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The Canton times., 1899-10-27
THE PUBLIC.
Something for Sharks in All Lines
of Business to Prey
Upon.

"You must remember" said the man
who was arguing with great volubility and
self-approval, that we owe a duty to the
public"
who is the public?" inquired Mr.. Bly,
kins, abruptly.
general .populace."
NO." said Mr.. Bykins, with emphasis,
you got the wrong idea The public is
something to be roped in; to be gouged to
be walked over. To the sugar trust the pub
lie is a great congregation of confectionery
consumers. To the beef trust the public is
a vast menagere of carnivorous bipeds. To
the politician it is a collection of persons
who have influence at elections; to the the
atrical manager, a crowd of people in front
of the box office eager to get rid of money;
to the street car conductor, lot Of creatures
who ought to be made to step lively"
you think the public gets imposed upon
all around"
Yes. 1t doesn't deserve any better, and
retribution is always waiting The man
who imposes on the public in one respect
lapses back into the general outfit in some
thing else and is imposed on in his turn.
It's a heartless business all the way
through. One great and elaborate scheme
of imposition. What people ought to do is
to hold primaries in all parts of the civilized
world and send delegates to The Hague to
see if they cant discuss something like
disarmament scheme by which the people
of this earth can be persuaded to quit i'm
posing on one Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

angry devils had spirited her away.
They gave up searching for her after
awhile and when the fourth day came
her tea sets sad wooden dolls were put
away and the family shrine lit with
seven tapers, for her years.
The Welcome Cat was removed from
the hospitable door, and they mourned
Aside from the mere loneliness of the
situation Sum See was faring well. No
royal daughter of the Eight Houses
Jared better in a lifetime. She ate of
the glazed brown pork nimbly and
feasted with the freedom of rat in Il
corner cupboard. She and the friendly
joss looked solemnly at each other over
the viands and said nothing
1t was so high to the shelf that it
seemed like standing up to lunch
counter to eat, but Sum soon found a
way Of retiring to the floor with her
bites and there enjoying herself.
Ard when the fifth day came they
found her there when the joss house
was opened for airing and worship of
the smiling man who sat there.
They would have been Mortified at the
familiarity of Sum See with His Great
ness if they could have known, but she
said nothing of her conclaves with the
Ruler of the Destinies of the Faithful
Followers, and as she looked fat and
well they said nothing.
The food for the departed spirit had
disappeared, and it was well that the
religious miracle should be told of.
They did not know that Sum See had
eaten it all, and that she had burned
the leayings in pan in the oven where
she had first seen the cat.
Her restoration to her fond family
was taken as another part of the
miracle, and no questions were asked,
and Almond Blossom did not explain.
All she knew was that she had had
all the duck she ever wanted in her life,
and that she had been rather happy in
the punk sealed silence of the dim and
painted interior of the joss house. And
no one ever knew that the friendly god
had smiled upon her eating the funeral
baked meats for her own mother.
Thus did the spirit of Ii Cum watch
over her daughter in the Land of Sill
yer Shades and Forked Sunbeams, and
she and the joss had so conspired that
the lonely girl should not starve-no
matter if the sacred viands that were
to speed 81 Kun or her way were con.
sumed in the process.
And, of course, the friendly joss never
mentioned any of the facts.-Chicago
Herald
The Canton times., 1899-10-27
IF WISHING WERE HAVING.

Hey, little lassies with eyes of blue,
And brave little laddies with eyes Of
brown!
What if fairy should come to you
And show you the way to Grown-up
TOWN.
Now tell me truly, If have guessed
That this is the gift your heart holds best.
Would you drop your dolly and leave your
ball,
And quit your froics in field and glen,
For the sake of feeling yourselves grow
tall,
For the bliss of being real women and
men?
Say, little lassies, and laddies, too,
Now isn't this just what you would do?
Tell me, oh women, with wistful eyes,
And men who plod on life's tolsome way,
What If kind Fate, in some fairy guise,
Should grant the wish of your heart to-
day?
Weighed in the balance of times true test,
Which OF all gifts, would you count the
best?
Would you leave the crowded city mart,
The glitter of gold, the crown Of fame,
To sport as a child with care-free heart,
And eyes unclouded by grief or shame?
Tell me, oh world-tired women and men,
Would you be, If you could, a child again?
Ida Goldsmith Morris, in Ladies Home
Journal
The Canton times., 1899-10-27
DEALING IN GUESSES.
This Man Thought Himself FOr-
tunnte Until lie Got His
Eyes Opened.

