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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
An Able New Potato.

At a meeting of the Paris Academy OF
Sciences NJ. Anne Girard gave some interest
ing information respecting the Emperor or
Richter's Imperator, potato. He stated that,
after testing it on small scale for some
gears, he grew it largely in 1888 and 1889, and
also gave out tubers for experiment to forty
growers in different parts of France. 1t APP
peared that, while the average yield of tubers
in France does not exceed Z, 800 kilogrammes
SAY LAT hundredweight) to the hectare, a
hectare being "a acres, the variety known
as the Imperator may, under certain condi-
tions, yield as much as 81, 600 to 10000 kilo'
grammes per hectare of tubers, with more
than 20 per cent. of dry starch.
These figures were quite borne out by M.
Girards own experience, his crop of 1883
yielding $1,000 kilogrammes of tubers' per
hcctare with 20.4 per cent. of starch, equal
to 1856 kilogrsmmes Of dry starch, which is
more than the general average weight of
tubers themselves in France. In thirty-three
out of forty experimental cases throughout
the country the general result was a yield
ranging from 1900 to 1900 kilogrammes
per hectare, with q proportion of 2O.4 to "a
per cent. of dry starch, the average yield
being $1,000 kilogrammes per hectare and
1900 kiogrammes of dry starch.-London
Times
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,Junbled.

The enterprising bill sticker is always on
the lookout for an opportunity to post an.
other bill, and is by no means squeamish
about covering or half covering another
mans work. The final result is sometimes
confusing.
Mr. C. Sturgeon, son of the famous Rev.
G. H. Spurgeon, mentioned lately in a lecture
that on one occasion when he and another
gentleman were announced to preach special
sermons, he was asuonished TO read the fol-
lowing announcement OH a wall:
"elO Reward Lost-Two Fat Heifers.
Mr.. J. J. Knight and Alr. c. Spurgeon.n
On another wall, where one bill poster
after another had posted his notice, the fol-
lowing announcement was to be read:
Pigs fattened in six weeks on The English
man, edited by DR.. Kenealy. Price ID
weekly, and Kills neas, beetles, insects and
all kinds of vermin. Perry Davis Pain
Killer cures smoky chimneys, and notice to
mothers, feed your infants on Bonds Mark
ing Ink, 6d. per bottle. youths Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
An Interesting Sight.

One of the most Interesting sights at an
electrical factory where railway motors are
made is the testing of a new car truck after
the motors are attached and the frame is
ready to receive the box. The truck is placed
on suitable rails and chained down, in order
to prevent its running away, which it surely
would do under the powerful electric current.
Experimental wires are attached to the two
motors on the axles Of the trucks, and the
wheels we'll smeared with grease, in order to
prevent friction. When the current is turned
on the wheels begin to move, and as the cur
rent increases they revolve with lightning
like rapidity, consuming the lubricating mat
ter on the wheel faces almost as fast as it
can be poured on. After this thorough test
Of the motors the truck is run off to receive
the car box. -Philadelph Record
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01

The Watervile (Me.) Mail tells a sad war
story of three members of one class at Water
vile college. One after graduation and ad-
mission to the bar had gone south. The
other, after attending the same law school
with the first, of whom he was an especially
Intimate friend, Went west. After the battle
of Mission Ridge third member of the
same class, then a Union captain, was de-
tailed to bury the dead. On the field he
found the bodies of two officers, the colonel
Of Tennessee regiment and fhe colonel of
Union regiment, lying side by side, with
their right hands clasped and both dead
They were his, two classmates He buried
them in one grave, and there they lie low,
side by side.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
Color BlindnesS.

Color blindness is a congenital dafeeA sa&
Is incurable. The man who Is born WSlA ~
must submit to his limitations rs long 81
lives, and is simply playing ostrich when Id
tries to deceive himself or others into belief
contrary TO this. Some color 5li.-d individ-
uals suffer under greater disabilities than
Others, but true color blind person is never
sure to select either green or red correctly
The true method OF detecting color blindness
scientifically is to test this subject with the
colors to which he Is blind, and with CON
fusion colors" sufficient number of times to
provide against the possibility of his making
the right selection by chance. This can be
done with worsted or with common yarn
even old stockings-or with painted board,
if the proper colors are clearly defined. 1t
can also be done with The aid of flags or Ian
terms out of doors.-New York Commercial
Advertiser
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Gordon Locates Eden.

