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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-06-07

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
The ChanceIIOr's Practical Joke.

One day he went out snipe shooting
with friend. They had to traverse a
verdant mOrass, into which Bismarck S
companion, a short, stout, ponderous
gentleman, suddenly sunk up to his
armpits. After struggling some time
to eXtricate himself and reach firm
ground, he called aloud for help; and
seeing his friend picking his way slowly
toward him, looking about all the while
to see whether stray snipe would get
up, he fervently implored him to let
the COMPOUNDED snipe alone and drag
him out of the vile bog-hole. the muck
of which was fast rising to his mouth
and nose. ''My beloved friend" an
sweTed Bismarck, with the utmost calm,
''yOu will certainly never be able to
scramble out of that hole; and it is
quite impossible to save you. 1t would
pain me extremely to watch your futile
struggle, or to see you slowly stihe in
that disgusting filth. I'll tell you what,
my boy; Pll spare you a prOtracted
death agony through suffocation by
lodging a charge of shot in your head.
Thus shall you die with prOmptitude
and dignity ''Are you beside your
selfP" shouted the other, making fran
tic efforts to wriggle out of the swamp;
Il don't want either to suffocate or to
De SnOtS SO nelp me out IN the name OF
three devils" Raising his gun to his
shoulder, and taking careful aim, Bis
marck replied in mOurnful accents:
''Keep still for one second. 1t will soon
be over. Farewell, dear friend; l will
tell your wife all about your last mo-
ments." Stimulated to superhuman ex-
ertions by the danger threatening him
so imminently, the unlucky sportsman
contrived somehow to wrench himself
out of the mud, and crawled on all
fours to terra frTIG. As soon as he
felt himself safe he burst into torrent
of vehement Teproaches. Bismarck,
smiling, listened to him awhile; then
simply remarking: ''You see 1 was
right; every one for himself" turned
his back upon his Infatuated companion,
and strOlled off leisurely to look for
more snipe.-Dr. BuScPs Life Of Bis.
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
Alaska Not an Iceberg.

The climate of Alaska, or such por-
ton of it as will ever be made of much
consequence, is far from being as arctic
as is popularity supposed or the latitude
would suggest. The Japan current,
the Kuro Siro, the great river of warm
water flowing northward from the
coast of Japan, is divided by the Aleu-
;ian Islands. A portion is DETECTED
through Behring's Straits-a fact which
accounts for the absence of floating ice
bergs at a latitude where the Atlantic
is dotted with them-while the main
stream is diverted to the east and reach
es our coast near the head of Queen
Charlotte Islands. Here it is again di.
vided, one branch flowing south to
give us the magnificent climate we en-
joy, and the other sweeping around the
Alaskan coast nortward and westward
to modify the arctic severity of the
temperature. Observations at Sitka
for thirteen years show that the mean
temperature ranged from s. to As
degrees, and the winter mean from 27.7
TO "a 3 degrees In January, 1880, the
thermometer indicated degrees below
zero, and the native Russians asserted
, that for fifty years it had never been so
cold, as it had been below zero but four
times within that period. During many
winters cattle have been able to obtain
food continually, and roses have been
gathered from outdoor gardens at
Christmas time. This, of course, only
applies to the islands along the coast
and the adjacent mainland. In the in
terror, beyond the wall of mountains
that oppose the passage inland of warm
ocean winds, Old Boreas holds undis-
puted sway. Snow seldom falls st Sit
ka to a depth of six inches, and gener-
ally disappears quickly before the melt
ing rains. The atmosphere throughout
the year is extremely humid, the rain
fall much exceeding that which has
won for Oregon the title of "Webfoot.
To this is due the luxuriant growth of
native grasses and the dense forests
that fringe the coast and cover the
numberless islands. - Portland (Or.)
Vest Shore.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
A Russian LegenI Of Sitka.

