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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-28
The 1ai1y Eight.
Office No. 4 East Commerce Street.
LATEST TELEGRAPHICNE
Associated Press Dispatches and
Specials Up to the Hour of
Going to Press.
Unprecedented Rainfall.

MONTGOMERY, March 2s.-The total
rainfall since Sunday night has been
7.77-100 inches. The largest on record
for the same length Of time. The heavy
rain ceased at z O'Clock this morning.
The Alabama river has been rising at the
rate of foot an hour. The greatest rise
is not expected until Thursday. A
higher flood than that Of 'S6 10 aDtici-
pated.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-19
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Subscribers for 1893 receive a large supple.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-24
THE WELL-sREO GIRL.

Some of the Things She Does Not Do.
There are some things that a well-bred
young lady never does.
She never accepts z valuable present
from gentleman acquaintance unless
engaged TO him.
She never turns round to look afterany
one when walking on the street.
She never takes supper or refreshments
at a restaurant with a gentleman after
attending the theatre unless accompanied
10y a lady much older than herself
She does not permit gentlemen to ioiur
her on the street unless they are very il
innate acquaintance.
She does not wear her monogram about
her person OF stick itover her letters and
envelopes
She never accepts a seat from a gentle
man ia u street car without thanking
him.
She never forgets her ballroom engage
meuJ, or refuses 10 dance with one gem
tleElan ana Immediately dances with
auo-heF
She never snubs other young ladies'.
even il they happen 10 be less popular or
welt favored than herself.
she never laughs Or talks loudly at pub
lie places.
She never wears clothing so singular or
striking as to attract particular attention
in public.
She never speaks slighringly of her
mother, and never says she don't care
whether her behavior meets with maternal
appreciation or not. Truth.
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ODD CHINESE INTERSECTIONS.
Som. Marriage Customs. of the ceIestIals


A girl who 1, partaking of the last meal
she is to eat I'm her fathers house previous
to her marriage sits at tho table with her
parents and brothers; but she must eat
no more than half the bowl of rice set be-
fore her, else her departure will be fol-
lowed by continual scarcity IN the domi-
cile she is leaving.
Ifa bride breaks the heel of her shoe in
going from her fathers to her husbands
house, it is on.inous of unhappiness in her
new relations.
A pieco OF bacon and parcel of sugar
are hung o. the back of a brides sedan
chair as n sop to the demons who might
modest her while on her Journey The
''Three BaEeful Ones are fond OF salt and
spices, and tho White Tiger" likes
sweets.
A bride may be brought home while n
coffin is in her husbands house. hut not
within 100 days after n coffin is carried
out. Domestic troubles are sure TO como
upon one who is married within LOO days
after funeral.
= bride while putting on her welding
garments stands in round, shallow bas-
ket. This conduces To her leading n
placid, wcll-rounded life in her future
home. After her departure from her
fathers door her mother puts the basket
over tho mouth OF the oxen to stop the
mouths OF all who would make adverse
comment on her daughter, and then sits
down before the kitchen range, that her
peace and leisure may be duplicated in
her daughters life.
4 bride muso not four months after her
marriage enter any house in which there
has recently been death or birth, for
IL she docs there will surely be n quarrel
between her and the groom. If a young
mother goes TO see n bride the visitor is
looked upon a the cause of any calamity
that may follow.-Popular Science.
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4 POSER

Can Horse KneeI Down with Hfs Hind
Lcgs:-A CAiIG's PuzzIInE Question. }
Once in a while a youucster says an
amusing thing without waiting 20 haveiU
para~raPhed for him by professional
humorous writer.
There is a busy little specimen of hu-
mau.ty IN this city, just OF. o:,.uga to ask
questions at the rate OF g.. -,83 many q
minute. The other nigh at bedtime,
Ni2~ct's mother waited g. ,l-e side Of tho
crib 10 hear the eveninE p~-yer. Midget,
however, didn't feel sis,Iy.
Il guess III say my I-agrr standin' NJ
toni sLt, p" she s9iC, as she -Jruck un att
tude. Then before tLc mother could r.
mo-st-ate, she asked
Gould God make me kneel down'' q
''TTay, yes, dear, but"
'CoE!d he make you kneel DOWN.
'Ccrtaiuly-"
Gould ho make horse EneeI DOWN.
There was the least bit OF q shake, and
Midget, grown docile, properly said he=
prayers and was tucked in, but as her
mother turned 10 20 there came another
question:
Mamma. could God make 4 horse
kneel down with his hind legs?''
4 have been thinking over this strange
question Tor two days" the mother alter
ward said, "and now I'd like 70 know II 2.
horse can kneel down with his hind legs. -
Buffalo Express.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-24
VERY ANCIENT BIBLE.
Why Moses Was Represented by sIicha
Angelo a. Having Horns.

