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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
~. v.,7.r,,,,. sv.ten OF Railways.

Few persons have any conception Of the
magnitude of the interests covered by the
above title, and very few even among the
railway fraternity are aware OF how fully
this vast system occupies the field in which
it is located; but If you viii take map and
trace out, first, the New York Central q
Hudson River; second, the Boston g
Albany; third, the Lake Shore & Mich
igan Southern; fourth, the Michigan
Central; fifth, the Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Chicago & St. Louis formerly the
''Bee Line" and big Four'') railroads,
you will be impressed with the wonderful
foresight of the men who designed and ex-
ecuted the plan to operate under uniform
policy, and practically a common control,
system of railways that should furnish unsur-
passed transportation facilities to the great
commercial empire outlined above, and
a trip over this grand aggregation will
convince the most skeptical that the Van
derbilt System of Railways, of which
the New York Central e. Hudson River
Railroad is the main stem, traverses
the very heart of the business por-
ton of this continent, touching, either di-
rectly or through its immediate conneC-
tions, all the important commercial centers
of the country, and Offering to health, pleas
ure and business travel facilities that are
not equalled by any similar institution in
the world.
An edition of one hundred thousand copies
of very neat little pamphlet bearing the
! title at the head of this article has just been
| issued by the American Bank Note Com
| pany of New York, which contains much
/ interesting information concerning this
! great system.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
HERE AND THERE.

Estimates of the Georgia melon
crop place it at 8.729 carloads, an in
crease of 1000 cars ove~ last year.
During the summers heat see that
your barns and stables are prepared
for the rains, frosts and SHOWS of win.
ter.
The specific gravity of fresh milk
varies from 1.O3O to 1.O36, according
to the amount and composition of the
solids.
Five Alliances in Mecklenburg
County, Va, saved $1,245.72 by pur-
chasing their fertilizers through the
county Alliance agent
The Rowan County IN. c. ALI
ance reduced the acreage of cotton and
tobacco .One-fourth, and increased the
acreage in corn and grasses one
fourt.
Every man should have a country,
and endeavOr to make that country the
grandest, greatest and most prosper
GUS region on the globe.
-Croft's Mills in South Carolina ex-
pect to turn out 800, 900 yards Of bag
ging made from pine straw by October
l. This will make the Jute Trust pine.
Red clover sown on rich bottom in
September will furnish a good cutting
next May or June. But why not mix
orchard grass seed with the cloverP 1t
will give better results.
Hon. L. F. Livingston, vice-presi-
dent of the State Alliance of Georgia,
is of the opinion that the cotton crop
will be covered with cotton bagging,
and that the cotton baggiDg will be
ready for them in the stores and at the
mills.
When Southern agriculture is free
from the chains of monopolies and
trusts, and Southern peopls unite in
that broad comprehensive patriotism
that seeks to build their own section
by their efforts, then will they be in
spired indeed, and the waste places will
be made glad.
according to analysis. orn-cobs
contain about the same nutriment per
hundred pounds as wheat straw, but
are not so digestible The grinding OF
corn and cobs together is of doubtful
value, owing to the indigestibility Of
the hard particles Of cob. We believe
the weight of evidence is against tina
| practice.
Many claim that farming doesn't
pay in the South. Yet Mr. Charles A.
Dana, of the New York Sun, noticing
the change in our agriculture, says, in
describing a trip to Chattanooga,
Tenn: Thrift, order, skill and
prosperity mark the whole country.
Better agriculture or more beautiful
| farms we have never Witnessed
In speaking of the action % the
farmers in Georgia, South Carolina
/ and Louisiana, pledging themselves to
take 6, ZOO, 900 yards OF cotton bagging,
/ the Boston Post observes: Were o
other States to enter the compact tho
/ loss of the profit on this immense
/ quantity of material H. Il deadly blow
at the Trust. in addition to the estab-
| lishment of a new Southern industry.
fostered and fed by material raised at
home
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
Keeping Sweet Potatoes.

