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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
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Prohibition Does PrOhIbi,.

Hero follows the truth from the
Holston Methodist-a good point: If
prohibition actually increases the evils
it is intended to prevent, it is a re-
markable fact that liquor manufactur-
ers, venders and drinkers are usually
arrayed against it, while the more so
Der and virtuous favor it. The fact
is, prohibition does prohibit, and the
friends of whisky know and feel it.
Put the question Of local option or pro-
hibition in any form, before the peo-
pie, and the last doggery-keeper in
the land will go to the polls and cast his
suffrage against it. What docs that
mean? Does it mean that the devil is
opposed to the increase of deviltry?
That his imps will vote against the en-
largement of his dominions? Nay,
verify. 1t means that the liquor COM
bination has sense enough to know
shat prohibitory laws do have a tend
ency to place an embargo on the
liquor traffic"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
Good Advice to Young Men.

The following, from an exchange, is
true to the letter:
The most unfortunate day in the ca
reer of any young man is the day on
which he fancies there is some better
way to make money than to earn it;
for from that feeling springs the many
extravagant and visionary plans which
are INDUCED in for the purpose of
gaining a livelihood without labor.
When a young man becomes thor
oughIy infected with this feeling, he is
ready to adopt any means for the &C
complishment of his objects, and if be
is foiled in his efforts, upon the crest of
the wave which he has already mount
ed, and in full view. Is the temptation
to crimes, to shield him from the dis
grace which he thinks must inevitably
follow in the wake of defeat. To
those he yields, and the violator of
the law. and criminal in the eye of
the community, and the inmate of &
prison, waiting a trial, all brought
about for the want of little manly
firmness IN the outset of life to prompt
him to choose an avocation where the
penny earned would br;ng its sure
reward.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
All For a Dog.

Poodle-carrying and coddling is bad
enough as a species of affectionate
weakness, but poodle-aoorchip matches
the paganism of old Egypt. The col
ored doctor who superintends the New
York Canine Infrmary related the
follJwing:
l nave seen entire families weeping
over a dying pet. One day last sea
son | was standing at my Office door
when a coach was driven up to the
curb, and the footman jumped down
and opened the door A gentlemen
stepped to the pavement. 1 went to
tie. curb; and he handed me beauti-
tsflssnawl. which contained lapdog.
AS he did so he turned to assist lady
from the carriage, and at the same
time he said to me:
''Will you please take this dog into
your care9''
"Why," said I, ''this dog is dead. I"
The lady sank to the pavement as
though she were dead, too. She had
tainted clean away upon the announce
ment. We assisted her into the car
riage, and her husband told me to
take care of the dogs body until he
returned. The next day he came
back and said:
My wife is still sick. I have been
unable to talk to her about Spots
death at all, but want you to get a
box and pack him in ice until you
hear from me-"
The day following 1 received word
that the dogs body would be sent for
at ten N. Next day an embroid-
cred robe, with dogs heads, deers'
heads snd the dead dogs name and
the date of his birth upon it, which 1
was told to put around the body in
the cofin, was also sent to me. At
the appointed time the carriage came,
and the lady and her mother and
daughter were in it. They had beau
tiful white flowers; they opened the
coffin and put the flowers in it, aud
all drove away. If get half as good
q burial as that dog did I shall be
gratifed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
Wesley q PrOhibltiOnist.S

Southern Crusader.J
In 1874, seven years before his
death, Wesley, having for many years
observed the sad effects of intemper.
ance upon all classes in England,
wrote tract upon the prevalence of
nervous disorders, and names the use
of ardent spirits as one of the chief
causes. Life to the persons thus
afflicted became burden, and not a
few took their own lives.
"What are the causes Of this strange
disorder" asks Wesley. And he All
swers: Zone cause is the use of spi1-
ituous liquors, This is one of the
horrid effects which naturally follow
the swallowing Ethat fashionable poi
son. That liquid fire lays the founda-
ton of numberless diseases, and Of
this in particular.
"It is amazing that the preparing or
selling this poison should be permit
ted q will not say in any Christian
country, buD in any civilized State.
'Oh, it brings in a considerable sum of
money to the government True;
but is it wise to barter mems lives for
money!
"Surely that gold is bought too
dear if it is the price of blood. Does
not the strength of every country con-
sist in the number of its inhabitants
If so. the lessening their number is a
loss which no money can compensate.
So that it is inexcusable ill-husbandry
to give the lives of useful men for any
sum of money whatever"
Think of this, ye who say this coun-
try must have the annual revenue
from liquors. We collect sixty-odd
million dollars, and yearly bury one
hundred thousand citizens In drunk
ards graves. Oh, rare political
oOOnomyi
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
Busy Hen.

