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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-09
PROTECT THE CHILDREN.

Worms rob children of the life-glv-
Ing properties Of their food. retard
their growth and weakeH coe,r const;-
tutions for life. Most mothers know
the symptoms Of worms. Children
are pale, restless and peevish, appe-
tite is tickle and sleep is disturbed.
thousands Of mothers have found
whites Cream Vermifuge a prompt,
sale and absolutely certain remedy.
Ii Kills worms and gives the child
strength and vitality. You can't af-
ford to take chances with worthless
limitations; remember the name. Price.
70 cents. Sold by E. Reuss and G.
Schasse. 2
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GREATEST INDUCEMENTS

Ever offered in San Antonio for
the purchase of piano or organ.
We purchased the stock of j. F.
Jones & Co., at such figure as
enables us to put it on the mar
ket at HALF PRICE. In other
words we will sell the stock of
pianos, organs, sheet music and
all other musical instruments at
ONE HALF their value.
Those desiring piano, organ,
or other musical instrument
should take advantage of this
sale. Call early and get a choice
selection. THOS. GOGGAN &
BRO. 6-tf
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RULES FOR CANDY-MAKING.
Mrs. Rorer's Receipt for Homemade
Christmas CONNECTIONS.

Christmas CONNECTIONS.
Mrs. r. L. Rorer tells how to make
candies at home for the holidays in
the Christmas Ladies' Home Journal,
and gives the following rules, which
insures the success of the work:
Never stir the sugar and water af-
ter the sugar has dissolved Wipe
down constantly the granules forming
on the side of the saucepan. Do not
shake or move the saucepan while the
syrup is boiling. As soon as the SUI
gar begins to boil watch it carefully,
haveing in your hand a bowl of ice
water, so that you may try the syrup
almost constantly. Have everything
in readiness before beginning. If
the sugar grains use it for Old-fash-
Toned cream candy of sugar taffy.
1t cannot be used for fOndant. Use
only the best graduated sugar for
boiling, and confectionery xxx for
kneading. If your fondant grains with
out apparent cause you may have boil
ed 1t too long. a few drops of lemon
Juice or a little cream of tartar will
prevent this. Fondant is the soft
mixture which forms both the inside
OF the French candies and the maerial
in which they are dipped, and it is to
obtain this that the sugar is boiled.
After the sugar has reached the
soft ball. a sime-hard condition, it
must be poured carefully in to large
meat-plate or on a marble slab. Do
not scrape the saucepan or you Will
granulate the syrup Make your fon-
dant one day and make it up into can
dy the next Never melt fondant by
placing the saucepan Immediately up
on the stove. Prevent the danger of
sscorching by standing the pan contain
ing it in a basin of water. If the
melted fondant is too thick add water
most cautiously, drop at a time. A
half taspoonful more than is necessary
Will ruin the whole. To cool candy
place it in a cool, dry place. To keen
candy put it between layers of waxed
paper in tin boxes. If the day is
bright and clear the sugar loses its
sickness quickly, therefore select a
fine day for your candy making"
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BUCKLIN,s ARNICA sAISE.

The best salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. Corns and all skin erup-
tons, and positively cures piles. or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed TO
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per boz. For
sale by F. Kaiteyer & Son.
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NOW is THE TIME
TO AVOID MOVING.

The j. F. Jones & Co. stock, we
are slaughtering prices. Those
wanting pianos or organs should
call early and get a bargain. We
will accept any reasonable offer
made for piano, organ, or any
musical instrument among the
stock. THOS. GOGGAN & BRO.
12-6-tf.
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E|IIIIIlIIl| S Several Hours
NiE!!|l3 Saved.
Best Time and Through Sleepers
CHICAGO
Via M. X. & T. R'Y AND Bun.
LlnoToN RovrE. VIA HANNIBAL.
Also THROUGH CHAIR CARS
tsrArs FRIr) To ILLINOIS POINTS.

See that your transportation reads
via the BURLINGTON ROUTE to
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Human Hearts," Two Nights
The play is a pure, wholesome one
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CHICAGO, ST. PAUL,
MONTANA, PUGET SOUND,
D. BaCKER, Lw. wAKtlEy. HOWARD ELLIOTT,
Trsv. Pass'r Agt, GEM Agt, Gen1 Manager,
Kansas City. No. 81. Louis. Ne. ct. Joseph N
DO you MEAN BUSINESS.

