San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-29

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issued ali address to the counties
urging each TO raise Its proportion OF
500, 900, and has pledged Its members
To go before the next legislature and
endeavor to secure the passage of n
bill refunding the amounts thus
raised.
J. Allen Hornsby, Secretary of the
Department of Electricity, who was
sent to Frankfort-Nn-the-M Main to
| study the Electrical Exposition there
| has made a report, which shows that
out of compliment to the Columbian
Exposition the Frankfort Exposition
was kept open fortnight longer
than was originally intended, in order
to give Mr.. HorDsby chance tor
thorough Investigation. Secretary
HOrnsby writes thas there is electri-
Cal apparatus on exhibition at Frank
fort which, when put in operation,
will cause the eyes of American cleo
triciaDs to open in wonderment.
The depar ment of Publicity of the
Exposition Sent out during Septem-
Der 253, 566 seperate pieces Of printed
matter concerning the Fair, an aver
age of 8, 762 pieces for each of the
twenty six working days of the
month. OF this matter 1S9, 567 pieces
were in English, 3,549 in German,
5S2 in Spanish, $3.50 in French, l.
040 in Portuguese, 5,144 in Swedish,
500 in Danish. pa in Italian, 100 in
Dutch, and "a, 257 printed pictures of
buildings and ground plans of Jack
son Park, and 2,67S Autographs of
Machinery Hall. There were also
sent out SSS elecrotypes tor use In
various publications in different parts
OF the world
At the Eisteddfod, which Welsh
societies will hold at the Exposition
the finest choruses of Wales will be
present and prizes amounting to $780,
900 have been offered in connection
with the contest. For the finest
Welsh chorus a prize of $1,000 is to be
given. Another of 81, 600 is offered,
and so on in smaller amounts until
the limit of $4,000 shall have been
reached. The famous Dowlais Har-
monte Society, $50 voices strong, will
be among the con testants. Is has
won many prizes in Europe. Its
trip TO the Exposition will cost about
S25, 900 which sum it hopes to regain
by giving by giving series of con-
certs in the United States. The
festival is to last five days and be
held In the Music Hall of tue EXPOSE
ton. One concert is to be given free
of charge TO the general public.
An uptown dealer in mems fur.
nishings in New York City delivers
hs goods on tricycle.. IL has two
wheels in front, with box between
them to hold the goods, and the rider
sits behind over the third wheel. 1t
acts as u good advertisement.
Women's Wristbands are more
richly ornamented than usual in
Paris One of blue silk had birds with
outstretched wings worked with dia-
monds. Others had from six to twelve
rows Of pearls, WITH diamonds at Re-
gular intervals, and divided by four
or five buckles made of cOlOred stones
closely set.
This composition on trees was writ.
ten by London school boy: Trees
are very useful. There are all sorts
OF trees. the cOkernut tree and orange,
apple and plum trees. Cokernuts
are very nice people. In the pacific
and foreign nations live on cOkernuts
and many DINER fruits. Apple trees
and orange trees are very nice. There
are trees that do not bloom oak trees
aud nay corn trees aud pine apple
trees never bloom. Some trees are
very tall they stand from the height
of 10 TO Is yds high and some are
taller than that. Trees are very use
full for the wild rabbits and hares aud
dears. There is no wild beats in
England, only in foreign nations
At the siege of Steenwick, in 1881,
leaden cannon balls were used, each
weighing about five pounds. These
were followed out on one side, and a
letter or other missive was placed in
the cavity, which was afterward
closed with lead capsule. TO the
other side of the ball was attached a
piece of tarred rope. When one of
these balls was fired from a cannon
into the town, as q messenger from
the camp of the allies. the blazing
rope informed the inhabitants that
the ball contained letters, and it was
then opened. Similar prOjectiles were
used to convey messages during the
siege of Turin, in 1910.
At recent meeting of the Academy
| Of Science, Paris, NJ. Emile Blanchard
read q paper on the existence of a
terrestrial connection between Europe
and America during the present geo.
| logical age OF the earth. NJ. Blanch-
ard began by pointing out that q line
from the north of Scotland through
Orkney, the Farce Islands, Iceland
Greenland ard Labrador, by way OF
Davis Straits. passes from one island
to another across comparatively shall
| low seas. Another evidence of land
connection exists in the prevalence of
! European species of animals and
| plants 10 the eastern part OF America,
| especialiV in Greenland. where the