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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. Published Every Tuesday. At CAMDEN, S. C., LY TIIANTHAM \ ALEXANDER. SUBSCRIPTION' RATES. (In Advance.) One Year S'-! <0 81* Month* I 25 , DR. I. H. ALEXANDER, Dental Surgeon, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oflicc over W. U. Love's store. The doctor "ill mnke frequent professional visits to Gtiniden. Xov20tf DR. TT BERWICK LEGARE, j DENTIST, ! GRADUATE OF THE BALTIMORE COLLEGE ' OF DENTAL SURGERY. OFFICE?DEKALB HOUSE. Entrance on ltroa I Street Dr. A. AV. HI'It NET, HAVING LOCATED IX CAMDEN, S. C., OFFERS 1IIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO Tin: PEOPLE OF THIS PLACE ANII VICINITY. ffiay- Office, next door to that of Trial Justice Dcl'ass. dccll-Om Wm. D. TRANTHAM, Attorney at Law, CAMDEN, S. C. fig?*Office in the Camden JOUR* NAL office, Clyburn's Block. J. D. DUNLAP, TRIAL JUSTICE, 7 BROAD STREET, CAMDEN, SU. LA. 8*%. liusiness entrusted to Lis carc will looeive prompt at!t*ntion juneTtf. J. T. HAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW and Trial JusUrc Ortlcc Ojvr store of Messrs. Bniiin Bros. Spenai attention given to the collection of claims. J. xv7DePASS, I ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Trial JiehHcv. Ba.ia?rs if :?:i iciali ;vj.n; t'/.t/ansc'ited. ~ W. L. DePASS] ; ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEN, S. C. Will prac ice in a!! the State and Federal * Courts. Jantttf T. II. CLARKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEN*, S. C. Office?T:ut formerly occupied by capt. J. M. | Davis, Jantttf j J. D. K ENNEDY. V. U. NELSON KENNEDY & NELSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CAMDEN, S. C. Office formely occupied by Judge J. B. Kershaw, novtsm FREDERICK J. IIAY, Architect and Builder, CAMDEN, S. C., Will furnish plans and estimates for all kinds of buildings. Contracts taken atmoderate figures, aud promptly and carefully attended to. Older* left at the Chmhes ornxAL office will receive immediate attention. Marchltf JOHN C. WOLST. PLAIN, ORNAMENTAL, AND SIGN PAINTER, Paper llanger $ Glazier, _ CAMDEN, S. C. Fept23.12m lie Sure to Stop at the Latham House, CAM DEBT, S. C. (Transient iloakd, $2.00 fCD. oat.) ?n^Ample accommodations. Tables supplied with the bet the Marketsafford. Every attention paid to the comfort of Guests. tar i' ersous stopping at the Latham House will he convoyed to and from the | depot free of charge. I'av-etigers, without heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and from any part of the town, not above l>eKalb strce', at cents. gtayM lonnecte I with lite house is a first class 15ar. which is located separately from the house, and orderly kej t. 'onveyances supplied to guests on liberal terms, either for city or country use. jan8-]y is. Ii. LATHAM, Proprietor. DeKalb House, i*v \ y itnnr.KHs J" -* Most Centrally Located Hotel in Town. Terms Per Day. Commercial Travelers will have every attention pawl to their con fort, and ho fur nishf 1 wirh SAM I'M! ROOMS "t this Mouse; and persons visiting Cumdeti will tin 1 it a quiet and pleasant home Special rates made lor parties traveling together, and for those who wish to stay a week or more. Qejr Mi connection with the bouse is n first-clasi LIVERY STAIJI.K. uhere horses and vehicles can he had at all times for town or country u?e, at the moat reasonable rates. Conveyances to and from the depot at every train. declStt All liimlt Of Canned Goods, of bjst quality, and warranted full weight, for yu!? by fcblL'tT KIRKLEY & SMITH* Site VOLUME XXXVI. NIGHT. Xight came'd >wn o'r nl! she earth, And look llie tirj?1 1'av, And clasped licr tightly in her arms, And bore her far away. The moon like some vast light house seemed. Far up in the Milky Way: The glistening stars, like tiny barks, At anchor louud her lay. And like a single silver thread That twines in some dark curl. The river woittul through trees and brakes A gleaming liana 01 peari. I heard (lie soft low dip of oars. Like n weary, slow heart throb: And the wavelets lapped the bow of the boat? A low, half broken sob. And on that night, so long ago, A vision woudrous sweet Came to me in its fullest joy, So perfect and complete. 