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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-04-12

Two alleged murdcrers were lynched
at Hastings, Nebr., the other day, and "a
negro who confessed a heinous crime in
open court in Union County, Ark, was
hanged on his way to Jail by a mob.
CHARLES RICH, aged fifty-six years,
was killed by the fall of the elevator in the
County Hospital at Lancaster, Pa, the
other day. The rope was cut by an un-
known person.
THERE was q severe shock of earth
quake at Riposta, italy, the other day.
FREDERICK DE FROvHLE, a former
member of the Signal Corps, shot and killed
bis wife and then himself in Washington
the other night. The deed grew out Of the
wife's refusal TO live with him.
A MAN named William Ludwig, from
Chicago, was killed in st. Louis, Mo-, the
other evening, it was alleged by Tom Nc
Donough, alias Windy Tom, a notorious
river rough.
ONE THOUSAND buildings were de-
stroyed by fire at Iquique, Peru, on the 10Th
of March.
AT Clarksburg. WA, Barney Doyle
and his two little girls were found muir
dered i'm Doyle's grocery a few nights ago.
They had been chopped to pieces with a
hatchet by country fiddler named James
Harper.
TWENTY business houses in Kent
land, Ind, were destroyed by fire on the
night Of the 5th, causing total loss, it
was thought, Of 100000.
a TERRIFIC gas explosion occurred at
Baltimore, Nd, the other day, which did
more or less damage 10 a number of houses
in the vicinity and tore up the bed of both
Bond and Chew streets for some distance.
Two children were killed and a number of
other persons were injured, several Of them
seriously. Ten houses were so badly dam
aged it was thought they would have to be
torn down.
EARLY the other morning a disastrous
fire occurred at Greeley, Colo, which de-
stroyed several business houses, the Union
Bank building and the Masonic and Odd.
Fellows Halls. Estimated loss, Sl50,OOO.
SIMON PHLLIPART. the famous spec
ulator, was arrested at Paris, France, a few
days ago upon representations made 10y
the Belgian Public Prosecutor. The charge
against him was that he had falsified his
account at his bank.
TIE Paris (France) Socialists who in
cited the riots of March 1S have been
sentenced TO three years imprisonment.
IN an election row at Roundtree, H.,
the other night Mason Pointer stabbed
George Young so seriously that it was
thought he was dying. Both were cOlOred
Mrs. JACOB SCHEDERER was burned
to death at Maryville, o., a few days age
by her clothing catching fire while she was
working about the cook-stove.
NEAR Valatie, N. y, Jennie p. At
ken, Edna Murphy and Lulu Phitt, chill
drcn, were drowned recently while playing
on the ice
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The MonnmentaI Lazy Man.

Louisa Normoul, colored woman,
accused her husband Matthew, in the
Jefferson market police court the other
morning, with beating ber.
"Jedge," said the accused, dis
woman beats me, she does; my legs is
all sore noW."
81 tole yo onah how dey got sore, y
bekause wouldn't move de stove away
nor lif him legs of he lef dem dere till
dey got all burnt. Dis man is ies too
lazy ter draw him breff All him wants
am n pedistel ter be . stator." MIR
Normoul was held in $500 bail 10 answer
charge Of assault, N. y. Mail
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AT a meeting Of the New York
Nineteenth Century Club, at which
Mr.. James Parton read a paper on
ssThe Coming Mans Religion" he took
the ground that the religion of the future
was like the America of the future-a sub
lime experiment. Marshall Mallory, of the
Churcll1nsll, boldly deDousSsed Parton's no
tions. There was much excitement among
the guests in consequence Of the strong ex-
pressions OF opinions during the evening
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The Anti-MOnopoIists.
IEDIANAPoL1s, Al

INDIANAFDLIb1 april o.
At a conference Of the Anti Monopolists
yesterday morning at the Grand Hotel, il
was decided to issue a call for a mass con
vention in this city anne g. Dr. o. n.
Tucker, of Hamilton County, presided.
About forty gentlemen were present. The
object Is to start the Anti Monopoly move
ment in this State. Speeches were made
by Colonel Spann, Judge Denny, DR..
Tucker, 81. n. Daniels end others.
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A Monument to be Erected TO John
Howard Payne.

