied this Grand Duke
Nicholas through tho whole Ut tho campaign
III Bulgaria, md who professes to bu In tlle
conddullco of tle '1sussiun Con,mal,tler-Ill.
Chief. Ii concluded III the current number Of
L4t Nouvellc Reuuc. As It's concluding pagys
decide controversy wlllcl, las ragged s0n,e-
whit AeTeely IN this coMntry,-the cause OF
the 1lon-en.ry OF tho Russians Into Constanti-
n0ple.-wc pass oy0r at present un account
OF tho explanation given concerning tho tax.
Ing Of rleysta, the passagu OF ths Dnlkai,s,
and tho adyatco Oh Adriunople, alld state ut
once tho facts wllicl, nru brought 10 light by
Tho wrltpr In tho Revue concerning tho
closing scene III the lato war. Quot
Ing from notebook III which from
day to day lie made eutry with ycrl-
pulous cxasutudo Of all the Incidents In tho
negotiations. concerning which he claims to
lluye 1esu kCpt uccurately informed by tliusu
III Tho entourago Ut Tho Colnmu.dor-in- Chief.
t!!s anonymous advocate OF the Grand Duke
Nicholas y0qGlies tor he accuracy Ut hls
sadnaiyf SsIsa on MhS oc R s TaIts II suSssy sSsss ny
lliY u so]ourn ut colBtlnttli0p.e. 1t harnl,>-
Mics witt, tho faeb with which the English
public. Is airsady, familiar, aill It clears up
several u0inls hitherto sl1roudcd III iuIpolle-
trAblu, mystery. Il may, therefore, 6u NC
cepsed as autl.ontIo testimony rronl d Wit
ness with Access tO tho best sources Ut ill.,
formation at tho Russian Headquarters, ,lipt
It completely dem0l!shrH the famous ,Hytil
That thu entry OF tho English iteut Into ulo
hon OF ATaF!nOtu prevented the IlusalAn oceu-
patlon of CollStalitln0ple.
Wien tt9 Russial} army crossed the Ual-
kans 4nd beRnn tty kouthward nlurch To the
sea, the telcxrAphie communication witt,
lt.lssin through nu.sarla and ltousuuI,Ia was
10 often interrupted tlat communication be-
tween tho RusxlaaI government a,lll tho Rus
sian azmy ssas carried III at hrnt thrnugl,
Trieste, aud afturwnrtl through Constantine
pic. ~ tAg funious telegram of Sir llunry
Lanyard yla Bombay lal " Tile groat eruption
" JtnKolsr'. which 10 nearly Involved Eli
gland ln l.ostlllles, 10 tho dispatch of u Kus-
occupation 0f tho TurkIsl, Capit4l, which
Yu!{ht 4avo beeu ths sig,Ini for u European
Wnr, 1t WAY llu part of tlle plum Ut campaign
drawn up after tl.e takhE of tluyna that tic
Lie coAtlury. the Grand Duks told 'Namyk
, 1880-07-06
The Valley Of Roses.

Tbs uatue ot kr1Mnlik AIat GeoAtne thoroughly
flmlur to An,ertuall rea1l9rs durtnv tho lt,iss0-
u short dlstanou frou, thu bottom OF the siipka
iaas. u, tho HonnsslaM side nt 1,ao liatkaIs. In
houn rolI,wc.i W hundreds Ut farmers, aud he
dtAtlklutlon ut thu famous uttN, Il tbs CHIEF, al1
pethnps tho uniy, iudustry. Tho cssunu4, which
noptu. A!,d in neary VII tic sosuous roiiuonaunls
nf tao Eust, 5%lultsa tho eon.umption e nisit-
the crop IL suld TO Aurpaas in abuulxnco
nnd boanty any known horotoforu for
worry long period oe yeAFa: up to tho very sum.
I'LL colors. Tho atr II sall to ba IoadcI with the
heavy pcrfuMe Ut this immense lnuBs Of blooms
, 1880-07-06

