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i t - hii 1 I. 1 It'' HENBY T. HELMBOLD'S COHPOUIID FLUID Extract Catawba GRAPE PILI.S. Component Parte Fluid Extract likubar a , I Fluid Extract Oxtaicba Graj " ' . Juice, , ouplaintt, Jaundice, Billions Af , "tick or Nervous Headache, Cos , tic. Purely Vegetable, contain ilercurjr, Minerals or daleteriou Fflr T tec: -tieti -t injr d Drug. Thote PUU ara the most delih'.fuliy pleat, nt pnrjtir, superceding castor oil, salt: maicosi, etc. There is nothing more M eeptable to the sloinach. they give ton, and cause neither nausea nor griping pains. Thr are composed of the finest ingredient, After a few days' use of them, such an inri(j- . oration of the entire system takes place as to appear miraculous to the weak and enerrated. II. T. Helmbold's Compound Fluid Extract Catawba Urape Pills are not suzar-cnated, from the fact that sugar-coated Pills do not dissolre,but past through the stomach with out dissolving, consequently do not produce the desired efll-ct. The Catawba Grape Pills, being pleasant in taste and odor, do not ne cessitate their being sugar-coated, and are prepared according to rules of P larmacy and Chemistry, and are not Patent Medicines. Til C HMON'D ID A TT A TUT UL JLJL II A IX JjLJl-Ji- i. BE JUST AND FEAR NOTi LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY GOD'S, THY COUNTRY'S AND TRUTH'S!" VOL. XliS.I RICHMOND, VFAYXK COIJXTY, IiD. JUiF, 24, 18TI. Whole If umber sooe. I 15. nroicitiES HENRY T. HELMBOLD'S " HIQHLT CONCINTBATKD COMPOUND Phil " Eslnl Susplli Will radically exterminate from the system Scrofula, Syphilis, Fever Soies, Ulcers, Sore Eyes, Sore Legs, Sor Month, Sore Head, Bronohittis, Skin Diseases, Salt Rheum, 'an kers, Runnings from the Ear, White Swel lings, Glandular Swellings, Night Sweats, Rash. Tetter, Humors of all kinds, Chronic Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, and all diseases that have been established in the system for years. Being prepared expressly for the above complaints, its blood-purifying properties are greater than any other preparation of Sarsa parilla. It gives the complexion a clear and healthy color and restores the patient to a state of health and purity. For purifying the blood, removing all chronic constitutional diseases arising from an impure state of the blood, and the only reliable and effectual known remedy for the cure of pains and swel ing of the bones, ulceration of the throat and lejs, blotches, pimples on the (ace ,erycipelas and all scaly eruptions of the tkin, and beau tifying the complexion. Hoofland's German Bit ters, Hoofland's German Ton ic, , Hoofland's Podophyllin Pill, Hoofland's Greek Oil. Business Cards. DR. S B.HARRIMAN No. 16 North Pearl Street, (Opposite the Warner Building,) RICHMOND, I N D . Office Honrs: From 1 to 2, and from 6 to 7 P. M.anl af.all other times when not professionally engaged. KICHMOUD, HOT. V. lousr. p.a- Attention Given to Surgery! R. E. HAITGHTON, M. ; Surgeon, y SURGICAL OFFICE, No. 26, South Franklin-st., RICHMOND, IND. .Zce hours, from 6 to 8 a m; 12 to 8 pm,and6topm. Sept 24, '70. I8y Hoofland's German Bitters. HENRY T, HELMBOLD'S CONCBNTHATED FLUID EXTRACT BUOHU, THE GREAT DIURETIC, Has cured every case of Diabetes in which it bas been given. Irritation of the neck of the bladder and inflammation of the kidneys, ul ceration of the kidneys and bladder, retention of urine, diseases of the prostrate glan I, stone in the bladder, calculus, gravel, brick dust deposit, and mucous or milky discharge , and tor eutoeoiea an i delicate constitutions of both sexes, attended with the following symptoms : Indisposition to exertion, loss ti power, loss ol memory, difficulty of breath ing, weak nerves, trembling, horror of dis ease, wakefulness, dimness of vision, luin in the baek, hot hands, flushing of the body, dryness oi tae scin, eruption or the tace, p&l lid countenance, universal lassitude ot tho muscular system, etc. Used by persons from the ages ot eighteen to twenty-five, an U in tuny-tire to fifty- nve or in tne decline or cnange or lire; after confinement or labor pains; bed-wetting in children. Humbold's Extract Buchu.is dinratU n.l blutid-purtryloK, an! cures all diseases ari sing from habits of dissipation, and excesses and imprudences in life, impurities of tho olod, etc., superceding copaiba in affections for which it is used, and syphilitic affections in these diseases used ia connection with Helmbold's Rose Wash. - LADIES. In many affections peculiar to ladies, the Extract Buchu is unequalled by any other remedy as in chlorosis or retention, irregu Uricy, painfulneas or suppression ofcustii ravry evacuations, nlcerated or chirms state of the ateru, leusorrhoea or whites, sterility, and for all complaints incident to the sex, whether arising from indiscretion or habits of dissipation. U is prescribed extensive' by the m st eminent physicians and mid wives for enfeebled and delicate constitutions of both sexes, and all ages. THE REV. For the Palladium. BEDOTTS PIG. a BiTTSRS wrrnotrr alcohol cb spikits or ANT KIND Is different from alt others. It is composed of the pure juices or vital