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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-07
Overstonking.

The greed of men often works their
ruin and in no way sooner than the
effort to make farm curry more
stock thau its size will justify.
disappointment will surely follo~
the man who hns more stock than he
can feed properly. Many farmer
starts out to DO big business AMI
disaster is tie only result Of his lack
If judgment Whenever we have IA
droughty summer, or an exceedingly
cold winter, the man suffers who
sauged his capacity to carry stock by
the average pasturage or store Of feel,
rather than upon the extreme de-
mand. No animals pay the farmer
except the thrifty ones aud thrift can
only be assured by guarding proper
!y against all contingencies. 1t is-
Tar better 10 have IL loft full OF hay
aud a crib full oi corn left over at the
beginning OF new harvest thau lack
that amount ana be compelled e.
buy food, or see his animals suffer aud
lose the accumulated flesh Of the
past.
In determining the amount Of stock
TO be kept, make due allowance for
al casualties, anil keep within that
line 4 tew animals we'll kept vi l.
pay far better than greater number
in low order. 1t in no uncommon
thing for mans pride 10 induce him
to galher large number Of cattle on
MS farm in the fall, and it IS equally
common to zee those cattle melting
away in the winds Of March, being
unable, from ms liicient food, TO pass
through to pasturage 1t is poor
evidence OF thrift, and will give the
iarmer an unenyiable reputation r
Spirit OF the Farm.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-07

There are 100 sthbl-s Of cows ia
New Yol k. the milk of whicI, D. sold
in the city, and these c3~s, from the
time they enter the stable unlii 40
.ofaer ab.cto gre ylile ieser see
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-07

Study to 10 the greatest amount
Of work with the least uutla ay Of labor.
To render sugar permanently liquid,
make syrup II ihe granulated sugar
any desired consistency. aud ada
few drops Of citric acid, moi enough
10 Altsr the taste, but il destroys tho
power TO crysta.Ize. II is we'll suit-
ed to many confeelions aud deaserl.
Spirit Of tie Farm.
Lord Rotl.schild took his seat in
the British Ilou-e % Lords last Thurs.
das us wa- iern-l.y inefa-ue-i ro
iAe peer yyihs Eatl,f2 b9 md
Bacon t.slriigtg
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Yacht Is from the Dutch verb iagten,

Yacht Is from the Dutch verb jagten,
meaning to pursue swiftly.
Banquets given by court officials in
China sometimes reach seventy.6ve
courses.
In days gone by 1t was customary
for people to be bled periodically, in
Spring and autumn.
There are about seventy steamers of
various sizes plying the St. Johns
river, Florida, and its tributaries.
Steaming white wood and submit
ting it to an end pressure renders it
so tough, it is said, as to require a cold
chisel to split it,
The blue in the United States flag
and uniform was adopted from the
English wings, our natural champions
in the colonial days, whose colors were
blue and buff
In France, during the summer of
l7O5, nobody ventured out of doors
between noon and p. NJ, and people
cooked their dinners by lying the meat
on plates in the sunshine.
From certain ancient statutes it an.
pears that every Englishman, while
archery was practiced, was obliged to
keep in his house either bow of yew
or some other wood.
An eminent German entomologist
claims that spiders have perfect sight
only at very short distances. Their
sense of touch is consequently remark
ably well developed. Their smell is
so good that they can distinguish
odors, and their hearing is excellent.
Experiments show that the average
person can taste the bitter of quinine
when one part is dissolved in $4,000
parts of water. Salt was detected
with one part in $40 of water sugar
in 2S8 of water, baking soda in forty
eight of water. In nearly all cases
women detected a smaller quantity
than men.
From the Goth of May. 1884, to Au-
gust s, 1885, soldier named Camilo
Martin lay in the military hospital at
Havana suffering from catalepsy. All
the resources of medical science were
applied to his case without apparent
improvement until the date last named,
when the doctors ordered that bag
pipe be played near his bed. The eff
feet was magical. Consciousness was
restored Immediately, and he now
takes nourishment and srticulates
some words.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14
Employing u Fly.

