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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
An Efficient Cayalryman.

George Williams, who used to be the West
Town assessor, is quartermaster of the Sec
ond regiment. He was appointed while he
was in office, and lie male very handsome
figure when he first dOnned his full dress uni
form. One day there came an order for a
parade. Must turn out!' Williams asked
OF COL Wheeler, who was then i'll command
"N",, said the colonel And must 90 on
hnr>.hack:" was the next question. Ger
raiuIy," replied the colonel. Williams want
rd to obey orders, but he felt some mi,glv-
inys. Il have never been on HORSE he
said The colonel told him that it was not
too late to learn to ride, and he started off to
secure hi steel. After the parade the colonel
asked Quartermaster Williams how he had
progressed. "All right" was the reply.
But I'll tell you on the quiet how it was,
although with the confidence have acquired
| think could ride any sort of horse The
truth i, that | st a street car horse Inside
Of my coat put a bell. | could not draw
my sword while in motion, 50 when | was
Obliged to do it | rearn.d in AMI rang my
bel once. Tin" hor~r paused and drew my
sword. Then | rang the bell twice and he
went ahead again Chicago Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
4 Cannibal Bishop.

But more startling than all was the mistake
made by IA queen Of Denmark during her visit
to the Danish colony Of Iceland, where the
good old bishop nXerted himself to the utmost
To- show her everything that was worth see
Iu-. The queen paid many compliments to
her host and having learned that he was a
family man, graciously inquired how many
children he had.
Now it happened that the Danish word for
"chiIdreu' was almost Identical in sound
with the Icelandic word for "sheep;'' so the
worthy bishop-whOse knowledge of Danish
WAS not so complete as it might have been
understood her majesty to ask how many
sheep he owned, and promptly answered:
Two hundred"
1.-TWO hundred childrenw cried the queen,
astounded How can you possibly main
tain such number'
Easily enough, please your majesty" re
piled the hyperborean prelate with Il cheer
full smile. "In the summer | turn them out
upon the hills to Craze, and when winter
comes kill and eat them!''-David Ker in
Harper's Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
HowIers from Ricyclinr.

An observer on the streets of Washington
is struck with the extraordinary number of
young men and youths who are bowlegged,
or who have legs inclined to be bowed, with
the toes Of the feet turned in more or less.
The fac-"can be verified any day by whomso-
ever chooses to look. think the explanation
is chiefly, if not altogether found in the BIZ
cycle. The cavalryman, as a rule, is bow
legged, with toes inturned, and the wheel
man, like the horseman, assumes conditions
that tend to throw out the knee and turn in
the toes, if, indeed, the wheelman, in pro-
polling his machine, does not more fully than
the equestrian subject his lower extremities
to exercise that curves them Washing
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
Using Old Signs.

Its surprising said a sign painter to a
reporter the other day, "to note how anxious
some newly established firms are to purchase
signs that have seen service
ITO meet the demand | have worked hard
of late months, and have hit upon plan by
which | can construct at few days notice a
sign that will have all the appearances of
having been through the water OF course
inferior wood will have to be used in its con
struction, and a little mixture Of my own
thrown in, and then we have a sign Of the
old school, 50 old in appearance that the
traces of the firm name are scarcely visible.
The mixture which | Use requires great care
in forming, and its ingredients are very ex-
pensive 50 that, workmanship and material
considered, a 'new-old sign costs a great deal
more than would a sign in fresh bright gilt.
"Only questionable firms seek 10 impose
upon the public with a false sign, but as
there are great many such institutions
ahoat at the present time, have no trouble
in finding ready and steady employment.
The fad has just been born in my opinion
and you'll see a pretty extensive trade in it
within a few years. New York Mail and
Express
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
4 Curious FInwer GnrAen.

