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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-21
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Wen Cout stfset. Memphis. Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
Bill I'VE. Ex-Postmaster.

In the course of an interview at Lara
ME the other day, Bill Nye was asked:
''You are still Postmaster here, are
you not?n
- Yes, the JIG viii soon be up. OF
words to that effect. My resignation
has gone in to Washington. 1t created
a great deal of excitement Whereabouts.
Perhaps you've noticed that all the
dispatches sent out from the National
capital the last few days have dreary,
hstless, funeral at-twO-o' clock air about
them, as though there was something
wrong at headquarters. My res'gna-
ton has brought this about. IteQ you
candidly things are looking pretty blue
there Just now Old Greash, the Post
master-Gene you know, telegraphed
me rs soon as he received my little
note. He saws: Reconsider your res
ignation. l beg of you, Billy, don't
90 / answered the telegram, telling
him it was a grounding case I had to
90. Then Frank Frank HattOn -
Frank he wired me: For the sake of the
old love. don't shake us now. The mail
service won't rank any higher than our
navy if you leave it. Cancel resigna-
ton at once / replied that I hated to
refuse, but couldn't help myself; like
the pig-tailed persimmOns, | must 60.
| Then Chet, he telegraphed me. His
message was as long as his trip across
Wyoming to the Park. He said he felt
rs though three feet or four cOgs in the
wheels of Government had broken, and
| that unless | consented to come back
into the fold he feared the blamed old
machine wouldn't run much longer.
tell YOU honestly was so affected by
his message that shed a few weeps be-
fore l mustered up spirit to answer it.
| | told him that l was sorry, but must
insist on my resignation being accepted.
l told him, however, that if he really
needed my assistance | might take the
| position of postm aster at New York
City, and here l paused for a reply.
have paused ever since"
"WhO viii succeed you here?"
"Well, that n hard question to an
swer. AS near as L can learn about
every man in town, except one, has ap
piled for the position. The one man
that l refer to is in jail charged with
the abduction of a youthful and innO.
cent mule. / believe, however, that ne
also wrote out an application, but that
the iailer suppressed it. [ am very busy
Just now with my new book. I've con,
cluded to try one more dose of my med
icine on the dear people. It's pretty
tough-on the peOple-Pll admit, but
l don't seem to mind it much. L be
lieve a man gets hard-hearted as he
| grows older - DcnCe7' Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
Be Careful About the Premises.

We have on many occasions in going
over the outbuildings upon some farms
noticed great deal of carelessness in
guarding against man-traps, scythes.
edge-tOols, etc, which migh prove very
dangerous to life and limb, if a knowl-
edge of the existence and remembrance
of them were not borne in mind; or of
contrivances were cattle may be hurt
Passing through farm buildings some
time ago we came on cistern for catch
ing water from the roof, the lid of which
opened in place which was passed over
many times every day. On our express
ing surprise, our friend wondered at the
alarm, "For,H said he, ''all about us
are trained to such careful habits there
really is no danger. No one would ever
think of leaving the trap-doOr open. "
This reasoning seems correct, and yet
the newspapers are filed with accidents
which occur in cases where "all hands"
are supposed to exercise the greatest
care. Some one comes in with loaded
gun and does not draw the charge. He
knows how careful everybody is in ham
ding firearms, and yet numbers of peO-
pie die every year simply through for
getfulness on the part of some that the
article may possibly be loaded. A man
carries the common dangerous matches
that ignite with scratching against any
thing loose in his pocket, and goes
through his stables and over his hay
mows and straw-stacks. He is quite
sure that his careful habits will never
let him drop one so that something may
tread or fall on it, or a mouse nibble it
and fire ensue. But some day the
whole thing ''goes up" and there is no
end to wonder how such thing could
be! We make a note of these things
now because the season will soon be
here when fires will be necessary, and
with it the season when things take fire
from defective flues" and other acct
dents. These things never occur when
people are really careful, but the best
rule is to so order things that, no mat
ter how careful people may be, acct
dents are next to impossible.-G German
t0a0B Telegraph.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
A True Story Of London.

