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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

Over IS per cent. of the housewives of
this country do without a servant.
Ninety per cent. of American women
spend less than $50 year for clothing.
In the Jewish wedding ceremony the
bride is not asked to promise anything.
London society women are wearing
less rings than formerly, on the ground
that rings spoil the beauty of the hand.
The 'hoodoo" has been taken from the
opal, and it is now popular, at least in
the south. as an emblem of happiness
and luck.
The latest effect in evening color for
silk or satin is garter blue" the tint
of the broad ribbon Queen Victoria
wears when she dons that famous order.
very charming little woman is
Tama, the japanese wife of Sir Edward
Arnold. She has somewhat the air of
Parisenne, but mingled with it all is
the dainty grace peculiar to the gen.
tlewomanhood of the Land of Flowers.
Lady Arnold speaks her husbands ma
tive tongue with fiuency, if with for
eign accent, and her English letters
show how wonderfully she has been
able to adapt herself to the English
mode of thought and expression,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
ESTCOURT is THREATENED.
The Enemy's Mounted Patrols AL
VRncinE-HurriedIy Retired.

The Enemy's Mounted Patrols Adj
VRncinE-HurriedIy Retired.
London, Nov. 20.-The war office
posted the following telegram yester-
day from Gen. Sir Redvers Butler:
Cape Town, Nov. 10, 9:35 p. m.
"The following is from the general
commander at Pietermaritzburg
ITO day at a. IN. the officer COM
handing our northern outposts re-
ported that the enemy's mounted pa
trolls were advancing across the whole
country from Gourton road to UIandi,
moving on Estcourt. My force stood
to arms. The outposts reported vari-
Gus bodies, from 500 to 700, advancing
on Estcourt from a northwesterly di-
rection
"'Our outposts fired on the enemy,
and one of our naval guns fired shell
at 5000 yards range, the shell burst
ing close to the enemy, who then hur-
riedly retired.
cat ~ o'clock reports were received
from three pickets that large number
of Beers were in sight on a hill above
Leslie's homestead. The troops have
returned to camp"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Big Coal Combine.

The deal, the aim OF which is to con-
solidate four of the largest coal mining
districts in East Tennessee, is still on,
according to report. The mines in ques-
ton are those located at Oliver
Springs, Coal Creek, Jellico and Mid
dlesbrough. The company which is at
tempting to get possession of the dis
tricts is said to be an English syndicate
with ample means of carrying the pro-
iect through. The idea of consolidation
is said to have been launched by c. E.
Lucky of Knoxville. The output of the
several districts is about 10000 tons per
daY.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Information Wanted of a Lost Boy.

Jerry Cronin left his home in Mem
phis on the 1st of August, and his
parents have not been able to hear any
thing of him since. He is II years old,
large for his age, has dark brown eyes,
dark complexion, scar on left leg below
knee, and wore light pants, black
stockings and shoes. He will weigh
perhaps So pounds. His father, w. w.
Cronin, IS Dean avenue, Memphis,
Tenn, will appreciate any information
concerning his absent boy.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Cigarette Law Is Unconstitutional.

The supreme court of this State has
decided against the American Tobacco
Company in the test case brought to as
certain if cigarettes could be sold in
Tennessee under the Rogers anti
cigarette law of 1897. The court held
that the law providing for revenue
tax on the sale of cigarettes could not
stand and was contrary to the criminal
law prohibiting such sale.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
Clubs Must Pay License.

Judge Bonner, in the case of the
Hermitage Club VS. p. A. Shelton, clerk
of Davidson county, decided that clubs
with liquor attachments will have to
pay privilege tax the same as other
retail dealers. The Hermitage Club
resisted the collection of a privilege
tax on the ground that under the Ian
guage of the act it was not liable as
retail liquor dealer, because it did not
handle such liquor for sale, inasmuch
as no profit or dividend was distributed
among its members. In the hearing,
however, it developed that the club did
make a profit on the AIle of liquors,
which was turned into the general
fund of the club. 1t was also in evil
dence that the sale of liquors was made
not only to members of the club but to
guests. Upon these facts and the law,
Judge Bonner held that the sale of such
liquors in the manner stated and for a
profit was a sale within the meaning of
the revenue act of 1899, and hence the
club was liable for privilege tax as a
cetail liquor dealer.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Purchase of Factory Relics.