II 30. we will be pleased to show Won
Bargains in business, as well as home
stead properties, vacant lots, farms
and ranches. Now Is your opportun-
ity and by calling upon or writing us
we think 1t will be to your advantage.
JOHN 7. HAMBLETON & CO., 1O4
East Commerce street,
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-WANTED-To sell or trade fine
farm of 235 acres. for city property.
Call at 1920 East Commerce street. At
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ADJUSTMENTS
ne Grand Tonight

At the Grand Tonight
"A Jolly Night" the new comedy.
which Mr.. Edwin Travers has selected
to succeed the Private Secretary. y
which he made famous, is said to DE
one of the cleverest bits of theatrical
nonsense ever put together for an
evenings amusement. Mr.. Travers
AID his splendid company will be seen
tonight at the Grand opera house. and
those fond of irresistible laughter are
urged TO go and see "a Jolly Night"
The sun., 1897-12-22
spain's Last Dry Season in Cuba.

"Gen. PANDo, says Ell Co1reo of Madrid,
"believes that with money enough. Spain
can end the war in Cuba during the dry
season." But money Is need ed for thatpur-
pose, and Gen. PANpo says, also, that II the
dry season passes before the war is over
then GoD alone knows what will happen.
Similar remarks and admissions have np.
peared in El Impartial.
The Spanish General, according to both
newspapers, reports that the sanitary con.
dition of the troops is so desperate "that
only third part Of the men Is At for
military SERVICE" One dire instance Of the
ravages of tropical disease among his sol.
diers is described by PANDo. "In the
whole battalion of Tetuan," he says, "only
sixty men are of any use." Gen. PANDo
ends his statement with these words:
"When say that money is needed, mean
much money. 1t is useless for us to try to
conceal this truth"
We know by THE Suns dispatches from
Havana that Gen. PANpo himself is at
come that gallant Cuban commander, Gen.
CALIxTo GARCIA, the struggle being near
the mouth Of the Cauto River. Spanish
official reports announced last Monday that
q fierce battle had taken place ON the Cauto
The fight is regarded as the most important
of the whole war. The Spanish squadron
of gunboats played a prominent part. We
know, also, that Gen. GARoIAs control Of
the east is absolute.
Ell InlpGrciaI informs US, at the same
time, that from Sancti Spiritus to Ciego
de Avila, throughout the most important
part Of the Santa Clara province, call the
land is controlled by the insurgent, MAx1mo
GOMEZ" In Pinar del Rio, reports the same
|. newspaper, the patriots are very strong,
and 1t is false to say that the war has
ended in Matanzas and Havana. "The 30
called Government of the republic Of Cuba, "
adds the Impartial, sis unmolested in the
province of Puerto Principe"
The other Spanish report that the patri-
OTIS are willing to surrender and accept au-
tonomy the patriots themselves have an
swered by hanging or shooting, according
to law previously proclaimed by Gen.
GOMEZ, all the ENJOYS from the Spanish
camp sent to them with offers of peace.
The tragic end of Col. RUIZ at the very
gates of Havana is proof that theii
motto, Independence or DEATH" Is not
lightly regarded by the Cubans.
Such Is the situation In Cuba. Car
Spain, in the distressing condition Of hel
army which Gen. PANDo describes, CON
!! quer and put down such a revolution before
the end of this dry season3
Can Spain raise all the money which, 40
cording to Gen. PANDo, she needs In ordel
to terminate the war before next May9
Both questions are difficult to answer ir
favor Of Spain.
The sun., 1897-12-22
what London Drinks.


In . recent case at the Remington Petty Sessions
the wellknown refreshment contractors. Messrs
spiers Pond, caterers to the Victorian Exhibition
summoned at the instigation OF the Kensington
vestry for selling sample of brandy and two sam
pes OF wbiskey which were not of the nature. sub
stance. and quality Of the article demanded. Tho
defence set MP the extraordinary that in
case barmaid had emptied into the brandy and
whiskey decanters the remaining portion OF 0
glass of brandy and water and also q portion of
glass OF whiskey and water left the counter by
customers In the case OF the other sample tho bar
maid had In consequence Of complaint which had
been made her that the stock OF the bar under
charge unsatisfactory. put water into the spbon
which supplied the tap from which the sample of
whiskey was purchased. The bench indicted pen.
atty Of ELS. Apart from the fact that the spirits
adulterated the practice Of emptyng the leav.
ings of customer gasses into the vessels holding
the spirits for public supply is disgusting and thy
and dangerous and the Vesry Of Kensington de-
serve the unqualified thanks OF the public for the
action which they took
The sun., 1897-12-22
THE NEW VEST SIDE PARK.


