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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
4 GOOD GIRL TO MISS.

I'm an only daughter young girl,
4 spit-curl and friZZes young girl,
languishing, dainty, all powdery and panty,
Sit up at ii young girl.
I'm would-be esthetic young girl
dote on the arts young girl
\ poet i'll embryo, don't know thing, you know
All on the surface young girl
In, a novel-reading young girl
A lie-awake until young girl
4 romantic, half-craZy, but terrible lazy,
Let me do the work young girl.
I'm look out for a catch young girl
4 snatch em up quick young girl
4 half do the proposing, and bag 'em when doing,
Hold on to your game young girl.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
Train the Boys for Business.

There is one element in the home instruct
ion which boys receive prior to their advent
into the business world to which too little
attention has been given. We mean the
cultivation of habits ofpunctuality, system,
order and responsibility. In too many
households boys from twelve to seventeen
years are administered to too much by loving
mothers or other female members of the
family. Boys lives through those days are
the halcyOn days of their existence Up in
the morning just in season for breakfast
nothing to do but start off early enough so
as not to be late at school; looking upon an
Grand as taking SO much time and memory
away from enjoyment little thonCht of per-
sOlal appearance except when reminded by
mother to spruce up" little finding his
wardrobe always where mother puts tin
fact having nothing to do but to enjoy him
SELF
Thus his life goes ON until school ends
Then he is ready for business. He goes into
an office where everything is system, order
and precision. He is expected to keep things
neat and orderly, file letters, do errands-in
short, besome part ola nicely regulated
machine, where everything moves in sys-
grooves, and each one is responsible
for the correctness in his department, and
where, in place of ministers to his comfort,
he finds task-masters, more or less lenient,
to be sure, and everything in marked contrast
to his previous life.
In many instances the change is too great.
Errors become numerous, blunders, over
rocked at first, get to be matters of serious
then patience is Overtasked, and
the boy is told that his services are no longer
wanted. This is his first blow, and some |
lines he never rallies from it. Then comes |
he surprise to the parents, who too often
never know the real cause. nor where they I
nave failed in the training of their children. |
What is wanted is every boy to have |
omething special to do; to have some duty
It definite hour, and to learn to watch for
hat hour to come, to be answerable for a
ertain portion of the routine of the house
lold; to be trained to anticipate the time
when he may enter the ranks of business,
ld to be fortified with habits of energy,
ccuracy and application, too often of more
Importance than superficial.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
MISS Won BLURKEY.
BY DIR. j. G.. HOLLAND.

Miss Pallas Eudora Won Blurkey
She didn't know chick Ell from turkey:
High Spanish and Greek
She could fuently speak,
But her knowledge of poultry was murky.
She could tell the great uncle of Moses,
And the dates of the war of the Roses
And the reason of things
Why the Indians wore rings
In their red, aboriginal noses
She had views upon co-cducation,
And the practical needs of the Nation,
And her glasses were blue,
And The number she knew
OF the stars i'll each high constellation.
And she wrote in "A handwriting clerky,
And she talked with an emphasis ierky.
And she painted on tiles
In the sweetest of styles,
But she didn't know chicken from turkey.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10

The baby does not belong to the animal
kingdom; the animal kingdom belongs to
him He is Il king. In fact, he is always
aching.
Some have classed him in the vegetable
kingdom. But these are dis-pOtatO-us peo-
pie. Such persons are not apt to be correct,
excepting in i-salad-ated cases.
However, baby is often spoken of as
this wheat creature y which is why they
cradle him. You can't shock him. He is
not exactly creature comfort.
The baby cannot speak. He is an un-
speakable blessing.
But he can scream. You see the dis
Screamination. His cream is what he
screams for generally.
Not always. He sometimes cries for the
stomach ache Cake is not good for his
stomach
Babies have but one stomach and two eyes.
TO wise persons the reason of this is appar-
enl. Don't think, however, that parent
always has reason.) The reason is that it
requires two eyes to do the crying that one
stomach engenders.
A baby cannot walk, but he makes every
body about him walk.
The baby is sometimes called an infant, in
iancitul allusion to infantry which he is
thought to resemble because he is generally
found with arms about him.
The principal business of the baby is cut
ting teeth. He inserts teeth free of charge.
The baby is sometimes twins. In this
case it twins sympathy for its father, who
often wishes the baby was farther.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
Dividing the Camels.

That is clever Persian story about Ma
hammed Ali and the camels, and though it
will be familiar to many, they will scarcely
be sorry to be reminded of it. A Persian
died, leaving seventeen camels to be divided
among his three sons in the following pro-
portions: The eldest to have half, the second
a third, and the youngest ninth. OF course
camels can't be divided into fractions so, in
despair; the brothers submitted their diff
Guilty to Mahammed Ali Nothing easier"
said the wise Ali. 'I'll lend you another
camel to make eighteen and now divide
them yourselves" The consequence was that
each brother got from one-eighth to One-half
of a camel more than he was entitled to. and
Ali received his camel back again the eldest
brother getting nine camels, the second, six,
and the third, two.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
StandarS Advice.

