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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04
Live Birds Wanted.

Will pay $3.50 per dozen fol- all
live Quail, also express charges.
shipping crate furnish
ed all agents on application. Ap-
ply for circulars with full instruc-
lions. J. M. AvENT,
Hickory Valley, Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04

The American Business College,
Omaha, Neb., has a notice in the
local column of this paper offering
a complete course of instruction in
| Bookkeeping and business methods
bv mail free of tuition. Did you
read it? To avail yourself of this
offer is the same as accepting a
present OF $50.
Mr.. S. NJ. Smith, who some
time ago bought the stock of mer-
chandise of J. L. Smith 81 Bro, at
Cedar Chapel, sold the same Tues
day to Messrs. W. o. and JudsOn
Newsom, of Fayette Corner, who
will continue the business at Cedar
Chapel under the firm name of
Newsom & Co. Both of these gen
tlemen are experienced business
men. We wish the new firm sue
cess.
Your attention is directed to the
advertisement of the American
Business College, Omaha Mob,
wnich appears in this issue. They
offer to give a thorough course of
instruction in business branches by
mail free of tuition for advertiser g
purposes. This is a rare chance.
The American Business College Is
one of the most successful business
colleges in the United States, and !
to take a course with them means
success.
Mr.. G. T. Iugram's residence
was entered through the parlor
window Monday night by some I'M
known person. Mrs. Ingram first
heard the noise, and informed Mr..
Ingram, who made an investigation
but found 10 one. The parlor win
dow was up. Nothing was missed.
The way was paved for entrance on
the previous night, when Mr.. In
grams valuable watch dog was
poisoned.
Whatever your pursuit III life may |
be, thorough business education is
what you need. The American
Business College, Omaha, Neb., Of
fers a complete business course by |
mail free Of charge for advertising
purposes. If you wish to secure a |
good business education without
leaving home you will do well to !
investigate the matter and make
application for enrolment as a free
student at once.
MIR. Harry Lipsky, the popular
head of the firm of Lipsky Bros,
WhiteviIle, will leave next week
for Eastern markets to buy large
stock of dry goods, carpets, rugs,
mating, etc. Mr.. Lipsky is a !
splendid judge of goods, an ex-
perienced buyer, a man of great
taste and he can be depended upon
to make a handsome, valuable and |
saleable selection. When he re-
turns, he will unfold his bargains
to the public.
"A letter was received last week |
by friend in Bolivar from Mrs.
Cobb (nee Miss Emma joy whose
parents were former residents of |
our town She, with her hls-
band and son, has moved to Juneau,
Alaska, where Mr.. Cobb, as a law
yer, expects to anna fortune IN a
few years. That far away ALASKA
town is described as al ideal resort,
electric light and modern built
houses, with all co.yenIeEces for
health, comfort and pleasure. As
pictured by Mrs. Cobb, life in the /
KIOndike Is not undes rable.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04
Birthday Party.

Miss Maade Wilkinson, the
charming daughter of our popular
fellow citizen, Mr.. P. F. Wilkinson,
entertained a number OF friends
Monday evening with a birthday
party. The hours passed all too
quickly for those present. Elegant
refreshments were served. Among
those who attended were:
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04
An Old IDEA,

Every day strengthens the belief of emf
nent physicians that impure blood is the
cause of the majority of our diseases.
Twenty-Five years ago this theory was used
as basis for the formula of Browns Iron
Bltters. Themany remarkable cures effected
by this famous old household remedy are
sufficient to prove that the theory is correct.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04
LOCAL NEWS.

