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GEORGIA HERALD.
VOL’
ftc Georgia ‘fcralk
published in
Ihall & Weaver.
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professional (Carta.
JOSEPH H. SMTTTI. Attorney and
Counsellor at Law. Office Corner Whitehall and
peters stieets Ulema, (k Wdl practice n .he Su
perior Courts of Coweta and Flint. Circuits, the Su
preme Court of the State, and the United States’ Dis
trict Court. All coin : unlcsttions addressed to him at
Atlanta will receive prompt attention. aprilO-ly
TNO. R. HART & J. Y ALLEN. have
ft united for the purpose of practicing Law. One
or both may always be found in their office. Bv strict
attention to business and fair dealing with all they
hope to merit a liberal shore of patronage.
The senior member of the firm refers wish confidence
to all for whom he has done business during the past
year
Will practice by contract in any of the courts, or in
inv portion of the State.
Thomaston 00., Jnn 22,1570. v jan22--3m
A NPERSON & McCALL A. Attorneys
j \ at Law. Covington, Ceorgia. Will attend regu
nrlv, and I’roetice in the Superior Courts of the
lounries of Newton, Butts. Henry, Spalding Pike,
dunroe, Upson, Morgan, DeKalb Gwinnette and Jas
.er. dec 0-ly
T \MES M M ATHEWS. Attorney nt
ft Laws, Talbntton, Ga., will practice all the counties
rmnpoeing the Chattahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
pecial contract declO-ly
IYTILLIS & WILMS. Attorney* at Law
T T Talhatton, Ga Prompt attention given to
business placed in our hands. declll-Ty
I)ORERT P. TRTPPE. Attorney a’ Law
IV Forsyth, Ga Will practice in the State Conns
*nd'ln the United States' District Court (it Atlanta and
Savaimiih. Ga, dec ft-ly
?\ TIP NT. At nrnev at Law, Rar"fi«s
• vllle, Ga Will practice in all the counties of
the Flint • ircuit and Supreme Court of thw State.
\I \RION BETIIUNE, at
j.' I Law, T ilboton. Ga Will practice tn nil the
'< (.unties <>f the Chaft.ahoc bee Circuit., and Upson and
Merriwether counties fleclß-1y
T 11 YLEX \ VHER. Vtornev at Law
rP • Thomaston, Go. Will practice in all the coun
lies composing .he Flint. Circuit., and elsewhere hv
special contract Special attention given to collodion,
and settle promptly with cliants. declß-1y
r pHO\T\S RR ALL Attorney a* Low,
I rhomaston Ga. 'Vill practice in the Flint. 1 Tr
and elsewhere by special contract. dec!s-1 v
nR ROdERS will (» -Dtinup the nraetiee
of Medici De. Office at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug
*h>ro declS-ly
DR aW. T ITdNN 4TI, is plfinsofl to
notify the citizens of Upson that- he will continue
Pie practice ot Medicine in its various branches at
rhotnaston. Ga. declß-ly
T\ME- S WALKER Attorney fit Lnw
f * LiGange, Ga. Will practice in Circuit Courts o
Hie State, and in the United "tates District 'ourts.
decKMy
JOHN I BALL. JOSEPH A. COTTKN. VV.M. T WEAVER.
HVLL GOTTEN & WEAVER, An
lorneys and Counsellors at Law. Office in At
lanta and Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in the coun
ties of Fulton, Cobb, Campbell and DeKalb ('apt. J
A ( otten, will give his attention to business In the
a mve counties a. and will be found at all times in the
ottice in Atlanta. Will also practice l > the counties
_ Lpson, Pike. Crawford, T»ylor, Talbot and Merri
uether, in the Supreme Court., and in the District
v ourt of the United States for the Northern District, of
leorgia Messrs. Hall A, Weaver will give attention
'> business in the above counties and will rein in in the
office in Thomaston, Ga. declß-ly
DR. I. C. McCOY,
IfAV ING located in Thomaston tenders
his services to the community in all the
branches of his pr< session. mch^lm
dentistry.
