The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-14
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The gambling bank at Baden-B Baden
has been twice broken, within 2
month, by a Maltese millionaire, as
sisted ON the last occasion by two
players as lucky as himself.
It has been said, with o mixture of
truth and paradox, that an English
man is never happy but when he is
miserable; a Scotchmen never at
hope but when he is abroad and an
lrlshman never at peace but when he
is fighting.
An English exchange says: ga
specification has recently been fled
at the Patent Office for improvements
In boiling eggs. This was shortly
afterwards followed by a patent for a
machine for removing the tops from
eggs previous to eating them. We
hope next week to be able to announce
that a patent has been secured by
somebody's grandmother for sucking
the above delicacies."
M. Delamarne recently made an
ascent in his balloon, from the Gre
morne Gardens, London, with a view
to test hls steering apparatus. The
latter was found to work exceedingly
well. M. Delamarne proposed to
make another ascent, to return to the
Gardens after his voyage. Should he
accomplish this purpose, the efficiency
OF his steering apparatus will be estab-
hshed beyond doubt.
: Mr.. PumcA explains one of his
wood-cuts, representing guard peep
ing into the window of railroad car.
by the following dialogue:
Guard Smoking not allowed,
gents
Swell-"Oh; all, what's the fine?"
Guard shilling, ready money,
to 5he guard, sir; forty shillings to the
company, payable by instalm ents,
and at your own convenience"
The cultivation of cotton in Venetia
and other parts of Italy has been
very successful. Large Quantities Of
seed have lately been purchased from
Louisiana, and it is expected that
next year the cotton harvest will be
even more abundant that now. Last
month, several cotton markets we're
held IN various parts of Italy, and the
cotton was eagerly purchased, the We
netian being especially admired Tor
It's whlteness, hneness and ductilitv.
The Geological Society, in London.
has Just received male chimpanzee.
The introduction of the stranger to
the female, in the garden, was an
amusing incident. The tv creatures
rushed into each others arms like
stage lovers. They kissed each other;
then the male chimpanzee patted the
females face, danced round her; took
her round the. waist, as if he were
going to waltz, when they expressed
their Joy by dancing and howling in
ludlcrOus concert.
From Egypt the Gazette du MIDI
gives details of the ravages caused by
the cholera, which has now almost
ceased. In one village in the Delta,
celebrated for the cultivation of wa
ter melons, the whole of the inhabi-
tants died. Being unable to sell their
fruit they ate it themselves, and died
to the last man. It was necessary to
NAhA A'AOJ AoASCtt 1uOO1 W DuIS UDC luSC.
In all it is said that 80, 600 victims of
the contagion and bad living were
buried in Egypt within six weeks.
Mr.. Lawrence Oliphant, the author
OF many distinguished works on orr
entail lands-and whose work on the
Crlmea was a hit, owing to the time
In which it appeared-goes to America
to make some notes upon the con-
dltion OF affairs in the South. Mr..
Ohphant has recently been elected to
Parliament. He has been connected
with the paper called the cic!-which
was noted for its blindness to the
dawn that was coming in America
but that connection has ceased.
SNGrLAR TELEGRAPHIo BLUNDER.
One of the office-bearers of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland, who had