Would you never be told a lie, do not ask
personal question.
Would you retain the love of friend do
not be selfishly exacting
Would you respect yourself, keep your
heart and body clean.
Would yon enjoy 4uiet content, do away
with airs and pretenses.
Would you sleep and have good appe-
tite, attend to your business.
Would you have good health, 60 out in
the sunshine. Sickness is worse than freckles
Would you have others to respect your
opinions hold and never disown yourself
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
Garfield Condolences.

One story is always good until another is
told, and as many Tuesday as Friday COIN
cidences can be named for Garfield He was
not nominated on Friday but ON Tuesday,
June 9Th. He was elected President on
Tuesday, came to Washington to be inaugu-
rated on Tuesday, and was carried a
hopeless invalid from the White House, to
return there no more, on Tuesday, when
going to Long Branch to die. 1t wanted but
one hour and twenty-five minutes of being
Tuesday when he died.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
No. 50

is scarcely a thinking man or woman who
cannot name illustrations of this kind. 1t is
rarely that two people who start out as
equals retain their respective positions, the
one or the other falls behind in the race. and
where, in the beginning the inequality ex-
lists, the breach widens, generally speaking,
with the years. and vain regret is the end of
what was thought to he so fair and full of
nrOmiSe
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10

A man named Grone, in Philadelphia,
adyertises that he can counteract any mans
taste for alcoholic liquor within a month.
He has certain preparation which can be
administered to the patient without the lat
ter's knowledge even in his drinking bouts,
and very soon an absolute disgust for intoxi-
eating liquor takes the place of the former
craving. While such remedy woul6 be
one of the greatest blessings that could be
obtained for poor humanity, it seems too good
to be probable.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10

The ordinary length of the hair is from
twenty inches to yard and its weight from
six to eight ounces. The speed of the growth
of the hair, under ordinary circumstances, is
half an inch per month. Observations have
shown that the hair grows faster in youth
than in age, by day than by night, in sum-
mer than in winter, when cut than when left
uncut and when frequently cut than when
cut seldom Constant shaving makes the
growth more persistant and increases the
coarseness of the hair. After illness in
which the hair has fallen, if the patient be
young, it is advisable to shave the head;
otherwise the hair may remain thin and poor
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-11-10
THE BABY.

What is the sweetest thing below
The overarching heavenly bow,
The greatest nuisance that you know?
The baby.
Who has precious little nose
And chubby limbs and pinlish toes?
Who kicks and tumbles, laughs and crows?
The baby.
On whom does mother kisses press?
Who in the night screams in distress,
Who in the morning screams no less
The baby.
Who never has Il word to say,
But always has his own sweet way?
May heaven prolong his earthly stay
The baby
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-07
EbriChs' Fashion Quarterly.

Ehrichs' Fashion Quarterly is like
the swallows; its coming proves that
spring is here il earnest, and that the
dreadful winter of '8O-S1 has at
length receded into the past, to furnish
forth fruitful theme for Preside dis
cussion on many a future winter
night.
The Fashion Qua terly, as usual, is
full of information for the fair. Il
tells them what to buy and how to get
it; what styles have gone out OF fash
ion, and what are coming into vogue;
and its copious descriptions and price
lists will enable its readers 10 practice
q wise economy, by foreseeing, and
providing for, every item Of the sea
sons necessities.
A strictly novel feature of the pres
ent number is the system of ladies'
unmade dresses: which is intended to
enable a lady to secure the most fash
ionabIe goods and patterns, without
being subjected to the charges Of q
New York dressmaker Under this
system, the Ehrichs' furnish the ma
terials and patterns OF the various
costumes illustrated in their journal,
for fixed price; sending not only the
dress goods, but the lining, trimming,
buttons, sewing silk, and, in short,
everything but the needle and thread.
The economy of this System is evident,
and it is safe to predict for it an
immense success.
The Fashion Quarterly is published
by Enrich Brothers, Eighth Avenue,
New York, at 50 cents year, or IS
cents copy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-07
A pEPL0RARLE FACT.

DR.. John C. Calendar, the efficient
superintendent Of the Tennessee hos
pital for the insane, in his report to
the Legislature says:
The fact, based on relia bic statisti-
c;ll tables, Is again repeated, that
Tennessee, with more than million
and a half Of population, has not less
than twelve hundred insane persons in
her borders Less than four hundred
Of them have asylum accommodation
leaving neatly or quite eight hundred
who are in jails or squalid receptacles
without proper attention, or among
their families, q source OF danger and
discomfort and pernicious influence, or
wandering homeless and unsheltered
on the highways. The question re-
mains, shall the state Of Tennessee,
Notwithstanding her straitened fnan-
cial affairs, longer permit this condi-
tion Of things to exist"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-07
BILLS sIggEp 3? ZEE fsTEgEgs.