w. w. Ezell has bought the ma
chinery of the old Dinwiddie factory in
the Tenth district of Henry county, one
wheel of which weighs 1900 pounds,
and will sell it for scrap iron. The fac
tory was built in 1866, and cost about
$4,000 1t was operated proftably for
twenty years. The machinery was sold
to Ezell for $50, which is about one
shousandth part of the original cost.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

Morgan C. Fitzpatrick, State superin-
tendent of public instruction, has &C
cepted an invitation from James Jor-
dan, president of the Southern Educa-
tional Association, to deliver the ad-
dress of welcome on the occasion of its
annual meeting, at Memphis, December
d and 2S.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

"Cats," said the gaunt man with the griz.
zled whiskers, ''can comprehend human
speech"
Got cat story?' asked the irreverent
person with the button nose.
81 have. My daughter was doing a bit
of Wagner night before last, and called
through the door to ask whether it were
she or the cat making the noise"
"Well?"
"The cat got up, swore vehemently,
walked out and hasn't been seen since. -
INDIANAPOLIS Journala.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Railroad, Telegraph and Telephone Conn
panies-

A table prepared in the comptroller's
office shows the total mileage of all
railroads in the State to be 1884 %
The distributable property is assessed
at $50, SCI, SO7.61 and the localized pror-
erty at 81. $50, 22S.5O. Total mileage of
telegraph and telephone companies,
%, O5S. As, with total valuation of s.. SS3,-
$50. so. The total valuation of railroad,
telegraph and telephone, both dis
tributable and localized propertv, is
$50. 4g1, $50. Al, from which the State
will derive tax of $197, 721. 81. the rats
being IS cents on the S1O9.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

Toe Secret Service has just unearthed an.
Other band OF counterfeiters and secured
large quantity Of bogus bills, which are so
cleverly executed that the average person
would never suspect them of being spurious.
Things OF great value are always selected for
imitation, notably Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, which has many imitators but no equals
for disorders ike Indigestion, dyspepsia, con-
stipation, nervousness and general debility.
See that private Revenue Stamp covers the
neck Of the bottle.
n successful man is one who attracts so
much attention in the world that people
consent to abuse him.-Atchison Globe.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
why Lawrence County Rejoices.

Taxpayers of Lawrence county are
rejoicing over the termination of their
railroad bond suit, which has just
been decided in favor of the county by
the supreme court of the United States.
The principal and interest due on bonds
up to this date amounted to over $780,
600, it being about 4 per cent of tax
values. Before suit was brought and
the bonds declared void the county had
paid over $4,000 in interest and one
bond of 81, 900. The termination of this
suits puts Lawrence county out of debt
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
The Lost Chord.

He was industriously drawing a wooden
cloth to and fro over my shoe.
know an'thin' bout coon songs?" he
asked as he breathed on the leather and pol
ished it off again.
"a little-why?"
"Ah had de wo's piece O. bad luck yo' ever
seen," he said. "Ah'd heard all these coon
songs at de theaters, an me- de old lady
we got ouah heads t'gether TO t. git up q
coon song dat'd beat all dem odders half
way roun' de track. All got tn w'uds in
ma head, ma coco was full O. w'uds, an dat
aiah was as ceah in ma head as ma name:
1 sung de fus' vehrse qvah to de Of lady, an,
yo's boun' t hit fem hahd wi dat song,
honey, an no mistake Den seq, "Wheah' s
de pen an ink?' an day wasn't, none. |
takes me hat TO- t go ovah to de avenoo
fo' t git some ink an sheet O. papah, an
when l brings it home an sets down at de
table TO t. write out dat song an aiah, every
bit O. both had lef' my min. All ain been
able t. recollec' elder one o dem sence. Now,
if dat aim hahd luck den dis niggah doan'
know what hahd luck means. Gimme 70
0thah foot. Detroit Free Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
In Dixie.

new-fangled machine spin down the street,
and remarked Il reckens dat mus be one
er-one er dem autographs"
cts an automobile"
Oats it. | alus was gittin' dem two
towns mixed, but knowed it war some'ere
in Alabama. Automobile Magazine.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Prisoners Break IaiI.

