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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
HUGH WILLIAMS. Editor

THE advanced age and Sc
rious illness of SenatorIsham
G.. Harris indicate that his
long and useful service to
the people of Tennessee is
nearing an end. Senator
Harris has always held a
warm place in the hearts of
Tennesseeans. Even those
who disagree with him polit-
ically admire his ability and
honesty.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
Old PEOPLE.

Old people who require medicine
to regulate the bowels and kidneys
will ind the true rem edy in Electric
Bitters. This medicine does not
stimulate and contains no whisky
nor other intoxicant, but acts as a
tonic and Alternative. 1t acts mildly
upon the stomach and bowels, adj
ding strength and giving tone to the
organs, thereby aiding Nature in the
performance of the functions. Elec
trio Bitters is an excellent appetizer
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05

OF course we are all in ia
vor of reducing expenditures,
and the present Legislature
has accomplished much good
along that line, for which it
deserves to be commended.
But, we should be careful
and not carry the reform idea
too far. There is danger OF
OVERRIDING the thing. Fol-
instance, the bill introduced
by Senator Hodges, to reduce
the salaries of state officials,
was very unwise in our opin-
ion. Tennessee's officials dc
not receive a sufficient COM
pensation fcr their services
at present. We hope that
Gov. Taylor will veto Senator
Hodges bill. If you really
desire to do good, strike al
the back tax attorneys and
the coaf oil inspectors.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
BrUQn Breaks with His Man.
QOoT.

SAN ANTONIO, TEN, Jan. 30.
Hon. w. J. Bryan delivered his
lecture this evening on the lessons
of the campaign to fashionable au-
dience, and was given a warm well
come. After leaving the platform
Mr.. Bryan announced to his friends
that the lecture just delivered was
the last under the auspices of the
present management. He did not
care to say what his plans for the
future were. After a hunting trip
in this state, he will return to his
home in Lincoln, Neb.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
Extra Special offer.

We will send the BOLIVAR Bull
LETIN and the Weekly Commercial
Appeal both one year for one dollar.
This will entitle subscribers to the
above mentioned guess at cotton re-
ceipts in Memphis. We made tie
same offer last year and nearly 800
people took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to secure two papers for the
price of one, including a chance at
the valuable prizes.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
TIE IasA.E. CONSUMPTION
CAN Be- CURED

T. A. Slocum, M. c. the Great
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 to make its great merits known,
he will send, free, three bottles to
any reader of the BULLETIN who
may be suffering.
Already this "new scientific course of medicine
has permanently cured thousands of apparently
hopeless cases.
The Doctor considersiit his religious duty--a duty
which he owes to humanity-to donate his infalli-
bic cure,
He has proved the dreaded consumption to be
in his American and European laboratories testi-
mOnials of experience from those benefited and
cured in all parts of the world
Don't delay until it is too late. Consumption,
uninterrupted, means speedy and certain DEATH
Address T. A, Slocum, NJ, c., SO Pine street, New
York, and when writing the doctor, please give
express and postOfice address, and also mention
reading this article in the BOLIVAR BULLETIN.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
The wife of Mr.. D. Robinson, a

The wife of Mr.. ID. Robinson, a
prominent lumberman of Hartwick,
n. Y, was sick with rheumatism
for FIVE months. In speaking of it,
Mr.. Robinson says: "Chamberlain's
Pain Balm is the only thing that
gave her any rest from pain. For
the relief of pain it cannot be beat. !"
Many very bad cases of rheumatism
have been cured by it. For sale at
so cents per bottle by B. V. Hud-
son, Bolivar, Jno. w. Nuckolls,
Toone.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05

and aids digestion. Old people find
it just exactly what they need. Price
fifty cents and sl.o0 per bottle at
w. j. Cox's Drug Store.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
Commercial Hotel,
Grand Junction, Tenn.
D. NJ. MCKENZIE. 800. .PY0pK.

First class service. Travelling
men receive special attention. Por-
tiers meet all trains. Rates reason
able. Public patronage solicited.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
The Week
Courier-Journal
ST 4 YEAR
Issued Wednesday and Saturday
Mornings.

