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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
"MOrtal Man and Female woman"

"MortaI Man and Female Woman"
There is sickness and sorrow in the
land this fall Of course l recollect
what the Word says-mortal man, born
of female woman, is of few days and no
teeth and full of various and sundry
troubles. So long as man remains
over and tarries around in this valley
of dry bones he mought as we'll to look
for his share of trials and temptations
and troubles and tribulations. But to
the common run of men and settlements
trouble most in generally always comes
in little drops and dribdets, whilst in
durin of the present fall season of the
year and to the long-sufferin people
around Rocky Creek it has come in
great chunks and gobs and sluices.
Everybody is ''down in the mouth" +"
as old Miss Sukey Sellers use to say.
Some are sick with one thing and some
with another. Some have got the chilIs
and fever, some have got the plain
slow fever, whilst some have got the
mully grubs, with a general miXtry
and messment of summer complaints.
Ny doctrine is that if a man will
pay his debts, put his trust in the good
Lord, keep his liver moyin and be hon.
est and virtuous, he is bound to be
happy. But right here lately l have
found out that the general circum-
ference of the surroundins bas got a
whole lot to do with a mans feelins.
The general calamity is catchin, and
if want to feel bad and look bad, all
/ have to do is to git out and stir round
some amongst the sorrowful and the
sick.
use to think to pour some sperits
down was about the best and onlyest
way to keep my droopin sperits up.
But in this present case have now
learnt that salts and snakeroot tea IS
the mainest thing, and | have come to
that pass where need big dost every
time I start out to visit around amongst
the reODle
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
SERVANTS I'M GLOVER.
Mrs. HIcks-LOrd Provided for Those Wh,
SarunN ENar

Mrs. HIcks-LOrd Provided for Those Who
Served Her.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2s.-In her will the
late Mrs. Hicks-Lord, once a famous
belle in New York and Washington
society, has made careful provision for
her servants The estate is valued at
SiO0, 900. Relatives receive outright
about one-half, and the remainder is
ta be held in trust for the servants,
who will participate in the income
Jointly with the testator's nephew. II
is directed that the nephew and Mrs.
Hicks Lords maid shall receive each
S4OO a month, and the butler 500 a
month for life.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
Fell From His Wagon.

While leaving Clarksville in an in
toxicated condition one night last week
Thomas Chiffon met with serious in.
jury. Clinton fell from his wagon seat
to the hard street, one of wagon wheels
passing over his head. 1t is strange
that he did not sustain fracture of tho
skull. One of his ears was almost
severed, a long cash was cut over his
left eye, deep iucision made in his
right cheek, and his whole forehead
was torn and lacerated. His injuries
are quite serious.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02

CHICAGO, Sept. 2a-Chairman Jones,
of the Democratic national committee.
Quietly left for New York Sunday
afternoon. 1t is understood that he
goes to confer with Senator German
and other eastern leaders as to the
course TO be pursued in New York
state following the withdrawal of
John B. Thacher.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
A TARDY LETTER.
lit Travelled 40 Miles in IL Years

FIsHKILL, n. Y, Sept. 2s.-A letter
arrived at the Matteawan post Office
Saturday morning that had been
nearly seventeen years in reaching its
destination.
The letter was mailed at Pine Plains.
90 miles from here. and was dated No
vember 16. 1879. It was addressed to
former Sheriff Sylvester Mase, and
congratulated him upon his election.
he has been dead many years.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
Tennessee Centennial.

At meeting of the executive com.
mittee of the Tennessee Centennial Ex.
position last week Herman Justi OF
Nashville was elected chief of the bu.
reau of publicity and promotion, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resigna.
ton of Leland Rankin. The design
recommended for the negro building by
tile director general was adopted ind
the erection of the building will begin
at once,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
Hardwnre Company Fails.

The O'Connell-Rogers Hardware Com
pany of Chattanooga, wholesale dealers
in railroad supplies and hardware, as.
signed last week. The assets are placed
at S53, 236.S9, while the total indebted.
ness is $4,000. The failure to realize
on accounts is said to be the cause Of
the assignment. The creditors are in
the North and East.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
An Escaped Convict Dies.

