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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
YoOr nees Oh the @nrir.

Senator VOorhees, being taken to
task by certain fres-tra&e Democrats
for his expressions at Albania on the
SUBJECT OF protection to l4tIL,e indus
tles, writes to a friend in Terre
Haute:
"The platform Of 1886 WIS vio-
lent d departure OH the -subje45 of the
tariff, and has no precedent in the
history Of Democratic ip1aforms
adopted in National co uVenfSqEs.
have examined them all The .,llEcla-
ration for "a tariff for ,levelat+G ,efLfly'
| was never before made ina NNat4<REal
| Democratic convention, and; As Il Aj3fsE-
! Iesque on common Sense. s5,y seV
tariff on important goods necessarily
| protects something manufactured l5jl
the United States. 10 av old, all pro
! lection we must abolish all tariff and
| resort to direct taxation. The great
| question, while we have a. tariff for
revenue, Is to so adjust it IS to afford
the protection which it 9Iways car
rles to those interests Whic h need and
deserve protection, and to withdraw
| II where it rs not needed. This is my
| position at Atlanta no m Bloe and no
| less. We are compelled to have a
tariff for revenue, and pr 'OtectiOn is
sfRe of its absolute Incl dents, from
VAIlGJA NA4CAC ID IlO CSCdpC3 e-AfW w llllC
Fl, " stage of things exists Z want the
We, t and the South to en- LR1raee the
sdva Htages which arise fro Tla 1T.
GWa lost Indiana in the last three
waaL,e of the campaign of ] $50 on the
ahnsad 'sssEe made by our a;gffOrm on
his embi ext. In my OpiniO h that is
enc will, eyer again be prC keinted in
tGot form : by Democratic State or
National co uvention, and III. 7 purpose
ot AtIants vas to aid in st 'cgrEng a
sound nositi ln in the party here after.
7 y-,as vaI.ml v Endorsed in the South
Inv, Iooding wen who have styled
tTamseIves f, se-raders. Tile Z olicy
7 debated will make the South the
richest mart of the Globe, and will
,,.omota tbe he II interests of Indi ans
with Jefferson. Madison, Monroe and
.TacEson te saw nothing of WaslE ing
TON for INV sunno. Il, l i } not fear the
conseouences TO me personality l
boxra not viola ted the traditions of
f,tbprs and am " uling to be Judge d
nv +I,ai1. TEACHINGS What Is TO b,
said, however, on til supJect OF IN
ternal improvements DH tnose Wht
criticise me on the tar1n. Every
Democratic platform for fifty years
and more has denou need such i'm
provements by the Go Vernment and
vet we are now spendin y ten millions
| a year for that purpOs, , ana every
/ Democrat in the Sena te from the
! South and from the w, St votes for
appropriations and cries loudly ior
/ more. Edmund Burke says that
craftsmanship is the scier zee OF CIR
| cumstances, and l am oft IL induced
| to think that he was very nearly cor
| rect
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
Foundation and Temnerature.

A census bulletin shows the distri-
button of population in the United
States in accordance with tempera-
ture. Arranging it III groups by 5
degrees of mean annual temperature,
it is found that no less than 90 per
cent. of the total population live be-
tween lines marked by 40 and so de-
grees Fahrenheit. The cotton region
is above 55 degrees, sugar and rice
above 20 degrees, and tobacco between
so degrees and 60 degrees. The prai-
rie region of the Mississippi valley
lies almost entirely below 50 degrees.
while the great wheat region of Min
nesota and Dakota is manly below A
degrees of mean annual temperature
The highest maximum temperature il
in southwestern Arizona and south
eastern California. Of the entire pop
ulation, 50 per cent. are found III the
classes which have a maximum tem
! perature between 80 degrees and 10,
| degrees. In considering minimum
! temperature, it is seen that SO per cen
| of the inhabitants of the United State
live between the lines of 30 degree
below zero and 10 degrees above, 70
! extreme cold.
From this it is evident how popula
ton tends to increase in regions rathe
north of medium temperature ol
more correctly speaking, between is
therms of low degree
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
School Books.