too umely ono 70 lut slip by AstuipsovcL
NOTHING sAvE THE MYSTERY
was talked nbout ut City-liall yesterday, and
groulss OF city employees were here aud there
ttssklng aa to9rf!ns Eyer IT. aaM 70 & dsep is
Mayor Harrison tnuk o lively tntcrest lu tho
cnst, aid lo std Superintendent O'Donnell,
With the Ruldanco Of Detective Musr1Me.
sspy ay s sssa ssfs f{s a II ts s poy % nt
before tho authorities could inyeatlgato and
note tho surroundings. Mr.. Read, ot tbs
A.rtesian webs. mot the party, on
RSl'Sis M S Il % ils yssssfssiSn s! $atsr.ay sysns;x
sapsfintendsit, iii. Draiwr. Willie in in tie tie
oil'eo together heard loud lnoans to tn tho east
lougea SOh," repeated several tln,es. VIII;
doWH were open to the Nortl. Anit cnst, all
criea came from uie east Ii, the ,nsighborllood
eMue, aiM isot from tho direction where Iie
body was found, which Is Q tow points east
Of morrill,. Upon learlng the cries ,lelooked
as us other, aud Nicholson said, "Son,u-
I'D ' IL ii % distsss HS'!E Thcy % iii not ' 60 % out
howoyer, Mr., Head also told the Mayor
tllaa he 1eachea tho spot shortly aftsr
1Sels 1 s1Sy y hssd 5 5sp Sa a %p ;cEy s cS tsf
with couFu!ate4 blood, md 2 light soatl!
sOlAe dlsancO farther NUrth. 1t wis ceTtaln
THAT THE IIVE.uLo0D or THE NAN
WA poured forth from tho gaa1l IN the neck
OH thAt very Spot and 1t sHtCs AllAllY
certnln TINT the other Injuries abnut the head
could not hayo been inflicted at that point.
There were no mnrks Vt u struggle, alsd no
blood upon the Kruula.l. blr, lteal says there
wHa AM Imprint Of naked tnut III the mud
ns the very sdgo. ot uto ponI, wlt!eh ~
thought Indicated that when the tllr0at ltsni
been cut tho bOiy was thrown or fell laca
foremost Into tlu0 Wnter. 1t was that OF O
Lett foot, alM MIR. lseud spont suiae tinie III
looking for tha imprint Of thu right foot, but
could not tihd It. Tho Mayor and HuperiA-
tendsnt apsnt so,ls tins H., reflections. OMa
thought that the pond should be dragged,
:. A. tho knife wlth whlnh tho snt:
there, but A!s other thought differently. MI.
ltoad gaye tbs Mayor llttlu lecture about
tha way thu poltce avoided tha uelghhot.
hood, mud About tbs way buthets curricsl 0M
Ct the quarry N,nd lust east Ut his residence.
IT Tell upon unwilling ears. a1N! the Magyar
recommended him to buy clouts mud supply
tha bathess.
puh1H0 TIE DAT TIE DETECTIVES NApE
L CLOSE SEARCH
about the quarry pond alxl examined all the
stones. lying about there. Not q truce Of u
dlstuTbAnet way found. A poles
lnMn travelling post heard q story
tlMt hara Was i light late
, 1880-07-06

Tho Corners Have Son1c ideas ~ to the
Nomination nj Cincinnati, and Mako
Gr1cvou# 1It1takc-I1uf They I1nrtl@
n It nj Once
, 1880-07-06

4 GOOD rAttE wiiI. III: PAih EoH rASr-oyf
~ Gtulhnx ni t:ElDEHb. EH btlle..t- utll M ~.
o1iurs W nluli uIuplbuy atiul.Atta EzAIAthod lA|
, 1880-07-06

A Goonitscii. i.A1'futNEY-Av.hAW.t: It, bEAat,
~, tusA- H., Chhayu. Auylrs lr1t; t!ttutu yeAtY
expaftpucl. DuaAuss auluuy uuh legally tu1aactsi