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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-05
$3.50 per Annum.

The Republican Legislature met on the
18th and elected some minor officers. Secre-
tary Of State Chadbourne sent communi-
cation to the Legislature announcing the fact
that the State seal had not been turned over
TO him, and the returns of votes were not on
file. An order was passed by the House
providing for the purchase of a new seal,
should the State seal not be found.-The
Statc-house was guarded by a large military
and police force, under command of Major
Nye. At about p. m. Gov. Smith, Mr.
Lamson, President of the Fusion Senate,
Talbot, Speaker of the House,
and a number of members of both
houses, appeared at the gate leading
to the State-house and individually demand
ed admission, which was seyerally refused
them by the officer in command. The pre-
siding officers of the two houses then called
their respective bodies to order upon the
sidewalk, when formal protest
was made against their exclusion
from the State-house "by a usurping
body" after which they adjourned to meet
at Union Hall on the following day.-At
night the FusiOnists held an open-air indig-
nation meeting, at which there was big
crowd and great excitement, although none
but peaceful measures were advocated by
the principal speakers.
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Skates.

Frequent illusions occur in the old
Northern poetry which prove that pro-
ficiency in skating was one of the most
highly esteemed accomplishments of the
Northern heroes. One of them, named
Kolson, boasts that he is master of nine
accomplishments, skating being one of
them; while the hero Harold bitterly
complains, though he could fight, ride,
swim, glide along the ice on skates, dart
the lance and row, . yet Russian maid
disdains me.' In the g Edda - this
accomplishment is singled out for spe-
eial praise: "Then the King asked what
that young man could do who accom-
panied Thor. Thialfe answered that in
running upon skates he would dispute
the prize with any of the countries
The King owned that the talent he spoke
of was very fine One.'' CLAUS Magnus,
the author of the famous chapter on the
Snakes of Iceland, tells us that skates
were made of " polished iron, or of the
shank-bOne of a deer or sheep, about a
foot long, filed down on one side, and
creased with hogs lard to repel the
wet'' These rough-and-readv bone
skates were the kind first adopted by
the English; for Fitzstepben, in his de-
| scriptiOn of the amusements of the Lon
dOners in his day (temp. Henry H.
/ tells us that ''when that great fen that
| washes .MoOTfields at the north wall OF
! the city is frozen over, great companies
/ OF young men went to sport upon the
! ice. Some, striding as wide as they may,
/ do slide swiftly; some, better practiced
/ to the ice, bind to their shoes bones, as
the legs of some beasts, and hold
stakes in their hands, headed with
sharp iron, which sometimes they strike
against the ice; these men 90 as swiftly
as doth a bird in the air or a bolt from
a cross-bow." Then he goes on to say
that some, initiating the fashion of the
tournament, would start in full career
against one another, armed with poles
they meet, elevate their poles, attacl
and strike each other, when one or bOti
of them fall, and not without some bOdi
ly hurt. Specimens of these old bon,
skates are occasionally dug up in fem.
parts of the country. There are SOM
in the British Museum, in the Museum
of the Scottish Antiquaries, and proba
bly, in other collections, though perhap
some of the " "finds'' are not nearly a
old as Fitzstephen' day, for there seem
to be good evidence that even in LOndOl
the primitive bone skate was not entire
ly superseded by implements of steel a
the latter part of last century. MI
Roach Smith, F. S. A, describing on
found about 1889 in Moorfields, nea
Finsbury Circus, in the boggy soil pc
culiar to that district, says that 9 it
formed of the bone of some animal
made smooth on one side, with hol
at one extremity for cord to fasten
to the shoe. At the other end hole
also drilled horizontally to the depth {
three inches, which might receive
, plug, with another cord to secure
more effectually. ."-BelgrGUia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-05
OUR SHIPS At SEA.

How many of US have ships at sea,
Frcightcd with wishes and hopes and fears,
Tossing about on the waves while we
Linger and wait on the shore for years,
Gazing Hfar through the distance dim
And signing, will ever our ships come in?
We sent them away with laughter and song,
The decks were white and the sails were
new,
The fragrant brcczes bore them along,
The sea was calm and the skies were blue,
And we thought, we watched them sail
away,
OF the JOY they would bring us some future
day.
Long have we watched beside the shore
To catch the CLEAN of coming sail,
But we only hear the breakers roar
or the sweeping night winds dismal wall,
Till our cheeks grow pale, and our eyes grow
dim,
And we sadly sigh, win they ever come in?
oh poor, sad heart with its burden of cares,
Its aims defeated, its worthless life
That has garnered only the thoTns and the
tarcs,
That is scared and torn i'm the pitiful strife,
Afar on the heavenly golden shore
Thy ships are anchor ed forever more.
Florence Gr0Uer, IN the Christian Union.
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Take a Paper.

