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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
WOOD MOSAIC OF sAwousT.
Highly Ornamental Process for Mold
ing Doors and Floor Material.

Highly Ornamental Process for Mold
ing Doors and Floor Material.
In the reports of the Industrial union
mention is made of new process of
floor mosaic, says the Yale Scientific
Monthly. Small particles of wood, as
sawdust, wood -four and fine shavings,
are treated first with a mixture of shell
lac and alcohol, and then with cement
made of curd and Stacked lime. While
this mixture is still damp, it is put into
hot molds of the desired shape and size,
and placed under pressure. The joint
action Of the heat and pressure unite
the wood most thoroughly with both
the shellac and the cement. After few
minutes the compound is taken out of
the nolds when it is thoroughly coolel
and hardened. Great care is necessary
that no foreign Substances, especially
of an oily nature, be present, as it would
prevent the cement from being alb
sorbed into the pores of the wood. In
making different colored mosaic the
natural color of the woods used is taken
into consideration, then the wood itself
is dyed, and lastly dyes dissolved in
alcohol are mixed with the shellac. The
process is then performed as before.
In spite of its hardness this compound
possesses all the perfection of wood, 80
that it is particularly well adapted foi,
use as floor covering in living rooms
and private dwellings. An important
advantage over all other processes of
manufacturing mosaic floors is that it
is not affected by any change of tenn
perature.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
STANDS AT THE HEAD.

Augut ]. Bogel, the leading druggist
of Shreveport, La, says: "Dr. Kings
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and II is the best
seller l have" ]. F. Campbell, mer-
chant of Stafford, Ariz., writes: 'Dr.
Kings New Discovery is all that is
claimed for it: it never fails, and is a
sure cure for consumption, coughs
and colds. cannot say enough for
its merits" DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for consumption, coughs and colds
Is not an experiment. 1t has been
tried for quarter of century, and
today stands at the head. 1t never
disappoints. Free trial bottles at f.
Kalteyer & Sons Drug Store. /
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

The Powers treat Turkey as the man
treated his dog which would not come
out from under the bed at his COM
mand. Then stay there, you brute,
do not show your nose," he exclaimed,
II won't have a dog around me that
will not mind" Turkey has refused
to leave Thessaly so the Powers order
her to stay and reap the Grecian har-
vest that is now ripe. What the next
move will be it is hard to say. Ger
many backs Turkey and the Gar is
neutral.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
Tsea.ure in an old Ark.

a great deal is heard OF hidden treas
ure, bait very little is ever found. Al
California man is one of the few lucky
ones. Last September an old fisher
man hermit was found dead in his ark,
in steamer near San Jose The cor
oner held an inquest, and the ark was
sold at auction for $3.50. Not long aft
erward the purchaser biossomed out In
new clothes, and took trip east His
friends became inquisitive, and finally
the man confessed that he had found
hidden In the ark, in notes and coin,
more than $1,000. Now people recall
that the old fisherman once had So, 900
in bank, and the man who thought he
was so lucky is being sued by the her
mit>s relatives to.recover the money.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
THE TROLLEY BUZZ.
And Something About the Trolley
Cars rs q Cure for Headache

And Something About the Trolley
Cars rs n Cure for Headache
Ever hear of the trolley bhzz?" said
Brooklyn resident whose business is
in New York. @They say that some
people who travel regularly on the troll
ley cars get the trolley buzz. You know
the sound of the trolley, the bz-z-z-z
that begins low and rises gradually as
the car increases in speed. keeping a
uniform tone when the car is running
at uniform speed. and then declining
again as the car runs slower and stop
ping when the car stops? They say
there are people who travel regularly on
trolleys who hear this sound all the
time wherever they are, except when
they are asleep They caIl this having
the trolley buzz.
81 never had the trolley buzz, but the
trolley cars sometimes do me a great
deal of good. They cure me of head
ache work here all day, keeping
very busy, and sometimes when start
home at night have hard headache.
I get into trolley car and take seat
over one of the axles. They say that no
electricity gets into the car, but i'm
agine there must be more or less of it in
the air. know there is something
there that cures my headache. sit
down in the car with the headache bad;
I get down from it after q ride of about
three miles, feeling bright and fresh
and with the headache gone"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
THE suLTAN,s HEIR.
Ills Eldest Brother, Who II Little
Known Among the People.

