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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-15

The APATHY OF CONSERVATIVES. =
The Tax-Payers' Convention WAS a
movement which every man in the
State will admit was not causeless or
improper. It's lack OF real strength
arose from the fact, that it was not the
uprising of on agitated people, but was
the attempt on the part of few ear
nest and public. spirited men to arouse
the people to action. Instead of being
the many forcing the few to give ex-
preston to their desires, it was the few
directing the attention Of The mnuy to
existing and contemplated abuses.
Sometimes such movements succeed,
bat rarely is it SO, especially in re-
public. In France. the revolution was
started from above and tho masses
were aroused to sense of their rights,
by the teaching of aristocratic phiIoso-
piers; but in that case, the people
soon took control and cut of those
leaders who refused to move fast
enough. Such has not been the case
with the taxpayers movement in
South Carolina.
In the convention, there were about
one hundred elected delegates. The
County meetings which elected them
did not probably average fifty citizens
each-say five thousand persons in oil.
In Charleston, not two hundred, out of
q Conservative tax paying population
of many thousands, attended the
meeting to appoint delegates. The
disproportion in many other Counties
was even greater. And since the ad-
journmcnt, the apathy of the people
has been equally marked. The fact
is, the Republicans have thought more
Of and have been moro irritnted by the
misgovernment of tho past two years
than have the masses of the Con scrva-
tives. The attempt to arouse the rank
and file Of the Conservatives has sig
nally failed. But the movement has
done far more lasting and important
good. It has aroused the rank and
file OF the Republican party. both in
this State and throughout the Union.
Port Royal Commercial.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-15

Coughs Colds, lI0arsenets. aud cave You
from CONSUMPTION.
The hcst place il always the chcapo II.
Good advice, Your best fliend when sick, il
he who cures yon. All kinds of good MGnl-
CINES at IIEINITSH'S DRUG STOLE,
Sept 80 Opposite PHOENIX CNire
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-15

The New York Herald urges that
Gen. Sherman be sent with all the
available force of the army to take
charge of Arkansas as.-headuuarters
Little Rock. Then, says the Herald,
''order will be restored" Unquestion-
ably. So order reigned in Warsaw.
But hows that for the centennial?
Richmond Dispatch.
The year OF jubilee has come! The
sewing agents Of Indianapolis are using
each other as targets for pistol prac-
tice. Now let other cities follow the
example till it becomes tidal wave.
New York World.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-15
New Books at Bryan's Bookstore.

FUNOPE Seen 1hroogh American srccta.
~ cics-by Editor OF baltimore american.
Autobiography and Memoir Of Rev. Dr..
Guthrie; very interesting and amusing vo-
umc. 81 90.
pe"-Pictures CT Europc-by Elizabeth
Pcakc, with Plates.
will2w Broos-by Tic author OF "Wide.
Wide World" sl2J
English Psychoiogy-by Eibot. $50.
Mr.. Alcott'H School. 81 30.
Yesterday with Au!hors-by Fields. $500,
The Conservation OF Energy-by Bafour.
Dr. kohbrausch on Physical Measure
ments. 81 80.
Helps to a Holy Lent. sl.25. And other
new Books. Also, avaiiety Of new NOVELS, :,
Dy popnlar authors. cheap. March 21
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
An Incident in the Cars.

