The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-12-04

TIE Spanish government has opened Il
competition for composers Of IL national
air. Can it be possible that I'LL this time
Spain has been without national air?
No wonder it is constantly i'll Il state of
distraction. What would this country
have been without Yankee Doodle?
TIE newly arrived daughter of the
duchess Of Edinburgh increases Queen
Victoria's tally OF grandchildren to
twcnty-scvcn, twcnty-iour Of whom arc
still alive, and that Of her total living
progeny to thrtythrcc, including three
unmarried children and The Princess
Louise, who is married, but without
family.
WHEN you grumblc ut hard times and
crippled industries, just east your eyes
over the big water and look ut France,
with one hundred and twenty three
thousand industrial establishments, and
giving work to about one million eight
hundred men. At least two-thirtls Of
these arc now losinga months time and
wages in order to drill for :: future war.
TIE explosion and destruction of The
ironca'l Magenta makes the second vessel
OF this kind lost by the French govern
mcnt within two months. Tic sinking
Of the English vessel Vanguard, within
the same period, by the tap of the spur
of u ncighboring vessel, is beginning to
weaken confidence in the durability of
ironclads.
In Michigan's population of 300, 900
there arc G0,327 more males than females.
In Massachusetts there arc 10000 more
females than males. Under such circum-
stances il would seem cmincntly propcr
for the Michigan male surplus to relieve
Massachusetts Of her female surplus.
Doubtless the Massachusetts, women
would be more than willing.
TIE annual report Of the commissioner
OF education contains many interesting
ST.. Of ilCt. Eiefe are2 2enfoiledi in
public schools upwards of 100000 pu.
pills, with al average daily attendance of
100000. The estimated population be-
tween six and sixteen years is 10, 500, 900.
TO support these children in school cost
last year s7I,000,0OO.
TIE fate of the passengers and crow of
the City of Waco is yet unsolvcd. The
theory that the oil stored on deck ignite,l
from the lightning and set fire to the
vessel, wrapping her entirely in the
flames III few moments, giving the pas
scngcrs no time to escape the awful death,
seems the most probable. If so, it is one
of the most terrible catastrophcs of the
year.
CANADA has indulged in the past in
some exceedingly lofty boasting us to the
superiority of her buildings over those
erected on this side of the frontier. The
bursting of the grain elevator ut Belle
vile, however. is calculated to check
such boasting in the future. The struc
turc was of the cheap and nasty" order
OF architecture, and its fall scattered 40
Gee bushels Of grail, to the winds and
the pigs.
NOTICEABLE thing about the
monthly meeting Of the Massachusetts
Total Abstinence Society,", held in Boston,
was little speech by William b. Spooncr
on the prevalence of drinking among
clergymen, more than onc-half of whom.
lie said, drink wine. A large majority
OF the Roman Catholic clergy drink; a
majority of tho Episcopalian and of his
own denomination-thc Unitarian, some
ofthe orthodox and Baptist, butvcry few
OF the Methodist or Universaiist.s
TIE British commissioner to our cen
tcnnial has suggested, according to For
ncy, that the permanent buildings of tho
exhibitors should be kept filled with in
tercsting objects, contributed each year,
so that there may be bi-ccntcpnial
ready made in 1876. This would be q
good thing for Philadelphia, perhaps, but
there is no certainty that the rest of the
country would find it either pleasant OR
profitable. The coming centennial would
be an awful bore if we had deliberately
begun preparing for it century ago.
a little matter Of dispute has caused
Ihc disruption of Il powerful Long Island
camp meeting association. The dispute
arose from, the setting up of billiard!
s'loon and Bowling alley on the grounds
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