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RAILWAY RESTAURANTS.

How they are Managed Abroad.
A correspondent OF the New York
Observer says:
Not long since, in travelling from Basel
TO Paris we became hungry. As if di-
vining our condition, the guard put his
head in at the window Of the train, and
politely asked, Shall / order a dinner
Tor you at the next station2" But we
do not stop long enough TO eat it, was
our reply. True; it will be served in
the train for three francs, and the dishes
removed at the next stopping-place.'
BY all means order il" The telegraph
carried the order ten miles ahead in a
moment; and when the train drew up at
the next station, the door was opened,
and a circular basket, three feet high
and one in diameter, was put in our
compartment. Upon the top we're knife
and fork, spoon and napkin; bottle of
water and flask of wine, aud glass;
little salt and pepper, and large
rsll Opening door in the side of the
basket we saw four shelves, on each shelf
dish OF a la mode beef, the third vege-
tables, and the fourth half a chicken and
salad. A bunch of delicious grapes was
also found on one of the shelves.
We ate our dinner quietly and com
fortably, while the train rushed along at
thirty miles an hour, and then restored
The dishes TO their places. When the
next stoppage was made, porter re-
moved the basket and received the pay.
We reached Paris after twelve hours
ride, weary and hungry, but neither faint
with exhaustion, nor suffering from fit
Of Indigestion.
Recently it became necessary for us
to make shorter journey in this coun-
try. About midway the train stopped,
and the conductor shouted, Ten min
utes for refreshments The passen-
gers rushed forth and crowded into the
close, dirty, uninviting room, where, at
long, high counter four wonderfully
caparisoned females dispensed poor cof-
fee, worse piecrust and oysters stewed
in water favored with bad butter. No
bread, no meat but ham, no drink but
bad coffee and sour ale. Before even
these uninviting edibles could be swal-
lowed, the shrill screech of the locomo-
tive hurried the passengers away to the
llOlIOls VI uJopCpoiu anu uOoudOuts
We have travelled thousands of miles
by railway in this land, and have scarce
ly ever found comfortable railway res
taurant. Some are not SO bad as others,
but the best are terror to the stoutest
stomach.
There is certainly no need of this
state of things, for no people travel so
much as Americans, none know better
what is good to eat, none are more able
or willing to pay a good price for a
good thing, and no country furnishes a
better supply of all kinds Of food.
But Sweden and Norway, Germany
and Switzerland, France and England,
nay, even muchabused Ireland, are bet |
ter provided, on their least frequented |
railway routes, with comfortable arrange
ments for eating and drinking on Jour
ney than the most important railroads
Of this country. This is an age of re-
form, and we lift up an appeal for some
thing fit to eat when we are compelled
10 leave home.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-14
A Notable Event.

On Sunday grand niece of the Pope
took the veil of the Tor di Specchi. This
convent is that founded by San Fran
cesca Romano during the lifetime and
with the consent of her husband. The
VOWS of these "oblate nuns are not
perpetual. They take them but for a
year, and may marry if they like. They
can also receive, and go out to church,
to see their friends when i'll, or even for
moderate amusement while in their
convent. Most of the noble families of
Rome have a representative among the
oblates of San francesca. Probably
Maria Pia Mastia will one day be the
superior of the house of the Tor di
Speech, lady who owes control to no
one but the Holy Father himself. The
young girl who took the veil on Sunday
was abeut twenty years Of age. She was,
of course, draped as a bride on her first
appearance, and invested with the usual
costume of the convent during the mass.
The Holy Father had sent his maitre
d'hotel to superintend the refreshments
which are always offered on such occa-
sions to invited guests, and certain bon
bons, with portrait Of his niece painted
upon them, were his gift. The guests
also received sonnet written for the
occasion, and after visiting the convent
took leave Of the newly made spouse Of
Christ.-Rome Correspondent
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Notice to Lawyers.

