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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09
2oV IN HARDEMAN.


Bolivar Correspondence Commercial Appeal.
Hardeman County is in the throes
of political con test such as it has
seldom seen or experienced, and IN
terest is being taken by people who
seldom, heretofore, seemed to care,
one way or the other, how things 90.
The Carmack boilers are ferocious.
Wow! Wowl Wow! The leaders
among them see that they have lost
the day; that defeat awaits them;
that they are being ground into
powder; but they propose selling
their lives as dearly as possible.
They are leaving no stone unturned
to obstruct Col. Patterson's road to
success; there is no art or scheme
known to the students of ancient
political history which is not being
resorted to. Desperation seasoned
by the malignity of impotence
drives the boilers to all sorts OF
foolish extremes that render them
ridiculous in the eyes of sensible
people and make of their terrific
vaporings and extravagant claims In
teresting only as fantastic verbiage.
Thus, when Col. Patterson adj
dressed an audience at Cedar Chapel,
near Whiteville, on Thursday night
some smart Alexis broke into a mil
near by, pulled down the cord Of
the steam whistle and tied 1t, SO thai
it made a continuous shrek fol
twenty minutes. The culprits raj
away, of course, no doubt believing
they had made world of votes fol
their candidate. The owner of the
mill, who was a straight demOcra
and who was listening to Col. Pat
terson, turned off the steam and wa
very much provoked by the inter
ruption. 1t merely intensified thu
Patterson sentiment and exposed
the school-boy methods of the op
position. When the speech wa
over two or three young fellow
who had been on the outside pokeC
their heads through the window
and shouted Justify: "Raw fu
Kawmackw two or three times am
then broke for the tall timber. A
we returned home under the stars
the two young men pursuing di
vergent course could be heard at In
tervals out among tie trees shout
; ing: "Raw fur Kawmack!" and tn
echoes answered: "Ah, Mack!
This is the sort of kindergarten pol
itics boilers are engaged in. Th
meeting at Cedar Chapel was large
: ly attended and very interesting
aside from the vulgar interruption
? which could not be prevented an
which the good people regretted e.
: ceedingly.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

In addition to the best and
cheapest line of Hand made
Saddles, Harness, Brides,
etc., ever offered to the pub
lie in this county, we have
a select assortment of Winter
Lap Robes at prices that
will astonish you.
Cox, SAVAGE & Co.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09
10 the Public.

1 have reopcned my Res
taurant on Main Street. in the
McNeal Block, near n. c..
Nuckolls' Livery Stable, /
am prepared to serve meals
at any hour. Meals 80 cents.
SAM MOORE.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

THE congressional CAM
paign in this district is one
in which much interest is
centered. AS is invariably
the case, under such circum-
stances, the friends of each
candidate are bending their
energy in the interest of their
choice. 1t is true that when
one realizes that the tide is
i5siast him, he does not en-
10y the serenity of mind ex-
perienced by those who have
reason to believe that victory
awaits them. But the inabil-
ity of Il party or faction to
control or direct affairs is not
a sufficient excuse to warrant
usage of abusive epithets be-
cause of the independent ac-
ton of others. Especially is
this true at present, when
party lines are considered
less binding than at any time
in the past. In this congress
sional district a desperate eff.
! fort was made to have the
populites indorse Carmack
| but for some cause the effort
was notcrowned with success
and for some cause the repub-
| licans have indorsed Patter-
son. To the friends Of Car
mack the action of the re,
publicans in their indorse,
ment of Patterson is nc
doubt considered u sufficient
cause for all democrats tt
turn their backs upon him
There might be grounds fol
such a supposition but FOL
other facts connected will
this peculiar campaign. By
a survey of what has trans.
PRED we see that in many O
the states a fusion between
the democrats, pOpulites anC
free silver republicans has
been perfected. In othel
words an agreement has beer
entered into that has result
ed in the placing of demo
Gratis, populites and republi,
cans on the electoral ticket
In view of such acts, a sim
pie Endorsement, which il
quite different from fusion
will not be so considered al
it would be in the absence O
the unification of parties il
other states. Indeed if it il
wrong to vote for a candi
dlte who has simply received
the Endorsement of republi,
cans, how grievous and un
Ipardonable is it to supper
those in whose interest fusion
has been entered into? 8u
it is natural for all candidates
to be DESTROYS of receiving
and accepting all possib.,
support that will not com
promise them, and there il
nothing eliminating in sucl
a disposition. w. j. 6rYa1
has accepted of the nomina
ton by the free silver party
and also of the populite par
ty, and the BULLETIN is no
of the number that will Wilt,
him for so doing, but &C
knowledges his right to de
, so, and that of the republic
cans to indorse Col. Patter
son.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