(MIL undersigned heing ne.’manently
located inThomston, still tenders thier professional
in the practice of Dentistry to the citizens of
t pson and adjoining counties Teeth inserted on g Id,
n.ver, adamantine or rubber. All work warranted and
a d fit guaranteed. Office up stairs over Suggs «fc
Oliphant’s drug store.
dec!) ts BRYAN ft SAWYER.
pH THE PUBLIC.— F have moved up to
. * m y office in Messrs Cheney and Allen’s new build
g and am regularly engaged in the practice of inedi
ine and prepared to go at any time Persons wishing
see me, if I am not in my office, can call on Messrs,
ti rr ',L" anß at Lewis and Sawyer’s and obtain lnforma
•*n, they can also leave any message there, which will
e Promptly delivered
*prtUß-tf DR J. O. HUNT
__ JRiscfUflUfono.
teliilE CAPITAL WANTED
I HE undersigned, for many years pro®
Thom^ J i e^or Uie Thomaston Factory, located near
Upson county, Ga , which property was
I. b y the Federal troops in the Spring of 1565,
to 5 » r<>Uß improving said water power, and wishes
r-i a coMnection with someone or more parties to
inv..* a j Ca^'tft ' one hundred thousand dollars to he
sale v't at . Bu id place The property is not offered for
and tbm. i Wl he nut in at a low valuation, and an ad
fiv* tiT ln, ’*res t retained, amounting in all to twenty
hors.. ~ ,usaad dollars. There are two privileges of 120
in? Bv w * r ,-ac h« either of which is capabie of opcr.it
it/on,* -If B * x thousand spinules and two hundred
rcMfipi,^ rhcr ?. l ‘ s ,V I the piace, ready for use, an elegant
other r***ii’i w h c °i>fc $5,000 before the war, and
a Jan. anA D f 6B t° r families as operatives: also
heeding . Kt . onc canal at the upper power, the latter
i !R O ,an I , nex } i a>ißtible supply of ex
healthJ ocatio “ ta °t easy access and as
1,, y as the mountains. Address
ande c8 .t, D» C ROGERS,
tag-. _ , Thomaston, Ga
* nd Me * aeD « or 0D «
THOMASTON, SATURDAY NIORiSTITSTG, AIA.Y 28, 1870.
The eyrtoms of Hver
In s as r. J complaint are uneasiness
■\ litit na v T an< * r aia ,a th
-1 isl 1"I U ll IJ I Somctlttths the pain Is in
I I the shoulder, and is mis-
MMMMBHHpaI luken for rheumatism.
The stotnneh is affected with loss of appetite ahd sich
ne.ss, low els in general costive,-otnetl me* alternating
with lax. The head Is troubled with pain, and dull,
heavy sensation considerable loss of memory, accom
panied with painful sensation of having left undone
something vyhich ougLt. to have been done. Often com
plaining of Weakness, debility, and low spirits. Somo
tinies, some of the abovb
I . , T n n ■ .symptoms attend the dls-
I I I If II I case, and at other times
li I V L II I very few- of them; bnt
I the Liver is generally the
■HMBMMMpBBBHadI ur S an most involved.
Gure the Liver with
DR. SIMMONS’
Liver Regulator,
A preparation of t oots and herbs, warranted to be strict
ly vegetable, aud e.tn do i<> injury to anyone.
It has been used by hundreds, and known for the last
35 years as one of the most reliable, efficacious and
harmless preparations ever offered to the suffering. If
i is sure to cure.