TIrR HAVE F0R SALE AT THE LEDGER
w oEce blank nuticcs q take Deposition.
and printed Instructions % tfe ssa5a7 sasirr
the samo; also blank captions and ccriii-
Gates. 10
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whole affair, caused the Emperor Alex
ander TO commute Vashtenelis sentence
10 one years imprisonment at hard labor
in a Russian fortress. Even this miti-
gated sentence, however, will be hard
punishment for the man who, for years,
has led the sybaritic life Of q favorite
lacquey at the Imperial Court Of St.
Petersburg. He viii be chained to q
wheelbarrow, and will have 20 roll stone
in il for fifteen hours every day. The
wheelbarrow will be his inseparable com
panion during the whole term Of his i'm
prisonment, oven in his hours Of sleep,
which he will have to pass on the bare
floor, and his food will be Of the coarsest
descrintion.
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CRATES,
The Celebrated Hackett Crate

rs USED BY THE FOLLOWING FAMI-
Il lies. who. / feel assured, will take pleasure
in giving their opinion as TO the merits of this
Crate to any one suffering from cold rooms this
freezing weather, WE CLAIM that they re-
quire less fuel, give out more heat and leave
less ashes and are more cleanly than any CRATE
in ne
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City omcial journal.
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MEDICAL.
DIR. IL. L. LASHI,
Physician, Surgeon
AND ACCOUCHER.

.DFFICE, SO UNION ST. 4; RESIDENCE. $40
" Main street (6ayoso BlOckl. Ofice hours
from 10 10 Am, and from 20 6p.m. Spe-
cialties: children and female diseases. Grad
uafed az the University Of Berlin (Germanyl: /:
with more than thirty years practical expe-
rience. Vaccination daily at his Office, be-
tween and o'clock pm. S4-xvi-S
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MUSIC.

Pianos, organs, Hheet Music, and
Musical Merchandise and Inatru-
ments Of every description, whole
sale aud retail.
~. q. HOilembeTg keepa the Inrg-
esf and hest seleefed stock IA IhIn
city. and full asaortment OF the
Chick 90 Ing, Moilenberg and Hal
lett a CumstOn PianOa. the Estey
Organs, and brass and silver fnntru-
Being a. practical pfnnO-maker
and a musician OF taste ana ability,
Rnk known 90 the public aa such
since 1893, patrons of this music
house may feel cOnndent tnnt they
will nnd all goods strfctIy as repre-
nented and warranted, and nt m0d.
crate prices anu On easy terms.
wnreroOms. No. 27f second street.
lI5-t
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ture. 1t wheels about, and uttering a
loud, tremulous bleat Of perfect despair,
flies from the frightful vision. The
mothers voice arrests its fight; it re-
turns, flies and returns again, generally
ten or dozen times before the recon
element is fairly made.
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Publisher and Proprietor.
THE GRAND DUKES LETTERS.

Theft of Alexis Private COrre-
spOndsncs iva a Amerfca-An Escape
for the Girls who Wrote Notes 10
the Tn eff.
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A Paris correspondent Of the Pail
Mall Gazette writes to that journal q
pleasant story about the Bey Of Tunis.
be wished to have some rifed cannons,
and naturally addressed himself to a
German, who bit upon some old ord
nance which had long been standing on
the ramparts Of Frankfort. The munici-
pality we're delighted TO find a purcha-
ser, and sold the pieces at a low price,
The guns, Of course, we're not rifed, but
this did not hinder the contractor from
buying them. BE sent for a locksmiih
and ordered him to rife them. and then
to forward them 10 Tunis. Three months
afterward the guns arrived. but what was
the astonishment Of the Bsy and his Ar
tillery Committee 90 end them riaed
outside.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-23