FFopeHht 10 AhH Hopper FhFhs
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: This morn
ings papers notice the fact that the Board OF
Street Opening and Improvement has set aside
for public park the property lying within
Fifty-second and Fifty.fourth streets. Eleventh
and Twelfth avenues. Tho undersigned beRs
leave to suggest that the now recreation Vround
DO designated Hopper Park, for these reasons:
The property Is part of tho well.known Hop
per farm. which was acquired by John Hopper,
the elder In 1867. and has remained in his family
and its branches to this day.
His son. John Hopper, the younger. built
thereon. between Fifty-second and Fifty'third
streets, his homestead in 1859. and II was occu-
pied by his descendant, Gen. Garrit Hopper
Striker, and the latter's family till razed in
1S98-one of the oldest houses in the city. The
extension which contained the kitchen and
servants quarters Is still standing. The Mott
mansion occupied site near the northern
boundary OF the new park, close to the river. 10
was demolished in 1895. The rocky promontory
on which this house was situated was known
for nearly two centuries as Hoppers Point
afterward Motifs Point.
In 1893, and at least once since. bills have
been introduced at Albany setting apart this
block for a breathing spot, to be called Hopper's
Park. In each case the bill passed one or tho
other of the houses.
has for generations. Hoppers lane tnow Strik-
ers lane), the original and only access from
Bloomingdale road. across the farm. This way,
as well ns Motifs lane short distance to the
north, will lilo within the park.
Isubmit that for these reasons such desig-
but historical. HOPPER STRIKER MOTT.
NEW YORK, Dec 1S.
The sun., 1897-12-22
Trolley Universities.

A correspondent Of our always instruc-
tive Boston contemporary, the Transcript,
cries out bitterly against "the domineering
commercialism of the present day" At
first this seems to be sort Of apology to
the smaller New England cities for the re.
cent effort Of Boston to lure their custom
ers by means of excursions at reduced
rates. It soon appears, however, that the
protesting correspondent is child of Art
and not Of Mammon.
The child Of Art says that "one Of the
most unpleasantly evident and tiresome
forms Of this commercial spirit 10 street car
advertising. Unless we bury ourselves in
q paper or book, we are obliged to stare at
these wearisome details Of buying and SELL
ing. Try as we will, we cannot resist read
ing them and that over again."
It might have been supposed that q pas
senger could look out Of the window or et
his feet, or wrap himself in himself and sit
like yogi, gazing ecstatically at the point
Of his own nose, but evidently the attrao.
tion of repulsion Is too strong. The child
of Art has to look at the horrid things,
and he feels that they are degrading his
mind. Whereupon he builds him pleasure
palace, q suitably decorated and highly
educational car:
"n tho spaces usually filled with advertisements
should instead contain photographs Of scenery arch
itecture, or Of good paintings, interpreted with quo
tatfons from the great masters Of prose or poetry
what relief and pleasure IL would bel And. more
over such valuable Of instruction, especially
70 the young. Tho weary merchant or tired clerk
his ride homo could rest and refresh his mind with
extract from LrNooLN's Gettysburg GRAFTON. some
lines from SHAKEsrEARE or WHITTIER, photograph
Of bit Of picturesque scenery. Dresden Ma
DONNA instead Of now, being confronted with the
same old story Of trade which has been occupying his
attention all day.
"The child also would be storing its mind with ele-
waiting ideas and forming taste for good literature
and art instead of carrying away at the end Of thu
Journey only memories OF JoHNsoNs % shoes SMITHS
Kalamazoo beer, or BRowN's SOAP"
The happy day can be foreseen when
every Boston car will be q schoolhouse on
wheels. The mixed method suggested by
the transcripts correspondent is such as
might be expected In community de-
voted to eclectic culture. but in time these
educational sundries will be classified.
There will be sculpture cars, painting cars,
theosophist cars, Vedio cars, menticulture
cars, middle high German cars, Provencal
cars. s.modern Scotch dialect cars, HALLCAINE
cars, and 80 on. We can hear the starters
now: "The car ahead for MICHAEL ANGELO,
ma'am; this car for ARLo BATES. Change
here for Chelsea and SARAH GRAND. This
way for Harvard square and MARIE Cor
ELI. Transfers for SANDRo BoTT1cELL1
here; this car for KANT, SoHELLINa, and
Boston Neck"
We pity the Boston car conductors. They
know too much now.
The sun., 1897-12-22

