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# ' 0 i ,1 i i ? J? ? 1 i i a-g i i ^ ' ' ^ S'y. ' ''^ r , - ?a?^?? VOL. XXXIII. CAMDEN, S. C., NOVEMBER 13, 1873. NO. U. ; I || ML? _j TO CAHD1N JOURNAL AN INDEPENDENT FAMILT PAPER i i PUBLUK1D WU&LY BT TEiVTHAK * HAT. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Om *** $2 50 Bix ? (!<..... 1 50 Tkr?? monlki... 75 * * -* * 1 2 J Transient Advertisements must o? p?iu in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. 8paci 1 M. j 2 M. IM. 6 M. j 1 Y. 1 square 3 00| 6 00 8 Ool 12 U0M6 00 J squares 6 00; S 00, 12 00 18 Ott 26 00 t squares OOf 18 00 16 00 24 00 86 00 4 squares 12 OOj 16 00> 20 00 80 00 48 00 A column Ii 00 19 00, 24 OOf 34 00 60 00 1 column 20 00' 80 OOf 40 00 65 00 80 00 f column I 80 00) 60 00 60 OOj 90 00 160 00 All Transient Advertisements will be charged Oxs Dollar per Square for the first and SkvkxTY-rirt Ckxts per Square for each subsequent t" insertion Single insertion, $1 60 per square j WATT. A Nn W INTER |f A" W W w-ww ? . ? ^ MILLINERY ?A*D? tl FANCYGOODS. S I . . . 0) MRS. T. B. WALKER ha* opened it h*r 8 establishment on Broad Street, a "hand- w somen! of w Millinery and Fancy Goods, Of tki latdt itylM, selected with groat ear*, iE to Mil the tastes af her aoatomara and the publie general^ The Ladiaa are respectfully invited to call and exaaaiae hat atook of Straw Bats, SaS.ui Together with nwy artiato to be feud la, w?U supplied millawy establish meat. October ML If * W fltoalr AUJf lOiV liwv wwvu. T WOULD mpsstftrily iafom the people of J. Kershaw end the surrounding Counties that Iittw arrived inCamden with a mrgeland well looted drrre of HOMES and MULES, which 1 propose to tell for cash or cotton. Among my took are eoms half doiea sotj superior Saddle Horeee, which can be purchased on termo saiy enough for all. All persons, and especially g those with whoa I dealt last season, are cor- . dlally invited to call and ezaaiae for them- ? elves, and these still indsbted to ne will find ^ me willing te receive payment in cotton nt the q highest market price. , W. H. HUDSON. L' October 80 tf g BINNINCER'S 5 OLD LOIDOK DOCK OH ? Especially designed for the nee of the Mtdital a, Profh and the Family, possessing (hoes in H1 trinnc medicinal propertioo which belong to an tb Old and Part Ota. m Indispensable to Females. Good for 'Kiinty m Cowtflaimt*. A delirious Tonic. Putnp in eases St containing one dosen bottles snch, and sod by p all druggists, grocers, he. A. M. Binninger k at Co., established in 1778, No. 15, Beaver etjeet, Mew York. OctoberJ28?9m la Steamer Lillington. * Fait Freight, Accommodation I9LAJID A'xB LI^E. rtl 0TKAY1R LILLINOTON, Cant. Bell, ?? will, frta this dale, make regular trip#, connecting vkh Um f iliiiEtn. (Mia aid Aipta s RAILROADS. p' ??? at Tkroug h Bill! of Lading will be Issued to Charles- ft ton and ike principal northern citiej. D The freight on cotton, inclnding inauranceper ci hale: tt To Charleston, $1 60 Baltimore 8 26 Philadelphia, 8 60 ?< New Tork, 8 76 Cl Boston, 4 76 * ' Partiea from the interior shipping through - * ?- ? ?? ? M Ibis lint win not m enr(?u iwr ? Stursge nt this pises. " For fortksr particulars, enquire of m GEO. ALDEN, Agent. J Camden, stpt. 4. tf ' a CONOAREE IRON WORKS jj Coumbia, S. O. JOHN ALEXANDER^Proprietor, j SUGAR CANE MILLS ' LIST OF PRICKS. J t Rollers 14 inebts disaster, $6U 00 * * S ? 12 s " 80 00 * 1 .. io 70 00 0 2 ? 14 " 70 00 2 12 " 60 00 ' 2 " 10 " 60 00 , Abort prices oenpltte^with frame. Without j frimt. HO Ibm OA mid Mui. Staaa Kngiaa?, Boilara, Fortabla Grlat Mill*, Circular ana Molt/ Saw Iff 111*. Mill Qaariaf of all ktada mad* to ordar, Iroa aad Braaa Caatiaga aa abort aotiea. Oin Qtariag ooaitantly oa hand of tha follow. lag aiiot: 9 faat wktal aad pinion $86 00 10 " ? 40 00 11 " " 46 00 I 12 ...? 