Visitors to Sitka are at once attracted
by the old castle on the hill, once the
home of the Russian governor, who
ruled with almost despotic power, but
now, alas! converted into a United
States signal station. Once d stroyed
by fire and once Frustrated by an earth7
quake, it was each time rebuilt. Signs
of dilapidatiOn are observable, but it's
massive walls will probably stand for
generations. The des laton of its APP
pearance lends an added charm to the
legends which hang about it. One of
these traditions is to the effect that
Baron Remanoff, when occupying the
castle as governor, had in his house
hold a niece, an orphan whose guardian
he was, a most beautiful young lady, as
all traditionary maidens are or should
be. She had bestowed her affections
upon young lieutenant, and when the
Baron commanded her to wed power
full prince, then stopping as a guest at the
castle, she refused. The Romanoff,
concealing his displeasure under n cloak
of urbanity, gave the Obstructing
lieutenant an honorable command and
dispatched him upon an exped ton to
some distance. During the absence of
the lover the maiden yielded to
the threats and demands of her stern
uncle, and the wedding preparations
were hastily m de The timid and
heart-broken girl and the prince stood
up before the priest, who solemnized
the forced union, the marriage bells
rang out their mock peals of JOY, and
revelry held sway in the great hall OF
the castle. Suddenly the young
Lieutenant stood in the midst of the
gay throng, his garments travel-stained
and torn, and his cOuntenance baggard
with suffering. He paused before the
unhappy maiden, took her hand in his,
gazed into her face, and then upon the
ring the Prince had placed upon her
finger. Without uttering a word, and
while the assembled guests were star
ing with amaZement and curiosity, he
drew a dagger from his belt and
plunged it into her breast. He rushed
from the castle and leaped into the
sea, to find rest in the bosom of the
waters. On the anniversary of her
wedding night, the spirit of the muir
dered girl can be seen passing through
the castle halls, dressed in her rich
bridal robes, tears streaming from her
ewes as she presses her hand over the
red wound in her breast. Often before
a severe tempest she may be seen on
the tower of the abandoned light
house, burning a light till dawn TO
guide the spirit of her lover on the
stormy sea.-PortIaf1d (Vre.) Wesl
Shore.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
Chinese COnceit.

