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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-05-06
HiIIer's Miraculous Cures.

WYTHEvILLE, Va, April 16.-
For some weeks past the people of
Scott County have been terribly excl
ted over the miracles which have been
performed by Richard Miller, of that
county. His fame has extended all
over this section of this State, and hun
dreds Of the afflicted are daily visiting
him. Miller is a middle-aged man,
employed as the keeper of MMullin's
mill, near Estillville. He is deeply
religious, and claims to have had a
dream a month ago in which the idea
was impressed upon him that, with
Gods help, he could perform wonder
fuI cures simply through faith. He
states that the next day, after a fer
vent prayer, he healed a sick man by
touching him. The intelligence Of the
miracle went all over the country,
and the afflicted of all kinds came to
him and were healed simply by the
touch of his hand. Yesterday g. n.
Wertz, a photographer at Abingdon,
visited Miller, in company with par
slytic uncle, the seat of paralysis be
ing in the mouth, which deprived him
both Of the powers of speech and hear
ing. Miller looked at the afflicted man,
and after short prayer touched him,
and told him that before he reached
home he would be well. Last night,
as Mr.. Wertz entered the door Of his
house on his return, his hearing and
speech came back to him, and to-day
he is apparently hale and hearty.
Miss Irene Newton, Il beautiful young
lady of Bristol Tennessee, helpless
from rheumatism, was brought te
Miller last week, and when an attempt
was made to lift her in the carriage,
she rose from the sedan chair, and said
she was entirely we'll. One of the
most wonderful miracles of Miller was
the cure of Mr.. Peter Whitsell, who
has been for some years afflicted with
cancer. The cancer was touched, and
in three days had disappeared. The
miracle worker is an exceedingly mod
est man, and always Indignantly de-
chnes any compensation for his servi-
ces, alleging that he is but the humble
servant of God He takes no credit
to himself for the performance of these
miracles. All the people III this sec
ton believe firmly in his miraculous
power.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-05-06
BOYS SMOKING.
It's Effect upon Them as Ascertained by
Leading Physicians.
New York Times

New York Times
When boys are advised not to
smoke On hygienic grounds, they laugh
at the advice, and speak of its givers
as old fogies. But careful experiments
lately made by a physician Of repute,
prove that the practice is very injuri-
Gus. He took thirty-eight boys,
from nine to fifteen, who had
been in the habit of smoking, and ex-
amined them closely. In twenty-sev-
en- he found obvious hurtful effects !;
twenty-five having various disorders of
the circulation and digestions, palpita-
ton of the heart, and more or less
craving for strong drink twelve ofthe
boys were frequently troubled with
bleeding at the nose; ten had disturbed
sleep; twelve had slight liberation of
the mucous membrane of the mouth,
which disappeared after discontinue
ton of tobacco for ten or twelve DAYS.
The physician treated them all for
weakness and nervousness, though
with little avail, until they had rclin-
quished smoking, when health and
strength were speedily restored. Even
if it be granted that smoking is not
harmful to adults, there Is no doubt Of
its harmfulncss to the young. DR.
Dr. Richardson and others,
who have made a special studyof the
subject, all agree in declaring that it
causes in them impairment of growth,
premature virility and physical degra-
dation. One of the worst effects is the
provocation of an appetite for liquor,
which, indeed, is not confined to the
young, but which grown persons are
better able to manage. Where boys
drink to excess, they are almost inya-
riably smokers, and it is very rare to
find a man over fond Of spirits who is
not addicted to tobacco. Men who
want to give up drinking usually have
to give up smoking at the same time
for they say that a cigar or a pipe gen
orally excites desire for liquor very
hard to control.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-05-06
HUtnlurnttS.
THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUTTHE
TRUTH.

