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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-05

A drunkard, on being told that the
earth is round, and turns on its axis all
the time. said: II believe that, for I've
never been able to stand on the darned
thing"
The Swedes have got new way OF ex-
ecuting criminals, one which does the
business in eleven seconds. The man
who invented the machinery is after a
patent.
A man who fell into the lake at Buff
falo, the other day, says that it was o
new Erie in his life, as we'll as an un.
pleasant one.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-05
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Auct1on Sales
Vdc0nt Lot.
BY SEIBELS & FZEI.T..

We will sell, THIS MORNING. at 10 o'o,ook
One acre vacant LOT. on the North. west
corner OF the Intersection OF Blossom and
Bull. Terms made known at sale FehS
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-05

A noble young man in Indianapolis
recently determined to abandon the use
OF tobacco. He was told that iced drinks
would diminish his hankering for the
weed. so on the first day he drank
three gallons Of iced water, and still feel
ing desire to smoke, ho added two
quarts OF cold buttermilk. He went to
bed with the cheerful conviction that he
had conquered his craving, and so he
had. The next day he did not desire to
smoke OF al, for the simple reason that
he was dead. Tho iced water, tho iced
buttermilk, the abandonment of his
cigar, and two doctors who were called
In consultation, proved to be too much
for the noble young man.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-05

The mysterious namo Of the "mon-
key wrench" was taken from its invent
or. Mr.. Monkey, who still lives in New
Jersey.
The late Mr.. Cranston. of Newport,
has left $75. 900 for the benefit of per-
sons OF indigentility who are "too proud
to beg and too honest to steal"
The most striking difference between
fool and q looking-glass is, that the
fool speaks without rejecting, and tho
iooking-glass reflects without speaking.
A newly married couple, aged respect-
iveiy fifteen and thirteen. have lately
gone to housekeeping in Westerly. r. I.
Louis Bois, Canadian farmer, has
just baptized his thirtietL child. Twon-
ty-six are living, and all "Bois."
Recently, in Knoxville. Mr.. Atkins
was married to Miss Atkins, by the Rev.
Mr.. Atkins.
A Texas ranger cleared 81, 900 last
year on scalp bounties.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-05

SHARP, If TRUE. AT q telegraph Office,
early one morning, the young gentleman
operator, after repeated calls for q 20 olng
lady operator III another Office. at last
gets response. and then "click, click,
click, CLICK" (fortissimo.) ho telegraphs
back vehemently: Il have been trying
to catch you for the last half hourr' In
a moment, the following spicy reply
comes tripping back to him over the
wires from the tolegraphic maiden
That's nothing! There is young man
here who has been trying to do tho Same
thing for the last two years, and he
hasn't caught me YETI
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
Everlasting Fence Posts.

1 discovered many years ago that
wood could be made to last longer
than iron in the ground, but thought
the process so simple and inexpensive
that it was not worth while making a
stir about it. l would as soon have
poplar, baswood, or quaking ash as
any other timber, for fence posts. l
have taken out Eastwood posts after
having been set seven years, that
were as sound when they were taken
out as when they were first put in the
ground. Time and weather seemed to
have no effect on them The posts
can be prepared for less than two cents
apiece For the benefit of others, l
Will give the recipe: Take boiled lin
seed oil and stir it in pulverizsd char
coal to the consistency of paint. Put
a coat of this over the timber, and
there is not q man that will live 10 see
II rot.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
WOULD DO IT AGAIN.

