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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25
QUEER BELGIAN CUSTOMS.
Novel Manner in Which Archery Is
Practiced and Fondness for
Parades.

Archery is a Belgian sport, but the
rules of the game are different from
those in use across the Atlantic.
Throughout the country there appear
at intervals tall, white poles, with
arms branching out from each side.
These are the targets, and instead of
aiming horizontally the player shoots
his arrow into the air, aiming at one
of the upright sticks on the cross
bars at the top of the pole. On the
end of each one of these sticks is a
plume of colored feathers, and the
game consists in bringing one of these
down. He who knocks off the high
est and heaviest wins the chief prize.
On the occasion of a recent competi-
ton the different societies of Brus-
sells marched in procession through
the city, says the New York Tribune.
1t is surprising with what solemnity
Belgian sporting clubs of all kinds
assemble and hold their congresses.
Uninitiated spectators would think
some political canvass was in progress
when it may be only a mass meeting
of the United Societies of Ball Players,
a congress of the Federated Societies
of Cyclists or solemn opening meet
ing of the new Union of Billiard Play
ers. There is always a noisy brass band
attached to these gatherings; there is
always an endless programme of
speechmaking. The burgomaster of
some farming village is invariably
present, or even the first alderman of
a suburban municipality. Such a per-
son is the center of profound admira-
ton and respect.
From one end of the year to the
other no Sunday passes but the
streets are filled by such gatherings.
Everything is an excuse for a society"
and every slight occasion is an ex-
cuse for a reunion, a federation, a
congress or the installation of
branch.
Invariably they must serenade the
burgomaster or one of Brussels
"echevins" (aldermen), and the music
and smell of kerosene when they
honor such an official with a torchlight
serenade are enough to drive the in
mates of the officials house wild.
The recent procession consisted of
the various archery societies. In the
middle was a group of picturesque
drummers and fifers in sixteenth cen
fury costumes, accompanied by
jester in green and gold. Young girls,
clad in white, followed, one carrying
an eagle and another the federation
register, bound in gold, third statu-
cites Of peace and war, the prizes
which were to be shot for. The fed
Grafton met in a large ground in
Laeken, many of it's members being in
full uniform.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25
IMPOSITION EXPOSED.
Calpurina Got Onto the Fact That
ReginaId's Panama Was Not
the Real Thing.

Calpurina Bristol drew back with an ex-
preston of horror upon her fair young face.
Her bosom rose and fell like a tablecloth
on clothesline when the wind blows, and
her delicate, sensitive nostrils dilated to
the last notch, writes S. z. Kiser, in the
Chicago Record-Herald.
Reginald Briggs saw at once that some
thing was the matter. Instinctively his
hand went up to his necktie 1t seemed to
be IN place, and his collar had not come IN
buttoned.
Fair one" he cried at last, when he could
bear the strain no longer, what is it? Nay,
do not seek to conceal it from me- My rea-
son tells me that you are agitated. Let me
know the truth. / am strong. l can stand
it."
mo, no, mol" she cried, burying her face
in her hands and trying in vain to keep
back her emotion. Go away. Do not put
ble!'
Overcome by her emotion she sac down
upon a rustic bench, and sobbed.
The young man bent over her and said
in pleading tones:
Tell me-tell me, Calpurina-I mean"
CEASE" she cried, dashing her tears away
and indignantly facing him Never ad-
dress me again! 81 supposed that you were
wearing panama hat, but see that it is
only 81 imitation. And I have walked
all around the clubhouse in your company
before everybody"
He slipped out through side gate mo-
ment later and ran through the woods, Won
dering whether it would be better to try
to live 1t down or keep on toward the set
ting sun.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25
HUMOROUS.

