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Smyrna times., 1870-06-15

ADVANTAGE OF BEING A WOMAN.-A wo-
man says what she chooses without being
abused for it. She can take a snooze after
dinner while her husband goes to work. She
can go out in the street without being asked to
stand treat at every saloon. She can stay at
home in time of war, and get married again If
her husband gets killed She can wear corsets
# too thick, and other fixings if too thin. She
can get divorce from her husband, ii she
sees one she likes better. She can get her hus-
band in debt, all over, until he warns the pub,
lie not to trust her on his account. But all
these advantages are balanced by the great
facts that she cannot sing bass, wear beard,
go sparkling, or climb tree, with any pro
priety.
Smyrna times., 1870-06-15

In the second place, buying my goods for CASH,
] can buy them ten per cent cheaper than the reg.
uar merchants, buying on long credit; therefore.
it necessarily follows, that can sell ten per cent
cheaper than they can, if sold on credit, as they
do But if sell for cash, can afford to take ten
per cent less profit than they do-makng in the
aggregate, twenty per cent. less. See what greai
advantage have over the regular merchants, and
what a vast amount can be saved by buying from d
class
Smyrna times., 1870-06-15

COP BLESS THE WOMEN AND BABIES
They were once s0 scarce in California that as
a woman walked on the street men would stop
and stare at her as at an angel. Babies were
so scarce that once in theater in San Francis
co. where a mother had taken her child, it
began to cry, just as the orchestra struck up;
dies and let the baby cry. l haven't heard
such a sound for ten years" The audience
applaudcd the sentiment, the orchestra stop
ped, and the baby continued its performance
amid universal enthusiasm.
Smyrna times., 1870-06-15
CASH SYSTEM =
OVER A CREDIT

In the first place, l buy my Hats and Shoes from
manufacturers. The regular merchants buy their
Hats and Shoes from jobbers. l pay the Cash
for my goods; the regular merchants buy theirs on
long CREDIT. 1 get the Latest Styles; the
regular merchants take whatever they can get. My
goods are all frst-cIass city makes; the regular
merchants. buying from jobbers, get an Eastern
make Of shoes, which inferior to the city made,
both in style and durability. The regular merchants,
buying their hats from obbers. on credit are COM
PEELED to take whatever they have-whether it is
old or style.
Smyrna times., 1870-06-15

AQuaker had two horses, a very good and
very poor one. When seen riding the latter,
it turned out that his better half had taken the
good one What!' said sneering bachelor,
"how comes it that you let YOUR wife ride the
better horse ?" The only reply was "Friend,
when thee gets married, thee il know"
Josh Billings says: Give the devil his dues y
reads well enough in proverb but what will
become NV you and me if this arrangement is
carried out?
Smyrna times., 1870-06-15
POeI2V.
ISABEL.

Soft waves of warm brown hair,
With gold lights shining through,
Shading Il face as sweetly tair
As ever fancy framed in air,
As ever painter drew.
Sweet spirit, frank and true,
With love- with Kindness rife
What tender heart hut to thee drew!
What kindly eye hut in thee knew
The sunshine OF our life
Sweet Spring. bright Summer past,
And Autumn come again;
The west wind spoils are falling fast;
What is our change brought with that blast ?
Why fall our tears like rain?
Only newturned heap.
One little grave, new made:
Bare is the earth Ger which We weep;
Never a flower to pluck and keep,
Never grassy blade,
Silence, where late was mirth;
One mothers heart half-riven;
One vacant seat beside n hearth
One loving spirit less on earth;
One angel more in heaven
Smyrna times., 1870-06-15

A young lady in New Hampshire has secured
position as school teacher upon the following
certificate: "This is to certify that Tanner
Noyes stands on a medium with other girls OF
hor age and sex, and for what l know, is a
good as folks in general"
Smyrna times., 1870-06-15
l BUY MY HATS FROM MANUFACTURERS
WHERE PAY THE CASH,

