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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
eeptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and observation-disclosures, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. ANY reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Donot accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA E1C SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. cAL:
LOUISVILLE ~. NEW S0RHs H.E
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
A Technical School.

The committee having in charge the
esta blishment of technical school in
Atlanta, Ga, has decided to establish
such an institution. The state of
Georgia gives $4,000, and the city of
Atlanta SO, 600, and the cotton manu-
facturers of the south will equip the
plant, which will cost another SO, 900.
Students from other states will be adj
United on the same terms as from
Georgia.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Woman 1a6 Years Old.

Priscilla Coleman, colored, living
near Dickson, Tenn, claims to be 1875
years old and the mother of 20 living
children. Her health is good, hav-
ing never remained In bed a day in
her life on account of sickness, and she
attends to her household duties, and,
up to this year, has always assisted in
cultivating d garden.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Stock DESTROYED BY Forest Fires.

Forest fires have destroyed large
number of sheep and hogs in the neigh
borhood of Fort Bayou, Jackson coun-
ty, Miss. The fires in many cases
originated from the carelessness of
hunters and campers, in others they
are set fire inten tionally by parties
desiring to burn off the range.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
The Cook Was Innocent.

The polite agent for the new parlor pho
nograph who knocked at the door insisted
that the old lady who opened it place the
tubes in her ears, and listen to one song.
''just try it once, madam" etc. ''This song
you will hear, madam he said, as he held
the tube doubtfully to her ears, is My Oar
ling, Pluck Daisy From My Grave as sung
by Leopold Moriarity, the famous New
York tenor" The agent started the ma
chine up, but the old lady dropped the tubes
and said: "Jest hold on a minute till come
back. That drafted cooks openin' another
can of tomatoes in the kitchen with table
knife. Detroit Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
a Painful Accident.

Wallace Moore of Union City sustain
ed a painful accident last week while
out hunting. The gun which he had was
too heavily loaded, and when it was
fired the barrel bursted, inficting a
painful though not serious wound on
his hand.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
AdvaDtape. of the sIetgh.

The man who owns sleigh has no diff
Guilty in making himself solid with the girls.
As girls soon get cold and are ready to go
home he can take as many as six in one after
noon, taking each girl home as fast as she
freezes and going for another. The man who
gets girl in buggy in summer isn't allowed
to turn back till the horse gets lame.-At-
Gibson Globe
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Hawaii and Japan.

Dispatches from Washington state that
there are about to be important develop
ments in the Japanese imbrogho with the
government of the Hawaiian Islands How
ever this may be, certain it is that the dis
turbance of the stomach caused by simple
Indigestion will develop into chronic dys-
pepsia unless checkmated at the start. The
finest stomachic is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, which promptly rectifies gastric trou-
BILE, and does away with irregularity of the
hoxxelc and liver
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Counterfeiter Captured.

An important arrest was made at
Mobile, Ala, the other day, in the per-
son of a counterfeiter, who gives his
name as Frank Morse, and claims that
he is from Seattle. In his possession
were found counterfeit $40 silver GER
tificates amounting to 81, $50.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
RerormatorK for BOYS.

Hamilton county, Tenn, has pur-
chased a 25O-acre farm, eight miles
from Chattanooga, where a reforma-
tory for boys will be esta blishedA
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Firebugs at Milan.

Fire was discovered in the business
house of the Moore-Harwood Company
at Milan last week. The fire was of in
cendiary origin, entrance being effected
from the front, and the house saturated
with oil and fired.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
An Aged Minister,

Rev. James Needham, perhaps the
oldest preacher in the United States,
was photographed at Mount Airy, N
c., few days ago. Mr.. Needham will
be 100 years old at his next birthday,
May, 1928. He has never quit preach
ing.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
A Railroad Wreck.

At Memphis last week a switch en-
CINE ran into string of six freight
cars and piled up a wreck that OBJ
structed the track all day. The engine
was demolished, and it's tender torn
and bent out of shape.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Illicit Dlstillerx DESTROYED.

Revenue officers made a raid near
Waverly last week and captured a dis
tillery, the largest of its kind ever
seized in Tennessee. The plant was
destroyed, together with 5000 gallons
of whisky. The still had a daily ca
pacity of from 40 to 100 gallons of
brandy. No arrests were made.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Big Shipment of Cotton,

The British steamship RAMA cleared
from Savannah, Ga, for Bremen with
1890 bales, weighing s,963, S55 pounds,
valued at S524. 952.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Great Mills Nearing Completion.

minghnm, Ala, are rapidly nearing
completion, and will be in operation
within a couple of months. The mills
will cost about 800, 900, and when fin
ished will be the fourth largest plant
of its kind in the south.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
For School Purnnses.

