The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-25
In, POINT :oi ). cotton Manufacturing

cityln tue South. FIom late number
Eof the Suiit appears that every interest
IS prospecting and the city itself. shows o
steady progress-the cotton factories
alone paying in wages over $2l; 600 per
month. INCLUDING the other factories of
various kinds. the monthly paw roll
amounts to 5000 This seems to be a
pretty good showing.
A sad tableau but not an uncommon
one: A small, wretched-looking house.
outside miserable apology for man,
crazed by drink, assaulting the door, and
mnking the air resound with his curses.
Inside pale, thin woman with wan
expression of features, pressing one
hand tightly over her heart, and with
the other heating poker in the fire.
Dan6uru Necs.
The Shelby Comrnnk writes of the iron
horse that runs between Louisville and
Shelbyville: "There's no coquetting
about it-he's actually got it. Leaving
your oity at 6.05 A. NJ, he doesn't get
here till IL NJ, and then he comes pok-
ing IN, eyes red, nose running, cold at
the e1tremities, Wheeling and blowing
that you eau hear him for miles-isn't
that the hippophalgia2"
A couple Of doctors arc giving what
they call entertainments in q Phila-
delphla opera house. They cause gen.
tlemen aud ladies in the audience 10 lose
their identity, aud imagine themselves
Kings, queens or possessors of post
offices. That may be fun for the doc
tors, bnt the country pays about enough
TOR tho enjoyment of lunatics already.
j. n. the wandering philosopher, was
tined IN Eufauln, Ala, the other day, for
drunkenness. Having for onoe failed to
lit the vail and remove the pressure, he
passed from the court room grnndly NUT
tering, 30 Justice, thou art fed to
british beasts!" and repaired to the
Times Office to wrcstla with the ex-
changes.
Who dares affirm that the down -trod-
don colored race is incapable of high
civilization after hearing that San
francisco negro has sued another of his
race for $4,000 damages for libel, and
that In Brooklyn dusky maiden has in
stituted breach of promise suit against
good deal duskier man?
The longevity of mankind kept up
we'll to near the food. After this, it de-
creased with every generation down to
Joseph, who lived to be only 10 years.
From that period to this, the age of man
has varied but little, though but few
men attain to greater age than three
score aud ten, l- -,
a young lady was recently married in
Worcester County town, who declared
that 'ronechalf the pleasure OF the event
was destroyed by seeing her name print
ed in the local paper Mehitable Smith. !"
She had been used to the prettier di-
minutive of Hetty, and could not see
Why it was not good enough for mar
riage notice.
An inebriated stranger precipitated
himself down the depot stairs, and, on
striking the landing, reproachfuIly
apostrophised himself with '.If you'd
been wantin' to come down stairs
why'n thunder didn't you say go, you
wooden-headed old fool, an I'd come
with you an showed you the way"
lDan6ury NeacS.
The father of boy whose veracity is
not so marked as his back, asked the
teacher why it was his son didn't have a
better acquaintance with figures, and
was considerably electrified when the
teacher tenderly observed, II really
don't know, unless it is because figures
won't lic."
Boston hard drinker says he doesn't
ike the luea OF strengthening the streets
when the burned district is rebuilt. The
by-ways and alleys were 80 crooked that
he had good excuse for another drink,
just to test the question of sobriety, rnd
lie cannot see the benefit of the new i'm
provements.
number Of the ladies of Lexington.
Va, have been initiated into the mystic
ries OF the Eastern STAR" an adaptive
rite OF Masonry, and are 30 much pleased
with it that they have taken preliminary
steps to the formation in that place of q
permanent chapter
An Eastern paper having boastcd of o
young lady who framed and raised q
barn, Western contemporary Offsets
the enterprise by giving an account of a
Western maid who raised and oil
because she could not find her bnck hair.
Said Mr.. 'Froude to q reporter in
search Of knowledge: 81 pronounce the
ou in my namo like 90 in fool" The re-
porter fears that there is smack Of
personality about that answer, though
he can't tell just where it comes in.
4 young Ohio gentleman went to sec
his sweetheart the other night, and on