The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-07
No.36.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A human lie is lOsb TOT every uIt5
thousand tons of coal mined in the an
Ehracite regions.-N. 7. Sun.
The stalest egg IN this world is in
Washington. Tt was found in guano
bed and is one thousand years old
Washington Post.
Mate, Paraguayan tea, is a very
popular drink in South America, which
has never been introduced into the
United States. 1t is said to be very
stimulating.
Some Japanese military officers
have invented hemp boats, each of
which is capable of carrying eight men,
and can be folded up for transportation
SO as to occupy very little space.
"A column article in the Denver
NesUs describes the finding in Middle
Park, at the depth of thirty feet, the
agatized timbers of ship of unknown
length, .'evidently moved by sails.
1t is proposed to change the street.
nomenclature of Washington, substi-
tuting for tho letters of the alphabet
which now mark many streets the
names of historical ages--Adams,
Benton, Clay, Van Buren and others.
Floating bricks are made of q very
light silicious earth, clay being some
times added to bind the material to-
gether. They can be made so light
that they will float on water, while
their strength equals ordinary bricks
Toledo Blade.
John White, the well-known boat
builder of Cowes, Eng, has designed
fishing vessel on life boat principles,
which, he claims, will not sink if over
whelmed by the sea and filed with
water. Already two such vessels of
thirty tons have been sent to the coast
of Ireland.
The British Medical journal tells of
q man who used stimulants to such an
extent that his breath would catch fire
if he incautiOusly approached too near
a light. That's nothing. There is
man in Detroit whose breath can be
smelt through a telephone when he is
talking two miles away.-DetrOIt Free
Press.
1t is a sad comment upon the hard
luck which pursues some men that
Henry Nolle, poor cobbler, who lost
his life while trying to save a woman
and her child from DEATH has been
buried in the Potter's Field. Here is a
noble fellow who deserved a mOnu-
ment, and he got pauper's grave as
the reward of his heroism.-N. T.
Christian Union.
An immense land bequest was re-
Gently made by San Franciscan The
late James Irvine left to his only son,
among other property, 1S0,00 acres of
land in one body in Los Angeles Coun-
ty. This large domain Mr.. Irvine
bought jointly with another man in
1857, paying at the rate of 38 1-2 cents
per acre. In 1875 Mr.. Irvine bought
out his partner for $250,00
A..
between legitimate and illegitimate
''mashers." 1t seems the legitimate
''masher'' is ga gentleman of birth and
breeding" and that he simply
''mashes" for the fun of the thing,
never going beyond the limits of pro-
! priety. Moreover he never does has
'smashing" on the street corner, and
he smokes the very best brand of cigars.
N Y. Tribune.
The Journal of Lewiston, Me, tells
the story of a woman living near there
who suffered for years from a severe
/ headache, having been advised TO try
certain ''foreign cure" which, by
the way, is inclosed in nicely-fnished
box, something on the make of car
whistle. She purchased the cure and,
being in total ignorance of its nature
or any thing else pertaining to it, ex-
rubbed the box instead of the contents
several times across her forehead. The
pain left instantly, and has not since
/ returned.
One of the leading teachers of the
| violin in Boston-and in America-re-
! lates that young woman came to him
| for instructions, and, after lesson or
two, he very frankly and honestly said
| to her: cit is of no use for me to teach
you. The simple fact is, you have no
| musical ear" 80, know that" she
returned with the utmost sweetness
and candor. "But why" he asked, in
astonishment easily imagined, ''do
YOU come to me if you know you
have no carp 30, it is because Of
my health" answered the interesting
| pupil. ''My doctor says there is moth
ing so good for my dyspepsia as the
exercise of the arms | get in violin
! playing. boston Letter.
One takes off his hat to two good
| grandmOthers, whose pictures appeared
recently in the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette. Shriveled they are, and crow
foot marks show plainly, but the pion-
eer mothers are one hundred years
old. One, Mrs. Mary Small Camp
bell, the mother of two Congressman,
was born on the Juniata river i'm this
State, on March 20, 1876; the other,
Mrs. Mary Smith, was born at Salem,
Just down the Delaware, on the 9Th of
April, 1856, and before she migrated
to Ohio lived within the sound of the
old Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
Though her fingers are century old,
Mrs Smith can knit as good a stocking
as ever went westward on the foot OF
pioneer.-C Chicago Herald.