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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

a TERRIBLE MISTAKE Alexander
Dye, laboring man, with large and
dependent family. residing at Cow Run.
Washington County, Ohio, found in all
old coal bank tin can containing q
quantity of nitro-glycerine. It had
doubtless been left there by the agents
OF the Roberts Torpedo Company, who
imagined they had concealed it in safe
place; MIR. Dye supposed the clear
liquid substance to be carbon oil, and
being poor man, concluded to make
use OF it in his family. He accordingly
took 1t home and emptied portion of it
into a lamp already half full of oil.
Ihe dangerous substance of course sank
to the bottom. leaving the oil on top.
"a Ihursday evening, July 4, he lit this
lamp. which burned without accident
until the family retired. About IL
o'clock. 1T is supposed, Mr.. Dye arose
and reiit the lamp for some purpose.
The oil having burned off, the nitro.
glycerine followed up to the blaze, when
a fearful explosion alarmed the neigh
borhood. Help was almost Immediately
as hand, when horrible scene presented
itself. Mr.. Dye was dead-his right
hand blown of, his throat cut. and q bad
wound in his breast. One of his daugh-
ters, aged seven years, was fatally
wounded, while two other children were
unhurt. The chimney end of the log
house was blown completely out, and the
entire building reduced to wreck.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

A Scotch contemporary has the fol.
loving, on tbs marriage Of deer friend !:
,,"He stepped upon the hymeneal plat
form. adjusted tia fatal moose, and was
swung of into that unsilent bourne
whence he can never return save by the
decease OF Mrs. M'Olum.'
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

A Madras high official has sued an-
other high official OF the same place for
damages in ON English court, because
the latter failed TO address him by his
title honorable" and won.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

"Crazy Black Dick" who died sud-
denly at Harrisburg. Pa, on Saturday,
was man with mission, notwithstand.
ing he was insane. There is at Harris.
burg tangled network of tracks be.
tween the two depots, over which trains
are constantly passing. For years,
Crazy Dick, in all weather and under
all circumstances, made it his chosen
work to run along in front of every train
that started, warning every one to clear
the track. Only once was he tempted
from his post, and then a railway en-
gineer gave him o ride to Pittsburgh.
While he was absent, little child was
killed on the track, and after that no in
ducement could persuade him to leave.
The railroad men will find it hard to do
without his services, 80 freely and cou-
rageously given.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

MEXICO. Mexico seems to be grow
ing more and more demoralized. Assas-
sinations and kidnapping are the order
of the day. The Postmaster. General
reports that during the last year there
have been 1913 public robberies of the
mails. A wealthy proprietor, Miguel
Uribe, was kidnapped near the capital,
taken out of his carriage, in which he
was riding with his family. and carried
of to the mountains. Juan Cervantes.
another prominent citizen, was kid.
mapped in one Of the principal streets of
the capital, while returning home from
the theatre, and ransom of Sc. 900 de-
manded OF him. Mr.. Bassoes, a French
man, was kidnapped also in the environs
of the city. The establishment of A rci-
saga. in the town of Tecome, was en-
tered by q band of eighty men and
robbed, and son and brother-in-law of
the proprietor were murdered.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

HOTEL ARRIVALS. July 27, 1872 Nickerson
Housed N Renno, W, @ Il AR h; JASadler,
Oharlotte; ' Bullard, Ga; w T Lauham,
Texas; West, Charles.on; Il Averill, g
c; J B Chatham, Helena.
- Columbia Hotel T Flannigan, Ga; DR. N
Vert, Kamschata; J Browning, Charleston;
P P Pease, Ky; ] A Collins, N G; L Loring,
wife and daughter, Sumter; 81 D Gilbert, b
Gardner, NC; " II Yates, Sumter; G Jae-
ger, Newberry.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28
THE AIKEN H1eu SCHOOL. last

