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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

the, reputed discoveries Of nitric and
sulphuric acid; they prepared absolute
alcohol and phosphorus; they put sal
ammoniac to nitric acid and dissolved
gold bat they did not know the COM
position of the acids which they dis
covered. nor was there any system
which could connect the facts. They
worked away with retort and furnace
and reagent through Eve hundred
years, but alchemy was still a chaos
1t is hard to understand how so learned
a writer as DIR. John William Draper
can declaBe. on the ground of Geber's
discovery of nitric acid, that his name
marks an epoch in chemistry equal
in importance to that of PriestIey
and Lavoisier. What scientific result,
it may be asked, followed the discov-
cry of nitric acid, valuable as that re-
agent lisp The discovery Of oxygen by
Priestley, and the decomposition OF
water by Cavendish. and the promul.
CATION Of the oxygen theory by La
vOisier, revolutiOnized chemistry. In
like manner, when the same authority
declares of Geber's theory-which
makes all metals to be compounded of
sulphur, mercury and arsenfc-that,
though erroneous, lit is not without a
oNACutiuC NdiuCS VIC Cdu Oily accept
the statement under narrow limita.
lions.
The experience Of the Arabians in
philosophy repeats that which is illus
trsted in the natural sciences and in
mathematics. In the school of logic
and speculation they were learners,
not originators. They devoted them
selves to these studies with ardor and
perseverance; they became voluminOus
writers. But in the whole line of phi
losOphers, from FL Kendi down to Ibn
Roschd or AverrOes, including FL Fa-
rabi, El Gazali, Ibn Badja and Ibn
TOTAL, no one is looked back to by
modern students as an authority.
There was no Arabian Plato or Aris-
totle. The Mohammedan philosophers
are chiefly celebrated for their COM
mentaries on their Greek master, whom
they blindly followed. Ibn Roschd,
the greatest amongst them and the last
who attained distinction. is quoted as
saying that since Aristotle no one had
added any thing of consequence to
logic, physics or metaphysics, thus
denying any originality to the specu-
lative writer's of his own faith.-Ed-
s0ard HuHqerJord, IN Atlantic Monthly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
THE GHILZAIS.
A Fierce and Brutal Class of Semi Civilized
Afghan Subjects.

A Fierce and Brutal Class of Semi Civilized
Afghan Subjects.
Mukkur, where an Afghan regiment
regiment was annihilated by Ghilzai
rebels, is considered by the simple vii
layers who live there a place Of some
importance. On the margin of pool
hard by, under the shade of willow and
ash trees, there is a shrine dedicated to
the once famous Sheik Mahommed Ra-
wani, who lived and died at Mukkur
centuries ago. Higher up, on a rock
Overhanging the water, yOu may see n
rival shrine dedicated to the equally
famous KhOja BLAND Sahib; and here,
every Friday evening, the fairies and
hObgOblins meet, Ginns and Peris, to
hold high revelry. All through the
night the villagers of Mukkur can hear
the sound of strange voices and the
beating of drums, mingling with the
noise of the wind as it moves in the
pistachio trees.
The district of MukEur is mostly in
habited by Ghilzais of the Taralki elan,
who are reckoned the most respectable
and well disposed of the race. Like
all Ghilzais, they are descended from
Khilaii Turks. The Ghilzais, curious
~ GliOuRus are edlQ 10 nave OilCb DCCn
Armenian or Georgian Christians, who
returned or were converted for the
first time to the faith of Mohammed
when their pastors forbade them to
drink buttermilk on fast days. Even
now a Ghilzai woman wears q gown
embroidered with the figure of the
cross, and on certain occasions will
cross her arms and make the
sacred sign on her forehead
Many of the Ghilzai clans are
still nOmads, with confirmed taste for
cattle-lifting. Physically they are the
finest race in Afghanistan; the men tall
and strong, the women comely and
well made. But their natural ferocity
and the brutality of their manners
make them any thing but pleasant
neighbors or amenable subjects
Reckoned all together, the Ghilzais
number some one hundred thousand
families, and any leader who could
promise them fair prospect Of plumber
could command the services Of every
man fit to bear arms. Under these
circumstances a general revolt of the
Ghilzais against the authority of the
Ameer Abdur Rahman might prove a
very serious danger to the peace and
stability of his kingdom. 1T would
need all his energy and resources to
suppress such an uprising, which would
most likely be the signal, moreover,
for an instruction in Afghan-Toorkis-
tan. As it is, there are already SIGNS
Of widespread opposition to Che
Ameer's officers. There are disturb
anees not only in the province Of Ghuz-
nee, but also IN Laghman, district in
the Cabul provinces lying north Of the
direct road to Cabnl from Peshawur.
Laghlnan, according to the natives,
derives its name from Lamech, the
father of Noah, the ark having rested
on the mountains Of Laghman after the
deluge. Lamech died and was buried
there, and years afterward the great
Sultan Mahmoud Of Ghuznee was or
dered in vision to build him tomb.
This Mahmoud did; having first found
the actual SPOT where The holy man
lay. and. wonderful Cd relate his very
body. This. at leAst, - what the people
5eIicve.-U eber La9I ull9 Rkeef.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
INDUSTRIOUS SARACENS.
6peculations as to Their Mission in
the World.
Faithful Investigators, But Devoid OF the
Faculty of Grouping New Facts, seien-
acknowledgements In Astronomy
Chemistry and Alchemy.

