The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-27

''Mr. Speaker" exclaimed member
OF the ArkansaS Legislature E"s'tf3y COLI
league etaqntssmeyith,ad desire for fame
l scorn the impntation, sir. Fame, sir
What il fame? It is shaved pig with
creased tail, which slips through the
hands of thousands, and then is accident
ally caught by some fellow that happens
to hold on to it. let this CREASED. tail
quadruped go by me without an effort
to clutch it, sir."
1t is quite probable that Boston would
contrlve to make money out of O pesti.
lence. The Herald OF that CITY declares
that the fire of last full was q profitable
affair, and that this years valuation of
the land OF the burnt district is larger
than that OF the same land and all the
tine bulldogs on it last year. If she
would burn up the rest OF her buildings
Boston would stand chance Of being
the richest city on the continent.
VIENNA COUGHING .-Bayard Taylor
writes from the Vienna Exposition: ''As
an illustration OF the general experience
OF strangers, will add that T have Just
been walked out Of my room by the an.
nouncement that from tomorrow the
price OF occupancy will be twenty. four
dorins per day, or $l2, for what is or.
dinarily valued at ST."
A Federal officer who served with Gen.
Lee in the old service. before the war,
and who now reveree his memory as a
friend, gentleman and soldier, has
forwarded $40 as his contribution to the
Lee Monument. The modest fellows
name is not published. He is stationed
at Fort Lapsnie: Wyoming. 4
A number of Erie Railway locor,o-
tives are yet in mourning for the late
James Fisk. Jr. One engine il adorned
With siz rosettes, each having portrais
! OF deceased in the centre. The enRin-
Ger says he will keep them on the loco.
motive until Stokes is hung, and adds
that be hopes that event will occur very'
| soon, ~ #-.,--.t1.s..,' :.
Ladies who have been annoyed by the
ordinary ronge turning green when ex-
posed to the action Of certain gases will
be pleased to learn that Chinese COS
metic is now in the market which ia
green when first applied to the cheeks
and becomes red afterwards.
The Prince OF Wales has begun to
economize. He is said to have saved
$500 ont of his last yearly allowance.
though it is whispered that he found the
sum in pair OF cast of trousers no had
forgotten all about.
The Lancaster Ledger Gays the Chester
and Cheraw Railroad is now q fixed fact.
The people Of Chester, Lancaster and
Chesterfield Counties are coming up to
the expectations Of the projectors of the
route. Its enemies have been left in the
distance-the road will be built.
The police OF Cincinnati recently ar.
rested gang OF dog-fghters. It was
discovered that the mouths of the dogs
has been cut on each side nearly ND to
their ears, in order to enable them I'd
get fuller hold of each other. 6
The Washington Star reports that in
that city there is now in full operation
the disgusting system OF farming out to
nurses children who are born in the
lying in establishment which conceal the
disgrace OF unfortunate women. f
Texas, too, wants her canal, and a
bill has been introduced into the Se-
nate for the construction of one from the
Eastern boundary Of the State on Sabine
Lake to the Western boundary on the
Rio Grande.
a sensitive Pennsylvaniap, last week,
went out and killed himself because q
few friends laughed at him; and, at
about the same time, an Alabamian
under similar circumstances went in and
killed a few friends. L2nd
Lecturers and platform speakers will
be pleased to learn that St. Louis man
has invented machine for eating pea.
nuts which entirely disposes Of both the
nois and the shellse. ss,y.g
One OF Josh Billings maxims is, .'Rise
early, work hard ana late, give nothing
away, and if you don't die rich and 90
to the devil, you may sue me for da-
IMAGES" at
| man ninety-ono years old has Just
been elected President OF, q Pros iIence
bank. The idea is this: Should ha}steal
anything, he is too feeble to 5Get AWAY
with it.
Recently minister concluded his ser
mon Rs follows: "Bnt I hear the rustiine
of silks in tho pews, as il some of the
ladies' were impatient to leave; I will,
therefore, say God bless you"
The real wants Of nature are the mea.
sure OF enjoyments, as the foot is the
measure OF the shoe. We can call only
The want Of what is necessary poverty.
Somebody asks: "What is home with
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