brace programme which has its ramifca-
tions almost everywhere.
The Irishmen who are planning the com
memoration of the rebellion Of 100 years
ago, and the tens of thousands Of their
kindred In other lands who will then CO.
operate with them, are no believers In the
efficacy Of Parliamsntary agitation. On
the contrary, they sdbrn and loathe IL. and
distinctly proclaim through their central
committee that the Irish members must
drop their NJ. P.s II they wish to partici.
pate in the ceremonies designed to honor
the memory of the martyr TONE. To them
the letters NJ. p. stand for "Musgled Pa.
triot," and they will have no one Wanting
that badge Of servitude, az they call it,
around them when the fundamental prin'
ciples OF q new struggle for Independent
Irish nationality are proclaimed.
But q still moro significant evidence that
the spirit Of national life il yet vital
force In Ireland. is the remarkable educa.
tional and literary movement now in
progress regarding the restoration Of the
ancient Gaelic language and the popu'
larizing Of its literature. The spectacle oi
an oppressed people taking up tho study Of
their ancestral language after It had fallen
into practical disuse during q period ex'
tending over hundreds Of years, never be
fore, 80 far as we can recall, has been seer
In the history Of the world.
The sun., 1897-12-22
Senator Chandler's Ideas.

THE SUN does not at all agree with Sena-
tor CHANDLER Of New Hampshire, In his
ideas in regard to silver and bimetallism,
but It finds In his recent letter to the Wash
inOton Post much to approve.
The Senator says that IL the currency re-
formers will drop their hobby, and let the
House attend to the business before 1t de-
manding immediate action, Congress can
adjourn in May, and the Republicans, next
autumn, will be able to elect majority Of
the incoming House Of Representatives,.
II, on the contrary, the bill for Issuing
gold bonds and for tinkering the National
Bank act is forced to the front, 1t will re.
vive the silver issue, split the Republican
party into fragments, and give the Demo-
Gratis both the next House Of Representa-
tives and the next President.
We have all along contended that no leg
islation affecting the currency is needed at
present. An act forbidding the reissue Of
redeemed Government notes, except against
gold deposits, would be useful. but it is
not imperative. With sufficient revenue
the redeemed notes could not be reissued
except for gold and to provide that reve-
nue. Is o duty that takes precedence Of all
others. A formal declaration in favor of
the gold standard is also desirable, but the
declaration, to have any permanent effect,
must be made by a majority of the people
and not by bare majority of Congress.
What one Congress may do, in this respect,
succeeding Congress may undo. Nothing
but an overwhelming national sentiment
can settle the question, and that sentiment
is, at present, too nearly equally divided
for Congress to act upon it.
Let the currency alone, and provide reve-
nue. enough for the Government expenses
That is what common sense dictates, and
we commend its advice to the leaders of
the Republican party.
The sun., 1897-12-22

the travel. Itmieht carry great number
OF passengers without supplying moro than
A small fraction Of the demand for rapid
transit. The outlying districts, which 10
would benefit chiefly, will not for many
wears contain more than compare
lively Insignificant part Of the popula-
tiop, and the extension Of the existing
means Of transit, which naturally will
keep pace with the Increasing population
of the remoter districts, will supply that de-
mand as 1t rises. Nor can It be expected
that as New York grows to the northward
there will not be Incidental changes In the
centres Of business, making new seats Of
commercial and industrial activity In that
region itself. The district about the Bat
terry and even far beyond ls too much re.
etricted to accommodate the trade Of the
future New York. II the city grows during
the next twenty-five years as It has grown
during the last twenty-five, new city
must develop to the northward, where
there is ample space for Its establishment.
The theory on which the underground road
is so strenuously advocated, that the growth
OF population in those now outlying dis
tricts will create an exactly corresponding
Increase in the demand FOR transportation
to the present business centres, is not likely
to be sustained by the result.
The execution of projects already made
for the improvement and extension Of the
existing means Of transit will Of itself
be sufficient to satisfy the demand for
many years to come. Accordingly. there Is
not the pressing need for the underground
road which It's interested or deluded advo-
Gates try to make out. Its construction would
load the city with o crushing burden Of
debt, and would involve during It's progress
an obstruction Of streets fearful to imagine,
bringing into reproach any city administra-
tion under which the work was done.
1t 10 fortunate, therefore, that the under
ground scheme seems now to have been
made impossible o execution.
The sun., 1897-12-22
Ivory.

