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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

George Augustus Sala, the English
journalist. is quite eloquent on the sub.
ject of Panama hats. He says: care
you aware of the beauties of a Panama
hat? 1t is of fine straw-straw so fine
and so exquisitely plated, that it appears
to bo of one united glossy nature. It ia
as soft as silk, and as strong as chain
MOL, and as elastic as oaoutchouc. II
you are caught in shower of rain, and
your Panama gets wet through, you have
only to wiring it out as though it were
towel, and hang it on yonr walking stick
to dry, and in quarter of an hour it
will have regained its pristine shape.
The Spaniards declare that Panama il
shot proof and an infallible protection
against sun-stroke; but OF these asser-
tons have my doubts. The life of
Panama hat may be measured by that of
raven. It is supposed never to wear
out. At all events, there is q cunning
halter in New York who, for ten dollars,
Will undertake to return to you, as good
as new, Panama hat which is twenty
years old, and has been in the wars, and
shipwrccked, and thrown into o lime
Kiln, tan pit, and bucket Of tar. This
peerless hat is not to be purchased at q
mean price. It is the dearest head gear
manufactured. Red-skinned maidens
have intoned whole cantos of Indian
epics while they plated and sewed to-.
gether those minute circles of straw. A
good Panama will stand you in from fifty
to seventy-five pesos de oro-from $50 to
$3.50.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

AFTER A GREEDY COTTON SAMPLER =
an old lady in West Point went for a
cotton sampler in that town. The News
says: The cotton buyer began to pull
forth samples until he was pretty we'll
loaded, when the old lady could ,forbear
no longer; 80, with shrill. defiant
voice, exclaimed: "Look yer. mister,
this is my cotton. and I'm gwine to keep
it in this wagon till l sell it," The last
seen OF the cotton man he was rapidly
making for his place of business, with
the old lady at his heels.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

A HORSE OF ANOTHER CoLoR.-It
seems that the details of the Credit Mo-
biller scandal Travelled all the way to the
Pacific coast; not 80, however, did those
OF the later charge against Mr.. James G..
Blaine. Says the Bulletin, of San Fran
cisco:
1T must be gratifying to all fair-mind.
ed mon to know that Messrs. Blaine.
Colfax, Dawes, and other public men
who, like them, have stood high in popu-
lar confidence, have 80 completely ex-
oneratcd themselves from the implica-
tions upon their honor in connection
with the Credit Mobilier, that the slander
has been dropped by every decent oppo-
sition paper. If these men were cor
rnpt, We mig LIT woll conclude the bottom
had dropped out of public morals.
Blalne's defence is 80 complete that even
the Tribune. reckless as it hos been in
this campaign, retracts the charge it has
so persistently urged"
The Tribune has done nothing of the
sort. It has accepted the statement of
the lawyers on that side that it was Mr..
Blalnes brother, not Mr.. Speaker
Blaine, who received the shares of stock
OF the Pacitic Railroad, e. D. As for
the Credit Mobilier business, we are as
far from getting at the bottom of this as
ever. Congressman Ames will not toll
whether Blaine and others were guilty,
nor whom he did bribe with his stock.
Until he does, we must rest the case on
his own letters showing that he did bribe
some Congressmen.-Ne,o Pork Tribune.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

A iong-suffering San Francisco crimi. {.
MAJ mas been convicted, after four in
anlotments, five trials, one acquittal and
tnree hung juries. His name wasn't
Mrs. Fair. A
One OF the most wonderful OF modern
Inventions is that OF q new kind of
braces, for holding up trowsers, which
are said oy the patentee "to impart tran
quillity to the mind"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

A Cool DoDGE-How TO GET AN Au-
NcE:-The management of Mrs. Ma
cready's company secured fair audience
at her personation Of "Rchelieu" re.
Gently by rather questionable method
of action. Finding that seats were sell.
ing very slowly ut the box-ofi:e, the
agents of the party distributed "compli.
mentary tickets" throughout the city,
leaving as many as thirty in one store.
The result was TINT large number pre-
sented them ut the door. only to be in
formed that they were simply ''admission
tickets, and would be received at the
entrance to the gallery. No one with q
lady could think of going there, and all
Inquiries regarding the matter were
answered with tho information that the
payment of half dollar would entitle
the holders of these tickets to reserved
seats III the parquette and orchestra.
Nothing was left but to purchase seat
checks. and an agent was very conven-
lently seated nenr the entrance with an
assortment Of very good seats. Quite a
number availed themselves of the slight
privilege allowed the holders of the
"complimentaries," and the upper
gallery has seldom held so crowded and
respectable an audience. The shabby
treatment they had received did not
tend to make the audience very enthusi.
astic. Worcester Mass. J Gazette.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

