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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
ANCIENT TROUSERS.
Pair OF Indispensables Made of Seven
ty-flvc COlOred Patches.

A Pair OF Indispensables Made of Seven
ty-flvc COlOred Patches.
Mayor Smith recently received from
6. Law, of Pittston, for inspection, a
pair of trousers made of seventy-iivc diff
ferent colored patches and Weighing
about twenty pounds. A placard con-
tanning the following accompanied the
curiosity:
"These pants were fifty-two years in
actual service by North Carolina col
ored gentleman by the name of Sam
Williams, better known in his country
as Father Sam, who is now at the ripe
old age of one hundred and eight years
and still able to walk around. Father of
twenty-three children, all living, the old
est being ninety-one years; ninety-fOur
grandchildren. He was a slave for
sixty-four years. These were his we'd
ding pants, and six of his sons wore the
same pants for wedding pants. They
are highly priced by the old gent and
his children. They were sent to me by
q friend, who had to deposit fifty dollars
as a guarantee of their being returned.
They were in actual wear thirty-two
wears, and have been on exhibition for
the past twenty years. They have been
across the ocean four times and on ex-
hibition in all the large cities of the
United States. You are requested to re-
turn them soon, as the youngest son is
to be married and he has the promise of
them to wear on that occasion. "-PhilG-
CReIDHiG Press
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
"NoT LIKE OTHER GIRLS"

She's not at all like other girls,
This maid hold so dear,
Whose sunny smiles and charming wiles
Make gladstone all the year;
Her eyes are bright, and on her brow
Are rows of clustering curls,
And yet, and yet, my precious pet
Is not like other girls.
She's SO cons.derate and kind,
And self-relIant. too,
In every act SC full of tact,
So honest through and through,
She seems to shine above all gems
The very pearl of pearls
And ali agree at once that she
Is net Ike other girls.
She's very modest in attire,
And yet it is confessed
Where er she goes though plain her clothes,
She always seems Well-dFessed.
Her voice, like gently muFmuring brook,
In mellow music purlS,
And that alone would make il known
SHE'S not like other girls.
She is not fond of revelry;
Was never known to fiirt:
She's not ut all satrical
Nor impudSntly pert.
She loves to dance, but faYOrs not
Those giddy, maddening whlrls
That some indorse, and so, of course,
She's not like other girls.
She's quite domestic In her tastes
Not given much to roam,
And spends her arts, her grace imparts,
To beautify her home.
Nor does she sigh for cOrOnets
Ot princes, dukes or earls;
30 you'll confess at once, guess,
She's not like other girls
The aged have her tenderest care;
She's gentle with the young;
For them are told sweet stories old,
Her sweetest songs are sung;
she lives for others, not for self,
And, oh. this pearl of pearls
Wins my applause and love, because
She's not like other girls
-Josephine Pollard, IA ". 7. Ledger.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
Crows Can Count Four.

Leroy, though he expresses the Opin-
ion that 1.-The nature of the soul Of ami
mails is unimportant, was an excel
lent observer, mentions a case in which
a man was anxious to shoot a crow.
ITO deceive this suspicious bird. the
plan was hit upon of sending two men
to the watchhouse, one OF whom
passed ON, while the other remained;
but the crow counted and kept her dis
lance. The next day three went, and
again she perceived that only two re-
tired. In fine, it was found necessary
to send five or six men to the watch
house TO put her ont in her calculation.
The crow, thinking that this number
of men had passed by, lost no time IN
returning. From this he inferred
that crows could count up 10 tour
Lichtenberg mentions a nightingale
which was said to count up to three.
Every day he gave it three mealworms,
one at a time; when it had finished one
it returned for another, but after the
third it knew that the feast was over.
Detroit Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
A Marvellous Cavern.