NEW YORK, April g.
Work is to be begun at once at the studio
of NIoffitt & Doyle, No. 6 Great Jones street,
on a monument to mark the resting place Of
John Howard Payne, the author of Home,
Sweet Home, in Washington. A plaster
cast of a bust of Payne came from New
Orleans on the Lone Star, of the Morgan
Line, which is lying at her pier at the foot
of North Moore street, and will be taken
from the steamship tomorrow. 1t was
made by Mr.. Alexander Doyle, in New
Orleans, where he has been engaged for
some time modelling statutes of General r.
i. Lee. General Albert Sidney JOhntsOn,
and of Margaret, the New Orleans philanthrO-
pist. The monument viii be handsome
shaftOf Carrara marble, resting Ona base Of
gray graniet, and suTmounted by a bust
once and a half the size of the average.
The height of the monument from the
ground, including the bust, viii be twelve
feet, and the base upon which it will rest
will be six feet square. The plInth and
capital win be carved, but there will be no
display. The style of the monument will
be old Roman, and a specimen of pure
classical art. The bust was modelled to
conform to the ideas Of w. w. Corcoran,
the phiIanthTOpist and capitalist of Wash
ingtOn, who brought Payne's remains from
Tunis, and who viii bear the expense of
the monument. 1t was intended to have the
IE0luHlCitb EtN@AEtA anu iEttNg 10 bC AlitfCt4Ca
June 9, on the ninety-first anniversary of
Payne's birth, but Mr.. John NJ. Moffitt, who
is associated with Mr.. Doyle, said to-day
the time was too short, and that he did not
believe the bust could be finished in time.
The statement of the United States Treas
urer shows the gold, silver and United
States notes in the Treasury on March 81 as
follows:
old coin and bullion 1s4 324 $50
Silver dollars and bullion .......... I05. .l70e9i
Fractional silver coin. in................ 21,Sf ~
United States notes. cs.................. 44,5j6,s52
AOAai Tss'-A'slaS'p 40
Certificates outstanding
Gold. Sf2,lT9.9l0
SiiNer- aU.tJ5,5sg
CurreuCy sstF@lVJo
THE potters have discovered that the re-
duction Of duty on crockery and earthen-
ware contemplated by the new Tariff law
may be eluded by liberal construction OF
the provision for the appraisemeut Of in
voices contained in the ninth section Of the
act.
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Special rates given on application.
RE-Au business letters must be addressed to
GEORGE w. ARMIsTEAD.
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

one square OF eight lines, 81 80 for the nrse
Insertion, and IS cents for each subsequent
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A "TrOuble. Mans" Life.

The life of a telegraph %company's line
man is Il laboriouS and dangerous one,
and at times entails great hardship and
exposure. In Philadelphia the Western
Union company has five men whose
Who'll" duty is to repair damages to the
line in or within Il few miles Of the city.
One of these is George Riley, who went
to sea for eleven yearso of his life and who
has been in the employ Of the company
for the past fifteen years. In speaking
OF accidents in telegraph work he said
''Thcre is some danger, of course. in
lincwork. but as a rule it can be avoided
if one is cool-hcadcd and careful. The
trouble with most mel is that when
they get accustomed to climbing they
become careless and reckless and some
times oct bad falls. The only man OF
our line that has been killed in my time
WAS thrown to the ground by the break
in" of Il cross-bar. There arc very
narrow escapes. though. have climbed
81 pole that | thought vas sound and
found when near the top that it was soft
and rotten. Once ! fell about twelve
feet. and only saved myself from falling
to the ground by grabbing some wires.
In Philadelphia the company has about
fifty poles that are from seventy to 10C
feet high. Formerly we used to climl
these like the rest, but of late years the
monsters are fitted with iron steps, and
going up them is nearly as easy as going
,,,ti T1,, .in,u u.nyn n1nI1tnI I'M.
cause the poles are valuable and the
climbing made holes in them and caused
them to be exposed to the weather.
One of these poles is eighty feet high.
Formerly we had either to climb this pole
or to get to it from the roof. The jump
from the mansard roof to the fourth
crosS-bar was fully five feet and the cross
bar, seventy feet above the ground, was
only three and Il half inches broad. You
can imagine that this was Il small foot
hold for such Il jump. and yet we never
missed it.. The jump back to the roof
WAS somewhat more dangerous. there be-
ing Il space Of only sixteen inches to land
on and Il wall 70 bump against. / took
the jump several times, but liked it less
and less at every jump.
"Thc best and boldcst climber I know
is Dick Penn, Of Baltimore. He has
climbed old poles that broke under him.
but, like Il cat, he always falls on his
feet. Irdocsn't uscany monkcy-wrcnch.
as others do, in getting out the two-and
scvrn-righthS-inch bolts that fastcn the
cross-bars to the pole, but pulls them out
or kicks them out. \ climbers outfit is
generally Il pair of climbing-irons. u pair
Of nippcrs to break wire with and "A sec
ton Of wirc-Say ten pounds. | have
seen Penn climb Il forty-fivc-foot pole
with 100 pounds of wire thrown ovc his
shoulder. James Grace, also Il linrman,
was the only other man who could climb
with this weight.
''Thcy call us at the Office 'troublc-
men, for whenever there is anything
wong on the line we are sent to fix it,
HjHnIfIuIiu Times.
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Hen Lore.