The number of higher arithmetics
required in the public schools of the
United States is l, 10000 ;arithmetics,
lower, 3,75O.OO0; algebra, 100000; as
trOnomy, 10000; bookkeeping, 5O0,-
600: copy books, I5000,OO0; cOmpo
sition books, 100000: etymclogies,
100000; Biographies, 100000; gram
mars, 100000; ; history, 100000 nat
ural philosophy, 100000: readers, s.
100000; spoilers and defners, $500
COO. The annual cost of school books
to the users is estimated at five mil
lion dollars. As most persons are
aware, tile change Of text books goes
on continually, else publishers would
have no business. As soon as the
pupil is fairly grounded IN one arith-
metic, some one discovers that the
pupil viii go astray if the book Is
| longer in use, and a new book is in
trOduced. This takes its turn to &c
out as soon as another has been in
vented to take its place. There are
/ arithmetios collecting dust, and solo
| for old junk, out of which pup
/ studied TO learn could get as much al
| from the latest publication. 1t IS no
/ in the book, but In the pupil In fact
/ there are old arithmetics, in the opin
ion Of educators, much superior
those now in use.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
COCOANUTs RISING.
NOT ENOUGH TO GO ROUND, ALTHOUGH
WE HANDLE MILLIONS.

The memory of the oldest cocoanut
importer runs not back to the time
when cOcOanuts brought so high a
price throughout the country as they
do now. Those from Baracoa and
MOntego Bay bring $40 a thousand.
The BaracOa nuts constitute nearly
thirty per cent of all cocoanuts
brought to this market. Our supply
last year from all quarters was 10
OBJ $50 nuts. The BaracOa nuts stand
in the same relation to the San Bias
cocOanuts that the cling stone does to
the free stone peach. The meat of the
San Bias nut peels easily from the
rind. The San Bias and the San
Andreas nuts are snapped up now at
$75 a thousand, while six months ago
they were sold for $40 a thousand
making the advance nearly 100 per
cent.
"The cause of the high prices of
these nuts" a large importer and con-
sumer said, 'are two. On one hand,
the supply is short, and, on the other,
the consumption is almost double
what it was last year. AS to the sup
ply, it has not been equal to the de-
mand for months past. In the Island
of Jamaica, last year, you remember,
there was a great storm. The cocoa
nut trees were destroyed, and it will
! be five years before we can get nuts
4 from Jamaica, but then they only
\ send us a million nuts year out of
! the millions handled in this country.
In other quarters there has been
blight on the nuts that affected their
! growth"
"The main cause of the high rates,
! however, is the increased cOnsump-
tion. we are grinding and shipping
prepared cocOanuts to European cOun-
/ tries, especially to Germany, in vast
quantities. The trade has sprung up
within a year, and the ground cocoa
| nut is used mostly for cooking pur-
poses. The demand is to be steady,
I've no doub and therefore it is not
likely that cocoanuts will ever be so
cheap in New York as they have
been. Even as late as last year there
was very little to be made in sending
vessels south for cOcOanuts, becau sc
any old tub that could be pressed in
to the business had to do duty III
bringing nuts to market. Conse-
quently the supply was greater than
the demand, and the trading ships
went into better paying business"
/ w III IHSI0 D6 COIHCA III OONOo''
nuts ?"
"Wen, hardly" was the dealers re.
, ply. eve can't tell when any old tut
= will sail in here full to the gunwalt
r with cocOanuts. Not that one vesse
8 will make so much differe nee will
, the maI ket, but you see they wOulC
keep right on coming. And yet w
s cannot tell what may happen, be
cause the great consumers, the desic
f Gated cocOanut men, usually bu.
= ahead several months, buy for de
I livery, and their rates are low. Som
f of the prominent importers who hav
= agreed to deliver this or next mont
n at $40 to $50 a thousand for chOic
s nuts, they will get nipped-that is
i they will lose many Thousand dollars
But as to the corner, it. wouldn't b
q so easy for the consumers to combin
to hold their nuts. ."-Neto York SuJ
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03

THE question of transferring the
Russian capital from st. Petersburg
to Moscow is being agitated in the
Russian newspapers. The warmest
advocates of the project are the Pan
slavists, who took upon st. Peters
burg as the typical representative of
the "traitOrous reforms" of Peter the
Great, and upon Moscow as the true
center of Russian patriotism. On the
other side, it is urged that the history
OF Russia as great European power
dates from the foundation of St. Pc
tersburg, and that the patriotism of
Moscow is merely of local OF pro-
vincial kind. st. Petersburg is not
only the seat of the imperial court, but
of Russia's social and literary word.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03