0 golden dream I why did I wake To find it past and gone.' The dream was like a glorious day ; The waking, cold gray dawn. "Twerc better far that I had died Believing it were true, 'Twere better far to sleep for aye Beneath the sky so blue, Than live when each long weary day Seems longer than before : When life is but a constant pain ? A wound unhealed and sore. The river still flows murmuring on ; The stars are just as bright. As when the vision came to mc That restful Summer night. The same ? Yes. I alone am changed. Oh, Cod ! each weary day 1 wished that I hod died the night The vision passed away. MY AUNT PENELOPE. ????? | We had Icon married not quite two years, Jerome and I ; and I think we liad contrived to be about as happy as i . . i . .. .. .11.. OKimC'l c uipies u?u:ni\ arc. Jerome wasn't rich, but had a good salary in his uncle's shipping office, and > I had learned the lesson of economy, | and contrived t<? get along nicely with only one girl. To be sure, Aunt Pone*' lope helped us; but. after all. Aunt' Penelope, though she was a good soul, j and uu-ant well, was more iu the way than otherwise. We had gone to housekeeping on a ! second floor in Camden. It was a very I nice place, although Aunt Penelope de- j eland from the lirst that a secoud floor wasn't genteel. ' It is more genteel than running in , debt for a whole house that you can't | afford,'' said Jerome ; and so I didn't i care, although some of my school ' friends, who had married rising young j lawyers and doctors, left off visiting uie. | And you may be sure I diJn't n:i>s them I much after baby eainc, like a little blue- j eyed sunJ-cani, to fill my heart an<1 , hands with those delicious cares that | are so sweet to a mother's soul. Aunt Penelope was always thinking 1 of plans. 'My friend, Mrs. Outcrbridgc, owns the sweetest country place up the river," j said Aunt Penelope to me one day in a ! confidential and patronizing tone. M v friend, Mrs Outcrbridgc, is go- j ing to Prance, and has requested me j most politely to reside at Outerbridge : Cottage during her absence, and look after tilings a little. And when I mentioned that I was devoted to my niece j and her baby, she was kind enough to , say that it would make no difference if you came there, too?for five months, from the 1st of May to the 1st of Octo- J her. And what a splendid thing it ; would be for the baby to have fivo I months in the country.'' My eyes glittered at the prospect. The first tooth had already begun to gleam like a pearl in bis rosy gum, and I dreaded the hot. sultry air of summer for little Bertie's sake. "Yes," said I doubtfully. "But Je- j rouic ?" "It's only twenty-five minutes by train," said Aunt l'enelopc. "lie can conic out every evening." I The more Aunt Penelope and I dis- ! cussed this subject, the more feasible I i . .... *\?? 1 and delight rut it appeared m us. ??? , could r.vel in country milk, velvet- I mown clowns, ami frish butter. Baby's j perambulator could roll over graveled walks ; Jerome could hear the nightingales sing of a summer twilight, and I witch the moon, reflected in the streams; and Aunt Penelope and I could he for the once fine ladies, at the head of a great establishment, for all the Outcrbiidge servants were to reui.*.in on until the return of their nil-tress. 1 Veritably it seemed a delightful idea ! When Jerome came home I could hard y wait to give him his first cup of tea before I unfolded the story of Outcrbridge Cottage, on the Hudson. Aunt IVm lope, sitting graciously by, feeling like a fairy godmother who had done it all with one whisk of her enchanted wan J. "Well ?"<juoth I, rcstlossly, when I hail finished tho recital. "Well!" said Jerome, who by this time had the baby on bis lap, and was tickling its plump ribs. *11 |?> "I M course we it go . ' Of course we won't!" said this irnpracticable husband ol'iuiuc. ' Jerome!" ! 