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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20
The Wedding Ring.

From tho baltimore American.
While innovations have been made In
every particular Of the wedding cere-
mony, the ring has never lost Its i'm
portant place, and SO essential was IL
thought 10 be that many OF our ancestors
would have considered their marriages
null and void without 1t. Indeed there,
are many cases on record where, In the
omission or conventional band Of gold,
the most hOmely substitutes have been
used; the rings OF curtains. for example,
or a circle cut In leather. Just SO the
symbol Of unending love and fidelity
was employed, they were content. In
our own city, In comparatively recent
years, a couple were united with a
thinble, the groom having through mis-
take put the wrong box In his pocket.
As early Ms the bronze age rings were
exchanged by lovers as pledges Of I'M
ending devotion. and were on occasions
employed not only to seal the contract,
but to Introduce the tender subject. For
example:
give me-" said Lubin to his fair.
To whom he would he more than friend;
'Gvc me the little ring you wear,
IT'S like my love 1t has no end
Excuse me, sir; no longer sue,
My love you have no hope of winning.
This ring Is like my love for you
For surely 1t has no beginning.
In England the most popular love-
ring was for long time the Gimmel
ring, formed Of two narrow gold bands.
which were broken apart at the betroth-
al, each of the contracting parties wear
ing one on the engagement tinger-the
fourth on the left hand-until the we'd
ding day, when these bands were again
united and placed on the brides finger.
This WAS very suggestive, for the ring
was hut the pledge which was redeemed
at the altar. There are several theo-
ries In regard TO the fashion or wearing
the engagement ring on the left hand
the most poetic, however, 10 that q
nerve connects this directly with the
heart. To the maiden OF the nineteenth
century the "perfect arrObo," or the
assured pledge OF q perfect promise, 10
q .'solitaire" sufficiently large and bril-
liant to stir up feelings Of envy In the
hearts Of lees fortunate fiancees, while
the wedding ring 10 most frequently .
plain band without gems, and 10 con-
sidered Of far less Importance than the
betrothal ring
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20
SHIELDS RECORD.

Among the contractors and builders
ofSan Antonio few have better record
for honesty and competency than 4. p.
Shields or have better deserved 1t. In
all Of the many contracts that have been
placed with him the work has been hon.
orably done In accordance with the ar
chitect's specifications, and he has done
his work with q consciousness that has
given satisfaction and merited public APP
lie will do well to give him considers
tiOn when they require building and
give the LIGHT due warrant to commend
him for public support.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20
San Antonio Light.
HOLIDAY EDITION
is PAGES.
How Arago Measured the Power o.
Steam.


The experiments which were
entered upon for the purpose of
measuring the force of the vapor
of water were very important and
very dangerous; important be-
cause the safe working of steam
engines was dependent upon cor
rect measurements of the force,
and because all the properties of
heat had to be passed in review;
and dangerous because they sim
posed the task of confronting the
unknown caprices of q formidable
force. There were but two men to
accept it and conduct it to sue
cess; AragO, who never shrank
from a duty, and Dulong, already
manned by an explosion, whose
previous studies had admirably
prepared him for the new work."
A rude manOmeter was eXtempOr-
lied, and boiler, far less stanch
than the steam boilers of today,
was set up, in which water was
heated till the pressure was ~
atmospheres. "They could not go
further. At this extreme point it
leaked at all the joints, and the
steam escaped through the fis-
surcs with a kissing that was of
bad omen. But the observers,
though aware of the danger, silent
and resigned, finished without
accident the measurements which
they had begun" Telling NJ.
Jamin the story, which was written
out as above from his dictation,
Arago said: "Only one being of
our company preserved his seren-
ity and slept. 1t was DulOng's
dog; they called him OmierOn."
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20

wall of water which flooded and
made desolate Mill River valley o
few years ago was not more pow.
erful at any one moment than were
the two waves which c0nverged
their forces upon the forward deck
of the unfortunate steamer. Rocks
and reefs and lee shores are not all
the dangers that the mariner has
to guard against, and many stout
vessel has disappeared beneath
the mighty pillows, leaving no
clew to the mystery of her fate.
1t is the most skillful part of the
helsman's duties when amid those
mountainous seas to so steer the
ship as to prevent them coming
aboard. When the great tidal
wave swept the coast of South
America in 1868, the captain of
mail steamer, seeing its approach,
ordered all hands below, battened
down the matches, and drove the
vessel under a full head of steam
into the wave. The vessel came
through on the other side, but
with decks swept clear of masts,
rigging, smoke stacks and every.
thing that offered the least resist.
ance to the onward course of the
great wave.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20
There's a Niger in the Fence.

