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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

Directory Canvasser-And your occupa-
ton, please2
useholder-Manuiacture Of plug to-
bacco.
Directory Canvasser-Rather a singular
coincidence; the man next door makes
shoes.
Decentralization is that a coincidence?
Directory Canvasser-The explanation is
simple He makes shoes, and is therefore
shoemaker. You manufacture plug tObac-
co, ergo you are a ehewmaker, too.
No inQuest.-Anerican Bar.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
He was Thoroughlv Posted.

''You are goinginto the lecture field, they
tell me?'
Eyes, think some of doing So"
"Have you ever had any experience in
public speaking?"
mo, never tried to address an audience
in my life"
''But, my good sir, how can you hope to
succeed if you know nothing about the
lecture business?"
"Oh, I'm posted on the lecture business.
You can depend on that"
"But how does that Gomez"
Come? Why, great Scott man, I've
been married twenty-five years!'-C Chicago
Ledger.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
Man of Nerve.

know Jigbee2 OF course I do; and
what's more, know him to be man Of
nerve
NONSENSE He's as timid as a mouse.
man of nervel Ha-hai What in the
world put such a notion as that in your
head2"
.WeII, sir heard him contradict his own
wife the other day, and in public, too, At
that. "-Chicago Ledger.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
Not TO BE Terrified.

Mr.. Easy-You shouldn't talk so much,
my dear. A prominent dentist uptown
delares that women who talk the most lose
their teeth the soonest.
Mrs Easy (tranquilly well, my dear, /
shouldn't mind that very much. Ny teeth
have been troubling mesO much lately that
I would be glad to lose deLphia
Cali
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

Ladies'" says one of the Grundy
gossips, .'are beginning 70 use scented
wax for sealing their precious little let
ters. There is now imported from Paris
a costly kind Of wax for this purpose,
the perfume Of which when burning viii
I'LL a room and linger for hours about
the envelope IN " Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
Had Badges On.

want your sidewalk cleared Off" he
asked of a citizen of Woodward avenue.
Gust got man"
Have any badges on?"
Il believe he has five or six"
Then let him keep the job. I'm tramp
and hard up, but them roIler-skating cham
piOns has got to earn living somehow
and I'm not the man to stand in their way
They are entitled to public sympathy and
assistance. ''-Detroit Free Press
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
A FOILED BOOK AGENT.

This Book Canvasser has just stated at
length to the Texan editor that the life OF
a book agent is full of misery, as he has to
do so much walking and talking every day
OF his lifes~~
4" Now stranger" responded the Texan,
covering the wretched man with his six
shooter, =" have had a sample of your
talkin', let me see some O. your walkin'."
C;ef;1re
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

Mr.. Whittier dislilxes, for himself,
biographies and biographers. ''Of
course, / am glad" he said to a recent
visitor, ''to have thee tell my friends
anything about me they care TO know;
but such fame as a man gets from books
written about him after he rs dead seems
to me worth very little. / have never
thought of myself as a poet in the sense
in which we use the word when we
speak of the great poets. have just
said from time to time the things /
had to say, and it has been a series
of surprises to me that people should
pay so much attention to them and re-
member them so long,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

Ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio, says
that some of the hardest work he did
while in, Congress was the preparation
of a speech on silver, and that some of
the wisest work he did was not deliver
ing it after il was finished
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
why 1t Didn't Matter.

Mistress-What do you mean by pouring
that hard water into the soft water in the
boiler? You know 1 intended it for wash
ing.
Bridget forgot, mum. But guess it
won't matter.
'fWhy won't it matter2''
II kin dip the hot water out, don't you
see? It's on top, you know, mum" -
Phila delphia Can
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

An octogenarian named Bohannon.
of SIN ithton, Mo, died the other day.
after having tasted II IS claimed for
sixty-one days. His abstinence was
caused by sickness. st. Louis Post,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
the WINGED HAT.