The general was very laxative one even
ing, explaining to us his pet theory, viz, that
the Seychelles islands, which are situated TO
the northeast of Madagascar, are the site of
the garden of Eden! He gave many reasons
for thinking so-one being that there was a
tree found there that is not to be found in any
other part of the world. This he is confident,
is the forbidden tree" 1t is called the
Coco-de- Mer, or nut of the sea" and has
many peculiarities The nut is shaped like a
heart, but with its husk taken off it is like q
mans body from the chest to the knees. To
raise a tree, he explained, a nut is laid on the
ground and covered with leaves. BY and by
a shoot comes out and runs along the ground,
and when about twelve feet long it takes root
The root is in the form of a bulb four feet in
diameter. The tree itself grows to the height
Of 100 feet, and is only about nine inches
thick 1t is AZ years old before it bears fruit,
and its nuts grow seven in a bunch, from the
end of the extended arm, each weighing per-
haps forty pounds. They take seven years to
ripen The leaves are twenty-four feet long
and fourteen feet broad, and can bear q
mans weight 1t must indeed be wonder
full ee.-Contemporary Review.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
A Curious Drawbridge.

Zone of the most curious drawbridges in
the world" said an officer Of a West India
fruit steamer, lis in the harbor called st.
AIMS bay, in the Island of Curacao. 1t is
a pontoon bridge, and one of the pontoons is
a steamer. The steamer was built in Cam
den, Mo. 1t is a scow 40 feet long, IL feet
wide and feet deep. There is a single shaft
that runs clear through the boat, and has
40 inch screw propeller on each end Thesh
is turned by two 9Xl2 steam engines. When
the draw is to be opened the captain of the
steam pontoon casts of the lines, gives a toot
on the whistle, and sets the propelors whirl-
ing, and thereupon half the bridge swings
round far enough to let the coming ship pasl
through. Then the wheel is reversed and the
gap is closed.-Exchanga
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01

Other side OF this vault lie the hindermost
oattalions Of the crocodile host-innu merable
Standing on the human pavement there is
just space enough above and III front to OBJ
serve tie manner Of their disposal, for the
topmost layer or two has been pulled down
Il 1t were not certain for other reasons that
the present entrance is not that formerly used
the arrangement of these crocodile mummies
would prove it. No one can form an idea
how far the caverns extend Removing the
top layers as they went, and crawling be-
meath the roof, Arabs, we were told, had ex
plored vault beyond this and found more
crocodiles still on the further side The
mountain. they said, was stuffed with them;
and it is possible-St James Gazette
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01

A broiled live lobster is an unknown guam
tity in Lewiston restaurants, but out in Chi
CagO, thousands of miles from the coast, the
"broiled lob is a living presence. A Lewis
ton dealer was speaking of it and he said,
did you know that one strong point that
operates to keep Holsters high in the market
is the shipment of them TO the westl Port
land, that supplies us, also supplies Chicago
and, in suitable weather, thousands and
thousands of them 90 there every month
They are big delicacy there, and half dol
lar or an nuiaca j. iusi0yiRcaut fn- thovn
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
Saved by a Presentiment.

However the matter-of-fact may scott at
the idea, there are such things as PRESENT.
ments Not long ago Boston man received
a large sum of money as treasurer Of an or
genization too late for deposit so he took it
homo with him to his suburban residence. Ii
worried him, this money, in way he could
not understand. He kept thinking, Am /
going to lose this money which does not be-
long to mes" So strong was this feeling that
he could not get to sleep. Yethe was ashamed
of himself. Saying nothing to his wife, he
got up, took the money from his coat pocket,
put it in his stocking and threw it under the
bed In the morning his wife said to him in
joking way, 81 wonder what condition you
were in when you came to bed last night
There's your coat on the floor, your vest is
out in the hall and your trousers are across
the doorsill" Being man of steady habits,
it did look suspicious. 1t did not take him
long, however, to discover that burglars had
been through the house and his own money
and watch taken.
But the stocking under the bed was safe
Boston Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
1t Must BE Awful.

The mayor of a city of 5000 inhabitants in
Indiana has gone crazy over the strain on
his Intellect in preparing an annual message
to the common council. The man who has
not been there has no idea of the awfulness
or the terribleness of preparing message o.
1000 words. 1t is almost as bad for him as
it is for reporter on a salary of Sl4 per
week to write four columns per day Detroit
Free Press
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01

many are boiled there and shipped to other
places. After this ceases, the lobster will go
down in prices. 1t seems funny for Lewis
ton to be paying for Chicago's delicacies, but
we do in certain way. Lewiston Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
The Trade Ia OF.

