The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-29

ORIaIN OF THE DoL1AR-MARK.-
For example. one morning there were
three members OF the Congress ab.
sorhed in examining small tray Of
old coins in the British& Mussn d.
These three were strangefs to eaoh
other; they were of widely disorepant
fcreeds-one q Jewish Rabbi, another
Roman Catholic, the third R,dioal
and hereto. So wide apart as they
were in belief, are the nations of the
earth; yet, ere the three had separated,
they had, together, spelled out ou the
coins the infallible vestiges of tho
primeval unity OF mankind. Among
these vestiges, none was more notable
than those on the columned coins, Of
which your American doIlar.murk,
with its file! bound "PilIars of Her.
oule >" is the survival. The most an.
cient legend Of the "Pillars Of Her
sues states that, on setting up III his
wonderful voyage in email jar, he
wa' bitten by serpent; an oracle told
him that if he sailed Westward, be
would arrive at O certain point, aud
find O particular tree. which tree would
heal the wound m .de by the serp. nt
So it happened, and. Us memorial Of
the Incident aud the cure, Hercules
set up ut the point where it occurred
apciently Gades, now Cndiz-thc two
pillurs. Some have suggested that lhe
which twines around the pillars in
Tthe Spanish American dollar mark. is
meant for serpent. but this is oni,
only speculation. The oldest En-
o,,1t, I'd 81
British Museum-only about tho time
OF Chnrles I-shOws separate twning
S around each pillar. shaped like ~
fil!ct, aud Il crown over each column
We have only changed it by removing
The two crowns, aud making Que illet
answer for both columns. But, when
We look mt the earliest Phenciuu
coius, we find some Of them having
only one column. and it has been sug.
gested Tint the double column nigh,
have only indicated that the coin was
double III value the single column coin
But this theory disappears when we
look to still earlier coins, where we
iind the device to bo two pillars sup
porting m arch, plainly dcuotiug tie
doorway of temple. AS there are
really no pillars of Hercules, there eau
be litti. doubt that by them was meant
ouly the door-posts of his ancient Phe-
nicinn temple; and these. represented
on an uncient coinage. have survived
in the coiumncd coins Of Italy and
Spain, and been carried from the Int.
ter country to be the primitive aud the
present sigu of the farlhest West.
Some of the most delicate aud costly
perrin mes are now made by chemical
artifice, aud not, as formerly, by dis.
till'ng them from flowers per
fnme of the latter often consisting vi
oils and ethers, such rs the chemist
can compound artiicialIy in his labo-
ratory. Commercial enterprise has
availed itself Of this now avenue to
trade and profits; but the most singu-
lar fact is that these delightfully."- fra
grant products are generally derived
from substances of Intensely disgust
ing odor. Thus. the peculiarly
formed in making brandy nnd
whiskey; this fusel oil. distilled With
sulphuric acid and acetate Of potash,
gives the beautiful oil of pears. The
oil OF apples is made from the same
fnsel oil, by disti!lation with suIphurc
acid and bichromate OF potash; and
the oil Of grapes, and the oil Of cognac.
used to impart the flavor of French
coguac to brandy. are said to be little
else than fusel Gil. An exquisite arti-
Gle. known as the oil of pine-apples. is
obtained from q product Of the action
OF putrid cheese on sugar, or by max
ing soap with butter, and distilling
it with alcohol and sulphurio acid.
The popular oil of bitter almonds, now
so largely employed in perfumiug
soap, and for favoring confectionery.
is prepared by the action of nitric acid
on the fetid oils of gas tar.
DEATH OF B. RUsu CAMPBELL, ESQ
This distinguished Mason and ho-
nored citizen died at his residence, in
Wentworth street, yesterday. after q
protracted illness. Mr.. Campbell was
born in Laurens County, and was
fifty eight years Of age at the time Of
his death. He graduated at the
South Carolina College in 1885. and
was soon afterwards admitted to tue
bar. Iu 1845 he was elected Commits