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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-18
LARGE LEATHER BELT.
Mammoth Strap Made in Chicago
for anew Orleans Concern.
It Is Seven Feet Wide. One Hundred and
Fifty Feet Long and Weighs Thirty
Three Hundred Pounds-No
Stitches or Rivets.

Talking about there being nothing
like leather" said Vice President Ma
lony, of the Chicago Betting Company,
TO Chicago Post reporter, show is this
for being something like<tP"
This was huge roll of leather sew
eral yards in circumference, standing
on end high enough to test an ordinary
mans reach to touch the top. The sides
of the big leather cylinder were built
up in square sections resembling brown
steel plates in the hulk of an ironclad.
One end Of the roll stood out from the
circle big as a barn door, its extremity
shaved down from the three-ply thick
Tess nearly an inch through to the
thinness of an ordinary leather strap.
1.-THE largest belt ever constructed"
is how the maker of this monster coil
describes it. And in view of its for
midable proportions, its description
might well pass unchallenged. The
dimensions of the enormous strap are:
Length, $50 feet; width, Z feet; weight,
$500 pounds, and thickness, seven
eighths of an inch. In its constr uction
the selected portions of $50 oak-tanned
hides, picked from over 5000 skins, have
been used. From end to end there is
not stitch or rivet, and the figures nee
essary to enumerate the ingredients
which have been made into glue to hold
the roughened sides of the three tiers
of hides together, and their quantities,
would run away into the millions.
Not the least interesting detail con-
nected with the building of this NAM
moth strap is the method by which lay
ers of skins have been arranged so that
at every point from end to end there
is not . spot where at least two solid
thicknesses of leather do not cover the
spliced section of the third layer. Thus
the beginning of the lowest layer is
made up in three pieces, 81, AZ and 81
inches wide respectively; above these
come two pieces of AZ inches wide each,
and the third or topmost layer is made
up of three oblongs 2S inches wide.
In this manner no two seams fall to-
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lowed.
A Plucky Girl.

A rival has now been found to the
Austrian tailor who accomplished the
Journey from Vienna to Paris inside a
trunk. The imitator is a young girl of
IS years from Auvergne. She had been
living in the French capital with rela-
tive, who fell i'll, and rather than prove
an incumbrance the spirited damsel re-
solved to return to her native village.
Not having any money to pay her rail-
way fare, she set out to cover the jour
ney, a distance of $40 kilometers, on
foot. When nearly a third of her jour
ney had been accomplished her
strength gave out. She determined
then to travel at the expense of the
railway company, and, biding her time,
she obtained a seat on the buffer of a
goods wagon as train left the sta
ton. For many a mile she rode in
this perilous position, and when dis
covered by a railway official she was
half dead with cold and fatigue. After
receiving every attention the girl was
sent on to her relatives.-Boston Her
aid
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-18
DESERVES CONTEMPLATION.
Generous Act Of the Pennsylvania Road
Just Comes to Light. 80.

Generous Act of the Pennsylvania Road
Just Comes to Light. go
NEW YORK, May 1S.-An inter-
esting incident in connection with
the shooting OF two Princeton
students last spring has just be-
come known. When the wounded
men were examined it was decided
that nothing could save their lives
except an immediate operation. A
telegram was sent to DR.. Bumm in
this city. He received message
after midnight. and at once went
to the Pennsylvania railroad
station in Jersey City. The last
train having gone, he asked for a
special engine and car. He was
informed that he would be obliged
to pay deposit OF 5000 and also
promise to meet any further bill
that the company might present.
DR.. Bumm assented to this propo-
sition and the train was made up.
He waited for some time for the
bill from the company, and finally,
wrote, asking that one should be
sent him. Instead of receiving
bill he received a check for the 5000
he had paid and a note saying that
the company would make no
charges for the special train, as
the service was ain the interest Of
suffering humanity"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-18
A johannesburg Monkey.