The Virginia legislature has enacted
a law authorizing boards of supervis-
ors to tax railroad and other property
OF a kindred nature for school purposes.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Death Ended His sufrerings.

]. w. Pascal, an engineer, who was
caught under his engine in wreck on
the South Atlantic & Ohio, at Bristol,
Tenn, died after the amputation of
his broken leg.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Death of William TYLER.

William Tyler, cousin of President
Tyler, died at Jonesboro last week,
aged IS years. He lived in house oc-
cupied by Gen. John Sewer in the early
DAYS of Tennessee.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Used Dynamite.

The safe in the post office at Crews
Depot, Ala, was blown open with
dynamite, the craftsmen escaping with
Sos government money.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
just a scheme, Of Course.

Tenpenny-Here is an account in the
paper of man who was shipwrecked in
mid-ocean and cast away on a desert island
with another mans wife.
Mrs. Tupenny-The wretch l hope his
wife got a divorce from him!-Town Topics.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Slipped His Handouts.

John Mckay, sent up from Hardin
county for eleven years for larceny, es-
capped from High Sheriff Harper at the
union depot in Nashville, last week, by
slipping his handouts.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Girps Assailant Sentenced to HANG.

John Williams, colored, was sem
fenced, at Greenville, Miss, to be
hanged February Is. Williams com
mitted criminal assault on 17-year-
old colored girl.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Heat Of All

To cleanse the system in gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the Springtime
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs: Buy the genuine. Manu-,
only, and for sale by all druggists, at so
cents per bottle.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Made an Assignment.

The large dry goods firm Of Wood &
Hager, at Bristol, Tenn, has assigned
Liabilities and assets each estimated
at about SIT, 0O0
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Poor Judgment.

0bslow-What do you think of Smuggin's
views on the great questions of the day?
Debbits-Not much. Why, he didn't
like this necktie I'm wearing at anr-Rox-
bury Gazette.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Dry Goods Merchant Fails.

J. ]. Snyder, a dry goods merchant
who has been in business at humboldt
for long time, made an assignment
last week.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
resident Tyler's Cousin.

VIM. Tyler, cousin of President John
Tyler. died at Jonesboro, Tenn, aged
so. He resided in Gen, John Sewers
old homestead.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

A woman will buy all she uses about the
house and make up for it by doing her own
work and think she is saving money
Washington Democrat.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

be in such circumstances that one can send
kilograms instead of having to write letters.
=Atchison Globe
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

Glove never dieth." We learn this as
promise. We get, after such suffering as in
wolves as it were new birth and other fac
ulties, to know it as experience.-George S.
Merriam.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
Sole agent for the celebra>
ted 81 w. Harper and "Con-
tinentaP' Whistles.

MY STOCK COMPRISES
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,
G.. NJ. WARREN.
Bolivar, Tenn
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
If Takes a Woman,

The average man doesn't know that he
has distinguished ancestors until he mar
ries and his wife makes the discovery.-As.
Gibson Globe.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

use Piso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and practice.-Dr. G. w. Patter'
son, Inkster, Mich, Nov. g. 1894.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

1t is hard to convince schoolboy that
summer vacation days are longer than WIN
ter school days.-Chicago Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

for the liberty we now enjoy than Is
TO-DAY the name of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey to the many men and women this
remedy has liberated from the terrible
agonies of a serious lung trouble. If
taken in time it will stop the progress of
Consumption. It viii stop the cough at
once, and give quiet rest and refreshing,
natural sleep. Coughs, Colds, Group,
Whooping Cough and Grip disappear
by its use as snow before the sunshine
of spring. It exhilarates the lungs, and
overcomes disease by feeding to the blood
fat-forrning oxygen. Take no substitute.
AT all good druggists, or sent upon receipt OF
price IS cts 50 cts and $I.oo per bottle. Address
The E. e Sutherland Medicine c. apany, Paducah, Ny.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Hines
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch ST.. Phila., Pa
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

To Cure a Cold i'm One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

The fellows who run for office on slight
provocation are also apt to run for the Klon-
dixie without knowing much of the facts
Atchison Globe
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

The earth goes round, but it would not
go round if divided up among all the parties
who want it.-Puck.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

The recording angel never credits man
with what his tombstone says in his favor
Chicago Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21

Toni-@It. takes an Irishman for ready wit.
And a jew for ready cash.-Up To Date.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-21
BISHOPS DON'T LIE.