On the whole, pleasant traits and
 This opinion expressed to my friend
 Summers the other day. In reply to
 my remarks he related little adven-
 ture, which, as it is apropos, and more-
 over, involves Q little love and senti-
 ment, give it without apology, and in
 his own words. It appears that in the most unlikely places, love and senti- ment may be discovered.
 |" I was escorting home the lovely Charlotte -, to whom I was at the time quite devoted. Charlotte could scarcely find room to spread her crino- line and arrange her voluminous tlounces. stood up near her, there being no vacant seat.
 After few minutes, came in @ poor woman, who deposited a basket of clothes on the front platform, and held in her arms small child, while little girl hung to her dress. She looked tired and weary, but there was no va cant seat :; to be sure Charlotte might have condescended to contract her hounces, but she did not. Beside her, however, sat very lovely and elegant young woman, who seemed trying, by moving down closer to others, to make space enough for the stranger between herself and Miss D.. At last she succeeded, and with the sweetest blush ever saw she invited the poor female to be seated. Charlotte D. drew her drapery around her and blushed too, but 1t was not pretty blush at all, and she looked annoyed at the proxim- 1ty Of the new conner, who was, however, clean and decently though th1nly clad.
 "The unknown lady drew the little girl upon her lap, and wrapped her vel. vet mantle around the small half-clad form, and put her huff over the half- frozen little hands.
 " So great was the crowd that I alone seemed to observe. The child shivered the keen wind from the door blew upon her unprotected neck. I saw the young lady quietly draw from under her shawl little woolen shawl, which she softly put on the shoulders of the little one; the mother looked on with confused wonder. After short time she arose to leave the cars, and would have removed the shawl, but the un- known gently whispered, "No, keep it for her. :" The woman did not answer, the conductor hurried her out, but her eyes swan with tears, I noticed her as she descended to 8 basement, and I hastily remarked the house.
 "Soon after my unknown also rose to depart. I was in despair, for wanted to follow and discover her residence, but could not leave Miss D..
 " How glad, then, was to see her lowing, as she passed out, to mutual acquaintance who stood in the doorway. From him, ere many minutes, learned her name and address.
 "To shorten the story as much as possible, that lady is now my wife. In the small incident which introduced her to me she showed her real character. A few day s after our marriage I show ed her the blessed crimson shawl, | which I redeemed from it's owner, and | shall keep as a memento. There are sometimes pleasant things to be found | in unexpected places certainly I may be said to have picked out my wife in the ears.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
Steel Pens in Birmingham.

All the steel pens made in England, and 8 great many of those sold in France, Germany and America, what ever names or devices they may bear, are manufactured in Birmingham. In this respect the Birmingham manufac- turers are very accommodating, and quite prepared to stamp on their pro- ductions the American eagle, the cap of liberty, the efigy of Pic Mono, or of the Comte de Chambord, if they get the order, the cash, or good credit. There are eighteen steel pen manufac- turers in Birmingham and eight pen holder makers. Two manufacturers employ about one thousand hands, and the other 16 about as many more. About 1920 or 1921, the first gross of three-slit pens was sold wholesale at thirty six dollars the gross of twelve dozen. A better article is now sold at twelve cents gross. The cheapest pens are now sold at four cents gross, the best at from seventy. five cents to one dollar ; and it has been calculated that Birmingham produces not less than thousand million steel pens every year. America is the best foreign GUS toner, in spite of duty of twenty-four per cent; France ranks next, for the French pens are bad and dear.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
A Lonesome Place.

The life of the keepers of the Faral- lon light, on the California coast, is singularly lonely and monotonous. Their house is built somewhat under the shelter of the rocks, but they live in what to @ landsman would seem & perpetual storm; the ocean roars in their ears day and night; the boom of the surf is their constant and only music !; the wild scream of the sea- birds, the howl of the sea-lions, the whistle and shriek of the gale, the dull threatening thunder of the vast break CTS, are the dreary and desolate sounds which Hull them to sleep at night, and assail their ears when they awake. In the winter months even their supply vessel, which for the most part is their only connection with the world, is sometimes unable to make a landing for weeks at time. Chance visitors they see only occasionally, and at that distance at which a steamer is safe from the surf, and at twhich girl could not even recognize her lover. The com merce of San Francisco passes before their eyes, but so far away that they caRnot tell the ships and steamers which sail by them voiceless and with out greeting; and of the events passing on the planet with which they have so frail social tie they learn only at long and irregular intervals. The change from sunshine to fog is the chief variety in their lives the nasty landing of supplies the great event in thelr months. They can not even watch the growth of trees and plants and to 8 child born and reared ill such a place, a sunny lea under the shelter of rocks is probably the ideal of human felicity.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
Trees In California.