Why Moses Was Represented by Michael
Angelo a. Having Horns
a gentlenlaH Of Utica. of Y. Y, owns a
rare and perfect copy Of the Kohurgsr
Bible, printed in folio 10y Anthony Ko-
burger of Nuremburz. 1888. Previous to
this time printing had been done mostly
in Latin, although in 1880 the Italians be-
gan TO print with Greek and Hebrew
types, which they were the first To use.
Anthony Koburger was a man Of great
learning, eminent also for his elegance in
printing, and styled the ePrince Of printers.
He printed I3 editions of the Bible in 20
years, 19 in Latin and ono in German, all
large and handsome folios, and highly
esteemed As extremely beautiful spcc.-
mems of the art.
His chef d'O'urrc was the German Biblo
printed in folio, 1888, and prOfusely Illus
trated with most extraordinary and COM
piicated wood cuts. In these curious .r-.
fsnciful pictures, Moses appears with
horns.
Jerome in translating from the Hcbrew,
made the Latin EulGSte say of Noses. ~
he came down from tho mount that " HE
head rSdiatea with light" The error of
Jerome in tho translation was occasioned
By his smisinterpretStiun Of tho Hebrew
word sisnifying both u horn Snd 4 peccil
of light; for IL the horn OF the Oriental
buffalo and 4 pencil of light wcro both
conical in shape, the same word WAS used
in tho Hebrew for each.
Tho Hebrew language TO - certain oz-
tent is an object language, aud tho word
here used is expressive Of shape, siGaify-
ing that his face had rags ofliEht stream
ing from il.
AS the Nulgate was the Bible Of the
Roman Church, Michael Angelo, whcn
he turned TO the book of Exodus for "a
description of the appearance Of Moses,
found him described ~ having horns.
This explains tho horns on the hc.ld of
the great lswgiver of Israel.
Thus II is that n wrong translation may
mystify and misiead for ages interpreters
ns well as artists. The title page of this
Bible reads:
Published by Anthony Koburger at
the noble. imperial capital NuremburS;,
after the birth of Christ and in the Law
of Grace the fourteen hundred three and
eightieth year, on the Monday after Inno-
cents"
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siooi anazo4 and silent, for tie IiguTe
that glidcG in was that of the girl who
had saved his life two years ago that
night. She, for her part, drew from her
bosom u little gold cross and held it to-
ward him.
do You remember your OATH" she
said. q
He answered, "I do"
Then save my Dams life as I saved
yours two years ago"
Your Dan,' he asked.
"Yes; Dan Barton. He IS to be shot
tomorrow.
Dan Barton, tho spy, lay well guarded
not far away. 1t was Captain Hogan
who had detected him. On the morrow
his life would pay the forfeit
And he is your Dan, poor girl.r said
Captain Hogan. sit down; try to be
calm. Do you understand that it is out
OF my power to save him,p
NO" she answered, 81 understand
you do not mean to keep your oath"
You mistake me. II could would -
And at that moment a thought flashed
into his mind. His face turned pale.
Perhaps l can" he. said. "If can
will"
you promisei" she cried
81 will keep my oath" said he.
Sh0 knslt and kissed his hand. He
drew it from her
There are no thanks to be given for
the keeping Of an oath, " said he.
Then she departed.
When she was gone he tore to pieces
the letter he had written and wrote on
another page these words:
Ny DARLING: When you read these
lines ! shall be dead. II is very hard to
leave you. Remember poor
JACK HOGAN
He sealed It and laid II where it would
surely be seen and then walked out into
the night.
II must see this spy" he said TO the
sentry, who saluted and let him pass
Half an hour after the sentry saw him
pass out, well muf1ied in his cloak He
was seen afterward by several other sen
tries, who wondered why q msn who
might sleep did not.
1t was dawn. At sunrise they had
brought the spy out TO be shot-a large
muscular man with black hair. 4 band
age WAS about his eyes and his hands
were bound behind him. He kept his
head down, striving, it seemed, to hide
his face.
81 didn't think he was so handsome
when / saw him before" said one officer
to another. lie looked like sneak, l
thought. Who is he like,'
~ don't know, - said the other. ''Some
one havo seen, certainly"
Meanwhile the men who were to put an
end TO the spy'5 life formed into line. The
ckaplsin read the prayer for the occasion.
The order WAS given:
Fire.
For a moment the air was filed with
snoEe; then II lifted. 4 man lay upon
his f2-a before them, dead
II was Jack Hogan. He had kept his
oath. The spy had fled the camp, dressed
in his uniform, the night before He had
paid Tor his life with his life at last
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-24
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Roger, 20 10 her; she is waiting for you
She loves you-loves yoH, Roger, Good
bye, and may you both be hAppyr' e
Late that evening, when Roger Gourlay
returned home, full OF deep, quiet glad
ness, he found his brother sitting in an
easy chair near tho window, apparently
asleep. The full moon shons down on his
pale face, and showed a smile on his lips;
his hands were clasped on an open book
that rested on his knee The attitude WIS
life-like, but ut the very first glance Roger
felt that his brother was dead
The doctors said he had died OF disease
OF the heart. Perhaps they wer1 right
More people dis OF that malady than tho
world knows Of
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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-15
MAKING THERMOMETERS
Iow Our Heat Measures Are Filled and
Graduated.

