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tterferc with politics, but l know all about
it." "But are YOU happy in your employ
ment, confined all day in this small room!"
"Ycs, certainly; the fact is, the half
of the world don't know the way to be
happy. l was for while myself hum
bugged about happiness; but, sitting on
my stool and seriously rejecting one day,
l got the secret. l thought to be happy
you must be rich and great, have an in
conveniently large house, more furniture
by far than necessary, table groanlng
with every thing; blu, soon found out all
that was stuff. / am happier here with
my last and hammer than thousands with
their fine houses, and splendid equipage;
and have a great deal of enjoyment in
looking out of my little cabin and laugh
ING at the follies of the world. They
don't sec me; and it does them no harm;
and, between you and me, the world arc
busy pursuing mere shadows. One wants
to be rich, another to get into officc--ne-
yer satisfied; but here am I, meaaang old
shoes, contented with my lot and situation,
and happier by far than King indeed, l
am thankful that Heaven in its wrath nc
yer made me King, for it's poor busi-
aess."
By this time my boot was ready, and
wishing to prolong the conversation with a
man who displayed so much real practical
philosophy, 1 said, "Have you no dis
tressing cares to vex you, no anxletlcs, no
sleepless nights, no bills to meet, no pangs
for yesterday, no fears for to rorrow!''
He stared at me a moment, and said,
" No, none.--Thc only cares which
have are comforts; / have wife, the
hest in the world, and two children, and
that is enough of comfort for any one
man to enjoy. As to bills, have none
to meet, and never buy on credit, and
never buy what l do not really want. As
for the fears OF tomorrow, have no
fear, but trust in kind and ever watch
full Providence, believing that sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof and re-
signation to Providence to be the trucst
philosophy" What a noble fellow, said
I, to mend crack in boot! Himself a
piece of noble workmanship! l felt in
wardly the truth of the saying, "coutcnt-
ment is kingdom;' and after | left my
philosophical coblcr, l thought much about
him, and am satisfied that his philosophy
was sound, and that mankind in general
have yet to learn the secret to be happy.
IJic situation in 1ifc 10 ohscurp huff
"Honor and fame from no condition rise;
SAC, well your part, thcrc all the honor lies"
81. Louis Bulletin.
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+ Unreasonable Fear from 7Hunder.-A
young man who for some years. was so
terrified BY thunder and lightning, las to
be OH the point of falling into fits attheir
approach, found very great benefit from
the following reflections, which friend
scnt'him for his most serious and frequent
consideration.
Unreasonable and excessive apprehen-
sions caused by thunder and lightning,
chiefly originate in prejudice, or in amer
roneous idea that they are constantly the
effect Of Gods displeasure and ministers
of his wrath. Were men TO consider
that this phenomenon, SO alarming in ap-
pearance, is the effect of natural, causes,
that it contributes to the welfare of man
kind in purifying the atmosphere, charged
with noxious exhalat,ons, removing the
danger of pestilcnce, reason and graft
tudes would cause them to rank them a
mong the many other favors of Heaven, T.
/ TO diminish these 'ungrounded appre-
tensions, the timid should be informed
that of 100000 persons that have died m
London, within space of thirty years two
only fell victims to lightning. They
should also be informed that they unrea-
sonablv prolong their fears ut each shock.
He who has time to dread the consequen-'
ces of fash of lightning, is already cut:
of its reach. - =
1t is the lightning alone that can hurt
us, and if we have seen 1t, it is follyste
grow pale, and tremble at the clap Of
thunder, and to stop our ears against the
noise, which announces all danger to be.
past.
The greater the. interval between the
thunder and lightning, the more removed
is the danger.
/ If with our finger to the pslse, we can
count in the time twelve or thirteen pull
sations, we calculate that the storm must
be three miles distant. But the very best
preventative against this or any other al
arm, is the testimony of a good corsci-
ence.-Tranquil and firm, the Just man
fears not unreasonably the judgments Of
Heaven.-He knows that at the order of
God, all nature flies to arms againststhe
sinner, and at the same time feels: that;the
| just man is under the safeguard Of ~Hea-
ven.
His Creator, the God whom he loves, is
the Master of the Universe, andrides on
the wings of lightningl He has his time
for threatening, and his time for punish-
ing. Fear should be a stranger totthose
whose glory is to love God, andto con-
fde in Him even when the earth shakes
10 its very centre with his thunder, and
appears to be groaning in the ugonies Of
Neutrality-suspicious. Journal.
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POETRY.
FOR THE JOUR NAL.
TO CHERRY.