From all accounts Chamberlain
Cough Remedy Is Godsend to the
afflicted. There is no advertise
ment about this, we feel just like
saying 1.-THE Democrat, Carol
ton, Ky. For sale by B. V. Hud-
son, Bolivar; Jno. w, Nuckolls,
Toone.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

Mr.. CARMACK's friends
are respondent. They : q
the handwriting on the wall.
They have done the best u,rN
cOull f5r their unpopular
candidate. Itlls just dawn
cd upon thcm that Mr.. Car
mack cannot win.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

Col. Patterson addressed meet
ing of about 175 people at TOOne
on Friday at 3 o'clock. The fine
weather kept a good many people
away in the cotton patches, but the
meeting was representative, highly
intelligent and terribly in earnest.
Patterson buttons were as plentiful
as blackberries, a score of beautiful
young ladies being conspicuous
among the number of those who
wore badges. Col. Patterson made
great speech and was listened to
with profound attention. For the
first time since the opening of the
canvass, he took occasion to COM
ment on the scurrilous attacks made
upoh his military record and his per-
sonal character by Mr.. Carmack's
official paper, the Memphis Herald.
He animadverted upon the charac-
ter of Mr.. Carmack's campaign of
villifcation and SANDER from the
outset; how that Col. John r. Eel
lows, who fought CALAMITY in the
Confederate service throughout the
war, winding up in a northern pris-
on at the surrender, had been de-
nounced as a deserter by Mr.. Car
mack's paper; how Gen. Buckner, of
Kentucky, who was a gallant Con
federate soldier, was denounced as a
traitor to the Confederate cause,
and how he himself had been spat-
tered by Carmacklan mud singing.
He pointed out that Mr.. Carmack' s
executive committee had formally
indorsed the Memphis Herald as the
official organ of the boilers and
made themselves and their candi-
date responsible for its utterances,
and he denounced the communica-
ton and editorial recently publish
ed rejecting upon his military rec
ord as an Infamous falsehood and
the efflorescence of venomous scoun-
drelism. Col. Patterson was infia.
med with indignation and he laid
on and spared not. In summary OF
anthithetical argument worthy the
pen of MacaulaY, he showed where
Mr.. Carmack had extravagantly
vilifed and extravagantly praised
every public man of consequence,
from Cleveland down, including
himself, and in climax that was
dramatic in its intensity, branded
the methods pursued by the boilers
as the methods of the assassin and
coward. Col. Patterson has on his
war paint. He has drawn the sword
in defense of his character and he
has thrown away the scabbard. He
means war to the knife and the
knife to the hilt. Unless the Dol:
ter's organ retracts its ISLANDERS, and
unless Mr.. Carmack and his execu-
tive committee disavows RESPONSE
bility for it, they must go through
the campaign bearing the brand of
odium. This will bring on more
talk, but that is another story.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

Elector Baptist is being severely
criticised for the course he is pur-
suing. Nominated as Bryan and
.Sewall elector, he has become Car
mack elector and is going about the
country claiming to have authority
from the state democratic executive
committee to tell the people that
Carmack is the regular candidate
and that Patterson is one of the
worst men "what they is" He
claims to have the letter of authori-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

