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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-23
FOR SAIL.

w. G. KENTZEL. Secretary.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
ON THE QUI VIVE.
United States Vessels Watching for Fill
busters at Pensacola.

United States Vessels Watching for Fill
busters at Pensacola.
PENSACOLA, Fla, Dec. 20.-There is
considerable activity on board the
United States steamer Montgomery
owing to information having reached
her commander to the effect
that several suspected filibus-
ters were in the harbor. Conse-
quently the cruiser started the fires
and made preparations for getting un-
der way at moments notice. The
crew of the cruiser worked in conjunc-
tion with the revenue cutter Penrose.
Late in the afternoon, the Montgomery
put squad of armed men, in charge
of an officer, on board the Penrose
and they will be relieved every
four hours until further develop
ments. The Montgomery also
fitted out several of her boats with
guns, ammunition and armed crews to
patrol the harbor, while the Penrose
did. duty outside, around Warrington.
All the boats of the Montgomery
have orders to fire two blank
charges to bring to any suspected ves-
sci. and upon her neglecting to stop,
third shot, this time loaded shell, is
to be fired.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
"FIVE CENT COTTON. 5"
Ten Cents Day for the Man Who
Produces It.
COTTON GROWERS MEET A MEMPHIS.
President Hector Lane Makes Some Start=
ling Statements and Pleads for a
Reduction of Cotton Acre
age in the South.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. 2O.-.The Amer.
lean Cotton Growers Protective asso-
citation was called to order at 10 a. m,
by President Hector D. Lane, OF
Athens, Ala. Many delegates were
present, including prominent planters
from Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Georgia and Missis-
sippi. Immediately after the dele
gates were called to order, President
Lane delivered an address, in which he
explained why the convention had been
called.
''Cotton to-day Is selling at less than
five cents" he said, .'and this means
the insignificant sum of ten cents day
for labor of the man who is distinct
lively the cotton grower. l make this
statement deliberately, and defy sue
cessful contradiction"
President Lane made a strong plea
for reduction of cotton acreage, say
ing that overproduction fosters manip-
ulation. By destroying the annual
surplus the law of supply and
demand will prevail; competition
will intervene, and the cost of the pro-
duction of this commodity, which is a
fair standard of it's value. will be the
basis of it's price market"
After the president had delivered his
address the usual committees were ap-
poin ted, and the morning session was
devoted to the reception of delegates
and to organize.
Among the prominent delegates pres
ent were the following: Ex-Gov. Eagle,
of Arkansas; J. w. Pratt. of Hunts
vile, La: Capt. L. w. Levesque. Ar
kansas; Capt. Jerome Hill, ST. Louis;
Col. w. w. Stone, ex-auditor of Missis-
sippi; Col. Charles Scott, Mississippi,
and McNeiH Bond, Tennessee.
The sessions are being held in the
convention hall of the Peabody hotel.
Notwithstanding the inclement wealth
er the attendance is a representative
one.
After President Lanes address had
been discussed the following perma-
nent officers were elected: Chairman,
H. d. Lane, of Alabama; secretary, j.
c. HealthaL Tennessee; assistant
secretary, Sol. Cohen, Mississippi.
A committee on resolutions consisting
of two delegates from each state was
appointed.
The meeting then adjourned until 2
p. M, when it was expected the COM
mittee on resolutions would report, ad-
vocating a decrease in acreage; a ban
ishment of the one-crop idea, and make
strong plea for the diversifcation of
products,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
THE DOLL QUEEN.
A Christmas Adventure of 'Iittle
Miss Murphy" Related by
Irving Bachellsr.
Copyright, 1871


Mrs. Murphy, 1.-THE human midget" +"
was dead, and Little Miss Murphy was
all that remained of the family-a very
small remnant-''four yeaEs--e4ti and
Just two feet long," according to the
lecturer of the museum. She was a
cute little creature, and as beautiful
rs any doll in shop window, with yell
low hair so silky it set one dreaming
to feel the touch Of it, and the big blue
eyes and cheeks red as the. blood of
roses. She was very wise for such a
wee bit of a thing, but she had not yet
learned the meaning of death. They
had found her playing with her picture
book beside the body of her little moth
er that morning at the boarding house.
Then little Miss Murphy came in for a
lot of coddling and candy, and was hav-
ing a regular Roman holiday, when she
was taken by a certain society which
is very good to children, but whose title
is a cruelty to the English language.
This wonderful wee lady had, her day
of glory then. Some very grand people
came to see her, and patted her red
cheeks and gave her presents, and even
begged her for kiss. She went on
her books and blocks with an
Indifference that had flavor of con-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24

