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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17
Youths Department.
HUNBLE-THE-PEG.

I washed the little boys face-eyes, nose
TIL he looked as sweet as a new-biOwn rose.
And / said: =" Try, Ted, if it's In your power,
To keen il clean for just one hour.
He said he would, and might watch him
Play nlumble-the-peg on the grass with Ilm-
For playground, surely grass is CLEAN,
Shorn, and washed with the rain and green
And down, crOss-legged, the urchin sat,
Tossing the knife this way and that
With hOcus-pocus sleight of hand
That none but boy can understand.
Soon by shout from Teddy's friend,
/ fancied the game drew TO an cnd.
] followed their laughter TO the place,
And saw-oh. such dirty face!
OF course twas merry one, but then
II looked like the little pigs in the pen.
To Ted who'll neither shirk nor beg.
Had fallen the lot to pull the peg
II must be done with the teeth, you knew
And true to the rule, he had done IL 50!
Aud know now 'tisn't in his power
To keep clean even half an hour.
-.a.s.sF Clara DOtH Bates, ia Wide-ADdite.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17

nice. and with his mother help he SOON
learned them.
She taught him how to make bow;
and to point up to the sky when he sala
..star." and to wave his hand over ms
head when he said: up above the
world so high" After some Practice
she thought he made these motions very
prettily.
Jerry's best pair of pantaloons we're
old and patched. He must have a new
pair TO speak in; but the stores were
far away, and money was very scarce.
After searching for something TO mako
them of, his mother used n large check
apron she priced very much, and wore
only on holidays.
Some of my little readers would have
smiled if they hal seen Jerry dressed
in his long, blue and white check pan
falcons, check shirt and heavy shoes
He thought he looked very fine. He
could not help admiring himself; IA
fact, he thought too much about his new
pantaloons.
On the evening of the exhibition the
school-room was crowded. II had been
! dressed with wild flowers and grasseS.
/ A great many tallow candles burned in
4 the bright tin candlesticks. The chill
dren thought il looked very grand.
When il was Jerry's turn to speak he
/ stepped boldly upon the stage and made
/ his bow His father and mother leancd
/ forward, so that theycOuld see him bet
ter Alas, his thoughts were on his new
pantaloons, so that he had forgotten ALI
about 1.-THE little tNvinkling star" But
he was not afraid, and after looking alt
around he began in a loud, distinct
| voice:
q I have got on a new pair of panta-
looms" Putting his hands into his
pockets he went on: "My mother made
them out of her new apron my Aunt
Salina sent from New York, where you
can buy lots and Lofts of nice things;
for in New York they have great big
stores. Some day / shall 80 there, for
/ think that new pantaloons are
But he did not have time to tell what
he thought. The teacher got upon the
stage and, to the relief of his parents,
hurried him to a seat The farmer lad'
had greatly enjoyed his speech and
clapping their hands, gave a hurrah foi
''JerTy's new pantaloons. .'-Our Ltut'
! Ones
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17
Ierrr,s View PantaIoons.

When Jerry was six years old he be
gan to go TO school. Toward the end
Of the school term the teacher wished
to have an exhibition. All the scholars
were to learn pieces to speak. Jerry
mother found some verses begipping;
" Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How wonder what you are
Jerry thought these verses were very
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17
WIT AND WISDOM.