Jim Sharp, Manuel Ferguson and Gus
Sims, all white, one night last week
made their escape from the county jail
at Union City. The sheriff offers S25
each for their arrest.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
NIcComb's Gift,

James Jennings McComb, of New
York, one of the founders of the South
western Presbyterian University at
GAINESVILLE, has given $4,000 to the en-
dowment fund, making 500, 900 that he
has contributed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
A Little Too Soon.

A professor was going to experiment with
laughing gas when he overheard student
say that if he were selected for a subject he
would take advantage of his supposed coma
to tell the professor what he thought of him.
When the class met the professor an
nounced that he would like, for the purposes
of illustration, to administer the gas to some
member of the class. Forthwith this stu
dent volunteered.
The gas bulb was connected with his
mouth He pretended to be very much eT-
c.ted and began to abuse the professor
roundly. The old man let him go on for
awhile; but the class roared when the pro-
fessor said he needn't be so irresponsible
the gas had not been turned on yet.-Col-
ier's Weekly.
A vacant axnrsssiOp-SnTo Rent ''-Gold-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
a tasteless form. n o cure no pay. Price, soc.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Left Benin d.

Subtitle Shamrock has three leaves,
hasn't it?
Penn-Yes 1t left England, it left Amer
lea and left the cup.-Chicago Evening
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

Dropsy treated free by DR.. H. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga The greatest dropsy
specialists III the world. Read their adver-
tisement IN another column of this paper.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Mrs. Pinkham's Medicine Made
a New Norman of Mrs. Kuhn.



"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I think it is
my duty to write to you expressing
my sincere gratitude for the wonder
full relief l have experienced by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. 1 tried different doctors, also
different kinds of medicine. would
feel better at times, then would be
as bad as ever.
For eight years was great suf-
ferer. 1 had falling of the womb and
was in such misery at my monthly
periods / could not work but a little
before would have to lie down. Your
medicine has made new woman of me.
1 can now work all day and not get
tired. 1 thank you for what you have
done for me. 1 shall always praise
your medicine to all suffering women.
-MRs. E. E. KUHN, GERMANo, ONO.
81 have taken eight bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and used two packages of your Sana-
tive Wash, also some of the Liver Pills,
and can say that your remedies will
do all that you claim for them. Before
taking your remedies was very bad
with womb trouble, was nervous, had
no ambition, could not sleep, and my
food seemed to do me no good. Now
am well, and your medicine has cured
me. Twill gladly recommend your med
icine to every one wherever l -
MRS. NJ. L. SHEARS. GUN MARSH, MICH.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Paducah District.
Lexington District.

e w Banks, Presiding Elder; Lexington Sta.
ton, w & Sellers; Lexington Circuit, r Hal
comb; Mfflln Circuit, ID johnson; Camden
Circuit, supplied by J. r. Harrison; Cambden
and Cowles. n. A. Waters; Hollow Rock Circuit,
J. l.. Weaver; Huntington Station, I. G. Petit
grew; HOllyday Circuit, A. ID. Maddox; Wild
eTsvile Nilsson, T. II. Davis; DrcaturSVllle
Circuit, R. p. Witt; SatellO Circuit, j. f. Tread
well Sardis Circuit, w. T. Fl more Adamsville,
j. f. Carl; Ramer Mission, N. W. Lee; Bethal
and Selma, r. W. Name; Shiloh Circuit, S. X.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

The proper place to show the rising quail.
ties of a man is in the street car; that is
where the sex will gladly admire his self
denial, even while they take his place
Hardware
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and
Lung trouble of three years standing.-E
Cady. Huntington, Ind, Nov. II, 1894.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Tennessee's Total Tax Assessment.

