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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
When to Ston Advertising.

When every man has become so
thoroughly creature of habits that
he will certainly buy this year where
he bought last year.
When younger and fresher, and
sprinkler concerns in your line cease
starting up and using the newspapers
in telling the people how much better
they can do for them than you can.
When nobody else thinks it pays to
advertise.
When population ceases to multiply,
and the generations that crowd on
after you and never heard of you stop
coming on.
body whose life will touch yours. that
ces than they can ever get anywhere
outside of your store.
When you perceive it to be the rule
that men who never do any advertis-
ing are outsuipping their neighbors
in the same line Of business.
When men stop making fortunes
right in your very sight, solely
through the discreet use of this
mighty agent.
When you can forget the words OF
the shrewdest and most successful
business men concerning the main
cause of their prosperity.
When YOU would rather have your
way and fail, than to take advice and
win.
When you want to go out of bust
ness with a stock OH hand.
When you want to get rid of the
trouble of waiting OF customers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
Death ut Her Feet
Richmond nisnatch.

A gentleman who arrived in this
city yesterday furnishes the details of
q most tragic and distressing suicide,
which occurred Monday night at the
residence of Mr.. Joseph NJ. Blanton,
i'm Cumberland county. a young
man named Richard Kirk, from No
bile, Alabama, who had lately gTadu-
ated from tile University of North
Carolina, had for some time past been
paying his dcvoirs 10 Miss Kate
Faris, also of MObils. The parents Of
the young lady objected to his atten-
lions, and in order to put a stop to
them sent her on visit to Mr.. Blan-
ton, who is q relative or connection of
the Fairs family. The young man,
it seems, determined not to be thwart-
ed, and started from Mobile last week
TO seek his love iii Virginia. Arrived
at FarmVille, he drove to Mr.. Blan-
toms house, seven miles distant, or
Monday morning last. His recep-
ton by the object Of his affections, it
is presumed, was anything but fav-
orable, for he left Mr.. BlantOn's very
preOipitately, and, returning to Farm
Vile, was observed to indulge quite
frequently in strong drink.
During the early afternoon, il Is
said, he went to a gunsmith named
Baker, procured a pistol which he got
Baker to load for him. He then
hired a team from SmiLhson's livery
stable, taking with him a colored man
named George Diggs, and drove back
to Mr.. BlantOn's house. 1t was then
! late in tile afternoon, and the gentle
man of the house observing his ex-
cited condition was at first little in
clined to allow the young lady to see
/ him in company with Miss Willie
! Blanton. The two young ladies ac-
/ cordingly went to the parior, and out
of abundant caution Mr.. BlaDiOn ac-
/ companied them. They had scarcely
en- ed when Kirk whispered 10 Miss
/ Ears and she requested Mr.. BlantOn
to ritire. Mr.. Blanton withdrew to
/ the ell, where he walked up and
! down near at hand as If fearing some
/ trouble. In few moments the re-
1 port of a pistol was heard. Rushing
/ into the parlOr Mr.. Blanton beheld
1 Miss Faris lying on the floor. lie
/ picked her up and carried her over
/ to the sofa. under the impression that
! she had been shot. He soon found
she had only swOoned, and, looking
around, he beheld young Kirk stretch
ed dead upon the floor. He had shot
| himself through the head, the ball
entering the right ear, and going di-
rectly through the head had passed
/ out of the left ear.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
First Cotton Seed Oil Mill.

Now that the cotton seed oil business
has assumed such magnitude, it will
be interesting to know that in the year
1852, we believe, Mr.. Frederick Goode,
of New Orleans, established the frs
known mill for extracting oil from tie
seed, which before that time had been
a burden to all planters. Owing to
the effectiveness of the machinery, it
was not a financial success, and Mr.
GOode sank $4,000 by it. However
he made oil and soap, which were ex-
hibited at the Worlds Fair in New
York, and when the product was SEEN
it led genius to devise the kind of ma
chineTy required. Mr.. GoOde, although
he lost the bulk of his means through
the experiment, to-day has the salts
faction of living to see accomplished
more than he ever dreamed of, and
while not individually benefited by
his demonstrating the great value OF
cotton seed, yet the world is, and he
rejOices thereat.-LOUjSiGRG Sugar
Ro7,I
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
TWO WOMEN.
grandma sits in her great arm chair;
lmy sweet is the soft spring air.