Among the passengers arriving at
Southampton lately by the steamship
Norman was a monkey of large size
which came from South Africa in
charge of a passenger, by whom he was
found after the late explosion at johann
nesburg, seated in the only room re,
manning intact of what had just be-
fore been a considerable sized cottage.
In the room were also discovered two
baby children, one of whom had been
killed, but the other was alive, and, it
is said, in the arms of the monkey,
who was tenderly nursing it. The liv-
ing child was adopted by resident in
Johannesburg, but the monkey, who
was noted on board for his extreme
fondness for children, was a popular
passenger by the Union company's mail
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
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Gathering For the Coronation.

Moscow, May 1S.-Li Hung
Chang and suite arrived today
from st. Petersburg. The Chinese
envoy was received in the most
brilliant manner and was after
ward presented at reception given
in the Chinese embassy, whic h
was profusely decorated with flags,
Field Marshal Yamagsta, the
japanese envoy, the Duke Of Ma
kara. representative OF Spain, and
Crown Prince Of Roumania have
also arrived.
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gether, but, on the contrary, every
joining is strengthened by two solid
thiclnesses.
To follow the process of putting to-
gether this enormous volume of ma
terial into one supple whole is ex-
tremely interesting. From the moment
the big bales of hard, crackly hides
are opened in the cellar, where every
thing is carefully scrutinized before
being cut to allow the tough spinal
ridge to fall in the center; the pieces
thus set apart fleshed and secured and
curried and tallow-stuffed and stretched
and dried; again cut to straight edge,
the ends scarfed off where overlapping
is required; the smooth, finished sides
roughened to take glue, until finally
arranged to an exact nicely, layer upon
layer, with boiling glue pasted between;
the whole mass then subjected to 22O
tons hydraulic pressure-the process
is as interesting as anything seen in
the mechanical department at the
worlds fair.
The destination of this monster belt is
the engine-room of the Louisiana Elec-
trio Light company at New Orleans.
When attached to the 2S-foot driving
wheel of the great Allis-Corliss en-
CINE the belt will transmit up to $1,000
horsepower. The wheel alone weighs
SIS tons, while the big engine itself will
scale up to 100000 pounds.
To remove the leviathan roll from the
finishing room on the top story of the
factory was by no means the smallest
difficulty in the problem. Special
tackle had to be rugged to the freight
elevator and the bulky mass lowered
on to trucks.
When the belt reaches its destination
worEmen from the Chicago factory
will be on hand to piece together the
roughened ends, and the biggest belt
ever made for actual use will then be
ready for service.
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His Eager Escort.

Tommy, you didn't come to school
yesterday afternoon"
Nom; there was a circus in town
an paw an nav an Aunt Caddie an
Uncle Tom an Cousin Bob all wanted to
take me."-Chicago Record.
The black-bearded pirate, with a
Knife between his teeth, boarded the
passenger ship. Throw up your
hands," he shouted. The passenger
hanging over the rail smiled feebly. II
think 1 did, not less than an hour ago."
he said gaspingly. --Cincinnsti En-
luirer.
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That Kansas Cyclone,

KANSAS CITY, May 1S.--The
news of the loss of life and des.
truction OF property by yesterdays
cyclone in Kansas is slow coming
caused by the crippled condition
Of the telegraph wires. What has
been received makes it plain that
previous estimates of the damage
were not too high.
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Federal Court.

