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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
CONDENSED TELEGRAms.

II the United States Senate on the
10 h, an effort was made to dispose Of the
Post Office Appropriation bill, but debate
on the twO-cents postage clause carried it
over and the Tariff bill occupied the re-
mtiuing time. In the House, a reso' 'utiOn
for inquiry into Hampton Soldiers Home
management was adopted. The pOst-route
bl and two private bills were passed.
THERE were 277 business failures IN
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 10Th, against 262 for the pre-
vious seven days.
ANOTHER man was indicted by the
Grand Jury at Washington, D. c., on the
10Th, for trying to influence a Star-route
juror.
IT was stated as a remarkable fact
fcw days ago that the roll Of the House Of
Representa- ives at Washington had not been
complete during the present session till the
other day, after the new member from In
diana was sworn in. The next day the roll
was again made incomplete by the death Of
Mr.. shackelford, of North Carolina.
IN the Grand Opera-house in Milwau-
kee, Wis, the other night, the calcium
light apparatus exploded, causing the great
est CONSERVATION in the audience and re-
serious injury to two others.
THE British steamer Jennie Otto, at
Liverpool. Eng, the other day, from Gal
weston, Tex, had her boats smashed and
the chief officer killed ON the passage.
THE Oxford Iron Works at Belvidere,
\. j., which had been idle for some time
past, were the other day reopened by a new
company. The works, it was said, employed
several hundred hands.
DAlyIEL COATES was instantly killed
and John Shea fatally injured by an explo-
sion of giant powder at Grizzle Gulch, w.
t., a few DAYS ago.
A FIRE at Cisco, Tex, the other morn
ing destroyed two-thirds OF the business
portion Of the town.
THE Supreme Court of Iowa few
davs ago announced decision against the
validity of the prohibitory amendment to
the Constitution Of that State.
THR following murderers we're exc
cuted on the 10Th: Arthur Preston, col
ored, aged twenty y-one, at Belair, Nd,
! for the murder Of Mary Dorsey in April
last; at Washington, d. c., Charles Shaw,
also colored, for the murder OF his sister in
January, 1851.
OVER S3O,OO0 had been subscribed at
| Providence, r. /, recently for IN equestrian
/ statue Of General Burnside.
WILLIAM MESSING, blacksmith at q
carriage and buggy factory in Cincinnati,
/ o.. while lacing a belt the other morning
| was caught around the neck by the belt and
| crushed to death.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
City and Country Life.

To country lads and lassies come
many comforts and many pleasures de-
MED TO dwellers in towns. Not least Of
these is leisure for social intercourse, for
mental improvement by reading aud
study. and for frOlic In the country
the idea is quite generally held that city
folk have time and money to give for
the enjoyment Of lectures, concerts, and
other entertainments; but more than
half the farmers boys and girls have
more leisure, more money, and more
liberty for enjo mcnt than have the ma
jority Of the workers in towns.
Amusements and lectures cost orc
none than the majority of city folk can
afford to paw, even il they could spare
time to attend. The hearty, healthlul
and happy ways in which young coplc
in the country spend the leisure 4 their
winter daYs and evenings are, and must
remain, practically unknown in tho
city. Scant time for pleasures have
they who must rise at five i'm the morn
ing, as thousands nfpst. to swallow
hasty breakfast and ride pc haps an
hour in a crowded, cold and dirty street.
car, TO begin the days work at seven
o clock, and continue, with one brief re-
spite, until six o clock and night hayo
come together. Before home is reached
and supper eaten eight O'clOc. i5 at
hand, and neither time nor inclination
remains for increasing the fatigue
brought by the day. toll. and study Is
likely TO be OF the lightest and bricfcst
kind. They must prepare for another
long and weary round Of labor, and
that can not be we'll done by spending
a long evening in study or in amuse-
ments
Hard as the farmers work may be. 10
is at no time more labOriOus than that OF
many "A mechanic, nor is il ever 50 lHl-
ceasingly monotonous. Seldom, If ever,
does il demand that unrcmitting mental
application which brightens the mind Of
the businessman as the whctsionc
brightcns the blade-by wearing 10
away. Each changing season on Che
farm brings its own work 10 give That
rest which comes to mind and muscle
alike from the change Of occupation.
Only the brighter side is seen by either
when looking enviOusly upon the life OF
the other. The wearcd clerk on the
mechanic, pinched by poverty and
driven bv the relentless demands Of tho
landlord. the grocer, the coal-dealer'
and, perhaps, the doctor, signs Tor inc
safety, the independence, and the
freedom Of farm-life where the IN
come does not instantly cease at the
wbim of an unreasonable task-master or
at the appearance Of sickness. They for
get the exposure 20 bitter storms IN
winter and to broiling heat in summer,
the mud. the dirt, the general discom-
/ fort which accompanies much Of the
work Of the farm. or remember II only
/ to think that 10 brave the storm
/ strengthens and develops manly
4 character. while the farmers boys and
girls forget the tedious AID often pain
/ ful hours Of confinement in stufy, un
! bealthfuI shops which rob young checks
/ of their roses and young lives of all
/ their brightness. The old homestead IL
always o safe. and may always be made
pleasant, anchorage in which life may
be passed cheerfully and proiitably.-'
/ CHICAGO Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
WIT AND WISDOM.