and am not compelled to buy anything that do
not want. can also have the latest styles made to
order as they come out; SO my customers can al
ways get suited both in both fashionable and plain.
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two, at which ra one man In ntvoahonrs vnu'd
vita e. two hundred Ynd h,rty.la Now The
church2 to- which particular reference Is he'd,
will contain le, haps thlriy ,hnu-and C tic 'e t
of ayr Now the twn hundred and tiify person
present on his tccasi,, (carr,ing out the cal
culation on rhe basis that one pefson IN two
hours will destroy TWO hundred aud forty cubic
feet) will, IN The same time, ylilate slxty-two
thousand cubic feet of pure air-more than
double the whole amount contained in the
church According to this, We were compelled
tor one hour to breath an atmosphere highly
.vitiated-hence the general oppression. 81 ~,
Now, my good people, have respect for the
laws of health enlghten your sextons-ar
range your windows so they may be let down
from the top. and don't, to say nothing about
the viiated air, heat up your churches to
temperature that will stimulate the skln-cause
an afflux of blood to the surface, and increase
a flow of insensible perspiraton, which carries
IF an undue share of the fluids of the body.
But the moment the c,'Dgregation goes into the
cold external air, sudden reverse of opera
tions takes place; the cold ohils the surface,
stops the perspiration, and directs the current
of blood towards the Internal organs they are
chilled and a deep cold is seated, and the
church did it. Shame, that such things must
be recorded in the light of the nineteenth CEN
fury. Were sOtpe of the ancient champions OF
to rise from their graves and behold
the gloom that oyershadows the minds of .
portion Of Adams race, their surprise would
be equal to that of Beishazzar A cry would
ee heard for those benIghted characters 10
stand aside, and no longer clog the bright
wheels Of clvilzafio
eJ 8s5 ace TERROREM
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Nearing the Other. Shore.

When, after the weary voyage that [ FIRST
made across the ocean, sick and loathsome, I
arose one bright morning and went upon the
deck, holdiog on, crawling, thinking | was but
a worm, smell in the air strange smeIl, end
said to the captain, What is that strange
odor p 1t is the land breeze from off ire
land" | smet the turf, slneIt the grass, l
>melt the leaves, and all my sickness departed
from me: my eyes grew bright, my nausea was
gone. The thought of the nearness of the
land came to me, And when, altar off, [ saw
the dim line of land. joy came and gave me
health, and from that moment [ had neither
sickness nor trouble; | was coming nearer to
the land. e1 las
Oh, is there not for you, old man. end for
you wearied mother, land breeze blowing off
from Heaven, waiting 10 you some of its sweet
ness? Behold, the garden cf he Lord Is not
far away | know from the air. Behold, tho
jpy of home. Do | not hear the children
shout? The air Is full of music to our silent
thought. Oh, how full OF music when our
Journey is almost done, and we stand upon the
bound and precinct of that blessed lend !
Hold on to your faith. Believe more firmly.
Taqe hold by prayer and faith. Away With
troubles and butfetngs. Be happy. You are
saved In few hours visions of God, and all
the realities of the eternal world shall be yours,
and you shall be saved with an everlasting sal
vation
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Pious Wonder.

One Ingredient of true religion is pious,
pleasant wonder. If God has presented Won
drous things to our minds, it is certainly right
hat we should be suitably affected by them:
Jesus Christ. in his person, nature, works, and
and Offices, is being so lncomprehenslbiy glo-
riou, as to have received from prophecy the IL
tie of -sWoNDEkFUL; and shall we not yield
our minds to the Impressions which ought to
he made by the study of his character? In
Scripture, we are frtqrently commanded to
consider the wondrous wnrks OF the Lord,
and TO talk of all hls wondrsns works The
bpht into which re- enerale soul is brought Is
called ''narvellouS light One OF the in-
-,nred writers speaks of the marvellous low
Inv kindness of the Lord Indeed, the
Scriprures teach that part OF the employ
menr If heaven is holy wonder We cannot
easily imapiue hat thi- exercise is not carried
to a far grta er ex rent there than on earth Ii
wonder enters luto the very nature OF thankful
and adoring worship, and if the Worship of
heaven is perfect, theu ii Is PLAIN the heavenly
host must far excel us in this kind of emotion.
Let us, therefore, cultivate and stir up his pi'
ous rnarvelling at Gods mercles aud our sins'
and by clear aud thorough views of the things
of God keep our minds in a frame like to that
of the spirits above.
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Religions Uitraism.

Its Sources are-I. An ardent tempera-
ment , Mistaken views of religion. 3. A
res,Iess ne desire of change The love of dis
tinc,ion. 5. The force of external circumstan-
I Its Manifestations 1t manifests itseii-l.
In respect to that whichls ~rong; by opposing
!, with an improper spirit 2 ln respect TO
II .Sa, ,yh;ch i com parativey Indifferent, by urg-
n~' ;ns it beyond its real claims g. In respect to
,s ms, uheh is riqht, by promoting 1t at the ex-
uense mems of integrity and charity.
It's Tendencies 1t has tendency TO TO
low omen the food gates of error. 2 10
awe %;V many into the opposite extreme OF mac
a,,vv ,;v;,v and and |formallty. g. To weaken the moral
enersies of the Church A. To supply to- the
oareess world an apology for the neglect OF re-
l;pion. To absolute infdelity.,
The Remedies = L Careful DETERMINATION.
2 Moral courage. g. Eminent plety.
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OBSERVER.
For the Spectator.
Disease Breeders.