A painting has recently come to light
in England which purports to have been
painted In the time of Shakespeare, and
to represent the marriage of that poet
with Ammo Hathaway.
What fruit is most visionary? Phe
apple Of the eye.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

A THEATRICAL STORM INGENIOUS
FRENCH CoNTRIvANcE.-A French cor
respondent gives some details of the
working Of the wonderful ship scene in
the Gate drama of '.Le Fills de la Nuif."
We are told that the stage is entirely
cleared, and three long lines of rails nre
laid down-one coming straight down
from the back towards the foot lights.
and another from the left wing, while the
lant traverses the stage at the first
grooves. The big vessel, mounted COM
plete upon platform furnished with
rollers, remains till wanted at the ex-
treme back OF the stage, and is pushed
down the rails and turned to the left
ready to enter. The painted cloth. re-
presenting the ocean, is then laid down,
and the first row OF ''waves" take their
places. They are little boys, who, armed
with semi-circular canes, creep under the
canvas. and pushing their covering, imi-
tate the movement of the sen. There
are fifty of these useful aids III all; the
second row being composed of full
grown men on their knees, and the last
and most stormy undulations of the
main are formed by the movements of
auxlllarIes who stand erect. The cleo.
trio light plays upon the tops of the
waves, and the brig appears It soon
reaches the middle of the scene, where
turn-table is fixed, supported by the
robust shoulders of twenty-five men.
who. by moving up and down in mea.
sure, initiate the rolling and pitching of
a ship in gale Of wind. The attacking
boats now como along the horizontal
line of rails, and the vessel is boarded
and taken after hot hand to band fight.
When the piece was first produced, some
years ago, Mr.. Fechter was PLAYING in
Paris. and his presence averted q contre.
temps. The cloth representing the sen
gave way in one part, and the head
and bust OF one of the "waves." who.
for the sake of GOODNESS, had diyested
himself of his upper garments, came
through, and remained fully exposed to
the gaze Of the audience. Fechter. who
represented the pirate captain, and was
supposed to command on deck, did not
lose his presence of mind, but immedi.
ately cried out, "a man oyer.boardI''
Aided by the Grew, the amazed super
was hauled on board, amid the applause
OF the gratifed spectators, who fanoied
that this rescue from watery grave
formed part of tho play.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

FUNERAL OF CHINAMAN IN BELLE
VILE. N. J.-CURIoUs CERRMoNIRs.-On
Friday last Lii Chow Chin was buried in
the grounds adjoining Capt Harvey s
famous laundry in Belleville, N. j., and
the unique ceremonies of Chinese flu.
neral were performed in his honor. The
latter days of Lii Chow Chin's life were
spent in communion with an ugly wood
On god, to which he remained desperate.
~ loyal in spite Of the efforts of Christ
ian minister to convert him. His fuue-
raj was attended by 220 Chinamen, the
total number of Capt Haryey's imported
washermen, dressed in wooden shoes and
habby pantaloons, loose shirts and far
extending pig.tails. They assembled in
the spacious ironing room of the laun-
dry awaiting the removal of the body.
When oil was ready they gravely walked
down to the burial pluce. They sur.
rounded the grave and each threw a piece
OF lighted pnper down upon the CORPSE.
A volume Of smoke arose from the grave.
and the spirit of Lii Chow Chin was be-.
lieved by his brethren to have ascended
with it to the clouds. AS the clay was
heaped on the corpse little sticks and
pieces of nickle currency were mingled
with it. md money was distributed
among strangers who witnessed the cere.
mony. After the funeral the China.
mems supper bell rang, and they re-
paired uproariously to their chop sticks
ana unseasoned tea and rice.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