A wonderful cave has recently been
explored in Snake Valley, Pike County,
Nevada 1t consists of a great number
of apartments, connected by long gall
leries and ornamcnted with beautiful
stalactites of a transparent whiteness.
The largest room yet found is five hun
dred feet long two hundred feet wide
and one hundred and fifty feet in height.
Fanciful names have been given to the
objects met with in the course of the eX-
pl0rations. Solomon's Temple is a
magnificent stalagmite column; Cleo
patra' 5 Needle is a slender shaft, bcauti-
fpllv luted, and the Grand Cathedral is
an enormous pile of white stalagmite,
eighty-five feet in circumference, TWEEN
ty-five feet in height, and surmounted
by a dome of good proportions. The
cave also contains little lakes and
streams, and one seeming waterfall,
vast sheet of shining, icy-looking stall
agmite, that has been christened Niagara.
Virginia city Enterprise.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

prize leaps heavenward and started on an.
other flying trip. Away they all went.
George closed his eyes to keep out the dust
and tried to hold up tho half-fainting Clara
who lay shrieking in his arms. And still
the exponent of rapid transit proceeded to
accomplish his stint and stick to the
motto OF work first; play afterwards
At last after what seemed to George
hours, he came to another and unexpected
standstili, and fortunately. this event took
place directly In front of a farmhouse
The family, who had been sitting on the
piazza enjoying the cool of the afternoon,
had seen what they had supposed was a
runaway coming up the road and rushed
down the yard just as the broncho drew up
at the front gate. That steed, painting and
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
EAST GREENLAND.
Discovery of a Race Unacquainted With tho
Existence of White Nations.

Discovery of a Race Unacquainted With the
Existence of White Nations
Captain Holm recently returned to
Copenhagen after having spent two
years and a half in exploring the almost
unknown region of the east coast Of
Greenland. Although ten or twelve cx-
petitions have set out for East Green
land in the past two centuries, almost
all of them in search of the lost Morse
men, who were supposed to have set
tied there, only one ship ever reached
the coast. The great ice masses, some
times hundreds of miles wide, that are
perpetually piled up againt the shore
have kept explorers from East Green
land long after all other Arctic lands
were fairly well known. With three
assistants Captain Holm landed at Cape
Farewell and then went north some 400
miles. He has returned with large col
lections representing the flora, fauna,
geology and anthropology of this hith-
erto unknown portion Of the earth s
surface. He found in those cold and
dismal regions, isolated from the world,
a race of people who had never heard
OF known of the great civilized nations
of the earth. They seem to lead happy
lives, and lived in communistic way in
hamlets. They differ entirely in Ian
guage and physical characteristics from
the Esquimaux of West Greenland. --
DenlOrest'S M07NiV.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
Why Jews Live SO Long.

The Nea0 England Medical Monthly COM
nents very favorably on the proverbial
long and heaIthful lives of the Jews. DR.
Picard holds that this superiority is due to
their stringent health laws. The Mosaic
like the older Egyptian code, is very strin-
gent regarding the eating of flesh and other
articles of food. OF the animals examined
a large proportion are always condemned
as unfit for food People who eat meat in
discriminatory are very prone to disorders
of the blood and Of the kidneys, far meat is
composed of nitrogen, which the kidneys
have TO remove from the blood, and of
course they can not do this successfully ex-
cept by the aid of Warmers safe cure, the
best kidney strengthened, unless it is tenn
perately partaken of and only the very
best meat is used. Jews also use alcoholic
liquors very sparingly and thus keep up
good digestion, and then again they are
holiday-lovinga and misunderstanding class.
-H0uSekeepeT.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
Rough Glass for Painted Windows.