Tomasa Flores, receiving SNUG
gled property; ten days in Webb
county Jail.
Sebastians american woman,
illicit retail liquor dealing; 500
fine and five months in Webb
county jail.
Juana Jimenez, alias ola Cha.
coma" Illicit retail liquor dealing
500 fine and thirty days in Webb
county jail.
Rusendo TruJillo, Illicit retail
liquor dealing; 500 fine and five
months in Webb county jail.
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HERMANN BREUsING,

Notary public, will attend to Pen
sion claims, Power Of Attorney and
Passports to all foreign countries.
Translations. Office, San Antonio
Daily LIGHT 1o4 East Comp arce
street.
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MARKET REPORTS.
Furnished the LIGHT by the Alamo Bro
kerage Co., 203 Alamo Plaza.
SAN ANTONIO, May IS, 1896


SAN ANTONIO, May ls 1896
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS.
Wheat: July, opened at 62S5; closed al
6lB@4.
Corn: July, opened at 291G; closed at
Oats: July, opened at 1871; closed at
1919.
Mess Pork: July, opened at 40; closed
.65.
Lard: July, opened at4 65; closed at
4.62(065.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Cotton: Dull; middlIng, 81. Sales, 532
bales.
NAV, sos; June, SOB; July, sos: August,
{. 10: September, IA; October, 726; No
vember. 7.16; Decent Der, ia
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
Cotton: Steady; middling, ~.
May, 1853; June, 7.63; July, pa;
August, Z IS; September, 7.O5: October,
6.SS@s9; November, 6.S2@S4; December,
6s7.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Cotton: 1872; quiet; receipts, 1900
bales; sales, 5000 bales.
May-June. Ais; June-July. 4.l2; July
August. All: August September. 4OS;
Septem Der. October. 4 Of; October -Novem-
Der, $50; November December, $50.
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A Sick Man Should Not Live

If he feared to depend upon fellow man.
what is doctor?" A fellow mah you cas;
depend upon. He knows the ills that you
have and what to do for you, providing he is
skillful. DR.. Hathaway & Co. are undoubted-
ly the most skillful specialists. They are
honest, and you can depend on what they tell
you. They make true and genuine special
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ty Of all delicate dis
eases peculiar to
man and woman kind
and undoubtedly are
the leading and most
successful in the
United States. Call
on or write them for
a free opinion Of
your case.
SPECIALTlES--
blood Poisoning, Ner-
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ney and Bladder
TROUBLES, Eczema,
'Pimples. Ulcers,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-18

"A 14-months old son of Thomas
Carter, colored, died at TIA laval
la street yesterday from the effects
OF carbolic acid, which he swal-
lowed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-23
the most costly machine.

the most costly machine.
had better do with fewer implements
for a while, and protect what we
have. In fact, the surest way to save
money enough to buy tools and 9TH
erwise improve the farm is to keep
such implements as we have securely
sheltered from the elements. When
done using them for the season,
plows, cultivators and such tools
should be carefully wiped off and put
under cover. Wagons should never
be allowed to stand out where dew
and rain will come upon them.
Money laid out in lumber to build
pended. No better friends can De
found than these silent helpers. Still,
many of them, for if they really ap-
preciated their value they would
treat them better.
All [ have said above applies equal
ly to the smaller implements Of the
farm. Take in the hoes, axes, spades,
wheelbarrows, ladders, hammers and
saws at night, after using them, and
always before a storm comes on. "A
penny saved is a twopence earned"
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MANUFACTURTN INTERESTS.

