The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-18

Some of our young readers may like to
try the experiment of making hanging
garden of sponge It is pretty novelty.
Take white sponge of large size, and
SOW it full of rice, hemp. grass and other
seed; then place it in n shallow dish, in
which little water is constantly kept
and rs the sponge will absorb the moist
ure, the seeds will begin to sprout before
many days. When this has fairly taken
place, the sponge may be suspended by
means of cords in the window, where !,
little sunshine will enter. 1t will thus
become mass of green foliage, and it
should be refreshed with water daily, so
rs to be kept moist.
Mr.. Moody doesn't allow any mishap
to interfere with his revival meetings in
London. In the midst of recent dis
course, and the height of it's interest, two
or three quickly succeeding shrieks came
from the centre of the audience. Moody
stopped AS if it were signal shot from
Sntnn's line and said: "We'll stand mn
md sing Rock of Ages Cleft for Me-
and the usher will please help that friend
out of the hall. She's hysterical." There
were no more "hysterical" demonstra-
tions during the evening, and the con-
| greSation scarcely realized that there
had been any interruption i'll the service
AT one of Moody's recent revival
meetings in London, he called On all
| those who wished to 60 to heaven to rise
jolly Jack Tar present did not respond
to the invitation, but remained in his
| seat Thcreupon Moody asked if it
! conld be possible he did not wish to 20
to heaven also. "Yes, your honor" r.
| sponded jack; II wish to 90 to heaven. "
Then why don't you rise with the rcst?"
! because" replied Jack. very slowly.
and surveying the whole company with
scrutinizing glnnce, '.becnuse l aim:
going to ship with any such n looking
Jay Cooke is credited with this mode
of fishing at Put-in-Bay, for q descrip-
tion of which all lazy fishermen will be
thankful: "Ile had large glass jnr,
filled with minnows, in the place which
he frequented. The big fish would
swarm around the jar, seeing their covct-
ed prey, and hungry for the expected
feast. He would drop his hook among
them, and haul out the victims of his
novel dclusion with the utmost ease and
readiness, until tired of the unsporstman
| like sport.
''No, don't want none of YOUR light
ning-rods, said Kentucky farmer. Inst
week, to IL man who had stopped at his
house to put up patent lightning con-
ductors. II ain't afraid of lightning, it $
the thunder I believes going to knock
us all endwise, some day" "You don't
seem to comprehend, said the peddler;
''these ere silver-tipped rods are light
ning-rods, and the gold-tippcd ones are
thunder-rods-just what you want" and
he persuaded the old man in ordering
up the gold-tipped rods.
A remarkable instance is quoted by the
Calcutta Indian Statesman, illustrative of
the early marriages among the Hindoos.
In case of theft tried by the magistrate
of Hooghly. the witnesses examined were
the great-grnnd-mother of the child, the
grandmother and mother, and their re.
spective ages were taken down, as is
usual in Mofussil courts, as follows: The
grent-grnndmother 40 years, the grand
mother rs, and the mother only 1G.
pa New Mexico editor, in n forgetful
moment, the other day, was so impru-
dent as to venture into his sanctum with
out having n revolver with him. The
coroners jury returned verdict OF
! deliberate suicide"