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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-17

MOSES GOLDSMITH & SON,
Colonade Ro,o, Vendue Range, Charleston, s. G,
DEALERBIN
Scotch. Pig and American Bar Iron,
Il EEP constantly on hand full supply OF
IN all kinds.
ln store, 100 tons EGLINTON PIG.
Nov 2S 1y
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-17
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta r &
BUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,

CudIIUCC6. COIumpI6 anu AuEuBtB d. d
SUPERINTENDENT's OFFICE.
COLUMBIA, g. O., January I, 1879.
S. m Ezg61 ON and after Thureday,
A49& - x9az2z@XEES 9th instant, the following
schedule will be run over this road:
GOING NORTH.
Train No. 1. Train No. 2.
Leave Augusta. .9.16A A. n. 600 P. II.
Leave Columbia. :. g. % A. N. 11.O4 P. M
Arrive Charlotte. .2.09 P. n. 6.16 A. NJ.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Charlotte. .7.15 A. M. 7.30P. N.
Leave Columbia. 1.S5 P. n. 200 A. NJ.
Arrive Augusta. -. .6.5OP NJ. 7.sO A. n.
No. Train daily. No. q Train daily, Sun
days excepted. Both trains make CLOSE con-
nection to all points North. South and West;
Through tickets sold and baggage checked
to all principal points.
E. P. ALEXANDER, General sup.
e. r. DORSEY, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agent
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-17

IF you value your eyesight use these PER-
crystal pebb!ea. melted together, and derive
their name "Dinmond" on account Of their
hardness and brilliancy. They willlast manv
years without change. and are warranted su-
perior o all others, manufactured by
J. L. SPENCER d CO., N. Y.
CAUTIoN.-Nnne genuine unless stamped
with our trade mark. WM. GLAZE, Jeweler
and Optician, in sole agent for Columbia. $.
G., from whom they can only he obtained.
y" ncddlcrs employed July 81 ltlv
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
n, do You suffer much

bending down, "do You suffer much
nowl"
Not much mann I am only tired
now. L guess shall sleep soon.
Yes, httlo Teddy, the sleep is almost
here. The little life of pain and de-
formity will soon become lone grand
sweet song" the song of redemption.
Teddy, could you say a little prayer
after me Z"
"I'll say anything after you, cause |
know twill be so good, ma'am," and
the little clear voice repeated slowly
. Now lay me down to sleep,
Ipray the Lord my soul to keep.
If should die before wake,
pray the Lord my soul to take"
Arthur, gazing through his tears,
saw wondrous change upon the little
face.
Teddy lifted his hand with a listen
ing look Don't you hear de boofer
moosic ?" And after a minute, De
boofer moosie. and de pity light,
shinin for Teddy"
Yes, the "boofer light had shone
out for little Teddy, and would shine
on him for evermole.
After a while little child walked
into Mrs. Marden'S kitchen, and threw
himself on her neck
80 mamma, was going to run away,
and not come back for twenty five
years, and l went down to see little
Teddy, and he never walked in his life,
and hadn't any mother, and he is dead,
and O mamma, mamma, don't you want
some pearl buttons 2'-OlW Young
Folks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

from school; after You go to bed, when
ever You can, think. One thought VIII
lead to another. When you have
thought and written all you can, cut
ont all the useless words, substitute
short words for long ones, rearrange
the sentences, and make all the i'm
provements you can; then write a clear
copy After day or two, give that a
similar criticism and pruning. The
more times you can re-write it, the
more times the better. See that every
sentence means something on the sub
ject. Do not try to stretch two ideas
over three pages. An essay spun out
shows that the writer was too lazy to
think
Study good work on composition
thoroughly it will give the rules for
the art
Choose a subject YOU understand,
stick to it, think about it, strive for ex-
cellent thoughts, use simple, short
words. re-write your essays, cut them
down, be brief and pointed, and take
plenty of time, if you want to write any
thing which will be credit to you. -
Good writing is the result of thought
and practice,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
Gradual Disappearance of the Polar Sea.

