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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21

all be proven on trial"
What Astonlshed Lamar-The Prep
aratlon Of a Proclamation in Which
Cleveland Took a Hand.
New York Times.
An earnest Republican, who since
the campaign times has learned to- re-
spect the intelligence as well as the
integrity of President Cleveland, tells
a good story that comes direct from
Secretary Lamar. 1t relates to the
first business meeting of the Cleveland
Cabinet, and shows how the President,
in a quiet, unostentatious way, opened
the eyes of the Mississippi statesman.
Except Manning, there wasn't a
member Of the Cabinet who
did not manifest some curiosity
as to the way in which President Cleve-
land would conduct his executive
household. They found him neither
oficious nor laxative and though he
produced upon every one of them a
most favorable impression, when the
meeting broke up they didn't know
him much better than they did before
the meeting began. The Oklahoma
boomers were cutting a wide swath in
the country just then and the Okla
homa boomer was very generously
discussed at that Cabinet meeting.
1t being resolved that the Secreta.
ries of the Interior and War should
draw up a proclamation in accordance
with certain views upon which the
President with the Cabinet had agreed.
Secretary Endicott quietly suggested
that Secretary Lamar should put the
proclamation in shape and then they
would go over it and elaborate it to-
gether' ut is a pretty stiff task, but
III try it," said Mr.. Lamar with a
smile that was not hilarious. That
night, somewhere about II or u
o'clock, Mr.. Endicott's dreams at the
Arlington were disturbed by a knock
ing which threatened wholly TO tear
down his bedroom door. In stalked
the tall Secretary of the Interior. He
had brought over a draft of that proc
lamation. Mr.. Endicott read it. Mr..
Endicott was pleased and he said so.
1t was very good, very good indeed, he
SAD. 1t couldn't be improved upon.
Mr.. Lamar had struck just the right
key. Mr. Endicott had not a single
suggestion to offer. He felt pretty
sure, ne said, that it would meet the
residents approval just as it stood.
Yes, l guess you're right; l guess it
viii meet the Presidents approval just
as 1t stands" said Mr.. Lamar. "Let
me tell you a thing Oh two. l worked
over this thing for hours. 1 hunted
up PRESIDENT Arthur's proclamation
against the boomers and tried to build
up one OF my own with it for a model,
0ut l did not make much headwav.
Ihen l started out on my own account
IN struggled over a lot of blank
paper. 1t was not a very satisfactory
showing, that's a fact, but 1 strayed
over to the White House with
II, mad a talk with the Presi-
DENT, read him the document and
asked If he had any suggestions to make.
! sald to him frankly: Mr.. President.
1t doesn't suit me- He looked over
my draft and then he said to me in a
qulet way; Suppose you let me try my
hPnd at it, Mr.. Secretary He took up
ms pen and he wrote. He didn't stop.
ne didn't hesitate; ideas seemed crowd
ing one right IN top Of another. When
he was done he read it to me. There
is-what you've read and approved.
Let me tell you, Mr.. Secretary. Presi-
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21

The English, stimulated by Russian en-
terprise in the same direction, are begin
ming to talk seriously Of & railway from
Europe to India
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21

The Emperor C%harlemagne compelled
all Of his court to join him In his swim.
ming bath.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21

T1D DaaI Aug; 15.-There were
100 new cases Of cholera and 80
t usasnS from the disease reported yes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21
Ia Genins a Madness.

We say nc;-but a great many per-
sous have expressed themselves the
other way. The idea is advanced that
genius is SO. ething quite out of the
common range, and that its Fossessors
are not to be subjected to the same
rules by which we Judge ordinar,' NOR
tails Some seem to think that it
differs from talent not in degree alone
but in kind-though they have meyer
defined the precise line where it may
be said of one that he has only talent,
and of the one above the hne that he
has genius. Some persons have
very great capacity tor the perform
ance Of certain things combined With
very great industry and perseverance.
Others have PERHAPS equal powers Of
mind, but lack the power Of steady
application. The former accom- glish-
Ell much-the latter little or nothing.
It not unfrequently chances that sight
is lost of the patient application, and
the man who has done much in his
line Of effort is spoken Of az if lie had
done 50 with little exertlon. 1t is
never so. The men who have been &C
credited with possessing genius have all
been hard workers. Indeed we think
the willingness and disposition to
work hard is The main part Of the ge-
MUS. Of course a Ounce, apply he
himself never 50 assiduously, will not
accomplish 50 much as a man # good
BRAIN. But instances are by no means
rare iii which persvering mediocrity
has won place above what was re-
garded as exceptional talent. The
notion that genius is form of men,
tai disease seems to Us strange. As
Il matter Of t0ct, nol many inteIlects
are we'll balanced. Most individuals
have crochets and icIosyncrasIes which
betray more or less the want Of poise.
But it is not more common to find
one faculty developed at the expense
Of another among those whose best
faculties are very high than among
those whose greatest attainment is
small. Men and women who are said
to have genius often become crazed or
mad from too much BRAIN work. But
to compare their gift to the hurting
gravel around which the oyster throws
its secretion until il converts it into
a GEM may be poetical, bat It is not
at al q trnthnEl conceit.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21

