The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
FACTS AND FANCIES.

E'ACTS AND FAMILIES.
Samuel Wilhelm, of Berks county,
Pa, eight feet high, has applied for the
situation of the late Irish giant
The woman who enacted tho part
in Philadelphia is studying for the
stage.
Careful observations have shown
that the average temperature. of the
human body within the tropics is nearly
one degree higher than in a temperate
climate.
In fox-chase in England lately
the Rev. G.. w. Wilkinson broke his
smashed her collar-bone but the fox
was caught.
Large apes of naturally intelligent
breeds are put to good service in the
straits settlements of the east. They
are trained to climb the cocoanut palm
trees, valuable for their fruit, which,
ordinarily, is difficult to reach, and not
only harvest the nuts but always select
such as are ripe. They twist the nut
round and round until it falls down
from the stalk, and at each success
testify their delight by jumps and
chuck les. Apes SO trained are hired
out by their owners like SO many field
hands.
The coast line of the United States
under the supervision of the light
house board, including the northern
lakes, is about 10000 miles in extent,
surprising that of any other nation on
the globe. The number of lighthouses
and lighted beacons along this coast
line is 630 light-ships, 25; fog signals
operated by steam or hot-air engines,
40; day or unlighted beacons, $50; to-
tai, LOGS, being one beacon for every
10 miles of coast. Besides this, there
are 5000 buoys in position to indicate
banks, rocks, and other instructions in
channels Of navigation.
Take man and pin three or four
large tablecloths about him, fastened
back with elastic and looped up with
drag all his own hair to the
middle Of his head and tie it tight, and
hair pin on about five pounds of other
hair and big bow of ribbon. Keep
the front locks on pins all night and let
them tickle his eyes all day pinch his
waist into corset, and give him gloves
a size too small, and shoes ditto, and
hat that will not stay on without tor
turing elastic, and afrill to tickle his
chin, and little lace veil to, blind hia
cJos-v fIU11r1rrrsl.o geo. Quito walk, ance
he will know what woman's dress is.
The thieves Of Spain arc gayly pur-
suing their mad career among pictureH
and statues. The celebrated cartoons
of Goya at Madrid have gone after the
Seville Murillo-which latter, indeed,
has been recovered. Tho Virgins
crown in Saint Ferdinand's chapel at
Seville has vanished. So has the
Z" Master Dolorosa" of Alonzo Gano at
Granada. The latest exploit of these
fellows has been: inmph
.'ooty is small statue of tho Virgin,
most excellent of workmanship, and
dating from the end of the sixteenth
century. It's material is wood, gilt and
painted. The thieves got it safely into
Paris. where they borrowed n round
sum upon it from NM. Andre and Mer-
Guard, bankers. The Spanish legation
has claimed the statue.
Tho Punishment of lepers is rigor-
ously carried out in the Sandwich isles.
There was a recent official search for
persons affected with tho jncurable
malady, many having been secreted by
their relatives. Hundreds were found
and put into vessel for transportation
to the leper village, to be kept until
they die. Their families gathered on
the beach, and expressed their grief in
loud lamentations. A talented half
breed, called Bill Ragsdale, has long
held high place in the regard of Sand
wioh Islanders. He is an orator of
great natural power, and leader in IL =
district of Hilo, and man Of notorious
bad morals. He discovered that he was
leprous, though the indications we're 30
slight that he had escaped official no.
tice, and at once gave himself up to the
authorities. A procession of natives,
singing and carrying flowers, escorted
him to the vessel which was to take him
and the others to their living graves.
He made speech to the assembly,
urging submission to the measures for
eradicating leprosy by Punishment, and
expressing his hatred OF missionaries.