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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12

for the murder of Robert Ferguson in Octo-
Der last. The murdered man was emigrat-
ingfrOm Cherokee County, Kansas, to Column
bia, Tenn, and the murder was committed
for the sake of plunder.
The steamer Charmer, of the Red River
Transportation Line, was burned to the
waters edge on the morning of Sunday, the
25th, near Bayou Sara, La. Eight lives were
lost, viz, two chambermaids, two cooks,
two cabin boys, one fireman and one deck
hand. The cargo consisted Of 2,100 bales of
cotton. The Charmer was an elegant new
steamer and cost $32, 900. She was insured
for SIS, 600.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12
TO SORROW.

Come not when the sun is here,
And the mOcking- bird, piping clear,
Marbles sweetest interludes,
And from wooded solitudes
Calls the flowers TO appear.
SOngless hedge and leafless tree,
Sorrow are reserved for thee;
Therefore, call me not away
Let me Joy I'm life to day!
Soon, alas twill ended be.
Come when winter comes again,
Bringing sadness in his train
ON wild and windy day,
When the rain, wet-eyed and gray,
Taps upon the window pane.
Meath the low, red sunset skies,
When the ghOstly mists uprise,
Frozen marsh and pool among
When regret o'erfilis mine eyes,
/ will go with thee long.
Julie Il. WetheTili, ia ScfibueT for January
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12

COCA.-The remarkable properties Of
coca-thc dried leaves of a small tree
growing in Peru and BOlivia-and espe-
cially its power to enable one to put
forth long continued exertion without
fatigue, have been exciting a good deal
of attention among scientific men for
the last few years. These properties
were known and priced long before the
Spanish conquest, the leaves being en-
ployed, even as a medium of exchange.
After the conquest, they were among
the most valuable articles of export. At
PotOsi alone, 100000 bushels were con-
sumed yearly. Under the influence OF
the leaves of this plant, the miners can
work night and day, with only brief IN
tervals of rest and sleep. The slightest
! food and a handful of the leaves enable
the natives to endure the severest and
most protracted toll of every kind. They
| take them three times a day, chewing
/ them and lodging them in the side OF
/ their mouth, like a guild of tobacco. In
! 1876, the Toronto (Canada) LacrosS
/ Club, consisting of 16 players, all OF
sedentary professions, held the cham
/ pionship of the world against all cOmers
/ white men or Indian, fortified mainly by
coca, which they chewed during the
| game, swallowing the saliva. One day
! during which the heat in the sun was a
/ 11O9 F., though their antagonists, me
chanics and tradesmen of sturdy build
were utterly exhausted before the game
was finished, the former seemed as free
from fatigue as at the beginning. 1t
chief action is upon the heart, and it i
believed by some, at least, that it i
liable TO the same objection as Othe
powerful stimulants and narcotics. :
| French writer aflirms that when Ions
used in excess, it affects the brain, anC
ultimately induces mental imbecility.-
Youths Companion.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12

Point Languedoc is the name of a
new lace now offered in Paris. It's
special feature is its large figures darned
in with cord and shaded on the edges
with finer thread. For the present it is
produced with two kinds of meshes-
one square like Valenciennes lace; the
other with the round, irregular meshes
of thread lace 1t looks like soft, old
yellow lace, and is shown in four shades
white, ivory, cream, and ecru.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12

PURIFICATION OF SMOKE.-An inven-
ton has been brought forward in Eng
land, which is described as removing
one of the chief nuisances of manufac-
turing towns-that is, it washes the
dense black smoke of the tall chimneYs.
making it so white that it does not soil
pOcket-hankerchief, and obviates the
necessity for chimneys higher than those
of ordinary houses. Pollution of the
atmosphere by injurious gases will, it is
claimed, be prevented, disagreeable
odors Will be destroyed, and the un-
sightliness of the black and ubiquitous
smoke will be removed. According to
this plan, the dense and gas-laden smoke,
after it leaves the furnace and before it
enters the chimney, is made to pass
through fiue, and over a tank of water
holding soda ash in solution. Paddle
wheels, with fans just touching the wa
ter, are suspended over the tank, the
number varying with the size of the
establishment. Set in rapid motion,
these wheels dash the water up in a fine
spray, which washes the smoke hasten
ing on its way to the chimney. Success
sive screens of lath, down which the
water trickles as it returns to the tank,
afford additional facilities for the deten-
ton of the impurities in the smoke. The
revolution of the paddle-wheels in the
direction in which the smoke is moving,
increases the draft, and insures more
uniform heat in the furnace. 1t is stated
that, so pure has the smoke been made
by this process, that persons have
breathed with safety over the top of a
chimney, and handkerchief, which be
comes instantly black with SCOT when
held in the smoke before cleansing, re-
mains perfectly white when held in the
/ purified smoke.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