Surely to till the soil and plant the
seed is as honorable as to measure
cloth in a store or count money in n
bank. More, it seems to us, that he
that assists in that mysterious pro-
cess that takes so much potash and
lime, carbon and nitrogen, and forms
them into the robe of green that
hides the grimness of old earth, into
the golden grain that nourishes the
hand and brain of toll, into the flow
er that charms the eye of the child,
the aged, the sick, of all-he labors
in closest harmony with the heart
that throbs of nature and works best
with the overbrOoding God. And
when to his work are brought the
charm and power of daily intelligence
and intimate contact with the affairs
and thoughts of men, observes the
Farmers Call, not only will our life
as farmers be fuller and finer, but our
country will have added power and
glory in every land and on every sea.
Then and not until then we will see
approaching it's proper place as a
profit and pleasure giver that indus
try wherein, in the language of Adam
Smith, mature labors along with
man." Then may we hope soon to
see the agreeable spectacle of hap
Ply and progressive people, whereof
the prosperity and happiness of all
classes rests securely on a flourishing
husbandry.
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that of the year after will be almost
in the same ratio of increase. In the
meantime the farmers have discover
ed that they can secure the comforts
of life without the aid of the orange.
upon which they formerly placed
their entire reliance for support.
Were repetition of the freeze to oc-
cur it could never cause the distress
that it did two years ago. The peo-
pie have profted by the lesson it
taught, and instead of depending on
the cash realized from the sale of the
fruit to purchase the necessaries OF
life, they now, in large measure,
produce these necessities themselves,
and find in many cases that they have
a surplus of product to dispose of.
With the opportunity for diversifi-
cation of crops within reach of the
Florida farmer, it is strange that
such a severe lesson should have been
necessary to convince him of the wis
dom of taking advantage of it, but il
the lesson has been we'll learned, and
it seems to have been, the freeze, aft
ter all. was not the unmiXed evil that
it at first appeared Mmes-Union.
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FANCY PRICES.

The news columns of yesterdays
Times-Union contained information
Of prices received for Florida fruit
! that places the grower who gathers
anything of a crop from his trees this
year in a position of positive indie
pendence. For instance, grower in
Hillsborough county, who has in his
groves several hundred boxes of Tan
gerine oranges, made his first ship
ment recently, and the returns there
from netted him the substantial sum
of $12.24 per box. Other information
has been received stating that or
anges from Manatee county are NOV
ing to Tampa, and command prices
ranging from $3.50 to So on the
wharves of that city, while grape
fruit brings SIS per box.
These prices are very encouraging
not only to those whose trees are
bearing this year, but to those who
Immediately began the restoration of
their groves cut down by the freezes
of 1894-'95. The latter growers have
the certainty of at least partial crops
next year, and there is no prospect of
any material falling in prices during
several years to come for the simple
reason that Florida fruit is always in
demand and brings the top of the
market, and the supply must neces-
sarily be short for a considerable pc
riod of time.
The yield of the state for the pres
ent year will hardly exceed 25o,Ooo
boxes, but those familiar with the
industry predict that next year will
see a crop of nearly 100000 while
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USE AND ABUSE OF IMPLEMENTS.

Some Florida farmers are addicted
to ha bits Of carelessness which if not
corrected will always keep them poor.
In the matter of caring for their i'm
plementS there is much to be on thu,
alert for, and unless the farming tools
are kept in good order the workman
will find himself handicapped, seri-
Ously too, when he is ready for them
An exchange says: In many cases
small fortune is invested in machn-
cry made for the purpose of tighten
ing the labor on the farm No doubt
the farmer economies in MANY WAYS
in order to save money necessary for
the purchase of so many good nipple
ments. But what a waste goes on
while that man sleeps. Every drop
of water, every spray of dew, every
ray Of sunshine, all these are unceas-
ingly at work to destroy these tools
No matter how we'll the manufactur-
er may have done his work, the
weather will speedily undo it if given
a chance. Rust will corrode, paint
will wear off, wood will crack. and
the sun, dew and rain will soon spoil
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 80, 1896.
ia BILE OF CONTENTS.

FARM. GROVE AND GARDEN-Experience
in Peach Culture; The Velvet Bean; Treat
mept Of Sprouts NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S29
Rubber VS. Pineap Piles; How to Bring Pros
perity; The K ola Nut Craze ..... $50
Strawberry Culture in Florida go w S3l
Advice to Begin ers ............ S32
FLORAL. DEP kTMENT-Flowers for the
Table, GladiOlas; Bees and Flowers;
t'Co'e ................... $50
EDITORIAL-Us' "nd Abuse of IMPLEMENTS
Fancy Prices ve'opment of Manufactur-
les; otectirg Strawberries. ...... S36
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTING Fur
nfshing' of a Florida Home; Celebrating
Chr stmaa; One Christ mas .... 73S
POULTRY nEPARTMENT-Ke Keeping Eggs
for Hatrhing MiIlet Sc for Poultry;
Should the Hens Set? The Duck . S39
LITERARY-M,s Christmas. - $40
fLORlOI% AN S43
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and it is the matter of devising ways
and means of converting them into
the finished and more valuable arti-
Gle that is now claiming our atten-
ton. The agitation is certain to re-
suit in much good, and we confdant-
ly expect the result to be the estab-
lishment of many manufacturing
plants in different sections of the
state
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FANCY PRICES.