National conceit IS a quality more
highly developed among Cinnamon than
among any other people, and, though
perfectly aware of the superiority of the
foreign organization and arms, it not
unfrequently happens that the man
darins shrink from publicly acknnwl-
edging it in the face of their country
men. To such an absurd length is this
paltry vanity occasionally carried that
officers commanding drilled troops have
been known to reserve the use of rifles
for the inclose barrack-Yards, and to
review their men in public armed with
match-locks, spears and bows. A want
of appreciation of the Importance of
being thoroughly well armed can alone
account for the existence of such folly,
and it viii require some very convincing
home thrusts before these national
coxcombs will be brought frankly to
admit that their continued existence as
a Nation depends on the thorOughness
with which they adopt European arms
and tactics. Professedly they are fully
alive to the value of an cyer-ready
standing army, but unfortunately their
convictions never advance beyond the
abstract stage of principle, and though,
like every other principle. they sur
round this one with grandiloquent
phrases-a Chinaman is nothing if he
IS not grandilOquent r. they content
themselves with the invention Of such
phrases, and leave the truths they en-
body to take care of themselves.
The army may be a hundred years unem'
ployed,
But may not be a single day unprepared,
is a saying constanctly in the mouths
and at the tips of the pens of the mill
tary authorities. and yet no effort Is
ever made to carry its principle into
practice. - Bl1ck1000d's MGnaztFae.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The Nation receives about $780,
10000 year from the New York Gus
tom-house.
1t takes 600, 600, 900 pounds of white
paper annually to supply the newspa-
pers of the world. Boston Herald.
-Freasd's Weekly figures up the
losses of fifteen New York theatrical
sPeculations during the season and
makes the total 1896, $40.
About 5000 palace, sleeping and
hotel-cars are now operated by the
Pullman Company in this country and
in England. Chicago Times.
Minnesota is the greatest cold water
State in the Union. It has within its
borders 1000 lakes, covering an area OF
100000 acres.-St. Paul Press.
The domestic supply of wool of the
United States for the year 1884 is esti-
mated at about $4,000, 600 pounds.
This is an increase of about 10000, 600
pounds over 1888, and will represent
for many years to come the largest clip
ever raised IN the United States.
Most of the Coolies taken from
India to work on plantations rema n
after the terms for which they are en-
gagged expire and become good citizens.
They are industrious and frugal, and
some of them are Christians. On the
island of Trinidad they already number
$4,000.
"A New York dispatch from Havana
shows that while the sugar crOp-the
most important crop of Cuba-will at
the outside not exceed S25, 900, 900 in
value, the estimates for expenditures
for the next fiscal year are about $780,
600, 900; cOnse iuently the entire sugar
crop will be insufficient to pay the taxes.
Why should astronomers be longer
lived than men engaged in other pur-
suits? For, unless statistics lie, they
are so. Comparison of the lives of
1,741 astronomers from ancient to mod
ern times showed them to average "a
years and three months. 1t may be
that this unusual longevity astron-
OmerS owe to the necessary quiet and
seclusiOn in which much of their exist
ence is spent, their remOteness from the
wearing discontents and turmOils of the
world, and something. too, perhaps, to
the soothing and elevating influence of
constant communion with silent
spheres.-HOstr.
The school statistics of San Fran
cisco show that the native element is
gaining in that city. Of all the chill
dren in the city 20, 1904 are the children
of native parents; 1854 are of mixed
parentage, and As, PIG of foreign parent
age. The number of fOreign-born chill
dren is only 1888. In 1880-81 the figures
stood as follows: Children of native
parentage, 1868; of mixed parentage,
10, 440, and of foreign parentage, 50,
23S. The increase this year in the chill
dren of native parents is in round num-
bers 20 per cent; in the children OF
mixed parentage, 40 per cent; with a
decrease of four per cent. in the chill
dren of foreign parentage. Not long
ago the children of foreign parentage
were two to one of the natives. It is
believed that by 1890 the children of
native parents will be largely in excess
of the others. The same change is GO
ing on in the voting population.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
The Right Railway.