Ambition.-"I wish I was grown up
Auntie." "Why?" $50 as could have
as much of everything as 1 want even
if it did make me sick."-Puck.
Her Smartness.-"She's a smart
woman, I'm told.'' 'Well, in the sense
that she can say things about people
that make them smart, she is."-Chl-
cago Post.
His Little Joke.-Soubrette- "There
must have been stormy scene when
the manager refused to pay the lead
ing people their salaries" Comedian
NO, on the contrary, the stars were
out."-Chicago Daily News.
An Unwilling notwithstanding,
what's your little brother crying for?"
Willie-"Aw! just because he don't
want to learn anything. 1 just took
his candy and showed him how to eat
t."-Philadelphia Press.
why did you quit your job? Did
you have a disagreement with the
boss?" "Oh, no; not at all. 1 told him
1 had to have more money or 1 would
quit, and he said it was mutually sat-
isfactory. "-Indianapolis News.
Not Deterred.-Lottie-'I sorry
to refuse you, Jack, but there it is.
And they say it does man good to
be Tilted" Jack-"I don't believe it.
He's pretty sure to get over it and
marry some one after all."-Pick-Me-
Up.
A Feature of His Busfness.-"I
thought she was a woman of unbreak-
able WILL" said the man with the bob
tailed coat. and so she was" said the
man with the incandescent whiskers.
"Yet you tell me that she is complete
ly subservient to her husband" went
on the first man. well, you see, she
married a lawyer, and he broke the
will n-Ra ltimnre American
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25
CoCOANUTS FOR THIRST.
A Northern Mans Experience in st.
Vincent Convinced Him of
Their Value,

During his recent visit to the vol
canO stricken islands of the West In
dies a Tribune reporter was told that
the water from the cocoanut fresh
from the tree is the best thirst quench-
er in the tropics. During an all day
ride over the dusty road from Kings
ton to Georgetown, ST. Vincent, the re-
porter had a chance to test the truth
of this statement, says the New York
Tribune.
For various reasons it was deemed
unwise to drink the ordinary water,
and when beyond the reach of dis
titled water from the Dixie, thirst be-
came an interesting fellow traveller.
The heat was awful, and volcanic ashes
in the air parched the throat and made
life almost uncomfortable. Sucking green
lines was a failure, wine was too heat
ing, and soda and other soft drinks
only aggravated thirst. Eight miles
out of Georgetown a stop was made
at small plantation, where several
trees bore a heavy burden of yellow
ing cocoanuts. Sixpence sent black
boy to the top of a tree, and after ne
had scared a miscellaneous collection
VI 1lZdIOSs SCORPIONS anu
spiders out of the bunch of nuts, he
twisted off six and threw them down
Our driver chopped off the end of each
nut with machete and we squeezed
the juice of a green lime into the wa
ter within. The drink was warm, but
palatable and satisfying.
The party had gone without lunch
con, and after drinking the water the
nut was laid open with a blow of the
machete and the meat was eaten, which
was like the white of a soft-boiled egg.
The members of the party were
neither hungry nor thirsty for the re-
mainder of the journey, and felt con-
tent-a difficult matter for New
Yorker, 500 miles south of the Tropic
Of Cancer, at the end Of May.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25
Famous institutions,

Prof. J. F. Draughon, Proprietor of
Draughon's Practical Business Colleges,
Nashville, St. Louis, Atlanta, Montgomery
Shreveport, states that about three thou
sand students have enrolled at his colleges
for personal instructions during the past
year, and that several thousand are taking
his correspondence course of Home Study.
II you haven't already replied to ad. which
has been appearing in this paper, write to-
day for catalogue. Address: Dept. 6S,
Draughon's College, Nashville, Tenn, or
either of the cities above named.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25
Worthy of Enduring Fame.

President Alderman. of Tulane university,
was one of the speakers of the occasion
when Nicholas Murray Butler, who has just
received the degree of doctor of laws from
the University of Pennsylvania, was in
stalled as president of Columbia university
Mr.. Alderman incorporated several jokes
and anecdotes into his address, among
which was one of Louisiana negro which
deserves rank among the more amusing OF
Irish bulls" The negro was asked by an
acquaintance:
"Where are you going, SAM"
"Ain't gwine nowhair," was the reply
"Pse done bin whar' Use gwine. Chicago
Chronicle
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

The German millionaire who left
his grandson, an Ohio day laborer, a
million dollars with the provision
that he could not have cent until
he marries a worthy woman, is hap
PLY aided by the grandson, who de.
clares that the woman who marries
him must marry for love. There VIII
be no unnecessary delay. The woods
as well as the towns of Ohio are full
of charming creatures who car
easily love a man with a million
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25
senator Proctor. Finest speech.

