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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31
Postal Cards.
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When postal cards we're first Issued
about six years ago, their novelty pro-
voked some fauIt-fnding men, and
they were made fun Of as "stingy," 1"
shabby" unsafe" etc. But they
were cheap, and the people used them,
and the critics soon followed the ex-
ample Of the people. Now (as an ex-
change remarks) the postal card has
only two enemies-the mAu who re-
ceives duns On it, and the mandfac-
turers Of writing paper.
The little postal causes a decrease of
from twelve 10 fifteen million dollars
every }ear in the business of the writ
ing paper trades in this country.
Postal cards are made at Holyoke,
and forty men are continually en-
ployed in their manufacture. The
cardboard Is furnished in packages of
three thousand each, and every sheet
is made into forty postals. Three
presses are kept going night and day.
3 machine Sits the sheets iate strips
Of ten carda each, and these in turn
are cut into single cards, and dumped
in piles Of twenty-five each, when
they are packed by girls in paste
board boxes containing FIVE hundred
cards. a government officer Is con
stantly on hand to see that no pilfer-
ing of cards is done. The Holyoke
manufactory turns out about one
million cards day.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31
SELLING LIQUOR TO EiSv
The New Law In feRR sssre-- 2'-- -.sls4
are Heavy Tines Rfd so-s-----.
OF IIcsUEe.

The following is a synopsis rs
"act TO prevent tbs sac, giyl
livery Of liquors to minors" os...
now a Law in this state 1t l. ta.=-
for any person engaged IN -ae
any sp;rituous, yinou7, nsai-
liquors, their employ
sell, give, furnish 20 or =.
person under the age o5
yezrs, without written ero-=-.
renta or guardians, or the 1E'.,..
sent Of principal or Per-oa 70
any school attended ~ sa
Persons violating s-s ae- are
q misdenleanor punishable -
not less thau $40 or mere t
The additional plra-y ar
the first s2cio4 ta.s z
fejtare Of license aua di=e
from procuring "a license IL
for twelve months. FoF saa
offense, a perpetual disqa
from obtaining license m this SJs's
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31
sToRMs UPON TIE Sun.
The SeEsr Orb In a Terrible State Of
Perturbation.

/ Providence Joarnnl.J
It is pitiful 70 witness the condition
Of the sun. The great FIRE bal is in
intense commotton. His surface is
scanned and SCARED in every direction
with black spots that indicate the dis
turbing elements at work in his cha
otic mass. Occasionally, for a day OF
two, the blenishes disappear, and the
glorious king of dag shows face like
shield Of glowing gold. But the as
pect quickly changes; spots come rush
ing in all directions and assuming all
forms. They appear siRgIy and in
pairs, and again IN group and rows.
Immense groups break up into small
ones, and small ones unite to form
great ehasms, into which half a dozen
worlds might be dropped and there
would still be room for more. Some
times the spots are visible to the ma
ked eye, and at that time a good
oPera-glass or a spY-glass viii make
them easily perceptible. Hundreds of
observers all over the world watch the
suns face every clear day, and keep n
record of the number Of spots, their
size and the direction III which they
move, for as the sun turns on his axis
they turn with him, some of them re-
naming for months without much
change, some taking on new forms
and some disappearing entirely. Very
little is known of this mysterious sun
or the spots that are visible more than
ninety millions Of miles away.
Once in about eleven years the sun
takes On his present sun spot phase,
and we are approaching the maximum
Of disturbance. No one knows the
cause. Some believe that it Is plane
tary attraction. some that it is the fall
of great masses Of meteoric matter,
and some that it is the re ,ult of inter
nal commotion and the rush upward of
gaseous explosions, in comparison to
which our fiercest volcanic erupGons
are but the flicker Of a fame. Beside
the sun spot agitation, the gaseous
outbursts are marked and liyid. The
tongues or rosy protuberances are
darting forth in all directions and
bearing their testimony to the solar
commotion. Mr.. Trouvelot, of Cam
bridge, who makes daily observation
of the suns chromosphere, gives a
graphic description of q remarkable
solar protuberance that he Witnessed
on the 18th of November. When
first seen it was large and complicated,
extending upward from the sun about
q hundred thousand miles. Three or
four hours after, it had developed into
huge proportions, extending far out
into space, and vanishing gradually to
regions where it could not be perceiv-
ed As nearly as it could be measur-
ed, it reached height Of over a quar-
ter of the suns diameter, CT about two
hundred and thirty-fve thousand
miles. Such protuberance hurried
upward from the earth would almost
reach the moon! Two hours after, the
whole structure had collapsed, and
was only about eighteen thousand
miles high. Observations like this
give an idea Of the mighty forces at
work in the solar orb, and make OBJ
servers long for the time when a gatis-
factory solution may be found for this
mysterious periodical solar disturb
ance, 50 intimately connected with
the meteorological condition of the
earth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31
ELOQUENCE
That Went Home to the
Heart.

