The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-25

A politician who found it wouldn't
do to try to please everybody, gave it
up, and declares: "Henceforth, am q
free man, and shall not try to plea, 9
more'n four out of FIVE. Some one is
always sure to be offended. If eve
sound the praise OF my Maker. it
raises the dander Of the Old One"
correspondent wants to know If it's
true that the human body has 7,0OO,-
600 pores. The last time we counted
them there were 7,000,009; but we
have always had an idea that those
nine were nothing but extras. spon.
taneously generated for the purpose OF
misleading us
A mass for the dead was lately oele.
brated in st. Mary's Protestant Epis-
copal Church, Soho, London, over the
body OF the Rev. J. @. Chambers
Everybody in the church was dressed
in black. This is the utst instance of
such service in Protestant church.
Tho nine French editors who wanted
to fight nine duels with nine French
Republicans, have been acquitted of
the charge Of ''inciting citizens to
mutual hatred" Nobody can be
thoroughly ridiculous until he has
been French editor.
We SEQ it stated in our exchanges
that the Southern fever is hot' in
Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan; in
other words, that persons in those
States are desirous of coming South
for the purpose OF buying land and 10.
eating permanently.
An adventurous speculator carried
cnrgoes of women out of France to get
them rood homes in Algeria. He
landed them outside the French jnris.
diction, in Afrioa, aud sold them at
good prices.
A Vermonter, who sold his farm and
used all the money he got for it in
buying lottery ticket, drew $50 and
a brass watch. lie then threw himself
on roaring buzz saw and closed his
cveGtlul career.
y young woman ut Trenton who Was
sleeping with her feet hanging out OF
The chamber window, was struck by
lightning and utmost torn to pieces.
The other Trenton women have taken
their feet in.
twenty-five newspapers in Kan
sas have thrown of party ties and
tnken ground i'll favor of the reform
movement. Six of them were former.
ly Democratic aIl the others Repub-
lican.
| Oh cloths. il we'll rubbed with Q
woolen cloth aud warm water, with til,
addition of little skim milk, if con
venient, will look nearly rs good u:
new. Scrubbing brushes and strong
soup arc ruinous to them.
"You must not 1irt with the girls i!
you expect to use your oar successful.
ly," is a standing order OF the universe
ty crews at Saratoga.
Down in Kentucky the traveller hear:
fond husbands says: "Come. darling,
come in and get supper, or III smash
your old red head with club"
They have q novel way of eyadiue
the license law in Williamsburg County
The dealer sells cake for i've or ten
cents and throws in the drink.
Rumors of an Arstro Russian ALI
ance. as a safeguard against Prussiar
| SSAoeaSo Va oSS SStobQiAeutuGt COlue lIOQ
Europe.
Senator Jones and Representative
James A. Bowley are having q savage
fight, politically, in Georgetown.
Kate Blanchard, the actress, who
formerly rode as Muzeppa. now ':rules
the roast" as cook in Chicago hotel.
a female boarding school in Green
field has produced base bull club
They like to ''catch feller out"
The bark of dog cannot be peeled
oil without destroying the usefulness
of the animal as u dog.
Purs white driving.reius in web are
the thing in Central Park this season
in the way OF horse gear.
Cannot they train Cinnamon to cal
grasshoppers? is the inquiry of West
cru paper.
Mr.. J. ". Rutland, we'll known
printer, died in Charleston u few days
ngo.
| 5000 acres of cotton have been
planted in California this year. Th.
crop looks very well.
VIM. Dean, n prominent lumber m er.
chant of H4milton, Ohio, committed
suicide on the 23l.
Honesty for honesty's sake should
be the watch word of every true man
III South Cnrolinu.
/ An Af},rt., Iu.u. s,o