The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-02

"MErA FMIow.1-There. is q being
xna hS tss eSsS oaassa RsEs tTSGsls +
who is always being ..met, 2 and thereby
keeps anxious females on the watch at
windows at most unholy hours. How
many years of her life does o woman
spend looking out Of the window for
men who are overdue? have not lived
half of my three-score-and-ten years vet.
and am sure have wnstcd time enough
in the fruitless operation to have made
myself mistress OF all the hieroglyphics
ever discovered. One thing only have
L learned, that man, like the peasant wo-
mans watched pot that never boils, :"
never comes when he is looked for; and
that hasn't done me any good, for, still,
whenever 1 have occasion, invite the
influenza by sitting in q strong drauyht
with my eyes fixed on the farthcst point
possible, with visions of hospital nmbu-
lances and woful telegralns before NV
eyes, when any one, from my grandfather
to my little nephew doSen't s'nrrive him
SELF in proper time. All women do it.
and many thanks they get for their anx-
iety. You may cry your eyes weak and
your nose red. go through all the agonies
of hope deferred, become angry, get
over your anger to plunge into the
depths of woe, make sure that you are
Dercaveti OF your beSt-beioveti relative.
and wait in calm despair to know the
worst, and when he comes-bc he bro
ther, husband, son, grandfather or uncle,
perchance lover--he hnsn t the slightest
idea of your sufferings, and inquiries:
'Well, Polly, what's the matter? You
look solemn" Solemn! Well. you know
enough not to fling yourself into his arms
and cry, 1.-The sea hns given up its
dead! or anything OF that sort. You
say "Ah!" in nn offended tone, or an un-
naturally calm one. and perhaps remark
TINT "dinner was burnt to u crisp four
hours ago, or that you 'have sat with
your bonnet on from seven until nine"
and whit for some explanation. It ia
sometimes vouchsnfed, and then gene
rally proves to be-"Met fellow" Yes,
meeting "a fellow" il reason enough for
any amount of staying out. Who is "a
fellow" wonder, that he should out
weigh wife. mother and sweetheart,
daughter, niece and auntl Why should
"a fellow" have such influence? No one
ever sees ''a fellow" or hears his whole
name. He is never produced Ask after
him, and you hear he is not the sort OF
| fellow to be introduced. He is never
| brought home. Apparently, he is not
good enough; but he is important enough
to upset II household. to keep meals wait
| ing, to keep people up until midnight
to have met him is ample excuse for any
thing forgetful or neglcctful
MARY Kyle DALLAS.
MINISTERS WILL--The recent
death of the Rev. John S. Clarke, IN
aged Episcopal minister of Ashland,
New York, has resulted in some rather
curious developments. A few years ago
he was detailed as missionary to supply
want long felt in thinly populated
part Of the Catskill Mountains, Of which
the village of Ashland is the centre. He
bore the outward evidence Of extreme
poverty, and ha.l for his support only
the $3.50 annually paid him by the Board
OF Missions. He was an excellent
preacher, and TINT he had scholarly at
tainments was self-evident; md it was
ascertained that he was Canadian; q
graduate of St Johns College, Halifax,
and that his father was once Chief JUS
tice of Nova Scotia. At length the
pastor, who had andeared himself to his
| flock, was sprostrated by sickness, and
last week he died. As he had made no
provision for his burial, it was apparent
that unless subscription was raised the
body Of the faithful old minister must
fill paupers grave. But, in small
sums, money enough was subscribed to
provide against this, though it Was, after
all, little better than paupers funeral.
On the following day his effects were
gathered up, and in an old trunk was
found 1.-The last will and testament of
John s. Clarke" To the examiners
astonishment the seemingly INDECENT
pastor had bequeathed large fortune
He left generous allowances to various
public and charitable institutions, and
also provided for q number of his rela-
tives. The amazement of the examiners
reached the point Of bewilderment when
on opening the last package they found
bonds and certificats representing m
aggregate of S94, $50. There was also n
letter showing that bond for S5, 900 had
been sent to New York to be negotiated,
and n bank book showed deposit in
New York. So his relatives will come
in for the lions share of an inheritance
OF over 100000 in the effects of man
who has for ye"rs been IN object of
charity in the Cu.,Ai'l Mountains.
SOME SUCCESSFUL ! rTERARY PEOPLE. -
Clemens, the humorist. better known rs
Mark Twain, has done better than any
man of his turn of labor Hp bas heet,