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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28
More Definite.

''Did You say Jimson was Q first class
salesman and a gentleman asked the
boss, of merchant ira e16r, relative to
new man who had proved quito. the
contrary. - H. r.-ssi.-ls
mo, sir, did not, . was the emphat-
ic reply.
'H5 Eli, l do not wish 10 impugn your
veracity, but am wiling TO make an
affidavit TO the effect that you told me
you could say he sVas an excellent man
in every respect ~ ..s..,r
That's what did say, sir, ah
''Why did you deny 1t then?'t ~ y
II didn't denv it,. saf--t
Il say you did" ss7ea rs =
Il leg your pardon; I said | eostJd say
that he was a first class salesman and q
gentleman. but did Mt say so, nor would
l, unless wanted totelf ale, and, sir,
a man in my profession never lies; that
is. hardly ever" d s.a.ssF i ~ 5r
ooh rah indeed?'' stammered the
boss. ''T should have been more partic-
uIar, and, sir, you should have been
more definite. Merchant 77'aUt g81. -''~
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28

Wells, Richardson & Co.'S improved
Butter Color will be found TO be the only
oil color that will not become rancid. Test
it and you WIN prove it. Tt viii not color
the butbBr-mills; it gives the brightest color
Of any. made, and is the strongest and
therefoie the CHEAPEST. -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28

MEN wear light stra hats in simmer be-
cause they are not,felt. ...-s er.t
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28

William r. Iathrop, milk
vender of Scotland, Conn, who IS said
10 be worth $4,000, has not had his
horse shod. which he drives daily, for
over two years, because, as he says, 1t
is too expensive. Boston Pest.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28

Hale'a Honey of IIorehopnd and Tar
IF timely nsed prevents galloping 'consump-
tions Pixies toothaelIe drops cure fTr one min.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28

THE man who hath no music in his soul
The chap who wears rubber boots.-N.
!. journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28

. SUDDEN CHANCES or WEATHER Fare pro-
ductiYe Of Throat Diseases, Coughs, Colds,
etc. ERectua1 relief is found IN the use Of
BRowN's BRONCHIAL IRoCHEs. -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28

"A gentleman while passing along q
Hartford (Conn.) street recently no4
ticed the singular actions of what first
appeared to.be a couple Of spaToWs in
the frozen sleet of the gutter tied to-
gether, neck and legs. Upon further
examination, however, he discovered
that one bird was feeding tile other
The benevolent bird started Off when
the gentleman came too close. and at
tempted to carry off its .helples COM
panion, but was of course UNSUCCESSFUL
1t was q clear case Of sympathy for suf-
. feriug helplessnessi pure bird philan-
thropy.- HdrtJord To5t.
"A magistrate N Hickman County,
Kentucky, received three coon skins lie
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28

II afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye w ater. Druggists sell il, 2lo.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28
I2R Years Old.

II ILagIolI 5Ib n IIIN fNIIItlII NlIIIIt ;
Kentucky, received three coon skins lie
Gently torsmWrying couple. a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
Foreign intelligence.

THROUGHOUT England great storm pre-.
vailed on the 23d, and telegraph wires were
leveled in all directions. Ten persons lost
their lives.
A RECENT fire at Hamilton, Ont, de-
stroyed the Office of the Spectator, the loss
being $4,000.
ADvICEs of the oath state that six fisher.
men who boarded schooner which was
carried out of Ming's Blight, N. f., by slot
ice, had died of either hunger or cold.
IT is announced from Halifax, N. S., that
two sisters and brother of Roger Amero,
imprisoned at Boston on charge of muir.
der, have become insane through grief at
his position.
SIX persons were few days ago shot to
death for the murder of two Gillian sol.
diers at Quequena, Peru, twenty received
one hundred lashes each, and ten were
sentenced to death and confiscation of
property.
THIRTEEN children were skating few
days ago at Rohr, in Prussia, when the ice
broke, and all were drowned.
COMMUNICATION with the rear townships
of Ontario was cut OF on the 25th, owing
to the depth of snow, and it was feared the
settlers would suffer for the necessaries of
life.
In Europe on the Goth a hurricane did
vast damage and caused great loss of life
A printing office in London was unroofed
and the glass roof on Westminster aqua.
rum was demolished. Telegraph commu.
nication with the continent and by the At
lantic cables was interrupted for several
hours. In Paris railway travel was
stopped in all dire ctions and many persons
were injured in the streets.
In the English channel twenty lives were
lost on the Goth by the sinking of the ship
Simla by the City of Lucknow.
ELEVEN men were killed the other day
in an explosion in colliery in Rhonda
Valley, Wales, and rescuing party of
four also lost their lives.
JoHNsToN's fluid beef factory at Mon
treal, employing three hundred persons,
was destroyed by fire few days ago,
causing a loss of 100000.
On the 2Sth the bodies of the Jeanette
victims reached Moscow, where the Amer
lean residents placed flowers and wreaths
on the biers.
ON the night of the 9th three shocks Of
earthquake were felt at Rothesay, N. B.
LONDON advices of the 28th state that
over one hundred persons lost their lives
in the recent gales in Great Britain.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
FRED DOUGLASS MARRIES.

