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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
PITY THE POOR HEATHEN.
Mr.. Spinks Was Anxious to Get In
His Contribution on
Time.

Rev. Mr.. Osborne, according to the New
ark IN. j. News, tells this story on one of
his Pensioners:
Company came to spend Sunday with the
Spinks family. Nevertheless, and in spite
of pouring rain, Mr.. Spinks prepared for
church.
Surely, you're not going" said Mrs.
SPinks..
Surely, I am" replied Mr.. Spinks.
The pastor Is booked for his annual mis-
sionary sermon and l wouldn't miss being
there for anything"
But it's storming dreadfully."
Let it storm"
"And your guests-what viii they think
If you run away and leave them?'
Let them think what they please. I'm
going to church."
I've never seen you so interested in mis-
sions before" said Mrs. Spinks.
Just between you and me, returned Mr..
Spinks, Il don't care hang for missions.
But the annual collection for the heather
will be taken to-day, and if I put FIVE
dollar bill in the plate it'll be all right. But
if 1 stay away, the pastor will drop into
my office some day this week and pull my
leg for ten"
"Go, by all means" said his wife.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
BL GOD WILL TELL
A THEORY SUPPORTED BY FRESH,
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE
A Recent Instance Proves That a voman's
Happiness is Largely Dependent on the
State of Her Blood.

When the blood is disordered every
organ of the body is affected unfavorably
and fails to discharge its functions
properly. In the case Of every woman
nature has made special provision for a
periodical publication of the blood and
SO long as this occurs her health and
spirits unfailingly reveal the beneficial
results. So slight cause as a cold or
nervous shock may produce a suppress
sion of this vital function and until it is
restored she is doomed to misery. The
remedy that has proved most prompt
and effective i'll all disorders peculiar to
the female sex, is that which brought
such great relief to Miss Matte Griggs,
Of No. S07 Indiana street, Lawrence,
Kansas, concerning which she speaks as
follows:
"In the winter of 1909, from some
unknown cause, there was q cessation
of functions peculiar to my sex for Pc
Rod of four months. I became very
weak and could not get up stairs with
out help. / had nausea and pain and
constant headache. I was under the
care Of physician for three months,
but he did not succeed i'll curing me.
4AcH d 1duy 1IIouQ tOIQ me ABOUT the
merits Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills which
she had used in her family and she in
duced me to try them. 1t was in May
when I first began to use them and in
June had fully recovered my health,
and have since remained perfectly
we'll"
In all cases of delayed development Of
young girls; i'll an@mia or weakness due
TO impoverished blood and showing it
self i'll pallor, lack Of ambition, despond-
ency and nervousness; also in the great
constitutional disturbances attending
the period known as the change of life,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are invaluable
for women, whose health is always
closely dependent on the state of the
blood. They are sold by all drug
gists. A booklet of valuable informa-
lion, relating to the care Of a woman's
health at all important periods, and en-
titled "Plain Talks TO Women" will be
sent free in a sealed envelope to any one
who chooses to write for it to the DIR.
Williams Medicine Company, Science
tady, N. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Are Friends for a Minute.

Levy and Cohen came out of the
synagogue on New Years Day. 1t
was the day of atonement, of forglv-
Ing, Of making up, says the New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
Levy approached Cohen and extend
cd a great fat hand.
Cohen" said he, I'VE hat not shpok-
en- for dwendy years. Come! We
make friendts''
Cohen silently shook
Now, Cohen" continued the recon
ciliant. I've go ofer to Bungleheim's
unit hat a drink"
Arm in arm they crossed the street.
Drinks were ordered and set before
them.
Cohen, convinced at last of the sin
cerity of the others advances, spoke
for the first time.
Levy" he said. am glad of it..
1 raise my glass to you, Levy. Wish
me somedingsi"
INIT all my heart" replied Levy,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
VEST HAD SOME DOUBTS.
Thought the Legislature Might Re-
peal All the Smart Young
Man Knew.

Senator Cockren tells of the case Of .
young man who once appeared before the
commission appointed in Missouri to exam
inc applicants for admission to the bar of
that state. 1t appears, says the New York
Herald, that this youthful applicant, who
had failed miserably in all that pertained
to Jurisprudence, civil law. case law,
finally asked by Mr.. Vest, for long time
senator from Missouri, whether there re-
manned any questions which the young man
would like to have put to him.
az regret to ssy,"' remarked Mr.. Vest.
that you have failed to come up to the
mark in the branches of law upon which
We have examined you. But" added MIR.
tion your further, If you so desire
Well, sir" responded the applicant, 81
would suggest, if you please, that l be aues-
toned on the statutes"
At this Mr.. Vest smiled sadly. MY dear
young man." added he, 81 do not doubt
that you're up on the statutes; but I do
Suppose you should have the utmost ia
miharity with the statutes, what's to pre-
vent the legislature from repeating all you
know"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
VEGETABLES AS MEDICINE.
Instead of Giving Drugs Physicians
of the Future Possibly May
Prescribe Them.