-ss- g. r -. = +.
That CErist's people shall be persecu ed was
never 30 thoroughly realized. Or half SO fully
demonstrated to my mind, as it was one or two
Sabbaths ago. when [ found myself together
VII about two hundr. and fifty souls Of ADJ
ans fallen race, sitting in an alright church,
breathing down the filthy exhalations from the
lungs and skin of every variety of the human
species. Were this all, our suffrriogs had been
light, but single glance over this congiomel-
ated mass of the homo ge"us, made us aware
of the presence Of the fihy and DISEASED,
many OF whom had worn Their clothes entirely
too long, thereby rendering them liable at every
little brush to give uf a peculiar dust caused
by the presence of annual matter exhaled from
the skin now in decomposed state. hese
particles of matter or dust given off from these
garments. mlugled with the carbuulc acid en-
anaIing from the lungs OF the diseased as we'll
AS the sealthy, together with The cutaueous Ell
hnvla, constituted breathing element OF the
most nau>euus character, all of which, there
being not single Aperture Tor lis escape,
was to be inhaled lnGO the lungs III the ail.ost
complete absence Of that vital element, oxy-
gen. When fully realized the situation, my
first impulse was to rush for the door; but be-
ing possessed OF high use of rroprlety, and
a hereditary respect for religion, managed to
retain my seat, lamentlDg the sad condltlun OF
that beng ghe ed pt ople A parallel case OF dis
tees aud suffering could be found IN that OF
the one hundrei and torty-six Engli>hmen who
we're thrust into the black hole of Calcutta,
there to perish for the want OF pure air, but
fnr the short space of time that we occupied
the church. Bro - preached good sermon,
but tor my lite | could mt repeat word he
sald Now, were we to tell some of our good
milk and water, or spelling book people, that
they were rendering sou of the houses OF God
disease breeders, We would be branded as ia
uatic. But let me tell yvu it is so, aud when
you come TO face he facts, you will realize Its
truth, and the SAD. fate OF those who have
wasted half their vitality in ill ventilated
school rooms, and now must worship In church
es that, In the short space of an hour, will give
them headache, put them to sleep, aud pro-
duce the languor aud universal oppression COM
mon to these places. Hence, lustead OF our
seasons OF worship being RET reshiDg aid buoy
ing to the spirits, they are seasons producing
the greatest stupor and jad ed spnits to which
We are subject Now fuli grown man making
the usual number Ut fifteen inspirations pei
minute, will, LII this short space of Time, vItiate
aud render unfit Tor respiration by the absorp
| tlon of oxygen and production OF carbonlc acic
| about two cubic feet OF air. Psychologists es
tlmate it at three or tour, but We viii put 1t a
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S0tldIes, Harness, dc.
,ADDLEs AND HARNEss.-If

y want good work, go to GEO. T. ELICk'S
where you will find the best assortment this side
OF Baltimore. which he will sell cheap tor cash.
Saddles and Harness of all kiDds-old and new ;
Trunks Whips, Bits, &c. Buck Gloves, Win
chester and Lewisburg make), and, in fact, ev-
orything in his line OF business.
Thanking his friends for past patronage he
hopes to merit continuance of the same.
REPAIRING done on short notice.
Also good lot of old Mcclellan Saddles and
Halters for sale cheap.
Store on Main street, 8 doors west of Augusta
apl9
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NEW SUPPLY OF GROCERIEs I
En II. FESDGE a. BRO.
Chesapeake G Ohio RNiLrOud.
La assszzs::E9 - szsss::

On an / after sunday, 23rd october, 1870, the
Passenger Trains will run as follows:
MAIL TRAIN will run daily between Rich
mond and White Sulphur Springs Except Sun
day between Gordonsville and White Sulphur
Leave Richmond at A. NJ, and arrive at
White Sulphur ut 10 p. Nj
Leave W hite Sulphur at 80 A. NJ, and ar
rive at Richmond at 4.50 T. NJ, making close
connections at Gordonsvile and Charlottesville
with the Orange, Alexandra & Manassas Rail
Road trains for Alexandria. Washington, Bait
imore, New York Philadelphia, Boston, &c. ;
also for Lynchburg, Knoxville, Chattanooga
Memphis, New Orleans, Montgomery, Mobile,
&c
Going West, passengers dine at Gordonsville
and sup at Gown ton Going East break fast at
Staunlon and dine at Gordonsyile.
This train CONNECTS with stages rs follows:
Al Staunton tor Lexington, Harrlsonburg, and
the Natural Bridge
At MIlboro for Bath Alum Springs. 10 miles !;
and Warm Springs, l5 miles.
At White Sulphur Springs for Lewisburg.
miles and Charleston, 100 miles.
THROUGH TICK ETo issued to all points
North, West and Southwest west-5-s
JAMES F. NETHERLAND,
oct18 General Ticket Agent.
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PNetru.
From the Home Journal.
LOVE SONG.
BY w L SHOEMAKER.