'Amy!" ' l?ut why not !"' ' In the first place, because I've no idea of your turning liou>ekpcpcr for any old woman who wants to enjoy herself in France and foist off her household carts on somcbudy else. In the second place, I like to make my own arrangements, instead of having them made for me 1" At this Aunt Penelope bridled a little and tossed her head. I looked, with eyes full of tears, at [ uiy husband. I 'Jerome," rricd 1. ';iinw you arc unreasonable. It would Ic such a fine tiling for baby." "I don't sec but that baby is doing well enough," retorted Jerome. "I do not approve of your plans, Amy. J>ct Aunt Penelope accept the position, if she pleases. I nn> abic to furnish a homo for my own wife." ' A home! Yes," cried out T. iudigncntly, "in a flat, without as much ; back-yard as one could bleach a table- j cloth in !" "You have contrived to ixist in it for two years," said Jerome, with what < seemed to me the most hearthss indif- J fcrcncc. I began to cry. Aunt Penelope rose .r e;iL UJ? HIUI tl ^ll'dU iUdlilu^ i/i ^...? I and lilac satin cap ribbons. ' I shall certainly accept my friend Mrs. Outerbridgc's kind offer,'' said she, ; with dignity. "Of course. Amy, you ' will do as you please. And I am going ! up stairs now to pack up. Mrs. Outerbridge is anxious for tnc to oouio ns soon as possible. And. of course, Amy, you will remember that I shall always be , glad to receive you and your family as j my guests at Onterbridge Cottage." I looked imploringly at Jerome. ' May we go, dear? I am so heart-, hungry for apple blossoms, and green grass, and buttercups," pleaded I. ' Of cour.-e, if you wish it." ]>ut Jerome shook his head. "My evenings for the present must be spent in town," said he. "I have some extra work to do for uncle Joscpli>which wou't hear postponing. Tf you go, Amy, you must go alone." Aunt 1'en was loud in her denunciation of husbands in genera1, and of Je- i romo in particular, when I came up to room, j ' T could Itarc told you how it would I be before you were ever married to him." said aunt Pen, shaking her head, "but?" "Vou shall not talk s?, Aunt Pen !'* flashed I. "I dare say Jerome is right, only?only?" Anil then I vindicated my cause right royally by bursting into a new flood of tears. Aunt Penelope went awav the n^xt 1 day, ani lonesome enough it seemed. . It was a blowy April morning, with a blue sky, dappled with clouds, and faint ' sweet scents of growing things in the air. Oh, how sick I was of the flat, of pavements and bri'-k walls, and all the items which go to make up a city. Pa- ' by was more fretful than usual, and I , easily persuaded myself tlint she was ' pining. "Oh. Jerome !" cried I. passionately, wh-i: at last my husband came home, i with a tired look, and a roll of papers under bis arm; "have we always got to 1 live ?o ?" "Lire how, my darling?" ' woopcu up iiko rais in ;i iu?.?> i from all tlio beautiful sights and sounds i of" lho world ! Shut up iri a mere lodg- | ing house ! Can't we live in a house that has at least a little flower border j and a grapevine in its rear ?" 4,I hope wo can afford to some time, ui_v dear," said Jerome gravely. And then he drew out his inkstand, opened his roll of figures, and went to work. The April days beamed on, all bright skies, soft winds, and kaleidoscopic glimpses of snrishowers; and I became almost heart sick for the country. "If Jerome cared for me as lie used to care," I told myself, with feverish impatience, "lie would at least make some effort to find a home where I could he happier than in this human hive, ; where a few pot plants in the window arc all I have to remind me of the green world out?idc." Stung by these reflections, and still further incited by a letter from Aunt Penelope, full of descriptions of lambs, daises and little streamlets, I ouc day packed up my valise. Ilcdlo," said Jerome, when he came home, "where are you going ?" 'To Aunt Penelope, for a week's * i i i> ft visit; 1 nocu it ana so uoes laiauu. "And leave me ?" 1 looked keenly at Jerome. He, loo. j was paler and thinner than liis usual wont. Nights of work and. days of counting-house toil were beginning to tell upon him. ' No, no !" I cried throwing my arms around him : "I won't leave you, dearest. Not if I never see the country again." ' That's my own brave little girl!" said Jerome, stroking hack my hair with a loving touch. ' Wait a week, dear and I'll lake you myself for a little trip. So I waited. " i i -i. - I 111! Uil y > L'l* K l.l llll'j ii' iiij i ii ii ii i v delight. I dressed buliy in a long tvliito frock, with hluc ribbon sa>h and shouli dor-kinds, and put on my own dainty little spring hat, triinmcd with primroses, and away wo rolled in n comfort able open carriage?Jerome. Herlio ami I?until wc came to the prettiest bird's nest of a cottage in the world, just a i little distance out of tho town, where vines garlanded the porch, and a little lawn extended down to a clear, crystal brook. Tulips and daffodils made the borders gay. and a lilac tree by the gatewas just bursting into bloom. 