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

| two years, says she, he was a lieuteu-
ant Ill the horse-marines, after which he
was promoted to tho captaiucy of n req
nlar squad OF sap-heads and miners"
Out of 29G,000 Of the last lew of
conscripts in France $4,000 have been
| declared exempted from both active and
passive duties i'll the military line. It
looks bad whom SO many men ara not
even fit to be food for gunpowd.r.
though the fact should be considered as
good sign in behalf OF peace.
Only two hundred years ago the old
| oss-Dack who was governor Of Virginia
got up and said: 81 thank God thai
we have no free schools nor printing
presses, and l hope We shall not lnyo
any for II hundred ycHrs for learning
has brought disotcdicnco and h,r,.sy
and seeks into the world, ull printing
!iae divuiE"l tllem AMI libolcd govern.
ments God keep us from both y
1t is well TINT pnrent shonld know
tlln pcculinrity of the pulse of each
chlld. The pulse of healthy adult
beats seventy times i'll n minute, though
good health mny he enjoyed with fewer
pllsatlons. But if tho pulse always
exceeds seventy, it indicates tiisense, tho
human machine liz working itself out
where, AMI the body is feeding on itself.
-The college orator is now abroad in
tho land. His voice is heard from the
ionr luartors of the Garth, telling of
the efforts he has mndo for distinction
in the past, and his hopes and aspirn-
tions for the future. He is saneuine-
far moro snnguine, than he will be n
few years hence, when no shall have
encountered and boon con 1uered by
somo of tue Stern rcnlitesof life. Thus
Tar his education has been only theoret.
lcnl III the future it will be practical.
whether the former shall fit tho sub
lect' for the latter, tho future alone can
determine.
If q man wants to go anywhere in n
brief space Of tlmo ho must walk fast.
but he loses his popularity in propor
ton to bis rapidity. Balzac. who
seems to hnvo thought it worth while to
notice this contemplate fact, SAYS:
" Violent gesture or quick movement
inspires involuntary disrespect. One
looks tor moment ut cascade, but
ono sits for Fours lost in thought and
gazing upon the still waters of lake.
\ deliberate gait, gentle manners and a
gGgh!eelQus. tone 81, Of ,yoiceelzaalll af which may
immcnec AL 7antage over those vastly
superior TO III m.
ALI good men should live in Arch
angel all angry men in Ireland; all
murderera in kildare; all circus-m men in
all brokers in Stockholm all
cold men i'll Chill; all gcometricians in
Cuba; all fools in Folly Island all
Eorticnlsurists in Botany Bay MI wags
in tue Bay Of Funty all perfumors in
Muscat or Cologne; Ill brewers in
n Inl lfn all .l,.{t
all beggars in Hungary; oil laconic
'r Wplcs; all confectionerB in Cantiiu
all c' .;i:'rs; in the Crimen; nll oil spec-
ul;.io,p j. Grc zee MI gamblers in the
FtKttc 'n;21,3s; all stumblers in Tripoli
all curio,H men in Pckin; NIL shoe
makers i'll Bootnn Ill soldiers in Arme-
mia or Warsaw.
a Brnssois paper gives painful
account OF the OK Empress Charlotte Of
Mexico. Her physical condition is good,
but her mental condition is hopeless.
Sho lives in constant communication
with imaginary beings, and dislikes the
presence of any living person. She
speaks only when obliged TO do so, and
gives orders to her attendants in writ.
ing. Sho dresses herself without per-
mlttlng assistance, takes a fixed walk in
tho park every morning when fine, fire.
qnently plays on the pinno-forte, and
draws and paints with de-
cided taste. She recognizes no visitors,
not even her brother, King Leopold or
the queen. The latter always accom-
panied the physician on his monthly
visit, whom, in reply to his inquiries rs
to her health, the empress coldly says
sho is well, and Immediately rotires.
She has become stouter, and shows
tendency to corpulcncy, Int ut present
it is stated hat thia has only incrsased
her beauty, which is now truly striking.
1t has been Justly said that tho
greatest discovery of our lives is ihnt
tho world is not 30 bad rs, in the first
Ji appointment of youths extravagunt
expectations, We arc disposed to regard
it. The pnssage from boyhood to mau-
hood is over the bridge Of sighs; and
orr first experiences of life AZ it ia,
resemble the flavor of the forbidden
apple-we arc enlightened and misera-
BILE. Gladly would wo command the
secret of feeling as we once did but,
alas, every day takes from us somio
happy errOr-some charming illusion
never to return. We are reasoned or
ridiculed out of all our jocund mistaken,
till we arc just wise enough to be miscr.
ablo, and we exclnim with Lady Mary
Wortley Montague, "To my extreme
modification l find myself growing
wiser and wiser every day." But n
time comes, 1T length, when our views
are moro just. We leave onr imaginary
Eden with "solcmn step and SLOW" ana
bnSin to appreciate til" good qualities
Of thoso whose friendship we thought
hollow, and the necessity of that labor