"When thermometer is to be made, ~
says manufacturer, the glass blower
first blows a bulb on the end of long
tube. While this tube is hot, the end
of the tube is inserted in mercury, and1
as the bulb cools, the mercury rises and
fills the bulb This process is repeated
until the bulb and part of the tube are
filed The bulb is then immersed In.
snow or Clipped ice, and the mercury
drops to the freezing point, which is
marked on the tube as 80 deg, if a
Fahrenheit scale is to Be followed
Next the bulb is put in boiling water,
and the point to which the mercury rises
is marked on the scale as 2l2 deg. Ten,
degrees of the mercury are now detached
from the column by Earring, and the
whole length of the tube is tested. The.
process is repeated with 5 deg. of inc
columns being measured all the time.
by standard thermometer to see if the
tube is conical at any point.
Common thermometers generally vary
about 2 deg. or 3 deg, owing to the irreg-
ularity of the openingi in the tube which
causes the mercury to rise slowly where
the opening is too large, and too fast
where the opening is too narrow. 1t
requires great skill to blow tube with
a uniform opening the whole length.
They should be allowed to stand. not
less than one month-one year is better
to allow the mercury to settle: before
the scale is made" The self-register-
ing thermometer is used for marking:
the highest and lowest points reached.
within given time. The bulbs filed.
with mercury, above which, in due time.
inserted a fine piece of steel spring, the,
remainder OF the tube is filled with car
bolic acid OF creosote. The steel spring.
rests at the highest point it is pushed.
to by the mercury, and is afterward
drawn down by a small magnet. By
duplex arrangement and reversing the
scale, the lowest or coolest point is in
dieated in the same way. The deep sea.
thermometer is of the same pattern, and
is incased in heavy copper tube to be-
sides, a self-regulating attachment.
The fever or clinacal thermometers are
made with great nicely, and are used
for determining the temperature of the
human body.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-15
What VIII Burst a Gun.
From the Philadelphia Times.

Some strangely twisted pieces of gun
barrels in window on Chestnut street
exhibit in most interesting fashion the
vagaries of overtasked gun barrels.
These specimens are parts Of some guns
burst by Capt. Heath, of that city, dur
ing some protracted experiments with
various weapons. Five of the barrels
were burst because ball was struck
near the muzzle in each case, two gave
way because about four inches of snow
was put in the muzzle, two were burst
by reason of having some wet sand at
the muzzle, and three were ruptured by
mud at the mnzzle. Sportsmen often
scoop up little mud or sand uncon-
sciously, bang away at game, and are
then astonished to find the gun with a
ragged and shortened barrel.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-15
An Irreconci1able Enemy.

France is henceforth vast intrenched
camp, which can be defended in week
by one million and in a month by three
millions of men. [ know that all is not
yet perfect in this immense organization
but [ also know that each day great
step in advance is made. "Well, then, )"
it Will be asked, what is there to be
anxious about? So much the better if
you are strongly armed; no one will
think of attacking you" Yes, no doubt J;
but you must understand that France
(and herein lies the gravity of the pres
ent state of things) desires with ardor
proportional to the growth of her
strength, to be formally set
free from the night
mare-dread Of a possible invasion. Her
defensive power is only partially reas-
surlng, and her immense armament is a
heavy burden; there is fragrant con-
tradiction between the institution of
universal barracks and those republi-
can aspirations which are becoming
more and more democratic day by day.
The simplest solution would be to fling
ourselves at all hazards upon Germany,
to take back from her our former from
tiers, and to disarm her. That being
done, we, too, might lay, down our
arms. This is what is called la revanche.
Many people enormously imagine that
the French cherish the idea of it, but
nothing of the sort is true. There is
not within my knowledge a single poll
tician who dreams of such thing, and
among the people it would be most I'M
popular. This terrible game, in which
our fate as a nation would
be the stake, would depend upon the
hazard of a battle lostor won, and we
will not play it, except in the last ex-
tremity. But it remains none the less
certain that we continually confront
Germany as an irreconcilable enemy,
more on account of the harm she could
still do us than on account of the harm
she has done; and that enemy
is certainly not one to be despised.
II Germany is our bugbear, we assuredly
give her illustrious chief, the Chancellor
of the empire, many sleepless nights.
He knows right well that the moment
an enemy of his uprises anywhere he
may count two-us and that other.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-15

his headquarters, but finds time occa-
sionally to visit Freiburg's Cathedral in
Switzerland; st. Paul also acts in du-
al manner; ST. John divides himself be-
tween Venice and Rome, while John
the Baptist is even more numerous than
any of his brethren. Cologne Cathe-
dral, however, possesses the most yalu-
able collection wonderful trio, being
no less than the three wise men, each
skull encircled with a crown Of jeweled
gold. CHASTITY old monarchs they are,
too
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-15
The President Among the Chill
dren,
Washington Correspondence.

