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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
Uzar AleIander's Little joke.

Mr.. w. s. Harwood contributes to
st. Nicholas sketch of Joseph Francis
the inventor of the nfe-boat. Mr.. Har-
wood says; He had been received one
day by the car at dinner. The czaI
was fond Of witnessing experiments
with new inventions, and Mr.. Francis
was asked out into a room opening
from a conservatory where an inventor
with some new-fangled force-pump
was going to give an exhibition. After
they had seen the pump, the car tool
hold of the nozzle of the pipe and
turned it in the direction of the ladies
of the court, who were in the con
servatory. Winking to Mr.. Francis, the
car, in mischief, gave them slight
sprinkling, begging pardon afterward
for his awkwardness.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
A PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED.
American Subject Held to BE Still Subject
to the English Crown.

American Subject Held to Be Still Subject
to the English Crown.
The master in chambers at Toronto,
Ont, the other afternoon handed out a
decision in which it was stated that a
man can be both a citizen of the United
States and subject of Great Britain
at the same time. Charles Langmuir,
the defendant, now the agent of the
New York Life Assurance company in
Paris, France, was sued by G. 81. Bolton
on a promissory note for $1,000. The
defendant sought to set aside the writ
on the grounds that he was a citizen of
the United States and that service of
the writ should have been made on him
personally instead of ON his solicitors.
The plaintiffs solicitor, however, con-
tended that Langmuir was both Brit
iSh subject and an American citizen, he
never having abjured his allegiance to
the English crown. The master so de-
cided and Langmuir must appear on the
writof summons, which, according to the
decision, was properly served. The de-
cision establishes precedent.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN.
Famous Liberal Unionist Leader
Now in America.
His Wife, Formerly Miss Endicott, OF
Salem, Mass, Accompanies Him
"Joey's" Remarkably Lively
Political Record.

Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain and
midst" Mrs. Chamberlain, as everybody
knows, was Miss Endicott, of Salem
of the Endicotts, of course.
Everybody in America is always glad
to see Mr.. Chamberlain, says the New
York Herald. His marriage to Miss
Endicott caught the popular favor i'm
mensely, although he is not a nobleman
or broken down, or even the son of a
broken-down nobleman. He was a
middle-aged widower when he married
and the son of a very middle-class pro-
vincial family. He had been gin trade"
himself-fancy! All the aristocracy in
this case was on the American brides
side.
You wouldn't think it to see him, or
if you can't see him, to see his pictures,
but Mr.. Chamberlain is 60 years old.
He was born in London in 1886, and
his father was a city man, actually a
member of a. city company.
Josephine is sometimes called "Joey"
by political enemies-had good school
ing, but he is not a university man. He
went into firm of wood screw makers,
Nettlefold & Chamberlain, when he was
young man, but 90 years ago he retired
from business and went into politics.
At this time all his reputation was
founded on the radical ideas he had
expressed with great fluency at debat-
ing societies in Birmingham. He was
a dreadful radical in those days.
Once in politics, he made swift prog
ress with the Birmingham "rads." He
was alderman one term, and mayor of
the borough three, and then he ran
for parliament lin 1870, and was most
beautifully beaten in a three-cornered
fight. But two years later he had bet
ter luck.
Since then "Joey" has been pretty
constantly in the public eye. He has
advocated all sorts of reforms in the
house of commons, generally without
success, but always with daring if not
address. On the formation of Mr.. Glad
stones cabinet, in 1880, he was pomi-
mated president of the board of trade,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
Origin of the Railways.

