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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
LOST RIVERS.
The tributaries of Stream That Does Not

The tributaries of Stream That Does Not
Exist.
There is one remarkable case in Now
Mexico where the lost tributaries are
plentiful but the main stream does not
exist. This is in a valley which lies
between the Rio Grande and Pecos
Rivers. The valley begins near the
Sandia Mountains, and shut out from
the streams on each side by broken
mountain chains. 1t is a well-defined
valley, not very broad, but having a
length perhaps of three hundred miles.
Flowing into it, especially on the west
ern side near the upper end, and on
the eastern side toward the lower, are
numerous lost tributaries; but the pri-
mary stream has so completely disap-
peared that its bed can only be found
at intervals.
In the valley lie the ruins Of the Gran
Quivira, the existence of which is not
only attested by the ruins themselves
but also by the accounts of the earliest
Spanish settlers. The records Of the
Spanish up to the latter part of the sew
enteenth century, when they were ex-
PEELED by the Indians, are incomplete,
as the Indians destroyed all that was
left behind. That the Gran Quivira
was well known to them, however, is
shown by the fact that the most prOmi-
nent ruin there is that of a church.
There is now no water for many miles
from the ruins. That there must have
been once can well be granted, for no
large city would have been built by
human beings~at n distance of fifteen
or twenty miles, from a scanty water
supply. The valley may be named
from this city, and would then be the
Gran Quivira Valley. About half way
down the valley it is broken by long,
narrow, thin layer of lava, now much
broken up, and making a desolate re-
gion, locally known as the Mal-pais,
or "bad land" The crater from
which the lava was derived was near
the northern end or the Mal-pais. just
above the Mal-pais an old river-bed is
reached at the depth of about two hun
dred feet; below it the river-bed, when
found, is at a slight depth. Southwest
of the Apache Reservation the old river
bed runs into large salt marsh. A
stream of no mean size seems to have
once run down this valley. Not only
has it now disappeared, but its bed is
covered by lava and loose soil some
of the disappearance, it may have some
connection with tradition of the In
dams, which tells of a year of fire.
when this valley was SO filled with
flame and poisonous gases as to be
made uninhabitab1e. When this oc-
Cured the chronology of the Indians is
not perfect enough to tell us. That it
was long-ag is attested by the depth
to which the old bed is covered by a
detritus, probably washed down from
the mountains, and by trees of consid-
cradle size which are found in some
places in it. But that it was not so ex-
tremely long ago that it had become
entirely uninhabitable is made proba-
BILE by the comparatively late dcsertion
of the Gran Quivira. 1t is entirely
possible that the Indian year of fire may
have long preceded the drying up of
the part OF the valley in which Gran
Quivira was situated.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE.
An Article Which Can Truly Be Called a
Boon to Mankind.

An Article Which Can Truly Be Called a
Boon to Mankind.
This IS one of the most valuable arti-
Giles in a family, and when it has once
obtained a foothold in a house, it is
really a necessity, and could i'll be dis
pensed with. It's medicinal qualities are
very numerous; for burns it is a quirk
application and gives immediate relief;
for blisters on the hands it is of price
less value, soaring down the skin and
preventing soreness; for cOrns on the
toes it is useful, and good for rheuma-
tism and sore throats, and it is the
quickest remedy for commissions or fits.
Then it is Il sure preventive against
moths; by just dropping a trifie in
the bottom of drawers, chests and
cupboards, it will render the garments
secure from injury during the summer.
It will keep ants and bugs from closets
and store-rooms, by putting a few drops
in the corners and upon the shelves; it.
is sure destruction to bed-bugs, and will
effectually drive them away from their
haunts if thoroughly applied to the
Joints of the bedstcad in the spring
cleaning time, and Injuries neither furni-
ture nor clothing. Its pungent odOr is
retained for a long time, and no family
ought to be entirely out of a supply at
any time of the year Scientific An1ert-
can.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
BLEEDING TIE FARMER.
Alleged improvements for the Use
which Royalties Are Demanded.