A grandma sits in her great arm chair;
Balmy sweet is the soft spring air.
Through the latticed, lilac-shadowed pane
She looks to the orchard beyond the lane.
And she catches the CLEAN Of a woman's
dress,
AS it futters about in the winds caress.
''That child is glad as the day is long
Her lover is comiag, her lies song
Up from the orchards fowery bloom
Floats fragrance faint TO the darkning
room
Where grandma dreams, till tender grace
And softer light steal into her face.
For once again she is young and fair,
And twining roses III her hair.
Once again, blithe as the lark above,
She is only girl, and girl in love!
The years drop from her their weary pain;
She is elapsed in her lovers arm again!
The last faint glimmers Of daylight die;
Stars tremble out Of the purple sky
Ere Dora fits up the garden-path,
Sadly afraid Of grandmas wrath.
with rose-red cheeks and flying hair
She nestles down by the old arm chair.
''Grandma, Dick says, may wc-may-l-'
The tailoring voice grows strangely shy.
But grandma presses the little hand,
Eyes" my dearie, l understand!
''He may have you, darlingv Not all II
vain
Did grandma dream she was girl again
She gently twisted n shining curl;
"Ah, me- the philosophy of a grip
"Take the worlds treasures-its mobiles
best
And love will outweigh all the restr'
And through the easement the moonligh
cold,
Streams on two heads-one gray, one gol
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
DIED IN PRISON.
AN AFFECTING EPISODE IN THE ARKAN-
sAs PENITENTIARY.

A Little Rock special gives an affect
ing recital of the closing scene in the
life of one OF the young train-robbers,
who was committed 10 that institution
some time ago. The Young man died
Of Nostalgia, or homeSickness. 1t is
seldom that more affecting incident
has occurred in any prison.
"Phillip Z. Sullivan, one of the Iron
Mountain train robbers, of whom I
telegraphed you last night as being
very i'll with 'home sickness" died of
that disease this morning at s o'clock.
His friends reside at San Augustine,
Texas. How he died Sullivan, ALIAS
William Delaney, was twentl three
wears of age. Several days ago lie be-
came gloomy, and going to DIR. LenOw,
the prison physician, complained of
being sick. Upon examination the
physician discovered that the man
was not suffering from any percepti-
BILE disease, but that his pulse was 40
He was ordered to the hospital, where
every possible care was given him
He revived after a time, but every one
could see despair written on his coun
tenance. He entered cheerfulIy and
lightly, spoke of the long term of his
sentence, but after a while a letter
came. When he read the lines his
spirit sank and tears told of the misery
that pen cannot express. He went
again to his bed.
''The shadows are gathering fast
and night is expressing me-" he said
| yesterday to companion. "One crime
and then death in a penitentiary My
old father, who has preached the Ri.
| bic for years, and who many and
many time clasped his hands above
| my head and prayed, has been hum
bled in his old age; and my mother
| if l could only hear her voice; bur
walls and law are between us; L an
/ as one who is dead. She could come
to me, but cannet go to her"
His thoughts wandered. At times
he seemed TO be at church listening Il
his father preach, and then he smiled
and laughed softly.
"Oh," he would say, 'yOur brother
never forgives me-" Suddenly his face
grew dark, and, waving his hand
wildly, he began to mutter broker
sentences.
'He's reading one of those wilC
books that we used to steal and de
vour," said one of the dying man
companions i'll crime.
''Halt!" the prisoner exclaimed
drawing a revolver and leveling it a
the head of young Horace, and II
muttered incOherently, the sentenc
dying away with a deep groan. Sud
denly he raisen himself, looked intent
Iy toward the door, and slowly sanI
back dead.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
High Heel Shoes.

The English physicians have been
investigating the subject OF high-heel-
ed shoes and pronounce them the
most dangerous invention of the nine
teenth century-far more dangerous
than dynamite or nitrogl ycerine. Not
to mention sprained ankles and LAGER
alton Of the internal and external Is
garments of the ankle, which they 81
often produce, they are responsible al
so, the NJ. DIS say, for many spinal
diseases. diseases of the lungs AID q
hundred other maladics. The Lon
don Lancet indorses these medical
views. It is said that the Peruvian
ladies are so convinced of the truth oil
these assertions that they are actually
giving up high-heeled shoes. The
fact that Paris has given the shoes uI
may persuade our ladies TO abandon
them, but the advice of all the physi-
clans in the world certainly would
not if they were still the fashion
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17

