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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. Published Every Tuesday. At CAMDEN, S. C., UY TRANTHAX & ALEXANDER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (In Advance.) One Year S2 < 0 Si.\ Months 1 23 DR. I. H. ALEXANDER, Dental Surgeon, COLUMIUA, S. C. Office over W. D. Love's store. 'Die doctor will make frequent profes- . sional visits to Camden. NovlJOtf DR. T. BERWICK LEGARE, DENTIST, graduate of the baltimore college 1 of dental surgery. OFFICE?DEKALU HOUSE. Entrance on Broad Street Dr. A. W. BI KNET, HAVING LOCATED IX CAMDEN, 8. C-, OFFERS II18 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ?TO TIIE PEOPLE OF THIS PLACE AND VICINITY. Office, next door to|ihat of Trial Justice Del'oss. decll-3rn Wm. D. TRANTHAM, Attorney at Law, CAMDEN, S. C. I^^Office in the Camden JOUR* NAL office, Clvburn's Block. J. D. DUNLAP, TRIAL JUSTICE, BROAD STREET, CAMDEN, SO. CA. Business entrusted to his care wiil receive prompt attention juneTtf. J. T. HAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Trial Justice Office over store of Messrs. Raiun Bros. 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(TltA.NStK.NT lloABU, $2.00 I'CH 1>AT.) ! :o: SSTA mple accommodations. Tables supplied with the best the Markets ntford. Every attention pnid to the comfort of Guests. lt?f- Persons stopping at the Latham | House will he conveyed to and from the , depot free of charge. Passengers, without heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and ' from anj- part of the town, not above De- j Kalb street, at 2o cents. Ji5*C?RnecleiI with tlie house is a first ' - >- i,.._ 1?mu,I ucnnrntelv from Ci:is-i liar, ?uim .? ? the house, and orderly kept. fQTConveyancea supplied to guests on liberal terms, either for city or country use. jan8-ly S. 11. LATHAM, Proprietor. DeKalb House, EV A. S. RODGERS. Mosi Centrally Located Hotel in TownTerms Per Day. Commercial Travelers will have every attention paid to their comfort, nnd he fur nished with SAMPLE ROOMS at this llou-'e: and persons visiting Camden will find it a quiet and pleasant home. Special rates made for parties traveling together, and for those who wish to stay a week or more. In connection with the hou*? ia a first-class LIVERY STAPLE, where horses and vehicles can he had at all times for town or country use, at the most reasonable rates. Conveyances to and from the depot at every train. dec 18tI All Kind* Of Canned Goods, of best quality, and warranted full weight, for sale by febll'tf K1RKLEY a SMITH. VOLUME XXXVI. i -IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN." [Tin- following beautiful ami touching lines were read 1-y our distinguished towns* innn. Col. Wm. >1. Shannon, oti( the occasion of the late Penny Heading at the residence of Mr. II. llautn. It is to be regretted that their author is unknown.] With heavy head bent on her yielding hand, And half flushed cheek bathed in a fervid light, With restless lips and most unquiet eyes, A maiden sits nnd looks out on the night. The darkness presses close against the pane, Anil silence lieth on the elm tree old. Through whose branches steal the whitefaced moon In fitful gleams, as tko' 'twere over bold. She hears the wind upon the pavement fall, And lifts her head as if to listen there; Then wearily she taps against the pane, And folds more closely the ripples of her hair. She sings unto herself an idle strain. And through its music all her thoughts arc seen; For all the burden of the song she sings Is -Oh, my God, it might have been !" Alas I That words like these should have I lie [?vn Cl To crush the roses of her early youth, That on her altar of remembrance sleeps. Some hope dismantled of its love und truth? That mid the shadows of her memory lies Some grave moss-covered where she loves to lean, And sadly sings unto the form therein, 'It might have been, Oh, God, it might have been!" "We all have in our hearts some hidden place? Some secret chamber, where a cold corse lies The draping of whose couch we dress anew. Each day. beneath the j ale glare of its eyes : We go from its still presence to the sun. To seek the pathways where it once was seen, Klin tho IhobLimr of our B hearts With this wild cry "Oh Qod.' it might have been !" "We mourn in secret