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Arizona republican., 1896-08-18
HIS LEG IS PULLED.
That Is How Southern Congressman
 Regards His Lot.

Some people may think that a con- gressman saves pile of money out of his salary" said well-known southern congressman, who was talking to q Washington Star reporter on the vicis- situdes of running for office, and es- pecially for congress, but a man has to be a small walking bank to accommo- date the large number of his friends and supporters who need little money for some urgent matter. In my state we have to make campaigns and appear before the people at meetings. We'll, have never attended a meeting but that I did not have some kind of subscrip- tion poked into my face. Somebody wants something for church and for missionary purposes or for helping some fellow who has been burned out.
 You can't avoid subscribing, and have to head the list with the largest sum. Then about the time you think you are through with having your leg pulled some lazy fellow will walk up and say: How do, gineral? had ter ouit my work ter come out and hear you terday, and thunk yer mout giv' me dollar While you have the greatest contempt for the man, you give him the dollar.
 "When you leave the meeting you are out anywhere from SEQ to $50. These are just few instances of what candi- date has to spend money for. After he gets through the campaign and is elected he has to furnish every dead beat from his district who should happen to come to Washington with money. I've ac- tually given them money and railroad tickets to get home and have them go back and work against me-
Arizona republican., 1896-08-18
IRONY OF FATE.
1t Pursues Two Eminently Respectable
 Ladies Who Could Not Agree.

Not long ago there were two ladies stopping at the same boarding house. They were single ladies, be it said, and both highly respectable. But for some reason, says the Minneapolis Times, known only to themselves, they couldn't get along," and matters went between them from bad to worse till they quit speaking"
 They both got tired, of course, living in the same house with mortal enemy, and finally both determined to move. Arrangements were made, and, as luck would have it, both moved the same day. Lady No. 1 loaded up her house hold goods in the morning, and in the afternoon dray pulled up and car ried away the trunk, shawlstraps, and other effects of lady No. ?.
 Lady No. l was just composing her self to view the surroundings of her new lodging place, when a wagon stopped at the front door and began to unload a collection of articles unmis- takably feminine. She sized up the trunk and went downstairs, filled with a horrible suspicion, to interview the landlady.
 Her suspicious were true. They had moved into the same house.
 There is no more to the story. Of course, they should have made up their differences and lived in peace and char ity ever after. But they did not. Lady No. 2 never got her trunk inside of the house,
Arizona republican., 1896-08-18
THE BENEFiCENT CROW.
What He Does for the Farmer Despite
 His Reputation.


 If farmers would make a study of natural history and it's bearings on their property-the relation of hawks to their hen coops, for instance-there would be better paying crops.
 The Year Book of the department of agriculture tells about COW black birds and what they eat. About 2,300 of their stomachs have been examined, and of these 2,25S contained food. The birds were killed in 26 states. Forty eight per cent. of the food was animal, 4S per cent. vegetable and four per cent. was mineral. The blackbird has a variety of things it eats.
 ssThe animal food,' says the report, consisted of insects, spiders, myria- pods (thousand legs), crawfsh, earth worms, sowbugs, hair snakes, snails. fishes, tree toads, salamanders inewtsj, lizards, snakes. birds eggs and mice.' To these might have been added young birds, fish cast up by the tide, minnows caught while swimming in shallow water, and probably meat and carrion of various kinds. Most of the animal food is, of course, insects. These con stitute 46 per cent. of the total, the other two per cent. being the larger things, like mice. The animal food IS taken mostly in the summer. In win ter the food is mostly vegetable matter. The insects the bird kills more than make up the damage he does, especially as his nest robbing appears to be only an accidental habit not often indulged in. A large flock of the birds would of course destroy lot of grain. Some 50,000 would eat about 5000 pounds a day, but they would consume as many insects, which would more than de. stroy the amount the birds do.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-18
Pure Food and Drink.
Americans

pay $5o,ooo,ooo a year for tea. They would pay more $15o, GOO, GOO if they had better tea to drink.
 Now suppose, through our exposing colored tea, and tell ing you about pure tea, that you begin to drink pure tea. You will like pure tea better than colored tea, and so drink more.
 As SeAllling's Best is the only pure tea that we know to be sold in this country, what proportion of this in- crease should come to us?
 We can afford to advertise for it. You can't afford not to drink SeA1lling's Best.
 Money-back tea at your grocer's.
 Nothing but coffee in Schilling's Best coffee-same is true of .Schilling's Best baking powder, soda, enices, seasoning, favoring extracts. Pure and money backed
 4 ASehillimg S Combany .Sau Eraneiseo
 I39
Arizona republican., 1896-08-18
HOITT'S SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

