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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

than love or money in the home Agatha
had realized the bitterness of the bread
OF dependence.
The cozy farmhouse, shared with the
quiet man who had won her love, had
seemed a haven of peace. Used all her
life to the hustle of city and to home
crowded with gay young life, Agatha
began, after time, to long for change.
Just now a letter from her cousins. tell
ing of concerts, lectures and parties,
made the uneventful winter stretching
before her look very dreary.
She sat toying with her spoon until
her husband had finished his break
fast. Then she looked up, a coaxing
light in her soft, gray eyes.
why can't we go, Eugene?"
Cant afford it," he replied, little
ungraciously, for her persistence an
noyed him. Besides, the railroad fare.
there'd be a lot of new clothes wanted
and"
"Clothesl" Agatha was angry now.
REALLY, didn't suppose you knew that
a woman ever had to have clothes. I've
seen nothing since / was your wife to
show any such knowledge on your part
I'm tired of this scrimping and saving
and stagnating."
There was a pause. Husband and
wife confronted each other, both with
flushed faces and hurried breath.
'And I'm" he began, holly. Then,
moved by some memory, he stopped.
a moment later he cried out: 'Ah,
Agatha, 1 never dreamed that you felt
that way! 1t cost so much for us TO
start, and the crops have been poor.
thought you understood" and break
ing off abruptly he strobe out through
tie kitchen on his way to the barn.
as the heroine of a nineteenth cen
tury story, Agatha should have sat
down and burst into tears. But there
was little OF the heroic about her She
was only an ordinary woman whose
temper was aroused, although not to
such an extent that she could entirely
forget the usual chord of pain in her
husbands voice, However, she went
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no way of communicating with him
There was nothing Agatha could do
Nay, there was one thing-she could
pray. Sometimes she would fall upor
her knees and assail Heaven with
prayers that were demands. Again the
peace that had filed her heart when {
child at her mothers side came to her
and she trustingiy asked that Eugene
might come home to find a different
wife from the one whose discomfort had
driven him away.
Thanksgiving came. The sky was
gray and lowering, while the east wind
brought, ever and anon. a gust Of snow
The train would reach the village a
mile away at II. Before that time
Agatha's arrangements were complet.
ed. In the oven turkey was brown
| ing, vegetables stood in readiness for
the stove. The table was bright In its
best array OF linen, china and silver.
There were quivering molds of amber
jelly. a dish of oranges garnished with
green leaves, and at Eugene's plate, q
cluster of pink carnations.
The whole house was bright and coy.
Agatha, in the gray dress with scarlet
trimmings that Eugene liked SO well.
was watching at the window.
Everything was done. Think as best
she could there was not one task re-
naming undone with which she could
busy herself. Nothing to do but watch
that dreary road which wound around
the hill.
If he did not come-Agatha's breath
came in short, quick gasps. She had
said she had nothing to be thankful for.
All, could she go back to that day she
would ask no choicer boon of Heaven.
Hank! the train was whistling at the
station. 1t would not be long now.
She resolutely turned away from her
watch, making a tour of the house and
keeping away from the window for ten
minutes.
He was not yet in sight.
But why give these details? Those
W no have kept like vigil will under
stand, and to no others can words tell
the story. When the clock chlmed IL,
Agatha threw herself on the lounge ard
the tears had their own way.
mot coming back" she cried. 20,
Eugenel How can live without you'll"
She did not hear the slow step on the
porch. AT the opening of the door she
raised her head.
Eugene! Thank God. Eugene!"
He did not understand, but he took
her in his arms and there she sobbed
out the whole story.
But your visit to Orley-" he hest
tated little over the words, you bet
ter go, Agatha, now we have the money.
1t is dull here for YOU"
Her hand was laid softly on his lips.
1--WE haven't the money. / did not let
Mamie go. l knew you loved her and
was only parting with her to crafty
my foolish whims. AS TO its being dull,
you are here, dear. am SO glad to be
with you once more. / know, for the
first time in my life. what Thanksgiy-
ing really means!"-Hope Daring, in
Good Housekeeping.
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ArhoRN IN HIS FLESH.
one Man Tells Honestly of HIS Polifs
teal Experiences.

