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The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24

=" Let mo have that diamond nook
lace, these bracelets, this brooch and
these rings. Quick, Degranti I am
in hurry. I only want them for an
hour.
"But doctor, these arc worth mil
lions, and" returned the ieweler
rather Mt n loss what to do.
" Give me pen, ink and paper. Here
How much are they worth ?"
:" at rough calculation, five mil
lions of francs.'
Very we'll here you are Now,
quick, the articles"
madame reached the hotel, and found
albert in the arms of two domestics.
The medical man took charge of the
yelling boy and dismissed the servants.
He drew forth his treasures and placed
them about the boy. It was wonderful
Tho boy danced with glee, clapped his
hands, and gradually became pacificd
He then slowly left the room with down
cast head. The enraptured mother
flung herself into the arms of her savior,
and, with tears in her beautiful eyes,
thanked him from her heart. Then fol-
iO"ot olo lOut5, uellClOuS hlsb, aul CuO
doctor was in the seventh heaven of
happiness Madame excused herself
for moment and left Valpass.
Half all hour elapsed; an hour then
the doctor became lidgety. He ap.
preached the door; it was locked. For
another hour did the doctor remain
quietly in the room; then n suspicion
flashed like lightning across his brain.
He thundered ut the door, the servants
came running up, the door was forced
open, madame's sleeping room visited !;
but 10 tho birds had nown
Two years after Valpass received the
following note:
II thank you for all your kindness.
And more 80 because you wero the vic
tim Kisses are dear, yet the only one
L ever sold brought fair price. It
took us nearly two years to mature our
plans How we'll we had calculated on
all things is manifest by our ultimate
success. My husband, Count Stefrano
Perragi, desires to be remembered to
all his dear friends Mt Copstantinople,
and hopes that this second surprise may
be of some vnlue to them. Your dia-
monds brought mo five million francs
Adieu |"
Thcrc was no signature or date.
And this was the last of the "Dia-
mond Robbery" The thieves were
never captured.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Where, where arc all the birds that sang
hundred years ago2
Tho flowers that all in beauty spraug
A hundred years ago?
The lips that smiled,
The eyes that wild
In flashes shone
Soft eyes upon:
Where, o where are lips and eyes.
The mailcns smiles, the lovers sighs,
That lived SO long ago?
Who peopled all the city streets
hundred years ago?
Who filled the chu, ch with faces meek,
hundred years ago?
The sneering tale
or sister fraiI;
The plot that worked
A brothcr's hurt.
Where, o where are plots and snccra,
Tho poor mans hopes, the rich ma rs fears,
That lived so long ago?
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24

Our rifiemen did not figure to 70
good advantage in the contest for the
all-Irelnnd challenge shield, as in the
international match. In the former
only four of each team were engaged
It seems moro and moro probable that
tho success of our team last Tuesday is
due to the equality OF capacity of the
members. AS "a whole, the team will
be hard to beat, but there arc four or
five Irish marksmen who are fully II Q
cquals Of onr llest. t.-Ne,O YORK. Tribune
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24

The Niagara hackman has once more
como TO the surface. He drove young
couple to clergyman's house. officiated
as chest man" for the bridegroom,
drove the pair back to their hotel, and
then called upon the clergyman to di-
vidO the fec with him.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24
TIMELY TOPICS.

CYRUS FIELD wants the modest sum
of ten million dollars from tho British
government for his Pacific cable, and
the probabilities are that he will got it
sooner or later.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24
Making No Money!.