Alleged improvements for the Use OF
Which Royalties Are Demanded.
There is no other industrial pursuit
than agriculture which is so burdened
with alleged improvements for which
patents have been secured. The farm
er's soul is vexed with claims for royal
ties from an endless variety of people
who demand money for the use of de-
vices for which patents have been Sc
cured unjustly. Fences, wells, churns,
gates, harrows, clevices and a great
variety of simple tools and devices
which are used by farmers; and
even methods of pruning, laying
down trees and vines for winter
protection, and now an old manner of
making drains, have been patented and
the use of them is denied to the public.
The worst of it is that the majority of
these claimants arc farmers themselves
and do their best to tax their brother
farmers without any adequate return
being made, and moreover it causes and
encourages litigation and wastes hard
earned money. This is a matter which
needs reforming, and farmers should
combine to insist upon a deliverance
from this irritating and costly nuisance.
N Y. Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
oigestibility of Cheese.

The digestibility Of cheese depends a
good deal, according to Klenze, on its
physical properties. All fat chooses arc
dissolved or digested with greatrapidity,
because the molecules of casein are sep
arated only by the fat, and so the solvent
juice can attack large surface Of the
cheese at one time. Whether the cheese
be hard or soft docs not appear to mat
ter, and there is no connection between
the digestibility and the per centage Of
water present in the cheese. The degree
of ripeness and the amount Of fat have,
however, considerable influence, for
both these conditions render the cheese
more friable, and so allow of intimate
contact of the juice Cheddar took the
shortest time to digest -four hours),
while unripe Swiss cheese required ten
hours for solution. London Lancet.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
KEEPING GEESE.
A Profitable Industry If Properly and sys-
temetfcaI1y Managed.

temetcaiIy Managed.
Geese are profitable or improbable
according to the manner in which they
are kept. If given the use of a large
pond on which they can enjoy them
selves and dive down in search of nip
nOws and tadpoles, they can supply
themselves with all the animal food they
require. They should also have plenty
of grass. When geese are kept on
abandoned fields, and have access to
ponds, they are profitable; but if they
are to be fed altogether, they will be
kept at a loss. They often do damage
to pastures. and destroy and waste
much that they should not dis
turb The best breeds are
the Toulouse and Embden, the
latter being entirely white
in color, thus rendering their feathers
more valuable. A cross of the Toulouse
gander on the Embden goose makes the
largest produce for market A goose
will lay from twenty to forty eggs, but
seldom matches more than one brood.
The goslings should not be allowed near
the water until fully feathered as damp
ness is injurious to them, the down be-
ing no protection. They should be fed
for the first six or eight weeks on a
mixed diet, and may then be left to
their parents altogether. Old geese
make the best breeders, but only the
young ones sre marketed. Eggs from
geese under two years old do not hatch
well - Farm Field and SfOcbglH7l
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
KING LEOPOLD.
How the Monarch of the BeIgians Appears
on the Promenade.

How the Monarch of the Belgians Appears
on the Promenade.
Leopold is one of the most demo-
cratic of Kings. He saunters about
Brussels in the most leisurely way, and
is as familiar a figure on the Rue Roy
ale or du Midi as President Grant used
to be on Pennsylvania avenue. He is
fully six feet tall, has an angular form
and an awkward manner, and one day
when / saw him on the Rue du Midi he
had the gout so bad that re hObbled
along in anything but a kingly fashion.
He has a dark complexion, wears full
sandy beard that is long and tinged
with gray, and his small eyes are so
close together that there is scarcely
space for his big Roman nose between
them. Here is the dress which Leo
pold thinks the proper one for King 5
street wear: A coat of dark blue
broadcloth, cut in the style of a Nor
folk Jacket, and trousers of the same
material, but a shade or two lighter in
color. In all the seams of both coat
and trousers was set small gold cord;
boots of heavy calfskin, with sOles
fully a half inch thick, cap similar to
that worn by an American army
private, with miniature gold lion of
Brabant over the forepiece, and gold
bowed eyeglasses with a pendant
chain. A heavy cane was held in a
hand whose third finger was encircled
by a gold ring that bore the square,
compass and letter G of the Masonic
order, set in diminutive diamonds.
His only attendants were two portly
middle-aged gentlemen, elegantly
dressed in black broadcloth and fine
linen. who walked a few feet behind
the King, and who occasionally an
swered a question put to them by their
royal MASTER Cor. Boston Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
LOADED CIGARS.
TF4s Latest Device Invented fog the Bene-
fit of SenseIess fJolxers."