The natur of women an hens has
somehow or 'nuthcr got mixed up; but
| don't see how the hen is to blame.
But there is this difference between
women an a hen; all hens is fools. but
all women amt. But YOU can drive Il
hen about as well as Il woman
4 rooster knows morc'n Il hen, but he
don't alters show it. The rooster is Il
negative cuss. lie struts around with
an I-know-all-a about 1T -but-I-ain't-goin'-
tO-tcll sort of an air, an so sometimes We
are left in doubt rs to his intelligence.
But, as a fair-mindcd critic, we are bound
| to give him the credit of that doubt.
But whether or not the rooster has more
sense than a hen, he "ain't-all the time
getting into foolish scrapcs like a hen.
a hen will run back and forth along,
| side of a fence forty or fifty times, trying
to get ovcr into the next yard, and 60
every time within two foot of an open
gate, but never any nearer to 1t at any
time, and will finally cit mad an fly
over, Il shrickin' an cut-cuttaring. an
maxim as much fuss generally as Il
woman does when she finds the fortygail
of Il strange woman in her husbands coat
pocket. An when she gets on the other
side of the fence she don't know what
she came for.
A dog is Il Solomon in all his glory
aside of IL b~rainlcss hen. He don't pick
up Il bone an shake it like it was Il rat.
tryin' to get the meat off. But the fool
of Il hen will pick at Il loose cabbage leaf
an hour, an only get few mouthtuls,
instid of s%tannin' on it an goin' for it in a
busincss-likc style. But the hen iSa nat
eral fool, an can never learn anything.
The quickest way to brake up IL >cttin'
hen is to let 'cm set on something that
will hatch. l have tried everything,
from chiny eggs to shinglc nails, but
nothin of that kind will hatch as quick
as good eggs; an as the hen generally
sticks till suthin' is Matched, valuable
time is saved by using eggs.
"IIcll hath ne furics like women
skorncd," except a settin' hen that is
meddlcd with just after she has got
fairly squat on a "~stolc' nestful of eggs.
Hens is all fools, but the hen what
tries to crow like IA rooster is Il little more
50. Oh. how like hens arc some women
we don't know!
Long live the hcn-till Th~ankS%ivin'!
-B0ston Transcript.
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4 Sh0wman's Story.

An old Snowman" tells the follow
ing exciting story Of his experience when
connected with a ~wcll-known mcnagcric
| during an engagement at Smithland, Ky.
"Aftcr the exhibition was over he says,
81 passed into the menagcric to talk to
the Waterman. From some cause he was
| absent from his post, and | walked
across the amphithcatrc toward my old
friend the Gle plant, to give him an apple,
for we were the best of friends. He was
one of the largest elephants | ever saw,
| and was as good-naturcd as he was
large.
-. was about half across the ring
when | heard a growl, and looking round
saw to my horror one of the lions out of
his cage and approaching me ina crouch
ing manner ready for Il spring,
~ thought of a thousand things in a
moment. and among them / must have
regretted pcrpctrating so many old,
worn-out jokes at the performance that
night. had sufficient presence of mind
to realize my dangerous situation and
know that it required the utmost caution
to cxtricate myself from it.
"Onc hasty motion on my part and |
would be in the jaws of the monster.
felt that my only hope was in the Gle
| plant. if | could reach Kim. hut he was
chained by the foot and could not reach
me.
"Ncarcr and nearer came the lion,
waving his tail in Il manner that meant
business. If I turned my back he would
spring; if I took my eyes from him was
| lost.
at was a terrible moment. glidcd
backward as swiftly as ! dared. | had
another fear. feared stumbling back
ward, and knew if | did fall would
never rise. but that where fell | would
make Il meal for that lion.
".AsI ncarcd the elephant | saw that the
lion understood my movements, and,
fearing he would be banked of his prey,
he prepared to bring the matter to a
crisis. | then saw that | had but one
hope-to rush with all my speed to the
elephant.
II think I must have jumped twenty
feet when | turned, and ] know the lion
jumped thirty, but he just missed me.
"lIow l completed the race do not
know. ] only know that the elephants
trunk was around my waist, and he was
lifting me up on his head. | only, know
was saved. WouxehoM Ho,rix.
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4 Wonderful Mountain Railroad.