1 should like a home like this." said I, gazing abstractedly out at its exquisite beauty. ' Should you ?" sai 1 J< rome, laughing. as he drew up the horses in Iront of the gate. "I'm glad to hear that, because it is your homo." ' .My?homo !" I stared at him as if he were half crazy. ' Yes, little patient, homesick wife. I haven't forgotten your likings and CAMDEN, S. C., APRIL lougings aU this timcv Your home!" "But?is it paid fur 7" "Yes, every shilling. Uncle Joseph has helped me, and that night work was well paid. A good garden. Amy, and a nice place to keep fowls ! So vou like it, eh ?" My face answered him. Wo moved out the following week, and kept our May-day among the flowers and birds. And little Bertie grows like a weed in the sweet scents and green rrass; and Aunt Penelope has taken back all she said about .Icrnme, and has all sorts of trouble with the Outerhridge servants. I am the happiest little wife in all the world ! True Mission of the Press. TUB PRESS OWES DIGNITY TO ITS RESPONSIBILITY RATHER THAN ITS POWER. 'At the recent anniversary of the Hibernian Society in Charleston, the toast in honor of the press was responded to by Koswell T. Logan, Esrj., of the Xncs and Courier, and his remarks were so timely and appropriate that we reproduce them for our readers : The Press?The press is a mill that grinds all that is put into its hopper? fill the hopper with poisoned grain and it will grind it to meal, but there is death in the bread. Mr. Logan replied ; The sentiment which has just been uttered is one to which the professional editor can respond with pride as well a? pleasure. It recognizes the ennobling responsibility of that arduous pursuit which makes of his life one long succession cf days and nights of unremitting toil. The prog!)iiut sentence in which you have boon pleased to convey your compliment to the representatives of tho press not only ignores that narrow and sordid view of our profession which would regard it as devoted merely to the gathering of news and the accumulation of money, but it rises far nbovo the hackneyed phrase of | compliment that prates eternally of the I value, liberty or power of the press. ! You have allude I to the highest, the j grandest, the holiest functions of jour? nalisin. You have touched the sweetest chord that vibrates in the bosom of the editor. In listening to you he forgets mere money making and partisan poli- j tics, and remembers that to him arc on- j trusted, in great measure, the education,' the morals and the welfare of mankind. It may seem a somewhat arrogant assertion. but it is, nevertheless, true, that the newspaper combines, in a high degree, the offices of prophet, teacher and judge. Thousands depend upon its judgment of 'he future; maidenly modesty is no barrier to its approach; it shapes language and disseminates knowledge; with a h<*ad line it can make or mar a reputation. The prophecies of no seer of the olden time were believed with more implicit confidence than arc the prognostications of the daily papers by their constant readers. The press is not infallible, neither were the prophets. Mankind are still the same. They delight to be licvo. No school book can teach like the columns of a newspaper. Not one | schoolmaster in five hundred could i spell all the words, composo as well all I the sentiments, or locate all the places named in a single copy of any country weekly, even a patent outside. A boy who would read the papers regularly with attention and cure, and take the pair.s to find out, as far as possible, all that he did not understand, would in a few years acquire a fund of information that no college course could give him, and with which he could puzzle all tiic professors in America ! What widespread demoralization was cau.