Tfts Latest Device Invented fog the Bene-
fit of SenseIess "Jolzers."
Loaded cigars, as instruments Of
mi"th-provokipg torture, are likely to
come into more, general use among
practical jokers on account of new
method of manufacture which lessons
the danger of the explosions. A small
cartridge of powder, inserted in the mid
die of a cigar, was able to furnish a
large amount of hilarity, but it was
likely to damage the eyesight of the un-
suspecting smoker who had been selected
as a victim by the iokers. Serious acct
dents, followed by suits for damage,
made the old style loaded cigar
unpopular. When a man who had
been known to indulge in fun at
the expense of his friends offered a cigar
of the finest brand to an acquaintance
he was obliged to answer such questions
as "WiIl it go Off" or (Which way
shall point it?" A man with a repu-
tation as a joker could keep a box of
cigars open in his Office with safety.
His friends would be sure to think that
articles left exposed in such a tempting
way were dangerous to fool with.
Recently some manufacturer has
duODICu Il IItb1Ou VI y ItNAII2 cigars
of a certain brand with a chemical cart
ridge which takes fire soon after the
weed is lighted There is no
sudden explosion which skaters the
wrapper and sends fragments of burn
ing tobacco in all directions, but from
the end of the cigar a stream of fire
shoots out to a distance of about three
feet in a direct line. 1t makes a man
look for few seconds as if he were a
a gas tank and held a piece of broken
gas-pipe in his mouth. The man is in
no danger so long as he keeps still and
lets the cigar sputter away. To hold
the weed firmly in the teeth at such a
moment is a better test of a mans
nerve than to hang on to the end of a
burning Roman candle. The chief dan
ger to be feared is that some man may
drop a cigar and start confagration if
he attempts to smoke indoors.-N Y.
Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
Naphtha as Locomotive Fuel.

The following interesting results of
late experiments carried out on the
Transcaspian railway on the compare
tive cost, ETC., of naphtha and wood as
fuel have been published. Engines
burning wood consumed in one year
1865 cubic sajeens Icubic sajeen
equals 313 cubic feet), at a cost Of 20
rubles per sajeen, giving a total cost
of R. 225, 738 cop. 10. During a similar
period the consumption of naphtha was
1929, ops puds (pud equals SO pounds),
which at copecks per pud gives
R.1OO,O31 cop. Is. The distances
traversed respectfully by the wood and
naphtha consuming engines were l. 49,
529 versts and 1924, 981 versts. Thus
the consumption of wood per 100 versts
was 0.9 cubic sajeens, costing R.18;
while that of naphtha for the came dis
lance was 64.04 puds, costing R.4 cop.
81. In other words, naphtha as a fuel
is about four times as cheap rs wood
~ y. Telegram.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
AN INVESTIGATOR.
How . Cunning Darby RambOOzled 8
Learned Judge.

How = Cunning Darby RambOozled a
Learned Judge.
Look here" called Judge Gaines, ad.
dressing an old negro whom he detected in
the act of pulling a board off his fence.
" Sah?"
What are you doing there?"
Wuz Jest er SEEM, sab, ef dis plank
want loose"
What difference does it make to your"
None in particular, sab. Use sorter in
vestigatin in my natur' an 1 allus wants
to satisfy myself"
Well, there's nothing around here that
needs investigation"
" see dat now, sah.'
Well, go on away from here"
d" Vas, I'll do dat. Hopes de weder win
moderate sab. Vas, hopes it viii"
The Judge we mt into the house. The
negro unused: {" How dat fool white man
'sPeck me ter lzin'le er fire wild wet wood.
Dat plank'H make monstrOus fine kin'lin'."
When the Judge came out, few mo-
ments later, the board was gone.-Arkan-
saw Traveller
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
Refuses to BE AstonIshed.

