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About Blackshear news. (Blackshear, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1881)
m BLACKSHEAR HEWS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY E Z. BYEE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, BLACKSHEAR. GA. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PEP. YEAR. Special Rates to Advertisers on application. COUNTY DIRECT ORY. _ Obdinab*.—A. J. Strickland. Clkbk.—J. W. Strickland. Sheriff.—E. Z. Byrd. Count* r&F.AscuEB.—B. D. Brantley. Count* Subveyob.—D avis I hornton. Tax Receiver.—J ohn J. Smith. Tax Coluectob.—A llred Davis. Count' CVLENDr-U. Clinch Count*.-F irst Mondays in March " Areo^CorNTY.-Second Mondays in March and October. Wayne County.—T hird Mondays in March aud October. R E C f U5 '' TY ' _F0Urth Mo,,day " m . Mav ando Ware°Count*.—F H i irst Mondays in April and November. Coffee Count*.—F irst Tuesday after second Monday in April *nil Xovember. Camden Count*.— Fourth Mondavs in April and November. Glynn Count*.— Commencing on the first Monday iu May and December, and to continue require*^ 3 ' " 60 ^ “ ““ “ ay M.KMershon, B. Judge, Brunswick, G«., and G. Mabry, 8olicitor-G ncral. Bruaswiok. Ga. TOWN DIRECTORY. Mayor.— Wm. It. Phillip*. Ai.webmen.—D r. C. H. Smith, T. J. Fuller. J. M. Shaw and J. W. Stiickiaud. SECRET SOCIETIES. ..... blacksheab LO^E NO. 270 F & A. M. A S Siffia ,* r .V m ftSi TTH o:i8 A‘iWwf 1 8 month U T. Batimeb, W. M A. J. Strickland, Secretary. augl * PROFESSIONAL CARDS . It. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, augl-tf Blackshear, Ga. A. IS. OOCH1UN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Blackshear, Ga. Practioe regularly iu tbe counties composing Brunswick Circuit and in the District and courts of the United States at Savannah the Suuthem District of Georgia. mvl6-6m p B. MABRY, vT • ATTORNEY AT LAW, Brunswick, Ga. Practice regularly in the counties of Glynn, Ware, Wayne Camden Coffee, Appling and il the e ()t££r “ ’ g —. s. W. HITCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Blackshear, Ga. Practice regularly in the Brunswick Circuit. ang4-tf A. B. ESl’ES, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, Blackshear, Pierce Co., Ga. Practice regularly in the Brunswick Circuit, feb 28 -ly - PHYSICIANS. jyt. A. M. MOORE, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Blackshear, Ga. CalD promptly attended to day or night. ^pDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTICE. DR. C. H. SMITH Offers his professional services to the citizens of Pierce and aujoining counties. Blackshear, Ga., March 1, 1880-tf. ‘ ____ DENTIST. ----- ,11. WM. NOBLE, DENTIST, Blackshear, Ga. OSlice on Maine street’ opposite Postoiliee jtis-tf _ ‘ MARBLE WORKS JOHN B. MKT. U, MARBLE AND STONE WORKS. Monument Tomb*, Hea^tones, etc. Esti mutes furni-h-d ou application lor all kinds of cemetery Work. • 205 and 207 Broughton Street, jy2o-6m Savannah, Ga. E 8 U 1 * UOUSi; , T. V. LiTTLEHKIdU Proprietor, Tne attention of & -ravelin* publri U directad to UiB inducement* offered them by ?ui-hotel. Bn:**, per <i*y...........................»1 M ll By u<e W«*k............................ 7.t»c nd dttevou: m iwuilo-x Blackshear News. E. Z. BYRD, Editor ami Proprietor. VOL. IV. TALES OF A TRAVELER. ___ i*enri the rtas-llile. Ceylon tiie has for centuries been famed for richness and value of its pearls, oyster banks are said to have fur nished those with which the voluptuous Cleopatra quaffed in her wine to the health of Marc Antony. fcfav^ite ^The “barba pearl” was ever ftd ornament among the Greek hiJkly Homan ladies; and it is still as prized by the native princes of In*5a. On the 29tli of February, Cfondalietry, 1858, I ar rived in the bay of an in vited guest on bobrd her Britannic majesty’s frigate Dosolator. The in spector of the pearl banks was also on board, with his owq boat and crow; his cutter was fitted up very comfortably with awnings and cushions, precautions j eoon f oan< i highly necessarv on such gerv j ce Early the next moraine Silfwo- T landed with the inspector at a small village. It.was a miser able place, consisting of but a single row of mud huts standing on hot and dustv solitude, with a few lonely, parched-up palm trees near them : but as far as the eye could reach there was nothing to break the