Referring to the keeping of sweet
potatoes, l am convinced, after two
years, that the practice have adopted
is reliable and as near perfect as any,
considering its ease of adaptation and
execution. never dig until frost bites
the vines, for to dig earlier will be to
lose the best growth in an average
season. If the land is wet enough to
leave the tubers stuck with mud, l
prefer waiting, even after. frost, until
it is drier, as from dry dirt they come
out in much more slightly condition.
When digging commences drive four
boards where you wish to winter them
the height you wish the bank, in
such a way as to form a square
funnel or fue. Place around them
a bed of dry pine straw the diam
eter of the proposed bank. Now
place the potatoes around the flue as
steep as they will pile. When night
comes on, cover them with a thickness
of, say three inches of pine straw, and
after the sun is up in the morning re-
move the straw and ''sun" again, and
continue this for several consecutive
upon them and cover with dirt, leav-
ing the top of the 1ue always open;
and if you will now place a short
course of boards or a broad piece of
plank on the top of the hole in such a
way as to turn off the rain and snow,
you may leave the balance to kind
Providence, feeling assured that He
will keep them for you until the fol-
lowing April, when He will call upon
| you to take them out of their winter
quarters and place them in a cool
| place.
The especial objects to be attained
| are: Use pine straw to cover them
| with because they do not absorb damp
ness so readily as other materials, and
will not undergo heating or ferment-
ing. They must be aired and summed
to evaporate the dampness and dissi-
pate, as far as possible, all the foreign
matters and gases deposited with them.
| The fue must always be kept open as a
means of escape for impurities, gases
| and heat that continue to generate,
especially at the bottom of the pile,
thus tending to an even temperature
within.
| I regard the potato crop as one of
prime Importance, not as a money crop.
The price they command will not jus
tify the extra expense of digging and
marketing; but for almost all meat
hogs, the hogs themselves to perform
the labor of roofing them up, it is best
to plant in two plots of ground, in
separate Enclosures. After one patch
has been exhausted the hogs may be
turned upon the other, allowing the
stock bunch to CLEAN after them
am satisfied that meat fattened in this
way. and with the feeding of a small
amount of corn, is the cheapest car
raise. The pasturage Of corn and
pea-feld and a good-sized potato patch
is the best mast for hogs l know of
w. II. T., in Dixie Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
pR. JUNKER.s TRAvELs.
A Famous Explorer Who Studies GeOg-
raphy In Earnest

A Famous Explorer Who Studies Geog-
raphy IN Earnest.
Every one knows that the life of a
traveller in savage countries is often
one Of great hardship and peril. The
frequent difficulty of getting food, the
hostility of the people to strangers,
the rivers, mountains and deserts to
be crossed-with these all readers
may be presumed to be in some sort
familiar. But in addition to such
necessary incidents of every travellers
experience, the accurate description
of the route taken through an I'M
known country requires an amount of
hard and incessant labor, of which
few have any conception. An account
just published in Germany of DR.. Will
helm Junker's explorations in Central
Africa shows this very clearly.
This man, Russian by birth, spent
the years 1S8O-85 in endeavOring TO
trace the course of the River Welle,
which lies between the head waters of
the Nile and the Congo. with view
to determining the position of the
watershed between the two rivers
When actually on the march he
wore a coat, designed by himself, hav-
ing numerous large and small pockets
especially arranged for the handy use
of his watch, compass. anerOid, Their
mOmeter and notebooks. From one
of his buttons hung three pencils; one
red for marking his route, another
blue for noting the rivers and streams,
the third black for recording the times
of starting and hating together with
all the more notable incidents of the
days march.
In a little notebook, ruled for the
purpose. the exact time of starting
was put down, and thereafter, at the
end of every five minutes, the direc-
tiOn in which he was going was deter
mined by a glance at the compass and
carefully noted, while occasionally
the readings of the aneroid and Their
mometer were taken.
A brook crosses the path. With the
blue pencil it is instantly designated,
as well as the direction of its current
and its estimated breadth and depth.
Every change in the character of the
country is entered-as from wooded
to grass land, or from desert to fertile
soil. The prominent objects seen on
the way, with their apparent height
and distance, are also indicated. So
also are the names of places, streams.
tribes, hills and any local information
which may have been obtained.
The time and duration of every halt
is carefully kept, as it is necessary to
know the actual marching time in or
der to calulate the distance gone. DR..
Junker's uniform rate was a little
over three miles an hour.
When the night camp is reached the
first duty of the traveller, after supper,
is to copy all the notes made during
the day into a large book. one page
generally, though sometimes two. be-
ing used to record a days march. If
the night is clear the travellers work
will end with an observation to deter
mine the position of his camp. This
done he feels that he has earned his
right to rest.
In this manner DR.. Junker Travelled
on foot four thousand miles through q
country, a large part of which had
never before been visited by a white
many uths Companion.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
PERSONAL AND tMPERsONAL