"See that round faced old man there
with the bald head and the gray eyes
that twinkle while he talks"
Yes. Good face, hasn't he? Why, it
just beams charity and good will to-
ward mau. I'll bet he's the salt of the
earth. Farmer, too, from the way he
dresses. There's a chap Id trust with
my last dollar"
80 would most anyone. But don't
make it over a dollar if you 60 expert
menting with him. I'd just as lieve tell
you, but don't peddle it. | held note
of a young man here in the city. He
had inherited a snug sum, but didn't
know anything about the worth of n
dollar. He struck quite pace and the
usual result followed. But he was not
a rogue at heart. One day he came to
me, and said that he could not meet
the note, but that he was not going to
leave me in the lurch and that he had
a fine three-quarter bred mare, worth
more than he owed me, that he would
turn over to me in payment. felt sure
l was getting the worst of it, but he'd
showed the right spirit, so | accepted
the offer, told my man to take care of
the mare, and never saw her but once.
Last week that nice old gentleman
came to me and asked what I'd take for
the 'hoss.' Two hundred | answered
promptly. He dickered till | dropped
TO $75, and then surprised me by laying
the cash down. ] chuckled to myself,
for this was far more than ever ex-
pected to realize upon the note.
""That old cove made a nice sale of
the 'oss for you said the stablcman
next day, but she was mare as was
bred i'll the purple, sir, and I've seen
worse in the Derby
"'I don't think $175 was too much l
replied.
"''Undred ard seventy -fve!' he ex.
claimed, with wide-open eyes; why, he
sold to one of the trackmen and (
seed the money pass, sir-$7OO.' -
Detroit Free Press.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

carried L. TIE dragon parade. She
could handle them without a protest, for
there sat the smiling parsonage with
look of soft approval.
He said nothing, but then silence is
golden, unused Almond Blossom,
twinkling her black eyes around the
vast room and smiling back toward the
good image.
She touched the stiff vanished bro
cades, the polished pewter urns, the
red futtering papers with the gilt rib
bon flowing from their sides, fine as
hair on white child. And then Miss
Sum sat down.
She was so interested in the prayer
over the place where they burned the
offerings that she did not notice the
Chinaman who came in, looked around
the room to see if there were any at
the shrine, and who then went out
and shut the door and locked it.
1t was the close of the great offering
week, and the shrineroom that Almond
Blossom was in was not to be opened
for several days.
Almond Blossom had crawled into the
prayer kiln after kitten, and she came
out dusty and dsmayed not to have
found it, for it had scrambled out of
the smoke hole and got hastily to the
roof of the house in a dash.
The walls were hung with strips > /
IN, 4 1 N
liked the orderly way they were ar
rayed
TELL me-" she said to the joss, 81
wish to go to the Land of Ceaselcss
Shine and Diamond Stars-do you know
the way?"
The kindly joss only smiled, of
course.
"Ah, you are dumb" said Sum.
Poor thing! have a neighbor boy,
a dwarf, who is deaf and dumb. You
are like him."
Again the joss smiled happily, so
Sum knew that she had not offended
him.
Presently she went over to the door
by which she had come in and found
it locked. She had, indeed, started on
the way to the Land of Silver Shadows,
and there was no turning back.
Sum See sighed and turned away.
There was the window yet. But the
window opened out on balcony of
stone eight feet wide; and she could
not see the street from there; only the
tops of the other houses in the Chinese
quarter and row of black chimneys.
THAT must be the City of the Cross
and Envious Serpents?" said Sum,
The Canton times., 1899-10-27
SHE LOOKED ABOUT 1NTEREsTEDLY.

