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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
Democratic Convention.

The democratic county con.
vention, to ratify the action
of the democratic primary
election, held August 4, 1898,
convened in the courthouse
at Bolivar yesterday. The
attendance of delegates was
small. Several districts were
without representation. The
proceedings, a full account
of which will appear in next
weeks BULLETIN, were inter-
esting.
j. A. Foster was declared
the nominee for County Rep
resentative.
The delegates from this
county to the Senatorial Con.
vention, which meets at Sell
mer, were instructed to vote
for j. r. Reaves for Senator.
A new County Executive
Committee was also chosen.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
Commissioner Evans Report

WASHINGTON, d. c., August %.
In the forthcoming annual report
of the Commissioner of Pensions,
III. Clay Evans, it will be shown
that on June 80, 1897, there were
on the rolls of the Pension Bureau
&c. OLA pensioners. To this must
be added $3.50 original claims grant
ed but not recorded and 1872 resto-
rations which were not entered at
the time on the books.
Commissioner Evans granted 63,-
64s original claims during the past
year and restored 4os9 pensioners
to the benefit of pensions. Pension
ers now aggregate 1,o4o,s56. More
pensions were granted last year than
any time from 1869 up to 1880.
There is absolutely no means of
even approximating what the claims
will be under the recent war. The
pension Office has done nothing with
the claims that have been filed up
to this time. They do not aggregate
100, and for the most part are
claims of widows and the next of
kin for the soldier boys who fell
before Santiago. Before claim
can be perfected it must contain the
full record of the soldiers service,
and this information has not yet
been compiled by the War Depart
ment. When this is done the claims
will be speedily taken up. The
majority of the claims will be for
wounds and sickness, the latter
leaving the soldier more or less
disabled.
No additional legislation will be
required to deal with cases arising
from this war. The present laws,
the authorities say, cover all that
is necessary and claims will be ad.
Indicated on the same lines as those
of the rebellion.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
Pointed Paragraphs.

Some people are always up and
doing-other people.
The older a woman gets the more
she worries about past years.
Love and seasickness are feelings
that beggar descriptions.
Patriotism is frequently used as
cloak by scheming politicians.
One Cuban in the Commissary
Department is worth two in battle.
Men are not necessarily big guns
because they happen to be big bores.
Before marriage man swears to
love; after marriage he loves to
swear.
Some people are naturally nervous,
while others are troubled with
prickly heat.
An actress is often indebted to
the florist for the flowers she gets
over the footlights.
There is nothing a manly man
admires more than a girlish girl or
a womanly woman.
The man who fails to lay up
something for rainy day always
has to depend on his friends for an
umbrella.
1t doesn't always make a man
happy when girl returns his love
especially when it's returned be-
cause she has no use for it.
Before marriage every man has a
theory about managing wife, but
after marriage he finds that it's a
condition and not theory that con-
fronts him.-Chicago News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26

It's a doctors business to study
health. Doctors confidently recon-
mend HARPER Whiskey.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
no HORSE OwNERs,

For putting horse in fine healthy con-
E;tion try DR.. Cadys Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
uew life to an old or over-worked Lorse. 2s
sarts per package For sale by druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
Yellow Jaundice Cured.

Suffering humanity should be
supplied with every means possible
for it's relief. 1t is with pleasure
we publish the following: "This
is to certify that / was a terrible
sufferer from yellow jaundice for
over six months, and was treated by
some of the best physicians in our
city and all to no avail. DIR. Bell,
our druggist, recommended Electric
Bitters, and after taking two bot
ties was entirely cured. now
take a great pleasure in recommend
ing them to any person suffering
from this terrible malady. ] am
gratefully yours, M. A. Hogarty,
Lexington, KY" Sold by w. j.
Cox, Druggist.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
NOTICE.

Tam prepared to sharpen
Gins, bore Wells and curb
the latter aCith stone, iron
or qCOOd. My machinery Is
first class. Terms 7'eGsO9eG
Die. Satisfaction gGEGr04l-
teed. ID. ". PARRAN,
BOliUG7'. Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
BOLIVAR BULLETIN.
Committee Meeting.

The Peoples Party Executive
Committee for the county of Har-
deman is hereby called to convene
at the courthouse in Bolivar, Mon
day, September 9TH, 1898, at II
o'clock m, sharp, to attend to i'm
portant business. Every member
of the committee is requested to at
tend. THos SHEA, Ch'm'n.
G. NJ. LAMBETH, Sec'y.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
A Call.