ibincifl of Roots. Hxrbs and Harks (or as medicinally termed, extracts), the worthless or inert por ous of the ingredients not being used. herefore, in one bottle of this Bitters tbero ia contained as much medicinal virtue as will lia fmi nil in fvral trillions ot ordinarv mix tures. The Roots, Ac, used in this Bitters are grown in Germany, their vital principles extracted in that country by a scientific Chemist and forwarded to the manufactory in this city, where they are compounded and bottled. Containing no spirituous ingredi ents, this Bitters is free from the objections nrged against ali otbers ; nodesue tor stim ulants can be induced from their use, they cannot make drunkards, and cannot, under any circumstances, have any but a beoehcial effect. - DR. J. HO WELLS, H om cb op athist OFFICE East Broadway, (Dr. Jonea's old ; Stand,) first house West of Grace ,.'.- M..E. Church, RICHMOND, INDIANA. " Dmci Hours From 10 to 12 a. m., and front 2 to 4, and 7 to 8 p. m. 14-ly J. fl. McINTYRE, M. DM Office opposite Huntington 'House, RICHMOND, INDIANA. Special Attention Given to Surgery Residence No. 17 South Franklin Street. nl3-ly. JOHN H. FOPP, ATTORNEY AT LAW and NO TAR1 , Office No. 33, Main-street, It -hmond, Ind: attends to the collec tion of all claims in any State o the Onion. Will practice in any of the Courts ot Indian and Ohio. Execute Deeds, Mortgages, and I'owers of Attorney, either inland or for- . . A . 1 V . eign. 1t special arrangemeni hl v. . Adjk, in Cincinnati, ( werman vonsuw nu Hillera UO.,ofew iorx, l am enaoiea hi forward and receive any money packages or other valuables, as well as to attend te tne transit of persons from any part of Europe orfromthiscouutry. All business strictly conndeniiai ana promptlv attended to. J.H. P. July7th,18oV. i Hoofland's German Tonic Was compounded for those not inclined to extreme bitters, and is intended for use in cases when some alcoholic stimulant is re quired in connection with the Tonic proper ties of the Bitters. Jtach bottle or tne ionic contains one bottle ot the Bitters, combined with pure Santa Crcz Rum, and flavored in such a manner that the extreme bitterness of the Bitters is overcome, forming a prepara tion highly agreeable and pleasant to the pal ate, and containing tne medicinal virtues oi the Bitters. The price of the Tonic is $1.50 ner bottle, which many persons think too high. They must take into consideration that the stimulant used is guaranteed to oe ot a pnre quality. A poor article could be fur nished at a cheaper price, but is it not bettet to pay a little more and have a good article? l-fr,yr pti n T mil A medicinal preparation should contain nono U-lu' LlZ. LVt but the best ingredients, and they who ex pect to obtain a cheap compound will most certainly be cneatea. They are the Greatest known Rem edies For UVER COMPLAINT, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS UKBILH I , JAUMMUE, DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN, and all diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, Stomach, nr IM PURITY of the BLOOD. Read the fallowing symptoms : Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles Fullness ot Blood to the Head, acidity of tho Stomach, Nausea, Heart-burn, Disgust for Food, Fulness or Weight in the Stomach, Soar Eructations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of tho Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Flutter ine at the Heart, Choking or suttocatioi? (ten sations when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the km and yes, fain in the Side, Back, Chest, Loins, Ac, Sudden Flushes ol Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Con stant imaeinings of Evil, and Great Depres gion of Spirits. All these indicate Disease ol the Liver, or Digestive Organs combined with impure blood. The use of the Bitters or Tonic will soon cause the above symptoms to disappear. the patient will become well and healthy. Jehiel Railsback, it Law, Richmond, Ind. Entrance one door East of Petchell'S Store, and over Hudson's Drugstore, Main-st: Richmond, Aug. 10, 1870. a UGUSTUS B. YOUNG, Attorney and Notary. See over Hudson's Drugstore, near the corner of Main and Marion, entrance one door East of Petchell s btore, S3, 1870 Richmond, ind. BY J. F. niNDBRBON. The Rev. Bedott is a preacher of note, (Ironic'ly speaking, I onght to have wrote,) For as long as the note flow into his coat, Hell preach and bell blow till he's hoarse ; On Sundays alone he reveals his phiz, And as long is a hickory pole it is, No smile ever troubled a feature of his. For gray he must bt, of ccurse. Now, Rev. Bedott had a pig, young and fat, Hut a pig that was blind alas 1 as a bat. With a "narrative" long and crooked as that Which his boss used to tell with a jest ; But piggy was forced to exist without corn From Saturday eve till Monday morn, For his master, so straight and pious born, On the Day of our Lord must rest. In the pulpit, one day, like a sipling of pine, He stood in his long-tailed blue so fine. And he shouted for more to come forward as.fl "jine," When the poor, hungry pig heard his voice ; And the piggy rushed toward it, visions the