San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-24
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS.
Canada has a debt Of S3OO,OOO OOC

Trolleys go in 800 American
towns.
Tea is cut every forty days the
year around in Japan.
The Peoria Indians furnished
a name to the Illinois city.
Fort Wayne, Ind. was named af-
ter General Anthony Wayne.
There is one milk COW in this
country to every four inhabitants.
Shakespeare's original edition of
1924 is held by Quaritch at $4,000.
Diamonds so small that 1900 go
to the karat have been cut in Hol-
land.
st. Adams Book, 1856, owned by
Quaritch, London, is valued at
$1,000.
Orlando Furieso, first edition,
Ferrara, 1916, was purchased by
Quaritch for $500.
Monstrellet, edition of 1900, on
vellum paper, brought $4,000 at
the Techener auction of 1887.
The jailer of Norfolk, Neb., re-
Gently took a night off and attend
ed the circus. While he was absent
about seven prisoners escaped.
The number of miles of railroad,
exclusive of elevated railroads,
travelled by passengers during the
past year was 15,246,7ll,952.
Samples Of oriental binding
brought home by the crusaders
gave European binders many ideas
for the advancement Of the art.
Astoria, Ore, took its name from
John Jacob Astor, the founder OF
the Pacific Fur company. 1t was
at first fort and trading station.
A Virgil, on vellum paper,
Rome, 1470, was bought for $1,000
by Quaritch. Homer Aide edition,
1904 was sold to the same buyer
for $500.
Both of the half penny morning
papers in London, started some
time ago as an experiment, are re-
ported to be making satisfactory
Roadway.
A furniture factory at Norcross,
Ga, turns out $500 chairs and 600
bedsteads every month.
The marquis of Blanford sold in
1920 copy Of the Boccaccio, edi-
tion of Venice, 1471, for S., 400.
Liber Historiarum Romanarum,
Venice, 1470, folio edition, $4,000.
1t is owned by Quaritch, Of Lon
don.
Earthenware bricks or tiles, with
characters engraved thereon, or
stamped, were undoubtedly the
first books.
The first known example of book
binding in boards in the modern
styles was a Latin psalter, in the
ninth century.
Some of the early printed books,
in order to initiate manuscripts,
had the initials and borders print
ed by hand.
Cave dwellings of elaborate con-
struction have been Familiarity
known and used in Japan from
time immemorial.
A booksellers trust was formed
in London as early as 1929, for the
purpose of crushing out the small
book dealers.
Aulus Gellius, first edition, 1869,
on vellum paper, was purchased by
the Duke d. Aumale from Sunder-
land.
In ancient rolled books the title
was written in red, on a piece of
fine veIlum, and pasted on the out
side of the volume.
Oskaloosa, the name Of Kansas
town, is said to be a compound of
Oska, the name Of noted Indian
chief, and Loosa, his wife.
Osawotomie, the name Of Kan
sas town, is said to be compounded
of the names Of two rivers, the
Usage and the Pottawatomie rivers.
A pint of the oil of vitriol mix
ed with a pint of water will not
fill quart measure, becauee the
bulk Of the compound has been re-
duced by the abstraction of latent
heat.
1t is reported that an old chest
full of Tarantine coins in gold has
been unearthed at Monteverde,
France. The coins are 5000 years
old, and are ascribed to Hanni-
bal.
A piece of phosphorus sprinkled
with dry powdered charcoal ig-
mites almost Immediately be-
cause the charcoal absorbs oxy-
gen from the air and so produces