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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
WHAT CAPITAL DOES FOB LABOR

The insolent infamous, sacriIigious liar,
before Goldfish audience, cited to the free
schools and charitable institutions Of the
country and said:
Look! you disconnected socialists and
complaining workingmcn, all this is what
capital regularly and willingly does for
labor. There is already being done for you
as much as you can bear TO have done and
retain the proper spirit Of selfhelp."
God grant that some day this audscious
hypocrite may be compelled to tread the
wine-press of poverty and earn his bread by
the sweat Of his face.
Were the unearned charities and unre-
Quilted contributions of capital bestowed
upon him now limited to a seat in q free
common school, a cot and board at poor
house, or a scholarship in blind, or dear
and dumb asylum, the laboring men whe
are now taxed to support his idlenesa in
royal style and princely splendor would
have less occasion to complain and be dis
-ontented with their lot
Is tbis sbor.persecutor, this pauper
let Tse.n Call or Their Dogs.
It is said that the accumulation Oh
millions a year by Vanderbilt, Sage.
Belmont and others, is their legitimate
right; that it is due to their superior
skill and sagacity.
But without the aid Of special legis-
lation, and corporate privileges not
enjoyed by the masses, could they do
it?
IF they possess superior skill and
capacity for accommodating the earn
! ings OF ether men, why should not
these less gifted be guarded by legis-
lative bulwarks against the Tapaeity
Of human nature gifted With such rare
talents for appropriasing she property
of others? Or Is our legislation based
on the theory shat to him VIII bath
power to cheat others) shall be ,civen
(power TO dOuble his capacity,) and to
him who hath not (power 70 rob his
neighbor) shall be taken away even
that which he hath" TO protect and
provide for himselfD
If the millionaires win call of their
legislative dogs, and give labor an
even chance IN the struggle, the latter
viii ask no odds Of the other, nor adj
vocate any other distributive fsvors
than the survival Of the fttest.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
A God-Forsaksn People.

Saws a Salt Lake correspondent: But
of all the Unconditional, GOd-forsaken.
hapless-loOking people ever saw, the
women here beat them all. Yesterday
was supply day for the Mormon farm
ers living outside the city. They bring
their wives into town in dead-axle wag-
ons, and fill in the vacant room with
children, who look fully as bad as their
mothers, If not worse. Many of them
are lame aud humpbacked! and all look
sickly, and are ill-elad. Two out of
every three women on the street, yes
terdsy, had nursing infants on their
arms, and four out of five of the chill
dren are said to be girls. One of the
saints had thirteen wives and ninety
four children, which he exhibits with all
the pride should take in lot of fine
horses. I never realized the Internal
nature OF the institution nor its effect
upon society "a do now. The sooner
our Government brushes it out the bet
ter for humanity. 1t Is a blot upon the
face of the earth, particularly in this
lovely valley, so green and beautiful,
with apple, peach, pear, and plum trees
in full blOssO m-gTass waving in the
wind, bees drumming, and birds sing
ing, like our July weather, while Just
beyond this in the background are the
mountain-tOps covered with snow. It
is the prettiest sight ever saw, and
enc which l shall never forget.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
nroMslnesa Durine Sermons.

The Christian AdU0cG5e SAYS hat
ministers are often troubled by seeing
persons asleep in their congregations.
Often they are themselves to blame.
their oratory il sopOTific. But often
the stupidity of the nearer Is the
same. Eutychus slept while Paul
preached. Joseph Bradford fell
asleep while john Wesley preached
Bishop james told a class Of young
men that if their hearers slept it vas
their fault. At that moment, Bishop
Baker, just in from a long Journey,
was asleep in the pulpit. Bishop James,
on being told of it was much amused,
and said: 81 was an awful example
TO them" Nothing will keep some
people awake, In a murder case in
Hudson county, Y. J., Judge Knapp,
not many days ago, was delivering
his charge, and saw a juror asleep.
.sWhat is tie use" lie asked sharply.
"of my addressing this jury, if It's
members connot stay awake long
enough to listen 10 me-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
Encouraging Thoughts.