--Lime-Kiln Club Philosophy: "What
we have let us be thankful for, What
we ha emit got let us hope would render
us miserable if we had it. ."--Detr0it Free
Press.
The crippled beggar receives no
sympathy from Mr. j. of this city, who
always replies to an appeal: "A lame
excuse, sir; a lame excuse! !'--Pttladct-
phia Item.
Il do wish you would come home
eariier,' said a woman to her husband.
q am afraid to stay alone. | always
imagine that there's somebody in the
house; but when you come | know there
amt"
"A thing is said to be transparent
when you can see through it. A German
paper gives us two very good illustra-
tions first, a pane of glass, and second,
a keyhole.
"A man at a hotel fell the whole
length OF a flight of stairs. Servants
rushed to pick him up. They asked
him if he was hurt. No" be replied;
mot at all I'm used to coming down
that way Pm a life insurance agent"
Boston Post.
--"Get right out of this" shouted an
irritated merchant to a mendaciouS
clerk; this is the third lie I have caught
you in since ten o. clock this morningg"
''Oh, well, sad the new man, don t
be too hard on me-" Give fellow time
to learn therules of the house. - Chi
cago Times.
Two English girls are romping with
boisterous laughter at a hotel at Nice.
Then comes the shocked matron: " For
heavens sake. Mabel, don {! They IL
take you for one of those horrid Amerl-
can girls" One of this sweetly des-
ignated class, CHANGING to overhear,
saws gently: Il guess not with those
awfully big feet
Dolls never answer back, no matter
what their little mistresses may say to
them, or however they may treat them.
All little girls become accustomed to
dolls, and when the girls grow up to
womanhood It is but natural that they
should expect their children should
pattern after the dolls. This is what
causes no end of trouble in even the
best-regulated families.
A tramp rather got the better Of
Kosiosko Murphy last Sunday morning.
KosiOsko was just leaving his house to
oro out for a days hunting, when the
tramp asked him for "A voluntary con-
tribution. Amt you ashamed to be
begging on the Lords day"' TX
cuse me, Colonel, for stopping you
said the tramp. looking at the gun.
. but I'll not detain you any longer.
You might be late for church. ."-Teras
SJttn3s.
"A gentleman at the theater sits
behind a lady who wears very large
hat Excuse me, madam, but unless
you remove your hat / can see abso-
lutelv nothing Lady ignores him.
g Excuse me, madam. bat unless you
remove your hat something unpleasant
will happen. Lady ignores him again.
Gentleman puts on his own hat. Loud
cries from the audience: Take of
that hati Take off that hatr' Lady
thinks they nsean her hat and removes
it. Thank you. madam.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
How to Skate.

