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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-07

THE FRUIT TARIFF BIhL.-In the
United States Senate. recently. tho
House bill III relation TO import duties
on fruit, being the bill to correct M
error in the tariff bill Of 1872, was
passed, and now goes to the House for
concurrcnce. The bill provides for in.
sorting comma. instead of hypheu,
after the word fruit" and said clause
shall read ns follows: Fruit, plants,
tropical aud semi.tropical, for tho pnr-
pose Of propagation or cultivation. F"
The bill also provides that the present
bill shall not affect cases OF snit to rcco-
yer the duty where those cascs have
been withdrawn from court under direo-
ton Of tho Secretary of the Treasury.
A mistaken idea has prevailed that tho
Government has paid back several mil
lions of do.,ars for duties collected Oh
frnit decided to be included in tho free
list. The facts are that the whole
amount paid back is $40. TOT. SO. and the
whole amount now claimed as due aul,
unpaid is S37, ,282.37.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-07

An ErFEMINATE MAN.-An eifeminate
poultice. He is cross between table
beer aud ginger pop, with cork let
out; fresh-water mermaid found in q
COW pasture with her hands filed with
dandelions. He is O tea.cup full of syl.
labub; kitten in trousers; sick mon
key with blonde moustache. He is a
vine without any tendriis; Gy drown.
ed in oil; q paper kite in dead calm.
Ha lives like IL buttel6y-nobody can
tell why. He is ns harmless as penny
worth of sugar candy. and US useless az
shirt button without hole. He is a.
lazy as slug, and has no more hope
than last years summer fly. He goes
through life on tip-toe, and dies like
cologne water split over the ground.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-07


world Is IN u tempest and her withels
unwrung. But when her tea pot is mp.
set, hornets are mild and iuollensive
compared with the elf.sufIicieut God
and morality men of Massachusetts.
Go it. Butler! Go it, Grant!
>----
FoorE's STORY OF Two DurLs WITH
SAHeEANr S. PIENTIss This ia the
substance Of the matter wo have heard
as detailed by Prentiss:
A friond of Prentiss WAS at tho point
OF death fron AN attack Of mania Il potu
For week his physicians had essny ed
every known remedy to put their patient
to sleep, but in vain. Prentiss knew
that Footo had made visit to Texas.
he was nursing his sick friend, when n
consultation OF tho doctors was held, I,
and they announced that the case was
r cc;..::la =. ,...
to sleep, but that they would exhaust ali
the means known to the profession
Pren,iss sprang from his seat, and said
to tho doctors, Damn it, give him
Foote's book on Texas to read, and
will insurn its sOporiic effect" The
remark OF Prentiss was too gool joke
to be kept, and it reached the ears of
Foote, who challenged. and ptcntiss
was too much Of Southern cavalier to
decline. and they met. and Footo was
woundol aud The parties made frienda.
It happened that the meeting was 80
notorious that very lnrgo collection
crossed the river at Ticksburg to wit
ness it. and among them number of
boys, who were so anxious to get full
sight. that they climbed up many trees
about tho grounds When the seconds
had planted the parties, Prentiss looked
around and saw the boys in the trees,
and jestingly remarked. boys. yoa had
better take care, Foote shoots mighty
wild" This remark was published in
the papers, and annoyed Footo 10 such
degree that ho again challenged Prem.
tiss, who met him second timo ns q
gentlemanly solace to Foote'S wounded
spirit. At the meeting Foote fired aud
missed, aud Prentiss fired his pistol ia
the mir, aud tho parties were again re-.
! cOuciled.
The Italians have pretty thoroughly
extcrmina.ed tho brigands of Southern
Italy. and the Turks are engaged in OK.
terminating the brigands of Thessaly
at present. the Turkish soldiers are
hunting down the brigand chief, Stratzo,
who recently carried of to his lair, on
Mount Olympus. Thessalian bride,
whom he had ooolly taken from the
midst of marriage procession. The
lovers OF romance nre gradually recog
nizing tho sad fact that brigaudago IL
Europe is doomed, and that in q Short
time it will bo wholly matter of the
past. There is, however, q hopeful
state of things in Missouri and along the
line of the Pacific Railway, where bands
OF robbers arc now hourishing, who are
quito Us romantic and very nearly n.
dirty as the traditional Italian brigand
Should little encouragement be given
to these men, they may yet ',ccome as
accomplished und picturesque professor.
of robbery and murder as tho most bril-
liant OF iho companions and pupils o
Gaspcrone.
y Census just completed shows thu,
there are 81 $50 Inhabitants in Calves
ton, not including the floating popnla
ton. This is an increase Of over 81, UU(
/ in three years
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-07

