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Smyrna times., 1869-06-09
John Chinaman in California.

The ever present Chinese will pique our Gu
riosity. We must look into their home, COM
pact, simple, yet not over clean or sweet-smel- |
ing quarters,-intO their restaurants and their
theatre, if it is in operation, and into their
Josh Houses" Josh" is the Chinese for
God or religion. Their stores invite us with
open doors, and tempt our pockets with all the
various specialities Of Chinese manufacture at
reasonable prices. A few are men Of stature
and presence, with faces of refinement and gen
tie strength; the many go sneaking about their
work "a low type Of humanity physically and
mentally, imported here like merchandise, and
let out to labor under system only half re-
moved from slavery itself. Yet they are an
important element in the industry and progress
of all this side of the continent. But for their
labor the Pacific Railroad would have been at
least two years longer in building. Twelve
thousand of them have done nearly all the pick
ing and drilling and shoveling and wheeling of
| the road, from Sacramento to Salt Lake. They
| furnish the principal labor in the factories :;
they make cigars; they dig and work over neg
lected gold gulches; they are cooks; they al
most mOnopolize the clothes washing and iron
ing /: in all the lighter and simpler departments
of labor, where fidelity to pattern, and not
fexibility and originality Of action are required
they make the best and most reliable of work
ers. At least seyenty-fve thousand of them are
scattered over these Paclhc States, west OF
Utah and though our American and Europe
an laborers quarrel with and abuse them tho
the law gives them no rights, but that Of suf
fering punishment; though they bring no fam
lilies and seek no courtship; though all thei
women here are not only commercial, but ex
} pressly imported as SUCH though they ar
mean and contemplate in their vices as in thei
manners though they are dispised and kicke,
about on every hand; still they come an,
f thrive, slowly better their physical and mora
and mental condition, and supply this countr
with what it most needs for its growth an
Y prosperity-cheap labor. What we shall
with them is not quite clear yet how they ar
f to rank, socially and politically, among us,
i one Of the nuts for our social science student
5 to crack, if they can; but now that we hav
e depopulated ireland, and Germany is holdin
; on to its own, and the old sources CT our labC
e supply are dying out, all America needs then
It and, obeying the great natural law of deman
d and supply, Asia seems almost certain to POI
l. upon and over us countless thousands of h'
e superfuous, cheap-living, slow-changing, u
r assimuating but very useful laborers. And v
is shall welcome, and then quarrel over and vii
5, them as we have done with their Irish pred
/, cessors. Our vast grain, cotton and fruit field
le our extended system of public works our mt
m tiplying manufactures all need and can emplC
TX them. But must they vote, and if so to VIII
ID effect ?-Alantic MOnthLu.
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POef2V.
Smile and be COntented.

The world grows old, and men grow cold,
To each while seeking treasure,
And what with want and cares aud toll
We scarce have time for pleasure;
But never mind. that isl loss
Not much to be lamented;
Life rolls on gaily if we will
But smile and be contented.
five are poor, and would be rich,
1t will not be by pining;
No; steady hearts and hopeful minds
Are life's bright silver lining.
There's never a man that dared to hope,
Hath of his choice repented.
The happiest souls on earth are those
Who smile and live contented.
When grief doth come to rack the heart,
Aud fortune bids us sorrow,
From hope we may blessing read,
And consolation borrow;
IfthOrns may rise and roses bloom,
1t cannot be prevented;
Sc make the best of life you can,
And smile and be cOntented.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-09

BEECHER's S SERMONS. For eight years the
sermons of Henry Ward Beecher have been
taken down in shorthand and large proper
ton of them published. The supply has not
equaled the demand. 1t has but increased the
appetite. There are but few men that could
afford TO have every public utterance recorded.
Y ct this is Mr.. Beecher's fate. Wherever he
speaks, you may see little in front of him, a
rather spare young man, whose pencil flies as
fast as Mr.. Beecher' tongue. Thisis his pho
nographic shadow, Mr.. Il. j. Ellinwood. He
is Mr. Beecher's recording angel. Nothing
escapes him. Sermon, prayer, half humorous
notice, running comments on the Scriptures,
struck out like sparks in the forge-all are ia
ken. Even the familiar talks of the prayer
meeting, where the pastor talks like father
in the privacy of the home circle to his own
children, are not preserved from publicity.
Since last Fall one sermon a week has been
published in pamphlet form by j.. B. Ford 4
| Co. These sermons for six months are now
collected in book form. In preface, Mr.
Beecher says: "Sermons will be interesting
not by the merit of their contents, but by then
skiilful adaptation to the wants OF men. The
pulpit is for living truth aimed at living men.
| No matter if sermons are transient in their eff
fects, so are drops of rain; but in both cases
shower follows shower, and, while no one drOI
endures, the vegetable kingdom grows anC
thrives through all ages"
Mr.. Beecher, once, in prayer meeting, re
ferring to the oftquoted phrase, AN arrow
shot at venture, said 1" never shoot at {
venture. always aim at somebody in partic
ular, though l often fail of my mark and hi
some one else.' In these sermons, thougl
Mr.. Beecher sometimes discusses general prin
ciples, he is far more anxious to apply them
He does not exhibit truth; he uses it. Hi
power is a mystery to many who criticise hi
theology as heterodox, and his sermons as in
artistic. -Independent.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-09
The Girl Next Door.

