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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
THE SKIN IN WINTER.

The Desirabuity OF Taking Good Care oi
This Important Organ.
What a curious organ the human
skin is to be sure! ! know that al
most every one looks on it with con-
tempt, as a sort of well-fitting wrapper
for more precious goods beneath.
That is, unless ache or some other dis
fgurer comes along and sets up busi-
ness with the skin as sole backer.
Really there is no organ Of the body so
long suffering and so abused as this
same flexible covering of ours, that has
so much to do. In summer, when not
oppressed with heavy, ill-ventilate&
clothing, it is always perceptibly busy;
in cold weather excretion continues,
but being in form OF vapor, is not
noticed. Few persons are aware how
much work this organ does. In cool
seasons the average amount Of sweat
exhaled from an adult is two pounds,
this amount increasing up to four
pounds an hour, the latter enormous
quantity having been measured upon
workmen exposed TO the intense heat
of gas-works furnaces. Night and
day, every hour of our lives, this
wonderful sieve is at work, taking
from the blood useless and poisonous
debris, its labors so vital that twenty
four hours complete suspension means
death.
Now in winter, while its functions
are least and its openings liable to be
cloGged by pressure, by plugging
from lack Of care, or by some disease,
it is plain that much. aye, extreme
pains should be bestowed upon it.
Every one can not take regular daily
baths Of water, but every one can upon
getting out of bed have a hearty,
thorough rub down with rough
towel-not one that is harsh enough 70
scratch and hurt. but Turkish web,
that will stimulate and be pleasant.
This friction will open skin pores in
good shape, set capillary circulation
of blood and surface nerve flow in full
and is the very best possible prepara-
ton for a winter day.
Avoid too frequent plunge baths In
winter. Few men. still fewer women,
Of our nervous Americans have STAN
ina enough TO waste any upon cold
water, as is done when a plunge is
made into the morning tub at ordinary
temperatures.
In hospitals such baths are used Il
reduce heat in fever cases, and II is
easy to bring it down three or four de-
grees in a few minutes. This fall,
I which seems so triaing, is in reality
something very great when compared
uyffh the narrow range within whose
limits life Is possible, and such shocks
are inimical 70 health. The dry rub
bing spoken OF before Is far better. 1T
Dr. w. +. Hutchinson, in American
Magazine,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE failuresifor the first quarter of 1889,
as reported by X. G. Dun & Co.'s mercan-
tile agency, numbhr 1924, as against 2,94s
for the corresponding three months of 1888.
THE New Orleans Cotton Exchange has
fled complaint against the Illinois Central
Railroad Company for alleged discrimina-
tion against New Orleans in she rates for
the transportation of cotton.
On the 3lst John Boyles, with his wife
and six children, attempted TO ford Grand
Creek near Clinton, Mo. In the middle of
the stream his wagon was overturned and
four of his children drowned. Boyles
saved his wife and two children.
The sales of leaf tobacco at Danville,
Va, in March were 3,O1G, ,459 pounds, an in
crease of half a million pounds over March,
last year.
THOMAS RIGBY, one of the wealthiest men
in Vicksburg, Miss, and for many years
President of the Vicksburg & Meridian
Railroad Company, died on the 3Ist, aged
ninety years.
FINAL arrangements are being made for
the building of a line from Florence, Ala,
north to a connection with the Paducah q
Tennessee railroad, thereby forming a
/ trunk line betewen Chicago, St Louis and
Paducah to Florence and Birmingham.
A FIRE at Camden, Ark, on the 29th de-
stroyed business property worth $4,000;
/ insured for SI4, 900. c. d. Gee, grocer, and
/ A. l. Morgan, druggist, were the heaviest
| losers.
THE immediate relatives of those who
/ lost their lives in the naval wreck at
/ Apia, viii be entitled to pension under the
I general law. The pension is S6 per month
for seaman's widow and = per month
for each child under sixteen years Of age.
JOSEPH SMITH, prominent negro poll
ticiau of Conway comfy, Ark, was shot
and killed on the Both by Daniel Rich
mond, white man, about one mile from
Plummerviue, the scene Of the recent as
sassination of Col. john NJ. Clayton
THE Treasury committee appointed tc
count the internal revenue stamps in the
Bureau Of Internal Revenue completed its
work on the 30th. Two hundred million
stamps, TO the amount of S4j, ,0OO.0 900, were
counted, and every cent was accounted
for and the stamps were found to be il
| good condition.
A BILL to regulate the election of Con.
gressmen, Presidential electors and Gov
ernor in the State of Tennessee, providing
separate ballot boxes for State and Ma
tional elections, passed the Tennessee,
Legislature on the 30th.
TIRE Board of Health of the City o
Mexico has pronounced American lard al
adulteration, unfit for use aud prohibit
its sale. This action having been sustaine,
by Minister Rubic, will be efTectiv
throug hout the Republic and instruction
have been given all custom houses.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
Brute HumanitY.