The Peoples Party Senatorial
Convention for the district com
posed of the counties of Hardeman,
McNairy and Chester, is hereby
called to convene at Gainesville, in
the 18th civil district of Hardeman
County, at IL o'clock M, sharp, on
Monday, the 18th day of September,
1898, to nominate a candidate for
State Senator. Each county to fur
nish a delegated representation.
G. NJ. LAMBETH,
Chm. Sen. Elk. Com.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26

6hamberiain's Eye ana SKIN Ointment
Is unequalled for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rhe2m, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eve Lids
For sale by druggists at Is cents per box.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
20 Nan too Poor
Fo Fake q Paper

Its the cheapest thing he can buy. Every time the
hen cucks and has laid egg his paper paid for that
week 1t costs less than postage stamp less than to send
receive single letter. What good does it do you? 1t
lnsrucs you and broadens your views 1t interests your
wife, and it educates your children you every
week, rain shine calm storm bringing you the
of the busy world No what happens your
door every week welcome FRIEND full of sunshine and
cheer and interest It opens the door of the great world
and puts you face face with its people and its great
1t shortens the long days and it enven
the long winter nights is your adviser your goss
your friend No just to his children who does
give them good paper to read. No is good him.
self and his wife who take rstcass newspaper
#0UR INDUCEMENTS"
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--SEND SUBSCRIPTIONS TO-
BULLETIN, Bolivar, Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. w. B. Summons is al
Rogers Springs.
, Mr.. Knox Tate, Jr., visited
Jackson this week.
Mr.. II. Z. Carter visited
Salisbury Sunday.
Mrs. Julius Crawford returned
Monday from Selmer.
Mr.. II. B. Manley has returned
after a months vacation.
Miss Mary Smith spent the first
of the week in Memphis.
Mr.. J. I'll. Doyle and family
spent Sunday in Whiteville.
Mrs. J. NJ. Clark, of Texarkana,
Ark, is expected tomorrow.
Mrs. Fannie Smith, of Memphis,
is visiting Mrs. a. NJ. Statler.
FOR SALE-'9s Model, Ramb bier
Bicycle. Apply at this office.
ID. w. McAnulty, of Hickory
Valley, was in town Monday on
business.
Mr.. III. III. Heron, of Jackson,
visited friends in Bolivar during
the week.
Mrs. F. S. Luther and chill
dren returned Wednesday from
Bellebuckle.
"A few young ladies of Bolivar
enjoyed a picnic at Dunlap Springs
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Harrison,
of Henderson, are registered at the
Bolivar Hotel.
Mr.. Joseph Simmons, Jr., of
Beech Bluff, Tenn, is visiting rel
atives in Bolivar.
The interior of the Postoffice
already atttractive--has received
a new coat of paper.
The fall term of the Bolivar
Graded High School commences
Monday, August goth.
Hon. John David Woods, of
Hickory Valley, has been in Nash
vile this week on business.
Mrs. r. L. Lightfort, Jr.. re-
turned last week from a visit to rel
atives and friends in Salisbury.
Mr.. c. R. Reynolds purchased
last week from Mr.. Austin Miller a
house and lot on Jackson Street.
MIR. w. E. Miller left Monday
for Northern Mississippi. He ex-
poets to be absent several weeks.
Mrs. r. w. Ussery, of o. Kay,
Miss, is at Rogers Springs, where
she expects to remain several weeks.
Mrs. S. B. Ware and Rev. G.
S. Ware were in Cincinnati this
week buying furniture for Webster
Hall.
Mrs. William Taylor and little
daughter, Ethel, have returned from
a visit to relatives and friends at
Middleton.
Sunday was emphatically a
''day of rest" there being no ser
vice in any of the churches either
day or night.
Mr.. E. A. Doyle, representing
Lightner, the Detroit perfumer, left
Wednesday for Virginia, North and
South Carolina.
Prof. J. A. Hudson has beer
quite sick for several days past. We
are glad TO state that he is improving
and able to be out.
Mr.. S. T. Foote purchased thii
week from Mr.. Ike Kahn the Brog
den place, near the Hospital, con
tanning about 100 acres.
Mrs, L. S. Minter, of Bryan
Texas, has gone to Vildo to visi
relatives, after a short stay in thi
city.-Jackson Wing.
Mr.. Monroe Webb, of White
vile, who for several weeks pas
has been visiting in Texas and In
dian Territory returned Sunday.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
The Best Remedy for F1ux

Mr.. John Matthias, well known
stock dealer, of Pulaski, KY, says:
"After suffering for over a week
with flux, and my physician having
failed to relieve me, l was advised
to try Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and have
the pleasure of stating that the half
of one bottle cured me-" For sale
by w. J. Cox, Bolivar; J.W. Muck.
oils, Toone.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
CAIRO. Ill. April 29.'97.

CAIRO, ILL, April 29,'97.
DR.. Medenhall's Improved Chill
and Fever Cure is one of the best
sellers we carry in stock, and has
gained favor with the trade more
rapidly of late than any other Chill
Tonic. We have sold nearly fifty
gross so far this season. Schulz
DRUG Co. For sale by w. J. Cox.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
An Old Xdea.

