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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

ONE OF THE SMALLER INDUSTRIES
The manufacture of thimbles- has now
been so far perfected by means of i'm
proved machinery and processes, as to
involve a complete revolution in this
comparatively small but useful industry.
In the first operation, a lot of bright sill
yer dollars, fresh from the mint, are put
into crucibles and melted into solid
ingots. They are then rolled into the
required thickness, and cut by stamp
into circular pieces of the desired size.
These circular disks are placed under q
solid metal bar of the proportion of the
inside of the projected thimble, which,
moved by powerful machinery, descends
in bottomless mold of the outside of
the thimble, and presses the metal into
the needed shape at a single blow. The
remaining operations of Frightening,
polishing and decorating, are performed
by means of a lathe. First, the blank
form is fitted with a rapidly-revolving
rod; a slight touch of sharp chisel
takes a thin shaving from the end, an
other does the same on the side, while a
third rounds off the rim. The polishing
is done by a round steel rod, which is
dipped in Oil and pressed upon the sur
face. Small revolving steel wheels held
against the revolving blank pierce the
indentations on the lower half and the
end of the thimble; the Ornamentation
is done by a similar process. All that
remains 10 be done to the thimbles is to
brighten and polish the insides, boil
them in soapsuds to remove the oil,
brush them up and pack them for the
market-being sent to all parts of the
world
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

"A philosopher says, "You require
in marriage precisely the same quality
that you would in eating sage-abso-
lutte confidence"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
VEGETLNE
PurifeS the Blood, RenOyateS and
lnVigOrateS the Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alternative, Tonic, Solvent and
DiurGtic.

VEGETINE is made exclusively from the juices q
caTcfuyselected barks herbs and so strong
y concentrated that it viii eTectuaiIy eradicate fom
the system every faint OF scrOTuIa, ScrOFuIOus
HumOr, TumOrs. Cancer. CancerOus HUI
NOR ErySiPeI3s. salt RheUm. SyphiIitic
Diseases, CanEkrr. FRIntnesS at the Stona-
ac- and all diseases that arise from impure blood
SciRtica, Eaf3aEnnat0ry and Chronic
RbeunatisIn, Neuralgia. GsOut and Spinal
Complaints. can only be eIecualy cured through
the blood.
For Ulcers and ErupfIve Diseases of the
Skin PHstuIes. PimpIes. BIotcheS, BO!I-
letter ScaIdhrad and King worm. vEiE-
TINE has never failed 10 e. 0ct permanent cure.
For Pains in the Back. Kidney Com
platnts- DrOPSy, Female EEeakness, Leu
cOrFilOeI arising from internal liberation and utter
inc diseases and General Debility, YEGETINE
acts directly upon tho OF these complaints 1t
inviSorates and strengthens the whole system acts
upon the Secretive organs ailays Inflammation cures
liberation and regulates the bowels
For CntRrrh. Dyspepsia. ETaDituaI Cos
1tVcncSs, PasIpitatfoa Of the Heart. Heal
ache. piles, Nervousness. and General
PTOstratiOn of the Nervous SYSTEM. no
medicine has ever given such perfect satisfaction as the
VEGEIINE 1t purihes the blood clean5es all Of the
organs. and possesses controlling power over the
nervous system.
The remarkable cures effected by YEGETINE have
Induced many physicians and apOthecaries whom we
know 70 prescribe and use it in their own families
In fact NEGEFISE Is the best remedy yet discovered
for the above diseases aud is the only reliable BLOOD
PURIFI SEk yet placed before ths public
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
THE MARKETS.

REDDING'S RUSSIA SALvE is unequaled fOT
shilblains. chapped hands, frost bites. etc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

VECETINE.-By its use you will prevent
many of the diseases prevailing in the Spring
and Summer season.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18

