The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-25
Now we know where the old hats 90.

Now we know where the old hats go.
The Nicobar Islanders endeavor to out
vie each other in the accumulation Of
old hats, pridiug themselves on the eex-
tent and variety Of their collections, as
other people do on their wealth of
gold, jewels. or art. A tall white hat
with black baud commands from
tifsy-ti to sixty five cocoanuts.
A young lady, known as regular
chatter-bo1. having monopolized The
conversation for the first half hour ut
the table. asked Quaker present
"How he liked tongue, f" remarking ut
the s"me time that she had prepared it
IN several tempting ways. tn which he
meekly replied. sin repose." 4 slight
lull In conversation followed.
An Irish glazier was putting pune
| OF glass into window, when u groom
who standing was by began joking
him; saying to mind and put in plenty
OF putty. The Irishman bore the ban
ter for some time, but at last silenced
his tormentor with "Arrah, now, be
off wid ye. or I'll put II pain in your
head without any putty"
With R4bsgas hat. striped greno.
dine, variegated hose aud Oxford ties,
the girl of the period looks 1ather
cloud" at the watering places, more
especially when she puts up her. can
vass sunshade aud whips out the new
fashioned handkerchief of sky-blue
silk to brush away the flies or attract
somebody's attention.
The Supreme Court Of Iowa has
confirmed ia verdict Of So, 900 against q
saloon keeper of Clinton, in that State,
for selling liquor to drnnkard. The
complainant WIS tho wife Of the un-
fortunate. who could not restrain his
appetite for strong drink.
The yield Of gold in this country in
1873 WAS $50. 0.2S7 900. ard the total
yield for the last tweuty tive years has
been 81 .5S3 GIL. .000. OF this, oniy
SID OGO. COO has btrn retained iu til.
country, the rest having heeu attracted
ahrona
The rscuu;ly widowed Mrs. Murphy
10 freud: We'll. thin, Mrs. Lanni.
gan, whit poor AIicky, ri.t his sowl,
Sas all na!cly cramashiucd, put him
Ill the loog, de ye mind, for thought,
ye know, he'd be f.clin' more conten.
Ell there nor any other piuce q. ALL"
\ Mrs. Stephens, afflicted with q
touch Of the green eyed monster, mnr
'iered II female ncishbor with an axe
literally cutting her 10 pieces. Neal
the samc place-Jeilersonville. Ky. :
tw" brnthrns. by the name of Ballard
cut each other fatally.
AN elderly Chicago clergyman. il
Answer to a question why he had never
murried, replied that he had spent III:
life looking for q woman who wou!c
refrain from working him pair o.
slippers. and SO far he had failed te
find h.r.
The compositor continues to crack
bis jokes. He recently gave NJ. Gre
mieux "An impossible countenunce, =
and now he represents newspaper
correspondent AS having held "a con.
vention" with the Emperor of Russia
| Inspector George W. Willing ha:
been appointed Superintendent Of tht
New York police, TO fill the vacunc,
caused by the promotion of the late
Superintendent Matscll to il Police
Com missionership.
Twenty-Five husbands are in the
New Haven almshouse for failing Ia
support their wives. They are oblipec
to work for their own board, and any
surplus wages go for the support o
their families.
II lady in red cloak we're to cross
a field in which was IL gont, what won.
derful transformation would probably
take place! The goat would turn tc
butter and the ludy into scarlet run
ner.
a minister ut Chicago. named Howe
has resigned on account Of the wicked
ness Of his congregation. For tha,
reason, it occurs to ns, he should have
held on. But alas for Chicago.
| Defalca!ions are not exclusively
American. It is Just discovered tha,
1000, 600 roubles have disappeared
somewhere in the administration OF
the Moscow Railway.
\ yonng lady asked clerk in n
book store if he had "Festns." "No,'
replied the clerk, ''but I'm afraid a
boil is coming on the back Of nv
neck"
The old supersti,ious notion that
crocodiles weep has been exploded by
the scientists. but it is pretty generally
ackI ow'edged that sailors have repeat.
ellv seen whales blubber.
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