ANEW loom has recently been brought
out in England, which has excited much
interest among the manufacturers of
textile fabrics. 1t is a loom for knit
ting, on what is claimed to be an entire
ly new principle. The yarn, which is
drawn direct from 432 cops, is arranged
over the width required like warp for
the ordinary pOwer-loom, and by SIM
pie cOntrivance the whole of the threads
are shifted to such an angle that the
needles are enabled to catch each thread
at the same instant, thus knitting the
entire width at the same revolution.
The loom occupies less space, and re-
quires less than half the power necessa-
ry for the pOwer-lOOm now in use. 1t
makes from y to IS inches of closely
knitted fabric in one minute. In two
hours and twenty minutes, including
stOppages, 4S 1-2 yards, y inches wide,
can be produced. The fabric produced
has been pronounced by competent
judges to be superior in strength and
durability to the ordinary woven cloth
Each stitch or loop being locked, the
cloth will not unravel A variety of
designs has been produced. Any mix
ture and variety of cOloring can be in
troduced, and the selvages are perfect,
and may be fancy or plain, as required
The loom has also been tested with
tender yarns, and found to work salts
factOrily.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12

POTAToEs ROASTED UNDER MEAT
Half boil large potatoes; drain the wa
ter; put them into an earthen dish or
small tin pan, under meat, roasting
baste them often with the drippings
turn them, to brown nicely on all sides ;
take them up in a separate dish.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12

Mrs. JULIA SMITH PARKER of Glas-
tonbury, Conn, made her usual fight
against the tax collector this year, and
that old COW was sold again, being
bought in by Mr. Parker. The costs of
the case amounted to $12.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12

A LITTLE girl looking out of the win
dow, the other day, saw a hearse go past,
and cried out, fLook, mamma; here
does the sky bus.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12

Hoes when nearly fat are liable to
have a disordered stomach through
overlooking, refusing their food. The
best antidote for this is charcoal. If
the charcoal IS taken from the stove
when cold there viii probably be ashes
taken up at the same time, these will
not hurt the hog should he eat portion
of them. Charcoal is best taken from
an open fireplace. 1t would be well to
/ have on hand at all times a barrel or
/ two of charcoal. Charred cOrn-cobs or
charred corn have a good effect. There
/ is nothing better than these substances
/ where hogs have the sOurs.
] Mrrnrnnr-r hnr 01- QOn ..,ilnh nnrrr-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-12

VERMONT has 2I7,s0O mich cows,
valued at S5,445, 900.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-27
Lynnville Items.