Flies are most useful scavengers, for
they destroy much matter which is iniur.
ious to man. They lay their eggs in
decaying animal substances, and these
hatch out in a very short time. The
young flies begin to eat as soon as they
are Matched, and soon eatup the decayed
matter 1t is said that the progeny Of
two blue,bottle flies will eat up dead
horse moro quickly than one lion could
perform the task.
Flies have wonderful scent. If q
piece of decayed meat is placed in an
open place where there are no flies it
will not be long before a troop of file:
will be crawling over it. An ingenious
man once made fly serve him.
A poisoned rat had crawed under the
floor of gentleman's dining room, and
died there. The room, which had been
fitted up at great expense, became unin-
habitable, and workmen were called in
to remove the flooring.
But one of them suggested that if q
bluc-bottle fly should be turned into the
room, it would find the exact spot where
the dead rat was lying. The fly, being
caught and turned in, buzzed about the
room for some time At last it alighted
upon certain spot On the floor, and re.
NAMED there.
"rhere's where your dead rat is !" the
workman said. A single board was re.
moved, and the rat was exposed to view.
The fly had scented the body through
the crack in the floor. - Youths Compan
ian
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14

Pretty as she is on a pictured fan, a
Japanese woman is far more satisfy
ing to the aesthetic soul as she patters
along, alive, on her wooden clogs or
straw sandals. The poorest woman,
in her single, cheap, cotton gown or
kimono. is as much a picture as her
richer sister in silk and Grape. With
their heads deliberately dressed, and
folds of gay Grape or glittering hair
pin thrust in the smooth loops of
blue black hair, they seem always in
gala array, and, rain or shine. never
cover those elaborate coilfures with
anything more than a paper umbrella.
Below that the loose dress, opening in
point nearly to the waist, has lining
and folds of gayer Grape and silks laid
aside, and the glory of the toilet cul-
inmates with the broad obi or sash.
The obs of striped and figured grapes
brocades and silks, are lined with
stiffly starched cloth, wound round
and round the waist, and fastened in
u big cushion-like bow at the back.
The long, loose sleeves give grace and
ease to the scant, smooth gown, and
each slender figure is pretty study
by herself. The sweet. soft voices,
the gentle manners and the elaborate
courtesy displayed by every one OF
them add the last and most gracious
touches to these picturesque and ire.
sistibly charming women.
AS for the children, they are most
Enthusiastically Japanese of any
thing in Japan. and it would take
columns to tell of the thousand and one
cunning youngsters and their thousand
and one cunning ways. The babies,
from the limber-n Pcked ones that
count their ages by weeks. go about
pick-back. tied on their mothers ano
little sisters back, sleep with theiT
heads rolling around IL every angle
watch all that goes on with their littl5
beads of eyes, but never cry. 1h,
shaven crowns, aud the gay little
kimonos and obs that the children
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14
How LiquOr.Drinking COlOrs the Nos

HOW LiquOr.Drlnklng COl0rs the Nose.
1t is well understood, of course, that
the color of the nose is the best evil
dence that the tippler may be reck-
oned a past graduate in the art of
learning how to drink, the redder the
beak the higher being the degree of
distinction achieved as a dIunkard,
though it is singular fact that as the
topper improves in capacity for drink
he degenerates in quality of manhood.
The wonder is, however, that the mas
al organ should become the spirituous
barometer, and why it is that the
magenta tint that settles SO plentifully
there that it in time deepens to ma
room. 1t has been suggested that,
inasmuch as the nose of the drinker
hovers fondly over the glass, or in
trudes, the fumes Of alcohol tend to
paint the organ red as special token
Of favor.
Again, it has been intimated that
the nose ceases to have an acute sensi-
tiveness for the odors of rum, whiskey,
and strongly spiced drinks, and that
its ecstatic longing for the fragrant
smell causes the color which is really
the sign of desire. But science has
come to frown upon these cheerful
theories, these consolatory explana-
tions with which the drunkard excus-
es his blemishes. Nothing so poetic
will answer the purpose of science
That stern destroyer of mock senti-
ment and demolisher of shame throws
quite new light on the dull glare of
the liquor-inhamed proboscis. A learn
ed physician has recently avowed that
the heart of the devotee of the little
brown Jug has greatly accelerated
motion in proportion as the habit of
drink grows apace, and that the cardia
of the accomplished drunkard beats
about thirteen times oftener than
heart in a normal state of health.
This enables the arteries to carry the
blood to the nose much faster than
the veins of the peculiarly constructed
organ can return it. Accordingly, not
only does the nose become enlarged
gradually, but the blood in it becomes
congested in the overcharged vestals,
hence that purpling color known as
toper's red. 1t is disease, then, not
jollity, that bedecks the dominant fac
ial feature like the wattles of turkey
cock, fact many more have suspect.
ed than have been able to define As
the nose CLEANS red and redder the
dram-drinker may be warned of his
fate, for it Is not alone the nose that
is cOngested when that condition OBJ
tans. The liver and other portions
of the internal anatomy have the nose
for their flag of distress, and in its
color paint their own unhealth.-Chi-
coqo Inter- Ocean.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14