-cd l>y the publication, in all the papers of the land, ot the particulars ot the Hecchcr scandul! What beliefs havn been shaken, if not destroyed, hv the recent discussion of the dogma of hell ! Perhaps you may remember that, not j long ago, two half grown youths in the interior, who were probably constant | readers of that pestiferous sheet. Frank Leslie's Jim// and (it'll/ MV'7.7//, took I several hundred dollars from their uncle, who was also their guardian, and ran away with it. They wore nrr.'sted and brought back. The head lines of the paragraphs abuut these hoys read gen* I orally in this wise : ' Two Precious Has* ! eals." "Two Youthful Villains," "Ado* lesccnt Robbers," "Youthful Candidates I lor the Penitentiary," etc., etc. The paper at the boys' home, however, merely headei] its paragraph ' Two Wild Roys." . To the editor of that paper these mis ' guided youths should he everlastingly grateful. If he had stigmatized them with any of the opprobrious epithets that had been so unsparingly heaped upon litem elsewhere, they could never again hold up their heads among the companions of their youth; but as merely wild boys they can repent and bo forgiven. What editor, who is a true man, can fail to feel the responsibility which 1 have thus endeavored lo portray It is a frreat, a heavy, a tlying responsibility; but it is not irksome, it is not crushiug ? it is inspiriting, it is ennobling. It is akin to the responsibility that lends dignity to all the professions. The clergyman, the professor, the lawyer, may win success and fauie by force of intellect and power of knowledge; but it is only by a conscientious fulfilment of the trusts of bis profession that he can earn a true title to respect. Like the other honorable professions, the press owes its dignity to its responsibility rather than to its power; aud therefore again, in behalf of my brethren of the quill, I thunk you for thetoa.-t with which you have honored them. jj 2, 1878. It is a theme on which om1 might dwell for an hour, hut I will bo guilty of no such indiscretion, and I will only say in conclusion, that it is particularly appropriate that the press should take part in the celebration of a day sacred to the memory of St. Patrick. That pood saint, God bless him, drove tho snakes, frogs and other reptiles and uply tliiops out of Ireland; it is our true inissiou to drive them out of the world. Our Next Governor. Many of our cxchunpes have been expressing their views us to who shall be the next uomincc for Governor, and all agree upon Gov. Hampton. In this preference we concur, bat not upon the grounds generally advanced. We do not believe that Hampton is a necessity to the party, tor there are a dozen distin* guishcd sons of Carolina, any one of whom we believe (he nomination from the Democracy would elevate to the head oT our .State Government Neither arc wc willing to concede that Governor Hampton has been infallible, for on some meaoures his position has appeared to us unfortunate; .but wc believe he has made as few mistakes as any man could have done under the trying circumstances through which lie has brought the .State. We place our advocacy of renomination upon the ground that by his courage, judgment and fidelity lie has shown himself as nearly equal to every emergency which can arise as any man in the .State. Ho has been in office two years, and his experience will be of material ns-istanco to him in the future. Our people can never forget the magnificent canvass which he led to the illustrious victory of 187l?. and the manly position assumed Dy mm in uefence of the people's rights at its close. For his prudence, firmness and influence llie people of the whole Union are indebted to him. In the midst of one of the greatest revolutions he preserved the peace and order of his State, wheu a single imprudent speecdi on his part would have spread destruction of life and probably have involved the United States in a civil war, whose consequ "nee* would have boon most terrible. For days and weeks ho was surrounded by a throng of citizens impatient of their wrongs who urged that he would allow them to put the lawfulgovermcnt of the Stateinto his possession by force, lie restrained them, but nt the same time assumed the position which caused our enemies to quake and fear, for lie announced in emphatic tones the fact that lie had been elected Governor of the Slate, and that lie would have tho office, or the people should have a military governor His course at this time rose to the full measure of heroism, and has become the grandest chapter in the history of our generation. The people of this State will never forget tlie services of Gov. Hampton, and differences upon minor questions will not prevent them from calling his services into requisition in the coming canvass