Mr.. Hyslop, addressing the Scot
fish Temperance League, once said:
-"Not long ago the news was
brought to me that water had broken
into one of our pits, and was rising
fast. knew the workings were far
under the sea and that cnGa before 1t
had been drowned out for many years.
I went down and heard tue water for
a long distance. When l got to the
spot, and caught some in my hand, it
was white and salt, as the waves roll
ed far above my head. The machinery
was weak and old, and very made
quate for a prolonged struggle, and
inch by inch we watched those waters
rise. What should we do? We could
not pump out the sea. Oh, no, but we
could do what we couldl And so
day and night with many a break
down and many a failure, we strug-
gled on. Foot by foot the waters rose,
and one by one our miners had to
leave the pit, but we determined not
to give in till the very last hope had
fed. Three weeks or more, and night
and day, that fight went on, till at
last it seemed to rise with less rapid
ity, till it ceased to rise altogether, till
at length it began slowly to fall, and
finally the last gallon was pumped
and the victory won. Now some would
say just then was the victory; but 1
say the victory began long before: it
was a winning fight all along. We
were winning from the very first
stroke of the brave old engine. And
so may it be with this work in which
we are engaged. The floods may APP
parently be rising higher and higher ;
our appliances may seem more and
more inadequate for such struggle
but don't let us give Inlet us keep
up our fires of faith and prayer and
preserving effort"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
nan = I.auehinr Animal.

Man IL said 10 be the only animal
that can cry, and yet he is not really
a CRYING creature. He is n laughing
and smiling creature. The hours
which bring tears do not come very
often. Some firesides see ten or TWEEN
" years in which no one has cause for
weeping. Many hundreds AMI thou
sands meet with no sorrow for quar-
ter of a century. The days on which
man cries are few compared with all
the days of his life. Man is an animal
that can cry, Int he is most perfectly
n creature that laughs. Not many
days pass that bring no pleasant smiles
to the majority. There is column
of laughter in the daily newspaper
The light dramas Of pure aud in
genious quality draw large audiences,
while painful tragedy iS less popular,
because all mankind would rather
laugh than cry. 1t ought to te an q
p''IOrt argument i'll favor OF iifs's in
trinsic sweetness ana worth that
man comes up into it with his face
beaming with smiles, AMI this smile
Widens out as years paSs, and the dear
old father ushs and plays with chill
tlren, and one merriinent like one olec-
tricity thrills the heart Of infant and
Of patriarch.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
Ell PasO as a Railroad Center.


The sleepy old Mexican puebla of
FL Paso will within three years be
one of the great railway centers of the
continent. The Southern Pacific is
now within 213 miles of it, ami build
ing at the rnte of two miles day
The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
is not far of, and nearing the point at
a rapid pace. The Texas Pacific is al
so fastening toward it, and has al,
ready selected the ground for its inn
mense depots and other necessary
works. Tho line from Guaymas to FL
Paso by the way Of Hermosillo has
been started at Guaymas, and will be
met halfway by the builders from the
other end, as they expect, within a
year and half. The line from Dem
yer connecting with the Kansas, Col
Orado, and Jay Gould system general
", is pointed southwark and will soon
be at the general point OF intersection;
and line from FL Paso, through Chi
huahua and Durango TO the City Of
Mexico, is among the strong probabiI-
tiles of the next three or four years,
if the Mexican Congress docs not OBJ
struct it through jealousy of Ameri-
can enterprise and political influence.
When all these roads arc finished FL
Paso will be the point where six great
trunk lines will meet each other, dis
tributing the trade Of half the contl-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
DrIJIsn CapITaI.