o'er some buried love In the far past, whence love docs not return. And strive to find among its ashes gray, Scnic lineering spark that yet may live and burn; And when we see the vainness of our task We tlee away fur from the hopeless scene, And folding close our garments o'er our hearts? Cry to the winds "Oh God 1 it might have been!" "Where'er we go in sunsight or in shade, We mourn some jewel which the heart has missed, Some brow we touched in days long gono bySome lips whose freshness and first dew we kissed; We shut out from cur eyes the happy light. Of sunbeams dancing on tbc hillside preen And lil e the tnaiuen ope thetn on the night And cry, like her, "Oh God, it might liuve been 1" BILL AND THE WIDOW. ' Wife," taid JOJ. Wilbur one morn-j ing, as lie sat stirring h i coffee with oce 1 hand and holding the plum eakonn his knee with the other, and looking across the table into the bright eyes of his lit 1 J !-l. . A.? t!o wife, "wonldn t ir ue a goou jukc i<> get bachelor bill Smiley lo take Widow Watson to barn urn's show next week ?" "Vou can't do it, Ed ; lie won't ask her, lie's awful shy. Why. he came by here the other niorriin^ when I was hanging out the clothes, and he looked over the fence and spoke, but when I shook out a night-gown he blushed like a girl and went away." "I think I can manage it." said Ed.; "bat I'll have to lie just a little but, then, it wouldn't bo much harm 'under the circumstances, for I know she likes him, and he don't dislike her. but just as you say, he's so shy. I'll just go over to his place to borrow some bags of him, and if I don't bag him before I come back, don't kiss nie for a week to CuUio, Nell." So saying, Ed. started, and whilt be 1 is mowing the fields, wc will take a look at billy Smiley. lie was rather a good looking fellow, though bis hair nnd whiskers showed some gray hair, and he bad got in a sot of false tooth, but every one said be was a good old soul, and so lie was. He has as good a hundred acre farm as any in Norwich", and a new house and every tiling comfortable, cad if he wanted a wife many a girl would have jumped at the cliauec, like a rooster on a grasshopper. but bill was so bashful?always was ?and when Susan Nicrry Dome, wnom j lie wan to sweet. on, though lie never i said boo to her, got married to old ; Watson, lie just drew lii.s head i?. like a ! unicJ turtle into his .shell, and there was no getting him out again, though since she had been a widow he pa?d more at* tcntion to hi* clothes. and bad been at the church that the fair widow atten1 dud. 1 liut hero comes Kd. Wilbur. ' Good morning, Mr. Smiley." , ' Good morning, Mr. Wilbur; what's the news your way?" ''Oh. nothing particular that I know | of," said Kd., '"only Barn urn's show, that everybody is talking about, and j ever} body and his gal arc going to. I was over to old Soekridcr's last night I and sec his son Gu? ha3 got a new j buggy, and was scrubbing up bis lowness, and lie's got that white faced colt of his as slick as a seal, f understand ho thinks of taking Widow Walson to the show. He has been hanging around there9 good deal of late, hut I'd just like to cut him I would. Susan is a nice little woman, ar.d dc*euui, a better mail than that young pup of a J fellow, though I would not blame her ! much if she tabs him. for she must Lc drcadsomc, and then she has to let her farm out on shares, and it isn't half I worked, and uoupc else eccuistohuve the ( spunk to speak to her. My jingo. if I was a single man, I'd show you a trick or two." So say in ir, Ed. borrowed some bags and started around tbe corner of the barn, wlierc be bad left Mill sweeping and put his car to a knot hole and lis' ' 1?