The origin of railways has been
traced to continuance for simplifying
the transit of coal from the English
mines to the places of shipment. The
invention consisted of double parallel
line of wooden beams or trans, fixed
to the ground and furnished with
fanges to prevent the wheels of the cars
from slipping aside. The motive pow
er was furnished by horses. The date
at which these roads were first used
is set down as between 1902 and 1649.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12

during the winter the total gain is two
weeks of time.
The gain from one crop he estimates
as sufficient to pay the expenses of run
ming the lights all winter. All the light
he uses for the lettuce forcing is derived
from three lamps of 1000 candle power
each, which run all night. The failures
in electric gardening have greatly
diminished with the increase of knowl-
edge as to the effect of different grades
of light and their specific influence on
certain plants. For instance, the light
of the uninclosed arc and that modified
0y glass globe have sometimes marked
~ opposite effects, the former often
proving injurious instead of beneficial
10 the plants. Some flowers, which at
first seemed to suffer from the light,
afterward became accustomed and
thrived under it. On the other hand,
some flowers that were for a short time
apparently stimulated and strength
ened began to weaken and fail in few
days.
The color of turnips was deeper and
richer for awhile, but the flowers lost
their brilliancy when exposed to the
sunlight. This fact suggested to a
Jersey gardener the shrewd idea of
growing flowers for bouquets or cor
sage bouquets for use at night. He finds
that these flowers are almost double the
ordinary size, and exceedingly brilliant,
but when they are to be used for evening
decoration they must be kept in dark
rooms during the daytime. Large guam
titles of such flowers are now being cul-
tivated for the purpose of being eX-
posed for sale only at night in stores
lighted by electricity. In the earlier
experiments the color of scarlet flowers
turned to grayish white, and, while all
bloomed earlier and produced larger
blossoms, they soon faded. Areduction
in the quantity of light, and a softening
of it by opal glass globes remedied this
trouble. 1t was long thought that
plants grew more rapidly under the in
fluence of the electric light because of
the extension of their working hours
the continuous light prevented them
from resting at night-but scientists
now generally concede that electricity
helps the plants to assimilate the nj
trogen of the atmosphere, and favors
them in taking up certain mineral salts
of the earth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
Assamese Proverbs.

Here are some rather clever proverbs
of Assam: "The best crops grow on
others fields, but the best sons are at
home" "a bird is little thing; but
it builds its nest on a lofty hulung
tree" BUY land which slopes to the
middle, and marry q girl who has a
good mother" THE biggest jack fruit
always hides under the leaves" IF
a man slips down, it is always the eldest
wife's fault; but if his youngest wife
makes a mistake, he says he will see
about it." "a hasty cook, a hasty
broom, and the husband goes fasting;
a slow cook, a slow broom, and the
husband eats three meals day."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
DESPERATE BARNUM's GRAVE.
Vandals Desecrate the Foliage and
Plants Upon the Mound.

Plants Upon the Mound.
Residents of Bridgeport, Conn, long
the home of Phineas T. Barnum, the
great Snowman, have been shocked by
recent occurrences in Mountain Grove
cemetery. The other night some I'M
known vandals visited the beautiful
place and wantonly destroyed flowers
and shrubs which it took years to grow.
Valuable plants were torn up by the
roots and left on the graves or thrown
into the paths. The graves of P. T.
Barnum, the famous Snowman, and
Gen. Tom Thumb, the midget, were
visited and at each of them the work
of the vandals was more despicable
than at any other place in the GENE
terry. All the handsome foliage and
plants in the two plots were destroyed.
No possible cause for the desecration
is known and knowledge of the mat
ter aroused the most intense indigna-
ton. Rewards have been offered for
the arrest and conviction of the mis-
creants and they will receive scant
mercy if they are apprehended. Noun
tain Grove cemetery is one of the hand
soonest in the country, and the flowers
and flower beds there have been the
pride of all the residents of Bridge
port. The ruin effected in one short
night will not be effaced for years.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
ENDOWMENT OF CELTIC CHAIR
Catholic University at Washington Soon
to Receive 100000.