WgagaWM-AhUrißB ■■ Dyspepsia, headache,
Inn niiv ■ mon ■jaundice, costiveness, sick
1 la If ■ Ii I 4 rft la ■ headache, chronic diarr
| IlLUUlil I Ull.lhoa. affections of the
B ■ bladder, camp dysentery,
.■■■■■■HDnißHi affections of tlie kidnevs,
jcver, nervousness, chilts, diseases of the .-kin. impurity
of the blood, melancholy, or depression of spirits,'heart
burn, colic, or pains in the bowels, pain in the head,
fever and ague, dropsy, boils, pain in back and limbs,
asthma erysipelas, female affections, and bilious dis
eases generally. Prepared only by
J. 11. ZEILIK & CO.,
Price SI: by mail 41.85. Druggists, Macon, Ga.
The following highly respectable persons can fully at
test to the virtues of this valuable medicine, and to
whom we most respectfully refer:
Gen. \V. S. Holt., President. 8. W. R. R. Company;
Rev J. Felder, Perry, Ga.: Col E. K Sparks. Albany,
Ga.; George J Lunsford, Esq., Conductor 8. W R. R.;
C Masterson, Esq, Sheriff Bibb county; J A. Butts,
Bainbridge, Ga ; Dykes <G Sparhawk, Editors Floridian,
Tallahassee; Rev. J W. Burke Macon, Ga.; Virgil
Powers Esq., Superintendent S. W. R. R.; Daniel Bui
lard, Bullard’s Station, Macon and Brunswick R. R.,
Twiggs county, Ga.; GrenvtlFc Wood, Wood’s Factory,
Macon, Ga ; Rev. E F. Easterlinh, P. E Florida Con
ference; Mt\ior A. F. \Vo<>ley, Kingston, Ga,; Editor
Mac *1) Telegraph.
For sale hy John F Ilcnty, New York, ,7no D. -Park,
Cincinnati, Jno. Flemming, New Orleans, and all Drug
gists # apl2-ly
TIN AND STOVE
BTORE.
IT AVIXG at last procured the services
of a first class Tinner 1 am prepared to do all kind of
Tin Work.
r i n-w a r re
Manufactured and sold at the lowest possible prices
and all kinds of repairing at the shortest notice. Act
ing as agent for
F. M. RICHARDSON’S
justly celebrated Stove and Tin House, In <* tlanta, l
am prepared to offer the greatest inducements to ail
those of a Stove of any kid.
COOKING STOVES
splendidly furnished, slid guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction. lam also agent for the celebrated
“COMMON SENSE FAMILY
SEWING MACHINE.”
The very best made, high priced or low, only 420. Call
and examine my stock, and I will be thankiul for-pa
tronage
W. W. IIARTSFIELD, Agent.
jan29-tf
GOLDEN MOMENTS!
OLIVER S. HIGGIN’S
New JEWELRY STORE. Barnesville, Ga., as I keep
on hand and are constantly receiving fresh from New
York the latest and most improved style of
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
which I am offering at astonishingly low prices, as 1
am dealing diiectly with i porters I feel confident
that I can furnish this class of Goods as cheap as any
House in Georgia. I am determined to keep on
hand a GENUINE W \TCII and CLOCK, which we
can sell to our customers and
WARRANT AS REPRESENTED
lain permanently located In
BARNESVILLE,
and am going to build up a business in this line purely
on merit, so if you want a FINE WATCH or CLOCK
call «t the sign of the ‘-BIG WATCH,’ in the new
BRICK BLOCK, next door to Bloodworth & Murphey,
East side public square.
£§T~ Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and
warranted.
OLIVER 8. HIGGIYS.
Jan22-tf Barnesville, Ga.
A. sKW I'Af’KR
TIE TIfEIMCE IATtIM.II
We propose to publish on the first of
April next, and monthly thereafter, a pap*
er of thirty»two pages, to he devoted to the
advancement of the Temperance Cause in
Georgia.
We look to our Upson friends to sustain
us in our new enterprise. Send in orders
immediately. Terms $3,00 per anum.
Address, •W. E. 11. SEARCY,
mchs Griffin. Ga
ALBANY HOUSE,
MERRICK BARNES. Pro.