Once in the city of Vienna, there was 9
dread of hydrophobia, and orders were given
to massacre all the dogs which were found
unclaimed or uncollared in the city or SUBJ
urbs. Men were employed for this purpose,
and they generally carried a snort stick,
which they flung at the poor pros scribed an
imal with such certain aim as either to kill,
or MAIN it mortally, at one blow.
1t happened one day that, close to the ed ge
of the river, near the Ferdinand's s-BrucIze,
one of these men flung his stick at a
wretched dog, but with such bad ann that
it fell into the river. The poor animal, fol
lowing his instinct, or his teaching, lmmedi
ately plunged in, redeemed the stick, and
laid it at the feet Of it's owner, who, snatch
ing it up, dashed out the creatures. brains
Which was the brute?
We may surmise what the Athenians
would have done to such a man from the
fact that they Ia-ished the Judge of the
Areopagus, bee q he flung away the bird
which sought shelter in his bosom.
There are men in whom is no spark Of
gratitude or generosity. There are others
who appreciate benefits received and are
happy in making grateful acknowledgement.
Rev. j. W. Asheman, one of the most elo-
quent divines of Detroit, Mich, writes
March 3, 1888: "In 1884 1 visited Chatham,
Ont, to lecture and preach. / was in ag-
OnizIng pain (the result of kidney disorders)
and unable to dine with my host. explained
to Judge Woods what was the matter. He
asked me. if L was too pcejudiCed by my
medical education to try Warmers Safe
Cure, adding: "Although have never
tried it, 1 can take you to gentleman whom
it has helped wonderfully"
Il used twenty-five bottles of Warmers
Safe Cure and was in better health than for
twenty five years. 1 have every thing to
lose and nothing to gain by making this
statement, save the approval Of a good
conscience"
There are tens Of thousands Of people in
this country who have gained the approval
Of a good conscience IN a like manner, and
are not too bigOted to do good.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
"a LITTLE NONSENSE.

"A cat may look at king, and not
see any great potatoes, .either-Puck.
"A Kansas man hauled 800 carloads
of dirt in one month and the local
editor chronicled it as 300 transfers
of real estate in one month"
"A squatter in Western boom town
recently laid claim to the principal
avenue In the place, and the grand jury
indicted him for highway robbery -
Harper's Bazaar.
How still Johnnie is" remarked
Mrs. Brown. I'm afraid he must be
up to some mischief" "Ha, han'
laughed the old man. you think it
must be an Illicit still."-N Y. Sun.
"A skipper ola splendid schooner
yacht asked the noble owner whether
he would like to take tho helm"
The owner replied that he never took
any thing between breakfast and din
ner.
who was the first man, Tom-
mieP" asked the Sunday school teacher,
after explaining that our first parents
were made from the dust OF the earth.
Henry Clay, ma'am. ."--Y Yonkers
Statesman.
Hannah More, it is related by ira
dition, never was kissed in her life."
Is it possible that this betrays the
origin Of the slang phrase, ''Ihats
what's the matter with HannahP'
-News-Letter.
-Employer-"You say that your
habits are all correctP' Applicant
Yes. sir" Employer (after a mo-
ment's pause)-"Do you drinkp' APP
plicant (absent-minded) Thanks.
Don't care If do. do."-Burlington Free
Press.
Contributor to comic paper Gin
great alarm) )-"AlvIra, there goes q
page Of my manuscript in the FIRE.
jerk it out. quick" Wife (sadly but
firmly)-''Cyrus, you must take care
Of your own chestnuts. "-C Chicago
Tribune
Chicago wife-'Were you looking
at some boots for me yesterday, dearP"
Husband-''I think not Why do you
askP" Chicago Because heard
you say in your sleep last night that
you were holding a pair Of mines. -
Boston Beacon.
/ "Cindy. whar's my raz-
EerP'' Cindy-"W'ich one, M0sesP"
Moses-sDe ightin' one. De Sons OBJ
Harmony and Fraternal Affection is
gwine to 'lect ossifers fer de ensuin'
/ yeah. an / may hab 70 do little
/ 1ectioneerin'. n-Terre Haute Express.
/ -Amelia--'.Swear not by the moon.
the inconstant moon" Augustus
Then what shall swear byP"
Swear by that which you hold in
galuable; something that you can not
live without" Then, Amelia. love
youi l swear IL BY my salary. IN. Y.
Weekly.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
TWO AGED RATTLERs.
One Was FOrty-Five and the Other Thir-
ty-NIne Years of Age.