Accredited at the State and Stanford Universities. A first class Home School, pre- pairing boys tor any university or for business. Careful supervision, thorough moral, mental and physical training. Six tn year begins Aug ust 4th. Send for catalogue IRA. G.. HO1TT, Ph. D.. Master, BurliDg game. San Mateo Co.,. California.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-18
HARD TUSSLE WITH BRUIN.
Oregon Hunter Attacks & Bear with an
 Ordinary Jackknife.

J. c. Hearing, who was hunting and trapping in the. Blue mountains, a few niles west of Elgin, met with little ad- venture with bear recently that might have proved rather serious to him had ii not been for the intervention of one of his dogs, says the Portland Oregonian. He was engaged in setting traps, and as he had considerable weight to carry he
Arizona republican., 1896-08-18
REF UBLICAN LEAGUE OFFICERS
 AND COMMITTEES.

Oficers-C. M. Frazier, president; Pierce Evans, vice-president; Wade H. Rulings, second vice-president; T. A..
Arizona republican., 1896-08-18
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.

The following is the electoral vote of the states as based upon the apportion- ment act of Feb. '. 1841.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-18

 Addition.

But, notwithstanding they are now in tn city itself, there are few lots for sale vet at prices corresponding with the "Sound
 Money Doctrine" of President Cleveland and his cuckoos, which means that kind of dollar which will buy two dollars worth of property. These lots are near the new elec-
 tric car line which is now in operation. The
 lots are in the city and their occupants do
 not need to ride into town, but the presence of electric street cars is popular and adds
 market value to the property. Inside of five years this will be business property. Buy lot now for residence and when
 business crowds you out the rents will SUD- port you in house outside in some addition where you can keep horse and drive into
 town and collect your rents. Terms, cash
 5 in one year, in two years at 10 per cent interest.
 CLARK CHU RCHILII
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
Fresh and scandIous News,

There was news-the greatest plenty
of news-fresh and scandlous news i'll
the Rocky Creek settlement last week.
Old Misses Tattler and all her kinncry
was on the pad and go, with general
headquarters over at the Buclaiew
place. Gus Crittenden and Miss Sissy
Buckalew they got married all of q
suddint one mOrnin. There was no.
body on the grounds to see the perform
nrce eXceptin the high sheriff and a
preacher and the Buckalew family.
But before when the sun swung down
behind the western hills the word had
been saunt and the news had went forth
for miles and miles around: "Gus Crit
tenden and Sissy Buckalew got mar
ried."
have tried my level blamdest to find
out somcthin for certain as to the
wherefores and the whenceness of all
the confusionment which blowed up
with the weddin. The women folks
and some of the men folks-mal1e out
like they know whole passle. But
all / know-which is little more than
nothin-is what mother told me.
'"There is a big scandalation some
where's along the line, Rufus says she,
"but it wouldn't do for you to know
everything. That weddin match be-
tween Gus Crittenden and Sissy Buck
alew come off too tremendous quick
and student like. 1t was one of these
jumped up, hurryfied, military weddins.
That is all / know and all l want to
know RUFUS SANDERS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
A New Spelling Bee.

One of the company begins the game
by naming letter of the alphabet, and
the next must name another, which III
connection with the first will help to
make a word but which will not com
plete it. The next adds another let
ter, and so on, each aiming to put in a
letter which will not finish a word.
This goes on until it becomes necessary
for some one to complete it, and the
unlucky one is compelled to pay for
felt. To illustrate the leader begins
with I. The next adds m; the next a;
another g. and the next instead of add
ing e, and completing the word, says
i. The following one gives n, and the
next by happy thought does not give
e, but says a; and then follow t. j, o, and
n, when the word has to be completed
in spite of all 1t is about the most
amusing game ever saw played, and IS
also quite instructive. This amuse-
ment will answer for almost any kind
of gathering and fill in pleasant
evening for young and old.-Prairie
Farmer
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
"Never Got Married w.t."