monotony of end less sand-plains, save the distant white walls of “Doric,” a lofty government building, which glistens b so brilliantly £ in the ^ of the morni sun aH make one’s eves bUnk again. hfaps around sink lay countless 1>V of snowy ; oyster bleached the of many monsoons. Ridge over ridge, I heap upon heap, they seemed to : no end ; and one might well have agined that, in long years past, conflicting armies of oysters had to do battle on those sea-washed sands, l and left their many hecatombs of unbnried on those wastes There were a few dirty women and thin faced children on the beach, whose curiosity had for the moment overcome their sloth. Farther on, under three palm trees, stood the “Adapannar,” or headman of the district, a fine-looking, grey-headed old man, attended by his deputy and a few seedy-looking fol lowers, armed to the teeth with paper umbrellas and painted sticks. The next morning we stood out for the oys ter banks, near which the anchor was dropped, and for several days the inspector and his men were occupied in placing buoys, with little red and blue flags attached, on the edges of those beds which were to be “poked.” The weather was oppressively hot ; the sky was without a cloud to break theinten sity of the sun s rays: the sea breeze blew faintly and fitfully, scarcely rip pling the surfaee of the water, which seemed as though it was a sea of molten metal. The work of marking com pleted, we returned to our anchorage. I could not help being surprised at the pantomimic change whiih had come over tho dull mud village and dusty plains. It was as though Harlequin had, with his wand, transformed all those piles of shells into living masses of dusky human beings. The very sands of the plain seemed to be redo ient of life. The miserable row of low, dirty huts had either been leveled to the ground or were hidden from sight by numberless, gaily-colored booths of all shapes and sizes, ornamented with t>o pale green leaves of the palmyra and cocoa-palm. There were thousands of natives flocking to the beach. Our anchorage was opposite a flagstaff, and about us lay -fully two hundred native boats, rakish-looking barges, each man ned by ten oarsmen. After sundown I went ashore. It seemed incredible that the gay place I then beheld could have been the same that not many days since I had left so silent and desolate, All these thousands were gathered to share or derive some profit from the fishing about to take place. At one of the large arrack-booths a crowd of boatmen were assembled listening to the harangue from the tall, ungainly figure. I found out he was a “shark charmer.” The divers are so persuaded of his mystic power oyer the monsters of the deep that nothing could induce them to, venture; with out his presence. This ( “charmer st j0 d over sixfeet high, a dark long-haired arms ornamented with sttiugs of beads. The day before the fishing the Geso lator once more stood for the bunks, ^ on board eVe /{. tbe 8ti inspector . tch of . canVa and ’ set government - lluvin ^ agent. The boati with the divers were to leave at midnight. In order to see as much as possible—and I ^ener ally manage to see all that is going on traveling-1 remained to accorn pany the fleet, with the old “Ada panaar," in his ten-oared cutter. 'J he night was pitchy dark r a large bonfire hghtlD fl up trees and temples, in one lurid blaze, The “shark-charmeF’ stootlon the sum nnt of a pile of ojBter shell* gesticulat wildly arid as the glare ol ihe fire clothed past ia iam he appeared to be # BLACKSHEAR, GA.. OCT. 20, 1881. The appointed time for sailing grew ous uo tel and with magic suddenness *he dancing, singing and drinking ceased ; the boatmen and divers rushed to their places in the boats. More than f° ur thousand human. beings were P a(? hed into those frail boats. The “Adapanaar” showed me his boat; we seated ourselves, and he gave orders to make distinct all ready. Then arose a low, in murmur, which gradually swelled into something like hollow thunder, the echo of thousands of voices, The boatmen rose upon tlioir benches, flung high their arms, and rolled shining eyes. What could all mean ^ ^ as it a mutiny? No ; the f d DOt boat would put to sea. A detachment . °* Malay riflemen were dispatched in search of the holy truant, who soon brought in the charmer, staggering d ™nk with