Angelina has hat
With wings on every slo9s
SLAUGHTER of the innOcentS
Those pretty wings supplied
Sign of barbarity,
Sign of vulgarity-
That winged hat.
The little bird of beauty born,
With joy in every motion,
Nv cruel hands is slain and torn
For vulgar within and notion.
o, the barbarity,
o, the vulgarity-
That winged hat.
Bridget, too, like Angelina,
Wears winged hat,
With colors loud, she is quite proud
Her gait, it tells you that
Type of vulgarity,
Type of barbarity-
That winged hat.
Boston Transcript.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

AT a recent Presiding Elders Con-
ventiOn in New York, a member mar
rated tale of two boys in his district:
A donkey was passing by. Said one
boy to another, DO you know what that
isP' why, yes, he answered, that is a
donkey. have seen lots of them i'm the
theological garden. '"-B'.6aIO Christian
AfgUOcnte
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
In the HOSPITALS.

Baltimore and Philadelphia hospital ply
sicians are prescribing the new proprietary
medicine, Red Star Cough Cure. 1t contains
neither morphia, opium, nor any other inju-
rious ingredients. The price is only % cents.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

FOR removing dandrufP and promoting the
growth of the hair, use Halls Hair Remover.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

A sNoW-PLOw is like a bad hnbit-A
good thing to eut adrift.-Boston bulletin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

WHEN trains are telescoped the poor pas
seng0rs see stars.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

LOVE is little confidence game, in which
both parties are taken in--by the clergy
man.-DetrOit Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

A DESIRABLE thing in gloves-A warm
lining. Boston Courier.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
His Reckoning Feature.

Charley Highfyer-Hello, OF Teller. see
you are wearing your watch again.
Jimmy Tuffboy-Yes; got it back yester-
day
Charley-That's funny.
Jimmy What's funny2
Charley-Why, 1 heard lady say the
other day that you hadn't a redeeming
feature.e-The Rambler.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

TIE sigh of the eamstress-A-hem.-Ss
Paul Herald
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

GOOD for bons-The ea-kettls.-BOstO,s
BuHetia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

AYERS Cherry PectOral, in thousands of
cases, has cured a cough in few days.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

PEOPLE we must put up with-Hotel
keepers. Citizen
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

The United States has three timei
as many telephones as all Europe,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

PIXIES TOoTHACHE DROPS cure in 1 minute, 25c
GLen1l's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills COrns Bunions
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
SIMPLE AND SURE.
An EReetuaI Way to Prevent Conviots Es-
Gaping from Jail.

Feed them on the fat of the land, with
the above result, and reduce them by the
banting process in time for the expiration
Of their sentences.-Puck.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

Little Bess-You amt black, Mr.. Nc
Fidy?
Mr.. M.-Blacz, child Why, no; should
hope not. What made you think I was?
Little Bess-Oh, nothin' cept pa said
you was awful niggardly
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

You are going into the lecture field, they
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29

An officer stood at the crossing one day,
Who, with answering questions was tired,
when beautiful maiden, passing that way
The road to the "depo" inquired.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13
IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
Great Fears That an Antf-Chfnesc
Demonstration Nay
Occur To-day.