Leading to the Altar a Strong Minded
White Woman Employed in His Office.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Frederick Doug
lass was married at the Congregational
Church at six o'clock Thursday evening to
a white lady named Miss Helen M. Pitts.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Mr.. Gimke, of the Fifteenth Street Pres
byterian Church, in the presence of only
two witnesses Mr. Douglass wore a full
suit of black and his bride costume of gar
net velvet and silk. They returned to the
lady's late residence on street, and then
proceeded to Douglass country house in
Uniontown, five miles out. Not one out
side of the parties Immediately concerned
seems to have known anything about the
event before it occurred, Mr. Douglass FAM
lily being as poorly informed as that Of rhe
bride.
Miss Pitts has for eighteen months been
clerk or copyist in Douglass office, that
of Recorder OF Deeds for the District, and he
has, during large part Of that time, paid
her marked attention. But no one ac-
quainted with her believed that marriage
would result, though the bridegroom has re-
marked to several lately that he contem-
plated re-marrying. The lady is prom
inent member of the Woman Suffrage
party and has been associated with Mrs.
DR.. Winslow in the conduct of paper
called the alpha. She was originally
froEl Avon, N. Y, and is described as wo-
mSn thirty-five years of age, with hand
some face and figure, with black hair. Her
family has been greatly distressed at her
employment among colored people, and, it
is said, is overwhelmed with grief and
shame at the news of her marriage.
Douglass is seventy years OF age, and has
colored children over fifty. The news Of
the marriage has created a decided sensa-
ton in Washington
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
From Washingtons

The National Board of Trade, in four
teenth annual session at Washington on
the 2Sd, reelected Frederick Fraley, of
Philadelphia, President, and Hamilton
Hill, of Boston, Secretary.
The leader of the colored race in the
United States, Fred Douglass, was mar
lied in Washington on the evening of the
Oath to white woman named Helen NJ
Pitts, formerly from Avon, N. Y, who
had been a copyist in his office. Mr.. Doug
lass is seventy three years Of age and his
wife is thirty-five years old.
THROUGHOUT the United States and Can
ada the business failures during the seven
days ended on the 25th numbered 84S,
against 1868 the previous week. The distri-
button was as follows; New England
States, A; Middle, SO; Western, 81;
Southern, SO; Pacific States and Terrific
ries, n; Canada and the Provinces, 50.
REPRESENTATIVE Hills bill for the con-
struction of post-ofiice buildings by the
Government for all Presidential offices has
been approved by the Postmaster General.
Mrs. MoELRoY, President Arthur's sis
ter, gave her first reception at the White
House on the Goth. All the foreign dip
lomats and number of Congressman and
their wives were present.
THE death of e. w. M. Mackey, the only
Republican member of Congress from South
Carolina, occurred on the 18th in Washing
ton,
DURING the week ended on the 2Sth the
exchanges at twenty.seven principal clear.
lighthouses in the United States amounted
to 1911, 256, 404, a slight increase over the
previous week,
For the week ended on the Goth the issue
of silver dollars was 10000; correspond
ing period last year, 100000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01

