The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-19
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OhuMBS.-ln this mornings paper will
be found an advertisement relative to a
uew and valuable improvement in light
ning-rods. the invention of Mr.. Hawley.
The rod is made of copper and galvan-
lied iron twisted slightly. DR.. Parker,
Col. McMaster, Architect Lee, Clark
Wsring, Esq, aud other gentlemen in
this city. heartily commend the new rod.
The "Panitheopticonicon" is peripa-
tetlo entertainment highly improved by
wives in provincial towns, for the reason
that it is very easy to tell whether a be-
lated husband has reall, been there or
somewhere else, by the way in which he
pronounoes the namo when he comes
home.
| Joyner's alligator was the topic OF dis.
Russion yesterday. He is rouser there
no doubt.
V'Nothing stirring but stagnation,"
"Ns the answer OF gentleman yesterday
toAthe question as to the news. The
snFer is comprehensive, emphatic, and
g&phic statement in little Of the dull
nesdPow prevailing in the city. That it
embHlies regular Irish bull is not to be
wondered at, for it was au Irish tongue
that 8 sAoke it.
TheSretch who can stand in pair of
slipperA worked fo1 him by his wife, and
scold h%. is brute, and deserves to
have thek kout in both feet.
SAKE aa@rts that it is pleasant to be
surrounded by group of ladies; but lie
likes to bs surrounded by one just Us
we'll.
Ladies wil\be reluctant to learn that
diamond eng g\gement rings are no longer
fashionable.
The gentlemk n who "tired at random"
did not hit it. ND in disgust he lent his
rife to the you'd who had determined to
&c. i'm at i'm mortal (ty."
The February Aoersiele comes freight
ed with pictures N,nd wide range of
reading matter. Honting it is nn en-
craving. Telling s Aories by Fire-light."
Cranch's Father dpnder" poems and
picture, the directioA for swinging In
dian Clubs, the interAting Letter from
Egypt" the truly RurN and truly funny
Romaunt of the SleepA Princess, with
its droll verses and drolkr pictures, and
the other wise and wittyWords; not for
getting Hans Andersen'a Suggestive little
Vignette for February. whl& &e the days of
the week go masquerading; Ne "Settle,"
where the children gather to\play games
and guess riddles; aud the calendar"
with its notable February eveSts. Pub
lished by Hurd and HoughRn, New
York: 80 80 per year; % cents zach.
THE NAN WHO ALWAYS LAaHs.-
There are two extreme varieties o\ men
those who never laugh, and thde who
are perpetnally laughing-nnd. kf the
two, we think we prefer the fArmer.
Man was not intended to be eitDer an
owl or laughing hyenn, yet therA are
many who carry the semblance Of ole or
the other NIL their lives. Solemn hen
there are-men OF grave und sober
visage. who look as if they had bekn
born before laughing was invented, niAl
were either incapable of getting up \
laugh or scorned a weakness unknown
when they came into the world; the
keenest joke. tho wittiest retort, falls
with I'm unmeaning sound upon their
ear, and they are never betrayed into u
smile by objects and situations ludicrous
i'll the extreme to other eyes. Then,
there is the man who is always laughing
laughs when he talks, laughs when he
listens. (Which is not often.) laughs
when he ents, when he drinks; yes, and
is often known to laugh in his sleep. He
tires you with so much laughing, if
forced to lie in his company, and it is no
easy task to get rid of him when he is
once fastened on. You can walk away
from the man who never laughs, but the
laughist is bore. who positively
refuses to be "shook. " Plead
business. and he laughs; pressing
engagement. und he laughs again
nay, become offended and insist on
going, and he will roar with merriment.
You cant affront him. he will only laugh
at tho attempt. Your laughist is never
funny man, although he thinks he is,
which makes it very bad. He has not
even the sense to make good selection
Of the wits he steals. He tells stale
stories, making himself the hero of them,
and although he is the only one to laugh
at them, this does not disconcert him in
the least He invents new stories that
have neither pith nor point, and laughs