The phrase, "There's a niger in
the fence" is often used and few
understand its origin. "Ishannes
FacbOttom" explains it as follows:
Away back in the forties, a GER
tain Judge Jeremiah Lane, Of
county, Mississippi, was the owner
of running mare, which, it was
said, could beat anything in the
shape of racing horse flesh in the
South. The Judge was always
ready for match at any odds, and
never failed to win money when
ever he was fortunate enough to
"rOpe in" any one. On one occa-
sion, at a racing meeting in his
section, the sports put their heads
together and resolved to play it
on the Judge, if possible. Accord
ingly, darkey was told to con-
ceal himself in the fence at the
lower end of the half.mile track on
which the racing was to take
place, and which ran close to the
course. A match for $3.50 a side,
best two in three, was arranged
with three starters, including the
mare owned by the Judse, who
was laughing in his sleeves over
the "sOtt man. that had been
thrown up to him. The parties
who were in the conspiracy to
beat the judicial sport, instructed
the darkey to raise up suddenly
from his place of cOncealment in
the fence and wave his hat at the
Judges horse, who was n scary
brute, and who got all "brOke up"
when excited. She was to have
the poll and as she was eX.
pected to take the lead, the race
would have no serious effect upon
any of the runners but her. Time
was at last called, the horses were
started and off they sped like the
wind, the mare shooting right
ahead Of her opponents, until,
when reaching the second quarter
pole, she stood likely chance of
distancing both the other horses in
the race. Suddenly she SHE'D, near
ly unseating her black rider,
who, at the time, was looking over
his shoulder, in jockey fashion,
watching the motions of his rivals.
She followed this movement with
two or three plunges forward, then
reared upon her hind feet three OF
four times, and ended up by back
ing about eight or ten rods at q
rapid pace, despite the utmost
efforts on the part of the driver to
cool her off and get her down to
work again. While this was going
on, the other horses in the race
came forging down the track and
passed the judges mare, reaching
the other side of the wire before
the latter had been brought undel
control. The next heat the mar,
acquitted herself in the same man
ner, barely escaping being dis
tanced. This time, however, thu
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20

For BOOKS, newspapers. periodicals,
stationery, and all things In that way,
call upon cambridge & Corner, Alamo
street, next to the post-office. Prompt
attention paid to all orders.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20
II Works Both Ways.


Conversation between a coal
dealer and a printer:
Printer.-I have bought a stove
that will burn wood, and / shall
buy no coal until the coal mOnOp.
oily has gone to pieces. l don't
propose to be robbed any longer.
Coal Dealer.-That's the only
way to break the monopoly that l
know of. l think the price of
anthracite is too high, but so long
as people will pay 81 we will prob.
ably charge it, and we have
agreed to stand by each other.
BY the way, want some printing
done. Tom & Jerry wanted to
charge me $40 for a few circulars.
Could you do it cheaperf
Printer.-NOt for the world.
We have a union, and Tom & Jerry
named tho union price. l have
agreed to stand to the union figure
in every case and to charge it as
long as men will pay it.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1886-12-20

The new greenish gray-blue shade In
which pushes are brought out this sea-
son is found to be not only becoming to
all ages, but is Of Itself a magnificent,
brilliant, yet highly aesthetic color. COM
bining well with almost every other col
or, or with itself In silk or wool fabrics.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-20
ANNOUNCEMENT: 'l .l

MERCANTILE LAW AND COLLECTION
 OFFICE, Toughnut street, between Fourth and Fifth,
 Tombstone, Arizona. CHARLES G. JOHNS ION,
 Attorney -at-Law and Notary Public. J. E. PALMER, Accountant,
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-20

Mir. JOHNSON will practice in all the Courts of the Territory, Tn both Civil and Criminal cases.
 Mir. PALMER will devote his attention as expert in Bookkeeping, also to BOOK KEEPING, SEARCHING or RECORDS, COPYING, RESTRICTING, CONVEYANC- ING, and all other business connected there with For the convenience Of business men and others having PAST DUE and other claims for Adjustment and Collection, this office offers unparalleled advantages. MT. PALMER will keep, for the benefit of holders of real estate, a Special BiOk for the entry of Houses and Lands for Sale or to Kent. DEEDS, MORTGAGES and LEASES will be carefully drawn and RENTS COLLECTED, and, As both branches of this office needs your patronage, it is certainly (taken in coniunction with their long experience in the above business specialties), sufficient guarantee of promDtness and economy MT. PALMER will also transact, as agent in Tombstone, business of any nature for per sons living abroad, guaranteeing them
 satisfaction and dispatch.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-20
To Whom it May Concern.