Nothing presents a sadder commenta-
~ upon the present condition OF society
than the large number Of families, both
in town and country, but more especial
" the latter, that subscribe 10 uc paper
of any kind. Hundreds and thousands
Of families are thus growing up utterly
ignorant Of what is transpiring ia the
world around them-ignoraHJ of tine
mighty events Of the day. But who can
tell the vast amount Of injury that l5
being inflicted on the rising generation
those who are TO take our place In the
busy world at 10 future day growing
UP without any knowledge Of the pres
ent or the past; this ignorance, too, be-
| inc imbued into them by the sanction I
/ those who should. and doubtless de-,
| know better, did they only think Of tie
/ injurious effects of their insane course.
/ Let the head Of every family think oi
/ this, and place in the hands on those for
/ whom he is responsible the means of ac
/ allirine some knowledge of the moving
1 panorama in which we act our different
/ parts Good Words.
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JACK FROsTS SONG

ride the wings of the northwest wind
From my home in the frozen seas,
Where lie and rest with a quiet mind
When biOWeth the summer breeze.
filch the rainbow from out the skies
And place IL On maple leaves,
i whisper the swallow, away he flies
From the nest between the caves.
! work in the dark of the bIackest night,
And paint pictures upon the pane;
What though the sun in his MONDAY might
Dims them, linn them again.
/ draw, as please, the tender spray
OF form, with its fcathery grace
And if that dies out, in the SUMS warm ray,
put a pine in its place.
But this is only my pleasant play
While sunbeams lie and dream,
For clasp in my chilling clutch by day
The throat of the gurgling stream.
I stll its music. I strip the trees
OF their leaves, and Kill the flowers.
! husl the hum of the busy bees,
Who work during summer hours.
] tumble the fences, and lift the grain
From where IL lies in the soil.
pinch the poor, on their way 20 gain
Their bread by their daily toll.
But when Spring days come I change IN!
mind,
For am tickle soul,
SO / mount on the wings of the sOuthwes
wind,
And ride to the Arctic pole.
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in it's rapaoious fold the light dust of the

in its rapacious fold the light dust of the
arid plain.
The advance of the terrible visitant
was extremely grand and sublime. Its
proportions were massive and awe-in-
spring; its march as steady and re-
sistless as the onward sweep of count
less bison, but far more swift The up
per portion was as clearly cut and de-
fined as the castled domes of the Color
ado, and wore lurid, yellowish hue
the whole heavens being now of the
same unearthly color. Close to the
ground it bulged broadly, like an in
verted tunnel; and huge, cavern-like
recesses opened in rapid succession
amid the revolving mass. A dull roar,
increasing to a fearful rushing sound,
preceded the majestic approach of this
irresistible desert monster.
The Indians, on their discovery of the
terrifying phenomena, had eagerly
watched it for a few moments, then
made off eastward as fast as their legs
would carry them, leaving their lifeless
comrade behind-a most unusual cir
cumstance for savages. They were flee
ing from the path of the vast approach
ing whirlwind, they thOught-but they
were destined to become involved in its
the huge mass seemed to tower directly
over our heads, and we covered, breath
less, among the rocks; then it swept by
with roar like the rush of nightly
wings, right in the wake of the flying
Indians.
We saw them hesitate-turn and flee
in an opposite direction. But they were
too late. The gigantic ieviathan of the
air closed upon them, and whether any
lived to escape the terrible consequences
of such an experience 1 am unable to
| say, for we never saw them more.
With the rush of wind as the tempest
swept by came deluge of rain, refresh
ing the parehed earth and our parched
/ lips as well.
The skies cleared beautifully behind
the departing storm, and the sun went
/ down in golden splendOr as we took OuI
| glad leave of our rocky refuge e.-P0Tt
/ land Transcript.
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appointment OF Census Supervisors.

