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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-25


FIRE IN DARLINGroN. Tuesday morn
the square Of the town of Darlington,
which destroyed the store and hotel OF
Mr.. John Floyed, the house OF Mr.. M.
and by Mr.. John W. Williamson, the
store OF Mr.. J. L. E,rly and tho store
of Mr.. S. Marco. Loss about S23. 900.
with about $40. 600 covered by insur-
ance. The fire is thought to have been
ing occupied by Mr.. Kerrigan.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
written IL letter to tho House Of Repre-
sentatiycs, enclosing bill revising, and
changing in some refpeots. the duties
on silk goods. It provides q dnty of
fabrics which have silk rs component
OF chief value. except certain specified
articles, and those containing over
Ibis is very important bill, affecting
especially ribbons and the like that have
cotton in them.
Three largo plantations. comprising
the real estate Of the late Gov. Pickene
were sold at public outory at Edgefield
Court House, on Monday last. Mrs.
Piokens bought the whole. The Edge.
wood or homestead tract, 5000 acres.
was bid of at 5000; the grove tract.
1900 acres. at So, 900. and the Savannah
rive tract, 2, 100 acres. at $13, 100.
The store on the Lands End Road,
St. Helena, formerly owned by Mr..
Taft, out lately occupied by Nichols &
Co., was destroyed by fire on Tuesday
night last. 1l,000 pounds of seed cot.
ton was lost, besides other things oi
value.
The Mexicans seem to understand
how to prevent election frauds.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-25

PHdNIXASA.-HOw TO make slow
horse fast-Don't feed him.
The young man who boasted that LIE
could marry any girl he pleased, found
that ho couldn't please any.
1t is said that the pig ran away from
the butcher because he heard that pre-.
vention was better than cure.
A philosopher says that "a true man
never frets about his place in the world.
but just slides into it by the gravitation
Of his nature, and swings there as easily
as a star"
We make this publication for bash
full cuss. He says; "Chere's G CERTAIN
girl in this town who can carry our
smoke house keys for life, if she'll only
say the word"
In game OF cards, a good de.l de.
pends on good playing, and good play
ing on q good deal.
A genius is popularly supposed to be
one who can do anything except make o
living.
Think before you speak, think before
whom you speak, think why You speak,
think what you speak.
What England made such fuss abon.
was Bos.3 3.on Harbor-a little st" upset
in Boston Harbor.
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19
The Corn Crop.

The agricultural report for October
shows that the corn crop is 16 per cent.
below normal crop. The crop Of last
year was estimated at 1,092,000,00O
bushels. In view of the decrease of
4 per cent. in area, the indicated reduc-
tion is above % per cent, or 250, 900, 900
bushels. The only States returning the
average condition are Georgia, Florida,
Arkansas, California and Oregon. The
other averages are as follows Maine,
IS; New Hampshire, 80; New York,
80; New Jersey, 80; Pennsylvania,
SO: Delaware, rs; Maryland, 81; Vir-
ginia, 80; North Carolina, 95; South
Carolina, 80; Alabama, 80; MISSISSIPPI
pi, SO; Louisiana, go; Texas, 78; Ten
nessee, 81; West Virginia, SO; Ken
tucky, "a; Ohio, 88; Michigan, 88; !;
Indiana, "a; Illinois, g.; Wisconsin,
88; Minnesota, 81 Iowa, 81; Missou-
ri, rs; Kansas, &C; Nebraska, ".
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19
The Grain, Hay and Hog Crops.

The Nation Crop Reporter thus sums
up the crops Of 1873 as compared with
those with 1872 On corn, in the
States producing one-haK the entire
crop Of the United States, a loss of 2
per cent; on wheat, in States produc-
ing over 40 per cent, Of the entire crop,
grain of Ct per cent; on oats, in States
producing 40 per cent. of the entire
crop, loss of 9 per cent. on hay, in
States producing over one-third the en-
tire crop. loss Of per cent, and on
swine, in States producing one-third of
the entire crop, loss Of Is per cent.
The indications are largely increased
acreage Of Winter wheat has been
sown this Fall, and with few exceptions
the conditions of the growing crops is
above the average.
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19

