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Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-08
 Past and Present.

upit IldS bttI ltit OI utN desk" said Brother Gardner. "axiu' me why de present aige has not produced a Cicero, Diogenes, or q Milton. l answer to de effeck dat each aige has produced of itself an fur itself.
 "Diosenes was looked on as d wise man in his day an ai.e. Put him an his tub on airth to- day an il wouldn't be twenty four hours befo' ned be jerked to de jug for a crank. an de law would fo'ce him to cut ha'r, dig out his finger uails, an put on a clean shirt.
 "Cicero was applauded by thous ands for his masterly oratory. At dat aige de gift ob gab was rare thing. At dls aige you kin attend S5 lawsuit beto' any Justice ob de Peace, an find match tor Cicero in a S3 lawyer. If he could drop down among us he' find it hard work to get resolushun fur new sidewal frew de City Couu.
 shakespeare was big fur de aige in which he lived. He was proba biy de only person on airth who could have writ his writings, an he desarved all praise.
 If he was among us to-day he'd find ebery newspaper givin' him de guy. an all de boys yellin' ont "chesnut" as his works appeared in Seaside form.
 Dis aige demands a different style. We want Sumthln' bout an gels comln' down an takin' leetle chiPen straight up to heaven, CT a feller gwine out to Texas an killin' half d dozen Injuns day for a vacashun. We want plain English widout any h'd word, in it. We dosn' know muffin bout me lord, me duke. me lady, an sich, an we doan't want to. Dis ai.e has pro- duced 5,O00 pussons, who, while i key can't write like Shakespeare did, kln waltz all aroun' him in keepin' de readers ha'r on eond from de fust page to de last. ] Nero was a big gun for hls aige, but jest you emagine sich chad cavortin' aroun' dis kentry at dis day an date.
 De very fust time he sounded his bazoo in de Ninth ward peel er would give hum de collar aa' walk him down, an' de next mawn- ing you'd see it in dc paper dat ole Nero was sent up for sixty days for disturbing de peace.
 We has no poet ekal to Milton, but ef we had de newspapers wouldn't gin him fair show Dey would refer to his produckshuns as spring poetry, an he'd likely be dubbed de Ban gate Balladist of Indiana.
 Dis aige ooan' cry fur poetry half as much as pork, an chap like Milton would hev to turn a hand organ to make a livin'.
 "De alge doau' demand no great man in any line. When it does he will bob to the surface, an his name will appear in de papers. We are all more or less orators.
 We am all philosophers huff to see why water won't run up hill. an statesmen 'nuff to know dat what ails dis kentry am its over production of bootjacks.
 "My advice to ' II am to keep right on being common folks. II you want to git above tue common herd pay cash fur Your groceries, let oddtr folkses' woodpiles alone, keep whisky an sich at arm's length, ru: in six days week at hard work, read mo sknle books an fewer novels.
 "You maNn't become a Napoleon nor Plato, but you'll be remember ed in your neighborhood when de names of State Goy'nors heV bin
Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-08
Brld6eld'S Female Regulator.

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 Send for our treatise on "Health and ila! Diasss of Womnn,' mailed free.
 TYR BRApFIEIp REGULATOR Co., Atlanta ossrgis.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-08
THE BIGGEST THINGS.
Interesting Facts Useful When You Get Into an Argument and Want to PuIverize
 the Other Man.

The largest theatre in the world is the new opera house i'll Paris, It covers nearly three acres of ground; its cubic mass is 4,287 GOO feet; cost about JOG, ,000, 900 francs. The largest suspension bridge IS the one between New York City and Brooklyn: the main span is l.59J feet and six inches, the en- tire length of the bridge is 5,9SO feet. The loftiest active volcano lis popocatapetl 'smoking noun. tain''-thirty. five miles southwest of Puablo, Mexico; it is r., ,74S feet above the sea level and has d crater three miles in circumference and .000 feet deep. The longest span of wire in the world is used for n telegraph in lndia over the river Kistuah: 6it is more than 5000 feet in length and is l200 feet high. The largest ship in the world is the Great Eastern. She is csc feet long. S3 feet broad and 60 feet deep, being 2S,627 tons bur. den, 1895 gross and l3,344 net register.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-08