"Trade yer an orange for piece of pie, ~
whispered one school boy to another, just be-
fore recess.
Haven't any pie"
Then it's all right. haven't any orange"
Judge
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
In Mohammedan Land.

Though the walls of Mecca are imposing,
and the remains of the Greek theatre massive
and unique in that department, we could not
help feeling more impressed at first with the
Mohammedan relics that we saw. The green
mosque of Mecca is one of the prettiest in
Islam, and was built, as an inscription over
the porch toll us, by general Of Sultan
Murad, the capturer Of Salonica, as an expi-
alton for the sin of not visiting Mecca once
in his life, because the exigencies of public
affairs prevented him.
1t was erected in 1878; its architecture is
Saracenic, and the minaret, incrusted with
blue and red tiles, is infinitely superior to
anything of the kind in Constantinople. Close
to it is the fast decaying imaret, or almshouse,
where soup and pilaff were once distributed
to the poor-a building Of excessive beauty
in its decay, its crumbling walls and domes
having taken nearly all the colors of the rain
bow.
One Of our party sat sketching here, and a
dervish who was contemplating the operation
with undisguiSed disgust, not knowing that
ne was understood, was heard to say, See,
the Gaour is taking list of the pillars, so
that when we have to give it up they may
know the exact number" | myself got into
trouble for examining a bas-relief let into the
wall of Turkish house, the mistress of which,
thinking | was contemplating her treasure
with view to removal, began to scream at
me and scold yehemently, and when Turk
ish woman fights with these weapons the only
safety is in immediate fight.-Fortnightly
Review.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01

WANTED, WOOL-HAVINGA AN UN-
limited order for WOOL, we will pay the
highest market price, delivered at any
depot or wharf, thereby saving the ship
pers freight, drayage, and commissions.
Remittances always on day wool is re
ceiyed. Sacks furnished free Of rent.
MILES f. MASON'S SON,
q No. S. 18th Street, Richmond, Va.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
1. d q. N. RAILROAD.

l.. d G. N. RAILROAD.
DEPARTURES.
For st. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or NJ, X. & T..........--5 :45 a. m
For st. Louis, via Iron Noun
tain route. .................. BOD y. III
For Laredo. .................... ll-lu d. III.
ARRIVALS.
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and M, x; & IT. I;. Wcnn..in 1858 a. m
and M, K. & I. routes. 1000 p. m.
From Laredo. Observation-Disclosures. 1886 p. m.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leave for New Orleans, Houston
Oand Galveston. 800 p. and 9:25 a. m.
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Hous-
Oton and Galveston 6:40a. m. and lilo pm.
THROUGH WEST.
Leave for San Francisco, Ell
Paso and Eagle Pass. 49,: 4:401p. m.
Arrive from San Francisco Ell
Paso and Eagle Pass.......-. 9:25 a. m
THE s. A. 4 A. p. r. REMISSION
ROUTE.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for KerrvllIe, daily, ex-
cept Sunday, at............ 500 p. m.
Leaves for Galveston, Houston
and Cuero, daily, except Sun
day, at...... ........... .....sS:45 a. m.
Leaves for CorpusChristi, Rock
port and Beeville daily, ex-
cept Sunday, at.............. las p. m.
q ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, daily, except
Sunday, at. ....:...:::.;..... $50 a. m.
From Corpus Christi, Rockport
and Beeville, daily, except
Sunday, at. AS p. m.
From Galveston, Houston and
Cuero, daily, except Sunday,
Northumberland. Gas p. m.
MALLORY STEAMSHIP LINE.
Steamers sail and arrive at Galveston
every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01

New Bedford clergyman who has been
in service long time advertises 700 sermons
for sale, covering all subjects, and applicable
to any locality. He only wants 81 apiece for
the lot if taken in a lump
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01
Pigeon EnRlish-