While the eastern cotton manufactur-
ers are suffering seriously from tho gen
eral depression of business, tho mills
here and at Augusta, Columbus and
other southern points are also feeling
it's Effects to q very noticeable degree.
The Augusta factory, which has been
paying regularly since the war dividends
of twenty por cent, and whose stock
has sold for moro than 5000 per share,
has been compelled to reduce its divi-
dend first to sixteen per cent, then to
twelve per cent, and on Wednesday Of
last week the board could only authorize
n dividend of eight per cent. Its gross
earnings for the past six months are
stated in the report at S56, 900, while its
expense account, taxes, interests. re-
pairs, and dividends amount to $4,000.
1t is true the company has q surplus of
$234 600 invested in new mill, which
really represents the profits made by
the corporation since it has been doing
business, in addition to tho enormous
dividends directly paid to the stockhold.
crs, and it is equally rs true that, with
a capital stock of 5000, 900, the company
has property which is valued at $685.
600. These figures show that the cor
poration is in n prosperous condition,
but they also show that it has not found
much profit in manufacturing during
the past twelve months. Graniteville
factory. which has been paying quar-.
terly dividends of four per cent, has
reduced them to two per cent. This
factory is also in a hourishing condition,
M it's recent reports have shown, but it
cannot pay dividends which it does not
earn. The Langley factory, The young
est of three, but ono which has been
most skillfully and successfully managed
since it commenced operations, takes
the bull by the horns and laconicaliy
announces that mo dividend has been
declared by the Langley Manufacturing
company for the past quarter rs C tton
manufacturing has been unprofitnble.
Nashville U,,ion and 1nsGricaa.
BosToN Brown BREAD --Scald thor
onghly three pints of corn meal, add
half pint of molasses and water or milk
enough to make thin batter; into this
stir quart Of sifted rye meal (not rye
flour in which two teaspoonfuls of
yeast powder have been mixed. add salt,
aud do not havo the dough very stiif.
Put III a pudding pau with tight covor;
sot into kettle of boiling water and
Doll thrco hours, removing tho water
as fast as it wastes and keeping it
constantly at 2l2 deg. If yeast is used 10
raise the bread instead OF yeast powder
or soda and cream tartar, tho dough
must set till it begins to rise. Sour
milk or buttermilk and soda may be
used instead OF yeast. Thus boiled or
steamed, it has no crust, and is most
delicious dish for hungry man.
The Prince of Wales, tired of the
dull routine of English public dinners,
with tho same bills of fare, the mono
tonons tuasts and proiix speeches, in
troduced Rmoking into tho programme.
He set tho fashion ut the last dinner of
tho AGricultnrists, lighting his cigar
almost ns soon as the feasting was over.
Of course, he did not lack following,
4 Il r
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24

The United States has now become
the greatest silver producing country in
the world, taking precedence of even
Mexico, which has heretofore been srp-
posed to furnish two-thirds of the total
supply.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24
BOsTON'S BOY FIEND.

Tho AInnsRchusetts Council Sny Eie hlIst
SwinS-Pnrticulars of Ills Horrible
Atrocities What Came OF NeauinS
DImo NOyclR.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24

A WRITER in Blackwood's Magazine
conclusively calculates that if the pub
lie debt of the civilized world goes on
increasing ut lis present rate, in quar-
tor Of century tho entire revenues of
MI the nations will be insufficient to
paw the interest thereon.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24

TIE San Francisco Chronicle predicts
q heavy Italian immigration into the
United States, and n consequent acces-
sion to the mum per OF organ-grinders
and plaster.cast Ncnders. Hitherto the
Italians have beenNpouring into Uruguay
md tho Argentine Republic. tho Italian
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24

A REMARKABLE SToRY.-A physician
of this city received from brother
physician, i'll neighboring city, q few
days since, human heart, which has
attached to it most remarkable story.
The man from whose body the heart
was taken attempted to commit snicide
by stabbing himself with knife. The
weapon penetrated the heart and cut a
cash entirely through it. Notwith-
standing this the man lived for thirty
days afterwards, aud would probably
have survived for many years had he
not risen from his bed and got on
drunk. While in an intoxicated con.
dition he died. The heart is now in the
museum of tho Georgia medical college.
-IuguSta (Ga) Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
s. Tact in Teaching"
Sunday ct Home.


