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The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
"A LITTLE NONSENSE. :.


-VisitOr-"Is your mother in to.
day, my boyP" Candid child-"No,
sir, she's doing up preserves. "-Nee0
HaUe7s Ne10s.
Compassionate housewife - $50
you were in the army, my poor man.
What was your capacity there?"
Tramp-''Double rations, mum. 40
cident NeGCs.
Tommy" said his penurious I'M
Gle, how would you feel if 1 were to
give you nickelP'' II think" replied
Tommy, that / would feel a little
faint at first. Life.
Mrs. Williams-''I am sorry to
hear that your mother is i'll, George.
hope she isn't sick abed." George
''Oh, no, Mrs. Williams. She is only
sick alounge IN Y Morning Journal.
Pa, what makes the little pigg1es
eat so fastp" "Pa" was so confused
and finally said that he would have to
give it up. "'Cause they want to be
hogs" said four-year-old. - Toledo
Blade.
Young Featherly (waiting for
Miss Clara)-''And so your sister ex-
pected me to call this evening, did she,
BobbyP" Bobby-"Yes, sir; I guess
she did. I heard her tell ma that she
had set the clock an hour ahead"
Customer Cn restaurant) - "a
broiled spring chicken. waiter, and a
small bottle. vintage IA" Waiter
"Yes, sir Oater) Find every thing
right, sirP" CustOmer-"No; you've
made mistake. You've broughtsme
spring wine and a IA vintage chicken s.
IN Y Sun.
-Mamma,- Harry, what have you
been doing to the poor dogP He's
been bowling dreadfully." Harry
'sWell, he knocked over your vase and
spoke to him, and guess his feelings
were hurt" Mamma - ''Nonsensel
Dogs can't understand what you say
Harry-''Oh, yes, they can when-you
kick 'em. ~ Time.
NAV, how perspirer' Dear
me, Clara, don't let me hear you use
that vulgar expression again" Do
you want me to say 'sweatP'" mo,
you wretched vulgarian; you must say
you are 'bedewed with heat The
first thing you know people viii say
we haven't got no style about u.s.
T'eIds SiftinQs.
-Oficer-''Look' r here, you'll What
are We dOin' round here this time O.
mornin'P'' Stranger Cboldly)-"rm
'tendin' to me bisnessi Wat yer
s'poseP" Of8cer-''Oh. We are! Where
did that chicken come from?'' Stranger
with more under his coat, savagely)-
'.It came from neg, av corse! What
IN blazes did yer tink it come fromP A
sody -fountin' P''-P Puck.
Mrs. McSwyny-"Oi,m told your
choild fell out O. the top windy, Mrs
Clinchy." Mrs. C1inchy-'Yis. an az
me little mon hadn't COON along jest
at the roit tonne an broke the fall wid
the top av his head, me bye'd beer
killed" Mrs. McSwyny-''Didi it HURT
your hoosband, nowP' Mrs. Clinchy
-sOi don't think so. It broke hi:
neck, an he doid without a groan- -
Harper's Magazine.
Just starting on a wedding trip
Young wife-''I am afraid, dear, that
our trip to Paris viii be very expen
sive.n Young husband-''It may be
a trife expensive. but Just think what
a delightful time we shall have" JUS
/ ending the wedding trip: Young wife
what a delightful time We have
had. dearr' Young husband Yes
have had a pleasant enough time. buf
| just think what an awful expense i
has beenF'
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

GIFTS I0ea OF A4enu1ues OAHuutbGFAGeu
Picnic Fun.
''Did you have good time at the
picnic, LibbieP"
"Oh, elegant"
What d you dop"
Oh sOerg thing"
''But what2"
''Well, we swung in hammocks, and
had a lovely time.
'What elseP"
''Oh, we swung in swings, and Mr..
Lillybud swung me eUer so high We
had loUely timer
"Do any thing elseP"
ooh, yes; lots Of things-waded in
the brook in our bare feet. just thinki
Oh, it was awfully awful jolly"
What else?"
.'Oh, played tennis and had SPLEEN
did time"
THAT allP'
s'Oh. we got bushels of daisies. II
was lovely! We strung them all around
our hats and all the boys put them in
their button holes. Oh, it was jolly
fun!n
''Do any thing elseP"
"Oh, Move fiirted fearfully!
neUer had so much fun You really
ought to have gomez
do any thing elseP"
"Oh, yes-every thing you can think
of to have a jolly good time. It was
perfectly splendidr'
GLAD I didn't go. said Miss Kittie.
as she walked away, ''same old thing
over again. ~ Time.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.


