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All advertisements emanating from public wit' officers will be charged for in accordance au act passed by the late General Assembly of Georgia—75 cents per hundred words for each of the first four insertions, and 35 cents for each subsequent Insertion. Fractional parts of one hundred are considered one hundred words ; each figure and initial, with date andsignuturey^munted asaworcl. Editor and Proprietor. Railroad Schedule. BULXELT EXTENSION. a.m * • Ar.lcgton at 8:30 a.m.; arrives at ceary at s a m.; arrives at Albany at 11:30 a.m. Leaves Albany at 4:20 pm.; arrives at Lea Ef at 5:58 p m,; arrives at Arrington at 6:o7 p.m , arrives at Rlakely at 8:13 p.m. County Directory. SUPERIOR COURT. Hon. B. B. Bower, Judge; J. W. Walters, So¬ licitor General; J. H. (Jorum, Clerk. Spring *— - -ii second Monday iu March. tSHa-wHui**' -Vott.i Monday its a . -' •«» «- COUNTY OFFICERS, 1. A. Monroe, Ordinary; W. W. Gladden, Sheriff; E. Ihi Ol «. OUUtU, Jones, Tax Collector; Tims, * r- Cordra “ Tax ~ Receiver; ------ C. H, Gee, Treasurer; ----------- A. U. iy, Godson, Coroner. COUNTY COURT. L G. Cartledge, Judge. Quarterly May, sessions and 4tli Mondays in Monthly February, sessions, August Itli November. every Monday. COUNTY SCHOOL COM SRISS/O NE&. 3. J. Beck. COUNTY SURVEYOR. •. F. Horton. COMMISSIONERS R. R. John Colley, J. J. Monroe and J. T. B. Fain Court! field 1st Tuesday In eaefi month. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND NOTARIES PUBLIC. held jgsjrrsf-ffiassjw.'as third Wednesday in each month. 1123d District—J. L. Wllkerson, J. P.. John Hasty, N P. Court* field second Thursday in •ach month. 830th District—J. C. Price, J. P.; H. W. Pace, H, P. Court* held third Saturday in each month. 1283d District—O. J. McDaniel, J. P. Court* held first Saturday in each month. 1304th District—Morgan Bunch, J. P.; J. A, Cordray, N. P. Courts held first Saturday in •ach month. 18 ! 6th Distrlot—T. W. Holloway, J. P.| Ken nedy Strickland, N. P. Baker County Directory. SUPERIOR COURT. B B. Bower, Judge; J. W. Walters, Solicitor General- B. F. Hudspeth, Monday Clerk. in May. Spring Fall term convenes on fli st term on flist Monday In November. COUNTY COURT. Tno. O. Perry, Judge. Monthly sessions held first Mondays-Quarterly sessions. COMMISSIONERS R . R. fonL’ H^Furien-’ 'courteheld'on firstTues day* In each month. COUNTY OFFICERS. Ordinary, W. T. Livingston; Sheriff, J. B. ceiver!’ oSS?Tax Odom Collector, Treasurer. R. B. Odom; L G T'X Itowell; Re¬ J- M. ; Coroner, B. D. Hall. ■ui veyor, C. D. Brown, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND NOTARIES PUBLIC. 871st District—S. J. Livingston, -T. P.; W. C. Odom V, p. o ourts held 1st featurday iu each mon tli. 800th District—G. T. Galloway, J. P.; T. H. Caskle, N P- Courteheld 2d Saturday m each month. District—GE D. Lamar, J . Fj H. S. Johnson, N. P. Cour!3 held 3d Saturday in •aca month. 1183d District—L. J. Mathis, J. P-, R E- Mc- Cullun N- P. Court* held 4th Saturday in qaefi month. French Fiction. The novels of some French authors are seductively charming to those who yield to their spell. Yon do not care actively for anything in the world or out of it if only the world will let you alone for the time. This school of novelists cannot be credited with writing fiction for a premeditated purpose. They reveal hidden iniquities, but it is more lor the interest of the narrative than with any view to illuminate them for the purpose of reform. Its authors are not the cham¬ pions of an idea, as is Victor Hugo, nor the avengers of social abuses. They tell the story for the story’s sake, and with the choice masterpieces of literature around you, you yet find yourself wasting hours and days lost in the dreamy fascinations of French fiction. You become demoralized to au extent that it is easy to conceive of heaven as a place to lie en the sofa and read novels, and when the demands of ac¬ tual life force you back to it again it is only by a strong effort that you can emancipate yourself from this enthrallment which neith¬ er your taste, judgment nor conscience ap proves. Nothing can be more at variance with a high" ideal of life than the motives of these French romances. The basis of each is one that every instinct of one’s nature condemns. It is a motive that has