The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-11
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t is wise young man who early
makes up his mind that gamblers know
more about gambling than he does
Dial.
"A little school girls definition of
scandal: Nobody does nothing, and
everybody goes on telling of it every
whore. Troy Times.
True wealth consists in health,
vigor and courage, domestic quiet. con-
cord, public liberty, plenty of all that
is necessary and contempt of all that is
superhuous.-F er1eLOn.
DO cats reason?" asks a writer In
natural history. We don't know whether
they reason or not, but for pure, unad
liberated augmentation they take the
cake Burlington Free Press.
Justice is blind according to the old
tradition, but it looks little of late as
though it was only blind in one eye and
that the big rascais succeeded in getting
on the blind side every time.-P6ttGdet-
fllttG Times.
-''Why will you persist in drinking
tea and coffee?'' asked the doctor. "a
milk diet is the healthiest. 1t contains
all the elements of the human blood.
Every true" replied Fogg, swallowing
his third cup of coffee, ''but then, you
know. am not blood thirsty. "-Boston
Transcript.
-He-If L were to live my life over
again, madam, / would do very differ
emily. She-Indeed land what would
you do? He-I should marry nobody,
madam at all. She You
would make a great mistake if you did
that. He--I don't think so. She-Yes,
you would. 1 married nobody when ]
married you.--N. Y. Graphic.
President Webb, of Mississippi Col
lege, was interviewed by young man
who wanted to go to school. "Wcll,
said the President, "What do you
knowP'' Nothing was the re-
Spouse. ''Well, you are just four
years ahead of some of the other stu
dents. It takes them four years to
learn what you know to start with.
Your prospects are fine, sir. :"
"A writer in the Providence Journal
SAYS we unjust wait until 1892 for Jupi-
ter's next perihelion. Well, if we
must we must, though it seems pretty
rough. We don't suppose the writer
could induce Jupe to perihele next year?
There may be two or three persons
right here in this town who wouldn'
murmur greatly if Jupiter were to de-
| fer the exhibition until 1890. They
would be willing to wait.-NorristOe07'
| Herald
Say, Pat" said gentleman to
/ his hired man, who had many domestic
| quarrels, with whom would you sooner
| fight, the English or your wife. Biddy?"
s'Och, bedad,' was the reply, ''whin
| the English declare war mon foinds ii
out in advance, an he gifts a chance ter
run, but whin Biddy declares war,
niver bit do I foind it out until have
recovered. D'yez underestimate" The
| gentleman comprehended the peculiar
! position of his domestic.
What in the world brought you
down here to-day, Charlie?" exclaimed
/ the surprised Miss Fussanfeather to
/ young Crimsonbeak, who had quite I'M
expectedly presented himself at the re-
sort where she was stopping. 81 was
drawn toward you, dear, replied the
blood, in dulcet tones. How, Charliei
What drew you toward meP' The
cars. DEAR ''Oh. no, you provoking
| fellow; / mean what was the motive
that brought you here?" ''Oh; tho
| locomotive, dearr' and they went ont
to perform the hammock act alone anc
unobserved. YoRkers Statesman.