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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-16
H.ld Heads,

II one may judge from the exceptional
case Of Elisha, badness seems to have
been considered n disgrace among the
jews IN remote ages. still disgrace with
which it was not permitted to reproaeh
an honorable man The punishment in
hicted by divine iuterpositiOn, and Mt the
express solicitation of the prophet, upon
forty unfortunate children, seems to per
sons In the present day-even. IT may be
added, to those who have lost tLeiT hair
-THthcr severe. Lovers Of aualogics
condolences, and contrasts may be in
vitad to remark that the grease of wild
boasts employed as Instruments of ven
gcance against the little ones who tainted
the good old Prophetwith ms badness was
IN later centuries TO be employed rs a
capillary restorative. The strength OF
Samson and the beauty Of Ahsal0m Law
in THEN hair, and there is siguiticasce, no
doubt, In the fact that through their han,
both Of them came to grief AE.0np the
Greeks the two most famous bald men
we've T3schvlUs and ULYSSES. The bald
ness of Eschylus is known 60 have been
the cause OF his death, an eagle, carving
a tortoise IN its claws, having dropped its
prey with n view Of breaking the shefl
upon what il took to he o rock, but which
was in fact the shining skull OF q great
tragic poet Tho badness Of ULYSSES is
coInmcmorated IN the Odyssey, and the
fearfHl vengeance taken upon the suitoI's
of Penelope seems TO have been in a
great measure due 10 the uJeasuutries In
which one Of them INDUCED concerning
the glttering aspect presented by her
+. husbands cIauium. Badness, however.
was 40 more admired III those DAYS than
in ONT own; and when Ulysses was re
stored to youth, stress is laid upon the
fact that locks Of the most luxuriaut kind
were given back to Liu. Julius Caesar
was notorious fer his badness, and the
Jokes made On this subject 10y his soldiers
on the occasion of Lis triuaphal entries
into Rome are only too wei known. Nor
need the story be here repeated Of the
pleasure he took IN wearing q wreath
which covered his deuudad temples. and
which, according 70 one Roman historian,
was his chief reason for valuing il. It
may be remarked. however, tilat the life
hike bust If ,JuiiUs Cesar in the British
Museum IS not that # a man who III the
present day would bo considered bald.
The hair Is not thick, oud Is brushed
forward in style which indicates a dc
sire to make up for a certain want ci
l.ur IN the region of the forehead and
the temples. Something. however. must
be allowed for the complimentary dis
position OF the sculptor reproducing the
head OF an all-pOwerful commander and
ruler who was known not to he without
personal vaaity.-I'aH .IGH Gaecfto.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-16

SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-16
Orcr-Evcrtion.

LonH-continuod cxcrtion. without
proper intervals OF rest, Is followed by
peculiar sensation Of fatigue, and
often 10y tcmor OF cramp. Fatigue is
due, IN part, 20 the failure of contractile
material, and al accumulation % waste
products, IA the muscles, but, IN The
mann, 60 the exhaustion Of the nerve cen
tors that supply stimulus to contraction.
Both trcmor and cyamp are probably
caused 10y excessive muscular iIrahbil-
lty, tho former being due 90 short, II
regular explosions of muscular force, the
latter being prolonged contraction oil
the muscle.
When Cvar-cNeTtion is confined TO
small group OF muscles, these, instead
of becoming enlarge q and strengthened,
as - the case when exertion and rest are
duly lnterChangeSk suffer chronic eX-
haustion, WHICH shows itself in a species
OF parusysis--ls IN palsy, or craup, sew
orally peculiar 10 writer's, tclegvaphels,
typc-setters, Violmists, pianistS, tailors,
ln.lilers, and mon Of various trades
whose work Is mainly with the hammer.
IT is computed that ha pen-blode
forgor, If industrious and disposed To 60
full work, delivers nearly -, 600 ac-
curatc strokes a day, and in ten years
over SS, 100000, each stroke involving
~ litiltll IRE OF nerve ItffIc. bOLn IN the
nerves of The Train which calculate the
distance AID amount Of force necessary,
and The nerves of the muscles engaged
Ia the act.
Another result of over excrtion is ir-
ratibility Of the heart, similarly due to
exhaustion of nerve force. The heart
may become dilated, SO that y,llvcs-ope
or more cease fully 10 close the OPEN
ines, or the valves become thicllcned
Ruj incapable of ready and complete
action. The elastic tissues of the great
arteries leading out OF the heart may be
weakened hy uvcr-distensi0n, and the
walls may during some strong effort, SO
tUc gave way AS 20 form pouch, or even
20 stretch ont into a fatal aneurism.
This irritabd:ty of heart gives rise
10 paiPitation, cardiac pain, and rapid
pulse
IT. is estimated that 80 per cent. of
cases OF this affection among om soldiers
during the late civil wan were due to
long and rapid marches, or other forms
81 over-eXertiOn. professional pedestri-
ans are proyorbially short-hved.
Mountain-clnnbcrs, and persons who
carry gymnastic on athletic exercises to
excess, and, cspe. tally, mb0rers whose
work IS severe, and who also suffer from
intemperancc, foul cir and improper
diet, are peculiarly Liable to heart dis
case.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-16