Beginning January 1, 1897. the Weekly Courier
Journal was changed to the Twice-a-Week Courier,
Journal. Publication days Wednesday and
Saturday. The Wednesday paper will be devoted
to news and political topics. The Saturday issue
will be devoted TO stories, miscellany, pictures,
poetry, etc.-a perfect family paper.
Each issue will be six pages, or twelve pages a
week-an increase of two pages a week, 1G4 pages
or $50 columns year.
The politics of the paper will not be changed,
and the battle for pure Democracy and true Dem
ocratic principles will be continued successfully in
the future as in the past. In spite of the expense
involved in the improvements noted, the price OF
theTwice-a-week Courier-JOurnal will remain the
same, 81 year. feature during the coming year
will be the editorials of Mr.. Henry WatteTsOn on
political aud other topics of the day.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
Buckien's AYnicG S0iUe.

The best Salve IN the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. For
sale by Cox, Savage u Co.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05

p. f. Wilkinson & Sons sell
Meat, Flour, Canned Goods and all
Family Groceries cheap.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05
NJ. Gavin & Co.
Memphis, Tenn.

HAVE THE LARGEST AND BEST STOCK IN THE
SOUTHWEST ALL TRANSACTIONS ON CASH
B-4SIS BEST PLACE For NEW BEGINNERS,
ESPECIALLY. THE INEXPERIENCED IS As
WELL TREATED rs THE ADEPT
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-05

When TN need Of first class job
printing, send TO the RmIIetim
Office. Prices the Very Lowest.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23


The latest novelty in the way
of contention among the scholars
investigating the antiquity of the
human race is that the Garden of
Eden was in China-that Adam
was a Chinaman and that Eve
was almond -eyed, says the Bos-
ton Herald. This is a proposition
seriously put forth in reputable
professional quarters. The claim
is that the civilization of Egypt
did not come primarily. from
Assyria, but that China sent il
there, taking Assyria as a stop
ping place on the way. This, OF
course, does not go back to the
alleged original ape of Darwin
it only contends that, if there
was an ape ancestor, he was a
Chinese ape. The Chinese, il
will be remembered, have always
made this claim of superior an
tiquity for their people. The
popularity in the case is that
Christian scholars are accepting
their views.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23
Testing tie Dynamo.

Beginning at twelve o'clos
last Saturday. night and q
tinuing for ten hours the ns
dynamo at the Electric IghS
plant will be subjected to thor
ough test as to its capacity to
supply the number of lights
specified in its sale to the Bren-
ham Compress, Oil and Manu-
featuring Co.
The company that manufac-
tured the dynamo will be repre-
scented by its president, Mr.. C. c.
Warren, of Sandusky, Ohio, the
inventor of the machine. Messrs-
S. A. and c. W. Hobson, Of
Waco, the Texas agents through
whom the monster dynamo was
ordered, will be on hand at the
test, while the BRENNAN COM
pany will be represented by Mr.
j. R. Cox, an expert electrician
from the Island City. The dy-
namo is built to carry some three
thousand lights and viii be-
tested to its full capacity.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23

THE London Daily Chronicle
publishes a letter from a CORES
pondent in Havannah, who say:
'Sagasta's efforts are too late.
Under Weyler's vile regime half
the Cuban population disappear
ed and the remaining half has
been converted into implacable
enemies Of Spain, enemies who
viii absolutely refuse to accept
SDain's word. The central prov
inces are desert waste. The
sugar industry can only be re-
stored by the infusion of English
and American capital, which few
care to invest. The island is lost
to Spain, and it is clearly the
duty of the United States to in
tervene in the interest of human
ity and civilization and to end
this fearful inferno"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23
A LittIe Problem Prom Life.

He begged for a kiss. She
frowned meditatively.
ga kiss" she said, SIS an ex-
preston of sentiment. Placed
upon the hand, it signifies re-
spect; upon the forehead, friend
ship; upon the lips, both-and
more, or neither. Since you
asked for it, you may express
yourself in one kiss. Proceed
He hesitated.
Through respect and friend
ship love may be reached. HH
were too bold She. He hest
tated, He gazed down into the.
grass and pondered swiftly. He
tried to read her mood. He would
place that kiss upon her
He heard a thrill as of many
birds.
He looked up.
She was whistling softly.
Her hat was pulled down to
her eyes, covering her forehead,
and her hands was thrust deep
into. the pockets of her jacket.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23

THE Rusk County News has
discovered an Indication of pros
perity in the Old Dominion
s'Surely the people of Leesburg,
Va, where there was a shower OF
wild ducks the other day, be-
lieve that prosperity is here.
There are records, of showers of
fish, frogs, etc., but this is the
first record instance of its having
rained ducks
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23
Officers Elected.