Busy men of affairs like Theirs have
often surprised the world by the ex-
tent of their literary labors. Bossuet
was a prolific writer, and the follow
ing passage from the newly published
'Ecrits Inedits" of St. Simon explains
how he reconciled his literary tastes
with his absorbing duties of Bishop of
Meaux: "He knew SO much, and with
go much order and method, that he
wrote with astonishing facility. he,
like the poets, had no fixed hours for
work; though he worked q great deal
daily. At night he had q fire, light,
a pair of pantaloons and dressing
gown near his bed, and nearly every
night he rose and worked alone sew
eral hours. People who we're ignorant
of this circumstance were often very
much surprised that he was not out Of
his chamber at / am, and that soon
afterward he rapidly dressed to say
mass. He had worked until 6, Z and
8 am, carried away by his abundance
and subject. The quantity of works
he has left is Prodigious, and with go
many, such continual and such varied
labors, be none the less proved to be
an excellent bishop, visiting and
preaching himself to his flock, and he
measured his teachings to their mind.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
WAITING FOB TIE GOOD OLD Tmz

r. he following poem. trou she pen q Ais ?. g
De R0ntzine Of Charleston, s. C., viii tough tsn-
der chord IN every Southern hsartl
Use been waidn' long for de good cid time
Dat'u nebBer come no mo-;
When ! used to work. am rock, an sing
In de little cabin do.
Ny Sam was dar wild his fiddle,
Po' Sam-hs's gens-dOne deadI
Dead for dc want OBJ food an clothes,
An de shelter ober head.
An little Nose-wen, he's dead, tool
How he used TO dance an sing.
While Jim, an Pete, an all de res
Went rOun' and roun' de ring,
Ole Miszis-blcas hor dear ole soul
Would laf ill her sides glib way,
An Aassa'd stop . my cabin Jest
To say; "How's Old Nanny to-duy?"
De boys-I mean Ole Aassn's boys-
Dey lubbed Ole Nanny, too,
Who nussed 'eln, sb'ry blessed one,
Clean down 10 little AusS Los.
Po' Msssa Iool lie vent to fight,
But Le neber come back no mo-;
We heard dat he fell wid ball in dc breast,
In front If de battle roar.
he'd put his arm aroun' my nsck
An say: "Mammy,I / love you cop
He didn't see no harm IN dat
De- his Nanny was black an po'.
Ole Nissis died wid broken heart
When de lns' Of de boys wah killed.
An Ansaa bowed his head an cried
Dat his cup Of sorTUw WAS filed.
An yere Pve sot waitin an wstehin',
For de good time comm NO mo-,
An see ole Aissis callin' Nanny
Across from de Odder sho.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
Music ana suspensiop Bridges.

Bands of music are forbidden to
play on most of the large bridges Of
the world. a constant succession of
sound waves, especially such as come
from the playing of band, viii excite
the wires to vibration. At first the
vibrations are very slight, bat they
will increase as the sound waves con-
tinue to come. The principal reason
why bands are not allowed to play
when crossing certain bridges, the
Suspension bridge at Niagara, for IN
stance, is that if followed by. process
sions of any kind they will keep step
with the music, and this regular step
would cagse the wires to vibrate. AT
suspension bridges military companies
are not allowed to march across In
regular step, but break ranks The
regular trottiDg gait of a large dog
across the suspension bridge is more
dangerous to the bridge than a heavy
loaded wagon drawn By a team Of
large horses.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
Come South.