The best stock story about London is
that one day in that modern Babylon a
merchant disappeared from his home,
leaving his wife and children. The
papers and the dead walls blurted forth
his description and the offer of a gener-
Gus reward for his body, dead or alive.
AT the expiration of the period allotted
by law his considerable estate was
turned into money, and other merchants
requited the widow for the right to con-
tinue the prosperous mercantile opera
tions. No one that knew him ever saw
him again. The widow remained in the
home he left her, and while her hair
whitened with time her children grew
to manhood and wOmanhood, married,
and had children of their own. By and
by, when the memory of the mysterious
disappearance of the merchant was
fresh only in the mind of the woman
who had merged her life into his, while
to his children it had become as a mere
something told to them in childhood,
lawyers notified them that the merchant
had died, leaving his property to an
other woman and other children, and
that if they desired to contest his will
the chance was theirs. Then it turned
out that when the merchant disap-
peared he merely removed around the
corner, where he set up another house
hold and reared another family behind
windows through which he could see
his true wife and his legitimate children
moving about in his old home. He had
begun life anew, built up another fort
une, and finished a natural term of life
without being recognized by any who
had known him under his true name
This story is true, and Is a matter of
court record. 1t is told to show how
in big cities the details of village or
country life are swallowed up in the
greater concerns of the vast body. how
ones own little circle is the most city
person is familiar with, and how
where there are so many people it is as
possible for man to lose himself and
be overlooked as if he were at sea in a
small boat.-N Y. Star.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
The Iceland Herring Fisheries.

An account of the herring fisheries in
Iceland has a great interest in view of
the fact that so large a proportion of
the cheap food of European populations
is sent from them. The herrings are all
caught in the ponds, and not in the
open sea. Many Norwegian ships fire.
quent the Iceland waters and take up
their positions at various stations along
the shores, which consist of mere rough
huts. These Norwegian fishing smacks
are very small in comparison with those
either of England or America, but are
considerably larger than those used by
the Icelanders themselves. The net in
which the herrings are caught is all in
one piece, and should a shOal of her
rings prove too heavy for the boat, the
ends of the net are anchored in-shore
and the boats loaded with as many as
they can carry from within by bag nets
on the ends of long poles; those that
can not be carried away at once remain
enclosed in the net until the next day,
when the fish are as lively as ever. The
size of these herring nets varies from
twenty fathoms long by five fathOms
deep to one hundred and fifty fathOms
long by twenty fathOms deep. They
are only of half-inch mesh and are used
in Norway for sprats and herrings alike
N T. Mail.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
Not Christian Charity.

Virtue is its own reward, and some
times is its only reward. The Boston
Herald tells of a young man who was
sent to the House of Correction by the
courts of Suffolk County in 1879 for
three years. He got out and hunted for
employment. He found a situation
where he hoped to work until he found
occupation at his trade, but one day a
detective saw him and told the employ
er what the young mans history was.
No fault had been found with him.
Probably none would have been. He
was at once discharged and is now idle
from necessity. His wife works for q
pittance. This is business" perhaps
1t certainly is not Christian charity, 1t
certainly is direct encouragement to 90
and sin some more. 1t is hard to preach
courage" in such a case, but the young
man must keep on trying.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18

ratus polished up and in good working
order He will be filed with jealousies
and envies and all discouragements, if
he does not laugh betimes. This is no
joke; it is a solemn fact.
We need not indulge in I'M
timely or uproarious laughter. But
there is a time to laugh and when the
time comes, it is our Christian duty, for
the sake of our bodies, minds and souls,
To laugh to the best of our ability-tO
laugh thoroughly, heartily, and clear
down to our boots. If we don't feel
like it, we ought somehow to work
ourselves up to it.
Being happy is talent that can be
cultivated. The gift of combining the
flow of ideas to a pleasant channel, of
wearing rOseate spectacles as others
would wear an electric belt, of enjoying
life by a sheer effort of viii force,
may be developed until it lifts us out of
many miseries to which both body and
mind fall heir
1t is not best to tickle others much,
in order to make them laugh, especial
ly children, who offer such provoking
temptation that we may enjoy and
catch the contagiOn of their merry
chuckling. But it would wake up and
revolutiOnize many a drowsy and for
lOrn old misanthrOpe, if applied regu-
larly and for a sufficient length of time,
three times a day for month.
We wonder that the wise physicians
have not set up an establishment for
the Laughing cure" the same as for
the water cure" They might at least
make it an adjunct to their Turkish
baths. The wit who made his exhaust
ed wife laugh. when she seemed sink
- 4
all her vital forces into movement to-
ward recovery. Wit and wisdom often
run together, as in this case. 1t will
dispel many a vapor, and lift many a
burden, and brighten and lengthen
many life, to give laughter its legiti-
mate play.-ReU. Il. Il. E. Taylor, IN
ChicnaO Il2kcri0r
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
AFAMILY BLESSING.

