The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-27
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Our merchants. and others wishing to
prepare for the fall business, will please
take notice that the PHOENIX Office is
supplied with oil necessary material for
rs handsome cards, bill heads. posters,
circulars, aud other printing that may be
desired, as any Office in the city. Give
us u call and test our work.
The Southern gas generator, now in
use Mt the PHOENIX Office, is much ad-
mircd. 1t is just the thing for lnrgo es-
adjustments; aud in country towns is
invaluable.
Can ''watcre,l silks" be called dry
goods?
Mr.. Joseph D. Barbee. printer, for
merly employed in Columbia. died in
Wilson, N. c., O few days ago.
DR.. Z. L. Moore's dcntul Office will be
closed for "a few days, in consequence Of
his necessary attendance upon sick re-
lntive.
Tho wires for tho Southern and Allan
tic Telegraph Company have been
stretched through our streets.
We suppose it must be the equinoctial
storm; but certainly tue wind and rain
have had it pretty much their own way
during the past few days. a portion OF
the fence around the State House was
Frustrated, and several awnings split
into ribbons.
The Providence Journal declares that
''the ancient Greeks played base ball. !"
or course. they did. or byron wouldn't
have said to the modern Crooks:
'Ye have the Pyrrhic dance ns yet
Where has your base ball plnying gone?
OF two such lessons why forget
The nobler and the manlier one?"
But for our part, We think that if they
actually did play base ball, it's wonder
they ultimately played out.
Mover overwhelm your friends by beg
ging them to nuke themselves at home,
or they will soon wish they we're there.
Show by your actions rather than your
words TINT you are glad to see them.
Do not talk about yourself or your
family to the exclusion of other topics.
What If you are clever, aud little more
SO than other people, it may be that folks
will think so. whatever they ought to do.
BE not stingy of kind words and pleas
ing acts for such are fragrant gifts,
whose perfume will gladden. the heart
and sweeten the life of nll who hear or
receive them.
| AS we, In our generation. are the JUS
ti1cation of antiquity, in the completion
md understanding of her works, SO,
| being ourselves III the midst Of incom-
pleteness. we must look forward to pos
terity for our justification, and tho
| finishing OF what we have bcgnn or toiled
upon. This seems to me sufficient an
swer to those croakers who, when asked
to mid in any good work without imme-
diately resultant benefits say, 'sWhat
do we owe to postcrty?"
Audacity, mendactiy and loquacity
three political graces.
Forced polteness- Bowing to crcum.
stances.
Pollard calls slavery tho ''lost curse. {"
Don't know about slavery. but the ex-
slaves are curses. in tho opinion Of every
man that owns hon house-'tC Curses
like chickens" you know.
On one Of the lnts terribly hot days, n
little boy Of three years and half, who
was perspiring very freely, ran iu to Ills
mother. saying: 20, mamma, rs leaking
all over" .
For next season, it is said that bonnets
are to have MI their trimmings OH tho
back, iustend of in front, rs formerly.
An unreasonable and somewhat misan-
thropic acquaintance remarks TINT lie
has often heard the provcrb. "A friend
in need is friend indeed" but lie says
he can't see where the laugh comes in.
He hns friend in need who is always
borrowing money Of him.
An old lady, writing to her son out
West, warns him to beware OF bilious
saloons and bowel alleys.
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