When the plant is raised in large guam
titles, and when factories, erected in the
neighborhood of production, save the
cost of distant transportation, the cult
walton of this fiber will become more
remunerative. Next year extensive
trials will be made in the raising of the
" Devils Ptant;'' and it is the object of
this note, through the courtesy of your
columns, to ask Western farmers to col
lect as large a quantity of the seed as
possible, in order to facilitate expert
ments which may yet greatly rebound
to their own interests"
THE VELOCITY OF SOUND. "A memoir
is published by William w. Jacques, in
the american journal Of Science and ATtS,
on the velocity of very loud sounds
The author gives an account of expert
ments, made at the United States Arsen-
al at WATERFOWL, Mass, for the purpose
of obtaining automatic measurements
of the velocity of sound near a cannon.
Behind the cannon six-pounder brass
field-piece-he placed, at a distance OF
10, 80, so, 80, and 100 feet from its
mouth, ingeniously constructed mem
branes, having an electrical connection
with chronograph capable of record
ing .00O01 of a second. He found thai
the velocity of the sound wa:
not greatest at the immediate
rear of the cannon, but at some
distance from it, where it rose to {
maximum " considerably above the or
binary velocity, and then fell gradually
to about the velocity usually received. ,
| When the cannon was turned at RICH
angles to the line of the series of mem
branes the distance of the maximum
velocity of the sound came nearer thu
cannon. From these facts the autho
concludes that the velocity of sound is
function of its intensity, and that tn
experiments upon the velocity of sounc
/ in which a cannon is used contain al
error, probably due to the bodily motion
of the air near the cannon. The employ
ment of q musical note of slow intensit
is, therefore, recommended to correctl
determine the velocity of sound.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27

John Henry, whose engagement to
Sarah Emeline is just announced, goes
up to spend the evening with his be-
loved, who has invited few friends to
meet him. He takes the block puzzle
up with him to make it pleasant for
them. He is quite dexterous in the use
of the bits Of wood, and has come out
even several times. With great pride
he showed it to Sarah Emeline and her
friends. He works it out carefully.
Somehow or other it bothers him more
than usual this time. Is wish SO many
of you wouldn't stare at me- he re-
marked; sit makes me nervous" Then
he goes into quiet corner and works
it out by himself. After few minutes
he returns, exclaiming, "Eureka" The
guests all gather around. and there,
sure enough, is IS, Ii. Is. s. 1t amt
right, after ALL says Sarah Emeline;
"you've got Il, II, instead Of II, H."
And so he had, and no shifting OF the
blocks could bring it right. Is it any
wonder that John Henry put the box in
his pocket and never saw bis Eneline
more? "For," said he, refectiyely. "a
girl who would take q fellow down like
that before a room full of invited COM
pany has got no feelin', and IT'S feelin'
that tells in the long rum"
Mark Twain was accused Of bringing
a plague upon his country when he IN
vented the horse-car poetry
A blue trip-sIip for a six-cent fare,
pink trip slip for an eight cent fare,
etc., is terrible thing to get running
through ones head But that flows
easily along, and while it occupies the
mind it does not torture the brain. The
block puzzle turns black hair gray,
makes amiable men cross and sane men
lunatics. 1t is, however, the bond Of
sympathy that binds the people OF this
city close together, and when man IS
seen to stand upon the corner of a street
and throw his hat in the air and shout
for ioy, every person who passes that
way joins in the wild halloo. for they
know he has got 13-l4-15'-1oledo
Blade. .rs.-.--.i s.li
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27

Yesterday afternoon q stranger was
going down Third Street, moving in
zigzag lines as il he had a contract from
Engineer Scowden for taking the dimen-
sions OF the sidewalk. - IL was not the
length of the street, but the width, that
bothered him so much. In one hand
he carried hat-box and an umbrella,
and in the other grip-sack; while
under each arm were stuffed several
domestic-looking bundles. He was ev-
identity making for the Cincinnati mail
boat.
On reaching the wharf he stepped
aboard and proceeded Immediately to
the cabin. Tumbling into chair, with
his baggage scattered around his feet,
he was soon oblivious to all that was
passing, and remained so till he was
reused by the Captain, who shook him
persistently and yelled the word stick
ct" Our stranger indicated that he
had no ticket.
"Fare, then," demanded the Cap
tain.
"How muzh?"
He was told, and he handed his loose
change to the Captain, who took the
proper amount. He was soon snoring
again.
Half hour passed, and the Captain
again made his appearance.
"Fare!"
SHOW muzh?"
The amount was stated as before;
the stranger ponied up and again fell
asleep. This thing was gone over our
times, and when the Captain for the
fifth time aroused the sleeper, he had
sobered up little, and was evidently
as mad as hornet. Looking daggers
at the interchangeable collector, he NUT
tered:
"Look ere, Cap'n, why the deuce
don't you elect all your fare at once?
What you come 'sturbing a man this
way for? How much to CINCINNATI"
CINCINNATI" yelled the Captain.
90 This here amt no Cincinnati steamer.
This is the jeff. ferryboat."
The last seen of. our travelling friend
he was standing on the wharf with his
baggage in his hands and cart-.oad of
levee mud on his boots.
The General Lytle was half way to
Cincinnati Post and NeUS.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27