A marvel in the way of Il mountain
railway has just been completed in
Switzerland. 1t starts about Il quarter
of ii mile on the Ncvay side of the castle
Of Chillon, and runs to Il point called
Glion. 1t is 700 meters C2,275 fcct) in
length, and has Il gradient Of tifty-scvcn
per cent, which makes it the stccpcSt
railway in the world. 1t goes apparently
straight up the side of the mountain.
The descent inspires terror as the cars
seem to rush unanimously down the
mountain side, while the ascent seems to
be tedious and slow, yet this is all
apparent, as the pace in both cases is the
same. The locomotion is brought about
entirely by water power, and It's II
strlctor is Mr.. R~iggenbach, the inventor
of tic Right railway system, which has
always been a curiosity since it was built.
This mountain railway is almost as long
as that of Mount Pisgah in Pennsylvania,
which is 2 1922 feet in length, with d
gradient of thirty-three per cent
Domorest,s MCnthM, ~
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The Eatler'S Spnrcil.

No Saddcr story was ever told in the
abduction of little Charley Ross and tho
wandcrings of the unhappy fathcr. who
has been dragging his sorrows about from
place to place for nine weary years in /;
vain search for his lost child. Every new
clcw, while it brings with it hope, tear,
open the wounds Of the parents heart,
and they bleed afresh. Every new dis
appointment recalls the anguish of the
first wrctclcd hours of bereavement.
If the child could be found and re-
stored to his parent all the world would
rejoice. Every heart would breathe Il
silent prayer of thankfulncSs and JOY.
But even then there would be a touch OF
sadness mingled with the bliss of re-
union. Poor Charley when stolen from
his parents was Il little four-ycar-old
prattlcr, with bright eyes and golden
hair and merry laugh. The father will
never again take the lo>t child to his
heart as he was in those days.
TO wholly heal the wounds he
has rrcci, ed ii would be necessary to sci
back the hand Of time to enable him to
fondlc with the golden locks-to hcal
the childish voice lisp its .iuy--to kiss
the fresh young lips as they used to b'
kissed in the happy days before the terri
bic sorrow fell upon the family circle.
This can never be. Little Charley is
rome forever. The child, if found, will
il, q l,I IF thirtrrn mr. fourteen wears.
tried by adversely, probably without Il
memory Of his past llistory-of those
who have suffered such anguish for his
loss. No; there can be no thorough
healing of the parents sorrow in this sad
case. But every heart will send up a
sincere wish that he may discover his
son and that his weary search may at last
be succeeded by such happiness as he
can yet enjoy.-Nev YurS World.
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A King as q Brute,

have heard Mr.. Leitch relate many
curious incidents which fell under his
notice when at Rome at this time. Oh
the following I have his own account in
writing:
Among my pupils was Lady Ogle,
wife of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle.
Frequently, when 1 was giving a lesson,
she would be visited by ladies of hel
acquaintance, including many of the
Italian nobility. On one of these oc.
casions the servant announced La Prin.
cipcssa Colonna.' She sat down
opposite where I was painting, and she
and Lady Ogle had q good deal of con.
versation. Although l knew Italian ]
paid little attention to what they were
saying, till the princess, getting excited,
used the words 'infamc' and 'bestia,
and I observed Lady Ogle look surprised,
and ask her friend to tell her all about it:
Il was present. said the princess, and
saw it ALL and then she proceeded to
relate the following, which l translate
as nearly as I can in her own words:
"tYou must know that when the
king ferdinand H., "Bomba y mar
ried the Sandman princess at Turin, he
stayed for q day or two in Rome on his
return to Naples, and his holiness
Gregory XVII was graciously pleased
to pay his majesty a visit of congratula-
ton. On the occasion q very select
party was got together at the Neapolitan
ambassadors, consisting Of cardinals,
monsignori, and some of the old noble
families. The pop was very gracious
to the new queen. He had heard OF her
musical accomplishments, and especially
of her great interest in church music,
and as she said she was devoted to Mar
cello, his holiness asked if she would
have the kindness (gentilezza) to sing
his favoritc, No. % of the psalms.
The queen replied that to do so would
be IL great honor. In the meantime the
king, her husband, was sitting by, sulky,
silent and gloomy, with his elbow resting
on the piano. The queen turned to him
and said playfully that he must turn the
leaves for her. For answer his majesty
of the Two Sicilies rose and kicked the
stool from below the queen, who fell
heavily on the marble floor. | need not
tell you, dear Lady Ogle, of the scene
which followed. The king Immediately
left without speaking. The poor queen
was carried to a bedroom, and / took my
departure, when two great doctors, who
had been hastily sent for, arrived. l
heard that the pope vas terribly
shocked. '"-G0od Uoris.
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W,utnd n ChcaD Funeral.

