The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-06-30
Is al TIE IA q
HOME AGAIN. The numerous friends
ofyDr. r. w. Gibbes are informed that
he arrived yesterday.

he arrived yesterday.
BE SENsIBLE.-Do not be above your
business; he who turns up his nose at lis
work, quarrcls with his bread and but
ter. He isn poor smith who quarrels
with his own sparks; there's no shame
about my honest calling; don't be afraid
Of soiliug your hands. there's plenty of
sonp to be had. All trades are good to
traders. You cannot get honey if you
arc frightened ut bees, nor plant corn if
you arc afraid Of getting mud on your
boots. When you can dig fields with
tooth picks, blow ships along with fans,
aud grow plum cakes inHower-pots. then
it will he fine time for dnndics.
THINGS NO LADY CoSFEssEs To.-Old
Bozbury says: You can never, by any ac-
cident, got IL lady (be she young or old)
to confess that she laces tight. That her
shoes are too small for her. That she is
ever tired ut II ball. Tint she is ms old
as she looks. That she has been more
than five minutes dressing. That she
has kept yon waiting. That she bushes
when ~ certain persons name is men
toned. That she ever says thing she
doesn't mean. That she is fond Of scan
dial. That she-she Of all persons in the
worlds in love. That she doesn't
want new bonnet. That she hasn't the
disposition OF MI angel or the temper of
saint-or else how could she go through
one half Of what she does? That she is
ever in thu wrong.
| LADY INSURANCE SoLIcIToEs.-An in
surnnce ngcnt down South is about to
employ number of handsome young
ladies to canvass for the company lie
represents. These fair solicitors will not
approach the sterner sex at all upon the
subject, but will confne themselves
strictly to working on the fears Of their
own sex who may be married or depend
! cnt. It is thought that they will SO fill
the mind of the wife of your bosom
about the necessity of yonr having your
life insured, that you will never he al-
lowed to have peace around the domestic
hearth until you are fully insured for q
good round sum for the benefit OF your
future widow-and whoever she may elect
to succeed you.
CRUMBS. q suspension Of over
four notwithstanding to the destruction
Of the Office by fre-the publication OF
the Marion Crescent has been resumed.
Corsair, writing from Columbia to the
Charleston Daily Ncus, says: "It is
understood that the Southern College,
now located mt Newbcrry, is to he removed
to Columbia, and the exercises continued
by the faculty in temporary quarters
until provision be nude for erecting
suitable buildings.
AIcssrs. Dnffie & Chapman have also
presented lis with copy OF Charles
Reade's "Put Yourself in His Place" q
notice of which was published last week.
The incidents are we'll arranged, and the
story highly entertaining.
The indestructiblc tag is great con
vcnence to merchants. It answers the
combined purpose Of Il direction label
and business card. Call ut the PHGNIN
Publishing House and supply .yonr,
selves
Sidney Park is being touched up by
the city authorities. New seats have
been erected. the walks overhnnlod, etc.
WIN. Robert Atkinson. Of Columbia,
won the first prize in moral philosophy,
at the late commencement of tho Uni
vcrsity of Virginia.
The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Company have just added to
their rolling stock beautiful new en-.
gine, named the "Edgefield." She was
built at the Grant Works, Paterson, N.
j., and is model of her kind, having MI
the latest modern improvements. Hcl
weight is about twenty-six tons.
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