The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-02

steps second. Each drop of staRnant
water contains world Of animated
beings swimming with as much liberty aa
whaias in the sen. Each loaf has colo
ny,Df insects grazing on it, like COWS on
| the meadow.
A young Prussian officer, who, rs the
story goes. doubted the love OF his afi.
anced bride, requested one Of his friends:
after the battle 6{ Gravelotte, to inform
her that he had been killed, and to re-
port to him how she bore the news. The
result was that the girl committed sui
eide; and the lover, shocked at the TRACE
~ he had 80 onnwittingly caused. became
a raving maniac. and il now an inmate of
the asylum in Berlin. where he is regard
ed as incurablc The young officer
might have remembered CerYantes' sad
story OF lmpertinent curiosity, aud havo
been restrained from trying 30 danger
Gus, and whnt, in this instance. has
proved 80 fatal an experiment. #.
Old Billy W. Of Fluvanna County,
Ohio. was dying. He was an iguorant
man, and very wicked one. DR..
D. an excellent physician, and o
very plous man. was attending him. The
old fellow asked for bread The doctor
approaciled the bedside, and in very
solemn tone remarked: ''My dear fellow.
men cannot live by bread alone" .Nol;
said the old fellow, reviviDg; she's
'bleeged to have few wegatables!'
A drunken fellow. with box Of
matches In his pocket, lay down on the
SIDE walk in Muscatine, the other day,
TO enjoy quiet sn0oze. While rolling
over III his sleep. the matches took fire.
Awakening, he snuffed the. air conspicu-
onsly, smet the burning birthstone, and
e!acuiated, just as 1 expected, in h-ll
(hio) by hockey"
Wooden clothespins are an article of
export from Massachusetts. 500, 600
dozen of them have been sent from Bos
ton to different poEtB of Europe within
two months. Wootlen pals and wash
boards are also exported lnrgely. The
town OF Winchendoh is the head q uarters
OF the wooden manufacture in this coun-
try.
The Kickapoo Indians kick both WAYS.
Part of them live in Mexico and part in
the United States, and it seems that
those in tue United States maraud into
Mexico and those in Mexico maraud
into the United States. the two divisions
doubtless sharing the profits after the
manner of civilized men.
Let parents make every possible effort
to have their chiIdren go to sleep in
pleasant humor. Never scold or give
lectures, or in any way wound Guilds
feelings as it goes 10 bed. Let oil Danish
business and every worldly cnre at bed
time, and let sleep come to mind at
peace with God and all the world.
A lady had q favorite lap-dog which
she called Perchance. "a stranga name, I"
said somebody, "for beautiful pct, ma
dam. Where did you find it?" "Oh,"
drawled sue, sit was named from By
ron's dog. You remember where he
says, 'Perohance my dog will howl"
Henry Ward Beecher says: "There ia
nothing more offensive to me than to be
greeted in that rough, religious way,
Well, brother, how is yopr soul -day?'
That is perfectly natural No one
likes to have his little impcrfections
rudcly invaded or exposed.
Two cplored men in Charleston. while
registering. were asked who they were
gong to vote for; they replied, "Gen.
Wagener. They wero set upon by n
number Of excited darkies and badly
beaten.
A child named Allen G. Brown died
in New York on Friday from a blow iu-
hlcted in Watts streets by an older boy
named Dumphy, with chair rung. The
latter has been arrested.
A celebrated wit was asked if lie know
theodore Hook. EYES," he replied;
Hook and eye are old acquaintances."
Mr.. S. NJ. West, well known resident
OF Wilmington. N. c., died suddenly,
from hemorrhage, on Monday.
In wyoming Territory, the bride fur
nlsnes tho ring and the parsons fee, and
the bridegroom does the fainting.
The books in the library belonging 10
the British Museum occupy twelve miles
of shelving.