If writer in the English periodical,
Nature, is correct III his views, the open
Polar Sea, unless discovered soon, Will
exist no more. Land is said to be ris-
ing everywhere between the Pole and
the tifty-seventh parallel, and the great
est movement is at the Pole itself.
Some interesting facts are quoted in
support of this theory. Pliny says that
Scandinavia is an archipelago, and
speaks of bold seamen who have cir
COMMUNICATED the group of islands. -
Ptolemy confirms him. Celsius said,
III the seventeenth century, that Nor.
way was rising ut the rate of forty inch
es a year. Sir Charles Lyell endorses
the theory. The water-level in the
Gulf or Bothnia falls one foot every
fifteen years Near Getie there are low
pastures where old men remember see
ing boats ahoat. Near Stockholm, sew
enty feet above the sea, the remains
of she'll fish identical with the present
coast species are found. At Soduleige,
ninety feet above high water there is n
bed of sand which contains some wreck
ed boats aud an old al chor. In the in.
terror of Spitzbergen skeleton ofwhales
have been nearthed forty feet above
sea level The fishermen say that the
land has risen 50 much that the shallow
ness of the water has driven away the
right whale, which, once abundant, is
now rarely seen. On the Pacific, the
shores around Behring's Straits are low
and fiat; but, mile or SO back, there are
ranges of bluffs parallel with the coast
and containing inm!merable shells of
littoral species. If the theory is true,
it offers us curious case ofcompensa-
ton While the ocean is smashing away
Great Britain, and France, and Hol-
land, and New England, way to the
north tho continents are encroaching
on the sea. The only pity is that the
processes cannot be reversed, and Ncp-
tune enriched at the expense of the
frozen North, and to the gain of the
more habitnble South.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Fruit Trees.

To make fruit trees bear largely for
many Years in succession, the soil I'M
der them should not be cultivated,
should be plowed summer and fall, and
MANFRED every year. it is said that the
best manure for bushes aud trees is
their own leaves and twigs; these
should be gathered together in o heap
every autumn, mixing Herewith some
barnyard manure, to be 1ampened oc
casionally, to keep the leaves from get.
ting dry and being blown away; then
spread out in the early spring; in I'D
dltion, bushel of lime mixed well
with two or three bushels of wood
ashes, spread under each tree once n
year, would add greatly to their fruit
fulness.
The reason fruit trees die in few
years, or begin to bear less fruit and of
an inferior quality,is because the trees,
not being MANFRED. exhaust the quail.
ty of the soil about them, necessary for
their sustenance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
White SpcCks in Butter.

The Vermont Farmer gives the fol
lowing from correspondent :
81 have believed that the white specks
that are sometimes 50 plenty in butter
milk, and in the water with which the
butter is washed, were particles of case.
Inc or curd that by high temperature
OF milk and cream acquired quite firm
consistency. But / recently met II
Young farmer, who with lot of good
cows, good milk room, and constant
attention, has made his dairy very pro.
iitable.
In many churnings the white specks
We're very abundant, and We're separat-
ed from the buttermilk by straining !;
also the first wash water was strained
and about three quarts of these specks
were thus gathered, besides leaving
enough in the butter to show some
what.
Now the question arose, what are
these white specks and it was answer
ed by putting them IN a can and churn-
ing them until good quantity of but.
ter was the result"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
Death Of a MiSer's Daughter.

The Albany Knickerbocker tells a
sad story of the death Of young lady
residing in that city who was to have
been married the day on which she died.
She suffered from prostrating though
not necessarily fatal disease, and her
father, who is reported to be worth
over 500, 600, refused to secure medl,
cal care. Finally the young ladys be-
throthed secured physician, but it
was too late The funeral was very
large one, and it is reported that the
expense of the coffin, carriages, etc,
was borne by the young man to whom
the lady was engaged to be married.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
The Shoe Trade Of Lynn.

The largest shoe factories in Lynn
are now driven with work, incident to
the opening Of the spring trade, and
that city still takes the lead in the man
ufacture Of boots and shoes. There
have been but few failures the past
year among the manufacturers, speak
ing well for the business that, sharp
ness, and shrewdness which character
ICES them as class, and buyers have
generally paid up well. The losses
by the Chicago fire were com
paratiyely small, and large quantities
Of goods are being shipped to that
city. The Eastern Railroad Company
are erecting new depot on State
street, for the accommodation of peo-
pie in that section Of the city, the cost
of which will be between $40, 600 and
$50, 900, and the work ofdemolishing the
old one on Central square, preparatory
to building new one on more extern
sive scale, has almost been completed.
With the growth Of the shoe business
this movement has become a necessity
A larger volume Of trade is expected
this season than ever before
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
Tho Household.