PORTLAND, Or. Feb. 12-One of the
leaders of the anti-Chinese movement
stated to an Associated Press correspond
ent last night that the Congress called to
meet here tomorrow would pass a resolu-
ton calling on all persons employing
Chinese to discharge them. If at the end
of thirty days any Chinese should be en-
ployed, the anti-Chinese associations will
boycott such employers, and also all per-
sons patronizing such employers. These
resolutions have been prepared, so the
Associated Press reporters informant
said, and he had no doubt will pass, with
possibly an amendment or two. He fur
ther stated he believed no attempt would
be made to drive the Chinese from their
abodes, rs threatened by Burnett G.
Haskell, and that the Congress would
disperse quietly.
The sheriff to-day swore in three hund-
red special deputies, each armed with q
six-shooter. 1t is well known that large
number of Chinese have recently bought
revoiyers and rifles and will defend their
| lives and property. The principal fear
now is that some drunken and irrespon-
sible crowd, small perhaps, may attack a
Chinese house whose occupants are arm
ed, in which case it is not unlikely some
of the attacking party will be killed. II
this occurs big riot will be almost in
evitable.
This evening meeting of the members
OF the Grand Army OF the Republic was
held, and the services OF seventy-five vet
Grams were rendered to the Mayor for the
preservation Of the peace in case OF
trouble in the next few days. The COM
pany does not serve as Post Of the g..
A. r., but simply as home guard. At
9 O'Clock tonight, Mayor Gates bought
Winchester rifles and a supply Of ammu-
milton for the company, who will report
to the commander of the State militia
whenever necessary, and move under his
orders. Within the past forty-eight hours
there has been wonderful crystalliza-
ton OF sentiment in favor of suppressing
at the outset any unlawful acts.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13

nitude of transactions is increasing. The
result is more money is needed by those
countries. Even in the German Empire,
as was pointed out Yesterday, the gold
supply is so limited that it is with diff
Guilty the exchanges of the country can
be transacted, and proposition to re-
store silver to its former sphere in the
monetary system is shortly TO be con-
sidered.
Gold, instead Of being the standard oil
values which some people claim it is, is
subject, like other commodities, to the
laws of supply and demand. The testi-
mony of the most reliable authorities
shows that the growing populations and
expanding trade of civilized countries
need more gold than it is possible to OBJ
tain, unless some new, and at present un-
known, source is discovered. 1t is nc
longer adequate TO the worlds wants
and to meet the emergency silver mus
be fully restored to the monetary system
of the world.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13
LAID AWAY TO REST.

Four days ago the sorrowfl.l intelli-
gence of the demise OF great soldier
was flashed over the wires to startled
nation-the dreaded, white-winged mes
senger whom men call Death had lowered
o'er the PROSTATE form Of General w. S.
Hancock, and with icy finger touched
and forever sealed his lips. To-day all
that was mortal of the wellknown
and beloved soldier found resting place
in sacred ground
II good deeds done in the flesh are re-
marked alike by mortal below and re-
cording angel above, ii love OF country
and readiness to sacrifice life in its de-
fense, be virtue in the eyes OF man and
pleasing to the Great Commander, then
truly General Hancock was the living
embodiment OF virtues which commend
themselves to the emulation OF all man.
kind and do not go unrcwarded in the
great hereafter.
General Hancock is dead, and yet will
his memory long live in the hearts OF
millions OF admiring and grateful country
men. He fought well the battle OF life,
and now unchallenged he gains the lines
OF hosts OF reunited Blues and Grays in
the great camping grounds above. Peace
to bis oshaa
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13
WHAT is THE ALTERNATIVE?

The Legislature has already been in
session over one-half of the time pre-
scribed by law, and as yet not a single
measure has been passed that has suf-
ficiently commended itself to Execu-
tive favor to receive the sanction neces-
sary to make it law The time Of the
Legislators seems to have been occupied
in great part in framing and discussing
bills which, had they received the
Governors approval, would have
simply enabled class OF offenders
against the Edmunds act to fur
ther protract the struggle now
being made here to make the law SUI
preme. This is bad showing, but, after
all, what else was to be expected? True,
these legislators are not themselves prac-
teal polygamists-at least, they are not
supposed TO be such-but not one OF them
would to-day be sitting in the legislative
halls had the polygamists who WELD the
power behind the throne, willed it other
wise. For this mess of pottage they
must reciprocate; but ii all their efforts
to help the men who placed them where
they are should fall to the ground, why,
then the will must be taken for the deed.
How vain was the hope that this Leg
islature would set about working such a
reform here as would give promise on
their part, and the part OF the men who
stand at their back, to bring this Terri
tory into harmony with the States that
compose the Union They will not do
it. What, then, is the alternative? Let
ii be what it may, it cannot be anything
that will make the present bad situation
worse, and it cannot be given to us mo-
ment too soon.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13
THE WORLDS SUPPLY OF GOLD