The Knights of Honor, Lodge
No. 40, at the lastregular meet
ing elected and installed the fol-
lowing officers for the year 1895
W. Viking (re-elected) diota-
tor.
J. R. Williamson, Vies Dc
tator.
H. F. PAIL, Assistant Dictator
M. ]. Jacobs, Reporter.
J. G. Harris, Financial Re
porter.
D. B. Williams, Chaplain.
j.. A. Dunlap, Guide.
T. J. Pampell, Guardian.
H. G. Mcintyre, Treasurer
H. K. Harrison and inc. RI
Trustees.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23

THE prisoners in the Hunts
vile penitentiary have com
menced the publication of an in
teresting paper to be known as
the t'Prison Bulletin A para
graph in the first issue says
sGrammarians and criminals OBJ
ject to long sentences. A crimi-
nal sentence also comes under
the head of "sintax," and the
imperative mood predominates.
It is punctuated by periods OF
time, and occasionally by bold
dashes. The slower case' SEN
fences are often capital. These
points of similarity may have
been in the mind of the convict
who escaped from an insecure
penitentiary and left note say
ing Excuse haste and a bad
pen"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23

Tho all-Ionnd value Of physical
trimming Is thus set forth BY sn
observer: 81 hsye u friend who
takes up every feminine sport IN us
season. She rides q aheei ana
plays golf as she once loved tenns<
She rows and swims and fshss anss
shoots She can man yacht
She fences at the Gymnasium aud
practices there with dumbbells and
the horizontal bar. In fact, she il
an athlete as well as fine daucer, q
good wsiker and a proicept horse
woman. I see the good Of all this
IN many ways. La one Of tho
many it is shown by Der sure, frm
touch, no less than by her self-pos-
sessed, easy, graceful carriage.
know no woman who can walk
across the room so well as she, on
who has such a light but trr
fashion of even shutting cards,
sticking hat pin into her b mn
She doee it all with absolute peri
ton. New York Past.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23

THE idea of publishing the
names of the men who have been
refused by the bride, in the
notices of the wedding, is calcu-
lated to give the groom too big a
head, as well as to embarrass the
rejected who have told other girls
that they were the first, etc. This
is the opinion of SO profound an
authority as the editor of the
Rusk County News,
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23
b. virtue OF an attachment is

BY virtue of an attachment is
sued out of the district court of
Galveston county Sheriff league
Saturday levied on thirty-odd
acres of land belonging to R. R.
Anderson, of Navasota, to salts
fly a claim of Wallis, Landes G.
Co., of Galveston, for 81, $751;
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23

THERE is no good reason why
agriculture should not be taught
in the public schools, or such of
them at least as are located in
rural neighborhoods, says the
Planters journal. Our agricul-
tural colleges are yearly turning
out young men competent to
teach the science, and if the sup
ply should give out, ordinary
teachers with the aid Of elemen-
tary text books might be made to
serve a useful purpose in teach
ing the young idea how to plant.
Scientific agriculture is a fasci-
mating pursuit, and taste for it
ACQUIRED early il life viii de-
velop into a passion in after
years. The country needs more
scientific farmers, and the little
red schoolhouse" is the place
where they should lay the foun-
dalton of their knowledge of ag-
rieulture.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23

The way to get the best there
is in people is to give them your
best. Don't expect others to be
sweet and polite and thoughtful
so long as you adhere to the
selfish principle that people must
take you as they find YOU"
When your friends begin to grow
careless and disrespectful, stop
and ask yourself whether you are
not getting back a reflection of
yourself.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23
AnUncertain Diacase.

There is no disease more uncertain in its
the symptoms Of no two cases agree. 1t is
therefore most difficult to make correct
diagnosis. No matter under what disguise
dyspepsia attacks you, Browns iron Bitters
will cure it. Invaluable ia ali diseases of
the stomach, blood and nerves. For sale by
R. E. Luhn, Druggist.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23
SHORTER DAY, SAME RESULTS.