arrack. The “Adapanaar” 8 a *e the signal; half a dozen rockets shot into the and away went, the hundred boats in gallant style. The land breeze was fresh, and our fleet , made rapid way. The large yellow mas,8 > pointed high in air, with their beautifully the white transparent sails til llc g with breeze and lit up by the bonfire onthe shore, seemed as thought they were the a deep part hastening of huge winged crea lures of to their sea homes far away. It was still dark, and, looking out, 1 perceived a bright light at the mast head of the Deflator. We were close to the banks, and I went on aoard the frigate. The sun rose bright ana gorgeous. The eyes ot all were u P°o the Desolator, awaiting the ex pected signal. Five divers m each boat were mounted on the gunwales, armec t with their diving stones, nets an, t ropes. Minutes seemed hours. The union jack fluttered in the breeze, an( ^ i U8 * aH ^ touched the mast-head ? ne thousand divers plunged silently into the sea. I shall not easily forget the sensation I experienced when I saw that crowd of human beings sink, as by magic, in the depths below, leaving bn a bubbles to mark their downward P at “; A minute elapsed, and not one of all tho thousand appeared—a minute and a-half—two minutes ; still not -a fi0ul rose to surface! Two minutes and a-quarter had flown! I turned to the Adapanaar in an agony of anxiety, but he was calmly smoking his cheroot f How my heart beat when I first saw a doj «® heads and shoulders-then fifty ~ tlien A ve ancl moro ascfind to tno surface, bubbling and spluttering, And then the bustle and excitement 8 an - The boatman helped to pull in nets bill of oysters; the climbed into . their boats to see their fish counted. From the commencement of the aiv ing, the old “shark charmer” stood in the stern of his boat in the center of the fleet ; now and then he muttered a prayer or charm, flourishing his long arms about. About mid-day we were startled by hearing a shrieking and a howling in one of the boats, followed by a terrible commotion, and loud cries of “a shark f a shark!” Our boat im mediately pulled to the scene of com motion, and there, sure enough, one of those monsters of tho deep had been at work. A diver was being pulled into a boat, lacerated and bleeding profusely, the water around being deeply tinged with blood. One leg was nearly severed from his body, and the pain caused him to faint away. The alarm went round from ;boat to boat, and very soon the crews were pulling for shore. The spector sent for the old shark charmer and asked him how he dared to permit a shark to injure a diver in the employ of the British government? The old rascal replied that while he was taking some refreshment one of the evil spirits had unloosened the jaws of tlie sharks, Our approach to the shore was signal ized by a gun ; thousands were again on the beach awaiting our return, anx ious to hear of our success. As we drew near a long, wild shout rent the air. T he next morning the oyster auction b There were manv wealthy ] trad lbere ‘ ers fr0Ia ail U aits { In(lia 80 me returW home r bevond their ex pectations, bur many went back rained, I, 11 ® natives of India have a singular . ,ebe (. vitb ard t° thei of pearls. | r ®8 origin T It 18 that those beautiful concretions are cZfiff ,f r np n ea and are caught , by „ the oysters , while . floating on the watel to breatue ' The priests, as is usual in all religious system-, ever alive to their own inter eMs.keep up the strange belief,and make it a pretext for exacting from the divers what are termed “charity ovsters,” for the use of Buddha, who, when thus pro a '^ b “K to f^wing, will render the fash wore neb in pearl*in future eeasonn. Thu* ended my first and Ja4 pearl-fi*hitt(f excursion. Two dat« Dexolator, more sod funding I waiJag^,, the on board the over water* to ,oin xny *hir. Subscription, $1.00 per Year. NO. 26. FARM, [HARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD, Grniu? Kid of stump,. I n the autumn or early winter bore a hole one or two inches in diameter, ae cording to the girth of the stump, and about eighteen mches deep. Put into it one or two ounces of saltpeter, fill the hole with water and plug it dose. In the ensuing spring take out the plug and ignite it. ihe stump will molder away, without blazing, to the very ex tremity of the roots, leaving nothing but the ashes .