Another of the 500 convicts who were
liberated at Coal Creek and Oliver
Springs during the mining troubles in
1892 has been accounted for. A white
man named Sizemore, who was sent up
from Knox counry for seven years for
accepting achallenge, died last week ir
Illinois. Since the escape of the con.
victs Sizemore has never been heard OF
by any of the authorities, despite the
diIigent search made.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
Gored by a Bull.

While William Campbell, son of Dr.
Ivory CampbelI, was handling Jersey
bull on his farm near Woodbury., last
week, the animal became enraged, and
before Mr.. Campbell could get out OF
the brute's way or defend himself, he
was borne to the ground and gored
frigh fully, once under the left arm and
again in the right groin and hip 1t re-
quired fifteen stitches to close the
wounds.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
THE MINERS COMMITTEES,
After n Conference at LeadvilIe. Decide
to Continue the Strike.

LEADvILLE, Col, Sept 2s.-There
was some firing sunday night and
early this morning, but it was merely
the firing of guards. demanding the
halting of strangers. The conference
of the miners committee of five result
ed IN decision to continue the strike,
it is understood. The vote is said to
have been three for continuance and
two for an effort looking to compro-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
Confederate ReunIon.

The annual reunion of the Eighth
Tennessee and kindred regiments, c. 5.
A., was held at Fayetteville last week
Chancellor w. s. Borden made the prin.
cipal address of the day. Speeches
were also made by Col. John II. Savage,
Col James I'll. Holman and Col. j. q.
Carrigan. A bountiful dinner was one
of the features. The reunion was weit
sItendad.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
The Car Went Grouse SHOOTING.

BALLATER, Scotland, Sept. 2s.-The
weather was good to-day. and the czar
took advantage of the opportunity to
go out on a grouse-shooting trip. The
czar and czarina will start on October
for the south, en- route for Paris,
where they are expected to arrive on
the morning of October 6.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
PECULIAR SUICIDE
Joachim b. Mathisen, a PrOmIncnt
San Francisco Architect.

OF Joachim b. Mathisen, q PromIncnt
San Francisco Architect.
BERKELEY, Cal, Sept. 2s.-An extra
ordinarily peculiar character of suicide
took place in Berkeley during Sunday
night. Joachim b. Mathisen, we'll
known San Francisco architect and a
membe of the firm of Howard g.
Mathisen. doing business in San Fran
cisco. strangled himself to death with
a four-in-hand necktie which he had
suspended to small cypress branch.
Dependency through complication of
business affairs are attributed as the
cause of the deed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
Tennessee AIblnos.

Alice r. Anderson writes from Leb&
non that she is II years old and an a.
bino. Her brother, aged 10, and. her
sisters, aged and 5, are also albinos.
She is fine singer and pianist, and her
brother sings we'll. They want to. be
a part of the Centennial. The four al
binos will very probably be seen o.
Vanity Fair when the great show open&
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
TROUBLE ANTICIPATED
At the Meeting of the ChOctaw Council
at TuskahOml.

DENIsoN, Tex, Sept. 9s.-Serious
trou BILE is anticipated at the meeting
of the Choctaw council at Tuskahoma
which convenes next Thursday. United
States troops have been ordered there.
Gov. McCurtin has written United
States Indian Agent Wisdom to
send a squad of Indian police to Tuska-
homa to be present at the opening of
the council Gov. McCurtin is con-
vinced that an attempt will be made
by the Jackson party to count him out
and seat Jackson. In that event there
will be bloodshed. The adherents of
jackson are said to be arriving.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
INDEPENDENCE HALL.
Daughters of the Re yOIutiOn Will Rest
the Building

Daughters of the Re vOIutiOn Will Restore
the Building.
New YORK, Sept 2s. old Independ-
ence hall in Philadelphia, from the
portals of which Liberty was pro.
claimed to all the land, is to be rescued
from the destroying hand of time.
The Daughters of the Revolution
have undertaken the task of restor-
ing the building to its former aspect,
and Mr. 7. Mellcn Rogers, of Phila-
delphia, the agent of the daughters,
has already taken the first steps in
that direction.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
For a Constitutional CouventIon.