DR.. Coan says in Harper'S Weekly:
Graham bread is fit only for the stom-
achs of herbivorous animals. A good
flour must contain all the nutriment
ard none of the inert silicous covering
of the grain. The best flour, then, is
made from peeled wheat, wheat from
which the outer bran coats have been
removed before pulverizlng it. But
such -four will not be white. And
why? Because 1t contains the gluten
and the phosphates which form the
exterior shell of the grain. The glut-
en- and phosphates are essentials of the
most nutritious bread. Now what do
we get in the fine white flour which is
the popular thing with most cOnsum-
ers2 We get a good food, but one
which has been plundered Of part Of
the phosphates and the gluten, and one
which is therefore less nutritious and
less strengthening than that made of
the whole grain, less the slick coating,
the peeled wheat -four. The whitest
bread is mainly composed Of starch,
and starch, while u valuable food, is
not one which is sufficient in itself to
furnish the ideal bread. Magendie
proved, once for all, that bread made
from the entire wheat was more nutri-
lious than that made from refined
-four. He fed dogs upon white bread,
and they died; he fed other dogs upon
bread made from The whole grain, and
they lived in health.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14
Farm and Garden Notes,

DO not neglect to soak butter tubs in
brine before packing down butter in
them.
Sheep ought to be well fed and cared
for now, as the fall is the best time for
wool growing,
Farmers who have used oil barrels
for building culverts say these work
well. The plan is to place them end
to end and cover well with dirt.
Remember that the hearing of a
horse is acute, hence the louder one
yells at an animal the more difficult
that animal will prove to manage.
One recipe for making walk that
will prove finn and smooth in both wet
and dry weather, consists in mixing
Portland cement one part, ashes two
parts; make into mortar quickly and
spread on the path and smooth over
with trowel.
A paragraph going the rounds is to
the effect that hemp is employed in
South Russia as a preventive against
phylloxera. 1t is said that when plant
ed around "A vineyard the insects, at
tracted by the odor of the hemp, leave
the vines for the hemp roots, which
are poisonous 10 them.
But few farmers know the relative
values Of the feeling stuffs they buy,
or the composition of the manure used.
And yet the thoroughly practical far
mer should possess such knowledge, as
much as may be possible, in order to
better enable him to conduct his bust
ness in the most profitable manner and
at the least expense.
Ploughs that stand over night in the
field will rust. If they cannot be
carried to the barn draw them out of
the ground and leave them standing.
If plough is laid on its side the beam
is liable t. become warped. When the
season is over and the tools are no
longer required, they should be painted
and carefully stored away
1t does not depend altogether upon
the amount of food eaten by the COW
how much milk or butter she may
give, but upon her powers of diges-
ton and assimilation. Some COWS give
good yields On small quantities of food.
while others that eat greedily barely
pay expenses.
If turnips are fed to COWS imme-
diately after milking they will give no
unpleasant flavor IT, the milk. The
food is eaten, digested and passed off
before the bulk OF the milk is secreted
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14
Curious Statistics.