Will the doctor of the future. In
stead of prescribing some unpleasant
drug, order course of medicated veg
etab!es? This may be the result of
The present attempt to cultivate plants
containing abnormal quantities of GER
tain medical substances. 1t is well
nown, says scientific paper, that the
amount Of any characteristic element
in plant varies with it's richness in
the soil, and it is also known that the
assimilation of mineral Clements Of
the body is much more readily accom-
plished when they are partaken in the
form of food. In the past If the body
needed an excess of iron, it has been
supplied by tinctures taken through
glass tubes. The modern idea is to
supply this want by such vegetables as
medicated spinach.
Experiments with plants grown in
soil enriched by hydrate of iron
proved that they contained a much
larger percentage of iron than those
grown in the natural soil. This opens
a whole vista of interesting POSSIBLE
tiles. The iron. the potash, the man
eanese, the nitrogen needed by the
system can be supplied more effective
ly and more pleasantly through vege-
tables than through medicines.
Already many vegetables are known
to have curative properties. Celery Is
generally held to be good for rheuma-
ism and nervous disorders: lettuce for
insomnia; peanuts for indigestion:
onions for liver complaints; carrots
for scurvy; tomatoes for the liver:
blackberries for diarThoea. and apples
COR nervous dyspepsia and rheumatism
Certified milk, with its stated proper
tons of fat, sugar and solids, would
have seemed improbable some years
ago Will the future see certified
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Six Doctors Failed.

South Bend, Ind, Oct. "a [Special}.-
After suffering from Kidney Disease for
three years; after taking treatment from
six different doctors without getting re-
lief, Mr.. j. Q. Laudeman, of this place,
complete cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Speaking of his cure, Mr.. Leudeman says:
Yes, I suffered from Kidney Trouble
for three years and tried six doctors to no
good. Then took just two boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and they not only cured my
kidneys, but gave me better health in gem
sral. Of course recommended Dodd's
Kidney Pills to others and know number
now who are using them with good results"
Mr.. Lsudeman's case Is not an excep-
ton. Thousands give similar experiences.
Trouble from Backache to Bright's Disease
that Dodd's Kidney Pills could not cure.
They are che only remedy that ever cured
Bright's Disease.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

The artist was in PARIS at the time of the
coronation of King Edward, and at a re-
ception one evening, duchess said to him:
Il believe you know King, Edward, Mr..
Whistler" mo, madame replied WINS
81 met the king at dinner party last year,
and he said that he knew you" "Oh," said
the painter, that was just his brag. IN. Y.
Herald
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
DISMISSED FROM SERVICE
Gov. Terrell of Georgia Takes sum.
mary Action in Case of
Capt. Hitch.

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 22.-By the YER
dict of the Statesboro court-martial,
which was signed Friday by Gov. Jos.
NJ. Terrell, Capt Robert NJ. Hitch, who
was in command of the troops when
the negroes Reed and Cato were
burned at the stake, was dismissed
from the service of the Georgia state
troops.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

II is asserted that civilization as it ad-
vapces weakens mans sense of smell, but,
perhaps, on the whole, people who live in
congested districts ought to be thankful for
this. Taken by and large nature generally
knows her business pretty well.-Indianap-
oils News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

$50 you don't care for poetry?' NO"
said the eminent inventor. "Only the other
day l heard a young woman singing: Had
l the Wings of Dove Now the wings of a
dove would be wholly insufficient in at
mospheric resistance for any practical pur-
pose whatever. What she really wants Is
a tetrahedral kite. "-Washington Star.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

and raised his glass in turn, Cohen.
my dear friendt," said he. II wish you
shoost vat you wish mel"
The growing smile faded from Co
hens face and he set his glass down
with bang.
"Py Abrahaml" he exclaimed.
Now you're shtarting it all over
again!"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

tacks of kidney oISors
ders which kept me in
the house for days at .
time, unable to do any.
thing. What I suffered
can hardly be told
Complications set in.
the particulars OF
which 1 viii be pleased
to give in a personal
interview to any one
who requires informa'
ton. This 1 can con-
scientiously say, Doan's
Kidney Pills caused .
general Improvements
in my health. They
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

If destiny still refuses to give you
what you are after, just camp out on
her front door step. She will surely
throw you something before many
days in order to rid herself of you.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Both Got It.