''Do still love you? ?? Ask the bee
~ If he still loves the f1ower; aL
And of the flower demand if she
Loves sunshine and the shower;
s And ask the bird if still he loves
The joy that summer brings, @
Soft airs, blue skies. and leafy groves
That listen while he sings. siANl
If bee and Fl ,wer and bird say May"
Then my loves false and fed away.
"Whv do love you p Ask the sea
Why it adores the moon; l
And ask the queenly rose why she
Dotes on the month of June;
And ask the snn-hower why she turns
IS Her bosom to the sun
And all the dark night fondly yearns
For her beloved one.
If sunflower, rose and sea reply,
I'VE do not know" no more know l.
All, who the secret source can tell
Of love that long endures?
the charm is undefnable,
That drawsimy suul to yours:
l only know that still my love
Is centred all in you,
8 As cons tant as the stars above,
And pure as morning dew -la
Enough though hid the cause may be,
II / love YOU and YOU love me ,
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TNjLOrJng.
NAHORING! rAILORTN

TAILORING! TAILORING !!---The
1 co-partnership heretofore existing between
Graves & Sprinkle has been mutually dissolved
and the business will hereafter be conducted by
P. B. Graves alone.
He has reduced his prices for cash, and will do
all kinds of work pertaining to the tailoring busi-
ness, in the very best manner, and at figures so
ow that no one will fail to be satisfied He has
removed his shop to the room formerly occupied
all his fl lends and the public generally to give
him call.
v2n P 4 GRAVES
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MUttreSSeS, dc.

NOTICE.-Made at the Institution for the
~ Deaf and Dumb and the Blind,
Hair Mattresses,
Moss and Shuck Mattresses,
Coir Mats, all Sizes
Corn Brooms.
Old Mattresses renovated
Old Chairs filed with new cane seats,
Books bound in plain binding,
Articles to be repaired will be called for at pri-
vate residences and returned when finished
All orders for work should be made through
the Steward, Foreman of the Shop to the
Principal. feb8-1y
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NUMBER XII.
[From the Peoples Literary Gem panion.l
Our Flower in Heaven.

We heard the vo'ce of the Lord,
Cne cold and wntry night. am
Saylhg Give me one OF your fairest flowers,
For mine Heavenly garland bright"
We looked from the window at eve,
We look ed forth again in the dawn,
We only saw the desolate street. ~
And shuddered, that bleak, cold morn.
We wandered away to the woodland,
By paths all Ieahess and bare; 1o1
There was tangled weed, end withered grass,
< But never blossom there.
So we gave our human flower,
The flower we loved best
And laid it on his breast. ere,as.
The Lord received 1t tenderly. ,
And when the sabbath bells ring out,
Wherever we may roam,
We shall know the Lord, who watches all,
. has taken our darling homeI -
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sTAUNToN. VA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1870.

lGf The circulation of the 'sSPEcTAToR"
is about as great as the combined circula-
tion OF both the other papers published in
this place, and has a. many subscribers III
this county alone as are contained IN the
whole list Of either OF the other papers. -
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SeaCiaty M0ch6nes.
FAMILY FAyORHTE

wv ''SE WING MACHINE"
The BEST yet invented for universal use For
the foregoing fact respectfully refer you to tn
following persons who own and are using the
f. to their entire satisfaction: Mrs. VIM. A. Har-
is, W. F. Institute, Mrs. Phillips, Va +. Insti-
Hardin, Mrs. Prot. Turner, Mrs j. S Lips
comb, Mrs. VIM. j. Hunter, Mrs. u. E. StIas-
burg, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Sloan, Miss Paxton,
Mrs Capt. John Woodward White Sulphur
Springs, and A. j. Dotson, Lewisburg, w. Va.
Others could be added to the list but we forbear.
For S65 you can buy one with every attachment
included. j. w. NE WTON,
iu2l New street, StauntOn, Va
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Tobacco.

q. r. COCHhAN j. E. GUY.
" c. L. COCHRAN s. CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
TOBACCO, SNUFF AND CIGARS,
at the old stand, on New street, would respect
fully announce to their friends and the public
generally that they are receiving and will keep
constantly on hand well selected stock of
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, and Cigars
anglng from the choicest to the cheapest grades
Also Snuff, Pipes, Stems, Matches, sc
Staunton. Oct. 9th. 1868 ~ alc ssl +
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MorGl and Religious.
The Rsscna.