while Of corn, and be squealed 'till you heard him a mile, And he entered the church, and he ran up the aisle, As if be had come to rejoice. He granted and squealed as he came for his lot, - And he jumped up and down 'round Rev. Be dott, But, with eyes closed devoutly, Bedott saw him not, And thought 'twas a sinner converted ; So together the master and pig leaped around, One shouting, one squealing, at every bound, While the people were shocked by the sight and the sound, And all became quite disconcerted. The deacons and elders then set up a yell, As though in their midst had bursted a shell And loud were the laughter and screams tba fell From the lips of tho congregation ; Then Bedott saw it all, and hia countenance soured He rushed from the church, his piety o'erpow- erei He killed the darned pig and its carcase de you red, Then lived for awhile on probit'mn. JUNE. BY MRS. D. M. JORDAN. II. T. Helmbold's Extract Bnchu Cares Diseases arising from Impru dences, habits of Dnnipation, etc , in all their stages, at little expense, 1'ttle ot no change in diet, no inconvenience, and no exposure. It causes a freqnent desire, and gives strength to urinate, thereby removing obstructions. Preventing and curing strict' ares of the Ueethra, allaying pain and inflam mation so frequent in this class of diseases, and expelling all poisonous matter. Henry T. Helmbold's Improved Rose Wash eannot be surpassed as a Face Wash, and will be found the only specific remedy in ev ery species of cutaneous affection. It speedi ly eradicates pimples, spots, scorbutic dry ness, in durations of the cutaneous membrane, etc., dispels redness and incipient inflama tion, hives rash, moth patches, dryness of tho scalp or skin, frost bites, and all purpo ses for which slves or ointments are used; restores the skin to a state of purity and softness, and insures continued hea'thy ac ti'in to the tissue of its v ssels.on which de pen li the azreeable cl)rness and vivacity of omplexiat so inunh sought and admired. But however valuable as a remedy for exist ing defects of the skin, H. T. (Ielcibold's Rose Wash bas long sustained its principle claim to unfunded p itronage, by possessing qualities which rnlcr it a toilet appendage of the mist superUtii'o and congenial char acter, combining in aa elesrsnt formula those prominent requisites, safety and elh'oaev the invariable- accompaniments of its use as a preservative an 1 refresher of the com plexion. It is an excellent lotion for ilisea es of a syphilitic nature, and as an injection tor diseases of the Urinary organs, arising from habit ot dissipation, used in connec tion with the Extracts Huohu, Sarsaparilla, and CawUba Urape Pills, In such diseases as recommended cannot be surpassed. Dr. Hoofland's Greek Oil, Lightning Care for all kinds of Pains ana Acnes. Afpltbo Eitsrnally. It will cure all kinds of Pains and Aches, such as Rheuma tism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Chilblains, Frost Uites, bprains, Bruises, Headaches, l ams in the Back and Loins, Pains in the Back and Loins, Pains in the Joints or. Limbs, Stings f Insects. Kmgworms, etc. Taken Internally. It will cure Kidney Complaints, Backaches, Sick Headache, Colic, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum, Cholera Morbus, Cramds and Pains in the Stomach, Fever and Ague, Coughs, Colds Asthma, etc Dr. Hoofland's Podophyllin, OB 8CB8TITUTB FOR MBBCCBY FILL. Full and explicit directions accompany the medicines. Evidence of. the most responsible and reli able character furnished on application with nunare is oi thousands of living witnesses, and upward of 3,000 unsolicited certificates nrd recommendatory letters, many of which are from the highest sources, including emi nent pnysicians, clergymen, statesmen, etc The proprietor has never resorted to their publication in the newspapers; he does not do this from the fact that his articled rank aa standard preparations, and do not need to be pro'pp.ia up by certificates. ": Henry T. Helmbold's Genuine Prep - ' i arations. Delivered to any address. Secure from ob' servation. . established upward of twenty years. Sold by druKflits everywhere. Address letters loriniirmation, in confidence to Henry T. Only depots: II. T. Helmbold s drug and eosmical warehouse, Vn. 591 Uroadwav.Na York, or toll. T. Helmbold's medical depot, 104 south Tenth street, Philadelphia, Pa. H.K CT.t,:'!L,s:..A:k ,or Henry T - -uu uiuvr. TWO PILLS A OOSE. mo$t powerful, yet innocent, Vegetable Ca thartic A'noicn. It is not necessary to take a handful ot tbese Pills to produce the desired effect; two of them act quickly and powerfully, cleans ing the Liver, Stomach, and Bowels of all mpunties. 