La the winter of 1870 had occasion
to go from Green Bay to Chicago on
the Northwestern railroad. At Osh-
.kosh We were joined by delegation Of
lawyers on their way to Madison, the
capital, to attend the legislature then
in session. They were all men of
more than usual intellect and unexcep-
tional character. Two were ex-j judges
Of the circuit court, and one I had
seen chairman of the Young Mems
Christian Association. The party
found seats near together, and after
the first sslutation was over, they be
gan to look about for means to while
away their time. After awhile some
one proposed game of cards. No
sooner said than done. Two seats
were turned apart SO az to face each
other, a cushion improyised TO serve as
a table. and three OF the lawyers. in
cluding the chairman of the Y. N. c.
A, and a Chicago runner on good
terms with them, were soon deep in
the mysteries of a game of euchre.
I was surprised to see the Christian
gentlemen, judges of the law and equi-
ty-Ieaders of society, makers Of pub
lie sentiment, law-givers Of a great
State, directors Of public morals, sup
posed to be public exemplars of all
that is good, and guides 70 the young
thus setting publicly their seal OF
approval to q most dangerous and
evil practice. To be sure they played
for stakes no higher than the cigars for
the party. But it seems to me, in the
eyes Of all discreet persons, this does
/ not change the act or lessen the dan
ger of Its example, but rather height
ems it, as from the less to the greater ie
! the invariable course of crime. / did
not intend TO moralize on paper-I
was about to say that, while l was
filed with such thoughts as these, one
Of the party grew tired of the game,
and our remaining judge was invited
to take his place. ! saw the blood
mount in an honest blush Of disap-
proval to his manly face, and be hcsi-
tated and drew back. But the game
had become interesting, and his ex-
ecited companions urged him;
"Come, judge, take a hand; we
can't go on without it"
The Judge rose slowly from his seat,
inwardly condemning the act, as evi-
IDENTIFY saw, and stepping forward,
took a seat among the players, and
the game went on.
I had noticed an old lady in seat
to the rear of tlse players, who had got
on board at Menasha, I believe. Gray,
and bent with age, she had sat abash.
ed, and with eyes closed seemed asleeE
most Of the time until the train stop
ped at Oshkosh, and took on board the
company of lawyers. She then under
went a change, and became greatly in
terested in the company, looking from
one to another, as if she recognized
them all, or was trying. to recall thei
faces. When the game of cards wa
! started, she became restless, woult
hitch about uneasily IN her seat, tax
/ up the hem Of her faded apron ano
neryously bite the threads. Once o
twice I thought she wiped her eye
| under her shaker bonnet" but couh
not tell. She acted 50 strange, I be
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31
Hnarth and Home.

The parental HEARTH, that rallying
place Of the affections. Il was the policy
Of the good old gentleman 70 make his
children feel that Hons was the happiest
place in the world; and / value this
delicious honie-feeling AZ oDe OF the choicezt
giits 4 parent an bestow WAsHIHGToE
lRvlEG.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31

This IS the season OF the year to
muzzle youl dogs. The gun mUzzle
- tbe best
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31
YOaIly expenditures fer slrol,ol'c IIqEor- 81. ~.

Thus showing, first, tha5 aE
liquor bill for one year Is i.., l-.-.-
smaller than all the otbe- bliss
Oined, and secondly, that It a-.
take one hundred years to ps.y
State debt (sl6, 900, ,OOO) from aas ga.
on dram shops, bat only sbou. s-
months to pay 1t with the money spea
for liquor!
And yet, although oonffos5ed
these stupendous facts, disclosing
and insanity, wreto h5dne>s, pauE-
and mountains Of tax burdens
the people, there are those "la
tate to invoke the police power -
State to save society froIu sae c=
and disasters which environ ~.
strong drink and by sz. -
alone"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31
i emroranoo,
The Cost Of It!

