The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-02

Blanche Somerset, also responded to the
toast Of the younger branches of the
family. A number Of other, ladies we're
present Of the dinner, and, it. is con-
ceded, rendered the proceedings not one
Whit less lively. ~ 1r5.
The WooDPEoKfR. An exchange
eays: I'VE have seen the planters killing
the yoodpecker for sport: They are re-
garded as nuisance, because they peck
holes In the shuck, and are charged with
eating young dorm. But in this last par
ticular injustice lis done them. If you
will go TO- every ear they have pecked,
and examine closely, you Will find that O
worm has been there eating the corn.
butt it is not there then, because the
woDdpecker has taken it off! the ear and
swallowed; lit.I. Instead of eating your
corn, it Will protect it from the worm.
He is, therefore, your friend, and not
your enemy. land you should not kill
him. ~ iaiTfa9 / 'f !3jr...% fr'
aiThe2walIs Of bt. Patrick's Cathedral
at the corner 6f Fifth Avenue and Fifty
fifst street, New York, the corner stone
of which was laid on the 18th Of August,
1858, have risen. to above fifty feet in
height, and the beautiful portals in the
AAOhP, Gk0uoCpIo, uutt T6dT uT6 HOW uDlSO-
ed. When finished, this will be the
handsomest church on .!.e continent.
and Will Accommodate 19, 900 persons.
The building viii be $3.50 feet from bnt-
tress tolbuttress, and sol feet inside the
wallis The breadth at the transept is to
be. 172 feet, and the height from the floor
to the crown to the ceiling Ito feet.
sH1PMENrs OF Arms; i; TO 70 Turkey.
vessels have very recently left New York
laden with firearms, And fifth is upon
the point of starting Their cargoes
consist nof 126, 600 Bnheld and D225, 700
Springfield rifles, which have been pur-
chesea from the United States Govern
meat, for account ;of, the Porte, by his
Excellency' Blacqus Bey, the Ottoman
Minister ct Washington. =, l.'.'. :. !
Sticks differ Aayyuardstick is very use
full ina store; stick on the stage is OF
no good hse' whstever; o stick in q 'tum-
bier is Sometimes in danger Of making
the sidewalk uneven to pedestrians; a
stick of q husband or wife is apt to be
much longer than is desired; and stick
full OF matter is the commonest thing
that is read ip newspapers.
A San Francisco thief lately levied
black mail upon Chinese mourner, by
steallng the bones of deceased China
man and demanding money for their re.
storatioa. A Chipaman never gets to
Heaven unless his remains rest in the soil
OF the Flowery Kingdom, and the de-
mand was complied with.
Three Nfichiganders got lost in the
woods, and told their dog to "go home. {"
He went, and they followed him till ont
of the wilderness. One OF, them said it
was the ydogon edest' chase he ever had
to Keep up with that dog, ,,. Ida ., -,
The gross receipts ofothe Union Tele-
graph Company. since the LIST of Ja-
nuarys have averaged 5000. 600 month
its expenses. about 1876, 900, and its net
profits a. little over $210.OO0.
Senator Sprague is said to be the
largest employer In, the United States.
He gives work to about 5000 PERSONS,
and has recently raised their wages ff-
teen per cent. 7b P.aI @s> = -
The shaft of malice often returns like
the boomerang, to rend those who hurl
il.