The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-30

ANOTHER FRAUD. And now the Bri.
tish authorities have officially denied
the auti-malarial qualities CT the euca.
!yptus tree. The New Orleans Times
cries out, ''another condurango. o.cure
myth" nnd wrathfully asks who is
this man. residing fomewhero in the
Pacific Ocean, who delights in perpe-
tratlng these Australian and South
American pharmacoHoeian Jokes on the
civilized world?
Boy HORSE THIEF LYsCHRD. .-Jas.
Ross, boy horee thief, was arrested
in Holt County, No., on the 18th inst,
charged with stealing q fiue mare from
a citizen Of the Comfy. He acknow-
lodged his guilt, and as the constable
was proceeding with him to the County
seat, he was takeo from the hands OF
the officer, who made but very little
resistance, and hanged to tree by the
road side.
A GooD JoKR.-The President.
General has been invited TO deliver the
address at the dedication of the Lin
coin monument. As Grant has had the
good sense to let the public know that
he ''oouldn't make q speech il he
would, and would not if he conld."
this invitation to make long.winded
harangue over dead mau is ''crowd-
ing the mourners."
A Sunday school teacher was giving
q lesson on Ruth. She wanted to
bring out the kindness Of Boaz in com
manding the reapers to drop larger
handfuls of wheat. Nov. children,
she said, "Boaz did another nice thing
Tor Ruth; can you tell me what it
WASP" Married her." said one OF the
boys.
The election of George Washington
Wallipg tci!he superintendency Of Me-
tropolitan police in New York, seems
to be we'll received by the members Of
the force in that city. His service has
been in the line of active and positive
rather than ornamental duty. Flo was
joined to the force in lS47, when only
about twcnty.three years old.
BEEcHEn. Somebody has been re-
| viving Beecher's lectures to young
men. In them we were told thut oil
vices cheated their victims, but none
80 badly as sensuality. Upon the Sc
ducer he pronounced this fearful i'm
precation: MAY every wave OF hell
roll over him to quenoh the first risinga
OF baifled hopel"
inst as the Rev. Mr.. Hudson, of
Michigan. had said to his little rural
congregation, II have found my sheep
which was lost" q large sheep thrust
it's head into the church door and be-
gan to bleat. The congregation nearly
burst in attempting to supWess cachin-
nation.
Titles nre not worth much except in
England. A reason for this may be
that in England the title has still i'm
portant and valuable privileges at
tached to it, while in other purts of
Europe it is chiefly asefnl to enable it's
wearers to marry an American girl
which. alter all. Is privilege.
A young fellow in Western town
was fined $40 for kissing girl against
her will, and the following day the
daEsel sent him the amount Of the
6ne. with note saying that the next
time he kissed her he must be less
rough about it, and be careful to do il
when her father was not about.
On Saturday, a confidence man ap-
preached stranger, in New York, ad j.
dressing him as Mr.. Wardell. my
name is not Wardell," said the
stranger. us it possible I am mis-
taken? Are you not Mr. Wardell. OF
New Hsven7" II am not" answered
the stranger, 81 am Tom Collins
A great crowd Witnessed she ascen-
sion OF; ;DonAldson's balloon, in New
York, on Tuesday afternoon. The bal
loon swiftly rose to q great height,
and slowly sailed North west ont OF
sight. Donaldson wis accompanied by
a young lady aged about eighteen,
aud four gentlemen. b.. ~
Slang words are not always slang.
Take the word 'iolly." In John
Trapp's commentary on the Old and
New Testanents," published in Lon
don 200 years ago. is to be read: San
vas iolly:qniet at Ephesus before ST.
Paul came thither."
Mr.. Wm. 8. Greene, the chief on
gineer OF the Greenville and French
Broad Railroad, Ito connect Laurens
and Asheville, ola Greenville.) has sur
veyed the route, and estimates that
~. 600. 600 will put the road 96 mi!es-.
in condition for the iron.
An Augusta school miss, OF tender
years, having commenced compost
tion III which she introduced o mum.