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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-29

AACCA ilOL ltNhC our MOIO-N GU uScNA IlDL kiOM
our names-merit is all YOU seek. Ask
your neighbors, ask your druggist, ask or
write to those who give their certificates and
be convinced that b. Il. B. is the quickest
and most perfect Blood Purified ever Def re
known. Sold by b.. v. Hudson, Bolivar,
Tenn.
Reduced, Reduced.
Wool and cotton bunting, dress goods,
reduced from twenty cents to ten cents per
yard. All wool colored bunting reduced
from % cents to Is cents per yard
Uarl1ins & Durrett
The best and most reliable Patent Medi-
zines in the world arc to be found in Hud-
sons splendid stock. Call and see.
Go to the Bulletin office for Job
Printing of every description.
IIarkins & Durrctt keeps everything
needed by ladies and gentlemen and will
sell as cheap as any one Tor cash Or credit.
Call on us.
Lamp-chimneys for the millions at IIud-
sons drug store for 5 cents.
Largest lot and cheapest fishing tackle in
Bolivar at B. V. IIudson's. Call and see
for yourself.
All colors of mixed paints at B v. Hud-
sons and all guaranteed.
DO You Know
IL. 2 tO,,--o.. 49,. a.
line OF ladies' hats, gIoycs and parasoIs in
town.
Cheapest swinging lamps in the.world at
IIudson's. Everybody ought to see them.
IIudSon's new stock OF fresh candies is
pure and unaduterated.
Smoke the best in town-the "Push" at
IIudson's drug store.
Tombs, Monuments, etc, put up in the
most elegant designs by Whitehead & Bo-
den, Jackson, TEN. S. NJ. WeatherIy.
agent, Bolivar, Tenn.
New goods, new goods, at IIarkrns & Dur
retts.
Watches, diamonds, silverware AID the
best Of solid goods in every variety at
Y, b. Thayer's, who never misprepresents
his goods Repairing of fine watches and
iewelry spcciaIiies- No. 2G5 Main Street,
Memphis, Tenn, feh14Iy
Large lot of Alabastinc at B, Y. Hnd-
sons.
Headquarters for school books, states
pencils, pens. inks, stationery, etc, at IIud-
sons drug store.
GentIemen,
When you want i new hat, either straw
or fur. go to Harkins & Durretts.
Great reduction in prices OF window-gIass,
putty, etc, at Hudson's drug store.
Buy your Paints and Oils Of every de
/ scription at Hudson's-they are cheap.
Collins Ague Cure is warranted when
used rs directed not only to brake .chills but
any Of lie complaint which so much infest
the malarial districts
Best Coal Oil in Bolivar at &. V. Hud-
! sons drug store.
Ladies' Don't Forget
/ to call and see our immense stock Of dress
/ goods when you come TO town.
Harkins & Durrett
Combs, brushes and toilet articles Of eve
/ ~ description at Hudson's.
We have the largest and cheapest stock
ladies and childrcns' custom made shoes ii
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
A Mexican Break fast.

A cracking fire Is burning in the
open air and on it are heaped pile of
oysters, cooking for breakfast. The
other members are now astir-the Ia
dies of the house. Their dress is de-
cidedly neglige. The elder lady, who
must be the mamma. has black skirt,
a white bodice and a thin. black shawl.
Her hair is twisted into knot and is
innocent, very innocent Of the comb.
But her manners are perfect and her
smile of welcome and her gracious
wish, asked SO prettly, for you to pass
in to the breakfast, are Incompatible.
1t is little room. The floor is of red
brick. broken in some places. and you
find Your feet imbedded in red brick
dust The table has no cloth. 1t il of
deal and the chinaware is coarse. But
the eatables are in profusion. There is
half kid before the host and a pile of
smoking oysters in the center of the ia
BILE, fresh from the earth, with grit and
ashes and dirt, and the shell has burst
and the grit and ashes have found their
way to the oyster itself, but who caresp
What easier way is there to eat the
dainty? And then there are huge jugs
of milk and coffee, and chocolate and
tea, and hospitality and eggs, and gc-
nialty and tripe, and tamales and good
humor. Presently friend drops in,
cigarette in mouth; and he makes pre-
tense to fling 1t away, but the courte-
Gus host restraints him and he smokes
on. provided he shares not in the re-
past.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
THE LEAD PENCIL.