sit on dozen eggs but for moment,
and he will use fowl language enough
to fill barn-yard.
Down in Ohio, when a young man
has taken girl to a spelling school
sixteen times, the law considers them
engaged to be married. and she has a
good case of breach of promise if he
doesn't walk up.
The following message, intended to
break bad news gently, was sent to the
widow of man who had just been
killed by railroad accident: "Dear
Madam-Your husband is unavoidably
detained for the present. Tomorrow
an undertaken will call upon you with
the full particulars.
AT the jam at the close of one of
the recent great social parties in Chicago
the chief of one of the great morning
dailies was observed searching anxiously
among the head tiles for a covering to
his scanty locks. A lawyer stood looking
some time at the fruitless search, and
finally said: 90 See here, what are you
looking for?r "a first-class hat," re-
sponded the editor, (which had when
| came here" " Pshaw." was the re-
tort, "we have been running on second
class hats for over forty minutes"
A certain young woman, named Hannah,
Slipped down ON IA piece of banana;
She shrieked, and oh, my'di
And more stars she spied
Than belonged to the star spangled ban
ner.
A gentleman sprang to assist her.
And picked up her muH and her wrister;
"Did you fall. ma'am:" he cried,
DO you think" she replied,
al sat down for the fun of il, Mister"
boston Journal Of Commerce.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27
School and Church.

in San Francisco the Greek Church
has chapel and about $50 followers.
The English Wesleyans are getting
up a thanksgiving fund, to which no
less than 81, l61 ,S25 has been promised
There are now nipety-one Reformed
Episcopal ministers, eight of whom are
Bishops. Sixty-four of these are in
this country, thirteen in Canada, and
fourteen in England. The Reformed
Episcopal Church is making steady
progress in quiet way, although its
history has not recently developed any
stirring events.
No ministers suffer more than the
very poverty-stricken clergymen in the
English Established Church. The wife
of one of these in suburb of London
says that true statement of the hard
ships and miseries of the poor clerical
hacks of that vicinity, who are wearing
their lives away amid poverty, smoke,
and dirt, would make the Right Reyer-
end Bishops tremble.
The total number of pupils in at
tendance upon the public schools of the
State of New York last year was 1,03O,-
600, and the cost of their instruction
was SIC, 34S,91S, of which amount the
teachers received in salaries 81 900, 1892.
There are ii, 1924 school-houses in the
State, and the aggregate amount ex-
pended in support of the schools since
1850 is nearly S200,000,000.
Elder Forscutt, of the Montana
Church, is trying to present to the peo-
pie of Chicago what he calls the true
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

-" Jefferson Davis's Memoirs " are
promised for early in the fall.
1t is said that in the Welsh language
an infidel book does not exist.
Rev. Herbert H. HAYDEN who was
lately tried for the murder of Mary
Stannard, in New Haven, Conn, is de-
livering lecture on Circumstantial
Evidence.
Mr.. Matsdaira, a Japanese engineer
working in New York, in addition to
many inventions of merit, reads eleven
languages, has finished mathematical
work in three volumes, and is only 80
years of age.
Prof. Fawcett, the blind member of
Parliament, who lost his sight at %, is
expert and happy in casting the line for
fish, and no one enjoys more than he a
brisk canter. He rides with friend,
his horse needing a companion to avoid
accidents.
M. John Lemoinne, the distin-
guished French journalist, who has just
been elected to the Senate of his coun-
try, is Ga years old but still youthful of
aspect His head is massive, his fea-
lures are decided and somewhat roughly
cut, his eyes brilliant, quick and round.
Mr.. Longfellow has received a gift
of a beautiful book containing the names
of 500 children who presented him last
year the chair made OF the Cambridge
chestnut. The inside of the cover has a
panel made of the chestnut and carved
in illustration of "The Village Black
smiths" forge.
"A writer in Temple Bar thus de-
scribes Theophile Gautier: "Imagine
to yourself a tall, massively-framed in
dividual, who treads the asphalt with
alarming composure, attired in yellow
leather Slippers and black velvet waist
coat, his long hair waving down TO his
waist, his bare head shaded by broad
umbrella, and this at the most fashiona-
BILE hour on the most fashionable
promenade of Europe"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27
The Dissolying Parliament-Its Length,
Career and Work.