no legitimate use in romantic fiction, and yet on it the author relies for the fascination of his story. After a period of this excitement of imagination ordinary life is like water after wine; like a quiet evening alone after a week of thrilling drama or opera; like daylight after the ball. It requires, there¬ fore, no rigid Puritan conscience to com¬ prehend that there is moral poison, moral danger, in this reading, if carried to any excess. The time given is not only lost, but time is lost in extricating one’s self mentally, from its influence- Yet as each life that is at all individual or distinctive in ts aims must taste for itself the tree of good and evil, so every reader will test for him self this school of fiction. As the highest form of innocence is not ignorance, but rather that knowledge which, compremen ding that virtue and vice exist, del iberately .oVinnaes^irtue^ ao f . indee<> Tt rr,'uy no t be unwise to experence for one s selt ttteintei- leetual inertia that is the fatal result of this class of reading, and onca knowing, forever after, Old Si Gives his Estimate of Kin Folks. Amos was looking very sad when he came into the office. “What’s de matter now!" asked solicitous Old Si. “Well, Ise bodder’ ’kase ob de human kontraiiness ob mankinl” “An’ what’s dat hez up-sot yo’ faith in de univarsiniss ob onkalkerlatin’ natur’?' “Well, yer kno’s dem fokes ob my ole ’oman?” "i does!” “Well, dey's bin down dar at my house ’bout two monfs, yer kno’ jess layin ’round gittin’ ’way wid hash an’ flapjacks at de skedjule ob three meals er day by de town clock.” i “I heer’d dey wuz bunkin’ on yer!” said Old Si. “Well, I stood dat ’bout ez long ez I’se gwine ter, kase yisterday arter de ole man hed draw’d two dollarB fer wurkin’ at de ’leckshun, I axed him fer ter len’ me er quarter ter git my shoes patch’d an’ he fused me pint blank an’ cuss’d round like I’d tried to borrow his stummi«k works!" “He did?” “Fer er fack! I tell yer, now, dese kin fokes is moughty onthankful an’ hard to git eben wid!” lick!” “Now you’se strikin’ de rite ex claimed Old Si. “I’se seen dat all my bo’n day8 an’ de onptinted scriptur ob dat speri ence are dat I'd rudder hab er good fren dat iz fcead-cook at er hotel dan er string ob kin fokes ez long ez Sherman’s army!’ “Dat remark plumps de middle man!” assented Amos, with marked enthusiam.— Georgia Major. Receiving a Deputation. After the seven years’ war, the strict dis¬ cipline which Frederick II. of Prussia had introduced into the army caused great dis¬ satisfaction among the so diers. Even in the regiment of the Potsdam Guards a few turbulent spirits banded themselves together to enforce a claim to certain priveliges, to which, however, they were not entitled. Without reflecting on the severe penalties t.o which they were liable under the military laws, they went straight to Sans Souei, the residence of the King. Frederick saw them coming, and went out to meet them on the terrace in front of the palace. Before the ringleader of the malcontents could say a single word, the King commanded: “Hail! Attention!—Right about face!—March!” The whole band obeyed the word of com¬ mand with the greatest precision and march¬ ed off, awed into submission by the eye and voice of their old commander, and glad enough to escape without punishment.—Der Wanderer. LEARY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1883. A Lah-de-dah- Sort of a Chap he was, but a Thoroughbred for All That \ “I got badly left in forming a hasty opin¬ ion of the lab de-dah Captain of an English iron-clad,” said Captain Ormiston of the British steamship Effective, now lying at this port. “During the recent war in Egypt I took out supplies to Alexanderia. and after discharging, received orders to go to Berwu kport for a charter. I knew nothing of the place, and had no chart of the north coast aboard the steamer. NoDe of the merchant Captains could supply me, and I finally concluded »o apply to the Captain of the iron-clad Invincible, that lay close alongside of us, as a last chance. I pulled up to the gangway, and was met by one of the officers, who said I would have to wait a few moments, as the crew were going to quarters. As he spoke the boatswain’s whistle was heard, clear and sharp, abo've the hoarse calls of his mates. Immediately, as if by magic, yards