"In regards to one thing, l am right
smart like Miss Callie Biggers," says
Aunt Nancy, as she went down into her
thanky bag oncst more and fshed out
her darnin needles and a pair of John
Andrews last years socks. "AlOng in
the Christmas there was a tremendous
big lot of marryin goin on around in the
settlement. Bless gracious, it looked
to me like all the young folks had
pitched in to git married, and them that
didn't marry was courtin and carryin
on to beat six bits. The family disease
had broke out fresh, you understand,
Rufus, and it was spreadin like a prairie
fire before high wind in March.
Zone Sunday evenin l had went over
10 the Biggers place to swap news and
pass a few compliments with the
women folks. Now, as everybody
knows, Miss Callie Biggers is good and
sweet and great comfort to her moth
sr, but she is as ugly as meat axe,
and from general appearments it would
seem like she didn't have a seat right
up there on a front bench in the amen
corner when they handed round the
brains.
Whilst the young people in the set
Element are marrying off in SIGH a
weavin way says to Miss Callie, it
looks to me like you mought maybe
take up a notion to git married.
II always did have the notion, says
she, but 1 never is got married yit-'
'I didn't always have that notion.
Rufus. but | had ii oncst, and never is
got married yit."
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
Runnin, Zoo padburn Deer.

To come right down to business id
rock bottom--maybe the plain old te-
male lady, was right about that. You
see have been over to the Newton lace
before now when John Andrew as
gone, and whilst Aunt Nancy ain no
farmer to hurt personally, she car jest
naturally beat the discovered void
standin in the back door and ha7i2g
it done.
in our little family Capitalization tEat
day she brung to my mind the time
when old man Josiah Jernigan give re
big chunk of good advice. L WIS
nothin but a yearlin boy then and [
had to do the millin for the family.
| They had started me off to mill thaS
day, drivin yoke of little slab-sided,
razor-back wobbledy-legged steers to
cart. 1t was IN the dead of winter.
The weather was cold and wet and sloT>
py, and as Andy Lucas would put Is,
the road was "most hellatious bad"
1 didn't drive so very far before struck
a soft place and got stalled and stuck
hard and fast in the mud.
About that time old man Josiah
Jernigan come ridin along on his way
down to the cross roads. The old man
couldn't sec nothin above the mud out
me and the sacks and the razor backs
of two little steers, and 1 reckon he
must have thought was ridin in one
of those oldfashion wood slides.
Better set your backband back u
few links, sonny" says old man Josiah,
as he rid on by. You're runnin her too
dadburn deep"
So I reckon it would be better if he
and John Andrew and all the Ie3t
would remember Aunt Nancy and old
man Josiah Jernigan, and set the
backband back few links before we
run too deep OH cotton. The next time
it rains milk and mush in the Rocky
Creek settlement my dish will be
turned bottom side down and righteide
upardS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