Skates made with the best steel are,
of course, proportionately expensive;
but it is very requisite that the steel
should be good. Choose skates that are
exactly the length of the foot, not those
which have the iron cut of an inch with
in the heel The iron should extend
backward TO the extreme edge of the
heel, and the corners should be rounded.
Pay attention to the depth of the blade.
for it is desirable that the foot be as
near the ice as possible. and yet neces-
sary to have it so high that, in leaning
over, the edge of the sole should not
touch the ice. As to the fastenings,
there are many modes .ually good; the
main point is to see that the skate is 50
perfectly secured to the foot that il can
not move in the least, and the impOr-
tance of this can not be Overrated. Any
fastening that aids in supporting the
ankle is good.
Now let us suppose that you have
donned your skates. At first you will
have enough to do to prevent them run
ming away with you. So begin by at
tempting. as gently as YOU like, and
with the very shortest steps you can
take, to walk upon the ice. After a
little practice YOU will find yourself in
stinctively striking out a little IL is
then time to learn the first movement,
which is called forward striking, or
running. and is done in this way: The
toes are turned out 50 that the feet are
nearly at right angles with each Otheri
the position is important, because it is
only thus you can obtain pushing power.
from that position each foot is lifted
alternately. and set down on the inside
edge, when it Immediately slides for
ward. all the more readily since the 9TH
er foot (held at right angles) can bear
against the ice without slid ng. Perfect
regularity in stepping from foot to foot
is essential
When you can time your strokes
evenly. and gain the necessary impetus,
you may occasionally vary the proceed
ings by bringing your feet together
and running in that way for consider,
able distance. In this which is called
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
Four Hundred Persons Burned to Death.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, January H.
During performance yesterday at the cir
Gus in Berditcheff, Russian Poland fire broke
out, and before the operators could escape the
whole structure was ablaze. Three hundred
persons perished.
The fiee broke out towards the end of the
performance, and was caused by the careless
handling of fireworks on the stage. The cur
tain ignitcd and the flames quickly spread to
the walls and roof. The members of the or
chestra were the first victims. The audience,
numbering 800 persons, rushed to the front
door, but it opened inwards, and as the crowd
pressed forward it could not be opened.
rush was then made to the two side doors, both
of which were nailed up, thus compelling the
people to take to the windows, from which
many sprang into the streets with their clothes
a sheet of flame. The fire brigade arrived
within half an hour, but it was impossible to
extinguish the flames, as the water in the tanks
was frozen.
The fire lasted TWO hours. Eye-witnesses
state that when the doors were finally opened
a mass of burning persons was Wis bic within.
The horses and properties of the circus were
all destroyed. The ice broke while the fire
brigade was crossing the river, thus prevent
ing them reaching the fire more promptly. It
is estimated that ninety men. one hundred
and twenty women and sixty children lost
their lives. The victims include a Colonel of
Police and the Nice-President of the Berdit-
of Jews
Another account says the fire was caused ~
q groom having thrown q lighted cigarette
the straw in the stables setting il on fire. An
other groom tried to stamp out the fire. but
strong draught famed the flames AMI caused
them to spread. The author of the fire per
ished, also two clowns, believed TO be English
men.
Yesterday a man whose wife and three chill
dren were among the victims stabbed the
senior member of the Merchants Guild in the
streec. and then tried to cut his throat
The supposed murd red man abandoned the
ass ATLANTIS wife and children in order to effect
his own escape from the burning building.
The circus was wooden structure. Horses
running about wildly increased the confusion.
4 still later account saws four hundred per
sons were suffocated, crushed or burned to
death.
Ex. x.GovERNOR STANFORD has offered to
purchase the entire town of Vina Cal, and
then sell it back again to- its present owners.
after making cert lin improvements. He
makes the condition, however, that he is to
be allowed to insert a clause in the deeds
that no intoxicating liquors shall be sold
He viii agree to import one hundred German
families to work in his extensive vineyards
and orchards and viii exclude Chinese labor.
Chicago Hera2d.
THE defense Of Arabi cost between $4,000
AMI SIS 600, all Of which was paid by Wilfred
S. Blunt, the English philan throp.st, who'es-
poused the cause Of the defeated rcbeI-.N
7, Herald,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
Youths Department.
SIX YEARS OLD.

