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The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-20
The Bible and Intemncr9noe.

"I'hc darkest ncighbol Hood ~ucn
| visited was in a narrow .nel n
C, without a minstoI wi.hUut
Il church or Sunday schoo a U.s. C
Sunday is spent in lisllii u HI.;-
ing and nut gathering. IN J.
ley called on notorioua iIcaIae e,
and found him in bed tr, ~ u accp
OIL the effects OF q drunken q nuu, II.
With some effort he wa niacJ.d 10
come down from his claufuvr, 81, 10
he knew he looked halt. arI g
ashamed TO see us. He i.pcdui a
Bible, but had spent al 4+ money,
and his ncighbor who aacuialalaca
me advanced two dollars, and b519lt
him an octave copy. He atI he
knew it would be much better iur Inn
to give up drinking and bcgin 10 read
the Bible. "Can you Civ Up drink
ing! = | asked. 81 must rivc ID 10,
Or II Will kill mo - hr said .ses.t 7
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-20
SDCTll CAROLINA RAILROAD.

CHAElEsroS, s. c., Feb. I5 1873
ON and after Tuesday, February 10th the fol
loving changes i'll schedule OF this Road VII
20 into effect:
COLUMBIA DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Charleston 5I5 -, Al
Arrive at Columbia 1,t- y n
Leave Columbia 4 IN I, NJ
Arrive III Charleston ia, /, NJ
AUGUSTA DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Charleston 90 y n
Arrive al Charleston G1i , NJ
COLUMBIA NIGHT EMPRESS.
Sundays cxccptcdJ
Leave Charleston ZOO = VI
Arrive 1T Columbia 6.3u ;, NJ
Leave Columbia 7i5 i NJ
Arrive al Charleston G:ji NJ
AUGUSTA NIGHT EMPRESS.
Leave Charleston $50 p NJ
Arrive At Charleston b3O a N
The Columbia Day Passenger Trains, nh:cl,
leave III \. NJ. ami arrive at Il.3O =. NJ. will
N'rtwccn Charleston and i;r:inchvill.) stop only
~ Sunmcrvilc and Georges. This applies both
To the up and down tripc.
liy this new Schedule y close connection will
he made with the Charlotte, Iuli!inbi;I and Au-
Tu~ia Railroad at their trn-Sint" near COiiiuibi:l
which Will avoid the trans Ger through C"i;rtl Iil
anri give Us as quick Il schedule to Washn.tUE
an'. points North rs by the other route
sleeping Cars on all night trains. Htg-a-
chcCkcc through. :. :. SDI.DMD\S
;. u. IickENS, u. I. ~ Superintendent
Feb. H.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-20

physiognomy illustrates
and character imprcsscs
lhysiognomv No man G. ,r.
himself to be mean and nc
and not show it TO some
his very countcnancc. Ifa ns 4.
sneak thief and woul,l put al
in another mans pocket, 70
let or steal trust funds, 3.
himself and his family, and
friends on stolen money.
fact Of conscious inlamy
ness will burn, not only in
science. if he has one, but
his face and look out Ii yzH
eyes telling thc painful yicti,
OF his own being. 1t wou }e
navy wi 'HpiIIS llIu We IL II
South Carolina, if they did
their characters 10 chang'
faces, and if they looked
men they would hardly l1oy
selves in a glass.
The reverse of this is t tn
est man is likely to carr, A
face. The one incident il Y..
ingstonc though. hc i'aul
proud, is thoroughly "h;
and We give j, in his Owl
"Grandfathcr could q, 4.
lars Of the lives of his al r.,
six generations Of the l;a.lv ~
him; and tic only pOint b ia b;
dition feel proud Of is Ha
Of these poor, hardy islam
ho"heo III 'lle dls'fict loi -
oo'h an" prudence ahd s' .
tiaC wien nc was on his
he called his children aro! ..s
said: Now, in my lirc lc
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The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-20