Senator Proctor, of Vermont. says, the
finest speech he ever made consisted OF only
four words. 1t was in retort to Senator
Hears sarcastic little thrust in a speech
directed at the Green mountain senator.
He said: "No man in Vermont is allowed
to vote, unless he has made $1,000 trading
with Massachusetts, people" Wherein
Proctor said: "And we all vote. Chicago
Inter Ocean
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

Sociable-"Well, WE'LL" remarked Farm.
pears to be real good-natured." ''Mebbe, "
suggested his good wife, cts one O them
social lions We read about in the papers.
Philadelphia Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

Bill-"You look bad, Jim. Been laid
up?" Jim-"To-day's the first time out OF
doors for three months" Bll-''What was
the matter with you?'' Jim-''Nothin'
But the magistrate wouldn't believe it,
London Tit-Bits
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

Easy ProposaI.-"If 1 only had an ambas-
sador at the court of love!" sighed the
bashful swain ga minister would be good
enough for me-" replied the demure maiden.
"Arabe'la!" Herbert" And so they were
married.-N. o. Times-Democrat.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25
Shake Into Your Shoes

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snarting, sweating, feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe stores
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE
Address y. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

A Cosey Home-"They seem to be happy
In their married life, with such perfect
confidence in each other" Eyes; they live
in a fat. and there isn't room for doubt
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

You have a good deal of sense if you
have enough not to drink whisky or gam
ble.-Atchison Globe.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches.
One to fear and sorrow, real poverty
Hume.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

Sharpe-"I read that a man played the
piano 81 hours and then went insane"
Wheaton-''Great gunsi l bet the neigh
bors went in less time than that. "-Phla-
delDhia Record
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a cough cure.-J. W. O'Brien, 800 Third
Ave, N, Minneapolis, MINI, j an. 6, 1900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25

You shall be none the worse tomorrow
for having been happy to-day.-Thackeray
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-25
stops the Cough

and works off the cold Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price % cents.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-23
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BlTTERS
ENDORSE KAHN BILL.
CALIFORNIA DELEGATION
PUTS ITSELF ON RECORD
Want Chinese Of the lDSular Posses
SiOnS Barred Out Beyond Cues
ton of Doubt -Resolu-
lions Passed.

Washington, Jan. l6.-At a largely
attended meeting today of Pacific
Coast Senators and Representatives u
final determination was reached as to
the course to be pursued ON Chinese
exclusion legislation, and the following
resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Pacific Coast
Senators and Representatives approve
the policy and general provisions Of
the bill which they have requested
Representative Kahn to introduce In
the House and Senator Mitchell in the
Senate; but this shall not affect the
privilege OF any member to perfect the
same by amendment"
The bill thus to be introduced was
agreed upon at the meeting. AS final
ly adopted. the insular section reads
as follows:
THAT from and after the passage OF
this act the entry into the American
mainland territory of the United States
of Chinese labOrers coming from any
of the insular possessions of the United
States shall be absolutely prohibited
and the prohibition shall apply to all
Chinese laborers. as well as to such
as were in insular possessions at the
time or times OF acquisition thereof
respectively by the United States or tc
those who have come there since and
! those who have been born there since
and those who may come there here
after and those who may hereafter bt
| born there"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-23

ranking Democrat on the committee,
said:
Il notice that very prominent
United States Senator Is quoted in to.
days paper as saying the Senate will
settle this whole question. will make a
treaty and that We will have nothing
to do with It,"
"He will find out differently before
he gets through" answered Mr.. Dal'
zell of Pennsylvania.
Chairman Payne stated that the to-
bacco men would be heard on the 2lst
the beet sugar interests on the 22d
and that General Wood was expected
up from Cuba. The committee then
adjourned. subject to the call OF the
chairman.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-23