1 bo principal mgrelient is Pod ophyllin.or- the Alcoholic Extract of Man drake, which is by many times more Power' ful. Acting, and Searching, than theMandnike itself. Its peculiar action is upon the Lirer, cleansina: it speedily from all obstructions, with all the power of Mercury, yet free from the injurious results attached to the use of that mineral. For all diseases, in which a cathartic is in dicated, these Pills will give entire satisfac tion in every cate. 1 hey never fau. In cases ot Liver Lomplaint, Dyspepsia, and extreme Costiveoess, Dr. Hoofland's Ger man Bitters or Tonic should be used in con nection with the Pills. The tonic effect of the Bitters or Tonic builds up the system. The Bittors or Tonic purifies the Blood, strengthens the nerves, regulate the Liver, and gives strength, energy, and vigor. Keep your Bowels active with the Pills, and tone up the system with Bitters or Tonic, and no disease can retain its hold, or ever as sail yon. These medicines are sold by all Druggists and dealers in medicines everywhere. Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofland's Gir m am Remedies, that are so universally used and highly recommended; and do not allow the Druggist to induce yon to take anything else that he may say is jnst as good, because he makes a Urger profit on it. These Rem ediet will be sent by Express to any locality, upon application to the PRINCIPAL OFFICE, - M. E. HILLIS, DENTIST (Successor to T. Rose,) North-west Corner Main and Pearl Streets. n'tf Richmond, Indiana JAMBS M STARR. Steam and Gas Pipe FITTER, Kas Office on Main Street, between real J and Marion, on 2d f loor. Gas Fixtures, at Less THAN EASTERN PRICES, All work Dromptlv done in the best and most satisfactory manner ana w arkajiteu llichmond.Jan 6, 16. 44:iy W O OD! WOOD BOUT 800 CORDS OF WOOD h trae for Sale, about two' miles from Ricnmond. Apply to JAMES M. STARR, At the Gas Works Richmond, Sept. 21, 18f. NICHOLSON & BRO., Booksellers and Stationers, (NEW STAND) 5th and Main, Odd Fellows Building RICHMOND, INDIAMA. I-1 TREMNT HOUSE JOHN ELLIOTT. Proprietor. CORNER OF FIFTH AND MAIN, Richmond, Ind. Oh, beautiful Queen of the sumxer, With roses royal red, And sunsets bright with the glory, From heaven's own portal shed. We have said farewell for a season, To tby beautiful herald May, And with hearts that are filled with sadness Welcome thy beauty to-day. For when the green fields of the harvest, For the reapers were growing white, And roses were dropping their crimson leaves And fading away iu a night We watched with hearts that were breaking By our stricken darling's bed, And listened with feeling akin to awe, To the childish words he said. And we knew by the shining radiance That circled around his brow, That bis ftet were on the j.iurney Toward where he is resting now. We knew by the patient sweetnefs, That meekly bore the pain, That never more with childish mirth, He would gladden our home again ; ' And we gathered the childish treasures And sat by the little bed, And tried to comfort the weary hours, That all too swiftly fled. For his feet were nearing the river's brink . And the restlesss hands grew chill. And I tried to smother the Rachel ciy. But my soul would not be still ; For the lips were growing purple and chill But still with their latest breath,' He sighed my name till, forever more, They were silent and still in death. And when in the Sabbath stillness He lay in the darkened room, With sweet.pale face and waxen bands, There was nothing there of gloom . For I thought, what our darling had said was true. Though I bowed beneath the rod. Ha was "in a nice place Sunday," Whose maker and builder is God. NICHOLSON a BRO. NICHOLSON at the GERMAN MEDICINE STORE. ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. 631 CHAS. M- EVANS, ProprietTjr. Fobmiblt C.M.JACKSON A CO. Teie Benedict art for Sale by DruggiaU Storekeeper i, and Medicine Vealcrt.tveruicker t'iroutho'tt the United Statei, Cinadai, South America, ana me tit iwimt. t. B. COWGILL & CO., BOOK BINDERS, RICHMOND, IMD. TEare prepared to execute RIN DIM. and It LANK BOOK WOHh.in ill its branches, anil the best style. Alter any Pattern. Done to Order 9- Bring your MlTSIC and have it Paged. Sound and Indexed. MISSING Nos. ot Magazines Sup plied, tf MOTE & SWAINE, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS, Are prepared to do all kinds of work in heir line of business, and in THE BEST STYLE! AT THEIR GALLERIES 304, and 306 Main-St., Third Story, A N D Corner oT Main and Filth Streets, Richmond, Indiana. n3ftf SUMMERFIFXlfS SECRET. "A Million of Dollars or I'll Set the Pacific Ocean in Flames The Fat of a Man who burnt up a Mountain Lak in Fifteen Minutes A Remarkable Story. In the S&cranienlo Daily Union of a recent date appears the extra ordinary statement of one Leonidas Farker, written before his death, and giving wiKtt purports to lie the true account ol his connection with the murder of George Summer field. The latter individual had hecn known for many years aa'The Man with a Secret,' and he met with a horrible death at the ao-e rf seventy years, by being pushed from the platform of a train upon the Union Pacific Railroad near the north fork of the American river, at a place called Cape Horn. The unfortunate wretch was hurled downward a distance of over one thousand feet upon the bristling rocks at the foot of the declivity. Parker, who was upon the platform with Summerfield at the time of the catastrophe, wa9 twice arrested and tried for the alleged murder, but was on each occasion mysterious! acquitted, once by a justice and the second time by a grand jury. Parker