San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-07
ALL SORTS.

A constant wind Of at least ten
miles an hour would practically
steam on land.
Large fingers signify powerful
physical organization, and refined
tastes.
One Chicago man habltuelly
eats Paris green as other people
drink whisky or take opium.
On sthe medals Of Netapontis,
an Italian town, the first mention
Of barley is found, b. G. 800.
The third finger belongs to Apol-
10 and its mount betokens the ar
tistic in the temperament.
The American hand is the typi.
cally material, making all things
to the useful.
The great lava lake in the crater
of Kilaues, Hawaiian islands, sank
500 feet in one night.
Norwegians give Gods heads
mixed with marine plants to their
cows to increase the yield Of milk.
The amount of soapstone pro-
duced in the United States in 1898
was 2l,07l tons, valued at $780,
067.
Pointed fingers reach results by
intuition, square fingers by logic
allyt tracing cause to effect.
What was cultivated in China
B. C. 200 and at that time was
deemed the direct gift OF the gods.
1t is calculated that from this
years crop Of wheat fully 100000
600 bushels will be fed to the live
stock.
Storm warnings have been dis
played in the principal parts OF
the country without interruption
since 1860; in England since 1861.
Gasparim estimates that the
evaporation Of water from the sur
face of the earth is from % to %
inches year, according to loca-
ton.
Regnault and Glaisher'st ables
allow tolerably accurate predic-
ton to be made OF the amount of
dew that will fall in given
night.
Pliny mentions spelt as being
used by the Romans $50 years be-
fore they made bread out Of wheat.
Sorghum is mentioned by Pliny
as favorlte grain in Egypt, where
it is now known as the dourra.
The Italian millet now used al
most entirely as a food for birds
was formerly sustenance for men.
According to Linnaeus, millet
grows wild in many parts OF india,
in central Asia and northern Sibe.
ria.
The grains of corn starch are only
about one-fourth of the size of
those of the starch made from the
potato.
Chinese prepare spirit from the
stalks of the sweet sorghum, such
as is used in this country for syrup.
There is no month in the year in
which a wheat harvest is not going
on in some quarter Of the globe.
Pearl barley is merely good bar
ley stripped of its outer covering
and rounded and polished in mill.
Barry, the painter, had his in
terest in art reused when on vOy-
age with his father, who was a
sailor.
The Imperial museum OF Paris
contains over 10000 stone imple-
ments, collected in various parts OF
Europe.
An offer of $4,000, for the best
picture painted by an American
artist, has been made by William
| l.. Elkins, to the Pennsylvania
Academy 70 fine Arts. The con-
ditions and details of the award
are being arranged by a committee
appointed for the purpose.
A skeleton Of an extinct animal
has been unearthed in Shellville,
Cal, which has both horns and
tusks.
Fort Garland, Col, is believed to
be the dryest spot in the United
States. The rainfall there is only
six inches year.
With every mummy was depos-
tied papyrus containing an itin-
erary OF the other world, prayers
suitable for the use Of the deceased
in his new mode Of existence, and
magical formulate designed to pre-
vent the corruption Of the body.
Before the middle of the present
century several Of the churchyards
in the poorer districts OF London
had been raised from two to four