It appears that the Hindu ponu- lation of India have been greatly disturbed by the fear that the British Government would prOhib' 1t child marriage, or, at least, ren- der it illegal. Such a proposal was actually brought before the Supreme Council of India, and all local Governments were ordered to report upon it. This got abroad among the natives, and the conse- quence was very general and decided expression of opinion in favor of the ancient system. The local governments all reported against the innovation and Lord Dnfferin, the Niceroy, seeing their unanimity. and the excitement of the people. felt obliged to an nounce publicly that the govern ment, though sA mpathizlng with the reformers, would not interfere legislation with the customs of the Hindu people, It may be con- cluded from this that the only hope of the reformers. is in the spread of enlightenment and Christianity Elk.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-08
Bradfeld's Female Regulator.

TSn famous remedy most happily meets As demand of the age for woman's peculiar 0A Nultiform afflictions. IL is a remedy Ar Woman only, and for qne Special Glass RAer diseases IL is specific for certain
 psA conditions of the womb, and pros
 ts kc so control the Menstrual Function is to regulate all the regulate all the de- s~sKsment. and Irregularities of her Month ly sickness The proprietors claim for this osnsdy 10 other medical property.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-08


 register.
 The greatest fortress, from a stratgeicat point of view. is doubt less the famous old stronghold of Gibraltar. 1t occupies rocky peninsula, jutting out into the sea, abont three miles long and three quarters of mile wide. One cen tral rock rises to height of l435 feet above the sealevel. It's north cru face is almost perpendicular, while it's east side is full of tremu- Ions precipices. On the south it terminates in whatis called Europa point The west side is less steep than the east. and between it's base and the sea is the harrow almost level span on which the town of Gibraltar is built. The fortress is considered inpregnahle 10 military assault The regular garrison in time of peace numbers about 900.
 The biggest cavern is the Nam moth cave in Edmonson county, Kentucky. It is near Greer river, about six miles from Cave City and twenty eight from Bowling Green. The cave consists of a success. son of irregular chambers. some oi which are large. situated on diff ferent levels. Some of these are traversed by different branches of the subterrauean Echo river. Blind fish are found in its waters.
 The longest funnel in the world is that of the St. Gothard on the line of railroad between Lucerne and Milan. The summit of the tunnel is 900 feet below the sur tace at Andermatt, and 5000 feet beneath the peak kastlehorn of the St. Gothard group. Tie tm- nel is 26 l2 feet wide and is as feet 10 inches from the floor to the crown of the arched roof. It is nine and half miles long, one and oue-eighth miles longer than the 1 Mount GnuiS funpal
 The biggest trees in the world are the mammoth trees of Cali, tornia. One of grove in Tulare country, according to measurements made by members of the State geological survey, was shown to be 2.6 feet In height, los feet in clrcumtereAcc at base, aud 16 feet at il point r. feet above the ground Some of the trees are 316 feet high and 34 feet in diameter. Some of he largest that have been telled indicate an age of from 2oO0 to 25OO years. ....
 The largest library is the Blblio- thcque National in Paris. founded | by Louis XIV. It contains 400, GOO volumes, 100000 pamphlets, li3,O00 manuscripts, 3O0.o00 maps and charts, and l50,000 coins and medals. The collection of engray ings exceeds 100000, contained Ill some 10000 volumes. The DOT traits number about 100000.
 Thc largest desert is that of Sa- 1 haga. T vast region of North Afri- ca, extending from the Atlantic ocean on the west to the valley of j the Niie on these east rhe length 1 from east to west is about 5000 miles, Il average breadth about 900 miles, it's area about 2,0OO0OO square miles Rain falls in torrents in the Sahara at intervals of five. ten and twenty years. In summer the heat during the day is eXces- sive, but the nights are often cold.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

