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Tbe 1emufrat.
4 Horrible Death.

1t is doubtful that there has ever been
reported Il death so terrible as that OF
John Schovcm, which took place in New
York. He was German, over seventy
years Of ago. He lived with his daugl-
ter, Il young woman of eighteen sllm-
mcrs, in Il miserable, rickety tenement
house. He WAS man OF unexceptiona-
bic morals, and loved his daughter bet
ter than his life. For some time back
he had been in feeble health, his disease
being Of Il nervous character, which re-
quircd the administration of narcotics
to produce the sleep and rest necessary
for man Of his advanced years. II tho
writer is not misinformed, hydrate OF
chlornl was the drug prescribed by
his physician. Or, at NIL events, the
narcotic was thin, colorlcss tincture Of
the consistency OF hydrnte of chloral and
the appearance of water. 1t wns kept
in little closet along with otlIer bottles,
among which was small viI, contain
ing creosotc. On Mon day evening Mr..
Schoven, feeling i'll Mt ease, rcqu csted
his daughter to bring him the narcotic.
The bottle which contained the narcotic
and that which held the creosotc were
precisely the same in form and size and
also in general appearances. Neither
bottle was labeled. The daughter, i'll
stead OF bringing the old man the nar-
cotic, brought him the crcosotc, and he.
equally ignorant, poured out u spoonful
and swallowed it.
The next moment the old man threw
up his hands i'll terror and consterna.
tiOn, crying: my God! my God l
have made mistake. 1 am burning
up. Hclp for Gods sake, help !"
The fumes Of the crcosotc ut once led the
girl to realize tho situation, md crying
md wringing her hands she dnshcd down
tho trcachcrous stairways, rushed franti-
cally into the street and accostel MI oil
Ger, who at once called i'll the aid of tho
nearest physician. Meanwhile tho suf
fcrinGs Of the old man were terrible. 1t
was Ms II his cntrails had been pierced
with red hot irons, or rs il he had taken
Il cup OF molten lead. His face became
livid; his eyes seemed leaping fromthcir
sockets; his body became convulscd
with spasms. Language cannot portray
the agony Of that old, gray-haired, dying
man. "Watcr water Ny stomach,
my heart, my very soul is on fire !" hc
shricked in the torture of his death
throcs. Tho doctor came, and cmctics
were given in vain. In fifteen minutes
tho aged German was dead.
A reporter visited Schoven's residence.
There was no carpet on tho floor to
muillc the stop of tho visitor. No pic
lures grccd the dull and drcary walls;
but, while the birds sang on tho ewes
and the children laughed mcrrily
in the streets, II poor littlu lady sat
beside rude coffin in garrct, weeping
alone, and wishing that she was as cold
us the dead creature whose collin she
was embracing.
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Spontaneous Nnman Combustion.

The question rs to whether there is
any such thing ~ spontaneous combus-
ton of tho living human body, is decided
by NJ. Chassagniol, OF Brest, after IL
thorough examination of all the con-
tIicting accounts on record, absolutely i'll
the negative. Many authorshavcailirmod
that the body, on these occasions Of III
legged combustion, burned with bluo
flame, and d5fused IN empyreumntlc
udor, hut these characteristics arc met
with in many kinds Of combustion; in.
stances have also been sought for by NJ.
Chassagniol among alcoholic drinkers,
especially among women, but without
success. The idca has been that the
nlcohol i'll drinkers takes fire; it isa fact,
however, that dead bodies, OR portions
Of dead bodies, burn but very slowly,
oven after having been stepped i'll alcO-
hol for some days.
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Mr.. Grimwood, who sailed away with
Donaldson, wrote II letter to tho Joliet
SIM, which was published On the dny
ho started on tho fatal voyage, and it
il noted us singular that the last worp
Of that letter was Immortality"
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"Ay, writO 1t down IN blrck and Nhilo.-
Tho date. tho ngc. the name;
For home has mover ,seemel eotlear
As since our baby canio.
No child before wn' half 40 sweet,
Aud never babe 20 wise;
And John, tho ncighburs ray, indeed,
It hEs its fathers eyes"
"Nay, wife. I'm suro they're like your own;
Tho rosuc's his mothers boy.
How strange that such tiny form
Can causo such bonndless joy! ..a.. .-.
And you will have him named for mo?
Come, thinkit o'or again;
For John is but 4 homoly name
May, do not drop your pen,
"For John shall be his name, my dear.
Il is his fathers own;
And though hundred more wero given, %
I'll call him that alone.
His. fathers eyes, his fathers face, ,.. u.
His fathers form, I'm surc; .r t.-..
God grant he have his fathers heart,
Iite's hardshipa to endure !" r.rgru,r
or Well, thcrc, 'tis written down at last;
Tho records complete -i'
Hencefor;b. we'Il lay our loving hearts r-
beneath our baby's feet. - - $ls
Ah,5witc, our homes humble place o.
We'ro humble fOlks-that's true;
Dut1m aking with boundlcss wealth W "
In that young rogue and you.
$50 baby, wink and blink, my boy,
Your mothers eyes Nay, John,
They arc his fathers eyes indeed;
That insist upon!"
"WO!l, bO that m it may, his mouth ..
Is waiting for n kiss.
He's like you tho,o, at least, my dear.
Say do fudge amiss?" ' --
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They find lots of hoes, axes and saws
in the ruins of pompcii, but not somuch
III the tip end Of n haso ball club. Isn't
there duep Significance hero some
where 7 srl'I..-
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Size Of Nails,