nor settle the feed bills. nor pay off tbs
store account, nor sqush the mortgage.
And it is about the onlyest thing in this
man gifts without payin for it-free
gratis for nothin without any charges
at all, as it were.
but at the same time 1 have been
tellin John Andrew-and l don't mind
'ellin you the same thing-that there
amt no April fools to speak of
amongst the farmers. Whensomcver
they do turn out to be fools they are
the most gonebyest fools in the round
created world and fools from Christ
mas till Christmas-the whole year
round.
This year the farmers are goin plum
wild and crazy on cotton. In durin
the last three weeks I amt heard a
blessed thing but mules and niggers
and cotton, and it raley looks to me like
if John Andrew could have his 7wn
fool way about it he would turf 50 a
Iaule or a bale of cotton before to-n0r-
row mornin. 1t don't do no good to
talk to him, and I reckon you have got
il as bad as him, or maybe a little
worse, but that won't keep me from
givin out my private ami personal opin-
ions. If you keep on at the present
fast and furious lick cotton will go
down and meat and bread will go up,
and somebody VIII give the poor house
mighty clost shave. Along in the
fall of the year it will be rainin lnilk
and mush, and somebody's dish viii
be turned bottom upards. Then you'll
remember me-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The one prudence in life is concen-
tration; the one evil is dissipation
Emerson.
Among the 1000 persons making up
the population of Alfred. Me-. are "a be-
tween the ages of so and 90 years
Springfield, III, is built on 5k
square miles Of ground and has 3d.
600 population, who owe 1902, $50 and
own s5.ss7, 49s.
Among the Mongolians. Indians
and negroes. the internal cavities of the
nose are more largely developed than
among the Caucasians.
"A woman working in a factory at
Colomn, Mich, for rs cents a day. last
week fell heir to fortune of SCI, OG0
through the death of an uncle in Ger
many.
The tapir's snout is an extension OF
his nose. This singular animal is re-
garded by some naturalIsts as the inter
mediate class between the elephant and
the pig.
The whales nose is on top of his
head, at least his nostrils arc situated
there, through which he eApels the col
umns Of water during the action known
as "spouting" Whales only spout when
they are feeding.
The shovel fish uses his nose as a
tool TO make his living. BY means of his
nasal proturberance he turns over the
mud OF the bottom of the sea and IN
earths the worms and small shell fish
ON which he feeds.
The treasury circulation statement
issued February / gives the amount OF
gold in the United States, outside the
treasury, as S409, 11O, 535. The amount
of all kinds of money in circulation is
placed at 81 $50, 72O cor, an increase since
January /, 1896, of $40, 513, $50. The per
capita circulation is S22.47.
Strangely enough, the city of Phil
adelphia has never had fitting monu-
ment to it's most illustriOus citizen,
Benjamin Franklin. But il will have at
least two in the near future Justus C.
Strawbridge, of Philadelphia, has COM
missioned John j. Boyle to model
statue of Franklin, and another statue
Of hin, viii soon lie erected
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
This ought TO work Wen.

A novel plan os collecting bad debts
and getting some satisfaction from
leadbeats has been agreed upon BY the
merchants of Cuyahoga Falls, o. Each
has agreed TO present to the Women s
Missionary society ali their old bills
which they regard as worthless. The
W omen will make an attempt to collect
the accounts, and are sanguine of get
ting a nice sum of money out of them.
Instead of collectors, prominent wom-
On will wait on the slow-pay people, and
by appealing to their better natures
hope TO make them pay.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
The OLD nsrArE OF PKG.
Once Extended to the Pacific Oceani-sits
of the Largest Nursery In the World.
ra..,,., "a. q I r.rse T2e,,,,hfsr

OF the Largest Nursery In the World.
From the So. Lo,is Republic.
The county of Pike is older than the State
of Missouri ITSELF having been laid out in
1919. The town of Louisiana was laid out
in the same year, so that Louisiana, Mo-,
and the Estate of Pike came into history
at the same time.
When the Territorial Government estab-
lished Pike County its southern boundary
was the northern line of st. Charles Coun-
ty. The western line was along the divide
between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers,
to the extreme northern line of the Terri
tory of Upper Louisiana, and. /. extended
to the Pacific Ocean on the west and to the
forty-ninth degree of north latitude. -
One Of the biggest institutions in Louisi-
ana, Mo-, is the Stark Bros. Nurseries -.
Eighty years ago there came from Kentucky
to Pike County the late Judge Stark, then a
young man fresh from Old Hickory's New
Orleans campaign He started the nursery
and planted the first grated orchard in the
State, having brought the scions on horse
back from Kentucky.
The business has descended from father
to son, and is now conducted by the third
generation, assisted by the fourth. This
firm has more than 900 statesmen and wants
as many more; business men, professional
men, mechanics, farmers and others, how
ever inexperienced, are taught the business
and work the year round-r eceiving good
pay weekly. The company employs more
people in its Offices than would be necessary
to run large manufacturing concern. The
extensive packing-houses are connected
with the railroad by special track, whence
hundreds of car loads of trees are shipped
annually. The nursery grounds embrace g
number of farms convent ent to the city, and
even extend to Rockport, ILL.,, where there
is plant of several million trees.
A popularity Of the conc ern is the estab-
hshment of large orchards. These orchards,
in "a states, aggregate nearly 80, 90 acres,
100000 trees, on the partn ership plan. The
firm is also interested in nearly as many
more trees on the cooperative arrange
ment. :. The Nurseries have cen bene-
fetal not only to their home, but Missouri
owes no little of her prestige as fruit
growing region to the progress and work of
development of this firm.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
Purify
Your Blood