The late sculptor, Bartholdi, was best
known in this country by his statue OK
Liberty, the chief feature OF which is its
size. Its artistic merits were succinctly
summed up by a distinguished foreigner
when sailing into New York harbor. Point
ing to the gigantic figure, he asked:
'Is that Liberty"
"Then give me DEATH" said the foreigner,
who evidently knew his Patrick Henry
Boston Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Attempt on Cars Life.

Paris, Oct. 22.-The Soiri prints
rumor Of an attempt upon the life OF
the car Thursday, in which there
we're IL victims. The story is not con-
drmed from any source, and Is dis.
credited
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Timely Operation.

First Physician-So the operation was
lust in the nick of time?
Second Physician-Yes; in another
a hours the patient would have recov.
sred without it-Harper's Bazaar.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Strike Against Being Docked.

Murphysboro, III, Oct. ga strike
occurred Friday morning at Wolf.
Sayer & Heiler's skewer factory be-
cause the men were to be locked for
time lost while the machinery of the
factory was stopped.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
& Cynical Theory.

Father said the small boy, why do
they call speech made at banquet a
toast?"
my son." was the answer, cit is prob
ably because they are so dry."-Wash-
lngton Star.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

multitude how to become great, and
nobody has time to listen to the little
man. no matter how persistently he
squeals the directions.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

Now l know" sobbed the six-months'
bride to her husband, growing over her ex-
travagance, why you used to call me a
flower. You thought l was an orchid and
that l could live on aim. o. Picayune.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Not Strange.

Mrs. Hanns-I don't see anything in this
paper about Brown killing his mother-in-
law.
Harms-That' not strange. You never
read the sporting page.-Judge.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Lightning Work.

a Kansas editor solemnly relates how
bolt of lightning narrowly missed a pros
porous farmer in the rural automobile belt
and shocked all of the wheat he had Just
cut.--Atlanta Constitution.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Bad Risk.

"And I can't get any life insurance.?
Not a cents worth. We just learned in
time that you are trying to break a span
Press
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

brought great relief by IessenIng tne
main and correcting the action OF the
kidney secretions.
Doan,s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, so cents Foster-Mu-
burn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
The Fame of Nimrod.

Nimrod told how he made his reputation
81 was the first man who thought of not
shooting guide for deer" he explained
Il, Y, Sun.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

1t is understood that the Kansas City
telephone girl who has just fallen heir to
$500, 900 is "busy now"-IndianapolisN News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

There are lots of ways to make
love, but not nearly enough to satisfy
the average girl.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

Did you ever listen to one of the Jokes"
told by the man who is eternally arguing
that woman has no sense of humor?-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

An egotist may be defined as a person
who is So wrapped up in himself that he pays
no attention to us.-Puck
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
A VOICE FROM TIE PULPIT.

Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 81 Sixth
street, Fond Du Lac, Wis, Presby'
terrain clergyman, saws: 81 had 0ts
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28
Big Supply.

Tourist-Can l have a couple of towels?
Landlady--Are You going to stay here all
summer?-Lustige Batter.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

Occasionally men are candidates for office
because they can't help it, but usually it's
because. the people can't help it.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
Ave. NJ Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. s, 1900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-28

John Shea, detective.
Thomas Dryer, detective.
AL Rose, suspect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-26
DAILY SHORT STORY
The Man With a Head.
Copyright, 1904. by c. b. Lewis.I


There were three drug stores in Liv-
erpool. and Liverpool had about 1000
inhabitants. There was a good deal
about the town and more about the
stores which might be called old fash
toned. In addition 10 drugs and fancy
articles each store dealt in outside
goods. One was hall grocery. another
had boots and shoes ana the third sold
agricultural implements and Chic car
riages. and its proprietor was also in
terested in a spring bed and patent
churn. If any man had declared his
belief that a straight out drug store
would pay expenses lie would have
been called i fool in answer. Things
had been going on in this mixed up
way for many years when n stranger
appeared in town and began lOatinS
around the drug stores. He was Gu
rioSity and Il subject of gossip, and
most of the GosSiperS Whitfield away
at pine shingles and decided that lie
didn't amount TO no great shakes. The
only citizen who sized him up correctly
was Uncle Eben SchemerhOrn. He
took his time about it ana chewed up
half a plug of tobacco before he said:
WAL. boys, l hain't sivin' no opin-
ion as 10 how 'taters will pan out this
fall. but as 10 that stranger. he's got Il
head on him. Yes, stree, you can see
that he's got a head on him
'Of course he's got a head on him,
but what of it," asked one of his hear
erS
Never you mind-never you mind.
replied Uncle Eben as he winked his
left eye and nodded his head in 4
knowing way. When the band begins
to play and the Bengal tiger to roar
you Jest remember that l said he had
i head on him"
After a few days the band struck up
that is. the stranger bought out
Druggist White The roar of the Ben
gal follOwed-that is, again Mr. Har-
per, the new man. decided 10 get rid
of grindStoneS, corn shelters. patent
cLurns. groceries. confectionery and
top buggies and run a drug store by
itself. He was called Il fool 10y some
and lunatic by others, and the rest of
the town predicted that he would go 10
the wall in less than three months.
Mr. Harper visited all the business
houses and assured their proprietors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-26