issne OF tie Aiken Tribune contains q
two-and-a-half column report of the ex-
animation Of the pupils of the Aiken
High School, and the exercises and
festivities incident to the close of its
summer session. This school was
organized in January last, by Prof. Jas.
T.. Crossland who is we'll known in this
State as gentleman of high intellectual
abilities, unblemished reputation, and
as having an experience that eminently
qualities him for the responsible position
which he occupies. Although the school
has been in operation only six months,
more than seventy pupils, of both sexes,
have been matriculated, and from the
applications already received for admis-
sion after the vacation. it is altogether
probable that 200 scholars will be in at
tendance in September, when the winter
term will begin. The examination was
rigidly conducted by Is disinterested
board of gentlemen. appointed for that
purpose, amongst whom was Henry
Sparniok, Esq. the editor of the Aiken
Tribune, and their report earnestly COM
mends the school to the patronage of the
people OF the State. Prof. Grassland ia
assisted is lis labors by full corps of
competent teachers. and this considera-
ton, coupled with the reputation of the
Professor himself, and the popularity of
Aiken, as place OF healthful resort,
justify us fully in commanding the
school to our readers at large.
SUDDEN DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN
We are pained to announce the death,
yesterday evening. about half-past
O'Clock, from apoplexy, of Mr.. Patrick
d. Flanagan, a native of County Down,
Ireland, but for many years resident of
this city. His age was about fifty-fve.
He leaves wife and several sons.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE
Your SIoHr-Dr. We'll, the celebrated
German optician and ooulist. is stop
ping, for short time, at the Columbia
Hotel. room No. 80. The Doctor is pre-.
pared to furnish superior quality of
Brazilian pebble glasses, to suit all ages
and visions. He comes highly recon-
mended by the profession, the press and
prominent citizens of the different States
individuals who are personally known
to US as reliable, and whose endorsement
is guarantee of his ability as scientific
optician, and We have no hesitation in
recommending him to our community.
His Office hours are from 8 to 1OA. M.
and from to P. Nj. Ladies' are re.
ceived in the ladies' parlor, and gentle.
men in the reception room. Persons
not able to call will be visited on appli-
cation, without extra charge.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

How IRELAND IS M1sREpREsRNrEp.-
England certainly needs proportional
representation to remedy the infamous
.rottenborough" system; but, as bad as
it is there. it is worse in Ireland. A
statement made in the British House of
Commons about the distribution of vot-
ing power in Ireland, is to the effect that
the franchise is enjoyed by 220,O
males. and 1880. 900 men are deprived of
the rights of citizenship. Even admit
ting that every seventh man is perfectly
capable OF representing at the polls the
views Of another six who are disfran-
chised, 1T appears that the distribution of
votes is still very unequal. There are
thlrty-one Irish members OF the House
OF Commons who represent but 16, 900
electors, and there ARE twenty:eight
members, who represent 12O, 600; eight
constituencies with 2, 900 electors return
the same number OF, members as four
constituencies with A, 600, and 80 on.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

The system of; involuntary contribu-
tions forced upon subordinates in 60.
vernment Offices, which the pious Senator
Buckingham tries to justify by compar-
ingit to the religious offerings made for
church. purposes. is being pushed to ex-
trsmes Under the exigenoies Of the pre-
sent campaign. Already two requisi-
tions have been made on the department
clerks in Washington for the expenses of
the North Carolina election, and the
victims are beginning to inquire among
themselves how much salary they will
have left il the extortion continues at
the same rate, after contributing for
Maine, Indiana and Pennsylvania. They
fear that by the time the November con-
test approaches; they will be drained dry
and will have exhausted their credit, so
that the Government will be obliged to
fill their places with new men, who will
be able and willing to contribute freely,
in the hope of compensating themselves
for present outlay through future op.
portunities The mode of levying these
contributions, according to the Wash.
ington Patriot, is to head the list for
each class with the nnme of well-known
clerk, against which is placed the
amount per head assessed against that
class. after which the paper is presented
to the clerks in successi, n. They all
deem it prudent to respond to the call.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Kinard Wiley-Clothiug and Hats.
Q. Barnum-Notice to Tax payers.
Ph9nix Hook and Ladder COMPANY.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-28