Prof. G. w. CampbelPs school
will be out June 18th, at which time
he will hold a public examination.
Miss Mackey Evans closed her
school last Friday after a highly
successful session. She gave gen
eral satisfaction TO her patrons and
built up a school in a neIghborhood
where no similar institution had
been taught for ten years.
Talk about the Pulaski boys hav-
ing their hair clipped close % the
scalp, why they are nothing. Our
Jack Boyd brought head from the
centennial that would make peeled
onion ashamed of itself. 1t has
been rented by several enterprising
flies for a skating rink.
Rev. VIM. StoddaTd is expected
here every day, and however speed
ily he may arrive his friends will
think the time long until he comes.
No man ever obtained a stronger
hold on the affections of our people
than Mr.. Stoddard, and his prom
ised visit is eagerly looked for.
Buford Gordon and Brown Tate
will represent Lynnville at the Mt.
Moriah supper tomorrow night. If
their appetites do not fail them we
bespeak tor the supper utter dem
clifton, and not a scrap lett TO re-
mind one of the feast. The young
ladies' hearts, too, unless they are
indurated above the average, viii!
experience a smashing at the hands
of these agreeable gentlemen.
The folks in this place
and vicinity were taken with a
panic last week, and nearly every
body went to the Centennial. II is
impossible to mention all who went.
1t would-be much easier to mention
all who remained at home. Many
are the stories and incidents related
Of the terrific jam and the surgip z
crowds which bore a fellow away
whether be as willing or no. Sew
eral came home sick, all were weary
and footsore. Many failed to OBJ
tain lodgings and the boys relate
with great JUNCTION that Col. W. w
Gordon, who had tried in vain tc
Obtain a place in the city whereon
be could rest his stalwart form, Il
nally walked five miles in the coun
t-y where he at last sought repose
for the night in a fence corner. II
is said he had barely reached The
realms of sleep, when some fellow
came along, reused him up and Of
fered him s. fer the fence correi
for the remainder Of the night. Col
GorC on Indignantly repliedEathai
money was no object with him anc
resumed his slumbers with a snor'
that shook the top rail from The
fence. Still they go. A crowd o
b got off on the 2 40 train Monday
afternoon. LYNX.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-27

AT recent meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Association the
following officers were elected: Jno.
S. Wilkes, president; Charles Blu
ford, vice president and treasurer;
w. T. DuBose, secretary; James r.
Grove, Monroe Lasseter and the
officers elect, executive committee.
A pleasant and well ventilated hail
has been rented in the White block,
north east corner of the public
square, which is now being hand
somely aud appropriately furnished,
and arranged in such a way as to
meet the objects of the association.
The members are highly gratiried
at the encouragement they have re-
ceIved. The contributions, both in
books and money, have been very
liberal, and the citizens of the town
are showing their sympathy with
the movement In various othel
ways. When the arrangements are
completed the association will bt
able to offer the young men OF thu
town and county superior facilities
for mental, moral and religious i'm
provement, and to invite them to :
pleasant room where they can spenC
their leisure hours in a profitabl,
manner and enjoy the advantages
to be derived from good books anC
good society. A meeting will b,
held in the hall Sunday afternoon
at 3 O'Clock, by which time it il
thought the room will be ready 70
visitors 1t is the intention OF tn
association to hold "Open All
Meetings" occasionally.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-27
Pleasant Valley.

This is the merry month of May
and we have noticed nothing from
any of our talented people in behalf
OF May and its flowers.
The outlook for a good wheat
crop Is gloomy. We fear the rust
will iuin it. 1t is on the blade very
bad, but has not made its appear
ance on the stalk yet.
Corn and cotton look very well
at present. Oats look well.
Mr.. Hughes, who is a candidate
for sheriff, was perambulating
through our fields not long since
shaking hands and asking some Of
our citizens to vote for him. Our
neighbor, Mr.. John G. Alternately,
who is a candidate for trustee, is in
other localities electioneering under
full head of steam. He is as
clever man as there is in the state,
and will make a good trustee, If
elected.
Some of our young folks went to
the centennial last week. Among
the crowd we noticed Miss Ella
Rogers, John Rogers, ID. j. Follis
and r. A. Alternately.
Cur croquet match a short time
ago turned out to be fishing and
humble peg party. There were but
a few young ladies present, but all
seemed TO enjoy themselves.
Miss Adnie Alternately is in our
midst visiting friends and relations
Miss Alice Lee Alternately was
visiting her sister last week, Mrs
S. II. Mcknight, of Southport,
Maury county.
Several oi our citizens attended
district conference at Bigbyville.
DR.. Steele's mlllers, Messrs. Bow
ers and McElhaney, are speaking
of going north. Mr.. Newt Parsons
is his miller now. We think this is
wise selection, as Mr.. Parsons is
one of the best millers we know.
"Sox" has given up and says he
don't wish to expose his ignorance
to the readers Of the CITIZEN any
longer. MUGGINs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-27