was himself a distin guished lawyer of Sacramento, and was widely respected. He always remained silent concerning the cir cumstances of the imputed crime, but shortly before his death he placed in the hands of a friend a document, the gist of which we give below, the entire story taking up nearly a page of the Union. Referring to Gregory Summer- field, the murdered man, Mr. Par ker speaks of him as having been one of the deepest chemical stu dents of the age, a natural mathe matician, a profound astronomer, and a man of excellent general lit erary attainments. Parker bad known Summerfield for over twen ty years, their acquaintance having been formed in Texas during tho days of the republic. Continuing his account, Parker says . One day, toward the close of last September, an old man rapped at my office door, and on invitation came in, and, advancing, called me by name. Perceiving that I did not at first recognize him he intro duced himself as Gregory Summer field. After inviting him to a seat I scrutinized his features more closely and quickly identified him as the sam person whom I had met twenty-two years before. He was greatly altered in appearance, but there was the old charm of in tellectual superiority in his con versation, and I welcomed him to California as an important addition to her mental wealth. ' It was not many minutes before he requested a private interview. Ie followed me into my back of fice, carefully closed the door after him and locked it. We had scarce- y seated ourselves before he in quired of me if I had noticed any recent articles in the newspapers respecting the discovery of the art of decomposing water so as to fit for use as a fuel for ordinary purposes ? I replied that I had observed nothing new upon tne subject since the experiments of Agassiz and Professor Henry, and added that, in my opinion, the expensive mode of reduction would always prevent itS U9C.' In a few words ho then informed me that he had made the discovery that the art was extremely simple, and the expense attending the de composition so slight as to bij m- signiQcant.' Presuming that the object of his visit to me was to procure the necessary forms to get out a patent for the right, I congratulated him upon his good fortune, and was about to branch forth with a des cription of some of the great ben efits that must ensue to the com munity, when he suddenly and somewhat uncivily requested me to be silent, and listen to what he had to say." He began with some general remarks about the inequality of fortune amongst mankind, an in stanced himself as a striking ex ample ot the fate of those men who. according to all the rules of right, ought to be near tho top, in stead of at the foot of the ladder of fortune. But,' said he, springing to his feet with impulsive energy, ' I have now the means at my com mand of rising superior to my fate, or of inflicting incalculable ilia upon the whole human race.' Looking at him more closely, I thought I could detect in his eye the gleam of madness ; but I re mained silent and awaited further developments. But my scrutiny, stolen as it was, had been detect ed, and he replied at once to the expression of my face : No, sir, 1 am neither druni nor a maniac, I am in deep earnest in all that I say ; and I am fully prepared, by actual experiment, to demonstrate beyond all doubt the truth of all I claim.' For the first time I noticed that he carried a small portmanteau ia his hand; this he placed upon the table, unlocked it, and took out two or three small volumes, a pam phlet or two, a small, square, wide mouthed vial, hermetically sealel. 4 I watched him with profound curiosity, and took note of his slightest movements. Having ar ranged his books to suit him, and 1 ii placed me puiai in a conspicuous po.-ition, he drew up his chair close ly to my own, and uttered in a half hissing tone: 'I demand one million dollars for the contents ol the bottle, and you must raise it for me in the city of ftan t rancisco within one month. or scenes too terrible tor the imas- iuation to conceive, will surely be witnessed bj- every human being on the face ot the globe.' 'The tone, the manner, and the absurd extravagance ot the demand excited a faint smile upon my lips, which he observed, but disdained to notice My mind was fully made up that I had a mauiac to deal with, and I prepared to act accordingly. But I ascertained at once that my in most thoughts were read by the re markable man before me, and 6eerued to be anticipated by him in advance of their expression. 'Perhaps,' said I, 'Mr. Summer field, you would oblige me by in forming mo fully of the grounds of your clim, and the nature of your discoi ery. 'That is the object of my visit,' he replied. 