The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-19

GRATu1rous ADvRRr1slNa.-In his re-
cent address before the Tennessee Press
Association, General Ira P. Jones thus
alluded to gratuitous advertising: "We
are preyed upon by the shRrpers and in
nocents alike. We advertise gratuitous-
II every week, when we should have the
money for it. The general public are
entirely ignorant-probably we ourselves
are not fully aware-of the extent to
which newspapers are burdened by this
insidious drain upon their resources. It
;lsinua.es itself in every conceivable
form. It does it through reporters,
through agents, through correspondents,
through editors, through business ma
nagers, through proprietors, and gene
rally, too, with as much disadvantage to
the public as to the press.
OLD CHARLESTON PRINTERS. The Cou-
rier notes two venerable printers living
in Charleston, neither of whom are at
present working at the case. The senior
Of the two is Mr.. A. E. Miller, who was
born in April, 1856, being now in his
eighty-eighth year. He was foreman of
the Courier Office in 1907. The junior
is Mr.. john @. Hoff, who was born in
March, 1875, and is now in his seventy
seventh year. and worked at the Courier
Office as q journeyman in 1878. The
former will be remembered all over the
South as the publisher of "NIiller's AL
manac" for many years. He is at pre-
sent quite feeble and confined to his
room, yet in the full possession of his
faculties.
A SUCCESSFUL HCNT.-A party of
eight or nine amateur sportsmen from
Aiken, s. O., set ont in the early part of
last week for hunt in the Eastern por-
ton of the State. They returned Mon
day, and reported that they had splendid
luck. In one days hunt. the party
killed 125 squirrels and 25 ducks, besides
large quantity of smaller game. II
fine deer were killed during the weeks
hunt. Pretty successful hunting, that,
for amateurs.
The Fort Wayne tTexas) Democrat has
seen one of the men hanged in Erath
County short time ago. "He said that
when the cart was being drawn from
under him aud he was being launched at
least ont of this world, he caught the
rope in his teeth and remained suspend
ed in that manner until his would.be ex-
ecutioners were out OF sight, when he
assembled the rope and released himself.
he says he out down one of the other
men, but was unable to resuscitate him."
have for years been opposed to calo-
mel, and since 1889, have used Simmons
Liver Regulator as vegetable remedy,
and can confidently assert that it has
exceeded my expectations, curing cases
Of Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint that
were thoDght almost hopeless.
GRENV1ILE WOOD,
D14t9G1 Woods Factory, Macon, Ga.
A railway ia proposed from the Medit-
erranean to Bagdad. The locomotive
will soon be putting over the land of the
Saracsnes and the crusaders. Jerusalem
will probably be q way station, and it
aay !;o necessary &c &C: through the
Mount OF Olives and fill the Valley OF
Jehosaphat. The dust of Judah's kings
will be carted off by the cubic yard, and
pilgrims will travel in drawing-roo cars.
A fashion writer says that brides in
good society nowadays avoid most
strictly the traditional gray and brown
travelling suits formerly in vogue, and
dress as unconspicuously as possible, so
that ''all creation needn't know we've
just been married.
The. st. Louis Globe says that q re-
PoAooh u RIVAL sueet uuV1h8 D1Q Tue
smallpox, his lan,llady uses his cheek
for nutmeg CRATER.
In Marseilles hair.dresser has been
sued for $400 damages, because he un-
fortunately dyed lady's hair violet in
stead Of red.
There are several members OF the Eng
lish peerege who have an income Of over
S1,500, 900 yearly.
An elderly gentleman was shocked to
learn that every fashionable young lady
carries paper to her back.