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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
Rats in Poultry Yards.

An Illinois correspondent of the
Poultry Yard writes on this subject:
Procure an old eighteen-g gallon beer or
any other cask. - not smaller" which
will hold water; knock one end out and
cut a piece of board of the shape of the
cask to lodge on the top standing end
wise. Then cut a nine-inch diamond
shape, with a key-hOle saw, out of the
center of the piece lodged on, and bal
ance it properly with two stout darning-
needles at each side of the diamond,
which will work up and down freely if
correctly done, and make a level top,
then bend a piece of stiff wire in an
arch about one foot high, directly over
the diamond and suspend in the center
of it the bait out of the rats way so that
they can see and smell it well. Also
place four gallons of water in the cask,
and grease the sides, and in the center,
place a brick or stone only sufficient for
one rat to sit on with comfort half an
inch above the level of the water The
first rat landed, finding itself like Robin
son CrusOc on ar island, commences
squeaking, and draws all his friends and
relations. The strongest rat lives the
longest, as they all fight for this posi-
ton as they drop one by one into the
tub, and drown each other The rats
should be fed for few days on the top
of the cask to give them confidence, and
the balance made firm for that period.
l have seen as many as a dozen caught
in one night by this wholesale drop. As
a rule, where poultry are over fed there
are plenty of rats.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
Insects on Garden Vegetables

In some localities one or more of the
cabbage worms is still troublesome.
/ The most common of these are the
caterpillars of medium sized but
terfiies, the wings of which are white,
with a few black spots; there are three
distinct species, but all are similar in
their habits. Wherever these butterflies
are seen fitting about over the cabbage
and cauliflOwer plants, trouble from
s. worms - may soon be expected
Safety consists in attacking them early.
Some worms eat into the forming head,
and when they have thus hidden moth
ing can be done. In small gardens
hand picking will answer, but where
there are many cabbages this is not
practicable. The Persian Insect Pow
der, the Pyrethrum, is the best, and a safe
application. There are in some locali-
ties cabbage worms which come from
other butterflies, but they are to be
treated Ia the same manner. The large
green caterpillar, of the five-spOtted
Sphinx, known as the g tomato worm, -
| is most destructive; it will soon leave
nothing but bare stems upon a tomato
plant, eating the green fruit as well as
the leaves. When the tomatoes are
supported by some kind of a trellis, as
they always should be in a garden,
WOIIllS Inlay D0 u6U6CUGQ ny the quduUI-
ty of large pellets Of drOppinQs found
upon the ground. Where these are
seen the worm should be sought for.
Stems without leaves also indicate its
presence. When not eating it will be
found close to the stems, on their I'M
der side, and as it is of nearly the same
color, may escape notice. The worms are
never very numerous, and nd-picking
is the best way to deal with them. In
spite of the horn at the tail end they
can neither sting nor bite. Frequently
one of these will be found with its body
nearly covered with small egg-shaped
white cOcoons, often mistaken for eggs,
Worms with these should not be de-
| stroyed, as they are too weak to do
much damage and the parasitic insects
should have time to leave these cOcoOns,
as they are our friends and should be
encouraged. The tomatO-worm may
| sometimes be found on potatoes. inner
lean 407Ic7lIt7lriSf
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
That Blessed Child.

One of those unnaturally bright chill
dren who are always getting people into
difficulties was at a prayer-meeting the
other evening with his mother, when he
asked aloud:
MIA, say ma, who was Dinaf
Moore?"
Hu-u-sh," whispered his mother
cautiously, Its a hymn"
"No, it amt, ma" continued the
hopeful, Its a woman; say, whose
going home to Dinah Moore"
" Willie" said his mother, in ghast-
" voice, you're disturbing the meet
ing. 1t means going to Heaven to die
no more"
Dine no more! Oh, ma; don't they
eat anything there? 1 don't want tc
90 there if they don't have any din
neri"
His mother explained as well as she
could, and Willie sat still for half a min
ute, his bright eyes rowing about the
church. Then he asked, in a shrill
whisper:
Ma, is God out of town.
"No-o-o, no-no," answered the dis
tracted woman, family.
Then what's Mr.. Kelly running this
meeting for, MAJ" continued the SWEEP
child.
The choir sung him down, but rs the
meeting closed with a moment of silent
PRAYER his gentle voice was distinctly
heard saying:
.'Old Mrs Jones switch don't match
her hair like yours does, mar'-Detroli
Post and Tribune,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
Neater Farm Houses.