There Il a blithesome maiden
That livea next door to me;
Her eyes are black as midnight.
And handsome as can be;
Her cheeks are full Of dimples,
And red as any rose;
And then this love of mine, too,
Has got q Roman nosel
] asked her II sheN have Ine,
(That WAS the other nightD
And this was her reply, friends:
why, Jimmy, you are tight
Says l, II know have, love,
Aboard little wine;
But that is not the question:
vii! you or not bo Iaine;"
And :hen she put her face, friends,
As near mine as she could,
And with the sweetest smile, friends.
Said simply that she would
Escort me to the door, i'll
Was ready to depart;
Ard thus il was the girl next doOE
Declined my hand and heart.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-09

A raptured writer inquiries "What is there
under Heaven more humanizing, or. if we may
use the term, more angelizing, than a fine
black eye in lovely woman? Two black
eyes is the only answer thought of at present.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-09

In Watertown, Wisconsin, there Is boy,
tb;rteen wears of age, who outdoes Tom Thumb
Even in Thumbs forte--littleness. He is
2oI inches in height, and weighs only, eighteen
bounds. When seven months old he was as as
ar9e as children at that age ordinarily are but
from that time he ceased to grow, and mas l
gained only two pounds in weight IN In twelve v
Years. He has one club foot and no tnumOS'
but uses his fore-fngers as thumbs.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-09

A French woman, who had lost one of her
eleven sons, chaffered with the undertaken
about the price of the burial, saying, )" Now
look here, sir, you mustn't be hard with me, |
shall be good cestomer; I've got ten children
more" -.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-09

During the rebellion British cruisers destroy
ed Isl American vessels, mostly ships; The
Alabama destroyed seventy, the FLORIDA thir-
ty-six, the Shenandoah thirty SIX an6 M the
Georgia nine. The estimated value OF the
ships destroyed was Sl3,OOO,ooo' MANY Oh
them had valuable eargoes.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-09

The late Queen of Spain should change her
name from Isabella to Vas abelle-a.
Smyrna times., 1869-06-09
JOHN +. STARR, JR., & CO.'S
TIMBER Y ARD.

Market and Cooper St. Wharves,
CAMDEN, N. j.,
Whore NAV be found an assortment OF Lumber of
ovorv onaty and price to suit the requirements Of
contractors, builders and the community in general.
FRAME STUFF.
SPRUCE and HEMLOCK,
(All Grades.)
SHINGLES.
PINE and SPRUCE,
(All Lengths)
FLOORING.
GEORGIA and
CAROLINA HEART,
VIRGINIA and DELAWARE SAP.
WHITE PINE,
SPRUCE and HEMLOCK FLOORING,
(The Best in the Market.)
MISCELLANEOUS.
PLASTERING LATH,
PICKETS and other FENCING,
IN GREAT VARIETY, &C., &c
BILL TIMBER.
Furnished to order at the Lowest Market
Rates.
Orders for LUMBER to be shipped by Rail, o
other transportation, will be promptly filled, ant
particular attention will be given to see that it i
properly loaded and forwarded with dispatch.
JOHN F. STARR, JR., g. CO.,
Market and Cooper Street Wharves.
0FFICE-MARKET STREET, BELAw FRONT,
mayl2.6m Camden, N. ].
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The latest name for matrimony is commit
ting txoicide."
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

= HESTER r.. SECOND Floor. FRONT Rooh;-A
- respectable woman cook washer aud ironer has four
YearA CITY rcferencp.
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

ON 2isF ST., NEAR 80 AVA YOUNG WOMAN AS
AUU FIRST class would do the washing aud
oDng unetceplonsOle city raferences. Gall nadress
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

17S WFST alsT STA RESPECTABLE WOMAN AS
q COOS, washer and rOner n seal faniiY: would
short distance in the country good city references
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

~ sTf ~, BETWEEN srH AND 9TH sTS.-A RE-
spertahl, woman as first class cook nndersrnes her
business al s branches; is good baker snt under
stands solns. iaeats game pastries, Sc. ca from A. d.
til 5P.
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

