The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-17

IKE AUTOMATIC TELEGRApH.-I'ne art
OF telegrapby has been wonderfully i'm
proved OF late by notable system
CALLED the automatic. In the report Of
Postmaster G. eneral Cresswell, this me-
thod WAS highly landed. He was &C.
verely taken to task for this official
praise and determined to probe the mat
ter vigorously. It was arranged thai the
President's message should bs the test
The World gives the result thus:
"Some preliminary messages Of gree
ing and arrangements were first sent,
then ut precisely fonr minutes before 10
the Presidents messnge was announced
to DE coming, and loud whiz filled the
cllice a. wheel began to revolvc, turn.
ing of take after take Of tue docu-
! inent. The wh:z cortinned. broken
only by short intcrmissious to supply
new tape, until eighteen minutes and
thirty seconds beyond tho hour, when it
Stopped rs suddenly as it ha,l begun,
aud the Presidents message Of IL, 900
words was in the off 70 in The form Of
twenty three bundles oi nnlrow paper,
hnnS NJ on rs mnny hOuks The time
! occuple;. III trunshilss;un was twenty
two minutes aud Il half, md this with IL
single wire. Tho number of words u
mlunte sent was about 500. The mcs
sage WIS then re-transmitttd 10 Wash
iugton III about the same time that i,
had tukcn to come, and then Pustn!n,,.r
James badc good night to tho Post
master-Gcnctul. aud Puck's promise to
g,rdle the cnrlh in forty minutes bad
bean pnt tn shame. The snpeliutcnd-
ent of the company claims that its Que
wire vii! do the work OF twenty i've
ordinary wires. aud tclrgraphing rem
dered rroporiionatcly cacui,,r."
Ii this mode Of ,c;egrapLing should
come into greater prominence. il seems
to us that other c,.mpunics viii! either
have tn ST cure Il system OF oq',ai ra.
pidi'y III transmitting messages or
"..hu, up shops"
SlGSIFlCATtoN OF THE WEDDISG RING
The materials md devices of the wed
ding ,ings are scarcely more various
than the explanations by learned
writer's Of tue signiticauce of ''the pare
and perfect arrabo." That the gilt OF u
ring was held by tho ancient people Of
the earth to be IL token of the pivers' nf-
fection Tor the confidence in tue person
to whom he gave it, the illustrations
prove by references to Sacred Scripture
aud cinsslc literature. 1; follows there
fore, that tue bridu! hoop symholizes
the bridegroom devotion to and per-
iect trust in the bride.
l; is single object, and therefore.
>ighldes the perfect oneness of two per.
sons auited III wcdiuck It having no
ends. the circlet is u typo of the end
icssness aud perpetuity of mutrimonin
love. IL denotes the fidelity with which
the man weds the woman; even ms the
Episcopal RUG betokcns the faith Which
bishop tnkes the church :or his spouse.
Swinburne holds that its roundncss
signifies 1.-The ronud flowing love and
hearty II nifection."
| The txaciness with which Il proper
ring tits the tingnr for which it has beeu
nisnl0ncd represents the nicely and per
ltct harmony with which q married
couple should fit another in temper,
taste and mental capacity. Just as the
lifting neither pinches nor slips from
the hngor, so fitting spouses neither nip
nor avoid one another AS one of the
sevcral valuable ourticles which the groom
paid for his bride, the ring itself IS re-
gnrded by some authorities rs II syinhol
Of purchase.
Jctcrson's Brides 0nd Briht!,
AN OCEAN HonRoI: I:-Serious appre
hcnsions are felt for The safety Of the