Is the general complaint that when
a man sells his farm he never gets pay
for the improvements. It is generally
the case when a man buys a farm he
wants such improvements neat, appro-
pirate and useful. Nearly all farm
houses are built without regard to ar
tistic taste or the least aim at modern
improvements. They may be large, but
inconvenient, ungainly, low stories and
probably located in just the wrong
place. No wonder man of refinement
never takes into consideration the cost
of such a house. 1t is really of no value.
A small, neat cottage, built with taste
and judgment, well painted, suitably To-
Gated for aesthetic taste, and surrounded
by a few chosen evergreen trees, instead
of its never being paid for, it viii aid
more than double its cost in selling the
farm. In building a second house farm
ers generally build too large, without
the convenient arrangements which
modern science has invented. A small
house, with more architectural taste and
every thing clean, coy and comforta-
bic, the owner viii stand ten chances of
selling at profit, than where the house
is large, implanted, stumbling con-
Germ. with dilapidated out-houses and
tumble down barns. A man with money
wants something of use to him and
ornamental to the premises. We plead
for q neater class of farm houses. -IotDd
state Register,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Cream of tartar viii clean kid shoes
or gloves nicely.
If you have a garden, do not throw
away the soapsuds from the laundry;
keep 1t to use as a fertilizer for your
flower beds.
"A violet disease has broken out in
France. A white spot appears en- the
flower, and it withers at once. 1t is
caused by a very minute insect.
1t is not generally known that few
sprigs of cedar bush mixed with hay OF
any kind of litter for hens nests. viii
keep them entirely free from hen-lice.
--Cotswold sheep have large, hand
some frames, well covered with flesh,
and great propensity to fatten. Their
mutton is apt to be rather coarse
grained.
-Sorrel generally finds its way into
fields which have thin or poor soil,
and one of the best remedies is to enrich
the soil with manure, and small pOr-
ton of lime is often useful.
To insure paste from molding put
into it a proportion of alum and resin.
A few drops of any essential oil will
preserve leather from mold, and a
single Glove put into bottle of ink will
have the same effect upon it.
The character of the food viii affect
the quality of the manure even more
than the character of the animal A
diet of corn fodder and straw, for in
stance, can yield only a poor manure,
because these foods contain very little
nitrogen or phOsphates.
To prevent choking, break an egg
into a cup and give it to the person
choking to swallow. The white of the
egg seems to catch around the obstacle
and remove it. If one egg does not an
swer the purpose, try another. The
white is all that is necessary.
-Puffs: Mix four eggs beaten sepa-
rately and very light, one quart of sweet
milk, one pint of flour, lump Of lard
about the size of a hem egg. Have the
muffin irons well CREASED and very hot;
pour in the batter and bake quickly. Stir
in the whites, well frOthed, the last thing
and cook at once.
The outlook for Western cattle
growers is reported as exceedingly
tlattering. The average loss of cattle
during the winter was four per cent
against nine per cent. last year, and the
condition of cattle is twenty per cent
better than USUAL. Grass is more for
ward, especially in the southwest. The
shipments will be ten per cent. more
than last year. Prices average 81. %
per head more than last year. There is
no disease anywhere.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
Hints to Bee.Keepers.

