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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

AS q Christian people we mourn
over the soldiers killed in battle; we
regret the waste of the material
wealth of the country caused by the
war; and yet we tolerate. the manu-
facture of a poison, and license its
sale, that has cost the country more
since Lees surrender than the whole
expenses Of the war of the rebellion {;
that, in the startling language of the
Rev. Charles Ii. Fowler, d. D., ''mur-
ders sixty thousand men annually {;
dOOms to an Inheritance OF rags and
shame two millions of children hangs
a milestone around the necks of three
millions of women, and casts them in
to the social sea; sends two hundred
thousand paupers to the poor houses :;
over two hundred thousand criminals
to the gallows and prison; bequeathes
two hundred thousand orphans 10
public charity; hOrrifies the year
with four hundred and fifty suicides
and seven hundred murders, and
commits to the demon of iunacy twelve
thousand human beings"
This to-day is our national sin, and
is committed by people so piOus that
they would not permit our Central
Exhibition to be opened on Sunday
that the poor could see how much
mankind had advanced under
the influence of Christian Civilization
Verify the prosperity of the American
people to strain at a gnat," and their
capacity of swallowing a camel is
most wonderful. BY our laws we fix
penalty for Sabbath breaking and
bIasphcinv, and then, with the legal
lied cup, tempt men to despise the day
aud set at naught our laws and the
demands of God we legalizc the use
as a beverage of that which prompts
human lips to blasphcme, that never
uttered an oath before; we enact our
criminal code, with its long list of hu-
man transgressions, and thea license
men to tempt their fellow men to vio-
lation, by The commission of crime
we, with infinite and nnblushing hy-
pocracy, acknowledge the word of
God to be the supreme law Of the
land, then lead men into temptation
and prompt them to evil; we rc-enact
the edict God gave to his chosen pee
pie that "Whosoever sheddeth mans
blood, by man shall his blood be shed,
and then by law justify the sale Of
that which nerves the arm of the as
sassin and prompts his heart to MUIR
der
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
THE GOOSE BONE.
THE KIND OF WEATHER THE KENTUCKY

THE KIND OF WEATHER THE KENTUCKY
GOOSE-BONE PROMISES US.
The readings of the goosc-bone in
dlrate motley winter. There will
be good deal of snow and few cold
days, but no protracted cold weather.
In the month of December there will
be no very cold weather. During the
last OF the month there will De a few
days when good fires will be cheerful
and overcUats comfortable. 1t will be
an exceedingly disagrecable month
tor outdoor work, with SNOW or rain
every day or two. The probabilities
are Tor wet, gloomy Chri stmaS.
Ihls kind of Wcaih her viii continue
on through January, with few cold
days saudwiched between rain and
snow. About the middle of January
there viii be few clear, cold days,
when the mercury will 90 down be-
low zero. January 10 and l6 win lie
as cold as amy experienced in this lat
1tude. The latter part Of this month
will be wet and gloomy.
There Will be more genuine winter
weather crowded into The little month
of February than in December and
January, bat there will not be any in
tense cold. With the exception of
the few days about the middle ofJan-
uary, ii is not likely that the mercury
will go far below zero.
The goosc-bonc has long been am
honored weather prophet. In some
of the back-cOuntrieS of Kentucky the
farmers make all their arrangements
Ia accordance with the predictions of
tie goose bone. In some localities
the gooSe-bOne is laid aside, Tabled with
the ,yedr, and il is said that one old
farmer In Breatliitt county hds the
bones extending back for. more than
40 years, and in all that time il is as
serted that the bone has never been
mistaken IL theweather
To read correctly the winter of any
year, take the breast bone Of goose
hatched during the preceding spring.
The bone Is translucent, and il will be
found to be colored and spotted. The
dark color and heavy spots indicate
cold. If the spots are of a light. shad,
and transparent, wet weather, rain OF
snow may be looked for.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
Brandy on Short Notice.