Washington Jan. li.-Oscar S.
Straus OF New York, formerly United
States Minister to Turkey, today was
appointed as permanent member ri
the Committee VI Arbitration at The
Hague. The appointment Is to fill the
vacancy caused by the death OF eX'
President Harrison.
Oscar $. Straus was born in Otter
berg, Rhenish Bavaria. % years ago,
and came to America when he was !
years old. He graduated from Colum
bia University and its law school and
entered mercantile life. From 1887 TO
1889 he was Minister to Turkey under
Cleveland. ana in 1898, upon the resig
nation of President James b. Angel o.
the University Of Michigan, President
Mckinley conferred the Turkish mis-
sion upon StrauS again. His service
at COnstautlnOplc won him great
praise. In 1909 he returned to Amer
lea. and has since been engaged in nu.
merOus activities in New York city.
lie is the author Of several books on
social and political science and on "a,
. liglous development.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-23

Port Townsend, Wash. Jan. lJ.-All
hopes of Captain James Mcintyre and
comrades of the Inflated ship Bristol
being alive were dispelled by the ar
rival of the steamer Cottage City from
the north today. Captain Wallace, who
picked up the survivors, says that he
believes that they went down with
the vessel when she slid from the reef,
and even II they had got clear from
the ship. IL would have been almost
impossible for their small boat to hay"
lived in the sea which was running AT
the time. Captain Wallace says there
is only one chance OF their being alive,
and that is that they might possibly
have reached Port Simpson.
The Cottage City had n very rough
voyage down. being seven days from
| Juneau. In Clarence straits she en-
| countered a storm of unusual severity
| the sea rolling so high that she could
not make hc.dway, and at times heT
propeller was out OF the water. She
| sought shelter in Union bay, but the
wind blew with such TOrce that the
stocks of both anchors were broker
and would not hold, and for forty-eisht
hours she steamed back and forth IT
the bay to keep from going ashore.
The storm wrought havoc at Wran
gel, Dayidgc's warehouse, structure
l2O by so feet. built during the Klon
dixie excitement, was picked up by thu
wind and dumped into the bay and II
now floating in the channel, menace
10 navigation. Other buildings werr
more or less damaged, but no live
were lost.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-23
Honolulu Iron Works.

Improved and modern SUGAR MA
CHINERY OF every capacity and de-
sCrlptlon made to order. Boiler work
and RIVETED PIPES for irrigation
purposes a specially. Particular atten-
ton paid to JOB WORK, and repairs
executed at shortest notice.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-23
TWO NEW PHYSICIANS
FROM MIDDLE WEST
TO ISLAND BLEST
MaIulani Hospital Report for Dec
ember---Plumbing and Sewer
Inspection Light Order
Of Business.