Silas Lapham, as readers of Mr.. Howell's
story will be astonished to learn, is q real
man, a rich cattle dealer.-Graphic. Oh
no; we are not astonished at anything in a
novel. Even the happy marriage of the
hero, who has been killed half dozen times
in as many chapters, to the daughter of a
pirate king, before he discovers that she is
the only child of an English Duke worth
forty million pounds and ten thousand
acres of land, doesn't astonish us. 1t
would astonish us if something of that
kind didn't occur in novels.-NOrristOwn
HnraIn
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

"A real King Charles dog weighs.
when in good condition, about eight
pounds, has a small, round head, full,
round hazel eye of great brightness and
expression, a very short nose, fine droop-
ing ears with black silky hair on them
that almost touches the ground; a soft
long, black coat; delicate limbss fringed
down behind each leg with hair of rich
tan; a graceful tail; tan at the side of
the mouth, and sometimes under the
chin and on the eyebrows. There must
be no white except a ''tick" on the
breast Chicago Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

"A traveller in New Mexico gives
glowing description of the country
through which a new road passes, and
tells of the seven cities of the Chico
Valley what almost reads like the ro-
mantle explorations of the members Of
the Smithsonian Institute. He says
that there are to-day in that valley
ruins of large buildings five stories
high, and some of them in such an ex
eellent state of preservation that the
masonry and plastering are looking as
new and fresh as though done but a
few years instead of centuries ago.
These buildings are popularity supposed
to be of Aztec origin, but, strange to
say, there is at present no historical
account Of them OF their builders.
Chicago Herald,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
NIeteoroloelcal InformatIon.

Prof Shore, OF the University of Texas,
and Kosciusko Murphy met not very long
since, and both of them being very intelli-
gent they talked about scientific subjects,
and among others about echpses.
did you see the total eclipse of the sun
we had in Austin about four years ago2"
asked Murphy.
mo" replied Prof. Shore; II didn't get
to see it. was out at my ranch five miles
from town, and when got back it was all
nvar - Texas SiftinQS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
His Unhappy Lot.

The PoIceman's Wife-John, am
ashamed of you.
The Policeman-Ashamed of mel Why?
The p. W.-Because all the time Mr..
Snuflins was talking to us in the vestibule
after service you had your eyes shut and
twice you actually snored.
The P. (apologetically)-Yo must ex-
cuse me, I thought was on duty.-Phila-
r7elDbis CaH
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
A Little NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Angry Purchaser-You told me the hors
wasn't balky.
Seller-No, l didn't
Angry Purchaser-Yo on certainly did.
You said that when it came to pulling that
horse was there every time.
Seller-Yes that's what I said. He's
there, but the trouble is he stays. 1 used
to build a bonfire under him. Y. Sun
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

"Wen, Bromley, you've been married just
five years to-day. You regard your little
woman as a duck OF wife, am sure"
do you know, DaUringer, that I've been
in a quandary about that very thing?
While I'm not just ready to admit that
she's a duck of a WIFE, I've more than a
suspicion that I've been a goose of 8 hus-
band ''-PAiLa CleI1hia CHI
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
-Ibe theory. which some eminer

The theory, which some eminent
physicists have been disposed to aban-
don, that the interior of the earth is III
a molten state, is strongly defended by
a German scientist, who has been
studying the KrakatOa eruption. In
view of the remarkable phenomena
connected with this catastrophe, he
thinks the heat of the volcanic furnaces
can not be entirely due to local chem
icsl action.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
A CnnrrIrhted Ioke.

