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

Samuel Wilhelm, of Berks county,
Pa, eight feet high, has applied for the
situation of the late Irish giant.
The woman who enacted the part
of Katie King in the Holmes scances
in Philadclphia is studying for tho
stage.
Careful observations have shown
thut the average temperature Of the
human body within the tropics is nearly
one degree higher than in n temperate
climate
In fox chase in England lately
the Rev. G. w. Wilkinson broke his
neck and Lady Florence Douglas
smashed her collar-bonc but the fox
was caught.
Large apes of naturally intelligent
breeds are put to good service i'll tho
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 Mt each success
testify their delight by jumps and
chuckles. Apes SO trained are hired
ont 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 light houses
and lighted bcacons along this coast
line is 630; light-ships, 25; fog signals
operated by steam or hot-air engines,
40; day or lulghted 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 ohstructions in
channels Of navigation.
Take n man and pin three or four
large tablecloths about him, fastened
back with elastic and loopcd mp with
ribbons drag all his own hair to the
middle of his head and tic it tight, and
hair-pin on about five pounds of other
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 n frill to tickle his
chin, and little lace veil to blind hin
cyo--,r i1Un-Trvr he s"es Quito walk, AMI
lie will know what woman's dress is.
The thieves of Spain aro gayly pur-
suing their mad career among picturen
and statues. The celebrated cartoons
Of Goya at Madrid have gone after tho
Seville Murillo--whch latter, indeed,
has been recovered. Tho Virgins
crown in Saint Fcrdinand's chapel mt
Seville has vanished. So has tho
+" Master Dolorosa" of Alonzo Gnno at
Granada. The latest exploit of these
cntorprising fellows has been: inmpb-
antly carried out Mt Madrid. rhor
..'ooty is Il 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 MN. Andre and NIer
Guard, bankers. The Spanish legation
has claimed the statue.
Tho banishmcnt of lepers is rigor
ously carried out in the Sandwich isles
There was Il recent official search for
persons affected with the incurable
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
tney cue. lueli ianiiics Sa'ilei ou ou
the beach, and expressed their grief i'll
loud lamentations. A talented half
breed, called Bill Ragsdalc, has long
held high place in the regard of Sand
wich 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 were so
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
eredicating leprosy by punishment, and
expressing his hatred OF missionaries.