began to come down and to go aloft, the blue jackets rushing to and fro on deck, and of a sudden, bang ! off went one of the 80-ton guns fit to take your head off. After the men were ‘piped down’ 1 made my way up to the bridge, when I found a little lighthaird man trot¬ ting 9 up and down. His hat was cocked rougishly on the side of his head; he wore long side whiskers, and an eyeglass dangled from a gold chain about his neck. As 1 approached, he halted suddenly, whirled about on one foot, screwed his eyeglasses into his eyes, and, in a sweet little piping voice, said: “My deah fellah, what can aw do faw you ?" “He cut such a figure that 1 was tempted to laugh in his face, but, controlling myself, I stated iny errand. Immediately the little man had all the quartermasters runnning to find his sub'officers, and in a jiffy they returned, and, touching their caps, they be¬ gan to report that Mr. A. was ashore on liberty, Mr. B. had gone to Cairo, and that Mr. C. was away in the first cutter—and so on. He then turned to me, and rubbing h ; s hands said: “My deah fellah, Berwickpqrt f ^ is a very trouble-iu fine place, getting aw jjjgjah you there in; aw was once myself.” “Thinks I, what an ass this man is, and touching my hat I was about to go, when a big, sailor-looking officer appeared and in¬ formed the Captain that there was no chart of the British north coast aboard the ship. Thanking the Captain for his trouble, I went over the side and pulled for my own ship. “No doubt you would have agreed with me that the Captain was no sailor and a fool besides, but you would have been mis¬ taken, as I was. The next night the Invin¬ cible went to sea with a man in the chains heaving the lead. Of a sudden the breast strap parted and away went the man ovi r- board. The same little captain was on the bridge. Instantly the foppish airs were gone and the true sailor appeared. Pulling the bells, he stopped the vessel, and just as he stood, oilskins and all on, went overboard to rescue his man. One of his lieutenants and a quartermaster jumped overboard to assist their commander. Instantly all was incuse uproar. All hands were on deck, All the boats were lewered, and the four men in a few minutes were safe on board the Invincible. The leadsman was entangled in the line, and would certainly have drown¬ ed but for the prompt assistance of the Captain. In addition, this was the fourth man that same officer had rescued from drowning. His crew swore by him. He was a peer of the realm, and a better officer does not walk the deck of an English ship t.o-day. No, gentlemen, you can’t always tell the man by the cut of his jib.” * Timber in The South. The wooded lands of Mississippi com¬ prise 20,000,000 acres. It is computed that the forests of Texas will supply the whole country with timber for one hundred years. North Carolina has an acreage of grow¬ ing timber amounting to about seventy- five per cent of her territory. The yellow pine forest’s of Florida ex¬ tend over three fifths of the six counties of Putnam, Marion, Sumter, Polk, Hernando and Hillsborough. Louisiana’s timber lands cover 15,000,000 acres. It is said that the lumber business of Maine and Michigan wili ultimately be transferred to Florida and Louisiana. A great pine belt stretches across south¬ ern Georgia and Alabama to the rivers that flow into Mobile bay. The pine forests of Georgia aione cover an area of about 11 5000,000 acres. There are immense tracts of cottonwood along tbe Mississippi and its tributaries. The cottonwood tree reaches the height of seventy feet, and planks from four to six feet wide are easily cut from it. It is per¬ fectly free from knots and pitch. Bogus “Old Masters." The artist raked around among a pile of lumber iu a corner and drew forth a small picture that.looked old and dirty enough to have been the work of the court painter ol one of the Pharaohs. “There it is—a Madonna and child. Doesn’t it thrill you to think that you stand face to face with a masterpiece of the famous old world artist ? Look closely and tell me shat you think of it." It was unframei, with the varnish and brush marks showing up plainly on its surface, while the sweet faces of the two figures looked out of the surrounding dark¬ ness with the heavenly expression peculiar to the great paiuter. The reporter expressed his