CORNER PINE AND JACKSON STS.,
A.3L.38 A.ISrY, OA.,
♦ST" Polite Servants constantly In attendance, and
the comfort of Guest studiously regarded.
BSP 1 ” Hacks always ready to Cout*’' Passengers to
jjtifrvm Depot. JanW-ly
Cjje Georgia Derail
Thomaston, gaTmay 28, 'tV
THE ROMANCE OF THE TIMES.
■ - -A .
AN ORIGINAL PQEK.
For the Georgia Harold.]
Still nobler lists in life’s braVc tournament
The busy scenes of this stirring age pre
sent- *,
Nobler than from chivalric days portray’d ;
In them gallant spirits are now array’d ;
No brazen trumpets their entree proclaim,
No herald recounts their virtues and fame,
No gazing throng with loud plaudits ap
prove
Their deeds of daring, their kind works
of love,
Save these to Faith’s mystic eye is given
In “cloud efi witnesses” that lean from
Ileav’n ;
No chaplet is wreath’d to reward their
strife, •
Except that, hope awaits in crown of life.
Silent, untiring, their course they pursue,
The good of man, glory of God in view.
The wcrrld’B benefactors, they humbly
strive
To bless with good the age in which they
live.
Brave Templars, knighted at science* altar,
Who girded with Truth’s flaming scimetar,
Have gone forth, resolved the work to pur-*
sue,
With toil of mind Nature’s realms to subs
due,
Until each element as vassal meet,
Shall pour its hiddon blessings at man’s
feet.
True Knights es the Cross, valiant and
bold,
Tn panoply wrought in Heaven’s own mold,
With Faith as their shield—word of God
their lance.
With the banner of Christ as they advancp,
Their bosorrs burn with zeal to overthrow
The dark hosts of Hell—man’s myriad foe.
On. on speed ye, as dread angels of light,
To chase from the demons of
night.
How vain that dreaming spirits then should
yearn
For by-gone days of chivalry to return,
This age now so rife with thrilling events,
to heroic minds the chance presents,
To win for itself, honor and renown
Far brighter than the tourney’s fading
crown.
It was the custom erst of ancient knight,
As host to perform the courteous rite—
When those whom he had feasted in hall
Btd adieu, for the stirrup-cup to call;
And as it was placed to the lips of guest,
The benison for his journey express,
N )w for each of those, whom in the Muse’s
bow’r
We have sought to regale for one brief
hour,
As we have evoked before them to pass,
In dim reflection from weird’s fancy glass,
The pictur’d scenes of chrivalric arena
In bright and varied panorama—
We would for them joyous blessing bespeak,
As we call for cup foaming to the beak.
Kind Reader! that thou mayst thy path
adorn,
As belted knight of the Cross be theu
sworn,
With its weapons divine engird thy soul,
Then with honor wilt thou come to life’s
goal,
And when Death, dread herald on thee
shall call
To hang up thy arms in his silent hall,
Pavilioned in life’s lists as a conqueror,
The summons will not be doom of terror,
But only translate thee to God above,
To receive crown of life, thy meed of love.
| CONCLUDED ]
Jlisfellanco«s.
Electricity Rivals Steam. —A new ins
vention is described in the late papers,
which will substitute electricity for steam
as a mechanical power. The cost per day
is estimated at thirty-five cents. Planting
machines, and other mechanical arrange
ments have been successfully attached to
this wonderful electrical engine. If the
machine now in construction in New York,
works as beautifully on a large scale as its
smaller predecessors have, a ship will soon
pass over the ocean with a streak of tame
lightning in the hold. This dangerous ele
ment appears in this grand role in such a
minute form that it can be put in a smaller
trunk than is carried by a fashionab t
young lady to a summer resort.
ter By invitation of one of our physi~
cians we visited the residence of a negro
womm who has in her stomach three liv
ing snakes. The movements ot the snakes
can be plainly seen on the outside of the
stomach, and are constantly in motion.