San Francisco Paper.
Young Smifkins was somewhat sur
prised, but highly elated, when he re-
ceived Il polite invitation from old
Scroggins to come up and take crust
which meant dinner-and that too
when he had spent the very evening
before IN the sweet society Of hiss
Matilda Jane Scroggihs. 1t is need
less to say that he was promptly on
hand. Matilda Jane" said the old
gentleman, when dinner was over.
did you ever hear the phonograph
IN active operation ?" Ne, pa. hut
should like, answered the Young maid
en-, who wished to humor her parents
scientific weakness. "Well, nv dear.
you shall. [ bought one the day be-
fore yesterday. You viii find it un-
der the sofa in the front room. for
got to take it UP stairs last night, when
l left you and Smlffkins conversing on
church festivals" Matilda broughtthe
machine, and the old man wound it up,
remarking that he set it just before go
ing to bed The family circle, and one
or two Of Scroggin's cronies, whe hap
pened to he present, listened with a
great deal of interest, as it slowly re-
yoived. 'Thank goodness, the old
curmudgeon's gone at lastn excIaim-
ed the Phonograph, in tones that
sound amazingly like those of Sniff
kins. 81 thought the hateful old
thing would sit up al night. continued
the wonderful invention, in Voice
that was Enthusiastically that Of Matilda
Jane. We'll, my own darling, we'll
make up for lost time. Yum-vum!v
ejactulated the revolving cylinder.
with Il pronounced Smiflin accent.
ooh, don't darling; you mustn't
um-vum;2 in the tones of Matilda
Jane. After that the instrument grew
incoherrent and mixed up, as it were.
A sEbdued oSculatory sound, mingled
with decp-drawn sighs and occasional
whispered protests in the Matilda Jane
voice, WAS all that could be distinguish
ed, til it suddenly bIurted out, 'sWel,
l suppose old Scrog will be coming
down stairs with a club unless I clear
out" Another silence, broken by
yum yums, and then in softer voice.
the iHeXOrabte cylinder concluded.
There you must so now Good
- yunl-nIght -yum-yum! I'll
make the old horror ask you up TO din.
ner rto-morrow-yum-yum! {" BY this
time Matilda Jane had tainted, and
Smiffkins' face looked like green cheese;
but Old Scroggins gazed upon them
grlmly, after the fashion of a craven
image, to the amusement Of the rest of
the company.
Smiffkins bought mountain howit-
zer next day, and went to look for
Edison.
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The Story of a Drink.
Forth Smith (Ark.) Herald.

During the war our townsman,J. P.
Moore, on one occasion went out in
front of our lines to give some water
to a wounded Yankee, who was lying
in helpless condition upon the grounds
but lately occupied by the Federal for
ces and from which they had recently
been driven. The man was crying
piteously for water, and the bullets
were rattling around from both armies
Moore said he intended to risk the ex-
posure to do the deed of mercy and
went out to him. 1t proved to he
captain of a Pennsylvania regiment,
who was profuse with thanks and offer
ed Moore his gold watch, which the
gallant Confederate declined He beg
ged for his name, that he might, if he
survived the war, remember him.
This he wrote down in in his memo
randum book. The captain recently
wrote here to know if Moore was liv-
ing; said he was rich, but dying of con
and desired to provide for
him in his will, Mr. Moore wrote to
him and received a friendly letter in
reply, telling him that there was $1O,-
600 set apart for his use, to be paid in
Of 81, 900 each. The Fed
eral officer has since died, and the 9th
ar day the payment of $4,000 was
received. Truly, It's ''good to give
even a cupof water in the right spirit. "
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4 Grand Catastrophe.

y Belgian professor has published 4
work in which he warns Us that we may
be on the lookout for another deluge of
the world. Atcertain regularly recur-
ring intervals, he maintains, the waters
Of one hemisphere are suddenly prccip-
itated across the equator and flood the
other. The last Of these deluges, which
always flow from north to south or from
south to north, was that of NOah's
times, which was from the North.
Hence, the explanation Of the great
prepOndcrencc of water in the southern
hemisphere, and Of the general south
ern trend of North and South Ameri-
ca, Africa and many minor peninsulas.
The next of these deluges will flow
from south to north. The cause, he
argues, is the alternative increase and
decrease of the ice caps at the poles,
and the consequent change of the
earth's equilibrium. Since 1913 the
south pole has been continually enlarg-
ing while the north pole has been pro
portionately diminishing, to-day the
diameter of the southern glacier being
about 5000 miles, and that of the
northern 800. When these two gla-
ciers shall have arrived at their maxi
mum and minimum extension, then
will the earth tilt and be submerg
Cd by another great food, the fifteenth
of the kind that has occurred.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-05-06
NickednesS by Favor.

