The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-17
NUMBER ~.
FACTS AND FANCIES.


two years, says she, che was lieutcn
ant in the horse marines, after which he
was promoted to tho cnptaiucy of n reg
ular squad of sap-heads and miners"
Out Of 29G, 600 of the last lew of
conscripts III france 1000 have been
declared exempted from both active and
passive duties in the military line. r.
looks bad when SO many men ara not
even tic to be food for gunpowd.r.
though the fact should be considered az
Il good sign i'll behalf of peace.
Only two hundred years ago tho old
moss back who was governor of Virginia
got up and eaid 81 thank God thai
we have no FREQ schools nor PRINTING.
presses, and hope VIC shall not have
any Tor hundred y,:trs; fur lrurnne
has brought disolr,iirncc and h,rray
and Sccis into the world, aud printing
has divulccd 'li"m AMI lboicd govern
ElcntS God keep us from both y
1t Is well TINT parent should know
hn pccnlinrity Of the pulse of each
child. Tic pulse OF healthy adult
beats scvrnty times i'll Il minute, though
good health mny he enjoyed with fewer
pulsation*. Gut if tho pulse always
exceed" seventy, it Indicates disease, tho
human machine il working itself ont
thcro is fnvcr or inflammation some.
where, AMI the body is feeding on itself.
The college orator is now abroad liz
tho land. His voico is heard from tho
four quarters of the earth, telling of
the efforts be has mado for distinction
i'll the past, and his hopes and sspirn-
tions for the future. He il saneuine-
far moro snngninc, tllan he will DO IL
few years hence, when no shull have
encountered and boon con 1uercd by
some Of the stern rcnlitirso of life. Thns
TAR his education has been only theorct.
zeal i'll the future it will be practical.
whether the former shall fit tho sub
Iects for the latter, tho future alone can
determine.
If man waits to go anywhere iii
''rlei slnco Of tImo ho Must walk fast,
but ne loses his popularity in proper
ton to bis rapidity. Balzac, who
seems to have thought it worth while to
notice this contemptible fact, savs.
/" Violent gesture or quick movement
inspires involuntary disrespect. One
looks for II moment mt cascade, but
ono sits for ours lost in thought aud
gazing npon tho still waters of lake.
:, deliberate gut, gentle manners and
&GIrn.Gtll0Ms. tone Of .yoice of which may
lmmcnec nj yantnge over those vastly
superior to him."
ALI good men should live in Arch
angel all angry men in Ireland: all
in kildare oil circus men in
MI brokers in Stockholm all
cold men i'll Chill all gcometricinns in
Cubn ; all fools i'll Folly Island NIL
hortirnl'urists in Botany Bay all wagR
III tue BAY of Fundy; all pcrfumcrs in
Aluscat or Cologne all brewers in
Malta nil glnttons in Turkey;
NIL bcggars in Hungary; oil laconio
men in Lac cDnia; all mourncrs III Siberia
II Wakes; all confcctionerB in Gambia;
al! g :i:':l;. iii the Crjmrn; nll oil spec
iil;ir,D J. t;rc zee; /; ull gamblers in the
FaEtG 'c:-'!is; all stumblers III Tripoli;
I'LL cuTiG,H men in Pckin; all shoe
nlakurs i'll Gouinn al soldiers in Arme-
nin or Warsaw,
"A Brussels paper gives n painful
Of The OK Empress Charlotte Of
Mexico. Her physical condition is good,
bat her mental condition iY hupulcss.
She lives in constant communication
with imaginary heng:s, and ais!i!.es the
prrsrrcc Of any living person. She
speaks only when obliged 10 do so, and
gives orders to her attendants, in writ
ing. She dresses herself without per-
m:ti!!!g nss.st:.nca, takes q fixed walk in
ihc park every morning when fine, fire.
qunntly plays on the piano forte, and
sometimes draws and paints with de-
c;dch taste. She recognizes no visitors,
not ever her brother, King Leopold or
the queen. The latter always accom-
panied the physician on his monthly
visit, When, in reply to his inquiries as
to her health, the empress coldly says
she is we'll, ald Immediately rotires.
She has become stOuter, and shows
tendency to c.prpulrncy, Int ut present
it Is stated ii,ni tina ina only incranse,l
her beauty. 0hirh is now truly striking.
1t has been Justly said that tho
greatest discovery of our lives is that
il,o wocid is not 30 bad rs, in the first
appointment Of youths extravagnnt
expectations, we arc disposed to regurd
it. Tie pnssngo from boyhood to mau-
hood is lover the bridge Of sighs :" and
our first cXpnr fences of life az il is,
resemble the flavor Of the forbidden
apple VIZ arc enlightened and misera-
bic. Gladly would We command the
secret nf feeling ns We once did !; but,
alas, every day takes from rs some
happy error some charming illusion
never TO return. We ARE reasoned or
ridicnlod ont of MI our iocund mistaken,
till we arc Just wise enough to be miscr
ablo, and we excaim with lady Mary
Wortley Montague, "To my extreme
modification l find myself growing
wiser aud wiser every day" But
time comes, ut length, when our views
are moro Just. We leave orr imaginary
Eden wi;', "eoIcmn step and slow" ana
hr$in to appreciate the grod qualities
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