Nature varies the oak tree in Cali fornia into large range of forms, scrub trees, apple-tree oaks, grand masculine structures that hold out their branches properly at right-angles, and superb, towering, spreading, arching forms that blend with natural majesty of their stocks the grace of the elm But none of them have the fiber and muscle of the New England oaks. It is said that there is no timber in the State hard enough to made good ax-handle out of. The most stalwart-looking of the structures, if cut down would be likely to break asunder in half-a-dozen places by the shock of its fall. But they are glorious to look at when every downward branch is decked with deli cate pendants of green gray moss. This moss is collected, boiled and dried, to be stuffed into beds. It is very hard to kill, and requires long cooking in the hot water, and when cured, it comes out black and resembles hair.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
Can Paralysis be Cured

Paralysis, according to an English traveller, is rare, much that passes for paralysis being curable, especially through the imagination. The opinion is supported by the statements of one of the best medical men in Paris, who, in 1849, was 8 physician in the great hos pital there, the Hotel Dieu. In that year this hospital was particularly fa- nous for the cures effected in it. and many were the hypochondriacs whose imaginations sent them home we'll after stay in it's wards. One odd case was that of young girl in the department of the Ain, whom sudden fright had rendered dumb and paralyzed. Local physicians could do nothing for her, and at last asserted that only the doc tors of the Hotel Dieu could cure her.
 Firmly believing this herself, the girl was sent to Paris and admitted to the hospital, where the hurried physician merely examined her as matter of form, promising to return the following day. When he came he heard to his astonlshment that the patient was in- clined to speak. He spoke to her and she answered instantly that she thought that she could walk with @ little help, and she did walk twice around the ward very easily. The next week she returned to her native village as well as ever.
 "I knew," she said, "that the Hotel Dieu would cure me p
 It would be hard to find more strik- ing instance of the mysterious power of the imagination, and of strong belief, upon the physical structure.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
Formation of Coal Deposits,

From & lecture delivered by Professor
 Williamson, before the British Associa- | tion at Bradford, we extract the follow ing interesting account of the forma-
 tion of coal beds: It must be under
 stood that, although the earth was pop
 ularly regarded as the type of every
 thing that was staple and immovable,
 this was very erroneous idea, for old Mother Earth was about one of the
 most fckle and inconsistent of all the
 jades with which men have to deal.
 She was never still. It happens that
 at the present day there are certain re-
 gions, such as the volcanic districts,
 which are always moving upwards,
 while there were others, like the coral
 regions, which were steadily going
 downwards. So it had been in the olden
 time. The coal beds appeared to have
 accumulated in the latter class of areas
 the areas of depression, geographical
 areas-in which the earth had a ten.
 dency to sink below the level of the ocean. Upon such areas mud and silt had accumulated until the deposit thus formed had reached the level of the wa ter, and then came what appears to have been highly necessary as pre- hminary to the growth of the coal ma- terial-viz., a bed of blue mud. It was not known why that blue mud was there, or whence it came but it was as certain as that garden plants required favorable soils for their development, that whatever it's orig tin, the blue mud was the soil which seemed to have been preferred by the great majority of plants constituting the forests of the carboniferous era. In it the minute spores, or seeds, of the vegetables which afterwards became coal, germi- mated and struck out, until eventually the muddy soil was converted into 8 mag niicent and almost tropical forest As the forest grew, the spores fell from tho trees, half-dead leaves and decayed branches also dropped, and the stems themselves gave way :; and thus an inn mense amount of vegetable matter was This, in the progress of time, sank below the water level, and more mud being deposited on the coal, the new formation, in turn, underwent | the same processes as it's predecessors, until at length new forest was formed, | to share the same fate as that which | had gone before it. This process was repeated again and again, until at length the various materials spoken of formed | accumulations of rock and coal, varying rom three, four or five, to as much as eight or ten thousand feet.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
Popular Weather Signs.