Col. ". E. Swiizler, the able and
veteran democratic editor Of the ..st--
sofarT Statesmen, in closing strong
editorial article o. thee cost of mtosi-
eating iqnors to the people q Tie
country, sumo up "a foilows:
Coming nov to inquire as states
men rs to the cost 70 the people OF TIE
United States alone Of iutoxieat.us
liquors., uhnt do We find? For E~s
years ending June 80. 1877, The .a-
uonal expenditures fer mt9xI1a..as
liquors in al forms Was, ia rs.a.:
numbers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31
MIssouRI's DRINK BILL.

Ex-Gov. B. Grats Brown, in h
address on prohibition, makes a. o.
hibit Of the amounts annually vss--
in Missouri in alcoholic drinks, o..
compared with the contribstiaDs &,
charities, farm wages, schools &C.
eminent, religious support, maaull-
lures and railroads, and shovs sla.
the "drink bill' OF Missouri IS lii.
less than all the other items clu,t.ls
as follows:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31

or vast sum with which 70 hUId
churches and school houses, ard TO
buy homes and fooj and clothing .or
poor people, and then have enough
left TO construct across the isthmu. Of
Tehuanteplc Capt. EHds' ship railway
at the estimated cost Of SIS, 600 coo.
Take another view. Duliug ,ae
last year q67D mentioned n Ge
above aggregate Of FIVE, there wer..
according TO Rov. DIR. o. II. Tiffany.
Of Philadelphia, "A, 4,572, $40 gal,ous o
spirituous liquors consumed il the
United States, or to put it in othes
words, about 100000 bushels Of
grain, or 1,08O.0OO, 900 pounds a.
-four. Over 400, COS, ,000 f7ur-pou1L
Ioaves Of bread could be made fr9ra
this -four, giving each person IL cbe
country, if the bread was equa. DIS
tr;buted, forty-ssven and onr-t4.sl
loayes. The barrels, If stretched oug.
would reach from Pnnadelpht. r.
Omaha, with surplus Of 73 -4e
loaves would cover 675 miles cf street.
ten yards wide.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-03-31
Observation-Disclosures.

Three thousand millions Of dollars
Had any one of our readers this va,
sum on deposit 20 his credit in bank
what vast and important and beneti-
cent enterprises ceuld be eompiets
with ii. Let us make a summary Of
them. He could build
= railroad fFpEa New York 10 srn Frnr..
cisco at cost Of So 600 Per rnile.s.E Ca ~
railroad frsc Eozton 70 CuBe sable t.s..-
railroad IRON Chicago TO New Orleans -. l,r.
railroad froFa Lake Superior via Ores
la, Seo., and Austtu Texas 10 tac
hi01th Of the Rio Grand e..........-. 81 .s1 90
new capitol in each Of t4e - statss
costing 81, ,OOJ,J each. 7s go CT
A University Ia each STATE, costing 81
:. c9o,O10 each .;... ...,... e,.- 7s.pyos-y
ERdoWment Of SI,C0O, oc1 for szcA uHi-
ycrsity ...... % gc1c.>
All cost!ug ths total ...-...... Sas4, t-H
After Completing them Eli as ucvZ
have enough aud more tlzu -aHoagt
tn pay The national debt. which Is g o+2 81 EFa
-Sse- t't't 0.'N- ---
leaving iOT pocsvf change .......-... a. 6g5 sr1
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-31
3tV. They cannot helm II. IF Won are

