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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
Nothing to DO.

The brave man or woman will al
ways find something to do. I know a
little woman who by her husbands
illness has been reduced to work for a
livelihood. She Will do anything that
is honest. One week she will do some
copying. The next week she is at her
sewing machine; friends eyes are
weak, and she happened to say she
was looking for a seamstress. At once
our heroine (for are not such heroines?)
stamped on her pride, which squirmed
horribly, and said, Remember she
was your bridesmaid, and doesn't
know how very poor you are; you'd
better pretend you know Of Il seam
stress" Down came the foot, and the
words are spoken brayely: If I may
take the work home, I will be very
glad to DO IL" 8nothe. time there Is
sudden sickness, and 4 nurse Is re
quired. She goes; and so, gradually,
she acquired reputation for intense
carnestness in fulfilling her duty-that
Of earning money for her children
and, one thing lending to another, she
learns how to support her family com
fortablv and with ease. Where there's
a viii, one can generally find a way.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19

The reader viii please 60 forward !
week. l3y this time the reSpectiv
parties have reached New York, been
united in the holy bonds Of matrimony,
and arc now legally husband and
wife. They were located at hotels sit
uated on the same street, and even on
the same side Of the way, but we're far
from being aware Of the pr pinquity.
On the morning succeeding the two
marriages-for 4 singular chance they
happened ON the same day-AIr.
Bigelow and Esther started ont for a
walk down the street. Itso happened
that Philip and his wife were walking
u2 the street as the same moment.
The natural consequence was that the
two parties met.
"Heayens, my sister!" exclaimed
Philip.
''Mcrciful goodness! my brother!"
returned Esther"
"What brings you here with Mr..
Bigelow?'
NAY, how happens it that you are
here with Miss Proston29
Miss Preston is now my wife!"
"And 4Ir. Bigelow Is now my hus-
band!"
Dut +bof,rb+ ,-o,, ,,-c,.o o,,,,,-oJ +
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
Life Too Short, Yet Wasted.

Pliny makes 4 striking computation
in regard 10 the shortness Of life.
never recall it without being power
fully impressed by It's truth:
"CoDsider," he says, "the time
spent in sleep and you find that a
man actually lives only half his space.
Tho8thcr half passes in Il State resem-
bling death. You do not take into
account the years Of infancy, which
are destitute Of reason, nor Of the
many diseases and the many cares of
old age-those penalties of longevity.
The senses grow dull, the limbs are
racked, the sight, the hearing, the
power Of walking, the teeth, also die
before US. And vet, all this time is
reckoncd in the period Of a life" "
But short as life Is at the best, those
who complain Of It's brevity let it slide
By them without wishing to seize and
make the most Of It's golden moments.
How much time do we waste IN inde-
cision, liz vain regrets, deIusive hopes
and ungrouuded fears. What vast
portion Of our precious existence is
wasted in mere waiting, waiting for
something that seems necessary ior
our happiness, and the want Of which
prevents Us from enjoying the present
hour. - TEx
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
4 Beautiful Thought.

Among the old Romans there pre-
vailed the touching custom Of holding
the face Of every new born infant to-
ward the heavens, signifying by thus
presenting It's forehead to the stars
that it was 70 look above the world
into celestial glories. This WAS a vain
superstition; but our holy religion dis
pels the fancy, and gives Us 4 clear re
alization Of the pagan fancy, in that
we are taught that n tiny, fragile
child may become joint heir with
Christ to an incorruptible inheritance
beyond the stars. les, turn the face.
Of the little ones toward heaven and
prepare their spirits for immortal
glory.
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
For Wives.

"What do you think the word wife
comes frorn?" asks Ruskin.
cit is the great word in which the
English and Latin languages con
querod the French and the Greek. I
hope the French will some day get a
word for it instead of that dreadful
word femme. But what do you think
it comes from? The great value OF
Saxon words IS that they mean some
thing. Wife means weaver You
must either be housewives or house
mothers, remember that. In the deep
sense, you must either weave mems
fortunes and embroider them, or feed
upon and bring them to decay. Wher-
ever true wife comes, home is always
around her. The stars may be over
her head; the glow-worm in the night
cold grass may be the fire at her foot,
but home is where she is-aud for a
noble woman it stretches far around
her; better than houses ceiled with
cedar and painted with vermillIoE,
shedding It's quiet light far for those
who else are homeless. This I believe
to be the woman's true place and
power"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19