SUNDAy-sChooL teaching must be con-
Quoted with tact Teaching without tact
is tax. In a scuiptor's studio there are
some ropgh-hewn blocks, others nearer
completion, others with delicate tracery
visible. The marble is the same. It is
the skill, the tact of the sculptor that en-
ables him to bring out the finished work
Finishing Sunday-scholars is different
from carving marbles There is a differ
ence in the work. True tact is the ready
fact Of approaching and doing what is re-
Quired by the circumstances Mind acts
for itself. The impression you make ON
it to-day may be obIitcrated tomorrow.
In your class are several types of mind.
One boy comes from religious home
where his heart has had opportunity to
grow. Another is from the home OF want
and drunkenness. His heart is hard,
and he looks on the world as an enemy
The father of another is a scofcr, and his
mother a religious woman. Another is q
waif with no home at all. Perhaps these
are in the same class. This is all differ
ent from sculpturing marble. Different
treatment is required for each The teach
er who has no tact viii fail.
So in the teaching of the lesson. Pre-
senting the lesson the same way at all
times will produce failure A iudicious
change OF methods IS Of advantage Some
times reading in concert; sometimes clip
tically; sometimes reciting from memory;
in many ways the teacher can exercise
tact III selecting the proper course to pur-
sue. The good tactician thinks, as he is
studying the lesson, how he shall present
its truths to his class.
In questioning, there Is q great call for
the exercise OF tact. The superficial
scholar may ask question like Topsy
asking if the state from which Adam fell
was Old Kentuck" To be able to lead
back the wandering thought requires tact
on the part OF the teacher. A rude boy in
a class BACKED his hand with SCOT from
the Sunday-school stove and wiped it on
the next boys hand. He communicated
it to the rest, and soon all the class had
their hands BACKED. The teacher turned
it into an objectlesson on tho blackness
and contagion OF sin, showing his tact
How shall we get at the heart Of the
child who is looking for the application,
and fearing you will give it to him burn
ing hot? Don't rub against the grain. AS
in planning boards you drive your plane
with the grain, drive judiciously and you
can go over the toughest surface and find
your way to the most unpromising heart
IS. S. Workman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

again to the window-seat. Outside the
woman still waited, and May, her face
shining with joy, pointed to her apron,
carefully gathered in one little hand, anil
tried to lift the heavy window. Then
Mrs. Lee and her friends noticed the mo-
ton with surprise, and the lady called
her child to come to her. g What in the
world are you doing, May?" she asked.
How can | describe the happy little voice
which replied: Diving the poor woman
some Thanksgiving Day, mammal! See!
Mays dot t5'ua9bs for her, 'tause dere was
nosing else to spare, you know, mammal
What a pang of selfreproach entered
that mothers heart as her darling spokel
Because there was nothing else to
sparen And her table loaded with food
beyond their requirements! Dear little
May, blessed little comforter, who
would have given crumbs of comfort if
nothing more to the needy life without!
1t is hardly necessary to tell the result of
it all. But we may be sure the beggar
was allowed to taste of part Of that glad
thanksgiving dinner; nor did she know,
poor woman, how securely locked from
sympathy We're the hearts of those rich,
people until God placed in a little childs
hand the golden key which opened the
iron doors and let the precious trait warm
and glorify that which was cold and hard
before
Mays next Thanksgiving dawned in
heaven. The tiny feet had climbed the
Golden Stair and only the memory of
her thoughtful little heart remained to
assist Mrs. Lee in her care for the poor
Nary d. Brine, IN RasraL Nee YORKER.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
A MOnOsyllable Meditation,

To DO thing well, one needs to know
the worth of deeds large or small. The
end may not prove the aim, but a right
aim is to be sought first, and then the
deed may be left where all mems deeds
must be left, in the hands Of God ( There
are folks who do not ask to know if a thing
be right or wrong, but if it will do some
thing to please the self, which is first in
the thoughts OF bad mind. To put down
this self, the love of Christ is meant to be
at hand for our help. Love and law are
as one. He who loves most what is right
and good and true will prove that law is
the chief friend Of all. 1t may be hard to
see this so long as sin blinds the eyes
But the light of Christ's love drives black
night off, so that with the pure rays of
Gods truth all things NAV be seen TO be as
they are, good or bad Yet as love is life,
we must know that where love is not. the
law of God IS a hard rule, and the heart
turns TO it as if it were foe of peace. Now
the part of the law may be to drive us to
Him who is the end of the law, but the
part of love is to hold us by sweet and
strong ties to the Rock cleft for us. There
we are safe. The rose is fair, for if
draws its life from the sun, which is the
source OF that wealth of tint and shade
which we find in earth and sky; but how
much more do our souls need to draw
from the Great Sun Of our Faith all that
can make them bright and cause them TO
throw back the rays they get from on
high, so that their light may shine clear
and we'll in the ways by which we go to
the house not made with hands. In that
fair home of love and rest no eyes will
be held in the dark, for there will be light
OF not sun or moon, for the Lord God
shall be the light and the joy of those who
dwell by the throne 1t were well, then,
for all who are on this edge of time, by the
shore of a vast sea- to walk with feet shod
with peace, hands full OF trust, eyes set on
the mark, and hearts drawn by great
cord to the long rest; where shall be no
storm, but the full calm for which we
moan and pray, while the waves press and
the winds beat on our weak barks.-E. s.
Porter, ID. d.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
an OLD NAN.