How 1T FEELS TO BE HANGED. Though
would. be suicides are often resuscita tated,
1t is seldom that half-straugled victims of
the laws majesty return to tell of their
experience. man named Franks was
sentenced to be hanged in Fiji, last sum
Mer, Tor tho murder of Mr., Thomas
Muir. 1t was the first attempt in Fiji to
carry capital sentence into effect, in q
civilized way. The preparations were
bunglingly made, and after the drop fell,
Franks was apparently dead for about
three minutes, when he revived, raised
one arm aud got hold of the rope. One
OF the officials, on the impulse of the
moment, cut the man down. and soon
alter, reprieve arrived. Franks said
that when the bolt was drawn and he
fell, he thought he felt something at the
back OF his neck, and he was praying
and thinking of God and Heaven. Then
the memory Of wreck from which he
was rescued passed before his mind. He
saw himself cling to tho chains until
washed way; then seizing rope at
tached to floating spar. he clung to it
until washed back again on deck by
heavy sea. All the details of the wreck
passed through his mind, and then came
the thought, "Why do not die?" Find
ing he could breathe, he suspected ON
intention to torture him by prolonging
his sufferings. The Fiiians seem to have
had enough OF the Western method of
execution, and it is understood that
Franks has been banished from the
country. Whether Fiji will return to
the ronst.oven system, remains to be
seen.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

BAnED.-Oapt. w. w. Neil, J. o.
Duckett, and Ludy Tribble, were before
Commissioner Runkle on last Wednes.
day. They were released on bond of
$4,000 each to appear in Columbia on
the fourth Monday in November, at the
sitting Of the United States Circuit
court. DR.. Dave Richardson and Can't
Joel Anderson are before the Com mis-
sioner as we go to press. This completes
the list OF the late arrests in this Comfy
LdurensriNe Herald.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-26

DEATH IN VOLCANo-ACCoUNT OF
THE DEATH OF Two ADVENTUROUS ToUR.
lists IN THE CRATER OF VEsUvIUs. The
neoisfd, OF Naples, contains the follow.
ing account OF the loss of two gentlemen
IN the crnter of Vesuvius, who, with
great temerity, insisted on being lowered
down to the dark cavern, immediately
below tho orifice Of the crater:
A party was formed to ascend Mount
Yesuvlus on Friday afternoon. in the
Caffe di Europa. The party consisted OF
TWO Americans, three Englishmen and
one trenchman. On Sunday night.
they took carriages from the cafe for
Neslna, reaching there at half-past IL
L. III. Having procured horses, guides
ana other neoessaries, they started for
tne burning mountain, and began the
ascent, one Luigi Garoglo leading as
clcerone, and arrived at the base of the
uppermost cone, further than which
horses do not go. The tourists thon be.
gan the ascent over the hillocks and
boulders of lava until the vicinity of the
crater was reached, when Messrs. James
WILCOX and Francois LIE Mieur, an Anne
rioan and Frenchnan, insisted on being
lowered down to the cavern which is
formed below the mouth of the volcano.
Tho guides, who provide themselves
with ropes for that purpose, complied
with tho requett of the Foreigners, and
lowered them down. The mountain
beng perfectly quiet, no dagger was an
ticlpated; but when one of the party
above the crater called out to the rash
aaventurers, no answer was returned
Inc guides, growing anxious, cried,
deotlemen, you had better hold on to
the ends OF the ropes" Still the ropes
remained slack, and no answer came
from the snlphurous and murky cavern
below. Twenty minutes passed, and the
adVenturers were yet silent. 1t was then
proposed that one of the guides should
be lowered and hold on to the ropes
until he had investigated the appearance
OF the cavern base. He had hardly en-
tered when he cried loudly, ".Sui SUI non
ce n1enfe che una pieira streAissina," fUp!
up! there's nothing here but very mar
row rocky
AS far as any living person can tell the
rest, the unfortunate strangers, the VIC
Tins of their own imprudence, were
buried into the mysterious abysses Of
Mount Vesuvius.
In this same month, sixteen years ago.
two Englishmen of birth and fortune
anu French comedian committed the
same terrible error. The same ambition
which urged them to scale the icy heights
OF the MatterhOrn, also nerved them to
search insidious Vesuvius while it slept.
and they were either lost in some laby-
rlnth OF lava and ashes or smotb cred by
vapor of sulphur.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-13
Paper In the Street"

