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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02
Driving Nails With an Iron Hand.

Driving Nails With an Iron Hand.
While passing do Sn Dupont street
near the Academy of Sciences yos-
terday Chronicle reporter observed
n man pounding away on a nail
with his hand. l. was in a black
smiths shop which opens "n the
street. The nail seemed to pene-
trate further and further into the
wood, and the man did not appear to
Ieol as if the striking of his hand
against the nail hurt him at all.
pproaching nearer the reporter
saw that the hand was made of sron.
The steel-fsted man said that while
participating in a Fourth of July
celebration in Marysville in 1864 he
lost his right arm at the elbow by
the premature explosion of u cannon.
Being a blacksmith and a kevfitter
the loss compelled him to abandon
his trade.
For five years he wandered about
the country doing one thing OF auoth-
er. One day while in blackaInith's
shop in Vallejo the idea entered his
head to fabricate All artificial hand
out of iron. He gave his directions
aud had the eOntrivance he now
wears manufactured. 1t consist of
d steel cylinder about four or FIVE
inches long. To this is affixed a
leather apparatus, which enables
him to adjust the artificial hand on
the stump of his arm. The stump
fits into the apparatus and is careful
ly strapped. The hand may then
be used as hammer. and the dents
in the steel show how much II has
been 80 applied. The deficiency of
fingers to grasp file is supplied IN
the following manner: A long hole
projects INTO the base of the cylinder,
into which a file or knite may be
screwed. This is properly frightened
and the loss of fingers is not felt.
If the iron handed man desires TO
pick up anything, he adjusts q Pc
culiar hook or an instrument resem>
bling chiael, and he can bring to
his reach anything he may require.
Besides the heavy hand, which he
generally uses for hard work, he has
a more delicate apparatus Of brass,
manufactured by himself, for easy
work. He says that he has w"rn
the steel hand for is years, and he
has grewn to regard it with great
affection. He scarckly feels the los
of his natural hand, AS lie hane-
mers or files at gaws behind is little
glass window on Dupont street, the
gaze curious!y.-SAn
Francisco Chronicle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02
Imprisonment for Debt in Noxieo.

imprisonment for Debt in Kexioo.
When an American settles in
Mexico he should be prepared to
pay cash for everything, and i he
will take a rrcripted bill when be
pave est Tnoroy. If ko Crafts these
precautions lie may wake up some
fne morning in debt. III Mexico,
to I've in debI is the worst thing that
can happen to man. Under the
Mexican law the creditor can have
The debtor arrested on the day when
ne debt falls due The prisoner in
such cases is chained to u post
guarded by an oihcer.
At the end of the time, ii the mon
ey is not forthcoming, tie man :
luber is sold to the government Tor
- cents & day for As many days as
aIll be necessary to discharge the
obligation. The miserable Gebtor is
sent to the silver mines, where he is
chained to 4 gang OF felons and COM
pelled to labor underground. He
sleeps UNDER round, and never se"s
d&ylight again until he is restored to
freedom, Not only DO ignorant
Mexicdns fall victims ts this craze!
-ystem OF slavery, but foreigners
residing in the country occasionally
get caught Ii tlghtpiace. and thsir
creditors send them to the mines
where the majority Of them die -
Atlanta Cons ,Itution.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02
A Smart Dog.

As we sat on the veranda a dog
came out of his lair back of the
houge and ascended the steps and
took q long look at the Majors feet
He had the eyes of a tiger, and
such cruel expression as 1 had
never observed III dog before. As
to SIZE, he was the equal of any
lion you ever saw in a mcnagerio.
"Wha: breed is he?' l asked.
"a cross between the Russian and
American bloodhound lie cest
me $500 in gold"
what Is he good for'"
Come out here and III show
you
| saw two negroes safely locked
within.
He brought them in last night,
said the Colonel. He found them
prowling around the plantation and
walked them up here and my over
seer locked them up. They had to
come. II they had made fight rol
1t he would have killed them in no
time.
"Are these his first arrests
"Oh, no. There is hardly night |
that he doesn't bring in one, and |
I've known OF his capturing twenty
in week. keep 'em locked for a
day and then turn 'cm loose. There
he goes after another"
The dog uttered low growl and
rushed OFF i'll the direction of the
bayou. Next moment Il negro who
was probably spying around 10 see
the prisoners, brake cover and
started across cotton field. He
hadn'i made ten jumps before the
dog nude long spring, ahghted OIL
his shoulders, and had him down III
TWO seconds. He then backed off to
let the fellow get up, and fastening
his teeth in the ncgro's coat, led him
up and placed hirn with the others
The man was IN a perfect tremble
and 80 weak that he could scarcely !
stand. I; was All act of mercy to
turn the key on him, and this had
only been done when ne tam ted
dead away:-Detroit Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02
0AZh Z.
The zig-zag Methods Employed BY
Eercenary Men.