~ i tin bnnhidiir bad a Il'lll'll, I\IK>"IU_, . nv habit of talking to himself when anything worried him. "Confound that young Sockridcr!" said Bill; "what business has he there, I'd like to know? Got a new buggy, has he! Well, so have I, and new harness, too, and his horse can't get J sight of mine, and T declare I've half a mind to?yes, I will ! I'll go this very n'ght and nsic her to go to the show ! with uic. I'll show Ed. Wilbur that I i ain't such a calf as he thinks I am. if I j did let old Watson get the best of mc in the first place !" Ed. could scarcely help laughing outright; but he hastily bitched the hags on his shoulder, and with a low chuckle at his success, started home to tell the news to Nelly; and about five o'clock that evening they saw Bill go by with his horse and "buggy, on his way to the widow's. lie jogged along quietly, thinking of the old singing school davsand what a pretty girl Susan was then, and wondering inwardly if he would have more courage to talk up to her? until at a distance of about a mile from the house, he came to a bridge, he pave a tremendous sneeze and blew his teeth out of his mouth and clear over the dashboard; and striking on the plank, they relied over the side of - the bridge and dropped into four feet of water. Words cannot d? justice to poor Hill or paint the expression of his face ns he eat there completely dumbfounded at his piece of ill-luck. After a while he stepped out of his bugiry, aud getting down on.his hands and knees and looked over info the wafer. Yes, there they were, at the bottom, with a crowd of little fishes rubbing their noses against them, and If til wished to good ties that his nose was as close for one second. His beautiful teeth had cost him so much, and, the show coming on and no time to get another set?and the widow and young Sockridcr. Well, he must try and get thorn somehow, and no time to be lost, for somo one might come along and ask hiui what he was fooling around there for. He had no notion of spoiling his clothes by wading inwith them on; and, besides, if be did. be could not go to the widow's that night, so he took a look up and down { the mad, to sec that no one was in sight, i and then quickly undressed himself, laying his clothes in the buggy to keep them clean. Then he rati around tiie bank and waded into tbc almost icy Cold water, but bis tcctb didu't chatter in bis hea J?he only wished they could. Quietly lie waded along so as uot to stir the mud up, and when he got to the right spot he dropped under the water and came out with his teeth in his mouth. Hut hark ! What noise is that.? A wagon, and a dog barking with ail his might, and his horse is starting. "Whoa ! whoa ! Stop vou brute, you, stop!" Hut s'op he would not, but went off at a spanking pace, with the unforunate ( bachelor after him. Hill was certainly in a capital running costume, but though lie strained every nerve he could not , touch the buggy or reach tlie linos that were dragging on the ground. After a . while his plug hat shook off the scat, ' and the hind wheel went over it, making j it as flat as a pancake. Hill snatched it as he ran. and after jamming his fist into 1 it, stuck it, all dusty and dimpled on bis j head. And now he ijaiv the widow's house on the top of the hill, and what, oh what will lie do? Then his coat fell out and lie slipped it on. and then making a desperate spurt he clutched the back of the s?ai and scrambled in, and pulling the buffalo robe over bis legs, stuffed the other things beneath. Now the horso happened to be one be got from Squire Moore, and be got it from the widow and the animal took it into bis bead to | stop at bur ?3tc, which Hill had no power to prevent, ho vr.is too busy buttoning bis coat up to tns tbii) to j think of much else. The widow beard the rattling of the wheels and looked out, and seeing that it was Smiley and that he didn't offer to get i.h/? went nut to see what he wanted. and there she stood chatting, with her; white arms on the top oftlie puic, u>ij her liicc towards him, while the chills ran down his shirtless back clear to his I bare fret beneath the buffalo robe, and the water from his hair and the dust fri#rn hi. hat had combined to make souic nice little stress of uiud that came tricklinp down his f'jee. She asked him to come in. No, lie was in a hurry, he said. She did not offer to po. He did not ask her to pick up Ins loir,* for him, because be did not know what excuse to uiaue for not doinp so himself. Then he looked down ttic road behind him ami saw a white-faced horse eomiiip, and at onco surmised it was that of (ius Sockrider ! lie resolved to do or die. and hurriedly told his errand. The widow would ho deliphtcd to po-ofcourse she would. !