To Whom it May Concern.
 l will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife, from and after this date, and all parties are hereby cautioned not to trust her on my account. W. w. BALDWIN.
 Benson, Dec. 21, 1885.
 Full stock calf boots for. S4 at J. Meyrs (S Bros.
 Do not forget that Summerfeld Bros. have everything new for the holidays. 12-1
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-20
DON'T WAIT.

Write to us for these testmonialsin in full or send direct to the parties. All are absolutely true and given without our knowledge solicitation. Don't wait. Now is the time to every species of Itch ing, Scaly, Pimply, Scrofulous, Inherited Contar gious, and Copper-colored Diseases of the Blood Skin, and Scalp, with Loss of Hair.
 Sold by all druggists. Price: CUTICURA, 50 ctI; !; REsoLvEET, Sl; SOAP, 9 cts. POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co.,, Boston, Mass.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-20
STILL MORE so.

VIII Mcdonald, 2542 Dearborn Street. Chi cago, gratefully acknow edges cure of Eczema, or Salt Rheunl on head neck face, arms a4id legs for seventeen years not able to move, except on hands and knees for year. not able to help himself for eight years; tried hundreds of remedies; doctors pronounced his case hopeless; permanently cured by the CUTICURA REMEDIES
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-20
ALMOST INCREnIRLE-

James E. RIchardsOn, Custom House. New Orleans oath, says: " In 1870 Scrofulous Ulcers broke out on my body until was mass of corrup- tion. Everything known to the medical faculty was tried in vain. became a mere wreck. At times ;Ould not lift my hands to my head, could not turn in bed; was in constant pain, and looked upon life a curse. No relief or cure in ten years In 1880 heard of the CUTIcURA REMEDIES, used them ane was perfectly cured.
 Sworn to before U. S. Com. J. D. CRAWFORD.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-20
MORE WONDERFUL YET.

H. E. Carpenter, Henderson, N. Y, cured of Psoriasis or Leprosy, of twenty years standing, by CUTICURA REMEDIES. The most wonderful cure on record. A dustpanfnl of scales fell from him daily. Physicians and his friends thought he must die. Cure sworn to before justice of the peace and HendersOn's most prominent citizens.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-20
Meeting Notice.

Burnside Post No. S6, Dept. Cal, 6. A. R.; regular meetings 1st and 3rd Sat- urdays in each month, at the City Hall, at 2 80 p. m. GEO. R. WATT,
 Adjutant. A. L. GROW Commander.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-01-20
The Finest in the Land.

Those fine Tom & Jerry's, hot Scotch whisky, hot Jamaica, St. Croix and New England rums, at Henry Campbells Keg House. l-5 If
The Osceola times., 1886-01-23
INHUMAN TREATMENT.

Shocking Barbarity Practiced Upon Ken
tucky C.nvicts at the Mining Camp Near
JeIlico--Ante- -Belium Slavery Eiy-ium IN
Comparison--A Serious subject for Legis-
latlon.
LOUISVILLE, KY, January l7.-Mans
inhumanity to man was graphically nus
trated by story of suffering and misery
which comes from the convict camp near
Jellico on the line between Kentucky ana
Tennessee. The region is one OF the
widest and most sparsely settled In the
State, and it is rarely visited or hearu
from by the outside world. 1t is rich IN
coal fields, and the mines are operated Oy
convicts from the Kentucky prison.
Thomas Whallen, a prisoner pardoned
by the Governor and sent home to die, ar
rived in this city yesterday, and gives his
awful experience.
He was sentenced about five months
ago to serve three years for killing ne
geo in self-defense. He was one OF
gang sent to the mine on the seventh oi
this month. They arrived at Jellico late
at night, during heavy storm. Inc men
were chained together, and marched to
the mine on foot, nearly nine miles. Ar
rived at the camp, they were huddled To-
gether in a log hut reeking with ionl
odors, the roof of which was filed with
holes, which served the double purpose
of letting out some of the smell and let
ting in the rain.
At three O'Clock the next morning the
poor devils were reused out and chained
together again. After breakfast OF raw
pork, rice, coffee and slice OF bread they
were marched to the mines and set TO
work with the warning that If certain
task was not completed whipping would
be the reward The tunnel in winch the
men were is but four feet high and they
were forced 10 dig in a knceling position.
The suffering of the men during the
late cold spell was indescrlbable. Penned
up at night in a hut through which the
wind passed almost as II there was no
impediment; without fire, many OF them
were nearly frozen to death. Whallen
says when he left the awful place, many
of the men were down with sickness,
while Others who had their limbs frozen
so they could hardly move, were COM
PEELED to work. There are l6j men at the
mines.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-23
A COOL PROCEEDING.
The Deliberate suicide of Oscar Koeger, n
German Citizen Of Louisville, Ky.