sas.
Mr.. John Norment has return
ed from Clayton, Miss.
Mr.. c. A. McKinnie, of Jack
son, was in town this week.
Horse and jack bills neatly
printed at the BULLETIN office.
MIR. J. w. Harrison, of Hen
derson, is in town this week.
Miss Eva True left Monday for
market to buy spring millinery.
Go to the entertainment at the
Operahouse tonight Thursday
Mrs. TiIler, who has been quite
i'll for several weeks, is convalescing.
Misses Ella and Tennie Pirtle
visited relatives in Toone this week
Cotton shipments from Bolivar
since September /, 1897, 5000 bales.
Mr.. JuniuS Williams left Mon
day for Mississippi on a business
trip.
Miss Jennie McKinnie is visit
ing friends in the southern portion
of the county.
Mr.. Sidney Justice and wife, of
Cedar Chapel, visited relatives in
Bolivar Tuesday.
Miss Lucy Prewitt, of Middle
burg, visited friends in Bolivar the
first of the week.
Mrs. Bette Tuggle, of White
vile, is the guest of DR.. and Mrs.
Southall Dickson.
-EdiSon's most wonderful inven-
ton can be seen at the Operahouse
tonight CThursday.)
Mortgage blanks and all kinds
of legal blanks always for sale at
the BULLETIN office.
Mr.. John Campbell, of Harri-
son, Ark, is visiting relatives in
Bolivar and vicinity.
Mrs. Summons, of District No.
4, visited her son, Sheriff w. B.
Summons, this week.
Mrs. w. 3. Summons has been
in the Whiteville neighborhood this
week visiting relatives.
Miss Bette Mitchell returned
Monday evening from a pleasant
visit to Jackson relatives.
Mr.. Marvin Newbern, of Spring
Greek, Ark, visited Bolivar rela-
tives during the past week.
MIR. T. II. Knight, of Critten-
den County, Ark, formerly a resi-
dent of Bolivar, was here this week
on business.
Miss Maude Galloway has re-
turned to her home, near Salisbury, |
much to the regret of her numerous
Bolivar friends.
On account of i'll health, Miss
Rose Poindex,cr, a pupil of st.
KatLariue's, returned to Ter home
in Mason last week.
Mr.. Douglas Webb and Miss
Dulcie Fulghum were married at I
Evansville, on February GOTH, by |
Esquire J. J. Siler.
-Messrs. John Lambert and
Wilbur Carter attended the banquet
given at Jackson by the Woodmen
last Thursday evening.
Register John L. Foote was
kicked by horse Sunday morning.
He Is able to hobble about with the
assistance of walking cane.
Mr.. George Pirtle died at his
home near Medon Saturday, after
an illness of one week. He was at
one time a citizen of Bolivar.
The following is the meteoro-
logical report for February: Rain
fall, Ice inches; range of tempera-
ture, SO degrees; clear days, II.
Capt. II. c. Moorman's many
friends in Hardeman will regret to
learn of the death of his wife which !
occurred at SomervilIe on Feb. 9th. /
The entertainment TO be given
at the operahOuse this Thursday
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04
Notice.

desire to inform the public that
am prepared to bore and recurb
W ellis on short notice. | have the
latest improved well-boring machin-
cry. For further information apply
to me at my mill in Bolivar.
I'm d. g. ESTES.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04
For Colds and Lagrippe.

Take DR.. Mendenhall's Cold and
Lagrippe Cure Tablets. Guaranteed
10 cure in "a hours. For coughs,
bronchitis and all throat and lung
troubles, DR.. Mendenhall's Cough
and Consumption Cure is "a new, won
derful discovery. Sold byW.J. Cox.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04
WANTED AT ONCE.


[ have a contract with the
Cumberland Telephone Com
pany to furnish them with
5000 Chestnut Poles, deliver
ed at the Bolivar Depot.
For prices and specifca-
tiOns, consult me Immediate
". J. A. BARRETT.
To those who drink whiskey for
pleasure, HARPER Whiskey adds
zest to existence. To those who
drink whiskey for health's sake,
Whiskey makes life
worth living.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04
REMOVAL.
Notice.

| am prepared to do all kinds of
Typewriting promptly, properly and
cheaply. HUGH S. CRAWFORD.
Bolivar, Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04
ssh R r. " ED!