60 00 1 14 " * " 65 00 1 lroa aad Braaa Caatiaga of all daacriptiooa atada to ordar. Aati-frlotloa Plataa aad Ball a for Cottoo i Fraaa, $16 00 aad $20 par aat. N. B.?Tanai oaah oa dalivary at Railroad , Dtppt ka>a. . r MB^Worka foot of lad J Straat, oppoilta tht wr ?, PHOTOGRAPHS. The undersigned having returned and opened a gallery will be pleased to see his fHends. With more experience and IM- i PROVED APPARATUS he feels 1 more capable than ever before of 1 pleasing ihe people. Oome and have your pictures ' made before grim winter with his , frost and snows pounces upon us. j Gallery in Workman House. A. B. LEE. ! Camden, S. C., Sept. 11, 1S73. ' MORTGAGE SALE. ' 1 VT K. CUNNINGHAM, f ANNA M. CON A WAV. ' Sale under Mortgage of Real Estate. BY virtue of authority Tested in me by Mrs. \ Anna M. Oonaway, in her Deed of Mortgage ? otne, bearing data the 7th day of Oetobei',1872, r will offer for sale at Public Outcry, before e he Court House door in Camden, S. 0., on the 'IRST MONDAY IN JANUARY next, within " he legal hours of sale, All that certain LOT iu the town of Camden, fi . C., known aud distinguished in the plan of sj lie aaid town as Lot number one thousand and Q irty-seven, (1.047,) bounded north by lot one lousand and forty-eight, west by llroad Street, f said town, South by lot one thousand and forty ^ ix, and east by lot one thousand and fifty, ? hereon the Store now occupied by E, J. Cona- n ay, and sma'l Office, now occupied by him as dwelling, aie situated, together with all and ngular the lights, members, hereditaments, ad appurtenances, unto said premises belong- ^ ig or anywise incident or appertaining. t( Terms, Cash. Purchasers to pav for papers, ti * W. R. CUNNINGHAM. ^ October 30. td A FAMILY ARTICLE. . ? Ao.?n?a ftO ner dar. S75 ber week. f AM ENTIRELY NEW SEWING MACHINE IE For Domestic Use, a ONLY FIVE DOLLARS. it With the New Patent tc BUTTON HOLE WORKER . h Patented June 7th, 1871. oi AWARD JED r&B FIRST PREMIUM AT THE n, a dxrican institute p and mary land institute fairs, lttl. a] a moat wontJarful and elegantly ennntruoted u triia Machine Tor family Work. Complete i all its Parte, Caea the Straight Eye Pointed R 'file, Satr Thpeamhg, direct upright Poeirrv* lOfiox, New Tenaion, Self Feed and Cloth li aider. Operates bt Wheel and on a Table. igkt Running. Smooth and noiaeless, like all Md high-priced machines. Has Patent Check . i prevent the wheel being turned the wrong aj. Uees the thread direct from the spool. u akaa the Elastic Lock Stitch, (finest and tl rongest stich known;! firm, durable, close and ti tpid. Will do all kinds of work.^nr and coarte, ^ on Cambric to keavy Cloth or Leather, and . tea all descriptions of thread. This Machine is * bavilt comst'.ttTCTIO to give it itrekoth ; all ? it parts of each Machine being made alike by ai achintry, and beautifully finished and orna- a en ted. It ia .say te learn. Rapid, Smooth and jj lent in operation. Reliable at all times, and a . bacyical, SciaVTirtc, Mechanical Invention, * flrmtlti Rr luted Price. ? A flood, Cli?'ip Family Sewing Machine at ai at. The first and only success in producing a w tluable, subs antial and reliable low priced ^ swing Machine, Its extreme low price reaches il conditiona. Its simplicity and strength ^ lapta it to all capacities, while its many merits ake it a univ real favorite wherever used, and T eaten a rapid demand. IT 18 A LL IT IS RECOMMENDED. I can cheerfully and confidently recommend ita la to those wl o are wanting a really good Sew- C( ig Machine, at a low price. A Mrs. H. B. JAMESON, 0| Peotone, Will C&uuty, 111. Q, Price of each Machine. "Glass A." "One," varranted for five years by special certificate,) u ith all the fixlurtt, and evert/tinny complete be- I' ingingtoit, including Self Thukadin Needle, h icked in a strong wooden box, and delivered to u ty purl of the country, by express, tree of 8( irther charges, on receipt of price, oxLr Five ., oli.aRs. Sajs delivery guaranteed. With 11 ich Machine we will send, on receipt of $1 ex- & a, the new pr tent n BUTTON HOLE WORKER, s( ne of the most important and useful inventions r the age. S? simple and certain, that u child u in work the fiucst button hole with regularity u - ' I'- -? "i.l Vianiiliful pi Q(1 CISC. oiri'ug wo Special Tinwa, ami Fitra Inducements to f, [ale and Femalk Agents, Store Keepers, Ac., ho will establish agencies though the country ad and keep o tr New Macmimh ou* Ezhilihou ' ad Sale. Couvty Riohts given to smart agents h ftEii. Agent's eonifltlt outfit, furnished without J ay extra cHATtca. Samples of s.uhip, descrip- 0 ve circulars containing Terms, Testimonials, ^ ngraviugs, Ac., As., bust rata. We also k upply r AaRlCrjLTl'RAL IMPLEMENTS. |] Latest Paten's and Improvements for the Farm j nd Garden. Mowers, Reapers, Cultivators, (J 'eed Cutters, Harrows, Farm Mills, Planters, (arresters, T1 reshers and all articles needed or Farm work Hare .Seeds in large variety. 