OAOz4OA - rOJN Il III lie
A Legacy sTOm Two Bishops.
Two % ths brightest lights tee Southern Methodist
Church has ever had wers the late Bishops DogGet
Gnd E3V4uangh. who, before they went u their re-
ward, LEFT DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medicine
legay which has not only been Of value TO us, but
has proven boon to suffering humanity
Below We give their own words IN which they made
From bishop Dogge9.
"Your Liver Medicine has been Of great service TO
myself Eni family. We fBd no substitute for il.
ago is nearly exhausted we can't do without it.
Ew;za yoa 70 send Us another supply. IT IS IN
VALUABLE very respectfully, @ no-,---
From Bishop Eauaaaugl:
The following is f-om Rev. Rishce Il. z. Kava-
nGu b. D. d; 70 DIT. u. A Simmons, March. 1851:
confess that hsvs been reluctant 10 figure in
SET 50 much 4 debtor TO voar TEGETIBTE
IFER-AEDICINE,' - that feel Il q sense OF graft
qaircs that should waive this objection, and allow
you % publish whatever may have written in
resS5d T. the character and value OF Your med;
BY them As have beea.'' Il f. K1vASHUGa.
Presbyterian Relieve In ia.
Rer. DR.. CSIsmGa cured Of Dyspepsia aud Rhsit-
Edgefeld Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
NashViils, Tenn, Oct Ia, 1885,
am SIN using Siamons Liver Medicine. 1t is
aud IL cured me Of both dyspepsia and rheumatism
and keeps me in perfect health. prefer to order it
uine and get it fresh. am start the 22l inst.
10 \ meeting OF the Synod Of Ts1EeSses ct Cleye-
land. II can serve yoa in any way on the trip
E. B. GRESHAM.
An E4aiTsent Baptist Has spoken.
Rev. P Graves, editor and proprietor OF - The
Baptist Memphis, Tenn, saysG - To n. A. Sim
mons, NJ. D. 1uks, Miss: received package OF
your Liver Medicine and havo used half of it. Il
EOrss Ike a charm. want no better Liver Regu-
lator and certainly no more of Zeilin' 3 mixture.
J. L. GRAVES, Memphis, Tenn, Nov. IL, lSI6 "
Catholics Endorse &c,
St. johns Hospital, Cor. 25d and Morgan SITS.
st. Louis, No. (
Respected lSirs -" We have found your Iiyer
Medicine very beneficial as an Aperient and Liver
Ro ,ulstor. L doea all that it is recommended 10
do-' Respectfully, SISTERS OF MERCY.
On the trial Of case against Zeilin & Co.
their counsel said: Z" When simmons ancestors
were cracking hickory NUS with their teeth tho
in the House of Israeli While we make no claim
g Jewish origin much less 10 being Princes in the
House OF Israel, " we prefer ancestry of honest
Americans 70 the highest seat in the synagogue CT
cnrightsous Jews.
Beware OF any article called "Simmons Liver
Medicine which has on il the name Of ~ II. Zeilin
q Co., - or " A. ". Simmons & co., or - T. f.
Cheek 8 Co; - and especially beware Of any article
represented as " the same Just good - Rs
theoTis nal DR.. II. A. Sim mons Liver Medicine.
Be guro yo1 get the original which has the name,
picture an autograph OF Dr.. NJ. A. simmons on the
wrapper, COT ltarsigned by o. Z. Simmons Medicine
Co. 81 / "-ia-
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-11
WEYLER'S RUINOUS HARVEST.
Reports Brought by Americans
From the Devastated Districts.

Tampa, Fla, Jan. TO- William II.
King. member Of Congress from Utah ar.
rived to- night from Havana, in com many
with Charles w. Russell, Of the depart
nent of justice, and Dr. Herman Schoen
neid, professor of continental history in
Coiumb ia University, formerly United
States consul at Rega, Russia
Congressman King says that he has
made trip through four, provinces OF
Ctna during the past two weeks with u
view OF ascertaining to his own satisfac-
ton the actual conditions existing in
Cubd, and he says that no one who has
not made such trip can form the least
idea of the effects of Weyler's policy. He
visited Santa Clara, Puerto Principe, Ma
tanZas and Havana, and says that in
every village and town the reconcentra.
dos were starving to death by the hun
bred
With no clothing on and nothing to
eat, their condition is simply terrible.
ana unless something Is done for them
Immediately there will be none TO aid. for
all will be dead.
The condition of the Spanish soldiers is
almost as bad in many instances, for
thousands have died from disease since
reaching Cuba, and at present the hospi-
tails are filled with the sick and wounded
AIR. King says that something should
be done at once to put an end to the war
in Cuba, hut he will not say what he will
advocate in the House. He left Tor Wash
ington to night.
Mr.. Russell accompanied Mr.. King on
his TRIP through Cuba. The object of his
visit was to Investigate certain claims of
American citizens for damages for prom
erty destroyed since the beginning of the
war. He says tEat~-he has nothing to
give out for Dul licatinn
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-11
A KING
CORRESPONDENT.
Rumbert, of Italy, Named in Di-
vorce Proceedings.
DUKE OF LITA pRosECUTEs-AN
OPEN SECRET OF THE ROMAN
COURT BECOMES AN OPEN SCAN
DAL-PLAINTIFF BECOMES A
FRENCH CITIzEN-DUCHEss WAS
ONCE A LADY IN WAITING.
ONCE A LADY IN WAITING.

