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The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24
The Khe dives Halfway Munifcence.

The Fitch Sherman diamonds still
remain under lock and key in the vaults
Of tho New York custcm-house. It
may seem little odd, but it is neverthe-
loss true that the necklace has never
been{appraised by the officials. Nor
do the owners evince any great curiosity
to ascertain its real value. This is per-
haps attributable to discretion, says the
Wor13, and calls to mind the famous
Portuguese rough diamond exhibited
in the palace Mt Lisbon. This diamond,
though it is as large as n hens egg and
weighs over eight hundred carats, has
neverebeen subjected to the tests OF
cutting and polishing, simply because
there is donbt about it. For there arc
experts in the trade who pronounce it
to DO merely very fine piece Of chrys-
olite. Half the charm of the Khe-
dives present would vanish if this eel
cbrated necklace were tested by the
appraisers art. The jewelers. Circu
lar for March gives au excellent draw
ing of, the necklace, and says Of it !:
"The estimates Of the value of these
jewels have been exaggerations beyond
NIL precedent, aud $40, 600 really repre-
sents the most liberal valuation that
can be put upon them, the number and
SIZE VI TIC ulaHloutlS ate 81 CouuLcI-
balanced by their of: color" The Khe
dive has probably never seen the neck
lace and he would hardly be pleased
to learn that those who were intrustPd
with the order in Paris had an eye to
quantity rather than to quality in max
ing the purchase. This ornament con-
tains, it is said, about seven hundred
and seventy brilIiauts OF all sizes, from
Il seven or eight carat stone to some as
small rs one-twetth of carat. The
aggregate weight Of the diamonds is Mt
least 300 carats; but the quality is what
is known rs Cape Bywatcr--a quality
Of diamonds technically described as
being of "otl:color," and they are we'll
paid for, at 500 per carat, cost Of set
ting ani all included. The duty ut 25
per cent. on the jewels would at the
utmost only be $4,000.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24

more glorious and life more full of
pleasure. had they been given their full,
free outlet, are hemmed in to fulfill
mean uses or are atrophied altogether,
starved out of existence for want of
nourishment. It seems to point to the
need Of some more perfect organization
of society than any we have attained !;
but perhaps this, too, is among the
many Utopian dreams with whioh We
bewail the present, and imagine bet
ter future, when power shall have it's
work. faculty it's object, and merit its
place and reward"
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24
The Great Work.

A telegram from Nevada says the
Sntro tunnel. which has reached a
length of 5000 feet, has approached
within one hundred feet of shaft No. 9,
which is filled with water to depth of
eight hundred and seventy-five feet.
From this point n diamond drill has
been started, successfully tapping this
great column of water, which it was
feared might drown every man in the
tunnel before it could have been possi-
BILE to escape. The workmen can now
approach within twenty five feet OF the
column, when great number Of holes
will be bored to let the water off alto.
gether. AS an additional means of
safety, n bulkhead, suggested by an
officer of the United States engineer
corps, is constructed, with tunnel of
sufficient strength to Withstand press.
ure of 2. 900 tons, with self-shutting
gate only sufficiently large to allow
cars to pass. which gate the approach
ing rush of water closes, giving the
workmen time to escape in the event of
sudden flood The amount of water
flowing from the tunnel will be in
creased to about one hundred miners
inches. The connection with shaft No.
2 will insure good ventilation The
tunucl at this point enters the mineral
belt in which the COmstock lode is
situated.
---'rnn great Bessemer steamship,
which was TO abolish the horrors of the
EhGlsh Channel. has been tried and ia
only partial success. The ship steamed
from HILL to- Gravesend in gale of
wind aud proved MI excellent seaboat
and fast Hpr two fo,I1ta amman RI Go
an excess of draught and the unstead-
mess of her movable saloon. Tho form
er is partly accounted for by an extra
supply of coal, and may be got rid of
in one way or another --must be got
rid of before she can enter Calais on an
ordinary tide. AS to the saloon it ap-
pears that the machinery intended to
control it. and to neutrnlize so fnr as
it itisconcerned, the movement of the ship
is in some way defective. The saloon
can DO handled with case, bnt cannot
be kept still in other words, shares
the motion of the ship. These facts
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24
Boys and Farming.