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-16
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-16

Two negatives arc equivalent to an
affirmative, and when man SAYS 10
you, Como, comet the $50 comes are
equivalent to ~lcaYc
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-16
Is 2. Thn-,ou-h R.eneEv

In every case OF Fever and A2ue, while for
Di-or,lcr- OF the Stomach, Toriidity of the
l. fvr indigestion and Disturbances Of the
Animal Forces, which dcbiitate, il has no
equivalent and can have NO substitute. II
Shonl not be contaunded with the tritu-
rated compounds OF cheap spirits and es-
semitic, oil, often sold under the n-me Of
Bi;tcy-. 2-2I-Iytt
FToI. sale by =. II. Moore
EII-st es-&<i sst, Bolivar, Tenn
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03
Lead Poisoning by Cosmetics.

The death of young lady in New York
from lead poisoning by the excessive use of
cosmetics has called out from DIR. Hammond
the statement that the case was not an un-
common one.
Lead poisoning, he said, occurs more fire.
quently than is generally thought. The pub
lie rarely hears of such cases 1t is only once
in while that cases like that of Miss Blan-
chard attract the attention of the public out
side of the medical profession The use of
any kind of cosmetics. even if not habitually
INDUCED in, is attended with danger. There
are very few, if any, that do not contain white
lead. This poison is used in the manufacture
of face powders, face washes and hair dyes.
Minute particles enter the skin and are taken
up by the blood and communicated to the
system. 1t produces various effects Para
lysis, collie, prostration of the nervous system,
and insanity are among the most frequent
results of its introduction into the system.
very distressing case came under my notice
a few years ago, in the wife of the Governor
of one of the western States. She had been
in the habit of using a certain hair dye--I
forget the name at the present moment
which contained white lead in a large pro-
portion. She became hopelessly insane, and
death ensued finally. Another case was that of
a young lady who used a so-called "bloom of
vnnth." In this case paralysis preceded
death.
amount of lead necessary to be absorbed to
nrod"ce symptoms of poisoning, DIR. Ham
mand said:
III some cases the quantity is infnitesimal,
but it varies The most common kind of
poisoning is occasioned by the of water
in lead pipes. = he family of Louis
philippe suffered from lead poisoning while
living at Claremont. The water upon exami-
nation was found to contain but one grain of
lead to the gallon. A lead collie almost
unknown in Amsterdam till the inhabitants
began to substitute lead roofs for tiles, when
a violent epidemic of the disease occurred and
caused great ravages. In experiments which
instituted with reference to the action of
water upon lead, I found one pint of water
IN bright leaden jar for six con-
secutive hours contained, upon being tested
by passing q current of sulphureted h drogen
through it. one-seventh of grain of lead-a
amply sufficient to have produced
the most seSious results if the water in which
it was found had been used as drink for
faU uaaES
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03
A YfDer.Man.

A Guadalajara CMex.) exchange has the fol
lowing marvellous account of man-viper:
ssIn the village of Cuautla, belonging to the
canton of Autlan, exists an Individual, having
a scaly skin exactly like that of a viper, even
to the green color. He has, besides, the viper
habit of changing or shedding his skin every
year. The skin comes off in single piece,
and not as might be supposed, in parts. On
the mans head there is not single hair. A
sister of this man, who died short time ago,
manifested the same phenomenon, and toward
the close of her life began slowly to grow
blind, owing to the viper's skin encroaching
on the eyes to such an extent that she could
only see through narrow circular aperture
at each eye. The same thing is now happen
ing to the unfortunate brother. He can
scarcely see any object and his head presents
the repulsive aspect of a viper. In Cuautla
these unhappy beings have been known as the
viper man and woman and the phenomena
-is attributed to the fact that their mother ate
in excess of viper's meat to cure disease of
the blood" In Cuba it is a common practice
for people to eat viper's feshas remedy for
blood diseases. The Guadalajara paper asks
that the viper man be brought to the city in
order that his strange case may be studied by
the local physicians and savans.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03