Itlsa noticeable fact that the peo pie OF
! Atlanta and elsewhere are begging to he
! thoroughly convinced that worthless com
pounds become "shaky" at all new inno-
vations, while an honest preparation ney-
! or fears opposition. We do not propose TO
wipe out" others. az the field for opera
| ton is large and we accord to one and all
| the same privileges we enjoy, We are
no. so far iost to business principles as to
/ denounce any other remedy as fraud, or
| imitation, or as containing vegetable
| olson, the effects Of which are horrible
to contemplate The alarm need not be
sounded, for there is ample room for all
declining aDti-potash, pinS-top slop-Wa-
ter compounds.
II one bottle Of B. +. 3. is more valu-
able in effects thsn half a dozen Of any
other preparation, we won't get mad
about it. Ii ten bottles OF B. 3. B, cures
cass Of blood poison winch others could
net cure at Ill, it only proves that b. B. r.
is far the best medicine.
90, 900 BOTTLES
of B. B. B. have been sold TO parties liv-
ing inside the corporation of Atlanta since
it WAS started, two years agol
Why thiS wonderful sale Of a new rem
dy in so short time, with so little adVsr-
iising?
Ii must be confessed that it is becsuse
B. B. Is. has proven itself to possess merit
in the euro Of blood, skin and kidney dis
eases. Hundreds OF home certificates at
test the fact Of our claim tha; in Atlanta
and many other point, B. y. Bss'are eli
top, and viii stay there. Many persons
desire to know how the b. b. b. acts on
Ihv system. BY entering the circulation
it mUdifics the vitiated blood globules,
increases, the rrd corpuScies, antagonizes
all poison, vitulizes and reseneratss the
hagging forces, furnishes the pabulum for
rich, new blood, eliminates all poison
throug thosccrctious, ~nd increases the aI'-
petite, while, by i,s wondrrfur action upon
the pores OF the skin, the KIDNEY, liver
and glanduIar system. all cfFetv ard inl
pure matter II speedily conducted frorn
the body, leaving the blood pure, fresh !
and healthy.
By its mugicsl alternative powers, 3. B. |
3. unloads the blood Of all Impurities, |
unlocks the liver, arouscs the f'cretons,
srcuses nature to ics normal condition,
unclouds the troubled brain, clears and
beauties the complexion, cheers the drF-
pordvnt, Strengthens the feeble, c:Ilms the !
disturbed nerves, and induces quiet and |
peaceful slunlbrr~. Il has BEEN in ure
over twenty five years ~ private pre-
.cription in the south.
1t is no iar-irtched, foryign-founj or
.lrcanr-direovered wonder, but il il 4 |
.cicn;ihc and happy continuation of re-
ro"niz.-d vegetable hloou poison a<:ntS,
,tIScisd after mann wears ui constant uEc
and x pertinent in thr treatment Of thous-
and1 Of Sou.e Of the uloat appalling casss
of scrufulnus. syphilitic and cutan"oaF
blood poi.ons ever known in the state, re-
<ulIimx in complete aui unparalleled
cures OF pronounced incur4h'e cS>ta.
Scrd to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga,
ior 4 copy of their 10 X Of Wonder, free,
filled with information abou' Hood and
Ekln diseases, Kidney Complaint, sc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02

low the intense 'g,ui"S of tins
artistic age creep upon II "re we
know il. The Hewcst AMI sweetest
ldeu Is for the young Iady vino has
iust returned from the seaziIc 10
paint !, uca' tttic ynrht race "n he
lining % shell sl.r liersrit pie k.r!
up ou tie .rundlng sands, a.d -nd
It lo her b~st young man. Tins sig-
nilies, when translated i:.o tire YER
tacu ar: Il sill be the flchrstI 80
,p.,r par tn" ihi~ - very rnc"ur-
a1aiu. 80 hu yau"9 ua".- Lil r :
,grt ptst-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02
Encounter with a Rattlesnake.