There is no lead pencil; and there has
been none for fifty years. There was
time when a spiracle of lead, cut
from the bar or sheet. sufficed to
make marks on white paper or some
rougher abrading material. The name
of lead pencil came from the old
notion that the products of the
Cumberland mines, England. were
lead, instead of being plumbago,
or graphite, carbonate of iron, cap
able of leaving leadcolored mark.
With the original lead pencil or slip,
and with the earlier styles of the "lead"
pencil made direct from the Cumber-
land mine. the wetting of the pencil
was preliminary of writing. But
since it has become a manufacture the
lead pencil is adapted. by numbers or
letters to each particular design. There
are grades of hardness, from the PEN
Gil that may be sharpened to a needle
point, TO one that makes broad mark.
Between the two extremes there are a
number of graduations that cover
all the conveniences of the lead
pencil. These graduations are made
BY taking the original carbonate,
and grinding il. and mixing it with q
fine quality Of clay in differing proper
tons, regard being had to the use of
the pencil. The mixture is thorough,
the mass is squeezed through dies to
form and size it, is dried and incased In
its wood envelODp
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
BalloOning.

But for all that. ballooning remains
one of the most puzzling and the least
satisfactory of hobbies. We can SYM
pathiZe with mountaineering, and can
even appreciate The curious attraction
of the Arctic sea: but to make a habit
of going about in balloons is much
less ineligible fancy. No considera-
BILE advance in meteorological knOwl.
edge seems TO have been made of late
years by the mronauts. The air cur
rents have proved. rs might have been
expected. TO be incalculablc. The
cloud forms have been found to be ey-
ceedingly fine: and this also might have
been expected. The excitement of m
eycr-prcsent danger must count for
something: the knowledge that a wrong
use of the valve or a wrong handling of
the ballast might destroy you may well
be found stimulating. But beside this
it is difficult to see that much has been
added 10 knowledge by means of bal
looms since the days of their infancy.
We are no nearer the solution of the
problem of AERIAL navigation. We have
learned no means of guiding against
the wind, no suggestion of that which
makes the navigation OF the sea posi-
blc-of a manner Of utilizing the breeze
to 90 in other directions than that in
Which it is blowing. Mr.. Simmons got
to Cherbourg by lucky accident, be-
cause the air currents, high and low,
were setting from the northeast; had
he found himself among crOss-currents
he might have been carried in quite an
other direction. His skill would have
counted for nothing against a change
in the wind. The balloon, in fact, is
like ship with rigid sails and without
rudder; or, if the comparison may be
permitted. like tOy-boats which the lit
lie boys set 10 sail across the Round
pond. Ii the right breeze catches them
they will arrive AT their intended goal;
if not, they must fain accept their des-
tinv and anchor elsewhere. AS yet
there seems to be but two important
uses for balloons. Captive or station
AIRY balloons can be employed for rec
onnoitering purposes in war; and adj
venturous persons like NJ. Gambetta, If
they do not mind risking rifle bullet,
can use balloons to escape from a be-
sieged city. But for other useful ends
they do no: yet appear to be adapted,
il having already been sufficiently DEM
onstratcd that the eronaut may learn
something about cloud-form, but that
as far as the course of his balloon Is
concerned, that is matter over which
he has but little control. -London
Tones
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
SCIENCE IN FARMING.