\ peddler who has just returned from Win,
ston county, Ala, tells story which, if not
true, evnccs an imaginative power which nc
one would ever suppose him to possess
\ farmer named Greene while in town was
persuaded to buy a few Chinese lily bulbs
which viii grow if placed in bottle or jar.
They resemble in appearance a diminutive
steers head. and sell on the streets for a mere
trhe
Farmer Green took fancy t. them and
bought a dozen Of them. When he reached
home he had no bottle or jar to put them in
and threw them into the hog lot with a bucket
of spoiled potatoes.
few days afterward one of his largest
hogs became sick, refusing food and laying
down in a corner, grunted as if in constant
pain No signs of disease could be discovered
but a few days later the hog died. The cause
of death was discussed in the usual family
council around the supper table and it was
finally concluded best to cut up the hog and
find out, if possible, whether or not the dis
ease was contagious.
This was done and the cause of death was
instantly apparent. The animal had swal
lowed Chinese lily bulb whole and there
was sufficient moisture in the stomach tc
cause it to grow. The bulb had not only
swelled and sproutod, but leaves had actually
formed. The animal was not adapted to the
purposes of u flower garden and died.-Phila.
delphia Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
SHAKING DOWN A DWELLING.
Eject ,-r Houses of the Vibrations Caused
by Passing Trains.

by Passing Trans.
The examination of a house built about six
years ago on one Of the uptown streets, be-
tween Fourth and Madison avenues, shows
how sensitive a structure can he to the effects
of vibration when il, component parts are
small and the structure is unprovidcI with
safeguards against this unusual agent.
The serious injury about to be described
can only be attributed to vibration, because
the house-a five story double hat-waS well
built of bricks and fair mortar, with brown
stone asnar front, the whole having a rubble
foundation resting on sound rock, and IN
terror brick piers supporting the timber
Orders, which carried the main stud partI-
tons, in the usual manner 1t is then reason
able to suppose that had the structure not
been subjected to unusual forces differently
applied to It's foundation, the settlement
would have been uniform, and the interior
would not have shown the following evidence
Of unequal settlement and strain.
Commencing the examination in the cellar,
the foundation wall evinces no sign of ex-
terror fracture but it is depressed III several
places from front to rear, showing that the
bed on which it rests has been displaced. The
eastern wall next To Fourth avenue Is about
six inches lower on the footing in the center
of its length than the west wall, and the
piers supporting the partitions are bent
about two inches in the height, about five feet
six inches, seemingly from the pressure of the
beams as they subsidized with the eastern
foundation WALL The floor concrete, how
ever, is unbroken round the piers, though it
is broken at the wall and suuHen in many
places throughout the entire surface.
TErcum>equrnce, of this are shown through
out the partition walls. set at right angles to
the eastern wall, and on all door jambs and
window frames. Having settled 50 much at
the foundations, il follows that all square
opening, are thrown out by pulling down the
eastern side To- Il more or less degree in each ;
for instance, some are 4 inches ont of
square, some one inch, three-fOurtnS Of an
inch, and 50 on. Needless to say, the doors
and Sash"S have all been pieced and cut to
suit and fit INTO the present shape Of the
openings All the joints are open, and 1t is
a fortunate circumstance that the walls set
tied plumb, or the doors and eashrs would
have required more fitting.
The plaster i i'll a worse condition, being
parted at the functions and traver>ed over
by large cracks running diagOnally from the
top eastern side to the bottom on the western
side, and in many places it threatens to fall
of. So distinctly is the settlement shown,
that the picture mold in the dining room is
bent into a curve, and the floors are sagged
t. such an extent that when a table is placed
against the west wall ball Of wool will roll
Off its top to tine floor.
Summed up the building is in poor con-
dition and shows too early dilapidation. As
to tue cause Of this, it is evidently attriU-
utablp rs Starpl before to vibration com
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
An Error in the Bible.

The son Of the Rev. DR.. H. Adler has dis.
tinguished himself by detecting a printers
error in a recent issue Of the Bible from the
Cambridge Press. In the thirteenth verse OF
Isaiah, Xviii, the letter ''r" instead of the
letter If" has been used to commence the
word foundation" DR.. Adler drew the at
tention of DR.. Wright, librarian of the British
and Foreign Bible society, to the error, and
the latter obtained from the Cambridge Press
for Master Adler the guinea which the Press
offers to any one who discovers a mistake -
Jewish Chronicle
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
EChOes in Caves.