>ut. wouldn't lie come in ? No, he was in a hurry, he said: nud he would po on to Green's place. "Oh," said the widow, "you'ro pomp to Green's, are you ? Why, I'm poiup there myself to pet. one of the pirls to help me quilt to-morrow. .lust wait a second while I prt my bonnet and shawl, and I'll ride with you " And away she skipped, "What a scrap*," said Kill, and ho hastily clutched his pants from between his feet, and wrippled into them, when a liplit wapon drawn by the while-faced horse, driven by a boy, cuiuo alonp and 3AMDEN, S. C., APRIL 1 stopped beside liirn. The bov belj up a pair of boois in one hand and a pair of socks in the other, and just as the widow reached the gate again, he said "Here's your boots and socks, Mr. Smiley, that you left on the bridge when you were in there swimming." "You're mistaken," said Bill; "they are not mine." "Why," said the boy. "ain't you the tnan that had the race after the horse, just now ?'' "No, sir, I am not. You had better go on about your businrsw." hill sighed at the loss of his Sunday boots, and turning to the widow, said * [ "Just pick up those lines, will you, please ? This hrute of a horse is always switching them out of my hands." The widow complied , ho pulled one corner of the robe cautiously down as she got in. "What a lovely evening." she said ; "and so warm I don't think wo want the robe over us, do we ?" j You sec she had on a nice new dress I an J a pair of new gaiters, and she wanted to show them. "Oh, my," said Bill, earnestly, "you'll find it chilly riding, and I wouldn't have you catch cold for the world." She seemed pleased at this tender i care for her health, and eontcnted herself with sticking one of her little feet out. As she did so a long silk ueck-tie showed over the end of the boot. "What is that, Mr. Smiley?a necktie?" "yes," said he; "T bought it the other day, I must have left it in the buggy. Never mind it." Then they went on quite a distance, ! he holding her hand in his, and won- j I during what he should do when they j got to Green's; and she wondered why ' ; he did not say something nipc to her as i well as squeeze her had. why Mis coat j | was buttoned up so tightly on such a I warm evening, and what made his 1'acc ' ! and hat so uirty. until they were going! j down a little hill and one of the traces! I come unhitched, and they had to stop. 'Oh, murder !' exclaimed Bill 'what next ?' !a moOor Mr Sniilnv U Hill* 13 I IIU UiU) kvi ? au _/?. ^j , said the widow, with a start, which I came very near jerking the robe off his knees. ! 'One of the traces is off,' answered ! he. 'Well, why don't you get out and put ; it on again ?' I 'I can't,' said Bill. 'I've got?that j is, I?I haven't got?oh. dear, I'm so j sick ! What shall I do ?' 'Why, Willie.' said she. tenderly, 'what is the matter ? Do tell me !' She gave his hand a little sqneeze, | and looked into his pale face; she i thought he was going to faint, so alio ! got oat her smelling-bottle with her left hand, and pulling the stopper out with her tc^th stuck it to his nose. Bill was just taking in breath for a mighty sigh, and the pungent odor made hint throw back his head so fur that he lost his balance, and went over tjie lpw back buggy. The little woman gave a low scream as bis bare lVet flew past her head, and covering her face with her hands, gave way to tears or smiles?it is hard to tell which. Bill was up in a moment, and, leaning over the back of tbo seat, was humbly apologizing and explaining, when, Kd. Wilbur nnd his wife and baby drove up behind nnd stopped. l'oor Bill felt that be would rather have been shot than had Kd. Wilbur catch him in such a scrape, but there was no help for it now. so he called Kd. to him and whispered in his car. Kd. was likely to burst with suppressed laughter, but he beckoned hiu wife to draw up, and, after saying something to her, he helped the widow out of Kill's buggy, and into his, and the two women went on, leaving the men behind. Kill lost no time in arranging his toilet us well as he could, and then with great persuasion Kd. got him to go | home with him, and Hunting up slippers and socks, and getting him washed and combed, had him quite presentable when tbo ladies arrived. 