Several years ago ship was burned near
the mouth OF the English Channel Ac,cog
the passengers were a father, mother, aud their
little child, a daughter, not many months old.
When The discovery was made that the ship
was on fire, and the alarnl was given, there
was great confusion, and his family becans
separated The father was rescued aad taken
TO Liverpool, but the mother aud Der Infant
were crowded overheard and unnoticed by
those who were doing all in their power TO
save the sufferers still in The ship, they drifted
out of the channel with the tide, the mother
chDglng to fragment of the wreck with her
little one clasped to her breast.
Late in the afternoon of that day, vessel
bound from Newport, Wales, to America, was
moving slowly along 10 her course. There was
only light breeze, and the captaie was impa-
tientIy walking the deck, when his attention
was called to an object some distance off which
looked like person In the water. The officers
and crew watched it for so::ie iiGHa, and, as no
vessel was near from which any one could have
fallen overheard, they thought 1t Impossible
that this could be herman bel0g, But es
their vessel was scarcely moving, il Uas thought
best to get out buat aud row TO the object.
The boat was accordingly lowered and msoned.
Ii was watched with Considerable Interest cy
those who remained on board, aud they noticed
that, as it drew near TO the drifting speck, the
rowers rested on their oars TWO or three MIN
utes. then moved forward, took in the object
or thing, they knew not which, and returned
to the ship. When the boats crew came on
board they brought with them this mother and
her child, alive and well; and the sailors said
that. as they drew near, they heard female
voice sgeetIy singing rs with cotam0n ira
pulse the men ceased rowisg and listened, and
then the words of the beau liul hymn, sung by
his trusting Christian, all uncoa~cious tnat de-
hverance was SO near, came over the waves 10
their ear: r .a
Jesus. lover Of nv soul.
Let me to Thy bosom fly,
w NILE the waters :::;1-;;;T me roll, ss
m " ale the tempest still is high;
Hide me, y my saviour, hide,
Fill the storm of life Is past;
M Safe inlo the heaven guide, 4
Oh receive my Soul al last.
IN a.s -. 20 he vessel arrived ;;i America
The mo- her wrote TO her .reras -. England,
and thus the father learned of the safety OF his
wife and child, and In about icur ulonths from
the time OF their separation they 7ere happily
reunited n
What beautiful Illustration the incident af-
fords of the truth that God never soTsake5
Il ose who love Il N A child or HIS my be
placed 10 circumstances of great trial, suffering
with palo. sickness, lost IN the desert, in peril
at sea, drifting away as it may seem from all
earthly help, as were this mother end babe ont
upon the deep, but WHO has trusted iG Gim is
never out of His sight, never where He cannot
hear their cry for help.
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A young lady at western temperance meet
ing said, Brethren and sisters. cider Is ne
cessry to me, and mus, have it Ii it Is de-
clded that We are not TO drink cider, shall eat
apples and get some young man 70 squeeze me;
tor can't live without the juice OF the apple.
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nK. II. II. REESE Il offers his professional
services to the public. He will continue to
give his special attention to the treatment of
.diseases peculiar to females" Arrangement
has been made that patients can procure board
at twenty five dollars per month. al.
Office on Augusta street. second door above
Spectator building and diagonaly opposite the
drug store of DIR. B. P. Reese & Co.
Office hours from to IL o'clock, A. M, and
2 TO o'clock, P M. At night he can be found
at his residence opposite the old market house
senM- -6m-ToWn papers copy -gaa
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Professional Directory.

AMUEL G. BAsKIN
ACCOUNTANT
es.t ,H,01,-I ~ AND h3
f# en BOOK-KEEPER,
rs OFFICE OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. -ssk
oO1
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-aIsiseI ass s7q' e5t 'g'' ..-.y a. e-r,
-os} zsh g55W as sa.7s [---..,
Ii a ii ass3 sdt IS $40 da1Ta,. .-.-
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QUESTION. What are those sweet scented
little caned young men, with hair parted iu the
middle good for?
ANSWER Good for the place they are gen.
orally used, to stand up around church doors,
and street corners, aud cape at those who are
trying to GO somewhere, or to do or be some
thing Every time | see one of these soft at
tempts at humanity, | feel an almost irreslstl-
BILE impulse TO clap baud box down over the
tender thing, and it out Of the reach OF frost
to harden.