We have much poor land in the
United States. and an immense area of
good land. The poor land will be used
TO grow timber, or be improved by con-
ver,ing more or less of it. gradually,
into pasture, and stocking it with sheep
and cattle. The main point is, to feed
The sheep or cattle with some rich
nitrOgcnoTs food, such as cotton-seed
cah", malt-sprouts, bran. shorts, mill
feed, refuse beans, or bran-meal made
from beans injured by the weevil, or
bug. In short, the owner of such land
must buy such food as will furnish the
most nutrimcnt and make the richest
manure 1T the least cost--taking both
of these objects into consideration. He
will also buy more or less artificial ma
nures, to be used for the production of
fodder crops, such rs corn, millet,
Hungarian grass, etc. And, as soon
as Il portion of the land can be made
rich enough, he will grow more or less
mangel wurzels, sugar beets. turnips,
aud other root crops. Superphosphate
will be found admirably adapted for
this purpose, and two. three, or four
hundred pounds Of cheap potash salts,
per acre. can frequently be used on
fodder crops. in connection with two
or three hundred pounds of superphos-
phatc. with considerable profit. The
whole subject is we'll worthy of careful
study. Never in the history of the
world has there been grander oppor-
tunity for the application of science to
the improvement of agriculture than
now.
On the richer lands. the aim of the
farmer will be 10 convert the plant
food lying dormant in the soil into
profitable crops. The main point is
good tillage. In many cases weeds now
run away with half our crops and all
our profits. The weeds which spring
up after the grain crops are harvested,
are not an unmIXed evil. They retain
the nitrogen and other plant food, and
when turned under make manure for
the succeeding crops. But weeds
among the growing crops are evil, and
only evil. Thorough blowing is the
remedy. with drainage where needed
Jc%efh Mrris, in Am. Agric,iturist for
.NOr"AInCr.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
WALKS BETWEEN FARM BUILDINGS.


are poorly supplied with walks. Some
times there is no way to approach the
house from the street or TO go from the
house to the well or farm buildings,
except to travel over ground that is not
covered with turf. During large por-
ton OF the year. and especially in the
winter, it is necessary to pass through
mud or snow. AS consequence damp
feet are among the penalties attached
to passing out of the house during I'M
pleasant weather. Of course, it is very
difficult 10 keep the floors OF a dwelling
clean when the occupants are Obliged
to walk through mud every time they
go out. There should be good walks
leading from the street to the entrances
to the house. and to the well and vari-
Gus out-buildings. They not only pro-
mote comfort but save large amount
of work in taking care of the house.
Very good and serviceable walks may
be made b. mailing plank to scantlings
placed on edge. The walks may be
from two to three feet wide. according
TO the width of the planks. Walks con-
structed in this manner are easily kept
free from snow, as they may be swept
off as often as necessary. The only OBJ
lection TO them is the difficulty in driy-
ing across them. This difficulty may
be obviated by raising the driveway
for teams or By placing inclined planks
or timbers against the sides of the
walks. Good walks may also be made
of fiat stone or gravel confined between
pieces of timber. To prevent the tim
bers from spreading they should be
fastened together at suitable distances
by means of cross-pieces. The gravel
should be clean and the surface of the
walk should be slightly rounded so as
to carry off water.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
An Editors Tribute.

Theron p. Keator, Editor Of Fort
Wayne, Ind., Gazette" writes: "For
the past five years have always used DR..
Kings New Discovery, for coughs OF
most severe charaster, as we'll as for
those OF a milder type. 1t never tails
to effect speedy cure. My friends TO
whom have recommended it speak of
il in same high terms. Having been
cured by it Of every cougi, ! have had
for five years, consider it the only re-
liable and sure cure for coughs. colds.
etc." Call at John A. Samborn Drug
Store and get free trial bottle. Large
size 81.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
A RESULT OF COOPERATION.

