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Distributing Christmas Presents.

The Christmas tree and the time
honored stocking are the common and
generally satisfactory methods Of dis
tributing Christmas presents, and SO
often have they been celebrated in song
and story that they are likely to retain
foremost place so long as rhymes
stand for reasons and tradition exercises
its influence over the im agination.
Moreover, there is variety even in
Christmas trees. Here is the little one,
set in it's green stand covered with
moss, for the darling only child and
the family tree, covered with hetero-
genous collection of articles, from the
knitted shoes for The baby to the
dress-pattern for the "girl, and the
Christmas-party tree comic, which
grows jumpipg-iacks and tin whistles
and japanese oddities and the Christ
mas-party tree serious, which displays
embroidered handkerchiefs, elegant
slippers, curious sleeve-buttons, aud
even sets of coral and gorgeous brace
let's. Then there is the church Christ
mas tree Tor the poor and the church.
Christmas tree for the children. the
first of which deals in stockings and
comforters, and the latter in cheap dolls
and boxes of candy, varied by books
and oranges, which last must be con-
sidered the most sensible. But though
you can hardly improve upon the idea
of the Christmas tree for persons in
whose hard lives few poetical associa-
tions find a place, yet, socially, we
sometimes want q method TO vary the
monotony and cause surprise. To
effect this, a figure of Santa Claus is
sometimes dressed in the long coat,
great beard, and fur cap, all tufted
with snow (or cotton batting) and in
troduced into the drawing room, pro
vided with huge pack from which he
distributes his gifts.
Another way is to have ship arrive
and unload its cargo, among which is q
package for everybody present. Christ
mas suppers sometimes close with the
introduction of huge bean pie, which
the host mathematics for not making
its appearance before, and laboriously
cutting into it discovers paper parcels
instead of a savory inside.
An amusing method is to have them
come in the form of spiritual "mani-
festations." A curtain is drawn across
one end of the room, the company sit
round in circle, each one provided
with number, and ask the spirits to
favor them with some manifestations.
Mounted on steps inside the curtain
the distributor throws one parcel after
another over its top, so that it Will fall
upon the table with much clatter and
confusion. Each parcel being number
ed and folded in several papers, it takes
time to find the right owner and to-
open, and then they begin to como
"thicker and faster" Not little fun
and mixing.up ensues, immeasurably
where the company are I'M
aware of the purpose of the sitting,
and have sat down for regular Seance.
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Wood Books.

In the museum at Hesse. Cassel, Ger
many, is library made from five hun
dred European trees. The back of each
volume is formed of the bark of tree,
the sides of perfect wood, the top of
young wood, and the bottom of old.
When opened, the book is found to be a
box containing the flower. seed, fruit,
and leaves of the tree, either dried or
initiated in wax. At the Melbourne In
ternational Exhibition of 1866, Colonel
Clamp exhibited specimens of Victoria
wood converted into small boxes Of
book form, according to design
adopted by that gentleman at the Vic
toria Exhibition of 1851, and then sug-
gested by Baron Ferd. Mueller. Moth
ing could be more interesting than a
library (to speak allegorically) of such
imitation books, representing the diff
ferent timbers of various countries
which could be Systematically, or alpha
betically, or geographically arranged.
Australia alone could furnish of such
a collection over thousand volumes.
At the Paris Exhibition of 1867, Russia
showed similar collection of wooden
books cleverly designed, showing the
bark as the back binding, and lettered
with the popular scientific names of the
wood. Each book contained samples of
the leaves and fruit of the trees, and a
section and shaving, or veneer
of the wood. American Educational
MOuthLU.
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shoulders upon the floor. OF course
John was astonished, and when he was
handed thirty feet of "trot line, and
told to tie the medium to a chair in a
sitting posture, and having done SO,
saw the medium arise without rope
about him, he was more astonished, and
this was not allayed when the aforesaid
cord was found in the hall, all of the
windows and doors being fastened. But
the most astounding feat of all is,
that the medium allows man
(any one) to tie him, sew him up in a
bag, seal the bag with sealing wax, put
the bag in box and lock the box Sc
curely, then throwing cloth over the
box, in less than sixty seconds the me-
dium is found sitting on the cover, the
bag, seal. and cord being found inside
intact. This has been accomplished,
and that, too. by young man of good
character, never a Spiritualist, at least
not until thirty days since, and entirely
above and independent of mercenary
motives.
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The Herring Fishery.

