San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-09
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

"A large number of envelopes con
tanning circulars and posted with a
cent stamp have been returned in New
York because they were sealed. 1t is
claimed that the humidity of the at
mosphere caused the flap to adhere to
the envelope, making frst-class matter
of what was NJ so when sent.
"A fist fight in progress on the end
of a wharf at Bar Harbor, Me-, the
other day, was interrupted by the ap-
pearance of the police. In their eff
forts to escape both principals STUN
bled over, Instructions and fell into
the harbor. They were fshed out of
the water with all fighting fervor
washed out.
The Fifth Monarchy men formed a
religious sect that sprang up in the
days of Charles l. of England. They
were so called from the fact that they
asserted that in the last DAYS the
four monarchies, the Assyrian, the
Persian, the Babylonian and the Ro-
man, would be restored. and to them
would be added a Christian monarchy
or fifth monarchy, of which Christ
would be king.
-When leeches were kept in every
chemists shop, and often in private
houses, their behavior was subject of
constant observation; and it was gen.
orally noticed that in still weather,
dry or wet, they remained at the bot
tom, but rose, often as much as twen-
ty-four hours in advance, before a
change; and in case of a thunderstorm
rose very quickly to the surface, de-
seending whenft was past.
A citizen of Ravenna, Mich, missed
many of his young chickens. A por-
ton OF his yard is low and marshy, in
live spring water is constantly
running. The chicks delighted to wade
iu this place. One day one of them
was seen to tutter, apparently having
one of its feet fast; upon investigation
It was found that the leg of the chick
squarely in the mouth of a mud
turtle lying concealed in the muck.
-~Cellulose, a porous preparation
prepared from cocoanut fibre, has been
found exceedingly useful in stopping
eaks in ships. A plug of it is thrust
oosely into a large hole and soon
with moisture until it fits snug
V. The idea originated abroad, but
n American has discovered that cellu-
ose can be made out of the pith of
The naval authorities have
ested this latter variety of the product
md find it efficacious.
-"Some folks say" said a fisherman,
that if a fish once gets into a pound
Iet it never gets out until it is taken
but as a matter of fact fish often
ct out of pound nets; it is common for
blueish, Spanish maekerel
nd shad to get out of them. I've been
o a pound net on Sunday and counted
hundred and e~ighty-five blueish,
when the net was hauled on Mon
ay found only four or five. The fish
ct in and if they find the opening and
ct started right they can get out;
hey follow one another like a flock of ;
j
Another historical tradition is be- {
,g questioned. Everybody who knows
nything at all of French history is I
that the son and ees of Z
epin d'Heristal is always represented {
having been nicknamed Charles ,
lartel. because he was q 'tmartel- to {
Saracens, just as our own Edward
was called the Malleus Scotorum on +,
of his victories over the Scotch. {
he intermediate has now brought to i
ght an ancient document in which 1t
alleged that Pepin had but one SON, 6
Charles Marcel" Marcel, which is q {
Christian name in France,
'as corrupted into Martel, it is sug- 9
ested by some scribe, and the error
as been repeated for many hundreds {
{ years a..