How To PRESERVE Soar CREASE
Fill a cask half full of good, strong I've,
and drop all refuse grease therein. Stir
up the mixture once a week.
APPLYING BRICK DUST. "A small po-
tato, with the end cut squarely off, is a
good arrangement for applying brick
dust to knifes, rs it keeps it III the
right moisture, while the juice Of the
potato assists in removing stains from
the surface. A better polish can be
obtained and With less labor.
TO BEoIL H I.-Cut the slices very
thin, for which you must have very
sharp knife pare of the rind lay
them on the gridlron over hot Goals.
Do not leave them moment, as they
must be almost Immediately turned,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
Curing Tobacco.

A tobacco firm in Hartford is going
to try new plan for curing the 1871
crop. Ordinarily, in this climate, it
would not be fit for use till after the
hot months, say in September. They
have conceived the idea Of shipping a
cargo to warm climate where it will
get the same degree of heat in Deem
Der, January, and February that it
would here in June, July, and August,
and accordingly they made early pur-
chases of some of the finest crops Of
1871 tobacco, green and in the valley,
and shipped II to port near Havana.
The value of the tobacco thus SHIPPED is
about $1,000 and those in CHI 4rged
report it as curing finely.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
Imposition Upon a Child.

The latest dodge of parent to over
come his sons aversion to medicine,
and "doctor" him at the same time,
occurred on Prospect street, where q
croupy youngster was induced to make
quite a hearty meal from a plate OF
buckwheat cakes and "maple syrup
but the latter proved to be nice syrup
Of squills. The boy said het " thought
something allied the molasses the min
ute his father told him to eat all he
wanted 10. 49, CLcCelopd Leoder.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

Bv GEORGE MACDONALD.
said the Wind 10 the Moon IL VIII Do" you our.
You stare
IN the air
Like ghost in char,
,1,rsvs looking what am about
IEsre TO be watched; l will blow you OUT
THE Wind blew hard, and out went the Moon
So deep
on a heap,
OF coDdless sleep,
r,,yn Law the Wind, and slumbered soon
Hutt.ring low, ave done for that Moon."
10 turned in his bed she was there again
on high
In the sky,
With her ghost eye,
Tho Noon shone white and alive and plain.
said the Wind" will blow you out again."
The Wind blew hard, and the Moon grew dim.
''With my sedge
And my wedge
have knocked off her edge.
II onlv blow right fierce and grim,
The creature will soon be DINNER than dim"
He blew and he blew, and she thinned to thread.
lone puff
More's enough
To blow her to snuff
one good pun more whore the last was bred,
And glimrner, glum will go the thread"
He blew great blast, and the thread was gone;
In the AIR
Nowhere
Was the moonbeam bare
Far of and harmless the sky stars shOne;
Snre and certain the Moon was gone!
The Wind he took to his reyels once more
On the down,
In town,
Like a merry-mad clown
He leaned and halloocd with whistle and roar,
whats that ~ The glimmering thread once mort
He few in a rage-he danced and blew;
But in vain
Was the pain
OF his bursting brain;
For still broader the mOOn-scrap grew,
The broader he swelled his big checks and blew.
slowly she grew-till She filed tho night,
And shoue
On her throne
In the sky alone,
4 matchless, wonderful, silvery light,
Radiant and lovely the queen of the night.
Said the Wind: "What a marvel Of power am !
With my breath,
Good faith,
| blew her TO death
First blew her away right out OF the sky
Then blew her in what strength am :"
But the moon she knew nothing about the affair;
For high
In the sky,
With her one white eye,
Ngtii0nless miles above the air,
She had never heard the great wind blarG.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
Successful Trial Of Road Steamer.

From the Philadelphia North American, Feb 10.
A trial was made at the Navy-yard
Wednesday afternoon, Of the first road
steamer ever invented and mauufac-
tnred in this country. 1t hauled the
largest gun a considerable distance,
and in little while hoisted aboard the
Powhattan IA number of heavy guns.
The steamer is called the America,
and closely resembles the hind portion
of the fire steam engines now H. use in
tins city. 1t has two driving wheels,
and II small guiding-wecel in front,
which is attached to a brake. The di-
ameter of the driying-wheel is about 66
inches the diameter of the guide-wheel
81 inches. The boiler is 80 inches in
diameter by 6 feet 3 inches in length.
The total length of the machine Is
about 10 feet. The extreme width of
track is 7Ginches. The breadth Of the
faces of tie driving wheels is 10 inches,
and that Of the guide-wheel 6 inches.
The capacity of the watertank is $50
gallons. The fuel-bunkers carry hard
coal for ten hours labor. The cylin-
ders are 7 by II inches. The total
weight is from 1000 to 8, 900 pounds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