A WESTERN newspaper, wishing to
do the handsome thing by the local doc
tor, recently made the following an
nouncement: DR.. Crawford was called,
but under his prompt and skillful treat
ment the young man died Wednesday
afternoon" We don't know what the
doctor said to this but if the editor Of
that newspaper Is taken sick we advise
him not to call in Crawford.
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19
From the Chicago Tribune.
4 Chicago Firm of Dead Beats Trying
to SWindle Changers. -'%@

Another attempt at swindling has
come to light. This time it is firm,
Montgomery, Ward & Co: by name, and
the parties aimed at by the project are
no less important body than the Gran
gers. This swindling firm, in bill
headed 'Grangers supplied by the cheap
est Cash House in America" sets forth
that, at the " earnest solicitation of many
Changers, they have consented to open
house deypted to furnishing farmers
and mechanics throughout the North
west with all kinds Of merchandise at
wholesale prices. Then comes the list
Of Utopian figures, such as gold lock-
ct for $3.50; 10 yds. poplin, $1.75; gen
tlemen's toilet set, containing Weston
holm razor, toothbrush, nail-brush,
combs, hair-brush, lather-brush, razor
strop, shaving-box, and soap for 81; l
secretary writing desk with implements
complete for 81 !; l hoop-skirt, / hustle,
and hair-braid for 81, and the balance
Of 200 articles or lots, all at the same
figures The firm boast that they make
"no display in fact, they keep alto.
gether retired from the public gaze, and
are onl ly to be reached through cores
pondence sent to certain box in the
post Office. They are prepared to make
purchases for customers of all kinds of
merchandise they do not keep, and do it
it "simply as an accommodation to Gus
TONER'S who are charged only 5 per
cent. commission on the. net cost. The
firm employ no agents. There is prob
ably only one man composing it, and he
wants all the money the gulls send him
for himself He gets all the letters with
the 10 cents enclosed for sample, the oc-
casional sums sent to make purchases on
commission, and all the remittances for
the trash sent to his dupes, if in fact,
anything at all is sent. On the letters
asking for samples merely, the profits
amount to something worth while, for it
is known that a certain proportion Of the
multitudes of circulars issued fall into
the hands of credulous fools, who place
boundless faith in anything which is set
up in type and printed. If such fools
would only consider how easy a thing it
is to start a swindle of this kind, the
dead beats who get them up mis- ght be
driven to hard work, or still better, per-
haps, starvation. After sending out a
couple Of hundred thousand circulars, at
cost Of a couple of hundred dollars or
less, the victimizer sits in his room and
awaits responses, which, strange to say,
in I" "tig ght times" particularly, come in
such numbers, that in a fortnight he has
his 5000 back, together with very
handsome margin of profit. Then he
starts another huge benevolent scheme,
with a different postoffce box as his head
quarters, addresses different class of
people to those previously tempted, and
cleans out it's fools of their spare funds :;
and 50 on until wealth brings renown,
and finally, he becomes the successful
candidate for aldermanic or higher hon
ors on the ticket Of q hummer party
The safety Of these operators lies in the
fact that out Of thousand men who
have been duped it is hard to find one
who cares to expose the swindle, and
necessarily his own stupidity at the same
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19

JEWISH POPULATION OF FRANCE
According to the Jewish statistics, as
given by their authorities, there were,
in 1870, 108,436 Jews residing in
France, including Algeria, Oran, and
Constantine.
The Jewish population is thus divid-
ed in several districts, or, as they call
it, conscriptions: For the district of
Paris, $4,000; Metz, $500; Nancy,
$500, and in Nancy itself, 1900. For
the district Of Strasburg, 1886; COL
mar, 1900, and at Colmar, 1850 at
Mulhouse, 1000. For the district of
Lyons, 1900; Marseilles, $500; Bor-
deaux, 1900; Bayonne, 1900; Algiers,
1000; Oran, {, 1000; Constantine, 4, 500.
Each district includes several places
with larger or smaller Jewish popula-
tion. Thus, for instance, in the district
of Strasburg, there are eighteen towns
and villages with a Jewish population.
Each district has a Grand Rabbin, and
each place Rabbi, so that in the whole
Of France there are seventeen Grand
Rabbins-Chief Rabies. Paris has
three Chief Rabies, and in the whole
of France there are fourteen Chief Rab-
bies and fifty-seven Rabies. They all
have been paid hitherto by the French
Government.
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19
Tree-Planting in 1873.