AhOWh AmOuk inc EcOpies
The sultan's heir is not his eldest son,
by his eldest brother. The eldest male
succeeds. Such is the law of Islam, and
the fruitful source of dynasty murders
in almost every reign since the Turks
became a power, says the London Echo.
The sultan has four brothers; not one,
only, as was lately alleged. This eldest
brother is Rechad Effendi; that is to
say, he Is the eldest after ex-Sultan
Murad ", who, being insane, is not
counted. The third brother is Waredin,
and the fourth SULLIVAN. The sultan's
eldest son, Prince Selim, has no earthly
chance of succeeding his father. He
has too many uncles and uncles' sons
for that. But Prince Selim is lucky, if
he knows ii, for he is not dangerous"
He lives life of freedom, whereas the
heir is, by the custom of the Ottomanss
o kind of life prisoner. Z
Rechad Effendi Is rarely seen Every
time he drives out he is escorted by
troop, less by way of an escort than as
guard. The few who do know him
like him, for he is said to be courteous,
humane, well-informed man, acquainted
with current politics and keenly inter
ested in them. He is good farmer.
The pretty palace known as the Tcher-,
agan is his residence Of course,
Rechad's' visitors are searched before
they are admitted, and when they are
leaving. by the sultan's officials. Dur
ing this time of trouble in Armenia,
Constantinople and Crete, Rechad has
been moro narrowly watched than ever,
for the sultan and his clique know that
Rechad is popular. Unlike the sultan.
Rechad is one of the most handsome
men in Constantinople.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
CAPT. OTTO |. Helm.
Recently Appointed CommandnnN of
Cadets at West Point.

Recently Appointed CommandanN of
Cadets at West Point.
Capt Otto l. Helm, who has been APP
pointed by President Mckinley COM
mandant of cadets at West Point, is one
of the ablest officers in the United
States army and his appointment has
ELECTED warm expressions of approval
among army men. His experience as
an instructor of tactics at West Point
and as instructor of military science
and the art of war at the cavalry school
at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas espe-
cially fits him for the duties he is to as
sumo under his new appointment, dc
was abroad as military attache in tho
United States mission in Vienna. He
was an assistant in the military infoE~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

The baseball managers and promot-
srs of the Texas league have called a
meeting for the 21st in which the di-
vision of the season into two series
will be considered and decided. The
Bronchos had better keep down to solid
work If the want to win out in this
first series, which is now nearing its
close, in case division should come.
The margin is close.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
ELECTRIC PRoTeeTtoNof SAFES
Lining So Arranged That the Slight
est Break VIII Raise Alarm.

The latest idea for the protection of
money and valuables is to have the safe
which contains them secured inside a
cabinet, says the st. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat- Where safe is kept in a vault,
the vault serves the purposes of cabi-
net In either case an electric lining
is used, consisting of strips Of metal
mounted in connection with thin metal
sheets, SO arranged that even q pin
thrust through the cabinet and pene-
trating the lining will sound thealarm.
The door of the vaultcannot Zoe opened,
nor can the curtain Of the cabinet be
raised, until a time-lock has disconnect-
ed it from the alarm system In order
that the alarm box NAV be proof against
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS.
The following named are authorized
collectors of the Light:
n. c. SCHUMACHER, Advertising.
w. T. SCHUMACHER,
DAN C. BITTER, Subscription.
HARVEY L. STEELE
Subscribers are requested not to pay
their subscription without taking q re-
oeipt.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
TO CORRESPONDENTS

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shoulS be accompanied by the name OF
the author, not necessarily for publ
cation, but as an evidence OF good faith
on the part of the writer. Write on
one side of the paper In a plain hand
Anonymous communications VIII not
be noticed. The Light will not be re-
sconsible for the statements OF Its cor
RESPONDENTS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

Now that the text book bill is law
the batteries of smut are opened upon
it to show the illegitimate means taken
to secure its passage. A pure case of
sour grapes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

Texas has had her seven years of
leanness and now the seven years of
plenty are being ushered in. The old
state will hump herself now.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

When Faure goes to st. Petersburg
next month he will try and sew up
the travelled thread in the garment of
Russia and French unity which Ger
many has ripped lately.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

The Republicans in the Senate are
certain of good half dozen votes by
way of majority for their measure
whenever they are needed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

\ President Mckinley is not so simple
as to suppose that the war with Cuba
can be settled by the withdrawal of
Weyler and the promised autonomy.
Cuba is booked for independence.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

San Pedro Springs will return In
pleasure and good advertisement to
San Antonio dollar for dollar for all
that will be expended there for months
and years to come.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

nation division of the war department.
In both of these positions his work won
the highest of commentator. Capt.
Helm has had large share in the sue
cess of the United States Cavalry asso-
citation. He was the first editor of ITS
journal, and his articles on military
science nre eagerly sought after. While
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

The days multiply into weeks and
the people cry o, Lord, How long?
but there is no sign of the state Leg
islature coming to wind-up.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