The take of herrings on the north
eastern coast of Scotland this season is
set down at SOC, 10000 Most of the
cured fish go to the North German and
Baltic ports, to be consumed by Ger
man peasants and emancipated Russian
serfs. Already 500, 900 barrels have
been shipped to these regular market
places. The Scotch herring fishery is
situated on one of the most dangerous
coasts in the world, as the North Sea is
especially stormy, and there are few
safe harbors along Eastern Scotland.
Yet it is said that, with all the hard
ships and perils the fishermen are com
PEELED to undergo, they are thriving
and happy race, and show an aggregate
of mortality much lower than that OF
many comparatively safe trades, as, for
instance, that of the mason. From the
forty miles of seaboard in Aberdeen
shire, 1900 boats are sent to the fish
cries, 800 of which hail from Fraser
burg alone.
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The Freedman's Bank Swindle.

The reports which have been current
so long regarding the desperate condi-
tion Of the affairs of the bankrupt
Freedman's Savings Bank are more
than confirmed by the report of the
Commissioners appointed to liquidate
them. 1t would have been less cruel to
the depositors had the full truth been
told long ago. 1t has been apparent
during the past six months that there
was no hope for the unfortunate depos-
it0rs, and, Notwithstanding this fact,
the truth has only been partially told at
long intervals, the policy of letting
down easy having prevailed. The ne
groes of the North and South who had
intrusted their little savings to the cor
morants who managed the bank, have
thus been kept in state of alternate
hope and despair, now expecting to re-
ceive their money, and again doomed to
disappointment while all the time 1T
must have been apparent to the Trus-
tees that there was no hope for the VIC
Tins.
The developments made by the Com
missioners show that the main cause
of the collapse of this bank was not
the panic, but the corruptions ana
mismanagement of the bank Off
cials. The assets show that the
President of Washington clubhouse
got sos, 500, secured by law. Howard
University had $4,000, and it is not
very creditable to that uneasy seat OF
learning that the debt was secured by
college property of little value. One
man had 81, 900 secured by the st ock
of bankrupt manufacturing company
in MARYLAND. Some of Jay Cookies
friends got several thousand dollars
without giving any collateral whatever.
District of Columbia officials and con-
tractors obtained loans amounting tosey-
eral hundred thousand dollars upon col
laterals which had no estimable value.
f. A. Dockray, an adventurer, got
sc. 514 out of the hank on a security Of
$4,000 of the bonds of Fremonts
snowy bubble, the Memphis aud E
Paso Railroad Company, which re-
Gently got the latter into trouble in
Paris. Thus the list of assets reads to
the end of the chapter-reckless waste.
corrupt management, and moneys
loaned out without security. The as
sets which we're without collateral were
as good as those with collateral, and
neither were good for anything. The
Liabilities of this bank and it's Southern
branches were almost exclusively to
negroes. Chicago Tribune.
The true northerner., 1875-01-08
Davenport Brothers Beaten.

A Gallipolis correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial writes
In John Montgomery saloon, under
the Dufour House, some pranks have
been performed that put to shame the
Davenports and Hume. Right here L
will remark that John Montgomery was
greatly afflicted last winter with NAL
ady affecting his pecuniary constitution,
and known generally as the crusade.
One morn John opened his saloon, aid
about the time the first red-nosed topper
appeared to take his matutinal dram,
divers and sundry of the mothers and
daughters of Gallipolis appeared and
began to sing "Come to Jesus" which
melody, with sundry others of the same
nature, had wonderful effect in keep
ing Johns bottles on the shelf full and
his pocket-book empty. After about
one months siege, John showed signs
OF capitulation, in that he kneeled reg
ularly at al the prayers and sung with
lusty vigor, Without one plea, except
that Jesus died for me-" etc., which
signs were accepted as repentance, and
John was allowed a breathing spell.
Being a disciple of Horace Greeley,
John thought that the easiest way to
resume was to resume, and so the red
nosed fraternity returned, and Johns
pocket-book waxed fat As said some
time since, Johns saloon has now been
visited by veritable ghosts, spooks, or
spirits, and this has been about the pro-
gramme they played:
The medium, lively chap of this
place, came into the saloon and calling
John aside, said, Put one of your hands
upon my shoulder and with the other
take hold of both my wrists" which
being done, Johns coat calmly and
gently as child slumbers, slid off his
The true northerner., 1875-01-08
BEGIN ANEW.
A CHEEKY Homiy for New-Year's Day.