Cardinal Mazzofanti. the Iinguist.
who IL said to have known a hundred
languages, declared that he never for
got word he had once learned.
Bishop Perry. of Iowa, has re-
ceived the degree of I'd. D. Oxon."
from the University of Oxford, En-
gland. The only other living American
who has received like distinction is
Rev. Phillips Brooks, of Boston.
Isaiah " Williamson, Of PhiladeI-
phia, is reported to be the wealthiest
bachelor In the United States. He has
fortune Of twenty million dollars and
gives away large portion of it annu-
ally in charities. He is a plainly
dressed old gentleman, very modest
and retiring In his ways.
Mr.. Chase, the Quaker Senator
from Rhode Island, is credited with
this remarks THE longer am in pub
lie the more l am convinced that tenn
per is the one thing which every man
should have. should always keep, and
never let his neighbor know that he
I has It,"
Charles Primeau, the aged inter
prefer at the Standing Rock Agency in
Dakota, was an early Indian trader
among the Sioux in the Northwest.
/ He had many periIous and exciting adj
ventures, sometimes barely escaping
with his life, and once had 800, 900 of
property destroyed in a twinkling by
the savages.
/ One OF the brightest and most
earnest of the students at the Baptist
/ Theological Seminary in Louisville was
! formerly what is known as a ''street
fakir." He finds that his experience
in lauding the virtues of patent medi-
cines before street crowds has been OF
great help in developing his oratOrical
powers for the pulpit.
AS a rule, donation parties are q
terror and an everything apprehension
to pastors, but parson at Reno, New,
find himself an exception. Fifty OF
his parishioners came to his house re
Gently with provisions sufficient
almost, to tide him over next winter
and, in addition, they left behind them
on table a deep glass filed with gold
and silver.
/ Clara Morris, being convinced that
no speaker hears his own voice exactly
as others hear it, theorized that by
speaking into a photograph and ther
turning a crank she would have cor
rect idea of her declamatiOns. Hel
experiments have not been exactly
successful, as the repeated tones lacl
the volume of the original utterances
but there is said to be a precise min
lcry of emphasis, infection and tone.
Mr.. George w. Childs, of Phila
deIphia, has given another evidence O
his generosity and artistic taste, and
in this case a tribute of affection al
we'll. in the gift of memorial window
of General Grant to St. Luke's Meth
odist Episcopal Church at Long Branch
the church that both attended Will,
sojourning there. A life-size bus
portrait of General Grant in uniform
occupies the center of the window
supported on either side by a full
sized figure, one representing Mourn
ing and the other Peace, while abov
floats a figure emblematic of Glory
surmounted by the historic sentence
LET Us Have Peace" As the base O
the window is the inscription: ''Gen
eral Ulysses S. Grant. Erected by hi
friend, George w. Childs, as tokel
of his affection"
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
-4-S-a
DIPHTAERIA AND CATS.

The Disease Spread Through the Instrz-
mentality of Domestic Animals.
Domestic animals have often not
only been suspected but found guilty
of spreading infection. In his report
on the recent sustained prevalence of
diphtheria in Enfield, DR. Bruce Low of
the medical department of the Gov
eminent Board incidentally states that
during the continuance of the epidemic
cats were observed to suffer In consid-
cradle numbers from illness, and In
December, 1887, and January, 1888.
there was a large mortality among
those animals, so much so that the at
tention of the dust contractor was di-
rected to it. He stated that never in
his previous experience had he seen so
many dead cats in the dust heaps.
Some household, seeing their cats i'll,
destroyed them. Though there were
no known cases of diphtheria occur
ring in the practice of the veterinary
surgeons at Enfield, yet they saw many
Gases of influenza" at this time among
animals. The following is an illustra-
ton of the possible connection between
diphtheria in children and in cats:
/ "a
| turned out ultimately TO be fatal
diphtheria. On the first day of his
| illness he was sick and the cat, which
was in the room at the time, licked
| the vomit on the floor In few days
! (the child meanwhile having died) the
animal was noticed to be i'll and her
sufferings being 50 severe, and similar
to those Of the dead boy, the owner de-
stroyed her. During the early part
of its illness this cat had been let out
at nights in the back yard, as usual.
A few days latter the cat of neigh
Dor who lived few doors further off
was noticed to be Ill. Il had also been
out In the back yards at night. The
second animal, which however recov-
cred, was the pet and play-fellow of
four little girls, who, grieved at the
illness of their favorite, nursed it with
great care. All four girls developed
diphtheria, their mother being con-
WINGED that they got it from the cat;
and, indeed, no other known source of
contact with infection could be discov-
cred. Il Is easy to imagine cats catch
ing an infectious disease like diphthe-
ria when we remember how often milk
and other unused food from the sick
room is given to the cat, or by some
people thrown out into the back yard
for the benefit OF their neighbors' cats
If they have none of their own. 1t is
a frequent occurrence to see children
carrying cats In their arms, and even
kissing them. 1t is obvious that if the
cat were III with diptheria the chill
dren under such circumstances would
almost inevitably contract the disease.
London Sanitary Standard.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