IL didn't have much luck in the legisla'
ture," sighed an aspiring young man who
is now in the insurance business. mat
old Ekinlcy from She Hawbush district kept
tipping me up every move made want
ed to 20 at him hammer and tongs, but he
never appeared to know that there was such
a member as |. He never used my name
when speaking, never looked at me and
never openly opposed any of my bills But
every time / bobbed up he Knocked 1t to
me. When / introduced my bill to do away
with high hats in the theater, ne offered
one milking it msdemeanor for woman
of Is years or upward to appear bare
headed in any place of public amusement.
The only way of keeping even was by drop
ping both of these proposed measures.
Having a large prohibition constituent
ey, / offered a bill in which a penalty was
fixed for selling or drinking any malt or
spifituors liquors, except under certain re-
strictions which would make it impossible
to maintain saloons. Old Skinley at once
prepared and presented a measure making
it crime for any man, woman or child to
have or to indulge a thirst for anything
stronger than tea, coffee water, milk or
what are commonly known as soft drinks. l
was laughed off the floor when attempted
to urge my bill.
when offered bill forbidding any per.
con to marry before he or she had attained
the age of 81, .Skinley was soon on deck
with another bill prohibiting any young
man or woman from falling in love without
first procuring a license from the county
clerk. That's the way the fellow squelched
me at every turn You can read my legisla.
tive record on a sheet of blank paper, and
that's why I'm out of politics. But If Skin.
ley ever comes up again Just watch my
smoke. Detroit Free Press.
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( Dear Agatha: 1 have a chance to go
| with Fowler to Chicago with a carload of
horses. Must start al once and be gone a
| week. Hardness is coming in the morning
| to see about Mamie. Tell him he can have
| her for $125. He will pay you. Take the
| money and go to Orley, you can get your
new clothes after you get there. Stay as
| long as you like and enjoy yourself I'll set
| along nicely, and if Fowler makes me
good offer l will go directly to the lumber
camps for the winter Ever yours,
EUGENE
sold Nanrie!" Agatha gasped. "Eu-
gene gone for week and l am to tell
Hardness that he can have NannieI"
Mamie was beautiful black colt
| Agatha knew how proud her husband
was of the intelligent animals beauty
aud grace. She had often heard him de-
clare that money could not buy her.
And Hardness was noted for his cruelty,
, the last person into whose hands En-
gene would be willing to place Mamie.
Then that mention of the lumber
camps and the hints that he might not
return. What did it all mean? Was it
because of her words that morning that
he was trying so hard to secure money?
When the hired man, who lived in the
tenant house, brought in the milk,
Agatha learned that Eugene had made
arrangements in case he did not come
back.
''He asked me if Margie and me would
sleep here" Tom concluded. Said it
would only be few days as you was
goin' away. Margie, she'll take the
milk then"
Instead of sleeping that night,
Agatha Clair thought. One result of
her thinking was that when Hardness
came in the morning she told him he
could not have Mamie.
Il hardly expected Gene would part
with her" the man said, good-humored-
". Would another ten be any induce
ment?"
Agatha shook her brown head de-
cidedly. Nothing you can offer will
induce us to let Mamie CO."
Fowler was to return Thanksgiving
morning. Would Eugene come with
him, or would be go aoFth2 There was
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Iabout her work, setting down her pref
| ty china with an unnecessary amount
of energy, and saying to herself: q.
think it downright mean in Eugene.
wonder how / shall ever endure thi:
long. lonesome winter! No place to go
and no one to see."
The matter was not referred to again
But there was cloud between husband
and wife-the first since their wedding
day.
The third day after the scene at the
breakfast table, Mrs. Ferris, called and
asked Agatha to accompany her to a
meeting of the sewing society. The
young wife eagerly accepted the invita-.
/ ton. 1t would enable her TO forget, for
little time. at least.
Agatha went rapidly about her toilet
/ Her guest was seated in the dining
room, and by leaving the door open
conversation could be carried on dur
ing the hair brushing and dress chang
| ing.
where are you going to spend
Thanksgiving? Mrs. Ferris asked,
| while she studied the arrangement of
the violet-strewn silkolene drape on the
shelf near her. secretly wondering if
/ she could not initiate it.
Thanksgiving" Agatha repeated,
with hard, little laugh. There is to be
| nosuch day in my calendar. can't think
Of one thing that / am thankful for,
unless it is that this dull life will soon
XII me-"
WHY. Mrs. Clair! supposed that
you were thankful that you ard Mr..
Clair were still living in the borderland
Of bliss that lovers imagine will last"
There was a moments silence.
Agatha was busy fastening the collar
Of her pretty green serge. Outside the
window, opened to admit the crisp au-
tumnal air, white-faced man leaned
against the house, the golden straw
with which he had been covering the
pansy bed blowing UNDECIDED about his
feet.
II am thankful that we have merged
into the land of common sense. If we
had done it year and a half ago life
might still mean something for me.
Now l see have made a mistake"
Ten minutes later Eugene Clair came
forward to put his wife and Mrs. Ferris
icto the waiting carriage. He replied
courteously TO the question of his
neighbor, and as they we're starting.
said:
"Good-by, Agatha"
But Agatha was too busy covering her
dress with the robe to do more than
nod in reply.
The sun, red and angry-looking, was
just disappearing behind the forest
crowned hills west of Agatha's home
when Mrs. Ferris left her at the gate.
The wind walled loudly around the
house, and the young wife shivered as
she hurried up the path.
81 hope Eugene will have fire." she
said to herself. He always remembers
such things"
For once he had not remembered.
The house was empty and cold. On the
table lay q letter addressed: Agatha"
Chilled by a nameless terror she car
ried it to the window and, by the dim
light, read:
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MCKENZIE (: ROUTE.
a., Q. . 81. Z. ~