Nashville, Sept 25.-The people can
say next April whether or not they
want constitutional convention, the
bill passed by the legislature providing
for the calling of convention baytnS
been signed By the governor today,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
hank Cashier Indicted.

w. E. Hale, cashier of the Watertown
Bank, which failed some months ago.
has been indicted by the grand jury OF
Wilson county for receiving deposits
after he knew the bank was insolyent.
and for embezzlement.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02

matter or Wnefe
the tro L b | e
comes from
whetheritis the
great question
of free silver or
t h e scandlous
hot weather
but anyhow,
everything put
together makes
it look tremen-
dius foggy up
the creek tome.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
THE IMPERIAL TOURISTS
Verses to BE Fired AZ the Gar and Czar
ina at Paris.

verses to BE Fired "a the Czar ana Czar-
ina at Paris.
PARIS, Sept. 2s-Mm. Copee and
Heredia, the eminent literateurs and
members of the French academy, have
each written verses which are to be
recited in the presence of the car and
czarina upon the occasion of the visit
of their majesties to Paris next week.
Madame sara Bernhardt will also re-
cite poem written by NJ. Sully-Prud-
home, the French poet and academi-
clan, after the czar and czarina have
diued at Versailles.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02

Rocky Creek still runs down stream
and amt gone nowheres, you under
stand, but when | go out amongst the
people in the settlement blamed if it
don't lock to me like all things are
comm wrong side out and tail end fore
most.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
SHED TEARS NOW.
chere Is Sickness and Sufferin
Down on Rocky Creek.
Some Down with the Fever, Some with
tho .anullygrubs" aid n General "Mess-
Eaent of Summer Compiaints"-
Talk of Blood and War.

Raley, do not know for certain and
would ruther not try to say what is the
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS
wonther and crops.

Nashville. Sept. 25.-The past week
showed no improvement in the status of
crops, except that the weather was gen.
orally favorable for gathering maturei
crops and preparing them for market OF
housing them for the coming winter.
As rule early corn is maturing two
weeks earlier than usual and much of it
is ready for gathering; the severe drouth
shortened the crop to some extent, but
a fair yield is assured. Tobacco is in
process of curing, and much of the crop
is inferior, owing to the ravages Of
worms. Cotton is about all open and
farmers have taken advantage of the
favorable weather for gathering the
crop in good condition. Flowing for fall
seedlings is practically suspended on ac-
count OF the condition of the soil. Late
crops, such as potatoes, peas, etc., will
be greatly shortened. Except whero
sufficient rain has fallen turnips have
failed to germinate. Sorghum syrup
making is It'll in progress, with light
yields. Pastures have failed and water
for stock is reported scarce nearly every
where. Fall and winter apples are
dropping off and are generally inferior.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
Alex HUM Dead.

Alexander HUM, one of the older cit
izens of Memphis and Mason of emi-
nence, died rather suddenly few nights
since. He had been tyler for the Ma
sonic fraternity of Memphis for several
years and was engaged in his duties as
such. A candidate was to be initiated,
or given the entered apprentice degree,
but was unable to appear, and the lodge,
having no other business, did not meet.
After the lights had been extinguished
be was discussing matters in general
with Masonic brother and casually re-
marked, "Well, you will have to carry
me out next SUMNER The two sepa-
rated, Mr.. HUM going to his home, and
two hours later word was sent to some
of the Masonic fraternity to come to his
home and prepare the body for inter
ment. Diseased had been in rather bad
health all the past summer, but was be-
lieved to be on tho mend. 1t is sup
posed that heart disease carried him of.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02
SUBSCRIPTION: Sl.O0 Per Year.