Miss FRANCIS WILLARD, President
of the Woman's National Temperance
, Union, just returned from tour
Through the South, reports wide
spread and remarkable interest among
Southern women in the temperance
cause. In Charleston, Savannah, Col
umbia and Atlanta, she was welcOn-
ed heartily. Conspicuous among the
women in the movement were Mrs
Augusta Evans, author of ''Beulah,
and the widow of eX-President Polk
Should the temperance agitation fairly
begin in the South, it will be conduct
cd with characteristic fervor.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
GAN INSANE SON.
HOW A SLICK DIAMOND TIuEF BEAT a
CINCINNATI DEALER $4,000 WORTH.
(NeY York SUM-

HOW A SLICK DIAMOND TTuEF BEAT a
CINCINNATI DEALER $4,000 WORTH.
(New York SUM-
One of the shrewdest and boldest
tricks ever played on a jeweler was
natl not long ago. One day mid
die aged woman of fine personal APP
pearance, well dressed and of most
attractive manners, called at a private
lunatic asylum and asked TO see the
Superintendent. The official met her
in the parlor.
81 wish to make arrangements for
the confinement Of a patient here"
she said.
''What are your terms and the con-
ditiOns on which you receive your in
mates ?"
"Our terms are SIS per week, and
you must have the certificate Of two
physicians"
"Very WELL" said the lady, ''I viii
pay you for two weeks in advance.
The patient is my son, who is insane
on the subject of diamonds. lie has
a mania for selling my jewelry. ]
/ have not got the certificate of the
physicians, but can easily do so.
| will bring my son here in the after
noon, and if you will keep him an
hour will bring the physicians with
the authority"
Then the lady entered her carriage
and drove to a jewelry store. There
she selected $4,000 worth of jewelry,
which she said was intended for the
trousseau Of her daughter, about to
be married. She gave the name of a
wealthy family recently arrived in
Cincinnati, and said to the proprietor :
"If you will let one of your clerks
step into the carriage with me, will
go TO my husbands store and give
him the money for the goods"
The proprietor consented, and the
clerk, with the goods in a box entered
the carriage with the lady, who said
she wished to stop on the way and
show her purchase to a friend. They
drove to the Asylum, and were shown
to the parlor. The Superintendent
entered. and the lady said quite
/ calmly TO the clerk Gust open the
box and show the things to this gen
, tlemaR."
I The clerk unsuspectingly complied
Carelessly drawing near, the LADY
suddenly seized the box, and wa
walking out of the room with Il, wheI
the astOnished clerk cried:
/, "Hold on, Madame must not 10
!. those goods go out of my sight unit
al / get the money"
The lady did notdeign to notice tn
clerk, but, turning to the Superinten
. dent of the Asylum, said:
, ''This is the young man spoke Z
you about. He is getting 4 lit1
I violent. You had better secure him.
: 1t was in vain that the clerk pro
: tested that a robbery was being com
I mitted. The Superintendent was ip
. exorable. He called his assistant
4 and secured the clerk, while the lad
: walked to her carriage with the 81, 90
worth of jewelry.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03

prised to hear one meet the other with
'halloO, Sid !" and the other respond,
'EhallOO, Tude T. to her friends greet
'ng, and he remarks it was just what
1.-TWO loungers might have said, or
table boys for that matter.
1t might not have been so much
out of the way for the latter, but 1
confess it sounded very odd and Of
fensive in what I supposed t. be two
well-bred young ladies as much so
as if l had heard two beautiful gay
and rose colored birds begin to swear.
It was so unnatural and out of
place. 1t may be the style for young
girls or ladies to greet each other with
a |hallOo," but I can't like it or get
used to is. These things may seem
but tRifie, but they make all the diff
ference between nice things and very
common characterization Union.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03

THE New York Commercial AdUer-
tise'' pertinently says: "Michigan's
new relief committee should have
Snoney enough to meet all the de-
mands upon it before October is over
and gone. Let the smoker forego one
cigar the topper one toddy, the mer-
chant one hours profits, the rich and
prosperous one luxury for one day,
and give their cost and amounts to
the relief committee, so the sufferers
will be sufficiently housed, clothed and
fed. One strong pull with conscience
in it will do the thing quick as wink.
Don't forget it!'
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03