From tho following table MI estimate
Of quantity and suitable sizes Of nails
for my Job Of work can bo made:
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1t is II wise provision Of naturc that
mon without brains never feel the need
Of them.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31
applied, adj half an ounce Of carbolic
acid to each gallon of wash, and apply
as above directed"
Small Farms in Favor.

The New York Bulletin says that
there seems to be marked tendency
among California farmers to abandon
the old ranch system, by which i'm
mense tracts of land were overrun and
but partially occupied without tilling or
improvements, under the ownership and
management of one party, and TO sab.
divide them into small farms. This is
but the natural result of enhanced value
of farming land, and is what has always
occurred in the progress and develop
ment Of new countries. Yet its appii-
cation to California will mark new era
in the farming Industries of the Pacific
coast. The usual causes have forced
this step for, in addition to the en-
hanced lost of land, it is found to be so
much more profitable to till and cuIti-
vate as we'll in California as elsewhere.
In other words, the same amount Of
labor and capital thus expended return
greater interest on the outlay than when
made in the old way upon the ranch
system. It is even admitted that the
grazing industries of that state find il
more profitable also to adopt the same
system, and already it is said that the
immense focks of sheep are beginning
to disappear, as have the great herds
of cattle that formerly roamed over the
unoccupied and even unowned plains OF
the state. n
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

ing color test in Judging jersey COWS.
turist does the same thing. The Eng
lish writer says: I have owned hun
dreds of Jersey stock, and have never,
as a rule, found the whole colored such
large producers as many parti- -colored
ones in fact, by far the most butter
producing COW I have ever possessed,
was not only parti- coIored, but tie most
ugly and ungainly beast of the lot, yet
| her stock have never failed to show
their large butter making qualities.
The true type of Jersey COW is in fact
an animal that will not make meat.
DEPTH OF Soil AND DRoUaHT.-It is
one of David Dicksons's maxims that
power in crops to resist drought is in
proportion to the depth of the soil. He
says: A cotton plant to stand two
weeks drought, must have four inches
soil and six inches subsoil three
weeks-six inches soil and same subsoil;
four weeks-eight inches and the same
subsoiling. Plough cotton, he adds,
every three weeks and let the hoes come
ten days behind, cleaning it perfectly.
Continue plowing cotton till the 18th
or Goth of August. Once or twice dur
ing the season, shove out the middle
with furrow, to keep the land level.
The ploughing of cotton requires one
and fourth days per acre.
WORDS OF CAUTION TO THOSE Who
NEED THEM. In the first place do not
generalize too hastily in other words,
because certain things have happened
30 and SO this season, or in that field,
or in regard to this or that crop, dc
not make up your minds, without fur.
| ther observation or experiment, that
you have got the secret of the thing
the general law by which to be gov.
erned in all future operations. Furthe,
experience may confirm what now seems
to be the truth in the matter, or it may
upset your present theory entirely.
For instance, perhaps, you broke uI
your land more deeply than usual, Of
you subsoiled under your cotton beds
Now suppose your crop is not so gooc
where you ploughed deep, or subsoiled
as where you did not. Have yor
proved that deep ploughing or subsoil
ing, as the case may be, are bad prac
tices By no means. Another farmer
perhaps your neighbor, may have done
the same thing with exactly opposite
results. He says deep ploughing pays
but, like yourself, he Reneralizes toe
hastily. You have neither of you de-
termined anything, except for the one
field, the one crop, and the one season
which the experiment covers. The
thing to be found out by large mum
Der of other experiments and observa
tions is, under just what conditions o.
soil, season and crop, these operation.
are profitable, and how the work mus
be done to make them profitable. ST.
A., we vii! suppose, tries clover anc
in the south, he saws; but B tries clover
and harvests two tons to the acre, an6
is firmly convinced that the farmer whe
does not believe in clover is a poor be
nighted cold fogv." But, perhaps
next year BIS clover crop will be out of
by an untimely drought. What then
Simply this it takes more than one o,
two experiments to settle such ques
tions in farming, or furnish any gen
eral rule of practical value.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