Cincinnati GHzotte.l
a scarcity of fuel is one of the
greatest drawbacks to n residence in
the new northwest. The winters are
long and severe, and there is very
little combustible material within q
distance of many settle
ments in western Minnesota and Da-
kota. The farmers have been com
PEELED to burn their grain in some in
stances. At Sioux Falls the schools
have been suspended, and a mill with
one hundred workmen has been shut
up because 1t was impossible to study
or work without fire. Telegraph poles
have been cut down, and out In the
country the people have laid hands on
the sleepers of the railroad track. The
tearing down of wooden depot build
ings has even been contemplated as q
last resort. Unless some adjacent coal
mines are discovered, the experience
of the winter just closing win be suff-
cient to induce many residents to
move further south. AS a partial re-
lief the brick stoves introduced by the
Russian Mennonites and copied by
settlers of other nationalities are doing
a good work. They consume less fuel
than the ordinary stoves, and dried
grass and a good many other trashy
materials may be used in them. Still,
for the present, the prairie oolonist,
are having hard time.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
WITHOUT A HEART.

"a girl without hearh" exclaimed
q lady as she looked after beautiful
departing guest.
81 have heard Of a man without a
country and Of imam without
shadew,' but 1 don't think a person
could live without a hearth said the
niece Of the lady.
II don't mean the organ We share
In common with the lion and the OK.
l used the word heart in a higher
sense. 1 can easily believe that the
girl who boasts of the offers she has re-
fused, and the modification she has
inflicted ON those who have paid her
the highest compliment man can pay
woman, could play the cruel boast
of which Junie just boastsd. If there
had been q spark of humanity in her
heart she Ronld have spared poor Roy
West the fresh disappointment from
which he is now suffering her mean
and cruel letter has reached hinl" said
the lady.
And what had this rich and beauti-
full girl done for which this gentle
woman was eensuring her 90 severely
She had q lovely friend-unlovely
girls often have very lovely friends
named Maud Weston. Maud had g
boyish lover. whose visits her father
had. forbidden because of a business
feud with his father. Maud's own
thoughts were more on her books than
on lovers, and like an honest and gen.
erons girl, she said SO kindly to Roy.
who was then preparing for q voyage
and a winter in Cuba for his health
! UnWisely, bntvery naturally. Maud
told all that bad passed to Junie
6eEan, the firt, dwelling with regret
on the deep feeling the young fellow
had manifested in the matter.
Now, as his time for sailing ap
proached, it occurred to Junie that she
could get some fun out Of him, as she
had done out Of those who had placed
themselves at her mercy.
She sat down to her richly carved
desk and wrote
"Mr. West: A friend Of Miss Wes
ton feels very sure that she has re
pented the words she used TO you al
| your last meeting. If you have suf
fered from them she has suffered more
Pardon her appal ent coIdness, and dc
not leaye your native land without
seeing her. Her father Is severe, but
she is true 90 you"
OF course this reused hope in the
poor fellows heart, and, against the
advice of his mother and sister, he in
sisted on driving out alone that after
noon--a thing he had not done for &
month.
He was not prepared for the look O
surprise with which Maud met him
'Fm sorry you came again, Roy" sh'
said, with rather a stately air. Fathel
viii be displeased, and-blame me
and-snd-besides, I did not caro- t.
see you again-myself."
The poor fellow had no heart to be
gin a defense of hisapparent intrusion
He drew the note from his pocket, ant
said only, "This is why I cane, Maud.
She read it with deepening color
; and then, giving him her hand yer
kindly, said: ''Roy, this is a cruz
hoax, and I feel indignant, both o
my own account ana yoars-for yo
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
Hoarth and Hume.

The parental HEARTH, that rallying
place Of the affections. 1t was the policy
Of the good old gentleman to make his
children feel that HoNE was the happiest
place in the world; and l value this
delicious bOme-feeling as one Of the choicest
gifts a par0nt an bestow.-WAsHI60ToE
1RVIS0.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17

A certain junior has at last discov-
cred one advantage in the faculty. He
says they write to his parsnts so often
that it saves him the trouble.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17

a temperance wave of unparalleled
power Is sweeping over the country
from Maine to Mexico.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
Evils Among Young Hen.