SIR AsrLEY COOPER gives as the
result Of his medical experience that
''spirits and poisons are synonymous
terms" and DR.. Carpenter, the most
distinguished Of writer's on Physiology,
declares that alcohol deteriorates IN
stead Of sustains the Ioiily strength.
DR.. ". ". Hall, second to none as a
popular and practical authority in ali
questions Of food and hygiene, says
that pure alcohol has no nitrogen,
and therefore cannot add one particle
Of strength or power to labor" The
arprent strength which it gives Is not
an added strength, but only an ex-
cessive draft upon the strength already
possessed draft in advance, a using
Of ones vital income before it is due, a
living upon ones principal Conse,
quently, when the system comes to
use the strength naturally prepared
for it and finds it has been already ap-
propriated, it sinks" under the disap-
poiatment, so to speak, to a depth
proportionei to the potency or guam
tity of the alcohol used.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
TWO EL0PENENTS.

In a large, square, Old-fashioned
house-such as our fathers used TO
build when solidlty was more sought
after than utility, lived Philip Mason
and his sister Esther. Philip had
reached the mature age of forty, and
Esther was close to him Still, each
had pursued solitary pathway
through life, seeking no companion
ship save that of the other, till there
was reason to believe that they would
continue to follow the same course till
in the fuIness of time they were gath
cred into the family tomb, the recep-
tacle Of many generations OF the
Mason family. There was more rea-
son to think 50, since they took care
to commend an unmarried life, not
only by example but by prccept.
"No," said Philip, when assailed ON
this subject by matchmaking lady,
marrying may be very good for some
people, but l could not bear to have
my whole business turned topsy-turxy
by the introduction Of wife !"
"But by and-by, when you grow
older, you will feel the need of wife
more than at present"
"No, said Philip, conclusiyely, 81
have a sister who is devoted to me,
and while she lives I shall need no
other"
AS for Miss Esther, she often de-
clared that she would never make a
slave of herself for any man living.
If other women were foolish enough to
give up their independence, and tie
themselves to man, for no other
earthly purpose than to burden them
selves with cares and tolls from morn
ing till nigdt, she was sure she had no
objection For her own part she was
wiser. Her brother and she had al
ways lived together peaceably and
happily, and she did not think she
could make any change for the better.
OF course it was insinuated by those
whose opinions differed widely from
Miss Esther's that in adopting thi,
opinion she was only making n virtue
of necessity, and that it was best to be
contented with ones lot, provided
there was no chance Of improving it.
But Esther did not hear these re-
marks, and so was not disturbed by
them. She continued to live in the
old house with her brother. They
kept no domestic, since Esther rather
plumed herself on her household quail
tiles, and there was really but little to
DO. So, as her brother was usually
absent during the day, she was let
for the most part to the companion
ship of her own thoughts, unless some
neighbor Glanced to call In-a thing,
by the way, of rare occurrence, since
most of the neighbors had large fami-
lies of their own, which necessarily
confined them at home.
Early one afternoon, just after
Esther Mason had completed her task
Of clearing away the dinner dishes,
and storing them away in the cup
board after thorough washing, she
was startled by a rapat the door.
Somewhat surprised by caller at
this unusual hour, she answered t1e
summons. She was a little appre-
hensive that it was neighbor who
had of late proved very troublesome
from her habit of borrowing article.
and owing, it is to be presumed, to {
habitual forgetfuluess, neglccting tC
return them
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
/ temperance.
The Sears Of Intemperance.

You know very well that a scar will
not wash out or grow out. Abso-
lutely, there is no doubt Of this. But
now vast and fathomlessly practical
are the applications of the simple
truth that scars are inerasable. 4 two
edged sword, this, and of keener edge
than Damascus steel. The dull inc
briate, who scars his brain by the
habit of 1ntemperance, thinks that
after lis reformation his nervous sys-
TEN will slowly receiver all the sound
ness it once had. But on your finger
a scar viii not grow out. Scars, how
ever the body may change, are abso-
lutely Interchangeable in the changing
flesh. We carry into our graves the
marks of our boyhood's sports; and
this is rs true Of the spots that scar
the brain as Of those that cash the fin
gers. That the most searching bless
ings are good habits, the most pene-
hating curses are bad habits, is found
in the one fact that the automatic
nervous mechanism is such that when
d habit-go2d or bad-is SCARED into
Il Der N, it IS forever after ineiface-
able.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
TOO WELL PREPARED.
ii9W German Saloon Keeper Fortified
Against the Smallpox.