Tennessee's Total Tax Assessment.
The total tax assessment of the State
is as follows:
East Tennessee-Realty, S74, ABS, log;
personally, S9,9s5. 243: total, Ss3, $40, $40.
State tax, s293, $1,000.
Middle Tennessee Sis, 951,-
752; personally, s2O,217, 154; total, $780,
16S, 900. State tax, s476, 59O.9s.
West Tennessec-Realty, $50, 634, SOS;
personally, SIS, 900, s33; total, SIS, 725, 7O1.
State tax, 1910, 539.ss.
Total valuation of all property in the
State, $3GS, IA, $50, from which there
will be derived total tax of S1,OSO,-
5O1.77.
The total valuation of all property
for 1889 was $3O5, 116, 297, showing an
increase for 1890 of S3,59S, 659. The
total tax for 1898 was 1915, 34S So, an in
crease for 1899 of $165, 1872. SO. The in
crease in the tax is due to the increased
rate, it being So cents this yea,
whereas it was only 80 cents last year.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

1t is only in accord with the eternal fit
ness of things that the crook should always
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
PRISONERS AT PRETORIA.

Subterranean Rendezvous to he
Used in Case of Bombardment.
Pretoria, Saturday, Nov. IS, by way
of Lorrenco Marques, Nov. 19.-At
neon to-day Sc British prisoners, in
GLIDING men of the Royal Dublin fusi-
Tiers and several blue jackets, arrived
here. There were large crowds at the
railway station, but no demonstration
was made. Winston Churchill, who is
wounded in the hand, was taken to the
Model school, while the rank and file
are beirg sent to the race course.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Helps Tennesseee's Revenue.

There are a number of sources of rev.
enue which are helping out the States
strong box. 1t is estimated that the
new tax on corporations imposed on the
charters that are granted by the secre-
tary of State will yield SIS, 900 this year.
There will be a saving in judicial sala-
ries of about $50, 200. The receipts in
The insurance department will net
about $3.50, 900 this year, which is $780,
900 over last year. The penitentiary
receipts are much larger than they have
been in recent years. Since January 1
the penitentiary officials have paid into
the State treasury S2S5, 972.56, and have
drawn out for expenses s171, sO6.5s.
Already this leaves a surplus of over
SOS, 900, and the amount will run up to
SIS, 900 before the end of the year. The
cost in keeping the inmates of the char
liable institutions has been reduced
about SO per capita.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

The readers of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
propretors have so much faith in its cura.
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list OF testimonials.
Address F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

No matter how proud a man feels of q
woman's cleverness, he likes to feel that she
considers him even more clever than she is
herself.-Philadelph Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
SOCIAL DELIGHTS
What One Experiences SOmetImes
While Engaging In the Game
of Whist.

This is what a Detroit whist player is
willing TO take oath took place at a party
where he was doing his level best for a
prize:
The large lady, his partner, gave the
right sleeve of her shirt waist hitch, NUT
tered under her breath and then said to
the other lady: Look at that, now. It's
all askew and so annoying. ] don't care who
you 60 to or how much you pay, IT S always
the same way. Did you signal for trump,
or was IL the other hand"
That sleeve lost US three tricks" con-
tinued the complainant. Then the other
lady wanted a recipe for making chow
chow pickleiily or something of that sort.
or course, my accommodating partner went
right to Keeling 1t off, playing a king to my
ace when she had three spot, revoked on
another suit, led right into the enemy S
strength, and then had the nerve to as.
me II / saw anywhere that she could have
bettered her play. Say, / wanted to boil
her in oil.
Il tried to keep from turning red, saying
anything sarcastic or swearing a little, and
succeeded reasonably well
Then she went to telling about a new
hat her neighbOr had bought. She took
two tive spots at a heavy cost, and then
consOled me with a half-screaming explana.
ton that she had been playing pedro the
night before and had lapsed into it again
without thinking. i never behaved better
IN my life, feigned sudden illness, got away
and made things blue for two blocks After
was gone she told the opposition that
played a very stupid game."-Detroit Free
Press
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