According to The English Stat1St
there is plethora of money in Eng
land. The money put away, quite
idle, seeking an investment, is suppOS-
ed to be something like $I,0OJ,0OU, 900,
or nearly three years of tho revenue.
"OId stockings and tea-pOts'' are
gorged, and will not hold an addition
al sovereign. The trouble with those
who have the money, and who want
to invest it safety, is that all the sound
securities have been taken up, and can
only be bought at large advance, and
4 per cent investments are apparently
unprocurable. For the last four years
there has been in England an era Of
retrenchment. If people could not
earn money by curtailing their OK
penses, they seem to have made both
ends meet, with a trifio over to their
credit. The total accumulations made
I'D by small amounts is, then, enor-
nous. During this period OF saving
your EngIishman has been suspicious.
The condition OF Europe has not been
comfortable. Even now it is quito
questionable whether continental mat
ters are any more placid in character
There has been such al cutlery about
poor investments made in land that
something has happened in England
which is quite abnormal or its kind.
With increased capital begging an in
yestmont, land In certain parts of Eng
land has absolutely lessened in price.
In the southern and eastern counties,
where there are large expanses of
good agricultural land, and no great
cities near them, property can be had
for ready money, at reduction of %
per cent on normal prices.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
LOVE AZ EVEN7IDE.
W. A. DAcus.


Love dweus not in the sparkling blaze,
w hen noon rests on the stream;
His tender ilOwerets dare not raise
Their bosoms 20 the beam;
W hen gleems the moon through latticed
bowers,
And stars are shining bright.
lie commences with the shadowy hours,
And wooes the silent night.
The dreamy perfume OF the rose,
The ViOleCs deeper sigh,
The music of the rill that flows
In liquid cadence by;
The sweet tones Of some village chime
On sweeter echoes borne
These are joys OF evening time,
Which scarcely wait the morn.
Not IN the rich and courtly hall
The hearts pure faith is given;
But where the greenwood shadows fall
Beneath twilight heaven.
LIES crowded pomp and pageant show
May darker passions move,
But solitude alone can know
The incense thoughts or love.
When worldly cares are hushed in sleeI
Love wakes at such an hour,
Young hopes their angel Vigils keep.
And joy resumes It's power;
Though night in all its dusky state,
Athwart the skies be thrown;
Yet beauty's glance can then create
A nOOntide all her own.
MEMPHIS, DECEMBER, 1881.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
SIX.

How to clean silk is of interest to
all wearers. This is the French meth
oil. The silk must be Thoroughly
brushed and wiped with a cloth, then
laid on a fat boarl or table aud well
spongeSl with hot coffee, thoroughly
freed from sediment by being strained
through muslin. The silk Is spongcd
on the side Intended % show, it is al
lowed to become partially dry, AMI
then irone6 on the wrong side. The
coffee removes every particle of sre7se,
and restores the brilIancy of silk, with
cut impar1ing to it either the SHINY
appearance or crackly and papery
stiffness obtained by beer or indeed
by shy other liquid. The silk really
appears thickened by the process, and
this good effect is permanent.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
The Teeth of the Ancient Greeks.

1uO tOcJH u INC AACl0HS UECcASs
London News-
One of the most remarkable features
of the discovery of the band of The
bans who fell at Ch8ranea is that, &C
cording 20 the report, all the teeth of
each member of the sacTe1 band are
sound and complete. Either these
gallant patriOJs were exceptionally
lucky, or the condition of teeth in old
Greece was enviably different from
that of later and more degenerate
DAYS. The Romans were well ac-
quainted with the evils that attend on
the possession of teeth and had some
little knowledge of the use of gold in
counteractlng these evils. If we re-
member rightly, an exception to the
rule of not Durying precious objects
with departed Romans was made in
favor of gold that had beeH used for
stopping teeth. We mOderns may
compare favorably with the skill of
our dentists, but we cannot pretend to
rival the defenders of TheUes ia their
superiority to the necessity for these
gentlemen. Rare indeed are the hap
DIV mortals of to-day who can truly
boast that their teeth are in the per-
feet condition that nature intended,
and that tho craft of the dentist has
never been employed over them. 1t
would be exceedingly difficult to Sc
Iect from our army, or amy modern ar
my, three hundred men with teeth as
sound as those of the ThebaR warriors
are reported to be.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
Texns and Dakota.