st. Louis, Jan. 10.-The Globe. Demo.
crat has received from the Italian capital
a cablegram, which says that for many
years the Duke of Lita, who is the head
of the patrician house of Viscontc and
Ares, has been endeavoring to secure n
dissolution of the marriage bonds, but
inasmuch as divorce has no place in
Italian Jurisprudence, all his efforts we're
fruitless.
He has abandoned his Italian national
ity, become French citizen, and has in
stituted in the French courts divorce pro-
ceedings against his duchess on statutory
grounds, naming King Humbert as CO.
respondent.
1t is probable that the suit will he un-
defended. The intimacy between the king
and the duchess is known from one end
of Europe to the other 1t existed for sew
eral months plior to his marriage, con-
tinuing afterward, the Indignation te!t
by Queen Marguerite, Who at that time
bore the title of Princess of Piedmont,
being intensified ty The fact that the
duchess had maneuvred so as to secure
the position AS one of her ladies' in wait.
ing, ard thus formed part ana parcc, of
her household.
Finally the princess appealed to her
rim law, the late King Victor Emap-
uel. threatening to leave IIumbeTt aud
return TO her mother unless the intimacy
was terminated
Victor Emanuel, though scarcely fitted
to give advice on the score of morality ,ex-
postulated with his son, and gave to the
duchess the order to travel abroad, where
upon she betook herself to Paris, where
she became source Of great jealousy to
Empress Eugene, who, when the war Of
1870 broke out, took advantage of l.er
nomination as regent to get even with
the Duchess by imprisoning her in the
castle of Vineeunes az IL German spy.
The Duchess returned to Italy after
the war,and established herself at Milan,
where she was frequently visited by
Humbert, who became the father of her
Youngest SON. The latter n promising
lad. died in 1898, and King Humbert, who
was Mt Rome MT the time, travelled all the
way to Milan in order TO attend his bows
funeral. Stree then the duchess, who
has now established her residence in
Rome, and who still retains much of her
form marvellous beauty, has devote il
herself to works of charity.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-11
TRAIN WRECK IN ALABAMA.
Twenty-Five Persons Injured in a
Railroad Accident.

Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 1O.-Two
coaches attached to train loaded with
PASSENGERS from Atlanta, were dumped
through a bridge which spanned Cuba
hatche Creek, twenty one miles east of
nere o" the Western Alabama railroad
yesterday afternoon and twenty-one per
sons were injured, some of them perhaps
fatally.
freight wreck had caused the pas
sengeI train from here and that from At
lanta to exchange passengers at La
Grange, Ga, and the engines we're cou-
pied to the rear of their respective trains
and started back In the direction from
whica each had come. The train for
MONTGOMERY was going at au average
rate OF speed when it came to the bridge.
anu the engine and the New York slice per
next to it passed over in safety
hen the first day coach came upon
the eastern span, however. it gave way.
ana the coach was dropped over twenty
feet to the ground below The only other
car which followed was the second class
coach, which fell over end foremost, the
front end resting on the grounu below
and the other remaining tilted upright
on the verge of the broken bridge.
All Of the passengers were, of course.
bruised and shaken up, bat not n. ore
than one or tw" deaths are expected to
result.
Conductor Law. of Atlanta, was seri
ousiy injured internally and may die.
Flagman Pope. of Alfalfa. was severely
Injured about the head and may die.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-11
a NOTE OF WARMING.
Comments on the Coming Fight With
Organism.

London, Jan. 10.-The Times. com.
menting editorially on dispatches from,
George w. Smalley, its New York CORE
spondent, dealing with the growth of
Bryanism among the Democrats and tn.
disintesration of the Republicans, and
predicting a silver majority in the next
House OF Representatives, says:
"lt cannot he that the forces which de-
feated Organism in 1896 are wholly shat
tered and annulled by n series of tactical
errors, but an immense advantage has
undoubtedly been given up to the arar-
chial and predatory tendencies which
have recently become so formidable in
American society by the INSTRUMENTATION
of the Republican party and the inca ac
ity of sound money men to retain any
controlling authority among the Demo
Gratis. Clearly there will he desperate
fight few months hence, to be renewed
at the Presidential contest of 1900 over
the same issues which were supposed to
he settled by the election of Mr.. McKin.
ley.