SOME people say great deal, but talk
very little.-Chicago Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

Glow women do love to stare at hero!"
said the Cynical Youth. Yep" assented
the Savage Bachelor. That is one reason
why they always flock to weddings. IN
dianapolis journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24
Trde to Nature

She-What good picture!
He-No, it isn't. l was not well, and
looked like an idiot that morning.
She intently studying the photograph
Well, it looks exactly like you, anyway
Judge.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES, as they color all fibers at one
boiling. Sold by all druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-24

A vacant expression-"To told,
New-York tribune., 1899-01-17
DANGERS FROM MORMONISM.

The CONGREGATIONAL Club Of NewYork and its
vicinity held It's regular meeting at the 81. Denis
Hotel last night. Randall Spauding presided.
There were iG6 at dinner. the fact that the
questions Of Mormonism and polygamy in relation
10 the recent election OF Brigham II Roberts 10
Congress- were to he discussed dra wing larger
audience than usually attends tho meetings. There
were three speakers the list. including Eugene
Young grandson OF Brigham Young, but he failed
to appear, and the Rev. Dr. A J. Mcmillan. who
for ten years lived IN Utah. took his place.
Dr. Mcmillan told a number Of amusing stories OK
the way In which Mormons live. He said that tho
strongest defendants Of poygamy were the Nor
mon women. who had been taught that 1t was their
only hope for exaltation. Il! you confined the
nropa ganda OF the MormOnism TO Utah. ne con-
iin,ied 1T would fail. The Mormons get their re-
cruits from outside OF the state OF Uthh' ana tne
nght against Mormonism must be Waged IN thesc
Eastern States and all other Christian nations
Dr Mcmillan was heartily applauded when ne
closed his address Other speakers were the rev;
r q; A. Cote pastor of the French CoheIeshtioi.a M
Church OF Lowell Mass, who gave statlstlcs Oh
the work being done among the frencn ~ Ne"
EnpIand and The Rev Josiah Strong. president OF
fhe League for Social Service whose subject was
How TO Meet National Menaces lie deeIai.d
tha, there were but two root evils. SIN ana BnoI
ance and the way fight both was by education
This was in connection With Mormonisn ;
Mormonism was the rankest kind OF religion ana
lower than Buddhism. Cut OF Mormonism In us
own stronghold and II would die IL was proposed
TO send throughout the lard literature against MOT
rnonism This would be OF the ways 10 cure
one of the great National clcDaces.
New-York tribune., 1899-01-17

made them sick-"embamed beef so called;
that have furnished meat to the Army unoer
the "pretence of experiment" which charge IN
effect is corruption ard worse, because II 1eoparo
ICES the lives OF soldiers sent to the front III
tropical climates. and who were dependent on
such food as was sent them, that these state
nents have gone to the whole country uncoh-
tradicted: that they have been published ana l
have been pillorled in the press OF the coun'r!
as a man who had fed the Army on poisoneu
meat and corruptly 90; that for about tnree
weeks time have kept silent. for the reason
that | was debarred. after talking win ,he
Honorable Secretary Of War, from preparihe
charges because Of the immunity granted by 'ne
President to witnesses before yC ur Commission,
notwithstandng the gravity Of the accusatiohs'
that II is unreasonable TO believe that sucn
,nonstrous charges could have ary other erect
than TO work upoa an honorable man IN suCh d
way as to goad him 10 species oi oespei az I'll ~
md that Il was but natural. when the proper op
portunity was given him. to meet ara retu.e ', ne
charges: that he should characterize mem ~,
harsh language and in terms that are 49, -. 7
,nnroner no matter what the proVoCauoh,
therefore withdraw the language ana Iiiatsen @
an objectionable and resubmit TO you now III!
sworn statement with the abiding faitn tnat your
Cor,r,isson having all the facts berore YOU
viii decide the points at issue justly. very re
epec:fully. CE1 20 snbsistence
The Commission, after brief executive ses-
.,on. decided for the present to make puo''
only General Eagans letter and not the ac-
companying statement