The Parliament whose dissolution is
to be ordered before Easter entered upon
its seventh year last Friday. The writs
of election were returnable on March 5,
1874. The previous Parliament had
been dissolved on January 20, after a
session of five years, one month, six
teen days. The longest-lived Parlia-
ments since the passage of the Septen-
NAL act by the Wings in the reign of
George l. have been those dissolved in
1865 and 1920, aged respectfully six
years one month and six days, and six
years, one month, nine days. II the
present Parliament is dissolved before
Easter, it will lack eleven months and
at least ten days of its full constitutional
term.
During the first session of the present
Parliament the strength of the Govern
ment was impaired by ill-timed and ILL.,
digested domestic legislation. Since
1874 all matters of domestic legislation
have been regarded as of secondary inn
portance. The energies of the Ministry
have been exerted mainly in shaping the
foreign policy of the Empire. In 1875
nine-twentieths of the shares in the Suez
Canal were purchased for S2O.O0O,OOO,
without the knowledge of Parliament,
but the transaction was subsequently,
sanctioned. In 1876 the Royal Titles
bill was passed by large majority. In
1877 the Government was sustained in
its Eastern policy and the Opposition
ost public respect by debating minor
points and resisting all efforts to force
vote on the general issue. When Mr..
Gladstone forced his colleagues to oc-
cupy higher ground, resolutions declar-
ing that the Porte had forfeited all claim
to the moral and material support of the
world were defeated by vote of 354 to
223. In 1878 the Liberals made bold
stand when the vote of credit was pro-
posed early in the session, but in an
hour of panic, caused by rumOr that
the Russians were marching on COnstan-
tinople, the party was split in two and a
feeble minority of 124 members was left
to measure the resistance to Lord Bea-
consfield's policy. In the subsequent
debates over the call for the reserves,
the transfer of the SepOys to Malta and
the treaty-making prerogative, the as
tendency of the Government was MAIN
tanned. In 1879 the Conservative
majority ran down to 60 in debate on
the Zulu war, but this was subsequently
pushed up to IS on q financial question.
The domestic legislation of the present
Parliament has been comparatively I'M
importantly. Y. Tribune, March 10.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27
Science and Industry.

Cotton has advanced 10 to IA per
cent. since January /.
-Anumber of farmers are successfully
cultivating upland rice in Monroe CoHn-
ty, Ga.
Goat skins worth $4,000 were
shipped from Corpus Christi, Tex, in
one week, recently.
-Cassava-root growing is being sue
cessfully experimental with about Sor-
rento, Fla, and there is talk of estab-
fishing Il mill there, for the extraction
OF its starch.
Florida believes there is enough
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27

THREE maiden ladies of Auburn, Me-,
carry on large farm, attending person
ally To all details Of cultivation, and
marketing all the produce. They have
a great reputation among Lewiston and
Auburn grocers for excellent dairy and
farm products.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27

To cure a Felon: As soon as the
parts begin to swell wrap the part al.
fected with cloth thoroughly saturated
with tincture of lobelia, and the felon
is dead.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27

