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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

The following letter explains itself:
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK, ROME, GA
April "a, 1So8-Professor r. w. Jennings,
Eashville-Dear SIR No doubt you viii be
surprised 70 hear from me, but as i know
you are always glad 70 hear from your
saboys,n / viii tell you that 1 have been
elected book-keeper in above named bank.
/ don't say it because i am writing 70 you,
but l have said 70 many others that the
three months spent with you was worth as
much to me as was the twelve years
schooling had gotten previously. 1 have
compared my books which used at Jen-
nings' Business College with the books OF
several other colleges, which other young
men from this section attended, and they
all acknowledged that your course Is much
more thorough and practical than the
schools they attended
Yours truly, T. J. SIMPSON.
Write for catalog with names Of 1000
students from % States. Address
r. w. JENNINGS, Nashville, Tenn.
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August.
Flower

Ny wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be-
came a burden to her Physicians
failed to give relief After reading
one of your books, l purchased
bottle of August Flower. 1t worked
like a charm. Mywife received i'm
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs I65 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. c. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House. Washington, Va. o
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Thomas E. Jennings, late of Nashville,
has been appointed Bank Examiner for the
States OF California, Oregon and Washing
ton, at a salary Of 5000 per annum- He IS
\ son or Prof. r. wv. Jennings, OF jennings
Business College, Nashville, and this ap-
pofntment can be largely attributed 20 the
business training he received from his
father as well as 70 the latter's influence IN
securing positions. This IN perhaps the
most thorough and influential school In the
United States. Its graduates nearly always
get good positions. - Nashville Christian
Alvnrafp
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IF Won Had a Frieud

Tormented with dyspepsia, you coald not
give him better advice than to adopt and
stick to course of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, finest and safest of tonics and regula-
tors. This is no barren assertion Expe-
certify to it. No less emphatic is their in
dorsement of it as a remedy for malarial
disease, constipation, rheumatism, kidney
disease, govt and neuralgia. Use it with
persistence
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has per-
manently beneficial effect on the human sys.
ten, while the cheap vegetable extracts and
mineral solutions, usually sold ss medicines,
formed, you will use the true remedy only.
Manufactured by the California Fig syrup
IN
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

ssIF there is one time more than another"
says an experienced married man, when
a woman should be left alone, ut Is When
line of clothes come down in the mud"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

MEDICAL science has achieved @ great
triumph in the production of Beecham's
Pills, which replace medicine chest. 25c.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

"YoU say you wunst lived off'n the tat or
the land, - ieered Silas. ''How dye eat itt''
EFT it with the forks of the road," respond
ed Rufus.-Demorest'S
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WONDER if Jatjat Jit Singh's 300 wives
were obliged TO take his name, and IL so,
how much they took at time. Chicago
Dispatch.
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When man bows before God, self
depreciation is a duty. IT'S no inn
parchment OF orr worthiness to say We
are bare-nalxed nothings before God.
The attitude of the publican bceomea
the best Of Us.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

Love is disease, and the most fortunate
patient in this, as in other diseases, is he
does not know what ais him, but suffers
blindly.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

LADIES can permanently beautify their
complexion with Glenns Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whislker Dye, SOC.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

ST DIDN'T know it was so late," said the
volcano, awaking from its long slumber.
81 must start my fire.
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j. A. JOHNSON, Medina, NY, says: "Halrs
Catarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by druggists.
75 cents.
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TIME flies fastest on the wings OF prone
isory note.-Puck.
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Keeling Raw SILK from Cocoons and Corticelli Drawn
work two other rival attractions. Look for them
IN the Canadian Section on Columbia Avenue. Manu-
fhcfurers' Building. Working hours for expert at
tendans from 10 A. NJ. 10 p. NJ, Sundays excepted
Florence Home Needlew0rk for 1898 ex plains
these unique and fascinating" operations. Cro-
chefed lamp Shades. Embroidery and Pillow Lace
the other snhjects Send cts. mentioning year
and viii mail You the books pp.. 81 Illustrations
NON0TUCh SILK CO.. Florence Mass.
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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Potential and Elevating In
huence of Good Woman.
A Biblical lTodel-The Virtue of HospItali-
ty-Conquering Trouble-ApPll-
cation TO Domestic Duties
Christian Faith.