Senator Ferry, of Connecticut, in Il
speech in the United States Senate, on
Monday, in favor of national cela-
bration, said that he hoped the North
and South would come together and
bury every bloody memory Of the past
But would it not be better, frat, to he
rcconciled with thy brother before thou
offerest up thy gift upon the altnr of
thy country? There is good Scriptural
authority for this. The Saviour, no.
cording to the gentle and simply truth.
telling Matthew. said:
Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to
the altar, and there remembered that
thy brother hath aught against thee,
leave thore thy gift before the altar
and go thy way; lirst be reooncied to
thy brother and then come and Offer thy
gift"
Therefore. reconciliation by relief
from wrong and the oppression of the
rule Of bnrbarians and thieves. of South
Carolina and Florida, and Mississip ppi
and Alabama. and Louisiana and Arkan-
sas. should proccde the general meeting
at the national altar in 1876. No man
will deny that the evils that oppress
them would not be endured by any poo
s..u, gee. ::..,.....; ~.
for single day, it they Ind The power
to throw them off. No people ever sui,
tered II greater grievance than do these
Southern people ut this time. How can
they be expected to meet Mr. Ferry nntl
his people at the centennial? How can
Mr. Ferry and his people rejoice over
liberty aud equality when so many of
their fellow-citizens are suffering the
greatest expressions? Relieve them, and
we cGn all celebrate the centennial in
spirit and in b art.-Richmond Dispafch.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-07

Seband, the faithful body servant,
through many years, of Marshal Mao.
-u aiiou, wac iuatfi1u recentIy, NG ycr-
sailles. to the waiting woman OF the
Duchess OF Magenta. The ceremony
was attended by NJ. and Madame DE-
Mae cMahon~ who presented the bride
and bridegroom with many valuable and
useful presents. The contract was
signed by the President and ais wife,
who also appeared at the wedding break
fast and Ounce. The presence of the
Marshal and his wife, who ara now the
sovereigns OF France, at the wedding ol
their servants. says the Catholic Reuiep,
reminds one Of the good old times when
Mary Stuart danced. for the last time,
alas! ut the marriage of her valet, Sc
bastian.
New HAMrsHInE SENDS BETTER News.
Better news for the Democratic ticket
comes to us from the Granite State. Il
is true that the Republicans took up q
granger, o popular old gentleman, bui
that was only confession Of their weak
ness. Without him they had little hore
for success. Credit Mobilier, Dawes
exposures, the Simmons business, oil
have 30 wrought up the New Ecgland
mind that we should not be surprised
at handsome Democratic victory mex
Tuesday. Besides other disaffeotions
the prohibition candidate for Governor
will drnw of some votes from the Re
publioans. Late Intelligence represent.
the Democrats as thoroughly united
and hard ut work.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11

beyond those Of any preceding year. 1t
went a long way toward restoring conf
denee in human nature, TO see the enOr-
nous piles of meats, cakes. lzead. but
ter. and every other possible thing 70
ear, piled Up before the doors of the
ehariues-an the free gifts cf citizens.
and unsolicited, except by tn usual an
nouneements in the newspeps There
Is some good IN humanity yet
Services were Of course heI5 IN all the
churches, and to the credit Of lew York
let 1t be recorded that they were all
crowded Possibly the extra decorations
and the unusually supurb music had
something to do with the attendance.
The sermons We're, as a rule. non-sec-
tartan. the pastors devOting themselves
largely to the g-andest of ali tile virtues
charity.
BeaeherS church was literally iamned.
and thousands were turned away. Bus
mess being suspended, all the strangers
III the hotels went to see the hero Of the
great scandal. which, in addition TO the
usual attendance, made a mighty throng.
EIFTRO
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11