11 ill money sent in Post Office Money Orders, a lank Drafts, or by expretm, will be at our risk, 1 nd are perfectly secure. * Safe uelivcry of all g air goods guaranteed. "An ojd and responsible firm that sell the best [oods at the liwest price, and van be relied ( ipoa by our naders."?Fartiur'i Journal, Stw York. t MT.Vot Knyo stilt fvr Jlsgnlert J 1.titers. t Annmass Or >aas , J tiROMK H. HUDSON A Co., Corner Greenwich A Cortlandt Streets. N. Y. ! Sept. 26, Cm. ' A CARD. < THE undersigned offer for sale ul the lowest | Sgures for cavti, Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, ( Hardware, Crockery, Saddlery, Ac., Ac-, and solicit a share of public patronage. PflKLPS A BILLINGS. (' P. L. Phelps tad W. M. Billings are duly su ihoritad to act as sur agents, and are empower sd to sign tbs aams of ths firm in purchases and istUamsnts. H. A. PHELPS. M. A. BILLINGS, S. A. DaSAl'fiSl'RE. Uki 4 if The Bills of the Bank of the State. The recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, that these bills are receivable in payment of taxes, caused considerable commotion in the Legislature, as appears fron the following extract taken from the Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News ami Courier: THE DECISION OP THE 8UPREME COURT af the United States declaring the bills to be receivable for taxes, which appeared in the Associated Press dispatches this morning, has fallen like an unexpected bombshell ainnnfr the Radicals, it has been tbe :heuie of excited conversation among them ill day, and they are badly terrified with ;he apprehension that they cannot longer ?arry on the State government A Repubican official told me that the Governor had mid to-day that the State government could lot bo conducted if the decision was cnbreed. Joe Crews was callcd'upon to net as 'hairmnn of the committee of the whole, and tatcd the object of the meeting to be i he discussion of the recent decision of the ! mpremo Court of the Tnited States in eferencc to the bills of the Hank of the i !tate. On motion of Ilurlcy. the telegraph- a c dispatches in the morning's News and : 'ouricr upon the subject were read as in- I urination, and Hurley took the floor. He i aid that if the decision meant anything it i leant that the treasurer should be compcll- .= d to receive iu payment of the taxes levied t y the State these bills of the Rank of the f tate, and if this were so, the government t mst inevitably I BREAK DOWN nd tho Republican party as surely go to J ae wall. It was very difficult, he admitted, t ) suggest any means of avoiding ?tho cat as- c ophe, but lie felt sure that somo plan might f e devised if the General Assembly would t it with prudence and 'good judgment. In I. itn's judgment, however, the question t as one iu which the Republican party was t hiefly concerned. If there were a funeral v would be one of the Republican party,. ! ad he did not propose to have the Demo- n rats come in and gloat over their approach- t ig dissolution. He hoped, therefore, that r strict caucus would be held and there that c would be determined what they should do t be saved. There is no knowing, said p [urley, how many of the hills of the Hunk c fthe State, may be uuw outstanding ; in all t robability there were at least $2.000,000 v together, including those issued before and b mm Ou.;..6 a? y... a-u, u:u , __ irdiug to Hurley, have no rights which the e epubliean parly is bound to respect; the t fe the of latter is in jeopardy, and t MUST BE SAVED ?all