The quickest to all points in Middle
Tennessee and her famous summer re-
sorts, and the leading universities and
colleges of the State. Via Mckenzie
aud Nashville the best route to Atlanta.
Jacksonville, Macon, Augusta, Charles
ton, Savannah, Knoxville, Raleigh,
Bristol, Richmond. Norfolk, Washing
ton City via Mckenzie and Chattanooga
Our Specialties: Through Cars which
have for years been run over this route
between Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nash
Vile and Memphis. Two fast express
trains daily, without change to Atlanta,
making direct connections in union
depotS at Nashville for all Middle Ten
nessee points; Union depot, Chattanooga.
for East Tennessee, North Carolina,
Virginia, Washington and the East;
Union Depot, Atlanta, for Macon, Au-
gusta, Savannah. the Carolinas and
Florida
For rates and information call on
nearest coupon agent, or
w. Is DANLEY, 9. p, & r. A.,
GashT.lle- tennessee
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800 HeMard 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work Ths
proprietors have so much faith in its Gu "a
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19
On Desert Air.

Winthrop-If Freddie is going %
spend Thanksgiving with his graEA1~
mother. perhaps you'd better buy hisa
that tin horn.
Mrs. Winthrop spoke to him about
il, my dear, but he said it would do 80
good to him. as grandmother is deaf
n. Y. World.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19
we Thank Thee, Lord.

For evil things which make us love thu
good;
For all temptations which we have witk-
stood.
For sins abhorred:
For bitter pains that gave us sweet ErY-
cease;
For life, for death, and Deaths great
daughter-Peace-
We thank Thee, Lordi
Eve BrodIique. in Chicago Times-HeraigA
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19
Society Note.

Nellie Chaffie tried very hard to get some
conversation out of young Clamwhooper,
but he answered in monosyllables. At last,
hearing violin playing in the next room, she
asked:
do you play the violin?"
mo; that's fellow in the next room"
he said, with sudden outburst of loquac-
itv-N V World
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19
PoINTso PARAeRAPHs.
WI and Wisdom in short SEN.
fences.