1 need not tell you how the story was alt wnuued out of bashful Kill, and how they all laughed ns they sat around the tea-table that night ; hut will conclude by saying that they all went to the show together, and Kill had no fear of (lus Sock rider now. Primary Klcctious. It seems to he generally conceded that the plan of primary elections will be adopted to nominate candidates in lho various counties for local officers ar.d members ol the Legislature. The recommendation of the State executive Committee to that effect has been generally confirmed bv county conventions ' " i ?? ?...i ;? where these nouics nave mci, auu .. ... , highly probablo that ethers will fa 1S info lin? at an early day. The system | of'priuiary elections doty not nped much argument to holster its advantages over I the f>lati of nominating conventions, J which arc almost invariably productive j of dissatisfaction. The wire-pullers and <iHiec-seekers aro mostly favorable to the convention system, because it affords them an opportunity to manipulate lite nominations, and to form cntnbiiiati.itifc anionjx delegates to control the scleetions of candidates. Kven j where this is not done, the delegates j perform their work hurriedly, and in 1 | order to get through with the duties imposed upon them, tho choice of candidates is made dependent upon them, : the choice of candidates is made depen-j dent upon tin? stubbornness of partial friends, who protract the ballotings until the delegates succumb to their wishes. lu this manner, whero bar 1 6, 1878. pains and manipulations arc not iti vopu", tlie voice of tlio people is stifled, and candidates arc cliosen who arc not acceptable to the voters. This method of se'cctinp nominees has proven ineffectual atid distasteful wherever it lias been tried, and is not in accord with Democratic principles, which profess to rely upon the people for power ar.d sustenance. None of these objections can be urped apninst primary elections, where the voters arc called upon to exercise their riplit to name the candidates for officers without the intervention of third parties. In our judgment, the people arc fully competent to express their preference, dirccily. and if proper time is allowed between the determination to hold primary elections and tho date thereof, there is no danper whatever that uu worthy, incompetent or unpopular man will be chosop. The masses arc sometime* deceived by the plausible demeanor of candidates, who are alwa}'s on their best behavior during a campaign, but give them ample time to judge of the merits and capabilities of those who are seeking their favor, and such mistakes are seldom made. The primary election invariably selects the most popular ticket, when conducted fairly and honestly, and there is no excuse for permitting the contrary to be done. After a most satisfactory experience with this plan of nominating candidates, we would earnestly advise the Democracy to settle upon this mode irif/iuiit ili Iny in every county, and arrange the details for holding the primary election, which should he delayed to the latest period in the campaign, consistent with the proper adjustment of possible contingencies. The importance of deciding upon the plan at an early day will readily be admitted, for ;? unfrlr.a llm minftu ?f f K/% nOlintn nnd the candiiatas, and takes away from the demagogue every opportunity for producing dissension and divi>ion in our ranks, as he has no personal grievance in the matter on which to hiugc his complaints. The advantages of delay in holding the primary election arc numerous and palpable. It gives the voter* the fullest means of ascertaing the fitness and qualifications of candidates. It prevents any one from obtaining superior opportunities over the humblest competitor to gain a decision in his favor. It affords a full, free and fair expression of pnblic sentiment, and ascertains the will oft he people in the most unmistakablo manner. It convinces weak and unpopular candidates of the true estimation in which they are held by the voters, and satisfies them thit running for office is not their vocation, which frequently does away with a noisy and pestilent politician in the community. It has a tendency to thin out the list of candidates with surprising rapidity, and i when the final contest for the nomination is reached, only the stronger, and most acceptable men will remain in the field. These are some of the reasons for postponing the primary election until a remote period in the campaign, i but there is one more which commends itself particularly to the counties pos- i sewing