Every one is familiar with the phenomena
Of echoes. In a cave in the Pantheon, the
guide, by striking the flap of his coat, makes
noise equal to twelve pound lannon's re-
port. The singularity is noticed in a lesser
degree in the Mammoth cave, in Kentucky
IN the cave Of Smellin, near Viborg, in Fin
land, cat or dog thrown in will make a
screaming echo, lasting some minutes Pliny
tells Of a cave i'll Dalmatia where a stone
tossed in would raise perfect storm. Fingal'5
cave, on the Isle of Staffa, has an abnormally
developed echO-MOutreal Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09

1t has only been within the past ten year:
or SO that this class of immigrants began to
colonize North Dakota to any extent. There
are now about 300 Of them located along
the border, in Pembina county. They are
clannish as rule. They are well educated
in their native language, and rapidly acquire
a knowledge of English. When the advance
guard first arrived they started for the sand
hills, as the foot hills Of the Pembina noun
tains are called. They have been going there
ever since, and this is where the main colony
is located, though there are Icelanders to be
found all through the county. Like the Scan
dinavians, they, as a rule, were very poor
when they first arrived. Frugality, ability
to stand the rigorous weather of a northern
midwinter, and knowledge of farming and
stock raising have been the basis of their
prosperity. Many of them have grown COM
paratively rich in five years, while Ameri-
cans and Canadians with equal advantages
have just made both ends meteor. Phila,
delphia Press
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
The Spiders of India.

Far No in the mountains of Ceylon and
India there is a spider that spins web like
bright, yellowish silk, the central net of
which is five feet in diameter, while the sup
porting lines, or guys, as they are called,
measure sometimes ten or twelve feet; and
riding quickly in the early morning you may
dash right into it, the stout threads twining
around your face like a vei while, as the
creature who has woven it takes up his posi-
ton in the middle he generally catches you
tight on the nose, and though he seldom bites
or stingS, the contact of his large body and
long legs is anything but pleasant If you
forget yourself and try to catch him, bite he
will, and, though not venomous his jaws are
as powerful as a birds beak, and you are not
likely to forget the encounter In many I'M
frequented dark hooks of the jungle you
come across most perfect skeletons of small
birds caught in these terrible snares, the
strong folds of which prevent the delicate
bones from falling to the ground after the
wind and weather have dispersed the flesh
and feathers. Exchange.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09

The liquefaction of carbonic acid gas on a
large scale was first undertaken in Hanover
about twenty years ago. The manufacture
is now becoming of considerable Importance
the chief uses of the novel product being in
brewing and by Krupp for COMPRISING
molten steel in moldS to insure solid castings.
The gas is liquehed by a pressure of about
36 atmoSphereS, the temperature being at the
freezing point of water. One firm in Berlin
sells daily 200 hasks-each of about l715
pounds-of the liquehcd gas, and Vienna pro-
duces 1000 pounds eac twenty-four hours -
New York Telegram
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
\ plumDer,s mnnny Secret.

a retired plumber thus gives a point for
the gratuitous relief of housekrepers; Just
before retiring at night pour into the clogged
pipe enough liquid soda lyc to fill the trap or
bent part Of the pipe Re sure that no water
runs into it until the next morning. During
the night the I've will convert all the ofral
into soft soap, and the first current of water
in the morning will wash it away and clear
the pipe clean - new New York Sourual.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
engagements for Dinners.

w. II. MallOck, author of rs Life Worth
Living" has established bureau in London
where men who have no engagements for an
evening may register themselves as olsen
gagged diners, and there may be sought by
hostesSes who have invited fourteen, but
whom an unlucky chance has set attending
through fear of having thirteen at a table
This is real progress. New Orleans Picayune
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09

I'D SStss II -B.t4SS gla1IzlssEs
ports vi lruostD.c changes III one sort ana an
other. There isn't scrap more l can get
hold Of
Then print the old scraps over again.
You don't suppose | want to lose all my sub
scriJcrs, do youF-New York Wrekly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
He's Going to Frame It.

