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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
HE COULDN'T BE BLAMED.
Did Everything In His Power to Sc
cure Support But Was Han
dicapped.

Il suppose it was little cheeky" said
the young man to the old fellow on the
rear platform of the car, but what are you
going to do in such case?"
Yes, what are you going to do?" queried
the old fellow, in reply, though having no
knowledge of what was meant.
Il got up the courage to ask her hand
in marriage and she murmured yes"
They generally murmur''
Then to be in good form, I had to go
and ask the old mans consent"
Perfectly correct, young Unexpectedly
correct"
Il took a bracer and walked in on him, -
continued the young man, ''and in due time
| had stated my case. He waited a decent
length of time and then said l could have
her"
That was beautiful-beautiful"
Yes, as far as it went. Yes that was
III right, but l wasn't through with him
yet. had to ask him if he'd lend me a
hundred dollars to get married on. Wasn't
no other way, you know"
No, no other way" repeated the old
fellow as he got a new brace for his back
And he loaned it to you?"
-, "Noap. Threw me down with a dull
You don't say!"
did for fact. Yes, the whole thing is
off, and | have loved and lost. l don't see
where I'm to blame, though"
Not bit of it. You loved and wanted
to marry; but it takes money to get mar
ned on. He had it, but wouldn't lend it.
No money-no marriage. Plain as the nose
on your face, and you're not a bit to
blame. Put it thar, young man, and
cheer up and get a new hold with your
toes. You had to do it-had to do it-and
anybody as says you hadn't is liar and
a boss thief and dasn't stand up before the
undersigned for three roundsn}-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Amounts Due From Corporations.

Comptroller King figures that under
the recent compromise the corporations
named are due the State the following
amounts: Louisville and Nashville,
S11, 1879; Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis, Sill, 313 ~; Southern Railway,
S7,7O1.3O; Illinois Central, IS, 236. O3;
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa
cific, S1,95S.3s; Belt Railway, Chatta-
noOga, 1886; Kansas City, Memphis
and Bridge Company, SsOS.15; Cumber-
land Telephone, s927.57; East Tennessee
Telephone, s261.6S. Total, $40, 591.S3.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment,
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j..
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
moniaIs. Address F. j. Cheney & Co., To.
ledo, o. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

Every reader of this paper should give
special heed to the offers which are appear
ing from week to week by the John M.
Smyth Co., the mammoth mail order house
of Chicago. In this issue will be found their
advertisement of a thoroughly up-todate,
frst-class sewing, machine, at the astound-
fer and other offers do from a house with a
commercial rating of over one million dol
lars, and of the highest character, they mark
an opportunity that the shrewd buyer will
not be slow to take advantage of. The John
NJ. Smyth Co., $50 to l66 West Madison
street, will send their mammoth catalogue,
in which is listed at wholesale prices every
thing to eat, wear and use, on receipt of
only 10 cents to partly pay postage or ex-
pressage, and even this 10 cents is allowed on
first purchase amounting to one dollar.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Hon. ]. H. Caldwell.

81 have used Pe-ru-na for a number Of
years with the very best results for ca
tarrhal diseases. l shall never be without
1t. l never fail to recommend it when an
opportunity presents itself. j. II. Cald-
well, Robeline, La.
Gilbert Hofer, Grays, Ky, says in let
ter dated March 18th, 1894; Il have used
four bottles Of Pe-ru-na and l am well of
my catarrh, and it cured my Bright's dis
ease. l had been troubled for two years
l weigh twenty pounds more than l did be-
fore l was taken sick. l shall never be
without Pe-ru-na."
Send for free catarrh book. Address Dr.
Hartman, Columbus, o.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Round FIfty Thousand po1lar..

Hunter johnson, white citizen OF
Jackson, Miss, while hunting in Pearl
river swamp, east of Jackson. discoy-
cred a box containing nearly $4,000.
The money was encased in an iron
case and is in gold pieces, nearly all
of the $50 denomination. tits thought
the money is a war treasure. All of
the coins bear date prior to 1880.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
County Tax Aggregates.

Tax aggregates from every county
except Rutherford have been received
by Comptroller King. Davidson leads al
others, with a total of SIS, s55, $50, an
increase of S924,O4O over last year.
Shelby follows with $50, 52S, 5O7, an in
crease or S47S,S1O. Then comes Knox.
with total of s17,S17, 21O, an increase of
s194, Az over last year, and Hamilton,
with $17, $50, a decrease OF $50, 1862.
Maury shows a total of IS, 265, 900, an
increase of SS17, ST5, mainly due to an
enhancement In the value of her phos-
plate lands.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Tennessee Brandy Production Short.