large Democratic majorities, i It is that delay leaves no doom far inilcr i pendent candidates, who are always the outgrowth of dissatisfaction with the I nominations, and who are never willing to encounter the nominees of the i people. IJy combinations and caucuses ' with tho Radical loaders, these aspirants > arc induced to proclaim tlic-ir so-oallcd I independence of party ties, and if time I is not allowed them to form such com- ' Ideations, their game is effectually i blocked, and they are driven from the j field iugloriously or sink into tho cm- I braces of their Radical associates. t The details for working tho primary * election system are of vital importauec < to its success. Tho Stafe Executive I Committee will consider these details i at the approaching meeting, aud will t doubtless make specific recommcnda- < tions for the guidance and information I of tho several counties whose plans are i not yet perfected. In the meantime, | we append a summary of the mode I agreed upon in I-airfield County, which 1 wo lind in the last issue of the Winns- s bnro ,\'loi and Herald: "At some i time before the general election, the i County committee will order an election 1 to nominate candidates, to be held at I each club. Three managers are ap- i pointed, one I>y tho Executive Com- < mittcc, one bf the cltjb itself, and one i by the iVcsidcr.t, thi? scouring a di- 1 versity of interests in the board. On < (ho day appointed the pulls win be < opened in each club from 12 to -1 o'clock I when each member, pledging himself to i abide by the nomination, votes directly for his choice for every oliicc to be filled. No candidate shall be voted i for who does not pledge himself to i abide by the nomination. The votes arc counted at each club, and the result is aggregate d by tlio Executive) t'ommittec. Those who rcccivo n majority of the votes cast arc declared candidates When no one has received a majority, the two highest on the list for eacli office will de voted for by the clubs on the list for each office will he voted for by the clubs on the following Saturday, and whichever of the two receives a majority ic declared the candidate. There is no chance for swapping off or log-rolling. Whoever really has a support of a majority of the members of the party becomes the nominee. If any one fails, it is because he cannot command a majority. No new man can he sprung upon the people. They will know for weeks ahead nil the possible candidates, and chu deliberately make their selection. This gives every candidal an e<]ual showing, and the defeated aspirants can I NUMBER 40 * = , only grieve that they had not enough votes to put thcui in. No unfairness can be jystly charged." 11 He Swore for Her. J The laws of the State of Virginia i prohibit marriage unless the parties arc < of lawful age, or by the consent of the parents. | John N?, a well-to-do farmer in the ( valley of Virginia, was blessed with every comfort except that important desideratum?a wife. John cast his | eyes around, but unsuccc'sfully, until they fell upon the form cf a certain Hetty, daughter of John Jones, one of 1 the prettiest gills iu the country. After 1 a courtship of six weeks, John was t rendered happy by the consent of the t fair iSetty. i The next day, John with a friend, | went to town to get the necessary docu- | incnts, with the forms of procuring \ which lie was most lamentably iguor- < ant. Being directed to the clerk's of- < fieo, John with a good deal of hesitation informed the urbane Mr. Brown that ) he was going to get married to Betty Jones, and wanted to know what he must do to compass that desirable consummation. Mr. Brown, with a bland smile, informed him after being satis- . ficd that no legal impediment prevented the ceremony, he would for the sum ' and consideration of 83 grant him the license. John, much relieved, handed j out the necessary funds. 'Allow uie," said Brown, 'to ask you a few questions. You arc 21 years j of ace, I suppose, Mr N?1" 'Yfs,' said John. i 'l)o you solemnly swear that t?ctty : Jones, spinster, is of lawful age (made 1 and enacted by the Legislature of Yir- ( gin in) to take thp marriage vow ?" What's that ?' said John. Mr. B. repeated. 1 'Well/ said John. 'I want to get married, but I joined the church at the last revival, and I wouldn't swear for a hundred dollars.' ' 'Then, sir. you cannot get married.' 