The New York Tribune thinks Da-
kota, with the population of 10000
at the outside, or even one corner oft,
ought to be made a State, but protests
that Texas, with 100000 people and
six times the area of New York, isn't
big enough to be divided. This is a
fair specimen of that journals consist
ency. 1t is safe TO say that Texas will
not be divided right away, as il ought
not to be. 1t is equally true that the
arguments for the ADMISSION of
Dakota at the present time are slain
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
An Empty Jail.

The following is one of the results
OF prohibition:
This morning sheriff Windle threw
open the cell doors of the Jail as the
last prisoner had been discharged. 1t
will be remembered that in 1880, the
wear of prohibition, during tile last
three months the Jail stood empty.
With the advent Of dram-shops. came
prisoners into the hands of the sheriff.
soon running up to eight or ten charg-
ed with various crimes from larceny
to murder. The first part of the year
of prohibition had to be devoted 10
working off the victims of the license
year, some of " HON were sent to JOl-
let. This being done, all empty Jail
is the result. This is something of
which every good citizen of Logan
county may be proud, and for which
all taxpayers should be thankful. The
country people-the farmers Of this
countv-can well afford to put their
shoulders TO tile wheel and with a
shout-hurrah for Lincoln and prohi-
bition. Send the car of progress
wheeling forward until the traffic is
driven from our borders .-Liac0IH
Sentinel
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
rLe-e i no boly past. Tic VOL

There is no holy past. The world
revolYes In its annual orbits and
brings seed time and harvest; and al
so it makes its diurBai revolutions
and brings day and night. But the
DAYS and the years which have passed
away carried with them ali events
which distinguished them. The aoao
is all we can claim. The past is a
memory, the future hope the one
possesses a sentimental interest, the
other nothing. We think, act and live
in en- eternal to-day, and viii do so
during the lifetime Of the race.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
The RendhoIders safetx.

On the goth Of October, 1876, few
days prior to the Presidential election,
August Belmont wrote TO the New
York Herald, saying:
sThe bondholder Is safe and secure
under either a Republican or Demo
cratic administration. % nsazz -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

In accordance with The facts: A
parry Of san Juan rancLers made a
bonfire Of an Apache Indian, and the
cOroner's jury returned a verdict of
"Overcome by the heat
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

In 1879, there were In th- State pris-
Ous and iails OF Massachusetts 1861 in
mates, or one to every 100 Of the pop
ulatioB. This gives Massachusetts,
three times as many convists as Maine,
IN proportion to the population. OF
course. nobody claims that the liquor
traffic is entirely suppressed in Maine,
bUt the evils growing Out of il are SO
much less ia ilai State than in others,
that II may be claimed that prohibi-
ton is the best policy for tic State to
pursue.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
The Trzih Abort Maine.

A persistent effort has beea made 20
misrepreseHt the facts as 10 the work
iRgs OF the prohibitory law in that
State, aud figures have been publish
ed attempting to prove that crime els
OF the increase, and that this increase
grows out of prohibitions, or its fall
ure. Whatever may be the truth
about the increase of crime in Maine,
its record is far ahead OF any state in
which the lic-nse system exists. The
following table shows the convictions
in ttivbf States.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

BROTHERS in the Greenback Cause!
Everywhere our cause is growing. In the
last four years It has never received adhe-
rents as fast as it Is receiving them now.
It is rushing on Ike resistless torrent
No power under heaven can stay its
mighty coursel
The old party managers ara divided and
confused. CONSERVATION Is upon their
faces and dismay within their hearts.
Cheer upi Grid on the armcr. anew
There is God in Israeli
Perish policy and cunning;
Perish ali that fears the light;
Whether losing, whether winning,
"Trust in God and do the right"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

Gold which always disappoints and fails
In emergencies and invariably robs when
employed, is called Honest Money, but
paper, which never fails in an emergency,
which has won every battle fought for a
thousand years, which has given more
homes to the industrious, more education
10 the ignorant, more needs and luxuries
to the poor, and advanced civilization
more in decade Of years than gold ever
did in century, is called Dishonest
Money!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

a new company in san Francisco
Is about to supply ci'izeuS with gas at
a reduction Of 30 per cent.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