What do you think, doll Rosa?
Look sharp at me, and sayl
What do you think has happened?
I'm six years old today
yes this is why my dear mamma
Has dressed you UP so gay,
And brought you here 10 visit me-
Pm six years old tO-day!
You Sc how fast I'm growingY
Oh / forgot, you know,
That you had only met me
An hour or two agol
I've grown year since yesterday
My papa t1id mo so.
Tn sure didn't feel so tall
A day or two agOl
And. don't you think, doll Rosa,
I'm most too old to piayl
/ really feel quite busy,
Because I'm to-day.
guess I'll help MANN awhtlei
] wonder what she'll say
And after that well celebrated
Because I'm six to-day.
Our Little Ones.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Lord DUFFERIN lately informed the
Egyptian Ministry that Great Britain would
Withdraw from the Treasury control, and
suggested the appointment Of European
financial adviser.
THE National Board of Trade at
Washington, d. c., the other day adopted
resolutions favoring the passage OF the Low
ell Bankruptcy bin by Congress.
RT. REV. j. G. TALBOT, Bishop of
the Episcopal Church Diocese Of Indiana,
died al Indianapolis, Ind, on the 18th.
SEVERAL State Legislatures began
halloting for United States Senators on the
10th. Frye was reelected in Maine. Also,
Harris in Tennessee and Garland in Araan-
sas.
A MANIFESTO issued by Prince NapO-
leon was published by the Paris (France)
Figaro the other day and also placarded on
the streets. The Prince was arrested and
the newspaper seized. The Prince said he
issued the proclamation because everything
was going wrong in France.
THE President has signed the Pendle-
ton Civil Service bill and it is now a law OF
the land.
THE Illinois Legislature elected Shelby
NJ. Cullom United States senator ON the
I7th and the North Carolina Legislature re-
elected Senator Ransom on the same dav.
GEORGE DARWIN. son of the late
Charles r.. Darwin, the evouronist, has
been elected Professor of Astronomy and
Experimental Philosophy in Cambridge
University, England.
KING OSCAR opened the Swedish
Rigsdag on the 18th. The budget showed a
surplus OF /, zoo, 600 crowns.
AT the Republican Legislative caucus
held at Topeka, Kars., the other afternoon
go nominate United States Senator, Pres
lou b. Plumb received the unanimous vote
81 the caucus on the first roll l-cal.
THE Quebec, Cana, Legislature
opened its session on the 18Th.
GEORGE f. HOAR was reelected
rFaited states senator by the Massachusetts
4 -nui .lnlIlrn ON Ihn 1911
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Special rates given on nppIcation'
as-An business letters must be addressed 70
GEORGE w. ARMISTEADs
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A WHOLE family, consisting of man
and wife aud three children were found
frozen to death in the woods between King
ston and Atlanta, Ga, the other day. The
unfortunate family was clothed in rags.
One boy was killed and another was
probably fatally injured by haystack fall
ing on them at Mansfield. Conn, few days
ago.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

One square OF eight lines, Sl.5o for the frs
Insertion, and 75 cents for each subsequent
Insertion
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25

THE defense Of Arabi cost between $4,000
and SIS 600, all Of which was paid by Wiif~ed
s Blunt, the English philan throp.st, who'es-
= Herald,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-11-29
He Was Out.

A collector having a small bill OF
long standing against the head of the
family who resides in a brown-stone
front on Washington avenue, becoming
disghsted with the answer ''he's out
received from the servant girl every
time he called at the house, determin-
ed to lay in wait for the creditor
He watched the house from an opposite
corner for several hours one day, and
finally saw his man enter the front
door. He Immediately crossed the
street, rang the bell, and the domestic
promptly answered the CALL
as Mr.--ine" he inquired, tax
ing the bill from his pocket.
mo, sir; he's out :"
Why, l just saw him go into the
house, said the collector.
"And SO you did, y the female replied,
''but he's out all the same"
How is he out?''
why, out of his head. He's been
crazy for three months. and don't do
any business at all. If it's bill you We
got you will have to collect it from Mr..
-, the lawyer. on the corner OF
Fourth and Olive. who has charge OF
his affairs. st. LOUIS Cratic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-11-29
The Oil Stone,