delight and asked the value of the gem. “You would hardly think that pictures like that, with all the signs of age upon them, could be turned out by the hundred every week, would you ? ' asked the artist. “Put they can and they would impose upon good judges, too. Look at the back. It has that peculiar old look that only belongs to canvas upon whose front paint has been deposited. But look at the sides.” The gentleman showed that the bent down edges on the sides of the stretcher were of white painted canvas that would have been cov¬ ered up in a frame, and the fraud was apparent. The painted canvas was cover¬ ed on the front of the picture, and the op¬ eration evidently was to get a canvas painted on one side with some neutral gray tint, and then to print upon it, fashion, the painting intended to be forged. Then a fifth-rate artist had been employed, as soon as the chromo painting was dry, to go over it, with a brush, pick out the high lights and emphasize the shadows with his brush. A thick coat of varnish was the next thing, and the genuine Raphael was ready for the market.— Pittsburgh Dis¬ patch. What is Work ? I may perhaps be allowed to put the opening questiou, What is work? The H lv is, “Any pursuit hr which a man yarns or attempts to earn a ii/eiiuood and to accumulate wealth ” This definition is thy more to be regretted ne jause u cher¬ ishes, or iather begets, the vulgar error that all persons who do not aim at the accumu¬ lation of wealth are “idlers." In point of fact such men may be doing far greater services to the world than the most diligent and successful votary of a trade or a pro¬ fession. . Darwin, having a competency, was therewith content. To him, and to others of kindred minds, the opportnnity of devot¬ ing his whole life to the search after scien¬ tific truth was a boon immeasurably higher than any conceivable amount of wealth. Shall we call him an idler? Nor is science the only field which opens splendid prospects to men of independent means. Art, literature philanthrophy, have all their departments, unremuuerative in a commer¬ cial point of view, or at least not. directly remunerative, and for all these cultivators are wanted. Therefore reversing the advice given by routine moralists, 1 would say to wealthy young men of ability: “Do not take up any trade, business, or profession, but do some of the world’s unpaid work Leave money making ro those who have no other option, and be searchers for truth and beauty.” Every one who follows this advice will contribute something to show the world that the race for wealth is not the only pursuit worthy of a rational being. I should define work as the con scious systematic application of mind or body to any definite purpose. A copy of Moody and Sankey’s volume of hymns lately reached one of the Turkish posioffices in Armenia to the address of an American missionary. Of late the imperial restrictions on the importation of foreign literature, as well as on the printing press, have become more stringent than ever, so, as a matter of course, Moody and Sankey must pass under the eagle eye of Bukb sheesh Effendi, the Governor General’s fac¬ totum, who knows a few words of English. He was ail the sharper on this occasion because he had very recently passed by inadvertence a book consisting of letters from one of the New York papers, the author of which roundly denounced the misgovernment he had witnessed in Armenia during the cam¬ paign of 1877. And this volume was ad¬ dressed to the same quarter as the present hymn book. “Dogs,” exclaimed Bukhs- heesh Effendi, as he turned over the leaves. “Hold the fort! What fort ? Treachery, as I live! May satan seize them 1” They were patriotic songs for the u-.e of the Armenians, those hymns, and the musical notation proved it; and that particular song, “Hold the Fort,” must have refereuce to an inten¬ ded insurrection. So “Hold the Fort*’ was cut out by order of Bukbsheesh, and the expurgated volumes sent to its destination. Rejecting Books for Various Reasons. 