10 UNION COURT BETWEEN llTH AND 18TH sTs.-
> ,tent cook 10 gentemRn's family
fully Understands business; city country good
Gan 10 seen Tor Two days.
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

1Rd WEST 2sTH ST., OVER THE sT1RE.-A RE
lCf spectacle gr as plain cook; Is good washer and
ironer; has good refer ences.
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

26E WEST 33TH ST., BETWEEN 7TH AND sTr
400 avs-h respectable young girl chambermad and
waitress canbermaid; good city reference Call for
two days.
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

= BANK STA LADY WISHES A SITUATION FOR
her girl az rla Ia and assist with the washing
hectons horseW1rk best city reference Can be seen
II her prssGat empl0yerx FOR two days.
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

1O7 WEST soTH STA RESPECTABLE MIDDLE
- agei woman COOK and 10 assist With TuShln in
small pfisa'e frniy good home object than
wages best ciiy reIerence.
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

400 wESr IN ST., SECOND FLQoR.--A RESPECT
a AD abr yoUan first class cook; uadegtands best
9ngish and 9th cookins good ely references private
family pTsiergad.
The New York herald., 1869-10-28
SITUATIONS eEMALEs.


= FAST lgTf STA REsPECTABLE GtRL AS COOK;
- thoroughly understands cooking n all ts hranches nas
thu best city reference. Can be seen for two days
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

10e wfsr i9TH ST, THIRD FLOOR, BACK ROOM
~ A. cook ana assist In washing aud Cnng best city
references sven
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

Sn WRsT WASHINGTON PLACE, RrAR--A FIRST
.)U class pae.ry bread Nt best city ref
erence; waecs pbjec int steady home CAL Tor two
days,
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

TN WEST GOTH ST., BETWEEN stu AND TTH
lit AVA professed hrs. class COOK understands all
kinds Of family cooking basing give highest ref
erence. Can be sec FOR two days
The New York herald., 1869-10-28
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY SHEET
SITUATIONS wANrED-FEmALR-.


| 900 WEST l7TH ST., IN THE RifAs-A khsrs.r> ~ Il
eDLO able girl good cook, washer ana lrohr nv no
objection general honsework Has the oesi CITY reer-
ence from her astp place.
The New York herald., 1869-10-28

hQ WEST fTH ST., NEAR STH AVA REsPECTA-
IfD Bile young first class is a rood baker
of bread; objection nrst class boarding house
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-05-08


1" PUNISH ''Fa''" f"r"TS l"r 'a'i'lrc I" MAKE
N''""'' "''''Se~ a''' I" ;'E'N' '''"'"' Jurors
'''l?ct'H' witnesses III certain eases.
SEcT!oN J. BE it e;actel by the >rnat
and House of Representatives Of the State OF
Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That any Grand Juror 1T any time of Court
when Grand Juror j. cMIpanurl,l, who
shall fail to inform the t,i;Iul Jury If amy
violation of The criminal laws "t this State,
or Of any crime committed "i>hi;. the par
lSh for which he is cnIparnrlr'} is Il GRAND
Juror, since the sitting of the last prrcrti.m@
Grand Jury in that pa:i~h, which may have
come to his personal knowledge, or oi Nh;ch
he may have been informed, upon due rrGI-
Nlctlon thereof shall, if it be an "ii'n~r NOT
punlShabIr IN the pcnitcntiary, Of which he
has not given Information, be fined in Il
sum Of not less than fifty nor more than five
hundred dollars, and Tit beam oiicn~c which
may bcpunl>hablc by death or imprisonment
III the penitcntiary, he shall hrpun>hcd by
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-05-08
lie LOVE OF NOEL VANE.
BY COL.LEON LAFITTE.