Pompey Hooper, an old colored farm,
er who lives in the eastern portion of
the county, and who, last year, in
battle with rattlesnaxes, killed eleven
of the reptiles, was in Memphis,
and from him reporter learned
of another and still more inter
esting encounter which occurred re-
Gently. Pompey is great coon hunter,
and in company with two others, he
started out on big hunt. Several
raccoons were caught and the trio,
after having hugely enjoyed the sport,
we're preparing to return home when
suddenly the dogs bayed again.
Approaching near to where they were
barking, the three concluded, as they
had their guns with them and were
tired chopping down trees, to wait un-
til daylight and shoot the game. AS it
was only short while until dawn, a
fire was accordingly built, and while
his companions produced a deck of
cards with which to while away the
time Pompey stretched himself on the
ground for d short nap. Somehow the
old fellow could not sleep, and after a
=
lighting a pine torch walked over
to where the dogs where. Instead of
tree and a coon he found the hounds
scratching and tearing up the earth at
the base of hollow rock. Thinking
that some animal had taken refuge in
the bOwlder, he jammed the blazing
torch into the crevice. The old negro's
terror was great when instead of the
growl which was expected, he heard a
terrible rattling, such as experience
had taught him the rattlesnake gives
only when about to strike Pompey's
fight with the deadly reptiles last year
had left an impression on his mind,
and he was preparing to run when, as
he says: Gone of the biggest rattlers
you ever heard of slid outen' that hole
an jumped at me. He would a. got
me, shore, but one O. the dogs grabbed
his tail an gin it firt." just then
another snake, digger than the I'd
der,'' crawled out and made a loap for
POmpey, who ''fetched him swipe
with the torch and then grabbed his
gun. By this time the first snake was
| rafting and striking, and, with one
uttllu uOluluS bll6 JOIC1 anu bIl0 Obl6E OllO
gun, the old negro F'blazed away" but
missed. Steadying himself he took
better aim and fired the second time,
and with better results, for the reptiles
head was torn completely off. At this
moment the other snake struck Pom
pey's foot, burying its fangs in the toe
| of his shoe, but, luckily, so near the
end that no damage was done. Again
| the pine torch came down, and this
time on the snakes head. That ended
/ it, and as the old negrO's companions
came rushing to the scene and found
him carefully examining his foot, hard
! ly able to understand that he had es-
capped unhurt. If what the darlzies say
| is true, and Uncle Pompey is one of the
/ wealthiest and most reliable cOlored
farmers in the county, the two snakes
! killed were the largest and Oldest of
any of their kind ever found. They
say one had forty and the other thirty
/ six rattles. As a snake is three years
old before a rattle appears, and as one
| is then added for each year, one was
forty three and the other thirty-nine
years of age. Memphis (Tenn.) Ap
! peal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
THE OLIVE BRANCH.

The Widow OF StOnewan Jackson Ofrere
the Post Office at Lexington, Va.-She IS
Compelled to Decline.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 30.-The Amer
leans special from Richmand, Va, says:
Recently the assurance was conveyed to
the widow of StOnewall Jackson, at the
request of the President and Postmaster
General that they desired her to accept
the appointment as pOstmistress of Lex
ington, Va. Mrs. Jackson has not been a
resident Of Lexington for many years,
and now lives in Randolph County. Her
reply to the letter that informed her that
she had only to signify her willing
ness to accept to receive the ap-
pointment, was that, while sensi-
BILE of the kindness which prompted
the move, she must positively decline.
She stated that her father was ninety
years old and needed her; that Lexington
did not suit her health, though she dearly
loved its people, and that she did not pos
sess the requisite qualifications for the
Office. 1t was represented that in this
movement President Harrison and POST
master General Wanamaker desired to
express their high appreciation of the
noble wife of great Confederate general,
and in so doing give evidence of their
fraternal feeling for the Confederate sol
diers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
Guilty of Murder in the second Degree.