1 once picked out a handsome assort¬ ment for a customer about to refurnish his house. He had no acquaintance with books, but he looked over the titles, and made some rather interesting expurgations. He told meto put all the standard 'thorities, anyway, and he would attend to the rest. He threw out “In the Meshes,"—which he supposed to be a book on fishing—because he was "no angler." Boswell’s “Life of Johnson” was rejected because he didn't want political campaign works, and wouldn’t have the biographies of the Presidents, they all lied so. His wife discarded “The Sparrowgrass Papers’’ on the ground that they did no want any books about, vegetables, and “The Law and the Prophets" was not wanted be cause the old gentleman had given up busi¬ ness altogether. The man who once pur¬ chased “The Mill on the Floss,’’ believing it ‘.o be an account of a prize fight, was a tolerably well-informed man compared with this customer, who said that “Beauties of the British Dramatists” was a sell, because the work “did not contain a picture of one of them." He expected to find it full of portraits of actresses. The man even held up a fine edition of “Plutarch,” and asked how many lives a man was supposed to have. He had not once thought ol opening the work. These men do not bother us ranch, for they are easily satisfied; but what do you think of a gentleman who refuses to puy his bill because you have “left out the dictionary—the most important work of all”—from a complete edition of “old Dan¬ iel Webster’s works." This mixing up of the Websters seems to be a chronic disease with a certain sort sf buyers. The Seminole Indians and Their Happy Condition. - They are small in statue, pure copper color, with more regularly formed features .i than .i them sturdier . j* . brethren of the XT North. , , J ru he dress , of , . brave is a breech clout and a an ordinary calico or checked , , , shirt. ,. Their . hea , , wonderfully picturesque. A . gear is brightly colored shawl is carefu ly folded and pressed out fl t, and then coiled into a 'Hfcaf^rmoreiu diameter. Fancy feathers ami ornaments are p'aceu m tm ■ turban, which is worn like a Turks. Its bright colons and curious shade suggest a coincidence in taste with Mexican and Pe- ruvian Indians. The squaws are excep- tionally pretty and petite. They are lig ter in color than the braves, and are very coy and modest in the presence of a white man, probably because they seldom seo them. They wear two garments, a short calico skirt and a very contracted jacket. They wear all sorts of ornaments, alliga¬ tor teeth, curious bones, wild tiogs’ teeth, and cheap jewelry, which the brave pur¬ chases in the town before he begins drink¬ ing. Like all Indian women they do nearly all the drudge-y, but the braves are gene ally kind to them. The children are deli- cate-looking little things, but the pappooses are really beautiful babies. These Indians go from place to place in a cypress dug out, which is wider than the regular Indian ca¬ noe, and which they usually row instead of pole, owing to the fact that the water in this country is deep. They are very expert in using the oar. They do not do away with the pole entirely, however. An Indian in the bow of the boat rows one oar, and another sits in the stern with a pole, with which he rows and steers. The sharply cut dug out glides quietly through the water, the speed being quite wonderful. The boats go 300 miles into Lake Okeechobee, and a Florida Indian is as happy in one as he is on shore. The Squire’s Lecture. Five honest Virginia farmers were once convened as an examining court. The sub¬ ject of their examination was a boy who had been arrested upon a grave charge, and the question was, should he be held for trial at the circuit court. The honest farmers knew little of law, but they were kind-hearted and not without that mental quality which is known as “horse sense.” They listened to the evidence; it was con¬ clusive against the prisoner. But he was very young, and might reform if given another chance. Should he be seat up for trial, he would be sent to prison and be ruined. So the kind-hearted justices agreed that the eldest among them, old Squire H., should give the youth a severe lecture, and then discharge him. The squire, impressed with his seiious duty, arose, ordered the prisoner to stand up, looked fiercely at him, and talking through his nose, said:— “Youug man! it’s awfql—awful, I saj! Clear out of sight,-you scampi 1 ' my oruary And he did, amid the roars of laughter from the spectators, while the squire red¬ dened with indignation that such a solemn lecture should be received with ill-timed