by Messrs. G r. Russell, j. NJ.
Ashford, John c. Lester and t. NJ.
N. Jones.
A. A. Dickerson, John G. Lester,
and George r Russell, committee
to nominate persons to fill the Of
nices of this convention for next
year, made the following report:
Charles Buford, President; L. NJ.
N. Jones, w. A. Odeneal, George
t. Riddle, Nj. Childress and w. A.
Beavers, A. A. Dickerson, vice pres
idents; w. I. DuBose, secretary;
Z. W. Ewing, W. X. Jones, j. r.
Grove, executive committee.
The report was adopted and the
gentlemen named were elected to
serve for the ensuing year.
Topic-Relation of Ministers to
the Sunday School, was called and
opened by Rev. G. n. Wall, and
further discussed In short talks by
Rev. George w. Campbell and Mr..
A. A. Dickerson.
blackboard work in Sun
day school. Rev. Allen Woods, to
whom had been assigned this topic,
being absent, Mr.. George r. Rus
sell was requested to exemplify the
work. which he did lii a manner to
impress upon all present the impor-
lance of the black board in illustrat-
ing the lessons in the Sunday
school.
Toplc-Infant Classes-was dis
cussed at length by Revs. George
w. Campbell and G. n. Wall and
Messrs. A. j. Alternately and j. r.
Grove, and the convention frlly
satisfied as co how important was
the care of this particular branch
of the Sunday school.
Remarks apologize and explain.
atory were made by Messrs. Buford,
Lester and Grove in regard to APP
parent want of preparation to re-
ceive and entertain the convention,
showing how much the centennial
exhibition at Nashville had to do
with it. These were responded to
by Rev. George w. Campbell, A. A.
Dickerson and Pres. r. p. Yancy.
Resolutions complimentary and
Of thanks to the officers of the con
vention for the past year were
passed.
On motion, the Giles County S.
S. Convention adjourned TO meet at
such time and place as may be sc
lected by the executive Committee.
r. 2. YANcY, President.
CHARLES BUFoRD, Sec'y pro tenn.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-27
MO- a.
DEPOT DOTS.


Railroad chips are not dying
about to any great extent this
week.
The demand for fruit cars is in
creasing and that business is rap
idly growing.
Supt. Geddes and Genl Supt.
Rowland swept by Pulaski on a
fast train Tuesday.
The pay train passed over the
road Tuesday, bringing JOY and
ducats to the boys.
Mr.. j. NJ. Garrett, our popular
night operator, has returned to his
post after brief absence.
w. NJ. Lyons, route agent of the
L. and N. Express, who has been
quite sick. is now recovering.
The fast trains between Nashville
and Louisville are making regular
time with as many as eight cars
each.
A construction train has been
put on our road To hasten the
work of relaying the track with
steel rails, and prepare the line for
the fast time now being made.
Several coaches from the n. o.
NJ. and I. r. X. are being used on
this division. They are very hand
some and roomy cars and each is
capable Of seating ~ passengers.
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Ifyop want your baby to look bright
do not put it to sleep with laudanum
when restless, bui use DIR. Bulls Baby
Syrup. 20 cents a bottle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-27
Parker's Store.

Farmers have been pushing work
with a vim for the last two or three
weeks in order to be ready for the
refreshing showers which favored
US with their invIgorating infu-
ences Hast Thursday night, re-
viving crops generally. Wheat will
be light, owing to the rust; but the
rain improved it some. Corn and
cotton look very well.
Miss Fannie Parker returned last
week from a protrac,od visit TO
Miss Mollie Tidwell, of Pulaski
Master Alison Parker is spending
vacation at home and expresses
himself well pleased with Culleoka
Institute.
Our village was we'll represented
at the centennial last week. Sever
al who went up gave us bad re-
port of the bill of fare served at the
hotels. The crowded condition of
things generally overbalanced the
pleasure of sight seeing The Bo-
denham crowd took standing up in
"Lheir'n" on their trip, while some
of the boys from not "a thousand
miles from here walked through a
mirror under the delusion that the
reflection of an image was some
one on the pavement and that they
were at the door. Some Of the
boys were served with raw beef, be-
cause they did not know that"rare"
stood in the hotel vocabulary for
raw. One of them will take bald
headed butter in his'n. Notwith-
standing all these mishaps they
claim to he repaid for their trip.
Our community Is in a healthier
condition than for sometime past;
no sickness Of any consequence ex-
cept chronic cases.
The first candidate Of the season
made his appearance a few days
ago. AS the voters were plying
their vocation he was forced TO
leave word with the ladies. We
hope the crop of Office seekers will
be light this year as our time Will
be taken up In keeping out the
weeds. Our village has a demo
cratic majority and we will support
any good man except Tilden.
KULLY.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-27
CONSOLIDATED CHEEK.
A widowed Chunk Of Efrontery
Calmly Plumbers Grocery
Store in the Presence
Of the Clerk.