The employing job printers Of
New York are taking very mar
row view in resisting the demand
for a nine hour day. They would
lose nothing by the concession,
and they must make it in the
long run because reason and good
conscience approve it is the way
the Galveston Tribune sizes up
the demand for shorter hours of
labor.
1t is the judgment of experience
as well as of philosophy that in
the most of trades, in most kinds
of labor, whether physical OF
mental, a man will do as much
work in nine hours a day, on the
average of the year, as in ten
hours a day, because there is a
limit to endurance beyond which
effort is vain. A printer may
put in ten hours at composition,
be ever so faithful, without turn
ing out more product than if he
worked nine hours a day for the
same period. 1t is a question of
how much he can do, not of
whether he be engaged ten or
nine hours. Many trustworthy
employers and observers hold
that eight hours is sufficient and
will accomplish the same results.
The experiment of a nine hour
instead of a ten hour day for
printers was made in this office
three years ago, when the COM
position was done by hand, and
was entirely satisfactory. It
would have been the rule still
under the same conditions. Ma
chine composition hours are
much shorter still by general
agreement throughout the coun-
try, and there is no argument on
the question of hours because
the work is done by the piece.
AS a rule the man who works
by the day will accomplish fullylI
as much for his employer in reas-
enable hours as in a day which
axes his energy, his patience
and his sense of fairness. Year
oy year the short day gains
and the whole eurrentl
Of labor is irresistibly settingI
hat way, because it is the better
Ind the wiser way.
Il
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23
souNDs MONEY.

| F6ncy REFORM FGdQS DIS lOuONS'
4th. After said banks have de-
posted such bonds, greenbacks
treasury notes or silver eertifi-
Gates to the amount of 30 pei
cent of their capital they shall be
permitted to issue bank notes in
addition to the per cent thus pro-
vided, to the extent of % per
cent of such deposit which said
25 per cent may be unsecured by
any pledge of security, butissued
against the assets of the bank.
9TH Extend the guarantee of
payment by the government to
all circulation of the bank,
whether issued against deposited
security or against the bank.
These are the exact words of
the Secretary of the Treasury,
and the people are to be treated
to full dose of ''sound money"
The notes of the government are
not sound enough and are to be
cancelled and bonds issued in
place of them. The tax of 2 per
cent on bank notes is to be with
drawn, or greatly reduced. At
present banks can issue notes
only to so per cent of the Sc
curity they put up. But in the
interest of ''sound money" the
secretary will allow them to issue
the full face value of the bonds
deposited and % per cent of their
capital in addition, which extra
amount smay be unsecured" ex-
cept by the pledge of the gov
eminent.
This brilliant financier goes on
further and recommends:
9th. To secure the government
against loss, if any, attaching to
its guarantee a tax of 2 per
cent per annum on unsecured
circulation shall be levied to
create a safety fund.
Here we have from the head
quarters of "sound money" the
populist demand of issuing
direct to the people
(banks) at 2 per cent interest,
complied with. 1t is even better
than the populists demanded, for
they proposed to require security
and Mr.. Gage valves that.
Thus a bank can deposit 500, ;
900 in bonds of the new issue on
which they will draw interest at
the rate of 2 IL per cent per
annum. They will receive 500,
900 in notes in which their inter-
est is to be reduced to one-half
Of one per cent. In addition to
this, the Secretary will advance
them S25, 900 without any Sc
curity, but on which they must
pay the exorbitant interest of 2
per cent.
By this scheme the bank will
invest 100000 on which they
will draw from the government
1900 in interest. For this sum
invested they will receive SIPS,
900, which will cost them in inter-
est just $1,000. At one stroke
they have $4,000 more money
than they started with and net
profit of $500 year for acting
as the agent of the government
in issuing ''sound money"
This unsecured" currency is
to be legal tender and the Ia
boring man who was told last
year that anything but gold was
not good enough for him, is to
receive it for his labor.
The writer pleads guilty to be-
ing a 'sBryanite" and of course
IS an ignoramus and a jackass,
and wholly incompetent to un-
ierstand financial questions, but
ne is ready to pronounce this
sound money scheme the
yrandest ever inaugurated and
sure to bring prosperity-to the
banks. VINDEx.
|
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23

THE floating dock that Spain
paid England 81, 100000 for is
now beneath water at Havana.
1t is suspected that the Cubans
sank it.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-12-23

Two Boston poets have entered
into an agreement to walk across
the Atlantic wearing pneumatic
boots.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-12-31
SECRET soclErIEs.