A writer on the railways of the
world states that every day 6,500,O0(
persons are carried greater or less dis
tances on steam roads. In other words,
2,400000000 persons, nearly double
the population of the globe, travel il
railway cars during eacl. year, and the
numbers, Of course, are steadily in
creasing. 1t is these increasing tide'
of travel that are altering the face o.
the earth. Since the recognition Of
American independence some l2,500,'
900 immigrants have landed on ouI
shores. OF these barely 1,0O0,00G
came here previous to 1874, the otheI
eleven million and a half is to be cred.
tied to the cheapness Of steam naviga.
tion. Another prosperous period
would probably bring 100000 Euro
peans yearly to share our liberty an6
good fortune in this country.-Demor
esfS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14

wear capture the eye all the while.
When she is hardly five years old q
little Japanese girl has her doll
strapped on her back until she learns
to carry it steadily and carefully.
After that the baby boy or sister sue
ceds the doll, and these comical little
Japanese children with the babies on
their backs are to me the most fascin-
atlng thing to be seen on the street.
One sees them wandering about with
their parents as long as grown people
are awake, and when | pointed one
night to poor little bald head bob
bling around on small sisters back,
and said that that baby ought to have
been in bed five hours ago, l was
quickly asked: (Which of the babies ?"
as one child answered to the distinc.
ton in size about just as well as the
other.--Boston Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14

She hadn't made up her mind abou
it, and they were so widely, oh, st
widely separated-in the parlor-
from each other; maybe as much AZ
three feet. There was passive smile
fringed with doubt between them
She was engaged in deep meditation
with herself and was looking on the
floor, when he said:
Matilda, why not give an answer
to my proposal?"
"Why, / was just thinking how YOU
will ook when you get old" she
thoughtfully replied.-Rentnchy Stat'
Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14

The Importance of lime as a plant
food, to be supplied by It's use as a
fertilizer, may be perceived by the fol-
lowing figures: In Is bushels Of oats
there are 9 pounds Of lime; in SS bush
els of barley, Is pounds; in two tons
of clover hay, IS pounds; in rs tons
of turnips. l40 pounds; in $50 bushels
of potatoes, 270 pounds. There are
soils which may be found to contain a
considerable proportion of lime by an
alysis, but the lime is insoluble and
inert, or it is mixed up in combina-
ton with other minerals as with silica,
alumina, ETC., and is therefore not
within the reach of the roots of plants.
There are also soils that are almost
free from lime in any form. An oc-
casional application of lime in a caus-
tic or soluble condition is therefore
extremely useful, not only to soils that
contain no lime, but also in most
cases even to those commonly called
limestone soils-Ne1O York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14
Girls rs Whistlers.

The New York Sun has collected
some opinions on the subject of girls
who whistle A fashionable doctor
said.
1.-THE best whistlers l know are
young ladies' 1t is like the warbling
of hooking bird. They can whistle
much higher notes than man, and in
n very clear and bell-like tone. |
know young lady who whistles and
accompanies herself on the guitar.
The effect is really very pretty, and
her friends often beg her to favor
them with an air. met her down at
Nantucket last summer, and it was
her habit to sit on the beach in the
evening and whistle plaintive negro
melodies. When we went out sailing
she was very welcome for the same
reason. | think she whistled her
way into the affections of a very de-
sirable young man, as hear they are
engaged"
a New York girl was quite indig
nant when asked why girls couldn't
whistle. Cant whistler she said.
"Why, they can whistle! All the girls
know whistle. Up at Vassar we
had whistling concerts. We used to
practice at night in The dormitories
when the monitor was gone and the
lights were out, and if you weren't
very sleepy it was fun to lie in bed
and hear ten girls whistling In the
Cleaning all together. We had one
girl who could whistle through her
fingers like boy, but then she was a
regular tom-boy. She could run, play
ball, climb trees and box better than
any other girl in the college. There
was another girl who could only
whistle by drawing in her breath, but
that was better than not whistling
at all"
The principal of young ladies'
school, when asked what she thought
of whistling, said: Il see no harm in
young ladies whistling if they do it at
the right time and in the right place.
Young ladies should avoid publicity
above all things, and should, therefore,
not whistle where it would attract the
attention of strangers, If girl
whistles at home and whistles in tune,
and in such a way as not to disturb
any one, she accomplishes two good
results. She adds to her own cheer
fulness and keeps her mouth pursed
up, which has tendency to make it
small. My experience has been that
the girls who whistle are the brightest
and cleverest girls in the school. 1t
is the dull and stupid girl who does
not whistle"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14
Household Hints.