Revenue Agent Ingram now esti-
mates that the brandy production in
the Nashville district will fall twenty
to twenty-five thousand gallons below
his estimate of sixty thousand gallons
made some time ago. August and Sep.
TENDER blighted fruit.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Bold Tennessee Robbers.

Masked men entered the home of
Jesse Snyder, in the mountains of
Johnson county, Tenn, frightened him
and his wife away, and secured 81, 800
in gold. The outlaws are believed to
be the same men who recently killed
Lemuel jackson in Green county,
Tenn, and robbed him of 5000. The
Jackson murderers escaped arrest by
burning several thousand acres of tim.
her land
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Murder In the Second Depeee.

Coleman, Bob, Bud and Tom Smith
were convicted at Dresden last week OF
the murder of the Fowler brothers last
June. The jury returned a verdict OF
murder in the second degree and fixed
the penalty at twenty years in the
penitentiary. The murder was the re-
suit of family feud of long standing
which originated with the fathers of
the parties concerned.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Inheritance Tax Collected.

Comptroller King has received re.
port of 81, O33, inheritance tax collected
by j. l. Harrison in Bradley county.
The collection was made upon the leg
acy of John H. Craigmiles, who left an
estate of S2O,666.66, much of which
went to the Episcopal church. Among
the items of the legacy was the follow
ing: Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, $500.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
DIckering for the Morrow Farm.

Negotiations are in progress between
Gov. McMillin and the owners of the
Morrow farm at the new penitentiary,
looking to an exchange of the farm for
the old prison property. The State is
now renting the Morrow farm at an
annual rental of $4,000. 1t is one of
the finest farms in Tennessee.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Tea Poisoning.

Victims Of tea poisoning are becoming
alarmingly prevalent. Women demand the
life and variety of Health, and instead of do
ing il naturally by building up their systems
they resort to tea. They should take Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters instead. BY strength
enlng the digestive organs this brings beauty
and good spirits. II tones up the nerves,
drives away the blues, regulates the bowels
and cures all forms Of dyspepsia. All drug.
gists sell il
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
The Trinity River of Texas.

A rough estimate of the cost of
opening Trinity river, in Texas, to
navigation with depth of about five
feet is given at about S4,OOO,0O0. The
approximate cost of maintaining the
navigable stream is put at between
$780, and 100000 a year. The pro
posed improvement is for system of
locks and dams.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
with Appropriate Ceremonies.

At Hollywood cemetery, Richmond
Va, under the auspices of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
monument to Jefferson Davis and Miss
Winnie Davis were unveiled with ap-
propriate ceremonies. Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee rode at the head of the process
sion.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Memphis wnrehouses burned.

The Planters warehouse, the Woods
Chickasaw Manufacturing Co.'S ware
house, and the plant of the Louisiana
Molasses Co., at Memphis, Tenn, were
destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
about $25O,OO0. The two warehouses
were filled with merchandise, and there
was large stock in the sugar refinery.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Two Escaped Convicts Captured.

Gus Thomas and George Lawrence,
who escaped from the new penitentiary
recently, were caught at McFwen last
week. Thomas said he intended to re-
turn to Hardin county after time.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
GObbIed I'm.

The entire assets of the West Poin;
Mining Co., which practically con-
trolled the brown ore fields Of north
ern Alabama and southern Tcraessec,
have been sold to the United States
Iron Co., of New Jersey.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Youngest Judge i'm Georgia

Charles Crisp, son of the late ex-
Speaker Crisp, has been appointed by
Gov. Gambler of Georgia a judge OF
Sumter county court. He is the young.
est judge in the state.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
The Davis Tablets.

The tablets in ST. PauIs church.
Richmond, Va, to Miss Winnie Davis
and the Davis sons were unveiled the
other day with impressive ceremonies.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
An Ambitious Southern Woman.

Miss Susan De Forest Day, "a
wealthy southern woman, has convert
Ell a tramp steamer into yacht and
has joined the New York Yacht club.
She is the first woman granted a COM
mission as master of ship.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Burned Ont,

Almost the entire business portion
of Columbia, La, was destroyed by fire
the other day. The merchants had the
largest stocks they have had for years,
in anticipation of good fall trade.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
George w. Harrington.

George w. harrington, general man
ager of the Chattanooga stove works,
died suddenly of heart disease. He was
well known in the trade.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
II be Greatly Enlarged.

The plant belonging to the Diamond
Match Co., below Vicksburg, Miss, will
be greatly enlarged. Machinery will
be brought from Michigan.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Was AsSassinated.