as the standard bearer of iho Democracy. He lias reduced taxation, he has been just to all, and has been faithful to his public trusts. Therefore, ho deserves re-election, and when our people sec and hear him on next Wednesday they may rest assured that they have seen not only the nrCsenl Governor, but the next also.? I Anderson Intelligencer. The Electric Light. A number of interesting experiments have been rcceutly carried out at Metz by a committee of engineers and other officers appointed to investigate the practicability of employing electric light during the siege operations, and to suggest any modifications which it may seem expedient to introduce in the apparatus at present used. According to the Fall Mall Gazette, on the night of October 20th. Forts Frederick Charles and Alvensloben were illuminated by ihtowing the electric light upon them, when it was found that nt a distance of from two to three kilometres not only buildings but also individual men could he plainly made nut. On the night of October 27th the electric apparatus was arranged on the exercising ground outside tlie Chambicre gate, and the light directed upon a row of targets. Fire was then oncned against these latter by a sijuad of riHeincn, and the rtr-ouifn tti'ule was nearlv as irood as IJ'I UVVK.V ^ that recorded on ordinary occasions when firing by day?a result which was i considered exceedingly satisfactory, as a thick mist prevailed at the time, and ! materially interfered with the action of the lipht. Altogether, the committee concluded that the electric lipht may in future be employed with advantage not only in siege operations, but also uuritii? outpost duty and engagements at night. 3ettled it at The Start. The hatlier of his Country was an us^ tute husband, and singularly just, "Martha." he saiu, three days alter his marring, "we might as well understand each other. 1 am prepared to admit that the late Mr. Custis was the best man that ever lived, lie was a good provider and most excellent in every conceivable way. Hut he is dead. I aui frank to say that I cannot weep ovet it. It is simply so. Let us not re.sur. root liini Let the dear old fellow rest in peace, Ho was too good for thi.< world. We will not call hiui back Let me hear no more regarding tho lati Mr. Custis, my dear." And those si in pie words, firmly spoken, secured Mr Washington much peace and almost ai much matrimonial happiness as thougl ho had married the ludy known as tin llighluud beauty?Buffalo Kxprctt. ? ml NUMBER 38 The Man Who Never Smiles. Governor liice is asked to pardon one O'Donnell, of Millbury, from Ghurlesj town, and a gentle(Rau who recently j visited the State Prison thus tells his story : "Gentlemen," sai 1 the Warden, "I want to bring before you one of the , most remarkable cases that we have in the prison. We call him 'the man who ' never smiles/ and 1 wish before he comes in to tell you his story. He seems to be a man of more than ordinary j ability, oue of the bettor class of sub- | stantial, frugal Irish citizens, who owiud j a small place in ono of our manufacturing villages, where he resided with his ' family of grown up sons and daughters, all permanently employed and in com* fortablc circumstances. The old man had a fine garden on which lie bestowed I l:_ 1-: i _ 1 _c Hid juifturu uuiiii*} in u [ait ui wmvii was a Gne lot of cabbage. Ic seems that the boys in the neighborhood had a ] habit of trespassing on the old man's gardeu, until he had determined on getting rid of them by firing his cutj to frighten them away. One night, hearing some one in his garden, he took down his gun, and, gettnig behind the hedge fired into the garden, as he claims without aim or seeing any one to aim at. But the report of the gun alarmed the neighbors, who on rushing into the garden. found the lifeless body of a young girl shot through the heart. The old man. when told what he had done, was struck dumb. lie was arrested and sentenced to imprisonment for life. lie has now hero here for ten years, and his fate has Income as marble , there is no hope ; nothing but the sad remembrance of that dreadful night. In Ire- 1 land they have a superstition among the young girls that whoever on Hallowe'en shall place a cabbage over the door will marry ilie first young man that enters the doer afterwards. And this was proved, was the errand of the young girl in the old man's garden. But instead 1 of a redding she found a grave"? 