The New York World says with re-
spect to the subject Of tree-plantins:
Probably in no year in the history of
this country has there been such an
amount of tree-planting, East and
West, as was witnessed in 1873. The
agitation of this subject and the figures
exhibiting the rapid denuding of the
country Of the primeval forests, have
attracted universal attention and in
some cases resulted in legislative resolu.
tions if not Legislative action and ap-
preparation. During the Autumn of
1872 there were more nuts of nut
bearing forests trees planted on the old
farms Of Eastern States than have been
planted in any ten years of our history.
Next Spring will witness an extraor-
dinary setting out Of evergreen and
deciduous trees. Some of the Western
States have arbor-days fixed or set
apart for the planting by the Legisla-
ture and premiums are offered to the
man who plants the greatest number of
trees on that day. We mention this to
show how the influence Of timber upon
prairie climate is valued, aside from
the demand tor it for daily practical use
SUNDAY added nothing to enliven
the dullness of the business situation
as it closed on Saturday. Wall street
seems to be regaining slowly it's conf
dence and strength, but there is sug-
gestion Of trouble abroad in the news
from London. Stock-speculation of
the same daring and fighty sort that
broug ght ruin lately into the Vienna
Bourse has been rife for some time in
Lombard street, where the most fanci-
full and worthless mining, railroad, and
Government securities have been dealt
in with reckl ess avidity. In the reac.
ton, which has been accelerated by the
financial panics on the Continent and
in this country, there has been shrink,
age in values Of one thousand millions
of dollars during the year. There is a
great demand for money at per cent
and it is rumored that the Bank Of
England will raise its discounted-rate
to 10 per cent, and that the Bank act
will be suspended, to allow it to extend
greater relief to the mercantile com.
munity.-Nibume.
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19

CLOSE OF THE THREE CENT WAR.
1t will be rememberd that, last
Spring, Mr.. Moore of Kankakee, Ill.
brought suit against the Illinois Rail-
road Co. for compelling him to pay
more than three cents a mile. The
Kankakee Circuit Court, in which the
suit vas brought, decided in favor of
the railroad, whereupon Mr.. Moore ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court which
last week affirmed the Judgment of the
court below.
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19

T. A WRONG SAY1NG.-It has been said
that None are injured by liquors but
those who drink" This is not true
In the fire at Chicago, little girl, hur-
rying through the street with her mother
toward place Of safety, was observed
by drunken man, who was carousing
with his associates, and seeing her faxen-
hair waving in the breeze, he threw a
glass of liquor upon her; the flames
caught her dress, and she gave her life a
testimony that others suffer besides those
who drink.
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19
Live Stock in Great Britain.

The total numbers of live stock in
Great Britain, according to the agricul-
tural returns, were, for the last seven
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19

LET NO MAN ASK FOR LEISURE
The most fallacious ideas prevail respect
ing leisure. People are always saying to
themselves, II would do this, and I
would do that, if I had leisure Now,
there is no condition in which the chance
of doing any good is less than in the con-
dition Of leisure. The man fully en-
ployed may be able to CRAFTY his good
dispositions by improving himself or his
neighbors, Or serving the public in some
useful way but the man who has all his
time to dispose of as he pleases, has but
a poor chance, indeed, of doing so.
IT IS easy to tell when others are fiat
tered, but not when we ourselves are
and every woman will lend firm belief to
the soft nothings Of the very man whom
she believes to. be an arrant f1atterer when
other women are in the case.
Toll, feel, think, hope. You are sure
to dream enough before you die, without
making arrangements for the purpose.
DURING the examination of witness
es in the recent liquor prosecution at
Montpelier, VT, before the Grand Jury,
a former we'll known landlord of hotel
was called to the stand and interrogated
as follows g. Do you know of any liquor
being sold in Montpelier, of your own
personal knowledge?" eyes," bluay
responded the ex-landlord II have
sold liquor to eight of that jury that
sit before you!" The prosecutor con-
sidered him a "too willing Witness"
and told him he could go.
AN Illinois girl spelled the school
down, and then "stood up" from 10
o'clock until 4, or until she wore out
three school ma'ams.
The following is genuine dialogue
which occurred recently in one of the
public sch ools of London :-Teacher to
scholar" What gender is mouse 2"
Scholar Feminine" Teacher -
" Please give the masculine gender"
Scholar" Rats"
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19