Patching the streets of San Antonio
must be submitted to until there is
money enough in sight 10. do miles of
paving. In the mean time the water
holes at street crossings should be fill
ed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

1t would be good idea to clean off
that section of green scum that adorns
the river hundred yards or less
above Commerce street bridge. 1t is
neither pretty or healthy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

The sugar schedule in the Senate
will be soon disposed of and the rest
will not take long.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

The crop reports that come from
Texas are the most favorable of those
received from any other state.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

The rains come nights and let the
tired people rest. The night hawks
alone are put out.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
D RoPosALs FOR FoRAGE.-oF-

=
L fee Chief Quartermaster, San An
tonic, Tex, June 10, 1897. Sealed pro-
posals, in triplicate, for furnishing For
age during the fiscal year, commence
ing July 1, 1897, at posts in Department
of Texas, will be received until IL
o'clock m, July 10. 1897, and then open
ed. Proposals will be received at the
same time by Quartermaster at each
post for furnishing supplies required
by that post only. U. s. reserves right
to reject Or accept any or all proposals
or any part thereof. Information fur
nished. on application here, or to
Quartermasters at various posts. En-
velopes containing proposals should be
marked: Proposals for at
-," and addressed to undersign-
ed or to respective post quartermas-
tiers. JOHN SIMPSON, Q. M, c. Q.
n. 6-10-4t 7-S-2t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

Judge Noonan appears to be sitting
in his regular place as the dispenser of
pie for the Twelfth district.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

That close vote on sugar was not a
test vote, for there were several Re-
publicans absent.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
CITY CIRCULATION NOTICE.

CITY CIRCULATION NOTICE.
Mr.. Dan. c. Bitter. from date. has
been given entire charge Of the CITY
circulation Of the Daily and Sunday
Light, and will deliver papers to sub
scribers and collect for same. All COM
plaints for non-delivery and changes
can be given to him or telephoned to
the office.
Manager San Antonio Light
San Antonio, Texas, May 3. 1885.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14
New EngInnd,s Populatfon.

Irish and French Canadians consti-
tute 70 per cent. of the foreign popula-
ton in New England.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

All contracts or bills MUST be sp-
proved by the Secretary or Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-14

-Advertige in the SUNDAY Light.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
SulnhnrinR Walnnts.

The California Fruit Grower is
among the journals that have taken a
strong stand against the foolish habit
of bleaching walnuts. That journal
recently had the following pertinent
remark on this subject:
"Wby risk spelling the meat of a
walnut by bleaching the she'll, mere
receptacle which is ultimately thrown
away"
In case, however, growers are de-
termined to bleach their nuts, they
might adopt the following process,
which is described in bulletin issued
by S. Nj. Woodbridge of the Agricul-
tural experiment section of the Acad-
envy of Sciences;
$50 many complaints have been
made to the writer for several years
past about the unsatisfactory re-
suits from sulphuring walnuts during
the fall of 90, season when many
nuts were burned by the hot wind Of
that year, that sulphur seemed to have
no effect upon, that efforts were made
to remove the stain and at the same
time bleach or cleanse the nuts.
1.-THE results of those investigations
led to very simple process, as fol
lows: A very weak solution of sui
phuric acid a per cent? is used tt
moisten white sawdust redwood saw
dust must not be used, as it will stair
the nuts.) The nuts are placed in 6
tumbling barrel, say two bags at time
and q bag of moistened sawdust is pu
in with them. The barrel is CLOSED
and turned over for anywhere from
one to three minutes, according to tn,
requirement of the particular nut
under treatment. The barrel is thei
stopped and the contents are dumped
ON a screen. which as the nuts ar,
raked off allows this sawdust to fal
through, when it can be used over ant
over again.
''As small amount of sawdust viii
adhere to some of the nuts and as thi
is undesirable from a commercial
standpoint, it is best to turn "a hos
upon the nuts while ON the screen.
The advantages to this method are
first, it is inexpensive second, it clean
all foreign matter from the nuts, a
well as beaches them; third, it doe
not iDjure the kernels as sulphuric aci,
gas does. -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
Grow More Figs.

The fig will grow only in country,
such as California, where all condi-
tions are favorable to the growth of
the fruit. The Fruit World, in re
cent issue, gives few reasons tor
raising figs, as follows: The trees are
hardy and once started grow without
any great amount of care. There is
no pest known which iufests the fig.
After the first two or three years the
trees require no pruning. In the case
of the peach or apricot they grow old
and Improbable in the course of fifteen
or twenty years. The fig, like the
olive, increases in production with
years. There is DO danger of losing
the crop by not picking it in time.
The figs are allowed to fall from the
tree and are then dried and cured.
They are neatly and attr aotively
packed in boxes and are ready for the
market
Those properly dried and cured are
equally as fine as the imported article
and can be solo so much cheaper that
they are no longer luxury. The in
dustry can never be oyerdone, since we
have the whole country as market.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
Seedling Oranges.