One of the correspondents says that book
agent trying to sell copy of the ''revised
version could not be more subdued and in
sinuating than Conkling is nowadays.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03
LET THE EAGLE SCREAM.
There was yo1ng fellow named Sam
Most exceedingly fond of raw ham,
Till he got trichinosis,
In four or five doses

And they buried him close by his mann
writer on physiognomy would like to
know ''if large ears denote miserly disposi-
tion why is mule so apt to squander his
hind legs"
''Mr. Smith, father would like to borrow
your paper he only wants to read it. "
'Well, go back and tell your father to send
me his supper Tell him only want to eat
it."
Farewell is the title of poem sent in
from Ohio yesterday 1t is good thing that
the gifted authoress said goodbye to the lit
tie gem, because she will never see it again.
Chicago Tribune.
How came you to fail in your examina-
ton ?' asked the tutor II thought
crammed you thoroughly" "Well, you
see," replied the student, 'the fact was you
crammed me SO tight 1 couldn't get it out"
gentleman from Indiana recently regis
tered in an Illinois hotel and looked at the
printed notice in his bedroom, '.Please do
not blow out the gas'' The occupant of the
adjoining room heard him remark "1 pay
my money and Pm going to blow out the
gas if want to.''-Ch Chicago Tribune.
Said Mcguire to Finnegan-'when you
see me acting like fool, tell me so." And
Finnegan said he would. And in about half
an hour he called out Mcguire you're
making fool of yourself" And then Ma
guire got mad and thumped Finnegan. 1t
always works that way.-GalUeston Meas.
A Boston journal states that evening
dresses are made with the front and sides
close and clinging and of some rich material
as of brocaded silk, in which the designs are
outlined in beads, either pearl, jet or irrides
cent The train, which is either square,
round or fan-shaped, as the taste of the
wearer may suggest, is of plain silk or satin
with some bouffant drapery. either scarfs
which cross the front and are looped behind,
or the long ends of the waist which are
sometimes formed with drapings." Hus
bands should cut this item and bury it in the
backward Chicago Tribune.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03
s5ournal ar1o Courier.
Friday Morning, June 8. 1881.
A CAUSE OF FIysaNITY.


Of all the patients admitted into the Re-
treat for the Insane at Hartford since 1913,
the number of married females exceeds that
of any other class, and one important reason
for this excess is made plain by DR.. Stearns,
the Superintendent, in his report Just issued.
DR.. Stearns cites the case of Mrs. NJ aged
forty-four years, and the mother of eight
children, who was admitted to the Retreat in
January, affected with acute mania. The
husband, when asked if he could suggest any
cause or causes of her illness. exclaimed with
much animation that he could not conceive
of any reason why she had become ill. Said
he: 'tHer is most domestic woman; is
always doing something for her children;
her is a1aoays at work for US all meUer goes
out of the house, even to the church on Sun
day; her never goes gadding about at the
neighbors' houses, or talking from one to
another; her always had the boots blacked
in the morning; her has been one of the
best of wives and mothers, and was Glaodys
at home"
DIR. Stearns comments upon this answer as
follows: This appreciative husband could
hardly have furnished more graphic define
alton of the causes of his poor wife's illness if
he had understood them never so thoroughly.
This case, so homely in it's presentation, is
one representative of many, especially of
those who live in the country portions of New
England little more pronounced in char
acter perhaps and little more exaggerated
in detail, but nevertheless it exhibits how
and slowly operate many of the
which ultimately land victims in
institutions for the insane The current of
thought and care have gone on day after day
and month after month, from early morning
till late at night in one ceaseless round;
wakeful and anxious often for children sick,
for children to be clothed and fed and
schooled anxious in reference to the thousand
and one household cares that never lift from
The brain of such mother; with no intel
ectual or social world outside the dark walls,
and many times illy-ventilated rooms of her
own house; X in short with no vision
for time or eternity beyond one unending
contest with cooking and scrubbing and
nending, what wonder that the poor brain
,uccumbs!
It Is significant fact IN this connection
hat the greater number of the inmates of our
unatic asylums are from the ranks of those
whose labor is monotonous and does not call
sor much variety of a mental sort. The les
'on of this and of the case cited above is a
plain one, and few are SO situated that they
cannot profit by it if they will. Variety of
abor, of thought and of recreation is good
hing for human beings. Most people in
active life get into ruts of toll and thought
which are bad for them, even if they do not
make them violently insane.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03