Rev. T. De Witt Talmage chose for
the subject of a recent sermon: "A
Great Woman" taking for his text:
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21

He was not Mt all alarmed, however,
for he was sure his father was match
for II thousand bears.
BY and by the road entered the curl
Gus inverted dark of Dorchester woods,
where all the light seemed to come
from the white snow under the trees
rather than from the dark sky above
them. At this stage of the Journey
Teddy retired under the bufialo-robes,
and went to sleep in the bottom of the
pung.
The horse logged slowly along the
somewhat heavy road The bells
iingled drowsily amid the soft, push
ing whisper of the runners. Lou and
the =ector talked in quiet voices, at.
tuned TO the solemn hush Of the great
forest.
whats that?"
Lou shivered up closer to the rector
as she spoke, and glanced nervously
into the dark woods whence sound
had come. The rector did not answer
mt once, but instinctively seized the
whip, and frightened the reins rs II sig
nal to Old Jerry to move on faster.
The horse needed no signal, but
awoke into an eager trot which would
have become IL gallop had the rector
permitted.
Again came the sound, this time n
little nearer, and still apparently just
abreast of the pung, but deep in the
woods. II was bitter, long, wailing
cry, blended with harshly grating
undertone, like the rasping Of saw.
"What is % again asked Lou, her
teeth chattering.
The rector let Old Jerry out into
Gallop, as he answered, "l'm afraid
it's panther-what they call around
here an Indian Devil. But l don't
think there is any real danger. 1t is n
ferocious beast, hut will probably give
us wide berth"
"Why won't it attack us?" asked
Lou.
"Oh, it prefers solitary victims"
replied the rector. at is ordinarily
a cautious beast, and does not under
stand the combination of man and
horse and vehicle. Only on rare
occasions has it been known to attack
people driving, and this one will
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rector; and as the panther made /.
dash to intercept the sleigh, il found
itself in too close proximity TO tn,
stranIge-voiced phenomenon in tn.
pung, and sprang backward with aI
angrS snarl.
AS .ou's breath failed from her Dir,
lips, ne sleigh dashed ont into tn,
open A dog bayed angrily from the
neart farmhouse, and tho panther
stophed short on the edge of tine wood.
The ,ctor drove into the farm yard
and { d Jerry stopped. shivering rs il
he wglld fall between the shafts.
After the story had been told, and
JerryV had been stabbed and rubbed
down, the rector resumed his journey
with a fresh horse, having no fear that
the pa hther would venture across the
cleared lands. Three of the settlers
started out forthwith, and following
the ira cks in the new snow, succeeded
in shooting the wild beast after q chase
of two lor three hours.
The adventure supplied the country.
side nj that winter with n theme for
conversation, and about Lou = clarionet
there gathered halo of romance
that drew rousing congregations
to the parish church, where its
music Was to be ,iea-d every alternate
Sunday evening. Youth sCOmpanion.
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the back of the seat was blowing this
peal of desperate defiance in the
brute's very face. The astonished ami
NAL shrnnk back in his tracks and
sprang again into the underbrush.
Lou turned to the rector with n
flushed face oftriumph and the rector
exclaimed in husky voice, "Thank
God !" But Teddy, between his sobs,
complained, "What did you do that
FOR, Lou?'
Lou jumped to the conclusion that
her victory was complete and final I;
but the rector kept Jerry Mt his top
speed and scrutiniZed the underwood
apprehensively.
The panther appeared again in four
or five minutes, returning to the road,
and leaping along some forty or fifty
feet behind the sleigh. His pace was
very curious disjointed, india rub
berry spring, which rapidly closed up
on the fugitives.
Then round swung Louis long in
strument again, and at its piercing
cry the animal again shrank back. This
time, however, he kept to tn, road,
and the moment Lou paused for
breath he resumed the chase.
Save your breath, child" ex-
claimed the rector, as Lou again put
the slender tube to her lips. ".Saye