mirth. Yol. I. No. 43. SCIENCE AND ART. In Breslau, Germany, a chimney fifty feet high, has been erected of pape pulp chem- ieally prepared to resist combustion. The Scientific American says that a non¬ conductor of electricity has yet to be found. Tjie best conductor known at present is silver, and the worst solid paraphine. A new industry in Japan is said to be that of lacquering plaster so as to resemble marble. On a basis of clay this-lacquer work is especially novel and effective. There is iu Turin, Italy, a boat made from a single pearl and weighing less than halt an ounce. Its sail is of beaten gold, studded with diamonds, and the binnacle light at its prow is a perfect ruby, Its rudder is an emerald ; and its stand, a slab of i/ory. It is valued at five thousand dollars. The shape of the new British man of-war Mars is so peculiar that her keel cannot be laid in any of the usual building slips, and the vessel must be constructed in one of the docks. Great care is taken to prevent strangers having any opportunity of making any examination of the model and draw¬ ings. A new article of manufacture in theshap of an ink paste has been recently intro¬ duced to the stationery trade. The ink is put up in packages of sheets of the compo¬ sition, divided into squares, each of which, when immersed in about two thimblefuls of water, produces, it is said, a brilliant fluid-flowing ink. 'J he following is the prescription of a Chinese doctor for chills and fever: Dried snskes, pulverized, loz.; wasps and their ne8ts > * - oz -1 centipedes, 3 oz.; scorpions ® 02 > ai ‘d toads, 10.; oz. These choice i’ gredierits are ground into powder, mix up with honey and made into pills. Mr. ,, n G. r> R. T Howell, r „ New „ „ York, , in . paper , before r the ., Albany ., Institute the open Polar Sea theory for the , 1. ... Water „ fowl „ , reasons. Greenl go regu Hpi ,„g northward from . As tho , w 7 1(:e oam „ r , , ^ C() , d foAibifd {Q L ^ iv,*-*^* ,jhfe f , n a r! r \ 0PcurrfLnce 0 f w *vr m w nde ft fir'eum- polar „ eiK i onS| a8 ver5fied £ y / rftr8 in h{gh ktitudeg . 3 xhe occnrre ce 0 f f n - ^ ^ durjng the loug ftrclie winterB , wou ld be unaccountable ifthereigion for ten degr „ e8 around the po | e were cold afJ the zone of tfae ice _ barrler thwefore a9 calm aa the equatorial be Odd Thoughts. Stern wrote: “Were I in a condition stipulate with death, I should certainly dt dare against submitting to it before m; friends, and therefore I never seriousl. thi ik upon the mode and mannsr of thi» grjat catastrophe, but I constantly draw me curtain across it with this wish, that the Disposer of all things may so order it that it happen not to me in my house, but rather in some decent inn.” Otway said: “In all other uneasy chances of a man’s life, there's an immediate re¬ course to smoke kind of succor; in want we apply to our friends; in sickness to physicians; but love, the sum total of all misfortunes, must be endured in silence uo f riend so dear to trust with such a secret nor remedy in art so powerful to remove its anguish,” Samuel Johnson wrote: “In a man’s letters his soul is naked—whatever passes within him is there shown undisguised: nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, but to make a letter Without affection, without wisdom, without gayety, without news, and without a secret is, doubtless, the great epistolic art.” Tr He Would Be a Gentleman. The other day Miggs came down town and jubilantly announced that there had arrived an heir to the “goods, chattels and choses an action" of the firm of Miggs and his wife. “What is it?” inquired one of the sympa¬ thizing friends. “Girl, by gum 1” joyfully remarked Miggs. “Aw 1” said several of the crowd con¬ temptuously, and then ihey berated Miggs, “as men will do,” for not starting his family with a boy, who would tie tin cans to dogs’ tails and grow up to be a president. Tbe rallying of his friends made Miggs feel like he had committed a crime. Just then old Major De Baligethy drew- Miggs aside and said: “Mine freudt, ven dry meek zo mooeh fun mit you like dot, I dell you vot you do. You dell dem dot ven ycur poy he dp coom! he wiil pe a sbentlemans, ladiespassfust,!^' vor he ha^h stood aside and let dt Then Miggs rejoined the crowd and drank beer at the expense of some other fellow &U day.—Georgia Major,