aGive me little old brandy, doc
tor" said the reporter.
''Yery well, sir" replied DR.. Left
man, who is the State Microscopist of
Pennsylvania. "You shall have bot
tie in your pocket As you see,
take about half a pint of rectifed
spirits and mix with 1t few drops
of eoloring solution and concentrated
essence of brandy-that is, the brandy
flavor prepared by the druggists, and
by brisk agitation the mixed acquires
the appearance of cOgnac. You like q
little bead Very well add little
out of this vial, a preparation Of nitro
benzOin, or artificial oil Of bitter al
monds. Now, as pour il, the bub-
bles remain for some time at the top.
However, it does not taste ripe or full
boiled yet, so / add a few drops of
preparation principally composed Of
glycerine aud called by the trade age
and body Another good shake, and
all need is a libel certifying that the
article is ten-years-old cognac brandy,
and there you have my brandy ready
for the market
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

THE sEcRETARY's "INsP

THE sECRETARY's INSPECTION"
"And is this a ship?" asked the
Secretary of the Marine at the navy
yard. Il have heard of ships from
my youth up, and have long desired
to see one. Pray, do they float?
Which end goes first? Why not have
one stick instead of three sticking out
of the docks Why is not that stick
upright like the rest?' asked the Sec
retary of the Navy Of the Command
ant of the nayy-yard, pointing to the
bowsprit.
'"That is the bowsprit," said the
Commandant. "Bowsprits never sticks
up. They are meek and iOwly III all
their ways"
"What are these holes for?" asked
the Secretary, pointing TO the open
hatchways. "Why have you made
such deep excavations in the vessel p
"The ship is built around these
holes" said the Commandant, "'but
they extend no further than the water.
If they did the ship would sink"
''Were you ever in a storm at sea p
asked the Secretary of the Command
ant.
"Only once," replied the Command
ant. at was typhoOn in logitude
81 off the Equator. We were bOwn
clean out Of the water twice, and spun
for miles through the air like a bal
loon. l shall never forget the terri
bic appearance of the sea as we look
ed down upon it from the clouds.
We got down safely to water at last,
and lied the ship t. a water spout. 1t
was a terrible time"
"Deary, deary me-" said the Secre-
tary, show interesting. And you
lived through it all. Tell us some
more. But let me inquiIe first, is the
capstan ola vessel equal in rank to the
captain p
'In ordinary times" said the Com
mandant. ''the captain outranks the
capstan. But the captain always
takes command of the ship when the
anchor is weighed"
"Indeed," replied the Secretary.
But where is your fourth castle?
do not behold any castle on board at
all"
Fourth castle Fourth castlel What
do you mean, Secretary p asked the
amazed Commandamt.
''Why, in all sea tales I've read of
the fourth castle" said the Secretary.
"Oh, you mean tke 'fokestle,'" said
the COmmandant.
"1he what?" said the mystified
Secretary.
"F'okeslIe. Follestle-place where
the crew live. Down there" said the
Commandant.
WHY, It's hole" said the Secre-
tary. Captain, do not approve to
your keeping your men in such dark,
damp cellars. They'll catch the rheu-
matiZ."
"And do the sailors really climb up
there" asked the Secretary. Il viii
save the life of many a gallant tar
Let all the masts be provided with
/ hydraulic elevators"
'Tt shall be DONE" said the Com.
mandant.
"Gan the officer of the watch" sud.
/ denly demanded the Secretary; then
remarking ia an aside, 'Ill show him
/ that know something about ships
| The officer appears.
''Officer," said the Secretary, "show
us your watches; want to see if they
are all in good order"
"Sir, the watches were all sent OF
/ shore this morning TO be cleaned" re
/ piled the officer of the watch.
That's pretty work" growled the
Secretary. "Why, where's the Ship
/ jeweler? How DO you suppose yor
would have the correct time if yoJ
were to keep an engagement with al
enemy ?"
! 'eWe should take the sun previous
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
A Fan Picfnre of Gnitean.

a Washington correspondent makes
the following pen picture of Guiteau: {:
Guiteau faced the spectators for
four hours to-day, and many of those
present mad an opportunity to study
his face carefully for the first time.
a comparison of it with Photograph
shows that since his incarceration he
has grown much more haggard, and
his face has wasted. 1t Is a curious
fact that the right half of it seems
better developed than the other. The
forehead of the right side is higher
and squarer, the eye is larger. and
well shaped. On the left side the
forehead seems to break down, the
hair runs lower i'm places, the eye is
considerably smaller, and has even
more depraved look than the other.
Ills left eye is a striking feature. 1t is
ill-shaped, blOOdshOt, menancing and
ugly. His eyes look dark in the dim
light of the court room, but they are
really a hideOus pale blue. His head
resembles a standing cube, the top of
ii being fiat, the face and back of the
head haVin. a peculiar slant forward.
His hair, short beard, and eyebrows,
are Of a dirty brown. His grin is one
of the most repulsive things about the
man. His lips scarcely move, and
when they do they merely make a slit
across his white teeth, while the de-
moniac light comes into his eye, and
the whole of the ragged, repulsive
face lights up. When this grin en-
larges to a smirk, the assassin glances
around to see whether the spectators
catch the joke, and the picture is in
tensified. 1t is face in which the
eye cannot find redeeming feature
anywhere.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