Was the Arabian mind scientnc IN
the sense that the Greek mind had
proved itself so, or in the sense in
which the mind of Christian Europe
proved itself so when, at length, the
latter fell heir to the knowledge of the
ancientsP
If we put the question in this form
we find 1t can not be answered by
merely enumerating the multitude Of
things the Arabians knew We must
consider the use they were able to
make Of their knowledge. 1t is, an es-
sential characteristic of the scientific
spirit that not only acquaints itself
with a multitude of phenomena, but
p.sE9sagcr -sas--- phenomena in harmo-
NOUS systems which display pervading
laws and point to originating forces.
We may have vast Accommodations of
facts without science, and we may go
on adding to the store without directly
advancing science. Some master
mind must come and treat the aceumu-
lations scientifically. The discovery
of new fossil species or a new min
eral, or in the present state of chem
or a new asteroid, or, in mental
science, the mere noting of a
hitherto unnOticed form of action,
may be an entirely Insignificant event
The process Of REORGANIZATION often
goes on for long time without any re-
suit of Importance TO science rs such.
II is not a useless process, because
facts are the a, b, C., or the bricks and
mortar of science, but they are not
science. What we so name is the archi-
tectural thought into which the bricks
and mortar of facts are wrought, and
by which we secure a harmonious
unifcation of phenomena. OF this
kind of work we find little or none
among the Arabians They took the
systems which were handed over to
them, along with vast amount Of ma
terial which had not yet been wrought
into systems, and they left all substan-
italy as they found it, in one depart
mcHt and another they increased the
raw material, but they did not know
how to work it up. They toiled per-
severinglv and with self-dcnial, travel
ing to the oads of the earth, examin-
ing notwithstanding aud ohsery-
ing, but they had not constructive gen
Jus. In astronomy they made numer-
Gus observations with their improved
instruments, and published astronom-
zeal tables, which, as the Saracens were
able to observe more closely than their
predecessors, were better than those
that existed among the ancients. They
measured over and over again the in
clination of the ecliptic, and, in order
10 determine the earth's dimensions,
they ascertained by careful toll the
length of degrees of latitude in two
different regions. But they made but
one, or possibly two, new discoveries
which might affect the condition of as
Economical science: the motion of the
suns apogee, detected by Ell Batini,
and the third irregularity of the moon,
-, Abul Wefa. The first of these OBJ
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
WALL STREET GIANTS.
much-T 2lISed-Of Men and SOme~of Their
I'ecuIiarities as to Beard.


