The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-20


the poorest people i'll the city, who sell
dom hear anything more sacred than a
hand-orgau or the midnight strains
from some dance.house. The grant
mode to Trinity corporation of the
Kings Farm" was to enable it to
carry on missionary work in what
then was the wilds Of America. How
faithfully this Is done, the world can
witness. We have the worst savages
on the continent in this city, and q
barbarism as horrid as that OF the
Modocs. Perhaps part of that
$40. OOO might be of service umoug this
class.
PLEAsE Stop -WHAr?-Times
are hard, money is scarce, business is
dull, retrenchment is duty. Please
stop my-whiskey? Oh, no; times are
not hard enough for that yet. But
there ia something else that costs me O
iarge amount of money every year,
which wish to save. Please stop nv
-tobacco, cigars aud snuff? Oh, no;
uot these; bot must retrench some.
where; please stop my ribbons,
Jewels, ornaments and trinkets? Not
at ''ll; pride must be fostered, If times
are ever so hard; but I believe T can
see way to effect quite saying in
another directiun-tea. coffee and
needless other unhealthy luxuries?
No. no; not these; I cannot think of
such sacrifice; must think of some.
thing else" All! I have it now. Nv
paper costs slxty.eight cents q month,
eight dollars year; 1 must save that.
Fiease stop my paper. That will carry
me through The panic easily. I believe
III retrenchment aud economy, espe-
cially in brains.
The cause of cremation appears to be
rapidly gaining ground in Germany.
The merits OF the new system of dis
posing of dead bodies are shortly to
be ,t"d by practical experiment in
Saxon5. the two principal towns of
which, Dresden aud Leipzig, have
offered to legalize it us uu optional
Course. surprising it's advocates can
practically make good their assertion
III Its favor. A furnace for cremation
Is now actually i'll process Of construc-
ton by Friedrich Siemans, civil en-
gineer. It's cost is estimated ut s, 900
marks. or .Gl,250. and it is calculated
that the complete combustion of a
human corpse will take about an hour.
Address by Il Detroit Judge: IF it
wasn't for your children, I'd put you
where the coach dogs couldn't bite
you. I'm going to let you go this
time for their sakes. but look out for
me IN the future. If that physiogno.
my ever peeps over this desk at me
again, you'll think I'm pile-driver
and you are mouse. Trot out of
here. and don't tarry to see what be-
comes of the rest"
IMPORTANT TO FJREMEN.- Professor
Tyndall exhibited his ireman's 3 respi.
rator at a recent meeting Of the Royal
Society in London. 1t is attached to
IL mask. and consists of an iron cylin-
der packed with cotton wool, glyce-
rine aud charcoal. The wearer Is en-
nbled to remain in an atmosphere Of
smoke which he could not otherwise
breathe for quarter to half an hour.
DEATHS Mr.. James Hipp, au old
aud highly respected citizen, died at
his residence, in this County, on the
10th inst; nged about eighty. Miss
| AA"''p"H A1uA doIhC tAlCtl ub luC l3{0lIy
residence, in Laurens County, on the
3O,h nit. She was the last, except
one, OF Il large family of highly re-
spectcd citizens. s.-LnurenSrihe H.ruM
| The Detroit Free Press: Come.
now, lets say no more about Luura
Fair. Wken one remembers that it
was IL LAWYER she shot, the crime is
robbed of It's rough edges All that
we ever blamed her for was that shc
shot lawyer when she conll Just AS
easily have shot Il carpet bag Congress
man.
Rev. Mr.. Facklcr, Baptist minis
Ter of Americus, Ga, having preached
against Universalists ns ..profane
swearcrs, gamblers, thieves, drunk.
ards, &c., l.. W. L. Andrews dc nunds
retraction, and threateGs if It is.not
forthcoming within months time, to
make 1t quite torrid for Mr.. FUckler.
Mr.. Benj.min Pettis, of this State,
wins the declaimor's medal Of the
Graham. Lee and Washington Sooie-
tics OF the Washington and Lee Uni.
versity of Virginia. The final cele-
bration takes place on the 22l inst.
| The trial of Snphronia Reagan, a
white woman, for stnbbiug james
Laurence. an.! thereby causipg his
! dentI lnat March cuma ,N -, g..