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COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Ordinary—A. J. Strickland.
Sheriff—E. Z. Byrd.
Clerk of Oonrt—A. M. Moore.
County Treasurer—B. D. Brantley.
County Surveyor— 3. M. Johnson.
Tax Receiver and Collector—J. M. Pnrdom.
Sessions first Mondays in March and September.
J. L. Harris, Judge, and Simon W. Hitch, Solicitor
General. 9 &
Oct. 51,1878.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
This office will be open every day (Sundays ex
eepted), from 8 a. k. to S f. k.
On Sunday* from 9 A. u. to 10 a. m.
Money Order and Register business from 9 a. m.
to 4 p. ic.
Mails dally from each way—East and Wtst.
Eastern mall arrives T.8Q r. m. Western mail
arrives 4.20 a. m.
oct81-ly T. J. FULLER, Postmaster.
Professional Cards.
DR. W. E. FRASER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Black shear, Ga.
Prom pt attention to calls. day or nisr’ut.
«W Diseases of Women and Children a specialty.
oct3l-1y
DR. A. M. MOORE,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
oct31-ly Blackshear- Ga.
S. w. HITCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Blackshear, Ga.
Practice regular in the Brunswick Circuit,
octal-ly
J. C. NICH 0 LLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Riaekuhear, Ga.
Practice regular in tfce Counties of AppHngr.Clincfc,
Camden, Charlton. Coffee, Echols, G.ynn. ‘ Liberty,
Piero-, Ware, and Wayne. acC}l-ly
W. R. PHILLIPS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
oo&l-ljr BlneksUcar, Ga.
GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 3,
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Opportunity.
How brightly on the morn it lioa !—
Purple monarch In disguise—
Hail him, crown him \ if yon wait,
Twill forever be too late.
Youth, by May’s enchantment led,
Dreams of rosier days ahead ;
But only he who fronts the hoar
Carves the spiral path to power.
Maiden with the pretty face!
All the world adlXiree your grace,
Form, and sweel fess. Brighf^blue-eye#
Put no trust in Oy-and-bys," s
When the silver summons calls,
Stoutly speak—tis’ fate befalls ;
One moment tnrns each golden door,
And then it shuts forevermore !
—Joel Benton, in Sct'ibner.
Sprint Fashions.
The soft m
excellence of chip bonnet is the style par
the season, a very differ¬
ent thing from the straw of former
times, and it is crowned with masses of
flowers, small field blossoms and gar¬
den flowers, nothing larger than the
fashionable small roses or the brilliant
little peerings that look like drops of
red blood on the green terraced sides
of the road as one travels toward Rouen,
in Normandy. Smaller blossoms and
more delicate ones, however, have the
preference, daisies, buttercups, branch¬
es of pale heather, bluebells, the starry
clematis and wood violet. The form
which the floral ornaments take is that
of wreaths, not full or stiffs bnt imper¬
fect, and arranged with a mass on the
top like which fills the front of the bonnet
an Alsacian bow, and terminates at
the sides in. drooping sprays, which may
bo carried to the back or disposed in
conjunction with shells of plaited Bre¬
ton lace. Breton laoe finely plaited and
used in proportion is a charming aooes
sory of the spring bonnets, and lends it¬
self most happily to t£e soft blending of
color in the silk trimming fabrics and
the natural hues of flowers and foliage.
Shapes, without being very much al¬
haps, tered, are improved. There is, per¬
less diversity than last year, the
square crown and open brim having ob¬
tained a decided ascendancy. But for
this reason they seem to possess more
character, and when tastefully trimmed
are found to be very becoming. Every¬
thing that is stiff or starchy in fabric or
design is avoided. The silks are soft
and crapey, and blend the most delicate
colors in little flowerets or in Ohene pat¬
terns. The ribbons are striped and very
rich, with solid center, in a light or
mastic tint, and clustered or brocaded
border. There are also moire ribbons
in all the mastic shades, but the most
elegant styles, and those which lend
themselves to the greatest variety of or¬
namentation, are the narrow brocaded
ribbons inwrought with geld or silver
threads.
Ribbons are quite a feature of modern
fashions, so largely are they used for
trimming dresses, lingerie and other
articles for house decoration as well as
bonnets.
A great many black dresses of short
walking length have been prepared for
the intermediate season, and for these
cashmere or fine camel’s-hair is this year
preferred to silk. The most fashionable
are trimmed with hand embroidery,
exeoated in small floral designs, such as
forget me-nots, daisies and the like.
There is nothing striking or pronounced,
however, in the effect which is thus
produced. The shades of blue are so
blended with shades of olive, with tints
of white, so lost in tones of brown, that
it is difficult to tell where one ends and
the other begins; besides the embroid
ery is not carried as a border around
the overskirt or polonaise as formerly,
but forms a plastron around the front
of the basque, cuffs upon the sleeves,
and perhaps in a piece which is used as a
strap some irregular fashion upon
the drapery of the skirt A little fichu
or collar mantalet, ora jacket, upon the pockets,
and cuffs of which the embroidery
is repeated, accompanies these dresses,
which are always made with trimmed
skirt and deep, close-fitting basque, and
the costume is completed by a bonnet
of black straw or ohip with flower trim¬
broidery ming matching the flowers in the em¬
on the dress.
Dark dresses will, however, soon be
displaced by the mastic shades, which
have reappeared in great variety, and
the beautiful qualities of camel’s-hair
silk and satin; by the spring silks in
Chene patterns and small broken checks,
and by the summer cottons, which are
now so fine in quality and so exquisite
in design that silk for summer wear is
not needed.