Detroit Froe Press!
Bright and early yesterday morning
a middle-aged man of anxious look
and much eorporosity called at the
city hall, and went for the chief of
police with:
"Haf wo some shmallbox in De
troit?"
q believe we have a sporadic case
or two, was the reply.
'Und dozc somepody haf to get
waecinated to keep him avay?"
EVERY citizen should protect him
self"
''How many dimes was I get wac
cinated to keep dot SMALLPOX out of
mein house and saloon2"
'Oh, 1 guess. once will do"
''Vonce! Great sheminy! no more
ash dot Shust wait minit!"
He jerlsed off his coat and pushed
up his shirt sleeves, ana pointing to
four spots on his left arm and five on
his right, seid:
''Four und FIVE makes nine dimes
dot I yhas waccinated IN four daysl"
How is that"
''How ish dot? Dots What likes
myself to lnowl 1 Yhas shust read
ing about dat shmallbox dc odder day
in der Sherman bapers when two men
vhalks in mine saloon und says: Shar-
ley, dot schmallbox is all over down
und you must be waccinated or der
common council Will close you oop!
So I was waccinated for two smlIings
und zwei class beer"
.sYes?"
ct vhas shust two hours more as a
man comes in und say he vhas sent to
waccinate me on der oddcr arm, undI
pays him two shillings und class of
beer"
''Yes?"
Before night a man nit spectacles
comes in and says he vas sent by der
healthy poard to see oof 1 vhas wacci-
mated. I show him two blaces, but
hctshakes his headt ind says: Dot
vaccination am too high oop, und you
vhill git der schmallpox in der hands
Den he makes dot blaze here, und I
giJ him twenty-five cents und class
beer"
"Yea?"
'VhelI, in der course of four days
six more men comes aroundt to wac
cinato me by order Of der mayor, der
cufernor, der president; der board Of
public works, and l doan know What
else, und efery time 1 bays two shil-
lings und class beer. When I vhas
waccinated nine times I pegins TO pc
licve 1 vas q greenhorn, und When der
tenth man comes aroIndt hit him on
der Lead mat pottle and walks oafer
to see you about it. Vhas it all right"
81 guess the boys were guying you"
''Vhat is dot"
"Why, you hayen't really been
vaccinated ut all"
"No-ol"
"No, and you'd better be vaccina-
ted again"
"Waccinated again! Waccinated
den dimes! Neferl Befor 1 vhas
wacciuated den dimes ! catches der
shmallbox und goes to ped nit him ali
zufnmerl Dots some close pins like
[ ann
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
TE2H5 81 ApYza Using.
AunnnrDuS.
4 PRETTY FOOL

She's peri, ct TO whirl with IN 4 waltz;
Aid her shoulders show well in u scft di-
van.
And she lounges at night and spreads her
silks,
And plays with her bracelets and Hirts her
fan.
Her duty tins Christian never omits,
She makes her calls and leaves her cards.
And enchants circle Of half-fcdgcd wits
And slim attaches aud six-foot guards.
+ riisthe thing for mother or wife?
Could love ever grow on such barren rocks9
Is this a companion 10 take for wife?
One might Is web marry musical box.
You exhaust in day her full extent;
lis the same little tinllle OF tunes always;
You must wind her up with compliment,
To be bored with the only airs she plays.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
HOME

There is land, OF every land the pride,
Beloved by Heaven Ger all the world beside +;
Where brighter suns dispense serener light,
And milder moons imparadise the night;
y land Of beauty, virtue, vaIor, truth,
Time-tutored age, and loYe-exaItcd youth,
The wandering mariner, whose eye explores
The weaitIriest isles, the most enchanting
shores,
Views not realm so beautiful and fair,
Nor brealhe~ the spirit OF purer air;
In every cline the magnet of his soul,
Touched by remembrance, trcmbles to that
pole;
For in thi. landof Heavens peculiar grace.
The her:t 9gc Of natures nobleq.t race,
There is spot OF earth supremrly blcst,
y dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest,
Where man, creations tyrant, casts aside
His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride
While in his softcned looks bonigniy blend,
The sire, the son, the husband, brother,
friend,
Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter,
wife,
Strew with fresl. flowers the narrow way of
life;
In the clear heaven of her delightful eye,
An angel-guarded OF loves and graccs lie;
Around her knees domestic duties meet,
And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet
Where shall that land, that spot of earth be
found?
Art thou a man. patriot!-lool round;
Oh, thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps
roam,
That land thy country, and that spot thy
hOme
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19