Washington Correspondence.
There are only three rooms in the
White House now that are not open to
the public on reception days. These
are the Presidents private chamber.
Mrs. McElroy's room, and little Nellie's
chamber. Mr.. Arthur has taken great
pains in fixing up his little girls room.
It has two large windows that overlook
the Potomac and the park in the rear of
the White House. Miss Nellie invites
her young friends to her room when
they come to see her, and there the
children enjoy themselves by getting up
mock receptions and all manner of
games known to young children. He
IS always welcome, but a story is ex-
acted of him by way of toll. When the
President is particularly bored
by office-seekers and President
makers he escapes to Ne]Iie's
room and forgets his cares in listening
to the innocent prattle Of the young
people. Mr.. Arthur has great fund
of stories at his command. Should he
tire of political life he could make a
fortune as a novelist or story writer.
Miss. Nellie's favorite story is entitled
the "Gotham Princess" This story has
never been copyrighted by Mr.. Arthur,
but If it were published it might make
as big sensation as Mr.. Blaine's book.
It is a bold sarcasm on New-York soci-
ETY.. 1t has a good ending, however.
The Gotham Princess puts all the other
New York young ladies to shame and
marries Prince Rosebud. Together
the Prince and Princess moor their bark
in quiet waters after having passed
through many stormy seas. Miss Mel
Lies room is handsomely furnished
The furniture is blue, with curtains to
match. Several pictures adorn the
walls. Mrs. McElroy's room is adjoin-
ing. Mr.. Arthur's room is pronounced
by those who have had the good fortune
to see it to be dream.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-15
WAR EELIIMIsCENCE.
The Despatch That Came in a lfonstrous


The Despatch That Came In Io1Strou9
Mouth.
The Loyal Girl of Winchester is the
sobriquet given to Mrs. Rebecca NJ. Bon
sal. Her maiden name was Wright,
and she sprang from Quaker stock
She and her family, with the exception
of one sister, were loyal. Her two
brothers were in the northern army,
and her father refugee. Itwould take
a volume to tell of their prosecutions
and sufferings, and Rebecca's active in
terest in the cause has been told in song
and story. Tuesday evening she was
comphmented with historical recital
by post 2, G. A. r. of Philadelphia.
The wheel of fortune has not turned
many prizes for her. A position at the
national capitol is about the only recog-
milton she has ever received from the
government for most invaluable services
Our grand army posts are about to do
something III the way of a tardy recog-
milton of her loyal and brave conduct
in time of revolution.
When Sheridan took command in the
Shenandoah valley he was in sore dis
tress for information as to the strength,
position and condition of General Early's
army. All his spies failed to give him
the needed knowledge. He had heard
of Miss Wright's (now Mrs. BonsaD pro-
nounced union sentiments and he de-
termined to approach her upon the sub
ject of the enemy's plans. One day In
September, 1864, trusty black man
L.
Miss, am yo' TO de union?"
Shy and suspicious, she did not at
first answer him, but finally her natural
womanly instinct determined her to.
trust the messenger, SO she answered:
eyes, John. Why?"
The darkey smiled broadly and then
proceeded to dislodge from his mon
strous mouth little roll of paper, done.
up in tin-foil, the following note:
SEPTEMBER Is, 1861 learned from Major
General Crook that you are a loyal lady and
still love the old flag. Can you inform me of
the position of Early's forces, the number OF
divisions in his army and the strength of any
or all of them, and his probable OF reported in
tentions? Have any more troops arrived from
Richmond, or are any more coming or reported
| to be coming? l am, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, P. II. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding.
You can trust the bearer.
Without hesitation she replied to this.
note as follows:
| SEPTEMBER 16 1864 have no communica-
ton whatever with the rebels, but will tell YOU
| what know. The division of General kershaw
and Cutshaw's artillery, u guns and men,
| General Anderson commanding, have been sent
away and no more are expected, as they cannot
be spared from Richmond do not know how
the troops are situated, but the force is much
smaller than represented. will take pleasure
hereafter in learning all I can of their strength
and position and the bearer may call again.
Very respectfully yours,