Under date of May 10 1883 have received the fol-
lowing Information from Mr. Lorenzo Lombard, Of IS
Charles street, Portland, Me. Mr.. Lombard says
s.For several wears past have been troubled with
severe backache and pains I'm the side, and when
would lie down could not rest WELL as it seemed i'm
possible for me to get into easy position; and my
aches and pains increased constantly 20 such an extent
became convinced that had disease of the kid
neys fastened TO me- and after having useo Doctors
prescriptions and many of the sOcaled cures without
getting any benefit, / persuaded by near neigh
bor Mr. Jones, to try Hunts Remedy as himself and
wife had been greatly benefited by its uses and many
others of our acquaintance spoke of It's merits In the
highest terms. 1 decided 20 try it. and purchased a
bottle at Nichols drug store, and as soon as had taken
few doses of it the pains in my back were relieved
and after taking three bottles my sideache and lame
back are cured and can truly testify that Hunt
Remedy is an article of great merit and viii do all that
is claimed for IT, and know of many other people In
Portland who have found cure in Hunts Remedy
after others failed to do any good and 1 recon-
mend all who have kidney liver disease hoping
that this may be the means Of relieving sufferer
who does not know of the merits of Hunts Remedy
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18

ssAnd so it was until last winter. I went
down into Florida in the fall to see what
kind of fish they had in that State and
study their habits, and was attacked with
malaria in its severest form, and when I
came home realized for the first time in
my life that I sick. Ny symptoms
were terrible. had dull aching pains in
my head, limbs and around my back. Ny
appetite was wholly gone, and l felta lack
OF energy such as / had often heard de-
scribed but had never experienced. Any
one who has ever had a severe attack of
malaria can appreciate my condition. /
went to bed and remained there all the
spring, and if there ever was sick man I
was the one.0
SIT seems hardly possible How did You
come to recover so Completely
tfMy brother, who had been afflicted by a
severe kidney trouble and threatened with
Bright's disease, was completely cured by
a remedy in which / had great confidence.
l therefore tried the same remedy for my
malaria and am happy to say I am a well
man to-day and through the instrument
uality of Warmers Safe Cure, which / be-
lieve to be one of the most valuable of med
icines. Indeed, see it is endorsed by the
United States Medical College of New
York, and that Dr.. Gum, dean of that in
stitution, has written a long article con-
corning its value"
AND are you now as well as former
ly"
hand all the while though, and do not hest
tate to recommend it to Others"
One question more: How many ponds
of fish have you here and how are they di-
videdH'
''Well, we have 43 ponds, which are di-
vided up as follows: Twenty-Five ponds
of brook trout, ponds of salmon trout, 4
of McCloud river or rainbow trout, ,
ponds of German trout, 3 of California
mountain trout, ponds of hybrids, of
one-quarter salmon and three-quarters
brook trout, 2 ponds of gold fish, and l
pond of Carp. Then we have what we call
the Centennial pond or happy family,
consisting of crosses of different fish, in
Guiding Kennebec salmon, Land Locked
salmon, California salmon, brook trout,
/ salmon trout and hybrids. These fish
range in size from minnOws to 18-pouud-
/ erS, and in age from One-and-One-hall
! months to eleven years. I forgot to say
! also, that we have a hospital pond, which
+ is entirely empty, which speaks pretty
/ well for a community of many millions
Indeed the whole secret of the fish culture
/ can be summed up in four things. I'm
! pregnation-using no water. Plenty Of
/ food. Plenty of pure water and cleanll
ness"
The numerous fish exhibitions which are
taking place in all parts of Europe and the
unusual interest which is being manifest
| ed in this subject throughout the world
4 all owe their origin to the process aboye
described as originated and conducted by
/ Seth Green. 1t is certainly cause for con
graduation to every American that this
country produces so many men whost
/ genius brings value to the world, and it i
| proof positive of the greatest merit that
| Warmers Safe Cure is known to hav,
should be so strongly endorsed and recon
mended by one so reputable and relabl,
| as Seth Green.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
i NAMELESS HERO.