The President, on the 18th, sent to
the Senate a full list of nominations for Su-
peryisors of the Census. The following are
those for the States and Territories named:
Indiana-I Gilbert Z. Stormont; 2, Franklin
g. JOhu-on; 3, j. NJ. RitcnOuri 4, Isaac ~.
nl,-is: 5. Renjamin =. Walker; 6, william T.
iIiinois-I, James G. Wright; 2, David II.
SnndcrIand: s. John W. Bailey; 4, Henry -.
mcdowell; g. Edward j. Waddcllj ., Johh II
Chestnut Z, VIM. a Northcoti D. hllIl'ilh L.
Missouri. Charles E. saloman; :, Benson
Il Caboon: 3, i. l.. Bailey; 4 Joseph A. W IL
son: s. Daniel NJ. Draper; 8, John L. DuIkeh' ;
:, COrydon r. Craig. y, A..
Iowa.. John NJ. Rowley; 2, James T. Met
calf. 3 John : Stridger; 4. Ichabod y hlddef.
Nj 'Hii,n1csota-i Albert a. Crandal; ?, Charles
W johnson, 3, Chris. g. Andrews ,,-.,,,
Nrl1ansas-l, William J. Hicks; 2, WiIAanl
! J. Patton.
ColuradO-L- Cass. = Ut,
Eau-a--I Dwight Thatcher; 2 David j.
/ Evans; 3. Charles NJ. Kellogg. ,-
E-cutlcky-l Samuel NJ. Games 2 Jg7''l'ii
/ ". Winnocz: 8, Speed s. Fry; 4, George atoA !
/ 3 William Hoffman. n D.,
! Ncbraska-I, i. ID. Slaughter . bIuho
/ Tennessee-I, Henry r. Gibsoni 2, william
/ NJ. GoOdpasture; 3. Frames NJ fah' > Ai'O''
/ m Paine: >, VIM. NJ. smith -
! T.T1jfor-ies - CrawIey j. Dake, Arizona
/ Alex Hughes, Dakota; William IL E i5oE ~
! District If Columbia; clinton IL Aoole '
] Idaho: Hugh NIcQuaid, Montana: ADi5uI AI
J : Hovt New Mexico; John ID. Neh, tHll
+ Fred ". Sparliug, Washington LcifiIoiy
/ Homer Merrill, Wyoming
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Swindling Stock Operations.

Concerning swindling stock specula-
ton firms, the Boston Journal speaks as
follows:
First, broker who had - inside - op-
portunities to turn ten dollars into a
hundred without risk would keep his Sc
cret to himself, and would make the
money for himself.
Second, there is no sure and easy way
to fortune by stock speculation, and the
keenest SPECTATORS, in very many cases,
beggar themselves before they get
through with it.
Third, if you are promised chance
to make 800 or 81 900 without risk, be
sure that it is lie.
Fourth, be sure that the firm which
makes the promise is swindling co
cern.
Fifth, don't be a fool.
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WHEN Charles Dickens visited Amer
lea for the first time he stayed a few
days-says writer in the Republican of
Springfield-at the old City Hotel in
Hartford, occupying rooms on the first
floor, which had windows reaching
nearly 20 the street level. A Hartford
lad who has since become a distin-
guished citizen. appeared at school one
morning loudly and proudly proclaim
ing that he had not only seen Mr.. Dick
ems at the hotel, but that the great nov
elist had spoken to him. Deeply did
his mates envy the youth, but his noble
spirit was shortly tanned when it was
finally ascertained that he had climbed
up on the windOw-sill of room where
MIR Dickens was shaving and that the
latter had turned at the noise, and razor
in hand, waved him away with a stern
Z" Go away, boy"
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WHEN Sol Smith Russell was last in
Detroit he thought to play trick on
the brush-boy in the barber-shop by Of
feriug the lad a $50 bill after the broom
had done its work. The boy received
the money with his usual - thankee''
and placed the bill in his vest pocket.
50 What did give you?'' asked Sol af-
ter a little time. 50 Twenty dollars,
sab, - was the complacent answer.
1 - And was that too much?" Z" Well,
sab, when you handed me dat bill
'sposed you would be in for All extra
brush long dis afternoon and wanted
/ to save maxim changeI In case you
gwine to leab town dis mawnin' III get
/ de bin busted up an hand Ober your
! sheeri" It cost Sol half a dollar to get
! his bill back. and there is one gallery
god in this city who viii never applaud
him again.-Detro1 Free Press.
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OATMEAL MILLING IN THE UNITED
STATES. The increasing use of oat-
meal as an article of diet in the United
States, coupled with the fact that we
are now exporting large quantities q
that product to England and Scotland
the latter being the very cradle oI
oatmeal milling Suggests the import
ance of this growing industry, and The
possibilities which lie at our doors.
Even with this foreign demand for
American oatmeal and the increase in
its home consumption, this important
and profitable branch OF milling is, as
national industry, in its comparative
infancy in this country. Very few eN-
tensive and well equipped oatmeal mills
exist among us. Those at work nave
all they can do, and are making money.
The secresv which the principal Oat-
meal millers have heretofore maintained
concerning their improved methods,
and ayiditv with which one or two have
bought uD evaIv real improvement in
machinery as FAST rs they have been IN
vented, have resulted in practical
monopoly in some localities, and speak
plainly of the profitable character Of
the business. There has been consider
able published concerning several oat-
meal mills recently started and now M
successful operation in Iowa. One at
Cedar Rapids IS grinding 10000 bushels
of oats a week, and another at Iowa
CITY is grinding $4,000 bushels. some
one commenting on this refers MS TO the
census Of 1879, for Iowa, which shows
that the six counties nearest these two
oatmeal mills produced, in 1874,
| IO1. pos acres Of oats, averaging about
! 30 bushels per acres, ,G36, $50 bushels,
which would furnish about one years
supply for these two mills. 1t takes
about y bushels of oats 10 make bar
rel of 200 pounds OF oatmeal, the market
price of which is, at present writing,
about Sc. 80 per barrel, and sold by the
retailer 1T five cents per pound. Those
interested can readily figure from this
data. twill be interesting to farmers
TO know that owing 10 the consumption
of oats bv the two Iowa mills referred
to, the price AT Muscat ue has advanced
from y cents TO 30 and 33 cents within
a few weeks Thus we see am Onc0m-
inc feature OF American milling, which
ilfarnsis not only the miller himself, bat
also the farmer ana the food consumer.
l-Le6aE's Milling Nclcs.
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WHEN a man wins a sword at q raille
what does he generally do with it? It
Is too fine for breaking Goals with, not
suited for the dccapitation of dScks'
heads, and is altogether too long for %
carving knife. Perhaps the best use IL
could .be put to would be to feel around
under the bed for burglars.
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GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