your breath, and let HIM have il fe-
rociously when he begins to get too
near.
The animal came within twenty or
thirty feet again, and then Lou greeted
him with an ear-splitting blast, and he
fell back. Again and again the tactics
were repeated. Lou tried thrilling
cadenza; it was too much for the
brute's nerves. He could not compre-
hend IA girl with such n penetrating
voice, and he could not screw up his
courage to n closer investigation of
the marvel.
At last the animal seemed to resolve
on change of procedure. Plunging
into the woods he made an effort to
get ahead of the sleigh. Old Jerry
was showing signs of exhaustion, but
the rector reused him to an extra
spurt-and there, just ahead. was the
opening of Fillmore's settlement
'Blow, Lou, blow!" shouted the
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probably keep we'll ou. of our sight.
However, It's Just rs we'll to get be-
you'd its neighborhood as quickly as
possible. Steady, Jerry, old boy !
Steady--don't use yourself up too
fast ~
The rector kept the horse well in
hand but in short time IL was plain
that the panther was not avoiding the
party. The cries came nearer and
nearer. and Lou's breath came quicker
and quicker, and the rector's teeth be-
gan TO set themselves grimly, while
his brows gathered in anxious
thought.
If IL should come to n struggle, what
was there in the sleigh, he was wonder
ing, that could serve as weapon?
Nothing, absolutely nothing but his
heavy pocdet-knife.
"a poor weapon, thought he, rue
fully, with which 60 fight apanther :"
But he felt in his pocket with one
hand, and opened the knife, and
slipped it under the edge of the
cushion beside him.
At this instant he caught sight Of
the panther, bounding along through
the low underbrush, keeping parallel
with the road, and not forty yards
away.
"fhere il isl came in terrified
whisper from Ions lips and Just then
Teddy lifted his head from under the
robes. Frightened at the speed and
at the set look on his fathers face he
began to cry. The panther heard him
and turned at once toward the sleigh.
Old Jerry stretched himself out in a
burst of speed, while the rector
grasped his poor knife fercely; and
the panther came with long leap
right into the road not ten PAGES be.
hind the flying sleigh.
Teddy stared in amazement, and
then covered down in fresh terror rs
there came nn ear-splitting screech,
wild and high and long, from Lou's
clarionet. Lou had turned, and over
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pet OF yourn, Miss. I felt like 10 Jest
drawed down the angels from heaven
to sing with us tonight. Their voices
was oil swimming in smoke, like.
right up in the hollow Of tine ceiling. 4"
'Taint trumpet" interrupted
Teddy, shyiy. "It's n clar'onet.
got trumpet homel"
"To he sure I" replied the old lady.
indulgently. "But miss, as l was n
saying, that music OF yourn would Jest
soften the hardest heart as ever was. 4"
The rector had just come from the
vestry room, well wrapped up IN his
furs, and was shaking hands and wish
ing every one n Merry Christmas,
while the sexton brought the horse to
the door He overheard the old la
dy's last remark, as she was bundling
Teddy up in n huge woollen mufiler
at certainly did," said he, "make
the singing go magnificently tonight,
didn't il, Mrs. TAFT? But I wonder,
now, what sort of an effect il would
produce on hard.hearted bear. if
such creature should come out at us
while we are going through Dorches.
ter woods"
This mild pleasantly was very deli
cately adapted TO the rector's audi
ence. and the group about the stove
smiled with reverent air befittiug
the place they were in; but The old
lady exclaimed in haste:
"My, land sakes, parson, bear'd
be Jest scared to death !"
81 wonder if it would frighten
bear?" thought Lou to herself, as they
were getting snugly bundled into the
warm, deep "pung,' as the low-box
sleigh with movable seats is called.
Soon the crest of the hill was passed
and the four-poster on the top of
Second Westcock Church sank out of
sight. For mile or more the road
led through half-cleared pasture lands,
where the black stumps stuck up so
strangely through the drifts that
Teddy discovered bears on every hand.
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Antiquity Of Christmas Toys.