Now, as when warmer weather comes and
the tonic effect Of cold bracing air 10
gone, your weak, thin, impure blood
viii not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss OF appetite, viii
open the way for serious disease, ruined
health, or breaking out OF humors and
impurities. To make pure, rich, red
blood Hoods Sarsaparilla stands IN
equalled- Thousands testify to its
merits Millions take it as their
Spring Medicine. Get Hoods, because
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

Aunt Nancy
Newton to me
oncst upon a
time. And /
have now lived
long enough to
see anybody
could shet one
eye and see
w herein the
dear, delight :
full old soul
spoke forth u
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
How,a TbIa

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, 0.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
wHERE Did You oEr rHEs coFrEEf

WHERE DID yoU GET THIS CoFFEE9
Had the Ladies' Aid Society of our
Church out for tea, forty of them, and
all pronounced the German Coffeeberry
equal to Rio! Salzer's catalogue tells
you all about It'll IS packages Earliest
vegetable seeds $1.0O.
IF YoU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
with 15c. stamps to john A. Salzcr Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will get free a
package of above great coffee seed and
our las page cataloguel Catalogue
alone SC. postage. (K
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

81 remember fresh and well what
you told me oncst upon a time with
regards to good advice, Rufus" Aunt
Nancy went on presently. II know
hat good advice won't run the farm,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

A CLEAR CoNscIENCF.-"Don't some Of
these old songs haunt you?n "No; I've
never murdered any of them. ~ Chicago
Record.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

THE brakeman's sail aboard ~ ere long
VIII be of little worth,
When from the air-ship rings the song,
"Come, all get of the earthI'
-Trufh
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13
Doa't BE Too Late for the steamer.

And don't omit when you are packing up
your effects preparatory for the voyage, to
include among them supply of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the great remedy for sea
sickness. Travellers for pleasure or bust
ness seeking foreign chimes, or who loco
mote by steamboat or train, besides yacht
men and mariners, testify to the remedial
and preventive eficacyof the Bitters, which
is Incompatible for nausea, headache, dys-
pepsia, biliousness, rheumatism, nervous
and kidney trouble.
To BE proud OF learning is the greatest
gnorance.-BishOp Taylor.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

FIRST BURGLAR-"Now mind yer, Bill, no
murder" Second Burglar-"Why note"
First Burglar-''Its SIGH reflection on yer
sanity r-Trnth.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

For ALLAYING HoARsENEss AND IRRITA-
TON OF THE THROAT, use ''BrOlCf's Bronchial
TrOchesn 25c q box. Avoid limitations
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

FITS stopped free by Dr.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Motifs after first days use
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 50 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 931 Arch ST., Phila.. Pa.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

THERE is gift that is almost blow, and
there is kind word that is munificence; sc
much is there in the way of doing things
A. Helps.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

WICKEDNEss may prosper for awhile but
at the long run he that sets all knaves at
work will pay them.-L' Estrange.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

1 HAVE found Piso's Cure for Consump-
1906 Scott 81 Covington, KY, Oct. l, 1894.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take
acts most pleasantly and effectualIy on the
kidneys, liver, and bowels, preventing fe-
vers, headaches, and other forms of sick
ness. For sale in so cent and 81 bottles by
all leading druggists. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company only.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-03-13

" ALI the good things have been said
Staylate murmured with a sigh:
Mabel yawned and shook her head
Wei, suppose You try 'good-by.' -
-Louisville Corrier-JournaI,