The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07
NUMBER 50.
FACTS AND t'hNClEs.

The cotlee-plonters of CeyIon are
threatened with pccnniary ruin, the
rats having seized their plantations
grasshoppcr style. Not being able to
import American music, they are trying
to frightcn of The invaders with tic
tom-tom, home instrument.
There is an English paper which
thinks that in case OF war the chief
food producing nations, by combining
against England, could conquer her
without firing Il shot or landing y
soldier by simply declining to deal with
her.
The old supcrstitious idea that tho
hand of dead man is Il tnlisman against
evil, once prevalent among southern ne.
groes, seems not to have died out. A
vault in Grccnvillc, Miss, waa recently
broken open and q hand cut from n
corpse.
On one Of the bridges of Paris Il
baby sprapg ont OF its mothers arms
and fell III the river, and the mother
jumped after it, but could not swim.
Another woman jumped in who could
swim and brought out both. Tho
mother was half drowned nnd The baby
was dead.
Some of the cicrgymen in Kentucky
propose TO hang states III the church.
vcsiabnles. SO thaS Young Indies on en-
tcrIug, can register their names, Tins
saving Il great expense for providing
seats i'll tho vostibiic for young men,
and making 4 great deal Of waiting I'M
necessary.
-" James Brown, of ST. Giles, Lon
d >n. claims to he rcckoncd among tho
ncble band OF viviscctionists, his trade
being the catching of cats and "skir,
ming EN- alive" ssThe simple fact is"
he says, 81 got an honest living by
skinniDg cats, and because skins taken
from the live cats aro worth sixpcncc
apiece moro than those taken from Tie
animal whom dead skin tho cats alive
whenever / can"
If there is manufacturing city on
this continent which might be called
the Manchester OF america, it is
Lowell, Mass. There nre daily ON
ployed nearly eighteen thousand opcra-
tives in he various mills. The capital
stock of the several corporations is
over S1G,n00,000, while the total vnlua-
ton would foot up six times sixteen
millions. In many instances the origi-
nal stockholders have, perhaps, more
than doubled thcir investments by mag
niticcnt dividends /; aud it is q notable
fact thnt even III ihesc depressed times
i6rafiitGGlGis afiGG Is not i, for !l y. ~. ~,
This is what bank cashier WI q
to Washington wLcn he wanted Greg
istercd bonds" : 81 may not have OK
pressed myself properly, not knowing
much about this business Of swopping
bonds, but my intentions are pnro and
innocent. / wish TO have these bonds
III such a condition that when burglars
ONO to my room at midnight, put Il
pistol to my head, twist my nose, take
me by the ear, lead me TO my bank,
compel me TO nnloc'1 my safe, can
contemplate the removal of my bonds
with smile that is child,)ikc and
bland"
The work OF excavating the arena
Of the coliseum at Rome, has been sus-
pended since May, Us it cannot be pro
ccedcd with until the discovery of the
duct or canal used by the old Romans
to drain off the water collecting fro.r
the adjacent slopes. The canal has been
traced iii It's starting point near The
ruins, ana IL lis passage through tho
forum, leading into the Cloaca Maximu;
but its intermediate course has Yet to be
uncnrthed, which operation. together
With it's proper cleaning and repairs,
will be IL Job of some difficulty, time and
expense. IN tho meantime the eXcava-
ton in the coliseum already made, will
have 80 Ee kept dry, or rs free from
water as possible, in order that the
foundation Of the building may not bo
seriously damaged.
"A popular theatrical manager says
he has been the means Of Keeping be-
tween two and three hundred young
indies off the stage within tho space OF
five years. cone reason was, said he,
"bccausc they Ind no talent, and an
other was because | knew that before
thcv had been III the profession many
weeks they would ho heartily sick and
tired OF it, ri'lIn life OF :u actor is n
hard one. Pccplc come, said he, 'and
see the actor walking around thc stage,
arankirg f,w lines, dressed in mag
nifcrnt clothes, ami winning the an
plailsn oi Che mill,itussc. How do
iiehtfml they cHclaim. Nothing i'll
the world To do but 10 dress we'll and
look pretty They do not know what n
dogs Iilc it ia. And travelling through
The country IL the hardest %urk Of all.
Out till twelve and ono O'Clock at night,
and out OF bed by fonr or live IN Tho
morning to take ilyi carly train TO The
next town. Sometimes tncy do not set
to bed at ALL"
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