The questions of whether seeding
oranges may still be profitably grown
in Southern California was discussed
by G. E. Bemas before the Covina
University Farmers Institute. Re-
ferring to the fact that many growers
seemed to believe that the taste of the
orange consumer has changed, and
that he no longer cares for the seed
ling orange, Mr.. Bemas expressed the
belief that the inferior quality of the
Seeding grown upon an impoverished
soil has destroyed the market for them
In proof of this he stated that the old
Seeding orchard Of w. G. Horland of
Paradise Valley, in San Diego county,
by judicious use of high grade fertil-
izer applied last summer and again in
January, was brought from an impov-
erished condition to yield crop of
such fipe fruit that it Melted its owner
$l.65 to $l.90 per box.
Mr.. Bemas went on to compare the
method of fertilizing oranges in Florida
with that which is pursued in Califor-
mia:
The Florida grower gets no better
pirce for his budded varieties with the
possible exception of Tangerines.) than
he docs for his seedlings, simply be-
cause he furnished his tree with such
plant food as will allow it to produce
rich sweet oranges. How often do we
hear it said by people accustomed to
travel and making comparisons be.
tween the oranges of different countries
that the Florida fruit is sweeter and
more palatable. 1t seems clear to my
mind that if we can supply to the soils
of our orchards such elements as the
tree requires in the making of its fruit
and in such form and quantity as tc
make it wholesome and healthful
food for the tree, and not simply /
stimulaDt or breeder of disease, WI
have only to supply such food to post
pone almost indefinitely the age of ma
turity and decline of the orange tree.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
Dark Outlook For Saunders.

Seattle, Wash. Now that Judge
Hanford has dismissed the treasury
officials charged by the alleged SNUG
gler, zee Gee, with robbery, it is
promised that the investigation of the
alleged smuggling ring will continue.
The treasury officials say that notwith-
standing the charges made against
Hook Toy of Victoria that he wrote the
letters which reached the Treasury
Department, and which purport to have
been written by zee Gee, the latter is
undoubtedly guilty of smuggling.
Secretary Gage, it is stated. has been
satisfied by Special Treasury Agent
Whitehead that great smuggling
ring existed, that its members carried
on wholesale business and that in the
end evidence to convict the ring will
come to light. Therefore, Gage will
throw the entire strength Of the Treas
ury Department to Whitehead's assist =
ance. whitehead is expected to arrive
here in few days from Washington
CITY,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04
THE FATE OF CUBA.
President Mckinley to Act With
in Six Weeks.
The ISLAND WAR MUST BE ENDED.
Friends of the Insurgents In Congress
Will Move For Their
Recognition.

Chicago. Inter Oceans CORES
pendent at Washington telegraphs: IL
is understood that President McKin-
ley expects to be able to judge from
developments in Cuba before Deem
Der / whether the Liberal administra-
ton is likely to bring the war to an
end and inaugurate reforms that will
be acceptable to majority of Cubans.
1t is no secret that he hopes to be able
to make such reference to the situation
as to prevent amy radical action on the
part of Congress.
Those Congressman who have here
tofore Interested themselves in the
subject and advocated interference in
Cuba will also watch with great earn
estness developments on the island DUR
ing the next month OF six weeks. There
is little confidence felt by them in
Spain's promised reforms. Unless
some radical change for the better il
accom- plished, the opinion here is that
it will be impossible to prevent the
passage of resolution in both houses
recognizing the insurgents as belliger-
ents.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-04

New York.-A special to the Herald
from Havana via Key Vest says: L
am only repeating the substance Of
many opinions expressed to me when 1
state that American citizens Of Havana
would be much relieved by the pres
euce in the harbor of United States
ma of war. 1t is feared that the de-
monstration that will be made by tho
volunteers who are in favor of General
Weyler on the day Of his departure for
Spain may develop into demonstra-
tion against American citizens. Judg-
ing from open expressions by semi
official local papers these fears are not
groundless. At the United States
Consulate no anxiety is evidenced, but
American residents who move among
the people are preparing for trouble.
One thing is certain: There will be
a big demonstration on the day General
Weyler sails. 1t will be arranged and
carried out almost solely by inc volun-
teers force composed of the bitterest
SpaDiards in Cuba. 1t il admitted
that the demonstration is intended as "A
protest against the granting of auton-
omy, but once they get excited, there
is no telling where these volunteers
will stop.