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About Blackshear news. (Blackshear, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1879)
0 o3r * midi i m \ Lf< MS i Ir' / j ** WITH AN HO PURPOSE, WE SHALL BRING TO BEAR ENERGY AND A DETERMINED EFFORT TO VOL. II. StacMtaw ^m-s, / Published Every Thursday — AT — BLACKSHEAR, CA., — BT — E. Z. BYRD, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Rates of Subscription : One copy, ene year (postpaid), in advanoe.... .fl.OO Oneoopy, six months “ “ ..... .60 One oopy, three months M • * .25 One • • • oopy, one month ** .10 ft • • * Advertising Rates: Transient Advertisements, first insertion, fl.PO per square and 60 oents for each subsequent inaer he gal Advertising Rates: Sheriff’s Sale per levy.......................... $5.00 Mortgage Sales (not exceeding two squares).... 8.00 Application for Letters of Administration...... 4.00 Application Letters Guardianship.............. 4.00 Application Dismission from Administrator¬ Applioation ship......................................... Dismission Guardianship.......... 5.00 Homestead 5.00 Notice to Debtors Notice............................. 4.00 Application and Creditors............... 6.00 for Leave to Sell.................. 4.00 Administration Sale (not exceeding two squares)..................................... «.00 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 t"