'I claim to have dis covered the key which unlocks the constituent gases of water, and frees each from the embrace of the other, at s single touch.' You mean to assert,' I rejoined, 'that you can make water burn itself up?' Nothing more nor less,' he re sponded, 'except this to insist upon the consequences of the se cret if my demand be not at once complied with. Now, suppose I fling the con tents of this small phial into the Pacific ocean, what would be the result? Dare you contemplate it for an instant? I do not assert that the entire surface of the sea would instantaneously bubble up into insufferable flames; no, but Irom the nucleus of a circle, of which this phial would be the eer ier, lurid radii of flames would gradually shoot outward, until the blazing circumference would roll In vast billows of fire upon the uttermost shores. Not all the drioDins clouds of the deluge could extinguish it. nor all the tears of saints and angels could for a in stant check its progress. Onward and onward it would sweep, with the steady gait of destiny until the continents would melt with fervent heat, the atmosphere glare with the ominous conflagration, and all liv ing creatures in lann ana sea anu air perish in one universal catas- tronhe.' 'Then, suddenly starting to his feet, he drew himself to his full height, and murmured solemnly, 'I feel Use a God, and recognize my fellow men but as pigmies that I spurn beneath my feet. At thi3 Parker states that he at tempted to reason with Summer field upon the absurdity of believ ing that he held in his hands power so mighty, at which tne latter re torted with quotations from the Scripture, Humboldt's Cosmos and the works of famous astronomies writers, proving that it was not only possible for entire planets to be destroyed by fire, but that sucti terrihls events had actually oc curred. This answer concluded he handed Parker a small phial, re questing him to oyen it and smel of its contents, the result being that a strong odor of potassium w:is observed. At this Summer fiell continued, 'Of course,' sai he, "you are familiar with the chie characteristic of that substance It ignites instantly when brough into contact with water, w ltnin that little globule of potassium have imbedded a pill of my own composition and discovery. A tie moment it is liberated fro.n tne po tassium, it commences the work of I ecoin posing the fluid on which it fl.a's. The potassium at once ig nites the liberated oxygen, and the conflagration of this mighty globe is begun.' Yes,' said I, -begun, if you please, but your little pill soon evaporates or sinks, or melts in the surrounding seos, and your confla gration ends just where it began. 'But,' sueered he, the elcmenta- . . it i I ry substances ia tuac sinau pniai recreate themselves; they are self generating, and when once fairly under way, must necessarily sweep onward, until the waters in all the seas are exhausted. ' Rising from mv seat, I went to the wash stand in the corner of the apartment, and drawing a bowl full of Sprinsr Valley water, I turned to Summerfield and remarked, 'Words are empty, theories are ideal, but facts are things.' 'I take you at your word.' So saying, he approacued tue oowi, emptied it ot nine-tenths of its contents, and silently dropped the potassum-coated pill into the li quid. The potassum danced round the edges of the ve3ael, fuming hissing and blazing, as it always does, and seemed on tne point of expiring, when to my astonishment and alarm a sharp explosion took place, and in a second of time the water was blazing in a red, lurid column half tho way to the ceiling. 'For God's sake,' I cried, 'extin guish the flames, or we shall set the building on fire. Had I dropped tho potassum into the bowl a you prepared it,' he quietly remarked, 'the building indeed would have been consumed Lower and lower fell the flickering flames, paler and paler grew the blaze, un'.il finally the fire went out, and I rushed up to see the elFect of the combustion. 'Not a drop of water remained in tho vessel! Astonished beyond measure at what I had witnessed, and ten i tied almost to the verge o insanity, I approached Summer field and tremblingly inquired: To whom, sir, is this terrible secret known?' To myself, alone,' he re snout lea, ana now answer me a question, is it worth the money?' 'It is entirely unnecessary to re late in detail the subsequent events connected with the transaction would only add a general state ment, showing tie result of my negotiation Having l'uiiy satisfied myself that SummerBe'd actually held in his hands the fate of the whole world, with its millions human beings, and by experiment having testea the combustion of sea water, witn tqual tacihty as tn-sh, I nex.t deemed it my duty to call the attention ot a few of the principle mcu in San Francisco to the extreme importance of Sum- inerfields discovery.' A leading banker, a bishop, a cueiiiisr; two tate university pro fessors, a physician, a judge, and two Protestant divines were select ed by me to witness the exneri i .... 1 I m. . 