Jay Gould's beard reveals, as plainly as
his own words for it could, that he is a
money maker 1t extends from one ear
clear down around his chin to the other.
il helps him to think out various new
financial schemes. Without it he would
be like Samson without his locks-utterly
shorn of his strength. When in medita-
ton he strikes it with his thumb on one
side of his face and his fingers on the other.
There never was a man whose money
getting trait overtopped all others but
wore beard like Mr.. Gould's.
Russell Sage, Mr. Gould's Wall street
ally, hat a chin whisker, denoting frugal,
saving nature. Mr.. Sage has never as
PRED to magnificent financial moves, but
he has satisfied himself with making his
dollars double themselves-the thrifty and
unceasing use of them in the recognized
methods of money-changing.
Cyrus W. Field, another of Mr.. Gould's
allies, has chin and side-whislkers, but
they look moth ing like the latter's. They
are not trimmed with the precision that
indicates an exclusive business nature.
They are rather full and gray and show
not a sign of dropping tendency. The way
they stick from the face indicates embi-
ton for distinction. They reflect clearly
two enterprises which Mr.. Field 10 very
proud of-the laying Of the Atlantic cable
ana the CONSTRUCTION OF the elevated rail-
ways in New York. Mr.. Fields name is
inseparably associated with both.
Roscoe Conkliag wears his beard cut in
the pronounced Van Dyck style. 1t is
trimmed down on either side of his face to
a sharp point at the chin. .
General Horace Porter, the after-diBner
speaker. wears a moustache and imperial.
The latter indicates his military nature as
plainly as epaulets on his shoulders or a
saber clanking at his heels would 1t also
tells of an ambitious, intrepid nature,
and is in keeping with his brilliant speech
and manners.
George M. Pullman wears chin-whiskers
that reveal pushing element in his COM
position, and at the same time betrays in
ventive qualities and resourcefuI ways.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

For twenty years Mrs. John .Gemmell,
Bfilroy, AIiflin County, Pa, was paralyzed
and unable to walk. She used st. Jacobs
Oil and was cured.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
A Summer Tourists Dire Threat.

The people in a Westchester town have
refused to give food to tramp, and now
he threatens to have them arrested for
boycotting him and interfering with his
legitimate business.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

"A Lauy'S Unfortunate Experience
Was that Of one of our acquaintance who
suffered from scrofula, a yellow complex
ion and distress of the stomach, for years
before using DR. Harter's Iron Tonic, which
finally cured her.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
A I.adv,s Unfortunate Experier

''HAvE you ever seen q ghost, Pogkinsl''
mo, Snippit, was the spirited reply, sand
never exspectre,n
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

EXCUSE the liberty I take, remarked
the escaping convict.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
Made His Own Grave.

very cleverly arranged continuance
Is been discovered in the woods near
81. George, New Brunswick, by means
'of which an old and eccentric resident
named Tucker intended ending his ex-
istence. 1t had been noticed for sever
al weeks that the old man spent the
greater part of his time in the woods,
and a party followed him. He soon
stopped beside an open grave, which
mas found to have been constructed for
se special purpose. Investigation
Nd that a box had been placed IL
Nxings arranged so that a man
Town in the box and pull
NJ, when the grave would
And brushwood arranged
hpld cover the mound.
only made Just in
ans life, for every
mpleted.-ChtcGgo
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
. WARMERS SAT- CUR. %


CONSUMPTION In CONSUMPTION Is only The effect Of d3,
kidney
acid and fostering c destroyed Inc Allney
destructive
SAFE
will surprised at
Improvement in the condition OF the i'nS
HnEIDEn CIaElT especial
INIT Ai1EB EIEOl0ttd affinity optic though
q
thorough with warmers
eyesieht been vastly improved
Of
Wet
kidney poison gradually running the system
UFUM 1ADi5 pine whisky
habits be gotten rid until
thosaor prize Warmers SAFE Cure.
RHEII1hT2k reputable atrheunatsm caused
NiEUNlA 5IOi of
the
and10o
becomes entirely
Manners SAFE Rheumatic Cure alternating with tho use Of
"WAHNERs SAFE Cure" completes the work
III ncnDnED2
DGHBDAEa 8t0VDGtO originate with
sOlidifcs
to the bladder produces
challenges comparison with all other remedies in this Buy today
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. SOC
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