hazards. Bowlcy, colored, of George- li iwn, who is chairmau of the ways and >eans, had also something to say. He felt a rat the State was in a very critical cotidi- n on, and that it was necessary that something s 9 done, and that right early. It might be o uo that the Supreme Court of the Inked t tates was the supreme power of the land, c nd he was a law-abiding man, hut this was e question which affected the very heart and !r fe-blood of the party, and he was willing j v > take any step however extraordinary to j I' ive the party. He thinks the Democracy | v re at tho bottom of the whole matter, and j v ould counsel upiversal repudiation of all I j inds of debts of the State, if thereby thc.y j n juld escape tho clutches of the Democracy i !i a his jndgmetit, j d HE liliPREME COURT OF THE UNITED i tl STATES IS A HUMBUG, j t ad all institutions by moans of which thejs )ntfol of affairs is lodged in the hands of a J c iw men, and tho legislative body depriu d ' c f nil actual power, are contrary t<> the geniu.- 1 fa free Republican government. Th ro | c lust be some way for the representatives of t le sovereign people to avoid the dictation ??f j v mere court, and he was l<ir seeking some I?' iod< of relief however unheard ??f t?r uncou- : s itntional it might be. \\ by, said liowley, | r 'we levy a tax of twenty mills and realize | s s much as S?,500,000 the bills of the bank ' v lust consume it all, and our schools will be ( :i :opped, our convicts in the i'cnitcntiary I nd lunhtios in the Asylum turned loose ; 1 pon the community; and we w ill have n.? | 1 ourt or judges to administer the lav. - or en- < . rco peace and order. He was vcr\ iodic 1( ant at the interference of courts with the ae- e ion of the Legislature, ami thinks matters i ave come to a pretty pass when the Hcrieral i \ Assembly can find nothing but injunction." I u all sides from the courts to impede its way 1 < iperry, colored, of (jeorgctowii, introduced a , I (. solution that a joint committee be up ; \ minted to investigate the matter, and find i ust how many of the bills of the .Stale were t ut; for, in bis judgment, unless something ] f that sort he done there was no telling how* i a any of the hills might not he issued now. , t iter the decision had been published. , i >. Huston, colored, of Newberry, saw no > ;ood in the resolution ofSpeny. Theques- i ion with liiui was not so much the number < if the bills out. but * WHAT WABTO BE l?oNE I o save tlie party, even though oijjy a million I lollurs of the bills were uu the market. He | vas overpowered with despondency when ! < le reflected upon the dangers of the situation i Here, says he, we have already a floating lebt, a bonded debt and a high rate of taxa. ;iun, which would tax the skill of the ablest financiers to grapple with, and here comes the Supreme Court of tho nation and kills the last hope of the Republican party, lie felt that the decision was a dagger's thrust 1 at the Republican party, and did not believe j that it would ever have been rendered but for the fact that the colored people hud entire con trol of the State, and their enemies wanted to put them down. 1'aris Simkins, colored, of Edgefield, Artson, of Charleston, and others also spoke pretty much in the same tone. Artson introduced a resolution that they regard the decision as a "DIRECT BLOW AT TIIE STATE OOVERN4, MENT," and that the levy of all taxes be suspended for Hie next year, and the treasurer be authorized to issue certificates of indebtedness to carry on the various institutions. There is to be a Republican caucus on the i subject to-worrow night. i A NOBLE WOM^CN. I From the Chronicle and Sentinel. rr . i_.__ ?J JL. :? ?? 