1 menu uu u targe scaie. in is was done at a small sandhill lake near the sea shore, but separated from it by a ridge of lofty mountains distant not more than ten miles from San Francisco. Every single drop of water was burnt up in less than fifteen minutes. We next did . all we could to pacify oummerheld, and endeavored to induce him to lower hia price and bung it within the bounds of reasonable possibility. But with . t T 1 . uui avau. ne oegan to grow ur gent in his demands. The sub committee soon commenced work amongst the wealthiest citizens of San Francisco, and by appealing to the terrors of a few and the sympa thies of all, succeeded in raising one-half the amount within the prescribed period. I shall never forget the woebegone faces or Cali fornia street during the month of October. The futside world and the newspapers spoke most learn edly of a money panto 'a pressure in business, and the disturbances in the New York gold room. But to the initiated there was an easier solution of the enigma. The pale spectre of death looked down upon them ail, and pointed with his boney finger to the fiery tomb of the whole race, already looming up in the distance before them. Day after day, I could see the dreadful ravages of this secret horror; doubly terrible, since they dared not divulge it. Still, do all that we could, the money could not be obtained. The day preced ing the last one given Summerfield was summoned before the commit tee, and full information given him of the state of affairs. Obdu rate, hard and cruel, be still con tinued. Finally, a proposition was started that an attempt should be made to raise the other half of the money in the city of New York. To this proposition Summerfield ultimately yielded., but with ex treme reluctance. "" It was agreed in committee that I should accom pany him thither, and take with me, in my own possession, eviden ces of the sums subscribed here, that a proper appeal should be made to the leading capitalists, scuolars and clergymen of the me tropolis, and that when the whole amount was raised, it should be paid to Summerfield, and a bond taken from him never to divulge his awful secret to any human being. 'With this he seemed to be satis fied, and left us to prepare for his going the next morning. 'As soou as he left the apartment the Bishop arose and deprecated action tht ha t been taken, and de nounced it as childish and absurd tie declared that no man was safe one moment while that diabolical wietch still lived, that the only se curity lor us all was in his imme diate extirpation from the face of the earth, and that no amount of money could seal his lips or close his hands. It would be no crime, he said, to deprive him of the means ot assassinating the whole human family, and that as for him self, he was for dooming him to immediate death. With a unanim ity that was extraordinary, the en tire committee coincided. 'A great many plans were pro posed, discussed and rejected, hav ing in view the extermination of Summerfield. In them all there was the want of that proper caution which would lull the apprehension of an enemy; for should he for an instant suspect treachery, we knew his nature well enough to be satis tied that he would waive all cere monies, and carry his threats into immediate execution. It was finally resolved that the trip to Isew York should not ha abandoned, apparently. But that we were to start out in accordance with the original programme; that during the journey some proper means should be resorted to by me to carry out the fl rial in?Antifn nf the committee, and that urhatavor I did should be sanctioned by them all, and full protection, both in law and conscience, afforded me in any stage of the proceedings. Nothing was wanting but my own consent. I asked the nriviW nf meditation for one hour, at the hands of the coaimit.ee. before I would render a decision either wav Duriug that recess, the above argu mentation occupied my, thoughts. rue time expired, apd I again presented myself betore them. I did uot deem it reauisite tn tftt the grounds of my decision; I sig nified my assent, akd made instant preparations to carry the plan to evecuiiuu. 'Having passed ou tht line of the Pacific i ail way more thau once, I was pertectly lamuiar with all its windings, gorges and precipices I selected Caipe Horn as the on j best adapted to the purpose, and ? tue public knows the rest. Having been fully committed by two triouuals of ihe law, I make this appeal to my fellow uieu ihrougUout tui State, and ask them confidently uot io reverse the judg ment already pronounced." the nattoBii debt by ptMwM In open market is being steadily pros ecuted. On the 4th of v March, 1869, the outstanding gold bonds of the Government aggregated 82,107,846,150. On the first of this month .they amounted to 91, 894,128,750, showing a decrease of 8213,717.400. On the fourth of March, 1869, the gold interest on the debt amounted - to 8124,255, 350. On the first of June It was 8111,419,993, showing a diminu tion of 812.835,357. While per sons may differ in their views as to bow the finances of the Govern, ment should be managed, all, re -gaidless of political considerations, will rejoice over the. decrease of the national burden, with this ex ception, that they do not relish so much of the reduction as is brought about Jy the imposition of the in come tax. That must not be per petrated in any form. BATHING IX TOE DAD SEA. Bathing in the Dead Hea pro duces as novel a sensation ' as if you found yourself suddenly en dowed with" wings, and emulating the feats of a tumbler pigeon in . mid-air. You become a clumsy float, a top-heavy buoy, a swollen cork, the instant yon are in its