Chappy- do you think I found to-
DAY, auld boy, in looking over my thingsl
Aud Boy can't think
"A tailor's bill"
"Well, what's remarkable about that, I'd
like to know"
st was receipted. Yankee Blade.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09

Great Editor lsoyerely-There was no
baseball news in the paper today
Local Man RUt. 81. baseball !zn't played
in the winter, anu I've exhausted all the new
club rug " new association fakes and re-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
|. g. G. N. RAILROAD.
DEPARTURES


DEPARTURES.
For st. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or NJ, X. Il T.......... 5:45 Il. m.
For st. Louis via Iron MOun-S
tain route. $3.50 p. m.
For Laredo. lilo a. m.
ARRIVALS.
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and NJ, X. 81 T............ 1888 a. m.
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and NJ. X. IL II. routes. ... 1000 p. m.
From Laredo. ............. 3:35 p. NJ.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leave for New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston. $50 a. m. and S:l5 pm.
ARRIVE FROM TIE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, IIOuS-
ton and Galveston 700 am. and $40 p. IN.
THROUGH WEST.
Leave for San Francisco, FL
PaSO and Eagle Pass. $40 p. m.
Arrive from San Francisco Ell
PaSO and Eagle Pass. 500 a. m.
THE S. A. g. A. p. r. REMISSION
ROUTE.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for KerrvIme, daily, cX-
Cept Sunday, at............ 500 p. IN.
Leaves for Galveston, Houston
and CucrO, daily, except Sun
day, at...... .........:. ..... S:45 a. m
Leaves for COrpuSC Christi. Rock
port and Bceville daily, eX-
Ccpt Sunday, at.............. 1:45 p. m.
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrvile, daily, except
Sunday, at....................9 :3O..a. m.
From Corpus Christi. Rockport
and Bcevilc, daily, except
Sunday, at.................... 1:f5 p. N.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
MOLDING THE CAKES.

Thence it enters the molds or cans. To
freeze block Of ice say of 300 pounds III by
% by n inches in size, requires sixty hours
OF constant work under a temperature of
about IS to 20 dogs Fahrenheit. 1t is neces-
sary to freeze slowly in order to get absolute
crystal clear ice After the can has been
frozen it is pulled out of the brine tank by a
hoist and travelling crane, and brought to a
thawing apparatus, which is either a tank
filed with warm water or else a sprinkler.
After being thawed out of the cans the
blocks, by means of a slide, are run into the
storage house, where they are kept until put
on wagons for delivery.
The brine tank is made of iron or steel, and
its size depends on the capacity of the plant
in which the cooling coils are kept These
coils are connected with the machine proper
in such way that the ammonia gas, after.
having taken up the heat Of the water con-
tanned Ia tho cans, IS brought into the COM
preSSOr of the machine and is then recon-
pressed into a liquid. Ammonia gas in its
compressed state only hquefies under a cer-I
tain temperature, and therefore the COM:
pressed gas when it leaves the machine is cir
culated through system of pipes called the
cOndensOrs, over which a continuous Streami
of water Is run for the purpose of coolingl
them.
The cost of the product depends entirely on
the economical working of the machine and
the proper application of its capacity, and is
composed Cf the following items: Engineers,
tiremen, helpers for handling the ice, fuel,
water, wear and tear of machinery and in
teresU on capital invested. These machines
are made from uue-naII a ton of Ice capacity
up to $50 tons capacity per Uweuty-fOur
hours work The prices range from s., 5OO|
to $4,000 for each macuine.-New York
Ha~n,5
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09

Prof. Loisette'e Memory Systema.ls
creating CRATER Intrest than ever in
all parts of he country, and persons
wishing to improve their memory
should send for his prospectus free as
dvertsed in another column. 6-l0-tf
silk plush parlor suits from S37 so
upwards. Other furniture in proper
ton for 80 days, at r. Becker's. Inn.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09

ARRIVALS.
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and NJ, X. 81 1888 a. 4
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and NJ, X. Il II. routes. ....lO:OO p. n
Ernrn L nrnln 2.2I N II
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-13

In the first column of figures the
proportion of the crop marketed is
stated in decimals. The gross crop
for the year Is reduced to pounu', al
lowing 500 pounds to the table, and
multiplied by 8 cents as the average
local price, which gives gross pric of
total crop as S312,25l,4OO. This
amount is divided out in the second
column of figures to the different
months, exactly according to the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-13

1890 PRO n Average local Value of Value net
and total value of am'tICons mn, product for
1889 crop marketed. including deposit in W'r
mktd am'tnamd Ih'se at close
ninth named
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-05
TALES OF TORTURE.