Stockton, California, has had 8
hanging at which and near which there
were some unusual scenes. John l.
Murphy was TO be hung for shooting
and killing his brother. in-law, Patrick
Murray, in 1868. He shot the man,
as he said, tor abusing his wife. Mrs.
Murray was Murphy's sister. The
woman was an invalid, and has since
died, and the gallows has finished the
family. The execution was 10 be in
private in the jail-yard, there being
about one hundred invited Witnesses.
As the hour dew near, IL was found
that nearly all the town OF Stockton
had assembled TO the roofs OF the
neighboring houses, were full view
OF the jsil-ysrd and gallows could be
obtained. Under such circumstances
the execution would have been virtu-
ally public, and therefor not accord
ing TO law. 1t was necessary to dis
lodge the spectators to carry cut the
law, and as it would have taken too
long to shoot them off their perches,
the fre-enginery OF the city was
brought to bear upon them, and they
were squirted away long enough for
the drop to fall. The Law was thus
technically fulfilled in respect TO pri-
vate executions.
The murder was Murphy's only
offense Ia life that ever became pub
lie, and he was noted as just man in
all his other dealings with men, In
property matters-be was exemplary
and regular. He was a peaeeable
citizen and never had tny disturbsn-
Gee, and yet they hung him. On the
scafold he said tha. he had done
nothing that he felt bad about He
had killed q mar, but hed Let com
mitted murder, and wouid do the
same thing again under like ciIeum-
stances. He had acted only in de-
tense OF his sister, Al any tnsn would
DO. So he died, and he exhibited no
emotion whatever at the last scene.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
PRESIDENT GRANT AND THE IN.
DIANS.

It will be very difficult to convince
the American people that President
Grant can be held even remotely re-
sponsible for theassassinatian OF Gen,
Candy and Commissioned Thomas by
Captain Jack and his associates, and,
therefore, we depiore the attempt to
turn that catastrophe into a party
attack on the Administration. Moth
ing Is so unjust as passionate public
opinion, except a partial partisan
judgment. At first there was an
almost resistless outcry for the ex-
termination Of all tho Indian tribes,
and now there is almost an equally
earnest demand for the Indictment of
the President by certain party jour-
mails ; and yet we think it will soon
be shown, not simply that there is
another side to this question, but
that General Sherman himself, in q
most sagacious forecast OF the Indian
character, predicted the precise trag-
edy that took place at the lava beds
on April IL, 1872. We should rec
ollect tha. every administration Of
State or General Government is the
very best judge of its own actions
until indifference or treason is prov
ed upon it. The Executive in this
country must listen to the general
constituency. Where there ls no
despot to make and enforce the laws,
public opinion becomes the actual ru-
Ter, and yet it often happens that
those most urgent to insist upon
remedies are most critical when these
fail. President Grant tried
and is still trying the alternative OF
Indian conciliation because he pre-
ferred 1t to Indian carnage. That
remedy has certainly not failed in
consequence Of the death Of Candy
and Thomas. Perhsps the cruelty
OF the Modocs and the terrible pun
ishment OF the Government may
work out the speedy solution OF a
problem, but, in any event,
We do not doubt that President
Grant and General Sherman have
lone their best under all the circum
tanees. They have neither more
Tor less interest in tie settlement OF
he question than any OF their fellow
.itiz ems, and arc therefore no more
Untitled to the censure OF the extrem
st partisans than il they we're the
anne private citizens they were in
isrch 1861, before the outbreak OF
ne rebellion.-Forneys Press.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
TaEMUETIPLICATTONOF OF WEALTH

The industry "i this age Is pro-
ductive to sn eztsnt hitherto unreal
lied, even in the most prosperous
communities. Gls1slone tells Is that
the wealth 1hicn EngIand produced
in the interval OF 20 ye.rs, between
1900 ami 1870, eqaa,s tine aggreg gate
ofthe production IRON the invasion Of
Julius Caesar to the year $500 {; and
he further estimates the wealth pro-
duced during Ihs 80 years previous
This gigantic result Is the achieve
ment OF steam. Tze characterization
OF animals--tbs u-e 81 the HOrse and
ox-added ten old % the productive
power Of msn. Bat the utilizing OF
steam as q mOi'e po~er increase the
pyodcc.s % Industry Que thousand
fold. Tue aggregate amount OF pro
duetioa that Outlss's the use OF one
generation and are hanGe down to
the next, is thereby increased one
fold.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
Dig Around Tie Trees.