WI and Wisdom I'm short Sen.
fences.
" here there's a viii there's usually a con
testant
Snow comes down in the winter and ICE
goes mp In the summer.
Time HES. That's one advantage it has
over lying machines
nc wind has great deal to do with
HtSAlng the weather-vane.
When some men feel blue they get trunk
and paint things red.
The stronger the butter Is in the tub the
weaker 1t Is in the market
"A doctor may spend money like water. but
ne doesn't get IT from. the well.
After man secures girls hand he some.
times hnds she has him under her thumb.
One word always leads on to another-no
matter whether you are reading the Bible
or a dime novel.
a man must have a lot of bravery in his
makeup to enable him TO listen calmly to
the whisting OF bullets.
Ohe should make allowance for youthful
toilles- The cat, the gravest of all animals,
IS the most risky when young.-C Chicago
News.
AT Newport. And your" First Ocean
Wave" Atlantic City. / have no crest. Won
see. Il latrOir ,lor-pal
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19
A Big ReguIar Army,

The mightiest host of this sort is the army
of invalids whose bowels, livers and stomachs
have been regulated by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters A regular habit of body is brought
about through using the Bitters, not by vio-
lently agitating and gripping the intestines,
but by reinforcing their energy and causing
flow of the bile into its proper channel.
Malaria, la grippe, dyspepsia, and tendency
to inactivity of the kidneys, are conquered
by the Bitters.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19
CT. M. W. rren,
DEALER N
Wines, H5hiskies, gi-
gars, Tnhacnn, Etc.
Bolivar, Tenn.
Sole agent for the celebra>
ted Il w. Harper and Con
tinental" WHISTLES.

MY STOCK CoAIPRIsES:-
Native and Imported Wines from
the best Vineyards.
Old, mellow Whistles from the
Leading Distilleries of America.
Different brands of Cigars and
Tobacco
My rule is, and has always been,
TO deal fairly and honestly with my
customers, giving them the value
of their money.
Respectfully,
@. NJ. WARREN.
Bolivar, Tenn
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Heavy Gale.

A Yankee, in describing gale of wind
says; ga white. dog, while attempting to
mouth open and turned completely inside
out. "-Tit-Bits.
The Office never gets left when it starts
out to seek the man.-Chicago News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

frown on her smooth, white forehead.
Indeed, Eugene, "-there was note of
irritation in her voice-"I fail to see
why a woman should be pronounced
crazy because she expresses desire to
visit her home after an absence of a
year and a half"
"Home!"-he echoed the word lit
tie eproachfully, his eyes wandering
around the neat dining-roOm. "This-is
home, Agatha. The first real one we
have either of us had for years"
The color deepened on the wife's
cheeks. Her husbands words were
true; her girlhood's home, with an
uncle in a distant city, had not been q
happy one. This uncle had been too
proud to let his sisters child earn her
bread, and as there had been more pride
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

She-"I hear you have just got married;
is it too late to offer congratulations" He
ooh, yes; / was married three weeks ago"
TIT. BITS
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

why Is Star Plug Tobacco the Bestf
Because it is made from selected stock of
the best grade of leaf that grows. The ingre-
dents used in its manufacture are absolute
ly pure-nothing injurious to the system en-.
torz int
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19
What 1t Was.

Papa-Alice, thought heard loud
smack in the hall last night.
Alice-Yes, Mr.. Upsley made that noise
with his lips when / told him you had
cleared $4,000 in wheat deal.-Cleveland
Leader
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19
Nutritious articles of Diet.

Analysists say that butter is the mo<t
nutritious article Of d.y., closely 9c.-
lowed By bacon.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

"Sir!"
''In the waltz you know"
"Oh!"-Chicago Post.
Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
Nothing tries fellows patience more
than to find all the windows locked when he
tries to raise them suddenly in the morn
ing.-Washington Democrat.
How My Throat HGrts!-Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar?
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
We should call learning to ride bicycle
in the hot sun, Washington Demo
crat.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as cough medicine:-F: NJ. Abbott, 3S3
Seneca ST., Buffalo, n. Y, May 0, 1894.
A person looking out for old people al.
ways makes a good impression.-W ashing-
ton Democrat.
Flies are never as active as when You
want to sleep in the morning Washington
Democrat.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

It's Different Then.
stI saw him with his arm around you"
''Sir!"
''In the waltz, you know"
"Ohi"-Chicago Post
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Capital 100000.
d Madison Street, MEMPHIS, TENN.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
J. 7. Fargason, o. B. Polk, T. D. Tur-
ley, n. Fontaine, r. b. Snowden, Aus.
tin Miller, John Overton, Jr., NJ. Gavin,
J. NJ. GOodbar, w. E. Love, Godfrey
Frank.
Acts as executor, administrator, guar.
dian, trustee, assignee and receiver.
Agents for the investment of funds and
acts in any fiduciary capacity.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19
DOUBLE DAILY TRAINS
FAST TIME
CLOSE CONNECTIONS