—Scientific American, * * nh .... u«r«idr. ,, me larmer lias Hit upon the fol . . plan of supplementing °. ffl3 K ingenious P re n a little rutabaga seed ? n T heap of old manure before apply lor co f“* t h f u “ tr om any cause a corn plant , is missing I allow turnip to a ^row, almost invariably getting a good specimen. Last year, having a few loads ot uianure ielfc^tliey wore spread for stl 8 ar beets. The beets did not get a flood stand, while many turnips citoe U P» wllicb la “ er were spared, as they seemed to come up and grow with un ™" a J vigor. The growth continued till harveat lim ‘ > aad suoh ro ' >t8 1 “ever saw be ore, win o the beets upon the plot were hardly middling. Some f the rutabagas Skimngs, weighed twenty pounds each.” The que^TYs' ofteV^ked, “How can eggs be preserved for market?” The following will prove of interest to many : In the common “limine” process a barrel is half filled with cold water, into which is stirred slaked lime an(l Bdlt in the 1)ropor ti on G f u bout one ] ia ^> poan( j each tor every pail and bucket of water. Some dealers use no aa n au ,i 0 tb 0r8 add a small quantity of n itre—one-qnarter pound to the half barrel of pickle. Into this the eggs w hicli must be perfectly fresh and sound, are let down with a dish, when they settle to the bottom, small end down. The eggs displace the liquid, so t b a t w hen the barrel is full of eggs it is a j HO f, t n G f the pickle. Eggs thus picklet |, if kept in a cool place, will « r di nar ily keep good for several months. L ong storage in this liquid, however j 8 ap f, to make the shells brittle and i mpa rt a limy taste to their contents, This may be in a great measure avoided by £ anointing the shell all over with lard b for(J putt j n g in the pickle. Eggs thus prepared aro said to keep perfectly fe* .six months or more when stored iu a coo j ce jj ar> a much better method of storing eggs ifi the foUowing: Having “ selected per- 1 fectly fresh eggf)> put the 1( a dozen or more at a time, into a small willow has ket, and immerse this for live seconds in boiling water containing about live pounds of common brown sugar per gallon of water. Place the eggs imme ing diately after on buys to dry. The scald water causes the formation of a thin skin of hard albumen next the inner surface of the shell, the sngar effectually closing all the pores of the latter. The cool eggs aro then packed, small end down, in an intimate mixture of one measure of good charcoal, finely pow dered, and two measures of drv bran. Eggs thus stored have been fonud per fectly fresh and unaltered after six months. A French authority gives the follow ing : Melt four ounces of clear bees wax in a porcelain dish over a gentlo fire and stir in eight ounces of olive oil. Let the resulting solution of wax in oil cool somewhat, then dip the fresh eggs one by one info it so as to coat every part of the shell. A momentary dip is sufficient, all excess of the mixture be in a wiped off with a cotton cloth. The oil is absorbed in the shell, the wax hermetically closing all the pores. It is claimed tbat eggs thus treated and mcked awav in powdered charcoal in a cool place have been found after two vears as fresh and palatable as when newly laid. Paraffine, which melts toathin liquid a temperature below the boiling of water, and has the advantage of being odorless tasteless, harmless and cheap, oan be advantageously substituted for Thus coated and put into the lime - rklft ftin safely stored pi „„ pH rnav ^ or many moa ths in charcoal ’year under favorable circumstances, for a or more. Lrv salt preservative is frequently po recommended as a good king for stored eggs, but practical experience has shown that salt alone is but little better than dry bran, especially C if stored in a damp place or exposed humid air. A mixture of ciuht m< asnres of bran with one of powdered quicklime makes an excellent I Mcking for eggs in Hans poriation. Water l>ei'n glass—silicate of soda—Las re .jently used in Germany denng the shell* oi egg.ncn porou*. A tioa small is quantity *m«tred of the clear syrupy sola over the entire nurfafise THE BLACKSHEAR NEWS. KATES OF ADVERTISING: KQt'AUk. \i w j g 1 6 MO. i na One........ 1 ! 38888W Three...... Two....... sets** 88S8S8 .1C. * 1C 888888 12 18 00 00 8%3S8S Four....... cos. 20 00 Eight...... 