This is the song of a nameless man,
Listen awhile till the deed is told
OF ono who Vcnturcd his life to save
Another's, but not for fame or gold.
Winter had been both haro and long;
Spring set In, and the brOoklets ran,
Swapping the meadows and breaking the
Into mighty books. Then the floods be-
gan.
Red and roaring, the rushing stream
on its heaving bosom the ice blocks bore;
Stemmcd at length by a bridge Of might,
1t foamed and crashed with a sullen roar.
Crashed and dashed on the piers of stone;
They yield at last to the fearful strain;
The center arch, and the keepers house
And helpless inmates alone remain.
Fiercer and hercer roars the flood,
Wilder the wind in the stormy sky.
The keeper springs 10 the rocking roof:
Mercy, have mercy, great God on high!
F" Help for my helpless wife and childl"
They heard him loud Ger the torrents
Help, alas! there is none to bring;
No boat could live if it left the shore.
Whose steed comes ganoping hot with haste,
And stops by the river raging wildE
Count Alien, who offers red gold to him
Who'll save the keeper with wife and child.
Ears, thousand, the offer heard,
Hearts. a thousand, with grief are sore;
They look at the ice, the flood, and the sky,
But never boatman leaves the shore
" Boatmen, then, are ye towards all?
And must they perish within our sghtY"
" Try it yOurselfi Lord Count, they cried.
'Aias" said he, for my strength is
slight"
Out from the crowd n WAGNER steps.
a boat is launched with the speed of
Twill save but ono with his mighty weight,
But his arm is strong, and he cares for
naught.
Thrice he guides her with giant strength,
Thrice hath he brought her safe to shore;
Scarce had the last foot touched its planks
When with awful crash the arch fell DER.
Who was this valiant man of men?
A simple labOrer. brave and bold;
" Grand was the deed, ] hear You say,
/" But still he did it for goods and gold"
Listen. then: Gallant the deed you've
done,
And wen, said tho Count, "have you
earned the prize"
Frankly and modestlY answered then
" My life, Lord Count, is not for gold,
Your money all 10 the keeper give;
Lost in the flood is his little all,
Yet he and his wife aid child must live
With careless smile he turned and went
This man with the frank ana the fearless
eye:
We sing of his fame, but what was his name
Is known alone to the Lord on high.
r. H. TrdqtGir, ~ HdrDeT'S } Dung People,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
woArAE,s AFFArR.

A1Es n. Fl. SMALL, the wife Of the popular Deputy
Sheriff and Assessor of Topsham. Ne, writes on
MAY Is 1888. ''That she had been severely afflicted
during several years with kidney and liver disease,
accompanied with severe pains and backaehe.
Having tried many called cures and medicines, and
doctors prescriptions without receiving any benefit,
and while seeking for cure, she noticed the adveF-
tiseent OF Hunts Remedy and decided to try 1t. Hay
ing bought bottle at Mr.. JOhnsons drug store, COM
meneed using It with such hatterng results that she
continued its use and using only five bottles the
irnproveneut in her health IS marked that she
wishes all who are afflicted in like manner to know Of
this most valuable and reliable medicine; and she most
cheerfuf1y recommends Hunts Remedy to all. and
especially 60 females who troubled with the COM
plants peculiar to the sex"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18

