The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-21

of dead horse by cremation has been
made at Milan, in the presence of several
doctors and scientists. The carcass was
placed In huge oven, through the late
raj openings Of which 400 jets of lighted
gas were directed upon it, and three Jets
Of gss and air applied to the three most
diMbult points of combustion. The
operation lasted over two hours. There
was no residue from the combustion, and
it was unattended by bad odors.
King George, of Greece, seems to bc in
an unhappy predicament. His kingdom
Is threatened with revolutions; he is
unpopular, and nobody takes his hat off
10 MIN On the streets; the Gacc;: LII.
been insulted, and he is afraid to go to
the Hellenic Long Branch, at Dekclcta,
because he thinks it quite probable he
will not be able to get back to his capi-
tai again. Two Russian ships nrc ready
ut the Pireus to carry him away in case
of n revolution.
young gentlemen of Baltimore, has
invented flying innchincc, in which he
proposes to cross the ocean during the
present summer The machine appears
to be combination Of the balloon, the
Windmill and tho steam launch. The
voynger rides in boat containing u
small steam engine, which is used for
moving the ''wings" ard steering it
through the mir. The boat is attached to
the flying machine with rope, and thus
is drawn through the water.
The Mann boudoir sleeping car is
driving the Pullman coach off of Eu-
ropean lines. The former does not con-
sist of one grand saloon like the Pullman
cars, but is divided into small compnrt-
ments, which afford nll the comforts of
small drawinS-room during the dny, and
well-nigh all the comforts of n private
bedroom during the night.
correspondent of the Grcenvillc
Ne,cs asserts that the difficulty between
superintendent Parmelc, of the pcniten-
tinry, and Secretary Haync, is thnt the
former had refused to allow the horse or
horses of the latter to be fed Mt the ex-
pense of the State. We repeat, "can
SIGH things be?"
Mrs. Pratt, of Smyrna, Del, six times
widow, has taken her seventh husband.
Her lnst six husbands were al widowers,
some of them with large number of
children. The history of these six poor
moths would doubtless be full of inter
csting incidents.
Last week q Pittsburg editor wrote:
''The closer people get to nature the
closer they arc to God" Then he OBJ
talncd lenves of absence to go out into
the country, and was struck by lightning
while robbing IN apple orchard.
A Western physician has just dis
charged case of continent small pox
without pit. He painted the face of
his patient with collodion and ivory
black, applied rs often as necessary to
keep up complete mask.
4 mother and fnthcr arc trying to force
their daughter to marry. Daughter
Qoqultur)-''Therc arc many reasons
why don't want to marry him; in the
first place, he is too hideous and stupid"
Mother (with dignity -"Stephanic, did
I not marry your fnther?"
Mr.. Bcechcr has made n contract with
q Western agent to deliver fourteen lee
lures Mt various points in the West dur
ing the coming season. The price is
SoUO night and expenses, which will
help him to exc out his scanty salary.
Mr.. Micajah Dwyer, of GAINESVILLE, Ga,
has invented flying machine on ii new
principle. 1t is to be propelled by wings
and paddlc-wheels. Railroads have had
there day. and something else must come
to the front.
Flies are the scavengcrs Of yitiutc,l air.
where they fnttcn ON the parasites thnt
settle upon them in myrinds; while they
grow lean and starve i'll n pure atlnos-
phere, where their favoritc game is very
scarce.
4 Kansas woman offers to bet fifty dol
lnrs that hor husband can "cuss"
bushel of gmss-hoppers out of the coun-
try while the people of Missouri are fast
ing and praying pint out Of ten acre
wheat field.
The Chinese have, for the first time,
whipped the Formosan savages. These
aborigines number 5000 only, and vet
they have kept in terror about 1900, 600
Chinese settlers.
a Minnesota sheriff carried bullet in
his head for ten years, and when they
removed it the other day he became
foolish. They are looking for some one
to shoot him again.
Prof. r. T. Greener, colored, of the
South Carolina University, has been
elected member of the American Philo-
logical Associatiou, ut the late session in