Princess Peter Karagyorgyevits
daughter of the sovereign Of Montenegro,
gave birth to a child the other day. Prince
Nicholas was so overjoYed at this that he
fred revolver from one of the windows
of lis castle (Which is indeed very mod
est oae-storied bnilding), whereupon his
loyal Subjects began also to fire, and this
noisy and perhaps not altogether Innocent
loyal damon ttration attained such pro-
portio that at last the Prince had to
s-nd out his guards into the streets to
stop it.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
FOR Old PEOPLE!

In old people the nervous system Is
weakened, and that must be strengthened.
One of the most prominent medical
writers of the day, in speaking of the
prevalence of rheumatic troubles among
the aged, says" The various pains, rheu-
matte or other, which old people often
complain Of, and which materially disturb
their comfort, result from disordered
nerves" There It is in a nutshell
the medicine for old people must be a
nerve tonic. Old people are beset with
constipation, fatulency, drowsiness, diar-
Thoea, indigestion, rheumatism, neuralgia.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

There is in London a Masonic lodge
membership 20 whica ia limited to men
posse sing either literary or artist tic quail
i!lcation. 1t is called the lodge of the
QuartGor CoconAti, aud Sir Charles War
rem was president and Walter Besant
treasurer fran its foundation in 1884 until
recently, VIII IN Sir Charles was compelled
by the constitution 10 retire. he was pre-
scented on his retiren-nt with thirty
books, all wribten By members of thG
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
Safe and Effective .

BRASDRETH's PILLS are the safest and
most effective remedy for Indigestion, Ir-
regularity of the Bowels, Constipation,
Biliousness, Headache, Dizziness, Malaria,
or any disease arising from an impure
state of the blood. They have been in use
in this country for over fifty years, and the
thousands of unimpeachable testimonials
from those who have used them, and their
constantly increasing sale, is incontrovert-
ible evidence that they perform all that is
claimed for them
BRANDRETH's PILLS are purely vegetable
absolutely harmless and safe to take at any
time.
Sold in every drug and medicine store
either plain or sugar-coated.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

Put me in the same room" says
an old philosophers. with a number
of young girls. and I win tell you,
when the postman knocks-merely by
watching the looks Or some, and the
actions of others-how many Of them
are Ia love.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

Toward health and vigor is often painfully
penitential. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
smOoths the path, however, and removes
such obstacles in the way as liver com
plant, dyspepsia, disturbance of the bowels,
collie, fever and ague and kidney complaints.
Physicians, after thirty years of trial
purely botanic and safe. 1t improves both
sleep and appetite.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
An English physician. who be

vestigated the characteristics and sur
roundings of centenarians, says he
finds that the average qualities were a
good family history, a well-made
frame, of average stature, spare rather
than stout, robust, with good health.
appetite and digestion. capable of ex-
ertion, good sleepers, of placid tenn
permanent and good intelligence. With
little need for and little consumption
of alcohol and animal food.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

INvALIDs, aged people, nursing mothers,
overworked, wearied out fathers, will find
Dr. Shsrman's PriclzlY Ash Bitters. Where
the liver or kidneys are affected, prompt
action is necessary TO change the tide
toward health, ere the disease becomes
chrenic-possibly incurable, and there is
nothing better to be found in the whole
range Of RldteTId Bedied. Sold everywhere
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