The dairymen of Washington Terri
tory, for want of tubs and jars, have
adopted new method of putting up
and keeping butter. All butter is
packed in muslin sacks, made in such
form that the package, when completed,
is cylinder three or four inches in dia-
meter and from half a foot to foot
in length. The butter goes from the
churn, as soon as worked over into the
cylindrical bags made of fine bleached
muslin. The packages are then put
into large casks containing strong
brine with slight admixture of salt
peter, by means of weights kept always
below the surface. The cloth integu-
ment always protects the butter from
any impurities that chance to come in
contact with the package, and being al
ways buried in brine thai protects it
from the action of the air. and it has
been ascertained by trlal that butter
put up in this way viii keep sweet
longer than any other way. Besides it
is easier and cheaper for the manufac.
turer than to pack either in jars or
firkins. And for the retailer, there is
no telling the advantage on the score
of safety and convenience. These rolls
of butter can lie on his counter as safe
from injury, from dust or other contact,
as bars of lead can be rolled up for
his customer III sheet of paper with
as much propriety as n bundle of
matches. If the consumer, when he
gets home, discovers specks of dust on
Tie outside of the sack, he can throw it
into pail of clear cold water, and take
it out clean and white. As he uses the
butter from day to day, with sharp
knife he cuts il off from one end of the
roll in slices Of thickness suited to his
want, and peels the cloth from the end
of the slice, leaving it in tidy form to
place'upon the table.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

correspondent of the Canada Far
mer, speaking of this practice, says
"Raspjng down the feet nicely, as
they call it, is quite n passion with
some people. | have often rasped the
hoof, the owner of the horse stand
ing by to tell me when it would suit
him. This rasping on hoof that hap
pens to be n little ill-shaped, until 1t
will spring under your finger, is far too
dangerous a plan for making things
look well. | have often commenced on
hoofs that had a beautiful gloss all
over, and gwen them thorough rasp-
ing; not that | could make them any
better, for that was beyond the power
or human 'hands, but they had to be
rasped merely because the owners
mind was slave to fashion or fancy.
This rasping takes the strong surface
off the hoof; and nature, trying all she
can to make up for the evil done by
injudicious hands, forms hard, glossy
surface TO protect the foot. This glossy
surface takes the place of the previous
tough horn, and ut the next shooting
the foot will probably split little at
the nails, and not unfrequently the
nail punches piece out before it. ~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
Tybce Island.

The sea is rapidly encroaching on
Tybee Island. On the eastern end,
where the old beacon light formerly
stood, the sea has washed away the
sand-ba sothat the brick foundation
is visible to its base. The ravine in
which the Confederate troops drilled in
1861 Is now salt water pond during
nigh tides. The remains Of the United
State soldiers who fell victims to the
cholera in 1868, are exposed to view by
the shifting of the sand, which has laid
bare their shallow graves SdcdnInh
NcpS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

Mr.. JoHS DUSS, the " temperance
war horse, died in New York on Friday
last. He was a native of ireland, but
has resided in this country Tor over
fifty years, waging an uncompromising
war against intemperance during the
whole OF that time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07
CHILDREN>' CORNER.


Bv GEORGE MACDONALD.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-12-19
Didn't Want Any.

A few evenings ago, two young men
dropped into St. Rose church, where the
usual high mass of Christmas Eve was being
celebrated. One of them had never been
inside of a Catholic church before, and was
altogether unaequainted with the usages.
As there was very large attendance, they
could scarcely get inside the door, but as
they stood on the threshold, the inexperi-
enced one spoke to the other:
Say, Ben, what do they all crowd around
that bowl over there for -
"Why" was the answer, " that's a bowl
of champagne punch. All that come are
welcome to a drink, it being Christmas Eve,
and III warrant it's mighty good, too!'
" Is that so =? Well, I'm going to try some
of it, if do get squeezed to death"
And off went verdancy toward the desig-
mated spot.
Presently he returned, with look of in
tense disgust on his face. His companion,
highly amused, inquired:
Well, did you try it p
mo" was the reply. 'Just as / got
there, and was looking for the cup, an old
woman came in, and stuck her hand into it,
and | wouldn't have drank it after that, if 1
knew it was made by an angelo
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-12-19