Bill providing that any sheriff
who either negligently or viii
fully CT by want Of proper dill
gence, 1irmncss and promptness
in the use Of all the powers with
which he is vested by law. allows
a prisoner TO be taken fioM tie
Jail Of his county, or to be taken
from his custody, and put to
death by violence, shall be guilty
Of high misdemeanor in office.
and on Indictment therefor and
conviction thereof shall be fined
at the discretion Of the court;
and shall also, by the judgment
Of the court, forfeit his office and
be declared forever incapable Of
holding Office Of trust or profit in
this State.
Bill 10 provide for the incorpo-
ration Of life insurance orders
and orders for the protection OF
property against any cause or
causes Of loss or damage, in all
cases when such orders are based
upon the principle Of the mutual
assessment Of their bers, and
w'hen the general good, and not
individual profit, is the object Of
their organization.
Bill to repeal the act prohibit
ing speculation in witness fees.
Bill declaring the south Fork Of
Forked Deer river mavigabIe
Bill providing that the county
superintendents Of pdblic instruc-
ton be not required to sign the
warrants Of teachers.
Bill authorizing the granting Of
charters to associations Of indi-
yiduals for the purposes OF educa
ton and instruction.
Bill to amend the mechanics
lien law, so as to give mechanics
a lien upon lands, improved, be-
longing to a married woman,
provided she consents in writing.
Bill to give county judges con
troll over publicroads and bridges.
|, Bill to prevent the sale, giving
or delivery Of liquors to minors
without the written consent of
parent or guardian, under the
penalty of fine Of not less than
SO nor more than $500.
Bill for the relief Of the sureties
Of j. l. Simpson, former tax col
lectOr Of Hardeman county.
Bill authorizing the county
courts to elect as many notaries
public as they may deem proper.
Bill exempting vendors Of cut
meats in towns Of less than / 900
inhabitants from taxation.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-07
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
THE BOYS.
BOLIVAR, IENE.,
April ;. 1881.

BOLIVAR, IENE.,
April ;, 1881. {
Ma EDITOR: Allow Il loving mother
to use your influential and deeply in
teresting paper to say something about
the boys.
Too many idle boys, sons of worthy
parents, are seen loafng about the
country towns-boys who are out at
night, and who prefer the street to the
attractions of the most pleasant homes.
There is q great deal about this sub
ject that is difficult. The serious diff
fculty is found at the beginning, that
the training Of children is an expert
meut made without experience. One
must live life to know how 10 live.
After SONS and daughters are grown,
character formed, and destiny fore
Swallowed, it is easy for parents to look
back aud discover where they have
erred in their training it is very
difficult, nay, impossible to human
wisdom, TO foresee and avoid those
errors. Sometimes boy who is care
fully aud strictly trained, will fy of
/. as soon as that reshnint is Withdrawn,
as sooner or later it must be, into ways
Of dissipation; and hence parents lose
faith IN vigorous control. These cases
are, however, exceptional. There are
Ia few general rules and principles
which should be enforced at whatever
cost; Of these, first, obedience. Let
commands be given only when neces-
sary, and let them be wisely given,
but enforce them. Second, let it be
remembered that habit is the chief
force in character Boys learn to ike
those things to which they are habitu-
ated. Compel them 10 remain at
home IN the evenings. They will
find it irksome at times, and vet, if
never permitted to be out at night, ex-
cept in company and circumstances
selected by the parent, they will find
amusement in reading, music, and
other refining home pleasures, and by
the time they are eighteen or twenty
viii have formed habits and tastes
which viii lead them, from choice, to
exclude evil COURSES and companions.
Do not let q boy run in the street and
be out at night, and yet hope to save
him for anything useful. It cannot be
done. lie may be lost in spite of
all your efforts, but without restraint
he is sure to be lost. Let the touch Of
affection be soft and gentle, but the
hand Of restraint must be as infexible
as iron. Let him know BY continual
and consistent kindness that you love
him, and yet that you are immovably
firm in all questions Of principles and
right conduct. A MOTHER.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-07
WHAT Is NIHILISM7