STATE elections held In
Florida and Georgia this
week resulted in democratic
victories.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

ty in his pocket, but, as Chairman
Coleman is opposed to mixing in
the congressional fight, realizing
that he has no right or authority to
do so, and as the minutes OF Secre-
tary Sam Williamson fail to show
that any such proceedings were had
by his committee, Col. Baptist
would have trouble in producing
the letter spoken of. The truth of
the matter is, Baptist is injuring
himself and Gov. Taylor. 1t is
known in every nook and corner of
the district that Baptist is wound
od-that he has a 'ssore toc." 1t
is known that he was Col. Pat
terson's ardent admirer and enthusi-
astic supporter until he failed to get
his brother-in-law appointed post
master at Covington, and the peo-
pie who hear him, realize that the
pie-plate that he longed for never
came, and that's what's the matter
with Baptist.
The best opinion obtainable is
that the bolter's boom is petered out.
Mr.. Carmack can not face the popu-
lists and he cannot face the demo
Gratis. He is cancelling his appoint
ments and depending on the hope
that Bryan's visit to Memphis will
in some way help him along. 1t is
difficult to see how this can be done
but a drowning man grasps at a
straw. The man of most charac-
ter and influence supporting the boil
tiers in this county is beyond
doubt Col. Albert T. McNeal. Col.
McNeal gave force. and vitality to
the movement aud Col. McNeal has
quit. The boilers have been riding
him about since the campaign open
ed, and he has publicly announced
that he has done all the good he can
do, and he reckons all the harm he
can do; what is done is done, and he
is done with it and will do no more.
OF course, he will continue nomi
nally to support the cause, but the
little fellows can not ride him any
farther or stand on his shoulders tC
make themselves appear of full stat
ure. The only hope of the boilers
now is the colored brother, and they
have hired missionaries going
among them. The colored peopl,
do not take kindly to the Carmacl
idea. The colored voter is smartel
than the kindergarten politician
, who imagines he can fool them. 4
good many boilers already conced
Col, Patterson's election.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

The futility of attempting a joint
debate III the congressional race was
made manifest today when Col. Pat
terson and Mr.. Carmack divided
time at Evansville. Neither speaker
covered half the necessary ground,
the time being consumed in state
ments and counter statements For
Col. Patterson, it was in the enemy's
country. Of the 125 peoplepresent
perhaps not 10 per cent. of them
were Patterson men, and not more
than 80 per cent cared to hear. him
at all. 1t was self-respecting
crowd, however, and listened pa
tiently. Mr.. Carmack made a
catchy speech and was roundly ap-
plauded, Elector n. w. Baptist
acting as bugleman for the crowd
and stamping at given times. Col.
Patterson faced practically hostile
audience, but before he proceeded
far he elected close attention
throughout. The older voters pres
ent were much impressed, some de-
claring for Patterson. The youn-
ger men present were wildly for
Carmack and remained so. CRANES
vile is on the remote edge of the
county, next to Chester county,
1t is Mr.. Carmack's stronghold.
The fact that Col. Patterson was
listened to at all was a great triumph.
No reference was made to the cam
paign of SANDER, time having been
called on Col. Patterson before
reaching that point.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

ABUSE and vilifcatiOn
only add to Col. Patterson's
majority.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

Col. PATTERSON continues
to forge to the front.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-09

Published Every 2 'ay.
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EtIa I WILLIAMS, Eiis.a a. lslilh.l:
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TIME TABLE.
Effective, Sunday, Oct. 4th.
TIME TABLE.
GONG SOUTH.
Conc NORTH

w. A. HOUSE, Agent.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

on the bay, and appears to be a comb bina-
ton of Italian fishing vessel and Chinese
Junk. But no matter what it looks like 1t
is certainly good sea boat, for it has been
seen on the bay when the surface was a
seething mass Of foam, and the waves
were so high the big river steamers would
not venture out. The vessel rides like
cork, and the sail, with its cum bersome
ribs of wood, has withstood the hardest
gales that ever blew in that locality.
When the weather is fine Charley adds
to his income by making purchases for
people that live along the shore OF the
bay. He stops on his way to San Pablo
and asks what is wanted, and on the way
back delivers it. He is good-natured
Chinaman, and always has something IN
his pocket for the children at the house
where he stops.
The white people who know Charley say
that he is the strongest man they ever
saw. He will pull his 24-foot boat against
the tide as if it were 1O0-pound skiff. The
loads he carries frequently weigh more
than ton.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
Various Notes.