Sweetwater is preparing. to erect a
cotton factory.
Hon. Asa Faulkner of \ IGMinHvjile
has purchased the Caney Fork Fails,
| and will put up large co staEl factory
there.
On Saturday night at Chattanooga
+ and a negro in a gambling dtlE; also
a full set-out of furniture AND appa-
GstHs.
! .gOseph Harris. who commi tied ~ ur-
| der at Marble Hall, near RO;yersgill.e,
is, ts aSe executed in four weeks. a
petition for his pardon was ill vain
I The .Coinmbia Herald says Miss
Carrie Carr, aged twenty-four, was
| asked by Mr. Underwood, aged forty
eight why sle had not got married
yet.' : She aaid, Because nobody will
! have me. .s4IIe said: "I will" She
said, "All~right, IIl marry you" And
now she is saing Aim for $4,000 for
! breach of promise
Ltis. thought that4he town of Knox
Vile jisGa3IiIt over 2 mammoth cave.
] An entrance to tire ,e2Es was recently
made in the heart Of the city at a dis
! tance Of 200 feet below the surface of
! the ground. A larger hGle was made
which opened into chamber of un-
| known size. Que of the hands threw
! a rock and could hearit it fail in the dis
tance. The Tribune !says .fl1e fOrma-
ton OH w hich the citp, rests is lime
stone, a carbonate. OF lime which is
| soluble in water containing caPbOnic
| acid. If the cave at present is only a
small one, it is gradually becoming
| larger by the erOsiYe power of water.
! In former days the bottoms of cisterns
have been Known to drop out.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
The Yorktown Fizzl {.

It is to be hoped that the Yorktown
affair will be the last of these Centen-
NAL fuses. At least, if ther are a1ly
more, let us keep them to ourselves
and not invite foreigners to witnesse
aud suffer from our niggardli ness and
inefficiency. The French and German
officers who We're inveigled in 10 going
TO Yorktown win probably " 1sh that
their distinguished ancesto rs had
STAYED at home ana that the y them
selves had done so, too. To starve
their descendents is a queer way OF
showing our gratitude of L; 1faYette
and Steuben.--Nelg Xs0Tk HOl gr.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
GenernI RutIer,s Annette.

New York Letter: Ben. Butler is
one of the biggest eaters that visits
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He devOurs
an enormous quantity of meat, veg
etables, milk, coffee, salads and sweets.
A chicken disappears before him as
as though he was arMethOdist preach
'er and it was a partridge. lie doesn't
affect " ines.a At his home he has
several varieties upon his table, but
he drinks only about a tumbler full
of sherry. If he wants a drink he
takes glass of Jamaica rum, or the
statesman's drink, brandy. He cats
four meals & day, and is never troub-
led with indigestion. He smoks
cigars that are strong enough to KNOCK
a marine over. Yet he prides- him
self upon his temperate life, to which
he traces much of his prosperity. Al
! a table gathering recently where he
/ was host, the conversation turned up
on good feeding as a basis for intel
! lectuai work, and pending the brlei
] drawn arguments passing to ana tro
a curious smile turned over Butler'i
face, his elephantine eyes trembled
with motion enough to show CLEAN
from the enigmatical eyes beneath
and leaning back from heavy mea
which seemed to distend his whole
| body, he recited with most comica
effect, In view of his astonishing ap
petite, the following:
81 can eat but little meat,
Nv stomach is not good;
But sure l think that | can drink
With him that wears hood;
Though ] go bear take ye no care,
/ nothing am so cold;
! stuff nv skin 50 full within
OF jolly good ale and Old"
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responsibility. In short, il would un4
chain the passions of men, and leave
them the absolute liberty to do as they
please. This may do to lecture about,
but cOmmOn-sense, even among the
most determined agnostics, knows
well enough that it would not do to
put in practice
1t is said that VOltaire and Gibbon
were once in a cafe i'm Paris and VEN
tilating their infidel notions, when
VOltaire remarked: E'This is all well
enough for US, but it won't do for the
streets"
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mississippi.

The Summit Times has been pur
chased by w. A. BattaIic of YazOo
City.
Hon. A. 3. Hurt Has purchased a
half interest IN the WinOna Advance
Captain E. p Thompson, of the
Aberdeen We, shly, has been appointed
Superintendent, of Education for Mon
roe county.
Natchez has great cotton and yarn
: factories, macl,due-shops, Oil-mills,
-founderies, saw. mills, etc, all in sue
ccessful operation; In January it will
I be connected with jackson by rail.
AIts cotton factory has 304 looms AID
80, ,34 spindles; the ROsaline yarn mill
lzIzas 604S spindles. There are also
nI.aining-mills, and machine and
kWzlUOn-shoBs
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03

