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The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13

is dead. Tie man who Shot him has
been surrendered by his hnudsmcn. and
will soon be put on trail for murder.
LANDS. who Shot tarruth. i the son
of an old Pennsylvania Dutch couple
from ,I,c Lands; valley. He marric,lrtllc.
uppi>h Miss Mead. who liked money
but soon grew weary Of Ninclan,l lie,
and now Lands iS divorced and indicted
for murder Moral: Marry ahrca>, Of
YOU.
Wl,EH The law oi massachusetts pro-
viliuy that all railroad trains shall como
to q full stop before crossing Il track nt
another line was enacted, it cave much
dissatisfaction To railroad men. The law
has, however. proved i good one, and il
is said that no railroad man: Of the state
would now Consent to It's repeal.
THE new state constitution OF Nebraska
contains Il provision that the United
States senators for iI:Ht state Shall here
after I've elected hv Lir2r; vote of the
people 1t will he an interesting purs-
ton now To he settled whether this is
not in conflict will, the constitution of
,h,I1ni,cJ s,.r,.
iE'N@'Nl'N" 'l'' swept through
N''S''''' wy ~" "'''' ''''' week E'yl'l;s
the greater par, of the city in ruins, and
leaving thousands ": people homeless
:hu destitute y" %'';''cr calamity ms
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Virginia '''y are somewhat les Than
was hfSI reP'F'"l th'H are terribly Sc
we're, a'o 'he S"'''rlh" : aggravated hy
''i' '''cl 'i'' 'h' cl'I WIS h''''l a'h ~
i':.pit'" i"f ire most hy W"fNinE people,
whose "h'y wp;'is' was III 'h''r 'a''"r ana
'nri'l am: enterprise. II" tirr ll;'' n";
consumed the surplus wealth "I r'cii
"!d community, nut the i"o'~, the
mechanism, the WORKING forces, the da'lv
Dread OF Il wh"'' community.
L,Y I;uvl.p OWLS twenty million dol
lars Of ,i.u,s;uyl> II The Union Pacific
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The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13
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! J., rhe, strikes seven in the halt
la" vul!vw -. the chii.lr"n'S ,i;,y.
! nat Is each little pattcrirs fp",
'trnI ''anc" aud song aud iivcl"i:: HAY:
tnr.' iHy that III Our wider light
tn@t- iti" - silver day -ni"nm white.
.\ui iu nur ,iarkncSS sinks forest.
Hut sets within :, gndc, wrst.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13
NUMBER IA.
CourtShip In Texas.

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"Curncv"
Another sigh-broken stiffness.
/ What is hr good fur
What i who good fur said he. al,-
>;rictrdly
Your dog, Conncy"
Eur kctchin' pu>suns
( Silence of halt an hour
/ He looks like Il deer dog
"Who looks like Il deer dog?'
"COoncy."
! llc is; but hes kinder hcllowscd an
%cttin old and Slow now. AM he ain't
II" count on 81 cold trail.
. In the quiet ten minutes that cnsucG
she took two stitches in her quilt: it w:<
Il gorgeous affair. that quilt was, made hv
the pattern called the Rose Of Sharon
Sh" is very particular about the noncn-
riatnrr"t her quilts, and frequently walks
'ilitcrn miles togct q new pattern, with y
real putty name.
Your ma rai>in' many chickings?'
"Furtv-odd."
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Southern afh'cf, cal.S a'''it,o" !" 'n'
i;icN t!iat INC South ntIcfr rlci, ncid ior
'ac dalrEh';''' Wh''ne' ~ '''''N' ','l'''
or cheese, tiIc price "' aii 'i'-' l'o,'ur'>
h"l!l" always hl@hcr mere 'i'ah III w
north while II costs much ir>> !" pro
durc them lie adds
Any town "i two ''l"''san" 'hlaui-
iAnts VIII >nrl"rt Il llf,'-rE'HS MIX
DAIRY, ana the butter ana checSc can
always u" shipped I" the br.' market ~
Il small cost f"r mix aairv' ne
.NyShlrc VIII prove most prnhihple IL ln''
improved nrecdH. ana "',t! t'h y"
sure" III 'i''s wa! III S'''a'' :Nl"'!s.'
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The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13

\ .iihi.t. l;vcc u. c;s!i,s rem! -s4,nd
III milk and tied around The FINGER, re-
incwin9 occasionally, will cure any cus,
of ielVp,
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13
TIMELY TOPICS.