roarin big fire-which you understand
the weather was swelterin hot right
then and didn't need any fire. But by
this time could see that he was foam
in mad and | lowed it mought be a good
time of year for me to lay low and say
nothin. He next went down into his
clothes chist and got out his bullet
molds AMI three new bar of lead, and
went to moldin bullets. As to me
soon had to go out and look for
shady place on the back porch-which
YOU understand l want nobody's part
ner in the bullet business. But the fire
hit roared and the bullet molds they
ratified. Old man Pleas got so worked
up and hot till by gatlins he was sweat
in like a free nigger on election day,
whilst could hear him talkin and goin
on with himself at high and scan
dlous rate:
LET the rumblin go on and let the
war come.
There is plenty Of lead in town, and
my old army nusl1et she amt gone no.
where's.
"'We will fight 'em, dadblame 'em, till
the cows come home and the evenin
stars sing together.
"They call me old man Pleas Warner
now, but l fit plum through one war
and got my horse drownded in the Ten
nessee river, and dadblamc 'em, ] will
pick my fints and try 'em another bar
rel"
When the sun went down the very ma
tive air was thick and hot. But in the
-.
of water on the fire and got the old
man in notion to go down to the
spring and cool off.
Now you mought maybe think old
man Pleas Warner is crazy, and to be
plum honest / don't raley think he
knows anything for certain right now
But he don't have to do all the war talk
for the settlement, and il he is crazy
he can find lots of company around
Rocky Creek. There are plenty of peo-
pie in this pleasant skirt of woods talk
in about blood and war and the like OF
that. They haven't got it quite as bad
as old man Pleas yet-which | believe
he is the onlyest one that's started TO
mouldin bullets-but they have heard
so much Internal fool talk about poll
ties and free silver till they have come
to the conclusion that somethin ter
rible is bound to drap.
1t will take whole passle of salts and
snakeroot, and maybe dost of calo-
mel here and there, and then about
three good frosts to bring this country
around on her feet onct more. But it
will come. We must live in hopes IL
we die in the crazy Sloan.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-02

cslIesliOns Made ard Prompt Returns.
Money to Loan on Reasonable Terms.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24
FALL WILL CONTINUE.

Every mining expert who is connect
ed with a good silver mine and every
manufacturer Of silver and silver-plat-
ed products Is of the opinion that the
tendency of silver will be downward for
years to come. 1t must be so. for the
reason that mine owners, railways.
makers of machinery, and workers of
silver are willing to work on very close
margins for the sake Of increasing out
puts and thereby adding very material
ly to the value of their plants. If all
the nations of the earth should get to-
gether and back their credit to boom
the price of silver, that metal could not
be sustained for any length Of time, be-
cause not more than three per cent. Of
the. silver veins of the earth have felt
the touch of the rock drill. Before the
first decade of the next century shall
have ended, it is almost certain that
silver will be more plentiful than tin,
and as cheap as copper. We are maxi
ing steel, iron, and copper products
cheaper than any other nation on earth,
and within five years we will be selling
solid silver culinary utensils at about
the present price of stamped and re-
timed ironware. If our free-coinage
friends want to do something practical
toward raising the price of their favor
ite metal. they would better start in and
buy out and shut up the rock drill,
hoist, and other sorts of mining ma
chinery makers. and mining engineers
out of the country; they are the men
who have hammered down the price of
silver, and who committed the "crime
of 1873" and of every other year by us
ing their brains. muscle, and money for
the promotion of the general good Of
millions of men and women who have
found steady work at good wages in
hundreds of industries which depend
upon silver sold at IL low figure which
enables makers to produce salabe
goods suitable for all sorts and condi-
tions of men.
While theorists, orators, lawyers.
editors. philosophers. and persons I'M
familiar with the subjects of mining
and manufacturing have been writing.
talking, and arguing about the fall in
prices of all kinds Of products. the in
ventors. engineers. and machinists ST.
lently. without sound of trumpets or
pounding of drums. have kept upward
and onward in their work. administer
ing to the welfare of all men by maxi
ing it possible for the laboror today TO
enjoy creature comforts and l,lxuries
beyond the reach Of kings in the bad
old times when the Inventions of Watt,
hrkwright, Stephenson, Eli Whitney
and Robert Fulton Were in the womb
of time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24

equal Great Britain lin It's ratio of rail-
way mileage to square miles, we should
have total of $4,000 miles: to equal
the abundant supply of Illinois we must
have $4,000 miles. while IL Massachu-
setts. with its mile of railway to every
four square miles of territory. be the
standard. the United States will even
tually boast of 772,00O miles of lines.
That there Is much railway building
yet TO be done, the records prove be-
yond n doubt. When 1t will be done
depends on conditions yet to be de-
veloped. A considerable amount of
work Is already under way. During
the first three months of this year
25S miles of track were laid on twenty
lines. and including these our books
already show sixty lines on which It
seems reasonably certain that 1,75O
miles of track will have been laid by
the end Of 1896, with a possibility OF
much more 1t all depends on the
times, not on the question Of finding
room OF demand for more railroads.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24
WORLDS GOLD PRODUCTION.
The United States Leads in the Pro.
ductiOn of the Yellow Metal.