They came to me this morn to say:
"She waits thy love, across the way
But death stands there between;
j try TO look across the space,
can hut see deaths pallid face,
And panps that intervene.
] love thee more than Ger before,
With grieving Sad my heart is sore,
Yet linger to day;
Thou art with me in all my dreams,
i love thee, yet 10 me il seems
So far across the way.
Il. ~. S. Barnard, ia So. Louis Magazine.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

JUDGING from the recent defalcations,
this might be called the age Of steal"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

CROSSED many times, but leaves no mark
Old ocean.-St. Louis Chronicle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
. raon.nmntion Can ha 60. ;.

DR.. J. 8. Combs, Owensville, O., says: ST
have given Scotbs Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites TO four patients
with better results than seemed possible
with any remedy. All were hereditary
cases Of Lung disease, and advanced to that
stage when Coughs, pain in the chest. FREE
Emaciation. All these cases have increased
in weight from TO to q lbs, and are not
now needing any medicine"
AFTER all it is the:bad child that gets the
palm.
"IHAvE BEEN AFFLICTED with an Affec-
ton of the Throat from childhood, caused
by diphtheria, and have used various rem
edies, but have never found any thing equal
to BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRooHEs. '-ReU. @.
II r. Hampton, Piteton, Kg. Price 25 cts.
SHE wouldn't but he wooed, and finally
they were both one.-Merchant TraUezer.
Z LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold
Pixies TOothache Drops Cure in one minute.
CROSSED many times, but leaves no mark
Old ocean.-St. Louis Chronicle.
BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Ca5arrh. By druggists. SOC.
JUDGING from the recent defalcations,
this might be called "the age of steal"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

SHE wouldn't but he wooed, and finally
-fheY were both one.-Aerehant IrageZsc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

AFTER all it is the.bad child that gets the
palm.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
ACROSS THE WAY.

II one should come to mo and say:
"She waits, thy love. across the way"
FCrRetfui then OF am,
u should not wait ain work was done,
Till twilight cool or setting sun,
Or cen to hear thy calls
But with great speed my hurrying feet
Would rush unto thy known retreat,
Uuheediug all delay
40 soc thee once again, once more
TO.ciasp thee close as long before,
ia speed across the Ways
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24

UHEn Wigs. Bangs and Waves sentC o. z, any.
AAEAkhG B. c. Strehl & Co. 173 Wabash-ay. Chicago.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-24
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ame George, Mr..
Bobby, as the
Mlf IN the par
his gloves.
atherly, with
Clara tell
tight, and
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-12-23
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

In DIR. venable's paper on the effect of zinc on
water so much quoted and discussed the evidence
cited is to some extent conflicting showing how
ever a very decided balance in favor of the view
that such water is considerably injurious health
Among the most important Investigations bearing
upon this subject have been those under the dree-
ton of the French Government, resulting in the
prohibition by the marine authorities of galvanized
iron tanks on board French men-of-war. In an
analysis by Professor Heaton of spring water
with further analysis of the same water after it
had travelled through half mile of galvanized iron
pipe it appears that the water had taken up 6.4l
grains of zinc carbonate per gallon. In another
instance spring water which had passed through
300 yards Of galvanized iron pipes to a house was
found to have taken up 429 grains of zinc carbo-
nate per gallon.
In experiments made by NJ Pasteur il has been
proved that water containing per cent of coneen-
tTated sulphuric acid possesses the property of de-
stroying bacteria. Properly diluted sulphuric acid
il n valuable cooling and astringent remedy and is
used TO acidify certain decOetiOns or inflsions
Only the dilute acid-in most cases one part pure
acid and nine parts pure water-iS ever used medi-
cinally AS many fever patients are fed principally
milk care is taken never to give liquids contain
ing 5uphuric acid or acid lemOuades of any kind too
soon after milk has been given, otherwise il might
produce unpleasant symptoms of indigestion. In
France an alcohOlized sulphuric acid is sometimes
used; il is made by adding concentrated sulphuric
aud is generally colored by the addition of four
parts of the petals of the red poppy.
Charles Il. Fletcher, the chemist, of Boston, will
write an article on Nanadium" for the next vol
ume of "The Mineral Resources of the United
States" Vanadium is, or was the rarest and most
prices putting it at $4,000 pound. MIR. Fletcher
discovered it in sufficient quantities in the West to
supply the worlds demand, which at present,
however, is very limited.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-12-23