James Bennett, prosperous farm
er near Coppell, in the northern part
OF Dallas county, Tex, was shot down
and instantly killed by an unknown
assassin.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Swords for Lee and Wheeler

Ladies of Chicago are inaugurating
a movement to present swords of hon
or, costing $4,000 each, to Generals
Wheeler and Lee.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
A Southern Lime Trust.

Prominent lime manufacturers met
at Montgomery. Ala, and it is said, or
ganized a trust with a capital of two
million dollars.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

The Office Boy-"Only three more days
before my vacation!" The Fixture-"Y gu
ought not to wish away your time" The
Office Boy amt. I'm only wishing away
the boss time so that my time can begin"
Boston Transcript.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
How IL Sounded.

my daughters music" sighed the moth
or, has been a great expense"
Indeed" returned the guest. Some
neighbor sued you, L suppose! "-Boston
Traveller
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
A Large Hawk.

Prof. E. C Ownby killed hawk near
Union City last week which measured
so inches from tip to tip.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
SILK Culture i'm the sourn.

r. NJ. Lowrey, a negro preacher of
Birmingham, Ala, is enthusiastic over
prospects for silk culture in the south.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

1t requires no experience to dye with PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES. Simply boiling
your goods in the dye is all that's necessary.
Sold by all druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

NHERE are women everywhere who suffer almost con-
stantly because they bring themselves to tell
all about their ills to a physician
Such surely explain their symptoms and their
suffering by Pnham Lynn Mass, for the
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

The Best Prescription for ChiIIH
and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL TOXIC tits simply iron and quinine in
atasteless form. No cure no pay. Price, soc.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

The world may owe every man living,
but the miner Is the one who digs down into
the earth's pockets and gets it.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Worse Yet.

Snarley-They're bad family. The ia
Their plays the stock market and the son
the races.
Yow-You'd think they were virtues if
you heard the daughter play the piano.
Syracuse Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
KIDNEY DISEASE,
Caused by Internal Catarrh,
Promptly Cured by
Pe-ru-na.

Hon. J. H. Caldwell, a prominent mem
Der of the Louisiana State Legislature, says
the following in regard to Pe-ru-na for ca
tarrh:
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Under Two Flags.

"What a grand picture it must have beer"
remarked the boarder who had seen Dewey,
"to have seen the Olympia steaming home,
the stars and stripes on one mast and the
homeward pennant on the other"
Magnificent" echoed the man in black
suspenders, "but think what a picture it
would have been to have seen the stars and
stripes on one mast and the baseball pennant
on the other. Chicago Evening News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

have used Piso's Cure for Consumption
both in my family and practice.-Dr. G.
w. Patterson, Inkster, Mich, Nov. 5, 1894.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

Somehow badness is far more contagiou
than goodness Chicago Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

hdence reposed in her has never been
violated. Over a million women have
been helped by her advice and medicine.
Mrs. Pinkham in attending to her vast
correspondence Is assisted by women
only. If you ars Ill. don't delay. Her
reply will cost you nothing and it will be a
0ractical helm as il was to MISS ELLA z.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
CHRIST PRESENTS
GIVE AIZZAS
LIKE FINDING MONEY.


cred
Why
enabled to large 1oc package of Red Cross starch
with
printed twelve beautiful co Twentieth Cen
obta the eautifu full
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

Tax sales Arousing Property Owners.
The assessment law of 1897 has proved
bonanza to 9 lot of pawnbrokers
and money lenders in Davidson county.
Under that law delinquent property
was put up and sold by the county
trustee in September, 1897, and all not
bid in was turned over to the curcuit
court clerk, to be held for the State for
two years. Last September the circuit
clerk disposed of unredeemed property
at peremptory sale. Some thing like
three hundred thousand dollars worth
of property was sold for some ten to
twenty thousand dollars. Much of it
was bought in for the taxes due by
pawnbrokers and others. Many people
have just awakened to the fact that
what was formerly their property has
fallen into the hands of others for
trifle. Some property owners, when
they learned that they had lost their
holdings, redeemed the property from
purchasers at a large advance on the
amount paid.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

The great trouble seems to be that bad
luck is natural, while people are compelled
to work for good luck.-Atchison Globe.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
In Old Missouri.

Mrs. Goodwin-Here's a quarter, poor
man. But tell me, pray, what ever brought
you to this miserable state?
1 was tourin' trough Iowa, an axerdent-
ly stray d across de line, see?-Chicago Even
ing News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
4 WOMAN
HELPS
WOMEN

BRENNER East Rochester, Ohio who shrunk from
ordeal examination by physician yet knew must
troubles backache. tired
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

The well-read man isn't always the pink
of perfection.-Ch Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

The Bachelor Defned-A Dallas mother
with five grown daughters defines bachelor
as miserable coward who has lost the
opportunity of a lifetime. Dallas News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
Jason Crow. OscarvilIe, Gu, says.