that he didn't propose to carry any Of
their lines. That announcement APP
pealed to their selfish interests, and he
made score of friends ut once. He
brought on his family and divided his
custom evenly around in the matter
of meats. groceries and dry goods.
That increased his list of friends. He
changed the interior of his store all
over, put in display window and a
soda fountain and one day was ready
for business. Business came, but not
with rush. People wanted to wait
and see"
The other druggists We're aroused
and meant to hang on to their custom
crs. Mr.. Harper might be all right,
but he was cutting a wide swath for
Liverpool. One day he dropped into
the Weekly Herald office and had
confidential chat with the editor. When
he left it was TO 20 over TO the Banner
and have another confidential chat.
Uncle Eben knew nothing about these
visits, but Il day or two later when
some one remarked in his hearing that
the druggist with head wasn't taking
in Il barrel of money per day the Old
man bit 4 fresh hunk off his plug and
replied:
Don't you worry your gizZard about
that new Teller | was in his store last
night after some sulphur. and l saw
sunthin' in his eye that told me there
was hen on"
The hen betrayed herself when the
next issue OF the Herald appeared. In
Il double loaded article. nearly two col
umnS long, it attacked the new drug
gist in savage style. 1t purpOrted 10
give his history for many years past,
and about the pleaSantest thing it said
of him was that he was an escaped
convict. That article was written by
Mr.. Harper himself. and he paid SD
for its Insertion. The excitement
around town was added TO 4 day later
when the druggist sued the Herald for
100000 damages. 1t got still another
boost when the Banner came out with
Il two column article and denied each
and every charge of its esteemed con
temporary. 1t did more. 1t boldly
announced that tie editor of the Her
aid had spent six months in an Ohio
jail for stealing hogs. The libelcd edi-
tor at once sued for heavy damages
and called the other man q thief. rob-
Der and pirate.
There We're thousand people in l.
erpOOl who said that Mr.. Harper ought
40 be arrested and who wondered why
il wasn't done, but at the same time at
least half of them sneaked into his
store to get 4 closer look at him and.
Of course, bought more or less. Sher-
IFS We're even sent for from the sur
rounding counties in hope that he
might be identified. but il was remark
ed that they all looked silly after Ieav-
ing his store. Reporters came from
some of the big dailies, but never a
note did tie. jot down in their hooks.
When the excitement had continued
for two months il somehow leaked out
that it had all been created by Mr.
Harper 81 the way of advertising. In
deed an announcement was made TO
This effect in both papers. and in those
respective issues the hustling druggist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-26
Two Industries Compared.

The iuSigniLCancr o. TIV sheep and
wool industry is seen when compared
with our poultry ana egg industry.
While the total value of our wool prod
yet last year WIS only S:;S.TT5.31::j,
that of our egg product was SliJ.oOO.-
GOO in 1899 and probably S2OOOoO.OOJ
last year.
The value of the 91.OOO.OOO dozens OF
eggs laid in Ohio in 1899 was over So
OOO.OUO. while the value of the l2,32O.-
coo pounds of wool produced there
was only S:3.134.2OS. and yet Ohio is
by far the largest Woodworking state
cast of the Rocky mountains. II Ohio
sheep could be made 10 produce rs
much value rs do Ohio hens the pro
tcctionists there, from GrosvcnOr down.
might be excused for doing more cac-
Killing than DO all of the hens in that
state.
Even the value OF the poultry killed
for food is S13OO0O.OO0 year, or two
and Cne-half times the value of our
wool products.
In view of these facts why is there
so much fuss and feathers about pro
lection to our sheep and wool industry
and so little said about the Industrious
hen and her valuable egg product on
the part Of our tariff worshipcrSE
Could not our farmers be made To be
Iieve that their far more valuable egg
and poultry industry is entirely de
pendent upon the duties upon the eggs
and chickcnsE
Is it not certain that this industry
would be ruined ana that our domestic
hens would Immediately retire from
business if the tariff duties We're t;f1len
of and the pauper hens Of Europe and
their cheap labor products We're put on
the free list? Are not orr protection
iSt friends overlooking Il good thing
when they neglect To ill the Congress
sional Record with speeches and sta
tistics showing the great benefit of pro
lection To this great and growing in
dustry? Would il not. in fact. bc bet
ter for thsir cause if they would drop
the declining sheep and wool industry
ana let it go To the dogs. where it APP
pears to be going in spite of extreDe-
~ high duties?