The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-22


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ever published in any country. The
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any person who cannot procure one in
his neighborhood. D22 1911
The city missionary of Dubuque is
overwhelmed and discouraged. He
talked to an excited German, and the
German.said: Dame it, why dond you
SO to work? Vat in der teivei vas der use
of yonr gone round nit dem pieces of
baper? Dem wes played oud. Dame it,
go to work, and dond be acding der
loafer nit your blows about dem reiigias
bizness."
The Augusta Constitutionnlist has this
piece OF news: "Since 1865, many, We
may sny large number of planters in
Georgia, have hid away large amount Of
gold which they received in payment for
cotton, or which they obtained for
grcenbacks at the rate of forty-two or
tifty-on per cent. premium. We have
heard the amount estimated as high ns
SIS. .000.0 or $4,000, ,000."
a remorseless Terre Haute MAI sis
keeping diary which was commenced
by his great-grand-father in England,
continued by his grandfather in the
same country and on the voyage across
the Atlantic to this coutry, and by him
kept up in tho United States till just be-
fore his death, when his son, the father
of the present diarist, took up the task
and brought it down to 1927, when the
present keeper began it,"
DR.. Grant, of the American mission at
Cairo, las found Hebrew manuscripts of
portions of the Bible in synagogue re-
ported to have been built forty fvo
years before the second temple was de-
stroyed. It was carefully deposited in q
niche in the wall, ten feet above the
ground, aud could be secured only by
| means OF ladder.
4 gentleman handed up ten dollar
bill in one of the Red Line coaches.
from which one fare, five cents, was to
be taken. "Look here" said the
driver, down through the hole, (which
of these two horses do you wish to buy
with this ten dolIars?" "Well," coolly
replied the gentleman. II thought I
might get them both for that.
Boston 7i.areAer.
A ten year old Socrates lately stated
the situation as follows in Detroit
police station: "Oh, it's tho old folks
again, pounding and mauling each other,
and smashing up the dishes. Two talked
to 'em ar reasoned with 'em, but they
keep right on. It's getting dreary up
there, und guess you'd better bring
EN- both in and give 'em three months
EACH"
"EvcrJ thing has it's use" said phiio.
sophical professor to his class. "Of
what uze is drunkard's fiery red nose?"
asked one of the pupils. 1T is like o
lighthouse, to warn us Of the little water
that passes underneath it. and reminds
lis Of tho shoals Of appetite. on which
we might otherwise he wrecked" an-
swered the professor.
eff all the cities of tho world were .e-
duced to ashes, you'd have new set OF
miliionaires in couple of yenrs or 80
out of the trade in potash" says the phi
losopher Oliver Wendell Holmes. in his
jnst-published "Poet ut the Breakfast
Table"
When the Parliament began to coin
money. an old cavalier, looking ut the
new piece, read this on one eide: "God
be with u.s." on the other, "Tle Com
monwealth of England" II see. God
and Commonwealth arc on different
Sides" said he.
An Irish editor says that, ''in tho nb-
sence Of both editors, the publishers
have succeeded in securing the services
of gentleman to edit the paper this
week"
A witty keeper in Central Park says
that, although Mr.. Barnum has removed
all his seals from the tanks, there are
plenty OF cvgncts on the ponds yet.