An Austrian bee-keeper throws out
these ideas that may be of value to
honey producers elsewhere: First of all,
let it be your constant aim to keep your
colonies as strong as possible. Never
allow them to throw more than one
whether honey or increase be
your object, it matters not. Most emil
nent apiarians seem, in this respect at
all events, to be unanimous, and so. I
think, ought we to be-cent. per cent.
should satisfy any one; at all events,
try it under favorable conditions and l
have no fear to leave the issue in your
hands. Never, if you can otherwise
avoid it, go between the bees and their
fiy-hole, and you viii escape many
sting. When you open the hive prevent
jarring as much as possible, for it only
angers the bees when you knock the
hive about, and makes them reader to
attack you; but never finch when they
shoot only at you or onto your hand,
and you viii find that you will seldom
get sting. Be sparing of smoke, unless
they are really vicious, but then master
them by all means. Always remember
that it is easier Tor you to take the bees
to distant pasture than for the bees to
take advantage of such pasture. When
far away it will not benefit bees much,
far less yourself; it will only be from
hand-to-mOuth affair with them If they
have far to go. Never feed your bees
outside nor leave any combs about the
hive; see that they have sufficient honey
in winter, or in fact at any time, and
you will not be much pestered with
robbers. Also, never allow a colony to
remain Queenless longer than a day
without giving them the material to
raise another queen. Remember the
loss a queen is to a colony during a sim
gle day when honey is plentiful outside.
Then as to putting on the supers. Unless
your stock hive is filled don't expect the
bees to go up into the super; it is only
when their storage room in the brood
hive is insufficient that they will look for
room above, and if you act upon my
advice in regard to compelling brood
rearing you viii leave them but little
storage room indeed in the brood hive.
OF course when brood rearing Is pretty
well at an end they will fill all empty
brood combs with both honey and pollen
for winter use, and in case you might
overreach yourself and the bees by de-
priving them of too much, will show
you how you may always be on the safe
side. Ascertain the weight of your
hive; add to this about eight pounds
the weight of combs and bees-and
when the hive shows another twenty
pounds, or twenty-five pounds, above
that, then you may rest satified that that
colony will not perish during winter for
want of sufficient stores.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
RAIN AZ MIDNIGHT.

Oh midnight Rain,
heard mid the II sttessucss of weary paint
nv cadence brings
sweet thoughts of peace on silver-tinted wings.
IN this dim town,
/ hear thy thousand streamIets trfckIa down:
Ere thou hast lied,
%en me, Oh Rain! the source where thou hast
Bright peariy dew-drops from blue violets'
see the mist
Come from the wood-riPs ripples, evening
kissed.
The green fields CLEAN
Before me, As to thy sweet rhyme Idream;
And birds ana flowers
Arc with me in my restless midnight hours.
More bIest than these,
lieel the traeranee Of the Summer seas;
Along the coast
sec the never-resting pillows tost.
Lying here still,
thoughts , Of the ocean make my sad heart
That ocean rife
With strength and majesty and glorious life
Each gem long. sought
from deW-drop or from distant waters brought
@ bOuutCous RAIN
Ihou scatterest for blessing on the grain.
Spend and be spentl
Oh gracious Rainl through thee I grow con-
THY calm-voiced spell
Goes deeper in the heart than words can tell
. Watching through n ght
Many with me await the morning ght
In pain care,
Or rapt, Il may be, in the trance Of prayer
To EACH to all,
Hearing thy rhythmic music softly fall
sweet thoughts may come
vi Him who by His ways doth lead us home
For not one drop
Fails from thu cloud upon the bare hill ton
Falls through dark hours
Upon the closed chalice OF the flowers,
Or on the sea.
Or on the murmurous thickIy fOlfared tree
But falls to cherish
What else would pine AMI dropping, sadly
perish.
And shall the tear,
Shed by the Fathers wel-lOvod children here
In doubt and pain,
Fall for q less wise purpose than the Rain?
Chambers Journal
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