land in that State fitted for cane-grow-
ing to make sugar and strip enough to
supply the whole United States, and
save the 800, 900, 900 now sent abroad
for it.
Sugar factories are demanded by
the small farmers on the Lower Missis-
sippi, who say they would gladly raise
from 10 to 20 acres OF cane each, If they
could get it ground near home. 1t now
costs the profit to transport the crop to
a mill.
Prof. Ingersoll of Purdue University,
who has been examining specimens of
the diseased leaves, finds that the trou-
BILE with the wheat in Gibson County,
Indiana, is fine fungus growth, like
fine sand, upon the leaf. The warm,
moist weather of the winter is believed
to be the cause.
1t is very common and very erro-
neous impression that iron window shut
tiers and iron doors are a sure protection
against fire. The fact is they are COM
paratively useless when fire reaches
them. A wooden door or shutter COW
cred with tin is much better than iron.
There is much complaint in the
Cincinnati tobacco market of "false
packing" in much of that received late
ly. This consists in filling the center of
a hogshead or case with poor stock,
while the outside LAYERS are of the best
quality. The Board of Trade are trying
to stop the fraud.
The pillow manufacturers of the
Northeast have organized a union. 1t
is to be a secret organization, with a
penalty for violation of obligations.
Among the binding conditions is a de-
post Of money by each member signing,
and reports under oath monthly were
required. Wood and iron beam walk
ing-cultivatOrs were advanced one dol
lar and sulky-plows two dollars.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27

Another royal marriage has been
arranged for in Europe. The Archduke
Rodolph of Austria and the Princess
Stephanie Clothilde of Belgium are the
afiianced parties.
Tho statue of the Prince Imperial,
which is to be placed in Westminster
Abbey, represents recumbent figure
with the hands crossed on the breast
and clasping sword, the helmet at the
foot. 1t will be several months before
the monument can be completed.
The King of Denmark is truly a
paternal monarch. Finding that during
the recent severe weather the Royal
Foot Guards were suffering greatly from
colds of the head and coughs, the good
old gentleman has provided thick
goloshes, or overshoes, very nicely lined
with fur, in which the sentries stalk
about in luxurious comfort.
Prince Bismarck's rheumatic COM
plant has of late become so acute as
seriously to impede his movements. He
experiences great difficulty in walking
or standing for any length of time, and
his physicians have long urged him to
request permission to address the reich
stag while sitting in his chair. He has
hitherto been reluctant to do this.
The Austrian Diet has just done
what could not be done, probably, by
any other legislative body in Europe,
viz, voted S75, 900 to pay the expenses
of the visit of the Empress to Ireland,
whittier she went chiefly to enjoy the ex-
citing pleasure of fox-hunting. The
Empress is known to be one of the
most fearless horsewomen in Europe.
The national debt Of Austria is S2,OO5,-
10000.
Germany continues to be flooded
with pamphlets in behalf of or against
the Jews. A Silesian clergyman, Herr
Gruber, has just published volume
recommending Cancellation and peace.
1t is dedicated to the Crown Prince, who
writes to the author: Your pamphlet,
Christians and jews has afforded me
great satisfaction. thank you for it,
and desire and hope that your words of
peace may make their way deeply into
the heart of the country"
Odds and Ends.
Editors and hens must scratch for
a living. -
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-27

Editors and hens must scratch for
a living.
The father of twins is a botanical
curiosity double poppy, us it were.
domestic bliss-Kissing the maid
of all work. Domestic blister-When
the mans wife surprises him in the act.
Spring chickens as big as canary
birds are in market, strawberries are
down to four cents apiece, and every
thing betokens a double-back-action
spring.-Detroh Free Press.
"A hen will sit on nest of eggs for
days without q murmur; but let man
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06
Institute, RESOLUTIONS.

Passed by the. Allen. Co. teachers at
the close OF the Instituta,JAly 3Oth 1880.
In grateful acknowledgement Of the
of the many benefits conferred upon vs.
,daEing the Institute now closed. we the
1.-THE teachers Of Allen Co. do tender the
1.-THE following resolutions,
RosaIusd, That our sineere thanks are
itendered our efficient Supt. Mr. Root,
for the able manner in which he has pro-
'vided for our training in school work
and for giving us assurance of his inter-
est for our welfare by his never failing
presence in our midst.
Resoiucd, That to Prof. Williams, we
most reluctantly say good bye; in that
our happy association must soon be sew.
cred and our real enjoyments with him
give way to pleasant membranes of
the past. But as we thus reflect with
sorrow, we are most forgetful of the fact
that to us his presence has been nothing
less than blessing. Our sincere desires
are, that he will gratefully remember u.s.
and at last receive just reward f0r his
lab0rs.
Resolted, That to Pfofs. SCOTT and
DIN. we feei'especially grateful for the
earnest and faithful manner in which
they have discharged their duties: May
the future of their lives be blessed with
pleasure. exceeding if possible that which
we have enjoyed during the four weeks
that they have been our Instructors.