Editor Telegraph
believe in Agitation rs a means of Re-
form"-in keeping it before the people. l
would ask, therefore, y little space in which TO
show that Fair Plays" premises are faulty,
his position untenabe, his reasoning fallacious.
think that EARN chair" of his was tq9 easy,
his thoughts ran too fast for his better judg
ment--hc mused, but he didn't muse ,corM a
cent!
The burdcn--tho substance of his Article
may be stated Musly: Because q sufficient
number of policemen cannot he stationed at
Certain points 10 watch all persons and see
that none throw paper upon the ground, and
thus secure perfect obedience, therefore, do
not pass an ordinOndc that may prevent the
greater portion ihat now finds its WY into
the street, from being thrown there in. With
fallible human nature to contend with, pq one
expects perfect obedience TO laws. If they
were obeyed 70 the letter, then what would be
the need of any penalty attatched! No one
expects that every bit of paper will be kept
oyt Of the street, but the greater portion would
be, and half loaf is better than nope.N
We have laws for the punishment of muir
der theft, arson, sci ling Intoxicating drinks to
miners or drunkarls, yet th're is not police
man or spy upon erery w,onld-bc murderer,
thief, incendiary or saloon keeper, and yet all
these crimes are TO some extent, committed
a few years ago, m any persons were accuslom-
cd to hitch horses TO shade trees and many
trees were badly injured. Forthwith an ordi
nance was passed which mulcted every viola
tor to the tune of one dollar. After few were
fined the evil was corected-not by the mum.
ber of policemen to stand guard over the trees
but by the simple fear of detec ton if the of
tense was committed, and the dread Of tho
penalty. Thus all law aims at securing a
ihree-fold object prevention, protection and
punishment And who loubts that thousand
iold more Srime kcontemplated) Is prevented
than is actually committed-that thousand
would be, criminals are deferred from the com.
mission of crime, simply by the knowledge Of
the fact that there are laws that will punish
them II detecled-that the ayenging sword oil
Justice Is suspended over them butt hair.
Thus are lhey kept from the commission oi
crime, apd society is projected.
And now, Mr.. Fair Play" IL YOU could see
the ordinance 10 auestion passed, you would,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-13

We arc indebted 10 AspREw g. sToNE,
Esp, Of Lawroucc, Mass, for u pamphlet copy
Of tlle repor, Of the joint spcchl committee
for procuring supply OF water for that city.
We luve read II with interest, h view Of The
prospect, ere long Of some similar project be-
Ing niooted In this place Should the springs
on the adjacent hills be insufficient, as there
is reason to fear, for supply Of water for n
population of Is or 20 thQW4apd that may be
expected in this place in five or ten years,
then the tapping Of a stream, Or pumping
from the lake, will have to be resogted to, and
the appliances rcsartcd TO In the Lawrence
project would have 10 be brought into rcqui-
silion here The creek at that point where 1t
doubles upon itself-the property now Of p.
II. WATSON, Esq.-or the old HART & VAN
AIKEN pond, fed by springs would either
afford supply, and elevation enough for all
purposes for which water is ne, ded. But IL IS
hardly worth while tQ discuss the subject So
much in advance
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-13

Failures of the Telegraph TO reach neigh,
boring town subscribers until the week after
publication, continue to be complained Of
The thing is working 10 our loss, and efforts
s. ferret out the evil are not crowned with
very satisfactory results. Al fault is disclaim-
ed at our hQme Office, which leaves the Postal
clerks an opportunity to wssh their hands and
cleanse their skirts. If paper goes into the
mail bag here on Friday, or is left at the Office
in tipc for the first mail ON Saturday, there is
no reason why II should not reach Kingsvile
or Springfield Postoifice before Monday. But
this is just what 1t does not DO. From these
two PLACES have come the complaints and
threats to stop the paper il this cannot be rem
edied. Before the days Of postal car facilities,
we seldom or never heard OF such Somplaints |;
with these facilities we arc beset with COM
plants. Whether it's cearlylthe duty of a dep
pty p. NJ. of an Office ranking-we believe
in the Cd GLASS, to look after delinquepeies and
neglects of duty when brought TO his notice,
we do not affirm, and yet such things are
noticed and corrected sometimes as If il were
viewed in the light of duty, We hear occa-
sionally Of threats to report delinquencies to
the department. I:prerogatige OF duty lies in
this direction. here is call for its exercise
The matter complained Of Is not complicated
or OF wide range. II the mailing Is done at
this Office as 1t may and should be, then the
trouble is upon the cars. We are suffering
loss and our Subscribers are annoyed and yeS-
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-13