Every day strengthens the belief Of emf.
nent physicians that impure blood is the
cause Of the majority Of our diseases.
a. q basis for the formula of Browne Iron
BitterS. The many remarkable cures effected
by this famous old household remedy are
sufficient TO prove that the theory 10 correct.
Browns Iron Bitters in sold by all dealers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-26
GEO. M. WARREN,
Bolivar, Tenn.


N W@N0@EL9A OGWG0VoEye
The last quarter Of . century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
but none that have accomplished more for
humanity than that sterling old household
remedy, Browns Iron Bitters. It seems to
contain the very elements OF good health,
and neither man, woman or child can take
Browns Iron Bitters In sold By all dealers
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-22
An Important Commission.

During the session of congress just
closed law passed providing for the
appointment of non-partisan COM
mission to collect information and
consider and recommend legislation
to meet the problems presented by
labor, agriculture, and capital. The
bill provides for the appointment OF
an "industrial commission" to be COM
posed of five senators, five house mem
bers, and nine other persons to be
named by the president.
1t is the duty of this commission to
investigate questions pertaining to i'm
migration, to labor, to agriculture, to
manufacturing and business, and to
report to Congress and to suggest such
legislation as it may deem best upon
these subjects. 1t shall furnish such
information and suggest such laws as
may be made basis for uniform leg
islation by the various states in order
to harmonic conflicting interests and
equitable to the laborer, the employer,
the producer and the consumer. The
commission shall give reasonable time
for hearings If deemed necessary, and
if necessary it may appoint sub-com-
mittee or sub-commission of its own
members to make investigation in any
part of the United States, and the ex-
pense is not to exceed $4,000 per
wear. The commission may report
from time to time to congress, and
shall at the conclusion of its labors
submit final report. The term of
the commission is fixed at two years.
If this commission does its work
faithfully and honestly it will render
i'm portant service to the country
Olympian.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-22

Some people in the world persist in
cl1nglng to old methods. There are men
who still use forked stick in place of
modern plow. There are also men, who.
when they are troubled with disordered
stomach or liver, resort to the old-fashioned
violent remedies that rack and rend the
whole body, and while they give temporary
relief, IN the long run do the entire system
a great amount of harm
Modern science has discovered remedies
INFINITELY superior to these old-fasl1ioned
drugs, that do their work by promoting the
natural processes of excretion and seCre-
ton and gently correcting all circulatorv
disturbances. When man feels generally
out of sorts, when he loses sleep at night,
when he gets up headachey and with bad
taste IN his mouth in the morning, when he
feels dull and lethargic all day, when his
appetite is poor and his food distresses
him, when work comes hard and recreation
is an impossibility that man, though he
may not believe it, is a pretty sick man
He is on the road to consumption, nervous
prostration, malaria, or some serious blood
disease. In cases of this description man
should resort at once to DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t is the best medicine
tor weak stomach, impaired digestion
and d1sordered liver. 1t is the great blood
maker and purifier, fesh-builder and nerve
tonic. 1t cures o8 per cent. of all cases of
consumption, bronchitis, lingering coughs
and kindred ailments. Thousands have
testified to its marvellous merits 1t is
a modern, scientific medicine that aids
without goading nature, and that has stood
the test for thirty years. Medicine dealers
sell it.
DIR. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-22
"GET INTO A HOLE"
lf fOE Are Afraid of Lightning DONE
Make Yourself Conspicuous.


Campbell Swinton SAYS lightning is
most apt to strike projecting Objects
for example, tree. On that principle
you ought to keep clear of trees. lust
as YOU would keep clear of a hayrick.
Similarly, if you are in a fiat place
take farmers field-you should make
yourself as little an object as possible.
If everything is level you yourself be-
come the protective point which may at
tract the lightning. Therefore, lie down
fiat on the ground, or, even better. get
into a hole
n person who took shelter in a hole"
Campbell Swinton continued, "would
be absolutely safe, I should think.
Even if lightning were to strike the
ground near by, its power would scat
ter so much that he would hardly be
likely to come to harm. Then, if YOU
are in house while thunderstorm is
raging, the safest shelter would be in
the cellar-that is, far away from the
objective parts of the building For
myself, | am rather skeptical how MANY
folks would care to crawl into hole
VI piunSC 1HtO Il cellar. lou see the
risk to life and limb in England from
lightning is very small indeed-so small
that the average man would run if
rather than disturb himself"
Il suppose the idea which you have in
dicated to me explains the damage that
factory chimneys and the chimneys Of
dwelling houses occasionally sustain
from lightning?"
Just so. They are point of attrac-
ton Not only that. but there must be
an additional attraction in the column
of warm air which rises from a chimney
when fire is burning beneath it. 1
once saw a chimney struck by light
ming. and smoke had been issuing from
it. There were various neighboring
chimneys. but. so far as [ could make
out. none Of them were active. The in
cident occurred while L was sitting in
the wellington club and the damaged
chimney belonged to house on the 9TH
er side Of Grosvenor crescent."-Lon-
don Chronicle
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-22
Injurious Pear Tree Pest.