CoRREcT1oN. 1t was not Mr. Post, the
Photographic reporter, who was drowned
at Cape May, but an unknown man Of
the same name.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-22
Addressing Children

No man ought ever to address child
rem unless he knows what he is going to
say, how he is going to say it, and why
he is going to say it.
always use the simplest, plainest
words-monosyllables, if possible.
2-Nevers speak without, like thearch-
er, having a distinct object in view.
3.-Allow no issue to divert you from
the object. In your attempts to capture
three rabbits, by running first after one,
then after the second, and then after the
third, you lose all
4.-Never tell story because Of its
having laugh in it.
5.-Do not talk long while, and
then ask vote for five minutes more.
Children are too polite to refuse you,
though your talk may greatly bore
them.
G.-Use enough of legitimate illustra-
ton or anecdote to hold the attention of
children, but be very careful that it Is
appropriate and has sense in it.
Watch the tones of your voice.
Boys can see as quickly as an elocution-
ist when you have gone from the natur-
al to the false, the falsetto to the de-
clamatory; that is to say, they know
when you are speaking your piece"
and they will at once say to themselves,
81 can speak better than that myself.
Then it is time for yDu to sit down.
S.-Never ask children foi their at
tention, nor allow anybody else to ask
it for you; for, if you do, ten TO one the
children are not at fault, but yourself.
Say something to rivet attention, or
stop.-Best Words.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-22
Life and Inactivity.

If a steam engine is stopped sudden
ly, and left unused for long period,
the piston rusts fast in the cylinder, the
packing corrodes the rods, dust quickly
covers the parts. When the human
frame is inactive and torpid for n
length of time, the muscles relax, the
nerves lose their tone, the organs refuse
to perform their. functions, and the
whcle of that great m chine, the hui
man frame, is disorganized. Day In
and day out men set poring over ledg-
ers and day-books until they are addie-
headed, and the figures swim before
their eyes. When evening comes, anu
when evening comes, and business
hours are over, instead of taking awaik
so as TO send the blood dancing anu
tinglinr to the remotest part of their
frames, they get into some omnibus anu
roll drowsily to their door. a very
great portion of the minor ailments
flesh is heir to is caused by laziness.
An afflicted individual goes to doctor;
something is wrong inside," but he
dosen't know exactly where. There
upon the physician looks grave, and
says, "Ah, dyspepsia" and forthwith
orders tonics, aperients, and what not,
when all that the lazy fellow wants is
two-mile tramp, or good old bouncing
on hard-trotting horse.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-22
An Ingenious instrument.

Droz, a mechanic of Geneva, produc-
ed clock which excelled all others in
ingenuity. On it were seated 4 negro, "a
shepherd and a dog. When the clock
struck the shepherd played six tunes on
his flute, and the dog approached and
fawned upon him. This wonderful ma
chine was exhibited to the King of
Spain, who was greatly delighted with
it.
THE gentleness of my Dog said
Droz, lis his least merit. If your Ma
jesty touch one of the apples which you
see in the shepherds basket, you will
admire the animals fidelity
The King took an apple, and the dog
flew at his hand barking so loud that
the Kings dog, which was in the room,
began to bark also. At this the cour-
tiers, not doubling that it was an affair
of witchcraft, hastily left the room,
crossing themselves as they departed.
Having desired the Minister of Marine
(the only one who ventured to remain)
to ask the negro what o'clock it was, the
minister did so, but obtained no reply,
Droz then observed that the negro had
not yet learned Spanish, upon which
the question was repeated in French,
when the black Immediately answered
him. At this prodigy the firmness of
the minister also forsook him, and he
retreated precipitately, declaring that
it must be th~ work of supernatural
being.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-22
Woman Worship, and Mans
Duty.