Foster, with liabilities of $250,000. n. W.
Taylor, President of the institution, also
failed for $4,000. The company owns five
mills.
THE Union Block at Xenia, o., valued
at Sc, 200, containing three stores and sew
eral offices, was recently destroyed by fire.
In Burnett County, Texas, the fence-cut-
tiers were on the 26th destroying fences by
the wholesale, and threatening personal
violence if they were put up again.
The firm of 5. B. Wilson & Co., whole
sale dealers in boots and shoes at Detroit
Mich, has failed for $3.50, 900.
The house 0f Ishmael Trick, in Orange
burg County, S. c., was burned few
days ago and two children persisted in the
flames.
A LAD four years old, named Andrew
Mango, of Cleveland, o., was burned to
death few days ago by his clothing
catching fire. He was the last of five chill.
dren, the others dying within short time
of diphtheria The mother had become
raving maniac. The father was absent
from home.
A PLEA of not guilty to the Indictment
was made on the 28th By o. A. Carpenter,
imprisoned at Lincoln, ILL.,, for the murder
of Fora Burns, and motions by the defense
to Cuash that document, and that the State
elect upon which count it would proceed,
were quashed. The trial was set for Feb.
ruary 5.
FIRE few nights ago destroyed the
Brigham Young Academy, Mormon
school at Provo, Utah, in which were four
hundred students. There were many mar
row escapes.
AT Marengo, Ind, bartender was shot
dead the other day by a commercial trav.
eler for asking payment for glass of
liquor.
A MAN named Webb, in difficulty the
other day with the three Wilburn brothers
in Jackson County, Ala, killed two of
them and mortally wounded the third.
EARLY on the morning of the 2Sth John
Gray and Frank Williams, the murderers
of Grin Kartz. were taken from jail at
Rosita, Col, by masked men and hanged
to the rafters of log shanty.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
A Mothers Crime.

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. 25.-Mrs William
Hall, residing at Elkton, Nd, attempted to
kill herself and her six children by poison
ing with arsenic Wednesday. The mother
and two Of the children will die. The terri
BILE deed was not discovered until late that
night Then it was found that poverty
caused the woman to seek the death of her
self and entire family. When the neighbors
entered the humble dwelling a terrible
spectacle met their eyes. The mother was
insensible, and her children all helpless
from the effects of the deadly drug. Not
morsel Of food could be found in the house,
and the family were scantly clothed. The
mother was too proud to beg, and preferred
death to poverty. No one IN the neighbor-
hood knew such a case existed. and. as soon
as the facts were made pnblic, help was
literally extended. The physicians say the
arsenic was administered in water. The
mother had not enough to kill all the fami-
ly, and in dividing it did not give four Of
the children full dose.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
LATER.

THE Ohio Prohibitionists will hold a
State Convention at Columbus on the 9th
OF March to nominate State officers and
delegates to the National Convention.
AN intended uprising Of peasants in Lit
tie Russia and plot to poison the Gear
We're discovered on the Goth by the Russian
police, who had arrested many persons
ABowLDER, which rolled from the mount
ain, wrecked passenger train near Chat
tanooga, Tenn, ON the 29tn, killing the en-
gineer, fatally wounding the fireman and
seriously injuring six others. The engine
and three cars were demolished.
Gold nuggets were on the 10Th said to
have been found in the mountains near
Marshall, Ark.
HE police of Cleveland, O., arrested q
gang OF fifteen burglars on the Goth and re-
covered large amount of stolen property.
The business portion of Valdosta, Ca,
was destroyed by fire a few days ago.
The New Orleans Grand Jury, after in
vestigating the recent election shooting af-
fray, in which three men were killed,
brought in on the Goth three bills for MUIR
der, four for assault and willful shooting,
carrying concealed weapons.
I One Conner, aged nineteen. bag-opener
in the post-office at Detroit, confessed on
the 10Th that he had rifed three thousand
letters in the past six months, his object
being to secure enough money TO marry his
sweetheart.
In quarrel on the goth at Fort Wayne,
Ind, Harry Bowers, aged thirteen, stabbed
Charles Druhoff, aged fourteen, in the back
with pocket-knife, inAicting fatal
wound.
THE British Canadian laundering and
Timber Company made an assignment
few days ago, with liabilities exceeding
$1,000,000.
Mr.. SHERMAN's resolution for a full in
vestigation of the causes of the recent
election troubles in Virginia AMI Missis-
sippi was passed in the United States Sem
ate on the 10th by a vote of 3S to %. Bills
were introduced to repeal tie Timber
culture act and to establish the Territory
|of North Dakota. The House resolu ion
for aid to destitute Indians at the Grow
reservation was adopted, the amount
being raised to 100000. A House bill was
passed appropriating So, 50,000 to
pay rebate on tobacco, In the House a
resolution was passed appointing special
cosnmittee of five members to investigate
the charge made by ex-Speaker Keifer
that H. Y. Boynton, correspondent, at
tempted in corrupt manner to influence
his action on the McGarrahan claim. Bills
were introduced to prevent the adultera-
tion of sugar, to bridge the Mississippi at
st. Paul, to prevent the inter-marriage Of
whites and negroes In the District OF Col.
umbia, and to secure the stability Of the
paper currency,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
Bronco Sam.