the young men of our country; how
1t is interfering with the aquisition of
knowledge or Of wealth. The argu-
meat need not be made against any
particular game. Base ball will Of
course have its day and go out Of
fashion. The evil to be corrected is
too much play. It absorbs too much
time and to much attention. We are
not n favor Of making peoble dull bv
haying all work and 10 play. But
we deprecate much more the poverty
which must surely come upon them
when it is all blay and no work.
There is no need Of preaching against
intempe.ance in work. A few, and
only few. are guilty Of this excess.
But great many are Inclined to de-
vote themselves too much to dancing,
to boat-racing and baseball playing.
1t is bad state Of things when Il
craving to be master player is the
paramount ambition of young men,
and an expert at ball pitching can
command better pay than one who
seduously pursues some wealth-pro
ducIng vocation.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21
NO. 81

He thought Resurrection Day had Come.
1t was at White Sulphur Springs,
in 1861 think it was '68-but any
way, General Robt. L. Lee and Gen.
Rosecrans ard other distinguished men
We're there at the time, consulting as
to the best method of reconciIing the
North and South. and bringing about
much needed peace and harmony in
the nation. One day the stage coach
drove up in front of tie hotel, and
out Of one door of 1t stepped news
paper man named Hannah. He was
long, and SO thin in body that he Of
fered 10 particular obstruction to the
passage o! light. The thickest thing
about him was shock Of red hair that
hung down on eaoh aide OF his face,
covering lis ears, ana tranieg his
cadaverous countenance, lie wore a
lorg linen duster about as large around
rs an umbrella case. AS he elm bed
out enc side of the stage, Aleck Steph-
ems Climbed out Of the other, and the
two started up toward the hotel to-
gether. One Of the boys at the hotel
pointed at them, and called ont:
Look herol Here comes the van
guard 0f che resurrection.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21
Rubber Cannon Balls.

As war reminIscenccs are all the
rage at he present, the Record is GO
ing to reminisce. A few years ago
jour printer by the name Of Brock,
from Columbus, Ga, worked in this
office fer severa! weeks. He was q
great talker; was walking encyclo-
pedia. lie told US Of q Federal brI-
gade that had taken quarters at Broo's
Station, IN that state, encomping in
the forest. The Rebs. under the
leadership of a Stelnheiner, learn
ing of their whereabout7, c0neluded
to give them twist. En- route, they
came to a point where they had been
a monster passenger train wreck, he
debris of which was scattered ia all
directions. The detail, consisting Of
artillery, cavelry and infantry, halted
at the wreck to see if something that
coulI be made useful to the c. s. 4 l..
mi isht not be found. Among other
things picked up. the artillery detail
consisting Of six pieces, procured one
or two bushels Of rubber springs,
used on the axles Of all coaches. and
put them in their caissons. Wearily
they trucged along until in the early
afternoon OF the next day they hove
in sight. They soon put their pieces
in place ana opened on the Nunks.
The dueling WAS kept up for several
hoars, with no percciyable route Of
the encampcd FederaIs. At last il
made known that all the shells and
shot Of the Rebel artillery were exhaus
ted. They were puzG'ed as to what
i should be done. Finally one of the
artillerymen suggested that they
give them one round oi rubber
springs. Quickly the command was
put into executing. Into each pec
two springs were placed. At ihe
command twelve springs weI.t whiz
zing through The air. 1t is said that
nothing on earth was ever before
comparable toit. These springs didn'
just strike and drop down, but they
leaped, bounced, bounded, killed 3
mau here. another there, tearing 7lowi
tents, batter whanging around for a
least fifteen minutes, leaving but few
men and horses able 10 get away, i
perchance the Rebel had gwen them
chancc.-S;pringfelt Record.
The mllk Of COWS fed on sour swili
/ and brewers grsins il not fit for hu
snan sd. ana there shocld he Law
against their use II tae dairy herd.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21
spenathriftg.