tire South.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
At Greenville, S. c., on the 18th, Major
Ross, well known and wealthy merchant,
shot his son, Oliver G. Ross, aged u, through
the heart, killing him instantly. The only
provocatiOn for the horrible and unnatural
crime was that the son had just married
young lady, Miss Cavingel, TO whom he had
long paid attentions, but whom the father
had declared he should not wed.
A cablegram from st. Thomas says news
has arrived of terrible floods on the Isl
and of st. Kits, by which 200 lives have
been lost, property to the extent of $780,
600 destroyed, and the whole island devas-
tated.
A fleet of piratieal oyster vessels have
taken possession of the lower Rappahannock
River in the neighborhood of Lancaster
County, Va, and defy the lawful owners of
the bivalyes, the residents along the banks,
to prevent their depredatiOns. Two of the
citizens were killed at long range from one
of the vessels. The Legislature of the State
has appropriated money sufficient to equip a
force of 200 militia, which will be sent to dis
perse the marauders.
A negro named Charles Smith, charged
with arson, was hanged by a mob at Walton,
KY, on the 14th.
| Abe Rothschild, the convicted murderer of
Diamond Bessie" has been granted a new
/ trial by the Texas Supreme Court.
Nat. Smith, a negro, confined in the Jail
at Jonesboro, Ga, for an assault upon a
woman, was hanged by mob on the night
of the 10Th.
/ Three mills of the Miami Powder Com
pany, near Yellow Springs, Greene County,
| o., exploded on the 18th, killing two men.
The mills and machinery were demolished.
| At Lancaster, Peoria County, H., on the
18th, A. c. Barnes shot and probably fatally
wounded Matte Ford, who had rejected his
| addresses, and then put bullet into his own
| brain.
The Jury in the case of Rev. Herbert H
| Hayden, on trial at New Haven, Conn, fol
the murder of Mary Stannard, failed to agree
The trial lasted 30 days.
Arthur Jordan, a negro, eloped with and
married the weak minded daughter of a re-
spectacle white farmer of Fauquier County
| Va. He was arrested upon charge of mis-
! cegenation and locked up. On the night O
the 18th he was taken from the Jail by a mol
and hanged to a tree. Jordan already had
wife and three children, whom he deserted
in favor of his white inamorata.
\ horrible murder, which followed upol
a crime still blacker, occurred at Grotol
Ridge, near Aver, Mass, on the 18th. Tn
victim was Mary c. Crew, aged IS, wife o
Joseph Crew, farmer. Mr.. Crew left hOm
at noon, and upon his return, at about 8 ?
NJ, he found his wife lying deat
in bedroom, shot three time
in the head and once in the breast. A neigh
bor who called at the house during the af
l | ternoOn found Mrs. Crew engaged in con
versation with a stranger, whose OstensibI
purpose was to buy a farm. There seems t
be no doubt that this man was the guilt
party, and efforts were at once put forth +
1 effect his arrest.
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The CONSTITUENTS or CEREALS
Messrs. Hayes of RoNbury, and Jackson
of Boston, Mass, have discovered g way
of measuring approximately The va.ua-
BILE constituents of grains. If "a kernel
of corn be split lOngitudinally, and inn
mersed In an aqueous solution of sui
phate of copper, the germ, or " chit,
only becomes cul0Tcd green, thereby
beautifully defining the limits of the
phosphates 10y the formation of phos-
phate of copper. Ii q kernel of corn be
split open and thrown into % solution OF
sulph-hvdrate of ammonia, the - chit"
will soon be changed 80 a dark olive
color, which is due to change Of the
salts of iron in the seed to sulphuret
of thar metal; a darb-colored matter
forming with the ammonia turns the
vegetable coloring matter yellow, and
the two colors combined produce an
olive Again, by taking split specimens
of corn, or other grains. and soaking
! them in a tinctWe OF iodine, the limits
/ of the starch and deXtrine VIII he dis
/ tinctlv defiued-the iodine striking am
! intense blue with the starch and deep
| port-wine red with the deNtrinc; SD that,
! from this test, rich violet (belnr the
! combination of the blue and red colors)
viii Indicate the presence Of both the
starch and the deNtrine in the grain.
If the oil be extracted from the trans
parent horny part Of the corn by means
of alcohol or ether, the tiucture of iodine
will show the presence OF starch in that
part of the grain associated with the
| gluten. BY these means we may easily
cause any of our cereal grains To repre-
sent to Us the extent and precise limits
of its phosphates, iron, deNtrine, starch
and oil; and thus, by the eye alone, we
may form an approximate estimate oi
the relative proportions of these iH-
gradients.
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TELEGRAMs received from British
Consuls state that a terrible famine
prevails in the districts of Baskaleh and
Bayazid in Armenia The authorities
are helpless to aid the people, and it is
feared the famine will become general
on the western frontier of Turkey.
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COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