CAHNrri the editor who carried :,
pistol-hal in his head for seven months.
is dead. The man WHO shot him has
been surrendered by his hnIldSncr, and
will soon be put on trail for murder.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13

Peter Reid, OF Bridge of Galley
l;Iairgowrc, mas sent four stamps t" tn"
English mint To pay for coming for hin'
Two pennies, one with two heads and one
with Two tails. He adds" - Il.
|; i for tuSSin" that | want them
lOuLrHy may he bred in and III Tor
many years, and the quality greatly i'm
proved by always selecting the finest
ltowls %. breed front. This IS a fact,
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-13

oIicn y cillid bears striking lcsrlub-
ianr" to grandparcnt without - iinra-
Inent at l.a'"nta feature.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
Facts About aorses,

A writer in the New York Herald
states some facts about how horses
should be shod, which are worthy
the consideration of blacksmiths and
farmers as well: Most of the horse
shoers of the country prepare the
foot, fit o shoe, and secure it to the
hoof in the same manner that a
wood.butcher fit q shoe to an old
wood ox-sled. The mechanism of a
horses hoof is one of the most won.
derful and ingenious structures that
can be found In all the works of the
Creator. Beneath and in the rear
of every hoof there is a frog, which
is tough and elastic pad for pre-
venting injury to the animal when
ever he plants his foot suddenly on
any hard substance. Large rolls of
cylinders of India-rubber are placed
beneath railroad cars to prevent in
jury to any part of the car or to the
cargo with which it is loaded. The
frog beneath the foot of a horse is
designed to subserve a similar pur-
pose. But the manner in which
most horses are shod lifts them up,
as it were, on short stills so that the
frog cannot perform its appropriate
functions. If we look carefully at
the young horse when he is trotting
OF running, it will be perceived that
every foot is brought down to the
ground in such a manner that the
frog receives the powerful blow. By
this means all injury to the animal
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
Twins.

Max Adeler tells new story, the
gist of which is as follows Bill
Slocum was nominated for Mayor
of Pencarder, and one day in street
conversation, he remarked, 'pVe got
to win." He pronounced it, "1've
got twin" and old Mrs. Martin,
overhearing it imperfectly, went
around and reported that Mrs. Slo-
cum had twins. The boys at once
decided to serenade Bill, and that
night they marched out to his house,
with a band playing Hail to the
Chief" several ward clubs, some
fire-companies, a group of white
dressed girls in a wagon, lot of
banners, and plenty of enthusiasm.
Bill made a speech about the can
vass, and there were shouts of
"Where's the twins y "Hold'em to
the window I' and the like. Bill
SAID there was a mistake, but the
band sarcastically played, "Listen
to the Mocking Bird" and the boys
shouted louder for the twins. When
the truth prevailed the assembly dis
appeared in disgust, and Bill was
Overwhelmingly defeated at the
DOl1S-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
Farming in California.

A correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald writes as follows of a recent
visit to the farm of Mr.. Abraham
Clark, in Colusa county, seventy
miles from Sacramento
"He had six thousand acres of
wheat this year, and was Just getting
through with his threshing. His
crop, he said would be something
over ninety thousand bushels. His
grain is all cut with "headers," and
is thrown into great piles or mows.
They do not have to stack grain
here to guard against rain, as there
is none from early spring till late in
the fall. Mr.. Clark's threshing ma
chimes are driven by steam. They
burn straw for making steam.
The unthreshed grain is carried and
fed to the machine by horse pitch
fork worked by a derrick. 1t is
pitched on to an apron Is feet long
and rolled along into the machine.
The derrick, machine and engine
are all on wheels, and are easily
moved from one part of the field to
another. So perfect are their ar
rangements that they drive up to a
stack, and in fifteen minutes the
thershing is in full blast. The wheat
headings are always dry, of course,
and an average days, work is l, 500
bushels, but they frequentlydo thresh
8, 600 bushels in day. After the
wheat is threshed it is put into sacks
holding 135 pounds each and sewed
up, and corded up ON the ground
where it is threshed. Here it remains
until it is hauled to market, which
may be two or three months after.
No rats here to gnaw the bags, no
rain to wet them. Mr.. Clark keeps
100 work-horses and mules, and he
told me he should break up 1000
acres more of his ranch this winter !;
so that after this year he will farm
10000 acres. He raises all wheat,
except barley and oats enough to
feed"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
Chinamen as Farmers,