The teeth perform the duties of the
tongue when they chatter.
Never fail to keep your appoint
ments or to be punctual to the minute.
There are few things in the world
more rasping than file of unpaid bills.
-TOle{O An1er5ca71
1t is a singular thing, but the most
pleasing period of dentists life is when
he looks down in the mouth.
The poor man with an idea Of pov-
erty is no worse off than a rich man
with poverty of ideas.
"A gentleman whose initials are w.
E. ID. has Just been married 1t IS bet
ter to marry than to remain bachelor
and spoil a great coincidence - Chicago
Herald.
Every ship that comes to America
got its chart from Columbus EveIS
novel is a debtor to Homer Every car
penter who shaves with a foreplane bor-
rows the genius of forgotten inventor.
-En1erSOn.
Fashion item: Ma, said Mary
Parvenu, "they say young Mr.. Fiddle
stick embezzled, what thatP 9 Oh,
said Mrs. Parvenu, Its sorter en-
broidery on paper like what artists does
in Rome and other French cities. =
"A lady friend won allow the sales
woman to try on her gloves for her, not
| because it is hard work for the sales
woman, but because our lady friend will
have nothing to do with counter fit
/ Boston Transcript.
Wishing to pay his friend cOmpli-
/ ment. a gentleman remarked, i heal
YOU have very industrious wife.
:. Yes replied the friend, with a mel
ancholy smile, 81 she is never idle. She
ALWAYS finds something for me to do. ,
Mamma, | wish / was a prairie
/ hen, - said little nine-year-old. "Why
! darlinr?'' asked the mother. 'Oh
those, hens they sent to the Prince o
Wales are going to be turned into tn
4 royaI preserves, and / know the Queer
must have a lot Of good things in th'
pantry. - Chicago HerGa.
The Fathers Prayer
II can not sing the old songs"
She raspingly did toot,
" While at an asthmal organ
Her fingers she did shoot
''Thank heayen!" grOwlcd the parent,
With manifest ado,
:. 81 pray they'll fix the new ones
Just so you can not, too
Did II ever occur to you, when yo
were cropping around your room in th
dark and struck your nose 50 violentl
against a half-open door that it jarre
ia the whole hOuse-did it ever occur T.
vou at such a moment that the heat {
fhe sun is sufficient to reduce the Paciii
Ocean to steam in twenty minutes? In
probabilities are that it didn 't.-NoTrt
torn Herald
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17

Two lives were lost by the burning OF
a dwelling in West Madison street, Balti-
more, Md, the other morning, John +. Ad-
ans, aged eighty and a colored cook
being sufTocated and burned while in bed.
A colored Chambermaid leaped from a
third-story window, broke one Of her ribs
and received other internal injuries.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17
Abject Poverty and Suffering in Ireland

WASHINGTON, May Q.
Asa result of inquiries made at the State
Department, it has been learned that the
subject of Governor Buffers recent letter to
Secretary Folger-namely, pauper mmigra-
ton from Ireland, has for some months
been under consideration in that depart
ment. A number of reports relating thereto
have been received, and among the most
interesting is one from Consul-General
Merritt, of London, giving the results Of an
investigation made at his request in March
last by United State ConSuls in Ireland
The Consuls generally agree that the dis
tress prevailing at present is not exceptional
In its character, and that published
accounts to the contrary are exag-
gerated In the poorer agricultural
districts the situation Of the peasantry IS
miserable, aid abiect poverty IS the rule
but sad as it Is, it has been the same
for years and has become the normal condl-
ton of life. 1t may be safely assumed that
the much-tallxed-Of starvation point has
not been reached, however bad the situation
may be, and that local and Government
authorities have abundant means to Teheve
actual necessity. The prospects OF the
ameIioration of the present condition IN the
immediate future are most discOuraging-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17

Heavy rains having fallen on the Cali
fornia coast, it is likely that the hay crop
win be damaged, but the wheat crop viii be
benefited.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17

The Massachusetts, Senate has passed a
bill for the payment of one dollar per ten
bounty ON beets raised for sugaT-naakulg
purposes,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17

The vandalia, Pittsburgh, Fort WAYNE
Il Chicago, and Pittsburgh Cincinnati q
St Louis Roads recently adopted new
rule, to take effect June I, that no single
niece of luggage weighing more than two
hundred and fifty pounds win be taken for
transportation in baggage cars.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

One square Of eight lines, sl-5o for the nrss
insertion, and 75 cents for each suDsequeha
Inc
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17

aE-An business letters must be addressed 70
GEORGE w. ARHlaTEAD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-17

Prosadent Arthur Slightly MOdifies and At
fixes His signature to the New Rules to
Govern CITiI-Service-zA3fSO 3fSOintments = A
Summary of the Directions TO BE Fol
lowed by Those =SaeILRg- Governments
Ernnlnvmenf.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-24
AN AND DEMOCRAT, BIOOMsBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY PA

