The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-19

firing off it's squibs as if that event was
only great occasion for the explosion
OF Its pent up wit. The following are
specimens: Our pi' is baked this
time. Benjamin Franklin stands fire
"ell. II he did lose his birth place. His
statue does not even squirt towards
Milk street, this morning; but with ewes
right and the old accustomed SMILE he
seems to say to every passer-by: up
and at it again, boys 1.-The Post Of
to-day must have been set up post
haste "Fhe gunpowder plots of
sunday morning were in the cause of
safety and humanity" 1--WE notice ut
store on Washington street, NO smoking
on these premises! is down this morn
ing: "Gunpowder, administered inter-
naliy J IN large doses, is nn excellent re-
medy' for fiery 'eruptions'-if applied
eariy. Some representatives of the
Riot, Eueniny GuzeNe and transcript
eupped hot on Saturday without going
to tue Boston press dinner"
The Boston Commercial Bulletiu is re-
sponsih!e for tho following: A cores.
poudcnt says his chief objection to the
churches in Titnsville is. that they are
NIL lie: When is singer like q price
list! When he is invoice. Parties who
get excited over their gas bills are said
to- be suffering from gas-trick fever.
The alarm occasioned by the report that
al elevator had been dropped and
broken III pieces at the Parker House
subsidized when it was learned that the
elevator" was bottle of champagne
that had fallen upon the marble floor.
As the Oriental Tea Company were the
first to adopt bovine motive power, they
can now luy claim to the title, "Oxiden.
tnl Tea Company" Tho "Ulster' is
snld to be III economical garment, be
cause 1t 7can be worn SO much lonqer than
aDy other coat.
VENDETTA. K Old quarrels, closely
hngyed ior years, generally result in
calamltoas manner. Day after day the
bad passion is fostercd aud nurtured
until 1T grows into furious hate, such
US calls for blood to satiate it's morbid
craving.
Near Flowers Station, on the Air Limo
l;ailroad, lived two Woodworking men,
who were respected by their neig ghbors,
and whose habits were those of sobriety
aud temperance. In early life they had
boys quarrel, such as takes place every
day, and every ono Thought with that
day the quarrel eutled. Bat it was not
uG.
and seemed never to forget it, Robert
Wonack and Thomas Ware. it seems
were never to be friends. On the 18th
instant, they had worked NIL day, and in
returning to their homes, they met in
the woods. Instantly the old passion
prompted them, and another Quarrel en-
sued. Womack shot ut Ware, striking
linn III the abdomen, while Ware stabbed
Womack and killed him instantly.
Ware, 1T IS said, cannot recover Ware
has VILE and several children. Wo did
not learn whether Womack was married
or not Thus al unfortunate quarrel
has resulted in IA terrible tragedy, and
may, perhaps, be taken up by the friends
of tue parties, and who knows where it
will end?-- -iMln!t San.
Tho system OF NJ. Glanal Of embalm-
ing bodies by injection, which was ef-
fected by opening the jugular vein or
the carotid artery. il probably to be su.
perseded by NJ. Aadigier's plan, in which
the preserving liaiI is introduced through
the mouth aud larynx. About six ounces
of the fluid is sufficient for the purpose,
and the body should be covered with
some vegetable powder soaked in tue
same liquid. The bo,iy is by tileae
mems completely preserved, aud is co.
tlrely "mummiiied;" it acquires dura-
bilty equal to that Of wood or stone,
and the facial color remains as it was at
the moment Of decease. The most emil
ucnt physicians, surgeons and anatomista
in France have testified to the efficacy
OF this system, which has, in addition to
the advantages already mentioned, thnt
Of perfect innocn3usness and complete
disiifcctiou. The liquid here referred
to is presumed to be curbolc acid, some
time ago employed for the same purpose
III this country by Professor Seclcy.
HE CENrRAL. AND THE SOUTH CARROLL
NA RAlLHOADs.-A Il year ago, the
Charleston papers were filled with arti.
cles warning tho stockholders of the
Sonth Carolina Railroad of plot formed
by the Central Road to bny a controlling
interest i'll the stock. After great cry
and little wool, the excitement died out,
and nothing more was heard of the
scheme. 1t is now reported, however,
that the Central, SO far from abandoning
its attempt, has been quietly Mt work
buying mp. through agents, the stock of
tho South Carolina Company, and has