1t was said of certain Governor of
New York State that such was his pas
sion for pardoning that when a barber
who had the misfortune to cut him eX-
claimed, BEG pardon, Governor he
promptly replied: Certainly; just put
your hand into my inside pocket and
take one. l always carry a few par
dons about with me already signed. -
Chicago Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
Matthew Woodwork. Of A

Matthew Woodwork, of Amster-
dam, n Y, while sleeping off a drunk
pitched into lime bed, where he lay
unconscious some time. He was com
pletely soaked and was burned as black
as a negro, the burns being so bad that
bleeding ensued. He had rubbed the
lime into his eyes, and the sight of one
is probably destroyed. His scalp will
come off, but he will live.-TrOy On.
u Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18
vital ouestionsll

Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school, what is the best thing in
the world for quieting and allaying all irri-
tation of the nerves and curing all forms OF
nervous complaints, giving natural, child
like refreshing sleep always?
And they win tell you unhesltatngly
'Some form Of Hops!'
CHAPTER I.
Ask any or all of the most eminent ply
sicians:
% What is the best and only remedy that
can be relied on to cure all diseases Of the kid
neys and urinary organs; such as Brights
disease, diabetes, retention or Inability TO
retain urine, and all the diseases and all
ments peculiar to Women
g And they viii tell You explicitly and
emphatically Buchu."
. Ask the same physicians
&C What is the most reliable and surese
cure for all liver disease OF dyspepsia, con-
stipation, indigestion, bilousness, malarial
fever, ague, &c, and they will tell you:
" Mandrake or Dandelionp
Hence, when these remedies are combined
with others equally valuable
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such
a wonderful and mysterious curative power
is developed which is so varied in Its opera
tions that 10 disease or i'll health can posi-
blv exist or resist its power, and yet it Is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weak,
est invalid or smallest child to use.
CHAPTER II.
patients
almost dead or nearly dying
For years, and given up by physicians OF
Bright's and other kidney diseases, liver
complaints, severe coughs called consump-
ton, have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazyl
From agony Of neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefulness and various diseases peculiar to
women.
People drawn out of shape from eXcru-
ciating pangs of rheumatism,
Infammatory and chronic, or suffering
from scrofulal
Erysipelasl
Salt rheum, blood poisoning dyspepsia Indigestion
/ and in fact almost all diseases frai
Nature is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Bitters, proof Of which can
be found in every ncighborhood IN the known world.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18

Young and middIe-aged men, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred affec-
tons, as loss of memory and hypOchondria,
should inclose three stamps for Part VII OF
Worlds Dispensary Dime Series Of pam
phlets. Address WORLDS DIsPENSARY
MEDICAL Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18

On receipt Of SIX CENTS for postage, COM
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The most magnificent jewelry catalogue
ever issued.
Fourth and Locust SITS, st. Louis, Mo.
You will be surprised to see how low the
prices are.
When In 50. Louis call and see US
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18

On the appearance of the first symptoms
as general debility, loss of appetite, pal
Tor, chilly sensations, followed by night
sweats and cough, prompt measures of re-
lief should be taken. Consumption is
scrofulous disease of the lungs; therefore
use the great anti-scrofulous or blood puri-
fer and strength-restorer, DR.. Pierce's
" Golden Medical Discovery" Superior
to Cod liver oil as a nutritiye, and unsur-
passed as a pectoral. For weak lungs,
splitting of blood, and kindred affections it
has no equal. Sold by druggists. For DR..
Pierce's treatise on consumption send two
stamps. WORLDS DISPENSARY MEDICAL
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-18

Point tie FiE-BRowsI IRON BITrERs Intoxicating
pound 1t tonic medicine drink. sIiTly compounded
preparation made strength and hea beverage
bar-roOms and -
Point the Secona-BRoWNs IRON from everything
Injurious The delicate ladies and the NAV
use with perfect safety and with While
IN its remedial agency geneni operation restoring strength
and lmparting robust health in the manner.
Point kke Zhyd-BRowNs bv Brown
Chemical Company Baltimore house whose pa-
ton IS weknown the business world the
There N risk in buying such medicine.