These great organs of life, as is known to
every one. are most intimately related to each
other and where one is caused to- suffer, the
other two, on account of their sympathetic
connection, are unavoidsbly made to feel the
evil effects Therefore, when distressed with
symptoms of diseases incidental to either
organ, a medicine that will give tone and
strength to all three, is Natures best assist
ant in restoring health Such virtues are
beneficial as are contained in Yellow Dock,
SarsapariIla, Juniper, Iron, Buchu, Celery,
and Calisaya. All these ingredients are scien-
tifically com bined in that great health remover,
DR.. Guysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla.
Ask you druggist to get it for you.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

LAWRENCE J. AVERY, of Liberty, Ind,
writes ''It was my misfortune to become af-
ficted, several years ago, with severe attack
of rheumatism in connection with dyspepsia
and symptoms of lung and kidney disease. It
seemed no medicine would reach my case, for
/ had tried this and that. My wife was using
DR.. Guysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla,
and persuaded me to try it. IdidsO, and used
spirits of turpentine at the same time q
lfniment, 1t has effected q complete cure.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

-" " Do boldly what you do at all" Boldly
do we affirm that Kidney-Wort is the great
remedy for liver, bowels and kidney diseases;
rheumatism and piles vanish before it. The
tonic effect of Kidney-Wort is produced by
its cleansing and purifying action on tire
blood. Where there is a gravehy deposit in
the urine, or milky, ropy urine from disor-
dered kidneys. it ALWAYS cures.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

New YoRK has an association called the
'sIchthyophagous Club,n which meets once a
year and partakes of fish banquet. Fish has
the reputation Of creating brain, and perhaps
the parties composing this club, after two or
three dozen banquets, viii have brain enough
to change the title OF their organization to a
name that can be pronounced by a member
after looking upon a Goldfish that biteth like a
bladder-or somehow that way.
AN American Presidents pay-$50, 900 o.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
GrafefnI Woman.

None receive so much benefit, and none are
SO profoundly grateful and show such an in
terest in recommending Hop Bitters as won-
en-. It is the only remedy peculiarly adapted
to the many ills the sex is almost universally
subject to. Chills and fever, indigestion or
derangsd liver, constant or periodical sick
headaches, weakness In the back or kidneys,
pain in the shoulders and different parts Of
the body, a feeling of lassitude and despond-
ency, are all readily removed by these Bitters-
-ffoaerquf
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

There is in San Francisco Chinese
girl who swears that during the past
five years she has been owned by six
different persons, and was sold at prices
ranging from $500 to $500. When the
Chinese get hold of human chattle
they never let up until the bones of said
chattle are packed up in jar and
labeled for China.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
..vvith GratefuI FeeIinrs. {,

On. FIERCE, Buffalo, n. Z: Dear Sir
Your Golden Medical Discovery and ''Pur-
gatiye Pellets" have cured my daughter of
Scrofulous Swellings and Open Sores about the
Neck: and your ''Favorite Prescription has
accomplished wonders in restoring to health
my wife who had been bed-fast for eight
months from Female Weakness. l am with
grateful feelings, Yours truly,
7. II. LONG, Galveston, Texas.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15
Pitcherv-didgerv'' is not a n

&c Pitchery-didgery'' is not a new
game for children, as its name might
suggest, but a recently discovered mar
cotic in Queensland. The flowers of
the plant are dried and pressed into
plugs, like tobacco. By chewing small
piece a person is relieved of hunger,
thirst and fatigue; large doses produce
absolute insensibility to pain, while a
small quid results in mild but agreea-
BILE exhilaration. If all that is claimed
for it is correct, its general Introduction
will do away with bar-rooms, bakeries
and beds.-N. 7. Commercial AdUer-
tiser.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

If you have any skin d'seases or diseases Of
the hair or scalp, any itching or dscolorations,
sun burns, freckles, pimples, rough or dry
harsh skin, you have in DR.. G. w. Benson's
Skin Cure sure, perfect and elegant remedy.
Sold by all druggists Also DR.. Benson's
remedy for all headaches and nervousness.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