During slavery I owned one of the
blacklist rs well as meanest negro men
in South Arkansas. He was known
IN the ncighborhood rs Grow Sam. l
used to thrash Sam about twice week.
Steal! He'd steal from himself, and
then deny it. We'll, when the war
came on he was one of the first to turn
against me. Went into the army and
served till the surrender. After peace
was made moved over into an adjoin-
ing county, and went to work, trying
to repair my broken fortune. One
day q negro that / had working for me
knocked down one of my horses, which
so enraged me that l struck him sew
eral times with my cane. He went
away and returned with a constable,
who summoned me to appear the next
day before magistrate. Officers were
not quite 50 numerous as~n now, and the
magistrates office was several miles
away. Well sir, when got there who
should ! see on the bench but old Grow
isSam. q. When everything had been
made ready, court was opened, and
old sam, giving me a searching look
remarked:
''Pears that I've seen you before"
''Look here, Sam" said, Il don't
like to be mixed up this way. TrytC
settle this affair withou- malice"
! ''De law is gwine to hab its direct
+ course" said Sam. Things hal
changed since we was in business t.
gether, but the prin siples o. the III :
ger haven't revolutel |. l Is niger i
as biz rascal q | used to be, 81 Mar
John I'll dis :rce ycu, f NJ Nc d'
black ape il de est
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Barnes Monthly on Teaching.

Barnes Educational Monthly saws
very truly: ''The conservative teach
er who drives his pupils through pom
derous textbooks, and whenever they
meet an obstacle tells them TO search
it out and investigate for themselves,
is not capable of approaching either
the soul of the SOcratic method Of
questioning or the Pcstalozzian man
ner Of teaching. He simply tells his
pupils to learn principles and recite
the text books, and when they are older
they will see many things now dark and
obscure. The difference between the
precious metals and the base is not
more apparent than between the gol-
den methods of the new education, as
applied to modern thought and teach
ing and the leaden plodding, discOur-
ageing teaching Of old masters"
The new spelling was introduced in
all the Prussian schools on April /.
All new school books are henceforth
to be printed with the reformed spell
ing, and no educational works with
the old spelling will be permitted to
be used in schools after the lapse Of a
certain interval. The Governments OF
Austria, Bavaria and Wurtemberg,
had adopted the new spelling some lit
tie time before that OF Prussia. With
the exception Of one or two limited
classes of words, the reformed orthogra-
ply has already received the adhcrance
Of the leading organs Of the daily and
periodical press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-05-06
A Touching Story.

Hon. y. H. Stephens, of Georgia,
in an ad,hess delivered in 1919 at Il
meeting in Alexandria for the benefit
of the orphan asylum and free school Of
that city, related the following anec-
dote: "a poor little boy, in cold
night night in June, with 10 home or
roof to shelter his head, no paternal or
maternal guardian or guide to protect
and direct him Oh his way, reached at
nightfall the house of a rich planter,
who took him in, fed, lodged and sent
him on his way with his blessing.
Those kind attentions cheered his
heart and inspired him with fresh cour-
age to battle with the obstacles Of life.
Years rolled round; Providence led
him on he had reached the legal pro
fession; his host had died the cormo-
rants thet pray upon the substance Of
man had formed a conspiracy to get
from the widow her estates. She sent
for the nearest counsel to commit her
cause to him, and that counsel proved
to be the orphan boy years before vel
coined and entertained by her and her
deceased husband. The stimulous Of
Il warm and tenacious gratitude was
now added to the ordinary motives
connected with the profession. He
her cause with a viii not
easily to be resisted; he gained it; the
widows estates were secured to her in
Perpetuity; and" Mr.. Stephens added,
with an emphasis of emotion that sent
its electric thrill throughout the house,
''that orphan boy nom stands before yo,s!"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-05-06
BACKBONE.

