San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-13
CURIOUS CON DENsA TONS


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Over 1900 styles of silk goods
are known to dealers.
Fustain was first made of cotton
about the year 1911.
In 1881 20 families of clothmak-
erS from Flanders settled in Eng.
land.
In bleaching linen loses one
third Of it's weight, cotton one
twentieth.
AS early as 1149 Sicily was
famous for silk growing and manu-
featuring.
Calico was first brought to
England by the East India Com
pany in 1851.
Velveteen was first made of cot
ton in 1886; pronounced better
than silk.
Wool weaving was regularly be-
gun in England in 1881 by Flemish
| weavers.
Genuine cashmere shawls were
! exported from Cashmere to Rome,
A. d. 27l.
Edward Ill, in 1886, forbade
the wearing of furs save to persons
worth 500 a year.
Henry WILL, England, wore
cloth stockings, but had silk pair
for Christmas and Easter.
The most ancient English dec
grafton was the Order of the
Round Table. said to have been
founded in SIC.
China has an order of nobility,
which is conferred on deserving
subjects who are able to pay we'll
for the distinction.
The Order of the Empire Of
India was one Of Beaconsfield's
ideas to compliment Queen Vic
toria. 1t was founded in 1877.
The Order OF the Crescent is a |
Turkish title of nobility; it was
founded in 1901 to reward the sur
vivors Of Turko-Prussian var.
At Gu shak, one Of the Turkish |
centers Of carpet weaving, there is
no such thing as a factory. All |
the work is done in private
houses.
The report that the famous
Shaker settlement at New London,
n. Y, is to be abandoned and the
: community removed to Florida is
denied.
The last of the old English post
boys, John Kenward, died recently
at the age OF So. He used to boast |
that he knew every milestone in
Sussex county.
A few days ago, a Warren, o.,
man dreamed he would shortly
meet with violent death. With
in "A hours after he was run over
and killed by locomotive.
Pope Julius III. ordered all the |
attacks upon him and his Govern
ment to be laid before him. "If
true" said he, "they will serve for
counsel; iffalse, for diversion"
J. r. De Lamar, the "Monte
Cristo" Of Idaho, is a native Of
Holland. He is small in stature
with large features and red hair,
! and has been a sailor, glue work
man, barber and a butcher.
The oil of tobacco found in the
stems OF long. used pipes, or obtain
ed by distlllatIon at red heat, is
one of the most active and pow
eTful pOisOns known to the chem
list. A single drop will often cause
death in the case of dog or cat.
Chicago has over 80 elevators,
which handle l40,00O,OOO bushels Of
| grain every year. The Union
Stock Yards cover $50 acres and
cost $3,OO0,OOO. They have eight
miles of streets and receive S,000,-
900 head of stock every year. The
meat exports exceed $l,0OO,0O0,OOO.
New York is the first manufac-
turing city in the country. 1t has
1000 factories, which make
every year $5OO,OOO,OOO worth Of
goods, including $SO,OOO,OOO of
clothing, $25, 100000 books and pa
pers, $lS,OO,0OO Of cigars. Central
Park covers S62 acres and cost
$50, 100000.
For some time after its discovery
by the Europeans, tobacco was
called petum, the name given it
by the Indians, of the West Indies,
Central and South America.
The name of tobacco comes from
that of the pipe used by the West
India Islanders. 1t was original
ly TOBACCO.
The tobacco plant has become
= thoroughly naturalized in every
| mart Of the world and in MANY