Gen. Forrest Lodge. No. 50. knights of
Psthias. Meets every Monday night at Castle
Hail DOL Lewis. =. o.; j. NJ. Brown. h. OK X.
aud D. NlsitinS kalgnts alwHs welcotue,i.
Forrest Cny Lodge. No. 335. Knights and
Ladies' al lisHior. Meets every "a aud arm Fri
day q sut a. ~ucn month. Miss VI. l.. Mos
~. Psnee'rrss: Mas. n. W. lard. Secretary
4. fr lcI> ~, lg.. No 49,. rsngl 49, nf IIuuor
u ets a. 'ir i sni 81 FRIDAY t.-s4s J.. 90 -
~ "a "a. - A. ~ii.'is.. oesitor; $50. so..cs.
t.sssof.er
10 rest Cay l. Hlge. y >. LIS. i. & A NJ
.i@s,s rsers -. asa, 81 "Wednesday uiglt IN
ia "a 'ith J"h.a oA;iias, -. Al, l.. T.
I.-tss'fa. secretary.
tOite>i Cay tuapirr. M. 60. Il. 4. NJ M-eis
iti.'~si't IA rss:a nluii3n. ". IL. Pasla,
iii-n Prie~t, sAn n. Upton. secretary.
q ~" C''n,in-inierY. NJ H. X. r. Meets
- A-'inrsuas uisil ln each uldntn. A.. A.
.-aCsit,scn. A.. -; L. IurieA. aec0rier.
y. IL Forrest Eucatnpmemt Ex.1onTeder-
atcs si--s> - rsfnfri'y IA esch lnontu. ! b.
: .hnets, SOIa..i-as4et. A.. La.4uYUlet, auIu-
l.sat.
"oodnen ui he World. Forrest Camp ~ j
= - 8. g n. b iSptie ClerA. Are.s ;st
4d-ts1-J l.o.i. AZ esicii inontu.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-12-31
The Most for the Money.

EDrToE TIMEs:-Im your paper of the
10th inst. you referred to conversation
IN which | said that thought 1--WE get
greater value for the money that we pay
for taxes than amy other money we spend. :"
am still OF the same opinion. altho' there
are some " 40 read yoer remarks who have
espresso: a very different opinion. And
those men are just as honest in their
opinion as | am in NINE. but We look al
things differently. and it may he that am
wrong. stu Il ink not.
We have ugr Eoyernment--our rresi-
dent aud cabiDst, senate and congress.
and all are indispensable. 30 one will
deny this aud il necessiiaies the payment
OF the taxes that 20 to defray tie expenses
of the government. We have our state
government. our state buildings, our gov
ernOr and state officers. and senate and
house of representatives to make suta-
BILE code OF laws-the criminal law to pro-
teet our lives and liberty. to preserve the
ton aud christianity; to protect the fair
sex frotI the brutal insults that few are
willing 10 ofr.r. and to protect the children
OF oGr country. aud to protect our prop
efsy, and, in fact. every thing the country
has.
We have our civil laws. 20 settle misun-
dersiandinss. and TO govesa such business
as mus go through legal process.
We also have oar county buildiugs-our
court house, in which 70 keep our records.
~ hold our courts, and attend 10 all BUSH
nesS. Ualth criminal and civil; our Jail. in
which men are Exaggerated vino are so
unfortunate as 10 not have the proper
Control of themselves, aud do things that
..re against Tie peace and dignity of the
Safe i'll which they live. l DO not think
ANY inssiI would suggest that this class OF
nsesi sAcnld rna ut large 10 do personal
lEjaIs, disturb The peace or property OF
UsAe.s.
We have our officers to fill the different
positions IN the county our sheriff. whose
duty II IS TO see shat the peace Is pre-
served, our clerk to keep the record OF
our titles and other things; our Judge,
WIN IS the financial agent OF our county,
aud who guards the interest OF widows
as.a Dli4n children, and other officer,
".o are OF EQUAL Importance to those
aad are necessary to good gov
eminent
All of this can only be had by taxation
Still some viii say that where one man
pays one dollar tax, another pays one
hundred dollars, aud both are protected
alike. But the one has great deal more
Io protect than the other. So in view OF
tls,s fact. ~ L said. | pay my tax willingly.
aud when the people think the matter
over properly, | am OF the opinion that
LAKES will DC more promptly paid.
l.. Ii. McGuFFEE.