This advice needs TO be repeated
daily. Every farmer knows that .
hill of corn or potatoes will not amount
to much unless cultivated, and yet
there are many who will neglect to
give the same care to tree which is
worth a hundred hills of either of
the former. In rich soils, trees may
grow rapidly without cultivation, and
no amount otgrass or weeds willretard
them but there are other things be-
sides growth to be looked after. IF
the weeds and grass are allowed to
grow mp around the stems Of apple.
peach, or ounce trees, the bark viii
become soft near their base By being
shaded, and thereby be in a suitable
condition for the reception OF eggs,
which will eventually become peach
or apple borers. Takeany dozen young
apple trees in sections where the ap
pie borer is abundant, and allow a
portion to be choked with weeds and
the remainder well cultivated, and
then watch the result; we believe the
chances are nine to one in favor of
those cultivated being exempt from
this pest.
The same is true in regard to many
other trees which are liable to the al
tack of various species of insects.
Young ,vergreens should never have
their lower branches shaded with
weeds and grass, and the soil as far
as the lower branches extend should
be stirred at least once in two or three
weeks during the entire summer, or
else spply some kind of mulchiug that
viii 'efectuahy keep down the weeds.
When the trees become very large
and strong, these precautions viii not
be necessary. Every blade OF grass
or small weed that is allowed 10 grow
about the stem of yorng trees will
rob the soil of moisture, and this fact
alone ought to be sufficient to make
every one practice thorough and
careful culture.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16

The tide of favorable opinion tcr
heading fruit trees low for orchard
culture, is now experiencing a revul-
sion. Orchardists who cultivate their
orchards, and are in the habit Of
ploughing or stirring the soil periodi-
cally, say lov-headed trees viii not
answer. 1t is impossible TO approach
near enough with the horse and i'm
plement, and hence the high standard
method of training will answer for
garden culture, and for orchards where
there is a good deal of land labor
Apple and peach trees must be trained
high, but pears, we believe, are best
grown on the pyramidal system, and
this must be low to attain success
HOrticlLlkuriSt.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
VALUE OF SPARE MINUTES.

Madame de Cells composed several
OF ner charming volumes while wait
ing 10 the sehool-rOom for the tardy
princess 70 whom she gave daily les
sons.
Dsgnessesu, one Of the Chancel
lors Of France, wrote an able and
bulky work in the Successive inter-
walls Of waiting for dinner.
Elihu B1rrit., while earning his
living as 9 blacksmith, learned eight
teen languages and twenty-five dia-
lects, by simply improving his "odd
moments"
A celebrated physician ia London
translated Lucretius while riding in
his caTrisge upon bis daily rounds.
DIR. Darwin composed nearly all
his works in the sarle way, writing
down his thoughts in 8 memorandum
book, which he carried tor the pur
pose.
Samuel Smiles says, 10 bis lac
work, that he personally knew q man
who learned Latin and French while
carrying messages as errand-boy in
the streets OF Manchester. t2
Burney, the musical composer,
learned French and Latin while RI
ding horseback from one pupil TO az
other.
Kirke White also learned Greek
while walking to and from 3 lawyers
office.
"Who uses minutes, has hours 70 use
Who loses minutes, whole years must lOse.' %
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16

II. CooUEREL, banker at Saint Ger
main, has died, leaving a fortune es-
tima;ed st six millions OF frances. In
his apartment we're found 3l5,000
frances, Of which 1900 were in gold
los, 900 in silver pieces of FIVE francs,
and the remainder in notes. As VI.
Coquerel lived quite alone, ard as no
will was discovered, all the money
was deposited in the Bank Of France,
whittier it was conveyed in vsn.
When the Pfussisn army marched
upon Paris, Mr. Coquerel sent for a
mason and made him construct lid
ing place, in which lie heaped consid-
cradle sums. This man was the only
person Who knew the secret, snd be
never revealed it 30 any one When
the Pruseians levied war contribu
ton Of 100000 harcss (4,OOO1 on
the town Of Saint German, snd de
manded its payment in an hour, the
Ma7or addressed hlInssii TO the bank
er for a loaa, but he replied that be
had 10 money
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
Good Wheat for b Years.