Twenty years ago the oil stone was
| found only on the joiners bench and
| possibly on that of the machinist, and
| its sole use was the sharpening of tho
edges of tools. To-day It's use las ex-
tended beyond this province of edoino
tools to that OF grinal;,ng, reducing, fin 4
ishihgi IN laet. invading the limits of
.he gfnastone, emery, rottenstone,
! lr'i,on, and reaching almost to rouge.
| This stone, which is slate known in
| science as novaculite-from nOUdcala,
a razor-is cut and dressed in hundreds
of varying forms for differing purposes
In any hardware or mechanic furnish
| ing store it may be found in all manner
of shapes under the name of s'slips,'
adapted for sharpening tools of all
forms. In dentists supply stores it
| may be seen In twenty or more cylin-
| drical and circular forms, and so min
| ute as to be used at rapid rate CT
| revolution even between the teeth OF
dental-suffering humanity. Some of
these cylinders, ovoids. cones, and
| edged wheels are so minute that a pea
looks large by their side; yet they are
all veritably grindstones.
| In the manufacture and finishing of
| the metals, the oil stone, or novaculite,
plays an important part. Our recent
| exaction as to fits and measures can
hardly be filled except by the use of
this stone, and it is in demand for tru-
| ing turned surfaces and planed areas of
iron and brass, slowly grinding down
the imperfections left by the finish file
and the corundum wheel Recently
its powder has largely usurped the
| place in mechanic valuation of flour
OF emery or emery of the higher grades.
| 1t is found that finish for fit" can be
readily obtained by its use in much less
| time than that by the scraper; and that
| it does not leave imbedded particles of
| quartz or corundum to keep up a per-
| petual wear. This material is not
| strictly an oil stone; it can be used with
any vehicle, water, benzine, or kero-
| sene oil; it is amenable to all of these.
Perhaps its best use is with water, es-
| pecially when the stone is of the harder
sorts, as the Ouachita. Scientific Anaer-
Saua5
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When the world sees trotter cover q
nile in one minute and forty seconds, a
feat accomplished by more than one
thoroughbred, it will see a wholly new
type, so different from the present ami
NAL that the theory of evolution will
never stretch far enough, to cover the
prodigy.-Neao York Tribune.
If lamp is filled quite full in a cold
room, and is then brought into a warm
one, the heat will cause the oil to ex-
pand and overflow, and lead to the sus-
plcion that the lamp leaks. This should
be avoided by not filling completely;
knowing that this may occur, sufficient
space should be left to allow for expan-
sion.
An admission fee of 20 cents is now
charged each visitor to the ostrich farm
il California, and it is open only on
Wednesdays and Sundays. The object of
the tariff is TO discourage in a measure,
the rash OF visitors, who seriously inter-
FIRE with the work of the farm. The
BIRDS are now breeding and require
careful attention.
The Edwin Forrest Home, in suburb
Of Philadelphia, has nine inmates, and
/. that Is the largest number it has ever
contained. Forrest died ten years ago,
leaving nearly all of his property to the
Institution, which he planned to be an
educational institution as well as a
esarity. His estate was estimated at
500. 900, and was put into the hands of
three trustees, two of whom are now
dead.
The Hindoos believe that it is soda
water that makes the English so
strong.
Fowls and the garden do not thrive
well together.
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The Cricket on Broadway.


Thou jocund songster, what has brought thee
here
To this abode of hargard toll and care?
Why dost thou chirrup forth thy sprightly
cheer
Upon this foul and inattentive air?
The joyof living soundeth in thy voice
A simple verify, happy call
On all that hear Thy summons; to rejoice
That life is sweet, and i'll can ne'er befali.
The home for thee were surely far away,
Beside q hear th in some SeQuestered place,
Where worthy labor glorifies the day,
And sweet contentment shines in every
face.
Thy song would there happy circle greet,
And every note of thine would harmonic
With hours that run forever pure and sweet
With peace that soothes, and joy that never
dies.
The song of birds that hail the morning
light
The drone of locusts to the drowsy noon,
The voice of winds that usher in the night,
Would all accord with thy melodious tune.
But simple gladness, and thy Joy of song,
Are sadly alien to this busy place.
Where servile slaves of MammOn daily
throng,
And rude contention rules the dizzy race.
And yet methinks thou seemest well content
To chirrup thus. where'er thy lot may be,
Though in dungeon close thy life were
spent,
Thy simple song would make world for
-lG. A. Dennison.
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The Senators OF 1851.

Senator Anthony is the only Senator
in service now who answered to his
name at the roll call on March 4, 1861,
when the Southern mem 3ers resigned.
OF the eight men who took the oath OF
Office as Senator in 1859, Senators An
thony and Salisbury are still '.in har-
ness; Judah ?. Benjamin is practicine
before the Lnglish bar; Simon Cameron,
of Pennsylvania: Daniel Clark, of New
hampshire; Senator Yulee and Jeifer-
sou Davis are resting quietly in private
liIe; Thomas Clingman, of North Car
ollna> anticipates a fortune from elec-
tTlcal inventions; Lyman Trumbun il
still pracGeing law; Hannibal Hamlin
Is yet vigorous in his declining years,
and Harlan, of Iowa, is residing in that
state,