They have the appearance of beiog about
three feet long, and about the thickness of
a commod. sized walking-cane. The wo
man seems to be in good health, but has a
wild, ferocious look. She can not account
for this singular freak of nature. — owen9>
boro Shield.
The French Vote. —The total vote on
the Plebiscitum stands as follows : Yes, 7,
336,434; No. 1,560,709. In Algeria toe
following is the result; Civilian—Yes, 10,
791; No, 13,481. Army—Yes, 36,175 ,
No, 6,039.
. VALUE OF CLOVER.
Clover, in enriching and improving
the farm, is next to barnyard manure
in value and importance. Indeed,
in many places where winter wheat
is largely grown, clover may easily
be made of more benefit than the usu
al amount of manure made and ap
plied. For there will only be barn
yard manure enough to use on part
of the wheat and corn land, while
the whole of both crops may be made
to follow clover. And we must be
lieve that clover is not yet sufficiently
appreciated, for if it was, but very
little wheat or corn, on all good wheat
land, would be allowed to follow any
other crop but clover. Now there is
not the least difficulty in arranging
an managing crops so that this may
be the case. Always sow clover
with wheat, and plow for corn before
the clover is run out; and then seed
to clover with barley or some other
spring crop after corn. This clover
the next year, or the year after, will
be again broken up for wheat. The
main crop will in neither case be
plowed under. The one after wheat
will be used for hay and clover seed
or pasture, as most convenient. The
crop seeded next after corn will, if
good, be mowed early, and the second
growth after starting a month, more
or less, as may be convenient, can
then be plowed under for wheat.
When clover is intended to improve
the soil pasturing is poor policy. It
should never be done in the spring
before plowihg for corn, nor before
plowing for wheat after the first crop
is mowed for hay. Nor shoud there
be any pasturing on new seeding in
the fall, unless the growth is very
large, and then not closely fed. In
deed, as a general rule, it is poor
economy to pasture clover, for feed
ing off the tops prevents the large
growth of roots required for the great
est improvement of the soil, while
with both the tops and roots checked,
the general growth must be much
less than if neither was disturbed,
and the actual improvement will be
in proportion to the amount of tops
and roots grown.
A great advantage in growing
clover, is that the improvement thus
aecurod absolutely costs nothing
The clover crops taken off pay all ex
penses of seed, sowing, use of land,
and securing the crop, and usually a
profit besides. There is no expense
for preparing the land, as this is done
for the crop the clover is sown with.
Still, if the crop of clover seeded with
a spring crop should be light, it may
be best to plow it all under for wheat.
But with good farming, clover seeded
so soon after corn will generally do
well. And then with good crops of
clover, the clover stubble plowed in
as above directed—all the spring
growth turned under for corn, and
all the new growth, after the clover
is mowed, for wheat —we say man
aged in this way, the clover, with
the large amount of roots in the
ground, and stubble and new growth
on the surface, will afford all the
green manuring needed, with good
land and good farming, to grow good
crops, and secure a fair measure of
improvement of the soil.
Here, too, is a point in green man
uring not well considered and appre
ciated. Many writers and farmers
object to plowing under clover be
cause it can be cut for hay, fed and
nearly all the fertilizing properties
saved in the manure. But such per
sons seldom appear to consider the
great amount and value of the clover
roots in the ground, or by thus seed
ing often, and plowing up while the
clover is still in full vigor, a very
good green manuring may be secured,
and the clover hay saved for feeding
and making manure besides. Now
here is a double advantage and profit,
that is mostly lost in only seeding
•nee in from five to six or eight
years, and then not breaking up
again until the clover is all run out,
and its fertilizing properties exhaust
ed by the June and other grasses
that have come in.
The great value of clover hay for
making manure, is a strong point
with many that oppose the use of
clover for green manuring and this
point is not made without reason.