Would it not serve a useful purpost If some scientific meteorologist were tc
 gather into a mass the various weathe, slgns-whether valuable or not treasured by the farmers and othe, commensurate people of the country, and then sift them, so that those of real value may have their proper influence, and those which are merely fanciful may cease to mislead? That there are weather signs in abundance, everybody knows. That the greater part of these signs are utterly valueless, every person of intellieenee can testify. Yet that they do practically influence the time and mode of the planting of crops, and of their after culture, will be acknowledged bv many who would not be suspected of the folly, and who can give no other reason for it than the force of habit,
 ''We are going to have dry month, |" said farmer the other day.
 "How do you know ?" he was asked.
 "By the Indians sign of the new moon," he replied. cts horns hung so sloping that they could hold no water"
 His companion laughed. "Why that's my Injin sign for wet moon, The horns slope so that they let loose all the water."
 The. sign in the one case WAS no doubt as prophetic as in the other.
 "Always plant your potatoes in the dark of the moon, if you wish to have a full crop," I heard my neighbor say. "But never kill your pork, nor boil your soap at such time, unless you are willing to have them shrink to noth- ing"
 "What is your authority for this ?"
 "I have always heard so," he an- swered with some hesitation, "and al. ways so praot1ced. Potatoes, you know, being roots, naturally love darkness. And soap and bacon-I suppose they take their cue from the state of the moon. The fact is, I only know that this is the old-time rule."
 We are to have frost on the 18th of May" said farmer to me on the 9th of April.
 I was shocked, for he looked wise and 1ugubrious, and a frost at that time in our latitude would have cost millions of dollars. I asked, "How do you know?''
 Because we had fog on the 18th of March,"
 He saw me smiling, and added, "I have heard this rule ever since I was boy, and it has never failed yet"
 "The surest rule know for foretell- ing the weather throughout the year," said a planter, possessed of at least semi-collegiate education, Sis to note the twelve days between new Christmas and old Christmas Qrom December 25 to January 6). The months of the en- suing year are apt to be wet or dry, cool or warm, according to the days corre- sponding." He seriously declared that for many years he had 'pitched his crop" and ordered his plantation work under tho guidance of this rule, and found that it served we'll. No doubt, for that amount of time in advance, it was quite as good as any other rule in ordinary use.-F -R. o., d'o Hearh and Home.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
Obtained Entrance.

One of the new men on the Holyoke police force proved himself master of the situation in getting into John Sul- livan's saloon, one Sunday morning re- gently, where some men were playing cards, but the windows and doors of which were locked. Suddenly bril- liant idea struck him. He caught cat which was near, and carrying it up to the steps just outside the door, gently but firmly stepped on aforesaid cats tail, which caused such moving and screeching as to speedily bring some- body to the door, when the officer walk ed in and found four men, whom he walked off to the lookup.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17

BoRAx FOR CoLDs.-A writer in the Medical Record cites @ number of cases in which borax has proved most effec- tual remedy in certain forms of colds. He states that in sudden hoarseness, or loss of voice in public speakers or sing CTS, from colds, relief for an hour or so, as by magic, may be often obtained by slowly dissolving, and partially swal- lowing, lump of borax the size of @ garden pea, or about three or four grains, held in the mouth for ten minutes before speaking or singing. This pro- duces a profuse secretion of salvia, or |" watering " of the mouth and throat probably restoring the voice or tone to the dried vocal cords, just as "wetting" !" brings back the missing notes to flute, when it is too dry.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
NO. 40.
P1geOn-EngIish,

An amusing page in MT. Simpsons s book of travel in China, is that in which he gives specimen of pigeon-English "a language which, according to him, is spreading with great rapidity, and possibly destined to establish itself per- manently as a means of communication even between natives who speak mutu- ally unintelligible dialects. At present it can hardly be called graceful. The fragments which we give are taken from translation of Excelsior. We will only add that the phrase "galow" is said to untranslatahle but that it has the effect of converting "topside" into an exclamation nearly equivalent to "excelslor." Here is verse or two {; the whole poem is given in MT. Simp- sons pages. Maskey" means "not- withstanding
 That mighty time begin chop-chop. One young man walkey-no can stop Maskey snow maskey ice
 He carry flag vid chop so nice
 Topside-galow! Him muchee sorry; one piecey eye Lookee sharp-so-all same my Him talkey largey-talkey strong, Too muchey curio-all same gong,
 Topside-galow The stanza about the falling avalanche and the St. Bernard monks who hear a voice fall through the startled air be- come
 Take care! that spoil 'um tree young
 man!
 Take care that ice, he won't man-man." That coolie chin-chin he goodnight, He talkey "my can go all right"
 Topside-galow Joss-pidgeon man he soon begin Morning-time that Joss chin-chin, Ho no man see-hlm plenty fear Gas some man talkey-him can hear.
 Topside-galow
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
Cheese for Cannon ShOt.

