The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-10-16

y writer on PORTUGAL life saws: The
larger of the country towns have streets
full of Icntcmcn'S houses. and here vcr-
ctatc from year to wear families who are
lust rich enough to live without working.
I" live, indeed, as the Portuguese do IN
such ioWI,+ need cost hui little :. large
house, with Il plot of cahbagcS. q kaie
yard behind il; with whitcwashrd walls
iloor> lllcarptcI, II dozen wooden chairs
one or Two deal tables: no fireplace, ,,nt
even Il stove, either in SitIin" or bcIrontu.
no curtains 10 the windows no covers 10
Tie tables, no pictures on The walls. no
mirrors: no tables pleasantly Slrrwn with
b""EN, l'la%;Iincs newspapers, and ladies'
work; no >uci thing yi>iliir IL Il 30, of
cut flowers; no r.lr, china. no clocks. no
hr"nzrS-n"nc OF the hundred trin,.S and
cnrl">itc> with which in uir houses we
SHOW our taste on want oi ii, hul which
either WAY rive such III individual char
artcr and charm to English homes All
these negatives describe the utterly
drcary habitatiomS Of the midllp-cla:s
Portuguese. ForoccupatinnS the women
q" nccdlcwork, gossip. 20 to mass daily
and look out of window bv the hour
Except The one short walk To church at
eight o'clock in the morning, u Portu-
gursr lady hardly ever appears in the
streets. .\Stnthr men, they lounge about
among he shops. they smoke nnumcra
hlc paper cigarettes, they take 'sicsta''
in the heat of the dav If there iS any
sunshine they stand in groups Il, the
street corners, with umbrellas over their
heads; in winter they wear shawl over
their shoulders, folded and put on three
cornrrwiSr, as II French nr English wu-
man shawl is worn for this is Il fashion
in Portugal, and the SmlniariS laugh
GOOD deal III their nciYhIor> on the score
"t their hcin" Il nation who nvcrt the
duc order ol things. In these town,
there Is never amy news. and il two men
are seen in "i,,cr discussion of some mat
ter OF apparently immense inportancr
and II one happcns To br near enough to
ovrrhcar the subject of conversation, he
sure that one of them is plunged i'm de-
spar or killing with enthusiasm mt II rise
or fall Of hali-prnnv in the price of n
pound Of tobacco There are not even
fashions for them To think about: Young
men and old men dress alike, but the
Younger men wear exceedingly tight
hnnto. and when they take their walks
abroad il is obvious that they do 50 i'm
ronSidcrahIrdiSc Thcyounw men
however, have one occupation more I'M
l~rlant even than wearing tight bontS-
that of maxim" the very mildcSt form of
love known among them. The process,
indeed, is carried on in soplannca man
ncr and with :" much proper feeling that
doubt if even the >lrictr>t English
%"vcrnr>> would find anything to object
-. The Enun" gentlemen pay their adj
dresses by simply standing in front Of the
houses occupied by the objects of their
affections, while the young persons in
question look down aprrovingIy from the
npncr windows, and there the matter
ends.
AFRICAN ENrLoRArInXS.- comma
ny has been formed in Berlin which pro
poses to found ht Choa, the most south
rrn province of AbvSsiIa, Il permanent
settlement, in order to send out scientific
expedition, INTO the uncxpIorcd portion
OF .lirIcH, and t" develop the commerce
OF The country. The objects Of the com
Pahy are. however supposed to be more
commercial than scientific.
only mnc persons out of n hundred !
are insane from hereditary causes. The
ln'jnms i'instancc, are more rcad-hca |
'tary than hcrcdilnrv.
NJ ,DY and Smnkcy will groan In
war"!, "hcn they return to Chita 20 aud |
lind tho E,hl', tn,iici'sJ hcm thy ,nhlic