John Mackenison, Piereeton, Iu-
diana, writes to the Cincinnati Gazette
that be has not had poor wheat crop
in thirty FIVE years. and that bis prac
tice is ss follows: Manure IS heavily
as be thinks the crop needs; ploW
deeply, the last of May harrows three
OF four times during the simmer, and
pastures with sheep; keeps as free as
possible OF weeds and grass stirs the
soil about three weeks in advance OF
seeding then harro rs and rolls; drills
in (trom Sept. l st to 10Th } one and
one fourth bushels per acre. He rails
ed forty bushels per acre.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
The HOUSEHOLD TELEGRAPH.

Aiew days ago we published a par
sgrsph announcing The Introduction
into Philadelphia Of the American dis
trics telegraph system, whidh has
been in successful operation fos some
time past in New York and Boston.
For the purpose of applying the new
system, the city has been divided Up
into districts OF small ares about the
center OF each is located a offce,
which is provided with the necessary
apparatus, messengers, policemen,
and fireman furnished with extinguish-
ers. For the annual subscription OF
$50 q beautiful little telegraph signal
box is placed in the dwelling or store
Of the subscriber, with printed direc-
tons for operating the same. A certain
signal will be transmitted forthwith
to one Of the district stations, and will
summon q messenger to any erran6 !;
another signal will instantly call 8
policeman to protect one from burg
larry, assault, or insult third signal
will conjure up one or more frsmen,
equipped for instant service, each
with q fire exeinglisher, and will
alsrm the fire department at the same
time. For such services the sum of
thirty cents an hour for each person
in service is charged. This will give
an idea of the nature OF this new pub
lie convenience.
The Press says that to illustrate the
uses Of the new system q practical
test was made last Tuesday evening.
a lady was visiting far from her
home and was pressed by the COM
pany to spend the evening. This she
could not do, she said, without appris-
ing her husband of her whereabouts.
Il will arrange" said a gentleman in
the company, and proceeded to sum
mon q messenger from the American
District Telegraph Office, who arri-
we'd in three minutes, and was sent to
the lady's residence in West Phila--
delphia with note. He returned in
less than an hour with a letter ad-
dress to the lady from her husband,
stating that all was well at home and
hat he would call for her shortly be-
ore midnight and accompany her to
ler residence. The employees of the
company are neatly uniformed, and
ave on their caps the letters A. d.
!. In few days they will be seen
II over the city, six offices having
cen already established.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
Improve Your Place.

Each year has its changes, and the
true lover of rural life enjoys the sea-
sons with the buds, blooms and ripe
ning fruits, and is known By an evi
dent desire and attempt at some i'm
provemeDt or change In the appear.
ance OF the Homestead. Time passes.
events occur, new plants, form Of
trees, and rare fruits introduced. and
without some changes are made and
new arrangements found, the whole ;s
liable to become thick and confused
Make q plan on paper, carefully study
the growth of tree and plsnt, ther
designate on the paper. by number
with corresponding reference on
separate sheet, each tree and plant
and as soon IS possible go about tn,
work. = Ohio Farmer. 800
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
ART DEPARTMENT,

Notwithstanding the increase In the price
assumed its present noble proportions and
representative character, the edition tDds
more than doubled during the past year; prov
ing that the American public appreciate, and
will support, a sincere effort in the cause of
Art. The publishers, anxious to justify the
ready confidence thus demonstrated, have
exerted themselves to the utmost to develop
and improve the work and the plans for the
coming year, as unfolded by the monthly is
sues, will astonfsh and delight even the most
sanguine friends OF THE ALDLNE.
The publishers are authorized to announce
designs from many of the most eminent ar
fists of America.
In addition, THE ALDLNEw will reproduce
examples of the best foreign mast ers, selected
with view to the highest artistic success, and
greatest general interest avoiding such as
have become familiar, through photographs
or copies OF any kind.
The quarterly tinted plates, for 1878, repro
duce four of John y. Davis inimitable child
sketches, appearing in the issues for January,
April, July and October, would alone be
worth the price of a years subscription.
The popular feature of a copiOusly illustra-
ted Christmas" number will be continued.
To possess such valuable epitome of the
art world at a cost so trifiing, will command
the subscriptions OF thousands In every Sec
tIop of the country; but, as the usefulness and
attractions of The ALDLNE can be enhanc-
ed in proportion TO the numerical increase of
its supporters, the publishers propose to make
assurance double sure" by the following
nfTqr nf
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
A FORTUNATE PLOW.