AdviCes from Texas are that the cat
tie ranchmen of that State are moving
for the improvement of their stock,
and that there is a demand for thor
Oughbreds. The lOng-hOrned Texan
cattle are getting at a discount:
This gradual improvement has
necessitated a prOpOrtiGnate decrease
in the number of cattle in the State,
for the reason that additional capital
Is necessary in the business. Good
sires for use on the native stock can
not be readily procured, and high pri-
ces follow in consequence. The OK
tent of the business in the near future
cannot be estimated, as new ranches
are constantly being stocked, and as
the facilities for the business are par
ticularly limitless, both in point of ter
ritOry and the readiness with which
stock can be marketed, no man, be he
ever so well posted, can foretell the flu
ture of the trade. There has been a
marked improvement in prices for the
spring drive as compared with prices
paid one year ago, in all the classes
from yearlings to three-year-olds, the
I advance being nearly so per cent, At
points on the Missouri river where
range cattle are marketed, dealers
| have experienced great difficulty in
| supplying good stock, and orders for
! cattle that are peculiarly adapted for
/ ranging, are being received at points
LemOte from the usual markets. All
| these encouraging indications of pros
/ perIty cOnclusively prove the utility
of exercising judgment in selecting
4 stock by which a high grade of beet
cattle can be cheaply raised, and also
! demonstrate that Texas will retain
rank at the head of the beefproducing
States
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17

4 German bee journal has an article
recommending bee stings as cure for
rheumatism. The writer's wife was
afflicted with severe rheumatic pains
in the arm. The husband held bees
to the arm, allowing them to COM
pletely empty the poison sacs into the
muscles. The succeeding night, the
lady. for the first time i'm six months.
enjoyed a good sleep. The arm was
swollen pretty badly the next day but
this rapidly decreased. Ne rheu-
matte pains have since been felt by
the lady. Other cases of similar cures
are mentioned by this writer. As the
average honey-bee is always ready TO
perform his part of the experiment.
those inclined to try this remedy may
do so with "neatness and dispatch"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
Not a Mnrrring Girl.

New Brunswick FredontaB: They
were seated together side by side, on
the sofa, in the most approved loving
fashion-his arm encircling her taper
waist, etc.
'Lizzie," he said, "you must have
read my heart ere this; you must
know how dearly love YOU
eyes, Fred, you have certainly been
very attentive" said Lizzie.
"But, Lizzie, darling, do you love
me? Will you be my wife p
''Your wife, Fred? BY all things,
no! No, indeed, nor anyone else'a!"
''Lizzie, what do you mean?"
'Just what say, Fred. I've got
two married sisters"
Certainly, and Mrs. Hopkins and
Mrs. Skinner have very good hus-
bands 1 believe"
$50 people say; but I wouldn't like
to stand in either Mays or Nell's
shoes that's ALL"
'LiZzie, you astOnish me-
'Look here, Fred, I've had over
twenty-five sleigh rides this winter,
| thanks to you and my other gentle
men friends"
Fred WINGED little here, whether
/ at the remembrance eff that unpaid
| livery bill, or the idea of Lizzie sleigh
ing with her other gentlemen friends,
I cannot positively answer.
GLOW many do you think my sis
tiers have had? Not a sign of one,
either of them. Such pretty girls as
much attention as they used to
have ?"
"Now, Lizzie"
81 am fond of going to a theater o.
| casionally as well as a lecture or con-
cert sometimes, and l shouldn't like
it if 1 proposed attending any such
entertainment to be invariably told
that times were hard and my husband
couldn't afford it, and then to sneak
off alone"
''Lizzie, Lizzie"
"And then, if once in dogs age he
did condescend to go with me any
where in the evening, 1 shouldn't like
TO be left to pick my way along the
slippery places at the risk of break
ing my neck, he walking along uu-
consciously by my side. I'm of de-
pendent, clinging nature, and need
the protection of strong arm"
''Lizzie, this is all nonsense"
'I'm the youngest OfOur family, land
perhaps I've been spoiled. At all
events, I know it would break my
heart TO have my husband vent all the
ill-temper which he conceals from the
world on my defensele~s head"
''But, Lizzie, promise you that
L"
ooh, yes, Fled, know what you
are going to say-that you will be diff
ferent; but May and Nell have told
me time and again that no better nus
bands than theirs ever lived. No
Fred as lover you are just perfect
and 1 shall hate awfully TO give you
up. Still, if you are bent on marry
ing, there are plenty Ofgirls who have
not married sisters, or who are moi
wife enough to profit by their exam.
pie, if they have. And dOn'ttret about
me, for I've no doubt can find some
one to fill your place"
But before Lizzie had concluded
Fred made for the door, muttering
something 'unmentiOnable to ears pO-
lite"
"There! I" exclaimed Lizzie, as the
door closed with a bang, 81 knew hC
was no better than the rest. That's
the way John and Aleck swear and
slam the doors, when things don't SO
just right. He'd make a bear of {
husband; but I'm sorry he came e
the point so soon, for he was just 1
splendid beau"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17