esty. They cannot help it. If you are
courageous and honest in maintaining
your own convictions you can but admire
these characteristics in another, no matter
how widely he may differ from you in
opinion. But the vertebrateless, whiting
time server, the mental swivel, has no re-
spect for auything-not even for the n.y.
pocrisy which he prac tees. This man
you may be sure, is always with the crowd
rcliglously, politically and IN every other
way. If he was in China he would be a
Buddhist, and If he was in Utah, he would
be Mormon. He is one Of tho fellows
who stands IN with the crowd, and, when
hereto shows his head bowls: "Crucify
him! Cruelty him!"
We say to parents, teach your children
to hate hypocrisy-even hypocrisy in
speech. Teach them to be absolutely
honest-horest even IN speech. Teach
them to speak always their honest
thoughts, though they be as new and fresh
as the morning dew. IT'S no sign thing
is false because tits new. IT'S no sign a
thing is bad because tits not musty with
age. Youth is as good and true as Age.
A new truth is as valuable as one around
which the dust of centuries has gathered.
Let Us try and cultivate honesty. Hon
estY in business, honesty in thought, and
honesty in speech. Let US try and bring
ourselves to that pitch Of honesty where
We can honestly say that we should like
to see every man entirely honest Xxx
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-31
LEGAL.
SALE.

lYl =
Default has been made in the payment OF
whlch is due at the date OF this notice upon Il
certaln mortgage, duly executed and dcilv-
cred err by Junius F. spaffor and N: \. spatfori,
2Gth day of September, \. d. 1870, and sduly
recorded in the Office OF he Register of Deeds
in and for the county of Mower, and state of
1870, at IL O'Clock, a. H., in Book ~ of mort
cages, on page i3i.
Said mortgage was, on the 9th day of Janu-
airy. A. d. 1874. duly assigned and transferred
by the said W. S. Conger, to Elizabeth Bear
min. and said assignment was duly recorded
in the office Of the Register Of Deeds aforc-
said, on i9, the sth day of August, A. D. 1881, in
Book w. OF mortgages, on page Sol.
Which said mortgage was again, on the 18th
day of September, 1915, duly assigned and
transferred by the said Elizabeth Dearinin to
duly recorded in the Office Of the Register OF
Deeds aforesaid on the 10th day Of August,
1877, in Book 50 of mortgages, page 5i5.
And noaction or proceeding at law or other
debt secured by said mortgage, or any part
thereof;
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a power of sale contained in said
mortgage, and pursuant to the statute i'll
such case made and provided, the said mort
gage will be fOreclOSed, and the premises
described in and covered by said mortgage,
viz:
Lot four ~, in block forty-three (43), in
Yates L Lewis addition to Austin, in Mower
county, and state of Minnesota, with the
hereditaments and appurtenances.
W!ll DC sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, to pay said debt and int crest
and the taxes, ii any, on said premises. AMI
twenty dollars attorneys fee, lis stipulated
in and by said mortgage, in case of forcclos-
ure, and the disbursements allowed by law;
which sale will be made by the sheriff of said
Mower county, at the front door of the court
house, in the city OF Austin, in said county
and state, on the PATH DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
A. D. 1881, at IL O'Clock q. H., of that day,
subject to redemption at any time wit hin one
year from the day OF sale, as provided by law.
Dated at Austin, MIMI, August sth, \. D..
| 1881.
| NANCY \. SHIpTON,
| Formerly NANCY \. SPAFFORD, Assignee.
| ORMANZO ALLEN, Attorney for Assignee.
nlIn1l--t
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-31

Res0lred, that IN view Of the Importance
of an acquaintance with English litera
ture, we advise the formation of libraries
in connection with every public school, to
cultivate taste for good reading, and to
arrest the growing demand for pernicious
publications.
the State Educational Association at Lake
City. We believe in it, both letter and
spirit, fully, and take this occasion to say
q word in behalf of our own school libra.
~, and reading in general.
But we have ne school library, not even
volume no, not a reference book, except
the dictionary. No school of the import
ance and size of our school should be
without small library, at least, of we'll
selected books.
There Is a growing demand for PERM.
cious literature, and it is of alarming pro-
portions already. There is general
awakening all over our land to the char
acter of books usually called for at news
stands and Libraries. Novel reading is
sowing its seeds Of evil, and the harvest
of crime is our land. Who can say how
much of the suicide, robbery, murder and
lewdness is not the fruit of reading usual
ly considered harmless We can not; but
we do believe that the novel is rightfully
chargeable with much that is impure
and wicked. If it be the opinion Of the
educators that the establishment of libra.
ries in schools will mitigate the evil, let
the trial be made. Every parent is in
duty bound to see that his child is pro.
tected from obnoxious books while he is
too immature to make the proper selec-
tons for himself
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-31
M a NkATO
Normal School