Farmers sons upon arriving at q GER
tain age often become dissatisfied with
their vocation. In New England the
ajority of the boys leave the farm at
the age of eighteen or twenty. Why is.
this? Perhaps the most potent reason
is aversion to hard work or q mistaken
idea of its ignominy. One reason why
boys leave the farm in the west lies in
the fact that SO many farms are 80 iso-
lated that neighbors are few and far
between. The boy who tolls day after
day in the field mipglea very little in
society. He longs for associates and
neighborly influences.
Many farmers are so absorbed in
work and profit as to care very little for
outward appearances. Iwill illustrate
Gaze 1t was a riokety.looking place;
the buildings had been long out of re-
pair. The barn and it's accompani-
ments were close by the house. A big
hay. stack occupied prominent posi-
ton, with which the winds aud unruly
members Of the barn. yard had raised
sad havoc. Near by was the hog-pen,
whose aroma was anything but pleasant
to the sense. The intervening ground
was scattered profusely with old logs,
carts and wagons. What wonder is it
that the boy gets tired OF such slovenly
farming as that, and that the familiar
scenes of home are not attractive?
AS he grows up into manhood he re-
solves to get into some genteel business.
Farming will do very we'll for the old
folks /; but I've had enough of it Ill
60 to the city and seek my fortune"
He sees the we'll dressed clerk at the
counter. Visions of wealth fill his
mind as he views the stately columns
that industry has founded. "I'll be a
merchant p he says to himself. A stu
alton is secured with salary of two or
three hundred dollars year he NAV
in time be promoted but his chances
of succ as are small. Where one mer
chant succeeds, thirty become bank
rupts.
BOYS, keep out of the city it is over
crowded already. Seek employment
elsewhere. Farmers, beautify your
homes strive to make them so attract
i've that your boys will be reluctant to
leave. Provide a library for your fam
lily, and teach the boys to farm by the
ory as we'll as by practice Don't COM
plain of hard times and the uncertainty
OF crops, but tell them OF the nobility
of agriculture az n life.calling, it's indie.
pendence over all other employments,
and without which no branch of indus
try could flourish. Rise up. then, ye
sturdy SONS of the soil. "Buckle on
thine armor," and cause the barren
waste to glow with fruitfulness. Un-
ole Ned in Western Rural.
"A Scotch maiden, upon her lover
remarking, 81 think I'll marry thee,
lana - ranliad rrnnld ha ra,,oGl lo
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24

arc gathered form letter written to
the London Times by Lord Henry Len
nox, who came in tho ship, and who ex-
plains that the present trouble arises
partly from some wrong arrangement
Of the levers and partly from the mex
pcrience of the man who works them.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24

"A large, heavy-set man who resided
near Indianapolis died recently from
disorder which no Indian doctor could
make ont. at the time of his death he
was little moro than skeleton, his
flesh having wasted away. A post NOR
tenn examination showed that his liver
was full of abscesses, 80 that mis- food
had not been properly absorbed, and
that he had actually starved to death.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24

The greatest depth of the grand can
yon of the Yellowstone is hut / GOO
feet, and the average for miles along
the deepest part is rot over 600 feet.
Clear Creek canyon, in Colorado, which
Grace Greenwood, Bayard Taylor, and
other trnve lers have praised as rivaliug
the Yellowstone, is but little over / 600
feet at its highest point. Prof. Gaonet
declares hat there is nothing in Amer
jca that equals the CIV wonders of the
Grand and Gnnnison. The white walls.
contrasting strongly with the others in
the neighborho od, in many places cut
and scared into curious and fantastic
shapes, spires, towers and ninarets.
standing out above, add to the startling
plcturesqueness and awful grandeur
Of tho scene. Here and there, along
the lower sides of tho canyon, may be
traced strips of coloring.
This is due to the mingling waters
from several springs that line the river
banks, iron aprin. producing the red
colors, and sulphur springs tho yellow.
The river bed is shallow, and the wa
ter clear. DR.. ILayden.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24
J'hc Past Winter.