The queerest ammunition heard o1 lately was used by the celebrated Com modore Cos of the Montevidian navy, who, in an engagement with Admiral Brown of the Buenos Ayrean service, fired every shot from his lockers.
 What shall we do, sir ?" asked his first lieutenant. "We've not @ single shot aboard-round, grape, canister and double-headed are all gone."
 "PoWder gone, eh?" asked Coe.
 "No, sir; lots of that yet"
 "We had a very hard cheese--a round Dutch one-for dessert at din- ner to-day do you remember it ?" said Coe.
 "I ought to; I broke the carving knife in trying to cut it, sir"
 'Are there any more aboard ?"
 "About two dozen we took them from droger."
 pounders P''
 By thunder Commodore, but that's the idea will try lem p cries the first lieutenant. And in a few minutes the fire from old Santa Maria (Coe's ship), which had ceased entirely, was reopened, and Admiral Brown found more shot flying over his head. Directly one of them struck his main mast, and as it did so, shattered and flew in every direction.
 "What the deuce is that which the enemy is firing?" asked Brown.
 But nobody could tell.
 Directly another came through @ port and killed two men who were near him, and then, striking the opposite bull warks, burst into flinders.
 By love, this is too much This is some new fangled paixhan or other. I don't like 'em," cried Brown; and then, as four or five more came slap through his sails, he gave the orders to fill away, and actually backed out of the fight, receiving parting broadside of Dutch cheeses.
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17
How to Check Coughs, Sneezins Sc.

Dr. Brown Sequard, in his last Bos- ton lecture, says there are many facts which show that nor bid phenomena of respiration can be also stopped by the influence of arrest. Coughing, for in- stance, can be stopped by pressing on the nerves on the lip in the neighbor- hood of the nose. A pressure there may prevent 8 cough when it is begin ming. Sneezing may be stopped by the same mechanism. Pressing in the neighborhood of the ear, right in front of the ear, may stop coughing. It is so also of hiccough, but much less so than for sneezing and coughing. Press ing very hard on the top of the mouth inside IS also a means of stopping coughing. And may say that the will has immense power there. There was a French soldier who used to say, when ever he entered the wards of the hos pital, "The first patient who coughs here will be deprived of his food to- day." It was exceedingly rare that patient coughed then. There are many other affections associated with breath ing which can be stopped by the same mechanism that stops the hearts action. In spasm of the glottis, which is ter rible thing in children, as you we'll know, as it sometimes causes death, and also in whooping cough, it is possible to afford relief by throwing cold water on the feet or by tickling the soles of the feet, which produces laughter, and at the same time goes to the gray mat ter that is producing the spasm and arrests it almost at once. I would not say that we can always prevent cough by our will but in many instances those things are possible, and if you remember that in bronchitis and pneu- monia, or any other acute affection of the lungs, hacking or coughing greatly increases the trouble at times, you can easily see how important it is fer the patient to try to avoid coughing as best he can,
Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17

CoMPAN1oNsHIP AND HEAnTH.-To be perfectly healthy and happy one must have friends. They need not be in large numbers, but one, two or three kindred spirits with whom one can commune, share joys and sorrows, thoughts and feelings. In choosing friends great care is necessary. There mutt be some common bond of sympa- thy. It may be moral, intellectual or social but even these bonds arc not sufficient. A. weakly person, an invalid, needs healthy friends; timid one, brave friends. Those who are blessed with good friends are healthier and happier than those who have none.