Singularly enough, examinations
made Of the painted windows, so cele-
brated as works of artistic genius and
skill, Of the old Cathedrals of England
and Continental Europe, show that their
superiority consists really in the in
feriority of the glass, its richness in the
poverty of its constituents, in the very
perfection of its uneven thickness and
in the imperfections of its surface and
its body, all covered, as they are, by the
accommodating dust of ages, and honey
combed by the corroding effect of time.
Like the facets of a diamond or ruby,
each little wave and thread and blister
becomes, by interference, refraction and
reflection of the light which plays upon
it, new source of the gem-like bril-
lance, harmony and beauty which dis
tinguish the painted glass of former
centuries. The glass-makers of America
and England now aim to reproduce the
perfection of this old glass by repro
ducing its mperfections.-C Chicago San.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
ExoEss OF WOMEN.
The Anxious and AimIess Population
Great Rrltnina

OEeab BEANh4uo
Are you aware, my dear, of the APP
palling fact that there are 949, 900 more
women than men in Great Britain At
least, there was this very awful disparity
of numbers at the last census, and
don't suppose that the disproportiOn has
decreased since then. In fact, it seems
that it is likely to became greater and
greater, for more girls are born than
boys, and men do not, as a rule, live so
long as women.
This immense fact means, perhaps,
very little to married women, unless
they are mothers of large and expen-
sive family of daughters; but to the I'M
appropriated among US, it is fraught
with the direst meaning. We are all
taught from our nursery days upward to
look forward to the time when we shall
be married land live happy ever after. -
Do not all the nursery sto-
ries and fairy tales end with
wedding bells? And I suppose that
it is natural for woman to like to have
a home of her own, and husband and
children. There are women who would
despisc us for making such a con-
fession; but do you not think with me
that an unshared life seems Incomplete
We'll, dear, in the face of all this
are those dreadful six figures, the fe-
male overplus of 948,000.
1t is therefore quite apparent that sew
eral hundred thousands of us must re-
main single, and we may as well look
the matter straight in the face, and,
while we hope for the best, prepare for
the worst. Marriage to the great ma
jority of women means a provision.
Failing in this, they must provide for
themselves. So, every girl should be
brought up to some occupation that
would bring her in sufficient for her
maintenance. Fathers ought to see that
their daughters are as carefully trained
with view to self-support as their sons
are.-Lond0f1 Truth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

Every few days the newspapers
contain reports of persons found
smothered in hotel bedrooms because
they "blew out the gas" If the
smothercd man looks like drummer,
OF other enlightened individual, the
Coroner's verdict IS apt to hint darkly
at suicide. The municipal authorities
of Atlanta take another view of the
matter. They have been advised that
one-half the deaths from asphyxia are
caused by hotel prOprietors, and have
made a lau that economical landlords
shall not turn off the gas from the
meter at night. A large number Of
travellers leave the gas burning dimly
when they retire; then the hotel man
cuts OF the gas. He turns it on again
for early-rising travellers, and the
others, if they sleep late, run n risk 0.
death from suffocation. Travellers
should turn the gas completely ont he
fore GOING 80 bed - Cincinnati Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

william, my son, said the old man, rs
he walked with him towards the depot.
''you have been appointed an Indian agent.
Promise me in tie most solemn manner
that You will never take one penny belong
ing to the Government
81 promise, father"
Two years later when he came home
and bought a couple of farms and began the
erection of a $50 900 mouse he remarked:
81 have kept my promise. father, [ made
all the wealth by cheating the Indians. -
IKnn Street NelpS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

Perhaps, if she had known that those same
teeth were attached to what the dentist
averred was a ''solid gold plate and that
already scouts Tin the person Of several
small boys) were out on their trail, with the
promise of a large reward in case they were
captured, she would have rubbed out one of
the black marks put down against the
brOnchO.
n. B.-Clara and George now take the
air and enjoy the scenery in a Smith Street
open car.-Judgc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
He Knew 1t was . Dream.