Woman worship is not mere poeti-
cal fancy, but has its seat deep down in
the heart of Nature. When the youth
asserts his beloved to be his queen,
swears eternal allegiance, and VOWS for
ever to be worthy of, and to serve her,
he is really following but the dictates
of Nature, who worships the female as
ardently as he does. She is undoubted-
ly the most favored, and in elementary
constitution at least, if not in actual
form, mus: claim place in nature long
anterior to the origin of man in the sex
ual sense of this term. For theological
purposes she may have been formed of
the rib of Adam; for Mohammedan or
Mormon uses she may be but the mere
slave and creature of man, without even
4 soul to be saved except through his
sovereign will and pleasure; but the
religion of nature demands rather the
sacrifice of the other sex to her eternal
law.
Ii will not be difficult to apply these
principles to the great woman question
of the day. Man is the great acting
working force; all that appertains to
providing or protecting is his place in
nature. The gun, the plough, the ship,
the sword, 1.-The elements of force what
ever they be, and the ballot which is to
direct and control that force,-all these
are the essential prerogatives of man.
At the same time these laws and forces
should be used for the interests of wo-
man; and where they are not, man is
not fulfilling the purposes for which he
was created.-Old dRd Ne,c.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-22
How Washington Washerwo-
men Turn an Honest Penny.

The Washington Patriot furnishes its
readers with the following pleasant bit
of news: .,...
A good many of the negro washer
women of Washington are "up to snuff"
whatever that may mean. They have a
way of making double profit off their
customers. In the first place they charge
"famine prices" for washing, and if
their customers do not like the charge,
the Independent female darkeys imme-
diately propose to take the garments for
their fee. This is one profit. Another
is of somewhat different character. If
possible, these washerwomen will per-
suade you into from six to ten days
time in which to wash and iron your
clothes. The job is generally done the
first day, and then the negro washer
woman hires out to other darkeys such
garments as they may select for a day
or nights wearing. This system of
hiring extends to all portions of the
wardrobe of both sexes, and is carried
on very extensively. A right shrewd
darkey often makes in this way four or
five dollars out of her washing, besides
the price she receives from the party
for whom it was done.
Many of our gay and dashing young
gallants, whose snowy shirt bosoms and
wristbands are the admiration of their
souls, may console themselves with the
soothing reflection that the self-same
articles have adorned Pompey, or Pete,
or Sam, at the last soiree dansdnte of
Dinah or Blossom. The practical money
getting "old aunty," that does the wash
ing, turned what she called an honest
penny by hiring them out for ''one
night only" at fifty peEcents per night.
The young lady whose affections are
centered upon her beautiful linen skirt,
does not know what sable belle has
sailed along the street or tripped
through the misty mazes of the dance
inside her cherished underwear; and if
it is the season of lawns, jaconets, and
muslin, which of the deep-dyed darkies
of the sisterhood of the "Good Samari-
tans" fiourished under them at the last
church festival, or gayly promenaded
the green in them at the last picnic of
the "ladies and gemmen OBJ our SET" 1t
is quite sufficient for her to know that
they have been the source of profit to
the washerwoman who hired them out
for the occasion.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-22
Trichina in Cleveland.
Another Family Attaoked--A Man and
His Wife in Critical Condition.