An engineer on the Detroit and
Lansing road named Frank Dolan,
saved q mans life Monday in rath-
er singular manner. He was coming
il On q wet track with heavy train,
and soon after leaving Howell put on
more steam to make up for lost time.
The train was running at the rate OF
about twenty-five miles az hour when
Dolsn caught sight OF man on the
track about half q mile ahead. He
was certain that the man wss deaf
from the way he walked, but he open
ed the whistle and rang the bell
The man paid no attention to the
sounds, and Dolan whistled for brakes.
They did not take well, and although
the engine was reversed, it was plain
that the pedestrian would be run
down unless something was done
promptly. Dolan ran forward over
the engine and down on the COW
catcher. BY this time the pedestrian
was not three hundred feet away and
was trying to walk one of the rails,
swsying this way and that, but ap-
parently not feeling the rumble Of the
trains as it would naturally be expect
ed be would. Dolan, leaning for
ward, reached afoos beyond the cow
catcher, and as the train came close
upon the mans heels struck him in
the back with both fists. The victim
wss not on the rail st that moment,
and he caught it with his feet as he
went over, so that he was whlrled
around lengthwise of the track and
was cut in tho scalp by some portion
of the first pair Of trucks. He was
houndering in the ditch when the
train stopped, and when he ascertain
ed what the fuss was about he squared
on and wanted to whip somebody.
He was so deaf that the railroad em-
ployees had to scream in his ears to
make themselves heard, aud so mad
that be would not let them examine
his wound or do anything for him.
he was recognized as farmer living
near Plymouth, but would not even
accept q free ride home.-Dstroi:
Fres Press.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16

In the st. Louis ITDgss.we have re-
port Of what may be spoken OF as "a
sickening spectacle" A lady connect
ed with one of the Oldest and most
respectable families in the city of st.
Louis, well dressed and heavily veiIed,
entered a drinking saloon, and, walk
ing to the bar. asked for whiskey.
This was refused, and she called for
wine. After drinking a glassful she
staggered back to the rear part of the
saloon, where she took a chair and
remained for some time in a state OF
semi Inconsistencies. She was reused
by policeman, who tried to find out
who she was, but in vain. She was
locked up in the calaboose. 1t being
found who was, her friends were
sent for. IT she had not belonged to
one Of" the Oldest and most respect
able families she would have been
fined or imprisoned.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16
HIKING RPeS.

4 CORRESPONDENT of the National
Bee Journal gives his plan OF hiying
bees thus:
Some say that some swarms come
out, and go direct from the hive to
the woods; but in the time that have
kept bees, 1 never had such an instance.
In the first place, l prepare my hive.
l generally put piece of comb into
the hive to attract them. l keep the
hive in the shade and, when the bees
come out, they will a!igit on some tree
near by them. Take the hive and
rub the inside with lemon balm, or 1t
viii do without; put in the shade of
the tree, on the table; tip the hive
back enough to let the bees enter, put
a board eighteen inches square, or a
cloth, in front of the hive, and take
the bees down and put them on it.
Then take cold water from the well,
and with hand broom brush sprinkle
cold water on the ground and a trife
on them, and they will soon go up.
Repeat this in twenty minutes and
continue till the hottest part of the
day is past. As soon as they are
nearly all in, remove the old hive,
and put the new one where the old
one stood, and put board over to
keep the sun and rain off.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-16

THE EPIzooTIc IN CALIFORNIA
The Pacific Rural Press of the 10Th
of April says This disease in mild
form has become quite general
throughout the State. We hear of a
few if any serious causes and no deaths
from the disease. As yetit can hard
Iy be said to have appeared in San
francisco, or if it has, is of so mild a
type as to cause little or no mconve.
nience. At any moment, however,
it may show itself more marked in its
effects, and perhaps cluse suspension
of the running of our street cars AID
the larger part OF our livery stock -
But we do not apprehend any very
serious disarrangement ofthe business.
The disease seems to have become
very much modified in intensity In its
progress westward from the Atl1ntlc
States