TIE CoNTAd1oN OF BAD ExAlfprE. -
Forney's paper, the Press. thus shows
how Pennsylvania is initiating the ex-
ample OF Congressin the game Of grab.
It says:
"The increase of salary of it's members
by the Forty-second Congress was de-
nounced as the most infamous Act ever
perpetrated by legislative body-as a
crime, robbery. Precisely such a bill
is about to be passed By tho Legislature
Of Pennsylvania. The lower house of
that body has aotually oonsummated it..
its members. like their Congressional
prototypes, having voted themselves an
increase of pay. extending over a term
now nearly ended. We hope the &c.
nate will have the honesty and courage
to amend this item"
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RAPa.-A rape was committed on the
plantation of Mr.. John 8. Moore, near
this place, last Wednesday morning, by
Nelson Webb, upon the person of Jaokey
Ellen Jacobs, little girl aged about
eleven years. The child is Webb'sstep-
daughter. Webb was arrested on the
same day, on.a warrant issued by Trial
Justice Knight, and committed to Jail to
await his trial. Many of our citizens
will remember Webb's conviction OF
manslaughter in our County some years
ago, and his serving out term in the
State penitentiary in consequence there.
of.-Marlboro Times
SERIOUS ACCIDENT At THE CusroM
HoUsR.-Frederick Christian, a Dane,
about thirty years old, while working on
q scaffolding on the East eide Of the new
Custom House, Yesterday morning.
missed his footing and foil distance OF
forty feet. breaking three of his ribs; in
jnring his thigh. and sustaining, it is
thought, serious internal hurt. He wonld
have been killed had not his fall been
broken by striking the scafolding as he
went down. This is the first accident of
any importance that has ever occurred
IN the long series, of years the building
has been going up.-Charleston Courier
THREE HANaMas IN WRBsrKR COUNTY,
GA.-Susan .Eberhart and Z. T.. Spann,
convicted OF numbering the wife OF the
latter In Webster County. some time last
year, were, last week. sentenced to be
huug-the first on May I'd, and the lat-
ter on tho 11th Of April. Lee Smith,
convicted Of murder, in the same Coun-
ty, will be hung on the 25th of April.
DR.. VIM. P. Harrison, of Atlanta,
challenges Rev. DE-. Watson, a Spirit
ualist. in Nashville, to a trial of "the
spirit agin the. Aesh."
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CoRoNAR'g 1soUksT. An inquest was
hold, on Tuesday last, in SmithviIle
township. about fifteen miles from this
place, over the body OF John Sango
Grant, who came;to .his death on the
preceding evening. The circumstances
that lead to the death Of Grant are as
follows: Grant. Who had been absent
from his home, returned there about
dusk on Monday evening, and found
present Rhoda Ann -Qnick and three or
fonr, other women. He irnm ediately
called for his supper. Things not work
ing last enough to suit him, he became
very angry, and threatened to kill every
body1in the house, and then burn the
house. This led TO quarrel, in which
RhodR cut Grant below the left ear.
making wound one.fourth of an inch
deep, and about an inch and half long.
Grant then left the house, and walked
seventy five or 100 yards, when he fell,
and expired in q few minutes. Grant is
said to have been man of desperate
character. Rhoda has gone to North
Carolina, but it is asserted, will appear
at court, and stand her trial.
= Marlboro Times.
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The Sumter Ne,os gives us the follow
ing, which is the best that We have seen
in month: As one of our fast-traveling
Radical citizens dashed through Main
street tho other day, behind his gallant,
high-stepping, aroh-necked steed, some
one expressed his admiration, (fos the
horse not the driver,) and wondered
where he got him. A ready-witted old
gentleman, who overheard the quasi
question, replied promptly, that the ami.
NAL Was sired by 'the State Treasury"
out Of the dam "taxes."
SUDDEN DEATH. Ann Tongue,
an aged lady. residing about four miles
from town, died very suddenly. yester-
day, at the passenger depot Mrs.
Tongue had Just returned from visit to
q sick daughter in Charlotte, N. O., and
died Immediately after leaving the train.
She leaves family and hosts of warm
friends to mourn her Sudden demise.
Mrs. Tongue was about eighty years of
age. Her family have our heartfelt SYM
pathy.- Winnsboro Ne,os.
The. infamous murderer, Osborne,
lately executed at Knoxville, ILL.,, for the
murder OF Mrs. Mathews, was persuaded
to make confession before he was
ohoked to death, in which he proceeds
deliberately to blacken the character OF
his murdered VICTIM; and, worse still,
this lying confession, constituting q
crime almost as black az the murder
itself, is published to the world.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT. horrible acci-
dent occurred Thursday night, near the
Western and Atlantic Railroad shops in
Atlanta. A we'll dressed man was found
on the track dead, both legs having
been ont off and tho body horribly