waters, and arms, legs and body are apparently endowed with the strangest qualities. It is as if heavy weights were affixed to each -directly you attempt to move, and experienced swimmers fail in their best strokes, by means of the un natural buoyancy with which they have to contend. Your limbs are on the surface, and .you cleave the air with your hands, the moment you try to swim, and the man who would be drowned as soon as he was out of his death in any other sheet of water in the world is the one best fitted for bathing in the Dead Sea. He can not sink in it, let him do what he will. It is as if he were encased in life belts, or sprawling on a feather-bed. If he lean back and throw his feet up, , it is exactly as if he were resting in a peculiarly well -stuffed easy chair, with a leg-rest to match. He may, fold his arms, turn on one : side, lie flat upon hi9 stomach cr , back, clasp his knees with both hands, or draw toes and head to gether, in the shape the human .: body would assume if crammed hastily into a jar with its extrem ities left out, and all with no more possibility of sinking than if he were in so much soft sand. Woe to him if he be tempted by these unusual facilities to stay long in the water with his head uncovered ! The bare and rocky wall9 of the low-lying caldron which holds the Sea of Death reflect back the burn- ' ing sua and concentrate its rays ; and a coup de soleu will be the all but inevitable consequence or his imprudence. Two of our party en tered the water, and remained tn it for some seconds before they, re-covered their heads, and the re sult was severe shooting pains. sickness and dizziness, which last ed until their immersion, aa hour ater, in the refreshing waters of. the Jordan , Woo, too, to the in experienced stranger who, follow ing his rule in other bathing, dips his head as well as his body in the Dead Sea. Inflamed eyes and nos- . trils, together with hair and beard laden with acrid salts, are among , the penalties of his rashness ; while if he taste its waters, he becomes " acquainted with a greater concen tration of nft9tiness than had en- ; tered into his imagination before. In buoyancy and - bitterness the " Sea of Sodom exceeded all we had heard or read respecting it; but in some other particulars our antici pations were falsified surprisingly. Wo looked for gloom, and we found brightness ;? we had ima gined turbid waters, and we found a lake exquisitely clear and deli cately blue ; we expected perfect silence and an unbroken waste,, iiLd we found the birds singing sweetly among the tamarisks and, oleanders, which spring up wher ever a stream finds its way from the mountains to mingle with the mysterious inland sea. Harper's 7: Weekly. , . . : : FUNDING THE DEBT. Mr. Boutwcll'a scheme for fund ing the national debt has not been attended bo far with the success which his friends predicted for it. Holders are naturally averse to excuangifig their national bonds lor those ueaiing a I jwer rate of interest un ii they are compelled to do so. With tne steady appre ciation iu vaiue, however, which the various gold-bearing is&ue9 are experiencing, the prospects for placing " the new five and four and a half per cent, loans steadily improve. The fact that a combi nation of bankers have offered to take the balance of the two hun dred million loan, and that Jthe Secretary ot the Treasury bas suf ficient confldence in his undertak ing to decline the ofler on tech nicalities," clearly implies that this issue will be taken. Meanwhile, he work of reducing the bulk of A Pkrfktual Monument of Fol ly. Still more wanton and ridicu-1 lous was the demolition of the magnificent mansion of M. Thiers. There are no persons living in the : world, except these Republicans, who would have conceived and, carried out a spiteful revenge in so paltry a manner. Even the de sign fails of its accomplishment,, because any future government, no matter what its character, will be found to make good the loss and damage, and those who have done the mischief will have to help in doing so. The books, paint ings, and other works of art and vcrtu will assuredly be restored, and there will be no difficulty in finding another house for Thiers. Although at his age he must have ielt seriously this disturbance of his household goods, yet he takes the matter very philosophi cally. He, in turn, is to take his revenge, and he ha9 already de clared what it shall be. His house has been razed to the ground, and only a heap of rubbish remaias. The land on which it stood cannot be carried away like the library and furniture. He says he will leave everything exactly as he finds it on his return to Paris, and by his will prevent his heirs from ever disturbing it, so that the scene" may continue a perpetual memento ot the disgraceful conduct of the authors of the mischief. This, and: the absence of the well-known Vendome Column, will be enough' to cover the perpetrators of the wanton misdeeds with everlasting shame. , - A disciple of St. Crispin, named Joseph Nichelaa, living in Evans ville, is said to hive fallen heir to a portion of 850,000. Perhaps he has only 'obtained leave to draw." ft.