The “soft” or foulard-finished cam¬
brics have been a feature of the sum
mer styles for several years past; very
highly appreciated by ladies of refined
tastes. But these are now quite cast
into ...... the shade by the
have not only the lovely new finish sateens, which
satin the of tinted
m ground work, but reproduce
the effect of the richest fabrics in the
delicate, long-stemmed floweret and leaf
patterns, which seem to be thrown upon
the surface. The deigns are very small,
and the fibrous stems, more like fila¬
ments than stalks, and the shades of
color are snob delicate mixtures of olive
green and ohina-blues, of old-fashioned
pink and woody-brown, that they can be
delicate worn by persons of the most refined and
taste. Doubtless they can and
will be vulgarized by association with
solid masses of striking color, but if
these pretty fabrics are used in their
p vnty and trimmed with lace or white
embroidery, two and perhaps ribbon bows in
or three of the shades of the design,
they will be charming—the prettiest
toilets in the world for garden parties
and morning wear at onr fashionable
watering-places. York —Jennie June, in New
Graphic.
Trade in Children.
Ernest Morris, the young American
naturalist traveling in Brazil, tells
about a practice prevailing along the
upper tho houses Amazon, as follows: At one of
we met a trader who had
come from the river Japura. He had
on board a boy and girl of the Miranha
tribe for sale. Senor Batalhia bought
the boy, a bright-looking little fellow,
for fifty milrays.Aor 025. The little
girl cried pitifully when separated from
her brother. The trade in children is
spoken of by Bates, who was at Teffe
twenty-five by the years ago ; it is prohibited
government, but openly carried
on. The Miranhas are the most power¬
ful tribe on the Japura ; they are a
warlike nation, who for a knife or gal¬
lon of rum, sell captured children.
Numerous raids are made by them upon
their weaker neighbors ; and men and
women are killed and the children sold
into slavery. At Teffe there is not a
house in which you will not find
children of all ages, as yon also will at
Manaos. On my return on the steamer
Ru Branco the captain was taking to
Para a boy that he had bought for 035.
“The reason for this,” said Senor
have Batalhia, “is very simple—we must
servants and they make good ones;
besides, they are not Brazilians—they
are Indians of New Granada.” This
trade in children is carried on more ex
to tensively the every year, and is a disgrace
government.
The American Agriculturist , in an in¬
drive, teresting article on the Texas cattle
says; “The cattle go to the river
for water at noon, with the exception of
a few, which remain behind to take care
of the calves. One cow may often be
seen while watching twelve or fifteen calves,
their mothers have gone with the
remainder of the herd to drink. After
the return of the herd the ‘ watchers ’
take their turn. This interesting feet is
vouched for by several old ranchmen.”
NO. 4.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
A horse-raoe—Colts.
“ Branch-houses”—The florists.
There are fifty substitutes for coffee,
and 129 for tea.
The lighthouses of the world are esti¬
mated at 2,814.
One-third of Chicago’s population is
German, or of German origin.
A case is sometimes gained through
perjury and sometimes per jury.
The man who was lost in slumber
probably found his waj’ out on a night¬
mare.
have Many of the provincial cities o! China
populations of from 500,000 to
1,000,000 each.
We suppose no one wonld care to do
without a tongue. But, after all, it is
only a matter of taste.
A FACT IN AJSTBONOSrr.
If the moon were like dome men.
For Every instead night she’d be sublime.
of quartering then
She wonld be full all the time.
“ Mother is all the time telling me not
to bolt my food,” said the small boy,
“and now she has gone and bolted up
the oupboard that has got all the com¬
pany victuals.”
On the Atlantic ooean, during the
prevalence of a heavy storm, the ex¬
vening treme altitude of waves above the inter
to be forty-three depressions or hollows was found
feet
The difference between the thermom¬
that eter on the a latter July day and a meadow lark is
rises three hundred feet,
while the former goes up nearly s hun
dred degrees, above nothing__ N. Y.
News.
Nothing is more injurious to the
floors of a building than covering them
with prevents painted the floor-cloth, which entirely
aooess of atmospheric air,
whence the dampness of the boards
never evaporates.
Two lovers at the gate;
He They binds linger, linger, linger;
The ring of the love ring of fate—
and fate—
With a kiss upon her finger.
One lover at the grate;
She lingers, Unger* lingers,
She “Heigho! this ring of fate,"
say*, “I’ve seen of late
Upon six others’ fingers.”
—Louisville Courier-Journal
Select your objeot in life, and then
make it your great and constant aim to
attain it. This is the only true principle
of success in any department of labor—
the great principle acted on by men
who attain anything like eminenoe.
They select tbeir object for the most
with part in early life, and then pursue it
unshaken resolution and firmness.
Foolish Every-day Questions—Askin
the orange peddler, “ Are they sweet?’
Inquiring of your friend Smith as to
what the weather is goivg to be in the
future time, certain or indefinite. De
mending “ What’B the news ?” with the
expectation of getting any answer other
than “ O-o-h, nothing.” Hailing Tom,
Dick and Harry with “ How d’ye do ?”
“ How are ye?” as though you cared a
rush how they did or how they were.—
Boston Transcript.
David Grockett once visited a me¬
nagerie at Washington, and, pausing a
moment before a particularly hideous
monkey, blance exclaimed; “What a resem¬
to the Eon. Mr. X.!” The words
and, were scarcely spoken, when he tw. ned,
to his great astonishment, saw
standing he had at his side the very man whom
pardon,” complimented. said the “I beg yonr
would gallant colonel; “I
not have made the remark had I
known you were near me, and I am
ready for to make the most humble apology
looking my unpardonable rudeness; but”—
first at the insulted member of
Congress, lovely, whose face was anything but
and then at the animal compared
to him—“ hang it, if I can tell whether
ought to apologize to you or to the
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