HORSE BREEDING IN RUSSIA. There
are seven crown studs in Russia and one
in Poland, containing altogether 1902
brood mares aud horses, with twelve
crown stables having 945 stations. The
Chr!anov stud, purchased by the crown
thirty years ago from the heirs of Count
OrloH, is divided into three sections,
one devoted to pure English horses,
another to saddle horses, and the third
TO trotting horses. The Derkuli stud
breeds English carriage horses, the new
Alexandrov, q kind of half blood saddle
horse, the Simarevsk thoroughbred
Arabs, and the Strieletzl Oriental sad
die horses. In the Orenburg stud horses
are bred for the light cavalry and artil-
lery. Russia further possesses 2,444
private studs, having 6,496 stallious and
about 10000 brood mares, besides up
ward of $4,000 stations and 100000
brood mares in the Copack and steppe
tabunes." Horse breeding has de-
creased on private estates since the
emancipation of the serfe, and many of
the studs have been broken up, and have
passed in part into the hands of the
peasantry. In Russia there are $50
horse fairs, at which about $50, 600 ami.
mails are annually sold, out of about
1853, 900 brought to market. The aver
age price of horse is 60 roubles
$50.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31
What the War Cost the South,

correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, who has turn for statis-
tics, gives some highly interesting facts
and figures connected with the losses
the south sustained by the war, show
ing the diminution of assessed personal
property between 1860 and 1870 by
reason of the emancipation of the blacks.
Alabama, with two hundred and seventy
seven millions of personal estate in
1860, returns but thirty, eight billions in
l870-a decrease Of two hundred md
thirty mine, millions. p Arkansas is re-
duced from one hundred and sixteen to
thirty-one millions in this respect.
Mississippi returns three hundred and
fifty one millions in 1860 against only
fifty-nine millions in 1904 decreage
OF two hundred and ninety-two millions:
and South Carolina presents even a
greater difference, returning three hun
dred and fifty-nine millions assessed
personally in 1860, and sixty-four in
1870, being loss Of two hundred and
ninety-five millions. Georgia in 1860,
returned larger amount of assessed
personal estate than any other state in
the union. namely four hundred and
thirty-eight millions. In 1870 this
total was changed to eighty-three
millions, loss of three hundred and
fifty.five millions. Missouri, though a
slave state, has suffered comparatively
little. Her personally, as assessed in
1860. was one hundred and thirteen
millions. In 1870 it was increased to
one hundred: and thirty.s seven millions.
Taking the aggregate estimated true
wealth OF all the slaveholding states in
1860, it presents total of six thousand
seven hundred and forty.six millions of
dollars, In 1870 the same aggregate
falls to FIVE Thousand four hundred and
sixty-two millions, showing loss of
twelve hundred and eighty-fonr millions.
The non'slayeholding states, on the con-
trary, show an immense increase during
the same period. In 1860 their aggre.
gate estimated true wealth was nine
Thousand three hundred and forty
millions. and in 1870. twenty-four
thousand three hundred and sixty mil :.
lions being an increase of fifteen thou.
sand and twenty millions. If we look
at the wealth Of the late slave states in
io5o there appears great from
that period to 1860. The total in 1850
was twenty-nine hundred and forty
seven millions and in 1860, six thousand
seven hundred and forty.six millions
showing IN increase of thirty. seven
hundred and ninety. nine millions, or
one hundred and twenty-eight per cent.
Had the war not taken place, the same
ratio of increase would have fixed ti,e
wealth Of the southern states in 1870, at
fifteen thousand three hundred and
eighty-one millions, or more than two
and quarter times what 1t actually
proved to be. And yet, with even all
now be happier and more prosperous
than at any time in her history but for
the corrupt and tyrannous rule with
which she has been cursed since the
war. But peace has come at last, and
the next decade will show glorious
outcome.
Belgium has 1000 converts and
monasteries, the inhabitants of which
number q, 900. The income of the re-
ligious orders in that kingdom ia ono
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