JOSEPH CHURCHILL, Of St. Croix
Falls, Wis, has purchased over sixteen
thousand pounds of Ginseng the past
season. 1t was shipped to A. Bailey, Of
Menomonee. This looks as if Ginseng
had not given out in this locality, and
is quite:a little revenue for the St..
Croiix. Polk Co. Press.
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19

The HUMAN INFLow.-Contrary to
expectation, the immigration of last year
is eclipsed by that of the present year
The official tables have just been pub
lished. t::appears that the emigration
to this country from Great Britain and
Germany during the fiscal year was:
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19

The CHARGES AGAINST THE HoUGH
ELEVATOR Co.-A committee of the
Board of Trade of Chicago has been in
vestigating charges made against the ele-
vator firm of R. NJ. & 0. S. Hough &
Co., and declares that grave irregularities
have taken place; that the laws against
the issuing Of receipts for grain not actu-
ally in store, and against the shipping of
grain by warehousemen without return
being made, have been habitually disre-
garded. The committee recommend leg
islation to afford additional protection to
the holders of warehouse receipts.
The Grange advance., 1873-11-19

Compared with 1872, it shows the fol-
lowing increase and decrease:
Cattle, Increase. Sheep, Increase Pigs, Decrease.
339555 15O6,l23 271,49O
and in Ireland
s4s0s 224.426 ::34l, ,l6s
Totals... .433 1853 .F 173O549 612,65s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-22
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW UnLChNC.
". Il. RLGEl S
R. 'SPR0ULE & McCOWN,
DEALERS IN
Fine Custom-Made Clothing
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
40 and AZ st. Charles st.,
OPPOSITE THE ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
NEW ORLEANS.
WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
w the fact that we have now on hand
the arsest stock and greatest variety of
fine Class of
Gents Custom. Made Clothing and Furnish.
ing Goods
ever brought to this market. We have a
buyer in the New York Market all the
Year round our material is bought excln-
sively for cash-cut and made at our own
mandatory, and shipped t" lis weekly
We can safely say with such advantages
that we can keep constantly Oh hand a
bettel assortment, later styles, and sell
lower than other dealers III eur line. We
keep very large stock of the celebrated
STAR SHIRTS,
made expressly for our trade, and do re-
commend them as the BEST MADE, Rest
FITTING, aud MOST ECONOMICAL
SHIRT to be tad.
r. SPROULE & McCOW N,
40 and AZ St Charles ST.,
NEW ORLEANS
Sproule & McCown. Memphis, Tenn.-
'atiies Spruulc Il Co., Louisville. Kentuc-
ly.-Sproule & Harris, st. Lonis, No.
Jan. l5-6n.
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The Memorable Fire. Of Chicago

Has given such an opportunity Of show
ing-as it is much t" be hcred may
never occur ag"ln--how the cilizrns Of
that city at east regard the different
machines claiming pnhjic attthtjon.
1t is stated in ,hr Heprr, If the SPE-
C1AL RELIEF COMMITTEE, as rnl.-
lislstd in the cl,icae" Tribune, (Ma,ch
9TH; that tho Whole nHirln Ut Sew ing
Machines for l,ich orders have lpcn
issued t" the date ut this report is s944.
On v lich tie Ccmmittce have ra,a the
sum OF S7I.l:O s.. Tie hunter srp-
piled ly each company is rs fOlInws
THE SINGER. .24o7
Wheeler Il " ileun .:s5
HhWe-- l"I
Ginv+r L. Baker, al
Wilcox & Gibbs. 20
Florence ........-......... IL
Finkh & Lyon. "a
Blets- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II
H-iuH- ~
Wilson, -----... Observation-Disclosures. S
Western Empire. .............. g
Manhattan ......... .......... 2
DAVIS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. z
Eti'ViN -.-..--............
Gold Medal l.
American Button Hole. r.
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THE WEEKLY WORLD

is our great edition "Wednesday for the
country. 1t contains:
|. The Latest Prices photographed from
all the Markets of the United States) OF
Live Stock, Country Produce, General
Produce Of every kind, and of Money,
stocks and Freights in New York and
Europe.
Z. the Farmers Page, with all the do
iugs of the Farmers Club of the american
Institute, letters frouI practical farmers,
aud scientific discussions on profitable
farming.
). a page for the Family Circle, of live
ly and pure reading.
4. All the news i'll concise summary.
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Including Sunday edltion-....-.-.. IL 90
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NEW YORK WORLD.
The WORLD.
FOR
/ g 3.