This question is being asked every
day, AID few can answer it. Below
are extracts giving, in part, the prin-
ciples Of the Society of Nihilists:
This gospel admits of no half
measures and hesitations. The old
world must be destroyed and replaced
by new one. The lie must be
stamped out and give way to truth.
1t is our mission TO destroy the lie, and
TO effect this we must begin at the
very commencement Now the begin
ming of those lies which have ground
down this poor world in slavery is
God. Tear out Of your hearts the be-
lief in the existence Of God, for as
long IS an atom Of that silly supersti-
ton remains in your minds, you will
never know what freedom is. When
you have got rid of the belief in this
pricst-begotten God, and when, more
over, you are convinced that your ex-
istence and that Of the surrounding
world is due to the conglomeration Of
atoms in accordance with the laws Of
gravity and attraction, then and then
only you will have accomplished the
first step toward liberty, and you will
experience less difficulty in Kidding
your minds OF that second lie which
tyranny has invented. The first lie is
God, the second lie is right Might
invented the fiction of right in order to
insure and strengthen her reign
Might forms the sole groundwork Of
society. Might makes and unmakes
avs, and that might should be in the
hands of the majority. Once pene-
trated with clear conviction of your
own might YOU will be able TO destroy
this mere notion Of right. And
when YOU have freed your minds from
the fear of God and from that child
ish respect for the fiction of right, then
all the remaining chains which bind
YOU and which are called science, civ
ilization, property, marriage, morality
and Justice, will snap asunder like
threads. Let your own happiness be
your only law. But in order to get
this Law recognized and to bring about
the proper relations which should exist
between the majority and minority Of
mankind, you must destroy everything /
which exists in the shape Of State or
social organizations. Our first work /
must be destruction, and humiliation
of everything as it now exists. You
must accustom yourselves to destroy
everything-the good with the bad
For. if an atom Of this old world re-
mains, the new will never be created.
Take heed that no ark be allowed to
rescue any atom Of this old void,
which we corsecrate TO destruction
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-07
DOS PLATES FAREWELL.

Don Piatt has retired from the
Washington Capitol In his farewell
address he utters the following unpat-
riotic sentiments:
1T is my boast that I have done
more to bring this government into
contempt than all the subsidized pens
and presses over the land engaged in
It's support.
This is stating much, but no more
than deserve. For these ten years,
at the very threshold Of the executive
mansion, that threatens a despotism
more dreary in its coarse aggressions
than any in Europe, and under the
shadow Of dome that covers a den of
thieves, 1 have punctured shams, ex-
posed villains and held imbecility up
TO ridicule, regardless of the threats,
assaults, ISLANDERS and abuse Of the
sufferers.
II do not assert thst our govern
ment is the worst in the world That
of Dahomey is a somewhat lower level.
But | DO say, without fear of cotradic-
ton from the thoughtful and dispas-
that it is the meanest.
The beautiful structure fabricated
by the fathers lies like stranded
whale rotting in the sun, wolves and
buzzards fattening on ore, while
sharks feed upon the other"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-07

DIvoRCEs appear to be becoming
nearly as prevalent in New York as in
New England Judge Lawrence, of
the Supreme court Of that city, called
attention the other day to the fact that
ono-ffth Of the business Of his court
was in suits having reference to matri-
monial difficulties. The judge decIar-
ed that ne would do all in his power
to stop this by refusing to grant d.
vorce-, except when the circumstances
absolutely demanded IT.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-07
Fha RRsSnn

Why, I. W. Harper's Nelson Coun-
ty Whisky is preferred above all other
Brands is because it is the most regu-
lar and most perfect Product, incon-
testably ever made. 4 long expert
.ence in the manufacture of the Harper
the large Capital Of the Distiller
which enables him to hold his Whisky
until it has fully matured, together
with the fact that the Whisky is
bought by and shipped to ns, direct
from the DistilIery accounts for the
unyarying satisfaction it has given
those best educated to d fine WINS
Ky.
Moore & Harvey, Agents, Bolivar.
D. J. Jones, Agent, ICONS.
Baird & Bro. Agents, Hickory Val
ley:
j. Z. Hayes, Grand Junction, Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-04-07
CLOVER CREEK, Tenn, }
April 4. 1881 /


ME. EDITOR: Everything is going
along as smoothly as could be expected.
The people are getting ready to plant
large crops Of corn and cotton. l
have no marriages to tell Of this time,
but will have soon. Our schools are
in full blast, and all have a good at
tendance. don't know whether that
forty" who had the measles around
Clover Port have gotten well yet or
not; anyhow, they could hardly be
missed out OF the school room. Our
teachers are stars Of the first magni-
tude, with n considerable sprinkling
Of lesser lights. We have preaching
occasionally, and I hear that we are
to have q new church. What q noble
example these good Christians set be-
fore us. Why cannot more of us fol
low their example? Perhaps if we did
not know them so well we might. Old
Uncle Jake" Willoughby is to be
baptized the fourth Sunday in April,
at Antioch. I suppose ne will be the
one black sheep. But l viii say no
more. In this case comparisons
would be "odorous." There is man
living near Toons who says he has a
goose sixteen years old. But that is
nothing strange; we have them in our
from sixteen TO sixty, !
and they are not much show either.
Yours respectfully,
ENr,rr,D-r,