The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-18

p OAlAN II. OElLD
In Wow Of the approaching cen
tonnial celebration ut Concord ard
Lexington, on the 18th instant, the
rivalry between these two towns
In contending for the honor of
boing the heroes of the first fight
Of the war Of the revolution attracts
general interest. Several letters
are published on tho subject.
Frederick Hudson, we'll known
journalist, claims for Concord the
honor of the first armed resistance.
George VIM. Curtis also writes,
giving Concord the honor of the
first organized resistance, although
q few Americans ut Lexington re-
turned the British fire. The inter-
est in. the centennial celebrations
in these places is rapidly increas-
ing, especially in New England,
where it absorbs every other topic.
The statues of John Honcock and
John Adams are to bo unveiled at
Lexington.
A great reduction of wages has
taken place in Germany this win
ter. Two thalers, or $1.5O, has
been the wages of city laborcrs
since the war; before the war it
was one thaler, but this winter it
has.been cut down to two-thirds of
a thaler. Dull and stringent times
are said to be prevailing through
ont the empire, and if this be true,
it will be impossible for the author
tiles to restrain emigration as soon
as business revives in America.
A Brazil paper is responsible for
a story that one Manual Jose AL
fonso has just died in San Jose dc
Loo1issa at the ago of $50, end
thatrhe leaves O widow and Sons
fromamarriago consummatcd when
he was utmost 100 years old. To
the day of his death he saw and
walked well, and retained his faoul-
ties unimpnired. Another man re-
Gently died in the same vicinity,
aged >126, leaving q progeny of
about 800.
The Parisians devour 100, ,OOO, 900
apples every winter. An eminent
French physician thinks that the
decrensc Of dyspepsia and bilious
affections in Paris is owing to in
creased consumption of this fruit,
which he mantains, is nm admirable
prophylactic and tonic, as we'll rs n
very nourishing and easily digest
cd article of food.
# there is one thing that makes
home uncomfortable, it is the con-
tinued consciousness that one is
living beyond ones means, that
reckoning day is sure to come.
Yet the calls for expenditure are
incessant, and each keeps on buy
ing, with no ejaculation how mat
ters are coming out, until the final
crash settles the matter.
A Brooklyn lady, whose hus-
band has an unpleasant habit of
railing Mt her, has hit upon the
plan OF calling in her servant when
he begins to LET out his temper, and
then turning to him and saying
sweetly: "Now, my dear, please 20
on with your remarks" He doesn't
20 on, at least not as he began.
One of the evidence of a progress
in civilization has shown itself at
Now leland, in the establishment
OF o newspaper printed in the ma
tive language, under the manage
ment of a Maori chief.
The average gorilla of Central
Africa now points to Stanley and
his band of explorers and patheti-
cally reminds his grandchildren
that "it is what they may one day
expect to come to-" ,..oJ9 :,
NIP. A. Sanders, Of Ration
Creek Sumter County, shot 4 nm
eagle, lastl2week, measuring seven
and shaif feet from wing to wing.
and thres;feet from beak to tail.
United States Treasurer Spinner
is the only, man living whose pho
tograph hhs been in possession of
everybody in the country and is
sought by all ages and sexes. with
out reference to color or, previous