Sgt4sSSssS; y = i3-.--A-Jt. 81 E>tt HGC.JA8N.
there is no WISE cco4luv N uca-
!eeting to pay just debts, ana II can
not be wise for the State long to neg
iect TO put in operation the means to
meet existing obligations. The
Mon Herald in referring to this
says:
eve have eight circuit judges and
one supreme judge TO elect. The
selection Of these will test the patrio-
tism, capacity and wisdom Of the
members. Personal or political
sympathy ought not to be the sole
guides Of member in his vote for a
judge. 10 inflct vcnal or incompc-
tentjudgc upon the people is the
worst political crime n party can
commit. We have faith to believe
that schemes and states will be bro
ken, and each candidate will stand
upon his record and his merits when
the test vote is taken.
The State House has been brushed
up, the chairs have been mcndcd
there is fuel in the cellars, paid jor,
enough to keep all warm, without the
heat of debate; the stationery is
ready to distribute, Joe and Jones
are on the ground, and everything be-
tokens the beginning Of session,
and even an ill-uscd editor will he
glad to sec it open.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-20

CHAElIsToS, s. G., Feb I5 1878
on and alter Tuesday, February 10th, the Iol
loving changes i'll schedule OF this Road vii
L Ii lL.4.i
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-20
An Honest f acc.

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-16
Home Life in England.

ENGLISH home life in town or country
has well-deserved reputation. No one,
it seems to me, has more faithfully or
graphically portrayed it than Mr.. Anthony
Trollope. Our experiences seemed like
scenes from his books. The differences
between the modes of living in England
and America seem slight when talked or
written about, yet there is a subtle some
thing which, when you experience it,
makes you feel that you are on English
shores-at an English fireside taking
tea" in England with your friends is very
different from taking tea in America
Come in to tea with me to morrow"
SAYS a friend. If it is at country house.
you drop in informally about five o'clock,
and find the ladies Of th~ house, and some
times the gentlemen, assembled in the
drawing-rOom. Such scene rises in my
mind as | write-a long, w-ceilinged
drawing groom, with windows at either
end, the one looking on to shady lawn,
the other, through stained glass windows,
to an oldfashioned garden full OF sunset
glory 1t is early il the year; chill is in
the air, so that the open fireplace and
burning logs cheer us after our long drive.
The room is oak-paneled, hung with pict-
ures, the furniture of several periods,
quaint and modern-that pleasant combi-
nation which you are sure to find IN En-
glish drawing rooms. There IS the up
right piano so commonly used in England,
with its tall side candelabras; great
chitfonier; a round table strewn with new
books and magazines of the day. Inc
kettle is on the hearth near by, at small
round table, sits the eldest daughter OF the
house-the dainty china and tea urn De-
fore her. What could be more soclaple
than the cup of tea we drink together
about that hospitable hearth? We drink
our tea and look at the scene around US
with studying eyes-it is so English-so
pleasant-so long to be remembered
GALAXY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-16
Children's Companions.

"TELL me who are your friends and !
will tell what you are" is an old Spanish
proverb. This saying should be, if ap
piled to children: Tell me who are your
companions and l will tell you what you
ao5U :" and there can be no better test of
the probable future of boy and girl than
the character and conduct of their ordi-
nary associates. Children can hardly be
said to choose their companions, for they
generally accept such as the circumstances
Of their position may offer.
There IS nothing so characteristic of
childhood as its ready fellowship. Soil
tude is its greatest aversion, and the child
will fly to the embraces of the first COM
panion as refuge from his own unsocia-
bic self. Excluded, by any chance, from
the society of his fellows, he shows his
love OF companionship by at once per-
sonifying the inanimate objects about
him, and surrounding himself, in imagina.
ton, with the outward life so needful to
his happiness. The very stocks and
stones are vivifed by his social fancies
and he strides horse Of stick and, with a
dagger Of lath, leads whole troops of i'm
aginary followers to the attack Of banditti
of trees and lurking robbers of rock.
When no longer the sport of his illusions,
and he awakens, as he will surely do, to
the difference between fancy and reality,
his longing for the genuine companion
ship of substantial flesh and blood be-
comes so intense that, if refused what it
desires, he will suffer all the serious con-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-16