FOR THE JOURNAL.
TO CHERRY.
Veil, Cherry, vot's the matter now1
wish could hadmire,
To see the heavens of your brow,
All kiver'd o'cr With hire
We're is them little loves crd grace,
Vich us'd to smile so nice;
And make that pretty little face,
A cupid'd paradisc'
You's put them oil to flight, just 80;
And himps of darkness HE
To cut their shines, and jump Jim Crow,
The Lord knows we're and Wy!
Ven lovely woman, in q pot,
Begins to weep in vain,
Won does not think Of lilies vet
With dew or siowr's of rain.
No matter vot tho young uns say
Bout poetry and books,
You may be sure that's not the way
To beautify her looks.
Come! vot's the use With grief and care
Vons life to be q mixin?
Be vot you is an angel fair
Or else, I'll guess - vixen.
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cult for any but jealous Hebrew to hear
with gravity.

Remedy for Lice IN CmAe.-We have
beer informed by gentleman who has
for many years kept large stock of cat
tie, that fine dry sand scattered on the
back, neck, and sides of the animals is
an effectual remedy against these vcrmin.
He collects dry sand, and puts it in box
or tub in the barn, and occasionally ap-
plies it during the winter by sitting or
strewing it over the body of each crca-
ture with complete success in Kidding it
of its troublesome guests.
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manlfests itself in she condition of lords
and serfs, must be explodcd-that tho
farmers, the tillers Of the land, the sub
stantial portion of human society, must
walk erect as the lords Of the soal, and
feel the true dignity of their important
station, before this dark world can be
lighted up with the full meridian blaze, of
millenial glory.
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FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
TO THE DRUNkARD.
CHAFF.

FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
TO THE DRUNKARD.
Why is it you delight to drink,
The fire liquid SO?
And trust your soul upon tho brink
Of everlasting wo7
Is it to lead you on to fame,
Or to increase your wealth!
Is it your passions wild 10 tame,
Or benefit your health?
Your wife's lament, your childrcn's vail,
The shouts at your success,
The temple of your farncs the goal,
Your laurel is distress.
Your households want is tho height
Of wealth, by it you've gained,
And hunger, wretchcdncss, and blight,
The boards by you retained.
Your passions will be tanned by death,
Which thus you'll hasten on
For though they're worse while you have breath
Then they will all be gone.
Your health once good, is now destroyed,
Or why that bloated face?
And peace Of mind you once enjoyed,
Is !ost-anguish fills its place.
Sure then, 'tis not for those you drink,
Or quatf tho flowing bowl,
And trust OH deep perdltion's brink,
Your never dying soul.
Then needless man, what is your aimH
To be beloved by all3
Live with Gods blessing on your name?
THEN TASTE sor ALCOHOL.
Bit if you wish TO shorten life,
Draw on your name Gods ire,
And live with all in helish strife,
DRINK, DRINK, THE LIQUID FIRE.
A. G..
Camden, S. G..
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Not so Jad.-Ayoung lady being dread
fully frightened at a bull that had booken
from his pasture, called to some men who
were in the neighborhood to "drive away
that gentleman corr" ,s.1
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A Quandary.-"l know we'll enough
said fellow, "where fresh fish comes
from "but where they catch Mess'ere salt
fish, I'll be hanged if can tell"
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s." Good morning Uncle Zekel." "Good
morning Tommy; hows all your folks!!'
Calls we'll, 'cept Jake" "What's the
matter with him?" "Oh, he's dead"
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Egotism.-Those people who have no.
thing in them are, generally, full of them
selvss. .'
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Singular Jc,cish Custom.-Burkhardt,
in his "Travels through Syria" &c. in
forms us that at Tiberias, one of the four
holy cities Of that Talmud, the Jews OBJ
serve a singular custom in praying
While the Rabbi recites the Psalms of
David, or the prayers extracted from.
them, the congregation frequently initiate
by their voices or gestures the meaning of
some remarkable passages; for example,
when the Rabbi pronounces the words
"Praise the Lord with the sound of the
trumpet" they initiate the trumpct's blast
through their closed fists. When 81 hor
rib!c tempest" occurs, they puff and blow
to represent storm; or, should be men,
ton 1.-The cries of the righteous in dis
tress," they all set up loud screaming;
and it not unfrcqucntly happens that while
some arc still blowing the storm, others
have alraady begun the cries of the righte-
Gus. thus form concert which it is diff
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An Ordnance
To prevent slaves from going at large, Of
hiring themselves out in Yazoo City.