1t was tame calendar of yesterday
Not a deputation appeared, nor a Kick.
er. Kewalo even was absent from the
typewriter order of the day.
Those constituting the meeting were
DR.. II. c. Sloggett, president; DR.. W.
NJ. Moore, Attorney General L. T.
Dole, DR.. c. b. Cooper and Fred C.
Smith. In attendance were c. Char
lock, secretary and Miss Mae Welv
stenOgrapher.
Two new doctors were certified up
for license by DR.. Andrews. chairman
Of medical examiners. and according.
ly recommended to Treasurer Wright
for the parchment They are not ia
panese this time, but both from the
breezy plains of the Middle West. one
is a native of Iowa named DR.. John II,
East, who comes thus farther west
from Rising City. Nebraska, To this
more rising burg. He is a graduate OF
the medical department of Iowa State
University.
DR.. Christian A. II. Allenburgcr was
born in Russia, but is a graduate oi
Rush Medical College. Chicago, and
comes here from Shelby, Nebraska
Mrs. Kaleo Milikaa sent in petit
ton for leave to visit her husband o.
the Settlement. which was referred t.
Superintendent c. b. Reynolds.
f. G. Keen, inspector OF plurnDina
and house sewers, reported the follow.
ing data OF his Office for the first hall
OF January: Plans filed. So; permits
issued. as inspections made l2i;
final certificates issued. 80; sewcd con.
nections made. rs.
Sister NJ. Bonaventures report OF
Malulani hospital, Waikiki. for De,
cember was read, showing the usual
efficiency in conducting the institution
with economy. Although the expenses
outEan the hospital receipts for pa
tients, the previous balance stood IN
good stead against deficit.
There were forty-fve patients treat
ed during the month. viz: Hawaiian
90 European, / Chinese, II japanese
and 2 others. In hospital one week Ol
less were 10, two weeks or less T.. on,
month or less 10, two months or les:
1, over three months 2.
Receipts amounted TO S35S.jO from
the following sources: plantation pa
tients. SlO9.50; ward patients, $li6.50
private patients. $62.5O: operation S25
Father Liebert. for board of Sisters
SIS. The running expenses were $3.50.
40. From November the balance for
ward was $222.35 and the end. of De
cember It was Sl20.I5. Sister Bona
venture acknowledges the receipt from
the Board of Health OF $235 as pay o
Sisters and servants for December.
The matter Of publicity came nj
again. Dr.. Cooper questioning tn
propriety OF allowing copies to be mad
OF contracts for supplies.
Mr.. Dole stood firmly as befor
against secrecy. While the privileg
should not be abused or the work o
the office INSTRUCTED. yet all docu
ments ought to be open to public in
spection excepting those intrlnsicall
confidential.
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-23
A. Harrison Mill Co., Ltd.
p. o. Box $50
KAWAIAHAO STREET,
KEWALO.

rel. White 1871 P. o. Box s!
Saving, Planning, Turning and
NH Work In all It's branches.
Lumber Kiln Drying
speciality, and in large or small
quantities.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-28
Railroad Goose Law,

Nashville and Knoxville Railroad com
pany VS.. Thomas r. Davis--Putnam law
Justice wilkes said:
This is an action In damages against
the railroad for running over and killing
three geese Of the value OF Sl0o Inc
owner Of the geese lived about mile
from the railroad. but permitted them TO
run at large, and they went upon the
railroad track near public road cross
ing. Tho engineer blew the whistle ana
rang the bcl for the crossing. but there
Is no proof that he rang the bell or sound
ed the alarm for the geese. Nhcthvr tne
geese knew Of this failure 10 Wnlstlc 10
them does not appear.
1--WE think there Is no evidence OF reck-
ieesneSs or cOmmOn-law gligencc shown
in this case. and the only question ~
whether goose A. an animal or obstruc-
tion in tho sense of the statute. section
1874 subsection T. ShannOns compilation.
which requires the alarm whistle To be
sounded and brakes put down. aud every
possible means employed to stop the Train
and prevent an accident wneh an ANNA.
or obstruction appears on the track. ~
is evident this provision - desisneo no'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-28
A Disastrous Dream.

This story is told by man from Har-
lem. so II may or may not be true, OF IL
NAV be resuscitated chestnut in
new dress. lie dreamed one night that
there was concealed about the nat In
which he lived quantity OF silver. The
next night he dreamed the same dream
and told IL to his wife. After consulta-
ton they decided that there must be
something II IL" and began to sound the
walls for g. At one place In the dining
room they came upon space whicn
sounded hollow. The wall there was OF
brick. but the husband got pick. and
the next night with great steathiihess
and care. they managed TO make an
opening when they came upon an array
OF silver spoons and forks, cake baskets,
tcapots and other valuables These tney
arranged upon the dining room table ana
were eloating over when there came n
curious ring at the doorbell, and an irate
man who lived In the next hat came In
20 know why In thunder they had broken
into his dining room cupboard. New
York Press.