WE ARE NOT now interested very
much in what the Southern people OF
generation ago thought, felt or
dreamed about public affairs, or qucs-
tious Of State. The present, with its
commercial, educational and social
problems, should occupy our whole
time and thought. We know 10
North and no South, as distinctive
appelIaiions Of sections having di-
verse interests in any political sense.
We know the Union with uniform
VOWS, bearing equallyupon all sections.
70 us there is no holy South nor
yet a sacred North. Such things are
dream.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

The whisky traffic in our State dies
hard, but it is nevertheless surely
"going, going" and the third stroke
of the hammer is nearly down, with
the glad news, ''gone," attached to it,
and we hope and expect. by the end
of 1882. to see the last saloon closed
in our fair State. Over at Osceola,
the County Court of Mississippi
county made a prohibitory order,
from which the whisky men appealed
to the Circuit Court. Last week upon
motion of Hon. II. NJ. McVeigh and
Ed. II. Matthes, Esq, attorneys for
the prohibitiOnists, the appeal was
dismissed, and the whisky men ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court. Tie
whisky men then fled a petition for
certiorari to bring up the record of the
County COurt granting the prohibit
tory order, which being allowed, they
moved the court to quash the same.
This was refused, and the whisky
men appealed TO the Supreme Court.
We hope there are sufficient points
raised IN the two cases for the Su-
preme Court to decide upOn the con-
stitutiOnaliiy of the law and the
powers and duties of the County
Courts thereunder-.SeGT Beacon.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
LENGTH OF LIFE.

Caleb Ferris, of Galway, NY, cell
ebrated his Tooth birthday by walk
ing a mile or a wager.
Mrs. Julia Aielan, for six years an
inmate of st. Joseph's hospital, New
York, is ITO years of age.
Michael O'Brien, Of DaIiea, Wis, is
now living at the age of log. He still
enjoys his pipe of tobacco.
Mrs. Miller, who resides at Nine
teenth and Tosker streets, Philadel-
phia, claims to be l05 years old.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harden, a colored
woman, lately died at the house of her
son in Troy, n. Y, at the age of 104.
A colored woman in Louisville,
named Rosette Washington, was born
in 1854, and is therefore in her 18th
year.
Michael Ganvue, living with his
son-in-law, George Muir, in Roches-
ter, N. Y, is los. He is an inveter-
ate smoker.
Old aunt Fannie Walker (colored),
of Kansas City, is in her 10th year
She is living with her great-grand-
children.
Mrs. Margaret Freeman, of Bath,
Me, is in excellent health at the age
of 100. She has sound teeth aud
reads and sews.
Archibald Macarthur died a few
days ago at DussoOn, Scotland, at the
age of 105. For many years he car
ried on Evangelistic work among the
Gaelic population.
Nicholas Singley, Of Ventura, Cal, is
said to be I04 years of age, and it is
claimed that both his father and mo-
ther lived to be over a century old, and
that his brother, recently deceased, was
los.
Mr.. Mauch Abney, Of Red Oak, o.,
is I02, and has sister only two years
younger. They moved to Brown
county, South Carolina, 10 years ago,
ard have never been out Of the coun-
ty since.
Mrs. Sarah Mosely was III years
old at the time of her death, a Madi-
son, Ind, November 9th. She was a
native of North Carolina. Her daugh-
ters, of whom there are several in that
vicinity, range in age from fifty-fye
TO eighty-seven years.
Mrs. Rachel Conkling, of New
York, is now 100 years, one month
and a few days old. Her husband
and sOn-in-law were soldiers in the
war of 1912, and her brother estab-
lished the first ferry between Ho-
bOken and New York Her activity
is slightly impaired, and she has
only had two weeks sickness during
tie last twenty years.
Mrs. Maria Huff, of Clinton, Wis,
celebrated her Tooth annivers ary on
the 10Th of August last. She was
married in 1899, and is the mother of
seven children, four of whom are liv-
ing. Their respective ages are 81. 70,
81 and So. Besides the four children
living, Mrs. Huff has living twenty
six grandchildren, forty great-grand-
children, and eight great-great-grand-
children.
Mrs. Nancy Sims, of Jack son, Tenn.
is said 20 he not less than 120 years
old. Th2i old woman retains her
meHlOry well. She claims that her
husband and father were both soldiers
in the Revolutionary war. Many of
her grandchildren and great-grand-
children are living in the counties of
Madison and Hardeman. a clay pipe
has been her constant companion since
early youth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