The Natchez Democrat-Courier of
a recent date gives an interesting ac-
count of a number employed in
Chicot county, Arkansas. They ap-
pear far more serviceable as ten ants
than as employees, and in the &c ono
my OF time and the facility with
which their tasks are performed dis
play far more ability than the negro.
The terms usually made are one
hundred pounds of lint cotton to the
acre, the planter furnishing a mule
with which to cultivate the crop.
At early dawn the Chinaman has
had his breakfast and is in the field
to do his work. At eleven O'Clock
one of their number is sent in to cook
their dinner, the hour for which is
announced by the display of small
pennant. Half an hour is usually
consumed at the meal, and returning
to the field, they continue at work
till dark. During ploughing time
planters are compelled to see to it
that their animals have sufficient
time to rest and eat, as the Celestials
appear to be blessed with no com
Functions where mules are concerned,
and would keep one unfed and at
work all day did the opportunity
present itself. Their ploughing is
represented to be the best, with fur
rows straight as a rule. They also
seem to be adopts in the cultivation
ofvegetables-all their gardens being
kept in the most perfect order. A
supply of the principal vegetables s
carefully dried and Kept for winter
Their houses are described as the per-
sonfcations of neatness, every utensil
being secured bright as silver, while
their clothes are always clean, and
in personal appearance they are never
offensive. Their time, too, is fully
employed, it being with great diff
Guilty they can be restrained from
working on Sunday.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
The Jevvell-DOdge wedding.

The Hartford Daily Times devOtes
nearly two columns to description
of this long talked of wedding, for
which 1900 invitations were issued,
including the President, his Cabinet,
foreign ministers and distinguished
people from the different States.
There were eight ushers distinguish
ed by white silk button on the left
lapel of the coat. The brides
dress was of heavy silk, trimmed
with satin and crepe lessie, crushed
roses and lilies of the valley. The
bridemaids wore white tulIe dresses
over white silk, trimmed with car
dinal roses, lilies of the valley and
morning glories. Miss Jewell is a
graduate of Vassar College, and two
of the bridemaids were from there.
The family servants were assembled
at the wedding. The church was
gay with flowers, resembling a trOp-
ical garden. The house was a bow
er of flowers. The grounds were
beautifully Illuminated with Chinese
lanterns. Colts band in the Con-
furnished choice music.
The bride and groom received under
a canopy of flowers. The wedding
was on the 23d anniversary of Gen.
Jewels own marriage. His venera-
BILE mother was present with her five
sons and two daughters. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dodge were accompanied by
their seven sons. There were from
thirty to forty grand children. The
presents were estimated at
$4,000. A sumptuous supper was
served during the evening. At 9 o.
clock the bride left the room and
soon reappeared in a travelling suit
of plum colored silk, and hat to
match. Accompanied by many
friends they left for n. Y, the old
slipper being thrown after the train
for ''good luck" They will make an
tour in the South and
Wast
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
0KarY LikelH39

Considering that the following
comes from British source, it is not
very bad. 1t is going the round of
the English railway smoking car
riages. For, be it known, in these
carriages SO much enVied by the la
dies, social harmony animates the
travellers, and they talk just as if
they were not reserved first-class
Britons:
"This is not a smoking compart-
ment, sir" said an indignant lady,
pausing on the step and glaring at
the smoker.
every likely" said the smoker.
"You have no right to smoke here,
sir; and if you don't desist, I must
call the guard" said the lady.
every likely" was the reply.
81 shall be choked."
every likely"
object?"
"Why, madam, tobacco is a capi-
tai disinfectant, and as l am profes-
sionally engaged at Stockwell's
Smallpox Hospital, L"
The lady got out, 81 feel as if
should faint"
every likely" was the last re-
sponse, as the traveller pulled up both
windows to enjoy all his smoke.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
For the Telegraph.
TO THE MEMORY OF LEILA.