The grain exchange committee has
issued statement showing the wheat
yield of the various counties in Califor.
mia for the present year to be fifty three
million bushcls--an increase of fourteen
millions over last year The total bar.
ley yield is fifteen million bushels--an
increase over last year of two and a
half millions.
John Browns grave at North Elba,
N. Y, is close by the DID, weather
beaten farmhouse that was once his
home. Ii is in corner of the door.
yard, and fenced off by white paliug,
the gate of which is carefully locked.
In like manner the tombstone is coy
cred by a wooden box, chained and
padlocked to the ground. When this
is removed one sees a blue stone. with
the record of the death of Brown. his
father and three sons. AT the foot of
the grave stands huge boulder, into
which are deeply cut the letters, "John
Brown, 1850
Electricity has been successfully ap-
piled as a motive pewer to omnibuses
in Paris. An experiment was tried in
the Place de la Concorde on the Sd of
August, which was witnessed by NJ.
Cochery, minister of posts and tele-
graphs, nj. dc Lesseps and other we'll
known gentleman. An omnibus was
driven at rate faster than omnibuses
generally go, and was easily turred.
The mechanism by which it was pro-
PEELED was simple Faure accumula.
tors, weighing 25O0 kilogrammes, and
giving a force of seventy.two horse
power, had been placed under the seats
and put in communication with Sic
mems machine fixed under the vehicle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-24
Captain Taggart at Home,

Captain Taggart, the Democratic
candidate for Auditor General, stands
high at home with all classes of citi-
zens, regardless of party affiliations.
The Tidioute Weekly Ne,cs, Repub-
hcan paper printed at the Captains
place of residence, has this to say of
his nomination
''The Democratic State Convention
did itself and the party an honor when
they nominated Captain Robert Tag
gart as its candidate for Auditor Gen
eral. We, who know the Captain, who
meet him every day, who do business
with him, know how good a citizen,
how prompt business man, how en-
tirely thoroughly reliable he is. For
his sake, for the good of the State, we
should like to see him elected TO the
position. II all the candidates of both
parties are as clean handed and upright
as Captain Taggart, this campaign will
of necessity, be one devoid of mud
singing. We don't subscribe to the
Captains politics, but we bear willing,
unasked testimony to his worth and
capabilities.
And in another brief article, the
Ne,oS corrects a misstatement
The usually correct PittsblTg Com
asercidl Gaasac states that Captain
Taggart has been in the employ of the
Standard Oil Company for the past five
years. If the O. q. can't do better
than that il had better go out of the
Eli Perkins business. Such foolish lies
will not help our Republican candidates
In this section
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-24

nizcd as just and reasonable, and not
on account Of color, race or previous
condition of servitude. All guests of
an inn or restaurant must be given
tqual privileges, and the places dcsig-
mated for them must be accessible to
all respectable persons at uniform
rate of charge. From these principles
il follows that the defendent, in dis
eliminating against the complainant,
Smith, on account of his race and color
was guilty of misdemeanor, and incur
red the penalty prescribed by the Sc.
cond section of the civil rights act of
1875. Judgement is entered according
ly. This case is in some respects no.
vel one, since it is the first attempt to
enforce the penalty under the second
section of the civil rights act, which
makes violation of the law misdenea.
nor, and it is the first effort made to
enforce the criminal provisions of the
law in territory where the Congress
of the United States has exclusive and
absolute Legislative jurisdication.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-24
From San Francisco.
TIE CITY FILLED WITH VISITING KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR.