questioningly. 1t was the way to the
land where her parents had gone. Hip
had told her so.
IF l am still and say nothing maybe
we shall travel there in this shut-up
place." said Sum to herself reassur-
ingly.
1t was pleasant at first, for there
were the dolls on the shrine-the lesser
gods-and Sum could play with them
without fear, because of the smile of
the main functionary.
Then there were the toy banners to
sway in the scented air. now so heavy
and cloying with the dying sandal flame
that Sum was glad it was charring to
a finish. The room reeled with these
serpents of smoke filtering out through
the crannies of the room and window
to the street and the sky above.
Sum noticed after several hours two
things-namely, that their room had
not got beyond the chimney pots, and
that she was very hungry.
She had had small bowl of rice and
pork that noon in her own home, but
now it was getting dark outside, and
she knew that they were getting into
the Land of Silver Shades and Star
Beams.
So she sat still and wondered why
she could not get out and what she
should eat for dinner. And then she
went around and consulted the joss.
There he sat, as If made of chocolate
creams, and smiled. Below him was
covered board, and Almond Blossom
lifted the end of the cloth that was
draped over it, and there found duck
roasted, jars of potted fish and sweet
cakes-all her favorite dishes!
She knew then that she was in Magic
Land, and she smiled back at the brown
man and ate ravenously.
The night passed by, Almond Bios
som sleeping profoundly in the soft
robes of the Exalted Few, and then, re-
placing them in the morning, she be-
gan another day Of weary waiting for
the opening of the temple door.
AZ Almond Blossoms home you can
understand the excitement. They
mourned her as dead, and thought the
The Canton times., 1899-10-27
Tribute to IA window Garden.

Faculty" as New Englanders call
it, is a quality that generally exacts
admiration. An old colored man recog-
nized it even in the beauty of a window
garden. The window was mass of
sweet peas in bloom. The mistress of
the house was looking carefully at the
boxes and shipping off a few dead
leaves. The old man evidently per-
ceived that she knew how" but per-
haps he wondered how so much loyeli-
ness could come from simple flowers
like sweet peas. my Lawd!" he said, as
he turned away, "ef some pussons was
to plant a iewsharp it'd come up a
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

as your town growing?" asked the
Pittsburgh man of fellow-traveler on the
cars.
We'll no; I can't say it's growing" was
the reply; mot growing to speak Of. but
it is improving in tastes right along"
"You mean that the people are assuming
a higher standard"
81 do, sir; yes, sir We now get bananas
every day from Cincinnati, and five out
Of six groceries keep shredded Goldfish and
limburger cheese. We don't look for any
building boom or influx of strangers, but
we'll hold our own and gradually work up
to electric doorbells and oysters on the half
shell. Utica Observer.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27
A West Indian Hurricane

Recently travelled up and down the coast at
will, upset all calculations, and acted in an
entirely different manner from any other
storm. Sometimes dyspepsia acts in the same
way. 1t refuses to yield to treatment which
has cured similar cases. Then Hostetter's S
Stomach Bitters should be taken. 1t will af
feet cure speedily and naturally. 1t has
cured stomach troubles for half century
Try it.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27
Woman and the AutomobiIe.

1t has long been Scientifically demon.
strated that a woman cannot throw a stone
straight. 1t now appears that she steers an
automobile the way she throws a stone.
There are awful possibilities in the near
future. A wabbly bike can be lodged by
an athletic sprinter, but a wabbly automo.
bile has horror all its OWN. Y. Press
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

It was a ministers club meeting, and the
cloth was exchanging experiences.
"At funeral recently" said one of the
clergymen, Il narrowly escaped laughing
outright at an unconscious bit of humor
perpetrated. why is it, / asked in the
ourseofmy moral applying eloquence, why
is it that there should be peculiar appro-
priateness to-day in the gathering, about
this bier, of friends and relatives whose
tears fall like rain?'
II paused there significantly to let my
words sink in, when suddenly, with a choke
producing flash, it crossed my mind that the
dead man had been a mikman in the com.
munity for 25 years. ."-BrooklYn Eagle.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

He ia suitor)-"Ggammarians have never
been sure of the proper distinction between
L shall and L will, but to my mind there
Is no difficulty" She.".I don't quite know
the the distinction dis ! myself" ;,,- He thinking he
tion: Will you marry lne% Supposing /
asl, you, your reply would be not I will, but
-" She lemphaticallyl-"I won't. t."-tudy.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

A. Conan Doyle says that for absent.mind-
edness he holds the worlds championship
but we doubt if he could win out against the
Colorado woman who put her baby in the
oven to roast, and sang lullaby in an en-.
d(eavor to ,soothe to sleep the stuffed turkey
she rocked in the cradle Denver Post.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

An Easy .One,-He entered the cheap res
taurant and took a seat at one of the tables.
will you have l5-cent dinner or 25-cent
one!' inquired waiter. "Is there any real
difference" Certainly" "What is it?"
Ten cents. Ohio State journal.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