The American Detective says: OF
all the evils prevalent among young
men we know Of none more blighting
in its moral effects than to speak
lightly of the virtues of a woman.
Nor is there anything in which young
men are so thoroughly mistaken as to
the low estimate they form as to the
integrity Of women-not Of their own
mothers and sisters, but of others,
who, they forget, are somebody else's
mothers and sisters.
As a rule no person who surrenders
to this debasing habit is to be trusted
with an enterprise requiring integrity
of character. Plain words should be
spoken on this subject, for the evil is a
general one, and deep-rooted. II
young men are sometimes thrown into
the society of thoughtless and dePra,-
ed women, they have no more right to
measure all other women by what
they see of these than they have to es-
innate the character of honest and re-
spectacle citizens by the development
of crime in our police courts. Let
our young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon
utter faith in woman. No worldly
wisdom, no misantbropic philosophy,
no generalization, can weaken truth.
It stands ike the record of itself-for
it is nothing Less than this-and should
put an everlasting seal upon lips that
are wont to speak slightly of women.
a foolish correspondent wants to
know if cows should be kept dry in
the winter time. Well, not If you
keep the COW for your own family use
and need the milk. But if you only
run dairy for town consumption, you
may let every COW on the place run a.
I dry as a bone all winter, go long a.
the creek doesn't freeze solid.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
Nlnpihiis ( Charleston
.
GOING EAST.

MEarPHIs, TEzE.-On and aitOT june /, 1879
he following passenger schsdule viii Be operate
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-17
BOLIVAR BULLETIN.
TENS OF ApVEsT1srNa.

One sqsare Of eight lines 81 80 tr the hyst tRscs
tssi, and IS cents fog each subse1aeat fnssrtion.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-02-05
Jones had engaged q man TO dig a

Jones had engaged q man TO dig a
well at his suburban place. Seeing him
a month later, Jones asked him how
he was getting along with his work.
and was told tina, the we'll wD half
done. Judge, therefore. o. hi. surprise
when, a week after his conversation,
upon visiting the premises, he found
only q circle marked in the earth. OF
course he hunted up the man, and of
course he asked him what he meant by
saying the well was half done. The
man very coolly replied $50 it is;
well begun is half done, you know
Jones was too Obtuse to see anything to
laugh at.
Norman M'Leod was once preaching
in a district in Ayrshire, where the
reading Of a sermon is regarded as the
greatest lault of which the minister can
be guilty. When the congregation dis
persed, an old woman, overlooking
with enthusiasm, addressed her neigh
Dor: did We ever hear one thing sac
gran -Wasn that a s%ernIon?' But
all her expressions of admiration being
met by a stolid glance, he shouted -
Speak, woman. wasna that "A SER
mon" "Oh, ay," replied her friend.
sulkily, but he read Tread it,"
said the other. with indignant einpha-
| sis, II wadna haze cared if he had
whustled it,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-02-05
The Spirit Of Sentiment.

Many people, not young. are forever
straining after admiration and praise.
II is the great hunger of little souls.
Dress, furniture, parties manners. con
versation,-every thing has \ look in
this direction. More ia spent than is
earned, debts are contracted. obliya-
tons assumed, EXCUSES made day after
day, receptions OF all sort. practiced
and life itself turned into one long lie,
to hide real poverty. To seem TO be rich,
in order To win the smiles and the
honeyed words of the crowd. This is
the food they live on. Appreciation,
populari y though OF the smallest
SORTS the necessity of being with
them; and for it they make sale OF
their dignity, their truth, aud honesty,
and manliness,- and all that makes
them worthy of the popularity they
seek, worthy Of their OWL or the re-
spect of Others.-n Christian Leader.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-02-05
The Scrap Book.