purchasing it she expressed a desire to
have it loaded. The revolver was loaded
with blank cartridges, unknown to her
and she made hasty departure for home.
The next morning her husband came to
the store and offered the revolver for sale.
The storekeeper offered him 1915 for it
and the offer was accepted. The husband
said that the wife fired the revolver at
him, and on finding that he escaped I'M
harmed regretted her attempt at his life,
and the result was the disposal of the re-
vOlver.
WALLACE MEssERoE, aged nine, living
with his parents at HaledOn Pond, about
four miles from Paterson, n. j., was shot
and instantly killed by his brother Cleland,
the other evening. The boys had been
working on the grounds surrounding their
residence and had gone upstairs, to their
room, to change their clothing. In a
closet in the room were two shot guns, on
seeing which the boys said: "Let's play
soldiers" The younger took a double
barrel gun, which he laid across the bed.
The elder boy raised his weapon a single
barrel gun, not thinking it was loaded,
and it went off, the muzzle being only
three feet from the other lad The young
er boys head was shot completely off,
only few strips Of scalp remaining at
tached to the spine. The head was shat
tered into minute fragments, scattering
the ceiling and walls of the room.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-16
Sayings by Josh Billings.

A MAN may outlive his capacity to do
good, but not his capacity to do evil.
Most all spendthrifts are avaricious
creatures; they waste their substance on
| themselves.
Young man, don't have too poor an
opinion of yourself. The world are more
apt to pity the diffident than to admire
them, and pity too often is only another
name for disgust.
| IF you are anxious to injure a woman,
talk about her; if you would use up man,
say nothing about him.
1t is as hard work for man to keep
quiet who has suddenly got wealth or
fame as it is for bladder to keep still
after it is blown up.
Money is almost always great bother ;
between the desire to get more and the
fear Of losing what we have got, men are
kept all the time in boiling hot water.
1t will pay to educate any man, so it
will pay to cultivate any soil; but there is
great difference in the amount Of
potatoes you will get.
! 1t is the luxrlries Of life that have stimu-
lated the advancement of mankind. If we
were satisfied with the simple necessities
we should be a lazy set, all of us, lettering
about bare headed, and bare footed, as the
patriarchs of old did, out of job, and not
at all anxious to find one.
To think is the great business of life,
and to think right and then act is the con
summation.
The busy have leisure, the lazy never
do
Wealth will cover a multitude of sins,
but can't wipe one of them out.
There is,no sure cure for laziness; star
walton comes the nearest to it,
When [ was twenty / knew twice as
much as do now; and the way | am go
ing on, if I should live to be seventy-five,
I don't expect to know anything.
When you are able to thoroughly in
dorse yourself there is time enough to
seek the good opinion Of others.
We notice that almost every great result
has had small beginning.
If man abuses you, the first best thing
you can do is to forgive him, and the
second best thing you can do is to forget
him.
A live man is like nimble sixpence;
though he may wear thin he keeps bright
and is worth his face to the last.
Honesty is like Z per cent. interest; it
will beat all kinds Of speculations in the
long run.
A fiatterer is either fool or knave,
and I guess he is generally a mixture of
both.
Patience is of more consequence to a
schoolmaster than intellect. No man is
fit for schOolmaster' who cannot look
upon mosquitoes as a blessing.-N. z.
Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-16
SOundings at Niagara.

A PARTY Of engineers, consisting of
twenty-ene men and three assistants, are
now at the Falls of Niagara, under charge
of Mr.. Tower. They have surveyed and
made accurate maps of the coast line
about ten miles on each side of the Gene
see River, while they are just finishing
the survey of the river from Lewiston to
Navy Island. Here they have been I'M
able to obtain as satisfactory sOundings as
at other points Q the river Very good
results were obtained near the new Sus-
pension Bridge. Directly under the
bridge the lead showed depth of 1872 feet,
while short distance below the depth
varied from 1862 to 165 feet. The height
of the American falls is 1873 feet; this is
an accurate measurement, as, through the
assistance Of ConrOy, the lead was placed
at the base of the falls near the Shadow
of the Rock" The line Of the falls is so
ragged that any accurate measurement is
extremely difficult. Mr. Tower hopes to
obtain a faithful survey of this line by
using a mirror and thus throwing light
to any desired point upon the other shore.
Then he believes that the disputed ques-
ton about the line of the falls moving I'M
the river may be settled, though there will
still enter the query whether the original
survey of 1912 can be relied on as an ac
curate basis of culation.-Os,oe0o M.
" Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-16
Science as a Power i'm the World.