The officials of the Mint Bureau ex-
press the opinion that the worlds gold
production for 1896 will equal the ag-
gregate production of gold and silver
prior to 1873. The Iron Age has the
following to say on the subject:
The gold production of the world has
been steadily climbing upward since
1890, when it stood at $11S,S49, 200. The
figures of 1892 were $l45, 100; OF 1893
$157.2S7 800, and of 1894 $3.50 1925, 100. The
figures for 1895 have not been fully
verified by Director Preston. but pro-
duction of $2O3. 100000 is considered q
conservative estimate. The production
of 1896 Is still. Of course, matter Of
conjecture, but the increases reported
from nearly every country over 1895 are
regarded as a safe basis for putting the
production Of the year at not less than
1920, 900. The United States Is ex-
pected to show an increase this year
from s47,OOOOO0 In 1895 to $5O,OOO,O ,OOO
This is regarded as the lowest prob
able production, and $54,OO0,00 is con-
sidered a not improbable figure. This
will keep the United States at the head
Of the gold-producing countries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24

and which We sincerely hope will tri-
umph over all opposition in the future.
A party that will not suffer our cOun-
try to be betrayed into the hands of a
plutocratic Oliglarchy nor to plunge
impulsively into the abyss of anarchy,
nor to be misled into the labyrinthian
mazes of socialism. A party that be-
lieves in the normal development of
democratic government, but will re-
Quire that every forward step we may
take shall be dictated by slow COM
mon sense. Under the direction Of this
party our country will take on new
glOries and WELD power that will
dominate the civilization Of the world.
1t was for such a country and such a
party that the illustrious patriot whose
honored name this society bears be-
slowed his love and service, Robert
Morris. he who "sandled the feet Of
liberty with the silver from his own
purse" In him we have a type of the
ideal American citizen. / commend to
you his lofty example.
1t is after all in the personal char
acter of its people that we find the
roots of a nations life. Institutions,
laws, manners and customs are the
outward manifestations of national
character. There is deep political
significance in the words Of the poet:
what constitutes a state?
Not high raised battlements or labored
mound
Not cities proud. with spires and turrets
crowned
Not starry spangled court
Where lOw-Srowed baseness watts per-
fume to pride.
No!-Men. high-minded men.
These constitute a state"
a stream cannot rise higher than it's
source. Men do not gather grapes
from thorns, nor figs of thistles." These
facts in the material world have their
analogy in the world of politics. The
nations progress or decay Is deter
mined by the personal character of its
citizens. This Is the power that guides
its history and is at work beneath all
surface movements shaping its career.
Here. then. is field where all can labor
and render to their country the highest
political service. Let the church, the
school and the family each perform
their legitimate functions in the forma-
tion of character; then will emerge
through the clash of parties and the
haze of old political traditions a truly
democratic state whose functions
shall be established in righteousness
and whose years will he measured by
the span Of time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.
For Eight Years 1t Has Decreased, +,
Expansion Being Unnecessary.
From the Railway Age

II 24Se.
For eight years the mileage Of an
nual railway construction in the Unit
ed States has been steadily decreas-
ing. From nearly $4,000 miles of track
laid in the wonderful year 1887 the
totals have gone down by thousands
and hundreds. until 1896 touched the
lowest round for twenty years by add
ing only 1908 miles to our railway sys-
tenn. But this does not mean that the
demand for railways Is nearly supplied
and that construction will continue to
decrease. On the contrary, there is
room and will be need for additions for
greater than the entire present mileage
of the country. We have now some
thing over $4,000 miles Of road. TO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24
TRUE AMERICANISM,

Let us now turn for a moment to the
true American party. A party that
has guided our destinies in the past,