BY CALEB DUNN.
The Old Year goes the New Year comes
All hail its first-born day!
While Boreas beats on icy drums
His Arctic reveille.
The snow ON many hill lies white,
The merry chimes rims clear
Ring to the Old last goodnight;
Ring, hail to the New-Year!
Ho tired and heart-sore traveler
Hard is the load you bear
You deem it heaviest by far
The aching heart can wear
But thousands. man, have borne II, too
Have borne IL and kept heart,
AZ many thousands more shall do,
Who act the hero's part.
Shake off your griefs, shake OFF your doubt
Begin anew this morn;
Drive all your dark forebodngs out,
And welcome Hope newborn.
The Past is dead the Present lives
The New-Year ia begun;
oh. hail the light that Promise gives
From its new-Iisen sun
Outlines the yoke seems heavier, man,
Because We make II so,
BY losing faith in what we can,
With courage, surely do.
oh, brave il he who ever strives
To wear smiling face!
Who knows that labor honor gives
That sloth is deep disgl ace.
so, while the bells are throwing out
Their welcome to the year
While ring the merry laugh and shout,
Cast OFF your frown and tear.
This is the time for fortitude,
For hope and courage, man,
The hour tenlist among the good,
And try to reach the van.
Start out with Honor for your guest,
With purposes anew,
Determined e'er to strive your best
The New-Year's work 10 do;
Let sorrow pass, let JOY arise,
In effort put your trust,
And learn, by triumph true and wise,
That He is always Just.
The true northerner., 1875-01-08

impre ssed was she that it would provo
her last upon earth, that she actually
made present to one of her friends OF
sum of money wherewith to purchase
mourning. Strange to say, before mid
night arrived, the poor woman was a
cOrDse
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A DREAM FULFmLs IrsELF.-A young

A DREAM FULFILLs ITSELF A young
married woman, residing in North
Peckham, Eng, few months ago,
dreamed that she would die on the hrst
anniversary OF her wedding-day. 10
her husband and her relatives she men
toned her strange dream on several oc-
casions, and it seemed TO prey upon
her mind. At last the dreadful day
came-the 9th OF last month-and so
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Businrss Garos.

E,OsTER 4 BEEBE, Attorneys and Counseors
IT at aw and Solicitors in Cbaucery. Office in
First National Bank Building, up stairs, Decatur,
Mich.
NEWTON FOSTER. W. SCOTT BEEBE.
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+ s. DOwD, General Dealer in Family Groceries,
u Crockery, etc Teas made a specially. Phelps
street, Decatur Mich. 800
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IN DUyNING. ND. Physician and Surgeon,
II. Ofice in l. w Van Fossen's Block, over
Wheaton's Drug Store. Residence on Elm street
Oh door east Of Niles Street l0llt26f
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LAWRENCE DIRECTORY.

Business @ar1s.
II L. & +. n. CHADWICK, dealer in Dry
Il. Goods, Clothing, Millinery Goods, Boots
and Shoes, Groceries, Hats and Caps, Queens
ware, ETC.. Lawrence, Mich.
L. \. CLEyELAND, VI. d., Physician and Sur
II. geon, Lawrence, Mich.
yITILLIAM II. CLAY, Sign and Ornamental
w Painter, Lawrence. N ich. House, Sign,
and Carriage Painting Graning, Papering and
Kalsoming done TO order.
g ROWE. dealer In Drugs, Medicines, Station
-. cry, Groceries. Brushes, Perfumery, etc
Prescriptions carefully prepared, Lawrence
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PAW PAW DIRECTORY.
Business GarSs.

Cl HARRISON. Banker, Paw Paw, Michi-
". gan. will transact n general Banking busl,
nees, receive Deposits subject to sight draft ana
allow interest on special deposits. Coilectlohs
or more years on improved unincumbered Real
Estatp
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E COOK. Teacher of Piano, Organ, Voice
he iound al his residence on Paw Paw Street
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TAXIDERMIST !!

Dealer in
MOUNTED BIRDS, FOREIGN AND Ma
TIVE BIRD SKINS, BIRDS EYES,
GLASS SHADS, ETC.
Birds, Animals and Deers Heads, Stuffed and
Mounted to order in every style.
Ornamental Cases and Cases Of Game Birds
for Sportsmen Speciality.
Orders by mail promptly filed.
linda IS5
and Curiosities wanted in exchange for Birds.
Rooms over ALIENS FURNITURE STORE.
I026 Main Street, PawPaw Mich
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DUNCOMB HOUSE, Decatur, Michigan, w. II.
~ CASoLL, Proprietor.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-11
The Changers and the Railroads.