MiLL q FECT3EY SUPPLIES
OF AT KINDS. BETTING, HOSE
and PACKING, OILS, PUMPS ALL
KINDS, IRON PIPE, FIT TINeS,
BRASS GOODS, STEAM GAUGES,
ENGINE GOVERNORS, &c. Send foF
Priee-Iist. w. II. BILLINGEAm & CO.
lA3 Main Street. LOUISVILLE KYs
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

=
Thousand times bigger than yourself
should tease you and eat yeu all ups
81 hope" said Johnny 'she'd feel as
bad as do when I swallow a fly"
"With resumption, free banking
may be authorized with safety, giving
the same full protection to bill-hold-
era which they have under existing
laws. Indeed I would regard free
banking as essential. Tt would give
proper elasticity to the currency, as
more currency should be required for
the transaction of legitimate business
new banks would be started, and IN
turn banks would wind up their bust
ness when it was found there was a
superabundance Of currency. The ez-
perience and Judgment of the people
can best decide just how much cur
rency is required for the transaction of
the business OF the country. 1t IS I'M
safe TO leave the settlement of this
question to congress, the secretary of
the treasury, or the executive. Con-
gress should make the regulation IN
der which banks may exist, but should
not make banking monopoly by linn
iting the amount of redeemable paper
currency that shall be authorized.
Such importance do attach to this
subject, and so earnestly do I commend
it to Jour attention, that I give il
prominence by introducing it at the
beginning OF this message"
SECRETARY SHERMAN.
sherman's Report for 1879. page u.
cit would seem, therefore, that now
and during the maintenance Of resump-
ton it 1.-THE legal tender clausel Is
USELESS AND OBJECTIONABLE ASSERTION
OF PowEE, which congress might now
repeal On the ground of ezpedieDey
alone. When it Is considered that its
constitutionality is seriously contested,
and that from its nature it is subject
to grave abuse, it would now appear
to be wise to withdraw the exercise Of
such a power, leaving it IN reserve to
be again resorted to IN such a period
of war or grave emergency rs existed
10 1862.
"The secretary, therefore, respect
fully submits TO congress whether the
legal tender clause should not now be
repealed as 30 al future contracts, and
parties be left 10 stipuiate the mode Of
payment. United States notes should
still be receivable for all dues to the
government, they should be promptly
redeemed on demand, and ample pro
vision made 20 secure such redemp-
ton"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

Little Johnny Ia been caught by
his aunt teasing fly. johnny said
she. ''supposing some great beast a
Thousand times bigger than yourself
should tease you and eat yau all upS"
81 hope" said Johnny ''he'd feel as
bad as l do when I swallow q fiy."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

The type or which this paper = printed 4
fsoia the above koundrs--lb-
Every article necessary FER : complete print
ing oaiee FURNISHED az ansIfastrrersf prices
DrdeEs Tor Metal aud Wood Type. solectcss
from any Specimen Iook. niief rraIaniflv Es-
Inmates furnished GA application.
MEMPHIS AUXILIARY HOUSE
sEsysDIEs 9.tas.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-10

Miss Susan Wright, who has been
a teacher for twenty-one years in the
girls public school in New York
city, and now principal of the pr1m-
airy department is making IN effort
to correct the scanty and scandalous
manner that children are dressed
and sent to school. She says that
the short dresses, exposing the limbs
of delicate children to the cold winds,
make them liable to rheumatism,
consumption, pneumonia and other
diseases which are the result of ex-
posure. Miss Susan Wright is right!
If the temperance apostles would
turn their attention to this reform,
we verify believe they could save
more lives than in undertaking to
stop the sale of Intoxicating liquors.
Just look at the dressing Of many
of our delicate little school children
these bitter, bitter cold days, as they
trudge along our streets making
for the school rooms, probably hall
a mile distant from their homes, and
ask yourself if it. is any wonde.
diphtheria, scarlet fever and other
diseases are constantly attacking
them.