The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-23

nature observes that the most ohangeable
OF mortals are ahip-builders. Yop never
know whether you'll find them in stern
frame or MAXIM bows. s
A howitzer used by the Modocs is
supposed to have been captured by them
from General Fremont in 1916. Any
how-itz.er very old one.
Strange but true-when O youth fol.
iiows his own bent, he is apt to get into
strAghtoned circumstances.
A second harpy eagle and second
vulture have been added to the collection
in New York Central Park; but they are
quite different from the harpies and vul-
lures with which the city swarms.
That negroes are powerful snorers ia
well-known; and yet it is difficult to
believe the statement OF credible per.
son whoasserts that au old darky, living
in an ailey-way in town, snores so loudly
as 10 keep people awake all along the
next two blocks.
The acrobats of every househo old-the
pitcher aud tumbIer.
a student defines filtration to be at.
tention without intention.
Old newspapers for sale ut PHOENIX
Office. at fifty cents hundred.
SWISS BELL R1NGRRs.-The celebrated
Berger Family will perform at Irwin's
Hall ON Tuesday evening, the 25th inst
Many travelling exhibitions and enter
tainments feed tho prurient taste of the
public, and exert an unhealthy influence
upon all who attend them, pandering. as
they do, to the prevailing thirst for low
sensation. OF this rare musical combi-
nation it is justly said that the entertain
ments are chaste, refined and delightful,
charming and pleasant to the ignorant
and the cultivated alike. The troupe
embraces young ladies' silver cornet
band. parlor orchestra. comic vo
calist and mimic, and the ringers of the
sweet Swiss bells.
TIE LENTEN SEASON. Now that the
solemn leDten season is drawing near,
the cedar and holly trappings that
adorned tho churches during the Christ
mas holidays. have entirely disappeared,
and anything like ornamentation is
vigorously discarded until Easter, the
season of renewed life, calls for floral
tributes again, as typical of its character.
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, the
26th instant, and lasts until Easter Sun
day, April 13. During this period So
lemn fasts ore observed in the Catholic
and Episcopal Churches, and all the
services are Of peculiarly sombre and
impressive character. as typifying the
fast for forty days of our Saviour when
tempted of the devil in the wilderness.
But Lent. even to irreligious minds, is
deserving of strict observance from O
sanitary point Of view, as preparation
for the change of diet from the winter
to the spring season. DR.. Hall says that
the fast has much deeper practical
significance than most men are aware Of,
in that it affords the system a much
needed relief after it's surcharged con.
dition during the winter, 30 that o good
deal OF what people term practical
good" may be found even in what seems
at first sight mere symbolic observance.
But viewing it from higher grounde,
Lent has still practical purport, since
by its lessons of voluntary self.denial for
tho good OF others, it's ever-recurring
reference to bright and lofty example,
its sweet, sad, yet impressive mystery, it
serves to make even the worst OF men
better, and teaches the best of Us that
there is still something to be learned.
The following regulations for the
observance OF Lent have been issued by
the Most Rev. Archbishop, of Balti.
more, through his Secretary, Rev. Thos.
Lee:
"All the faithful who huye completed
their twenty.frst year are. unless legiti-
mately dispensed, bound to observe the
fast, md arc to make only one meal q
day, except on Sundays. The meal al
lowed on fast days is not to be taken
until about noon, and at that meal, if
4 n that 40 H.