to Receive 100000.
The sum of 100000 subscribed by
members of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, for the endowment of Celtic
chair in the Catholic university, will
be received by the directors of the uni
versity October 81 This date has been
fixed by Rev. Phillip J. Garrigan, act
ing rector of the university. Among
the prominent church dignitaries who
will be present on this occasion are
Cardinal Satolli, Cardinal Gibbons,
Bishop Hortzman, of Cleveland; Bishop
Foley, of Detroit, national chaplain of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians; Arch
bishops Corrigan, Ireland, Kahn and
many others high in the councils of the
Roman Catholic church. All the ma
tional officers of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians, including the national
president, p. ]. O'Connor, a leading
lawyer of Savannah, Ga; J. C. Weadock,
national vice president, whose sugges-
ton led to the establishment of this
chair; Judge +. NJ. Wilhere, of Phila-
delphia, and James Sullivan, a prom
inent city official of Philadelphia, will
also attend. The presentation will
probably be made by the national pres
ident of the order, p. j. O'Connor, to
Bishop Keane, the president of the uni
versity, while the speech of thanks
will be made by Cardinal Gibbons, who
is chancellor of the board of directors
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
ELECTRIC LAMPS.
Used Successfully to slim uIate the Growth
of Flowers and Plants.

of Flowers and Plants.
The stimulation of the growth of
plants by the electric light has hitherto
been looked upon as fad or a pretty
experiment, and of no great practical
value, but some details of recent re-
suits in the forcing of vegetation under
the influence of strong artificial light
show that that system has taken a firm
hold on the modern market gardening
industry. This is in great measure due
to the assiduous efforts of Cornell uni
versity to develop whatever was effec-
tive in the method, to which end it has
been experimenting diligently for the
last six years. During the year its re
ports have become so encouraging that
many horticulturists and large growers
of vegetables have been led to apply the
electric light for cultivation purposes.
A fancy truck farmer in Massachusetts,
calculates that he obtains gain of five
days in a crop of lettuce by the use of
thA LIGHT and as he grows three crops
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
ADAPTATION OF PLANTS.
No Place in the World Where Vegetation
Does Not Exist.


No matter where plants grow, how
unfavorable the soil or atmosphere,
they always manage to adapt them
selves to circumstances, Excepting the
greatest ocean depths, there is no place
in the world where vegetable life does
not exist. Off Terra del Fuego, where
the tremendous breakers roar and
crash against the rocks they wear
away, there floats on the surface of this
turmoil of waters acres of marine
plant which rises from depth of 200
or more feet, its roots imbedded in the
ocean bottom. No force shakes it loose.
Its stem is never an inch through, and is
round and slippery, yet few Of them
will support an immense weight.
Darwin, in writing of the sensitiveness
of the tip ends of the roots of plant,
says they are so susceptible to external
impressions that they are, in reality,
brains, and direct the movements of tho
other parts of the plant. There is a
plant which, by the opening and closing
of it's leaves, foretells rainy weather;
the compass plant of New Mexico has
leaves so sensitive to magnetic currents
that the bewildered traveller can tell
from the way it arranges it's leaves
which way is north. Great fields of the
sensitive plant in Brazil will, at the
tramp of a horses hoofs, SILVER and
close up, the circles and waves over the
field while this is going on being very
curious. The Venus fy-trap is we'll
known; the leaves are divided by the
midrib into two halves, which are set
with bristles, and If fly or insect alights
on the surface the two halves instantly
clap together and hold the fly prisoner
for life. While these movements are
automatic, there are plants which seem
to move whenever they take a notion
to do so. A leguminous plant Of the
East Indies puzzles spectators by NOV
ing IT'S leaves up and down whenever
it takes a notion to do so. The sundew
is another remarkable plant. The leaves
are covered with hairs, in reality glands,
each tipped with sticky fluid looking
like drop of dew. Flies, attracted by
the bright red color of the glands, and
the seeming water, alight for drink
and meet o sad fate, the sticky fluid
pouring forth, enveloping them and
digesting them.-Chicago News.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
HEAD REMopELED BY SURGERY
Remarkable Operation Performed on a
Man Practically Decapitated.