'Can't get married ! Good gracious, 1 Mr. Clerk, they'll turn me out of church 1 if I swear ! Don't refuse me, Mr. ( Clerk, for heaven's sake. I'll give you 810 if you wiil let me off from swearing.' 'Can't do it Mr. N .' f 'Hold on Mr. Clerk, I'll swear ! 1 i wouldn't give up Betty tor a dozen ( churches. I'll swear: 'May I be d?d \ if she ain't IS years old'?give me the license.' t After the clerk bursted a few buttons < off his vest, lie granted the license. t Running: a Muck. t Every one has a notion of what this horrid "an amuk" frenzy means, but we fancy Major McNair is right when be} j says that probabably few persons arc aware of the extent to which the prac- 1 tice which has come to be called "run- ' ning a muck" really obtains. The a Malay is of an extremely nervous temperament, and it is a common thing to see a man "whose will is under the " influence of those ho meets, and who seems hound to imitate every gesticnla- " i iL.? I- Tt,n e Lion or movement umu ia uiauc> xuv nervous excitement reaches its climax f in the "amok." Knjah Mansur, ono of " the son? of Vusuf. the preseot ruler of I'erak, during a strange tit of excitement, drow his kris and rushed off, striking right and left, killing six and severely wounding two persons, and t! finally making his escape into the jun- ? trie. He was only twenty years old. c Jn occasions of this kind, tho ' amok" C may be the cause of death or severe in- s jury to twenty or thirty people, before t! Itc is literally hunted down and de- c itroyed like a mad dog. The Malay, s ipeaking of amok, says "My eyes got ti dark, and I ran on." Major McNair c :ivcs a terrible description of the scene I vhen the cry of "amok ! amok !" is ? aised, and the police turn out (for the It jbjrct is now to take the man alive, try it dim by British law and punish him for a inurder), armed with a huge short- h pronged pitchfork, to catch the madman tl by the throat and pin him to the wall, c: rt'hcre lie is driven to bay. Generally o speaking, the amok is killed by the crowd of his pursuers, though occassion ill}', os in the case of tlie Sultan 1 usuf, he escapes to the jungle. Very few arc brought to trial. Major McNair Jdoes (| aot believe the amok ia the result of jtpium eating, which is an imported custorn among these people; he holds it to g( have had its origin in the deed of sonic Jespmtc Malay, to have been handed (1 ilown by tradition to his highly-sensi- ( live successors, and since then ''regarded is the right thing by those who are cx? <] cited to frenzy by apprehension of some injury that they regard as deadly, and c to be washed out in blood."?The Spec- j tator. A Strange Dream Fullfilled. A singular dream case is reported from ( St.Thomas, on the Canada Southern Hail- c way. A week ago Jesse McConnell, a s brakeman, was killed at Harwich while ( couplingcars. His remains were brought t home to his widowed mother, and that j night she dreamed she saw two coffins, t one of Jesse's and one containing the r body of her son Jnmcs, also a brakeman. She was so disturbed by this that early in the morning she telegraphed to James, asking him to come at once to his j brother's funeral. He answered that he j was on his way, but ho was killed nt , llrigden, twenty miles from home, by ] falling off the platform of the car. Ilis remains were conveyed to his mother, and, true to her dream, her two sons lay dead in the house together. < Keep conscieuoe clear, then never fear. 1 ADVERTISING RATES. Time. 1 in. \ col. ? col. 1 col. I week, $1 00 $5 00 $9 00 $15 00 I " 1 75 7 50 12 25 20 00 { " 2 50 0 00 15 25 24 00 4 " 3 (?0 10 50 18 00 27 50 5 ? 3 50 11 75 20 50 3100 5 ? 4 00 12 50 22 75 34 00 7 " 4 50 13 25 24 75 37 00 3 " 5 00 14 00 2G00 40 00 linos 0 50 17 00 32 00 50 00 i " 7 50 l'J 00 39 50 59 00 I) " 8 50 24 00 48 00 84 00 ; ? 