1 Sprimjjubl Republican. i A Husband Market. A strong-minded woman married a , man not noted for activity of body or energy of character, and before the | honeymoon was over, upon awakening ; one morning, he found his spouse iu ( tears. i "My l)vc," said he, "what is tho mat- , ter ?" "Oh. I've had such a dreadful dream." "Why, what was it ?" "I thought I was going out on Fourth I Avenue, when I saw a sign 'Husbands | for sale.' So many women were rushing in that I followed, and just then they were selling a splendid specimen for 81,01)0." "But did they all bring as much as ! that?" ] "Oh, no ! They went at 81,000, 8500 and so on down." "Well, did you see any that looked like me!" "Yes, indeed. But they were tied 1 up in bunches like asparagus, and so'd for ten cents a bunch." Tableau. Lying in Bed. No piece of indolence hurts the health more than the modern custom of lyin*r abed too long in the morning. This is the general prac'.ice in great towns. The inhabitant* of cities seldom rise before eight or nine o'clock ; but the morning is undoubtedly the best time for exercise, while the stomach is empty and the body refreshed with sleep. Ik-sides, the morning air braces aud strengthens the nerves, and in some measure answers the purpose of a cold ( bath. ( Let any one, who has been accustom- , ed to be in bed till eight or nine o'clock rise by six or seven, spend a couple of hours in walking?riding or auy active 1 diversion without doors, and he will ( find his spirits cheerful and brisk throughout the day, his body braced and strengthened. Custom soon renders 1 early rising agreeable, and nothing con- 1 tributes more to the preservation of ( health. The inactive are continually 1 complaining of pains etc. These complaints, which pave tlm way to many ' others are not to be removed by medicines. They can only be cured by a vigorous course of exercises to which indeed tlicy seldom fail to yield. It { I agrees with observation, that all very ] old men liavc been early riser?. This ; is the only cireuinstance attending ( 1 longevity !?? which we never knew an , exception. , Story of a Bravo Turk A Baltimore Aimriiini correspond- i cut writes: "If any one would like to i know what manner of men were those i who fought round Osman lY.sha, they i can j^aiii an idea of them from an anecdote that my friend told me. A very , steep rock was to he stormed. It rose i to the height of 250 feet, and was crowni ed by Russian batteries. A Turkish . colonel, desirous to set an example to ; his men, scrambled up lirst by the help I of occasional projections in the rock, and roots and weeds. When he reached the top, ho found himself entirely alone. ' The Russian soldiers looked at him in - amazement. Their guns were pointed t at his breast, when their genera! gave i the order not to fire, hastened up to the . Turkish colonel and called out to him, !! 'Colonel, begone at once; you see you - are alone.' The brave uiau said noth. ing. He stood still a moineut, gazing s at his enemies; then turned and went t back safely us he came. All the Ru-o siun soldiers began to clap their hands and chccr hiui." ADVEUTI8INli HATKsT Time. 1 in. | co!. J col. 1 col. 1 week, $1 00 $5 00 $15 00 2 ? 1 75 7 50 12 25 20 00 3 ? 2 50 0 00 15 25 24 00 4 3<?0, 10 50, .18 00 27 60 6 " 3 50 11 75 20 60 3100 0 ' 4(H) 12 50 22 75 34 00 7 " 4 50 13 25 24 75 37 <K? 8 ? 5 00 14 00 20 00 40 00 3 idob GOO 17 00- 32 00 50 00 4 " 7 50 10 00 30 50 50 00 ? " 8 50 24 0O 48 IN) 84 00 0 ? 0 50 30 00 50 00 105 00 12" 10 25 35 00 08 00 120 00 t&~ Transient advertisements must be nccoinanle.i with the cash to insure insertion. A Silver State Carriage A Calcutta paper says it has rarely ever seen anything iu manufacture* in that city so worthy of no'ice as a state carriage just built for his highness, and Maharajah of Jhccd. It is one of the most remarkable outcomes of the blending of the skill, workmanship, and sulid durability of Western productions with iho ornate and hoavy magnificence af Oriental taste. It may be described as a state phaeton, with coach box and bind rumble all fitted with hoods. The body is of graceful design and very light and eleguut in appearance, but the pecularity is that the whole of the pandings, moldings, iron works, spring*, wheels, and