Visitor Ito host whose daughter is as.
saulting the piano in ultra fortissimo)-"II
tell you what it is, sir Your daughter is
powerful performer; she gets out of the in.
strument all there is in it." IIost-"Pd be
thankful if she got out the $500 put in Il. -
Richmond Dispatch.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

Mollie-Do you know, papa can't
keep his feet still when he hears music.
Chollie (iirnidly)-Well, please, don't
play until get outside.- Yonkers
Statesman.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

1t is affectation to use long word when
short one will do just as well.-Elliott's
Magazine
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

Ded5roke-T hear you called on the la
dys father last night. How'd he like your
suit" Harduppe-"Very much, think.
lie kept half the coat collar when left. >
Philadelphia Record.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

A Horse on Him.-"Say, Dennis, dye
know Jamesie came to home on furlough?"
I'm phwhat's furlough" Can yer
igneramus, it's wan NV thin new wagons
what runs widout a horse. Pittsburgh
Press.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

Don't take physic when you should take
exercise.-Elliott's Magazine.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

One..half the. defeats could be turned into
victories by little effort. t.--Atchison Globe.
The Canton times., 1899-10-27

-, Dolljieg1"Havs you read The Days
Work." Chollie-"The day 3 work? How
doosidly vulgar" r!"-Indisnapol Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-09
Whee1er's Sound Advice.

The fact that Gen. Wheeler is a
Democrat and a possible candidate
for Governor of Alabama in 1900
gives especial force to his patriotic
declaration at Boston yesterday that
it is the duty of every American to
uphold the President and his
Cabinet when they have become
committed to a defined policy. He
added: "Certainly no good, and
only evil, can come from words and
acts which tell rival nations that
even a portion of our people, how
ever few, are not in full sympathy
with our Government, or, what is
worse, that any Americans actually
do sympathize with our country's
enemies. These are not the words
of a political supporter Of the pres
ent administration, but of one who
is first an American and afterward a
Democrat, and whose sense of duty
placed him in the army that invad-
ed Cuba and makes him ready now
to serve in the Philippines. What
pleasant contrast these words of
the brave old General are to the
reasonable vaporings of those who
are making bogies Of "Imperialism"
and ''Expansion"-New York
Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-09
Stone in the Bladder.

My son has suffered with stone in
the bladder eight years. l have
taken him to several watering places,
also to Cincinnati, New York
Chicago and Nashville, where he
was put under eminent physicians.
with no improvements. On the
contrary, it was gradually getting
larger, until | lost all hope of get
ting him cured, when l was told of
Smiths Sure Kidney Cure. l had
him try it, and to my surprise he
began to improve at once, and he
was cured with two bottles. His
general health has improved wonder
fully.-John E. Dedman, Memphis
Tenn. Price so cents. For sale by
w. J. Cox.
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Would Not Suffer So Again
for Fifty Times It's Price,

l awoke last night with several
pains in my stomach. I never felt
so bad in all my life. When l
came down to work this morning I
felt so weak [ could hardly work.
1 went to Miller &c McCurdy's drug
store and they recommended Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. 1t worked like
magic and one does fixed me all
right. 1t certainly is the finest
thing l never used for stomach
trouble. l shall not be without it
in my house hereafter, for l should
not care tie endure the suffering of
last night again for fifty times it's
price.-G. H. Wilson, Livery
man, Burgettstown, Washington
Co., Pa. This remedy is for sale
by w. J. Cox, Bolivar, J. w.
Nuckolls, Toone.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-09
Foster Replies to Citizen