1 neari-renoing anu uisuwsiu^ an na?c , been the accounts which the telegraph anil ^ mail Siavo brought to y* fro?i Memphis and , from^Jhreveport, there hate not been want < ing bright tints to relieve the darkness ol' s the picture. Though it be mournful to , thinly of the misery, the distress, the ruin ( which the plague has brought upon fair and once prosperous cities, still there are scenes even amid the general distress which are at mice sad and pleasant to contemplate. Tn the midst of the sickness and death which stalked through the streets and alleys of the stricken towns?in the midst of the selfish- a ncss.nud the brutality which misfortune ever t ileveli/pes in iguoble natures?there are t scenes of heroism, of self denial and of self- p sacrifice, which will challenge the admira- g tion .of the world. Though we are told that v in many instances the sick were abandoned a md died neglected by those who should have b stayed to alleviate their sufferings and that a lie dead were pillaged, almost before the tl mul had left the body, wo are.also informed fi )f the heroic deeds of those who might have si fled before the approach of the plague.? b iVe arc told of the dauntless courage dis- a1 ulaycd by the pastors of the different I'ro- T put nnla olnirelien- ? Kni-ipoii!! I Ihint.Kt \If>th- I nr, "-r r~"' r ' " idist and Presbyterian?who, obeying the si irecepts of their Divine Master artd imita- ai ing tho example which He had set, stayed ui >ehind to minister to the sick, to comfort ir he afflicted, to pour balm into the hearts of bi he mourners. We are told, too, of the de- a otion displayed by the Catholic priests and ly listers of Charity?so many of whom offered be ip their lives?a glorious sacrifice?upou sa he altar of duty. Rut amidst so many sto- c< ies of noble deeds and historic actions there w omes to lis one which is deserving of more el han passing mention. The ministers, the tl ricstd, and tho sisters, were bound by the w ailing which they had adopted to cncoun- le er the perils from which mankind shrinks m rith horror. But what shall we say of oue is >esa^?ful, well-born, accomplished, in afflu- 3ji I iviinr otiiJ helovml with .?t verything to make life precious and atfrac- b< ivo, who voluntarily offers up her life in re he service of strangers ? Among the first who hastened to the rcief of the Shreveport sufferers was Agnes tc Arnold, of Philadelphia. Miss Arnold was so a orphan, the daughter of a Cnited States ly mval officer, but when only tlircc years old th he was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. S. Arnold, tli f Philadelphia. She grew up into a beau- tli iful and accomplished woman, lovely in or haractcr as in features, the joy of her adopt- ca d parents' home, the idol of her friends.? die loved, and, more fortunate than niost n< rouien, the maiden found one worthy of her >ve. Miss Arnold and her lover, himself a fr rcalthy man, were engaged to be married cc then the first sad tidings came from Shreve- st ort. Yellow fever, of u most vu ulcnt and w nalignant type, had broken out, numbers J, lad been attacked and many were already S1 lead. Those who were able to do so were \ lying in affright, and few were left to at- w "--1 *1- - f11 The f) I'liu k lie MV/lllild Vi vuv .... V1 trickcn were unctrcd for, an<1 neglect kill- w J almost ns many as the fever. The pliysiians called loudly for assistance. When g] L-s Arnold saw the call she at once rosolv- a? <1 to go.and do what, she might of good to in he afflicted. Her parents and her lover st rcrc horror-stricken when they learned her tl leterminatioo, and implored her to abandon ^ ttcii a perilous mission.? But she stead- ;l astly refusd, and the only concession o1 he would make was an agreement to js rait for a lew days until it could be tl isccrtaincd whether the call 1< ?r nurses had fl, icon responded to. Kvery day, however, a >r ought fresh demands for assistance, and h di. s Arnold started upon her noble mission, hi arriving in Shreveport her services were [3 1 fibred to the physici ?ns and gladly accept- 01 d. The nurses were i'ew, the patients ma- ai iy, and she soon had more than enough of c, vork. Her intelligence, hor vigilance and S( icr prudence made her the admiration of tl f the doctors, and her kindness, her amia- p lilitv. and the the devotion with which she t, vaitcd upon hereharges. rendered her a favor- ti to in tlie sick room. Krnm home the beau- ei il'iiI girl went, faring tlie horrors of the ? labile with a courage almost