mnngled by train or switch engine.
The circumstances Of the killing were
not ascertained.
England has indicated to Mexico that
if she does not settle some accounts
which British subjects have made out,
she will be compelled to occupy o por-
tion of Mexican real estate for the pur.
pose of securing tho debt. This threat
will be considered carefully by Brother
Jonathan himself.
Judge Erskine. in the United States
Court Of Atlanta, last Monday, decided
that the court had the right 70 make
suoh rules relative to jurors as it saw ft,
although it may not accord with State
laws ON the subject.
Miss Clara Divine, native OF Savan-
nah, Ga, and Miss Alice Furlong, and
Miss Mary E'enelon, of New Orleans,
have entered the Convent of Presenta-
tion, in Rome, and taken the veil.
The man who wrote to the State Board
OF Agriculture to ascertain what was the
best to plant in wet land, was favorably
impressed by the answer. It was
"Leeks."
We understand that Backstock was.
visited with slight hail storm Thurs
day evening.
The Shah of Persia is building q new
ton aore palace.
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Calling boy up in the morning can
hardly be classed under the head of
''pastimes." especially if the boy is fond
of exercise the day before. And it is a
little singular that the next hardest
thing to getting boy ont OF bed is get.
ting him into it. There is rarely a mo.
ther who is success at rousing boy.
All mothers know this; so do their boys.
And yet the mother seems to go at it in
the right way. She opens the stair door
and insinuatingly observes. Johnny" !"
There is no response. :"John-ny." Still
no response. Then there ia o short,
sharp 'John," followed q moment later
by q prolonged and emphatic "John
Henry" A grunt from the upper re-
gions signifies that an impression has
been made, and the mother is encouraged
to add, you'd better be getting down
here to your breakfast, young man, be.
fore come up there an give yon some
thing you'll feel.'' This so startles the
young man that he Immediately goes to
sleep again. And the operation has to
he repeated several times. A father
knows nothing about this trouble. He
merely opens his mouth as soda bottle
.jects it's cork, and the "John Henry"
that cleaves the air of that stairway goes
into that boy like electricity and pierces
the deepest recesses of his very nature.
And he pops out OF thst bed md into his
clothes and down the stairs with q
promptness that is commendable. It is
rarely a boy allows himself to disregard
the paternal summons. About once q
year ia believed to be aa often as is con-
sistent with the rules OF health. He
saves his father great many steps by
his thoughtfulness. .-Danbury Neus.
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a TRIUMPHANT REooRD.-In glancine
back at tho history of proprietary medi-
clnes in this country, it becomes 1t once
evident that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
has been the most successful OF them all,
The record OF its triumphs covers q
period OF about twenty years, and dur
ing that time it has probably restored to
health and vigor greater number Of de-
bllitated invalids than all other tonics
and alternatives combined. The amount
OF disease and suffering that has been
prevented by its extensive use a. pre-.
ventive medicine is, of course, unascer.
tained, but it is we'll known and un,
disputed fact that the malaria which
generates periodic fevers and many
other distressing and dangerous disor.
ders seldom. II ever, produced any iniu.
rious effect npon systems that have been
fortiaedsia advance by course of this
invaluable vegetable tonic. M23t3t1
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WHAT An OLD MAN has NOTICED.
have noticed that all men are honest
when, well watched.
I have noticed, that purses will hold
pennies as well % pounds. i &
s. I have noticed that in order to be q
reasonable oreature. it is necessary at
ees;fi11s 90 &c downright mad. ;,
T have noticed that some men are 80
honest that necessity compels them to be
dishonest in the end.
have noticed that silks. broadcloths
and jewels are often bought with other
peoples money.
Ihave noticed that whatsv or is is right,
with a tew e1ceptions-the left eye, the
left log, and the left side OF plum pud.
ding.
Ihave noticed that the prayer of the
selfish man is. Forgive Us our debts, -
while he makes everybody who owes
him pay to the utmost farthiug. ];
have noticed that he who thinks
every man rogue is very certain to see
one when he shaves himself, and he
ought. in mercy to his heighbor, to sur
render the rascal to justice.
have noticed that money is the FOOLS
wisdom, the knave's reputation, the
poor mans desire, the covetous mans
ambition. and the idol of all.
have noticed TINT oil men speak we'll
OF all mems virtues when they are dead,
and that tomb stones are marked with
epitaphs OF the good and virtuons. Is
there any particular cemetery where the
bad men are buried?
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-23

List OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Wm. D. Love & Co.-Opening.
Youth Wanted.
Runkle & Dunbar-Law Gard.
Home of Health.
New Building and. Loan Association.
Gardner Fire Extinguisher.
Meeting Myrtle Lodge.
Obstacles to Marriage.
John Observation-Disclosures.
Governor ses-Proclamation.
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EXPORTED DEFALoAT1oN IN TEE SA-
yANNAH Posi- OFFIoE.-The Savannah
Ne'Os, OF yesterday, says: "We learn
that information was received here, yes
terday, stating that defalcation had
been discovered in the Savannah Post
Oiice Department to the amount of SOW
eral thousand dollars. It is alleged that
the defaloation extends over period of
two years back, and up to recent date.
There have been in this time several
changes in the department here, and we
understand the particular party con-
oerned has not been designated. AS the
Treasury agent, who was here recently
inspecting matters, reported the present
books Gil correct, the subordinates now
in office need feel no alarm-the past is
under cloud, not the present.
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DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN OF MACON,
GA. r. Freeman, Esq, one of the
oldest citizens of Macon, died on
"Wednesday, in the eighty.6rst year OF
his age. He was q native of New Jer-
sey, but had been a oitizen of Macon
slnoe 1927. and is said to have built the
hrst brick store erected in that city. He
was esteemed as man of high integrity
and solid worth. and for. fifteen oonsecu-
tive years filled the office of Treasu rer
of the city OF Macon.
A house was burned last Saturday
upon the plantation OF Mr.. Furman
Willis, about two miles from Clio, Marl-
boro County, and two colored children
perished in the flames.
Bone. who killed Burton, in Forsyth
County, Ga, short time since, has
been captured and lodged in jail.
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HorE AaR1vA1s. March %, 1873
Columbia Hotel el-Hugh Wilson, Abbeyills:
A A Gilbert. Sumter; A B Bayles and
wife, d B Bsyles. Brooklyn; S O Gill
bert and wife. N z; A 8 Hinton; city;J
3 Hamsworth, Edward Phelan, N WV
Dudley. Charleston; G Il B Marsh. W &
A r r; P J Cline, Milledgevilie, Ga; E
D Lowe. Boston: Capt Miller, Augusta;
) d Hansen, Wilmington;J F Stelling,
city; John Tampany, Ohio; B F Jamin-
son, Galveston; W J Sprinkle. " 6 A r
4; Miss Carpenter, city.
Hendrie House, @ Lynch, Philadel.
Rhis; a F Rnff, Ridgewsy; 8 n seeley.
AMensqoky; Man = A Hammer, Wilmington;
Clark. Baltimore; E P johnson, Mobile.
Wheeler House-M Bray, WalhalIa;
" 81 Webb, Newerry; Major General
Irwin Mcdowell, q 8 A; J 81 Jones; J
& Bull. Texas; Ed Gaylord, London,
England; T M CLARK, Wilmington; "
A Bradley, Augusta.
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Gregg onoe told ne that he was oompelt-
ed to place his cloth and yarn in

Gregg onoe tod DC that be WAS oompelt-
ed to place his cloth and yarn in
New York hands. TO cell 1T even Ia the
markets nesf his door. Iron has been
manufactured in Sparialburg and York
for some generations back. and bar iron
and osssings in large quantities were
made at Nesbitt's forge, in the former
County. as early as 1926, and perhaps
earlier. Paper has been successfully
made in Greenville and at Bath, where
mills are now in prosperous operation.
Columbia once had. q small paper mill.
and i would be a good Investment to
establish ons here OF ia the neighbor-
hood nov. ThSIearly tendency which
we hsGeln noted viii, before long. become
|a fixed policy: Prepare for manufactures,
save your earnings, have sursess made,
water powers measured, and form your
companies. ~ ! !.