Arthur Harris sits in chair in the
Newark City hospital, with practical
ly remodeled head. The doctors say he
is going to get well in two or three
weeks.
Harris was at work in q canal boat,
September 9. Workmen were dump
ing coal from above in heavy bucket.
Harris was leaning over when the load
broke away from it's fastenings and
struck him with awful force on the
skull. When his companions picked
him up the top of his head was lying
over on the left shoulder, hanging by
some shreds. The bucket had cut it's
way in a straight line above the ears,
"just in line where you take off your
hat" said one of the doctors afterward.
At the hospital Harris was laid on
the operating table and DR.. Hewlett
and the other surgeons went to work to
save his life. First they cleaned the
tear and packed gauze upon the brain
to stop the bleeding. Then the rebuild
ing of his head began. 1t was done with
silver wire and some bone punches. The
fractured bits were fitted together with
care, and then the whole was bandaged.
Under this treatment Harris brain
stopped bleeding in few days. Then
the gauze had to come out. DR.. Hewlett
made two or three trepannings, and
fshed out the gauze with q small hook
through an opening left for the purpose.
The physicians say Harris will be ap-
parently in as good shape as ever, owing
to 'the remarkable and successful sur
rery
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
Day and night on the Moon.

The day ON the moon is a fortnight in
length. During that period the temper
AZURE on the illuminated side probably
rises to 22o degrees Fahrenheit. The
night is, of course, of equal length and
during the period Of darkness the heat
probably radiates so freely that the
temperature falls to 300 degrees below
the zero of the Fahrenheit scale!
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
Maennerchor Celebration.

The San Antonio "Deutscher
Maennerchor's" concert and theat-
rical entertainment at the Mis-
sion garden yesterday evening was
a grand success. Long before the
beginning the spacious hall was
filled to overlooking. The Maen-
nerchor had selected Franz Abt's
Tausendschoen." Following the
overture, Mr.. F. G.. Bass gave full
value'to "Das Pfaefflein" with his
fine baritone voice. However, the
hit Of the evening was the Maen-
nerchor's "Flotte Saenger," ajoint
com bination of popular German
comic melodies, which, after sever.
al minutes of "encore" had to be
repeated. Mr.. VIM. Doehnert gave
q fine rendition of "Deep in the
Vaults" as bass solo. The finale
was very laughable farce sin the
Third Story" by amateur talent Of
the city.
Anent the foregoing and some
thing not on the program hap
pened at twelve o'clock sharp.
Like magic Herr Carl Beck, with
the aid of Mr.. F. G.. Bass, escorted
Mr.. Max Sutor and F. Rotzler into
the middle OF the hall. The
Maennerchor formed a circle
around the group when Herr Beck
announced to the spectators that
"Our MaXel" was just then begin
mig his tifty-first year OF life and
President Roetzler his thirty-fifth
year. Mr.. Bass delivered a con-
gratulstory address coupled with
the wish that Mr.. Sutor would
soon again bring practical aid
with his fine voice to the Maenner-
Choir OF (which he is at present but
an honorary member. After many
handshakings and well wishes
from all present dancing was re-
sumed until the small hours.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
Turkish Railway Employes.

The Salonica-Constantinople Railway
company engaged, contrary to it's con-
vention, number of employees of other
than Turkish nationality. The au-
thorities have constructed the imperial
commissary to demand their immedl-
ate suppression by Ottoman subjects.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
Hnnsss I'm New York.

New York has $4,000 houses only,
with an average of IS residents to each,
which is the highest average Of any
,city of Importance in the world. The
average number of residents to house
in BROOKLYN is only about ten.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
nanper M the oIeander,

The oleander has deadly poison in
it's leaves and flowers and should not
be where young children ere. 1t is too
Dangerous, beautiful though it e.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
Lbe Daily Light.
MONDAY, OCTOBER -, 1896.
TAKING TO THE BIKE.
Modern Vehicle Growing in Favor
Among Spanish Ladies.

Its Use viii Doubtless Help Toward Re-
moving the Barrier Which Prevents
Their Going Out Unless Attended
by Some Responsible ,Duenna.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
OIeomargarine in Europe.