Says an exchange: M. Pasteur's father
was a tanner" We always had an idea
that the old man must have had something
TO do with bark, because his son is so
familiar with it. Hal ha!-hai Don't you
see the point? No? Why bark, don't you
see, dogs bark-tan bark, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha. copyrighted Peck S
Cuu
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

Heretofore ships have been permit
ted to pass through the Suez Canal only
in daylight; but now war ships and
steamers provided with electric lights of
sufficient power to illuminate the canal
1920 yards ahead may go at night.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05


glass plate and little colonies of bacteria
win develop from the germs that happen
to be in the water The gelantine is good
food for them. You can readily read
from their appearance what the germs are
and you can calculate the percentage of i'm
purity in the water.
1.-The air can be easily examined for bac
terra. Cut clean potato in half and ex-
pose it to the atmosphere for few hours.
Some germs will fall on it, and, being on a
nutritive material, they will begin to grow.
On this particular potato exhibiting one)
four different kinds of bacteria have fallen.
You can see that by the cOlors, white,
brown, yellow and so on. Plates of gelan-
tine exposed develop bacteria in the same
way. Air can be examined for germs by
passing it through tube on the bottom of
which gelantine is lying. The air can be
measured and the percentage of germs cal
culated."
DIR. Formal exhibited an apparatus for
doing this.-PhiIa lphia Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

"A botanist has attempted to esti-
mate the number Of seeds found upon
some of the most obnoxious weeds of
this country. For shepherds purse he
makes the number 81, 800 per plant;
dandelion, II 1913; wild pepper grass,
10, 400; wheat sheaf, 1000; common
thistle, IS, 1856; camomile, 1920; but
ter weed, 8 687; rag weed, 1856; COM
mon purslane, 388, 800; common plan
tain, 42,200; burdock, 38,068.-PhilG-
CZeJDhid Call
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
Two Kinds of PaIeness.

you are awfullv pale" said Esmeralda
Longcofin to Birdie McGinnis.
''Yes, ] know I am pale but my paleness
il natural. IL comes from dyspepsia, but
you get your paleness by the box from the
drug store, - Texas Si1inRs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

There is an air of decay about
Pekin which extends even to its tenn
pies. The number of its population j.
not accurately known, but, according
to a Chinese estimate, which is proba-
bly, in excess, 1t is /, 100000 Of whom
goo, 900 reside in the Tartar. and 400
900 in the Chinese city. There is no
direct foreign trade with Pekin. and
the small population is made up Of the
members of the various legations, the
maritime customers, the professors at
the college and the missionary body.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

A DOSE of Red Star Cough Cure will pre-
vent yo1 disturbing the congregation, and
put you in a right frame of mind to enjoy
the SCI vices. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
EPL.L.HELT0MAl
OR SKTN CANCER.

For seven years suffered with cancer on my face.
Eight months ago a friend recommended tho ufe OF
swifts Specific and determined 10 mnio an effort
10 procure IT, In this WINS succcssful aud began itH
The influence Of the medicine 90 HtGt NuH TO
somewhat aggrayate The sore; but soon thr uhnmna-
ton was allayed, and begun OimUruVc Hlcrthe hrHE
few bottles Ny general Gemth hHs Ere4ty improved.
Tho cancer my face began % decrease and tho
ulcer heal. until there is ycstigc Of 10 left
MEs' JuIcIE A. McDoNALD.
Atlanta Ga, Augustt n, 1876.
Treatise on Blood aud Skin Diseases mailed free.
TUE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ca
n. T., 1J1 W. DID Street.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05
lgR BIG sIsTER.s sEAu.
ABOUT BACTERIA.
DR.. Formads Lecture on Germs at
the Franklin Institute.

Bacteria as Means of Determining I'M
Purities fn Water-A Display OF
BaciIli Eating Chicken stew
and GeIatine.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

THE VoLTAIC BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO-VOL-
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

LEADING physicians testify to the value
OF Ayers Cherry Pectoral, as a specific for
colds
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

A KNIGHT of Labor-The one spent on a
morning paper.-Hot Springs Neus.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

FAST waIking-sticks- Hm1icanes.-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

CATTLE, when bitten by a rabid dog, are
sent to the bone-yard; men to Pasteur.-
D. T. Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-05

-"Gath" says John Wilkes Booth
was never married, and that the story
about his wife and children is hoax.