The colOroi Republicans Of Knox
County forced that party to put
coiorcd man on their ticket for Regis
ter but when they came to The polls
they would not vote for HIM, and
as necessary consequence he was
defeated by majority Of 800, while
the white republican candidates
were all elected by majorities rang
ing from 1000 to 800. If they
had refused to put the coIored man
on for Register, the negroes would
have refused to vote the ticket, and
the whole ticket would have been
defeated. As it was, all the white
Republicans were elected by negro
votes, but the negro got left, be-
cause the white Republicans would
not vote for him. And still the
negroes as fools enough to believe
that the white Republicans are their
friends, and will stand by them
through thick and thin, The result
of the election last week shows that
they are coming to their senses.
Many colored voters voted the
straight Democratic ticket IN this
county last week.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

The Republicans have raised the
usual cry of fraud and intimidation.
According to republican newspapers,
that party has never been been de-
feated honestly in Tennessee, or
elsewhere, That plea comes with
a poor grace from the Tennessee
Republicans whose representatives
in the last Legislature resorted to
all manner OF disreputable methods
to prevent the passage Of the Regis
tration-Bill, which would haye made
impossible the alleged wrongs of
which they now complain. BY OPP
posing that measure the RepubIi-
cans said they were opposed to a
fair ballot, They worked their
fraudulent schemes on the democrats
so nicely in Tennessee in 1884, that
they thought they could do so always
The democrats were too sharp for
them this time. That is what is
the matter with them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

On last Saturday young man
giving the name of John Ballard was
arrested and placed in Jail here for
attempting to pass a one dollar bill
which had been raised to a ten.
After he had been in jail several
hours, Capt. Ir in, Deputy Revenue
Collector, went down and searched
him for more Of the queer. In his
pockets they found several cartridges
and a counterfeit quarter. In one
of his boot legs they found a
revolver with all FIVE chambers loads
ed. With this weapon Ballard and
the several other prisoners confined
in the Jail might have made it quite
lively for Jailer Jones. Ballard
claims to be from Putnam county,
and says another mau there gave
HIM the bill to get changed. The
quarter was well executed
but the raised bill was a bunglesome
iob.-Southern Standard.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13
AIDING v,Ile Enomr

The Republicans have hopes of
carrying Tennessee this fall,
just as they ha4 of carrying West
Virginia two years ago. They are
a sanguin LOT, and nothing that
promises them a renewed lease of
power is past hoping for with some
Of hem. It is pity the Democrats
are not more like them in this re-
spect. If such were the case, they
would see that there are several
States in the West and Northwest
not only worthhoping for, but well
worth working for.
The Tribune, in discussing the
outlook in Tennessee, says: "But
what contributes greater hope to the
Republican cause is the growth of
sentiment in favor of a protective
tariff" This is a reasonable ground
for confidence, provided the state
ment Is true. But what evidence has
our contem porary of the growth of
such a sentiment? Certainly, no
recent action by the Tennessee peo-
pie Whence, then does it draw lis
new hope Of Democratic demoraIiza-
ton and loss?
The answer is very simple.I It
draws it from the utterances of two
or three Democratic papers in Tenn
essee which have for the past few
years been echoing the Republican
doctrines of Mr.. Randall on the
tariff question. We believe that
these papers honestly intend to con-
tinue Democratic, and that they
would be sorry TO recall the party of
BrownIow to power in their State,
but they' are nevertheless doing
their best to bring that about. We
hope that public rejoicing by the
chief organ of Republican, SIN over
the trading OF their efforts will recall
them to their senses.
The people of the South might as
well understand, once for all, that
every ounce Of help they give to the
protective policy is that much assist
ance towards the return of the Re
publican party to power. If the
American people wish to increase
protective duties, or if they are deter
mined to continue those that nov
exist, their true course is plaln-ant
! it IS the recall of the Republican
party to power. 1t can be truste
to execute such a mandate with JOY
and the Democratic party cam OF b.
trusted to carry out any such policy
The majority Of US do not believe in
it. We think it is injurious to bus
mess, burdensome to the people, ant
we submit to it only on compulsion-
Neither the treacherv of a few MOI
the lying of many will ever secure
for the Democracy the favor ct the
protectionists. The Republicans oil
the other hand have, and deserv
their confidence.
Thus we have the whole matter il
a nutshell. Every argument in ia
| Yor Of protection is an argument in
favor of restoring the Republican
party TO power. The halt doze'
Southern papers that are echoing
such arguments might as we'll under
stand this, and go about their work
with their eyes open.-New YorI
Star.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13
STATE NEWS.