more than hu- tl i.an. As one patient died, spite of all efforts Cl o save, or recovered through careful nurs- t.; ng, she went on to another, and then anoth r, seemingly never tiring, and displaying uarvelous strength and endurance. In the ilest quarters of the town, with the worst 0 uses of the disease, she was seen sitting in i :he squalid room and by the bed side of the ( fever-stricken wretches, watching, nursing, p [iraying. Angel Agnes they soon begun to j ail her, and the lovely stranger did indeed l( went a very angel of Heaven, as she went j, along on her mission ot mercy and love.? ^ Hut, tasking herself as sho did?deaf to all e ...........o# ? *, i,mi ?,. ml vi<><>?tlio end must ? come. One morning a nurse failed to obey v a summons frojn tlie principal physician, a and the favorite attendant was not seen f among the sick. Soon it was known that c Angel Agnes was herself ill?that the poison | had entered her veins. Friends were tele- ^ graphed, and the lover rame oil to nurse his betrothed. Hardly, however, had lie reach- j ed the city when ho, too, was stricken down, j and in n short tiuie Angel Agnes and ber iifK.'iaccd husband lay dead in the same build* ing Let ui believe that they met in anoth*ji er and a better world where sickness does not enter, and where parting is unknown. When every day brings us further developments of selfishness and heartlessness in the the battle of life?when we see man trampling his brother under foot with ruthless indifference in the straggle?when we see so little of forbearance for human frailties, so little of regard for human sufferiug, ?o little of sympathy for those who have succumbed beneath an evil fortune?when there ire so many who preach to us that the guiling principle of human ity must be every man for himself?it is pleasant to turn from this lark and rcpellant side of life and contemalate the picture of Angel Agnes among the rictimsof the fever plague in Shreveport.? surely the world is not all had when such in example of courage, devotion, of heroism, iay, of niartydom, is given us as that re;orded ubove. ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY. KXOWLEDOE WHICH ALE SHOULD KNOW. The nature and properties of tLis potent gent, which plays so important a part in he phenomena of nature, ought to he more horoughly understood than generally apears to he the case. Like almost' every ood thing, it has its corresponding disadantngc, which it depends upon ourselves in great measure to overcome. "Wore persons otter informed on the nature and action of tmospheric electricity, no doubt "many of io accidents which are frequently occuring om lightning might be avoided. To betray iruiptoms of fear in any case, is jinmanly, ut to use one's knowledge and reason to rert danger, is quite a different thing, lie best safeguard against lightniug is a ooJ rod kept in complete repair, which lould extend down to permanent moisture, id it wonld he more reliable if the portion ader the ground were of copper instead of on. Next to a rod, for the protection of a ailding, is a group of lofty trees; hut where building is protected by neither, it is highprudent for the inmates to betake themdves during a severe thunder storm to the ifest place in it. This will be found to be the ;ntre of the largest room, close up tbe winaard side. The reason of this is, that when eotricity enters a room, it usually follows ic walls around seeking for an exit, for hich a window should be left open on the eward side. Electricity always seeks to ove iu and with a current of air, hence it always dangerous in a thunder storm to t down or stand between two windows, or ;en killed from not knowing or becoming gardless of the fact. Again, the air in a chimney beingl-aritied f the heat below, the electric fluid often enrs the house in that direction. Hcncc perns should never seat themselves immediatebefore a fire-place during a storm. When ic electric fluid does not enter the door, or 10 chimney, it usually strikes the corner of le roof and passes along the rafters, timber, 1 sides of the building until it enters the