The relaxing power of Johnson's s
Anodyne Ltntmem is truly wonderful Cases
are already numerous whore bent and stiff
fened limbs have been lmbered and STRAIGHT.
enod by it,. When used for this purpose, the
part should be washed and rubbed thoroughly.
Apply the lnimont cold, and rub it in with the
hand. 81 -
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

The paddle wheels of large
steamer on the st. John river in Florida
stopped suddenly, few nights ago, and
then came crash after crash in the wood
work. A panic followed, everybody
rolling out of his bunk and rushing for
the deck, and it was soon asoertained
that q big alligator had become en-
tangled in the revolving wheel.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

A crowd Of "Horse Men, !" and
others, daily throng the stores in oonntrv and
town for Sheridaa's CaUal,y Condition Po,o-
ne,'s. They understand that horses cannot be
kept in good condition without them, and with
them can be on n much less quantity of grain.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

pr.s Tutts H"ifr Dye ia SO, natural in Its
effect shat 1t cannot be detected by the closest oh.
server. Tho most natural dye ever invented.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

HEARING REsToREb. Great invention
Book free. G.J. WOOD, Madison, Ind. !,
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

CAUTIOS-NaTICE-T ENUINE EDITION
LIZ " Z M q g - @ M E.
QncludIng TIE LAST JOUHNALS LS.D uniolds
vlytsty his 3o years strange ad ventures, 8, also
margeious country. and is Gbsoluteiy the only
think, 2,bnD first rvecies. Asents success
would yastOntsll you. 7norG tpGntci send for
terms and positive proof of ScnIilncncss.
HUBBARD BROS. Puhn l4iW. Ith ST., Gin, Y.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

ETF e Those " no like to sc 70 n ragged
ksQR0AyA ~ SStoe md dirty stnckI Ing will mt
In ~ n 81 n 81 Al care To bny SILVER Tip
E3l4,A FL F4sApAPED shoe,. But tho @ who
RSA nHaNsf S3lwoud rather have neat silver
RII-I4ASASkAlJT Tip should insst that their
= - - --siIe dealer s;i0u,t. .!g.ays
Gt.4 ketp them ~
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

WANTED AGENTS. Samples and Oufas Jreo
w Better khdn Gold. a. CoULTER & Co., Chiceso .
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

FVERV FANNY WANTS IT. Money I'm I,
A1sold by agents. Address M. N7-Eoveii; ; firie ia
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31
OPIUM Curb 6; s; !: =; ;;
Ing. Prof D. NJ nRKER, P. o. Box lis, Inporte. Ind.
AGENTS WANTED F.; TsSSiSf N Grsft GEs 9iYS

TOR Z of the UsITED STATrs by BENSON ] Los.
S1Na, now rehdy! In bsfh EnGiish and German. 500
pages; pages, a5n nSngrayngsEone large yet low priced
ted account Of t.c approaching Grnnd Centennial
CetG1rdtton. Intense inertst everywhere In the
for AGENTS sGeki ng a frs class book Ftitno to
send for dc 3crlptlOn and liberal terms
~ +. A. HUTCHINS t CO., CINC1SNATI O.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

Belgium has 1000 converts and
monasteries, the inhabitants of which
number 81 900. The income of the re-
.ligious orders in that kingdom is one
najllf7.z5f dollars. ...
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