Out of this world of pain and care
Into another, that's bright and fair,
She has gone-a beautiful jewel rare.
Into world where there comes no night,
Into Fathers home of light,
The last of the band passed away from
sight.
How joyous the meeting upon that shore,
When the mother welcomed the youngest
DER
The tide that the others had crossed before.
But the father wept as strong men weep,
When the loved and lovely fell asleep,
And was laid away where the grasses creep.
But It's only the form of beautiful clay,
That they have hid from his sight for aye;
Her spirit he'll meet in heaven one day.
How like brilliant, beautiful dream,
A lovely, radiant, sparkling CLEAN,
Does every thought of her sweet life seem.
Her Ife-work is ended-the white hands
rest,
Folded calmly upon her breast;
And surely. surely, ''God knoweth best"
Sent aoth. JOSEPHINE.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
The Golden Rule.

A few days ago a gentleman of
New York city, says the Tribune,
received by mail check for five
hundred dollars. He deposited it in
his bank and went down into the
street, there to be met by a rumor
that sent him back in haste. Just
twenty-five minutes had elapsed
The teller's little door was shut. The
money was gone. Had 1t been sto-
len? Was the banker aswindlerS No,
he had failed.
About the same time merchant
received large quantity of goods
one day near the close of business
hours. He made some commonplace
excuse for not making immediate
payment, and promised to send a
check the next morning. The first
announcement of the morning was
that he had failed. He had the
goods, but the real owner was with
out his check. Was the merchant a
thief? Ought he to have gone TO
jail? Not at all. He had merely
suspended. He was unable to meet
his obligations.
Two young men were recently
brought into one of our police courts
on charge of stealing shoes from a
store. They were decent in appear
ance, and it was believed by some
that they had been driven to crime
by want. Had they failed, or had
they suspended? Or was it because
they were unable to meet their obi.
cations? Not at all. They were
thieves-common thieves--very com
mon thieves. They were sent tC
the penitentiary for two months.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
Treating the Girls.

People have noticed that one of
the handsomest young men in Bur
lington has suddenly grown bald,
and dissipation is attributed as the
cause. All, no; he went to a church
social the other week, took three
charming girls to the refreshment
table, let them eat all they wanted,
and then found he had left his pock-
etbook at home, and deaf man that
he had never seen before was at the
cashiers desk. The young man, with
his face afiame, bent down and soft
ly said:
81 am ashamed to say have no
change with"
"Hey?" shouted the cashier
81 regret to say" the young man
repeated on little louder key, ''that
| have unfortunately come away
without any change to"
"Change two?" chirped the deaf
man. "Oh, yes, can change a five
if you want it"
"No," the young man explained
in a terribly penetrating whisper,
for half a dozen people were crowd
ing up behind, impatient to pay
their bills and get away, 'I don't
want any change, because"
"Oh, don't want no change" the
deaf man shouted gleefully. "Bleeg-
ed to ye, bleeged to ye. Tain't Of
ten we get such generous donations.
Pass over your bill"
"No, no." the young man explain
ed, 81 have no funds
"Oh yes, plenty of fun" the deaf
man replied, growing tired of the
conversation and noticing the long
line of people waiting with their
money in their hands; ''but haven't
got time to talk about it now-please
settle and move on"
"But," the young man gasped out,
81 have no money"
"Go on Monday?" queried the
deaf cashier. 81 don't care when
you go. You must pay and let those
people come up"
81 have no money!" the mortified
young man shouted, ready to sink
into the earth, while the people all
around him, and especially the three
girls he had treated, were glggling
and chukling audibly.
"Owe money!" the cashier said,
"of coarse you do-S2 "a"
81 can't pay!' the youth scream
ed, and by turning his pockets inside
out, and yelling his poverty to the
heavens, he finally made the deaf
man understand. And then he had
to shrek his full name three times,
while his ears fairly rung with the
half-stified laughter that was break
ing out all around him; and he had
to scream out where he worked, and
roar when he could pay, and he
could not get the deaf man to under
stand him until some of the church
members came up to see what the
uproar was, and recognizing their
young friend, made it all right with
the cashier. And the young man
went out into the night and dubbed
himself, and sheared his locks away
until he was as bald as an egg.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29