BLOWING FOR THE SETTLEMENT. 80
organized the first Sunday School in this
county and ran it myself" said a shrewd
but dissipated Wisconsin lawyer g 4 few
of US Americans came here early. We
wanted to get in decent, industrious settlers,
and keep the rowdies out. So / said, "A
Sunday School viii draw the folks we want,
1t viii be the best and cheapest way to blow
for the settlement They all agreed to it.
There wasn't soul of us that pretended TO
have a grain of piety. So they pitched upon
me to carry out the plan. did it, sending
to Mr. Rice, Of the American Sunday
School Union for library, and ran the
school all summer. 1t did the blowing for
US splendidly Several Christian families
came in, and as they had a better stock of
piety, handed the Sunday School over to
them. 1t was a grand thing for us. Wes Sc
cured good moral settlement. In fact, sir,
it got to be 50 pious that I couldn't live
thsre myself"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-12-19

A LITTLE Girls ANswER-The king of
Prussia, while visiting village in his land,
was welcomed by the school children of the
place After their speaker had made a
speech for them, he thanked them. Then
taking an orange from plate, he asked:
ITO what kingdom does this belongT'
''The vegetable kingdom, sire" replied
little girl
The king took gold coin from his pocket,
and holding it up, asked "And TO what
kingdom does this belong?'
To the mineral kingdom" said the little
girl
"And to what kingdom do belong, them
asked the king.
The little girl colored deeply, for she did
not like to say the animal Kingdom" us he
thought she would, lest his majesty should
be offended. just then in flashed into her
mind that God made him i'll His own i'm
age" and, looking up with Frightening
eye, she said To Gods kingdom, sire"
The king was deeply moved. A tear
stood in his eye. He placed his hands on
the ehild's head, and said, most devoutly
$ God grant that | may be accounted worthy
of that kingdom"
Thus did the words of child move the
heart of a king. Little children, learn from
this that even your words may do both good
and harm A pert word from child may
wound the heart of mother; loving
word may make it glad. My little children
let your words be kind, true and right.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-12-19
IMPORTANT TRTgTrrs e1T7r

DY virtue Of q certain deed Of trust 5ri.
I'D executed TO me, as trustee. on the If-I
of January, 1896, and duly recorded In ~
W. Of the record Of deeds Of Yazoo cotr,,l
Mississippi, on the 22d Of January, A. b. NJ
on rages or aud 573, for me benefit of NJ a
Pickett, Henry a. Pierce, Of Boston. Sal.
oi Massachusetts, ] viii, on Monday. tIr ..I.
day Of January, A. ID. 1873, at the Cons.
House Of Gazoo county, at public auction y.
the highest bidder, for cash. in gold .r ST..
accepted equivalent sell the large lud be......
tnl, elegant and valuable plantation iu Yn--.
county Mississippi, knowuas the "selfItrI
Place, in said county of lnZoo, and eaf.fa..
ted 90 be 2llO acres in fine nelghb0rhuod ar
we'll improved, and consisting OF the f1Ilov5r.
lands to-wlt; W quarter and ~ hnlf0f 4 2.
quarter and halfHnnd half VI r. q quarter ..
ii @ quarter Of sec. 20, the half of So ar...
ter % n " quarter and vs. half of quartz.
OF sec. n; the " half of quarter anJ..
half of quarter see. l9 the y half VI = r.
quarter and quarter OF % W quarter ana .r.
half OF g quarter ana half oil ue quarf..
of see. 80 the W half OF IS quarter and. 4.
half OF u G quarter OF sec. -; half 0f ID ..
quarter and quarter OF W quarter 1uI /.
quarter Of n quarter OF section 20. all ...
81. 10 r. /, east; also ~ half of Do quart..
and half Of half of 81 quarter uul. 49, I...
Of W quarter and @ half ct w quarter aHI
W quarter of quarter OF sec. I'D. and t..
half of soc. 80; and W quarter and . h..
quarter Of sec. -, all in +. 10, Il. ], cHsi. a.I
All other lands mentioned iu said decd ..
trust and for the purposes and designs fhcr..
of.
The lands viii be sold iu p9rccfs Go -....
purchasers, and to satisfy said trust and pure
RICHARD LEDBETTER
Trustee us aforesaid
Ro. s. HupsoN, Atty y.
December b, lSi2wJt