Ei0eH05Gerd day. Send for chfomo CO a.alosuo.
OAStO LOJ. u. BuFroRD's Sons Boston. Mass
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

Oennsylvsnih Military cademy, Chester. pa
pebbn sfh Location health full; grounds
the classic, ana English thoroughly TAUGHT T5ft
circulars apply 10 Col. THO. HYATT Irsstdsm
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

~ Centennial Hlstory-Goo pages 240 en- aeravInHsS S
SsGIlhS !Esl haa.eee H. H0UGHTDM IL
CO., aome rset Street. Boston, Mass = - I, -
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

mn7n n MONTH Age IT'S wnn.ci eyerv
NVhI where: business honoraG and frat
WlUU class class WI P8rIieuiars sent free. Ad.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

IINE CoRNELL's PILE AO1NTMRNr.-sold ;by5druv-
UDu gistH. VIM. II. Cornell, Prop'r, s.. Loris MO
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

THIS paper Is printed with Ipk made nv {, n
"a, ~ IA ZANE q Co. III Dearborn Street,, Chicago
any SnTI 1T Saus ~ 9s n large 3T small quantitss
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

10 DOLLARS 4a5rIs s%syEss
h@ddreSs @ Johnson CLARK Co., Boston, Mass, NV III
Svi fiasburgh, PAT Chcsso. Ill. or 81 Louis, 10, so
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

8 POnnls Of Butter from Quart of Nilk!
Can be made anywhere by any one. No .,nllrnnr
required. Rccefpta entfof lS6 ceit3a AddIess "s
r. .. Box lzff, Philadelphia, Pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-27
Average Daily Circulation, 14,6aS

The immediate cause Of the terrible smash
UP on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
last evening was undoubtedly criminal care
leSsneSs or disObedience OF orders on the mart
OF its employees, but beyond that lies the sig
nihcant fact that the line between this city
and Baltimore consists OF but a single track
That any company should undertake to do a
hrst-claSS business between two populous
cities for more than three years of heavy
travel and frequent and fast trains with but
a single track seems almost Incredible, and
that wealthy corporation should force over
such line the immense passenger travel
between Washington and New York is
hardly less than criminal.
We venture To say that no negligent pas
senger ever rides in one of the fast trains of
the Baltimore and Potomac road without an
apprehension of just such disaster as oc-
CURED last evening, and that one has not
occurred long ago, and with much more ter
rible results, is due rather to good luck than
TO due regard on the part OF the managers
for life and limb. II Is now nigh time that
the proper remedy be applied, aud a second
track should be put down at once. If il is
rot, the company need not he surprised if it
loses both the patronage and gOoi viii Of the
public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-27

Here is theopiniOn OF respectable meiical
body, the Rhode Island Medical Society. Oh
certain vexed questions in the management
OF public schools. Resolutions recently
adopted by the society declare that the pupils
OF the public schools should not maintain
the same position more than half an hour at
time; that no child should be admitted to
the schools, as now conducted, under seven
years OF age; that under twelve years OF age,
three hours a day, and for twelve and over,
four hours day, is sufficiently long confine-
ment; that study out of school should not
usually be permitted; and that all incen-
tives TO emulation should be used cautiously.
especially with girls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-27

A staple subject for comment by the Balti
more press is "the Jones Falls nuisance"
IT'S discussion editOrially and by coTrespon-
dents almost daily usurps large amount of
space, ami no doubt by this time the Balti
mOreans had become Surfeitcd with IL.
Washington had a pet aversion once in the
shape of a canal running through central
portions of the city, and filled with an almost
stagnant mass of liquid corruption from
which miasmatic vapOrs continually as
cended TO poison the atmosphere and swell
the mortality list. For years il seemed to be
the impression OF our citizens that this pesti-
Iential nuisance could be talked out of exist
ence, and plans without number were sug-
geSted for its abatement. Nothing was done
however, until a few years ago when the
authorities thought the time for action had
come. and turned the rocking stream of pol
luton into monster sewer, thus utilizing
and abating the nuisance at the same time
Let our Baltimore neighborS initiate the ex-
ample OF Washington in this respect, stop
talking about Jones Falls" and the Basin
nuisance, and do something. Dam the falls,
confound the basin. clean il on; If necessary;
do something. A little more practice and
less theory is what is wanted.