nation can reward all its defenders; but your
task is done, and You must find your compen-
sation in the pages which record your deeds,
and in the knowledge your children's children
viii have Of the benefits you have conferred
upon them.
side by side under the same regimental flag
should be among the strongest known to man.
The hearts Of such should be filed with friend
ship and charity toward each other and the
hand always outstretched to aid a comrade.
Let it be so with all Of US in the years that are
left, and as one by one we fall away from the
annual gathering let those who keep the feast
close in the ranks and remember to court the
memory Of those who have Joined the other
battalion of the old Sd regiment.
Affectionately, your first Colonel,
WM. F. SMITH.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-12-23
PERSONS AND THINGS.

1t Is reported from st. Paul that when John L.
Sullivan was there "a great crowd gathered in the
corridors of the hotel where he was staying. A
well-known judge was introduced to him and re-
marked: "Well. Mr.. Sullivan. notice you are a
drawing card, even in hotel sullivan looked
around fora minute and replied: oh, this IS nuth
in. Yacht to see me in New York I am often sur
rounded by sich "a crowd that have good deal of
difficulty IN Citing round IA tall"
Frank Bowyer. of Dayton, o., said that he
could husk and crib 20 bushels of corn between
sunup and sundown, and Daniel Murphy said that
ne uiuh oeieve ~. lie uldii DeheNe ~ e'VWofth
and as Frank had $50 worth of confidence IN his
own ability match was made. SO at sunrise, in
the presence OF large gathering of farmers, Bow
yer began. and by 4 o'clock in the afternoon had
huslled and cTbbed 50 bushels OF corn, and SO won
the $50 easily.
= Recently several thirsty red men Of Truckee
formed a syndicate FOR the purchase of tre-water
and made n willing white man their agent. He
bought the rum but instead of turning ID over to
the Indians turned it into himself. When they
could get at him the braves enticed him To n Sc
cuded spot gave him terrific thrashng and
would probably have killed him had not the man
been rescued
= Capt Billy Walsh, Of the Salvation Army at
tracts considerable attention whenever he takes his
walks abroad for on the front OF his red shirt
the words. Jesus calls YOU" and on the back " A
Burning Hell awaits the Careless - and his belt is
labeled Eternity" The Captain picks banjo
extremely well.
Three men in flagstaff, Arizona, worked hard
all night to get barrel supposed to- contain whisky
ont Of a cellar and away TO their camp. When they
tapped it they found that IL contained kerosene oil
A O-year-old boy of Marion. Ind, has become
insane and physicians say that IL Is solely due to
tobacco, which he has used since he was five years
old.
Show man that always keeps his subscrip-
| ton well paid up. and we will show you a man
that will pick music from n harp in the eternal
Summer land of song
1t IL pity A. 4. Stewart is not alive to see how
| many relatives he had. Anneke JAMS wes out
| cast in comparison.-Aloany Journal
| An old parish clerk eourteously thanking
achurch dignitary for kindly taking emergency,
| a village service: "A worse pr, scher would have
done for US SIR" he said, If We had only known
! where to find himl"