He speaks bric-a-brac very we'll"
what language is thata"
Broken China, Of co irse Smith, Gray &
Co.'S Monthly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-01

ously against it, and till the heroic Great.
ure had fought death for three months in
a sickness dating from the afternoon of the
Sunday following the terrible experience.
THE cost of medical attendance could not
be covered by this paltry sum. As to the
pass on the road it is never obtained with
out the humiliation Of asking at headquar-
tiers for it, and many times the fare is paid
rather than to submit to pose as beggar
before this corporation, in the service Of
which she freely offered her life. Many
say, Why, they educated her, didn't theyP
Well, we should think not The w. C. z.
o., at the suggestion of Miss Frances VIII.
ard, bore her expenses for two years at
Simpson college, Indianola, but it was far
from the thought Of the railroad company"
Cor New York World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

N a Senate. on the 10th. the Cal
resolution was laid on the table. Tn,
House bill for the admission Of Wvom
ing a. a State was taken up. but aftel
discussion IL was found impossible !.
get q voting quorum and the Bill
went over. Several bills were taker
rom the calendar and passed.......Ir
tne House some minor bills were passed
Y debate was begun on the National
Election bill. which was still nendinc
when the House. at 5:e.5 b M. All.
journe1.
A~PA>sESGER train was wrecked AZ
bien Lake. five miles north of Glen.
rails, =. f..on the Goth. Three cars were
thrown into the lake. including one
passenger coach and the smoker
About seventy-five passengers were on
the train. but nobody was injured.
Mis- ABA II. WISE. OF Orbisonia. Pa.
tainted while filing a lamp. on the
Goth. and dropped the c~oal-oii can on !
stove She and a little son VINO wa
standing az her side. were drcnched
with b burning oil and fatally burned.
GARDENERS stavc mill at North star.
Mich. was wrecked. on the 25tb. bv !
boiler explosion. Four men were killed
outright, and a fifth was 90 badlv a.
iured that he died the next morning.
a number Of others were seriously hurt
MR. CARLISLE introduced in the Sen.
ate, on the 10Th. a proposed amend men,
70 the Sundry1civil Appropriations bin
TO appropriate $3.50, 900 TO ENLARGE and
Improve the military post al Newport
Ky.
EDWARD DE LUCE. Chief Encinoar =,
.ne Navy died. on the c5th, at New
Brighton, Staten Island. in the sixtv.
second year Of his & lie was pro-
noted 70 be chief engineer in 1861.
a DISPATCH from Senior Martinez 81.
oral, Minister Of Foreign Affairs !,
guatemala, dated the 10th. announces
That q revolutionary movement has
broken out in San Salvador.
Two little boys named Nav. ared a..
'nu seveny years. were struck BY a loco
motive on the Ohio River railroad ncar
I~'allipolis, q, on the 10th, and instan.
killed.
IHE daughter Of Rev. Brannor
Dadcsvillc, Ala. was killed. AMI M
vie was fatally injured. on tho M
~ being thrown from 4 buggy.
~ was reported In Cairo, on tho as.b.
Osman Digna had loft Tokar II .
'orthcrly direction with 4 large force
Aztec 2 strike Of two ont ~
Y mill and bench men OF Dcnver
Of. have given up and gone to work,
I'M Italian Government has annoir..
d an administrator 81 the aFairs ~
municipality Of Rove -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