! the Nindens. Every doll in the house
had disappeared -mysteriously that
afternoon. They had gone, so the nurse
had said, ito visit the doll Queen at her
castle, where a great bah was to be
given that, evening, for which the post
man had left a big bundle of invita-
tiOns on his morning call. Immediately
after dinner, the whole family marched
to the spacious drawing-room, the chill
dren arm in arm behind their father
and mother. When the doors were
thrown open they came into a kind of
fairy garden. The great room was
darkened to a dusky twilight. Near
the farther end of il they could see the
towers and battlements of a little cas-
tie, that stood almost as high as
mans head, its many windows all
aglow with light. 1t had a moat and
bridge, and there were flowers and tiny
trees and hedges in the castle park
that was lit with fairy lanterns. Atoy
knight sounded a trumpet as they
neared the bridge. The nurse, a very
small woman, stood at the castle door
TO receive the children. When they en-
tNANN bALC DdAAA OOllA luCN saw Il great as
semblage of dolls, big and little, among
which there were many familiar faces.
The larger dolls sat primly along the
wall and the smaller ones sat staring
at each other in groups about the room
A miniature chandelier of electric
lights hung from the center of the cell
ing. There were many beautiful dolls
in this brilliant company, but the love
lest one of all sat on little throne at
the farther end of the ballroom. She
wore a jewelled crown and a wonder
full costume.
THAT is the queen" the nurse whis-
pered. you must bow very low when
l introduce you to her and say, God
bless your majesty"
They filed along silently, their amze-
ment growing as they saw the queen
eyeing them with a look of fellow feel
ing in her face. Judge of their sur
prise, however, when little Mildred
Minden courtsied low and said: GOD |
bless your majesty" to see the queen !
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS
Assessments Came Too Thick.

A number of leading farmers of Mad
ison county have been sued for failure
to pay assessments to the Mutual Fire
Insurance Company. 1t seems that the
assessments were accumulatinG-so fast
that many farmers who had risks
stopped payment without giving the
thirty days notice which was stipulated
in the policy. The company holds them
for the assessment. Hundreds of farm
ers in Madison and adjoining counties
had joined the company; and a great
many have declined to pay the assess
ments. They are considerably wrought
up over the matter. A number have set
tied, but many of them propose to fight
the suits. The company stands all right
at the State insurance bureau.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
THE LETTER MILLIONS.
They Are at the Young Mans Command
80 Back His Wheat Deals.


CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-Interest in the big
December wheat deal was greatly in
creased to-day by the arrival from
Washington of Levi u. Letter, the mill
lionaire ex-merchan of Chicago, ii nd the
substan tial admission by him that his
millions were at his sons command in
his struggle with other interests. my
son has plenty of money to- pay for
what lie has purchased, SAID Mr. Lei
ter. Sr. About his wheat operations
he has informed me fully. l have
been merchant a greater part of my
life, and am much pleased that my
son has broadened out into n frst-class
merchant. Wheat is first-class COM
modify, OF universal use. The quality
of wheat which he has purchased is of
the highest, and l am sure will be in
demand at a higher price than he has
paid for it. am well pleased with the
situation"
George B. French, who, it is said, has
engineered the tremendous deal in De-
cember for the Letter clique, stated
that the bull combination will have at
least 6, 900, 900 bushels of wheat to take
care OF The tactics of Armour IN rush
ing millions of bushels to the Chicago
market, he said, have caused the Letter
following to change some of their
plans very materially.
''The impression that we are going
out of the market as soon as we con-
clude this months trading is hardly
true" he continued. 'We propose to
remain in the field. l am not prepared
to say we will ship all our wheat
abroad, but we will sell it the best we
can ;,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24

