The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-03-10

crowd down the stairways of our
places of amusement, will take hold
of their dresses, instead of letting
them drag the space of three steps
behind them, they would save them
selves the inconvenience of furnishing
temporary stair carpet to those who
follow
\ new newspaper is mentioned
among the enterprises of the coming
spring, in the interest of woman's
rights. All the work, editorial and
/ typographical, is to be done by wo-
men. and its advocacy Of the en-
larged freedom Of the sex is to be
of the most ardent and ultra cha
ractcr.
f! A coating of three parts lard and
one part rosin applied to farm tools
of iron OF steel Will cfectualIy pre-
vent rust. Common nails heated
red-hot aud dropped into cold water
viii clinch and answer the purpose
of wrought nails. The sharp corner
of q common Indian arrow head or
flint viii cut glass quite efectually.
y member of the Kansas Senate.
who had been pretty strongly advo-
eating female suffrage, got u letter
from his wife the other day. Said
his tender spouse, ''Sam. don't make
q fool yourself.''
The -4dc0cate saws there is q goose
in st. Helena Parish, La. that has
cackled and trampled and laid there
for twenty-five years, and gives vi
vacious promise of surviving rs many
moro.
Some ex-Fredcricksbure darl5ies
voted at the election III Georgetown.
One old fellow, however, declined,
saying, "They jist put the names
down, and the next thing is tax on
every Niger that voted.
a ''green un," who had never be
fore seen q steamboat, fell through
the hatchway and down the hold OF
one, and being unhurt, loudly ex-
pressed his surprise: s'Well, ii the
darned thing amt holleI''
"What is the reason of q blow
leaving blue mark after it?" asked
an inquiring young gentleman. '.It
1t easily accounted for, answered IL
medical student; ''for you know that
dloac in the perfect makes Jiyc.
A church in Baltimore has the
motto upon the outer walls: ''To the
poor the gospel is preached. One
these words were found
painted under it: ''Not here,
though
MI. Bolts has just recovered
horse which was stolen from him
early i'll the war Although Bolts
has recovered the horse, if the horse
has the bots he is past recovery.
4 man in Cleveland advertises a
half interest IN {; well regulated laying
hen for sale, assigning as a reason
his utter inability to spend all the
profits.
Thin Man Boy, what's that
hungry looking dog following me
for?" Insulting boy-''Rc thinks
you arc a bone, I reckon.
Why was Crosby, OF Opera House
fame. like Il high officer under the
English crown? Because he was
grand chancellor.
The local of q Norfolk paper adj
viscs young ladies to examine wels
their stockings before promenadirg
in filters
"Mugby Junction." by Dickens,
has provoked an answer, entitled "A
Girl at a Railway Junction, Reply
What sort Of reply is that?
A young lady in Norfolk walked
into a store and cowhided clerk
who had been saying naughty things
about her.
A man was last week sent to iail
for ten days In Rhode Island for
sleeping in church. Nothing was
done to the clergyman.
A man in Jackson, Mississippi. gave
his intended money to buy her bridal
outfit, and the following morning
she married his brother.
An exchange speaks in Hibernian
fashion Of a promised ''autobiogra-
ply of Col. Colt, written by his
widow"
y New York paper complains that
January was the dullest month for
newspaper business of any during the
past five years.
In Buenos Ayrcs the value Of pa
per dollar has been fixed at one
twenty-6fth Of q gold dollar
Why is married man like a
candle? Because he sometimes goes
ont ot Diobf ,vbo,, bo o,,o.I,+ 80 -