The Cleveland Herald says: The re-
cent death of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Martens, on Superior street, from trichi-
ma spiralis, is fresh in the minds of our
readers. We are called upon to record
another case, similar in every respect,
in which fatal result is not unlikely to
ensue. The victims are Mr.. and Mrs.
Reise, living at No. 122 Belden street, a
short distance from St. Clair, between
Case and Wilson avenues. They were
taken sick about two weeks ago, both
at the same time. No suspicious were
at first entertained of what is now un-
questionably believed to be their dis
ease. "a ...
Within the past few days the attend
ing physician suspected trichind spirclis,
and DIR. Lucke, who was familiar with
the Martens cases, was called in. He
found the symptoms and conditions of
the patients almost precisely identical
with those of Mr.. and Mrs. Martens.
Ascertaining that they had eaten smok-
ed sausage, prepared in the same way
as in the other case, he subjected por-
tions of the sausage to an examination
under the microscope, which resulted
in the discovery Of trichina, leaving no
doubt as to the character of the disease
from which the patients are suffering.
1t is feared the disease has so far ad-
vanced that nothing can be done to
arrest its progress. If the taking Of
trichinous pork into the stomach could
be known at once, its effect could be
easily counteracted, but nothing is de-
veloped to give the slightest indication
until the insidious, minute parasites
have worked their way into the muscles
of the system, thereby creating the dis
ease. Hence the difficulty Of its treat
nt,medical science having discovered
no remedy that can stay its mysterious
and fatal ravages.
The facts in this case are that few
weeks since Mr.. Reise killed pig that
he had fattened himself. In making
up his supply of "bologna" he had not
a sufficient quantity of the kind of meat
he wished to use for that purpose and
bought piece OH the market. 1t was
the latter that played the mischief, q
microscopic inspection of portions of
the home-fed animal showing that to be
entirely free from trichina. Eight or
nine days after eating some of the sau-
sage containing the meat got from the
market (about the same length of time
as in the Martens case), Mr.. Reise and
his wife were taken sick.
The fact that the whole of this in
fected carcass was undoubtedly sold
out to pork eaters in this city, and di-
gested long ere this, is not pleasant
subject for reflection. If the meat was
well cooked it will doubtless never be
heard from, as that is the only safe
guard. Mere smoking or drying don't
seem to bother the trfchine any.
The children of Mr.. Martens are still
in dangerous condition, it being un-
certain whether they will recover. A
brother of Mr.. Martens and his wife
are also sick with the same disease,
making eight cases, including the re-
cent ones.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-22

The words which Walter Scott puts
i'm the mouth of Jennie Deans in her
memorable address to the Queen, are as
true as they are beautiful: "When the
hour of trouble comes-and seldom may
1t visit your ladyship-and when the
hour of death comes to high and low
lang and late may it be yours, o, my
lady.-it is not what we have done for
ourselves, but what we have done for
others that we think on most pleasantly"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-22
An Amusing Illustration of
Woman's Rights. -,

With many a blush and many stam-
mer, female judge of a raw little court
in the Territory of Wyoming has been
compelled to retire from the bench, in
obedience to the clamorous demand of
maternity. 1t was the custom-said
her Honor-for Courts to take n recess
on fitting occasions, and for three weeks
there would be no hearing of argu-
ments, no justice to nor punishment for
prisoners in the lookup, no arbitrament
between plaintiff and defendant. The
Court rose, the lawyers went home, the
Judge took to her bed, and presently
the census of the Territory of Wyom-
ing was increased-and while these
events were going on, arrests multiplied,
new Jail was extemporized for the az
commodation of the unruly. Justice
slept, and the learned dispenser of the
law beamed with soft eyes upon the tiny
morsel of humanity whose arrival
created all this extraordinary hubbub.
The series of incidents which has given
this sudden flip to the gossiping
tongues of Wyoming offers an excel
lent practical illustration of the follies
of the ''third sex--which sex, not con-
tent to be either male or female, is am
bilious to abnegate the functions of the
latter while vainly striving to assume
the proportions of the former, but with
such Indifferent success in either direc-
ton as to move mankind to laughter.
Inexorable nature will have her way
and her way Is not tAe way in which
the female Judge can walk with joy.
There is another story, not dissimilar to
this, which also comes from Wyoming
the story of female jury, engaged in
trying case of murder, who suffered
untold pangs from day to day, through
the physical torture of Imprisonment
over night and the mental distress
caused by long separation from their
families. Finally one woman gave up
the contest and retired, another juror
was impanneled and the trial was be-
gun again, and at last it was discovered
that the substitute was foreigner, and
now the case is to begin over again for
the third time. 1t is not surprising to
learn that this accumulation of catas-
fropba, hoe orootad a rrofo,,pJ faaI;po
of disgust in the minds of 'learned
counselv-but such phenomena must
be expected in the places where the
gentler sex imposes certain limits upon
the over-ambitieus. The folly of the
women of Wyoming might be laughed
out of Court, literally, if it did not seri-
ously interfere with the administration
Of justice.-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser