The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Fifteen boys in the Pittsburgh
cooking school took prizes for efficient
cy in cooking.
Quoting the vital statistics of
certain town, a newspaper said: "Of
the births, seven thousand three hun
dred and eighty-tive were children"
"A South African chief sold a gold
mine to an English speculator for a
hand-organ and a rug. Itwas pretty
near approach to "a kingdom for
horse"
1t is written of Voltaire that when,
IN his painful effort to learn English,
he discovered that the letters a-g-u-e
spelled "agu,'' word of two syllables,
but if you increased the length by add
ing two more letters, and so got
plague, the word became one syl-
liable and was pronounced ''plag," he
threw the. book across the room and
fairly danced in rage.
There is a German newspaper pub
Iished at Jerusalem, and it says that
the city is growing in size and pOpula-
ton at a remarkable rate. which is
| surprising, because neither its situa-
tion nor its trade is favorable to
rapide increase The Jews take the
4 lead in building, followed by the Rus
slams and Germans. The Greeks and
Armenians are also busy building
cafes, bazaars and shops.
They were hunting up old school
teachers in Vermont lately, and found
that the Oldest in active service was lit
tie short of fifty years at the desk.
This veteran is A. d. Searles, who be-
gan teaching in 1841 at the age of nine
teen. He obtained his first certificate
from the poet John G. SAKE. He is
now in control of the school which the
late Sir Curtis M. Lamson gave to the
village of New Haven Mills, Vt.
An amusing misadventure hap.
pened the other day to well known
artist in Paris. He had purchased an
old helmet in bric-a-brac shop, and
! when he got home the idea occurred to
him to try it on. 1t went on easily
enough, but when he wanted to take ii
off he found it impossible to do so.
/ Finally he was forced to go to neigh
boring gunsmith's to have it removed.
/ His appearance on the street wearing
this medieval relic produced a decided
sensation.
Why do 'theater goers prefer seats
on the right of the house? When you
are on the street on which side of the
walk do you keep? On the right, don't
youP Of course you do, And yet
look to the left, ehP If you do MT you
are different from every one else.
Well, you walk TO the right and you
look to the left. Twenty-Five or thirty
years of this sort of. thing naturally
gets one accustomed to it. Now, wher
you sit for two hours and a half OF
three hours in one position, if yor
have to keep your eyes to the right
you will find that it tires the muscle!
of the eyes quite perceptibly ly.-Albany
Argus.
An uncommon incident occurred
at a church near Louisville recently.
revival was in progress, and among
those who went up to confess his sim
was young man whose life had no
been noted for Christia n-like deeds
He had been connected with the fir
department and was most energeti
worker at fires. Several members O
the church were around the young sin
ner, giving him words of comfort ant
encouraging him in the step ne wa
about to take. At that moment fir
alarm struck. The young man spranl
suddenly from his kneeling posture
rushed from the house at the top o
his speed and hurried to the scene o
the fire. He has not been to churcl