Al church festival in Warm ent
Town the other night, five young
gentlemen determined upon enjoying
the good things of this life while
they had an opportunity, and the mon
ey to spend, walked in, and one cf
them, too utterly reckless for any
thing, gave an order to one OF the
young lady-attendants for saucer
of ice c>eam" and as the young lady
withdrew to bring the cooling lux
ury, be added with considerable en-
phasis, "and FIVE spoons" The cream
and spoons were forthcoming. and
placed on the table before them,
when each seized a spoon and went
vigorously 20 work, aud in moment
the saucer was empty, and ten cents
throw down in liquidation Of the bill.
The young lady who witnessed ban
quet, was taken home by her friends,
where, after the application Of all
manner Of restoratives, she slowly re-
covered consciousness, but has never
been able to reduce her bangs to SUBJ
mission, and her friends fear that
they will remain permanently roached
and perfectly erect.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21
BILL NYE'S
Reflections on Benjamin Franklin.

w1Lu@LM1NA

Benjamin Franklin, formerly Of
Boston, came very near being an only
child. II seventeen children had not
come to hloss the home Of Benjam;n'8
parents. they would have been child
loss Think of getting up ia the
morning ami piening out your shoes
and stockings from among scv utsea
ppirs ol them Imagine yourself a
child, gentle reader. IN family where
you would be called upon every
morniug 70 select your own cud OF
spruce gum from col estion of seven
teen similar cuds stuck on lie window
sill. And yet y, Franklin meyer
murmure6 or repined. He desired
10 20 to see. and 10 avoid this he wa-
apprenticeI t., his brother James, who
was printer It is SAID that Frank
jim at once took hold Of the great
AIchimedean lever and ierked early
and late in the interest of freedom
1t is claimed that Franklin at th;.
time invented the deadly weapon
known as the printers towel. lie
found that common crash towe
could be saturated with glue, moiasaes
antim ny, concentrated I've, ans
roller composition. aud that after
few years OF time and perspiralion a
could harden 50 that the "Comstau
Reader or ''Neritas" could be stabbe,
with it ard die soon.
Many believe that Fnnklin's othc
scientific experiments were prodlctiy
OF more lasting bsn,ft 60 mankin,
than this, but do not agree witt
them.
This pa er WAS calloI tie New
England CouranL I, was edited joint
ly by .Iame andsB ujamin Fraukli
aud w:s started u supply lonc-iei
want. Benjamin e.ited .hc paper
palt Of tha time, aad james i par; 2
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21
Too Much Play.

When play is Il diversion it is a
very go ID thing. When il becomes
a business, 1t is a very poor thing
When two or three friends have been
occupe3 for hours in brain-exhaust-
ing labor agree to spend an hour or
two IN friendly game Of billiards, it
NAV prove both pleasant and proh
table exercise. Bat when stont
young men spe. / whole days in hand
ling the cue, and when they leave off
this, q uothing, we should say that
they are living to little purpose.
When number or Young men who
have cen enga 1ed in selentary occu
patton come together for the purpose
of having a game of ball, its exercise
IS likely 10 lie beneficial. But when
young men leave the field. or some
other occupation and speud the sun.
nv hours of vhole day in this sport,
! it is 1 very foolish expenditure OF pa
henec au strength This base ball
craze IS iu fact one Of lie lamentabie
evils our day. Iatemperance in
play has become as fatal to the ma
terial prosperity Of the county as IN
tempe ance iu drinE. There ls =
denan Tor preaching a crusade g.
. ,,;5. ,is for.n.sr ~ a 4ys1sYst flo 1qftat
rhe.e is no need to hoId up il IN,
( stro ase., coloEs now IL Is ienaral'z;ns
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21
Murdered With q Eatchet.

SED4LIA. Mo-, Aug. 16--kIcury Fog
senberg,r, a young man from Bluff.
tom, o was found dead i'll his bed
last night, with three ghaslly wounds
in his head, made with hatchet. The
perpctrator of the crime is not known,
but he 5 supposed to be Il man with
whom Toggenbcrgcr Lad had trouble
about Il w0man.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21
VOL. Xxx.
The Ma2ntag Dove.