DIR. j. G.. SPRAY, Superintendent of
the Insane Asylum at Jefferson ILL.,,
wrote as follows:
IL was surprised to learn that Gui-
teau's counsel used my name as one OF
his witnesses to prove the insanity OF
Guiteau. l would do Guiteau no
good. l believe he should be hanged
whether of sound mind or not. If oi
sound mind he richly deserves it; il
not, his execution would prove 6
healthy restraint upon similar per.
sons at large
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03

THE steamer Malabar recently ar
rived at New York from the Phillip
inc Islands with a cargo of 1924 tons
of sugar. This is said to be the first
steamer that has ever come from the
PHILIPPINE Islands to the United States
and she brings what is declared to be
the largest cargo of sugar ever inn
ported into the United States from
any country. The cargo has been sold
for about $36OOOO to well known
sugar r.fimer. The cargo will pay
duty to the Government of abou
$l25,OOO.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03

The Arab allies of the French are
employing purely Arab methods Of
warfare against their opponents. Ac-
cording to latest reports from Tunis,
two Bedouins of the Desert were
caught in the act of attempting to de-
stroy the French railroad communica-
tiOns which might have been fatal to
the European army, and were shot.
Their heads were cut from their bod
les, and by order of the Bey were pub
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
Girls, Mann Sers.

If our little girls gre ct their broth
enzs and sisters, and perhaps even
their parents, boisterou dy; II, instead
I. of good morning, they cry, -halloo,
papa! Halloo, mammal and all play
mates in the streets in tn E same high
,Insmner, who viii be ssarpiIsed II
this style follows them as they grow
up and appear as young IL DIES
Referring to this unlady like man
ner and mode Of addressin : a gentle
Inan writes that passing t U@ pretty,
well-dressed, stylish lOOkip " Foung
ladies in the public street, he 1.ZEas sur
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

Queen Victoria once wrote leader
in the London Times.
Tie wife and daughters of E. b.
Washburne are in Paris.
More than 5000 women are employ=
ed in the Austrian railway offices.
There is a young lady in Keokukj
Iowa who is six feet four inches tall,
and she is engaged to be married.
Miss Blanche Willis Howard, the
author of Zone Summer" and of EAunt
Serena" is described as tall, plump,
pretty blonde, with the most golden
of hair, delicate complexion and blue
eyes.
Mrs. Garfield intends to supervise
the preparation of a biography of her
husband. Whatever portion she con-
tributes will be we'll done, for she is q
scholarly and accomplished woman
and has graceful literary style.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03
Cotton-Seed On-MnIs.

The cotton-seed oil-mills that are
rapidly being put in operation in the
South are creating no little stir and
discussion as to their effect upon the
Agricultural interests of the country.
This is a comparatively new industry,
and we already find that no less than
10000 pounds of oil cake, or COTTON
seed meal, have but recently been ship
ped abroad, not counting the supply
sold and consumed Ia non-cotton pro-
ducing sections of our own country
Au-qltsta. (Ga.,) COalstitMti0AaLtsE-
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licly displayed over the gates of the
Tunisian capitol.

SMALLPOX prevails in Chicago a
an epidemic. A compulsory ordi-
nance to enforce vaccination, is one of
the measures taken against the spread
of the dreadful disease. Last Sunday
the ordinance was enforced against
the congregation at worship in the
churches. 1t was something new
under the sun, but the devout wor-
shippers submitted to the treat
ment with coming gravity.
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avGisln comes f

HTOiSm comes from the
9iONi oi liz 'H8aP on a recen
I-ns'ISh steamer l. Ea entire crew
'rlp from Senegal. 4 y wife anC
eNceld the captain and H. = sickness
liie @a2te, were stricken with ia th.
so 'Gl'at they could take no part tsi,
'heS'gation of the vessel. The cap.
suggested to his wife to take the pos
OF the man at the Wheel" while lie /
himself and mate acted as engineer
and firemen. The three brought the
vessel safe from the west coast of Af-
rica to the European continent.
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TIE Springfield Republican, which
ought to know, says that the new ed
itor q the Century Magazine will be
Richard Watson Gilder-'a man of as
N1ine a taste and as severe a critical ac-
umen as have been exercised in such
a position in this country"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-03

The most pr-minent Republican
candidates for the Speaker of the next
House Of Representatives are Hiscock,
of New York; Keifer, of Ohio; Kas-
son, of Iowa; Burrows, of Michigan ;
Dunnell, Of Minnesota, and Hender-
son, Of Illinois.