With a large supply of good clover
hay, and a suitable proportion of
grain to feed to fattening cattle and
sheep, a very rich and valuable pile
of manure may be made. The addi
tion of a portion of oil-cake to the
feed, will, of course, improve the ma
nure. But as one of the principal
reasons for feeding oil-cake is the
nitrogenous matters thus secured in
the manure, clover hay will be a
good substitute in supplying nitrogen
also. Indeed, there is no other way
in which American farmers can ob-
tain nitrogen and nitrogenous ma
nures, in anything like as cheap and
full supply as by growing clover.
This great advantage may also be
secured both ways. Besides the val
uable barnyard manures made as
shown here, the roots and other por
tions of clover plowed under will also
contain a large amount of nitrogen, a
portion of which, either as ammonia
or the different nitrates, will thus be
secured to succeeding crops of grain.
Clover also adds largely to the
amount of available mineral food of
plants. It contains a large percent
age of potash and lime, and consider
able phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid
and chlorine, all of which are valua*
ble for cultivated plants. These sub
stances are not merely gathered from
the surface soil where they are availa
able for the long tapr-roots penetrate
deeply into subsoil, and secure a
large portion of these mineral ma
nures from sources out of the reach
of grain crops. The growth of the
large, long roots acts as a wedge in
dividing and loosening up the ground
so the air, warmth, and rains can
more freely enter the soil and subsoil,
and thus help convert a portion of the
inert mineral matter into available
food for plants. Thus the growth of
clover not only secures a large
amount of mineral manure in the
plant, but opens the way for, actual,
ly leads to an increased available
supply in the soil.
THE STATE FAIR PREMIUMS.
The lo.st number of the Plantation
contains the following letter from
Mr. H. I. Kimball, the livest, most
public spirited and liberal man in
Georgia:
Atlanta, Ga., April 16, 1870.
lion. B. C. Yancy , President Georgia
State Agricultural Society :
Sir. —Mv communication to you on
the 7th instant, offering a special
premium of for the best bale of
cotton raised in the State of Georgia,
was written hastily, and without that
mature reflection which the import
ance and general interest of the
matter demands.
Simply offering a premium for the
best bale of cotton, would, I am satis
fied, debar a portion of the largest
cotton growers in the State from par
ticipating in competition for said
premium, and would not meet the ob
ject and ends which I desire to ac
complish, viz : the advancement of
the material growth and prosperity
of the agricultural and mineral inter
ests of the State.
It is to these interests that we must
look to make Georgia the Empire
State of the South and a power in the
nation.
If we would have influence, we
must be prosperous. This is as true
regarding a State or a nation as of
an individual—to be prosperous and
successful, we must not only be in
duslriouß% but systematic and energetic.
I am of the opinion that by a pro
per use of fertilizing properties, and
labor saving machinery, that even
the old and worn-out acres of Geor
gia will again blossom, and yield to
her people a richer harvest than ever
before.
The great object to be attained in
agricultural pursuits is to produce the
greatest yield loith the least amount of
labor.
Your Society is capable of exert
ing a powerful and most wholesome
influence throughout the whole State
towards the accomplishment of this
object, by impressing the people
with the grand idea that it only re**
quires energy and perseverance to
prove the new system of labor vastly
more remunerative than the old.
It was to assist the Society in the
the accomplishment of this object
that I offered the premium referred
to.
I therefore most respectfully re
quest that my proposition be amend
ed as follows;
I propose to place to your order,
subject to the decision of the Com
mittee, SSOO, to be offered as a special
premium for the largest and best
yield of cotton (the quality and
quantity to be considered in the
award) which is raised during thq.
present year on jive acres of land in
the State of Georgia.
And that North Georgia may be
encouraged to exhibit what she can
do for the advancement of these in
terests, I now propose to offer an ad
ditional premium, and place in your
hands the further sum of SSOO, to be
offered as the following premiums,
viz :
Two hundred dollars for the best
five acres of wheat.