THE DANGER or DABBLING.-In ac-
counting for many of the recent failures
in that city a New York journal ascr4bes
them TO a tendency TO dabble in va
riety of businesses when the victim hap
pens 10 understand but one. 1t cites
the passage in the memoirs of Sir Powell
Buxton. in which the founder of the IA
nous house of the Rothchilds once said
to him: You are a brewer and under
stanl brewing; stick TO beer-making and
you'll succeed; dabble in a dozen busi-
nesses and you'll fail" 1t is this habit
of dabbling that has done the business
for so many men in this country. Some
who understand their trade would go off
wildly into stock gambling or real estate
speculation and inevitably fail; whereas,
if they had kept close and quiet and
stuck to the calling for which the expe-
rience of years had qualified them, they
would at least have come out whole and
sound, even if they had not brought out
fortunes with them. The secret of this
fatal dabbling is the haste to be rich, the
prevailing impatience with steady gains
and such healthy enjoyments as accom-
pany them. Once plunge in the mael-
strom, and the fortune-maker' never
comes out alive. e.-NlSsachuSettS Plough
man.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11
41opirai.
THE PIAINs-A PROPHECY.

Go sc and look upon the lamb
That far vast land which few behold,
And none beholding understand
That old, old land, which men call new
60 journey with lhc season through
Its wastes, and learn now limitleSS
The solemn silence of that plain
Is; OH 50 eloquent. The blue
And Bonded skies seem but built for it,
and all else seems as Yesterday;
IN idle tale but idly told
Its story is of God alone,
For man has lived and gone away,
And left but little heaps Of stone;
10, Eere you learn how more than ft
And dignificd is silence, when
I0u hear the petty iecrs OF men,
It's awful sOlitudcS remain
ThencefOrth for aye part of you,
And you have learned your liitlencss
Some silent red men cross your track;
Some sun-tanned trappcrs come and 20;
Some rolling seas of buffalo
Break thunder-!ike and far away
Against the foothills. breaking back
Like breakers of some troubled bay;
Some white-taIled antclol'e blown by
So aify-like; some foxes shy
And shadow like move TO and fro
Like weaver's shuttles as you pass:
And now and then from but the grass
You hear some lone bird cluck and call
\ sharp keen call for her lost brood,
That only makes the solitude
Seem deeper stiH and that is all.
That wide domain of mysteries
And signs that men misunderstood;
A land of space and dreams; a land
Of sea-salt lakes and dried up seas;
4 land of caves and caravans
And lonely wells and pools; land
That hath its purposes and plans,
That seem so like dead Palestine,
Save that its wastes have no cOnfinc
Till pushed against the level skies;
A land from out whose depths shall rise
The new-time prophets; the domain
From out whose awful depths shall come,
All clad in skins with dusty feet,
4 man fresh from his Makers hand.
A singer singing oversweet,
A charmer charming very wise;
And then all men shall not be dumb
Nay, not be dumb, for he shall say;
Take heed, for prepare the way
For weary feet, and from this land
The Christ shall come when next the race
OF man shll look upon his face
Rome, 1874 joaquin MILLER.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11

The huge, drastic, gripping, -.c.zeniug
pills, constructed OF crude, coarse and
bulky ingredients, are fast being super
seded by DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purya-
tive Pellets, or Sugar Coated, COucen
trated Root and Herbal Juice. Anti
Bilious Granules-the Little Giant
Cathartic or JfuitUm iH Pdrr0 Phy-ic.
Modern Chemical Science enables DR..
Pierce to extract from the juices Of the
most valuable roots and herbs their act
i've medicinal principles, which, when
worked into little Pellets or GrauUies,
scarcely larger than mustard seed, rem
ders each little Pellet as active and pow
erful as a large pill, while they are much
more palatable and pleasant IN effect
Dr.. IRA A. THATER, of BaconsburZ
Ohio, writes: Il regard your Pellets as
the best remedy for the conditions for
which you prescribe them, Of anything
| have ever used, so mild and certain Ia
effect, and leaving the bowels in an ex-
eellent condition. 1t seems to me they
must take the place Of all other eathrrtie
pills and medicines
LYON & MAcoSIBRR, druggists. Yer
million. ID. T.. say: I'VE think they
are going to sell ike hot cakes a. soon as
people get acquainted VI. them and
will spoil the pill traie. a. those that
have used them like them much better
than large pills"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11
TRUTH,
BY REV. THOMAS GORDON.