"A colored man at Albany, Ga, has
served no less than twenty-one terms
in Jail for fighting.
-Ex-Admiral Luce, recently retired
on account of age, says that he feels
strong enough to perform his old du-
ties for ten years more.
The testimony of Charles Wood,
an English jockey, in a recent lawsuit
brought out the information that he
had earned more than $1,000 year
at his profession.
Charles Watkins, who used to be
a spirit slate writer and telegrapher.
is now hotel clerk in Boston. Mass.
He says he has got to wait seven years
now before the spirits" bring him
new development
in Elizabeth, N. j., there are now
living a grand-niece of Washington
and three great grand-nieces of Wilson
Cary, father of the beautiful Mary
Cary, who is said to have been the
great Generals first love.
Sam Wah Kee is said to be the
richest Chinaman in the East. He
lives in Boston and can draw up a
check for $3.50, 600 any day, which at
least one bank will honor. He made
his money as a dealer in imported Chi
nose staples.
"A physician. while riding about in
his carriage on sick calls, entertains
himself by jingling a lot of unset
diamonds, rubies and emeralds in his
hands. He sometimes groups them on
the seat opposite and looks at them,
while his face is lit up with admiration
and pleasure.
The Keeper of the Great Seal'' of
the United States is George Bartle,
who was appointed clerk in the State
Department by Daniel Webster forty
three years ago. Nothing but for
NAL warrant signed by the President
will induce him to unlock the doors
which guard the seal.
Baron Maximilian Washington, a
relative of the immortal General, and
the present head of one branch Of the
family, resides in his Castle Of Poels.
in Syria He is nearly sixty years
old, and resembles in personal appear
ance the great American, who some
times dwelt in a cabin of logs.
Russell Sage at a dinner party not
long ago entertained his right-hand
neighbor, a famous Republican lawyer,
with "reminiscences of his life. He
concluded his autobiographical sketch
with these words: Upon looking back
over my life can not think of sin
! gle act that l would alter if I could. "
by which l suppose he meant" COM
mented the famous Republican lawyer
subsequently, ''that he never missed
a chance to make all the money he
| could"
"A woman in Ashland, Aroostook
| County, Me-. carries on a large lum-
Der business, besides managing a fam
lily Of children. She recently made a
trip of forty miles into the woods to
her lumber camps, settled with her
men. inspected the lOg-landings and
newfy-cOnstructed dam, made arrange
ments for driving out her logs, and
| then returned in time to take up the
thread of family affairs before it got
| tangled. She is said to have pene-
trated deeper into the AroOstooB
wilderness than any other white WON
| an
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

uries untold and unsung for the last
twenty-five years or more, and now is
cultivated, or rather allowed to grow,
in the sunny hooks and corners Of
many an unkept and neglected quar-
ter. But this little bush, growing
from two to three feet high, will -four
ish in the poorest and driest soil in
Texas, for we know of its growing and
yielding berries abundantly far beyond
the Abilene country and on the high
est and driest hills. Therefore we
conclude that it ought to be brought
into notice as one of the native and
truly Southern small fruits. 1t is be-
tween the true huckleberry of the
North and the BURBERRY OF the South.
but a distinct species known by its
height and serrated leaves. 1t comes
in with the black and pink dewberry
and is possessed of the finest bouquet
and sweetness imaginable. 1t is one
of the fruits which all love. Farm
and Ranch.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
SOME DELICATE COLORs.

