The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-08-20

Hats are made in hurry in Paris.
In the Exposition, is a machine by
means of which O rabbit skin NAV
be converted into hat in fifty mi
nutes. During the process the hat
undergoes six operations. The hats
arc lined and trimmed bya sewing
machine.
The Sidney Herald states that in
Australia there is one little spot
where people have been dying of
thirst. 1t is said that in the Lachlan
back country, bodies and skeletons
of persons who have perished from
want of water nre being continually
found.
A gentleman in the spring time of
life, when walking with n lady,
stumbled and fell On his resuming
the perpendicular, the lady remarked,
"she was sorry for his unfortunate
fdmc pas. ''I didn't hurt my fore
paws" said he, "I only barked my
knee"
The strange spectacle of fight be-
tween two deaf mutes occurred in
the streets of Lewistown, Me. the
other day. They called each other
hard names with their fingers fast
and furious and gave and received
kicks on the shins without outcry.
RESIGNATION OF THE MOBILE Po-
L1CE.-A large proportion of the
white members of the police force in
Mobile have handed in their resig-
nations to the chief, giving as rea-
son their unwillingness to serve under
n colored officer.
A Leipsic bookseller announces
that he is about to publish the works
of Macmillan. They will form seven
volumes, of which four are in the
hands of the printers. The publica-
tion is made by the express desire
of the Emperor Francis Joseph.
A clergyman was one day talking
with his landlord, Universalist, on
the personality of the devil. A little
incredulous, the gentleman remarked,
81 should like to see the devil"
Giant you waltz" was the quiet re-
ply.
A Chicago drummer, for q whole
sale house, got drunk in Quincy,
Illinois, went off to grove and went
to sleep. When he awoke he found
himself dressed as steamboat hand,
and minus his money and good
clothes. u.I
A colored orator, in a speech which
he recently made at Prospects, Prince
Edward County, told his sable
hearers that freedom did not mean
idleness, but to strike harder and
dig deeper than they had ever be-
fore done.
A Florida negro was exercising his
civil right of thrashing his wife,
when neighbor interfered. Taking
up shotgun, the -whipper shot
at the other, but missed him and
killed two of his own children.
It is said that the radicals of Nash.
vile propose running colored can
didates in the coming municipal
election, in order to raise the test
as to whether negroes are legally
entitled to hold office.
A cotemporary says he once knew
a young lady who was so excessively
modest that she always wore green
spectacles, because she objected to
looking at gentlemen with her naked
eyes.
People are advised against being
buried in one County in Kentucky,
as the soil is so poor that it cannot
raise them when Gabriel blows his
horn.
Fred. Douglass says that one man,
with the right on his side, is ma
jority; but it doesn't follow that one
man with the majority on his side is
right
The Colorado Times says that there
are three things which q woman can
not do. She cannot sharpen lead
pencil, cannot do up bundle, and
cannot carry an umbrella.
A man who tried the Chicago ma
trimonial bureau found his welded
happiness cut short in two days by
the disappearance of his spouse with
considerable greenbacks.
An old lady refused to let her
niece dance with young graduate,
because she had heard that he was
a bachelor of arts, whereby she under
stood that he was an artful bachelor.
It's rather remarkable, that while
several thousand feet are required
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