the air like a dancer. They could
hardly hold her quiet to put on the
dainty corsets and the waist and draw
ers and petticoat all trimmed with
lovely lace and tied with ribbons. Then
they put on pink silk stockings and
jeweled garters and pretty slippers of
white kid; and every moment the vain
little creature kept turning and pull
ing away to get another peep at her
self in the mirror. 1t took them so long
to fix her hair that she stamped her
foot impatiently, and cried more than
once before they had ii parted in the
middle and combed down over her ears
and fastened up behind like these sim
pie coiffures in the early pictures of
Victoria. Then they put on her dress
"a wonderful dress of white satin, cut
low so that it showed. a bit of her
dainty breast and shoulders 1t was
trimmed with lace and diamonds, and
had a long train. -
Behold the doll queen!" said Mr..
Minden, as he stood laughing and look
ing down at the quaint little figure, so
rapt in the survey of its own image.
Il shall be glad" said he, soberly, as
he approached her, ''if your majesty
will come and spend Christmas at my
house. There you will find many of
your devoted subjects eager to welcome
you and 1 trust your majesty will not
deny them the pleasure"
The dressmaker whispered a moment
in Miss Murphy's ear, whereupon the
latter answered.:
Tell them will come"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
indiana at chickamauga.

The Indiana Chiekamauga Park COM
mission has selected sites for two hand
located on Missionary Ridge, near
Bragg's headquarters. 1t will be a
shaft 10 feet high, surmounted by a
bronze figure, and will cost $50, 900.
Another monument viii be located at
Orchard Knob, to cost about SIS. 600.
About eighty markers have been located
by the commission. These will be of
marble, costing about $50 each The
State monuments will be put up within
tie next few months.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24

tempt. The familiarity of strangers
bored her, she had seen so much of it
and admiration was a burden to he1
soul. The rich Mr.. Minaen,s wlrQ IVA;
one of the pillars of the Society, had
called her "Murph," and shook her by
the shoulders, and in other ways
wreaked his blunt affection upon her
| The little miss took to her big admirer
and climbed up the steep slope of his
waistcoat and stood upon his shoulder
and called him papa. The matron
laughed heartily, at the idea of this big,
fat man being father of such a
fairy. -.s...-., .,.... -. --.,- 8
1t was the day before Christmas when
Mr.. Minden came again to see his little
friend at the charity room.
Hello, Murph," said he; "here's your
dressmaker."
\ dolls dressmaker had come with
him, and boy loaded with bundles and
boxes so that he looked as if he7might
be a son of St. Nicholas. Then began
the dressing of little Miss Murphy. She
did not know what new violence awaited
her, and so retired behind the mat
ron, when they had her stripped, re-
garding the dressmaker with deep sus-
piciOu. Then she broke away and ran
about the room like a little wild wom-
an. In a jiffy she had flashed through
the open door, and her dainty feet went
patteTing down the hallway-the big,
fat Mr.. Minden in hot pursuit. He got
her cornered at the further end of the
hall, and she wriggled and cried out
and tried TO scratch his face as he
brought her back. But she was content
to stand still and submit herself to
the task of being very, very good when
she saw the grand display of silks and
satins and ribbons and laces that the
dressmaker was unpacking. First they
covered her little body with pink silk
underclothes that had been made for
a beautiful big doll and which were a
very fine fit for Miss Murphy. If you
had seen her then you would have
thought she was a kind Of flower sprite
as she capered before the looking glass
"a fash of pink-kcking her feet in
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
The NATIONAL GUARD.
Trade Unionists Are to Leave the Illinois
Military Service.

Trade Unionists Are to Leave the Illinois
Military Service.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-The Times-Herald
says:
Trades unionists are requested by the
Federation of Labor to leave the ma
tional guard at once. This was the
unanimous decision reached by the
delegates at their regular meeting.
1t was said without contradiction
that a union man could not con-
sistently serve in the militia and
incur the risk of being called out to
shoot down fellow trades unionists'
who were on strike for betterment of
their economic condition. So every
trades unionist who is now member
of the Illinois national guard will be
requested to secure a discharge from
military service at once.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
THE DREADED EtTiEM!!ItH
gAT b GlaE5