One bay Mare, heavy with
foal, good saddler; one bay
Mule, three years old. Amy
Information will be rewarded.
JNO. Z. DOUGLAS,
Bolivar, Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-03-04

Ab6Ly at the BULLETTV OFFICE for these Seeds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06
POPULAR SCIENCE,

1t has been estimated that the heat
OF comets is about 1000 times fiercer
than red-hot iron.
If The weight of the body be divided
into eleven parts, eight of these parts
will be pure water.
Air in its pure state is composed
thus: Nitrogen, seventy-seven per
cent; oxygen, twenty-one per cent.
other compounds, two per cent.
The most wonderful astronomical
photograph in the world has been pre-
parel by London, Berlin and Partisan
astronomers. 1t shows at least 68,-
100000 stars.
An argillaceous earth named "tfol,"
which contains free gelatinous silica,
is largely used in Northern Africa by
the Arabs as substitute for soap in
washing linen.
Every ton of Atlantic water when
evaporated yields eighty-one pounds
OF salt; a ton of Pacific water, seven
ty-nlne pounds; Arctic and Antarctic
waters yield eighty-tive pounds to the
ton, and Dead Sea water, 1877 pounds.
M. A. Mouneyrat has found that q
mixture OF acetylene and chlorine, ex-
posed to diffused light, always combines
to form acetylene tetrachloride with
out explosion, in the absence of free
oxygen or any gas that might produce
oxygen,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06
LIGHTS OUT,

How often IN our little boat
On summer evenings we would float;
Careless of dime, of east and west,
Ceasing from idle talk and Jest,
As DER the waters restless flow,
Drifted In cadence sweet and low,
That plaintive bugle call
Lights out!
How through the old fort 1t would ring,
Strange echoes from tie cas- emates bring;
While we would wait, our oars at rest
Upon the rivers peaceful breast,
And watch the yellow lamp-g leans die
At the silvery warning sigh
OF that plaintive bugle call
Lights outl
From far-ofr camp, from land of fears,
Ger wastes OF distance, parting, tears,
Comes the familiar sound of old,
Our life in darkness to enfold.
Alone, upon life's troubled sea,
The fatetul message comes to me,
OF that plaintive bugle call
Lights out
Gertrude F. Lynch, in the Chap Book.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06
What Wide Tires VIII Bear.

testimony on the value of wide
tires comes from all sections of the
globe. A correspondent of paper in
sydney, Australia, describes road in
which heavily-laden wagons with mar
row tires sank "half-spoke deep, and
IN places to their wheel hubs" and
yet load OF five tons, carried on six
inch tires, sank but two to four inches
IN the worst places. In dry weather
he says the roads are cut up by narrow
tires until the dust is foot deep, and
then the rain will not make the dust
set hard again.
A good material for roads is gravel,
but no gravel roads will carry loads
of ten and twelve tons on three-incb
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06

The number of naval cadets is
limited according to the following
rule; Each member of the House of
Representatives is entitled to name
one candidate to represent his district
until he graduates, resigns or is dis
charged. In addition the President
has the privilege of appointing one
and ten annually at large. The ex-
aminations for admission are held each
year, one in May and the other in
September. The requirements of each
candidate are: He must be between
fifteen and nineteen years of age; he
must be physically sound and able to
pass creditable examination in Eng
lish grammar, United States history,
geography, arithmetic and algebra, as
far as the theory of quadratic eoua-
tions and their practice. The pay OF
naval cadet is $500 year, beginning
with the date of admission.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06
SJlLDlNc UP BIG GUNS,
Changes In the Method of Making Can
non and Arrnor.