AN exchange details an uncommon
adventure met with by a Brooklyn
''masher" the other day. "He follow
ed a young lady home, and when she
flew hurrieiIy through the door,
opened by her mother, the fellow ac-
costed the latter as an acquaintance.
The mother rang the burglar alarm,
invited the man in, and pretended to
send for her daughter. Results Mash
er arrested, taken to the station house
for the night, and fined $40" That
was an exhibition of genuine nerve
and clear headedness, that the court
should have put to better account
The punishment of the scoundrel was
not half severe enough and the exam
pie she sought to make of him was
more than half lost by the imbecility
Of the Judge aliiXing the penalty for
the outrage. Cattle Of that descrip-
ton should not be handled with
gloves.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
improvement in the Quality of Cotton.

y. o. Democrat: The tendency of
the cotton, when long under cultiva-
ton in the same field, is to deteriorate
not only in yield, but inquality of the
staple produced. Notwithstanding
this tendency, we have been constant
iy improving the quality Of cotton
produced by us, and now turn out
better staple than ever before. This
Improvement has been conspicuously
noticeable since the war. Before that
great epoch in our history, low grade
and short staple cottons were much
more abundant in the South than they
are to-day. A more thorough culti-
walton and special care in the selection
c. seed have enabled us TO make great
improvements. Georgia has been par
ticularly attentive TO the cultivation of
cotton and produced wonderful results
on its wornout lands. As yet no ne
cessity has been felt for this care and
attention in the cotton districts of
Louisiana and Mississippi, where ma
ture needs no assistance.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

The beer shops of this city are prov
ing great peril to the children. Lat
terly several complaints, il is an
nounced, have been made at the east
side police stations by persons who
allege that their children ara drink
ing the DRAWINGS Of the beer kegs
which stand on the sidewalks IN front
of saloons, Thus are they prepared
for the stronger liquors. The Tribune
mentions the recent death Of boy
ten years old, named Price, who was
reported at the Bureau Of Vital Sta
tistics as having died from congestion
Of the brain due 70 alcoholism that
was produced by drinking too much
brandy or whisky. This boy was one
of a group of seven, all about ten
years OF age, discovered in a vacant
lot up town drinking and quarreling
over demijohn of liquor of which
they had. in some way become pos
sessed. Another besides Price was
seriously prostrated, but subsequent
ly recovered and still another, mad
dened by the liquor, rushed to the
wharf and plunged headlong into the
East River, and would have been
drowned but fer the timely aid of a
wharfsman. Thus are the children of
the metropolis corrupted aad muir
dered by strong drink. How long,
for the sake of revenue, shall the
drink traffic continue to be legalized
here and the blood of innocent chill
dren be thus coined into gold ?-I'eDl-
peTGnce AdCOcGte.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
Whr sherman Wns Not Rnnnueled.

Cincinnati Commercial; 1t is q
remarkable fact that while the male
natives have ceased to bear animositY
toward the grim old warrior who left
a black souvenir if Georgia 40 miles
wide and 300 long," the women, on the
contrary, will never forget that SheF-
man burned their homes, and they
uniformly refuse to regard him as
anything else than an invader and
despoiler. Speaking TO some Southern
ladies about Sherman, few days ago,
theY say they viii never forgive him,
and would not permit him TO be feted
here if they could prevent it.
"Why," said one, "when ne came
South before, and was feasted here,
there were women at the table who
wished every drink he took could be
transformed into poison; and others,
while lending their presence as a mat
ter of necessity, hid beneath the
guise Of politeness a hatred which
boded 30 good for the destroyer of
their homes" / have found that this
tTst ,ment still exists here very largely
among the women Of Georgia, and If
aeport be correct, it was a potential
agency in influencing a change Of pro-
gramme on Tuesday. A committee
Of citizens proposed to honor the Cen
eral Of the Army with a banquet,
but current rumcT has 1t that the
members of the committee were in-
formed that it would be distasteful to
some, and that a number of ladies Wis
tied a merchant who was on the COM
mittee, and warned him not 10 give
the banquet or they Withdraw their
patrona ke. give this as / get It,
and one corroborative fact is present
in the absence of the banquet.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22
What a Few Judges SnY.