ed, and no recourse but 10 Try the repOrting
process TO he department, oursell Whether
W. 7eicgraph he mailed Of Friday or Saturday
there is. Urpe cnongb iqr II TO reach any Office
along The lInc Of road, before Monday ~ Tues.
day following, and ap Gtst failure 1, inexcu-
sable certainly. Relief il what we want and
have n right u, ask.
TUE Gas WILL is now going down about
25 feet day, and or Thatsday afternoon was
300. The material Is aill, and likely .2r,
main shalc rock. Occasional jets, are every
now and then struck. On Wednesday last
IhcIe was rush of gas that threw volume
of water several feet above the s,rfaec, more
full and vigorous one than any heretofore no.
ice4
Mr., ~ w. SYAstEY, Master of the Division
o: r. X. track through this township, regent;
" laid 30 tons Of steel rails between here and
Kingsyillc in one day. Considering the fact
that il rained necessarily and the constant /. e.
terruption Of passing trains the job is said 10
have heca performed remarkably quick.
ConheaUt O.iizen.
THE LEcruRE Of Miss OlIvE LooAS, will
evening, Jan 18Th. There has been some tri :
ulaton about getting the time fixed partially
ours, aud partially the fault of others. The
regular adv. shpuld have put the matter be-
yond doubt, but the copy prepared for
PIinesylle, far the 18th, was inadvertently
substituted for that of Ashtabula, which was
not discovered till TOO late for the first issue.
the matter right The desire 10 hear and sec
Miss Logan will no doubt secure for her a full
house, ON Saturday evening the 18Th.
South RIDGE" us it will be seen, is out
again in this number and his article is more
than usually racy. The bit Of humOr he in
dulges In. evidently at the expense of his
doughty opponent and neIghbor, is not little
irresistible. We hpweyer, can hardly believe
there IL truth enough in the story To suggest
-as it well might-the dropping Of the lions
hide and the substitution Of the calf skin. We
prefer To hold Our opinion level, until "JUs.
| TIcE" risrs from his lair, shakes his name, and
makes tho ears and hair OF lesser beings 10
prick up and Fise, wAen lie opens his mouth
sld roars.
S. Z. SAITn's IRoS MINING CoMPANY-At
the annual meeting of this Company held in
this village On the Bird inst, the following off.
Ocrs were elected for the ensuing year:
Drectors-JAMEs PIERCE & JpNAs PIgRcE
of Sharpsvillr, Pa, WALLACE PIERCE, of Mar
quette Co., Mich, SI!,As G. SMITH and Henry
IIpBBARp, of Ashtabula
President 6 7rrasursr-JAMEs PIERCE.
Secretary-lEESRy FAesETT:
We learn that this Mining Company are
building "A railroad 10 their Mine and tha,
by the coming summer will be in readiness for
the shipment of ore to market. The Compa-
ny are also putting up II saw mill and erecting
buildings for their works.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-13

THE SECRET CAPTIYATIoH.-Fcatures of Grecian
mould, well turned Leck aud beautifully rounded arms
arg Doubt very nice things TO Have. and ladies who
possess These charms have reason to he thankful
Mother Nature: YET after ALL the captivating Of
all womAnly chdrms IL pure, fresh aud brilliant com
pextion This snpcrlatiEe fascination any lady may
by using Ingans Magnolia Ialm the standard
bcautih ing preparation OF the p.csent age. 1t differs
from all ordinary cosmetics in tircc most essential pa
ticulnrs inasmcJl as il cOna ms no injurious ingred
ents does not contract shrivc the skin all the
tringent "blooms' loiOn-" and powders eventually
do, but produces lasting lovliness by mpr wing the
health Of the s1n. Uud its operation tn texture of
the epdermis becomes finer, GE1 the fac. soft as
velvet and smooth porcelain. Features cannot he
changed but compile Ni6Is and il IL quite lin
that lady with no other charm than fresh AID rosy
complexion will attract more / irltiou in company
than her neighbOr with classic iacL but IA How in
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-13

Editor Telegraph

Editor Telegraph
Our Contractors arc pushing forward the
work of laying track very vigorously, and de-
serve great praise for the manner in which
the WORK is done-lor The most part. The
track is laid for considerable distance beyond
Plymouth centre, and it is expected that the
track will be completed to Jefferson within q
week from tLis time. There is, however, one
part Of the work which has been negl, c,ed
thus Tar. and there is no prospect, to all ap-
pearance, Of its being commenced for some
time TO come. l refer TO the building Of q
bridge acrQss the cut this side of the gulf,
neal Hubbard Run. The want of such u
bridge is u great Inconvenience to the travel
ing commupity in general and especially TO
the Inhabitants of Plymouth aRd vicinity. AS
ii now is, they have TO go from l ? to 3 miles
out Of their course in coming to Ashtabula viii
lagc. great many are thus prevented from
drawing their wood and farm products which
are especially needed ut this season. Is there
no lazy stating the time within which such
bridges shall be builty If our contractors will
attend to this matter, they Hill crafty the
wishes of many citizens. Yours, NJ