During the heavy rain Sunday
evening the lightning struck the
dwelling of Sam DeArmond. greatly
damaged the roof. Some papers
were set il fire, but no damage done.
-Cleveluni News Banner.
Mrs. Saliie Butler, wife Of Mr.. w.
w. Butler. an excellent Christian
lady, died at her home in this city,
last Friday morning. The remains
was buried at Denmark, her old
home. The bereaved husband and
two little children have our sympa-
thy.-Jackson Dispatch.
Citizens of our country are in
daily receipts of letters from
friends and relatives IN Texas,
giYlng gloomy accounts of the
severe drought now prevailing in
that State. Many of them have
had to abandon their homes in searh
of food and water Shelbyville Ga
zette.
On last Sunday, near Harrison's
ferry. In the Fifth district of this
county, a lot of men became enga gcd
in difficulty in which VIM. Arge
got badly cut on the right arm and
Steve Jones received to dangerous
stabs from knife in the back, just
above the kidney. Argo was arrest
ed by sheriff Maxwell on Monday
and gave bond tor his appearance
before Esq. B. P. Jarrett to-day
McMinnville Southern Standard.
Before the Democratic party sue
ceeded in getting in out of the wet
the Republicans used to tell the col
ored men that there was no hope for
them except as Republication should
triumph. Now all the prominent
in the country cannot per
suade the Republican Senate to con-
firm Matthews, colored, who has
been appointed Register of Deeds in
the District by a Democratic Presi
dent.-Knoxville Tribune.
Last Saturday evening a little
boy about ten years of age named |
Henry Gamble, living with Poll
Swaford, about ten miles from here,
IN the mountain, started out to hunt
some cattle and got lost. All day
Sunday a large crowd secured the
woods, but failed 70 find any trace
# him Monday the search was re-
lewed and the little fellow was found
lbout three miles and a half from
home, on what is known as Bowdine
by Yantz Denton and Ed
COX. lie was very calm and did not
appear to be frightened. Fully 100
PERSONS Joined in the searcb.-Tho
Dayton Leader,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13
The Republicans and the Negro

The Republicans and the Negroes
The Courier-Iournal calls the at
tention of its colored readers to til e
rejection by the senate of w. e.
Matthews, a cOlored man nominal
ed by the president to be recorder
of deeds for the District OF Column
bia.
The Office is an important one,
paying and excellent salary, and was
long held by Frederick Douglass.
Matthews was nominated for the
place by president Cleveland, who
has very properly shown disposit~
ion to recognize the colored men IN
the democratic party and give them
their share of the offices under a
democratic administration.
But the republican senate refuses
to confirm Matthews, kicking him
out for no other reason than that
he is a negro. If Matthews had
been a white man the senate would
have confirmed him at once, for
there is nothing against his charac-
ter and no charge that he is not
competent to perform the duties of
the Office. But Matthews is u negro,
and the republican party is the bit
ter enemy of the Negro unless he is
also republican. 1t does not pro-
pose to allow him the slightest po-
litical freedom On the contrary, it
is its object to keep him slave to
the republican party, Whenever he
exercises his right to think and act
for himself and voter for anybody
but republican office seekers, that
party at once makes war upon him.
The republican senate is quick
enough to confirm the competent
white democrats appointed by the
president; why does it reject a COM
petent black democrat simply be-
cause he Is black?
Our colored readers will do well
to think about this question for
themselves
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13
Mothers Friend.

Not only shortens the time Of
of labor AID lessons the in
tensity of pain, but, it great
~ diminishes the danger to
life OF both mother and child
and leaves the mother in a
condition highly favorable to
speedy recovery, and far less
liable to Flooding, ConVul-
sious, and other alarming
SYMPTOMS incident TO slow or
painful labor. It's wonder
fuI efficacy in this respect
entities it to be called THE
MOTHERS FRIEND and to he
ranked as one of the life
SAVING remedies of the nine
teenth century.
From the nature Of the
case, it viii Of course be uu-
derstood that we cannot pub
fish certificates concerning
this remedy without wound
ing the delicacy OF the wri-
tiers. Yet we have hundreds
of such testimonials on file.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