Judge ID. Schmeck, of Lincclnton
n. c., says:
IL was at the bar from 1857 to 1874.
and had large practice on the ctim-
inal side of the docket. From 1874 to
1881, | was one Of the Judges of the
Superior Courts Of North Carolina.
aud travcrscd the Stale from one end
TO the other. and, therefore, my OPP
portumties for observation and re-
hection on this subject have been
ample. l give YOU my deliberate
opinion that fully seventy-five per
cent. of all crime in this State is at
tributed to intoxica,ion by spirituous
lcqucrs, and that OF the crimes char
aitcrized by violence the Droportion
Is even larger. l add to this that
very much of civil legislation origin
ates also in this fearful source of evil.
The taxes raised from the sale of
spirituous liquors do not amount 10
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

Masters work and had no time to be
foolin' with bee trees, and what's
more, bees amt found in the wilder
ness aWay from settlements Now, I'm
goin' TO tell you boys what he ct in
my opinion. IL was honey locusses
you've all ct 'em, and I've ct 'em, when
l was a boy-the common honey 10
cusses and nothin' else" There was a
general assent; all the boys had eaten
''honey locusses," or fruit ofthe three
thOrned acacia, and the explanation
saved the reputation of John the Bap-
tist in the matter of taste.-N GShUitte
Americdn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

'rDon't take temperance into poli-
tics I" exclaimed a saloon keeper and
the Chicago Tribune. Weak-minded
men join in the cry, while the whisky
men laugh, but take good care TO keep
whisky close to the front in every
electiOn-so close that every politician
instinctively says: I'VE must get the
whisky vote for our party or IL is de-
feated." Some day they will say !:
1--WE must have the temperance vote
or We will be defeated" But that
day will not come until the temper
ance people vote as they pray. Poli-
ticisns are not foolish enough to put
prohibition in their platform so long
SIS they get the temperance vote With
out it. The temperance people, and
they slon {, by inconsistent voting,
have compelled the politicians 10 cul-
tivate the friendship OF the saloons
rather than the temperance societies.
But that day is at hand when temper
anee people will quit voting for party
regardless of principle, bat viii vote
for principle regardless OF party
National LiberdtOT.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-22

The New York SUMS reference to
the Baptist social union at belmont
cos, and the absence Of the locusts
and wild honey which formed the
food for john the Baptist, recalls lit
tie Sunday-schoOi incident which We
ayouch has never been in print and is
pure fact. He was q county Squire,
an elder, a most excellent man with
all the pretentiOus ignorance Of the
Dogberry, or Fieiaing's 'sq1ire. The
lesson was in John. The boys had
formed various theories about the
s1ocusses and vile honey ;" but the
asking of questions was not encOur-
aged: il gave trouble sometimes The
teacher was in the habit Of revealing
all that ought TO be known, which was
all he knew, Plus large amount he
didn't know. 'tNoW, boys" said he,
raising his specs, 81 expect you all
want TO know what kind OF loeusses
and vile honey John the Baptist et IN
the wilderness. The kimintafors
make out l. was the seventeen-yoar
locusses and bee-honey !" Here the
squire lifted his specks higher and
assumed a severe judicial expression,
as If he were about TO expOund the
law or construe tho statutes '.rhe
kimintators was but man with ike
passions as ourselves. The seventeen
year focuses. as you all well know
who have sense enough to have seen
'eln, isn't fitten 10 eat, and It's my
Opinion, as bein' against nachur, John
never ct 'em. The Jews was mighty
particular, nd-they never ct pork til
the Lord showed Peter what Was
good. If the seyenteeu-year lOcussss
had beeni In that sheet told YOU about,
they'd a flew away, wouldn't they Z
It's against reason that John ever e
such trash. He was goin' absst his