a coach Of the Annistor
accommodation on the Georgia Pacid,
road left the track as the train VA,
passing through Gate City, Ala. on tn,
.lst and was completely wrecked
Thirteen people were hurt some OF
them seriously.
a RAD cavern occurred in Gould's
tunnel on the Pittsburgh. Cincinnati 4
81 Louis railroad. six miles west 81
Sterbenville. o.. on the afst. Four ~
. gang Of Italian workmen engaged in
repairing the unnel we're severely in
jured.
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED employees OF
tne Jeanette Flint Glass Works in Pitts
burgh, Pa. struck. on the alst. against
the employment OF a ~non-union man. II
= thought the firm will reopen in he
Tall with a full force OF non-union mon
lie reason stated for President Cor
bins intended resignation from the
Board OF the Reading Railroad Com
pany - that he wishes to devote MIN
sell 70 pushing forward a big enterprise
in New York City.
rEEvi MsRRAy announces that
~" 'WA lily Al q rough estimate.
has a population OF l.6a7.225
NJ EMILE DE LAvELE,E. Of Brussels.
In q letter expressing his views On the
silver question. writes that either ~ ,be
American silver bills will iniure IA
cause OF international bi-metalism bnt
neither can possibly injure America.
free coinage, he thought. would be less
harmless.
THK steam tug Alice Ecreu. living Al
the loot Of Van Hrunt street. south
brooklyn, was blown to pieces, on TN
25d. BY the explosion or her boiler. Ana
fou q the Ave men asleep in her cabin
were killed.
hobEEr GAsGLow. OF Jacksonville.
Ind, died Of yellow fever Al Drups-
wick. Ga. on the sd. This i the first
authentic case 81 yellow fever reported
from the South this season.
a COMBINATION among the ammonia
manufacturers Of the country has causad
a rise In the price Of that article from
TO : cents per pound.
los GEORGE W. McCRAry. ex-Secre.
tary Of War. died fron cancer ~ tho
tt~tututt Oh MS <On-fu- |
law, Dr. ". G. Botcler. at st joseph.
NO. on the 2sd. aged ffty-four years.
InE frst estimate Of populati On a.
the District OF Columbia "A made ~ NJ
on the 23d. was 2as, 100. The ponu-
lation in 1850 was 157.6a4. The increase
Turing the last ten years Is, therefore.
~ per cent. The population ~
SO was lsi. oOand in 1850 II. oso.
~ the nd the brazilian Ministr- N,
Washington received a cablcriam from
kio DC Janciro stating that the nro-
'isional government had adop,ad ira
constitution. and that great rejoicing
'revails throughout Brazil. Ii Il framed
liter the Constitution 81 the t'nitel
states, and will be submitted for a.
'roval 70 the General Congress II NJ
ember next
AZ immense sensation was created a.
abroad circles az Omaha. Neb.. an the !
"a. when ~ became known thar suit
ad been begun BY the Union paciac /
gainst & II. McKibbcn. late rencrai (
n~rchasing agent on the road. for AZ.
ecoycry o. $50. 600. out Of which M II q
y have defraudcd the company. I
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

uNio~Towx. Pa, June a7.-At noon
Yesterday Paymastcr Atkinson 81 tho
Wynn Cokc-works was seated alone at
The company's Office counting the money
70 pay the employees. Atkinson had
Jast placed the money. 81. 200. in envcl-
opes' when suddenly . masked mar
covered him with . revolver and ordered
him 70 throw up his hands.
Atkinson ran out Of the Office and
gave an alarm. The robber seized the
money and fled. A party gave chase.
The robbcr turned and fired several
at his pursucrs. The yard boss
hit the thief with u stone, causing him
70 drop his hat and part OF the money.
Ne was recognized a. Perry Donaldson.
= former employee Of the company. A
posse Is In search OF the thief
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

PINE Cry, Mimi, june a7.-wm.
Brookcs was hanged at $40 q m. to-
day for the murder Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Coombs. The execution was tho first
In Pine County, and the second under
the John Day smith law which provides
that the execution must take place be-
tween midnight and sunrise, without
the presence Of reporters.
The condemned man was unattended
~ clergy as he had stcadfastly refused
all spiritual advice. The crime for
which Brookcs paid the penalty was
the murder Of Mr.. and Mrs. Coombs q
Pine City, Mimi, last November
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

SIR EDWARD BEADFoRD. the new
chief commissioner Of the m~etropoli-
tan police Of London. Is an intimate
friend Of the Prince Of Wales. and acted
a ~ehaperon 70 Prince Albert Victor
during the latter's tour OF India.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

Az explosion occurred in a parafine
warehouse at LISA. Prussian Poland.
on the 23d, completely destroying the
building Seven men were killed.
twelve were seriously injured and sew
eral others slightly hurt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

ALL he striking switch men al Cleve-
land O.. except those formerly en-
ployed BY the Valley. Nickel Plate.
Cleveland & Canton and Cleveland 4
Pittsburgh roads returned to work. on
the 10th. and fears Of a food and coal
famine vanished.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

FRANZ Grouse the son OF a wealthy
farmer living tear Newark. o.. was in
stantly killed by lightning. on the elst,
while taking shelter with a party OF
friends under a large tree. Some 81 yer
coins in his pocket were melted To-
gether.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

AZ arrangement has been consum-
mated between the Hungarian Minister
OF Finance and the Rothschild syndic-
a-e whereby so2.0 900, 900 forms 81 five
per cent paper will be converted into
four per cent gold rentcs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

SEVERE shocks Of earthquake have
occurred in the vicinity Of the Black
Forest OF Transylvania creating great
CONSERVATION among the inhabitants.
many Of whom have deserted their
houses and are camping out