A telegram from San Francisco under
date of Saturday says that the city had
been alive all the week with preparations
for the conclave of the Knights Tenn
plar. Many communicates had net ar
rived, but it was expected all would be
on the ground by Sunday night. The
number of visitors will be larger than
the most sanguine anticipated. 1t was
estimated that 10000 Knights would
march in the street parade on Monday
and that the procession will he the
finest display seen since the demonstra
ton in honor of General Grant four
years ago Thursday night the eYer-
cises of the week opened with ball at
the pavilion, which was well attended.
Que sensible move is that of the display
of California fruit. 1t will he made in
the pavilion. AS the fruit season is at
its height the exhibition will be one of
the best advertisements the State could
have. There is also open a mineral ex-
position of the Pacific coast, gotten up
by the State mineralogist, which is well
worth a visit. The streets have been
lavishly decorated along the line OF the
parade and even the unsavory Chinese
quarters were cleaned and fumigated
Friday night. The haunts of the Mon
golians were visited Saturday by many
of the knights There was perform
ance given at the leading Chinese thea
ire TO which only white persons were
admitted. The star Mongolian actor,
supported by a good company and an
ear-splitting orchestra, furnished the
entertainment. The visiting knights
will have good opportunity to see the
best parts of the State, as excursions
have been planned to the chief resorts
within hundred miles of the city at
very low rates.
The first religious services, under the
auspices of the Knights Templar, were
held in the pavilion Sunday afternoon.
There was a terrible crush, 5000 people
being in the building and 1000 outside,
who continued to make an effort to OBJ
tain an entrance. Although a large
police force was present, they were un-
able to control the crowd, the greater
number of officers being employed in
carrying off fainting women and chill
dren. The interior of the pavilion was
so hot that before the services were half
over people commenced streaming out
Expressions of thankfulness were re-
peatedly heard from those who managed
to escape being crushed to death. This
was the first evidence of mismanago-
nent on the part of the committee,
who permitted twice too many tickets
to be issued
| The robbery of the Yosemite stage
in the early part of the week, just as it
was entering the valley, was an unfor-
tunate event. The highwaymen select
ed, with poetic inspiration, that point
as the scene of their operations, and
cleared about 81, 800 in money and
ljewelry from the seven passengers
They are thought to be Mono county
horse thieves, and officers are on their
track. On the day following the stage
was upset near the valley and several
passengers were badly hurt. The sin
gular feature of these occurrences is
that this is the first robbery ever known
on the stage line into the valley, and
this il the first serious accident to a
coach
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-24
ITEMS.

Five hundred thousand telephones
are in use in this country, says Profess
sor Bell, the inventor.
Lord Queensbury is about to pur-
chase an extensive tract of land in Tex
as. His agent has been making tour
of the country with view of investing
in ranch property and stock.
Clara Louisa Kellogg returned to
New York on the Alaska which arriv.
ed Sunday. While in Paris she was
studying under ShrigIia, a famous
teacher and expects to enter the stage
the coming winter. She says she much
prefers singing to living a society
life
The bones of gigantic animal, be-
lieved to be mastodon, were discover
ed recently at distance of thirty feet
below the surface by some workmen
engaged in digging well at Watero-
liet, N. Y. Some of the bones have
been taken to the Geological Museum
at Albany for examination,
AT Tolono, small town about thir-
teen miles south of Chicago, Henry
Smith a lumberman, recently in boring
for water at a depth of 1870 feet, struck
gas similar to that in oil wells, The
gas was conducted to his dwelling and
he employs it for lighting his house and
for cooking purposes. Several others
have since bored wells 100 feet deep
and discovered similar gas. No eff
fort has yet been made to bore for oil
but it is thought there is certainly oil
in the vicinity.
There were some grotesque incidents
connected with the tragedy at lschia.
An actor escaped and reached Naples
in the costume of Pulcinello, Some
slightly-olad ladies had caught up the
atrical robes for warmth. A priest
was carried to the ambulance covered
with a woman's gown One woman
who was dug out would not leave the
place because her little dog was still
there Another held fast q cage with
canary, Another, when the soldiers
had made hole large enough TO get
her through, held ont her hands, say
ing, "Take this hen first
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-24
Pennsylvania's Standing Army.