George +. Bar>tow. of San Francisco,
who left an estate valued ut $50, 600. gave
these i%njunctions in his will: Having
observed that oStcntation and expensive
funerals are injuriousto the people. often
absorbing money which poverty! cannot
well spare to vanity and pride, therefore,
by. way of example, for which beg par
don of the undcrtakrrs, let my coffin be
Il plain redwood box. put together with
common nails or Sclrw$. without paint
or varnish, with plain iron handles, and
all else about the funeral TO correspond
with this plainncss. Let there be Il cheap
shroud and no flowers. What is Il dead
man but il handful of dust! Instead of
IL hcarsr | may just rs we'll be carried to
the grave upon some ordinary vehicle III
everyday use, since life is but IL journey
and the day Of death the final rest.
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WISE WORDS.

Strict honesty is the crown of ones
early days.
If O deal with a vulgar mind, life is
reduced to bcggary.
Charity is one of the noblcst virtues
that links earth with perfection.
TO be able to enjoy art truly and fully
is an indication that there is some good
within us.
lie is good that docs good to others.
If he suffers for the good he does, he Is
better still.
Thou wilt be great only in proportion
as thou art gentle and courageous to
subduc passions.
Love in marriage should be the ac-
complishmcnt of a beautiful dream, and
not, as it too often proves, the end.
C%ontcntmcnt is Il pearl of great price,
and whoever secures il II the expense OF
ten thousand desires makes a wise and
happy purchase.
Nothing is so great an instance of i'll.
manners as tlattcry. If you ilattcr all
the company you please none. If YOU
fattcr only II or two, you aifront the
rest.
What vcracity is to speech, fidelity i:
to action AS we may safely depend
upon the word Of il truthful man, so We
may safely depend upon the doings of
faithful man.
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SELECT STRINGS.

A stalk of cotton exhibited in Natchcz
recently was seven feet high and bore
$50 bolls.
Walter E. Warren, of Caswcll county,
n. G., is not yet nineteen years old and
weighs $50 pounds.
A Georgia negro scvcnty-threc years OF
age picked on his farm Il day recently
10S pounds of cotton. .
4 man in DOoly county, Ga, seventy
| six ycitrs old, is living in the house where
he was ,orn, and has never spent but one
night from under its roof in his life.
Texas boasts of Il young woman who
has planted and attended m acre OF cot
ton, which made nearly IL bale, the pro-
cccls of which she will devote to dress.
James Tygrlof, a Russian peasant near
Odessa, reached his 147th year. lis o
is still alive at the age of 10; he has a
grandson of cighty-tivc and Il great
grandson of forty years.
California has produced an ear of corn
that can take rank among the curl0Sl-
ties. 1t is grown in the exact form OF a
rhild's hand, all parts being complete
except the little finger, which is double.
The God Of the l'rdstcad, the chief
idol of the Chinese women. consists OF Il
rice bowl, with two pieces of red ribbon
on the bottom Of it, two cakes of yeast
and twelve leaves cullcd from us many
different trees.
1t is generally supposed that spccta-
Giles were invented by Alexander de
Spina, Il Florcntinc monk, about 1888,
but an inscription on the tomb of Sal
vino dcgli Armati, who died 1917, claims
the honor for him.
Two remarkable and curious walking
sticks arc i'll the possession of Robert
Tale, of Norwich, Chcnangocounty. n. y
The walking sticks contain Loo scpa'
rate pieces, ingcniously wrought. The
canr contains 1000 pieces, many of then
relics from historical spots.
The first observatory is said to have
been erected on the top of the temple OF
Bclus at Babylon. Another on the tol
of Osymandyas of Egypt contained {
golden circle 200 feet in diameter. 1t Il
supposed that the Bcnarcs observatory wa:
as old as these, and the first known to an
thcntic history was erected at Alexandra;
about 300 Is. c.. by Ptolcmy Softer.