Herr Notbe, q German scientist, is said
to have discovered means of cultivating
the nitrogen absorbing bacteria which are
the cause of the assimilation by legumin-
Gus plants of the atmospheric nitrogen,
and he believes that the productiveness of
Ger tain soils can be increased by sowing
these bacteria. AS the experimen ent would
cost the farmer 50 so an acre, he is not
likely to try it on an extensive scale.
Lieutenant Schloback has entered upon
the survey OF the German railroad in East
Africa, of which so much is expected. 1t
is to start from Dar-es-Salaam, traverse
the populous Ukemi district, and thence
go on to Tabora, via Mpwapwa. From
Tabora there are to he two distinct
branches, one westward to Lake Tan
ganyika, the other northward to Lake Vic
toria NyanZa.
J. w. January, formerly Postmaster at
Minonk, ILL.,, is said to be the only man
living that ever amputated both OF his
own legs with his own hand and afterward
recovered.
A Republic reader residing near Coving-
ton, KY, tells of one A. j. Driver who had
his stomach opened and spoon taken
therefrom by DIR. E. W. Walker in Cincin-
natl in 1887.
The photograph was foreshadowed by
the experiments made on lights effect on
chloride of silver as long ago as the begin
| ming of the sixteenth century.
An ancient tomb opened on an island of
the coast of Italy in Decent ber last vealed
the bones of two-headed human being
who had been over eleven feet in height.
Sickles, billhooks, rakes, forks, axes,
spades, blacksmiths' tongs, hammers SOL
derng irons. planes, shovels, etc., have
been found in Pompeii. remarkably like
those used to-day, but the most wonderful
things found are the surgical instruments,
beautifully executed, and exactly similar
to some recently patented and relnvented.
The PompeIans had also wire ropes OF
perfect construction.
M. Perrotin, director OF the Mount
Mounier Observatory, near Nice, has made
some observations confirming Schiaparel-
lis view that the planet Venus rotates on
her axis every 200 days or so, that is to
say, in about the period of her revolution
round the sun. Perrotin makes the time
from 1875 to 224 days.
Near the Kermedec Islands, 500 miles
northeast of Auckland, New Zealand,
Captain Balfour of H. M. S. Penguin has
taken sounding of 5155 fathoms, or 80,
$50 feet The bottom was red clay.
The Journal of Hygiene says that lemon
ade is the most perfect of drinks and that
it ought to be substituted for tea, coffee
and alcohol. These are the Journals d.
rections for making it: For quart take
the juice of three lemons and the rind OF
one of them. Carefully peel the rind very
thin. getting just the yellow outside; cut
this into pieces and put with the juice and
powdered sugar in jug or jar with a
cover. When the water is at boiling point
pour over the lemon and sugar; cover and
all low to cool.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
What Cath ode Means.

Let US first see what we mean by the
term cathode. If we should break the
tiny filament of an Edison incandescent
lamp at the middle of the glowing loop
the light would go out. If. now, we con-
meet the two ends of the broken filament to
the poles of a battery of a great many
thousand voltaic cells. such as are COM
monty used to ring households, we should
be able to light the lamp again, not by in
candescence, but by feeble glow which
pervades the whole bulb. The ends of the
broken flament would glow-and the glow
at one end of the flament would be
different in appearance from that of
the other. The broken flament by
means of which the electrical energy
enters the bulb, is called the anode, and
the filament by means of which, In Or
binary language, it leaves the bulb. is
called the cathode. Now the great pc
culiarity of the cathode rays is this-they
seem to be Independent of the position of
the anode, and they stream out from the
cathode like the beam of searchlight,
striking the walls>of the inclosing vessel
Professor John owbridge in the April
Scribner's.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