The Deliberate Suicide of Oscar Koeger, n
German Citizen Of Louisville, Ky.
LOUISVILLE, KY, January IA sui
eide under peculiar circumstances oc-
Cured here last night. Oscar Koegcr, a
German, well-to-do, thirty-hve years of
age, with a family of wife and four chill
dren, has been drinking heavily of late D..
After supper he called his children up TO
him, one by one kissed them and told
them papa was gong away forever. He
then walked over to his wife, and after
embracing her told her he was going to
kin himself. She paid no attention TO the
remark, and he went out at the front gate,
taking his oldest boy, child of twelve,
with him. He told the boy to 20 to q
telephone station and call patrol wagon
to come to the corner of Shelby and Main
for dead man. The boy went and
the father went to the corner named,
where his wife's mother lived. lie told
her his life had been a failure and he pro-
posed TO end it. lie then went to the
front gate, pulled pistol and shot him
self through the heart. The patrol
wagon arrived and he was taken to his
home in it. No cause was assigned ex.
cept that Koeger had been despondent
for some days.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-23
Twenty-Onc Years for Murder,

RocKPoRT, IND., January 1.-THE
Jury in the case of Walter Seavers, on
trial for the murder of Albert Sha ul,
brought in verdict of guilty, and de-
iendant was sentenced to twenty-one
years In the Penitentiary. The crime
was committed in 1884, Seavers and his
cousin were quarreling, when Albert
shaul stepped In as peacemaker, where
upon Seavers stabbed him. The murder.
er then left the county and State and
went to Missouri. where he was appre-
hended In September last and returned
to this State by requisition for trial
The Osceola times., 1886-01-23
Death OF the "Oidest Inhabitant" of
Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS, La, January ls.-
There died here Friday and was buried
yesterday Marie Augustin, colored, the
Oldest person in Louisiana and reputed
to be l25 years of age. Marie leaves a
daughter, Celestine Maturin, the young
est of seven and herself woman of
eighty-six years, a fact established by the
church records. Deceased was native
OF Africa and was brought to this coun-
try in l7ss, being then grown woman.
She lived In lberville Parish until 1904
when she came to New Orleans, where
she had ever since resided. She spokc
English and French and a number of ma.
tive African dialects. The old woman
when she died, was mere skin and bones
ana without an ounce Of superiuous
flesh on her.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The effect of Secretary Lamar's decision
has dropped to 159 on the Boston stock
board.
FIVE hundred cigar packers Of New York
have resolved to 60 out with the cigar
makers in all shops where the latter may
be locked out.
Jail at Poplar Bluff, Mo-, on the 18th.
They were allowed this freedom through
the negligence Of the colored jantor.
PROF o. s. FOWLER was arrested on the
10th at Buffalo, N. Y, and held to await
the action OF the grand jury on charge o.
practicng medicine illegally.
The Chicago chief of police has issued
an order that all doors and windows Of
bar-rooms opening on street or alley
shall be closed on Sundays, beginning on
January 23d.
]. W. CLEARY and wife, well-known
and highly esteemed couple, were arrested
ct Chattanooga, Tenn., on the 18th, charged
with robhing Mrs. b. +. Yancey. The
families lived together in the same house,
and were on the best of terms.
Mr.. JoHN KELLY, of New York, had a
sudden relapse last week, and for several
days it was thought he would die. The
crisis has, however, been passed, and he Is
picking up again slowly.
A WOMAN named Mrs. Mary Humphreys
was arrested at Nashville, Tenn, on the
10th for defrauding the government.
1T is reported that Republican Senators
propose to issue subpoenas to compel the
Cabinet officers to furnish information they
ask about suspended officials.
! DIR. THOMAS W. KgENE, a member OF the
/ Virginia housetof delegat S, fell dead on the