Nestled away amopg the mountains
Pennsylvania is the lovely little town
Bedfordville, where lived not many
g years ago widow lady by the
me Of Nane, with her only son
el.
She had moved to Bedfordville when
: son was but year old, and there he
grown up under his mothers care
l education until he reached his
.eenth year. His father had been a
liladelphia merchant, but dying sud-
nly, left his wife and boy with small
come, barely sufficient to support them.
rs. Vane therefore determined to
I've the city and remove to Bedfordville,
lere she owned little cottage, and
uld live without extravaganza.
The time passed in quiet enjoyment
It'll Noel reached his fifteenth year.
aen the clergyman of the church which
RS. Vane attended advised her to
nd her SON to college, and having by
:onemy saved up a considerable sum Of
oney, she made her arrangements, and
tier short time was gratifed with the
lought that her boy was a student in
be University of Pennsylvania. Being
assessed of fine mind and pleasant
Noel soon won his way to the
carts of professors and students, and
ter a year returned home with the
aowledge that he stood at the head of
Is class. =
During his vacation Noel amused
hnself by hunting and fishing in the
ey-time, and spending his evenings at
bme with his mother, who daily looked
ith more and more pride upon her
oble boy. mzs.e.-.. 49,
Returning from hunting expedition
\ the moutains one day, our hero came
ut Of the woods into the carriage road
ustiu time to see a pony, with young
,irl mounted upon bis back, dash rapidly
y, pursued by half a dozen hungry
Felves. The pony had made but few
ounds down Che road, when he was
Bized and almost dragged to the ground
y the fierce brutes, which in a moment
lore would have ended the struggle,
ad not Noel raised bis gun, and taking
aim, fred twice. Two wolves
III dead, and the remainder, taking
light, fed from their unseen foe. In
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-05-08
OUR CHILDHOOD.
BY GEORGE PRENTICE.

X sad, yet sweet to listen
o the soft wind s gentle swell,
Nd think we hear the music
)ur childhood knew SO well;
T,gaze out on the even,
lnd the boundless fields of air,
Ad feel again our toyhood's wish,
10 roam like angels there.
I'ere are many dreangs of gladness
That cling around the past
.sd from the tomb of feeling
Old thoughts come thronging fast;
'Ie forms we loved so dearly
In the happy days now gone, {
ne beautiful, and lovely,
SO fair to look upon.
N
hose bright and gentle maidens
Who seemed so formed for bliss,
90 glorious and too heavenly
For such a world as this:
Ihose dark, soft & yes seemed swimming
In a sea Of liquid light,
nd whose locks of gold were streaming
Der brows so sunny bright.
whose smiles are like the sunshine
In the spring timeSf the year-
ike the changeful CLEANS OF April,
They follow every tear!
hey have passed-like hopes-away,
Aud their loveliness has fled;
III, many heart is mourning
That they are with the dead.
ike the brightest buds of summer,
That have fallen with the sten
ct, oh it is a lovely death,
10 fade from earth ffke them
nd yet the thought is saddening
To muse on such as they,
nd feel that all the beautiful
Are passing fast away!
hat the fair ones whom we love
Grow to each loving breast,
ike the tendrls ofthe clinging vine,
Then perish where they rest.
nd we can but think of these,
In the soft and gentle spring.
When the trees ale waving DER us, 4
And he flowers are blossoming;
nd We know the winters coming
With this cold and stormy sky,
md the GIoli"us beauty round us
Is budding huG to die!
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When a lady isssaid to be of "cer-
tain age you may take it for granted
that her age is very certain. The GER
tainty is that she is forty, if she's day
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-22
VaI'ietieS.

"A Philadelphia convict opened a hole in
the wall of his cell by playing upon the NOR
tar with vinegar which he saved from his
daily rations, and a syringe which he made
from tin cup.
The Americans in Honolulu eeleorated
Grants election by torchlighs procession,
February first
An ice boat made nine miles in twelve
minutes at Poughkeepsie last week.
A fellow has been sentenced to three
months in the n. Y. House OF Correction for
beating his infrm aud aged mother. He ought
to have had three years at hard labor and to
live on bread and water.
"A smart negro boy from the country is in
New Orleans, looking up his old mistress, who
he has learned, is in need of assistance. "She
always took good care of me" he says, sand
she shall never want il 1 can help it,"
The East India papers contain accounts oil
the trial and confession of a Mirzapore Hin
doc, named Ramadheen, not quite twenty-iour
years of age, who for the last twenty months
has followed the calling of posoner' lie
calls his victims "Shikar," (game), and aheges
no other excuse for his practices than tnat II
was duh at home In his village. Inc NUMBER
of his victims is not certain, but he conieSses
to have killed q in a year and half, most of
them either Brahmins or Faqueers. He seems
to have an especial taste for holy men on pill
primages. A society of posoners is believed
to exist in India
The Rev. Granville Moody is Western
sensational preacher, of whom the Xena
(Ohio) Torchlight says: "He may be supposed
to have inherited the temperament OF an old
fashioned camp meeting, and got it mixed up
in his blood with a modern torchlight process
ion. Where he is, there must be wind ana
thunder, and volcanic eruptions, and eafth,
quakes, and the ground torn up by the roofs
Teacher "Come here, you young scamp
and get sound spanking" Scholar hou
hain't got no right to spank me- ana the copy
you set says So" Teacher snou'o hke 10
hear you read that copy oohoi"r reauD
at ar all the ends thou aimest at be thy coun-
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