The Europeans are learning to ap-
preciate oleomcrgarine, or imitation
butter, for the last year they called for
O,1C0. s97 pounds, valued at 1892. 46S.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12
New Cure for "the Snakes

A new soporific, to which the name
pellotin has been given, has been dis
covered in d Mexican cactus called an
halonium. The native Mexicans eat
slices of the plant, which they call
'pellote." It's hypnotic alkaloid has
been separated by DIR. Hefter, of Leip-
sic. One grain of pellotin is equal in
its effects 10 151s grains oftrional and
81 grains of hydrate of choral. 1t Is
effective in quieting delirium tremens
only in large doses.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12

This is the complaint of NM
thousands at this season. - ~A
They have no appetite; food N Oil
does not relish and often fails to digest.
causing severe suffering. Such peopIe
need the toning up Of the stomach and
digestive organs, which course of Hoods
Sarsaparilla will give them. 1t also puri-.
fies and enriches the blood, cures that dis.
tress after eating and
Internal Misery
Only dyspeptic can know, creates an
appetite, oyercomes that tired feeling and
builds up and sustains the whole physical
system. 1t SO promptly and effectively
relieves dyspeptic symptoms and cures
nervous headaches, that it seems to have
almost ga magic touch"
Distress After Eating.
CT have been troubled with Indigestion
for some time. After eating anything
that was sweet I was sure to experience
great difficulty and distress. Last fall
began taking Hoods SarsaparilIa and am
glad to say that my stomach trouble has
entirely disappeared. I can now eat
hearty meal OF almost any kind of food
and have no trouble afterwards. Hoods
Sarsaparilla has also cured me of nervous
spelIs.n JOHN III. HoMRIGHAUsEN,
Wheatland, Iowa. Such cures prove that
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-12

TIRED MOTHERS find help
in Hoods Sarsaparilla, which gives
them pure blood, good appetite and
new and needed STREMcTH.
The herald., 1896-02-22
A CARNIVAL ON THE BAY
San Diego's Sailors to Provide . Grsad
Display
Another Tus-of.War Contest Arrsnged-Sess
tence Of ESnnks Postponed The OIL Ds.
veiooerS Hopeful Of Success

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 2l.-A meeting Of
the owners of steam, gasoline and sail
ing launches was held yesterday, when
it was decided to hold a carnival on
the bay ths night of February 29sh,
when there will be a full moon. The
plans as agreed upon are to have all
the available boats decorated with tJhis
nese lanterns, torches and bunting and
to move in procession up and down
the bay and around the warship. Fire
works will also constitute a feature of
the celebration, and music will be fur
nished by the band or the PhilsdeIphls
and the City Guard band.
On motion of the attorney for
Eba nks, Judge Pierce this morning
continued the time of passing sen.
tence of death until March 5tb.
The challenge of the lightweight
team of this city to pull any six men
in the county outside the city has been
accepted by heavyweight team at
Fallbrook This contest will be made
feature of the tug-of-war tournament
between the San Diego and Los An
gele5 men, the date of which has been
changed to March "a, Sd and 4th.
The oil we'll at Pacific Beach has
reached depth of 600 feet, and the
projectors admit that they are ready
to receive word that good 6ow of oil
has faen tapped.
The herald., 1896-02-22
YUMA
The Biggest Gold Strike Ever Hade In Call.
fornia

The Biggest Gold Strike Ever Hade In Call.
fornia
YUMA, Ariz., Feb. 21.-The largest and
richest vein of free milling gold ore
ever discovered in Southern California,
or along the Colorado river, has been
uncovered during the past ten days at
Cacho, California, twenty miles due
north from here. A vein never known
to exist, until within the past three
weeks, although now believed to be the
westerly extension of the famous rich
Nina Rica vein discovered a few
months ago. The ore body extends
across the Apache, Helen Mar and
Eastern California and runs into the
San George mine. The ore pans or
horns from So to $40 per ton. More
tests running over 500 per ton than
there are less than $40 per ton. Where
this ore body crosses the Helen Mar
mine it is more than 100 feet wide and
in no place along it's entire length is it
less than thirty feet wide. 1t is esti-
mated by careful mining men that from
500 to 1000 tons per day can De quar-
ried out within ten days after work has
begun in opening up the mine. Here
tofore this ground has been considered
barren and of no account. Miners are
at work sinking two shafts on THE ore
body, one of which 10 down thirty-six
feet. Both are in very rich ore, much
better than on the surface. The strike
is the largest ever made in this section.