To prevent slaves from going at large, or
hiring themselves out in Yazoo City.
Be It ordained By the President and Sc
Iectmen of Yazoo City, That hereafter it
shall not be lawful for any slave or slaves to
90 at large, or hire himself or herself out
within the corporate limits of Yazoo City;
and it any person shall permit his or her
slave or, any slave hired by him or her to go
at large or hire himself or herself out, with
in the said corporate limits of Yazoo City, as
aforesaid, it shall be lawful for any person,
and it shall moreover be the duty of the town
Constable to apprehend and carry such slave
before the President, and if it shall appear
to the President that such slave hath been
permitted to 90 at large or hire himself or
herselfOut, he shall forthwith impose on the
owner of snch slave, or the person permitting
him or her to go at large or hire himself or
herself out, fine Of not less than fifteen,
nor more than twenty-five dollars.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further ordained, That
in every case offine imposed under the first
section of this ordinance, the slave shall be
held in custody and liable therefor, and may
be sold by order of the President imposing
the same: and in satisfaction thereof and
all incidental charges, unless the same be
paid within ten days after such fine is i'm
posed, upon payment whereof, the said
slave shall be discharged provided, That
no sale ola slave under the second section
of this ordinance shall convey greater in
terest in such slave, than is held by the per-
son committing breach hereof, unless il
shall appear that the owner was priVy to, or
ronnivod af such breach
SEC. 8. And be it further ordained, That
this ordinance shall take effect from and af-
ter the first day of March next.
w. G. RASBURY, Mayor.
ATTEST.
il. swARrwoUT, Town Cl'k, pro- tenn.
Yazo City Feb ID, 33-3t.
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THE EMPIRE STATE.
JANUARY /, 1910.
PROSPECTUS.

DETERMINED to make adequate returns
for the liberal and increasing encourage
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NEW FIRM.

NEW FIRM.
DAVID G. MOORE & JOHN J. SMART.
81 WOUT, (late Swartwout, Ford & Co.
have associated themselves in business un.
der the name and firm of MOORE & SwARF.
woUT, at the old stand of Swartwout. Ford
& Co., where they intend to keep full and
complete STOCK OF MERCHANDISE
Their old friends are invited to call.
Yazoo City, June 18, 1889. 12-tf.
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Proceedings of City Council

Proceedings of City Council.
YAzoo CRY, FEB. ID, 1910.
Present:-W. G. Raspberry, President.
Selectmen, ]. w. Fuqua, J. S. Wallace,
Andrew Glib, F. W. Quackenboss, F. c..
Hamer, J. ]. Swartwont
The President proceeded to organise the
Board by administering the usual oath.
The Board next proceeded to elect Off
GERS for the ensuing year, which resulted as
follows:
r. E. KEYS. Clerk,
NJ. T. HOFF, Treasurer,
]. PENNY, Asses'r &. coll'r & Wharfm'r.
A. HALL, Auctioneer,
F. MAYNARD, Captain Patrole.
On motion of F. w. Quackenboss, it was
ResoEred, That our Representatives and
Senator in the Legislature of the state of
Mississippi, now convened, be requested to
amend or cause to be amended the act of
incorporation of YazOo City, SO as to author
Use the President and Selectmen thereof, TO
inprison within the corporate limits of va
zoo City, for fines and penalties incurred by
a violation or any infraction against the town
ordinances.
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A CARD.

AVING established ourselves in the city
Ii Of Vicksburg, with the view Of facili-
tating the business of the house of Hart,
Butler & Co. of New Orleans with the Plan
tiers in this section of the state. We wish a
share Of public patronage, we feel ourselves
fully competent to afford the usual facilities
to the planters which has heretofore been ex-
tended to them by the number of well known
established houses, both of this city and the
city of New Orleans.
We are assured to say to the Planter that
the house in New Orleans has taken out an
open policy of Insurance which extends to
the waters of the Mississippi, Ohio and Mis-
souri, rivers, and all their tributaries, which
advantage it is to the planter when shipping
his cotton to the house of Hart, Butler & Co.
and informing them, or the house of A. Hart
ir. & Co. of the shipment; to either house it
will be considered fully insured and protect
ed from loss or damage.
We will receive and forward cotton, and
will at all times be prepared to sell bills of
Exchange on New Orleans in sums to suit
purchasers, at sight.
A. HART Jr. & Co.
Office Washington St., nearly opposite Chill
dres Hotel.
Feb 3I-tf
For Rent.
A room on the corner of Main and Bayou
"A streets, suitable for an Office. For fur
her particulars apply to
E A JACKSON.
January, 3, 1910, 26-tf
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New Sporting and AgricDI.
tuPan PubIiCati01e

DEAR SR,--Mr. Porter, editor and proprieto, =
the New York "sPiHt Of the Times,'' the onlv
having refused to give our prospectus q place i
that paper, or even short notice as a common ~
verlisement, although rendered payment; we Are
in consequence, constrained TO issue a eircula,
one Of which we have taken the liberty Of 10y
warding to you, and solicit your patronage and
that Of your friends.
CADWALLADER r. GOLDEN &-CO.
Office No. los Fulton Street, New York
February 25th, 1889.
To all SPOrtsmcn and Supporters of the
Turf; Breeders Of Blood Horses, of In.
ProOed Cattle and Sheep, Planters,
Farmers, AgricuLtUriSts, and The public
IN general
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NOTICE-

ISAAC BARRETT.
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FORWARN all persons from trading fc
Note given by me to Rolin S. Ellis 70
one hundred and seventy-four dollars. daten
March 2lst, 1898, and due first Of Jannarv
last, as the consideration for which said note
was given has failed, and / will not nav +
unless compelled by law. :
April 12-40-tf EPHRAIM GUICF.