The Right Railway, on the Lake OF
Lucerne, may be referred to as mar
vel of railway enterprise. To make
line to the summit of a mountain five
thousand feet high coald certainly have
been no ordinary undertaking. This
railway, which will be briefly described,
was opened in the year 1871, the termi-
nus being at Yitznan, also the point OF
landing for steamers. The railway
goes in an almost continuous and di-
rect line five miles long, not, as might
be imagined, by a zigZag route up the
mountain, the view of the surrounding
country extending in interest as the
height increases. The route includes an
inclined tunnel two hundred and
twenty-five feet long, and girdeI
bridge across the Schnurtobel
Gorge. An extension of four miles
from Kaltbad has been added to
the original line. proceeding along the
ridge of the mountain, 5, $50 feet above
the level of the sea. The line, which
is a single one with a five-foot gauge,
consists of three rails; the center one is
fitted with cogs. In other words, the
middle rail is a ladder up which the
engine climbs by means of cog wheels
fitted below the floor. The engine has
a very remarkable appearance, re-
sembling very much huge black bot
tie, and when on level ground it leans
on one side as if about to fall. When
ascending the incline the engine as
sumes an upright position. Only one
carriage is attached; this is ten feet
wide, and somewhat resembles our
tramway cars. There are nine seats
placed transversely. arranged to ac-
commodate fifty-four passengers
In ascending the carriage is propelled
instead of being drawn, but in the de-
scent the locomotive precedes the car
rage, and acts as a powerful brake.
The train proceeds at a rate of about
eight miles an hour. Great care Is nee
essary to insure the road being kept in
order, hence one mile of tie line is
under the superintendent of a man
whose sole duty it is to precede the
train and remove Instructions. The
Right has been described as a mass of
pudding. with millions of stones for
plums; the danger is lest any OF these
Stones should accidentally get into such
a position as to prevent the proper
working of the cog-wheel on the engine
A journey on this railway IS looked
upon BIZ many as quite an adventure.
Timid folks are advised to sit in the
middle of a seat, so as 10 avoid the
sight Ut the gulf and precipices over
which the ltne runs, Exchange,
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story was just about what / had ex-'
pected. He said that the gang had
been together for several years, operat-
ating in different parts of the county.
The horse had been trained by one of
their number, who had been an old
circus performer, and had been taught,
when sent away from home without any
breakfast, to dash off with the victim
as he had done with me. This was
done to avoid any bloody scene near the
highway. But the victim was not al
ways taken to their cayernous retreat.
When a prize was expected some of the
gang stationed themselves along in the
wood between the two streams, ready
to stop the horse and dispatch the en-
trapped traveller, but / was assured
that, if had been taken across the first
brook, I should have met my death very
quickly afterwards. They had no ac-
complete at the inn. When a traveller
was spotted either at Clayville or
BOOneton, one of their number was sent
to look out for said travellers horse,
who, by careful management, had little
difficulty in administering a sickening
dose to the animal.
The rascals were tried, condemned
and executed. and retained possession
of the trained horse, but l did not keep
him long. One bright morning /
missed him from the stable, and all
search for him was in vain. 1t is pos
sible that the intelligent brute I'M
fastened his own halter strap and ran
away, but l have chosen to give the
matter a different solution. 1 believe
he was stolen by the honest-lOOking
countryman in whose hands 1 first
found him, and who was set at liberty
on account of turning States evidence.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
uSEFuL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Medicine stains may be removed
from silver spoons by rubbing them
with soft ashes and soap suds.-M T..
Herald
WIRE cloth answers well as pro-
lection to cOrn-cribs against rats and
mice. 1t can be used as lining to the
walls and floors Troy 7Tnaes.
An exchange says that not one
farmer in a hundred raises a good
garden, yet nothing pays proportions
ateiy as wen as a good garden.
An Indiana farmer says he keeps
bells on several of the sheep of his
flock, and though his neighbors all
about him have had sheep killed by
dogs, his flock has never been troubled.
The best way to rid a horse's ears
of warts is to rub them well with a
coarse cloth and then touch them with
little nitric acid every alternate day
until you have administered three APP
plications. A single drop of the acid
will be quite sufficient for the smaller
ones.-M 7. Herald.
Notwithstanding that exercise ex-
erts great and wholesome influence upon
the horse, such advantage can not be
insured except by providing that the
exercise be judiciously apportioned to
the strength of the horse; that it be OF
a kind suitable to his nature; and that
every requisite attention be paid him
after exercise.-Cl Cleveland Leader.
Grease a plate with lard, and set il
where ants congregate; place few bits
of wood so the ants can climb on the
plate easily; they will forsake any food
for lard; when the plate is well covered
with them, turn it over a hot fire OF
GOALS; they will drop into the fire, and
you can then reset che plate for anoth-
er catch. A few repetitions will clean
them out Chicago Times.
Homemade sausages to be boiled
and cut in thin slices for tea or for
breakfast, are made of two parts of beef
and one part of pork. Chop them very
fine, and season with black and red pep
per, salt, little sage, and summer sa-
worry, if you please. Put this into small
bags made of stout cotton cloth. boil,
and then hang in a dry, cool closet I'M
til you wish to use.-M y. Post.
Open fruit tart: Line plain mold
about three inches deep with a short
paste. Take some stoned cherries.
sliced peaches, apricots, nectarines and
gooseberries; stir we'll in a bowl with
some powdered sugar; pour into the
mould and bake in a quick oven.
Crack the apricot stones, b'anch the
kernels and garnish the tart with them.
If the fruit seems too dry pour a little
clarified sugar over it before taking out
of the oven. Exchange.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
NOT FIVE DOLLARS FOR DOCTOR IN
FoRTY-FIVE YEARS.
WArsoNvILLE, SANTA CRUZ Co., CAL,
Eah 81 I2S4