Increased Death Rntc III Europe and
americn-Old Cnnsumptivcs swept on
and New oncs Made.
The past winter has been phenomc-
nal one, and such q one ns the best in
formed mcteorologists do not expect to
see again for twenty years.
Everywhere, from Shreveport, La,
to Stockholm, in northern Europe, Il
sudden increase in the death rate marks
tho continuance, and follows in the
wake Of the winter Of 1915. DIR.
Elisha Harria, registrar of vital statis-
tics fer this city, in speaking of the
past winter, both in this and other cities
from which he receives weekly returns
OF deaths, said "The mortality has
been fearful in every section on account
OF the greet chauges from the normal
state of the weather. The only winter
which ut all compares with it is that OF
- 1896 & The p 1st SEASON has been es-
pecially Eeavy in deaths from pneumo-
MIA and other pulmonary diseases. The
: weatJ1er has been Very cold, and also
saturated with moisture at all times.
While the thermometer did not indicate
any specially low temperature, the skin
and mucous membranes of the lungs,
thront and other passages suffered on
account Of the humidity Of the atn,os-
phere. In our own city the total per
cantage of deaths will be from 10 to IS
per cent. additional, and in the specia!
classes of disases most fatal the ratio
has been doubled. Fever cases have
been very rare. Typhoid has been al
most matter OF chaucc Iu diphth eria
the MOI tality has as ssnmed thevirulence
of III epidemic. Our reports from Ed.
inburgh, Glasgow, London, liverpool,
Dublin, Vienna, and Hamburg, ali
show that this particular class Of dis
ease has been specially fatal there
Paris hos been more fortunate owing to
the admirable sanitary regulations in
force there, The greatest percentage
of fatal eases ontside Of those of chill
dren are of persons over sixty years of
age and those who have been hard
drinkers 1 do not mean druukaris
alone, but those who have beea in the
habit of taking strong liquors, aud they
are not poor people alone. In hese
persons the mucous membrane of the
throat Is weakened and canmot resist
the double assault OF q cold atmosphere
heavily laden with moisture. The eff
fects of this winter have not stopped
yet by any means. I should estimate
that about as many rs have already
succumbed will dat. their death sick
ness from colds contracted during the
recent cold spell. For the next fifteen
years consumption will carry off persons
whose lungs first showed tho germs of
tnhercular deposits this past winter.
That IL serious side Of the question,
and physiciona arc carefnlly considering
now what should be- done, and how to
take precautions against these Sc qucnces
OF tho cold. Pcoplc who have colds
should get rid OF them MS speedily ns
possible, by breathing pure, dry air
and getting their whole system in
sound health. ~ y World.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24

The average masculine stomach in
this country Graves liquor, aud society
must be revolutionized before better
Htate OF things can exist. --.Rnte glFIold.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-24

"A Scotch maiden, upon her lover
remarking, 81 think I'll marry thee.
Jane" replied 81 would be muckle
obleeged to ye ii ye would"
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s!esteb 5}iiseeIIanp.
ONESUMMER ATsARATOGA


Il drnI know AIRY more mhat 10 d. with
IN sell, NatA, than IA lobster lust rat or rn
boil! !"
IntS elegant remark from SYLVIA West =.
she came into tier INJURED sister, room =,
tlt CIarueian atii ti.r-, herself d.ry,, -,
tat. tartl ray ,iI>,.oos. lately
! a.I. ar.rye came .r4 i,,t ~ maxi.
+. ruy ~ ,,,sr',. n,h,iv shaw. -. ,,.
least attention: when nor aL,,,, wi,h ,ou
all he Clarrndo.ite> cut me dead |
an tred of sittrng out en- that ,n,r,
senrcj ir,g. cro~,.c.l bn!cuny,nni uakiny jour,
uey> % tfe ton # tb.. home. whore rh.y
have -iv,n m,. "a seven ll .n,ne t.om, vh.,.
| stand ~ tn. litrIr rpIl h4t,,se, INV ,,y.,
'f"'NN' ''d mop 'h "a" preparation, and
u'es> thrte tunes a Iay, Gins ailarity musi
soon cease, however. ns have not dresses
enough 70 '">t,) ani look cut Of the win
80" It NY cheerful we" OF tie CathUhc
C"ufch ana graveyard.
"he" crowded IN with yon and Ned ani
'"e c"idren' ana everybody looks ut me,
d 'hrF kne" had been a poor book
agent and c"Fyi't all my life, which
nave ana "ere nearly thirty, which | am.
l can TAX "at1Fing'piacf talk; all know
Is my books, and hnus' work; | nm tired
O. h' ar'nS those girls talk over the fashions
an ter beaux, aud that ho.rid, ed'f.t ed
H.. 80 '7
o''a" "p
''''' s"1h- ""odtP' a"Sn>'n> Sutherland.
7 "An"'i er vacation, II take the money
spent tor extras to come nere, and 20 o"'
TO Aunt James IN the country and stay
'"0'e'
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Art Education in GERMANY.