THE elementary principles and more
conspicuous facts of chemistry are so in
timately associated with the experience of
everyday life, and find such important
applications in the useful arts, that no
man at the present day can be regarded as
educated who is ignorant Of them. Not
to know why the fire burns, or how the
sulphur trade affects the industries of the
world, will be regarded by the generation
of men among whom your pupils will
have to win their places in society as a
greater mark of ignorance than false
quantity in Latin prosody or solecism in
grammar. Moreover, | need not tell you
that physical science has become great
power in the world. Indeed, after re-
ligiOn, 1t is the greatest power of our
| modern civilization. Consider how
much 1t has accomplished during the
last century toward increasing the COM
| forts and charging the intellectual vision
of mankind, The railroad, the steam
ship, the electric telegraph, photography,
gas-lights, petroleum oils, coal-tar colors,
CHloAAho o10''oAAiAiS, antslneSld are lew
of its recent material gifts to the world
and not only has it made one pair OF
hands do the work Of twenty. but it has SO
| improved and facilitated the old industries
that what were luxuries to the fathers OF
our Republic have become necessities to
our generation. And when, passing from
these material fruits, you consider the
purely intellectual triumphs of physical
science, such as those which have been
gained with the telescope, the microscope
and the spectroscope, you cannot wonder
at the esteem in which these branches Of
study are held in this practical age of the
world.-PrJ. j. P. Cook, an Popuga,
Science.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-16

Winchester, Va, which was taken and
retaken seventy-two times during the war,
has not varied hundred in population in
twenty-five years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-22
Johnny's Compositions.
THE o'PossUM.

II there is anything IN names this ami
mel is Irish, but there isnent none there
now, and them In the colinies call their
sells 'possums, like they was MATHIS.
Postum is bigger than a bird, but not
SO big as dog, and a long, bald-hedded
tale wich is all ways cole as ice, never
mind the wether It's jus as if their
tales was del and the funerals was pose
poned, but this amt so, for there tales
is nifty lively if you have ever see 'em.
twiss 'em round the bars of there cage.
I herd a man from Ostralia say that they
was no place la the world were nature
had been so good to her creatures, and
he said, the man did, that if it wasent
for the 'possum's tales how cud they
hang by 'em from the branches of trees
like they do, but wen I asst him wot they
hung for he diddent kno. I spect it's
only to sho they Amt afrade. The she
one has o tobacco pouch on the outside
of her stummick, and wen the little ones
is friten they creeps In it, and wen they
are snug they don't care copper wot
becomes OF their ole mother witch is out
side. Wen the dog fines a possum and
it cant git to tree it lays down and pre-
tens it is ded. Once they was a dog
wich dident kno about possums foun one
lying Like it was ded, and after rolin it
over vile, and smellin it, the dog lay
down by it and went to sleep. Wen
the possum saw the dog was sleep it
got up quietly to go away, but jus then
the dog opend its eyes and see the pos
sum standin up. Such friten dog you
never see, and such friten possum you
never see, but the dog most. It iumpt
up and made for home, howlin at every
leep, and fore it got home it had change
from black Newfounlarn pup to an ole
bulldog as wife as milk. Possum is
marsupials, wich souns very fine and
grand, but I spose its jus cos they can't
be anything els, with thir cole tales and
them pockets on their stummickses.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-22