JTuIty OF MurNoT In INC NecOnU UeGFe8'
ACooMACK c. H, Va, March 30.-The
jury in the case of Mrs. Virginia Taylor,
who has been on trial here for FIVE days
upon the charge of numbering her hus-
band with poison, rendered d verdict yes
terday afternoon, cOnvieting Mrs. Taylor
of murder in the second degree. Her
punishment was assessed at five years in
the penitentiary. The jury stood all day
eleven to convict and one to acquit. Fin
ally, the obstinate one was converted and
an agreement reached. None of the jurors
were at any time in favor of hanging.
The accused woman, who has manifested
no emotion throughout the trial, took the
verdict calmly. T. w. Russell, counsel
for Mrs. Taylor, asked for an arrest of
Judgment until Monday next, which was
granted, and that day has been set for the
hearing of a motion for new trial.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
Tea-oowns for Summer.

That most-favored article Of dress,
the tea-gown, is likely to prove JOY
for ever. 1t has formed a garment Of
great luxury and richness the past
season; for the coming summer it will
be a model of the daintiest and most
picturesque and bewitching descrip-
ton. The latest importations of these
gowns are something rare and lovely.
They are ideal in their grace, artistic
beauty and originality of design. A
recent exhibit of these dresses fully
merited all the wealth of surperlatives
that the fair gazers who beheld them
enthusiastically lavished upon them.
Clinging India and China silks, tinted
Bengalines. figured with the most ex-
quisite flowers and foliage in natural
colOrs, sheer white woods elegantly
bordered or brocaded, Pompadour
foulards. silk muslins, and rare white
embroidered batistes and organdies
from Vienna and Paris are among the
expensive and beautiful fabrics used
in their construction. Y. Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

LONDON, March 29.-The Irish leaders
of the Commons and the Parnellite cOun-
sci held a conference last night and map
ped out a plan of campaign to be put into
execution when the commission reopens.
It is impossible TO learn the details Of the
defense, but that it will be effective
is sure. The defense will have
two advantages to counterbalance
the resources of which the Times
people availed themselves. The enthusi-
asn and zeal of their witnesses, which
will be in striking contrast to the avarice
of so MANY of the Times witnesses, and
the secret knowledge Of the ex-oficial OPP
position leaders as against that of the
Government.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

LAWRENCE, Mass, March 29.-Charles
Lincoln, who escaped from the Nebraska
State prison while undergoing SEN
tence for murder, and who was ar
rested here recently for stealing a
trunk with contents, has been given
in charge of a Nebraska officer. The local
charge against him viii not be pressed.
The prisoner was handcuffed and his
legs were also ironed- In this way he
viii make the journey to the Nebres-
ka State prison, where he viii
serve out his unexpired terR. The
Nebraska officer states that lincoln Is the
most fearless Of criminals, taking every
chance to escape, and generally succeeds.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

San YUM ticket-toker at a large Chi
nese theater in san Francisco, was fatally
shot, on the 2jth, by two unknown High
binders.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

FrFTT-FrvE women of Utica, n Y, nave
signed an agreement not TO let man
crowd past them ia q theater ''unless ne is
going out On some other business than tnat
oR dTlnking.n
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

THERE was largely attended meeting
of the Cincinnati bar, on the 25th, to take
action on the death Of Associate Justice
Matthews
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

A GOODNESS is said to exist between
Postmaster General Wanamaker and
Chairman Quay over the distribution Of
patronage.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events,

Ex-senator PLATr's son has entered
General Tracy's law firm in New York
Citv
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

President HARRISON issued his Okla
hOma proclamation on the 27th. Claims
can be filed from April -.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

ORDERS have been received by the col
Iector Of customs at Halifax n. s., to is
sue licenses 20 American fishermen until
the end Of this year.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