When you see a fellow mortal
Without fixed and fearless view,
Hanging on the skirts of others,
Walking in their cast-off-shoes,
Bowling low to wealth and favor,
With abject, uncovered head,
Ready to retract or waver;
Willing to be turn'd or led,
Walk yourself with frmer bearing;
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the things which his must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
Than this-backbone.
When you see a politician
Crawling through contracted holes,
Begging for some fat position,
In the House or at the polls;
With no sterling manhood in him;
Nothing stable, broad or sound;
Destitute of pluck or ballast;
Double sided all around;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing;
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the things which his must lack,
\ stronger word
Was never heard
Than this-backbone.
\ modest song, and plainly told
The text is worth a mine of gold;
For many men most sadly lack,
A noble stiffness in the back.
Walk yourself with irmer bearing;
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and marroT-
Just the things which his must lack.
a stronger word
Was never heard
Than this-backbOne.
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We shall ot-succeed in being pleas
ant abroad if we practice nothing but
detestabilitv at home. If n husband is
rude to his wife, his politcness to
others is a mere surface sham. If a
young man is rude to his mother, he is
not truly couteous to any one else If
he does not act rudcly towards some
others, it is because he is coward
as well as a rufFian, and IS afraid to do it
to sister er younger brother Will be
rude to all, except whom he sees hold
ing vengeance in their fists. And
awkwardly enough will he play the
agreeable to other peoples sisters who
has practicad nothing but the ats OF
torment upon his own.
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Madam, never bang door, if you do
adore bang.
An undertaken gets his living where
another man dies,
Could not the DOCTORS fec be Justly
called i'll gotten gains?
Courtships arc said 10 average
three tons Of coal each
How to become a capitalist Spend
less than you earn.
It's meet and drink that is depriv-
ing many a family Of food.
"Ought a woman to kiss tobacco
chewer2" Yes, if she choose and has
fine cut mouth.
a mans success in life can he close
ly estimated by the number of envious
ours who bark at his heels.
The ladies give as a reason for mar
rying for money, that they now seldom
find anything else in a man worth
hUTing.
does the dentist kiss you when he
pulls your teeth, pa ?" No my son,
why?" "Oh, nothing : only he kissed
ma, and she said it took all the ache
away, and l guess it did, for she laugh
ed all the way home"
A physician Eamed Parsons lcctured
I i'll down-East town the other night,
and was INTRODUCED to the audience
rs one Of the few Parsons who preach
little and practice much.
The girls in his native village were
lighting the candles in the front parlors
and pulling down the blinds, and the
Excelsior boy reported that ''the
shades Of night were falling fast"
"Good morning, Patrick /; you have
got new coat at last, but it seems to
! fit you rather too Inuch.' Och, there's
nothing surprising in that; sure I
wasn't there when was measured TOR
| it.
g wish l was worth $4,000
said gentleman. "What good would
/ it do you, for YOU don't spend your
| present income ?" inquired a friend.
| ooh, could be economical On a large
scale"
4 Colorado girl, only 1S years old,
on the death of her father, took charge
Of his fami Y and farm, and now man
ages her mother and her brothers, and
also her sisters, her cousins and her
ranch.
\ gentleman having a servant with
a very thick skull, us d often to call
him the king of fools. Il wish, said
the fellow one day, 'you could make
your words good, as / should then bo
the monarch of the world"
\ young lady surprised the gentle
: manly clerk" at dry goods store by
Offering him fifty CENTS payment for a
dollar purchase. 1T amounts to a
dollar, if You Please" said the Q. c.
Il know it does" was the answer.
'.but papa Is only raying fifty cents On
the dollar.
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+ or the Bulletin.
HORACE HUNTER.
OR
THE MOTHERS OFFERING.
BY EEEiriagz2 Hall.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VII.
STEPPING DOWNWARD.