Thorough Pullman Palace SieepeIs between
New Orleans and Memphis, Kansas City, ST.
Louis and Chicago without change, making
direct connections with drst-claSS lines TO all
points.
The great steel bridge spanning the Ohio river
at Cairo completed, and all trains ureight and
passenger now running regularly over it. thus
avoiding the delays and annoyance incident 10
transfer by ferry boat.
A. II. HANSON, J. W. COLEMAN.
Gen. Pass. Agt-, A. q. p. Agent,
Chicago. New OTleans-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

AT Newport. And your" First Ocean
Wave" Atlantic City. have no crest, YOU
see."-Detroit journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

Flies are never as active as when You
want to sleep in the morning Washington
Democrat
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-19

A person looking out for old people al.
ways makes n good impression.-Wa shing-
ton Democrat.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-12-11
Personal MENTION.

Bob Lowery, Of saltwater, is in the
city.
b. X. Adams is here from Oklahoma
City.
J. w. McNeal has returned from El
Reno.
County Clerk Means is over from
Payne county.
Attorney Qiick, from Perry, is here
attending court.
Mrs. DR. Hughes is visiting her par.
ents at Edmond.
County Attorney A. T. Neill is over
from Still water
Jasper Sipes was up from Oklahoma
City again yesterday.
j. II. Havighorst returned from
Perry yesterday noon.
Fred Byers. OF Iowa, is visiting his
sister, Mrs. r. H. Greer.
w. r. Shively, from Saltwater, is
registered at the Capitol.
Marshal Thompson came in from
west side points last night.
Mrs. Rita Wilder, from Mulhall, is
visiting Miss Alice Schnell.
Mrs. Frank o'Neil left Yesterday to
join her husband at Purcell.
j. ]. Merrick is over from his Lincoln
county farm on court matters.
A. @. Williams, from Perkins, was
transacting business here yesterday.
j. s. Harris, OF Waco, Texas, is clerk
ing at the Seatonian Drug company's
store
Henry R Turpen, OF Newton, Kan,
is in the city with a string OF horses
for sale
Miss Blockie Jamison will leave for
Chandler shortly to spend the Christ
mas holidays.
Mrs. w. s. Emerson will return to-
day from ten days visit with her
parents near Chandler
T. X. Tingle left for Kansas City
yesterday afternoon on a business trip
He will return Monday.
M. @. Minor, who has been visiting
in Chandler, passed through the city
Yesterday on ais way to Texas.
MISS Campbell, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Whitbeck, has re-
turned TO her home in Chicago.
Miss Sheridan, who has been visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Judge Buckner, re-
turned to Oklahoma City yesterday.
Ned Q. Cheadle came down from
Guthrie yesterday and was pricing
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-12-11
NO REJECTED OILS.
ClKSs Ewing Says He will Enforce the
Law to the Letter.

limos Ewing, the retired oil inspec-
collie said today that he intends TO pros
OF ahse all persons who sell rejected oils
-eat defect in the law regulating
sale OF oils has been that while
visions were made for inspecting
there was nothing to prohibit the
,-.s-e OF oils rejected as dangerous. A
.ent opinion by Harper 5 Cunning
op.1, attorney general OF Oklahoma, is
ae effect that the law is intended
20 apply 10 such violations, and that
its enforcement would eqsustained by
the courts The maximum fine is $500
for each offense.
Numerous complaints have been
coming TO Governor Barnes regarding
the sale of bad oil, with the request
that something be done to protect con-
sumers. Not only have rejected oils
been sold, but IL is claimed that much
bad oil has been brought into Okla
homa without the knowledge OF the
oil inspector. The illuminating oil
business in oklahoma is virtually a
monopoly, controlled by the Standard
Oil company. Governor Barnes favors
competition in the wholesale oil bust
ness. Mr.. Ewing says that with com
petition oil that is selling now for &c
cents gallon would go as low as S OF
16 cents a gallon.