1t is most encouraging to note the
interest of late manifested by the
people of Florida in the matter of
manufactures. True, this interest has
not developed into factories yet, but
it is only a question of time before
these factories will be established
The people of Florida are stirring and
enterprising, and when they fully re-
alize the necessity of certain line of
action they will not allow ordinary
obstacles to keep them from pursuing
the work their better Judgment tells
them is necessary.
Heretofore the difficulty has been
that our people did not appreciate the
necessity of manufacturing their raw
materials into the finished CONNER
cial articles, and in our opinion this
lack Of appreciation accounts for the
slow progress the state has made in
the establishment of manufactures.
They were imbued with the idea that
Florida was an orange country and
so completely was their attention oc-
cupied with the development of this
industry that they gave others only
passing thought.
Agriculturists are held up to the
view of the multitude as the happiest
and most contented class of people in
existence. This may be true, but GER
tainly they are at present not the
most prosperous. If an increase of
prosperity would detract one iota
from their happiness and content
ment it would doubtless be the part
of wisdom for the soil tillers to let
we'll enough alone and jog along in
the same old well-worn ruts. But we
take it that prosperity is not antag-
onistic to happness-on the other
hand it rather increases it.
The Floridian has had little to COM
plain of in the past; he has been
blessed with an unusual degree OF
prosperity until within the past two
years, when the disastrous freeze
gave everything a gloomy appear
ance. It was at this point that the
necessity of establishing manufacto-
ries presented itself most forcibly.
Florida has monopoly of many
products of the soil-products that
are produced in tew other sections of
the county. At present these prod
ucts are marketed in crude state,
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[ have just been reading the various
ways in which our northern brother
protects his strawberry bushes from
heaving out of the ground and losing
the whole bush. | am going to relate
the great story how we keep the frost
from getting our blooms. 1t may be
advantageous to our northern broth
er in a small degree. We don't gen.
orally have any colder weather than
a real white frost. We can usually tell
when it is cold enough for frost.
We have the Strawberries already
mulched. The ewing before the
frost comes, we take long tooth
rake and lift the pine straw mulch
that is in the rows and land it right
on top of the strawberry plants. But
care is taken not to stick the rake in
to the ground, for when the rake is
lifted out the soil Sits down through
the straw into the plant and buries
the bloom and sands the ripe fruit.
In a day or two the frost will
be gone; then the mulch is raked off,
and 10! there are your plants bloom
ing and berries ripening. When frost
kills the fruit and bloom they will
turn dark and drop off. Sometimes it
is not sufficiently cold to kill the
whole berry, and only one side will
grow and ripen. The side the frost
strikes will be hard and dried. Ber-
ries of this nature are small and sour.
1t takes three or four weeks for
berries to mature or ripen after the
bloom has been killed. When straw
berries are set in hammock land there
is less danger of frost injuring them
than on open fields, as the observer
will notice the fog that floats in the
air about swamps or lowland It
seems to be plant protector as there
IS more about a swamp in win
ter than anywhere else. We also no.
tice where there are strawberry fields
around swamp that it is the first
place to have ripe berries. Some OF
our growers buy cloth and spread
over their patches, but that is very
eNpensive.-Plant City correspondent
Strawberry Culturist.
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How to Clear Land.

From Sub-Tropic.
Some people on coming to Florida
object to purchasing unimproved
land, because they think it is so hard
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