The doll is thousands OF years old !;
it has heen found inside the graves of
little Roman children, and will be found
again by tine archU ologists of a future
date among the remains Of Our own
culture. The children of Pompeii and
HerculApeum trundled hoops Just as
you and ] did, and vino knows whether
the rocking horse on which we rode in
our young days is not lneal doscen-
dant of that proud charger into whose
fIenks the children of Francis is time
dug theit spurs
The drum is also indestructible, and
setting time Mt naught across the cen.
turies, il beats the Christmas tide and
New Nenr summons that bids the tin
soldie" prepare himself for war, and
shall continue to beat as long ms there
exist boyish arms to WELD drumsticks,
and grown-up peoples ears to he deaf
ened 10y the sound thereof. The tin
soldier views the future with calm he
will not lay down his arms until the
day OF general disarmament, and there
il, MS yet, no prospect of IL universal
peace.
The toysword also stands its ground;
it is the nursery symbol of the inera-
dicable vice of our race-the lust for
battle. Harlequins, fool ol's-cap- crown
ed and bell ringing, are also likely to
endure; they are sure to he found
among the members of the toy world
as long as there are fools to be found
among the inhabitants of our own.
Gold-laceS knights, their swords at
their sidet, curly-locked and satin.
shod prinresses, stalwart musketeers,
mustachetf. and top-booted, are all types
which still hold their own. The
Chinese doll is Young us yet, but she
has brilliant future be.otc her.
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OF the servants and meaIs, md be h
also treasurer of the mess funds,
which are often hard to collect, "a
harder TO keep, and he comes
all the criticism on account Of z
food or cooking. II his intention IL
to suit all he will soon find il impossi-
BILE, for while one likes onions another
may find them impossible. and then
and there ensues Misunderstanding
for the caterer to settle.
Ten o'clock is the time generally
fixed for turning in. and all lights
are put out, and woe TO the belated
one who comes in after that hour,
from the theatre or dinner or call
on the latest best girl, and turns on
light, for from every side comes mut-
terings Of disapproval, often accom-
panied by the nearest convenient
missile-a shoe or cane or camp-stool
and the late arrival is compelled to
turn out the light in self-defense and
seek his bunk or hammock in darkness.
But il is WHEN crowd of "beach-
combers" as those who 60 ashore are
called) return at late hour, reason
ably convivial, and insist on turning
out the "ship-keepers" (as those who
stay aboard are styled that the fun
begins, and the question has to be de-
cided, generally in good -natured
scufi,e. who shall succeed. Chicago
Record
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Ynle Iog Cust,r

The yule log or yule block is proba.
bly, another form OF that which has
been preserved in the Christmas tree.
A huge log of wood placed in the fire
place is kept burning all the evening
in many places in England, and even
in the United States the custom is not
unknown. 1t is called Buche de Noel
in France.
The yule candle is lighted the even
ing of December "a, midwinter. night,
and kept burning all night ii possible.
If 1t goes out during the night it is
looked upo2 rs II sign thai some one
will die i'll the house soon. On the
other hand, the stumps of these can.
dies are considered powerful remedy
for diseased or injured hands or feet.
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Storing Ice Tor New York.s Use.

Owing to the great bulk of this
commodity and the enormous value Of
lands on Manhattan Island and its
vicinity little of tine ice is stored in
the city, most of it being placed in
enormous icehouses along the waters
where the ice is cut and brought to
the city i'll barges from time to time
as the occasion demands. The knick-
erbocker Ice Company has about fifty
ofthese houses along the Hudso N, with
an ice-storing capacity of 1000 to Co.
900 tons each, or total storing Ca
pacity of nearly 5000, 900 tons of ice.
The attempt to establish ice-storing
houses in this city in Hurbert street,
near the old Red Fort, about ten years
ago. resulted disastrously, as the taxes
ate up the profits of the business.
To avert as far as possible the dan
gers of an ice famine or an open vim
ter, nearly all the ice companies en-
deavor to store considerably more ice
than they expect To consume in the sea-
son. 1t was owing 20 this foresight
that the ice famine in the summer of
1890 was not far more serious than il
was.
The seasons for cutting ice seem to'
be later and later every year. Twenty
years ago 1t was usual TO have the led
cutting begin some time before Christ
mas, and it not infrequently happened
that the entire ice crop was harvested
before New Years Day. Now the icsS
emitting seldom begins before Februar.l
or March. New York Tribune.
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CHRISTMAS cARoL