oxygen in a small reservoir, which is slunR
on his back like knapsack. At every respi-
ration from the tank, which is effected by
means of tube and mouthpiece, the ex-
hausted gas, after being strained through a
sponge saturated with caustic soda, returns
to the tank, the impure Ingredients alone be-
ing permitted to escape. In this way he can
remain under water for four hours, and can
penetrate to situations which are impossible
to the ordinary diver. who is compelled to
drag lengthening pipe at every step, and is
always liable to the danger of getting en-
tangled with the means which supply him
with air. When entering an atmosphere
charged with smoke and poisonous gases, Mr..
Fleuss divests himself of the diving dress his
only protection being tight-itting coverings
for his eyes and nostrils, the air reservoir be-
ing, of course, slung on his back as before.
Thus provided, Mr.. Fleuss has gone un-
harmed through fumes of the densest and
most pungent description.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03
Price Four Cents.

BILE. The nut is then laid upon the ground
and the hunter retires to a convenient am
bush. The reader may be sure that no soon
er is the man out of sight than the MONKEYS
race helter skelter for the cocoanut The first
arrival peeps into it, and, seeing the plentiful
store of rice inside, squeezes his hand in
through the tiny hole and clutches handful.
Now, SO paramount is greed over every other
feeling connected with monkey nature that
nothing will make the creature relinquish his
hold. With his hand thus clasped he cannot
possibly extract it; but the thought that if he
leaves go one of his brethren will obtain the
feast is overpowering. The sportsman soon
appears upon the scene; the unencumbered
monkeys fly in all directions, but the unfortu-
nate brute who still will not let the rice GO is
thereby handicapped beyond hop with a
cocoanut aslarge as himself state of affairs
quite fatal to rapid locomotion, either terres
trial or arboreal. The sequel is that he falls
an easy capture to the hunter victim to his
own greed. Even when caught, he reads in
the actions of his captive design to rob him
of his rice, and he clutches it all the harder,
and the very first thing he does when the nut
is cracked and the hand released is to cram
It's contents into his mouth. Thoughts of es-
cape come afterward
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03
A Country GLrl's Luck.

Lottle Maloney, young girl of Smyrna
Del, who came to Philadelphia couple of
years ago, has secured by change of name a
protector and fortune of S3. 600. 900. and in
week or two she will revisit her parents, who
have hitherto been in very straitened circum-
stances, to crafty them with share of her
prosperity. The story is romantic one, but
not of the stereotyped kind Abortion not
matrimony. figures in the plot, and the hero
has reached the age of fourscore years He is
DR.. JOS M. Leon, of West Philadelphia, one
of the oldest and highly regarded physician
OF that city. The young woman s father, Thos
Maloney, was for years a farmer close by
Smyrna, but despite his industry and fru-
gality, fortune did not smile upon him or
his family. Two years ago Lottie, then about
twenty years old, concluded to lessen her
parents burden by finding employment for
herself. She betook herself to the city and
finding no better opening went into service
as domestic. Her work was hard, but she
went through it patiently. though the healthy
tint of her rural life began gradually to fade
from her cheeks. One day, not long after her
arrival at Philadelphia, she had few hours
to spare and went to Paramount Park to en-
joy the pure air and refreshing scenery. 1t
SO happened that DR.. Leon was at the park on
a similar errand. He was attracted
alike by the ingenuousness and saddened
weary expression of the young girls appear
ance. Inquiry justified the opinions he
had formed of her, and he at once obtained an
easier situation for her at the house of friend
fwo or three months of trial still developing
nothing but what was in her favor he took her
to his home as housekeeper in place of per-
son who had abused his trust, and recently
he, by process of law, adopted her as his
daughter, under the name of Lottie Josephine
Leon. He now purposes bequeathing to her
large portion of his estate, his nearest blood
relatives being nephews. Miss Leon is girl
of fprepossessing appearance, simple and kind
ly manners, and is esteemed by all who know
her for her excellent qualities of heart
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03

It will become necessary before long for
anybody who cares to live to keep private
chemist. Frequent caution has been given
against exposure to injury from the use of
arsenic in wall papers and other articles of
domestic use. 1t is now said upon excellent
authority that mercury has come into use in
the preparation of wall papers, in way and
to an extent dangerous to health.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03

The man who was SO absent minded that
he put his umbrella to bed and stood himself
up in the corner has found rival in Salem
Mass. man who left his infant son in the
Eastern railroad depot in Boston and did not
miss him until he reached home and was
asked what he chad done with that precious
darling"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-03

MIR. Fleuss has been giving at Portsmouth,
England, some practical illustrations of the
merits of an apparatus he has invented for
enabling persons to work under water and in
noxious gases In order to do this he takes
below with him a supply of concentrated