"A gentle dove, the evening late,
A-weary Of It's flying,
A lonely dove without a mate,
So plain.ively assigning.
Above my window moanfd and moaned,
As if Tor sympathy.
Heart. broken doye!--the pelcons sluad
Disturbed my reverTt.
Within my heart that long had sorrowed,
ita sender lay, pathctic--
Whose tones fron sadness all were borrowed
Awokc 4 chord magnetic.
] wondered what lis grief could be,
From which was no rel, ass;
With blessed wings il could not flee
And, somewhere, yet find peace.
] listened to its mournful tune
As plain as human speaking;
The tender thing bnt carved lifc'5 boon
Another dove twas seeking.
] Thought hoH like the lonely dove,
Al Ching to be mated
Was my p. or heart that longed for love,
TO d,solation fatd
i he gentle dove, lett all alone,
Was moaning-O! 20 pei,sive
it, every note did end tone
Within NY breast responsive
Ny heart, like Tyre, altused It's chords
Unto the aslody,
Aud plpved The air unto the words
In pcr'ca. harmony.
Al ,tt. a., H., . : ;,,. 49,.
Poor dove, without nest
] sigh in solitude, and long
For ons to love me best
My arms in life's dark, dreary waste
Reach out for something dear,
And clasp but shadows of this past.
Which, instant, disappear.
] long for faces all divine,
Which NOW tie dalnp sod covers
Or elise, with love that once was mine,
Are beamng bright on Others
list for voices that are gone,
Some far bey ond The river"
And some iorgctful Of their t.nc,
So, los; to me forever.
How strangely sud and sadly strange
That all from me have vanished;
Though round the world yet nlay range
trom hope Pm ever banishea-
Because the dead eannet return,
Except IN evenings cleaning;
Aud others, lost, for whom yeara,
VIII never cease their raaming,
The evening shades are now descending,
Yelling spirit faces
And with tile past the present blending.
Filing vacant places.
Rrmindiug voices, 50 lorseliul
Of the oldrn tone,
Whose music sweet, and so resretfal,
Makes me not alon
When morning dawns thew will not last,
But fade beneath her wand;
The present, then, shall roll the past
Like scroll within her hand
The faces back to Heaven viii @,
The voices cease their tune,
AMI leave me il my bitter woe
lIrre, utterly alone.
WILuEGMTNA.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21
End Of an Old Grudge.

VIcKsBU&G, Miss, Aug. 16.-News
has been received here OF the killing
at Sunnyside, on the Tal'ahatchie Riv-
er, last SUNDAY, of. \ McATath, the
manager Of john Tyler's Belle-Chase
plantation, by DR.. Adair, manager
of D. w. Durdin's Beverly place. An
old misunderstanding was revived, and
Nc Math rode up to Adair's door, cali
ed him out an | threatened 10 shoo5
him. when Ada,r shot and killed
McMuth. Adair was arrested and
was subsequently released on 81 900
bail.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21

/ >
century it seems more than proba bic
that every corner Of the earth will be
ruled by white men AID that the
"audax IaEeti genus" as Horace p r
celved them to be, vail be the only
independent race within the planet
which their tireless enterprise will
then have rendered visible and very
small. Not even internal war ar
rests he rush, still ess human yoli-
ton.
Because Germans and Frenchmen
fought, France is in Tonquin, Tunis
and Madagascar, and in spite Of AIr.
Gladstone, Eughshmen are reaching
zambezi, are encamped IN Egypt, have
gained full footing in Borneo, are le-
gally reigning on the Niger, and are
looking with greedy eyes on all the
remaining lands Of the South Pacific.
It is difficult to read such record
without Zee ing that the quarrels of
OLD Europe, Of which we make SO
much, are not rather petty affairs, OF
without doubling whether after all
Bismarck does vely greatly affect tie
fortunes Of the human rrce The ulti-
mate law giyer, who scatters the ma
tions, ana who nes tsken Off the ban
Of sterility from The Ayran to inAict
ON the Turanian seems to be much
stronger than he
THE WHITE MANS HERITAGE.
This world is the heritage Of the
white man-that is the first lesson Of
Mr.. Gifen's figures; but there is an
other also, which Englishmen viii do
well to think over patiently and Il
they can. without hatred in their
hearts. They have no right to argue
with the visible viii Of God. II Mr.
Citizens figures are correct-and, Sub
iect to some arrest Of existing law,
they aust lie as correct aeif they were
merely unapp.ied calculations there
is but one race ou earth with whom
it behooves The Teuton in all his
branches to keep friends. This su-
premacy Of the white man will in the
end and, recollect, children may be
born to-day who viii see Tie end, and
then be younger than Sir AI5ses Mon
tefiore-be the joint supremacy Of the
Teuton and tie SIav III 1894 when
world contains 100000 600 white
faces, eco, 100000 Of these viii be
Engleh ai@ Germans, and 900, ,009,-
600 will be S.av. There WI praeti-
caIly be no other white races Tne
French are not iucreasiae; tbe Span
iards increasing slow!y-ii, ladeed IS
in Mexico, they do not rather euaer
absorption into dark Peep p. The
Scandinavian having stcppe abso-
lutely; and the Irishman, true to his
destiny, helping only to swell lie po,y-
er oi the race he processes tc detest.
If the Teuton and the Slav can keep
friends the sorld is theirs, and if not,
there will be the most terrible srug-
gle recorded in history since lie white
barbarians fought tie white Romans
and lheir dark allies. We are not
sure that an agreement is possible
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-21
Outwits the Old Folks.