A few days ago a mildewed indi-
vidual with battered hat, and a
wilted shirt collar that might have
been worn around the arm as a
badge Of mourning, walked into the
grocery department of Capt. A.C. IT.
vines store while Mr.. John B. Ken
needy, the clerk, was waiting on a
customer in the rear of the estab-
lishment. The new conner at once
made himself sociable with the nuts
and confectionery. and one would
have thought from the way he
thrust his hand into q box of rails
ms that the two were old acquaint-
ances. He sampled several jars of
candy, filed his pockets with pc
cans and filberts, and was in the act
of counting the contents of the cash
drawer when Mr.. Kennedy, open
mouthed with establishment, timid-
ly approached and in the mildest
ma ner imaginable asked him what
the ID he meant by his afro
cious familiarity with other peo-
ple's merchandise. This pacific
query was received with a super
cilious stare by the self-possessed
invader, who whispered softly in
his interrogation ear that it was
none of his id business. Now,
we all know that Mr.. Kennedy is
an amiable man; in his normal con-
dition he wouldn't wound the feel
ings of bed bug, but there are mo-
ments when he rises to the sublime
heights of righteous wrath and then
we would as soon undertake to rake
the tail of Bengal tiger with a
drawing knife as to run afouI of
him. He was in this towering
frame of mind when the rather pro
fame observation mentioned reached
his ear, and in less time than it
would take to soothe refractory
baby with a paddle, he had the
stranger by the nape of the neck
and the cautious part of the trous-
ers and was scrubbing the floor
with him. At this interesting mo
ment Mr.. Kennedy awoke. for the
whole thing was a dream. and
found that he had thrown his bed
fellow. Mr.. King, into the middle
of the floor, where he lay grooming
and murmuring something about
people getting themselves disliked
if they were not less riotous in
their sleep. Mr.. Kennedy brushed
the mists of slumber from his eyes,
begged Mr.. Kings pardon, helped
him into the bed and in few min
utes the reconciled pair were fast
asleep again.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-27
PEPPERINa HIS PARTNER.
How a Sable Scion Of the Smith
Family Efsectually Cured His
Wife's Headache.

A negro man named Monroe
Smith living on the farm of Mr..
James NJ. King, near Elkton, fur
nishes another striking instance of
the consolidated tomfoolery which
characterizes the careless handling
of firearms. Sunday aftern Don last,
after an absence of several days, he
returned to his cabin and requested
his wife to furnish him with some
thing to eat as quick as possible,
threatening, in what appears 10 have
been playful manner, to shoot her II
she was not brisk in her movements.
The woman replied that she was
suffering severely with the head
ache, but would try and get him
some TODD if he would be patient.
As she arose to do so, her jocund
spouse snatched up a gun and
pointed it at her aching brow. The
weapon was Immediately discharged
and its contents. heavy load of
duck shot, entered the poor crea-
ture's head, killing her instantly.
Mr.. Smith, the facetious author of
this tragedy, expressed great sor
row at the result, but the defunct
partner of his joys and sorrows was
not exactly in a condition to appre
ciate his lively demonstrations OF
grief. Several negroes were pres
ent at the time, among Others the
brother of the husband, who, it APP
pears, had loaded the gun the day
before. Smith was arrested and
carried to Elkton, where he was
tried Tuesday morning before A.
w. Moore, esq. The evidence all
went to show that the shooting was
accidental and he was released. 1t
is to be hoped he will curb his
mirthful spirit in the future, and
divert his second wife, il he should
happen to find one, with toys of a
less explosive character.