The National Guard of Pennsylva-
MIA for the fourth time has gone
through tour Of one week of camp
duty. From the revenues of the State
the Guard receives yearly S22O,OO0.
One half of this is devoted annually to
transportation to and from camp and
to pay and subsistence while there. No
Pennsylvania will question the expe-
diency of spending this sum for the
support of an efficient military force,
but the question is whether the encamp-
ments carry out the purposes for which
they are intended.
1t is high sense of patriotism in
the employer and in the employee, that
will induce the former to permit and
the latter to turn out at the call for
camp to the number of twenty-three
hundred not for picnic in the coun-
try, as many suppose, but to be subject
ed to the hard discipline that routs out
the City Trooper, accustomed to soft
beds and late hours, at o'clock in the
morning, TO the work of cleaning his
own horse, and to breakfast, perhaps,
of salt pork, hard tack and boiled cof-
fee Whether the chief objects for
which the encampments are held are
being accomplished or not, the work
now put upon a National Guardsman
in Pennsylvania is rigorous and severe.
So far as the amount of work and the
hours devoted thereto are concerned, it
would not be much harder in active SER
vice.
Teaching them to labor from early
morning until night and to subsist on
army food is easily accomplished. But
this is not essential. 1t tends not only
to disorganize their stomachs, but often
to disgust them with the service. The
more essential object is, we fear, being
neglected Discipline is not being en-,
forced to the extent that it should be-
guard duty is lax, the officers under
standing it no better than the men, and
making but little effort to inform them
selves, The sooner the militiamen are
taught that guard service is one of the
most important of their duties, and the
more they are brought under strict
military discipline in every respect, the
more efficient will they become. In
fact, until this is done they will not bt
efficient, and the money will continue
to be expended uselessly.-Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-24
Opening the Campaign,
CHAIRMAN IlENsEL ADDRESSES THE PHIL
ADELPHIA DEMOCRACY.

Chairman Hensel delivered an ex-
haustiye address to the members of the
city executive committee of Philadel-
phia on Monday night His words
were full of hope and they frequently
aroused applause. He spoke of the
present year being au exceptionally ac-
tive one, from the fact that politics
were everywhere on the 60. people
were talking politics and editors writ
ing politics and the interest in politics
was unusual in every county have vi
sited," said Hensel. at has been re-
presented that there is break in the
democratic ranks. There are people
who go out of politics in off years, but
of these people say they have no
right to go out of politics in an off
year, and ifthey do go out then letthem
stay out altogether l believe that we
should serve a notice on such people
that if they intend to go out of politics
this year or stay in that year let them
go out for good The Importance of this
campaign cannot be overestimated. The
sentiment which actuates the democratic
party this year must be supplemented
by the work next year. There are
100000 democratic voters in the state
of Pennsylvania Of this number not
100000 votes are ever polled. If there
are 100000 democratic votes cast next
November Powell and Taggart will be
elected by 25,000 majority. The OBJ
ject we are to look forward to now is
to get the full democratic vote out.
This matter can be looked after be-
tween now and the last of September.
After that date our sole attention must
be given to the single work of regis.
tration, and then you have thirty days
to make the final charge and carry the
state by round majority. This, as
the plan of this campaign, is the plan
OF the state committee and the plan /
will try to impress on the county
committees There is no reason why
we can not get out the full vote this
year. and if We do, the democratic tick
ct will be elected. 1t ought not to be
such great thing to get out the demo-
cratic vote. If we get the same vote
tiiiS yCdi thhI VIC ulu jdSt, we VIII nave
a handsome majority in the state /
know that there is feeling that the
democratic lookout is not encouraging,
owing to the united factions of the re-
publican party, but that is wrong i'm
preston If you analyze the vote of
last year you will find that not more
than 25,000 votes were cast for the de
mocratic ticket by independent repub-
licans. From the reports I have had
from the democratic counties in the in.
terror and western parts of the state /
am assured that the full democratic
vote will come out this year, and if it
does victory will rest on the democra-
tic standard in November, In my esti-
nation the 10000 independent voters
will be diminished this year, and that
portion of them that come to the polls
at all will divide their patronage be.
tween the two regular tickets Remem.
Der that you watch, and first lend all
your energies to the work of registra-
tion next look after the payment of
taxes, and then work hard to get out
the full democratic vote.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-24

On July 81 DR.. Frank l.. Rea, of tie
Chicago College of Physicians and Sur
geons, went into drug store and asked
the proprietor to pluck hair from his
moustache. He looked at the hair a
moment and said "That's the last of
me l have facial carbuncle I'll
lock up my Office and go home to die. "
He noted the progress of the disease in
his diary until he was seized by coma,
and lay insensible for five days, dying
on August 10. The facial veins had
absorbed the poison of the sore and
carried it to the brain, where it had
formed fungus growth.