ATLANTA, GA, October 15.-. Miss
Lille Boss, a beautiful girl of sew
enteen, was to have married Jacob
Wetherirgton, aged sixty.six, yes
.erday morning, at Valdoosta. The
marriage had been arranged by her
parents. An hour before the hour
named Lille fled from home in her
bridal dress, and at a neighbours
house met lessee Hardee, former
sweetheart. They went in a car
rage to the Office of a magistrate
and were married. They then re-
turned to the brides house in time
to meet the guests who had assem-
bled to see Wetherington's mar
riage. Mr., Wetherington took the
affair quietly, but declined to stay
to the feast. The girls parents
forgave her, and all is now serene.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-21
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India Missionary the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and perma-
nent cure OF Consumption, Bronchitis, Ca
tarrh, Asthma, and all throat and Lung At
fections, also positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having tested its wonderful
curative powers in thousands of cases, has
felt it his duly to make it known to his suf-
fering fellows. Actuated by this motive and
desire to relieve human suffering, | will
recipe, in German, French or English, with
full directions tor preparing and using
Sent by mail by addressing with stamp
naming this paper, w. A. MOVES, l49 PoVer',
Block, Rochester, ". y.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-21
Spontaneous Combustion of a
Drunkard's Body.

A case just reported in London
papers elbows the possibility Of
spontaneous combustion of the
body of & drunkard, or, at least,
that such a body may be set on
fire by the mans breath coming in
too close contact with a lighted
candle or match. The case just re-
ported is that Of the body of a
drunkard being brought intoGuy's
Hospital, London. His body was
very much bloated, and when
punctured and lighted match ap-
piled, the gas which escaped burn
ed with the ordinary fame of car
burated hydrogen. AS many as
a dozen of these flames were burn
ing at the same time. Boston Home
Journal.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-21
Commissioners Sale,

Pursuant to the requirements OF decree
and entered at the July Term, 1885, in the
chancery cause of w s. Smith, against A. g.
Vaughan and others, the undersigned, Spec
cial Com missioner, will,
On the 18th day of November, 1885,
chat being a Court day. at the front door of
the Court House of Wood county, West Va,
proceed to sell at public auction, the tract of
land in said decree, mentioned to.Wlt: ~
tract of THIRTY FIVE ACRES, lying and
being situated on Gillesples' Creek in Clay
District, Wood County, adjoining the lands
of j. Y. smith and others and particularly
describeded In a deed from John Kresch and
wife to Malinda Vaughan dated August Nth
1879, and recorded in Deed Book Al, page q,
in the Office of the Clerk of the County
Court Of Wood County to which reference Is
here had
Terms of Sale :-One-third of the purchase
money to be paid cash in hand on day Of
sale; the residue to be paid in two equal
installments on n credit of Six and twelve
months the purchaser being required TO
give his notes, with good security, bearing
lien will be retained on the land as an addi-
tional security.
DAVE ID. JOHNSON,
Special Com m issioner
CLERKS OFFICE CIRCUIT COURT OF Wo0D Co.
The above named Special Comm ssioner
has filled his bond as required by the law
and the terms of the decree of sale above
mentioned. Teste: o. NJ. CLEMENS, Clerk,
Circuit Court of Wood Co, w. Va.
Oct, 9th, 1885.