An extensive strike of coal miners, en-
braeing nearly the entire bituminOus region
in Pennsylvania and Ohio, has been inaug-
urated.
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TIE BOLIVAR BULLETIN.
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

EBONY MANUFACTUlsEs.- mauu-
facture of articles, both ornamental and
useful, from ebonized wood. has become
quite extensive, and in no respect per
haps more marked than in the ease of
furniture, for which purpose various
kinds of wood are employed, cherry be-
ING considered the most desirable; white
wood, maple and beech are also capable
of being used with good effect in this
way. In the process of ebOnizing, the
wood IS simply first stained with de-
coction of log-wood; it is dissolved in
warm water, until al has been taken mp
that the water viii hold. Application
to the wood is made freely with "a soft
bristle brush, and the surface Is rubbed
with a cloth to prevent the formation of
a gummy coat thereon. After the m'ti-
Gle has been left to dry for a few hours,
the second application, which consists
of vinegar in which 4 quantity of nails
or clean iron-filings have been soaked
for several days, is also freely laid on
with a brush. The moment the vinegar
touches the wood it combines with the
log-wood solution in the pores, making
an ink which Is permanent jet black
stain. The influence OF the iron in the
vinegar Is all-important, and il Is really
this that does the work. If there be any
tendency to gTayness, 81 second treat
ment with the logwood and vinegar is
necessary. When wholly dry, varuish-
ING and rubbing down, or finishing with
furniture oil, follow.-Ercbguge
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AFFAIRS IN MAINE.

night of the 18th. Insured for about one
half of total loss.
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The Louisville CKy.) Savings-bank sus-
pended payment on the 14th, caused
by deficit in the accounts of the Cash
ier, Mr.. j. II. Rohrer, to the amount OF
S67 1000. Mr.. ROhrer is 81 years Of age
and is one of the largest stockholders in the
Bank. The Directors will make good the
deficit.
The management of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern Railroad have pur-
chased a majority of the stock in the Nash
vile, Chattanooga and st. Louis Railway.
Under this arrangement the entire line from
Hickman, KY, to Chattanooga, with several
branches, passes into the L., n. and G.. s.,
giving that company control of some $500
miles of road, the largest system in the en-
tire South,