"Think we,or think we not, Time hurries on
With a fesistless unTenitting stream;
Yet treads more soft .han e'er midnight
thief,
That slides his hand under the miser's
pillow,
And carries off his prize"
Five years more, and where now is
our friend Horace? Let us to seek
him in his Western home.
1t is the season of winter, and a
heavy snow has fallen, rendering the
streets of St. Louis almost impossible
to pedestrians. The rifted snow-clouds
give promise, however, of fair wealth
er soon, SO that the beauty and fashion
of the city Will not be prevented from
attending a party at the house of one Of
the wealthiest aristocrats of the place.
The elegant mansion of Mr.. De Leon
is being rapidly filed with invited
guests. The rich heavy carpets have
been removed, and the highly-polished
floors are ready for the dance. From
the well filled vases, and adjacent con-
servatory, sweetest perfumes are
waited through the room.
Fairy figures soon keep time to en-
chanting music, whilst the clear
French mirrors reflect from every
point the airy dresses and brilliant
colors of the dancers, till the senses
seem lost in the bewildermcnt Of in
toxicoting pleasures.
Later in the evening, the guests arc
invited to partake of a splendid re-
past. Every delicacy is offered tc
please the most fastidious. Luscious
tropical fruits, with wreaths and pyra-
mids of flowers, are arranged with the
finest taste, and wine, ''rosy wine,
sparkles and flows until new life is in
fused into the already animated
crowd.
Standing rather apart from the res
Of the company are several young
men, whose flushed faces show tina
they have already been drinking to,
freely. Do we recognize one of th'
group? Yes, too surely, it is Horac,
Hunter strangely changed, yet it i
he. The beautiful daughter of tn
host is approaching him; he hold
a glass tremblingly to his lips, and a
she passes, leaning on the arm of he
escort, he proposes to his friends
toast to the "BelleOf the Mississippi.
/ She bows and laughingly acknowledge
the compliment, as she moves on I
another part Of the room.
An hour later, and Horace is whir
ing through the giddy mazes of tn
waltz with Linda De Leon. ''Da
glimmered in the east, and the whit
moon hung like a vapor in the clou(
+ less sky" ere the guests departed
their homes. Worn and weary, Ho
ace then sought his pillow, not to res
but to be disturbed by those restle
feverish dreams, which ever attend Il
slumber Of troubled conscience.
ooh conscience! conscience! mans mo
. faithful friend; f..
Him can@t thou comfort, case, relieve, d
/ tend;
But if he thy friendly checks foree o,
Thou 1rt. oh woe for me Isis deaGiiest zoe
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Temperance.
ONLY A GLASS.
Two Life Pictures.

"Only glass!' The crystal cup,
Held by the jeweled fingers up;
The sparkling wine, in drops OF light,
We'd with the eyes of beauty bright,
And sweet lips wreathed in 'witching smi
Parted to ute. words of guile,
"Only glass, why linger so ?"
Only eternity can know
How strove heart 'twixt good and i'll;
The eye of love, the strength Of viii,
Only moment,-thcn' twas DER;
lie took the cup-he asked for more.
From day to day he downward sped,
Alas! lie others downward led;
For evil will not dwell alone
Too late the loved one would atone;
She might PFcvents she can not save
lie sleeps within drunkard's grave
IT.
"Only glass" the father takes,
With with wine or stronger liquid slalles
The thirst of years. His little child,
With silken curis and features mild,
Raises to him his rosy lip,
And begs: cob, papa, just one sip"
only a glass" the young man, too
Must have with father, as he grew,
Wild youths invite,-he drinks, lie plays,
lie wanders in sins darksome ways;
Then half returns gentle wife
Prays him 70 lead rfobler life.
Temptation is the lot Of a!l.
He'd oftrepent, as often fall;
For, weak by nature, how could he
Have strength to battle and be free ?
Too late, alas her hope how vain,
The poison to his fevered brain
Leaps up! To strike his babe he tries;
Hismother forth to save it flies
One sudden blow, and all is o'crl
One life the less, one murder more.
In fclOn's cell he broods alone;
Rcmorse has claimed him for her own.
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Hearth and Home.

The parental HEARTH, that raIlying-
place of the affections 1t was the policy
of the good old gentleman to make his
children feel that HOME was the happiest
place in the world; and l value this
delicious home-feeling as one Of the choicest
gifts parent can bestow.-WAsIIINGToN
IRVING.
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When the Czarina of Russia alighted
from the railway car which took her to
St. Petersburg, on her return from her
last Journey to Italy, she exclaimed,
''Alas! ! have done with travelling.
Farewell railroads; farewell coaches
and locomotives. Mynext conveyance
VIII be the hearse."
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One who Is contented with what he
has done viii never become famous
for what he Will do. He has lain
down to die.-Boyce.