BOlgertop-Had a remarkable dream last
night. / dreamed that L came home about
three a. IN.
De Guy-LOaded?
''Yes. 1 didn't take off my boots, but
walked boldly up stairs, making an awful
racket. went into the bedroom, and began
to throw everything out of the windows
chairs, tables. mirrors, tyerythingv'
"What did your wife say?"
Say. She didn't say anything. She
woke up and simply smiled at me- That's
why knew it was a dream. "-PbtladeJ-
allin Gail
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
The Bloody Hand.

yesterday went out to catch crabs. :
saw hole near the bank that looked as if
there might be crabs in it. l felt around in
the water carefully, when all at once was
almost scared to death. What do you
think, grandma, pulled out of the water, "
said Johnny Fizzletop to his grandmother,
who is very nervous
What was it, johnny"
A bloody human hand"
"Mercy on us! Horrible! Horrible! Do
the police know about it?''
Why no, grandma, it was only my own
hand. \ crab had bit me on my little
finger boston Transcript
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

800 you recognize this Instrument"
said the lawyer to the prisoner at the bar,
pointing to a written contract.
81 think / dc" calmly responded the
man addressed.
''Will you be kind enough to inform the
court what the nature of this instrument
is?''
You drew the instrument up, 1 be-
heveP' asked the prisoner.
81 did" replied the tOrmentor.
"Then / should say it was a wind i'm
strument - YO1l5eTs Statesman.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO Vol
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 30 days, to men lyoung or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss Of vital
ity and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu-
matism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many 9TH
err diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
TO ooRaEspoNnENrs

All Communications for this paper should be
accompanied by the name of the author, not
necessarily for publication, but as eYt1ence
or good faith on the part of the writer. Write
only or one side ofthe paper. Be particularly
careful, In giving 0mes and dates, TO nave al
letters or figures plain and distinct.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

LAcoNIc patient to physician: Caught
cold. Physician: Take Red Star Cough
Cure; no morphia, no poisons. Only TWEEN
ty-fve cents. st. Jacobs Oil cures pain.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

"A Philadelphia art exhibition was
not financially successful. OF about
25, 900 visitors only 10000 paid admis-
sion fees, the others being dcadhcads.
The enterprise was more IN educational
than q commercial success.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
AN ENcINEER,s REPoRr.

The following is an exact copy of the report
made by sn engineer to the Traffic Manager
IF the Helg Jersey division of the Pennsy
Vania Railroad:
Sow, Mr. Sanford. you wish me to state
rhe cause of detention to five sixty eight,
The wind was high and the steam was low,
and the train behind was & heavy tow,
The coal was poor and wouldn't burn,
The steam was gone and wouldn't return,
And so we stopped upon the HILL
And the angels whispered: peace. be still
The steam was exhausted, the engine, too,
And so WE cut our train in two,
And that's the way we got it down
To the far famed city of BordentOwn
Now. Mr.. Sanford, don't feel cross,
But show the report to Mr.. Moss,
And he IF he chooses to mir. Waite,
And lay all the blame to Five sixty-eight.
MORAL.
Like man without wife,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

A SURE cure for obstinate coughs and colds
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. The best remedy
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
THE BRONCHO.

Why Clara and George Now Patronize
the Street Cars in Preference to the
Livery Stable.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

Germany devotes 1900, 900 acres to
the cultivation of the potato. The yield
last year was %, 100000 tons.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

PEABODY
his charming bride
just returned from
their wedding tour and
gone to housekeeping
in the loveIiest cottage
imaginable. Every
morning his adorable
Clara, in the sweetest
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

r. /. NOYEs, Revere, Mass, was cured Of
scald-head by using Halls Hair Remover.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

THE act Of Miss Mullen, Of Summit, ".
Y. who elOped with a blind man, might lie
construed as an indication that she was
not particularly attractive in appearance.
stiu, any man who cl5pss is blind OF Clty
P7fe-v7sF
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

IT is the man with the dark beard who
never says dye.-LoacH Courier.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
comnllmentarr Mention.

Gus Snobberly, a New York Fifth ay
enue dude, paid young lady great deal
of attention at a social gathering but she
snubbed him numerically. At last Gus,
who had been taking too much wine, said:
ideally believe, Miss BLANK, you think
that | am fool"
80, no, AIr. Snobberly." she replied, with
a sweet smile, Il never judge person by
the way he looks "-I'sTds S9ttTlgs-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

3 months treatment for SOC. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

A RoLLER-sKATE gathers no moss, but a
roller-skater's shins often get barked.-N
Y. Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

If a Joke can make horse laugh, why
can't it make shay grint-Chicag0 Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08
MORAL.