Chlls and Fever have become in our sec
ton, the most common OF disorders, the re-
suit Is that skilfsl research has been made
for the beat means OF relief. In the fore
rank OF best or the standard specifics, we
place "HUGHES TONIC" 1t is no longer
an experimental remedy, but the test OF
years has proved its real merit. Ii may lbs
pronounced certain, quick and thorough
remedy. 1t is cheaper than Quinine, and
produces none OF those disasreeable results
whic follow the constant use sf that article.
1t is prepared by Messrs. r. 4. Robinson
& Co., Druggist, Louisville, Ky, who con-
hdently aud fully endorse its merit, and
from our knowledge Of this old mouse, we
are willing to add our recommendation of
their remedy, and say to our readers, give
it q trial.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
Why Some Farmers Do Not Succeed.


They are not active and industrious.
They are slOthful in everything.
They do not keep up with improve
ments.
They are welded to old methods.
They give no attention to details.
They think small things not impor-
tant.
They take no pleasure in their work.
They regard labor as a misfortune
They weigh and measure stingily.
They burn wood when there is no
need.
They are wasteful and imprOvident.
They are fretful and impatient.
They ruin stock by low fencing.
They let their gates sag and fall
down.
They will not make compost.
They let their fowls roost in the
trees.
They have no shelter for stock.
They do not curry their horses.
They leave their plOws in the field.
The hang the harness in the dust.
They put off greasing the wagon.
They starve the calf and milk the
COW.
They let their pigs thump in the
dust.
They 90 to town without business.
They are pennywise and pound fool
ish.
They don't know the best is the
cheapest,
They have no method or system.
They go out too often to "see a
man."
They have no ear tor home enter
prise.
They see no good in a new thing.
They never use paint on the farm.
They plant very late in the Spring
They stack fodder in the field.
They prop the barn door with a rail
They let the horse stand in the rain
They let the clothes dry on the fence
They let the hoops fall from the tubs
They neglect to trim up the trees.
They have no shelter for wood.
They milk the COWS late III the day
They burn out the stove with a
blaze.
They have no time to do things
| well.
They have no garden in the fall.
They don't believe in rotation Of
| crops.
They see no use in variety.
They see no difference in seeds
Southern Farmers Monthly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
HOOp Iron Fences.

a writer in the Ohio Farmer after
mentioning some of the disadvantages
of barbed wire fences, recommends a
substitute in the form of hoop iron.
He says: zone and one-halfinch hoop
will only cost SO 80 per 100 pounds,
can be bought up cheaper and quicker,
and makes as durable a fence as any
kind of wire, and if tarred viii last
a lifetime; if paintedwhite it makes a
beautiful light fence, besides a harm
less one for any kind of stock, and as
a scarcity of good fences is seen all
over the country, the hoop fence,
above all others, fills the bill. Old
sound rails would be good for sup
ports 81 standards.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
He Wanted a Quiet Life.

A nervous looking man went into a
store the other day and sat down for
half an hour or so, when a clerk asked
him if there was anything she could
do for him. He said no, ne didn't
want anything. She went away and
he sat there half an hour longer, when
the proprietor went to him and asked
if he wanted to be shown anything
NO" said the nervous man, 4 just
want to sit around. My physician has
recommended perfect quiet for me,
and says above all things l must avoid
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
How He Cantured a BurgIar.