An annual sum of 10000
thalers has, The Advertiser
says, been granted by the Ger
man Govt. for the carrying
out of the proposed project of
having plaster casts taken Of all
the most important monuments
Of architecture and sculpture in
Italy, The italian Government
have given permission for this
work under certain conditions,
one being that a copy Of every
one of the works reproduced
should be given toward the
formation of a museum Of casts
in Italy. Certainly Germany is
doing her utmost at the present
time to promote the art educa-
cation of her people, and spares
no expense in the acquisition of
works of art. According to the
report lately published Of the
Commissioners of the Berlin
Museums, the Berlin Gallery
alone has been enriched during
the past three years by the adj
dition Of 220 pictures, 73 works
Of sculpture, 1865 engravipgs
and drawings, 2o,S0o coins and
metals, so Egyptian antiquities,
and other additions in various
departments, d making in the
whole total Of 44,337 works
In three years.
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On the OkiaMaha hy Night

Il: was now night, and the steamer bad
stopped. The great trees lowered above
on each side, no longer distinct, but walls
of darkness, ike the sides OF ell to the
little earth grub that has fallen in and vain
ly looks aloft, clinging to his bit of twig as
he floats. No one spoke: We sat in silence,
awed by the darkness and the wild forest,
which seemed all the more wild because we
cocld not see it, Suddenly fared out q red
light from above, and, as if by magic, the
woods grew red, anG showed us their vistas
and glimmering pools again. Birds cried
from their near nests and few past our
faces; the steamer started on, carrying the
magic with her. Pitcb-pin fires had been
started in breziers on the top Of the boat
TO light the way, and, tended by negro
boy, they burned brilliantly all night, send
ing red glow over the dark waters ahead,
showing the sudden turns, the narrow
passes, the bent trees, and lonely little
larding, where we left barrel for solemn
old mule which came down and inspected
us as the steamer ran her bow on shore
the ordinary way of landing on tie Oala-
waha.
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gifi of Cody are often sources Of great
pleasure, as Sylvia felt, when one Septem'
Der morning, just before they left the
Springs, servant left package for her
with this suggestive note:
You gave my child dress once:will you
allow me to return the compliments?
Your grateful, ARTHUR WoRDNEY.
"taen he did notice the dress after ALL
tfit isn't an elegant white corded silk and
| look so wei, in white, it shall be nv wedd-
ing dress. | will have it looped with pale
pink buds and white tulle, and don't you
think, Maria, | will look almost pretty in
1t, with cluster spray from Fronde's in
my hair? EMMA NORTH.
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Trinity Chimes.

Trinity chimes are, perhaps next to those
CT Christ Church, Philadelphia, the Oldest
IN This country. But, strange to say, ali
most nothing is known Of their history.
Even Mr.. Aylifie, the accomplished carlton.
near, who has rung the changes on them
Tor nearly twenty years, can tell but little
about them. The church wardens and
rector Of Trinity parish confess to almost
total ignorance on tie subject. From va
rious sources, added to the inscriptions on
! the bells, have learned thut five of the
bells were east in London by Mears prior
to 1915 A. the second Trinity Church
was built with a handsome steeple in 1888,
1t Is more than probable that ut least one
of the bells came over from England about
that time. ct any rate, when, in 1915, the
church edifca was taken down to make way
for the present beautiful structure, there
were SIX old bells in the steepe The
largest of these was cracked, and so it was
sent to Meneely, in Troy, to be recast, and
at the same time four more we're ordered
to complete the chime. The largest bell
weighs 3OSl pounds, the smalles. 100. The
ten bells have an aggregate weight of about
$4,000 pounds. hey are hung in q frame.
work Of wood 50 heavy as to deaden the
sound to great extent; and The vestry are
n0W dehberat!ng as to the necessity to hay-
| ing them romOunted and rehung. As they
are somewhat out of tune, owing to the
constant striking Of tie claprers in one
place, it will be found necessary. hkau.isa
-~z---g------F--- .--,aa.-i if that be
possible. The tell-chamter is not, as
many suppose, near the top Of the stecpIe
1t il rather nearer the bottom. The bells
hang very near the rough floor, and all the
machinery for ,ingsng is rude and primitive
compared wlta that Of Grace or ST. Ii omas
Church
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President Kirkland. OF Harvard.