pole arc covered with mas jive silver plates while the splashboard tnd the win^s arc literally solid plates )f I ho precious metal, the whole eoricb* jd with leaves oflotus flowers and pepul leaves, also of silver richly chased tud heavily gilt, while on the center of die panels, also ablaze with gold, arc tho armorial bearings of the Maharajah. The interior is fitted up in the nost luxurious manner with cushions tnd hangings of rich blue tabouret, :dged with broad rich velvet lace, heavly embroidered with puro gold. The amps, feur in number, are of solid silver. richly chased and gilt, and bear his Highness' arms upon the glass. The . arriagc has been ingeniously designed vith a double undor frame, so that, ivhen the Maharajah may fancy to hanile the ribbons himself, the coach box :an bo removed and the wheels brought much closer together. There is over 23,000 taluhs weight of pure silver on the carriage. Kindness Rewarded. To December, 1873, a young lady of Coopertown, 1Y, met on a railroad train a ludy wl o was very ill. and she kindly ministered unto her, taking care of her ind accompanying brr to her place of destination. When they parted the sick woman offered to reward the yoontr lady for her kindness and attention, but *he would take nothinsr. The old woman wrote her uatnc and address, nodded familiarly to her and said : You will be pai l soma day." The young lady never saw her chance acquaintance again, but the sum of $90,000 has recently been bequeathed to her. The old woman had no relatives in this country, and left all Iter money to the girl who had befriended her. Moral? Always be polite to old ladies and young ladies, too, on railroad trains. Obedience. There is nothing more beautiful to behold in these degenerate days than a child's dutiful obedience to its paronts. Hcsides, the rarity of the occurrence gives it the charm of a novelty. An instance of Glial consideration comes from Quebec, and it is hoped it will serve as a bright example to other sons throughout the land. A son in tho vicinity of that ancient place will not even go on a visit to tho city without his la ther's permission, me mosr. trivial request of the parent arc implicitly obeyed, and the boy does nothing without first consulting his father. The old man's name is Paul Leonard and he is 107 years old. The youngster is eighty five. Wonders Will Never Cease A few weeks ago a negro living near Richmond committed suicide because he was in love* His name was Samuel Valentine, but bis amorette declined, to have him for her valentine and he fluug himself before a flying express train on the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad, and was crushed to death. This is the flrst instance af a negro committing suicide for love, and one of the few instances of a negro committing suicide at all. The Pennsylvania Railroad boasts that it rebuilt the great wo 'den bridtre aver the Karitan at New Brunswick, New Jersey, in four days. The bridge tvas burnt down last Sunday morning and trains wore ruuning over the now structure, (nine hundred feet long) on Thursday morning last. That must bo admitted to be lively ; but the rebuilding ivr?s effected on the old stone abutments md piers. An exchange speaking of the approaching canvass this Tali remarks : "No demagogue should bo nominated for any office. We want no time-servers, r.o man who will hesitate to do his duty if elected, for fear lie will not bo re-elected. High motives, manly action, selfsacrifice, will bo as much in demand as DOW." "1 suppose thoso bells arc sounding ail alarm of fire," snecringly said a man, is the church bells were calling togcth 1 ? O J er mc worsnippers on ounaay morrrng; to which a clergyman, who was passing, rejoined, "Yes, ray friend, but it is not the Are of this world." A young lady explained to a printer, the other day, the distinction between printing and publishing, and at the conclusion of her remarks, by way of illustration, she said : "You may print a kiss upon ray check, but you must not publish it." Under carpet-b ig rule the South Carolina Legislature bought 212 clocks for the State House, during one session. They were bound to hare a good time, if they didn't lay up a cent. ?Boston Post. The reason why people so seldom know how to do their duty on great occasions is that they will not do their duty ou little onas.