phia Times gives the followir g ac'
count OF remarkabl experience
with rattlesnake which occurred
to DR.. Cornell Of Wiilamport, Pa
a few days ago. Being botanist,
he was collecting botanical specl-
mems. He says:
81 was stopping down to pull up a
plant when rattle gave the alarm,
and before 1 could place the reptile
he made a spring at me and struck
me en- the right arm rear the elbow.
Fortunately wore heavy flannel
shirt, and his fangs became fastened
in it without penetrating the skin.
He was unable to dislodge himself,
and hung suspended from my arm"
"What did you do?"
Acting under a sudden impulse.
l graspcd the reptile with my left
hand about two inches back of the
head and held him tight, thinking
[ could prevent him from striking
again"
Chow did you succeed?'
"Well, never had such al evPeri-
ence in my life, and hope 1 may
never have anything like it again.
The snake was one Of the lArgest.
lie was fully four feet III length,
dark, ugly and venomous. The
moment tighteued my grasp around
him he commenced winding around
my arm, and rafting wickedly all
the time. My SENSATIONS were pc
culiar. As he contracted his folds |
C )uld feel the pressure n my arm,
and u &ickening sensation came over
me. l dared not relax ny grrsp |
;or he mould surely strike NE. His
mouth was wide open and l could
see his glistenihg tangs."
"Why didn't you draw your'kaite
and cut his head off2'
Bless you'll l couldn't reach it
with my hand, because it was i'll the
pocket Uf my punts, and my
only safety Was to hold him firmly" |
"How did you succeed|"
"WelI, | had a rough time Of it.
held that snake :ully 40 minutes.
lie ratified all the ,ime, and coiled 81
tightly around my arm that the cir
culation stopped, and telt a numb
ness up to the shoulder, His eyes
glIstened like diamonds. l would
have given my share III the cottage
to haye been relieved. While
held the snake he really Was uaster.
L could find unthing to crush his
head. Yhe situation was becoming
alarming, assure you, aud III on
time l felt that would be bitten
Finally as / w"s about to give up.
relief came"
"Iio~E"
"A friend came down from the
mountain where he had bean gather
ing buckle berries, and hearing mr
cries. rushed +" my relief. lie di-
rected me to lay the head OF the
reptile on a hem!ock STUMP, ~h"n
he soon crushed 1t with stout oticA
ne carried"
After being relieved from youi !
perilous situation, how did you ieelE' |
A peculiar sickcning sany&:ion
followed, and partly owoon"d.
But | s,on recovered and made my |
wayto the cottage with the asst stance
Of my friend, when / took some ytim
ulanis, and N AN h"ur telt .inucu |
bottcr."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02
a Story From China.

A Chinese paper tells tins story:
a little girl wuile playing with
two dragon A;es accidentally killed
hem At night the LITTLE girl be
came feyerish, aud III her hclirious
styIe called out that the drugoR
flies were tiarlirg aboct be!ore hcI
oyer. Her parents, on learning The
,tor.., were mucE aSilated, AID in
sokcd the assistance Of a cer;ain
priest supposed t. bo endowed with
supernatural powers direct from
Heaven, and able t. drive away ali
evil spirits. For ~ givcn yIm he wnt
wiling to su0due the geIdi If the
dragon flea. lie c:imu with his fol
lowers, his musical Instruments, and
his pictures Of gods. Three days AMI
nights he banged away at his gongs
and drums, calling upon every dei'y
IN the pantheon. wiiilo Liz ASSISTANTS
b i Il whole block Of neighb II,
wiih their sIrpikInK irunIpeIs, tom
toms and other most unnusical con
trIvauces. The %ill g"t no letter;
the ghosts u the dragon flies slIl.
parse d .Ier' I parents were in
aispair; the priest Nas at his wlt'z
ond, and sPurred on his followers L.
make greater eXertions and noise.
4 rousin ii the girl then heard ot
the matter. and offered his service
which are accepted. He ordered
the priest to dcsr-t from ali incanta
tpus and gong ~oea;;ag. lie entered
the room where tho sick 2iri lay,
show cd her two papeI-cut dragon
flies, ani lie gently tpi'i her mat thrN
nere the Ir:ts OF lac iiir4 that wore
! bnllcring her; that he md cau4h.
them and ~as G"lnE 70 h, rm them
/ lie thou applied tie paper dragon
lies t. the light. and IN mnm"nj
the girl l,arcd up radiant with joy
viewed the ashcs ol L.c paper ilic:
gith aati-i1rtion ard icc.ar"d sn.
e.,w no roorc "i ihem. The voun.
n,au, when asked t. cNi.'a'n by wh"t
magic art he rad c'.r~i 'ne ..;rj. r,
Piled ll"tit was her in."-Inat "l
that canaed her annoyance, becaGs'
size had always heeu rnld by her J..
rr,.t- Got 20 XII ins2cts. as TIE,
" MD demand li'e for lite, aud this
10 I"ubt, ~or icd hcr and trough
on e. deI~rum NJ auwhllc tIo
riic-i packed up 10 i"strnn'rnts
Hell up the pictures ot lis g"d- =.
! y Y. aH.l as SILENT sd" away.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02
''Nine!"