Gen. BouIanger, the gallant French
man who throttled the burglar whom
he found in his room, at a Philadel-
phia hotel, the other morning, gave
reporter of the Telegraph the follow
lowing snccinet and graphic descrip-
tiou of the scene: GLOW dgd nc enter
re room? do not know! do not
knowi Ze rascaleI did not come
to zis countree to be r-rob. He come
into 70 room an make re grande noise,
and ven I look at re windOw-Sacre
re rascal, he got my watch-my medal
of re Legion d'Honor. take him by
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
A STARVATION WAGER.
MR.. TRAVIS RUNS AGAINST A PROBES
SIGNAL FASTER.


"Of course" said the man, 81 don't
claim to lie no Tanner lie scored
forty days without grub. Now l can
do half as much, If GOT more, for all
the money You can put up. I'm bust
ed, but if you'll back me and divide
the winnims, I'll guarantee TO starve
'er through or die in my tracks"
Travis finally concluded that the
man was game, and thought he might
be able to catch Shaughnessy or Sharp
Walker on bet. Day before yesteT
day he offered to produce 4 man whs
could live OH air for twenty days for
thousand q side, but the boys told him
TO wait until after the horse race was
over. Meanwhile he was paying the
board aud room rent Ofthe starvation
list and allowing him liberal whisky
money. Last night after the race, he
succeeded in making a match with
Shaughnessy and Walker for 81 600
that this man could fast twenty days.
10th sides put up 500 forfeit money,
and about IL o'clock he hunted up his
faster, invited him TO supper and an
nOuncOd that he had nailed big bet
dead and got it dead.
"Of course you are good for twenty
days ?"
Good for all winter" said the man
| evasively.
slows that 2'' asked Travis curl
Ously.
81 said could do half az much as
Tanner, didn't 1? Well, III do it."
"Sure pop?"
"He tasted forty days and nights
didn't he ?"
eyes"
"Well, can't do half az well; III
eat days and fast nights. Only fastin'
half the time. keep my professional
contracts square up, you betyer-"
Travis knocked the man down with
a claret bottle and withdrew.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17

"What would you do if you were
me and were YOU ?" tenderly in
quired a young swell Of his lady friend,
as he escorted her home from church.
well" said she, IF 1 were you I
would throw away that vile cigarette,
cut up my cane for firewoOd, wear my
watch chain underneath my coat,
and stay at home nights and pray f, L
brains" The walk was finished l.:
silence, and it is presumed that for
once in ms life, the young man
thought hard.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17
VENGEANCE Is NINE, SAITH THE
LORD.
a STARTLING REPORT OF SUPERNATURAL
RETRIBUTIcN.


RETRIBUTIcN.
4 Little Rock special to the Gin
cimaii T'imeS-StdF, gives the follow
startling occOunt OF an occurrence IN
Arkansas: ~ report comes from
Union county that three young men
were discussing the probabilities of
rain from cloud which just then
was raising in the west. The Youngest
of the group. John Freeman, rcferrc
to the drought aud remarked that %
God who would allow his people To
suffer thus could not amount TO much.
Instantly a bolt of lightning flashed
from the cloud overhead, and the
young man fell dead. Nearly every
bone in his body was mashed into
Jelly, while his boots were torn from
his feet. and his clothing from his
lower eXtTcmities.
The body presented a horrible ap-
pearance, being blackened and man
gled mass of humanity. His COM
panions were stunned and thrown OH
the gr~ und, but not seriously injured.
The funeral of the Young man oc-
CURED next day and attracted 4 large
crowd, the larger portion of whom
were drawn thither by the rumor of
the strange events preceding the death
of the deceased.
When the body was deposited in
the grave and the loose earth had
been thrown in until the aperture was
filled, and while the friends of the
dead man yet fingered in the ceme-
terry, bolt OF lightning descended
from q cloud directly over the burial
place and struck the grave, throwing
the dirt as if plow had passed
through il. No one was injured, but
those present scattered almost para
lived with terror.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17

being in crowds. Noticing that you
did not advertise in the newspapers,
thought this would be as quiet place
as 1 could fad, so 1 just dropped in
for a few hours of isolation" The
merchant picked up a bolt of paper
cambria to brain him, but the man
went out. He said all he wanted was
a quiet Iife.-Pecb'S San.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-11-17

re neck an shake him, and then ze
Count-Lichtensie adva nee
hlm-elf into re room and wild his
sworn he would cut ze rascafs he3d
of, but I say no, we take him TO re
police, ne Prefcctl Ze rascalei Eat
is how ii was; | wish he was here :"