1t is claimed that the worlds stock OF
gold at the present time is about double
what it was in lS4S, and consequently, ii
there were no other influences to counter
act the effect OF this, and gold was the
standard some people claim it is, the
prices OF all commodities would have
been ut least double in ls47 what they
are now, But the progress OF inventions
for increasing general production, the in
crease OF population and wealth, the de-
monetization OF silver and the establish
meDt of gold currencies in its stead in
Germany and elsewhere, have neutral
ized the effect OF this disturbing element
and caused gold to rise.
Statistics show that before the Califor-
mia discoveries OF 1S4S the production OF
the old mines was about $67 ,5000 900 a
year; but the discoveries raised the total
yield in three years, 1S40-5l, to $l20000,-
600 year, and in the next five, 1926,
to 1888, $50, 900, the highest points touched,
from which the yield has gradually de-
creased until it now stands at about
500, 100000.
1t was estimated few years ago that
the expense OF making good the wear
and tearof English gold currency amount
ed to little less than e2,000,O0O, or
$25 100000. On this basis the cost of
making good the wear and tear of the
gold currencies OF the world at the pres
ent time, and supplying the place OF that
used in the arts, must amount TO $780,
100000 in gold; that is to say, it requires
that sum every year OF new gold merely
to keep up the existing volume Of those
currencies.
There are three principal sources oi
supply-Australia, the United States and
the Ural Mountains. The production OF
the last is estimated at $2O,OOO,OOO, the
United States at $35 5,0OO,000, while the
average yield in Australia has fallen 10
$37. 100000. As matters stand, and have
stood since the war, in fact, the yield o.
the three principal gold,producing coun-
tries is barely sufficient TO replace
the wear and tear of existing
currencies. But each year the
population. of the gold-using coun
tries is rapidly growing, trade il
extending in all directions, and the mag
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13
SHOULD BE ATTENDED TO.

A special telegram from Washington to
the Chicago Inter Ocean says it is now
settled that the nomination Of General
Dement, to be Surveyor-Genera for Utah
will be rejected by the Senate. On what
authority this statement is made the cor
respondent does not say; probably it was
stipulated by those from whom he re-
ceived his "pointcr" that the source Of
his information should not be made
public. Anyhow, we are inclined to
think that the statement is made upon
good authority
An opportunity is now presented for
the Democrats OF Utah to secure the APP
pointment to Office OF q local candidate !;
in any event, they should make it their
business to see that the matter is prop
erly laid before the appointing power.
Prior to General Dement'S nomination,
two or more local aspirants sent in appli-
cations for the Office. One candidate, at
least, was very strongly endorsed for the
position, his papers showing that almost
without exception the prominent Demo-
Gratis OF Utah We're at his back.
The President, however, for reasons
best known to himself, saw fit to so out
side OF the Territory to select man; and
now that time has proven the total unfit
ness of the nominee to hold any public
Office, it is only reasonable to suppose
that in appointing his successor the Ex-
ecutive will be willing that the De-
mocracy OF the locality where the Off
cial's services are to be rendered, shall
share with him the responsibility which
attaches to the endorsement and appoint
ment OF man to hold public trust.
The President may rest assured that the
Democrats of Utah will recommend Ia
him for Office none but good men, thor
oughly qualified to discharge the duties
OF the positions to which their appoint
ment may be asked.
Let the necessary steps he taken i'm
mediately to draw attention of the proper
authorities to the papers, now on file, o
local applicants for the Surveyor-Gen,
erals office. The appointment to office
OF bona:fde resident OF the Territory
would, it is true, be novel departure il
the case of Utah, but it would be fully
appreciated by the local Democracy.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13
APPLY IT TO UTAH.