On the whole, we dress better,
fare better, sleep softer, and combat
the cold in winter and the heat in
summer with more scientific per-
sistency than do any of the so-called
luxurious nations of Europe. Take,
for instance, the matter of heating
and lighting. A few of the leading
hotels in Paris, and a small minority
among the most expensive suites of
private apartments, have gas intro
duced into all the rooms, but as a
general thing it is confined to the
public rooms, and the unfortunate
wight who longs to see beyond the
end of his nose is forced to wreStle
with dripping candles and unclean
lamps, known only by tradition 10
our native land. The gaslgh''
which is a common necessity IN the
simplest private dwelling IN an
American city, is there luxury
scarcely attainable save by the veal
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-29
Remarkable Prehistoric Discovery

Prof. James K. Gage of Washing
ton City, all eminent geologist and
mineralogist, who has recently been
engaged in making extensive explo-
rations regarding the works of the
ancient mound builders, reports the
discovery of a remarkable wall in
Claiborne county eighteen miles east
of Port Gibson, Mississippi. The
discovery has been incidentally men
toned in several papers within the
course of few days, but they do not
appear to haYe realized 1.-THE of its
antiquarian and archaeological inter-
est and Importance. We condense
the particulars of the discovery from
the Professors statement in the
Washington Republican. 1t appears
that blocks of the stone have been
taken by the farmers for building
purposes for many years, and 1t has
formed q general quarry or furnish
ing large blocks of stone. But the
farmers, it seems, have never been
aware of the antiquarian Importance
of this wall, which is claimed to be
coeval with or anterior to that OF
Hadrian's famous wall in England.
Professor Gage employed laborers
and uncovered portion of the wall
twenty feet in width, and hundred
and seventy-fve feet in length; but
on removing the soil here and there
he traced it six hundred feet. The
workmen uncovered the wall to a
depth of six feet, but lower than this
the excavations were not continued.
Large forest trees of pine and oak,
several hundred years old, are grow
ing on top of the wall. The blocks
are lines tone and belong to the ter
tiary formation. They are hewn out
of this formation, and are three feet
in length, twenty inches in width
and twenty-five inches in thickness.
One of these blocks has been shipped
to Philadelphia for the centennial.
The wall from which it was taken
form Two sides of a.rectangle, one
part running east and west and the
other north and south. The exca-
vations were made near the angle.
Three miles due south from this point
another portion of the wall reappears
on the banks of bayou Pierre, owing
to the washing out of the creek,
making it large exposure, and it is
therefore urged that this is a contin-
uation of the ancient wall. The wall
was built on the side of a ridge over
looking a swamp which, in ancient
times, was evidently lake, and the
inference is that the wall was erect
ed by the ancient occupants as a
barrier against an enemy, or possibly
as an ancient levee or dyke erected
for the protection of the inhabitants
of the lake or the waters of the Mis-
sissippi. From other evidences of the
extent of this wall, as described by
Professor Gage, it appears that it in
cluded large area of land, covering
probably four hundred square miles,
and extending to the Mississippi riv-
er. The locality where the wall ex-
lists is in the neighborhood of the
Natchez Indians, who we found in a
state of considerable civilization
when first visited by the French,
and these remains, it is conjectured
by Professor Gage, had some con-
nection with the occupation by the
Aarlike ancestors of this interesting
and famous tribe.-Pittsbltrgb Com.