9 50 30 00 59 00 105 00 12 " 10 25 35 00 08 00 120 00 nr Transient advertisements must be accoinnnied with the cash to insure insertion. Keeping up Appearances. A member of the sanitary police came icross a boy the other day who was wheeling home a load of oyster cans and jottles, and curious to known what me he lad could put them to, he made a lirect inquiry. "Going to throw them ovor into our jack yard," replied the boy. "I took :wo loads home yesterday." "What do you use 'cm for ?" "It's a trick of the family," grinned he lad. "How trick z" "I'd iust ns lief toll" rontinnnil ti n joy, os he ?pit on his hands (o resutr.o lis hold of the barrow. '-We're going ;o have some relashuus come in from -he country. We may not have much o eat, but if they sec these cans and mottles and boxes they'll /hint we've lad istcrs, champagne, figs and nuts till ire've got tired of 'cm, and are living >n bread and tatcrs for a healthy jhange !" The officer scratched his ear like a nan who had received a new idea. What I Have Seen. An old man of experience says: I have seen a young man sell a good 'arm, turn merchant, and die in the in* lane assylum. I have seen a farmer travel about so nuch, that there was nothing at home it to look at. I hsvo seen a young jjirl marry a man if dissolute habits, and repent for it as ong as she lived. I have seen a man spmd more money in folly, than would support his fiuiily o comfort and independence. I have seen a man depart from the ruth, where candor and veracity won id lave served him to a much better purpose. 1 have 8- en the extravagance and folly )f children bringing their parents to poverty and want and themselves to disgrace. 1 have seen a prudent and industrious xife revive the fortunes of a family, fvlten the hnsband Dulled at the other :nd of the rope. When the Dark Comes. A little girl sat, at twilight. in her >ick mother's room, busily thinking. A. 11 day she had been full of fun and loise, and uiauv times worried her poor ired mother. 'Ma,' said the little girl, 'what do you iupposc makes me got over my misihief. and begin to act good, just about his time every niglu?' 'I do not know, dear. Can you not ell r 'Well. I guess it's because this is vhen the dark comes. You know lam l little ufraid of that. And then, ma, ' begin to think of nil tho naughty hings I've done to grieve you, and that icrhaps you might die before moroiug ; ,nd so I begin to act good.' 'Oh,' thought I, 'how many of us rait till dark couies, in the form of sickicss or sorrow, or trouble of some kind, cfore we 'begin to do good !' IK-w nuch better to be good while wo are ujoying life's bright sunshino ? and hen. 'when the dark comes,'?as it will, a a measure, to all?we shall be ready o meet it without fear.' The Story of a Sword. In one of the great aud bloody batlea fought on Virginia soil in the late rar, the 25th North Carolina Infantry nptured a sword belonging to the lato Jen. Hayes, of the U. S. Army. The word was presented by the captors to lie gallont Col. Z li. Vance, now Govrnor of North Carolina, who has ever ince held it as a sovenir of those trying imes. On yesterday Gov. Vance reeived a lettfr from Major John Iughcs, stating that Mrs. Hayes, the ridow of the late General, had written im in regard to the sword, asking that : be returned to her. The Governor t once wrote Mrs. Hayes, informing rr of his intention to at once return lie sword. In the letter he took ocjsion to pay a tribute to the gallantry fthe deceased officer. Private Prayer. The root that produces the beautiful nd flourishing tree, with all its spreadjg branches, verdant leaves, and rereshin^ fruit?that which gains its up, life, vigor and fraitfnlless is all unecu ; and the further and deeper the oots spread beneath, the moro the treo xpanJs above. Christians, if you long o bring forth all the Spirit, strike your nots deep and wide in private prayer, "hat faith aud support, that strength nd grace which you seek of God in sc. ret, that they umy be exercised iu tho tour of need, God will in that hour jive you before rucn. Hearts, more or less, I suppose, mo.*t if us have, but wo keep theui so close* insed and pndlockcJ?we wear au out* iide so hard or dry?that little or nono ?f the love that may be within, escapes o gladden those around us. And so ife passes without any of tho sweetening o sooicty that comes when affection is iot left but expressed. Gen. Curtis Lee has regained tho \rlington estate where his inunoital ather so long resided. He has had a ong hard fight in the courts and it is a natter of congratulation that he has at ast beaten the enemy, There is an essential meanness in the wish to get the better of any one; the >nly competition worthy a wise niua is with himself,