Antwerp recently has become the princi.
pal ivory market of the world. 1t has sur
passed Liverpool for nearly two years In
the amount of Its imports. This change Of
centre is due to the fact that while all the
tusks from central tropical Africa were
formerly carried to Zanzibar and thence to
Bombay and Liverpool. large part of the
trade has now been diverted down the
Congo to the Belgian steamers, and they
land the product at Antwerp.
AS long as the supply holds out. ivory will
continue to be one Of the most expensive
articles of commerce. It Is costly, first of
all, because it requires large expenditure
to get 1t to market. Most of the supply ls
carried hundreds of miles through the
wilds of Africa on the backs of men. 1t
costs about 5000 ton to transport 1t to the
sea. In about year more ivory, for the
first time, will be carried by steam from
the far interior of Africa, for the Congo
railroad will then be completed. The new fa-
cility, however, may not reduce the price
very much, for freight charges will yet be
high and the sources of supply are becom-
ing more and more restricted.
The world has used ivory for many cen.
turtles, but the peoples living nearest the
best sources of supply never found 1t out
till after this century began. Less than
a hundred years ago the natives on the up.
per Nile killed elephants for their flesh
only and threw the tusks away. They said
the tusks were nothing but bone, and were
of no use to any one. Since then the hunt.
ers of the ivory merchants have penetrated
every elephant region, and the world wants
more ivory than ever. 1t will benefit by
the fact that large sources of supply in the
far interior of Africa were not tapped un
| til In recent years.
A considerable part of the commodity
now reaching the market Is dead" ivory Of
excellent quality obtained from elephants
killed many years ago. 1t may take half q
century to find these accumulations and
purchase them of the natives.
The ivory trade is perhaps unique in the
fact that the capital invested in the manu-
facture of ivory goods, although much o.
The sun., 1897-12-22
The Future Of Samoa.

The report that Germany intends to seize
Samoa probably grows out of the revived
colonizing and annexing spirit at Berlin,
but It may be dismissed a. absurd.
A few years ago such rumor might have
been entitled to more credence, because Mr..
CLEVELAND practically invited such an
attempt by Germany, or, rather, sought to
remove out of her path our own country,
which then stood and still stands as very
solid obstacle In the way. Mr.. CLEVELAND
openly advocated our withdrawal from the
agreement of 1850, under which our country
exercises with Great Britain and Germany
O sort Of Joint protectorate over Samoa
Such course would leave the other two
countries In political control, and by any
arrangement between themselves Germany
might have seized the islands, England
being Unidentified elsewhere, and the COM
mercial rights of individual Americans
being pledged.
But that time has passed away. Con-
gress ignored Mr.. CLEvELAND's repeated
suggestions to renounce the obligations we
had entered into In Samoa, and the natives
were not turned over to the mercies of
England and Germany, which had already
divided so many Of the Pacific islands be-
tween them. President MCKINLEY does
not propose to abandon our foothold in
Samoa. His policy there, as in Hawaii, is
the American policy announced by BEN
JAMIN HARRISON. which CLEVELAND at
tackled on coming into office.
We see no reason, therefore. for expect
ing any attempt on the part of Germany to
seize Samoa. She could do this only with
the assent Of England, and both powers
would hesitate to face the consequences OF
breaking faith with the United States. Yet
we think It might be we'll for President
MCKINLEY to emphasize the purpose Of our
country henceforth to discharge all its OBJ.
legations under the Berlin agreement by
sending an American warship to visit
Apia. 1t is many years since such vessel
has shown our flag at that port.