a pest to the pear tree is increasing
throughout the state. 1t attacks the
leaves and is known as the "pear leaf
blister mite" phytoptus pyri). 1t was
formerly supposed to affect only GER
tain varieties, but is now known to af-
feet the foliage of all varieties of the
pear and of the pear only. 1t is suf-
ticiently serious to put all cultivators
of pears on the defense.
The first indication of it's pr esence
is In the spring before the leaves have
fully expanded from the bud. shown
IN their curled appearance and red
blister spots on the under side, which
later on change to a green and in
badly affected trees late in the season
take on a dark hue, almost black,
which drop prematurely.
A fairly good magnifying glass will
show that these blister spots are the
habltatiOns of numerous small mites.
A single leaf may contain thousand
of these minute creatures and their
eggs. Each blister seems to be a colo
ny Of itself and have a well-defned
opening for its members, which occa-
sionally may be seen ON the outside.
1t is plain to see that anything de-
structive of the foliage of the tree is
of great injury to it, the leaves being
the lungs OF plant, and those so af-
fected are certain to fail as shown in
stunted fruit and upward growth OF
the wood.
"Very little can be acco mplished,"
says J. E. Baker, commissions of hor-
ticulture, "by any treatment while the
trees are in leaf. The best known
treatment is the application of a strong
kerosene emulsion during winter, one
gallon Of kerosene to eight gallons of
water, using half pound of soap to
form the Gn nulSlO0.
1t is also recommended to collect
and destroy the old leaves of the tree.
The mites perpetuate themselves under
the old bark and about the buds and
require very thorough treatment to
dislodge. The lime, sulphur and salt
winter spraying have been found bene-
fetal, but not in the same degree as
the extra strong kerosene emulsion
Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-22
When Americans Man the Guns.

The war between the United States
and Spain is a copy on a very reduced
scale, and with some slight modifica-
tions, of d war between England and
France. The great British superiority
in battleships and unarmored cruisers
as against France is faithfully repro
duced in the American navy as against
Spain. The great French advantage
in armored cruisers finds it's parallel
in the Spanish navy. Even in torpedo
crafts the numerical equality which
exists between England and France is
repeated with some correctness in the
two combatant navies. Thus all con-
ditions are favorable to trial of our
race; upon the conduct of Admiral
Sampson and Commodore Schley's
officers and blue jackets depends not
merely the honor Of the United States,
but the very existence of the British
empire. If the men who are hourly
expecting battle in the Caribbean fall
ter, if they show any want Of courage
or sailormanship-which God forbid
then let us be certain that an attack
will be delivered upon England by her
enemies, who will conclude, and not
unjustly, that the military qualities of
the Anglo-Saxon have declined under
the depressing burden of civilizations
And as this is the greatest problem to
be settled in the war, so we shall hope
and pray that our race may emerge
with glory from the test.-Pall Mail
Gazette.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-22
GRECO-EGYPTiAN PAINTING.
Process by Which Very Remarkable Por-
traits Were Done.

The remarkable series of portraits
found in Egypt are described in the
Monthly illustrator and the methods
the old artists employed.
The methods of these ancient days
were totally different from those of the
present day and were evidently vastly
more durable. Panels of wood were
used to paint on-sycamore and cypress
also panels of papier mache, and oc-
casionally they were formed by gluing
three thicknesses of canvas together.
These panels were usually about IA
inches long by inches wide. The
artist used liquid wax instead of oil to
mix the colors, which were made not
from vegetable, but from mineral sub
stances, and were of marvellous brill
liancy and permanence-blue pow
dered lapis lazuli, green malachite, red
oxide of iron, etc. The colorS were laid
on in patches, somewhat after the fash
ION of mosaic, and afterwards blended
with On instrument called the cestrum,
which appears to have been a lancet
shaped spatula, long-handled, with at
one end a curved point. at the other a
finely dentated edge. With the toothed
edge the wax could be equalized and
smoothed, while the point was used for
placing high lights, marking lips, eye
brows, etc.,
The final process, which gives the
name encaustic to this kind of paint
ing, was the burning in of the colors.
This was done by the application of a
heated surface to the panel, though
Georg Ebers believes that in Egypt the
heat of the sun was probably all that
was needed to complete the artists
work:se So