I floor of the house on the 10th from heart
disease. He had just taken his seat afts,
I'd ressing the house.
Miss KATE BAYARD, the eldest dau ghter
Of the Secretary Of State, died suddenly
at Washington on the 10th.
4 CoSGREssaASG GLASS, of Tennessee, who
has introduced | III 10 return cotton taxes
collected from the southern States during
the war, puts the amount dus Tennessee at
s'.s,3,o6o, Arkansas S2,5jj,eSs; Mississippi,
d $s,,42.o eco; Lou sinna, sl0,O9s,5Ol.
Tnr United States Supreme Court has
rendersda decision to the effect that tax
on commercial travellers cannot he legally
imposed by State or corporation.
! In Columbia county, Ark, on the night
Of the 18th the dwelling Of Eugene John
son was destroyed by Gre, aud six children
aslesp II 90 room were burned 20 Q crtxn
TN price of iinsssd a has goas up ene
cent PER gallon Ne result Ut recent &C.
erst meeting Of sssd Gustsrs Of Ne wsst
The Osceola times., 1886-01-23
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VIII Give the Soldiers Pointers.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, January 5.-A special
dispatch from Deming, N. NJ, published
dis morning, says; "a gentleman who
is connected with Territorial govern
mental affairs is authority for the state
ment that the Territorial Government is
actually negotiating with Colonel Baylor,
of Texas, the noted Indian fighter, TO
raise a body Of rangers to come over into
New Mexico and exterminate the Apaches.
Baylor has had great experience as an
Indian hunter, and !t Is though. that with
couple Of hundred picked rangers he
could capture the Apachss OK syins their
scalps In long before the army ssfflcers
succeed U getttng sight oi .Aem."
The Osceola times., 1886-01-23
THE EARTH'S CHANGES.
why Our Globes Coat Is PerpetualIy Get.
ting Too Big For II.


Our world is growing old and grow
ING cold, and as it wakes older ant
colder it shrinks and shrinks. an(
shakes and quiyers. so that its coat b
perpetually getting little too big fol
it, and has to be taken in at the seam
from time to time. The taking in i
done by the simple and primitive meth
cd of making bulgfng tuck The
Alps are situated just above a seam, and
are themselves one of the huge bulging
tucks in question,
According to Prof. Helm, the folding
of the crust has been so enormou
that points originally far apart haw
been brought seventy-fo ur miles neara
one another than they were at the be
ginning of the movement of pressure
In fact, Switzerland must have beer
originally quite large country, with
somo natural prctcntions to be regardef
in the light Of iirst-rate Europear
power; but its outside has been folded
over and over so often that there
now very little of it left upon the sur
face. What it once possessed in area y
has nowadays to take out in elevation
only
Prof Judd has well shown how great
is the amount Of wear and tear to whicf
mountains are thus subjected. and how
enormous is the loss of material they
undergo in the case of the extinct vol
cano of Null, which rose during the no
very remote Miocene period to a heigh
Of some ten or twelve thousand fee
above the sea level II had a diamcta
of thirty miles at its base, and its gres
cone rose gigantic like that of Etna,
OF fusl on a japanese fan, far into tn
sky, unseen by any eye save that of t@
half-human, ape-like creatures, who's
rude, lire-marked flint flakes the Abb
Bourgeois has dis-entombed from cor
temporary strata in the North of Franc
Since the Miocene days, rain and fros
and wind and weather have wreake
their will unchecked upon the poor, oh
broken-down, ruined volcano, till nov
in its feeble old age, its youthful fire
long since extingushed, il stands mer
worn stump, consisting of few scs
tered hills, none of which exceeds thre
thousand feet in height above So
level. All the rest-cone and ashe
lava and debris has been washed avs
by the pitiless rain. or split and df
stroyed by the powerful ice wedge
leaving only the central core of harde-
matter, with a few outlying weathe
beaten patches of solid basalt and 70
canic conglomerate.- .-- Golden Days.