changes IN the Method of Making Can
non and Arrnor.
E. B. Rogers, of the United States
Navy, has an article in st. Nicholas
on ''Big Guns and Armor of Our
Navy" Mr.. Rogers says:
Not so very long ago all guns were
cast by pouring moulten iron into
mould and then letting it cool slowly;
but it was found that guns made in
that way were not strong enough to
stand the tremendous strain of the
large charges of powder required to
send shot fast enough to enable it
to pierce the steel armor of q modern
ship of war; so the old method of
casting was abandoned as the armor
became stronger, and now nearly all
modern cannon are what is called
''built up"
First long steel tube of the finest
and strongest metal is made, and
around this are placed, or "shrunk
on, successive cylinders or rings,
one over the other, with the greatest
care and nioety, first the "'iacket" and
then the "hoops." So NOWADAYS n
great gun, instead of being one piece,
as 1t used to be, is composed of MANY
parts. The process above described
is called assembling" a gun, and in the
place OF the short cast-iron cannon of
former days shaped something like big
bottle we have the long, graceful
steel rifles, which look not unlike
gigantic watch-keys. They vary in
size from the small rapid-tire guns
few hundred pounds in weight, to the
great thirteen-inch "Peacemaker, as
1T was fondly called, which tips the
scales at sixty tons-120, 900 pounds.
All these modern guns are breech-
leaders, and after the shot and powder
have been placed in the powder cham
Der, the breech is closed by steel
"breech-plug, which is showed into the
gun and by short turn is screwed
tight into the breech.
The shot or shell has also under
gone change. The round cannon
ball most of us are familiar with has
given way to the 'projectile," which
is made of steel, hardened according
to the work it has to do, and in those
which are intended to pierce armored
ships the metal must be so hard that
the projectile can be fired through
steel armor of thickness equal to
one-eighth more than its diameter,
without its being broken or materially
injured; for instance, an eight-inch
projectile, according to this rule. must
be capable of piercing q nine-inch
steel plate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06
Geological Camps.

The summer geological camp origi-
mated in q Cincinnati woman's club.
and has been developed into an insti-
tuition by the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. Experts or professors, as
the case may be, first select a proper
locality. Then tents are erected by
the students, and the camp is run on
the same lines as one would be in the
Adirondacks. Several of the party
take turns in attending to the cook
ing, while the rest dig, collect speci-
mems, sample rocks, etc. When it
rains and the campers are obliged to
remain under shelter, the time is de-
voted to cleaning and labelling the
specimens, comparing notes and re.
pairing tools.-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06

The recent establishment of n whale
oil manufactory on Notre Dame Bay
calls attention to the fact that whaling
is now paying venture off the coast
of Newfoundland. Recently seven
whales, worth nearly $1,000 each, were
captured by company of Norwegian
whalers. A company has been formed
to carry on the industry. This ought
to make the old fishermen around
Amagansett prick up their ears. Pos
sibly the old shipyard of Cold Spring
Harbor, which fitted out the whalors
OF the last century, may resume bust.
mass
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06

The Philadelphia Commercial Mu-
scum says that Porto Rico is well
adapted by soil and climate not only
for the growing of cotton, but for the
manufacture of cotton fabrics as well,
though for the growth of the plant it
will be necessary to engage native
labor or to secure help from Cuba.
OF the more than enc thousand streams
upon the island sixty are navigable,
and many of them could be utilized to
furnish power, which is an important
consideration, since all the coal used
must be brought from this country;
and all the chief towns are connected
by railway, though communication
with the interior is only possible by
OK teams.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06

The highest recorded temperature
in Porto Rico is 1T degrees Fahren-
heit, but such heat is phenomenal,
the mercury rarely rising above
ninety-seven. This is "pretty con-
siderable hot" sure enough, but the
prevailing northeast winds alleviate
the discomfort amazingly. The rainy
season is not identical with Cuba's,
but begins with August and ends with
December. The heaviest rainfall re-
corded was in 1878, when it aggregat-
ed eighty-one inches The average
annual precipitation is sixty-four and
q half inches. The average yearly
rainfall in New York for the past six
years was trihe more than forty-two
inches. New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06

In speaking of the recent popular
war loan the Baltimore American saws:
Not since the wonderful alacrity with
which, in July, 1871, the French
peasants and the working people of
Paris went down into their stockings
and subscribed in a day S40O, 600, 600
to meet the first installments of the
big war indemnity with which the
German invader was bought out of
France, has there been so impressive
n demonstration of the latent resources
of a great nation, or of its patriotic
confidence in its Government. 1t will
be to European Governments as signi.
ticant proof Of the enormous re-
served strength of the American peo-
Pile as all our military and naval sue.
cesses put together, brilliant though
they are. The wealth of a nation and
its ability to raise money within its
own territory on moderate terms is q
main element in its fighting capacity.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06