EDITOR BULLETIN-In answer to
Citizen l will ask that you pub
fish this letter, written by the
Clerk of the Lower House of Rep
resentatives. "Let the people
Judge" J. A. FOSTER.
NASHVILLE. June s, 1899.
Dear sir-Your letter received. I have looked to
the Journals Of the House, which are in my custo-
dy, and find the following showing on the points
concerned which you inquire:
LIST. As to the bill to amend the Jarvis law. This
vas H. B. No. -, by Mr.. Coston, and was entitled
bill 10 amend the criminal cost law as to pay of
witnesses aud officers. The bin came up April LIST,
but failed for want of a constitutional majority. A
motion TO recou-ider was made, and several days
later this motion called up and prevailed, and
the hill passed. You are recorded on both roll
calls as voting for the bill.
2ud. The bill to abolish the Court Of Chancery
Appeals came up for consideration April 3rd, and
failed 1t was reconsidered and another vote taken
on it the same day, and a second time failed thus
exhaustiug its privilege Of consideration. You are
recorded as voting for the bill on both roll calls
Srd. The salary Of the Superintendent of the
Capitol is $500 per annUm, as can be seen by refer
euce 10 the Acts. which viii reach you this week.
He is authorized to employ Landscape gardner for
such time as is actually necessary, not TO exceed
90 days year.
9Th. The compensation Of the Factory Inspector
created by the current legislature is limited 10
$3.50 per aunum, provided the inspection fees
amount TO that much. His pay is to come entirely
from the fees for inspection. You viii find this
also i'm the Acts.
5th. The Memphis Bond Bill which the Govern
or vetoed was hat is called general bill OF To-
cal application. That is. 10 applied 10 Taxing
Districts of certain population, thus affecting
Memphis only. You viii find in the Acts the bill
on the same subject, which was subsequently pass
ell. 1t is identical with the one vetoed. except as
TO the provision that the bonds are payable in law
ful money Of the United States.
9th. The bin providing for the disposition Of
claimed dead bodies was defeated i'm the House on
the first vote. a motion was entered on the
journal TO reconsider. subsequently this motion
was called up and prevailed. The bill was amend
ell 50 as 90 apply only % counties having 10000
population and over, and also providing that any
inmate Of charitable institution could by viii
direct the disposition of his body. The bill then
passed its third reading You are recorded as vot-
ing AGAINST the bin on both roll calls.
This covers the points You inquired about
Very truly yours,
REAU j. FOLK.
Hon. j. 4. Foster. Bolivar, Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-09

ONE Of the prominent
planks in the democratic
platform of 1900 will be a
declaration in opposition to
the formation of trusts. 1t
is said that the republicans
will also incorporate an anti
trust plank in their platform;
but this hollow mockeTy
should have no effect upon
the people. Every inteIli-
gent man knows that the re-
publican party IS the friend
of trusts, and that under its
protection they have flourish
ed. The wholesale formation
of trusts has become alarm
ing. For relief from their
greed, the democratic party
alone can be looked to with
any degree of confidence.
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DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS
TAKE NOTICE.

On the first Monday in
July next, at the courthouse
door in the town of Bolivar,
Hardeman County, | will
offer for public sale all of the
real estate belonging to
delinquent taxpayers for the
year of 1898, a description of
which real estate can be seen
upon the books in my office;
and if said sale is not COM
pleted on the said first Mon
day in July, the same will
continue from day to day until
completed.
r. y. MITCHELL,
Trustee.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-09
IsYour Life Worth so Cents

We defy The world to produce a
medicine for the cure of forms of
Kidney and Bladder troubles, Piles
and all diseases peculiar to women,
that will equal Smiths Sure Kidney
Cure. Ninety-eight per cent. of the
cases cured with Smiths Sure Kid
ney Cure that have come under our
observation have been cured, We
sell our medicine on a positive guar
antee if directions are followed, and
money will be refunded if cure is
not effected. Price so cents. For
sale by w. J. Cox.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-09
DISTRICT No. Il.

Mr.. VIM. Taylor celebrated his
74th birthday Saturday, June 8rd.
Mr.. Hardy Gibson was in our vi
cinity Sunday.
w. A. Richie, of Chester Coun.
ty, spent Sunday with J. H. Walton.
Mrs. James Young, of District
l6, spent Sunday with Mrs. A. j.
Walton.
Misses Susie and Sallie Granger
spent Sunday with their uncle, w.
.. McAnally.
Mr.. John Kay, of District 5, was
on our streets the 26th ulto. We
learn that Mr.. Kay has accepted a
position as general travelling agent
for a large book house in Philadel-
phia.
John Weatherford and family, of
near Toone, visited the family of
w. A. Walton Sunday.
The writer had the pleasure of
visiting Mr.. J. c. Lambert, near
Toone recently.
w. A. Walton was in Bolivar on
business Monday.
Some of our readers may wonder
why we didn't reply to "Lucille's''
last missive. 1t was simply because
she Is so easily unnerved. We
think her missives very instructive,
so come again "Lucille."
Mr.. Dan Granger, of Opha, was
on our streets a few days past.
Lost, strayed or stolen-W. A.
Weatherford When last seen was
near J. f. Barham's. NOAH.