Babies are described as coupons at
tached to the bonds of matrimony.
Why do they call Shakespeare plays
his "works"' Isn't there any differ
ence between work and play?
A wit being asked, on the failure of
a certain bank, Were you not upset."
replied, NO; | only lost my balance
Why is a drunkard like u bad politi-
elan? Because he is always poking his
nose into measures that spoil the con-
stitution.
'Give me the hand that will never
deceive me- sings the poet. He wants
the cards stocked SO AZ to bring the four
aces into his fist.
A young mar boosted that he had a
well stored mind, whereupon a way
said he was glad to hear it, and asked
him Where his mind was stored.
What is that which if l had it |
would not wish to lose, if | have it not
l do not wish to have it but if | gain
it | no longer have it? 4 lawsuit.
When a man says" al hear u noise"
il probably never occurs to him that
there is nothing in this wide world
that anybody can hear but Il noise.
Never borrow trouble" said = hu>-
band To his wife. "Oh. let her borrow
it if she can exclaimed the next door
neiyhhor. f'shenever returns anything,
you know"
The astonishing thing about Profess
or Switt'> new comet Is that it is
Throwing Oft an extended tall Fiji
persists in this runiou> course it will a
mount TO no more than an ordinary
bohtaileti star. We want no comets
unless they are able to fill the bill.
\ lady wants To know why the rail
road companies do not provide specia
ears for tobacco chewer>. a. we'll rs fol
smokers. Bless your innocent heart
tobacco chewers are not so particular a,
that. An ordinary passenger car il
good enough for them.
Some wicked Yankee says that h,
has invented u new telegraph. He pro
poses To place u line OF women lift,
steps apart, ana commit the news t.
the first one As a very profound secret
did you hear about the 10y bein,
washed ashore asked Gilhooiy O
one of the most prominent citizens o
Galveston.
No; when did that happen"
This morning."
How WAS it,"
He was washed ashore by hi
mother. You don't suppose she woul'
take him out into the middle Of tn
! Gulf Of Mexico to wash him, do you ?
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-02-05
Bedford, Va, Alum & Iron
SPRINGS,
Water, Mass and Pills.

Adapted in chronic diarrhoa. constipation.
and .crofula.-Hy. Latham. NJ. D.. Pres
Virginia Medical Society.
Successfully used in Dyspepsia. Chronic
Diarrhra and Scrofula.-Prof. S. Jackson,
University Pa.
EHhcien, in anemia excellent appetizer and
blood puriher.-H. Fisher. Md. Ga.
Valuable in nervous prostration. indigestion
and chlorosH.-G. E. Mathews, NJ. D.. y. c.
A fine tonic and Alternative. very valuable in
diseases peculiar to females. chronic fever and
sgue. bronchitis and diseases Of the digestive
organs.-J. F. Roughton. NJ. D.. Ala.
Very beneficial in Strengthening and improv-
ing a reduced system.-Rev. John w. Beck
with. Bishop of Ga.
Invaluable as a nervous ,onic.-Eon. l. c.
Fowler. Tenn.
Recommended aAa prophyl.c,ic in Malarial
dis,ricts.-D. K. Fairtx. NJ. D., n. O..
Restore, debili,a,ed system to health.-T. C..
Mercer, NJ. D., Ind.
Used with great benefit in Malarial Fever
and Diptheria."-S. F. Dupon. NJ. D.. Ga.
OF great curative virtue.-Thos. F. Rumbold.
NJ. D.. ST. Louis.
Beneficial in uterine arrangements and ma
arial conditions.-G. NJ. Vail. NJ. D.. Ohio.
Best remedy ever used in diseases of the
throat.-P. A.. Sifferd, NJ. D.. N. C..
Tonic. alternative. diuretic: one Of natures
greatest remedies.-Medical Association OF
: Lynchburg. Virginia.
Adapted in certain affections of the kidneys
and bladder; dyspepsia. lupus. chlororis. scrof-
ulous and cutaneous affections.-Prof. J.. !.
Norman. NJ. D.. Virginia.
Relieves headache promptly-both sick and
nervous.-Rev K. c. Dodsou, Virginia.
Sample supply sent free to any physician de-
string to test. Pamphlets sen, free. Analysis
with each package. Water as it comes from
the Springs s. per case Of 6 gallons in glass
S2.5o for S gallons. s. for 10 gallons. 81 for 40
gallons in casks. Mass 50 cents and 81 Sc. so
and S. for half doz. Pills. pure sugar coated
a5c.. soc. and 81 package; S1.2s. sa.5o and S
half dor. Sent postpaid anywhere. This Mass
and Pills contains in reduced space all the Gu
rative powers Of the water. and is convenient.
palatable and soluble.
Springs open for visitors June 1st. Board
$50 per month. Special rates to families and
parties. Carriages meet visitors at Forest and
Lawyers depot. each four miles from Springs.
upon advice Of arrival.
Address. A. NJ. DAVIES.
President Of the Company. u Main ST..
Lynchburg. Va.
Sold by S. NJ. BARBEE. JK.. Chapel Hill.
NC.