The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-11-06

and longer-lived thun our fu;hers The
statistics kept at Geneva since 1850,
show that the average term IF life has
been steadily lengthening. at that time
the average was only twenty two years; !;
it is now forty. In the fourteenth
century the average mortality iu Paris
was one in sixteen; the rate has been
reduced Ill our day to one in thirty.two.
LII England, less than two centuries ago,
the mortality WAS one in thirty three;
now one in forty-two. The laws of lilo
are better understood; the comforts of
life more widely distributed, and habits
OF living improved.
"A correspondent, writing from Mem
phls, snys: "Some Of the streets hore
are positively deserted, aud the echo of
my footsteps seem to make the terrible
silence more apparent. Every door
aud window Is closed, aud the occupants
OF the houses have either fallen victims
to the fever, or fled from the city. l now
and then catch a momentary glimpse Of
howard hurrying away on come
errand of mercy, but in some districts 1
can walk Tor squares without meeting u
soul. The 'Howards' are doing noble
service, and when the danger is passed,
there VIII be many tale to tell Of
heroes and heroines who have sacrificed
| their lives IN the performance of their
self-imposed duties, aud with calm fo-.
tltude have gone to their death, un-
heralded by fame, their only requiem.
the tribute Of Il sigh"
A French manufacturing chemist, one
Al. Jon2let, claims To have male dis.
covtry tina. Will, If successful, ulmos
rival III the magnitude uf tho conso.
qnences TO How from it, the invention OF
the steam engine. This is no less than
method OF making of sugar by com
binlng tho constituent atoms of carbon,
oxygen aud hydrogen. The inventor
says that sugar mIdu by this process
Will not cost more than fifty couts per
lOO weight, and it is reported that he
has so far suc:ecdcsl III convincing pruc.
teal mon uf thA value Of th.. discovery,
that company OF manufacturers have
purchased II from lim for The very
modest sum OF $40, 900.
A metnhtr Of the Missouri Lrc:sla
tnre, whose reputation Was CONSIDERABLE '
below par" uhsrn,rd himself !ol
awhile. anl then his death WAS nu.
nounced. Thrcenpon. the I.rnls!u,nr"
passed the usual resolutions uf condo.
lence, some ol The willy members bit
tcrest enemies r;iioSiZod their depart
ed friends exalted charuct.r and hicl
mora! worth, and The next day he re-
appeared III bis seat with the resolu
tions and eut.Hics neatly pasted in hi:
memoraudum book, as IL recent in fnl
FOR the past, and II ict:er of credit fol
t.iU ts!ure.
1t seems Prince lIIssa, Auccessor @
King Theodore, oi AbTsslnia, has been
making bad usc Of his English cIuca
ton. 1e has Justified the great thing.
expected OF HIM by taking captive =
rival Prince and bringing tie arts oi
civilization to bear upon him. Th.
captlve's ears were stuffed full of gun
cotton, and his royal head WIS blown tc
atoms.
KILLED. Ned Foxworth, colored, o
Marion, was killed, last Saturday, Will,
pntting sleeper under barn. B,
some mismanugement, he was caugh
under the barn md crushed to death.
Massachusetts is practicing for thu
gradual revival of IN almost forgotten
custom. a baby has actually beer
reared there to the weight of nearly tw.
pounds.
President Grant has been appointe.
orator for tho next meeting of the Arm,
Of the Tennessee. Subject, "IHhat
know about the shrinkage of values"
An ingenious Kentuckian has invcntce
u whseioarrow in which man cur
trundle himself home Mt night if neces
sary with out trou',;ing his friends.
The rebuilding OF tho various monu
ments N Paria, destroyed by the Com
munists, is going on rapidly, and soor
not wreck will DO left behind.
Jhe times must bo sadly out Of join
when it IS announced that "the New
Havon Clock Works can run ouly cigh
hours day"
A married woman, named Catherine
McGowan, died in Augusta Monda,
evening. from the effects Of intemper