Shades That win he Used In the ConstruC-
tIon of Fall Isonnets.
The colors introduced into assert
ments Of silk goods and ribbons for the
coming fall, and also used in the dyes
of other materials, are especially
handsome, and either alone or in COM
bination with black will prove very eff
fective. The following are selected
from n list emanating from a leading
manufacturer at Lyons and can be re-
lied upon as accurate:
Contaur-Two shades, light and
dark serpent green.
Artichau-Five shades of green, from
lightest to dark moss.
Lcntille-Four shades of green, on
order Of the lcntille pea, varying from
light to dark.
Sarcouo-Scveral shades, on order
OF teal duck green, commencing with
a bright light emerald.
Terveine-A verbena green.
Fougere-A deep grass green.
Vichy-A class of blues ranging
from light electric to gobelin, and end
ing with very deep. indefinite gray
blue.
Marine-A sea blue, same as last
season.
Admiral-Navy blue,
Tison-A group of orange mahog-
any, embracing such shades as are
known as coleus, internal and acajou.
Noka-Soveral shades of brown,
from light golden to a deep coffee
brown.
CaIifornie-A group embracing ten
shades, from a light yellow brown to a
deep red brown.
Marquise-A series of shades lead
ing from light rosewood to deep pur-
plish wood shade.
Ccntcnalre-Five shades Of red, from
a vivid poppy to ox-blOod and dark
bordeaux.
Parchemin-A group of drabs rang
ing from a light parchment to a dark
castor shade.
Nickel-Five shades of gray, rang
ing from light silver to deep oxidized
silver.
Administrative shades. ranging
from light pearl to deep steel.
Argu--Five shades OF argus gray.
graduating from light castor to
medium dark carstor.
GIycine-A pale raspberry novelty.
Auhergine-Ad darker shade of above.
Dahlia-A still darker shade.
Anemone-A very deep purplish
shadc.
In addition to sthe above several
shades in heliorope, lavender and
lilac are Millinery Trade Re.
view.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
Confidence Bogot of Success.

So confident are the manufacturers of that
world-famed remedy, DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, that it win do all that
they represent, in the cure of liver, blood
and lung diseases, that, after witnessing its
thousands of cures for many years past,
they now feel warranted in selling it (as
they are doing, through druggists) under a
positive guarantee of its giving satisfaction
in every case, or money paid for it will be
refunded. No medicine of ordinary merit
could be sold under such severe conditions
with profit to its proprietors, and no other
medicine for the diseases for which it is
recommended was ever before sold under a
guarantee of cure or no pay. In all blood
taints and impurities of whatever name or
nature, it is most positive in it's curative eff
fects. Pimples, blOtches, eruptions and all
skin and scalp diseases are radically cured
by this wonderful medicine. Scrofulous
diseases may affect the glands, causing
sWellings or tumors; the bones, causing
'fever-sores, - ''white swellings'' or chip
joint disease ~ or the tissues of the lungs,
causing pulmonary consumption. No mat
ter in which one of its myriad forms it crops
ont, or manIfests itself, Golden Medical
Discovery will cure it it used perseveringly
and in time.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

In Russian society the question
''who is who" is never asked. 1t is
always witch is witch. "--Harper's
Bazaar.
-"She is heartful and artless," said
the adorer. But he was an English
man and meant exactly the reverse. -
Merchant Traveller.
1t takes N an with a pretty
strong constitution to rise with the
lark after being out on one all night -
Lawrence American.
The reason that the small boy
does not wear bathing suit is because
nothing is good enough for him.
Terre Haute Express
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
Saving Stable Manure.

1t certainly pays to apply stable
manure to cotton, corn, peas, etc.
The most economical method is to lit
ter the stalls of the animal with forest
leaves, dry muck Gf conveniently or
any convenient and cheap absorbent
cay in January and February. The
stalls should be loose boxes, Sx1O feet
square, and the litter should be album
dant, filling the stall while loosely put
in several feet in depth. Once a day
throw the dry material from the sides
of the stall so as to give a dry bed for
the mule to stand or lie on. Add lit
ter at odd times during the year, as it
may appear 10 be needed, but do not
disturb the bed other than as directed.
At the end of twelve months. dig out
the sodden, black mass and compost
with acid phosphate and potash salts,
and cOttOn-seed or cOttOn-seed meal.
Fill the stalls as before with litter. If
desired, the stalls may be cleaned out
at the end of six months and the ma
nure composted Immediately, but it is
better to do this only in winter, and d
few months in advance of planting the
spring crOps.-Scuthern Cultivator.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
Rye as a Renovating Crop.