irth. On this account it is unsafe to sit in a cor?r, or lean against the side of a room, as a lock might in consequence be sustained oui which the nervous system could not reiver. It is also considered dangerous to and before a mirror, the quicksilver on hich is a good conductor4to Kghtuing; injed the presence of all metallic substances lould be avoided on the same principle, not her safe position is on a feather bed, hich is a bad condactor of electricity, but le bedstead should be removed from the all, as a loot or an arm in contact thereof flm means of rcccivinsr a 11.., lock which might be avoided. It is also Ivisable tlmt no part of the body should be i contact with the bedstead. As before ntod the centre of a large room is one of ic safest places, hut safety will be greatly ihanced by resting the feet on the rounds of chair, Instead of on the floor, as in the rent of the house being struck, the shock thereby lessened. Experience has proved tat a jjerson with his feet resting on the onr has been killed, whilo at the same timo companion beside him with feet on a chair as escaped with impunity. .During the hearts of summer, electricity abstracted from the earth and surrounding bjccts by a certain condition of atmosphere, ad it iscarried off. togother with exhalations jntaing what might otherwise prove the icds of disease. The clouds produced by lese vapors becoming highly electrical or ositive, commence discharging their elecricity toward the earth, which is now nega* vc. In this operation intense heat is genratod, whereby the unwholesome character f the mephitic vapors is destroyed, and leir now puriflod condensed moisture desend's in grateful showers to refresh the artli, and invigorate its languid vegetation. Journal <>/' Applied Chemistry. Abyssinian Athocities.?Kassa, I'rince f Tigrc, now Johanni IT, Emporer of tbyssinia, thanks to (treat Britain, and a 'hristian to boot, had, according to a corresondent who writes from Massowa, under ate of the Hd of August, captured the preendcr to the throne, Abba Kassai. This eutlcnian's ears were filled with gun cotton >y .Johanni's orders, and thecottoe was tlien xploded, blowing the head to atoms. Could ny more horrible atrocity have been doised ? Hut this crowned and holy-oilnointed miscreant is notorious for his crocious acts. It is reported that he lately aused the right hands and tho left legs of no ess than twenty-seven captives to bo chopted off in his imperial presence, and then ibandoned them (after the fashion of the iouiau Emperors) to bo preyed upon by ions, tigers and panthers. '* Don't abuse a miser. He takes pleasure | n his (s)coffers. J ' A Terrible Game of Cards?A Human Lief. at Stake.?A game of cards ia which a human life waa at stoke, was played on the 9th of September, at the Hitter Hotel, Heidulburg, by four young students^ one of whom, Silfred Meyer, was an Anew- . can from Chicago. It appears that the font men bad formerly been intimate friends, and they met, it seems, on the above day, at'the Swann Tavern, where they drank a good' deal, and finally began to qnarael. One of them, Count Ottendorf, called Meyer a cowardly Jew, whereupon the latter promptly, challenged him. Ottendorf accepted the callenge immediately. Meyer, in a tope of great excitement, proposed that all ftrar should repair to the Ritter Hotel and there play a game of "sixty-sir." The loser should shoot himself with a pistol. This proposal was accepted, an the four students repaired to the hotel. They ordered wine and cards to be brought up to a private room, and Ludeken, one of the four, procur. ed two loaded pistols from , a neighboring j armorer. The fourth student delt the cards, and Ottendorf and Meyer seated themselves, a pistol lying by the side of each. The first few minutes the game remained almost even. But when Meyer obtained a single advantage, and Ottendorf, seeing that he was lost, , suddenly jumped up and exclaiming: "Adieu, my friends," seized his pistol, and shot himself through the right temple. He fell a corpse to the floor, wailo his companions stood as if petrified for a