The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-20
A recently employed local editor on an

spoiis pspaF was annoyed by
seedy looking fellow who. sat by the
stove one cold night last week, and
warmed himself. "See here, old fellow. I"
said he, finally. "hadn's you better 20
home?" The sold fellow" glared ut him.
but said nothing. After few minutes
the editor took the old fellow by the
| shoulders to lead him out. remarking
that it was no place for loafers. "See
mere, young man" ronred the old fellow.
you evidently cont know who you're
talking to. My name is -, and 1 nm
one of the proprictors of this paper"
ine astonndsd editor plunged hcadlung
into gimlet hols.
little Daubnry boy ran away from
school Monday, to 60 chestnutiug. Dlr-
ing the expedition he fell twi . out of
ono tree to the imminent danger of
breaking his neck, was licked by one of
the other boys whose breath he material
~ lessened by stumbling against hia
stomach, ran q silver into his knee and
was bitten violently on the neck bv II
new kind OF bug. When he got home
hin father anointcd Linn with the boss
end OF Il billiard cue, and the next dny
at school the teacher escorted him twice
around the room by his poorest ear. He
says that chestnuts are 30 wormy this
year that it don't pay to go after them. :.
Dean Swift beqneathed mad house
to Ireland because, san epigram relntes,
no country wanted it so much. Aocnrd.
ing TO the French papers. an English
man, who recently died at Armeutieres
has followed that eccentric divipe's ex
ample. by leaving $50, 600 for building
lunatic asylum in France This pre
terence does us much honor" says La
Liderte. 'and probably no similar insult
has been paid to this country since old
Bedlam wal built on the plan of the
iuiieries fact which greatly irrilated
the freuoh monarch of TINT day"
The Atlanta Herald says under Federal
law, which allows each State IS. 900 n
year for arms, Georgia in now entitled TO
S25, 900, as she has had none in five
years. BY the Georgia law these arms
are to be distributed tn companies first
organized. The gun that the Governor
has ordered il called the SPRINGFIELD rife
musket. 1t costs twenty two dollurs.
tho accontremeuts cost three dollars, the
ontht Tor encli man thus reaching twenty
i've dollars. At this rate the amount
now duo will only equip about six COM
panies OF Infantry and two OF cavalry.
Darwin has been suubbsd by tho
French Academy, which has rejected his
application for admission by luIge ma.
Jnrity. The reasons for his rejection
wore solely scientific. M. Mirque said
The author of the Origin of Species
and the Descent of Man bus too far sa-
orltced science to renown, reason and
imagination, to deserve O place in the
front rank of scientists He has fullsn
too especially in his last work-hss
too much belttled himself, not to be
made to expiate it,
TYpoGRAp pnIcAI. BLUSDERs.- HE
dallies in Montgomery. Ala, suffer from
typographical blunders. In the Adrer-
tser. Office the Intelligent compnsitor
butchered piece of fine writing by
substituting intellectual petroleum"
for "intellectunl pabulum." The 1. G..
OF the State Journal. in all article cap
peal from frauds" set up "apples and
oranges" for "alpha and omega" boing
evidently not as we'll posted in classics
as on pomology. The situations ure
vacant on those papers.
Colorado man, n few davs since.
turned out his two horses, tied together
with rope around the neck of ench.
Tue next day ona of them came home,
dragging the head of the other. The
last heard OF the owner. he was wander
ing over the prairie, snying ho "sup-
posed the id animal was dead some
where. That is just like some men.
They always jump to conclusions with
out waiting for evidence.
81. Louis Democrat
Marietta. Ga, enjoys ghost. The
Journal says When he enturs the
house loud noises are heard, tho cat is
kicked from ono part of the house TO an
other, the dog irons ure raped, The
crockery ware is broken. tables and
chnirs are turned over hot brick bats ur.
pitched ut the servnnt aud hot words ii,
the wife Of the household, and Il demo-
MAC yell falls upon the children's rurs,
"Clcar ont, dads como home drunk"
a rather lulicrous sccue WAS exhibit
ed on the OCCASION Of Il recent funeral at
Pittstieid. IA tho procession Was NOV.
ing toward tho cemetery IL man joined
the funeral cortege with young child
under his arm aud q pig under tho other,
the latter squeu!iug as only pig can.
and the child following suit to the best
Of it's ability.
Two young Britona laid wager az to
which could produce the fustest spider.