Workingmen managing cO-opera-
tive establishment, and performing
their own labor. would undoubtedly
experience seasons when they would be
compelled to accept not only smaller
dividends but lower wages, in order TO
have any dividends ut all. Still it is
we'll known that men when working for
themselves will put up with privations.
and hardships even, which they would
upon them by others One of the indirect
advantages of cooperative production
will be the cultivation Of ECONOMY,
saving and thrift among the working
men who engage in it. The interest in
such an establishment would form u
nucleus to which every honorable and
ambitious workman would have Q
just pride in adding something every
month. Western Manufactures,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01

The construction of railroad track
leading to the new Michigan Central
bridge at the Niagara Falls has al
ready made sad havoc with the beau
ties Of the romantic looking cliff above
Horseshoe Falls. Huge unsightly piles
of red clay, taken from the excavations,
are deposited on the hitherto grassy
fats and slopes, while a coal yard and
freight station distigure what would
otherwise be one of the most desirable
portions Of the proposed park on the
American side Of the river.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01

HOW TO DITCH AND DRAIN PROPERLY.
The work of drainmaking should be
done thoroughly and Systematically.
1t Is not q bad idea to look the farm
carefully over with view to determ-
ming where bitches are most needed,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01

where is the best place to locate the
main drains, and what number Of
laterals is necessary to complete the
system required to properly drain a
given area. Then chart should be
made showing the precise location Of
all the drains on the farm. This will
be found serviceable when it is desir-
ed to find any drain which may need
attention. The main drains should be
made large enough TO freely carry off
all the water which the system Of later
ais may take TO them. Too often the
mistake is made of making drains too
small. when imperfect drainage or the
doub BILE expense Of taking them up are
the inevitable results. Among the first
things to be looked to is good and
sufficient outlet. Under the drainage
laws now in force in perhaps nine
tonths Of the states in the Union this
may be secured without difficulty, 50
far rs getting through adjoining lands
is concerned. Having secured the out
let the next thing is,tO have regular
fall for all drains. This is necessary to
keep the tile from filling up and always
in good working order. In short, 1t
pays 10 take all needfnl precautions at
the proper time; it is expensive enough
To pui in drains the first time without
having 10 do the work over.
Perhap mistake made Oftcner than
any other in draining lies in not
laying the tile deep enough. 1t has
been estimated that an average depth Of
the tilc-drains of the country does not
exceed twenty inches. II is now gen.
orally conceded that to be fully cffec-
tive tile should be laid ut least twice
this depth. In recent address deliv-
cred before the Tile and Drainage As
sociation of Ohio Mr.. j. G. Wagner
claims for deep drainage that it gives
access to much larger amount of
plant fOod-three feet in depth giving
access 10 three times rs much as one
foot in depth will allow the roots to
reach; that it will give three times as
much moisture 10 draw from in dry
seasons. and even more, rs the top is
the part dried out by the sun; also that
air deposits moisture on cold surfaces.
rs may be noticed in cellars or ice
boxes. Hence the pores in well-drain-
ed land receive Il deposit of moisture
in hot weather which is of great assist
ance in raising good crops--a result
which could not he accomplished by
shallow drainage.
There is still another advantage in
deep drains, and ttat is, tile deeply
laid is not SO liable to become filled by
roots forcing their way between the
joints of the tiles. II is claimed that
the deeper the drains the earlier in the
spring blowing can be begun. Also.
that land deeply drained will not be
damaged by sudden or by heavy rains
to the extent that such rains affect
ShallOw-draincd soil.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
HOMEMADE APPARATUS.