How Confessions Are Wrung from Prison
ers in Hungary.
The Ujsag of Buda-Pesth has received
the following atrocious stories from it's
correspondent at Alt Becse, who as
sumes full responsibility for his state
mentS: ''In consequence Of some cases of
sheep-stealing in Alt Becse the police
recently arrested man called Birsius
Kovacs and subjected him to terrible
fortunes. The pain wrung from him the
name of one CSeke. This man Cseke
was arrested and laid on his back Two
gendarmes held his hands and a third
knelt on his chest, while a fourth beat
him on the soles of his feet with a
leather strap till he tainted. CseGe,
however; would not confess to the
crime, SO his tormenters stepped his
feet, dripping with blood, into vinegar,
and thrashed him again until he tainted
a second time. The next day Cseke's in
nocence was amply demonstrated The
gendarmes waited till night, then
turned him into the street, with stick
to support him. He had to be conveyed
home in cart, and villa remain it is
said, crippled for life.
ga woman named SM1zk was lately
arrested on suspicion of theft. She also
was tortured, and the following day her
innocence was proved. The doctor who
examined her after her release declared
there was not place as large as mans
hand on her body without wound. Her
husband instructed lawyer to obtain
redress for him, but the gendarmes,
learning this, hurried round to the law
yer's residence and beat him till he
promised to withdraw the action.
elizabeth Major, aged sixty-three,
was arrested on the charge of having
found sum of money and kept the mat
ter secret. She, too, was able to prove
her innocence, but not until she had
been tortured. AS she was about to be
discharged the gendarmes heard that she
meant to prosecute them, so they shut
her up and tortured her again. Then,
after setting her free for the second
time, they ran after her and gave her
brutal beating"
The correspondent of the Ujsag says
he can estab evidence of other cases
equally horrible. This is not the first
time that charges of barbarity have been
brought against the Hungarian police
Pail Mall Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-05
oys.er-Livers for Dyspepsia.

The liver of the oyster-if he will
forgive reference to such delicate
matter-is his most important feature.
So say the learned men. The liver mass
is very dark in color and can be easily
seen with the naked eye. The size and
Importance of this tissue, says Prof
Rice, is what makes the oyster SO CRATE
full to delicate stomachs. A diet of raws
will cure dyspepsia, he says, and he lays
it to the liver. Similia slmilibus curan-
tur. Speaking of livers, it is curious
fact that, although intended by nature
to lead sedentary life, the oyster
thrives upon exercise. If he becomes
attached to the hull of a vessel or the
shell of some movable animal, like a
lobster, for instance, he will be bigger
and healthier oyster in consequence.
But he can do great deal of ''settin'
still'' and yet not suffer from enlarge
ment of the liver.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-05
STRAW-MEN IN HISTORY.

Wretches Who Perjured Themselves for q
Small Consideration.
IN earlier times the procuring of wit
nesses to perJure themselves by false
swearing was more common than now,
and men could be easily found to give
any evidence upon oath that might be
required of Shem. In England it was q
common thing for these mercurial
wretches to walk openly in Westmin-
ster Hall with straw on one OF his
shoes to signify they wanted employ
ment as Witnesses; hence originated
the expression she is a man of straw"
These false witnesses can boast of a
high antiquity. A writer in the Quar-
terly Review, describing the ancient
courts in Greece, says: eve have all
heard of race of men who used in for
ner days to ply about our own courts
of law, and who, from their
manner of making known their
occupation were recognized by the name
Of straw shoes. An advocate or lawyer
who wanted convenient witness knew
by these signs where to find one, and
the collOquy between the parties was
brief. Don't you remember? said the
advocate. The party looked at the fee
and gave no sign; but the fee increased,
and the powers of memory increased
with 1t: TO be sure do. Then come
into court and swear itp And straw
shoes went into court and swore it.
Athens abounded in straw Shoes There
are plenty of ''straw shoes still, but
they do not wear their distinguishing
mark. They devote their talents now
chiefly to furnishing bail without the
necessary qualifications, and STRAW
bail" has become familiar term in our
courts. -Lippincott's.
"A little three-year-old, in admiring
her baby brother, exclaimed: ''He's
got boiled head like nana.n