Two hundred dollars for the best
five acres of grass.
One hundred dollars for thp best
collection of minerals collected from
the soil of Georgia.
I would furthermore suggest for
your consideration that you require
competitors entering for these premi
ums to pay a special fee of oO per
cent of the premium proposed, and
this sum to be devoted to the benefit
of your Society. This question,
however, I leave entirely to your
own judgment.
When you arc in the city please
do me the favor to call at my office,
as I wish to confer with you about
the best method of encouraging coun
ty agricultural socities.
1 am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
11. I. KIMBALL.
FEMALE BEAUTY AND ORNAMENTS.
The ladies of Japan gild their teeth;
of the Indies paint them'
red. The pearl of the teeth must be
died black to be beautiful in Guscrat.
In Greenland the women color their
taces with blue and yellow. How
ever fresh the complexion of a Mus
covite may be, she would think her
self very ugly if she was not plaster
ed over with paint. The Chinese
must have their feet as diminutive as
those of the she'goat; and to render
them thus, their youth is passed in
tortures. In ancient Persia an aqui
line nose was often thought worthy
of the crown ; and if there was any
competition between two princes, the
people generally went by this crite
rion of majesty. In some countries,
the mothers break the noses of their
children; and in others press the
head between two boards, that it may
become square. The modern Persiar s
have a strong aversion to red hair;
the Turks, on the contrary, are warm
, admires of it. The female Hotten
tot receives from the hand of her
lover, not silks nor wreaths of flowers,
but warm guts and reeking tripe, to
dress herself with enviable ornaments.
In China, small round eyes are
liked ; and the girls are continually
plucking their eyebrows, that they
may be thin and long. The Turkish
women dip a gold brush in the tinct
ure of a black drug, which they pass
over their eyebrows. It is too visi*
ble by day, but looks shining by
night. They tinge their nails with a
rose color. An African beauty must
have small eyes, thick lips, a large
flat nose, and a skin beautifully black.
The Emperor of Monomotapa would
not change his amiable negress for
the most brilliant European beauty.
An ornament for the nose appears
to us perfectly unnecessary. The
Peruvians, however, think otherwise;
and they hang on it a weighty ring,
the thickness of which is proportion
ed by the rank of* their hnsband3.
The custom of boring it, as our ladies
do their ears, is very common in sev
eral nations. Through the perfora
tions are hung various materials;
such as green crystal, gold, stones, a
single and sometimes a great number
of gold rings. This is rather trouble
some to them in blowing their noses;
and the fact is, as some have inform*
ed us, that the Indian ladies never
perform this very useful operation.
The female head-dress is carried in
some countries to singular extrava*
gance. The Chinese fair carries on
her head the figure of a certain bird.
This bird is composed of copper or
gold, according to the quality of the
persons ; the wings spread out, fall
over the front of the head-dress, and
conceal the temples. The tail, long
and open, forms a beautiful tuft of
feathers. The beak covers the top of
the nose ; the neck is fastened to- the
body of the artificial animal by a
spring, that it may the more freely
play, and tumble at the slightest mo
tion.
extravagance of the Myantses
is far more ridiculous than the above.
They carry on their heads a slight
board, rather longer than a foot, and
about six inches broad; with which
they cover their hair, and seal it
with wax. They cannot lie down, or
lean, without keeping the
straight; and the country very
woody, it is not uncommon to find
them with their entangled
in the trees. When ever they comb
their hair, they pass an hour by the
fire in melting the wax; but this
combing is only performed once or
twice a year.
The inhabitants of the land of Na
tal wear caps or bonnets, from six to
ten inches high, composed of the fat
of oxen. They then gradually anoint
the head with purer grease, which,
mixing with the hair, fastens these
bonnet* for their lives. —U Israeli a
Curiosities of Literature .
SgL. There are three broom
ers in Georgia. One in Atlanta, one in
Macon, and one in Savannah.
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