SLAVERY has been abolished in Brazil,
but the buying and selling of base ball
players is still an active industry in this
country. -NOTYistolVR Herald
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

INEXPENSIVE. the great substitute for Sui
phur Baths, Gienn's Sulphur Soap.
HArs Hair Dye, Black or Brown, SOC.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
The Pilgrims Progress

THE police court records in any big city
show that Sunday is also day Of arrest.
Journal of Education
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

A NOTE in bank is like rose, because it
natures by falling dew.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
IlEIE IRE q C IS X LiE1IIEE
EDUCATIONAL.
ST, CECILIA !, Ag Fad EN-,

offers every advantage for the perIccB
moral, mental and ply sica Of American "
Magnificent, heaithfui incatonl Doctor zee oniy ~
for past ten months. Twenty five ares 9eautihnliA
shaded pleasure grounds sulphur uhnly Deate ant
Cfntern aters used Spacious and well-vent haSeg
buildings. Including every modern npfoss5eht soE
sTTTsHERIOflEeas. st. Cecilia, n nashville Tenn
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
THE MARKETS.

A BAKER seldom does any kneadlesa
Tork-AerchGHt Traveller.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

THE downward path-the one with a
piece of orange peel on it
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
HOPKIRSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL,

The sixteenth scholastic year Of this limited
select school for boys and young men will begin
Monday, Aug. S7th, 1855; Instruction ts
Mathematics and Bookkeeping. Thorough teach.
ing and strict discipline characterize the school
Terms for session OF 30 weeks: Tuition, @10.00t
Tuition and Board, seas, boarding pupils are
required to board with the principal For In
formation address J. o. FERRELL Hopkinsvllle, KY
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
OEAoE TNsTTTUTE. FOE Girls AND

DEACE INSTITUTE, FOR GHRL@ AND
II YOUNG LADIES. RALEIGH n o.
The fall session commences on the nrst WedneS
sept. 18th day. and closes trst "wednesday 10
June, 1853 Every department of instruction nlled
by expert enced and accomplished teachers. Build.
ing large and we'll equipped steam heat gas and
electric light, water throughout building. special
rates for two or more from same family. CoTeepon-
dence solicited For circula and catalogue address,
Rev. IN. E8mrwelA 81 Son, Raleigh, N. q.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
ATHEnS EEMELE G0LEEGE,

Chartered 1S43. Athens, AiabRma-a place Of
health and rshnemsnt. Commoiious buildings neatly
furnished. All the departments thoroughly organized.
full faculty Of experts IL each. Cheap, Thorough
School. Attached il a Business SehoOl-a thorough
course Of housekeeping, Stenographyl TYPE
Writing. Fall Tenn opens August 70, SIS. Send Tor
Catalogue. REV. d. O. WILLIAMS. President
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
N. G. Female Institute,

JACKSON, TENNESSEE 2
The 44th year begins Sept ., 1888. Large Buildinga
of brick on a5acre lot. Location healthy and beau
ttful Thorough course In all braucheR, ana HreG
class teachers. $50 graduates. lmproveuents every
year. Come and see, or send LOT Aalalog9es-
- W. - ON ID No. ID 10
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24

These diseases are of nervous origin.
Paine's Celery Compound, that great
nerve tonic, is almost a specific in these
disorders, and by its regulating influence
on the liver, bowels, and kidneys, re-
moves the disorders peculiar to old age.
Old people find it stimulating to the
vital powers, productive Of appetite, and
a promoter Of digestion.
Sold BY druggists. e1.oo. Six for ss.oa.
Send for eight-page paper, with many tesd-
moniais from nervous, debiHtated, and aged poo
pla, who bless Pains's Celery Compound
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
BETHLEHEM ACADEMY,

HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI
This Institution Is e0nl1eted by the Sisters 81
Charity from Nazareth, Ky Beautifully situated
convenient 20 the railroad and ave minutes walk
from the depot Bethlehen-t 8 open for tho reGep
ton of pupils any time of taa year. For pnFtigu
lars apply to the q UPEREO E@S.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
sTADNEroN
Brownsville Female College

In our aim to oner to Tennessee. and the adjacent
States a FEMALE COLLEG ID second 10 none IN
the whole South. we have secured Faculty WIN.
out regard 10 expense. BFOwusYilleiB elevated ana
healthful. and the community most refined. Adj
dress THos SMITH. A. NJ. Pres. brownsville, Tenn
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
GAUTlO ION

Beware of Fraud my name and the price are
stamped on the bottom of all nay advertised shoes
before leaving the factory which protect the wear
against high prices and inferior gOod II ue al
offers w. L. Douglas shoes at feducee price,
or says he has them without my name and price
stamped on the bottom, put him down fraud.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
THE USUAL GOOD TIME.