Speaking about cowboys, Sam Stew
art, known from Montana to Old Mex
leo as ssBronco SAM" was the chief
His special delight was to break the
warlike heart of the vicious wild pony
of the plains, and make him the servant
of man.
There may be Joy in a wild gallop
across the boundless plains, in the crisp
morning, on the back of fleet bronco;
but when you return with your ribs
sticking through your vest, and find
that your nimble steed mas returned to
town two hours ahead of you, there is
tinge of sadness about it all.
Bronco Sam. however, made a spec
ialty of doing all the riding himself.
He wouldn't enter into any compromise
and allow the horse to ride him.
In reckless moment he offered to
bet ten dollars that he could mount and
ride wild Texan steer. The money
was put up. That settled it. Sam
never took water. This was true in a
double sense. Well, he climbed the
cross-bar of the corral-gate, and asked
the other boys to turn out their best
steer, Marquis of Queensbury rules.
AS the steer passed out, Sam slid
down and wrapped those parenthetical
legs of his around that high-headed,
broad-horned brute, and he rode him
till the fleet-footed animal fell down on
the buffalo grass, ran his hot red tongue
out across the blue horizon, shook his
tail conyulsiyely, swelled up sadly and
died.
1t took Sam four days to walk back.
A ten-dollar bill looks as large to me
as the star. spangled banner, sometimes;
but that is an avenue of wealth that had
not occurred to ME.
I'd rather ride buzz saw two dol
Lars q day and found. -HW age.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
Wedding Fashions Among Canadian
Peasants.

The chief social event Of their lives is
q wedding almost the only set occa-
sion of festivities. The priest then per-
mits dancing among relatives, and al
lows unusual expenses to be Incurred.
But, to begin at the beginning, boys
and girls generally see but little of one
another, separated as they are in col
leges and converts, and subsequently,
having but formal meetings, closely
supervised by parents. The priest d.
reefs that courtship shall be very short
and circumspect. 1t generally lasts but
q few months; engagements are made
very much after the pecuniary interests
followed in France, and the marriages
generally occur at from eighteen to
twenty-five years of age.
A widower of this place recently went
to spend the evening with a neighbor,
whose sister was an old maid whom no
one had thought of marrying. When
he left the house her brother suggested
that he Should marry her. They re-
turned to the house and went together
to her bed, in one corner of the room,
and woke her up. Holding the candle
up to his face he said:
"Mlle. C., take a good look at
me; Pm rather worse than / seem by
candle-light. and I've nine small chill
dren. and not a great deal of land.
Will you marry mepn
She rubbed her eyes, still half asleep,
looked him over moment, and said:
yes"
"Then be ready next Tuesday"
In another case, the day after the
banns of marriage had been published
here, the intended found his betrothed
crying by the window
''What's the matter, MariaP''
''Well, Baptist, my sister Louise
wants very much to marry, because
she's older, and it's her turn first And
it makes me sad to see her disappointed.
Now if you would only marry her! Ev-
erything is ready, you know, and it
wouldbe such relief.
''Well, well, don't cry about that,
said he, with moment 5 surprise. Il
don't mind if / do. Go and tell her to
get ready"
The Church forbids the union of
blood-relations, but it sells for moder-
ate price permits for even first cousins
to marry, so that consanguineous unions
are very common in these old parishes,
where families have kept increasing
and settling near the old homestead till
they form clans sometimes numbering
several hundred of one name. More
over, the priest permits. such marriages
sometimes in consideration of certain
circumstances, such as the needs of a
family for a step-mother, or step-father,
the lack of beauty reducing the chances
of a woman to get another offer, or the
advance of age, or the poverty of a
woman.-C Il. FornJ5ons, IN Hdrper'S
M0QGza2ae.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
Going Back to the Floating Chip.
One of the earliest English poets has
a. StanZa like this.