Jason crow, OscnrV1AAes U0.s SASS'
ri feel it my duty to write and let you
know what your medicine, . Drops, has
done for me. | have had rheumatism about
Is years, but was able to be up most of the
time, until year ago last May, when / was
taken down and not able to move about.
About six weeks ago l saw your advertise
taking few doses, it did me so much good
that l ordered some more for myself and
friends and in every case it has done won
ders and given perfect satisfaction. DR.:
Woodliff, my family physician, who has had
rheumatism Is years, is taking s Drops, and
says it is the most efficient rheumatic med
icine he has ever used. May 81, 1892"
The above refers to E'5 Drops" perfect
cure for rheumatism, kidney and all kin
dred complaints. The proprietors, Swan
offer to send 25c. sample bottle for only
10c. during the next 80 days. Be sure to read
their advertisement of last week.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17
TENNESSEE STA TE NEWS.
Fl.h Industry at Reelfoot Lake.

1t would probably surprise great
many people to know the extent of the
fishing industry on Reelfoot Lake, in
Obion county. As every reader knows,
the lake was formed by an earthquake
in 1911. 1t is forty miles long and from
four to eight in width, and there are
places in it, the bottom of which has
never been found. Besides the fish
that spawn and raise in the lake the
annual overflow of the Mississippi keep
il well stocked and the supply of fish
seems practically inexhaustible. There
are 1900 nets in the lake, which are
operated by some 500 or 600 fishermen.
Taking into account the employees of
the wholesale fish dealers at Union
City, Tenn, and at Hickman KY, the
drivers of the wagons that bring the
fish from the lake, the hotels ON the
lake and their employees, and others
connected with fishing and hunting, at
least one thousand persons derive a liv-
ing from natures mad freak of 1911.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon a cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

Henry A, Salzer, Manager of the
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, also President of the Idaho Gold
Coin Mining and Milling Co., is in luck.
They have.re GENTLY struck wonderful
deposit of god on their properties. AS
g result the stock of the Gold Coin Co.
has doubled in value. Many Of the
patrons of the John A. Salzer Seed Co.
are owners of Gold Coin Stock. The
mines are located in the Seven Devil
District, Idaho.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

There is one thing worse than not having
and not be able to eat it-Ledger Monthly.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

The man who is sure it doesn't do any
good to kick should never join football
team-Elliott's Magazine.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money lift fails to cure. Csc.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-17

Mrs. Ada Brown Talbot, of New York, ed
itor of the Clubwoman, says that the most
extraordinary club she ever ran across is
conducted by demure and dignifed little
woman of seven, the daughter of club
president. The editor called one day, and
was received by her little friend with open
arms.
''At last I've got chair she said.
81 am very glad" my DEAR" said the ed
itor: Il hope it is comfortable and pretty,
ooh, it is not for me; it is for my club. +"
Il didn't know you had a club"
"Of course | have-just like mamma. My
dolly is president, and l got the chair for
her. You see," she explained, in whis-
per, there's only dolies in it, and the dolly
that ma makes the most noise Is president dent
She talks when you push her back. /
broked the spring, and now she talks till
she is ruined down. So she's president.
Don't you think that's nice?"
And Mrs. Talbot said she did.-Philadel-
phia SATURDAY. Evening Post
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-25
Coffin Left Or the Doorsten.

Somerville, N. j., May 25.-An at
tempt made Tuesday night to play
CHASTITY joke on Lewis a. Bells, we'll
known horseman of this place, may end
seriously. Shortly after midnight a
crowd of masked men deposited coffin
at the front door of the Bells residence
i'll Doughty avenue, rang the doorbell
violently and disappeared. Bells was
away from home, and his wife went to
the door. The sight that confronted
her nearly made her faint. Lying in
the open coffin was boy with white
upturned face. She screamed and ran
for policeman. On her way down the
street she overlook the crowd that had
left the coffin onthe doorstep. The crowd
ran and she gave chase, but they es
capped. Policeman Holmes, who respon.
ded to the call, went to the Bells house
and removed the body from the coffin.
A white coating was secured from the
face of the apparently lifeless form,
which was then recognized as Walter
Johnson, Bellis's negro stable boy. De-
tectives who have been investigating
the case find that Johnson was either
drugged or made drunk by number of
young men and two young women,
whose names they refuse to disclose.
After he became unconscious he was
painted white and placed in q stolen
coffin. Johnson has been in slupor
since his removal from the coffin. 1t is
stated that number Of arrests will be
mada