moment, then hurried. from the room. When the proprietor of the hotel hastened into the room he Foundthe dead count lying on the floor. He gave an alarm, and the police started in pursuit of the fugitive students. Late in the afternoon they succeeded in arresting Immich, who made the above statements. Meyer and Ludeken oscaped across the French frontier. Ottendorf was the son of a wealthy landed proprietor in Westphalia. At the time of his death he was only nineteen. ????? f , . The obsequies of Louise MublbacU, the German authoress, at Berlifl, were of au exceedingly impressive character, and were witnessed by a large number of people, including all the prominent literati, editor) and publishers of the city, Baron Von Hulsen, the royal imprcssario, Baron Von Korff, the son-in-law of Mayerbeer, and other distinguished persons. The large front hall of the dwelling was decorated with plants and shrubs, while in its centre, on a platform draped in black, stood the ooffin, almost hidden by flowers and wreaths of evergreen and laurel. In his eulogy of the deceased, the their illustrious dead would live beyond the grave, and that in this and in other countries the sympathies of hundreds of thousands of citizens were with them. His duty, he said, was not to judge but to bless, and though the?deceased had her own religious conceptions, she expressed to him, twelve , ,L years ago, at the deathbed of her husband, Prof.Theodor Mundt, with whom for twenty* two years she lived in the moBt happy wedlock, her firm conviction in the existence of a future life. The decenscd authoress was a favorite of the Emperor William, the Queen of Holland, Prince George of Prussia, and of many persons high in station. The Emperor awarded to her the large gold medal for merit, and presented her with a braeele* containing his picture set in diamonds. She had traveled all over Europe, beeu the guest of its courts, and formed acquaintances with the leading statesmen, artists and savans. Her apartments were adorned by a number of curiosities, antique tbscb, pieiurea, uiiuerals, Egyptian and Turkish furniture, a bouquet given her by Pius IX. and another gathered by her at the foot of the pyramids. She was of a vivacious and sanguine temperament, most amiable in disposition, and fall of kindness to those around her. Pickled I.ndian Heads.?How Captain Jack, Coston Charley and other Modocs met their fateon the gallows is known. They died game! Everybody expected they would, and nobody was supriocd. But a statement reaches us from Styi Francisco which is calculated very largely to surprise the people of the United States. After the execution the bodies of Jack and Schonohhi were bei,~?.i^,i ??,i tim liA.ntx wore to be forwarded ucaucu) u|vt vuv to the Washington Medical Museum, there to be exhibited, in bottles of alcohol, to the curious. The English in the olden time elevated the heads of troublesome subject? over the Tower, l?nd<m Bridge, aud lastly over Temple Bar, and they remained there until they dropped into the river or the streets. We have changed all that. We pickle our heads and so preserve them for prosperity. One little coincidence is curious in this head-pickling business. It is this: Captain Jack expressed-? wish to see the great father in Washington "face to face." While Jack is past the sense of seeing anybody, the great father can gratify the last wish of the great Modoc chieftain, and "face to face" see him. An economical way of settling \yth the printer?Pay him iu his owu quoin. The "Captain Jack" is the latest in paper coll vs. It is made of noosepaper ? Do not run in debt to the shoemaker. It is unpleasant to be unable to say your sole is your own. Collections are so slow now that absent minded people find it more difficult than usual to collect their thoughts. What is the difference between a tube and a foolish Dutchman. One is a hollow cylin dcr and the other a silly Hollander. "There! said Jones, as he wrathfullj ' pushed away the pie which his landlady had | just served him, "that stuff isn't It for a pig I to eat, and I ain't going to mill" .