The Truth, the Truth. What is the Truth
That thing for which all men inquire:
The questions heard from age TO youth,
Bridging the gulf of mans desire.
The Truth, the Truth. 1t is the real,
And stands opposed TO empty form.
Its head is raised on high, To deal
Godlike with ialsehoodS furious storm.
The Truth, the Truth! no shadow filings
Down on life's deep sequestered vale;
But likea diamond mountain, brings
Light by a source which cannot fail.
The Truth, the Truth with God began,
Or else from Truth the Lord was horn;
And then the Truth, when GOd and man
Are dead will their departure mourn
The Truth, the Truth. May that he thine
Through life with all lis weight of years;
In deaths dark moments it will shine,
And scatter all thy gloomy fears.
CiegeiuHd Lodde r.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11

JAMES r. GILMORE, better known as
Edmund Kirk, the author of Among
the Pines" and other works. and at one
time joint editor with Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe of a journal in Boston, called the
Northern Lights, is to be sentenced, at
Newark, to day, for swindling. He has
become dissipated, and was recently de-
tected in some fraudulent real estate
transactions.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11
INeic York Cor. Chicago T,ib,fae.I
THE EXCITEMENT ia new YORK
OVER SUNDAY ADJUSTMENTS

All New York, or rather the stratum Of
society between the richer and poorer
classes, to which belong our leading cler-
gymen, laymen, and church going peo-
pie, are agitating great question which
has arisen, and which must'at once De-
met. refer to the opening of Sunday
evening amusemeEts, called Sacred
Concerts" but which, held in theateIs
and combining dramatic and musical per
fOrmances, can not rightly be so called
That the opening of amusenents Ou
Sunday evening is on the increase. j.
evinced by the seven dramatic and oper
attic entertainments given last Sunday
evening. All were advertised as Grand
Sacred Concerts" yet the fine classical
music given by regimental band and or
chestry was not altogether sacred; :" nor
were the selections from the opera and
drama always devOut and solemn. Il
seems to be a wide spread fear among
our leading clergymen and church-peG
pie, that New York, so proper and dec
OrOus on a weekday, may get 10 initiate
New Orleans, or even Paris and many
other European cities, in her SUNDAY
evening gainusements.
Many are the letters written irauyfie
sermons preached, by our leading cIer-
gymen lately. on this new daar-r that
threatens US. An English Episcopal di-
vine, lately settled in BROOKLYN. ha-
written and preached in favor ~ these
evening concerts Oh Sunday, q attract
ing the masses, and amusing them IN %
right and sensible manner iIa argue.
that, il they viii not attend evening
church, they can be benefited aud re-
freshed for the hard struggle Tire com
ing week by attending some pii Of in
nOcent amusement a. a -'Sa, Con
cert. 4 New York UuiyersaI clergy
man has gone even "A step fur r. and
asserted that ''Once IL Sanday quife
enough for any person to after. Lurch.
and that Sacred Concerts ara a beue-
fit" But the mass Of Clergy ~ and
churel-going Gothauites lol with
alarm at these new Inauifestat and
wonder where the liberty Of a. menf
is to be checked. IL has long % con
sidered right 70 take a stroll. " "a Iet-
ter, read the papers or good 3az, or
even enjoy drive, on the Sabl l:ai.d
even our pastor can enjoy ci and q
SiestG after his sermon; but tie people
begin TO shudder at the broad license
and wide open-dOOrs Of the -5caileI
Grand Sacred Entertainment and to
ask each other where the matter ili end.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11
VERY QUIET BY.

Geo. w. Fenton drove the oxen at
Armstrong; Mill. He was cadaverous
looking individual. and he maintained
the dignity of labor by as little famili-
arity with it as possible. He had an ex-
tensive family, and as they would eat,
he had to shift somehow to feed them
When the milk was suIreptuously drawn
from the neighbors' cows, or when a
farmer went to harvest his sweet pota-
toes and found many of them already
dug, the FentOns were making smear
case and roasting Carolinas. One bright
cold day, Mr.. Walker slaughtered a fat
pig and hung it up in the smoke house.
Next morning it was gone. Walker and
his son John found Fenton at home, and
in his wife's absence, rocking the cradle
and singing, Hush a by baby The
The object Of the visit was made known.
FentOn, with a torrent of words, pro-
tested his innocence. and bade them
search his house.
Il would accompany you," he added
in Il hushed voice, fearing to disturb the
baby, but if the little one wakes up
he'll howl like trooper"
Walker would not search without his
presence.
John can rock the cradle until we
return" said he.
John seated himself at the cradle and
rocked diligently. After a thorough
but fruitless search, Walker returned
and found John still rocking, the baby
still sleeping. FentOn thanked him pro-
fusely for his services as nurse. and the
neighbors departed. When alone, Fen
ton executed a war dance by way of re-
joicing. He had stolen the pig and,
expecting the call, had laid the pOrker
in the cradle as a substitute for baby,
coveringit it up very nicely indeed. John
had very quietly rocked the object of
their search while his father was seeking
it. In the meantime the Fentons had
roast pork and apple sauce for dinner.
IT Is reported that DIR. Dethier, direct
or of the museum at ConstantinOple. has.
in conjunction with the American Con-
sul-GeneraI, Signore Cesnola, secured an
interesting collection of antiquarial OBJ
iects in the island of Cyprus. The mass
of treasures accumulated by these inde-
fatisable explorers was so great that
more than fortnight had been absorbed
in packing the forty-four crates and thir-
ty chests required for their reception
The discoveries of Nm. Dethier and Ces-
nola include several cylindrical grave
stones bearing Greek inscriptions, which
may probably be referred to the early
Christian ages and the closing period of
paganism. but here, as in numerous
other remains of the same kind, there is
no trace of a cross or any analogous re-
ligious symbol.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11
Thirty Years Experience Of an
0I6 NHraQ.