8S5 43 00 Sixteen .... CO 00 Transient advertisements $^00 per first in¬ sertion; 50 cents for each subsequent one. Special notices 10 cents each insertion. Bills due immediately after lint insertion. of the shell. On drying, a thin, hard, 2ii^bl™^™^t^naiid h 6Ub«titate for wax, oil, gums, etc. Eggs thus coated and stored in charcoal powder, or a mixture of charcoal and bran, would keep a very long time. In storing eggs in charcoal the latter should be fresh and perfectly dry. If the eggs are not stored when perfectly fresh they will not keep under any cir cumstances. A broken ogg stored with sound ones will sometimes endanger the whole lot.* In packing, the small end of the egg should be placed downward ; if in charcoal or other powder, they must be packed so that the shell of one egg does not touch that of another, the Ultol «!«, tlio pow. q er Under all circumstances, stored eggs should be kept in as cool a place as pos¬ sible. Frequent change of temperature must also be avoided .—‘Scientific Amer¬ ican. iion.ci.oi.i Hint*, Tliin slices of toast, cut into trianglets make a good garnish for many dishes, If half a tablespoonful of vinegar is ^jed to the dark portion J of marble cako ifc lniprnvea it# Coili th t h 0 b smoked wiSdoS bv a 3 bo washed off r g in "tS^ fwT PRgS . qUl if S VUl e wiU SaU and also freshens them. ' 11 i,- ™w potatoes . . or the peelings .. nre out. „ hn ° B P rmk b*d on the carpet before peeping they will be found moreeffou f ttlt or co rui neal - " he dishes on which , i meats, fish, jel bos and creams aro placed should be ! bich ar ? e enough between to leave the a food margin and of the an or so lower edge of the border of the dish, When making a perry pie be sure to wet the edges of the upper and under crusts and press them so firmly together that the juice cannot run out, or yon will leave the best part of the pio on the bottom of the oven, and then have that to clean, In washing dishes use milk instead of aoa P- Fil1 a dish pan full of hot water and add half a cup of milk. It softens the hardest water, gives the dishes a clear, bright look, and preserves the bands from the rough skin or chapping which comes from using soap. Itdeans tIlR greasiest dishes without leaving the water covered with scum. An excellent young housekeeper it. who has tried the above says is a good recipe. ---- I he I „ oison . Sumac, Tllls Humac is terrible in itsi effects, ?! U ‘ n caua ' u 8 temporary ,a "i ion blindness. X * w ® ar ’ 1 and bunches of arti J 10 1 ? 1 a floworH ,nsulR and <mt«uie of ! , bonnets. fho flower-makefs, beln £. a P rcfmed for material, made of , . .. seed-vessels, burs, U8<1 ^ asBfif, » and , ftatkinB th ose were painted, dyed, > frosted and bronzed, to make them at |^ :hvR - 1 became greatly interested tho business and the ingenuity dis f, ’ HI> r Dt .?!. UI '? «*»9»U»ng • tl,e .* of milliners , windows. On one oceasmn, when standing before a «'° aable milliner a window ou Fourteenth . street, . I horror-stricken was discoveiing that an immense wreath *V berries, which constituted the in t ” m { nin f of a bonnet, was , the I ,0 ' 80n B ' injac > l UHt as they ^had been g athered * not a Pfrbcle of varnish, ° T Rtaer material coating them, J,® A? 0 b ° nnct ’ , n .JT°F n * wo t h® nld 1 "® bnn 9 ® K 11 P aDd 1 °; .V ie head ' a ° d a , .u K J >ray f.. , ont 1 ‘: ars ari “ °“ , fo r j jhead u Stepping into . the stow, I - ff 1 t re l 8e<1 J»u I ) ^P r ietor and UBk f d fl®? - t * tlie new “^the of bonnet . was tnmmed P R1BOnous • B f ‘ irabs rr V BS , known ODe in . the United otates. After staring at me m a sort of Ss mltlken lid“recewld wlek tho ^o se flowerH .<^£”1 from Paris only a mns^ a f Tomeihere repbed “there ^ b a ™ie mistake th“ ^^ for sumJo those he 8 iff whicb ^ Dean ^ r J look,asked me to please attend t0 ° W ? buH J aes8 » and swept away iron* 1° 1 other end of the store. A ““ J 0 * 00 * 1 °. * be poisoning oil of & bUm ^ >Rr , Pflu employed m a “ tlfl CUil fl °. Wer ma nafactory in ^ , r fc OD f e gue **® d *• i •» i *k the , factory mentioned, !“i i°, “• P ro P rie tor - told him ; _v what I knew about the poison . tM ' r rie8 ana was rudely requested to , J! ^ ,7, ge '*7/ 1 }*> to . taji*cU.~~I/ai ,, • ver ^* ttM l*. The Ret G-oige Granrdle Bradley will, in all prmmbiiH*. be the next Dealt of Weeteainst r