Rye is very good renovating crop
for poor or worn, sandy land. The
pea is still better. 1t would be well to
give the land a little help to enable it
to produce a good growth of rye to
start with. We prefer to fertilize the
rye, reap the crop, or pasture it off;
then plant the peas in drills three feet
apart, and apply $50 pounds of potash
acid phosphate per acre. The renova-
ton of very poor or badly-wOrn land
by means of green crops is a
slow process unless aided by the use
of manure or fertilizer of some kind.
We advise harvesting the rye crop and
pea crop, or depasturing the same, be-
cause, as a rule, we can not afford to
convert directly into manure crop
that is valuable for food. If the rye
and peas be harvested and fed to
stock, or the latter be permitted to
pasture on the same, the land will
have been considerably benefited. AL
though the crop has been removed;
the manure from the animals will be
worth almost as mich as if permitted
to rot on the land. and the animals
will have had the benefit of the crop
for food. Dixie Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
TrBBEB, Miss, Oct. 10, 1886.

Messrs. a. T. SHALLENBERGER q Co.
Rochester, Pa. GCnts.-The bottle OF
ShaIlen berger's Pills sent me in February
last gave TO w. G. Anderson, Of this place;
a long standing case of chills and fever. He
had tried every thing known without any
permanent good. In less than ten days after
fal1in Q YOUR Antidote he was sound and well,
and has gone through the entire season
without any return. 1t seems to have Ell
fectually driven the MalariOus poison from
his system. Yours truly,
V A. ANDERSON.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23
An AbonoiDabIe I,eFacv,

A tendency to rheumatism is undoubtedly
remains in the family. The most efectual
means of checking this tendency, or of re-
moving incipient rheumatism, whether pre-
existent in the blood or not, is to resort to
Hostetter's stomach bitters as soon as the
premonitory twinges are felt. Multiplying
the influences of cold, exposure and fatigue,
the Bitters not only fortifes the system
against their hurtful consequences, but sub
jugates malaria, liver and kidney complaint,
dyspepsia and nerve disquietude.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

''STICK to your business is very good ad-
vice, but still there are a great many people
in the world who have no regular and
profitable business to stick to; and there
are others who are following line of bust
ness which is manifestly unsuited to them.
Now, when such is the case you had better
write to B. F. Johnson & Co, Richmond,
Va, and see if they can not give you point
er. They have helped great many men
and women along the way to fortune and
now stand ready to assist you, too.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

EVERY young man or lady who desires a
Business, Shorthand or Telegraph course
will do well to address Bryant & StrattOn
Business College of Louisville, KY, for its
elegant twenty-fourth annual catalogue and
Autograph. See advertisement in this paper.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

The man who administers on his
..,,te while in life and health instead
- ewing it by will for distribution
aces a sensible thing. but it is little
,.,,,ob on lawyers.-Dayton Democrat
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, the Standard Oil
millionaire, is the head Of a syndicate which
is said to have bought up all the Detroit
brick manufactures.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

FLANNEL next the skin often produces
rash, removable with Glenn Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

TIE board of inquiry into the Johnstown
food estimates ths total loss Of property at
IS 655,11
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

DURING the last year {, $3.50, 615 cotton hand
kerchiefs, besides many linen and silk ones.
were imported into Japan.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

A CHEERFUL employment is indicated by
the advertisement in a London paper:
Lady wanted to draw at home original de-
signs for coffin furniture"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

TIE Japanese keep their bric-a-brac in
fireprOof buildings, to be taken out one at a
time and admired. and then replaced by an
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

MARK TWAIN is said to be more in demand
for public lectures than any other speaker,
although he does not now lecture as he
formerly did.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

A WEAK solution of carbolic acid and
water, says an exchange, applied to COWS
with a brush will protect them from flies
The odor repels, and a little carbolic acid for
odor goes q great way.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-23

For any case of nervousness, sleepless-
ness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia,
relief is sure IN Carriers Little Liver Pills.