A Girls idea of Genuine, UBaduIterated
Picnic Fun.
"Did you have a good time at the
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-04-28
-
she Feels Better Now.

Mrs. Clarinde Yates, an aged col
ored widow, was in great "fldtter-
alton" and all on account of dream
ing three nights in succession that
OH April 18th a huge tidal wave
would move in through the Golden
Gate and overwhelm Oakland, San
Francisco and other Bay towns So
great an impression had this triple
dream made on the old "mammy's"
mind that she packed up and went
to Nevada City to reside. No argu-
ment could convince her otherwise
than that Oakland was doomed.
She has recently returned to Oak
land, and dreams no more.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-04-28
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The lnSieWood Star.

The APPEAL is in receipt OF the
Inglewood Star, new paper pub
lished in the growing city OF Ingle-
wood, by Col. II. G. Shaw, late OF
the Enterprise.
1t is q fine, 2S-column paper, OF
neat typographical appearance, de-
voted to the interests of the new
town of Inglewood, city about
nine miles from Los Angeles. The
place appears to have all the good
things of the semi-tropic belt with
out its malaria, as it is near the
ocean and more elevated than most
of the Southern California towns.
With so stout an exponent Of its
interests the city ought to hold its
own in the race for population.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-04-28
MIME sALriNG.

Nine sailing has been practicec
40 frequently in Colorado that smell
tiers and miners are extremely care
full to whom they sell rich ore, lest
it be put to improper uses Hence
it is matter oil some difficulty to
obtain the salt.
This was rather ingeniously
overcome some years ago in Lead
vile. A salter wanted some ore
from Robert E. Lee mine, at that
time the richest in the camp lie
obtained employment as laborer,
and every day after he had eaten
his dinner in one OF the drifts, he
would fill his tin bucket with ore.
IN short time he had the neces-
sary quantity. Some miners who
noticed the trick employed it to
steal ore ana we're getting rich when
the whole story came to light and
they came to grief.
1t is singular fact that not only
have poor mines been sailed
with rich ore, but rich have been
very frequently sailed with poor.
the circumstances nnder which such
an apparent paradox would take
place are these:
Explorations are being made in
some part of mine and a vein OF
very rich mineral is suddenly I'M
covered. Ii the Superintendent
has salt and darkness in his soul
he is very apt to take a pick dig
out little of the ore, and fill the
cavity with low grade stuff from
some other part Of the mine. Then
he makes a discouraging report,
apparently verified by facts, and in
due course of time proposes to lease
the property for song. Ii he is
successful, the vein is not long in
being rediscovered. This trick has
been played time and again all
over the State, and in instances the
salter has gone so far as to "acci-
dentally" blow up the tunnel in
which a rich find was made. Per-
haps some poor wretch OF miner
would he caught in the awful sub
terraean crash that shook the
bowels of the earth and buried for
ever beneath tons of rocky debris,
but such an episode as that never
disturbs the even tenor of a true
sellers way.-Denver Corr. n. y.
Sun.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-04-28
F. Langford of Lodi, C,

ID. F. Langford of Lodi, CAL,
was convicted in the Justices Court
Tuesday, Of maintaining q dam
across the Mokelumne river near
Lancha Plana, Amador county, I'M
provided with fish ladders, and was
fined $3.50 or 100 days in Jail.
If . few more of his stripe we're
dealt with in this way the men who
ignore the fish laws would soon get
4 little sense knocked into them.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-04-28

Sam Jones is telling the peo-
pie down in Georgia that If they
"don't divide the Democratic par
~ pretty soon the devil will get the
whele lump" Mr.. Jones is rapid
" developing the attributes for .
great and far-seeing statesman.