After pairing fruit drop it in cold
water to prevent it changing color.
The smoke spots from a kerosene
lamp can be washed off ceilings with
soda water
Always put little soda in milb
that is to be boiled, as an acid il
formed by boiling.
A coarse willow.ware basket may
be made very pretty by rubbing with
bronze shoe polish and tying bow Of
old gold ribbon to the handle.
Few people know that by setting
glass fruit-jar on a folded towel thor
oughly soaked in cold water, the fruit
can be poured in boiling hot with nc
more danger of breaking than with a
tin pan.
Turn the children out into the sun.
shine to play; 90 out in it yourself: my
word for it, you will never regret it.
We can hardly get too much sunshin,
into our homes or into our lives. Our
highest duty to ourselves, to our chill
dren, and to society requires that we
be as glad, as sunny, as happy as it il
possible for us to he. 1t is not right
that we stay in shadow ourselves, nor
bring shadow into other lives, wher
the means to do otherwise lie within
our reach.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14

At meeting of the Western Maine
Bee Keepers Association, the subject
of strengthening weak colonies re-
ceived considerable attention. Doubl-
ing up colonies in early spring when
the weather is yet cold, was deemed
injudicous by most of the speakers,
though Mr.. Fuller, of Oxford, had
purchased colony from distance
and divided it among three of his
weak ones when set upon the summer
stands, with apparent success. In an
essay on handling bees. Mr.. Isaac
Hutchins, of Wellington, summed up
his instructions as follows:
l. Never attempt to strike down a
bee if she attacks you in the apiary.
2, Never blow smoke into the en-
trance of hive before opening it.
3. Never open a hive on a cold or
stormy day, unless it is absolutely
necessary, then close it as soon as
your object is accomplished
4. Never excite the bees with
smoke or any other means to cause
them to fill with honey before or while
handling them.
5. Never jar the frames or hive or
make any quick motions in the apiary.
6. Never open hive and expose it
to r0bber bees.
z. Never crush bees inlhandling.
The fourth proposition of Mr.
Hutchins called out lively discussion,
as it is believed by most apiarists that
the use of smokeI to alarm the bees
and induce them to fill their sacks
with honey is the principle object Of
the use of smoke. Most of the mem
bers present expressed an opinion
favorable to the use of smoke in the
apaiary, and that it was not injurious
to the bees.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14

The eccentric monarch of Bavaria,
King Ludwig, is at present being dunned
like any other unfortunate person I'M
able to pay his creditors. The poten-
tate has penchant for building castles
and love of opera, and between the
two he has spent immense sums Of
money. Though he is fond of erecting
castles. he has no queen to grace them,
and, although passionately enamored OF
opera. is a hater of women. So intense
are his feelings toward the opposite sex
that on the occasion of his visit to
Prince Hohenlohe, in Paris, the princess
"had to be sent away so that he might
not be annoyed with her presence.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-10-14
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.


The soil taken from the bitches may
be spread upon the adjoining land or
1t may be put in heaps, and after being
dried and exposed to the frosts of one
winter will be good material for put
ting into the yards. Yet it is doubt
full whether it is better than dry earth
for this purpose, or enough better to
pay for drawing far, What Is desired
Is to have material to absorb the liquid
manure, but it is not necessary that it
should hold all the liquid any longer
than until the valuable salts which it
contains have been taken up. For
this reason the earth may be better
than even the dryest and most absorb
emit peat, Opinions differ as to the
amount Of earth which it will pay to
use in the yards and barn cellar, but
1t is safe to allow at least one load to
each animal, and if much water is al
lowed to run in from outside even
more may be necessary.