The many friends of Hon. Geo.
b. Peters, in this county, are re-
joiclng oyer his triumphant election,
at the hands of the democrats Of
Shelby to the position of Attorney
General. he is a refined gentle
man and an astute lawyer, and viii
reflect great credit upon himself and
his party in the discharge of the
duties Of that position.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

Oh! how Turner rants over the
sioss of his plate of chicken-pie,
According to the Soimltar, Turner
and the few men who voted for
him for Acknowledgement, are the
only honest voters in Memphis He
died hard, but he is PROFESSIONALLY
dead. Attorney-General Turner Is
no more for ever, and about 1000
voters followed the bier which bore
his remains to their final resting
place. Requiescat in pace.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

The Scimitar, which claims to be
an Independent paper, charges that
all ma nner of frauds were perpetra
ted by the Democrats OF Shelby at
the election last week, and that the
democrats did not carry the county
fairly, while the Memphis Republi-
can, a straight Republican pal er,
d oes not charge that there was any
fraud, and admits that the Democrats
carried the county by a large ma
jority. The Republican claims that
the canvass was made on personal
grounds, and was in no sense u par
ty victory.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

Little Joe Russell was defeated
for Circuit Judge by Hon. E. D..
Patterson, noble democrat, Fuss
sell ran on the Independent-Repubh-
can ticket against the regular
nominee Of the democratic party,
with the above result. The coalition
between the Independents and Re-
.publicans did not pan out we'll in
the last election.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

If the election laws were rs OPEN
" and shamelesslv violated in
Memphis last week as the Scimltar
pretends, why don't the learned
editor OF that paper take steps to
have the offenders prosecuted for
their crimes? The Scimitar alleges
that the crimes can be proven, and
Mr.. Turner certainly knows what
steps arc nscessary to be taken to
compel violators of the law to an
swer for their crimes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13
FRIDAY AUGUST IL, 1886
A CALL FOR A COUNTY CONVEN-


A mass convention of the Harde-
man County Democracy is hereby
called to meet at the court house in
the town of Bolivar, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST q, 1886,
Tor the purpose of selecting a Demo-
cratic candidate to represent Harde-
nan County in the Legislature, and
selecting delegates to the Congress
,sional, Floterial, and Senatorial
Conventions, and also to choose a
county executive committee.
BY order of the committee this
July 5, 1886.
G. III. ANDERSON, Grimm
Il. w. SMITH, Sec'y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

We notice from the jackson
papers that Mr.. T, 9. Long, of
Madison, is announced as q candi.
date for the State Senate, from the
district composed of Madison and
Henderson counties, Mr.. Long
has served two terms as Clerk of the
House of Representatives, and three
terms as Clerk of the Tennessee
Senate. He is we'll posted In state
affairs. and If elected, will make a
very efficient member.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

Hon. John Y. Keith, of Madison,
is q candidate for reelection to the
position of Senator from Madison
and Henderson counties. He has
served as Senator from that district
for the last two terms, and is recog-
nized as gentleman Of ability. No
doubt he and Mr.. Long will have a
4ivelY contest for the nomination.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13
Some ofour Renublican exchanc

Some ofour Republican exchanges
insist that the last was amere per-
sonal canvass, and that the result
has no political significance, what
ever. They further claim that
Tennessee is a Republican state.
Well, if claiming that will do them
any good, we don't suppose any
democrat will deny them that pitt
inl grainrof consolation. But how
they can have the cheek to claim .
state for the Republicans which
gives a majority Of 10000 for the
Democrats, and which has never
been carried by the republicans
except whem the democrats were
split up, we are unable 10 under
stand. We have no objection To the
republicans claiming il.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

On Saturday last, the remains of
Samuel j. TiIden, the greatest demo
cratic leader Of this period, were
quietly consigned to the tomb at
New Lebanon, N. Y. A large
co Icourse of people witnessed the
ceremonies.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-13

The Senate adjourned without
acting upon number Of appoint
ments, and among the number was
thaC of Hon. t. B. Yancy, of Fayette
to he United States Marshall for the
Western District of Tennessee. He
will hold the office however, under
the appointment of the president.