long, narrow mail vehicles which are used
now as ''postal cars" on the street railways
of many cities.
The project of the horseless vehicle for
mail matter has been on foot for six
months. General Nelson of Washington
has been working at it and interesting
capitalists. 1t is not capitalistic enter
prise by any means. 1t is a means TO as
slst the Government, but the United
States does not appropriate any money
for experimental purposes" and when
rev things are to be adopted they must be
tried first before the Government will take
them UP. 1t is the arduOus task OF tlndlng
moneyed people to build the horseless
mail wagons and experiment with them,
that has so long delayed the horseless
postal-car project.
The plan of the new motorcycle is COM
pick and remarkable one. So strange does
it read that il sounds more like a chapter
from an advanced Looking Backward or
paragraph from "Wonderland" than the
doings Of the year 1896. Ii all works well
this machine will mark greater epoch in
progressive history than the telephone
did and will be second only to the tele-
graph and steamboat.
The plan OF the motorcycle begins with
a postal car. This, for Washington will
be a long one; for New York a smaller
one, and for different cities according to
their situation and size. A hilly city, with
irregular streets, can use smaller car to
better advantage than long one. Level
cities, with broad streets, can handle long
car easily.
The Washington car will be twelve feet
- long. about six feet wide and six feet high.
This will make very good dimensions. The
color will probably not be white. II do
not want to say what the color will be, "
said an official OF the New York postoffice,
speaking of the new motorcycle, "but l
should say 1t will be some distinctive
shade that will be handsome, yet tell the
story OF the United States mail service"
The inside of the car wilt be arranged
like the inside of any mail car. There will
be a counter for sorting the mail, seat for
the man who sorts, pigeon-holes overhead
and certain strong gholds for containing reg
istered and other valuable mall matter.
It will be omplete.
The work of the horseless mail car will
begin at the time OF starting out. The
motorman will turn the lever that sets the
car going, will place his feet upon the
steering gear and viii head for the nearest
letter box. Tapping the letter-box" is
the term applied to gathering up the mail
from box.
1t is probable that the driver will tap"
the box. Through a window he will
throw the mail inside to the sorter, who
will receive it on the fly and go to work
upon it, Meanwhile the car has started
on a keen run toward the next letter-box.
Here it gathers up more mail and tosses 1t
inside to the sorter, and so on to all the
boxes on the route. The sorter meanwhile
is working as fast as he can, and so much
must be said for his agility in handling
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
PerpetuaI Motion.

A James County boy is said to have dis
covered the long-sought-for perpetual
motion"
The latest claimant for this honor is
Bert howell, aged 20 years, who lives on
his fathers farm in James County. about
twenty miles from Chattanooga. He has,
by com Dination of cogs, wheels, springs,
etc., produced machine which OF It's own
volition, without assistance, has been run
ming for several weeks.
When Howell returns from his plow at
the end of each day he finds his little ma
chine running as though for dear life.
When he arises from his bed in the morn
ing that little mystery is found to be still
at its incessant work, and it keeps up its
movements from day to day as though 1T
were trying to annihilate time.
Young Howell thinks he has produced
perpetual motion, and is SO jealous. OF his
secret that he has his machine nailed up
securely in box, and the only part visible
is shaft, TO which fivwheel is attached.
The wheel never stops in its endless whirl
Attachments have been made to several
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
To Have the Right of Way.

More than 100 Chicago physicians have
obtained permits under an ordinance re-
Gently passed by the Council giving them
the right of way in the streets. The new
departure seems to be popular with the
doctors, and every man who called and
obtained a permit and paid so cents for a
little badge with red cross upon it ex-
pressed himself as pleased with the plan.
The ordinance is known as the ambu-
lance ordinance. 1t contains a provision
that every physician having permit and
displaying badge to he procured from the
City Clerk shall have the right of way for
himself and his vehicle in the streets as
against all professions, persons, vehicles
or animals when answering professional
calls. City Clerk Van Cleave has pre-
pared neat badge with red cross upon
it, with the words: Physician, Chicago" Z"
and the mum Der of the permit.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
A Marine Freak.

Secretary Herbert has directed the test
at the New York Navy-yard of machine
designed to send vessel through the
water without propellers. 1t will be fitted
in 2s-foot boat, that being the choice of
the inventor, though the department de-
sired to use a 104-fooJ boat now at the
yard. By burning oil gas is generated,
which is allowed to enter cylinder. There
it Is ignited by means of spark. The
force of repeated explosions drives the
piston up and down. AS a result OF the
explosion Jet of air is blown out of a
tube in the stern of the vessel and the re-
sistance of the water causes the boat to
forge ahead. The engineering experts say
that the invention, which has been
tried privately, has not given very good
results, and they do not believe it viii be
useful for naval purposes. The inventor
claims it will be of service in torpedo
boats and will drive them with phenome-
nal speed.