The Voltaic Belt Co, Marshall, Mich, Will
send DR.. Dyes celebrated Electro-V oltaic
Belts and Appliances, on trial for thirty days,
to men young or old who are afflicted with
nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred
troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration
Of vitality and manhood. Address as above.
N. BIO risk is incurred, as thirty days
trial is alInund
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

The United States Consul at Pres
colt reports that 81. 200, 600 worth Of
eggs were imported the past year from
Canada to the United States free of
duty. He recommends that a duty of
one cent per dozen be laid on eggs, and
asserts that this duty would pay the ex-
penses Of the customs district of Oswe-
gatchie and Champlain, n. Y, and the
district Of Vermont.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

Ladies, if you would be forever redeemed
from the physical disabilities that, I'm thou
sands of cases, depress the spirits and abso-
lutely fetter all the energies of womanhood,
you have only to get Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

BREAKING an awkward silence Mrs. MOnta-
que Smart Suddenly to bashful youth, who
has not opened his lips since he was intro
duced to her a quarter of an hour o)-"And
now let US talk of something else ~
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

az WISH | could settle this coffee" said an
impatient traveller at railway restaurant.
Try broomstick," said moody man with
a scratched nose; that is what everything Ia
settled with at our house,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

An observant negro says: "De man who
takes up de moas' sidewalk am not allus the
pussan OF de moas' consequences. fifteen
cent drunkard wants mo- room in dis world
dan a Judge of de Supreme Court"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

A WITTY lady, who is, however somewhat
given to exaggeration, was trying to tell a
friend what poor appetite she had, and said
g / eat very little; flea would be barbecue
for ma
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

"WELL," says the canvasser, g I must keep
walking and talking. That's the way l get
nv living, and that's the way ] got my wife,
But she has done all the talking ever since.
Good day l''-TOtedo american.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

stGoLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY" is warrant
ed to cleanse the blood from all impurities, from
whatever cause arising. For Scrofula, Sores Of
all kinds, Skin and Blood Diseases, its effects
are marvellous. Thousands of Testimonials
from all parts. Send stamp for pamphlet on
Skin Diseases. Address WORLDS DsPENsART
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

YOUNG ladies with artifeiauy clear complex
ions should not permit the young men to kiss
rfed. To go off quickly, they should keep
their powder dry.-BostoH Iga5tScriDt
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"Fair Girl Graduates,

whose sedentary lives increase those troubles
peculiar to women, should use DR.. Pierce
"Favorite Prescription which is an unfail-
ing remedy. Sold by druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

A FALSE prophet is stirring the Egyptians
into rebellion. In America false prophets
merely guess at the weather and sell their al
manacs at twenty-five cents each.-PhiLadet-
phid Chronicle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

BONE fertilizers for grass are said by cheese
manufacturers to produce the milk which will
make the most curd. Strange that this whey
to cheese itn hadn't occurred to them before.
--LoaoeA Courier.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

The Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western Railroad Company is setting
out shade trees the whole length of it's
line between Oswego and Syracuse.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

A LITTLE boy, proud of his new jacket, in
formed his sister that he was six-button kid.
Hartford Times,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

ENo woman really practices economy un-
less she uses the Diamond Dyes. Many dollars
can be saved every year. Ask the druggist.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

REDDIEG's Russia Salve meets with wonder
full success in all cases of Skin disease. Try it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

Charles Lochbruner weighs about
100 pounds, his wife 200, and their rela-
five strength is fairly represented by the
same figures. He ostensibly keeps a
restaurant in New Orleans, but she is its
real boss, as he complains to police
justice that three days in succession she
took him across her lap and spanked
him terribly. Being arrested, she gave
bail to keep the peace, though at the
same time she avowed her intention to
subject her husband to discipline when
ever and however she pleased.-N. 7.
San.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

"RoUGH ON RATS" Clears out rats, mice,
reaches, bed-bugs, vermin, chipmunks. 15c.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-15

CURIOSITY is always represented as on tip
toe, which would seem to indicate that Curl
osity is mighty small creature.