must be taken with grain of salt, but
the following, I believe, can be relied
upon Johns affection for her Majesty
is very great. It was Prince Albert who
first took the man, simply because he
was straightforward and extremely indie
pendent. John never alters his broad
Scotch tongue to please any one, not
even royalty itself. The Queen was once
getting settled cozily upon her little
Highland pony The animal being
small and the roads dusty, it became
necessary to tuck up her riding habit
with a pin. John Brown was perform
ing this office, when suddenly, ssOh !!
dear p exclaimed her Majesty, "you
have pricked me, Brown g Your Ma
iesty should wear mair claes, then, . was
Johns reply. John was presently after
sent in to fetch certain mantle which
the Queen described. Instead of bring
ing the one described, John brought a
much thicker one. Brown" said the
Queen, !" that isn't the one at ALL" "It's
just this and nae ither, your Majesty"
said John, buckling it behind the saddle :;
/" I ken mair about the weather than
you, and the Queen submitted like
child. Cores. San Francisco Ne,0s-
letter,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-22
American EARTHQUAKES.

The Boston Transcript says: CA
highly respected resident of Brookline,
Mass, affirms that he and members of
his family felt the Cucuta earthquake in
May last. In view of the repeated expe-
riences of simultaneous earthquake phe-
nomena at widely different points on the
earth's surface, it is not at all impossible
that the rebound Of the internal wave
striking the under surface of the earth in
South America should be felt in the
Northern Hemisphere. The globe is
continually shaken with slight earth
quakes, not day passing. scientific men
assert, when there is not a sensible dis
turbance of this kind somewhere upon
the whole surface. It is well known that
from the beginning of 1773 to the end of
1776, a period of nearly four years, this
country was almost continually dis
trrbed, nearly a thousand shocks being
experienced in the first of these years.
TIE seat earthquake of Lisbon, in Ito,
in which 10000 persons were killed,
either by falling walls Or the waves of
the sea, burying the marble quay to
which they fed ina chasm opened under
the harbor 600 feet deep, was distinctly
felt along the coast of Massachusetts,,
and Lake Ontario was strangely agl-
tated.'' Sc
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-22
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
The Duck.


/ think it was stroke Of luck
To come into the world duck;
fly, swim, walk, you see;
What other can compare with me?
swim-far better than the swallow,
dy-and beat old Dobbin hollow,
I walk-and thus suIpass the trout
And other fishes, Out and out.
But when did Envy ever lack
a word of Ill behind ones back?
1t makes me sick to hear them talk,
They say waddle when walk.
And when fly with outspread wings
The swallows mock-the saucy things.
They say dare not wheel nor skim,
Lest 1 should fall and break limb.
And yesterday, pert young club
Gave me. he thought. . hardish rub;
That swimming ?" said he with laugh;
i call it only half and half.o
Well, let them talk, it won't hurt me-
They are not ducks and brakes, you see;
Our graces put them in a pet.
All grapes are sour one cannot get.
There's only one thing where I fail,
I try to sing-it's no avail;
I got cold long time back,
And never get beyond "Quack! !"
I'll take some lessons of the ark,
Next time hear him in the Park,
Then won't folks listen with Hush!
The duckssings better than the thrush!
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-22
Human Strength.

Among the Arabs, the Persians and
the Turks, you do not meet those under
sized, rickety, ccnsumptive beings who
are so common in Europe-you do not
meet with such pale, wan, sickly looking
countenances. Their compilations are
bright and ford. They are strong and
vigorous. able to ride a hundred miles
day, and capable of performing other
most amazing feats. | remember seeing
a most striking instance of their powers.
A band of men from the Himalaya noun,
tains had come to Calcutta for the pur-
pose of exhibiting feats of strength, and
they were indeed perfect Samsons. Their
size struck me with admiration. I know
nothing that I can compare to them.
ut perhaps some of you have seen the
statue at the bottom of the stairs at
Somerset House it is Hercules leaning
on his club, is seven feet high, looking
like being capable of executing the most
difficult task; and such were the
Athlete. We selected five men on board
the Glasgow frigate, similar number
from one of the regiments, and likewise
from an Indiaman-aH fine, picked men.
And yet upon trial of strength it was
found that Himalaya mountaineer was
equal to two and three-quarters of the
strongest Europeans. They could grasp
man and hold him in the air Like a
child and if they had not been under
control, I am convinced they could have
crushed him to death. 1 felt them, and
/ never felt such flesh in my ife-great
rolls of muscle. These men. never tasted
spirits. Buckingham Travels.