No higher tribute could be paid to
q warship's crew than that paid by
Captain Evans to the men of the Iowa:
$50 long as the enemy showed his
flag they fought like American sea-
men, but when the flag came down
they were as gentle and tender as
American women" In that pregnant
sentence is the whole philosophy Of
military heroism.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06
Experiment With Wide Tires

1t will give to bicycle 1iders who
have secuted wider tires some satisfac-
tion to know that in series of expert
ments made by the Missouri DEPART
ment of Agriculture it was found that
it required much less trouble to pull a
loaded vehicle having wide tires than
when narrow tires were used. This
was found especially true on poor
roads. While the use of wider tires
is growing among American riders it
is peculiar circumstances that in
England tires are being made narrower.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06
Tho Horses of Manila.

Mr.. Wallace Cumming writes OF
Life in Manila" for the Century. Mr..
Cumming says:
Among the first things to impress o
stranger are the horses. Descended
from horses brought from Mexico,
they have become much smaller, while
they are also much more shapely. In
fact, have never seen a better look
ing breed. There is nothing of the
pony about their shape, though in
size they range between forty eight
and tifty-two inches. At first it looked
absurd to see them ridden by big men
whose stirrups hung down to the
horses knees; but L soon found out
that they easily carried rider weigh
ing two hundred pounds. The for
eigners have a jockey club, which
holds two meetings year at the beau
tiful turf track at Santa Mesa. To
avoid sharp practice, members of the
club only are eligible to ride. This
necessitates a scale of weights start
ing at one hundred and thirty-two
pounds and rising to one hundred and
fifty-four pounds. 1t demonstrates
the speed and strength of these minia-
lures horses that mile has been run
in two minutes and ten seconds by q
pony carrying one hundred and fifty
pounds. Only stations are used. No
body walks; everybody rides; and on
any special fiesta thousands of car
riages fill the streets. 1 doubt if there
is city In the world that can turn out
half the number of private vehicles in
proportion to the population.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06

ence Of our troops in Cuba and Porto
Rico, where the highways are so
wretched as to be scarcely worthy the
name. General Roy Stone, the au-
thority on roadmaking, is at the front
ana has been teaching our boys prac-
tical work along this line. Upon their
return to civil life it is fair to pre-
sumo that the thorough appreciation
OF good roads will bear fruit in q de-
termlned effort to secure such in their
respective sections.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06
Age Veneration in Africa.

There is no section of the globe in
which veneration for age is carried to
such great extent as among the in
habitants of West Africa. For the
men who have been success sfnl in
trade, in the pursuit of war, the hunt,
in the councils of state or in any other
way have distinguished themselves
above their fellows, the respect shown
amounts almost to alteration, and pro-
portionately so when they have at.
tanned to advanced age. The younger
members of society are trained during
their childhood to bestow the utmost
Difference on age. They must never
come into the presence of aged per-
sons or pass by their dwellings with
out taking off their hats and assuming
a crouching gait When seated in
their presence it must always be at
respectful distance. If they happen
to approach near enough to hand an
aged man lighted pipe or a glass of
water the bearer must always fall upon
one knee.
Aged persons must always be ad-
dressed as father" or mother"
Any disrespectful language or deport-
ment toward such persons is looked
upon as misdemeanor of no light
moment. A youthful person carefully
avoids communicating any disagree
able news to such persons and usually
addresses them IN terms of fattery
and adulation. And there is nothing
which young person so much de-
precates as the curse of an aged per-
son and especially that of his own
father. San Francisco Examiner.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-06

A battle in which bucket was the
only prize was fought at Bologna in
1925. The people of Modena had
made a raid upon that city and had
carried away, as trophy of victoryl
the bucket belonging to the publid
well. The expedition of the Bolognese
to recover this bucket forms the basis
OF the famous poem of Tassoni, "The
Rape of the Bucket"
could show
Than this same bucket conquered from tho
foe,
Caused It in form of trophy to advance
Before the troops, sublime upon lance"
Detroit Free Press.