One of the earliest English poets has
stanza like this:
Ye lodestone on We little chippe
Doth serve to guide We mighty shippe
BY ever pointing to We poles
Thus conscience serves to guide tn soul.
SIS it true that the original ships
compass was made of lodestoneP'
was asked of a dealer in compasses and
chronometers.
eyes. Magnetic iron ore on bit
of wood floating in bowl of water is
said to have been the original compass.
There are old sailors living now who
can remember when the needle was at
tached to piece of wood floating IN a
bowl. The first attempt at improve
ment was to attach the needle to a card
on which the thirty-two points of the
compass were marked. The card was
balanced at its center on a hardened
steel point or pivot, the cap that rested
on the point being made of agate, gar
net or sapphire, to reduce friction.
The pivot was erected from the center
of the bottom of bowl that was sus-
pended in what are called gimbals, an
arrangement of rings and pivots which
kept the top of the bowl, and therefore
the compass card, always horizontal,
whatever the ships position. The
great point at which the manufacturer
hoped to arrive was such an arrange
ment of the various parts of the COM
pass as would leave the needle in its
position undisturbed when the ship
swung around. The most perfect con-
struction of the pivot and its cap was
found faulty in that the point eventually
wore down collar, SO that the card
moved with the ship.
''The latest device for compass is q
return to the old 'lodestone' and chip
principle. Instead of single bit of
steel, there are six ribbons of cast steel
secured to card that is made of tin
with air compartments in it. This
card is foated on a bowl of water
tinctured with spirits. The spirits are
to prevent freezing. The card revolves
on pivot of the best construction.
The pivot is to keep the card from
touching the sides of the bowl. The
water supports all the weight of the
card, except few grains, SO that no
wear comes on the pivot If you ever
whirled q pail of water with stick in
it you noticed that the stick remained
stationary while the pail went round.
The card in the bowl remains on the
meridian while the ship jibes about or
comes up into the wind. IN z. San.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-01
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-BeethoYen became deaf in 1901,
blind in 1923, and died in 1927, after
composing one hundred and thirty-seven
different works.
Miss Martha Jellison, who had
taught school for sixty years, died in
Ellsworth, Me-, the other day at the
age of ninety-three.- Boston Post
General Butler found the State
House of Massachusetts destitute of a
Bible. He should be given credit for
leaving a handsome copy for the study
of his successor. Ben is one of the best
Bible scholars in the United States
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Dean lie Breton, the father of Mrs.
Langtry, now lives in retirement at st.
Brelade's, ten miles from St. Heller S.
He is said to be.the handsomest man in
the Island of Jersey, tall and upright in
bearing. with dignitied mien and feat
ures. He long ago was separated from
his wife, who is chaperoning Mrs. Lang
try.
The New York Historical Society,
with 1898 members, no debts, and
$4,000 on hand, is taking steps to Sc
cure new building. The present quar-
tiers on Second avenue are much too
small to accommodate its library of sew
enty thousand volumes and its great
mass of maps, pamphlets, pictures and
other objects.-N. Y. Times.
Major William Arthur, of the army,
bears strong personal resemblance to
his brother, the President, though of
lighter build and more distinctive mill
itary bearing. He has seen great deal
of active service on the plains, and was
brave and efficient officer during the
rebellion. He still bears the scars of
severe wounds received in battle. For
politics he cares little, his tastes being
purely military. = Washington Star.
Charles Nordhoff, who edits the
Washington news department of the
New York Herald, is paid salary of
$4,000 per annum, and has in addition
house which is provided for him by
the proprietor of the Herald. His wife
is daughter of Bishop Ames, and in
terests herself especially in the welfare
of young women from Indiana who go
to the capital either to find employment
in one of the Departments or to enjoy
the pleasure of Washington society.
The library of Harvard College
contains the first two drafts of Longfel-
lows ''Excelsior.' The first is written
on the back of note addressed to
Longfellow by Charles Sumner, and is
Endorsed september %, 1841, $3.50
o'clock, morning. Now in bed" The
second shows variations and erasures.
For instance, the line "a youth who
bore mid snow and ice'' was written
four times before decided upon: ga
youth who bore in snow and ice," "a
youth who bore pearl of pyice," and
"a youth who bore above all price :"
The inception of the line "a tear stood
in his bright blue eyen was, "a tear
s.ood in his pale blue eye. p Hartford
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