The hour far spent, the harvest in,
He goes serene along his ways,
Blessed with the sunshine that befalls
The Indian summer Of his days.
A dear old man whom all men love,
Who loves al men, and round whose head
AS round the brows of ancient saints,
The silver locks a nimbus shed.
Just as the sun comes sitting through
The violet yapors on the hills,
Building land of promise where
The vista with new glory thrills,
SO shines his smile on all he meets,
A tender after glow and mild;
He sees the other side of life,
And takes it sweetlY as a child.
For genial as the autumn day
That spells us with its soft surprise,
Life seems. to Wait, as waits the year,
Obeying his benignant eyes.
He dreams not of dark unknown
50 close At hand, so chill, so drear,
The ice-cold and snow-coyered grave:
He only sees the sunshine here.
lie lifts his eyes up to the hills
Whence cometh all his help, and stays
TO bless rs with the light that fills
The Indian summer CT his days.
Harriet Prlseott 8poford, in Harpe,''s Bazqr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
TIE. M0IHERs cRADLE-so1G.

SING him cradle-song
Tender and low;
Tell him how Jesus came
Long, long ago;
Came as little one,
Lovely and mild, isH
Gods own eternal Son,
Yet Mary's child.
Long years may come and pass,
And there shall be
Under the churchyard grass
Slumber for thee;
Yet shall thy song live on
Still in his life,
Sweeter when thou art gone
Out of the strife.
Sorrow will come with time,
Faith may grow cold;
Truth, like silver chime,
Calls to the fold;
Calls to the rowing sheep
Ozone far asTayl,
"COme, and thy Lord shall keep
Spoilers away
Say not the words arc weak,
Seorned OF the wise;
Doth not the Mister speak
In ioWly guisc?
He shall thy weakness max sa
Holy and strong,
And thy poor song shall wake
4 sw.etcr song.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

L. I. Scott writes in the Country Gen
tIenr'an: Nearly every winter when | have
my horses upi stable, l think, that will
call the attention of your readers to the
practice of feeding potatoes to their horses.
| once came near losing very valuable
horse from feeding him dry hay and oats
with nothing loosening. / have never be-
lieved in dosing a horse with medicine,
but something is actually necessary to
keep a horse in the right condition.
Many use powders, out potatoes are bet
ter, and safer, and cheaper, if fed Judi
ciously.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
gor noung Readers.
4 6NOW-BIRD's THANKSGIVING.

"GoBBLE, gobble" clear and loud,
Cried a turkey, plump and proud.
Little snow-bird, you're Ounce,
Quit the baTnyard wall az once,
There you are dressed all in brown;
See me strutting up and down,
Wearing this bright coral crown.
How each FURNISHED feather CLEANS
In these mellow autumn beams,
Don't you see, you silly thing,
I'm the barnyard's boast and kings"
eyes, it's plain that yeu are great,
Mines very low estate;
Yet can afford to wait.
Though I'm humble, yet your pride
Win not serve to make me hide
My wee head.
Poor and content,
I'm secure from accident.
So strut away, good turkey-gobbIer;
I'll remain patient hobbIer,
You are not the only bird
Given to manners so absurd"
Alas. alas. for turkey pride!
Winds that swept the valleys wide
Bore the last Departing cry
Of this monarch, vain and high,
Shorn of all his plumage fine.
Hungry folks upon him dine!
And the little snow-bird sings:
All of US cannot be kings
Though I'm sorry for your lot
And your taunts are all forgot,
Welcome winter, cold and murky,
I'm thankful that I'm not turkeyr
George Cooper, ia ". 7. Independe1s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
Your Home.