A NEW POLITICAL ERA Is OPEN
IN ing before the country. The negro
cycle of our politics has rounded to its
conclusion through civil war, social viO-
lence, industrial disorder, anu has ended
in irving freedom to four millions of tire
nero race, and the lallot to it's adult
males. The politics Of this new era will
conie home to every mans business aud
bosom as never before. being vital to pri-
vate prosperity and the malAtalnauce Of
o Democratic Repubilc.
For no. only are the manifold encroach-
ments of Federal upon State powers and
of both upon the large liberty OF Anisri-
can freenen now as always to be repeiied
with ceaselcss vigilance not only is nome
lule or local sell-goyernment now as al
ways to be maintained for the best guar
antee OF civil liberty and of national
greatness, but besides, the victories of
peace which are to give spleudor to the
new political era must be won against eV-
cry advantage which even enemies VI free
institutions could desire or possess.
A gigagtic Debt, which the honor OF the
country Is pledged to pay, encounters all
our industries with its oppressive burden.
Nevertheless our systeuls of Municipal
and State Taxatiou ara crude, unequal,
and detraud the poor to release the rfet.-
Nevertheless our system OF Federal Taxa.
ton is such an infamous masterpiece OF
ignorance aud incapacity- put to the vile
sues OF monopolists and 1lVOrites and
thieves, rs never anywhere has diS1raCed
modern civilization since Louis XIV, with
his methods of taxation rather than its
amount, paralyzed the industries Of
France. And along with tue Tariff, which
prohibits the export OF orr manufactures,
abrdTes the number OF our industries,
cuts down the profit upon the exports
from all our farms, plantations aud mines
aboIishes our shipping from off the nl5l
seas, aud fitches 81 from the peoples pocK-
cts every tine it puts 81 into tile United
States Treasury-aloug with this ehgtne
of oppression, stupidity, and fraud goes
Currency of Huctuatng value rs the
measures of value in every act OF domestic
exchange.
Whatever parties may arise or fall,
whatever their defeats or triumpbs, ana
whatever their names, THE WORLD now
and always will remain the uDlllncbihg
champion Ola
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DEMOCRACY
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Caut, various ana accurate news, c0mpri-
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sound public aud private morals, with
special knowledge for special themes, and
with various and wide-reachinS apprehen-
sion of the manifold interests OF ueu and
women III their homes, their market
places, their workshops and their farms
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"The applicant IN every case has des-
ignated sht kind # machine desittd.n
TIE returns If sales Of tie different
sewing machines. iulir" the year 1871,
st'ow tic Singer machine to he l,y far
the most rnralar Of all in tie market,
the nrml,t. suId being 1890, out If a
total oi 6l0.!94 OF twent. five different
patterns. 1t appears, too, that tie
Chicas" Relief l"mmittee, which mn
de,took I" tn,nisI, srwi ing machinps ia I
persons DtG'in. them, snrrli. d s427 =
Singer machines against 5l7 nt all 9th I
er kinds. This preference for the Sin
ger machine is due to it's intrinsic ST.
refior'ty, aud seems likely to lie n,an-
tanned against all con,retitiou.-[New
York Sun.
Which is the best machine, is point
Oh which different companies differ;
each, "i course, thinks its oar1 the lelt.
One ma, have advantages for one kind
of work, aid another for another. But
II the point were to be decided by Pop /
alayity, the Singer machine would ont
snip all o,hers.-[N. Y. Evangelist.
SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND SAM. !
PILES OF WORK.
VIM. Fl. COOPER & co. i
GENERAL SOUTHERN AGENTS, 5
SO Canal Street,
OPPOSITE TIE NEW FOUNTAIN
NEW ORLEANS.
II We are also GENERAL AGENTS
for f. BUTTERICK & CO.'S CELFBRA
TED PAPER PATTERNS for every style
Of Ladies ard Childrens Garments. NO
FAMILY CAN AFFORD TO BE WITH
OUT THEM. Catalogues containing full
description OF styles will be sent to any
address on receipt of postage stamp. LA
DIES TRY THEM. A PERFECT FIT
if instructions on the
labels accompanying each pattern are t"]
lowed.