ness began to creep over the face {
the earth tie angry roar of artiller
died away and the crackle of musket
~ was less spiteful. Fsr awhile tn
fighting on the extreme right hun
on to settle the question of VIII
should occupy the old earthworks
but at length dead silence fell npol
the whole field.
Silence? No! 1t was silence com
pared to the awful roar Of the Ionj
afternoon, but it was a silence brok
ell by the screams and groans anc
prayers of the wounded men, by tn
movement of wagons and artillery
by the voices of rs, 900 men as the,
camped for the night without fr'
and anxiously debated the chances
tor tC-norFow.
A sergeant marches off to the lef
at the mead Of half dozen men He
drops man II post No. l" and
| giN es him whispered Instructions
It is the same at post two, three, four
ETC., until the last man has been sta
toned.
There must be vigilant, wakeful
men between friend and Toe while
the long night wears away.
Post No. 6" is m Ter great beech
tree. Shot and she'll have scared
and riven its trunk, and shot and
shell have shattered and riven its
thick limbs. A quarter of century
hence this tree will bear witness OF
the terrible struggles of to day.
From this tree to the edge Of
that thicket and the count ersign IS
Justice whispered the sergeant,
and as he passes on the picket takes
up his beat he counts az he passes
them hy-one, two, three, four, five,
Six. seven, eight. What? CorpsesI
They are lying on the grass SO near
the path he travels that he CAD touch
any of them with his foot. There
are others to the right and left, fur
ther away. 1t Was here that the
enemy charged battery-here our
forces m lied to preserve it. Grare
shot aud canister, bullet and bay
onet, found victims here. Some lay
US if asleep, worn out with the tre-
mendous conhict-others raved and
prayed and cursed Go ami man be
fore death relieved them fr"m their
sutterings.
The picket counts them "a he
walks, ard SIGH escapes his lips
Tomorrow night some sentinel H,ay
number his mu;i!ated corpse with
Others on this same meadow To
morrow night the autumn winds
may vainIy seek tO'rou.t him from
I l., In
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must watch and listen and be Oh
his guard, but by aud by he finds
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02
& Dangerous Man.

Colonel Yerger was detected by
his wife looking al himself in the
glass with u most terocious expres-
siosi, and trembling all over.
Colonel, what are you trembling
about"
Don't bother m.."
"Why, you are making faces as If
YOU had the cello Charles, are
you sick? What are you afraid f,''
''Pm nearly scared to death wir II
| think what fearful siances wou!d
cas- around me if i were only tie
Gar Of Russia. ."-Iex..s Siltings.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02

~, Ohro Court has decided tia.
n u,an is the "wHcr Of his wife,
cloli es, L hi7 "i.c's new bonnet t
arv ti're tees tot pI'a.c him. ur
o." seaar IL himself. This IS a vo,y
s....,,.. -..... .i.- .s-I
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02

When miner hus!been eaten BY
grizzly, the western people speak Of
him IS heiug admitted TO the bar,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02

--Bnree quickly dis dive in sea
water and Consequently they nre
-iae- found iu cean drri-iues.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-10-02

''Don't write there" said father
10 his son. who wa writing wish 4
diamond on the window.
why not?"
because you cant rHb it o"t.
Did il ever occur to y"u MY
child. that you are Ian writing that
which you cam rub out?
You made cruel sp"e~h to your
mother The other day. 1t wrote Il
self OH her towing heart, ard gave
her great pain. Ii il there Ina. AMI
hurts her every :ine she thinks ri il
You cant ruh il out.
You whispered wicked thought
une day IN the +zr of your playmate.
1t wrote itself on hi, mind. siid led
him to do q vi, ked set Il il thciv
now: YOU can't rub it out. TX.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-06-04
Suicide of Professor w. H.Kimbroush.