A WASHINGTON special to the Louisville
Courier-Journal says:
The celebrated Wisconsin railroad or
Granger cases have occupied the attention
of the United States Supreme Court all this
week. These cases arise under what is
known as the Potter law, passed by the
Reform Legislature of Wisconsin, authoriz
ing the appointment of committees, and
vesting power in them as a board of arbi-
tration to regulate the fares and freights of
railroads. The railroads at once banded
together to resist the application Of the law.
In the case which was argued before Chief
Justice Ryan, of Wisconsin, the court de-
cided that the Legislature had the power to
pass the law in question, from which decis-
ion the appeal has been taken to the Su-
preme Court.
The argument was concluded to-day BY
Mr.. E. w. Slaughton and William NJ. Evartf,
of New York. Mr.. Evarts spoke for two
and half hours on the point whether the
clause in the constitution which gave the
right to alter or repeal charters granted to
corporations, gave the Legislature the right
to regulate freights and fares. He aaid
that r. asOnable construction of the clause
would not deny the right to control the cor
poration in its corporate capacity, but
where the Legislature went beyond this
and assumed to trespass upon private rights
by attacking private property, then it ex-
ceeded the power in the constitution.
He held that, if the Legislature has q
right to regulate railroad fares, then ii
would have the same right to regulate the
premiums on insurance, rates of board at
hotels, rates of gas, aud every business
chartered by Legislature.
This case will not be decided until the
latter part of January, inasmuch as the
Iowa case OF the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad is to be argued during the
of the court to hear all the cases involving
the same questions before announcing de.
ciaiOn
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-11
That Democratic Victory.

Does any person believe that Mississippi
was fairly and honestly carried by the
Democrats No sane man can believe it
who considers the previous political condl-
ton of the State Or the circumstances under
which the recent election was conducted.
That they have carried the State is IN
doubtedly true, but that they carried it by
fair or honest means is lie. 1T the election
was quiet and peaceable it was so simply
because the colored voters locked them
selves up in their cabins on election day ard
kept away from the polls. The Democracy
has carried Republican State by delib-
crate system of terrorism. BY means OF
violence, intimidation and murder Repub-
lican majority of more than 10000 has been
overcome, and in it's place We have q
'sweeping Democratic victory" So COM
pletely organized was this scheme of vic
lence that Republicans were afraid u run
for Office, and in many localities there were
no Republican candidates. Where there
were candidates most of the voters We're
afraid to vote. The public can not have
forgotten the repeated massscres Of negroes
perpetrated in different parts of the State
while the registration was gong on. These
have been suppemt nted by anonymous
letters posted up in all the country towns
and at the crossroads, warning the negroes
not to vote. Republican meetings have
been broken up by bodies of armed men,
and Republican speakers have been chased
into the swamps for no other otfense than
the crime of free speech. Colored me- n have
been shot down while peaceably working in
the cotton fields, and have been aylaid
and hung in sequsstered places by the
roadside. They have been hunted like
squirrels and murdered like dogs. The
Democratic White Leaguers have waved
the bloody shirt with such effect as to keep
about 10000 Republicans from the polls.
The very thing has taken place which Sen
ator MOI ton predicted years ago, and for
which he waD vilihed and abused by the
Democratic and independent press" The
rebel element OF. the Democratic party has
asserted ITSELF and the principle Of univer-
sal suffrage has been trampled in the dust.
Mississippi has been carried for the Democ-
racy in the same way that other Southern
States have been carried before and will be
hereafter-by systematic murder and in
timidation. While the bloody work is be-
ing done and the machinery Of violence put
in operation at the South, the Northern
allies of the White Leaguers-Democrats
dougbfaces and gushers-laugh and joke
about the 'blo0dy shirt" and do all in their
power to distract the public mind until the
purpose of their Southern colleagues shall
be contaminated. The essence OF the Dem
Ocratic victory in Mississippi is a gross out
rage on uniSersal sutfrage-an open viola
ton of law, and burlesque upon free
Observation-Disclosures journal.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-11