Sleep snow-white world. under the stars,
Sleep Sleep
While choral angels from on high.
Floating across the midnight sky.
Lean down with waving lily-wands,
To blessshe earth with gracious hands.
And bark the golden chord
"Prnise be 10 Christ our Lord
The Son Of Man In lowly manger born.
Be.ore whose face the strength OF Sin is
shorn."
Then, Till the holy morn,
sleep Sleep
Wake bright world. under the bright sun.
Wake Wake
Hark how the Christmas angels sing.
"All hail TO Chris, our Lord and King
All hail good will ami peace to men
All hail to Col on high Amonw
Join ye the joyful song
The reign OF ancient wrong
Is DER this hour for Christ the Child is born {,
oh. happy world thy bonds OF sin are torn
This holy Cur,stmas morn.
Wake Wake
Charles l.. Iildreth. in Demorest's
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Song of Kriss Krinyie's Tree.

Kriss kringle's bells are iingliue,
The frosty air is tinGlinr.
All sllvery sounds are ming,ing,
This merry, merry day.
With many Heecy feather
The snow-fiakes dance together
Here comes Kriss kringle's weather,
In good Kr.ss Kringle's wav.
kriss Kringie's measures tripping,
kriss Kringle's sweetness slipping,
The while his gifts we're clipping,
From brave kriss KrinGle's tree,
We set the candles burning,
Like stars and planets turning,
And every dream and yearninS
There satisfied we see
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TwO.lIeaded Trout.

There was received at the Journal
Office few days ago a package con-
tanning phial in which was a curios-
ity of the finny tribe in the form of an
infant trout which had one body and
two heads. The fish came from the
trout hatchery in East Freshtown,
Mass. The establishment has been in
operation over twenty years, and near
ly all that period has been under the
supervision of Ernest Rounscville, says
the Providence journal.
Superintendent Rounseville il an
enthusiast on the subjec. of his work,
and has during his loug apprentice
ship made trout life n study, and
much Of the knowledge SO acquired il
most interesting, particularly that
portion of il which relates to twin
trout. which is his hobby, and upon
which subject he delights to converse
with those who desire information in
regard to it.
Mr.. Rounseville often prefaces his
remarks by stating that, although
specimens of this twin front are com
paratively rare, they hardly can be
termed freak of nature, rs one is al
most sure to find several in matches
containing from $4,000 TO 100, 900
eggs, and he further claims that he
can tell the eggs in which are hidden
the single and twin trout, the former
in the process of Matching exhibiting
only one black spot or eye, while
i'll the latter egg two black spots in
variably show themselves Mr.. Rounse-
vile then goes on to state that there
are two varieties of twin trout, the
first of these being two distinct and
perfectly form'l ] fish connected by
ligsment simi sst which bound
the Samese u cond, an5
by Is the mos hsso7LL
bod y Mth' two heads, which Are sepal
ted in such manner from the Joint
trunk as to suggest a resemblance 10
the capital Y.
The last mentioned specimen Mr..
Rounseville says he has never yet been
able to keep alive over few months,
Notwithstanding the fish when Matched
appears quite as healthy and lively as
the others, and he has finally settled it
in his own mind that the two-header
dies of starvation pure and simple, for
he declares that when the fish begins
to feed each little head is so greedy
for the food that 1t fights its mate
with such desperation as to prevent
either head from obtaining the nour-
ishment needed for their mutual body,
and after time death is the result.
Housewife has Tor some time been
endeayoring to invent some method by
which one head can be fed at time,
but as yet has not been able to devise
one; so the twins, like the very good,
die young.
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Living CuriOs.

A thirty-fye-pound 'possum in ia
per County, Missouri.
A Moundville horse which has bee
trained to pick mp rails aud lay the
on the fence.
A pet rooster with wooden leg, 4
Bucyrus, Ohio.
A Cincinnati bird which stole 81
watchguard to ornament its nest 4
Two bushels of drunken sparrl Z
caught in Dewitt County, Tel \
"corned" on corn soaked in cornjd n