S~wEETwATER, TENN, May 3d.
Prot. w. FL. Kimbrough, of Mad
isonville, committed suicide to-day
about IL o'clock. While out hunt,
ing he placed his gun to his head
and blew his brains out. The
cause OF the suicide is supposed to
be financial troubles
Professor Kimbrough was a ma.
tive OF Monroe county, and belong
ed to one of the best families in
East Tennessee. He was educated
at Messy Greek Baptist College,
now Carson College, and for a
number of years has been engaged
In teaching. At the time of his
death he was principal of the
jacksonville High School, which
position he has ably filled for sew
eral years. He was a man of about
80 years Of age, and has always
borne a good reputation. lie has
been a useful man in the commun-
Ity and the news of the rash deed
will cause a terrible shock to his
hundreds of friends. Professor
Kimbrough was a nephew of the
Rev. L. B. K~imbrough, a well
known Baptist minister.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-06-04

Some three months ago Col.
Clark, OF the Phillips & Buttorf
Manufacturing Co. went to Chicago
to open a market for their goods.
Going into a prominent house in
the trade he presented his card.
The merchant said "From MASKS
vile, Tenn? What re You here
fOr?" ITO introduce our goods"
"But you cannot do that you can
not offer us any inducements to
buy of YOU The Colonel convlnc-
ed him of his error and now has a
fine trade with some eight or ten
houses in Chicago.
When the Department of the
Interior ad sertised for cooking
stoves, etc, for the Indian Bua
reau this firm made bids for a por-
ton of the contract, and these
bids ranging on stoves and mate
rial from fifteen to sixty,fve cents
a hundred pounds under the low-
est bid made by any other house,
they were awarded all they bid
Tor. This is a great triumph, not
for this firm but for the Southern
trade and for Nashville. This
contract was awarded to a Nash
vile firm at a public bidding,
when it was brought into competi,
ton with all the heavy stove and
hOllowsware establishments of the
North, after being subjected to the
most rigid tests and inspections.
This of itself is not a large affair,
but it is of great importance as
showing that Nashville can cons
pete on equal terms with any of
the Northern concerns and founs
dries in producing and putting on
the market stoves, hollow-ware,
maDtels, CRATES and other articles
made from Tennessee material
with Tennessee labor and Tennes,
see capital, and goes a long way
in solving the problem ofthe South
working up its own raw material
with its own capital and labor
Nashville Union.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-06-04

is one of his near 4, atives. Reum
is at present, 1880 b. M, in a dy>
ing condition at the hospital. R..
+. Brown, of this city, and Fred S.
Wheaton, Of the Pullman Palace
Gar Company, who were among
the passengers during the terrible
ride, say that ReuM was 80 circum.
spect in his defense of the car he
monopolized Mat capture. was ont
Of the question: dhriug the trip.
Conductor William Putnam had to
give up all attempts, because he
was fired at as soon as espied by
Reum. :
CHICAGO, June Louis Reaume,
the lunatic who terrorized a train
full of passengers from Kansas
City to Chicago and battled with
the police on his arrival here, was
this morning resting easy at the
hospital. The doctors entertain a
more favorable view Of his case
than at first. They say be will re-
cover.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-06-04
A Peculiar Lightning Stroke.

CHATTANOOGA, May 30-Tom
Ma!oney, a wellsknown railroad
man, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed in the city to>day,
under peculiar circumstances. A
sudden shower Of rain came up and
he started across a railroad yard to
seek shelter. lie was running along
a track laid in steel rails, when a
binding flash of lightning lit the
heavens and the electric fluid passed
along the steel rails and entered his
body at the heel, passing entirely
through his frame. He fell dead
instantaneously. His shoe was
slit and the crown Of his hat cut
from the brim, but no marks what,
ever left on bis body.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-06-04

The shotgun and the efficient
Democrats at the trigger IN Mississ>
ippi have received a black eye at the
hands of the President. Some days
ago, upon the recommendation of
Congressman Barksdale, J.. L.
Meade was appointed postmaster at
Hazlehurst. Copiah county, Miss.
The removed official is Mr.. Mat
thews, whose brother was assassina-
ted at the polls two years ago by
one of Barksdale's enthusiastic SUPP
porters. Meade was the head de>
yil in the outrages which culmina-
ted in the death Of Matthews and
the Wholesale intimidation of Res
publican voters on that fatal day.
For his eminent services on that oc>
casion he expected to be rewarded
when the Democracy came into
power, and he got it, as he supposed
until last week, in the shape of
a postoffice, Upon the plea Of ig-
norance as to Meade's previous po-
litical career when the appointment
was made, the Administration has
asked for his withdrawal, declaring
its indisposition to recognize or app
prove Of the Mississippi Democra>
tic method Of securing a solid
South. This action, if followed
up, will deprive thousands of faith
full democrats in the South Of reap>
ing tie reward Of victory, and dis
courage the use Of that most po-
tent element at the polls, the argus