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Feb 3D.. 1884. I
am eighty-four years old and my wife
Is seventy-seven. We have raised fam
lily of ten children. 1 have used BRAND
RETH's PILLS for the last forty-five years
as my only family medicine, and my doc
tors bills have not amounted to five dol
lars in all that time, l have used hun
dreds of boxes of BRANDRETH's PILLS /;
with them 1 have cured my boys and girls
of Scarlet Fever, Measles, Group, Colds,
Mumps, DiarrhBa and Constipation. l
have recommended them to hundreds Of
other families, and never knew them to
fail where ever they were used for
disease of any kind. When my wife
was sevenl y-three years old she was
troubled with a very bad Cough, and
it looked as il she would die
with Consumption. She would not call in
a doctor, but commenced taking BRAND
RETH's PILLS, two and three every night.
In three weeks she was completely cured
of her cough, and her general health is very
good. 1 am sure that BRAHDRETH's PILLS
have preserved and prolonged our lives.
My health is particularly good, and before
die l wish you to publish this letter, as 1
want the world to know and profit by my
experience. X. S. DAY.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
Over-Fat Fowls.

There are some breeds that do not
fatten as readily as others, while again
there are those that become too fat OF
a small allowance of food. The Brah-
mas, Cochins, Plymouth Rocks and
WyandOttes are subject 70 excess of fat
when fed exclusively on corn In the
winter the feed goes to heat, but in
summer the extra quality of the feed is
liable to cause them to cease laying in
stead of promoting it. AS the fowls
must have some grain, the best for the
purpose at this season is oats, especially
if they are ground. Wheat is excellent
but wheat is also fatten ng, though not
so much so as corn. A method in use
by some is to give wheat at night,
ground oats in the morning, and plenty
Of green stuff during the day. Over-fat
fowls are subject to apoplexy. If your
fowls are very fat you need not be sur
prised if occasionally there is
found dead hen under the roost in the
morning. They often fall off the TOost,
dropping dead, without previously Civ
ing any indication of disease in any
shape. Over-fat cocks are useless, be-
cause clumsy and inactive. Chicks,
however, may be fed rs much as you
desire, for while growing they convert
all food INTO fat, bone and tissue. there
by demanding more for sustenance in
proportion to age and size than adult
fowls. Keep the fat hens on light diet,
scanty allowance, and give them plenty
of exercise. When a hen becomes tOQ
heavy she will be good for nothing
afterwards, unless taken in hand and
put through a system of dict The light
breeds, such as LeghOrns and Ham
burgs, seldom become too fat, as their
active hab is arc in Their favor in that
respect. The practice of keeping corn
always where fowls can get it is a very
injurious one and has done more mis-
chief than any other method of feeding
known. Feed regularly, and endeavor
to give enough and no more. Leave
nothing TO be trampled or wasted. and
be as generous with water as with feed.
Farm. Field and bEreStde,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-03
-Ispabecber. who went to Washing.

-Ispahecber, who went TO Washing
ton in January, claiming that he was
elected chief of the Indian Territory
Greeks over Chicote, has been married
at the capital He fell in love with
comedy Alma narrower, who visited his
hotel on bus ness not wholly uncon.
nected with the washing industry.
courted her persistently, refused to go
home when his business ended, and has
Just been married He is fifty-six, and
can not speak a word of English; the
girl is twenty-five, has little Cherokee
blood on her mother side, but is per-
fectly white, and can not speak or un.
derstand word of Indian CbtcGgs
Times.