1OU all love home, l take il for granted !;
that is, if that home is at all IovabIe. Now
what do you do to make that home pleas
ant? Children are too apt to regard the
keeping Of home as duty incumbent
upon their parents, without realizing that
they have as much to do with its formation
almost as the parents themselves.
Home is not perfect without the help Of
every member of the household 1t has
been beautifully likened to harp-if all
the strings are attuned in harmony sweet
melody is the result; but if one is out of
tune it jars harsh discord upon the senses
The parents daty is to furnish a home
where the comforts Of the body are pro
vided; where the mind is educated and
the soul is trained and guided by pure
teachings and holy example The chill
dren's duty is to respond to the efforts of
the parents-to echo, as ii were, the atten-
ton and affection shown them.
Do the wee ones, whose little hands are
too tiny to more than pluck the blossoms
by the wayside, remember that they Can
learn to help keep home tidy by picking
up the little things that will get strewn
about? Whose hands so gentle in sooth-
ing away mammals headache or papa's
troWn as the little one that knows not it's
own strength? The little boy and girl can
do many little tasks deftly-for boys It is
no lessening of dignity to learn to be
handy about the house and help mother
IN her numerous household tasks. The
manifest man | ever knew personally
takes laughing pride in his knowledge of
Homework, gained when he was boy,
the help OF a mother who boosted Of five
boys younger than himself.
Then do not hesitate to engage In the
many duties that await you in the home;
and girls, save your mothers every step
you can. Be light Of heart and quick Of
foot, that your presence may bring real
heart-sunshine into the home circle. Be
true daughters, true sisters, making all
who enter that home-circle love and rely
upon you. Do not be afraid of work, lest
you brown or harden your hands; do not
cast upon your mother a task because
" she can do it quicker" or you are Just
going out for little walk" 1t is she who
needs the respite most; it is you who can
give it to her.
Home is not rose lined paradise,
where all can sit and sing sweet melo
dies, unruffied by cloud of care Home
is place to love in and place to labor
in. The tasty rooms will grow unlovely,
the ornaments will gather dust, and the
myriad duties Of home life will become
distasteful and mon0tonous unless there
is an earnest spirit that gives you courage
to go on, day after day, with these same
unchanging tasks. That courage comes
from higher love than love of seIf-and
when the right love fills the heart the
commonest tasks become glorifed and
invested with beauty we never saw be-
fore
Then remember, girls and boys, to do
your part toward making a home 1t is a
duty that rests upon each one Of you, and
unless you fulfill it conscientiousIy you
will lose many moments Of rapture and
will rob the future Of many pleasant and
joyous memories, as also the conscious
ness of having done right.-Annae Il
White, IN Young Folks Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

The number of pupils attending daily
the San Francisco public schools was,
during the past year, q, OLA. The average
attendance at the private and church
schools was 1904, and 5,27S children went
to no school whatever The cost of main
tanning the public schools was S7O7, AS. SO ;
the total value of the school property of
the city is 50, 367 600. The average annual
salary Of each teacher is S1.O21.13; the
average cost of tuition for each pupil was
S29S2. The total expenditures of the de-
partment since its organizatio in 1852
have been $7,610,O43.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

is altogether the result of our eating the
Thanksgiving turkey and your hanging up
Winny's wish-bone.
Hearth and Home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

Rev. DR.. Storrs, of BROOKLYN, has &C
accepted call from the Old Brick Church
in New York.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-11-23
Notice TO Creditors.

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what are they WORTH" &c. Such are exc.amatioua
by those who the large elegant New Chromos
produced by the European and American chrome
Publishing Co. They Are ali perfect Gems Of ART.
No one can resist the temptation 10 buy when see.
ing the Chromes. Canvassers. ACcnta, aud ladies
and gentlemen out Of employ mcnt will ind this the
best opening ever offered to make mbney. For full
particulars. send stamp for confidential cit cuiss.
Address r. GLEASON 1 CO.. 73s Washington st.,
Boston, Mass.