Can it be true that even the hide-bound
Salt Lake Herald is beginning TO realize
the true situation of affairs in Utah? II
not, what could IL be that led ii up to the
following fit OF moralizing:
One of these days the doctrine of the
to rule will certainly pass away from all in
telligent peoples.
That is true, and applies to Utah
equally rs well as to the monarchies OF
the Old World. To-day, by virtue OF the
"divinc authority" vested in him as
President OF the Mormon Church, John
Taylor rules over the people of this
Territory as absolutely as any crowned
potentate of Europe rules over
his subjects. The Herald says
that, in the case OF the latter, the
doctrine OF divine authority to rule "will
certainly pass away from all intelligent
peoples" 1t will. But what is the mat
ter with the intelligence" of the people
OF Utah that they, too, cannot brush
away this delusion, which for so many
years has held them, body and soul, as
the subjects OF man who assumes to
rule over them by virtue of this
same "divine right?" Is their in.
telligence" not equal to the oc'
casion? Are the subjects OF Euro
pean monarchs intellectually so fal
in advance of the people of Utah that
they can throw off that which here is
hugged to the soul az truth from the lips
of the living God? What n commentar,
on the Intelligence" OF the men OF Utah
The above extract furnishes us witt
the first gleam of common sense that has
been observed in the columns ofthe Her.
aid for many long day, and the editor
needs only to pursue the subject and to
apply it locally, to land him on the high
road to apostacy from the Church.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13

The many friends OF the lamented Mrs.
Helen Jackson, and all who have had
the delight OF reading her incompatible
story, Ramona" will be glad to learn
that posthumous story by her has been
published, Mrs. Jackson was writing
this story when her fatal sickness seized
her, and one OF her last acts was its hasty
completion before sending the MS. to
her publishers. "Zeph" is story OF
frontier life in Colorado. 1t can be OBJ
tained at the news emporium OF C. IL.
Parsons K Co., OF this city
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13
PART II. of 0Eyolution and Religion

PART II. OF Evolution and Religion"
by Henry Ward Beecher, has been re-
ceved and can be obtained at c, II. Par
sons & Co.'s. This work comprises
compilation OF eighteen sermons, discuss
ing the application of the evolutionary
principles and theories to the practical
aspects Of religious life, 1t is Il work that
will be read with absorbing interest by
all who have secured the preceding part.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13

THERE was nmor some two or three
weeks ago that Hon. Il. j. Curtis was to be
superseded as Secretary of Idaho, by an
Indiana man who had been Secretary of
the late yice-Presdent Hendricks.-B Black
foot (IdahO) Reporter.
1t is pretty generally understood here
that this same gentleman is an applicant
for the u. S. Marshalship for Utah, and
if Dame Rumor comes anywhere near the
mark, he carries very long pole with
which to reach the coveted persimmon.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-13

Ir looks as il il were about as well TO
vote against the suspension of the Brook
lyn bridge as against the suspension OF
silver coinage. Silver, the American hog
and American meats will not vanish
because Bismarck has blown beer-foam
at them.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-03-27
Inder MhIchIlagi

There are many men, aud we blush
to say some papers, which are ~ vet
undecided in mi. campaign ~ to
whether they Will support swain or
Ross. some ofthc weaker ofthcsc
affect 10 be waiting for thcdark horse
while another elias, aver that the,
stand rcndy to support the nominee,
whoeverhc may he. Thclnltcr il the
weakest dodge INDIGESTION could re-.
sort to. Everybody knows that BY
common consent The two gentlemen
now prominently in the public eye
for the govcrnorrhip have been facility
nominated Ms the representatives. of
the two leading schools of Texan de.
mocracy, aud this tNcit domination
has been accepted by the party, aud IL
perfectly friendly trial Of strength il
TO be made, aud fairly made, too, nj
that we trust Tho struggle is not
for election but Denomination. The