Like a man without q wife,
Like a coach without a team,
The most useless thing in life
rs an engine without steam.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

Plies TOoTHACHE DROPS cure in ] minute PIC
GleHn's sulphur Soap heals and bcautifes nc.
GERMAN Conn REMOVER kills Corns & BuniOnB.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-07

rived on Sunday these simple fanatics
declined to give a hand in discharging
the cargo, until Sunday had passed
The captain of the vessel swore. and
pointed out that change of wind
would compel him to put to sea. $50,
them" replied these stern people. The
minister said he could not guarantee
the continuance of fair weather. stbut
he trusted that the same Providence
which had put it into mems hearts to
send them corn and potatoes would
keep the wind steady in the north
east" Aud Providence was kind, for
the wind remained steady in the north
east.
The st. Kildians are II i'm number.
They have decreased in number lately
because of a singular mortality among
the children, the majority of whom die
before they are many days old. This
may be due to the system of intermar-
rying that goes on, or because there is
no doctor to combat with the mysteri-
Gus baby foe. AS there are only one,
or sometimes two births year, a doc
tors practice in this line would not be
extensive. Rev. John Mackay, who
ministers to the spiritual wants of the
people, tries to do little incidentally,
but his prescriptions are confined, as a
rule, to a pOultice and hOt-water
cloth. The community includes q
schOolmaster. There are about so cows
and 1000 sheep, which are common
property, but there are no horses, that
animals work being relegated to the
female st. Kildian. The minister's
watch keeps time for the whole island,
and when informed by the men of the
Hebridean that his watch was two
hours fast, he chuckled that he could
thereby bring his congregation togeth
er at instead of ii O'clock, while he
only was aware of the pious fraud The
houses of the people are tolerably
good, Macleod of Macleod, to whom
this Improbable piece of property be-
longs, having improved the buildings
recently.
The great occupation of the people
is catching sea- fowl. From March to
November the island is covered with
sea fowl, and catching these birds is
the staple industry. Multitudes of So
Ian geese cover the rocks there are
myriads of gulls, northern divers,
stormy petrels, black solemn cOrmO-
rants. and simple guillemOts, and, in
deed, almost every kind of sea- bird.
The difficult work of climbing about
the rocks catching the birds is engaged
in by both men and women. EnOrm-
Gus numbers of fowl are sent off every
year. Then a great deal is made out
of feathers. Referring to this subject,
DR.. MacCullOch, i'm his account of the
island, says: The air is full of feather
ed animals, the sea is covered with
them, the houses are ornamented by
them, and the Inhabitants look as if
they had been ali tarred and feathered,
for their hair is full of feathers, and
their clothes are covered with feathers.
The women look like feathered Mercu-
ries, for their shoes are made of gan
nets skin. Everything smells of
feathers.-[ Pail Mall Gazette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-01-07

he would:sell him. for So. AS these
breeders lived only six miles apart and
on the railroad Mr.. A. wrote to each to
expect him the next day for the pur-
pose of examining the bird. He stop
ped to see Mr.. B., intending to take
the next train and visit Mr.. c. Mr.. B.
called his attention to fine points of
the fowl and, as Mr.. A. seemed to
think him rather old, he emphasized
them by remarking that he had won
first premium at the state fair. "Why,"
said Mr.. A., "Mr. B., at the next sta
ton, claims to have won first at that
fair" "Well, he did, but it was with
some of my Birds. including this one.
We had an understanding about it,"
While they were talking Mr.. G.. drove
mp in great haste and called out, 'Mr.
B., catch that old cock quickly so can
get home before the next train. There's
a fellow coming up to see him. Per-
haps | can sell the old duffer and get
him off yOnr hands. That premium he
won will do the business, | guess"
Explanations were in order, but all
that both men could say did not sell
the bird, and Mr. A. took the first train
home, leaving B. and C. to laugh over
the joke as best they could [Stock-
man.