Q MAN, whenever you are about to
lift the glass, think Of those at home!
Let the face Of mother, of father, Of
wife, Of child, Of loved one, come be
tween vour eyet and the rising cuF. l
speak for those who dare not speak
for themselves. I beg Of you to drink
DO more, lest you form a habit which
has in it the sting of death, and the
victory of the grave.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
Hearth and Home.

The parental HEARTH, that rallying
place of the affections. 1t was the policy
of the good old gentleman TO make his
children feel thar HONE was the happiest
place in the world and / value this
delicious boae-feeIing a. one of the choicest
gifts parent an bestow -WAsHINGToN
IRvING-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19

This is a recipe for frGit cake which
Is also sometimes called wedding or
black cake: One pound each of flour,
butter and brown sugar, three pounds
of currants, three pounds Of raisins
(stoned and chopped), one pound Of
citron-cut this in thin slices-twelve
eggs, one cup Of molasses, one ounce
of mace, one ounce of cinnamon and
cloves, and two grated nutmegs. This
cake should be baked in a pan with
a paper in the bottom. fthe cake is
not to be used at once do not frost il;
the cake itself will keep for months,
and in fact time improves it, but the
frosting will become discolored aud
uninviting.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19

Ar dinner a host introduced to the
favorable notice of the company a
splendid truliied pheasant. Isn't it
Il heauty2' he said. DIR. So-and-So
gave it TO me-killcd It himself"
All, what was he treating il for?'
asked one OF the guests.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19
STO7EACH
why suffer NecdIcssly

n -. Watches. White Hunting
H"E IS Imitation Sulii Cheapest
am & fos speculative Ttrres~s. Valuable
w a. TAO
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-05-19

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DHLN0NT LITHIA WATER.

ENCIANGE HOTBL,l
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nj nlieC IS dcrnicr resort suggested the BEL
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..u,s STATEMENT is MADE AFTER YEARS
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PERRY DAv1s's PAIv-KrELER.
DHEUMATISM. RALGIA ,
sPRAINs, PAIN IN THE BACK
AND SIDE.

ne-c Is nothing more painful than these dis
t.ss: but the pain eau De removed ard the disease
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nl. remedy Is not a cheap Benzine or Petroleum
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rsgoid danger Of explosion, nor Is II an mtricd
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nnk:
EDGAR CADY. Owatonna, Mimi. says:
About wear since my wife became subject 10 Sc
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CHARLES POWELL writes from the sailors
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MOTHERS! MOTHERS! MOTHERS f.

Are you disturbed az night and broken Of your
rest boy q sick child suffering and crying with the
eNcruciating pain Of cutting tcothy If 50, go at
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that II viii regulate the bowels and give rest 10 the
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nurses in the United states sold everywhere. 20
cents q bottle. dc 23-cOdlw
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NINETEEN MEN KILLED
BY the Explosion Of OIL orr Board of a
Steamship at West Point.

Christmas-Day Turned into Mourning-A
Ship Destroyed, and with IL Two White and
Seventeen Coiored Men; the Cause Unex-
piained. but Probably the Spontaneous Conn
bustion of Oil, of Which There were Seve-
raj Hundred Barrels on Board-Fuii List
OF Killed and Wounded-The History OF n
Fated Ship-Incidcnts Of the Unhappy AZ
fnir-Full Details.
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PIANO TIMING. &c.

MR.. Carl SUMMERS, PRACTICAL
vi TUNER with over twenty ycsrs' experience
In London, England, 9rd Ncw York cityl, having
taken up his residence u Richmond. respectfully
sOlcilsOrds r., from flc musical public lOr TUNING
and REPAIRING PIANO. au0 REED ORGANS.
AZ work warranted AMI ~ili.ftciion tt,1rtnteed.
Work on Church Organs ear fgiiy and skiifaily
done. Orders addressed In care Of, Or le(t with.
JOSIAH RNLAND 4 Co, Muslc-D,alers, . i3 east
Main street, will receive prompt attention
Residence, l0O south Third street. ~ 30-eOd3uA