Some people conclude that, if they can
not possess a first class instrument of
this or that kind, they are better of
without any, but moments considera-
ton will show the fallacy of this con-
clusion, and that on the contrary. even
q very poor instrument of observation
OF precision, or generally of research.
in aid of the senses be it telescope,
microscope, spectroscOpe, balance, Their
mometer, chronOmeter and chemical
reagents vastly better than none.
We have but to remember the great
strides made in the acquisition Of know
ledge by the aid of the very imperfect
first-forms of every instrument which
has been invented, to be assured OF this.
Moreover, reilect!-sO fur rs vision is
concerned, men, on an average, without
instrumental assistance, are inexorably
kept distance from '.things" Of ten
inches, and must view them under the
angle thence subtended. But the use
of simple lens Of two and half
inches focus annihilatcs three fourths
of this distance, quadrup!rs the angle
of vision. aud enables us " see objects
only one sixteenth rs large IS the least
we can see with the naked eye. And
for some purposes poor instrument Is
as good as the best: an egg or q potato
gives the housewife all the advantages,
In measuring the density Of her brine,
which she would derive from the most
skillfully RECONSTRUCTED hydrometers. or
the most accurate balance and specific
gravity bottle. Calico, with his simple
lens telescope. saw what perhaps, never
man before saw-viz., the moons of
Jupiter; and by exhibiting the partial
illumination of Venus. with the same
imperfect instrument, he removed one
of the strongest objections raised against
the heliocentric theory of Copernicus.
A word to the wise is enough, To my
fellow-students I say: Whatever may
be your several lines of study, get real
knowledge. where possible, by seeing
and handling things for yourselves; and,
if you can not possess or have the use Of
good instrument, do not therefore re-
fuse the assistance of poor one; but in
all cases get and use the best you can.
Rembrandt made pictures with burn
cd stick before he possessed pigment or
pencil. Popular Science Monthly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-02-01
FOR THE FARMER.
The Need for the Application of Science
in Agriculture.
Draining, and the Necessity for Thorough
and Systematic Work.
How to Improve Home Surroundings.
HYGIENE FOR HORSES.

HYGIENE FOR HORSES.
DIR. G. f. Page gives the .HcdicR and
Surgical Journal some suggestions on
keeping horses in health. which are not
only In agreement with the best teach
ing. but sustained by his own and 9TH
ers' experience
"Ihe custom Of working or excrcis-
ing horses directly after eating; or
feeding after hard work. and before
they are thoroughly rested; batting al
noon. when both these violations of a
natural law are committed: these are
the predisposing causes Of the pinkeyc
and of most diseases that affect our
horses. Keep the horses quiet, dry.
warm. and in pure atmosphere. the
nearer outdoor air the better. and stop
his feed entirely at the first symptom
of disease. and he will speedily recover.
1t has been demonstrated in tens of
thousands of cases i'm family life. that
two meals are not only ample for the
harvest and most eXhauSting labor
ply or mental. but altogether best.
The same thing has been fully proved
in hundreds of instances with horses.
.thu has HtNOI III
cd. after fair trial, TO work the best
results An hours rest at noon is vast
ly more restoring TO Il tired animal.
whether horse or man, than Il meal of
any sort. although the latter may prove
more stimulating.
The morning meal given. if posi-
bic. early enough for partial stomach
digestion before the muscular and ner-
vOus system are called into active play;
the night meal offered long enough al
ter work to insure n rested condition of
the body; diet liable enough. but
never excessive; this is the law and
gospel of hygiene diet for either man
or beast. have never tried to fatten
my horses, for long ago learned that
fat was a disease; but l have always
found that if horse does solid work
enough he will be fairly plump if he
has two sufficient meals. Muscle is the
product Of work and food; fat may be
laid on By food alone. We see. how
ever, plenty of horses that are gener-
ously-too gcnerously--fed. that still
remain thin. and show every indication
of being under-nOurished; dyspepsia is
disease not confined conclusively to
creatures who own or drive horses.
But for perfect health and immunity
from disease restriction of exercise
must be met by restriction in diet.
Horses require more food in cold than
in warm weather, if performing the
same labor. In case of IL warm spell
in winter, reduce their feed more or
less, according to circumstances. as
surely as | do the amount of fuel con-
sumed. l also adopt the same princi-
pie in my diet. The result is, that
neither my animals nor mysclf are ever
for one moment sick