mrs. WfnSIOw's Soothing syrup 10 the
prescription of one OF The best female
PHYSICIANS and Nurses in the United states,
and has been used for thirty years with never
falling safety and success 10y millions OF moth
ers and children from the feeble infant OF one
week old to the adult. II corrects acidlty OF
the stomach, relieves wind collie, TesU! !ates the
bowels and gives rest. health and comfort TO
mother and child, We believe II 10 be the
Best and Surest Remedy in the World In all
cases of DYSENTERY and DIARRHGA IN
CHILDREN, whether II arises rom Teethlng
or from any other cause. Full directions lor
using will accompany each bottle. none
Geptsne unless the fac-simile of CURT1S
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper. sold
by all Medicine Dealers. July zO-lV
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11

OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL DEN
~ tist, over Green, Davis, d Co.'S All opera
tfons pertaining TO the profession. careIuiiy y
and skiIifuIIy performed. Residence, No 70
West Hardin Street.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11
Children Often Look Pale and
RfnE

from no other cause than having worms In
the stomach. -
BROWNS VERMIFUGE CONFITS
will destroy Worms without injury TO the
child being perfectly WHITE. and free from
ali coIoring or other injurious Ingredient Is
usually used in worm preparations.
CURTIS & BROWN. ProprietorE,
No. 2I5 Fulton Street. New YORK.
Sold Ly DTUggfsEs and Chemists, and dealers IN
ynedtt ines at TwEHTY-FIvE CENTS A Box ~
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11

THEY have just been having nose
peted for the prize offered, for the most
extraordinary nasal prominence in form,
size and color. The jury decided that
only three out of the whole number
could be admitted to compete Tor tie
prize, which was finally adjudged to a
competitor from Vienna, possess. of
what is stated To be "a gigantic nose, of
deep violet-blue"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11
druggists.
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Books. ETC. Prescriptions accurately com.
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11
Manhood How Lost, How Restored

Just published, a new edition Gf
ENHM DR.. CulverWelI's Celebrated
A Essay on the radical cure with
UhaMW out Dledicine)of ofSPERhAToRRHEA
OF Seminal Weakness. involuntary Seminal
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The celebrated author, in this admirable Es,
say, clearly demonstrates. from q thirty years
successful practice, that the alarming conse-
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without the dangerous use of internal medi-
cine or the application OF the knifs; pointing
out mode OF cure at once simple, certain, ana
efIectual, by means OF which every sufferer,no
matter what his condition may be. may cure
himself cheaply, privately. and radically;
b8-Ihis Lecture should be in the hands OF
every youth and every man In the land.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to ahy
address, postpaid, on receipt Of six cents, or
two post stamps.
Address the Publishers,
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-11
Why Will Yen Suffer ?

! To all persons suffering
from Rheumatlsm, eural-
ieia, Cramps in the lin bs /,
or stomach Bilious Collie,
Pain In the back bowels or
side. we would say, THE
HOUSEHOLD PAHA-CKA
and FYMILY LISIAENT is
lOf all others the remedy
vou want for interna and
Iexternal use. 1t has cured
1.-The above complaint in
lthouands Of cases. There
lisno mistake aboutit Try
lit. Sold by all Druggists.