The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-12

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1880 Am! On Sunday. the Office is
open from Sto.4 m. = .a.-,
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LINE FOR POISONING By PIIANTs AND
INsRors:. "A standing antidote for poison
by bak, IVY, etc, Is TO take q handfal, OF
qui6k-lim dissolve in water, Let it stand
hall an hour, then paint the poisoned
parts with It, Three or four applications
win never fail to oure the most aggra.
vated casss. @ Poison from bAej, hornets,
spider bites, etc., is instantly arrestedby
theapplication Of equal parts Of common
salt and bioarbohhte ~ isod&, we'll
rubbed in ON the place shitten- ofeStnhg.
20, Boston Joa1nalg Chemistry.
It's very cute thing TO pinch some.
body on the back Of the leg, and accom-
pauy the movement with yelp in imita-.
ton of dog. "a lahk individual tried
the trick on a 300 pound friend yester-
day, And the corpulent person, lost his
presence of mind, and fell back on his
tormsltor. JTh6 lank individual was
pried up from the pavement with new
spades aud escorted home on his edge
He is now Tavenously fond Of dried apple
comes round again.-Dan6ury Ns,os.
It will be pleasant for those women
who carry. much upon their head In the
way of.capillary decoration TO know that
nearly the false hair worn in this
country comes from lunatio asylums, pri-
sons and public hospitals. There is
much IN association, and we mention
this fact not as anything new. but as q
gentle reminder to the .fair sex of how
much they owe to the charitable institu-
tions OF tho country .d
s'Don't You feel an aching void ?" re-
marked psrson ofrevivalist ptocliyities
to his travelling vis.a.cist f''Ihdeed I
spisitpai Soia ssSlsined tbe a' minisssr msaa
nasally... Il We'll, nov that yon remind
me of ii" said, the unconverted sinner,
II do feel kind Of affinity for a drop Of
Jamaies, - ''4f ''.''i
Grace Greenwood declares that. .if
natnfe intended that women should ride
horseback at ALI Rhe doubtless intended
that they' should Has 'sstraddle." She
may have intended it, for aught we
know, but, if she did, there is no aues-
tlon that she has been ashamed of it ever
since.-LouispiNe Courier Journal.
Mr.. W. n. Smith, NJ. P. for West
minister, made a speech at q Conserva-
tive diqneT in Westminster,S SEn gland , on
Thursday might, the 9Th inst. IN which
he criticised iie ballot biilA comparing
the working of the system in England
and America, denying that it prevented
corruption.
The editor of North Texas paper
drowsily announces that he will publish
the election returns from the Counties
OF his section ''as fast as they come in. +"
He hopes to have some of them by
Christmas, aud is confident that he will
get them all up before the next election
comes on.
A Tennessee correspondent, who ia
evidently little rusty in Hellenic lore,
writes to ask '.who was Aspasia?" She
was the female woman who played jose
phine Mansfield to the jimfisque of Peri.
cles. But you mustn't suppose that we
ever knew her. personally.
A negro in Coffee County, who bet
two dollars and seventy.fve cents that
he could ride roam mule with q pine
bur under thu saddle, lost the money.
He was followed to the tomb by large
and enthusiastic audience.
Savannah Neus.
city fop was taking an airing in the
country, tried to amuse himself by quiz.
zing al old farmer about his bald head,
who solemnly remarked, "youpg man,
when my head gets as soft as yours, [
can raise hair to SELL"
Savannah has colored dramatic
troupe billed to play "Noble Thieves"
for the benefit of tho Second African
Baptist Church, Of that city.
Billy Florence says there is an Abbey
IN Ireland where they show two skulls Of
Shakspeare-one when he was O little
boy and one when lie was man.
The effect of Simmons Regulator on
tho stomach. liver aud kidneys is prompt
and effectual. D7t3
Tho Waterford bank robbers offer to
compromise for ninety per cent.
Chinese smugglers buy pretty Corean
girls for measure Of miilet each
Beeoher says the lies about him would
shingle cathedral