The entrance examination for the Fall term
will be held August 18th and 10Th, 1881 Reel
tations commence August ~.
This Institution enters upon its fourteenth
year with largely increased facilities for
academic and professional training.
Prof Jas. Il. McCleary, of Wisconsin,, a gen.
tleman of fine abilities and varied experience
as teacher, superintendent, and institute
worker, has been added to the faculty.
Two new teachers for the model school have
been secured from the celebrated State Nor
NAL and Training School, at OswcgO, N. Y.
Additional rooms in the building, hitherto
unused, have been fitted up to accommodate
the expected increase in attendance.
merous costly improvements have been made,
besides a large addition to the stock OF appa-
ratus.
The addition of about 400 new and carefully
selected volumes renders the library Of the
school equal if not superior to that of any
other similar institution in the State.
The recently established Heading Room is,
it is believed, in the amount and character OF
its regular literary supplies, and various neat
appointments, unequaled in any other Nor
NAL School in the Northwest.
The spacious, convenient, and thoroughly
equipped building will be in perfect order by
ditiOn to accommodate 400 students.
Expenses Of students less than ever before.
Textbooks to be hereafter furnished by the
School. Boarding clubs: to be organized. For
particulars respecting these and other mat
tiers, send postal card to the undersigned fol
the new catalogue and circular, mailed free
to any address.
MankatO, Mimi, July Is, 1881.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-31

THAT Postmaster General James intends to
conduct his department on an economical plan
which will astonish the world was evidenced
by his order respecting the careful cancella-
ton of stamps, issued yesterday. He has
heard that now and then a Postmaster, in his
haste or heedlessness, slapped the postmark
to one side of the stamp, thus afford.
ing some dexterous manipulation an OPP
portunity to save three cents on his next let.
ter and SO cheat the government. In the
future no such thing will happen. If the Post
master who mails the letter neglects to prop.
erly cancel it the Postmaster who receives it
must finish the job by putting his mark on the
stamp and then forwarding the envelope to
Washington in order to fix the neglect upon
his brother Official. The loop-holes for dishOn-
esty in the Postal Department are going to be
very few and very small before Thomas L.
tiOng.-EE.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-31
Tho Stability OF Business.

The Philadelphia Times, in discussing
the probabilities of nearpaulc or revul-
sion in business, takes negative position,
and gives the following reasons for its
faith in the stability and continued pros
perity of the country:
I'VE have now just passed through
eight years of the most impressive expe-
rience to all legitimate business interests.
The panic of 1873 did not reach its cul.
minatlon until 1877. During four years
there was nothing but growing paralysis
and bankruptcy, and they ended in fearful
disorder created by the breadIcss and
homeless. 1t was only three years ago
that substantial Improvement began, and
1t was a tedious process. Until two years
ago, the productive interests Of the coun-
try and the legitimate commerce and
trade which legitimately thrive upon our
Industry, were battling with depression
and broken credit on every side, and that
lesson has not only taught the great mass
of the people the necessity of prudence
and economy, but it has made them reso-
lutely adhere to the plain lines of safety.
We have now some gambling interests
which are as reckless as ever, but they
are only vile excrescences on the bust
ness of the country, and they could all
fail without materially disturbing legiti.
mite business. Outside of that small
class the country never in the history of
our government was as sound and safe as
it is now, and no cause, not even the
death of trusted and b onored President
could unsettle values or disturb the in.
dustry and trade Of the nation.
"Our merchants are sound; their pat
rons are sound; the farmers and other
productive classes who are the patrons o1
our merchants patrons are sound, and
debt is the exception, not the rule, among
the great mass of the people. Our manu-
factulers are making less percentage
than during the initiation before 1878, bu1
they are expanding less, taking less risk
and their actual profits are greater, as they
are substantial. Our banks aud other
money lenders have their loans well
secured. Our farmers arc getting much
less for their products, but they are no,
buying farms at inflated prices and sur
rendering labor to luxury. Our vas
industrial population is we'll requited and
schooled to frugality. Our railroads are
on the soundest basis they have been for
twenty years. Our products from field
and mine and forest and shop were never
80 great as during the last two years; and
what is most conclusive of all, our ex
ports are largely exceeding our imports
From every source Of legitimate wealth
our riches are steadily multiplying, and
pauic or revulsion in legitimate bust.
ness is simply impossible"