7. A. Slocum, NJ. c. the Grea,
Chemist and Scientist, Will Send
Free, to the Afflicted. Three
Bottles of His Newly Discov.
cred Remedies to Cure
Consumption and all
Lung Troubles
Confident that he has discovered a
reliable cure for consumption and all
bronchial, throat and lung diseases,
general decline and weakness, loss Of
flesh and all conditions of wasting,
and 10 make its great merits known
he Will send, free, three bottles to
any reader of the BULLETIN who
may be suffering.
AIrsaly this .naw scientific course # melfcine'
has permanently CuTgi thousands Uf apparently
tuTe.#~- U.-rS
Nhieh he owes 90 uumluity-to donate Lis inialli-
bic cure.
He has proved the dreaded consumption to be .
rurElie disease bey0Td aly Doubt, and has on hIs
tu his Amst1,su and European laboratories teSti-
montalS of eNper,rura from those benefited and
-urtd. in all PARTS ~ the world.
Don't delay until it is TOO late. Consumption,
Address J.. A. >lUyum, ". G., gS Pine street New
York aud when writing the doctor please & W
express and Iu~tutiee address, and also meutiou
Feaaias this artlCia in the BOLIVAR BULLETIN.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Church Extension.

The board of church extension of the
Memphis conference met atJackson last
week. The object of the meeting was
to discuss loans and donations to needy
churches within the bounds of the con-
ference. The total collections for the
year are $2,603.60, one-half of which
goes to the parent board of the church
and one-half to the conference board.
Besides this a special collection of $500
went to the new church at San Paulo,
Brazil, South America. There were
sixteen applications for loans asking for
s3,475, representing property worth
1922, ,925.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Farmers Fight.

Amos Spiller and Tom Kinkas, two
farmers who live near Nut Bush, met
last week and renewed an old grudge.
Spiller, with club, knocked Kinkus on
the head, telling him and making an
ugly wound. Kinkus aros and made a
desperate onslaught upon Spiller, cut
ting in several places with a knife.
They were senarated.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
The Cigarette Law Again.

Attorney-General Howard of Madison
county has had warrant taken out
against c. Hamline, dealer at jack
son, for selling cigarettes. Mr.. Ham
line was acting under the decision of
Federal Judges Clark and Lurton, who
hold the Tennessee law unconstitu-
tional. Acknowledgement Howard holds
that the law must be obeyed until the
State supreme court shall declare it un-
constitutional. The suit will be made
test case.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Simply q. Temporary Convenience.

New YORK, Dec. 2O.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Minister WI Ting Fang, the diplo-
matte representative of China, in this
country, expresses the belief that the
reported occupancy of Port Arthur by
Russian squadron would prove to be
but a temporary convenience to the
czar's fleet, granted by the Pekin gov
ernInent
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Lost Her Hand.

Miss Clara Suddarth, aged 20, while
attempting to defend the home of Mrs.
Calhoun, widow living near Weir,
from some scoundrel who was prowling
about the house about daylight one
morning last week, lost her hand by
the explosion of a shotgun. She ran to
the door with the gun and aimed it at
the fleeing thief, and probably would
have killed him had not the gun ex-
ploded. Her hand was so severely hurt
that amputation was necessary.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Penalty for Delinquency.

At Chattanooga, last week, Judge
Severens, in the United States circuit
court, decided, in the case of the city of
Chattanooga VS.. the Union Depot, that
the city could not impose, under its
charter, penalty on back taxes for
fees of any kind, and that it could only
charge to such back tax the legal rate
81 ;pf
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Puzzled Over Germany's Action.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-The policy
which Germany is pursuing in the Pa
eific is matter of much speculation
here. 1t is generally believed that the
emperor h as simply been influenced by
his desire to secure the passage by the
reichstag of the bill to increase the
German navy.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Protractod Cold snap in Colorado.

DENVER, Col, Dec. 2O.-The oldest
inhabitant can hardly recall cold
spell in this vicinity that continued
longer than the one which began last
Wednesday. The minimum tempera-
ture in Denver during the "a hours
ending at 8 a. In. was two degrees be-
low zero, and the record at a. m. was
the same
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Rev. DR.. Charles C. Salter.

DULUTH, Mimi, Dec. 2O.-Dr. Charles
c. Salter, state chaplain of the G. A R.
of Minneapolis, and founder of the Pill
grim Congregational church, and of
the Sailors Bethel of Duluth, is dead,
aged 66 years. His first call was to the
Congregational pulpit at Kewanee, Ill,
in 1859.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Funeral of washington aesinp.

/ CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-The funeral of
Washington Hesing will take place on
Wednesday morning. There will first
be a private service at the residence.
Requiem mass will be celebrated at
1890 at CATHEDRAL of Norte Dame by
Arch bishop Feehan and his assistants.
Interment will be in st. Boniface's
cemetery.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
State Corporation Laws.

Gov. Taylor has received a letter from
the Young Mems Business League of
Chattanooga asking that the extra ses-
sion, if called, be empowered to amend
the State corporation laws. The league
claims the present laws drive industries
out of the State.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
The Patterson-Carmack Contest.

The Patterson-Ca -Carmack election con-
test before congress will be argued be-
fore elections committee No. at the
first meeting of that committee after
the holiday recess, which will be the
first case heard by the committee tC
which it was referred.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
"NYash" Hesing Dead.

CHICAGO, Dec. 90. - Washington
Hesing, proprietor of the Illinois
Staats Zeitung, one of the leading Ger
man papers of the northwest, and post
master of Chicago during the last term
of President Cleveland, died suddenly
Saturday evening of heart disease.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Murderer Captured.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Dec. 20.-
William Smith, who was suspected Of
killing William Nichols, freighter of
Colorado Springs, Col, on the Cheyenne
Mountain road. was captured at the
Potter ranch, near La Junta and
brought back to this city. Smith has
confessed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Ten Per Cent. Reduction.

SUNcocK, N. H., Dec. 2o-Notices
have been posted at the China, Penn
broke and Webster cotton-mills, MAX
ers of print cloths, announcing a reduc-
tion of wages about 10 per cent. about
January 1. The cut will affect super
intendents and overseers and all en-
ployes, including nearly 1,5OO opera
tiyes
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Mysterious Death.

Louisa McGinnls, IA years of age,
daughter of a widow residing near
Chattanooga, was found last week in an
abandoned delivery wagon on an out
lying street of the city in dying con-
dition. A physician was called, but be-
fore he arrived the girl was dead.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Glass works to start Tn,

BRIDGEToN, n. J., Dec. 2O.-Fires
have been put under the furnaces in
the Cohansey, Cumberland and Moore
Jones window-glass factories near here.
and it is expected the works will start
up in a week or two, probably on JAM
uary ., giving emplyment to 1000 per-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Crusade AgaInst Murder.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 20.-By direc-
ton of Bishop Capers, every Protestant
Episcopal pastor in South Carolina
Sunday preached against 1.-The shock
ingly frequent and unpunished viola
ton of the sixth commandment"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Lewis Leland Dead.

New YORK, Dec. 2O.-Lewis Leland,
one of the family of famous hotel men
of that name. died in this city, aged 65.
He, with his brothers, have been among
the most prominent hotel men in the
United States.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
TO AVOID TROUBLE.
The Travellers Insurance Co. to Withdraw
From Kansas.

ING ITaVeIeTs' IHsuTaHCe OOs 20 WTIKurAW
From Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kas., Dec. 20.-The Travel
ers' Insurance Co. has notified the in
surance commissioner that twill with
draw all it's business from Kansas at
once, instructing its agents to return
their blanks and stationery. The
company gives as its reason the
peculiar conduct of Commissioner
McNall," and ito avoid further trou-
ble." The Travellers last year received
about $4S, 600 in premiums, and paid
about $16, 900 in losses. The insurance
commissioner had begun a revaluation
of the Travellers property in Kansas.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Crushed to Death.

While a planter named Cobb, who
lived near Bumpass mills, in Stewart
county, was saving down a tree last
week, the tree fell on him, crushing
him to death. He leaves wife and
several children.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
Killed by a Falling Tree.

L. d. Barbee of Wilson county was
last week caught under the limbs of a
falling tree which he had cut down,
and sustained fatal injrries. He was
made totally blind.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-24
FOR ALASKAN WATERS.
Ihe Survey Ship Macarthur Going to the
Yukon River.

Yukon River.
i OAKLAND, CAL, Dec, 21.-Tne United
States geodetic survey ship Macarthur
has been ordered to Alaskan wa
ters, and with the opening of
spring will head for the Yukon
river, there to remain until a
series of important surveys have been
accomplished and thorough study of
the country made. The Macarthur
goes on the ways at the Hay & Wright
shipyards, receiving repairs, but will
soon be in readiness for active service.