tTATE TAX CoLLHCToRs OFFICE,
No. 20l Canal street. )
New Orleans November H. 1875
DY VIRTUE OF The PoWkRIy ME VESTED BY
ID the act of the Legislature of this State No. AZ
OF 1873, approved March IA, 1873 will proceed to
sell at public auction, at my office, No. 20l Canal
street. in the said Second District of this city on
WEDNESDAY, November "a 1875, at twelve o clock
NJ, the following described property, to wit
!. CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, in square No.
1854, bounded by St Philip, Ursulines, Broad, White
and Bellechasse streets, fronting on St. Philip
street, measuring l24 by 100 feet.
2. A CERTAIN LOT c'F GROUND in square No.
267, bounded by st Ann, Dumaine, johnson aud
Galvez streets, fronting on ST. Ann street,
5. A CERTAIN Lot OF GRoUnND. in square No.
l19, bounded by st. AnD, Dumaine. Robertson and
Where streets. fronting on St. Ann street, meas.
uring 80 by 100 feet.
Together with all the improvements and ap.
performances thereunto belonging
Said property having been seized by me to satisfy
privilege and claim due the State of Louisiana for
ing to siXty-nine dollars and sixty cents to-
gether with all costs, penalties and charges.
At said sale the property will not be adjudicstsd
unless the bid s for sufficient amount & satisfy
the aforesaid claim, and also the unpaid taxes
upon said property for the years 1872 aud 1859
together with the penalties thereon, and all costs
and charges which may have accrued.
The pure aser at this sale 10 entitled to be put
in immediate possession.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
B. =. JOuBERT
State Tax Collector, Second District, City OF New
Orleans. noll 10 10 "a
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SHERIFFS SALES.
The City OF New Orleans VS.. Lorenz,
Carlo.

Carlo.
CUPERloR DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH
~ of Orleans, No. 1882 BY virtue of writ of
heri facias to me directed by the honorable the
Superior District Court for the parish of Orleans in
inc above entitled cause, for city taxes of 1914,
will proceed to sell at public auction Mt the Mcr-
chants and Auctioneers' Exchange ROYAL street
between Canal and Customhousc streets. in the
Second District of this city, on WEDNESDAY, De
cember 1875, at twelve O'Clock NJ, the following
Two GhH1AlN LOTS OF GROUND, situated in
the sixth District OF this city In souars humber
eighty Two aud haf bonnde by Tchoupitoulas
Marshal Ses, Front and B'rdeaux streets desg
mated as lots numbers Nv, and SIX. ineasurii g
hfty-six te.t on lchoupltnu'a street, by ons hun
cred and ti,ty lee, in depth.
klGHr CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, situat d
in the SIKH District OF this city, in su,a 10 number
ons hundred ami 1orty nne, bounded by Laurel
Lyon, Bordeaux and Jersey ttreets designated
iuHO"t; Lot number ten measuring thirty teet
laurel street, by one hundred feet in depth; lots
numbers eleven and twelve measuring sixty feet
on Laurel stree by one hundred te. in ieut!t;
lots numbers thirteen to seventeen measuring one
hundred Ml Jhi.v feet on Laurel stree by one
FIVE CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, situated in
the SIKH district of this city. in tquare number
enc hundred and seventy one, founded by Laurel,
Valenee, Constance AID Brrdeaux streets c. sig
mated ~ fol ows: Lot number fifteen measuring
thirty feet on Laurel street. BY one hundred and
fiy'sx feet in depth; lots numbers seventeen TO
twenty me suing one hGnlred and four feet ON
aurel street, BY one hundred and twenty feet in
depth.
in the sixth District of this city IN square uum.
Der one hundred and eighty five. bounded bG Val
mont, L.ontine, COnstapca and Laurel streets,
designate ed as idrs numbers ten eleven and twelve
measuring eighty.one feet on valmont street, ny
one hundred and thirfy-.pht feet in depth
CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, situated in The
sixth District of this city, Ill square numner two
huhtred aud nine'yhree bomnded by Plaque
mine. Chestnut, Valenc. and Bordeaux streets,
designated as lot number twelve. measuring
twenty-five feet six inches Oh PlalGemiEe street,
by one huulred fee in ceptt.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms Cash Oh the spot.
EUGENE WAGGAMAN.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-11
Horrible, If True.

The Middlsport (Ohio) Ne,cs tells q bor-
rible story of Jackson county, West Vir.
Rinia. There was 'house raising" aud
the neighbors were invited to help. The
heads were chopped of Of sundry chickens
in the morning to furnish the feast. Billy
and Tommy. two little sons of the house
owner. Witnessed the guillotining OF chick
ems. Daring the day Billy and Tommy, ct
their play, thought they would enact the
chicken slaughter. Tommy laid his neck
across . log, and Billy stood over him with
. lifted br0adaxe. Their father, high up In
the building. saw them. He had hold Of
one end of heavy piece of timber, lifting
it to its place to be adjusted. He loosed his
hold. The log fell, killing six men. Tbs
AZ fell, QUITTING Tommy's head of. Tommy
Topped around like . chicken for = while,
and then became little angel. Parents
should MAYER let their children ~ them
n ,.tl shicke9s unlsss ny AZ fot& Of
80. fsal sl..1er ON those boys, Ibut
tAsesRs moral in 1t.