President Kirkland was personally great
favorite with his students, and was man
of good deal of dry wit. The famous old
tavern on Harvard Square, now the horse,
car Office. was in his day great resort of
ssudeLts, whose favorte beverage was "Aip"
3 paltt bic drink, made more grateful By
being stirred with red hot poker Once
Kirkland repaired to this tavern and
sclemnly called for mug Of the beverage,
which be drank in silence. Setting down
the mug, he remarked to the publican, al
understand the students come here good
deal to drink flip" eyes, Sir" Was the
frank reply. well" said Kirkland, l
should think they would, and walked away.
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Al
ia ." ''-' 0'i ''ii' y ''ie We" Il '''' nun
;,
p'eueess'rs All
Have | kindly treated aud one
By nv friend NJ | would be dore BIZ,
As now in death | see hiln-lie?
Commencing very near ut home.
Republicans begin to squirm,
li,lt
fTharL LaI brtter far rem lined out of s;,b,
In the course of their ni,tr,,;o,
J would say to those e 'er close this strain }.
"ho from various motives with them
Ia other word :, who are now en- the nee.
advise You now and from this time hence.
Tumble over as socn as yon can.
F,,r 10 ,h;,l .,..,, o,o-,io,, s, en-
tbrough
And !, nv mimic, ,e,vea, and ,or
"'' ~ '''Ni'S i'' "''E'"iLs ~
cc-....,
-, '''s
-.
:" 7''''
At 'Hs very mention ol "hy'nlhS "hie.
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A SENSATION has been created by a
Methodist ''blshop," DR.. Haven. 49,. Our
first acquaintance with him was on the oc'
casion of his delivery, some years since, OF
a sermon on "miscegenaticn"-i. e., the
intermarriace of white people with negroes.
He strongly advocated that measure, not
only on physiological, but on high moral
and Methodistic grounds, and handled tie
discussion with loving familiarity irhysi'
ology and all) which gave MS hearers and
readers the satisfaction of feeling tia! he
had Thoroughly mastered Ito subject.
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A BIG BONANZA.
An important Discovery In the N q n
IpIIa ton OfNctals-ExcitIme
Among the Miners

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. %. - The
miners Of the coast have almost gone
crazy over the recent discovery Of a sim
pie means Of reducing refractory ores.
The discoYerer is young man from
Albany, n Y. He has been at the
Occidental one week, and up to the
moment of his departure this afternoon
his apartments have been crowded with
mine owners and capitalists, who have
made him a multitude of propositions,
but he only listens. L have conversed
with dozens Of mining property holders
and assayers, and the universal answer
is, He has got it. This discovery, it
is said, viii make complete revolution
in mines and mining stocks, and the
great mass Of ores on the Pacific coast
/ that cannot now be worked by the pres
ent expensive milling process viii be
mastered by the Fryer process at an ez-
tsaordinary small expense. The discoy-
cry is greater than a dozen CONS ock
boRanzas. Swansea and Freiberg will
unquestionably lose their great trade in
American ores.
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WONDERFUL Memories.


memory so prodigious that he
could name every officer and
soldier in his armies: and that
Luclous Scipio knew every
Romrn citizens by name when
that city contained more than
two hundred thousand capable
Of bearing arm. Seneca speaks
of friend, Pontus Latro, who
could repeat verbatim all the
speeches he heard declined by
the Roman orators. It is said
that Joseph Scaliger committed
to memory both the Iliad and
the Odyssey in twenty one days
Sir William Hamilton tells us of
a young Corsican of good family
who had gone to Podua to study
civil law, in which soon dis
tinguished himself. "fIe was a
frequent visitor at the house and
gardens of Muretus, who hav-
heard that he possessed a re
markable art or faculty of
memory, though incredulous in
regard to reports, took occasion
to request from him a specimen
of his power, He at once
agreed, and, having adjourned
with a considerable party of
distinguished auditors into
saloon, Muretus began to die
tate words, Latin, Greek, bar
barous, significant and non
significant, disjolnted and connec-
ted until he wearied himself,t
young man wrote them down
and the audience who were pres
ent-'we were ALL" he says,
marvelously tired" The Cors-
lean alone was the one Of the
whole company alert and fresh,
and continually desired Muretus
for more words, who declared
he would be more than satisfied
if he could repeat the half of
.nhaAl.~--L-I- I-A-I-~.--l~-.n and |
at length lie ceased The young
man, with his gaze fixed upon
the ground, stood erect for a
brief season; and then says Muir
etus, "Vidifacinus mirifcissimum
Having begun to speak, he |
absolutely repeated the whole
in the same order in which they |
had been delivered, without the
slightest hesitation; then, COM
from the last he repea-
ted them backward till he came
to the first. Then again, SO
that he spoke the third, the fifth
and so on; did this in any ord
er that he was asked, and all
without the smallest error.
subsequently become
familiarly acquainted with him
| have had other and freqnent ex
perience Of his power. He
assured me(and he had nothing
Of the boaster in him)that he
could recite in the manner |
have mentioned to the amount
of $4,000 words. And what is
more wonderful, they all 80 adj
hered to the mind that after a
years interval he could repeat
them without trouble. | know,
from having tried him, he
could do so after considerable