Moments of reelection: Those dur
ing which one stands before a looking
glass.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

EMPEROR WILLIAM has donated $3.50 to
the new City Hospital at Baltimore, Md,
which win be used to furnish room to
be named in his honor.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

1T is stated upon reliable authority that
the French Government viii almost inn
mediately establish "a military fort at
Dunkirk, on the English Channel
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

KAISER WILLIAM has ordered that the
inaugural of the late Emperor Fredouck's
mausOleum at Potsdam be cele ebrated on
the 18th of next October, Frederick's
birthday.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

IT was reported, on the 26th, that the
position of Consul General at Liverpool
had been given to Thomas Sherman, Of
Maine. 1t is one of the best offices in the
consular service.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

BY the recent election in Melbourne,
Australia, siNty-five government sup
porters and thirty-two members Of the
Opposition were returned to the Victoria
Legislative Assembly.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

QUEEN VICTORIA expressed great sor-
row that owing to the bad roads she was
unable, during her stay at san Sebastian,
TO visit the graves of the British soldiers
who fell in Wellingtou's successful siege
Of the fortress in 1913
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

THE father of Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Rev. Lyman Beecher, passed the closing
years Of his life with a cloud resting over
his mind His symptoms we're very SIM
liar to those which now affect Mrs. stowe.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

THE knitting mill Of Thomas & Pettin-
gin, at Amsterdam, N. Y, suspended
payment pa tho 2Gth, pending meeting
Of the creditors of the firm. over one
hundred hands were thrown out Of en-
ploymeut.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

II. NJ. FLAGLER's yacht Oneida arrived
at Charleston, S. c., from New York, on
the 25th. with her flag at hnlf-mast. Mr..
Flagler's married daughter, Mrs. F. II.
Bennett, Of New York, died during the
voyage.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

AMONG the nominations made by the
President ou the 27th We're the following;
Robert I. Lincoln. Minister TO England;
EfIraf Uals.aad. Minister 10 Germany;
Allen Thorn lvke Rec, Minister to Rus
eio. Patrick vau. Minister TO Chilli;
Thomas Ryan, os Kansas, Minister to
NTsvjc1. john Hicks, of Wisconsin, Min
lister 90 Peru.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

NKTA has scored a great success in
Moscow, Russia, as Herlina in Don Gio-
viannL" Scenes Of indescribable en-
thusiasm attended the performances, and
the prima donna was the sensation Of the
hour.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

CHAs. b. SMITH, Republican candidate
for Congress in the Plrkorsburg CW. Va.)
district, has served notice of "a contest on
j. NJ. Jackson, who holds the Governors
certificate. Smith makes out a strong
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

THE council OF San Reno, Italy, will
shortly erect two marble pillars in mem
ory of the late Emperor Frederick, in
front of the villa Zirio, at San Reno,
where the lumeuted ruler lay i'll so long.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

The Widow OF Stonewau jackson Offere
the Post Odice at Lexington, Va.-She IS
Compelled to Decline.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-05

THE Navy-Nlrd Commission, on the
26th, visitcd tho Mount Vernon Reservo-
tion near Mobile, Ala. and examined the
Mobile river as to it's suitability for a
navy-yard site. A reception was given
the commission by the Athelstone Club
i'm tho nNNnInE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-17
JUDGMENT REVERSED.
victory for the western Union Telegraph
Company over state of Alabama.
Bytelegraph 70 the Dispatchl

WASHINGTON. December lG.-I he supreme
Court OF the United States to-day rendered
an opinion i'm the case OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company against the
Secretary Of State of Alabama and other
state officers. brought here on an appeal
from the decision Of the Supreme Court OF
Alabama.
The question involved is the constitu-
tionality of q law of Alabama imposing .
lax upon the gross receiptsot all telegraph
companies for business done within tire
State. Under this act "a telegraph company
was taxed not only on the business done
entirely within the State. bat on messages
sent 10 OF received from other States. The
court. i'm the opinion by Justice Miller,
aavs that IL D. hardly worth while to make
any discussion about the matter, as the
court has >.x or eight times within asmany
wears decided that messages sent from one
State into another are not subject 10 taxa
tion, because 1t would be az Interference
with interstate commerce. The judgment
"a reversed.